"This king is also a fair person, and he has specially calculated that in this batch of silver, the cash silver that originally belonged to your Ning family is about 500,000 taels, and this part of the silver will be returned to your Ning family, and the remaining 2.5 million taels are the stolen money of the Tu family's rebellion, which must be collected by the state treasury. ”

Meng Jing's words first promised benefits to the Ning family, and then pointed out the power of it, and led the silver to the rebellion, ordinary people would never dare to touch the word "rebellion".

However, Ning Jing'er was not an ordinary person, she was not frightened, and she was not moved by the 500,000 taels promised by Meng Jing.

"What if I don't want to hand over the silver, does the prince want to send troops to break through?"

"Miss Ning is so cute, this king doesn't want to destroy the flowers with his hands, and I hope to consider this matter more. ”

When the girls hear others compliment them on their appearance, they are generally in a good mood, and they are in a good mood, and there is a drama about the things they discuss.

Ning Jing'er pursed her lips and smiled, her face was faintly blushing, after all, she was a lady who had not been out of the cabinet, and she was praised by people who thought about it day and night, and she was a little shy.

Meng Jing saw it and knew that it had worked, so he continued to "follow the good path":

"This king has the intention of pity and cherishing the jade, Miss Ning should not be disappointed, as long as you cooperate, this king can send someone to transport away this batch of silver now, and this matter will be solved soon. ”

It's about to be done, and Meng Jing seems to have seen the silver of the white flowers.

"Wait, I don't seem to say I'm going to hand over the money. ”

Ning Jing'er's face faded from blush, and she interrupted Meng Jing's fantasy with a bang.

Temptation and good words don't work, so you can only coerce.

"If the Ning family does not cooperate, then the king can only mobilize officers and soldiers to forcibly take away the silver, and then the Ning family will not only not get one or two pieces of silver, but will also be implicated. ”

Meng Jing deliberately emphasized the serious consequences of the officers and soldiers coming to search, hoping that Ning Jing'er would retreat in the face of difficulties.

"That's right, if you send troops, the prince can take an extra 500,000 taels from my Ning Mansion, such a cost-effective thing, why should the prince bother talking here, just send troops to search Ning Mansion directly. ”

Ning Jing'er had long known that the Xinwang Mansion was short of silver, and Meng Jing came to negotiate and let go of the 500,000 taels in vain, which was not in line with the current situation of the Xinwang Mansion, she thought about it again and understood the reason.

Hearing such a reply, Meng Jing was very upset, but he couldn't say it.

Of course, he would not easily give 500,000 taels to the Ning family for nothing, but he didn't dare to bring troops to search the Ning Mansion, after all, the three million taels of silver were not really "rebellion and stolen money".

These silvers are all cash silver transferred by the Ning family from various families in Pingzhou, even if they are detained by the Tu family, they still belong to the major families in Pingzhou in name.

If the matter is made big and those families know, they will definitely come to the Xinwangfu to ask for it, after all, the Xinwangfu represents the government, and it is still reasonable on the surface, so they can only return all the silver, and in the end the bamboo basket will be empty.

Meng Jing had already calculated these things clearly, and he would never do this kind of stupid thing.

Ning Jing'er saw that Meng Jing didn't speak for a while, and smiled: "If the prince sends troops to search, our Ning Mansion will definitely cooperate, but does the prince dare to come?"

Meng Jing was irritated by Ning Jing'er and was a little annoyed.

"This king is afraid that the matter will become big and affect the friendship between the palace and the Ning mansion, and it is by no means ......"

The defense was very weak, and Ning Jing'er smiled even more happily, like a peach blossom that had just bloomed in early spring.

"Since the prince doesn't dare to send troops to search, then I don't pay the silver, and you can't help me, so that the three million taels are all from the Ning Mansion, and the prince's plan is only 500,000 taels, and I am not a fool, why should I obey the prince's arrangement. ”

Meng Jing carefully tasted Pinning Jing'er's words, it really made sense, this is very right, if it were Meng Jing, he would choose this way.

It's over, this little girl has a very clear mind, and even Meng Jing herself is convinced, how can you talk about this?

This was the first time he felt frustrated since coming to Pingzhou, and he turned around to leave.

I heard a "goodwill" greeting from Ning Jing'er behind me: "Welcome the prince to bring troops to search the palace." ”

Immediately followed by Ning Jing'er's laughter like a string of silver bells.

“......”

Meng Jing almost knocked down, and could only leave the Ning Mansion in disgrace.

He quickly summed up the lesson of this time: you must not quarrel with a woman, there is no chance of winning.

At the gate of Ningfu, I saw the coachman half-lying on the carriage board, but there was no trace of Guo Dongtai.

"Where did Master Guo go?"

As soon as the coachman heard Meng Jing's voice, he immediately got up, his expression was different, and he replied, "Lord Wang, Master Guo has gone to investigate the people's situation." ”

Meng Jing frowned, always feeling that the coachman had something to say, but he couldn't understand it.

Seeing Meng Jing's puzzled expression, the coachman hurriedly added, "The villain knows where Lord Guo is." ”

The carriage traveled for about half a column of incense and stopped at a high courtyard in a pavilion.

Meng Jing slowly got out of the carriage, and a strong smell of gouache rushed to his face, which made Meng Jing choke a few times.

He looked up and saw that the door plaque read the words "Yihong Mansion", which was a green building.

Meng Jing was the first time to come to this kind of fireworks alley willow land, and he was still a little curious in his heart.

At this time, I saw Guo Dongtai walking out in disheveled clothes, hooking two colorful and explicit women casually, his steps were soft and weak, and it seemed that he had experienced some clouds and rain.

This old guy has a good body.

Meng Jing stood aside and coughed deliberately.

Guo Dongtai looked shocked when he heard the sound, and hurriedly let go of the two women, and waved them away with a serious face.

Then he trotted all the way over, smiling and saluting with a wrinkled face.

"The prince is here, and he finished his work so quickly in Ning Mansion?"

He thought of Ning Jing'er's wonderful figure, and muttered in his heart, the prince is really weak, and he will be done so quickly, far worse than me.

Meng Jing didn't know what he was saying, so he asked directly: "I heard that Master Guo came to investigate the people's feelings, I don't know what the people's feelings are in this Qinglou?"

Guo Dongtai's old face turned red when he heard this, and he said embarrassedly: "Well, the lower officials have already visited this green building, and the girls in the building are all miserable, and the lower officials can't bear it, so they specially give silver taels, and I wish these women can get out of the sea of suffering as soon as possible." ”

Meng Jing looked at Guo Dongtai's messy clothes and said jokingly: "It seems that Master Guo has funded a lot of girls, it's been hard work." ”

"It's not hard, this is what the lower officials should do. ”

The two of them knew it, but they didn't say it.

Meng Jing laughed a few words, and then told Guo Dongtai that the Ning family had taken away three million taels and that he had asked for it to no avail.

When Guo Dongtai heard this, he wondered in his heart, aren't the prince and Miss Ning family related?

How could the Ning family not give face to the prince?

Could it be that they quarreled?

Could it be that the prince is weak and dissatisfied with Miss Ning?

Meng Jing saw that Guo Dongtai was distracted and silent, and thought that he was thinking about countermeasures to get silver, if he knew what Guo Dongtai was thinking, he would definitely be angry.

Meng Jing turned around and got into the carriage and said, "Let's go back first, discuss these matters with Lord Xue." ”