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Chapter 210: The Yue Family Ancestor! Various Methods!
Inside Gaoliu Castle.

Among the Yue family.

The current head of the Yue family, with cultivation reaching the pinnacle of the Refining Essence Realm.

But the thing on his waist was made of a strange object, given to him by the ancestor himself.

At this moment, his face was cold, he looked down and said: "Before, the commander of the Tianjian Division came to visit, and the ancestor woke up from his retreat, and was extremely furious."

"Before the ancestor went into seclusion this time, he told you that ill-gotten gains are not acceptable. From now on, if you do legitimate business, you must abide by the law and don't let the Heavenly Supervisor come to you again!"

"I have also told you that the ancestor intends to cultivate the Heavenly Supervisor Inspector Wu Chang and does not want to make enemies with him."

"You couldn't suppress your greed and once again participated in the embezzlement of city expansion materials."

The head of the family, with his hands behind his back, said in a deep voice: "You have violated the laws of Qifeng Mansion and the family rules. What should you do?"

More than twenty members of the Yue family were kneeling below, half of them were direct descendants.

At this moment, everyone was trembling with fear, knelt down and confessed their guilt, not daring to say much.

"Homeowner..."

The great elder of the Yue family came forward, frowned and said, "No one is perfect. The materials for the city expansion this time involve huge interests. For them, getting a little bit will allow them to practice without worries for the next few years."

"Faced with such a sudden fortune, it is inevitable that one will be confused for a while, but it is actually understandable."

"Besides, they do things in a methodical manner. All the people involved this time are direct descendants of the Yue family."

"If you think about it carefully, it's not even considered as complete embezzlement of materials. In fact, it's still within the rules."

"In the end, didn't they already hand over all the materials for the city expansion?"

The elder waved his hand slightly and said, "Since they have already completed the material exchange, it is in accordance with the law! As for the family law, they can be severely punished, but it is not a capital crime..."

"Jade is not cut, not a device."

At this time, an old voice came from outside, saying: "Those scraps should be carved... These years, I have been in seclusion and the Yue family has been covered in dust. It's time to wipe off the dust."

The atmosphere in the venue suddenly became stagnant.

Everyone bowed down and kowtowed towards the outside.

Even the head of the Yue family hurriedly came down from his high seat.

The great elder even knelt down outside and said in a trembling voice: "Ancestor, they are not leftovers, nor are they dust. They are members of my Yue family, your descendants, and they have the blood of our Yue family in their bodies!"

"It is precisely because you have the blood of the Yue family that you have never had to worry about food, clothing, shelter and transportation since you were born, far better than ordinary people."

The old ancestor sighed and said, "But you are still not satisfied, and you have to squeeze the common people out of money! This bowl of money will make the common people lose their lives, but the silver you get in exchange is probably not enough for you to have a glass of wine..."

Then everyone looked up and saw a tall and burly old man walking in.

He looked majestic, like a lion, full of authority.

He had thick hair and beard and bright eyes as he scanned the crowd.

No one dared to look at each other, and they all lowered their heads.

"The Yue family has participated in the construction of Gaoliu City for generations in order to find a place of refuge so that their descendants can have enough food and clothing, live in peace, and continue their bloodline."

"Back then, I participated in the expansion of the outer city in order to make the city bigger and shelter more people."

The old ancestor said in a deep voice: "My Yue family has made great contributions to Gaoliu City and is the founding father of the city! Therefore, you are lucky to be born in the Yue family. Your bloodline is higher than that of ordinary people in the world, and your status is also higher than that of ordinary people."

"To be honest, the ancestors of the Yue family have worked hard until now, and I am happy that their descendants can become the best of the best."

"But if you can rise step by step with your own abilities, I will be more pleased."

"You can be the best of the best, living a life of luxury. This is the merit of the Yue family, and it is your honor to be born into the Yue family!"

"But you can't step on the bodies of innocent people to make yourself superior!"

The voice was heavy and extremely cold, and the entire hall seemed to be frozen in place.

No one dared to answer.

The ancestor of the Yue family walked up to the high seat, turned around and looked down at everyone.

"You guys were quite good at this corruption case and were able to clear yourself of it, but in my eyes, you also lost your conscience."

There was anger in his eyes, and he said in a deep voice: "No wonder I have been in seclusion for the past thirty years and have not been able to refine my Qi and transform it into a spirit."

"It seems that the descendants of the Yue family have forgotten their ancestors' teachings and lost their original intentions. I feel ashamed of my ancestors."

"There will be no partiality in this matter. Report it immediately to the City Guard Office, and then to the Heavenly Supervisory Office. They will handle it impartially. Those who deserve to be killed, imprisoned, or sentenced to hard labor will be dealt with as you wish!"

Bang!
The chair behind him suddenly exploded!

The ancestor of the Yue family looked at the current head of the family and the great elder.

"As for you, one is the head of the family, and the other is the chief elder. You have no way of disciplining and your family rules are not strict, so that the family tradition is not right."

"Hand over all the treasures of the clan that you two have!"

-

In Linjiangsi.

Yang Zhubu sorted out the evidence one by one and made a list.

"During these days, visitors from all sides have left the city and returned home, leaving a lot of space. The City Guard has ordered that all areas of Gaoliu Outer City, including the outermost district, must accept at least 600 people from outside the city."

"Including Linjiangfang, a total of nearly 6,000 people have been taken in, all of whom are the 'craftsmen' needed for future city expansion!"

"According to the rules of Qifeng City, after they enter the city, Gaoliu City must be responsible for their food, clothing, housing and transportation."

"And they were given a small amount of silver every day as a reward for their labor."

"According to the original plan, the city expansion should have started ten days ago!"

After hesitating for a moment, Yang Zhubu said, "But due to various delays recently, the construction has not started yet..."

"Ok?"

Lin Yan's eyes narrowed slightly.

Yang Zhubu continued, "Except for Linjiangfang, many refugees from outside the city who were taken in by other fangs have died so far, a total of about 800 people, and people are dying every day."

"How did he die?" Lin Yan asked.

"There is no cause of death." Yang Zhubu whispered.

"No cause of death?" Lin Yan pondered for a moment.

"Because according to the list of the City Guard, these people are not dead."

Yang Zhubu said in a serious tone, "So, the City Guard House's warehouse needs to distribute food and wages every day, as well as large quantities of straw mats, quilts, and clothing!"

At this point, he handed the paper over and whispered, "According to the reports from the secret agents of the Tianjian Division, some of the dead were beaten to death, or even died of hunger and cold."

Lin Yan took the paper, glanced at it, and said, "So, if one more person dies, there will be a vacancy for wages, food, bedding, and other items... and those murderers can share these?"

"Almost." Yang Zhubu nodded.

"So many people have died. What should they do when they start building the city in the future?" Lin Yan said again.

"There are always many refugees in the clean area outside the city, especially after the destruction of Jinliu Village, there are even more refugees."

Yang Zhubu said in a low voice: "Every day, many people die outside the Pure Land, or die in the darkness and evil."

"Besides, winter is coming, and I'm afraid more people will die from hunger and cold."

"Many refugees want to enter Gaoliu City. Even if they don't want to be paid, as long as they are given food and a set of clothes, they will be grateful."

"After all, for them, being able to enter Gaoliu City is the only way to survive this winter."

"In recent days, there have been refugees coming from outside the city. However, since the city expansion has not started yet, they have been refused entry and have no choice but to leave and find a clean place to live."

"But when we really expand the city, we just need to send people to spread the word, and more people will come naturally. We won't have to worry about a lack of labor."

Yang Zhubu paused and said, "According to the secret agents, those murderers, without exception, all believed that what the world lacks most is not people... but a place to settle down."

-

Gaoliu Outer City, southeast area, the outermost district.

"Master Zhou, are you going to get thirty more of them today?" At this moment, a clerk rubbed his palms and smiled flatteringly.

"No."

The man's name was Zhou An, and he was a servant of the Liu family.

But in the eyes of the petty officials in the outer city, he was already a high and mighty figure.

He was looking at some huts not far away and said, "There's news from the inner city that we are not allowed to cause any more deaths."

"This……"

The clerk felt a great pain in his heart.

Naturally, the bigwigs above would not be interested in the food, wages, clothing, bedding, etc. that came with these dead bodies.

These are their gains. It may not seem like much, but if more people die, they can make a fortune.

In just over half a month, I'm afraid I'll have saved enough money to build a house outside the town.

"Didn't you say that the refugees from all directions in the clean land outside the city are like weeds, lowly but quite tenacious. If one group dies, another group will appear after a few years. We don't need to care too much about their life or death?"

The clerk whispered, "How come there is news coming from the inner city? Do the people above still care about the lives of these refugees?"

Zhou An glanced at him and said in a cold voice: "The news from the inner city must have a bigger reason. How can you and I guess it?"

He walked forward and said, "Of course, it's definitely not because we caused any casualties. These are low-class people, just like grass. No one cares about them."

"For the higher-ups, even if all the refugees in the clean land outside the city are wiped out, as long as Gaoliu City survives, in 20 to 30 years, I'm afraid Gaoliu City won't be big enough to live in." "After a few generations, the city will be overcrowded, and our descendants won't be qualified to live in the outer city."

"If more refugees die, there will be more space for the new city in the future, and our descendants will be able to live in the new city."

"Don't think I'm just trying to kill people to cheat the higher-ups of money and grain. I'm doing this to avoid refugees and to fight for a place for my descendants."

"I, Zhou An, have worked for the Liu family for so many years. I have a broad vision. How can a peasant like you compare to me?"

There was a hint of pride in his voice.

But after taking two steps, he found that the clerk beside him did not follow him.

Turning around, I saw that the clerk had fallen to the ground with an arrow shot in the back.

His pupils shrank, and he saw a group of people rushing out from not far away.

"The Tianshi Division is investigating the case!"

"How dare you! I am from the Liu family..."

"The one I'm looking for is you!"

Pan Yun, the flag bearer, stepped forward, kicked him over, and said in a deep voice: "Tie this guy up and send him back to Linjiang Division... Kill the others according to the list!"

"Yes!"

The small flags under his command drew their swords and attacked the other minor officials not far away.

-

In Linjiang Division, Lin Yan listened quietly to what Yang Zhubu said.

"In the southeast region, Zhou An is from the Liu family. Among the servants of the Liu family, his rank is considered low."

Yang Zhubu said: "Killing refugees and embezzling money and food, this little gain is not worth mentioning even for a member of the Liu family's collateral branch, not even enough for a meal."

"But for the Liu family's servants and those petty officials, it was considered a fortune."

"They dare to do this because they feel that they have the Liu family as their backer, so they are unscrupulous."

"In this way, the Liu family has lent them courage, and they don't need to pay them in the future. These swallowed money and grain will be regarded as wages for doing things for the Liu family."

At this point, Yang Zhubu looked solemn and said, "And those people from the Liu family want materials for expanding the city."

Lin Yan listened quietly and said, "According to what you said, since I killed that group of people, there has been no overt withholding of materials."

“So they changed their approach, instead of just taking the things on the bill of materials and getting them in their own hands as they did before.”

Yang Zhubu said: "The materials handed over now will not be wrong in quantity, but after passing through our hands and being distributed to various places, we can tamper with them later."

Lin Yan touched the Zhaoye sword in his hand and roughly understood what Yang Zhubu meant.

For many people, this city expansion is a feast.

The main meat for the banquet was counted as ten pigs!

Those who had been involved before were from the City Defense Office, major families, and various government offices.

Each of them left a pig for his family.

In the end, only a few pigs were left, and they landed in Linjiangsi.

If Han Zheng, the chief flag-bearer of the Outer South Division, and Wuchang, the chief flag-bearer of the Linjiang Division, are both greedy people, then each of them should take another pig.

In the end, only three or four pigs were left for the "banquet".

"Much smarter..."

Lin Yan laughed and said, "Is this killing the pig and then dividing it?"

What all parties are doing now is to hand over these ten pigs to Linjiang Division for verification.

After Linjiangsi checked and confirmed the number of ten pigs, there was no mistake.

Then, when the ten butchers in the ten slaughterhouses killed the pigs, they would each take off a pig's leg.

When we got to the stoves, the chefs who were cooking also hid a pig's leg.

Finally, the meal was ready, and one dish after another was ready to be served on the table.

And the servants who were serving the dishes secretly took away a few slices of meat from each plate.

When all was said and done, what were actually served on the table were still ten pigs?
"For them, it's very troublesome to eat something that they could have eaten in one bite, so they still hate you very much."

Yang Zhubu sighed, "But for the Tianjian Division, it has become extremely troublesome to find evidence..."

Lin Yan flipped through the files.

It was recorded above that many "hidden agents" hidden in various industries had been mobilized before, but they were only some clues and no complete clues could be found.

It was not until the Zhaoye people were mobilized from the inner city that news came.

That's why people like Yuan Zhushi, Meng Lu, Zou Jin, Zheng Liu and others went to support them and were ambushed and killed.

"In the southeast region, this servant named Zhou An and those petty officials are responsible for seizing the materials and hiding them elsewhere."

Yang Zhubu said: "Finally, they handed it over to the merchant companies under their own power to transport it secretly to the inner city... Most of them were transported to other cities and exchanged for silver or other things needed for cultivation."

Lin Yan took an account book, glanced at it, and said, "From the account book, it seems that the problem is not serious. It is quite powerful."

"They dare not be greedy, and take one out of a thousand from each part as loss, which is reasonable and reasonable."

"And those who register the case can just turn a blind eye and the problem will go away."

Yang Zhubu said with a smile: "If we do this a few more times and peel off a few more layers of skin, it will be very rich."

Lin Yan naturally understood the key.

Among those who were in charge, there were no senior direct descendants of the families in the inner city.

Therefore, once something happens, these people will be abandoned.

If the news is known in advance, then kill them to silence them.

Even if they fail to silence the witnesses and are eventually caught by the City Defense Office or the Heavenly Supervision Department, the big families in the inner city can be wiped out completely.

At worst, we can just abandon those branch tribesmen who have been involved.

As for the direct descendants, judging from the current evidence, none of them actually intervened.

"The commander ordered the Heavenly Supervisor to closely monitor the entire city. It won't be long before they come up with such a countermeasure."

Lin Yan smiled and said, "These guys are really smart. Not many of them are simple..."

"The most complicated one is the Yue family."

At this time, Xu Qing from the Outer South Division came in and said, "The evidence we have from the Tianjian Division shows that the Yue family was not involved."

"Indeed, there is no..." Yang Zhubu was stunned for a moment, and said: "Among the six major families in the inner city, the Yue family has always been the most upright family. It is normal that they did not participate in it, right?"

"But the Yue family has already kidnapped more than 30 clansmen, along with nearly a hundred servants, and sent them to the prison of the City Guard House."

Xu Qing reached out and took out the note, handed it over, and said, "The Yue family's way of embezzlement this time is even more secretive. If their ancestors hadn't taken the initiative to investigate... we really wouldn't have been able to see it."

Lin Yan took a look and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

The Yue family’s methods are indeed different.

The other forces are secretly hiding the "meat".

From every dish, I would take a few slices so that others couldn’t notice.

But there were hundreds of tables at the banquet and many kinds of dishes.

So in the end, we gained a lot.

But the Yue family is very different.

They are not embezzling materials, they are replacing them.

For example, in the list of materials sent by Licheng, there is a specially fired kind of brick and stone, which is made of special materials and is as hard as gold and iron.

However, the Yue family took away the "Diamond Bricks" from Licheng and replaced them with ordinary stone bricks from Linhai City.

On the list sent by Licheng, there was only the quantity of "bricks and stones", so after comparison, basically no problems were found.

It was also recorded that a direct descendant of the Yue family bribed several senior officials in Licheng who were responsible for checking the list of materials.

There is no need for them to help embezzle or withhold materials, just remove the three words "King Kong Brick".

"What is the Yue family doing?" Lin Yan raised his eyebrows.

“I heard that it was the ancestor of the Yue family who wanted to rectify the family traditions and stabilize human nature.” Xu Qing said with a smile.

“It seems that among the six major families in the inner city, only the Yue family is the most upright!” Lin Yan raised his eyebrows and said this.

"But the commander feels that the Yue family is using us as a knife." Xu Qing said, "The Yue family is trying to kill people with a borrowed knife, and let us, the Tianshi, attack other families..."

"We, the Heavenly Guards, have failed to detect this form of corruption in exchange for materials. We have failed in our duty."

Lin Yan said calmly: "They taught us, so they helped... Since the Yue family has handed over all the people involved in the case to the City Guard House, the matter is over! As for the rest..."

Xu Qing continued, "We have already found some people who were trying to embezzle money by exchanging materials."

Lin Yan pondered for a moment, then spoke.

“Who is the most senior person involved in this case?”

"The Liu family ancestor!"

(End of this chapter)