"Shen Yan, you can make a price yourself, how much money are you going to lose?" Cao Yi asked coldly.

Shen Yan stretched out a palm tremblingly, and said intermittently: "Five...... Fifty thousand taels. ”

"What!? Four lives plus a few disabilities, plus the lives of the third young master of your Shen family, are worth 50,000 taels? Cao Yi exclaimed.

"That'...... That's 200,000 taels! Shen Yan looked at Cao Yi nervously, afraid that Cao Yi would regret the compensation because he disagreed, and sure enough, as he was worried about, Cao Yi still shook his head.

"Five...... 500,000 taels! Shen Yan panted loudly, these 500,000 taels, for their Shen family, they can't get so much silver in a short period of time!

"Forget it, since Shen Yan is so insincere, then I don't want your compensation, let's see you in the Yamen Court!" Cao Yi shook his hand and prepared to leave.

"Don't! Brother Cao, Brother Cao, you say, you say how much money you will compensate, you just say it! Shen Yan suddenly pounced in front of Cao Yi, hugged Cao Yi's thigh and asked crying.

Cao Yi first pulled away the hands held by Shen Yan with his hand, took a few steps back, and said lightly: "One million taels of silver, I will return your two letters to you, and then I will not go to the government to sue you again, this matter is over, I don't know anything else, and then you have to write a letter of guarantee, promising that you will never work against me in the future, and you will not retaliate against me again!" ”

"A million taels of silver?" Shen Yan was shocked by this number at first, and was stunned for a while, this number their Shen family must also sell their existing assets to be able to get it, if his brother and father know about it, they will definitely be beaten badly, but compared to their own lives, they will be beaten badly! Shen Yan gritted his teeth, afraid that Cao Yi would regret it, so he hurriedly shouted: "I agreed, just one million taels of silver!" After shouting, he sat on the ground and dressed roughly, after all, the silver taels of this compensation can be said to be an astronomical amount of money.

"Okay, Brother Yang, Shen Gongzi, you sit here for a while, and I'll go and draw up the agreement and guarantee first." After Cao Yi finished speaking, he walked out of the seat.

Shen Yan sat on the ground in a daze at first, and then seemed to think of something, quickly got up, walked in front of Yang Xingwen, bowed deeply, and said sincerely: "Today's matter, thank you Brother Yang for helping to speak, saving your life, Shen Yan is unforgettable, and he will definitely repay Brother Yang in the future." ”

"Shen Yan, you don't need to be polite, I know your eldest brother, and I studied with your second brother in the capital Taixue before, and I have met you a few times, I really can't bear to watch you lose your life because you made a mistake at a young age, but I still advise you, Cao Yi is not a simple person, not only Lu Lao, even my father is very optimistic about him, and even let me stay in Jiangning these days to walk around with Cao Yi and learn from him. He is a genius, don't blame Brother Yang for speaking badly, with your current ability and level, even if you fight against him a hundred times, you will only lose a hundred times......" Yang Xingwen saw that Shen Yan was blackmailed with a million taels of silver and was so grateful to him, and he was a little reluctant in his heart, so he also said some words in his heart to Shen Yan, as for whether he could listen to it or not, he didn't force it.

"Thank you, Yang Da

Brother reminded, my second brother once said the same thing, I can hear it, you are really thinking about me, I will learn from the pain, I must reflect on myself, and I will not disappoint Brother Yang. After finishing speaking, Shen Yan bowed to Yang Xingwen again.

Yang Xingwen was about to say something, when the door of the elegant seat suddenly opened, and Cao Yi walked in with a stack of notes. First, the agreement, in triplicate, was handed to Yang Xingwen and Shen Yan respectively, and said: "This is the agreement, written in the name of Shen Yan, admitting that you colluded with the bandits of the Soul Mountain twice and premeditated to harm my life, and now I promise to compensate me with one million taels of silver, as a condition, I promise to give up the pursuit of this matter, and return the two letters that were originally used as evidence, you take a look, if you agree, you will sign and draw the three copies, the same, I will do the same, Brother Yang, as the intermediary and witness of this matter, will also sign and draw, To show justice. ”

Shen Yan browsed carefully, as if he didn't find any loopholes, and was about to sign, when Yang Xingwen suddenly said: "Wait, Shen Yan, you first ask Cao Yi to add one or two letters when they will be returned, I have an opinion, that is, these two letters will be kept here by me first, Shen Yan waited for you to hand over one million taels of silver to Cao Yi, Cao Yi told me that I received your compensation, and I will hand over the letter to you here, and you will destroy it yourself, so that you also have an additional guarantee, you see if this is okay." ”

Shen Yan's face was overjoyed, so that he no longer had to worry about Cao Yi not returning the two letters after receiving the money, and hurriedly said: "Brother Yang, you are thoughtful, just add such a paragraph according to what you said." ”

"Okay, if there is anything else to be modified, adjusted or added, if there is, just say and change it together, and if not, I will rewrite it and bring it over." Cao Yi asked flatly.

"There shouldn't be any, so be it, you can take it and revise it, Shen Yan, do you have any other opinions?" Yang Xingwen asked.

"No, no, I listen to Brother Yang." Shen Yan said obediently.

"Okay, you can take a look at this guarantee, and I'll go out and revise it first."

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"Okay, now that it's signed, I'll put these two letters here with Brother Yang now, this is your agreement and guarantee, you can collect it yourself, remember to send the silver two over as soon as possible." This way you can also get both letters back as soon as possible. After Cao Yi finished speaking, he sent Shen Yan away, as for whether Shen Yan would be beaten by his father or locked up for a long time after he went home, he didn't have to worry about it.

After Shen Yan left, Yang Xingwen asked curiously: "Brother Yi, why do you have to ask me to bring it up and add that one, you just add it at the beginning?" ”

Cao Yi smiled and said, "Although you are an intermediary and a witness, with Shen Xing's ingenuity and Shen Teng's scheming, you will definitely wonder if you will be specially invited by me, and then guess whether it is the two of us who are partnering against their Shen family in this matter." I asked you to take the initiative to add this article, whether the two of them believe it or not, at least Shen Yan trusts you very much, and when the time comes, he will naturally help you speak when he goes home, so that Brother Xingwen, you will be much less suspicious. ”

Yang Xingwen nodded, as if the reason was such a reason.

"And there is another point, I just hope that the Shen family can know that this matter is not only between me and the Shen family, but also with you or Yang Gong behind you as an intermediary and witness, I hope they don't cheat and cheat, and let them know that these two letters are already on you, because as long as you are on your side, I forgive them for not daring to take your son of the prefect of Jiangning." So these two letters will be safe on your side, but not necessarily on my side, and maybe any thieves and assassins will sneak into my house. Cao Yi said worriedly.

"In addition, I also want to let the Shen family know that there is no need to put my mind on my side, even if I want to come over to rob it, I don't have a chance to steal it, it is better to think about how to get this million taels of silver, otherwise these two letters are very likely to become evidence in court." They will then spend their time thinking and guessing, whether your Yang family is involved, and where is the degree of participation, after all, all the foundation of their Shen family is in Jiangning, but it is precisely Jiangning that Yang Gong has the final say, so they have to think carefully, so they are very likely to choose to settle things and spend money to buy peace. Cao Yi said with a smile, revealing a sly smile.

"Brother Yi, you are really a wishful thinking, you actually counted me and my father in!" Yang Xingwen said half-jokingly.

Cao Yi also laughed and said, "Brother Xingwen, in fact, Yang Gong has long known that I want to use you and him in this matter, and use chicken feathers as arrows, deliberately making the Shen family suspicious and jealous. He knew it from the moment I asked you to be the middleman at the banquet, and we were an equivalent exchange. ”

"Huh? What equivalent exchange? Yang Xingwen asked puzzled.

"Do you remember yesterday when Yang Gong and I looked at each other and laughed at the same time?"

"Remember, I asked at the beginning, and my father also said that I have low political consciousness on this matter, Brother Yi, tell me what's going on." Yang Xingwen suddenly approached and whispered with interest.

"Actually, it's nothing, originally I planned to lead the reward order issued by the government to encircle and suppress Soul Mountain, but then I didn't plan to give up pursuing Shen Yan, with a compensation of one million taels of silver here, it doesn't matter if the bounty over there is there, but the credit for encircling and suppressing more than 100 bandits in Soul Mountain is really not small, didn't I let Yang Gong decide for himself yesterday." No matter who it is, as long as he takes Yang Gong's edict to Soul Mountain, he can receive more than 100 bandits. So at present, the credit for successfully encircling and suppressing the bandits in the Lost Soul Mountain is still in the hands of Yang Gong, he can use it himself or give it to others, it is up to him to have the final say, in return, so he also allows me to use his name to bluff to scare the Shen family, I say this, Brother Xingwen, do you understand? Cao Yi said with a smile.

Yang Xingwen nodded, "No wonder my father said that my political consciousness is not as good as yours, it seems that this is indeed the case, Brother Yi, you are really powerful, I decided, in the next few days when I am still in Jiangning, I will follow you Cao Dacai." ”

"Don't, don't, Brother Xingwen, you are an official of the imperial court, and I am just a poor scholar with no reputation, Lord Yang must not do it!" Cao Yi said funny.

"Hahaha!" Then came the sound of the two of them laughing.

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