Long Live the Empress

Chapter 156 Lure the snake out of its hole

Three days later, Yue Jinghao and his party finally arrived at Nanhai after traveling day and night. This is where Weiguo specializes in producing spices, and the streets and alleys are filled with the smell of spices.

They found a teahouse and sat down near the window, from where they could clearly see a spice shop called "Yiluxiang".

"This is the shop of that unscrupulous guy. Fortunately, I was smart and asked about it at that time. Hey, I don't know who has taken my banknotes now..." Rong Cheng said angrily while looking at the spice shop.

"You guys wait here, I'll go take a look first." Yue Jinghao changed into a man's outfit and went downstairs with Manou and Nanny Qin.

Yan Liyuan just drank his tea quietly, looking at Yue Jinghao's receding figure downstairs, without saying a word.

Facing Yan Liyuan alone, Rong Cheng didn't even dare to move. His eyes moved back and forth, not knowing where to look...

Yue Jinghao did not go directly to the spice shop, but bought a lot of valuable items before going to the spice shop.

When the waiter at Yiluxiang saw this handsome, well-dressed young man coming in with two maids carrying a lot of bags, he knew that they were wealthy people from outside the area, so he quickly greeted them warmly.

Yue Jinghao bought a lot of precious spices and said casually: "We don't have such good spices in our county. Hey, if I take these spices back, I will definitely have no trouble selling them!"

At this time, the shopkeeper also knew that Yue Jinghao was a wealthy man, so he said, "If you are interested, you can talk to our master."

"Oh? Then please arrange a time for me to discuss the matter with the owner in detail."

Agate took out a small piece of gold from his purse and stuffed it into the shopkeeper's hand. The shopkeeper's eyes widened. How rich must one be to reward his servants with gold!

After Yue Jinghao left, the shopkeeper immediately went towards the government office.

"Master, a big shot came to the shop today and wanted to buy some spices from the shop to sell to other counties!" said the shopkeeper.

"Oh? What big shot?" The speaker was Sun Mingyang, the county magistrate of Nanhai.

"She is very generous and all the rewards she gives to servants are gold." The shopkeeper said as he took out the piece of gold from his arms.

Sun Mingyang thought for a moment and said, "Something is fishy. Let's wait and see what happens! We should be careful. Tell Huang Ren that he just made a big profit in the capital. Don't show up recently!"

"Yes!"

Yuelai Inn

The secret guard reported to Yan Liyuan the whereabouts of the shopkeeper. Rong Cheng was so angry that he slammed the table: "No wonder, no wonder Huang Ren dared to lie to me! It turns out that he was in collusion with the government! How hateful!"

"I will continue to go shopping at the major shops tomorrow. You just wait in the inn to avoid being recognized and alerting the enemy." Yue Jinghao said.

"Thank you, Miss Yue!" Rong Cheng bowed respectfully, but he didn't expect to receive a cold snort from Yan Liyuan in return.

Rong Cheng didn't care, as long as he could regain his face!

On the second day, Yue Jinghao made another large purchase, and the whole Nanhai knew that there was a wealthy young man living in Yuelai Inn.

The county magistrate Sun Mingyang had also heard the news, but he did not dare to show up easily and thought of trying it again.

On the third day, word spread in the South China Sea that the young man wanted to do spice business. Now, spice merchants from all over the county came with visiting cards asking to see Yue Jinghao.

Now Sun Mingyang could no longer sit still. He couldn't let the duck that had already been in his mouth fly away, so he called the shopkeeper to discuss it.

In the afternoon, Yue Jinghao received a visiting invitation from Yiluxiang, asking her to meet at Wenxiang Tower at 11 p.m.