When night fell, I received a ssage from the housekeeper in my residence. The housekeeper said that my dad was hosting a banquet and while he was at it, he would be settling the matter of my fiefdom. It is common practice for the Overlord to declare that he would confer land to their son, then on the sa night determine a fiefdom and see off his child at dawn the next day.
After I received the news, I called Aleya in and urged her:
Aleya, well be leaving tomorrow morning at the very latest. Ill attend the banquet tonight alone, so pack up our things.
Aleyas unfeeling face still exposed a trace of anxiety as she nervously stamred:
Young master, by yourself
I smiled and shook my head:
Its fine. You should be worried about your side of things, you need to hurry up and pack up.
Thankfully, Aleya still had a lot of trust in , but she still asked:
Young master, we dont have much to pack up, how about I accompany you
Theres not much to pack up?
In these words clearly hid a trace of resentnt for soone like who spent all his money before the paycheck, this was an in-plain-sight hint!
Hmph, today Ill let you experience my financial reserves!
My heart hurt as I unwillingly took out so well-folded pieces of paper. It felt as if a piece of my heart had been dug out and I spoke with the sa pain as a housewife whose secret stash had been discovered by her husband:
These are all my savings I have in every banknote deposit in the city. Furthermore, Ive buried so gold coins and jewelry in the corner of the back garden. Anyway, it should add up to about 562 gold coinsyou must bring it back. Use that suitcase made of wood and iron to pack things and be careful with it. Those are all my savings for marrying a wife; if you lose it then Ill probably be single my entire life.
The purchasing power of one gold coin in this world is roughly equivalent to 10,000 yuan in my previous world.
Aleya looked shocked as she received the banknotes in my hand. After ticulously looking it over, she carefully put it away and questioned:
Young master, could it be that you snatched these vouchers
Before she finished her sentence, Aleya shook her head:
No way, young master doesnt have this kind of power. Since its like this, hmmcould it be!
After a mont of contemplation, Aleya suddenly looked over to with a complex gaze, kneeled on one knee, lowered her head, and painfully trembled:
Its all because Aleya is incapable that made young master fall so far as to sell himself to make money
Can you not think more positively!!
I knocked against Aleyas forehead without hesitation.
What kind of things is this girl thinking, prostitution?
Im not worth so littlebut say this sum of money was in front of . I would definitely kill whoever possessed the banknote without the slightest hesitation.
The most honorable thing to do is work, but let ask you this: is the food you eat from money you didnt need to toil for, delicious?
The answer is that it indeed is very delicious.
To be honest, this sum of money was basically earned inside the city walls through bets on dog-fighting, horse racing, playing mahjong and so on for these past few years. When I first ca over, my goal in life was to be an extravagant low-level hedonist noble son that threw around thousands of gold without a care in the world. I would watch the days fly by and the money pile slowly dwindle. What would I do when the money finally ran out? Of course, I would go shyly ask my rich dad for more.
The issue was that when I went to ask my dad, he wouldnt give anything.
There was nothing I could do about that. In order for to pass my days in comfort, money was still the absolutely necessary requirent. Actually, living in comfort wasnt too difficult a task either since all the rich scions of wealthy families liked to flock to the Jade Pagoda. However, I had never gone to places like that since I wanted to raise Aleyas affection.
And so, I made use of a famous saying: where can you see a genius?1 I rely make use of the ti other people use to go visit brothels and use it to bet on dogfights, horse races, and play mahjong. As a result, I naturally was able to easily surpass these foolish wealthy familys scions.
Watching Aleya walk out happily, I scratched my head.
This little girl is still too naive.
Or should I say, shes a little too trusting towards ?
I an, if you just think about it a little, youll realize that tonights banquet definitely isnt as simple as it seems.
I made the pilgrimage to my dads mansion, entered the mansion, turned right, and walked down the long hallway to the dining room.
Despite the fact that there were no guards by the door, the cold killing intent in the surroundings couldnt be masked.
I strode in without any hesitation and saw two people seated by the table.
My old man, the Overlord of Yunyang, as well as my older brother, Li Yi.
Seeing co in, Li Yi threw down the chopsticks in his hands and sneered:
I didnt expect you to really co. What happened to that follower of yours? How co she isnt shadowing you?
I didnt bother responding to him. Rather, I grabbed a seat and sat so distance from the dining table.
What are you going to do huh, what are you going to do? Curse at without following any procedures? Cant you have a bit of professionalism?
Li Yi stood up and continued speaking:
These past few years, have you ever looked at as your older brother? No! Youve been living running amuck without eyes for your elders and betters, living a truly free and easy life. Youve made our Yunyang Territory lose face, youve thrown it all away! Now youve even dared to take liberties with your older brothers wife and disobeyed your father. Li De, youve got so guts huh, do you really think that I wouldnt dare to punish you if needed, that I wouldnt do justice for all people in the world?!
Holy crap, not bad. This isnt your usual antics.
I raised my head and looked towards my old man, the Overlord of this territory. His face was downcast as he roared:
Li Yi! Dont be so rude to your younger brother.
En?? What tune is he singing??
The Overlord of Yunyang looked at and said with a deep voice:
Li De, you and Li Yi are both my children, and I havent ever treated any of you unfairly these past few years. I have been impartial all this ti, but I will say that I have been partial to you several tis. This is sothing that everyone can see, but youve taken advantage of unable to bear teaching you over and over. As such, you should hand over your guard Aleya to Li Yi and settle your old scores with this.
???
What is this person saying?
Is there a problem with my mory? I was actually the child he was most fond of? Those attempts to assassinate and poison were all fake?
I nearly laughed out loud in anger, so I asked:
It turns out you want Aleyaone of you is my older brother and the other is my dad. Aleya is rely a knight captain, if you guys wanted her, then isnt it all a matter of a sentence?
Before my dad replied, my older brother angrily barked:
Hmph, isnt this all because youve given her so magic potion of sorts? Last ti I called her into my room, she actually dared to slap ! Moreover, she knocked out with her sword, leaving a bump on my head that took several days to disappear! That lowly woman is clearly a low class person in my Yunyang territory, but she wont listen to my commands, and instead follows you
I didnt wait for him to finish his words.
A slap landed on his face.
Li Yi blankly stared at as I smilingly asked him:
How did she slap you, was it like this?
Then, I gave him another slap, causing his tooth to fly out.
I watched him spit out a mouthful of blood and bead:
Or was it like this?
Reference to famous 20th century Chinese writer, Lu Xun.
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