The Heavens: From the Beginning of Earth Crossing Panlong

Chapter 173 38. Pursuing Bailey
Because the Xiao family and other forces in charge of the housing and real estate business in Yancheng, the city lord's mansion has a harvest for the houses sold.

Simply put, it is taxation.

In addition to housing and real estate that need to pay taxes, many industries in Yancheng also need to pay taxes.

Yancheng is not a family, nor is it a power, but a city, and tax collection is inevitable.

Without taxes, Yancheng would not be able to operate.

Without taxation, where does the "salary" of Yancheng soldiers come from?
As the ones who maintain the law and order of Yancheng, it is impossible for them to follow Yancheng's precepts and collect protection fees, right?

In the beginning, Yancheng did collect protection fees like this.

But with the issuance of a commandment, there are almost none.

That is, patrol officers and soldiers can report each other, and those who report are true will be rewarded. As for those who are reported, they will be directly killed by the city lord's mansion. There is no room for negotiation!

If the rest of the team concealed and failed to report the situation, they would also be shot and killed, and there was no room for negotiation.

As soon as this decree was issued, the matter of receiving protection disappeared immediately.

Facing the threat of death, no one can be calm, unless you really don't want to live.

The punishment of this commandment is really heavy, but there is no way, after all, this is a matter of trampling on the commandments of Yancheng.

The Xiao family is very powerful in Yancheng, as long as they want to investigate many things in Yancheng, they can find out.

But when it comes to things outside Yancheng, the Xiao family is powerless.

The power of the Xiao family wants to stretch out of the city, unless the prestige of the Xiao family spreads throughout hell.

As long as they hear about the Xiao family, people will think of the Xiao family in Yancheng, and only then can the power of the Xiao family extend outside the city.

At present, the Xiao family is far from being able to do this.

Not to mention the Xiao family, even the prestige of Yancheng is only spread within a radius of hundreds of millions of miles, not even the scope of the Bauhinia Continent.

Xiao Guang is still very clear about the power of the Xiao family.

Xiao Guang was not surprised that Mr. Mo did not find out the past of Belle and Chubais.

"The girl named Bailey and Chubais are from outside Yancheng? Do they have any friends or relatives?" Xiao Guang asked.

"These two people are indeed from outside Yancheng," Mo Lao replied, "As for whether they have friends or relatives, it has not been found out."

"Because according to the investigation, these two people have no regular contacts."

Hearing Mo Lao's answer, Xiao Guang nodded.

Then Xiao Guang fell into silence.

He has already investigated Bailey's matter.

But what to do next?

Go after Bailey?
Xiao Guang didn't know.

He has been very withdrawn since he was a child, except for the few friends he made in the academy, he has no other interpersonal contacts.

Xiao Guang didn't know what to do. After taking out a bottle of wine from the interspatial ring, he started drinking one after another.

"Master, do you have a crush on that girl named Bailey?" Mr. Mo asked, breaking the calm.

Xiao Guang opened his mouth, "It should be..."

Seeing that Xiao Guang was not sure, Mo Lao was not happy, "Yes, yes, no, no, don't hesitate!"

"I really like it!" Under Mo Lao's urging, Xiao Guang affirmed.

"Then the question is very simple, young master, you just try to pursue that girl named Belle," Mo Lao said.

Xiao Guang: "Huh?"

"Ah, what, it's just a pursuit, and I didn't let you marry him directly!" Mo Lao glared at Xiao Guang.

"But..." Xiao Guang still hesitated, he was really not good at such things.

Perhaps because he was about to say something important, Elder Mo's expression became serious, "Master."

"Huh?" Xiao Guang, who was struggling, looked up at Mo Lao.

"Don't think you are so entangled now. When you really start chasing, you may give up soon. There is no need to be so entangled now." Mo Lao said.

"What do you mean?" Xiao Guang was puzzled.

"First of all, all we know so far is that you have a crush on her, young master. Do you know whether she has a crush on you?"

"You do not know!"

"If she doesn't like you, it will be very difficult to pursue her."

Mo Lao glanced at Xiao Guang and said.

"It's okay, good feelings can be cultivated slowly," Xiao Guang replied.

"Yes, goodwill can be cultivated, but there is another most important problem. You don't know her character." Mr. Mo said very seriously.

"If she is a murderer with corrupt conduct, then don't even think about it. It is impossible for the Xiao family to allow you to marry such a woman."

"Depraved... murderer?" Xiao Guang thought of Belle's cute and shy appearance, but he couldn't connect Belle with the blood-stained murderer.

Seeing Xiao Guang's suspicious eyes, Mr. Mo certainly knew what Xiao Guang was thinking, "Young master, you still have too little experience. You know people and face but you don't know the heart. Many people are pretending, not to mention you, but me. I'm afraid It’s not necessarily discernible either.”

Xiao Guang was shocked when he heard what Mr. Mo said, "Old Mo, you can't tell the authenticity of a person?"

Mo Lao was older than him by an unknown number of years, and he realized that Mo Lao was a god-level powerhouse.

When he was on the Earth Continent, Mo Laocai was not his guardian. He waited until Hell before Mo Laocai came to his side to protect him.

It is no exaggeration to say that Mr. Mo's experience and the people he has met eat more than Xiao Guang's.

Mo Lao's life experience, the people around Xiao Guang, few people can compare with Mo Lao.

But Mo Lao, who has such a rich life experience, can't tell the authenticity of a person?
Seeing Xiao Guang's questioning gaze, Mo Lao said helplessly, "Human nature is complicated, young master, it is enough for you to know this."

"Master, you don't need to think too much now, wait until we get in touch to talk about the next thing."

"And young master, have you thought about it?"

"what?"

"This is a girl named Belle... she is said to be a girl, but this is just her appearance. After all, the divine body can change at will."

"Those who can become gods, no matter how 'genius' they are, have lived for decades. Maybe this 'girl' named Bailey already has a son and daughter~" Mr. Mo glanced at Xiao Guang strangely.

"No... right?" Xiao Guang had a look of disbelief.

"Who knows? After all, the world is full of wonders," Mr. Mo said nonchalantly.

He really didn't care, after all, he wasn't interested in Belle.

If Belle really had a son and a daughter, Mo Lao was sure that Xiao Guang would not accept Belle.

Watching Xiao Guang grow up to the present, Mr. Mo still knows Xiao Guang very well.

In some respects, Mo Lao even understood him better than Xiao Guang himself.

Hearing Mo Lao's series of analysis, the tension in Xiao Guang's heart, feeling uneasy and at a loss, weakened a lot.

Although what Mr. Mo said seemed ridiculous to Xiao Guang, Xiao Guang also knew that Mr. Mo said this deliberately to make him relax.

But from another perspective, what Mr. Mo said is indeed not unreasonable.

No matter how much he thought about it, it wasn't even as rewarding as being in contact with Belle for a minute.

"Then what to do next?" Xiao Guang asked, "Go to her directly?"

(End of this chapter)