C35 (2/2)

”Why don't you ask me what happened?”

Zhu Guanliang looked at her in confusion, ”To be able to make the general so anxious that he can't sleep at night, the only thing that can make him worry is the soldier and the soldier. Since the general has already agreed to the soldier, then the only thing to worry about is the soldier's salary.”

”How do you know?”

”Everyone knows that.”

”The method you mentioned last time might work, but it's not like you can get up in an instant and earn a lot of money right away. By the time the shops are built up, the yellow flowers would have turned cold.”

Zhu Guanliang laughed, ”Are you asking my opinion or testing me?”

Zhou Leping placed a hand on his shoulder, and patted his chest as if he was a good brother, ”Don't hold a grudge like that, you saw it too, there were so many people trying to kill me, I don't care anymore, but right now, doesn't it seem like you are innocent?”

Zhu Guanliang took off her hand, ”I am a doctor, it is not convenient for me to interfere in the matters of the imperial court and the military.

”There's no one else here, so what's the harm in telling me? If I can't trust others, then can't I trust you?”

It wasn't her style to change her opinion of him so quickly, or perhaps she was just believing him on the surface. She was secretly rubbing doubts in her heart.

He was silent for a moment, then asked, ”You really want to know?”

Being curious, Zhou Leping could not react so quickly, and could only nod. ”Hurry and tell me.”

”It's easy to say. There are records in the ancient books that there were countless treasures in the tombs of the nobles who dug up the tombs and stole the tombs. Moreover, each and every one of them is a legendary treasure. With those, the military salary would not be a problem.”

Zhou Leping rejected her without even thinking, ”Digging graves and robbing them would harm my merits, how could I do such a wicked thing? No!”

Zhu Guanliang knew that she would not agree, ”Then there's only one way left.”

”What?”

”Fundraising.”

”Raise funds?” Who do you want to collect funds from? ”

”A hundred civil and military officials, distinguished officials, wealthy merchants, and landlords and gentry.”

Zhou Leping waved his hands at him, ”This is better left as soon as possible. All of the people you're talking about are people that you can't find anything good even if you dig between their fingers. When we find them for donations, by the time we collect the military salary, the soldiers in my side will already be starving!”

Zhu Guanliang cast a sidelong glance at her, ”That's your way of doing things.”

”It's not like the imperial government had never done this before, but when the time came, everyone tried to explain that they had no money. Even if they donated money, it would be worth at least a hundred gold taels. What are they going to do with it!?”

After lying on the bed for the whole day, he hadn't been sitting there for long. The wound caused him to be unable to support his waist, and he leaned forward to lean on her. He seemed to be talking to her.

Zhou Leping took off her mask before she went to sleep. When she was alone, she did not even think about wearing it when she came out to drink. When he suddenly approached her, she could see the light in his eyes that was less than an inch away from her.

There was a moon in the sky, and it seemed as if there was a moon in his eyes. It was shiny, and had a strange attractiveness to it.

”In the imperial court, officials abhor being rich the most. If you dig too much, you will easily be crowned as a corrupt official. A truly greedy official would not dare to give too much. A clean and honest person would not be able to give so much.”

His words were clear and straightforward, causing Zhou Leping to become lost in thought.

Zhu Guanliang suddenly reached out and flicked her head, then pulled back to sit up straight, ”Does the general understand what I mean?”

Zhou Leping was stunned by his sudden outburst, and was about to yell at him for being bold, but when she suddenly heard him ask about it, she was stunned again, ”Understand what?”