Lin'an Never Night

Chapter 69 Please start your performance

When Madam Li and Dan Niang came down from upstairs, Magistrate Xu and his three companions had already left.

The lid of the silver box in front of Yang Yuan was closed, but it was not put away.

Madam Li and Yang Yuan greeted each other calmly and returned to their rooms.

Yang Yuan noticed that Madam Li's attitude was different, and asked Dan Niang in confusion: "What's wrong with Madam Li?"

Dan Niang was such a smart woman that she had already vaguely guessed something.

I'm afraid that Mrs. Li saw that Yang Yuan accepted other people's money and thought he was a corrupt official, so she looked down on him.

However, this was exactly what Dan Niang wanted, and she would not explain.

Even the slightest hint of charm that Mrs. Li inadvertently revealed was enough to make people secretly ecstatic.
She wished that Madam Li would develop a dislike for Yang Yuan.

Besides, Dan Niang also thought that Yang Yuan was taking bribes, but she just didn't care.

How noble can the values ​​of a little con man who was sold into a gang of vagrants at a young age be?
As long as the man she chooses is loyal to her, he is a good man.

Whenever he wanted to kill someone, she would sharpen the knife for him.

"Who knows, maybe it's because of my age."

Dan Niang said with a smile, her body was like a soft vine:

"We women, when we reach a certain age, become moody."

menopause?
Yang Yuan thought about Madam Li's appearance, but felt that she was not quite like her.

But he was too lazy to think about it. Yang Yuan pushed the silver box in front of Dan Niang and said, "Please deposit it in the bank for me. I want smaller denominations."

He was worried about the trouble of selling the jewels, and this box of silver saved him.

After Yang Yuan finished explaining everything, he stood up and said goodbye. He had to think carefully about his trip to Lin'an Prefecture tomorrow.

Not long after Yang Yuan left, Qingtang ran in from the front hall:
"Master, why did you let the great master go again? Can you invite him to have dinner with you?

"If you accompany him to have a drink, won't your relationship grow by leaps and bounds?"

"Okay, the emperor is not anxious, but the eunuch is."

Dan Niang glared at her, patted the silver box on the table, and said complacently:
"See? The big boss asked me to help him manage his money. Are you still afraid that he will run away?"

……

Xu Danian rowed the three-plank boat to the center of Qiantang River, then stood up and grabbed the fishing net.

The boat was shaking violently in the waves, but Xu Danian spread his toes and held onto the deck firmly like a suction cup.

He suddenly exerted force from his waist and raised his arms. The spinning net spread out in a graceful circle in the air, fell to the water surface, and slowly sank.

Xu Danian seemed to have seen the catch in the net and grinned.

If we catch one more net, we'll have enough to fill a boatload and send it to the fish market in the city.

After the net rope had sunk halfway into the water, Xu Danian began to collect the net.

Xu Danian was pulling the net when he suddenly saw a dead body floating upstream, rising and falling with the river water.

Xu Danian was startled and hurriedly wrapped the net rope around the protruding wooden stake on the side of the boat, then grabbed the bamboo pole.

Xu Danian held the bamboo pole tightly and looked at the water surface nervously, then saw the floating corpse with its limbs spread out, as if sleeping on the waves.

Suddenly a wave threw the floating corpse closer. Xu Danian saw the face of the corpse clearly and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

He put down the bamboo pole and scolded with a smile: "Brother Duck, you are so idle that you have to tease me for no reason."

The "floating corpse" on the water suddenly laughed and came back to life.

He stuck it into the water, and it went from floating on the surface to standing upright in the water like a fishing float.

The river water only reached below his waist, and his body rose and fell with the waves, as steady as if his feet had not moved at all. Without seeing how he moved, Lu Ya floated to Xu Danian's three-plank boat, reached out his hand to the side of the boat, and jumped onto the boat with his body wet, like pulling up an onion on dry land.

Xu Danian had already thrown away the bamboo pole and continued to pull the net.

Lu Ya sat on the boat, wiped his face, and said, "Why would I scare you? The ferry I took thought your home was too far away, so I wanted to pay more.

"I thought it was not worth it, so I came here by boat."

Xu Danian pulled the net onto the boat, and there were more than a dozen big fish in the net.

As Xu Danian was picking up fish outside, he asked, "Brother Ya, what's the matter with you?"

Lu Ya said, "On May 19th, we will go to play in the waves at the foot of Phoenix Mountain. Do you want to go?"

Xu Danian said awkwardly: "May 19th? I am not like you. I have a mule and horse inn at home, so I don't have to worry about food and money.

"My wife is about to give birth, and my sister is also getting married. Having a baby requires money.

"My sister needs money to get married, so she doesn't have the time to go surfing. Isn't there a surfing event on August 18th?"

Lu Ya smiled mysteriously and held up three fingers: "Three hundred strings of cash! A full three hundred strings of cash in reward!
"You only need two groups of people to catch the wave, and you have a 50% chance of getting the bounty."

Xu Danian's eyes suddenly lit up: "Really? Who is so idiotic that he would spend three hundred strings of cash to join the trend on such a day?"

Lu Ya rolled his eyes at him and snorted, "My second brother."

Xu Danian laughed and said, "Oh, okay! May 19th, right? I'll go, I'll definitely go! I'll take the three hundred strings of cash!"

……

The next afternoon, before the Shen hour, that is, around two in the afternoon, County Magistrate Xu was already waiting in front of the government office.

The magistrate was also a Jinshi graduate and a scholar of status, so there was no reason for him to stand stupidly at the gate of the government office.

So he waited in the gatehouse, but kept his neck stretched, watching the sedan chairs, chairs, and horse-drawn carriages passing in front of the government office.

It was almost the afternoon, and no one had come yet. County Magistrate Xu couldn't help but feel a little anxious.

Prefect Cao had already postponed all official duties and social engagements for the afternoon and was waiting in the study.

If the guide from the "Youqiusi" breaks his promise, how should he explain to the prefect?

County Magistrate Xu was getting anxious when the doorman came over and said, "County Magistrate Xu, there is a man in front of the door, saying he came here to meet the prefect."

County Magistrate Xu asked happily, "Is his last name Yang?"

"Exactly. He said his name is Yang Yuan."

Magistrate Xu picked up his robe and ran out of the gatehouse.

County Magistrate Xu hurried to the gate of the government office and saw a man standing at the foot of the steps. He was dressed in a short brown suit, a straw hat and straw sandals, and indeed looked like an idler.

County Magistrate Xu only paid attention to the carriages and sedan chairs coming and going, but he did not expect that he came on foot.

Magistrate Xu hurried down the stairs, rushed to Yang Yuan, and complained, "Mr. Yang, why did you come here in this state?"

Yang Yuan smiled and said, "What the prefect needs is someone who can help him solve problems. As for how to dress, is it important?"

County Magistrate Xu was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. He just felt that this person was somewhat independent and eccentric, and indeed had the demeanor of a master.

County Magistrate Xu was afraid that Cao Yong would have to wait for a long time, so he did not say much to him and led Yang Yuan into the study in the back court.

Cao Yong was also a little surprised when he saw Yang Yuan dressed like this.

However, he had received instructions from his aide Song Ding beforehand, so he did not show any surprise.

Cao Yong invited Yang Yuan to sit down and ordered someone to serve tea. He then could not wait to tell Yang Yuan about his predicament and ask for his advice.

Yang Yuan first took a sip of tea slowly, then smiled slightly and began his performance...

(End of this chapter)