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Chapter 365 Many powerful backers

"I bullied it?!"

It pooped in front of my door!

"They tore down my yard, and I can't even discipline them?"

This time, Gao Wanli felt she was in the right.

Xu Yuan casually remarked, "Wasn't your yard demolished a long time ago...?"

Gao Wanli glared at her.

Xu Yuan waved his hand: "Why are you, a grown man, arguing with a poultry?"
Besides, there are so many vacant courtyards in the backyard of the government office, why do you insist on living here?

Gao Wanli was taken aback.

Yes, I also just moved into this courtyard.

Many pieces of luggage are still in the suitcases and haven't been taken out yet.

My favorite view in this courtyard has been ruined.

Why should I bother fixing it? And why would I be repeatedly humiliated by this Mr. Xu because of it!
Gao Wanli was unwilling to admit that she acted impulsively out of anger, and therefore never considered changing partners...

Admitting it would seem foolish.

But if we don't admit it, we can only go down this path to the end and continue to repair the courtyard.

"I...I love it here!" Gao Wanli said through gritted teeth.

Xu Yuan looked at the dilapidated state of the courtyard: What's so good about this place?

"Fine," Xu Yuan suddenly became magnanimous, "If you want to fix it, then fix it. As long as the bill isn't too outrageous, the department will cover the cost."

After all, it was the backyard of the government office.

So Xu Yuan just brushed off the whole Dafu thing.

He put away the animal sinew rope, hugged the large bag, and said with a smile, "Aunt Wang, stepmother, let's go back. The place here is much more spacious than the patrol room in the south city."

"Okay, okay." Aunt Wang nodded with a smile.

Gao Wanli watched them from behind and noticed Lin Wanmo.

She had gathered information about Xu Yuan and knew that Xu Yuan's stepmother was a craftsman of unknown skill.

Lin Wanmo disliked her from the first moment he saw her.

Similarly, Gao Wanli also felt that no matter how she looked at Lin Wanmo, she just couldn't stand him!

This woman has such a slender waist, such long legs, and such fair and delicate skin on her face and neck!

How abominable!

She's so beautiful, she's obviously not a decent person! She must have been born to seduce men!

Gao Wanli was silently cursing the old craftswoman in her heart when she suddenly heard a voice drift over. It was Lin Wanmo asking Xu Yuan:
"Who is this fat-headed, big-eared man?"

Gao Wanli jumped up with a "whoosh," and a dense array of gears instantly appeared behind her, meshing together with a clanging sound.

Countless metal structures spread out, covering her body.

She put on a suit of armor with a distinctly foreign style.

Sharp claws, a foot and a half long, extend from its hands, and a pair of metal bat wings unfold from its back.

"Who are you calling fat and big-eared!"

She pounced on Lin Wanmo like a madwoman.

Lin Wanmo took out a leather pouch.

Squeeze Gao Wanli, and a spray of oil comes out.

laugh--

Fine oil droplets fell onto Gao Wanli's body.

Suddenly, the gears in her suit of armor went out of control and began to spin rapidly.

Gao Wanli was halfway to her goal when she fell to the ground with a thud.

Those gears are still spinning at high speed out of control.

The armor tightened further, locking Gao Wanli inside completely.

Gao Wanli screamed and hurriedly put away the craftsman's object.

He no longer cared about causing trouble for Lin Wanmo and carefully examined his precious artifact.

However, they discovered that the oil droplets had seeped into every single part.

And it adheres tightly to its surface.

It needs to be completely disassembled and cleaned thoroughly.

Otherwise, this craftsman's work would be ruined.

"You—" Gao Wanli gritted her teeth and glared at Lin Wanmo with resentment.

Lin Wanmo feigned bewilderment: "What's wrong with this person?"

"You called me fat and big-eared!"

Lin Wanmo's eyes darted around, and she said slyly, "I won't accept your blatant slander. You're a new craftsman, and I've heard that there are artifacts from foreign lands that can preserve a person's voice. You should have those too, right? Did you preserve what I just said?"

If it wasn't stored, then there's no evidence. What are you talking about if there's no evidence?

Gao Wanli was furious.

Don't say that those handcrafted items are flashy but impractical, difficult to make and expensive; she simply didn't have any of those.

Even if she did, who would have time to save your words in such a hurry?
Xu Yuan, of course, sided with his own family regardless of the truth: "I didn't hear anything about that fat-headed, big-eared person."

Xu Yuan winked at Gao Wanli: "Did you hear that right?"

Gao Wanli finally calmed down and realized that she had been scolded for nothing.

She made a deep vow to this: "Fine, fine, fine! You just wait!"

Xu Yuan shrugged and left with his stepmother and Aunt Wang.

Gao Wanli continued to repair the courtyard.

The subordinates were very careful. Although they were working, they dared not make any big noise, otherwise they would surely incur the wrath of their young mistress.

These people are all cultivators, and they work very quickly.

The yard was repaired before dark.

Gao Wanli went inside without saying a word and closed the door.

She's suffered more in the last two days than she has in the entire first half of her life.

After she returned to her room, she found a jewelry box at the bottom of a trunk.

Inside, there was a strange seed the size of a fist.

"We'll begin tomorrow!"

"At that time, evil spirits will rise up in the countryside outside the city and devour the villagers!"

"This Xu fellow has only been in office for a short time, and such a major case has already occurred under his jurisdiction. He has handled it poorly, and I'm going to file a serious complaint against him with higher authorities!"

"Dare to mess with me? You really don't know how powerful my backing is."

"This time, we must dismiss and investigate the man surnamed Xu, and implicate his family as well."

"That damned old craftsman, first throw her into the brothel, let a thousand men ride her and ten thousand men trample her, torture her severely for a few years, then find a way to get her out, control her and make her obediently train to make our crafts!"

Gao Wanli maliciously fantasized about taking revenge on Xu Yuan and Lin Wanmo, and felt much happier.

……

On the second day, the following are forbidden: walking along the river, riding in the street, wearing heavy makeup, and walking in shadows.

After reading this taboo, Xu Yuan rubbed his temples, feeling a headache coming on.

The prohibition against "stepping on shadows" means that one must not step on the shadow of anything.

Including people.

Therefore, we need to be extra careful today.

One can imagine that the city must be desolate again today.

Everyone should stay put if possible.

Even when you're alone in the house, you have to be careful.

There are too many shadows during the day.

The officers of the Purification Division arrived on time for their shifts, but they kept a great distance from each other.

People didn't even dare to go through the main gate; most of them flew over the courtyard wall to come in.

Lang Xiaoba came to report to the master: "Master Gao went out early this morning."

"Did they say what they were going to do?"

"No," Lang Xiaoba said. "I asked from a distance and got a scolding from her."

Xu Yuan waved his hand: "Never mind her."

"Yes."

Xu Yuan went to his duty room to handle some official documents.

In the early morning, Miao Yu sent someone to deliver a file to Xu Yuan.

The visitor didn't even dare to approach the gate of the government office.

The main gate of the Champa government was shrouded in a large shadow by the sunlight.

After giving his instructions, he threw the case file in and turned to leave.

Lang Xiaoba brought the dossier to Lord Xu. Xu Yuan unfolded it and saw that it contained detailed information about the Gao family.

After reading it, Xu Yuan burned the file.

"That's pretty much what I guessed."

The case file shows that the Gao family and the Fu family have a close relationship.

Furthermore, Xu Yuan deduced from some clues that the Gao family was probably one of the owners of the last batch of cocoons.

Gao Wanli's purpose in coming to Champa was definitely not simple.

(End of this chapter)