Chapter 570: Three Days, Jia Loulan, Eruption! _2
"I will definitely give the three of you an explanation!"
The obese County Master of Yang City, currently in a state of utter distress, was pacifying the three old family heads while secretly ordering his confidants to inspect the government treasury.
"Don't rush us, how can you expect us not to be anxious!"
The three old family heads' faces turned crimson, as if drunk, and at this moment, unknown to others, under the extreme strain, the cerebral blood vessels of the three, fragile as they were, suddenly burst, causing them to collapse on the spot.
Seeing the three fall, the County Master of Yang City panicked, dizzy and in disarray, hurriedly ordering people to fetch a doctor while shouting for servants to perform emergency resuscitation.
Just then, a scholar dressed as a steward ran over crying, shouting all the way,
"County Master, it's bad, the storeroom has been robbed too."
"It's gone, everything is gone, what shall we do now."
There is a limit to what one can endure; upon hearing the distant shouts of the steward, as if the last straw had been placed on his back, the County Master of Yang City could no longer hold back, everything before him went dark.
Before fainting, it crossed his mind that perhaps falling asleep forever might actually be a good thing.
Breathlessly, the steward reached the back yard study, and upon seeing the three great family heads and the County Master collapsed, he was utterly dumbfounded.
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Chaos erupted, overnight, the entire Yang City turned into a complete mess, like porridge stirred in a pot.
For reasons unknown, the three family heads of Yang City, Qian, Li, and Zhu, succumbed to rage and all perished during their time at the County Government.
The County Master, revived just moments before by the hastily summoned doctor using silver needles, fainted again upon hearing this terrible news, only to regain consciousness late into the night. Upon waking, he started howling about hanging himself, wanting to follow the three old family heads in death, but was forcefully restrained by the steward and the County Governor.
Because if they didn't hold him back, with the County Master's death, they would become the highest authority in Yang City.
This burden was too heavy; they neither wanted to carry it nor could they manage to, so the County Master could not die.
Almost instantly, a consensus was reached among all factions within the Yang City County Government: at least, the County Master must not die before the people from the Night Patrol Bureau arrive.
Not only that, but the family of the County Master also had to be strictly 'protected' and not allowed to leave at will.
The reason didn't matter and could be made up easily, like it being dangerous outside, the situation uncertain, to prevent any harm from villains to them.
After all this was arranged, the previously completely overshadowed County Governor, sitting on the cold bench every day, suddenly sprung into action. With power in hand, he began giving orders. His opportunity had arrived.
He knew starting from today, the County Master was finished.
Some things falling into their lap might not be gold but still dirt; moreover, the butt of Yang City's County Master was not clean.
Three years as a clean County Master, a hundred thousand white jade coins, the common folks of Yang City affectionately nicknamed their County Master as Yang Shiwang (Yang Hundred Thousand).
Of course, now under the operation of a certain Taoist Priest Yi's financial logistics, their County Master is no longer known as Yang Shiwang.
Being considered Yang Sanqian (Yang Three Thousand) would mean he had hidden his assets well.
With the comprehension and experience at the Dao Fruit Realm, even though his current peak state was not present, Yi Chen's strength was not something they could withstand.
The enormous wealth of the Yi Family being sold cheaply, the countless fortunes accumulated by his cheap former father vanished overnight in the storm - this vengeance could not go unavenged.
That was Yichengzi's money! His money!
Previously, he did not have enough strength, which is why he made small manipulations and deceptively interacted with several families, but now with sufficient strength, why farm when you can directly plunder?
Therefore, last night while plundering the wealth of the three great families, Yi Chen transferred the techniques he had used on Wu Changshou, the town head of Fengyun County, onto the three family heads, avenging a long-standing grudge and settling previous karma.
In such a manner of death, Yi Chen, considering the face value of their wealth, gave them a good end.
He didn't believe that after learning their entire family wealth had been looted, these three old fellows, no matter how profound their Qi Cultivation Technique, could keep calm.
As for the mastermind, that County Master...hehe, sometimes, death is actually not the greatest punishment.
Living, living in fear, feeling the countdown of life, is.
Qian Country Court will not let him go; Night Patrol Bureau will not let him go; the three major families' heads will not let him go either.
The three elder Deng's deaths at the County Government were also beyond Yi Chen's expectations, undoubtedly hammering three nails into the already coffin-bound County Master Yang's coffin!
The wind blew fiercely, Yi Chen stood on the rooftop, gazing at the boiling Yang City, his face filled with indifference.
With a flash in his eyes, a virtual screen instantly appeared before him.
[Name: Yi Chen (Three Corpse Primordial Spirits Peng Jiao)]
[Life Span: 17/1200]
[Cultivation Technique: Pure Yang Refining Extreme True Method Thirteenth Layer]
[Passive Skills: Danqing Painting Skill lv1, Fishing lv2, Fish Dragon Dance lv5]
[Deep Red Value: 1766] (Can be obtained through special items or by killing demons and evil objects etc. Used to enhance cultivation levels or for deduction.)
Yi Chengzi, Yi Chengzi, Shocking Pure Yang Yichengzi, descended to this world for three days, approaching the realm of True Monarch once more, his aura grand, powerful enough to make souls tremble.
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One day later.
Flower Pavilion, inside an elegant private room, the sound of splashing water arose.
At this moment, four figures strikingly appeared inside the room.
They were Yi Chen, Young Master Guo, and two delicate women who were washing their feet.
"Ah, Brother Guo, love separated by mountains and seas, unlevelled mountains and seas, what's truly hard to level is the human heart, hard to stir up feelings again!"
"A man, a true man, is it just about wetting the bed? Your fiancée wanting to call off the engagement over this news... it's too much."
"Don't overthink it, I've taken care of the fee for washing your feet today."
Yi Chen shook the ice-cold wine in the glass cup, clucking his tongue before chuckling towards the little chubby fellow next to him.
He did not expect to run into the disheartened Young Master Guo on the street today, only after asking did he learn that Young Master Guo had been heartbroken.
Moreover, Young Master Guo's heartbreak was somewhat related to Yi Chen.
Because that night, after rescuing Young Master Guo, Yi Chen, finding it disgusting, threw Young Master Guo with his urine-soaked trousers and the wet bedsheet he was holding all back onto the bed using his inner strength, and then the news spread.
For some reason, the news reached Young Master Guo's fiancée, and another little family that had always been unsatisfied with Young Master Guo's looks immediately took this opportunity to cause trouble, calling off the betrothal during the day time itself.
"Ah, Brother Yi, where do you still have money? Let Guo do it!"
"Actually, I don't blame little Tian; she is the most innocent and kind-hearted girl I've ever met. It must be her father, who at the time of our engagement by fingertips saw the Liu and Guo families as a good match. Now that the Liu family has allied with a big family in the County Town and business is booming, it's natural for them to look down on me."
Under the delicate girl's massage, Master Guo felt his burdens somewhat alleviated, he sighed deeply, and lifted his cup to down the beautiful wine in one gulp.
"But speaking of which, Brother Yi, as they say, misfortune depends on blessings, and blessings on misfortune; now Yang City is in great chaos, yet that flying thief Jia Loulan did not manage to steal from my Guo family, thus temporarily preserving our family wealth—this, in fact, is a fortunate event." Young Master Guo exhaled a breath of turbid air as if he had thought of something, his face immediately showing a schadenfreude expression.
Seeing others losing money, felt like earning money himself, his mood improved a bit more.
"Brother Guo, since it's a fortunate event, then let's drink one more cup!"
Yi Chen smiled silently, refiling his glass with wine, just as he was about to drink another cup with Young Master Guo, the door suddenly opened.
The visitor was a steamed bun haired maid, at this moment Young Master Guo could not help but be stunned.
Because he was also a follower of Miss Shi, naturally, he was deeply impressed by her accompanying maids.
"Young Master Yi, I wonder if you have some time now, Miss Shi would like to invite you over to discuss some poetry and poems, she is also quite interested in the theories about music you mentioned last time."
At this moment, not only Young Master Guo but also the two delicate women washing feet and the steamed bun-haired maid were all curiously looking at Yi Chen.
It was simply unbelievable, they didn't know how he had caught Miss Shi's eye.