Chapter 229 Silver Still Needs to Be Given
Wang An snorted coldly and sneered: "If I am a traitor, what are you? A traitor or an open traitor?"

"The imperial court strictly prohibits smuggling abroad, but how do you do it?"

"It's fine if you smuggle grain, tea and salt, but you even dare to smuggle ironware, openly defying the imperial decree!"

"To put it mildly, it's a crime, to put it seriously, it's treason, and you dare to call me a traitor?"

Xu Mengyuan and the others were immediately furious. Someone pointed at Wang An and shouted, "You said we were collaborating with the enemy and betraying our country, but you are also doing business on the grassland. How dare you give us away!"

Wang An took out the pass certificate issued by the Ministry of Rites and the Honglu Temple from his pocket, waved it in front of the man, and said with a smug look: "Open your dog eyes and look carefully, take a good look at what this is!"

"I am the imperial merchant of the Ming Dynasty. I came here to pay tribute and trade with Chahar under the order of the imperial court. How can I be compared with you?"

Xu Mengyuan and the others were speechless, but Xu Mengyuan, who was unwilling to give up, still said stubbornly: "But along the way, I clearly saw you doing business with the tribes along the way. Did they also receive rewards from the court?"

Wang An picked his nose and flicked a large black mass onto Xu Mengyuan's face with a click. But before the other party could get angry, Wang An let out a long "oh" and said:

"I was wondering why you were willing to spend so much money to secretly bribe Ezhe Taiji to frame me. It turns out you think I stole your business!"

Xu Mengyuan immediately realized that he had said something wrong and his face turned pale.

Wang Anze ignored Xu Mengyuan and the others and looked directly at Lin Danhan and said, "The case has been solved. It turns out that these guys were afraid that they couldn't compete with me, so they bribed Ezhe Taiji to use some despicable means to frame me."

"I'm so sorry, Your Majesty Khan. These cunning guys were just trying to please their parents, but they ended up bringing trouble to your reputation..."

Wang An originally wanted to express his deep condolences for Ezhe's death, but when he thought about it, Ezhe was killed by the other party himself... no, he was kicked to death by the other party, so he might not like to hear it, so he stopped talking.

Seeing Wang An's conclusion, Xu Mengyuan and others immediately became noisy and began to deny Wang An's accusations one after another.

However, these businessmen were disappointed. There is a saying in their motherland that goes "A scholar cannot explain his reason clearly when he meets a soldier."

What's more, if they encountered barbarians on the grassland, even if these guys brought out the "Great Yasa Code" promulgated by Genghis Khan, I'm afraid that Ligdan Khan would not even look at it.

After all, in this grassland where the strong prey on the weak, the only truth is the sword in your hand and the warhorse under your crotch.

"Someone come, arrest these despicable Southern Dynasty merchants. This Khan will make them experience the most severe tortures in the world!"

After he finished speaking, Xu Mengyuan and the others could no longer hold on and immediately fell to their knees, begging.

"Khan, please spare my life. We are willing to donate all our wealth, just please don't kill me!"

"It's none of my business. I didn't plan this. I just followed them here!"

"I don't know anything. It was Xu Mengyuan who asked everyone to chip in, so I paid 500 taels of silver."

"Khan, spare my life..."

However, in the face of everyone's pleas for mercy, Lin Danhan remained unmoved.

He just looked at them coldly, as if he was thinking about what kind of punishment to use on them.

The guards around them ignored their wailing and walked right up to them, knocked them to the ground roughly, then grabbed their collars, hands and feet and dragged them on the ground.

Soon, all these people were arrested.

Until this moment, the biggest crisis Wang An had faced since he came to the Ming Dynasty was resolved.

After proving Wang An's innocence, Lin Danhan immediately patted Wang An on the shoulder and said that he would hold a banquet for Wang An to express his apology. Wang An waved his hands repeatedly, indicating that Lin Danhan did not need to be so polite.

Just kidding, facing such a barbarian who kills without blinking an eye, Wang An just wants to stay as far away from them as possible.

However, since Lin Danhan invited him again and again, Wang An did not dare to refuse him too much.

Who knows if the other party will get angry and turn against you?
So Wang An, still wearing tattered clothes, followed Lin Danhan directly into the big tent.

Soon a maid went down to prepare the wine and food needed for the banquet.

While waiting for the food, drinks and dancing maids came on stage first.

The melodious exotic music immediately echoed in the big tent.

But gradually, Wang An noticed something unusual.

He said he wanted to apologize to Wang An, but in fact, Lin Danhan was drinking by himself.

Moreover, it was a nice banquet, but there were no other guests except himself and Lin Danhan, which was in stark contrast to the lively banquet last night.

Moreover, Lin Danhan has always been very excited, even a little neurotic.

This made Wang An worry whether Lin Danhan had some mental illness, or that he had mental abnormality because he killed his own son with his own hands.

But no matter what, Wang An's only wish now is to reduce his presence. It would be best if Lin Danhan treated him as if he didn't exist.

As soon as they can get out of the tent safely, he will lead the convoy away.

However, the tree wants to be still but the wind does not stop. Wang An wanted to keep a low profile, but Lin Danhan did not want to let him go.

As this so-called banquet was going on, suddenly a guard outside the station reported that the convoys led by those Ming merchants had all been seized, and many people and goods had been captured. He asked Ligdan Khan how to deal with them.

Since these merchants were doing business all the way here, although many of them were intercepted by Wang An, there were still some other routes that brought great rewards.

The caravan contained food, tea and salt that the Chahar tribe urgently needed, but also a lot of furs and grassland specialties that were not used.

Of course, it cannot be said that they are of no use. It can only be said that in the eyes of the Chahar people, the value of these specialties is relatively low.

Lin Danhan yelled angrily, "Do you need me to teach you this?"

"Of course we kill the men and leave the women alive! What? No women? What a bummer..."

"As for those goods, they will all be confiscated and compiled into a book for this Khan to review!"

After arranging all this, Lin Danhan picked up the wine glass and staggered to Wang An's side, just like Ezhe did last night, and put his arm around Wang An's shoulders affectionately.

"Brother Wang, although you were wrongly accused in this matter, you did play with my woman. For the Lord, you still have to give me the 20,000 taels of silver!"

Wang An's face turned bitter, but he had expected it.

At worst, just think of it as spending money to buy happiness, it’s just a little expensive.

(End of this chapter)