Your Majesty, please beg for mercy. The prince's rebellion was successful.

When he saw Yin Ji again, Zhou Zheng could not recognize him.

At this time, Yin Ji was no longer as energetic and handsome as he was at the beginning.

Instead, his hair was disheveled and his clothes were ragged.

Let alone the legitimate son of the Yin family of the five great families, even if he was thrown into the crowd, he would only be regarded as a beggar.

Uh ~

Even Zhou Ping couldn't help frowning and making a sound of disgust when he saw Yin Ji curled up aside.

After all, the cage has no light for many years, is dark, damp, and not ventilated, so the stench is naturally inevitable.

"Let me go, please, let me go!"

"From now on, I will never dare to..."

"Please, let me go..."

The moment he forced his eyes open and caught sight of Zhou Zheng, Yin Ji burst into tears as if he were mourning his heir.

As the eldest young master of the Yin family, he was once the proud son of heaven. How could he have ever suffered such a crime and suffered such humiliation?

But Yin Ji didn't dare to really think about it.

Ever since Shangtu Village was captured alive and brought back to Xiang County, he was like a walking corpse, imprisoned in this dungeon in the dark.

He was angry, yelled, and begged loudly, but unfortunately he was ignored.

Jiji also prayed secretly, hoping that the Yin family could rescue him at all costs.

But more than half a year has passed, and there is no news.

He has begun to despair.

Until the moment I saw Zhou Zheng!

Yin Ji put aside his former arrogance and arrogance, knelt on the ground, and kept kowtowing to Zhou Zheng to apologize.

"Humph, it's just a weakling."

Zhou Ping looked down upon such people who were arrogant on the surface, but secretly greedy for life and afraid of death.

Zhou Zheng said nothing, but the indifference in his eyes showed no emotion at all.

He had no harmful intentions, but Yin Ji didn't know what was good and wanted to take action against Zhou Zheng again and again.

Everything has cause and effect, and Yin Ji is solely to blame for everything.

"Do you want to live or die?"

"live!"

Yin Ji, without thinking.

"Do you want to leave here alive and return to the Yin family?"

"Correct!"

Keep kowtowing, and as long as he leaves this damned place and does whatever he is asked to do, Yin Ji won't even frown.

"Thirty million taels of silver, in exchange for your freedom, are you willing!?"

Zhou Zheng squatted down, with a smile on his lips, and asked softly.

Thirty million taels! ?

Hearing this number, Zhou Ping was already prepared for Zhou Zheng to blackmail him, but he still couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.

This is no longer the lion's mouth, this is clearly asking for a high price!

"I wrote a letter, I wrote a letter to my father!"

"As much as you say!"

However, what Zhou Ping didn't expect was that Yin Ji, who had always been shrewd, didn't even hesitate and nodded crazily like a chicken pecking at rice.

"Remember, tell the Yin family."

"Half of it was secretly given to Prince Yong's Mansion."

"Half will be sent to Xiang County."

"The day the money comes, you will be free."

Without leaving these words, Zhou Zheng turned around and left.

"Boss, he, how could he agree without even thinking?!"

"Thirty million, how can the Yin family get it? Are they really willing to sell their property at all costs for the Yin family?"

Zhou Ping's face was full of confusion, this was too weird.

"Life is precious, love is higher."

"For the sake of freedom, both can be thrown away."

Zhou Zheng stood with his hands behind his back, not surprised at all by Yin Ji's reaction.

Only by being truly imprisoned can we know the preciousness of freedom.

"But how can the Yin family get thirty million taels of silver?"

Zhou Ping didn't quite understand Zhou Zheng's words, but even the imperial court couldn't come up with thirty million taels in one breath.

This would obviously kill the entire Yin family!

"The Yin family, of course, can't take it out."

Shrugging, Zhou Zheng nodded.

"If you can't get it out, is it possible that the boss is deliberately teasing the Yin family?"

With a speechless face, Zhou Ping really couldn't understand why he spoke like this when he knew the other party couldn't take it out.

Not to mention that Yin Ji was just a letter, even if Yin Ji brought back a removed arm, I'm afraid the Yin family would turn a blind eye.

After all, 30 million taels is enough to put the Yin family into a situation of no return.

Even if the other three major families are involved, it is impossible to fill this hole.

"Why are you panicking? Could it be that you have forgotten whose godson Yin Ji is?"

Zhou Zheng looked indifferent.

"King Runan is not the one who was taken advantage of."

"As long as he is willing, there are countless young talents who are willing to be his godson."

Zhou Ping shook his head and shrugged helplessly.

"Have you forgotten that I gave the treasure map of Lujiang County to King Runan?"

Zhou Zheng's words made Zhou Ping's expression change instantly.

"The boss just wants to take advantage of this opportunity to get a share of the pie!?"

Zhou Ping is easy to understand.

"That's right, the endless wealth in the treasure map cannot be cheap to King Runan alone."

The corner of his mouth raised slightly, and he counted the time. With King Runan's ability, he was afraid that he had already found the treasure place.

"What if he doesn't give it?"

Zhou Ping did not have a good impression of King Runan.

This is also a cruel and ruthless person.

In order to protect himself and not give Emperor Tianjing a chance to attack, he would rather let Zhou Zheng kill everyone and stain Lujiang County with blood.

Abandoning his car to save his commander, he wiped out most of the power he had managed for ten or twenty years without even blinking an eye.

These methods are no longer ordinary cruelty.

If you want to take money from such people, you will undoubtedly be grabbing food from the tiger's mouth.

"Don't worry, King Runan is a smart man. He will give you this money and he is willing to give it."

Zhou Zheng didn't have any worries.

He could give the treasure map to King Runan, and naturally he could also tell Emperor Tianjing.

King Runan was well aware of the stakes involved.

Besides, this money was used to help King Yong raise his troops and help Xiang County grow stronger.

King Runan, not only would not refuse, but would also accept it gladly.

After all, the more friends you have, the safer King Runan will be.

Therefore, 30 million is not only not much, but also a bit conservative in Zhou Zheng's opinion.

"Taking a step back, even if the Yin family doesn't give us money, will they be safe?"

"The national war has begun, which will consume a lot of money."

"Even the imperial treasury may not be able to support it."

"Do you think those aristocratic families can escape?"

Shaking his head, whether the royal family or the court, the reason why they let the wealthy families go is not because they are truly afraid and jealous of them.

Instead, raise them in another way.

When the critical moment comes, these aristocratic families can provide blood for the imperial court!

Zhou Zheng spoke eloquently, and Zhou Ping kept giving thumbs up.

"The four major families are going to bleed anyway, so we might as well strike first."

"It's just that if you do this, Your Majesty will hate the boss to the core, right?"

Zhou Ping coughed and felt a little uneasy.

"Hate to the bone?"

"Do you think I care about this?"

"Don't he think he can control everything?"

"I just want to tell him that I am not under his control."

"I just want to disgust him!"