Chapter 19.2
Somehow Nie Qing was able to convinced the emperor to agree to building the bank warehouse in Shang Yang, and the printing process had also commenced . As soon as the warehouse was done, the reform could be pushed out .
Once the negotiation was done, Murong Yun Shu immediately began her return trip to Jinling . Nie Qing was now her right hand man, so he was travelling with her . Feng Ling volunteered to be the second Lu'er, joining the party and helping out with errands and serving the others . Naturally, everybody knew what her real intention was . Chef Gao went to Sholin Temple, bringing with him Murong Yun Shu's "thank you note" to Chu Changge .
Sitting inside the spacious horse-drawn carriage, Murong Yun Shu fished out the hair clasp she bought the day she arrived at the capital for Chu Changge . She stared at it for a long time with an intricate look . Finally, she lifted the curtains and tossed it out . When she found out all the extreme behaviors he had in the past for a woman, she realized they were not meant to be . Their relationship would never go beyond friendship .
Luckily, so far she had only viewed Chu Changge as someone who's nice to have around to chitchat with when she's board . She couldn't care less whether he was with her or not .
The carriage was spacious, large enough for a tall person to lie down . And for someone who's of average height like Murong Yun Shu, she could totally lie down as though she was in her own bed and move around however she wanted . So she laid down and closed her eyes . She figured they'd arrive at Jinling when she woke up .
Nonetheless, some people were never meant to have a smooth sailing life and Murong Yun Shu certainly was one of them .
Murong Yun Shu was woken up by the abrupt stop of the carriage, her body flew forward, almost tossing her off . Luckily she had quick reflexed and was about to reached out to steady herself between the interior walls of the carriage .
"What happened?" She lifted and curtain and looked outside . There she saw about seven or eight roughnecks blocking the path of the carriage . They were all dressed in grayish hemp garments with their hairs sloppily tied up with hemp strings, making them look awfully like bandits . However, what made them appeared to be even more like bandits were their cliche saying:
"We planted the trees, we paved the road; you want to pass, you must pay us!"
Murong Yun Shu simply pretended that she didn't hear them . She did not appear to be frightened at all . She exited the carriage in a leisurely manner, scrutinizing the bandits with her gaze, "How much do you want? I don't have too much on me today . If I don't have enough, just put it on my tab . "
The bandits were caught off guard that not only was she not frightened, angered, or worried, but rather open to negotiation . They didn't know how to respond .
Nie Qing snickered . Nobody knew whether that was directed toward Murong Yun Shu or the bandits . Murong Yun Shu watched on as Nie Qing wanted to the "front line" . She figured he had some plans up his sleeves, instead he let out a very grandeur bureaucratic jargon of "Robbing under the broad daylight? Do you know there are laws in our country?"
Murong Yun Shu busted out laughing, that was very pedantic of a top scorer in the imperial examination . If bandits would observe the law, they wouldn't become bandits in the first place .
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