Chapter 351 (1/2)
Chapter 351
Chapter 351: Old Shopkeeper
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
The master kneeled on the floorHis face flushed red, then whiteHearing the words ”Ye family,” he remembered the true identity of the person in front of hiradually roseHe felt ashas of shame were easiest to understandAfter all, back then he was nothing ar on the streetsTo be where he was today, it was all because of the Ye faht people like hier and fear, it caer after being co that the imperial envoy was a descendant of the Ye fa in his brainIf so, hoould he use them to threaten him? Fan Xian had already beheaded master XiaoDid he think himself better than that?
”The court has treated you well,” Fan Xian looked at him and said each word clearly, ”and not just you three mastersThe official salary of even normal treasurers sodouWhat h his eyes”Perhaps you think the palace treasury depends entirely on your heads, and the annual 20of silver has blinded you and ht for more?”
These words hit the heart of the matter for the treasurersThe palace treasury's yearly production was extreht the Qing Kingdoh, they still felt unsatisfied in their hearts when it was coe sum of silverThey felt that since they earned the silver for the court, then they should be given more of itThis hy there was corruption, abuses of law, and exploitation of coh the treasurers did not dare talk back, their eyes showed a sense of agreehed coldly and mercilessly ripped away their painted skinHe ridiculed thes you rely on, are they truly things from your head?”
There was absolute silence in the workshopEveryone, including the officials, all adet, before the appearance of the Ye family, what did you know? Did the skills you hold in your ht to you in a temple?”
Fan Xian cursed, ”Reht you! If it weren't for the mistress of the Ye faing in the e workshops? I think you have all forgotten! You want to use the things the Ye faht to my face? Do you want your face? Do you know shame?”
The officials behind hi stopped pursuing the radually known to all under heaven, this kind of public talking about the Ye fa a taboo
Fan Xian could not currently care about this ryOn the other, he wanted to use this opportunity to right his naardless the ht and proper way—the so-called doing things for the right reasonsToday, when Fan Xian cursed and scolded the treasurers and decapitated a person, he did not talk about benefitsHe first talked at the level ofTo use the skills of the Ye family to threaten a descendant of the Ye faratitude?
The master of the Second Workshop finally fell and sobbed, ”Sir, I knorongPlease give me a chanceLet me use the skills I learned before to work for the court”
Although thebitterly, the sharp-eyed Fan Xian did not find any traces of tears on his faceOn the contrary, his lips were tightly pressed togetherHe couldn't help laughing coldlyHe knew the other party still thought he wouldn't continue killing people and that the things in his head were still useful
Fan Xian lightly clappedWhen the sound of his clap faded, four elderly people, each half a century old, were escorted into the workshop by officials of the Overwatch CouncilThis elderly people were not bystanders, they were the Qingyu Hall shopkeepers that had coh the middle plains and Danzhou
The officials of the Overwatch Council put out four chairsFan Xian roseHis face was expressionless, but he deliberately invited the four shopkeepers to sit with great respect
The officials, treasurers, and workers were confusedWho exactly where these old men who looked like a breeze could blow theround with the i, he was gru behind the i
Fan Xian's finger ran down his robe and dipped into some of the icy cold rainwaterHe spread it between his eyebrows and gently rubbed itHe asked, ”Do you recognize who these four are?”
The Ye family had already been fallen for almost 20 years, and the workers in the palace treasury workshops had not been that sa timeEven the treasurers had never nize who these four wereEven if there were people from before, the distance was too far and they could not see clearly
It was the round who raised his gaze, filled with hesitancy, and sloept it over the faces of the four peopleHe then lowered his head and thought for a whileSuddenly he seehtened his legs softened; originally in a kneeling position, he immediately fell onto his bottom into the mud
It had been 20 years since he had seen themHe, who had once been a little helper of the Ye fa who exactly was sitting in front of him—the old shopkeepers of the Ye faan to shakeOnly now did he knohy Fan Xian was so confident and fearless, why he forced himself and these treasurers to rebel, and why he did not care at all about the things he had in his headHe had brought the old shopkeepers who had been under house arrest in Jingdou with him to the palace treasury
Who were the old shopkeepers? They were the first students of the mistress of the Ye familyThey were also the masters of all of the later rand roup of old men beside him, the imperial envoy did not care about the proble out or need to worry about the production quality of the palace treasuryTo be honest, back in the day, the palace treasury was originally built single-handedly by these old shopkeepersHow could they not kno to h this point, the master's face was filled with hopelessness, however, there was still one thread of hope that existed deep inside his heartHe opened his led and crawled desperately in Fan Xian's directionSobbing he said, ”Master, please ask for mercy for your disciple!”
Everyone was startledEven Fan Xian was a little surprisedOf course he knew that this person was not begging aze of the master, he found that he was actually look at Seventh YeHe couldn't help tilting his head and curiously asking, ”Seventh Ye, this was your disciple before?”
Seventh Ye's face was heavyHe stared at the master's face and said in a raspy voice full of bitter resentment, ”He learned frohtlyHe understood how Seventh Ye feltAfter the Ye family collapsed, the 23 old shopkeepers were captured from various places by the court and put under house arrest in JingdouAs for their disciples, soled at death's doorThese were all choicesimminent catastropheNo one blamed themHowever, for people like the Second h position, his behavior back thenthe Second master call out the word ”master,” the master of the Third Workshop who had been silent this entire tiHis entire person frozeHe stared at the four oldbeside the imperial envoy, completely unable to believe his own ears
Those of the Ye fa the treasurers confirmed the identity of the four peopleScared and surprised, some of the people who still had old memories stepped forwardWith surprise, joy, and fear, they knelt before the four old shopkeepers
”Fourth Master”
”Twelfth uncle, I's, shopkeeperI was a shop assistant doing odd jobs in the Chuzhou branch”