My uncle is Zhu Di

Chapter 19 No Way Out
Seeing how scared Xiao Ningyue was, Chen Tangjin felt even more proud, and the young masters behind him also laughed proudly!

One of the young masters smiled and said, "You should marry Brother Tang Jin. What's wrong with being our brother Tang Jin's concubine? From now on, when you go out, you will be a person of status!"

"Well, let's not talk about this. How could I, Chen Tangjin, forcibly seize a woman?" Chen Tangjin stretched out his hand to stop the man from continuing, then looked at Xiao Ningyue with a joking face and said, "Tell me, I want to see which member of the Xu family is so bold as to ignore my words!"

"This, Mr. Chen, is Xu Qin, the son of the former Duke of Wei. His family is also producing spindles now. I bought it from them!" Xiao Ningyue raised her head and looked at Chen Tangjin pitifully!
Before he finished speaking, the smile on Chen Tangjin's face slowly disappeared, and all those young masters who were smiling smugly before no longer dared to laugh!
"Bitch, you dare to use Xu Qin to suppress me?" Chen Tangjin gritted his teeth and stared at Xiao Ningyue.

"I dare not. No one dares to sell spindles to my family. I have no other choice but to try my luck at Xu Mansion. Maybe Xu Mansion doesn't know about your order, so they sell it to us. I hope Mr. Chen will be merciful!" Xiao Ningyue said while bowing to Chen Tangjin!

At this time, a young man next to him pointed at Xiao Ningyue and said, "You said you bought it from Xu Qin's family, so you bought it from Xu Qin's family? Who are you trying to scare?"

"I will send a carriage to Xu Mansion to load those spindles back later. If you don't believe me, you can follow me!" Xiao Ningyue saluted and said to the young man.

Chen Tangjin was staring at Xiao Ningyue at this moment, trying to find out whether she was lying from her words and expression! But after watching for a while, he couldn't be sure whether Xiao Ningyue was lying!
"Okay, you wait! You weave the cloth now, and then I'll see who dares to buy your cloth. I want to see how much money your Xiao family has in stock of cloth!" Chen Tangjin pointed at Xiao Ningyue and said coldly.

"Mr. Chen, we, the Xiao family, are just a merchant family. Please be merciful. If you don't mind, I am willing to offer you ten thousand taels of silver as a thank you!" When Xiao Ningyue heard Chen Tangjin say this, her face turned pale, but she still wanted Chen Tangjin to be merciful!
Chen Tangjin smiled confidently, walked up to Xiao Ningyue, leaned over, and whispered, "If you obey me, all the money you and your family have will be mine!"

After saying that, he stood up straight, looked at the pale-faced Xiao Ningyue, then burst into laughter, then waved his hand and left with those young masters!

Xiao Ningyue stood there, almost fainted, and then looked at Chen Tangjin and the others' receding backs with resentment on her face!

"Miss, what should we do?" The two maids who were supporting Xiao Ningyue said anxiously.

Xiao Ningyue struggled to stand up and said, "Go and guard the city gate. Today, I have to treat Master Xu to a meal no matter what!"

"Miss, have you ever thought about this? Mr. Xu's reputation is already, already, what if Mr. Xu is even worse than Mr. Chen?" A maid next to her looked at Xiao Ningyue worriedly and said.

"The maids in his mansion are no inferior to me. Moreover, even so, I would rather marry into the Xu Mansion than the Chen Mansion. The people in the Chen Mansion are so arrogant and everyone hates his father. Something bad will happen sooner or later!" Xiao Ningyue gritted her teeth and tears flowed down her face. She felt bitter in her heart. Her father was forced to death by Chen Tangjin, and her fiancé broke off the engagement out of fear.

All those officials who had previously had a decent relationship with my dad and whom I had used my connections to protect, now distanced themselves from him and dared not help!

It can be said that the Xiao family is desperate. Otherwise, they will be swallowed up by Chen Tangjin, including the people and the wealth! But I still have a younger brother. These family properties are left to my younger brother by my father. My dowry has been prepared by my father a long time ago, and it is also worth tens of thousands of taels!

After Chen Tangjin left the Xiao family workshop, his face turned pale. He had not expected that Xu Qin actually sold spindles to the Xiao family!

"Brother Tangjin, do you think Sakyabao did it on purpose or did he not know about it?" A young man next to him looked at Chen Tangjin and asked.

"Who knows? Who dares to ask? Now that bastard doesn't even go to the Imperial College, how can we find out?" Chen Tangjin cursed with his hands behind his back and a gloomy face!

"It would be fine if you didn't know. But if you knew, why would you still do this?" Another young man looked at Chen Tangjin worriedly, and the others also looked at Chen Tangjin immediately!
All of them had been beaten by Xu Qin, and he had beaten them very cruelly. It wasn't just once, he had been beaten at least three times. Even their fathers were helpless and had no idea what to do!

"How about we ask someone, how about we ask Xu Jingchang?" a young man suggested.

"Who's going?" No one said a word when asked this! They couldn't afford to offend Xu Qin, but they also couldn't afford to offend Xu Jingchang. Now Xu Jingchang also had a group of supporters in the Imperial College. Relying on Xu Qin's residual prestige, plus Xu Jingchang also practiced martial arts, was a duke, and was also growing up. He dared to fight and charge, so he had people around him. This was why Xu Jingchang didn't come to find Xu Qin during this period!

In fact, Xu Jingchang was a little afraid of Xu Qin. If Xu Jingchang made Xu Qin angry, Xu Qin would beat him up. However, Xu Jingchang admired Xu Qin very much and would look for Xu Qin whenever he had problems.

Over the past month, Xu Jingchang has been going smoothly. The previous fight between Xu Jingchang and Xu Qin in the Imperial College also helped him to establish his authority. The key point is, if someone is so blind as to hit Xu Jingchang, what will Xu Jingchang do when he calls Xu Qin?
In the evening, Xu Qin came back from outside the city exhausted. Today's main task was to install those large machines. Not only did Xu Qin have to give orders, but he also had to assemble them himself. He just ate a bite of rice at noon. At this time, he was tired and hungry!

As soon as he entered the city, he saw Xiao Ningyue standing by the road waiting for him. Xu Qin reined in his horse, looked at Xiao Ningyue with a strange expression and asked, "You didn't buy the spindle from my house, that's impossible, right?"

"Hello, Mr. Xu. I bought it. I came here today specially to thank you. I hope you will honor me with your presence. I have booked a private room in the Cuiyue Tower next door!" Xiao Ningyue said as she bowed to Xu Qin.

After hearing this, Xu Qin sat on his horse and looked down at Xiao Ningyue!
Xiao Ningyue didn't dare to look up!
Xu Qin said calmly: "Did Chen Tang come in to look for you today? Did he threaten you?"

Xiao Ningyue looked up at Xu Qin in surprise, then blushed and said, "Yes! Master Xu is indeed wise! I am sorry that you have made fun of me with these tricks!"

"I won't eat anymore. Well, please tell Chen Tangjin a message for me. If he dares to continue to harass me, I will set fire to his house. That's it!" Xu Qin said and was about to ride away!
"Mr. Xu, please stay, please stay!" Xiao Ningyue shouted hurriedly!

Xu Qin looked at Xiao Ningyue unhappily at this moment. He had already said this, and it was still not enough?
"Please forgive me, Master Xu. Master Chen has said that no one in the entire Ming Dynasty dares to buy our cloth! Master Xu, our family has a dyeing workshop and many cloth shops. Not only in Nanjing, but also in Hangzhou, Suzhou, Nanchang, Changsha, Guangzhou, Taiyuan, and Jinan. With Master Chen saying this, my Xiao family's cloth shop is really doomed to fail!" Xiao Ningyue said, choking up!

"So many cloth shops?" Xu Qin's eyes lit up when he heard this. He just didn't have any channels now. Of course, he could build channels himself, but that would be too slow and he didn't have that much money!

"Yes, my father has some ability in business, but what can we do? The word official means two things. Master Chen wanted to take me as a concubine. I already had an engagement, so my father naturally did not agree. But Master Chen threatened my father, saying that my father had contacts with officials during the Jianwen period, and he would send my family to the imperial prison! Some officials who had contacts with my father, in order not to be implicated, forced my father. My father had no choice but to hang himself! I had originally agreed to be Master Chen's concubine. I would save my family in exchange for my life!

But my father disagreed. He said that justice is in the heart of the people. There is justice in this world, and there is karma in the world. His Chen family will not have a good ending! If I marry him, it will still implicate the Xiao family!
Before he died, my father said that after he died, those officials would not force our family. If there was no other way, all the wealth of the Xiao family would be given to the Chen family, and I would take my brothers and sisters back to my hometown to hide away from the world. But, but, I don’t accept it. I don’t believe that the Chen family has the final say in this world! Please help me, Master Xu! I am willing to be a maid for life and serve Master Xu, and at the same time offer half of my Xiao family’s wealth! "Xiao Ningyue said with tears, and knelt down in front of Xu Qin.

After hearing this, Xu Qin looked at Xiao Ningyue who was kneeling on the ground, and then said calmly: "Get up, didn't I just tell you? Just go ahead and open the shop without worrying about it. I still have things to do in my house. If you have any problems, just send someone to my house to find me or Shiyue!"

"Yes, thank you, Mr. Xu. I will sort out the assets in my mansion in the next few days and give them to you to choose from when the time comes!" When Xiao Ningyue heard Xu Qin say this, she stood up happily and saluted to Xu Qin.

"No need. No matter how poor my Xu family is, we will never rob the common people of their property. That's it!" Xu Qin gently waved the whip in his hand.

At this time, a group of young men were seen coming out of Cuiyue Tower in the distance!

Xu Qin saw this and laughed, saying, "Follow me!"

"Ah!" Xiao Ningyue looked at Xu Qin in confusion. When she saw Xu Qin riding away on horseback, Xiao Ningyue lifted her skirt and was about to follow him. Only then did she realize that Chen Tangjin and the others actually came out of Cuiyue Tower.

Xiao Ningyue's face was pale at this moment, and she thought to herself that she really didn't know they were in Cuiyue Tower. She was the one who sent the servants to reserve the private room!
What if Xu Qin thought he was using him?
Xu Qin and his guards soon arrived in front of the gate of Cuiyue Tower and blocked Chen Tangjin!

"Shi, Shi, Sakya Bao?" When Chen Tangjin saw Sakya Bao, his eyes widened and he looked at Sakya Bao in disbelief!
(End of this chapter)