Iron Snow Clouds

Chapter 796: Hands and Feet

Xie Hui said: "Acting clan leader knows that... that was the most important competition in Tiecang Court, and I was one of the reviewers. I accepted money from others before reviewing, but I didn't do anything wrong, and I returned the money in the end. Despite this, I also know that I made a big mistake. As a reviewer, it was wrong to accept money from others in such an important competition in Tiecang Court! However, I have already paid a huge price for accepting money from others. I didn't do what he asked me to do, and I was almost killed by the people he sent."

Tie Hongyan asked: "Who asked you to do this?"

Xie Hui said, "Jian Gengyuan." Xie Hui was referring to Jian Liang. In Tiecang Court, people who married tribal elders were called "Gengyuan".

"What did he ask you to do?" Tie Hongyan asked.

"He asked me to find a way to help his two children get closer to the position of junior patriarch by doing some tricks when marking the documents." Xie Hui replied.

"Why didn't you do as he said?" Tie Hongyan asked.

"At first, I didn't have the chance to do it because of something related to other people. Later, a man in black pressed my acupoints to warn me, so I didn't dare to do it anymore." Xie Hui said.

"When you were marking the papers, the door of the room should have been closed tightly, right?" Tie Hongyan asked in surprise.

"It was closed, but other situations occurred in the meantime," said Xie Hui.

"What's going on?" Tie Hongyan asked.

"I was in a hurry to go out to relieve myself. I looked for the key but couldn't find it. I couldn't wait any longer, so I asked another person to lock the door from the inside after I went out and open the door for me when I came back. I would find the key when I came back. After I relieved myself, I went to the review room. As soon as I reached the door, a man in black pressed my acupoints and took me into the room. He controlled me and made me face the wall. The other person who was reviewing with me at the time stood there facing the wall without moving, and was also pressed on the acupoints by the man in black."

"How did the man in black warn you?" Tie Hongyan continued to ask. "The man in black told us that if the two of us did something to prevent the young patriarch from winning the non-competition part, we would all die without a burial place. He also said that we should know how powerful the young patriarch is, how powerful the patriarch is, and so on." Xie Hui replied.

Tie Hongyan said: "You mentioned me and my father?!"

Xie Hui said: "Yes, the acting patriarch is completely unaware of this?"

"Of course I don't know! Who is so bold as to break into the room where the reviewer is?" Tie Hongyan said.

"I don't know either." Xie Hui said. He thought that the clan leader had sent someone to monitor them, but he didn't say so in front of Tie Hongyan.

"Did the man in black say anything before he left?" Tie Hongyan asked.

Xie Hui recalled and said, "He seemed to say that our acupuncture points would be unblocked by themselves in a while, and then he left."

Tie Hongyan thought for a moment and said, "Why would the man in black take such a big risk to enter the room and warn you not to do anything? If he were discovered entering the room, it would be a serious crime. What if the two of you had no intention of doing anything? He took such a big risk to break into the room. Could it be that he already knew you were going to do something?"

"Just as the acting clan leader said, the man in black does know about it." Xie Hui said.

(End of this chapter)