Hell Emperor.

Chapter 379 Ye Jie - Order
Just as Su Miao said, with the preparation of the previous agenda items, the Yangshou trade was implemented with almost no resistance.

At the moment when the agenda was completed, all the living beings in Dongsheng Shenzhou felt something in their hearts. They calmed down and were shocked to find that there was a string of decreasing days in their minds, and those days were the rest of their lifespan.

In the human world, Li Fei'e was stunned: "Three hundred and twenty years? Wait a minute... is that my life span? Sister Xia Wei, how long can you live?"

"One thousand seven hundred years." Xia Wei frowned, "Isn't this the point? The point is why this happened? How can I suddenly know my life span?"

Li Fei'e tilted his head: "Who cares? Isn't this interesting? It turns out that I have 300 years of lifespan. I heard from my master that as long as I can break through a major realm, my lifespan will increase dramatically. In other words, I have 300 years to break through to the fifth level of the Immortal Sealing Realm."

After a pause, Li Fei'e suddenly felt that he had plenty of time, and swept away his worries of the past few days: "If I had known that I could live so long, I should have been more lazy on weekdays. I wouldn't have to get up early every day to practice, and it wouldn't be a problem to relax and rest for a few decades."

Xia Wei glanced at her helplessly and said, "Practice is something that requires perseverance. Even if you have a life span of several hundred years, you can't slack off!"

Li Fei'e stuck out his tongue and said disdainfully, "I see. Why do you talk like Master?"

Speaking of Shen Qingge, Xia Wei asked curiously, "Sister Qingge has been in the underworld these days. I haven't seen her at all. I don't know how she is doing. And what is Master busy with..."

After a long separation, Xia Wei obviously had a lot to say to her master, but her master was always busy with the affairs of the Golden Wheel Palace, and the two of them had no chance to be alone at all. Every time she thought about it, she couldn't help but feel depressed.

And in the Golden Wheel Palace, as the longevity trade was implemented, invisible changes were quietly spreading. All the ghost officials with a little vision could keenly perceive that the Golden Wheel Palace would soon undergo drastic changes.

At the same time, Ye Jie was meeting with a distinguished guest in the cafeteria.

Shoufa threw away the bowl with only the residue left, wiped his mouth, and said with a smile: "Palace Master Ye, now that the Yangshou trade is going smoothly, I think we will be able to make a lot of money soon. This time, I am deeply impressed by the sincere cooperation with Palace Master Ye."

Ye Jie smiled and replied: "Whether you earn a lot or a little is secondary. The important thing is to let people use their extra lifespan to get what they want. I just hope this move can help them."

Shoufa grinned and said, "That's right, Lord Ye, I believe they will appreciate your kindness."

As he spoke, a ghost messenger from the Shoufa team came over, holding a small yellow-brown flag with a neatly written word "Shou" on it.

"Captain, the new birthday flag has been made according to the style you specified. Please take a look."

Shoufa took the birthday flag, looked at it, and said with undisguised admiration: "Yes, this is what a birthday flag should be like. Let's make it according to this style."

Ye Jie raised his eyebrows and asked curiously, "What is this birthday flag?"

Shou Fa laughed and said, "This is the certificate of the Ghost Officer of the Longevity Service. Doesn't the Longevity Service Ghost Officer have to be present for the longevity trade? This longevity flag can replace the role of the Ghost Officer of the Longevity Service, allowing people to trade longevity with the longevity flag themselves."

"Yeah……"

Ye Jie was a little curious. After all, he had just started the longevity trade and knew very little about the secrets involved. "How many longevity flags do you plan to make?"

"One hundred thousand noodles."

"So many?" Ye Jie was a little surprised.

"Not many, maybe we need to increase it." Shoufa waved his hand and said, "There are no more than 20 ghost messengers in my team. With this number, how can we meet the longevity trade of the entire continent and ensure that longevity will not be wasted? Of course, we have to rely on people themselves."

Shoufa narrowed his eyes and said, "This small birthday flag is enough to drive people crazy. The fear of death has long been engraved in the bones of human beings. The birthday ghost messenger does not need to do anything. He only needs to hand the birthday flag to people. They will do everything to gain more life span, and in the end it will be ours."

Ye Jie was stunned, and then heard Shou Fa say, "By the way, Palace Master Ye, the Yangshou trade has been successfully implemented. After all, this is a big business involving hundreds of billions of Yinde. My master, Elder Wanshou, will visit the Golden Wheel Palace soon, hoping to deepen the cooperative relationship with Palace Master Ye."

Ye Jie nodded. Elder Wanshou was the second elder of the Qinglian Palace. Because of its location in Northern Juluzhou, the Qinglian Palace was much more powerful than the Jinlun Palace. The trade within the palace was often calculated in billions. As the second elder of the palace, Elder Wanshou naturally had an extraordinary status and was far more powerful than ordinary people. He said respectfully:
"If the old man Wanshou comes in person, I will definitely go out to the hall to greet him."

While the two were talking, they saw many ghosts coming into the cafeteria and lining up in a long queue, waiting for the ghost officials in the hall to fill their cups with spirit porridge and distribute the food.

At this time, a tall and strong ghost, relying on his superior physique, was about to break the rules and cut in front of the team. He was soon discovered by the ghost waiting outside the cafeteria and was driven out.

"What are they doing?" Seeing this scene, Ye Jie couldn't help but frown.

"Palace Master! He didn't follow the rules, so he was kicked out."

"He must have offended the Palace Master. The Palace Master must punish him severely. Go and capture him!"

Seeing Ye Jie, the ghost messengers in the cafeteria started to report. Ye Jie waved his hand to stop them and asked in confusion: "Why are you all lining up here? Aren't there three big cafeterias? Why don't you go to other ones?"

Hearing this, the ghost messengers in the cafeteria looked at each other in bewilderment. After a while, they spoke: "Palace Master, according to your order, two restaurants in the cafeteria have been closed, and only this last one is left..."

"What? When did I ever give such an order?" Ye Jie looked puzzled.

The ghosts looked at each other, not knowing how to answer. Then a sharp-eyed ghost discovered something: "Palace Master, the notice of closing the big canteen is posted at the entrance of the other two big canteens. You will know it at a glance."

Ye Jie was a little confused. He went to the door and saw the notice they mentioned.

"According to the order of the Palace Master, the canteen is closed due to poor management. Anyone who needs spiritual delicacies should go to Aunt Meng's Wine Country with good deeds. Is the signature... Judge Hua?"

Ye Jie's eye twitched. What was Hua Xiaomei doing? Why did she close the other two large canteens?

In desperation, Ye Jie had to go to the Document Hall to take a look.

On the way, Ye Jie also saw many ghosts in a hurry, some of them carrying boxes, some carrying bags, and hurried to the tax office set up outside the Document Hall. Ye Jie was quite curious, so he stopped one of the arrogant male ghosts and asked, "What's in your bag? What are you doing?"

The man was about to explode, angrily scolding Ye Jie for not blocking the way, but he found that it was the Palace Master who stopped him. He swallowed back the words in his mouth and put on a smile instead:
"So it's the Palace Master. Who is so blind as to dare to block my way... Ahem, the bag contains spiritual stones. I am responding to the Palace Master's order and sending the spiritual stones to the Taxation Department to exchange for Yin De."

Ye Jie frowned. What did this Palace Master's order mean? Things seemed to be getting more and more complicated.

Seeing Ye Jie's uncertain expression, the man who was stopped thought he had said something wrong. He was trembling with fear, but heard Ye Jie say: "You did a good job, you can go now."

The man then breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly ran back to the Taxation Bureau along the same route.

With a lot of questions in his mind, Ye Jie followed the group of ghosts and came to the hall of the Taxation Bureau. He walked into the back without any obstruction and met Fuling, the tax judge in charge of the place.

Seeing Ye Jie coming, Fuling smiled calmly: "Brother Jie, you are not handling official business in the Office of Documents, how do you have time to come to the Taxation Department?"

Ye Jie smiled and then expressed his doubts: "On the way here, I saw many ghosts carrying spirit stones. What happened?"

Seeing Ye Jie asking this, Fuling blinked: "Hasn't Sister Mei told you yet? This is a method we discussed not long ago to protect the Yin De tax."

Ye Jie was puzzled: "How to guarantee it?"

Fuling explained: "The Yin De tax only takes effect when ghosts trade Yin De through the Book of Life and Death. If they barter, the tax cannot be collected. It must be avoided as much as possible."

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After a pause, Fuling continued, "Sister Mei has already established several laws and announced to the entire palace that anyone who engages in barter transactions in the palace will be severely punished. In addition, the Palace Master's order has just been issued by the Palace Master, requiring the ghost messengers in the palace to send all their spiritual stones, gold, silver and other valuables to the Taxation Department in exchange for Yin De of the same value. I thought you already knew..."

Ye Jie took a deep breath. Only the Palace Master himself could issue orders. Only when a major situation occurred in the Palace would the entire Palace be informed. Obviously, someone had stepped in and taken over the responsibility. "I see. I'll go ask her."

Soon after bidding farewell to Fuling, Ye Jie arrived at the Document Hall. With mixed feelings, he came to the Redress Hall inside the Document Hall. Before he entered, he heard the cold voice of the verdict.

"Let me ask you, do you know the decree that has just been issued?" Listening carefully, it was Hua Xiaomei's voice.

"I heard that, but..."

"Since you know the law, why don't you follow the rules and use spirit stones to trade? Do you know your crime?"

Arriving outside the Hall of Redress, Ye Jie took a quick glance and saw what was happening inside.

Below the hall, a ghost merchant in luxurious clothes knelt on the ground, trembling with fear. When he thought of the punishment he was about to suffer, he couldn't even speak clearly. In the hall, the flower judge in white clothes and white face sat high in the seat, with a grim look, ruthlessly judging the ghosts' crimes.

"That was just a decree issued yesterday. I was careless and made a mistake. Can't you give me a chance? Besides, I'm not the only one who is still bartering. Why don't you punish them..."

Hua Xiaomei shook her head: "You are still looking for excuses and refusing to plead guilty. This is a serious crime. Either you pay 500,000 in Yinde to atone for your crime, or you will be boiled in oil for 50 years. It's your choice."

"I...I will do good deeds..."

The ghost merchant's face changed constantly, and he finally had to compromise and be taken away by other ghost officials. Fortunately, his family was wealthy, so he would be fine if he paid the debt of good deeds. But if his good deeds were not enough, he would not be so lucky.

Hua Xiaomei bent her fingers and knocked on the judge's table: "Let's see who dares to barter this time... Brother Jie, why are you here?"

When Hua Xiaomei saw Ye Jie, her eyes suddenly lit up. She didn't care about the dignity of a judge and immediately ran to Ye Jie, revealing a smile from the bottom of her heart.

Seeing Hua Xiaomei's sweet, sincere, and undisguised smile, Ye Jie's originally slightly dissatisfied and even complaining heart was relieved at this moment, and he couldn't help but smile and said, "I came here to see...what are you doing?"

Hua Xiaomei smiled as if to seek credit, "Didn't I issue several laws? The ghost officers caught a ghost who violated Yama's laws and used spirit stones to barter privately. The ghost was dissatisfied and insisted on seeking justice from the judge, so I had to satisfy him."

"Yeah……"

Ye Jie nodded, as if he wanted to say something, and then heard Hua Xiaomei say: "In fact, the ghost didn't know that the ghost who proposed to him to trade with spirit stones to evade taxes was the ghost I sent to fish in advance, but who made him agree?"

"What?" Ye Jie frowned, "Why are you doing this?"

Hua Xiaomei said righteously: "Of course it is to put an end to this. All ghost transactions are supervised by the tax bureau to ensure that every transaction is taxed. Barter must be completely stopped! The fishing ghost I sent out was successful, which shows that those ghosts had a lucky idea in their hearts. Others can also succeed if they make such a request. This punishment is considered light!"

"Okay..." Ye Jie understood and changed the subject. "And what about the Palace Master's Order? I, as the Palace Master, don't even know about the Palace Master's Order. In the past, in Guangwang Palace, falsely spreading the Palace Master's Order would result in death."

Hua Xiaomei suddenly seemed to remember something and apologized, "Come to think of it, I've been discussing the tax affairs with Fuling recently, and I've been so busy that I even forgot to tell you about the Palace Master's order... Brother Jie, you won't blame me, right?"

Seeing Hua Xiaomei pursed her lips, looking extremely aggrieved and pitiful, Ye Jie had no intention of blaming her. He reached out and stroked her cold cheek: "You are my family, how can I bear to blame you? I am just afraid that you will encounter trouble when issuing the decree. This is my Palace Master Order. When I am not around, you will be the Acting Palace Master. You can pass any administrative options without having to report to me."

Hua Xiaomei smiled, her smile showing some enjoyment and some attachment. She accepted the golden token with the word Jie engraved on it, and then listened to Ye Jie saying, "By the way, what's going on with the cafeteria?"

"Big canteens? Three are too many. They bring no profit and take up a lot of space. They are simply bad buildings. If it weren't for the Immortal Shoufa staying in one of the big canteens, I wouldn't want to keep any of them and would close them all."

Ye Jie's eye twitched: "So you were planning to close the cafeteria a long time ago."

Hua Xiaomei counted on her fingers and said, "By closing the three large dining halls, we can save millions of merits every year! The merits in the palace cannot withstand such reckless spending. Every account must be carefully planned!"

Seeing how Hua Xiaomei managed the accounts seriously, Ye Jie couldn't help but smile and had to go along with her wishes.

(End of this chapter)