Konoha Aogen

Zhou Lian was interrogated for three whole days, and they were told about her situation before being adopted by the "Zhou Mansion", how she lived in the "Zhou Mansion", and the days after she left the "Zhou Mansion"; her cousin, cousin, and cousin; The ash hands, steel needles, iron sand palms, and all other tiny pieces were all touched down. It was only at dusk on the third day that I finally had nothing to ask.

Walking out of the main entrance of the "Xingyuan", next to it is the "Moth Court". Thinking of all the absurdities in the "Xingyuan", Ye Xuan decided to take advantage of today to talk to Gui Mo. He also took advantage of the fact that the injury on her arm was not healed, and he couldn't bear to do anything to her at this time.

As Ye Xuan walked towards the courtyard, he secretly scolded "Yuan Pei", the director of the "Finance and Taxation Department", for neglecting his duties. But in the beginning, it was clear that he told Qing'er to turn a blind eye, and the "City Lord's Mansion" made a vague statement. How could "Yuan Pei" dare to offend Gui Mo?

Entering the ghost moth room, I saw the afterimage there. Ye Xuan thought for a while and then drove away the afterimage without any pretense. She knew everything anyway.

"I have something I want to ask Lord Mo. Are you going to listen standing or kneeling?" Ye Xuan tried his best to make his tone colder.

Gui Mo felt a chill in her heart, and couldn't help but feel a little aggrieved, thinking: "I've already been like this, why are you still talking about me?" However, there was something wrong in her heart, and she asked timidly: "Young Master, what's going on?" She said I didn’t know whether I should kneel or not, I stood there at a loss.

Seeing that he didn't chase her away, Afterimage sat a little further away, silently, thinking about how to save Xiao Mo at the critical moment.

"How many fights did your security corps fight in the city? Why do the corps' swords need to be repaired six times a year, with five hundred swords each time? The same goes for armor. Why does the steel used to repair a pair of 'mail' armor cost more than a pair of swords?" 'Plate armor' is still heavy? How many knives have you cut and how many hammers have you smashed? When did the security of our 'Kurong City' become so terrifying?

Also, the sword and armor are both made of 'pure steel'. Why do we need to use 'fine steel' when repairing them? You might as well just set it with gems! "Ye Xuan became angrier as he spoke. He took a deep breath and secretly adjusted his breathing. "There are about two more parchments later, should I tell you? Are you standing and listening, or are you kneeling and listening? "

Gui Mo then knelt down quietly on the ground, stroking his left arm in a pretentious manner, and said softly: "Young Master, please listen to my explanation."

"Hmph, you'd better have a decent explanation, otherwise... the 'Xingyuan' you expanded yourself will still have more than twenty empty cells." Ye Xuan observed Gui Mo's expression: It seems a bit Scared, but far less than I expected.

"I think I probably have a share in 'Kurong City', but I don't know if it's eleven or one hundred. Thinking that you love money more, I calculated it based on one hundred. In these years, in addition to salary, I took... some money, but it should be less than a few hundred in total, and you... should have known about it a long time ago, right?" There was actually a hint of resentment in the apology. The second half of her sentence was completely nonsense. She didn't record how much she had been greedy over the past few decades. She didn't even have an accurate estimate of how much property the "Konoha Family" had in total, let alone eleven or one hundred.

Such nonsense made Ye Xuan choke for a moment and became speechless: "Huh? Is that what you calculated?" What she said seemed to make sense... Regardless of what happened at the beginning, at least more than a hundred years later, Ye Xuan did not regard "Kurong City" as belonging to Mu and Ye. If one day, he and his senior sister are gone for whatever reason, "Kurong City" will indeed be handed over to the hands of these two people in the house. He suddenly thought about whether he and his senior sister should also explain clearly those "white tickets" that only he and his senior sister knew about the secret pattern. But, but...

"Fart! If you really think so, why don't you just say it clearly? Why are you tampering with the accounts?" Ye Xuan finally straightened out his thoughts.

"I, I didn't want to separate the family. It's so hurtful to say this!" Gui Mo knelt on the ground, becoming more and more aggrieved as he spoke, as if he had been bullied and made things difficult for him.

"Here, you...don't care about the eleven or one hundred, you secretly took it, what will others do!" Seeing that Ye Xuan had been completely led astray by her, the afterimage almost laughed out loud.

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"Then... I don't know how much I occupy in your heart. No matter what, it will be fine if you give me some less." The more Gui Mo spoke, the more righteous he felt, and the second half of his sentence actually gave rise to generosity. feeling.

Ye Xuan sat in the chair, trembling with anger: "From now on, all your accounts will be handed over to me for personal review. Get out!"

"But... this is my house." Gui Mo said blankly.

"Whatever your house is, it's all mine! Get out!" Ye Xuan roared.

Seeing Ye Xuan being so arrogant and looking like he was about to hit someone, Gui Mo had no choice but to ignore him for now, caressing his injured arm, and walked angrily into the setting sun and cold wind. Standing in the courtyard, I felt a little hesitant and didn't know who to look for.

After Ghost Moth left the house, Afterimage finally couldn't hold back his laughter and said, "Hahahaha... Young Master, tell me, how much does Xiao Moth and I each share?"

Ye Xuan, however, was not in the mood to be teasing at all: "Sigh...it would be better to have the sun hit the sun. Let's talk about your affairs too."

The afterimage was a little surprised: "What can I do?"

"Are you really not afraid of checking the accounts of 'Mowen Tower'?" When Ye Xuan spoke, his tone seemed even colder than when he first interrogated Gui Mo. In other words, this time it was truly cold.

Afterimage said angrily: "What do you mean? Do you think I am also embezzling?"

"I'm afraid your matter is not as simple as 'taking stolen goods'."

Ye Xuan spoke very calmly, but the muscles on Afterimage's thighs began to tremble slightly. After thinking for a moment, she decided to give up her excuses, took a deep breath, gritted her teeth, and knelt down: "I accept the punishment."

"Acknowledging punishment means not admitting your mistake?" Ye Xuan squeezed out a word from between his teeth.

"Yes." Scared, but determined.

The two of them had a tacit understanding and omitted the questioning and justification in the middle. Before setting off to the south from "Kurong City", Can and Ye had a quarrel. Afterimage believes that two high-level assassins who have a close relationship with "Mowen Tower" should be brought along. Ye Xuan flatly refused, believing that bringing outsiders would only increase the danger. Afterimage insisted that he was absolutely sure that he could control those two people. The two had a heated argument, which ended with "This is an order."

However, along the way, Ye Xuan felt that there were two completely different pairs of eyes, always staring at him and the camel team. He was not sure where this feeling came from. He thought it was not simply the alertness and vigilance of a warrior. After all, there were more than a hundred pairs of eyes staring at him. This feeling may just stem from the understanding of afterimages.

Compared with Ghost Moth's corruption, what Afterimage did was definitely disobedience. According to the laws of the Imperial Era, this is considered "wartime disobedience", and the crime is... more than one level.

Afterimage is ready to suffer even more tragic consequences than "that time". Among the family, Yi Ying is the only one who has been whipped. The last time, it was for the "Mowen Tower" leak. Looking back, it was more than sixty years ago. The afterimage of that time was still quite pure and kind; the Ye Xuan of that time was still a bit ruthless.

"Men are given the imperial rod and women are flogged" is an ancient tradition inherited from the Liang Empire, and it is still the basic punishment used in most cities in the south and north. Simple, convenient and direct.

That time, Afterimage received twelve lashes. It was completely different from Mu Qing'er's daily "household method" of dealing with her. There is blood from the whip and the skin is torn.

It was also that time when Afterimage felt contempt for Ye Xuan for the first time. It was clearly his rule, but he didn't dare to take action, so he threw the vine whip to Mu Qing'er on the spot.

"How many whips?" Afterimage suppressed the fear in his heart and asked decisively.

Ye Xuan was silent. He didn't have the courage to look at the twelve bloodstains that looked like plump lips protruding from tender flesh. Not to mention, there are twenty-four articles, or more.

"Pretend I haven't asked." Ye Xuan sat in the chair, his straight back slowly bent.

"Alas..." Afterimage sighed deeply, with a hint of luck and a hint of contempt.

"What the hell is this? Either don't ask, or let me know. What the hell is this? Can you be like a man! I just ask you to be like a man! Just

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I just ask you to be like a man..." Afterimage almost exhausted all his perseverance, as well as the philistinism contaminated and deposited by being immersed in "Mowen Tower" for decades, before he swallowed the harsh words in his throat. .

One moment's quick talk could lead to one month being bedridden. In the past, she would have ignored it; now, she just feels that it is not worth it. Although Afterimage is still very young, even if we don't take into account the lifespan extended by cultivating her true energy to the "dry state", she is still very young, but at this moment she still feels that she is old. Too old to bother to change others; too old to think that...people are unchangeable.

Exile Diary - Excerpt (37)

Anese spent the whole day huddled in her hut meditating, and the people who served me became Xiaoyue and Xiaomei. And I really started to take care of Anese personally when Lin Jue was away.

Although Lin Jue said there is nothing dangerous about practicing qi, I still don’t want Xiaoyue and Xiaomei to get close to her. Of course, the main reason is that I am just too bored. The secret of "witchcraft" has been discovered, and the pattern of the "Loess Continent" has been basically clarified - it is a "Wulfgangga" without an "empire". I also know what I should do and concentrate on breeding.

Even the fun of "competing for favor" is not there. Lin Jue is here every night and often comes during the day. The five of them got together to play bird cards all day long, and I didn't see them trying to deal with me. On the other hand, there was an outcast who came to me several times and wanted to teach Anese and me how to play sparrow. She said that her maids could also fight, and together with me and Anese, there was just enough for four of us to share the table, so we didn’t have to wait for the four sisters to reward us.

What a foolish dream! How much does it matter to my Aniese to play sparrow cards with an idle guy like you? I can learn from it.

I just recently figured out that Xiaoyue and Xiaomei are not female slaves, but maids. The maid is a bit like the "indentured slave" or "debt slave" of "Wolfgangga", not a "natural slave" like Anesse.

In another twenty years, Xiaoyue and Xiaomei will be free citizens. At that time, they can get married, or they can continue to stay in the Lin Mansion as maids, if the Lin Mansion is still willing. The concubine who wants to teach me how to play bird cards is called Liu'er. She was also Lin Jue's maid in the past. The other four concubines were from brothels, and they looked down on Liu'er. I don’t understand again. Forget about bards, are prostitutes also a highly respected profession in this world?

Exile Diary - Excerpt (38)

This bird card is really interesting. I took Xiaoyue and Xiaomei to learn together. Xiaoyue is smarter and can now play with us. In recent days, Liu'er, Xiaoyue and Liu'er's maid Xiaokui and I often play cards together. Xiaomei needs to work more and is in a bad mood, so I rewarded her with some silver coins.

I really miss the days when I could whip female slaves at will, but now I have to take care of the emotions of these bitches. According to Lin Jue's suggestion, Aniese now only eats one meal a day. I personally bring the meal to Aniese at noon every day, and do not let Xiaomei wait on her.

I was afraid that the sound of bird cards would disturb Aniese, and I didn’t want to be too far away from Aniese, so I found an unused room in the west room of the small courtyard, and we played here. After having the bird card, the days passed much faster. Just after lunch, I saw the sunset in the blink of an eye.

Lin Jue rarely comes over during the day recently. He has to help "Ouyang Tong" handle the handover of "Yanbo City".

During dinner today, Liu'er told me that Shishi and the others said a lot of bad things about me in private. Those are the other four concubines. They said I was a lowly prostitute from the Western Regions, who pretended to be a princess and deceived Lin Jue.

I asked Liu'er, aren't they prostitutes themselves? Why do they call prostitutes despicable? Liu Er explained that they were not prostitutes, but brothel girls. I didn't understand the difference, but Liu'er told me that brothel girls could choose their clients, and they could either "sell their bodies" or "only sell their art, not their bodies."

It’s really interesting. If I have a chance, I’ll ask Lin Jue to take me to a brothel. Unfortunately, it's not the right time recently.

Later, Liu'er looked at me timidly and asked: "Li'er, are you really a princess?"

I smiled and didn't answer her.

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