"Ziyu, Benchu, let's be brothers in our next life!”Cao Cao was about to slit his throat, but he was slow. He turned around and said to his guards,"Go back and tell my father that I can't be filial in this life and can only look forward to my next life.”
As expected, the guards were caught in the trap and quickly pulled Cao Cao back. Yuan Shao and Mu Ge looked at each other and laughed coldly. Cao Cao was really good at pretending!
"Brother Meng De, please don't do this. We've already felt your feelings.”Mu Ge did him a favor. Since he wouldn't slit his throat, he might as well give him a way out.
"That's right. Brother Meng De, let's forget about this matter. However, you owe me and Ziyu a life each, so just remember it. Ziyu, let's go.”After Yuan Shao finished speaking, he got on Cao Cao's tall horse and asked another cavalryman to dismount. He gave the horse to Mu Ge and the two of them left without looking back.
Cao Cao's face darkened as he kicked away a cavalryman and rode back.
Mu Ge returned to Luoyang City and declined Yuan Shao's invitation for a meal. When he returned to the Xun Manor, Mu Ge's disheveled appearance surprised the servants of the Xun Manor. How did Young Master Mu become like this? His clothes were ragged and his outer coat was missing.
"Ziyu, what happened?" Xun Yu walked out and asked Mu Ge doubtfully. Xun Xin was beside him. When she saw Mu Ge's miserable state, not only did she not comfort him, she even applauded. Mu Ge swore that he would not tell her a story today!
"It's a long story. It was all caused by Cao Mengde. It's like this. How could Mu Ge let go of such a good opportunity to slander Cao Cao? He wanted Xun Yu to stay away from Cao Cao. This was his 'woman'!"
"I didn't expect Cao Mengde to become so profligate and indecent. I don't have such a friend!" Xun Yu shook his head in disappointment. He decided to draw a clear line with Cao Cao in the future. This was called cutting off one's robe and cutting off one's friendship.
Mu Ge was elated when he heard this. It seemed that his biggest rival, Xun Yu, had been killed. Coupled with Xun Yu's loyalty to him, he no longer had to worry about Xun Yu leaving with someone else.
After bidding farewell to Xun Yu, Mu Ge returned to his room. Seeing Mu Ge return in such a sorry state, Xiuyan hurriedly asked him,""Young Master, where are you injured?”
Mu Ge smiled and waved his hand." I'm fine. I'm just tired from running all day. Xiuyan, can you boil some hot water for me? I want to take a bath."”
"Here, Young Master." Xiuyan agreed and quickly went to prepare.
After a comfortable bath and a full meal, Mu Ge planned to take a nap. However, the butler of Xun Manor came to find Mu Ge and said that Lord Zhang's subordinates were waiting for him outside the manor.
Mu Ge knew that they were definitely here to ask for goods, so he asked the butler to bring a big wooden box over and put it in his room. Mu Ge put away the 2,000 packs of cigarettes and got someone to carry them out.
Standing outside the door was a young eunuch. When he saw Mu Ge coming over, he was very polite and said to him,"Young Master Mu, my Zhang Junhou has come to ask you if the matter of the cigarettes has been settled?”
Marquis, Zhang Rang and the other Ten Attendants of the Imperial Court were all made marquises by His Majesty a while ago. Their positions were extremely noble and favored. The power of the eunuchs had also reached the peak, and they were almost at the peak of their status.
However, Mu Ge knew that this situation would soon be broken. After the uprising ended, Zhang Rang and the others would die. However, he still had to be careful to maintain a good relationship with Zhang Rang. Otherwise, with Zhang Rang's current power, killing him would be as easy as strangling an ant.
"Naturally. Lead the way." Mu Ge said.
Mu Ge followed the young eunuch into the carriage and arrived at a grand manor. Zhang Rang's manor was more than ten times larger than Xun Manor. There were palaces, temples, pavilions, and many other buildings. Zhang Rang had plundered and plundered for many years, and was arrogant and greedy. It was not surprising that he renovated such a manor.
Mu Ge followed the young eunuch all the way to the inner courtyard. Zhang Rang was resting in the hall of the inner courtyard. When he saw Mu Ge, Zhang Rang asked him lazily,"Mu Ziyu, did you finish the cigarettes that I asked you to refine?”
"Lord, I have completed my task.”Mu Ge asked the servants to carry the big wooden box in and open it.
Zhang Rang stood up and checked his body. Finally, he smiled. However, his smile looked gloomy, as if his parents had died.
"Very good, Mu Ge, you've done well. According to the split, I should give you 3,200 taels of gold for these 2,000 packets of cigarettes. Unfortunately, I'm a little short of money recently, so I'll give you 3,000 taels.”Zhang Rang said.
Mu Ge pretended to be terrified and cupped his fists."Thank you for your reward, Lord.”
Mu Ge cursed in his heart. This damn eunuch was really greedy. He even wanted to take away this small change. He made his brother lose two gems for no reason. His heart ached!
"En, go to my storeroom and bring over two thousand gold taels.”Zhang Rang said to his subordinate.
Very quickly, three thousand gold taels were moved over. The boxes were filled with gold taels. Mu Ge's eyes were a little dazzled. He had never seen so much money before.
Zhang Rang saw Mu Ge's expression and smiled contemptuously.""If you continue to work for me in the future, you will receive many benefits.”
"Thank you, Lord. I will go through fire and water without hesitation!”Mu Ge pretended to be very grateful. Zhang Rang felt more assured when he saw that Mu Ge was so easy to control.
Zhang Rang wanted to train Mu Ge to be his subordinate, but he was afraid that he would run to Lu Zhi and the others after he supported him. Now that he saw Mu Ge's 'greedy' look, Zhang Rang felt that it was easy to support Mu Ge.
At night, Mu Ge exchanged all 3,000 gold taels for a total of 30 gems! Mu Ge was overjoyed. Out of the 30 smithing gems, ten were used by Mu Ge to increase his strength.
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