Evil Master and Disciple

The pimp was holding a small wooden box and following behind the madam.

Then he placed the wooden box on a table.

After opening it, there were neatly stacked gold cakes at the bottom and a stack of silver bills on top.

Miao Xiaorou reached out and took out the silver bills, counted them, and then counted the number of gold cakes in the wooden box.

She nodded slightly and said, "In the entire Xianling Valley, your Yihong Courtyard is the most prompt in paying rent. Other shops either say they're not doing well and don't have the money to pay, or they keep delaying. It's so annoying."

The madam smiled apologetically and said, "Our Yihongyuan is a legitimate business. As long as we're open, we won't default on the monthly tribute!"

As she spoke, the madam took out a small cloth bag from her bosom and stuffed it into Miao Xiaorou's pocket.

"What is this for?"

"These are some spirit crystals. Mortals like us can't use them, and it's very troublesome to carry them on your body. Fairy, you are a disciple of the old immortal Yun Yi, so you should use them in your daily cultivation of immortal arts..."

"Be sensible. If you do this, your path will become wider and wider! No wonder your Yihongyuan has the best business in the entire Xianling Valley!"

"Of course, of course... Fairy Miao, I heard that an elder also wants to open Fengyue Tower in Xianling Valley. Look... this place is only this big..."

"I heard about this a while ago. You should be mentally prepared. An elder who has the ability to get involved in the brothel business must have a very powerful background..."

"Fairy Miao, from now on, I will give you ten high-grade spirit crystals every month as a tribute."

"In that case... Fine, I'll help you with this matter. As long as I'm still in charge of the business in Xianling Valley, there will only be one Fengyue Tower in Yihongyuan."

"Thank you, fairy! Thank you, fairy!"

Ye Feng stared at everything in front of him in amazement. He felt that his worldview was rapidly collapsing.

Bribery or corruption?

In public? Without hiding from others?

"Miao Xiaorou looked at a beautiful and quiet lady, a famous fairy of the righteous path, and she turned out to be the female version of He Zhongtang!"

Ye Feng was speechless!

Under Ye Feng's shocked gaze, Miao Xiaorou naturally put the bag of spirit crystals into her own storage magic weapon.

Then he took out about five or six silver bills from his hand and picked up a few gold cakes from the wooden box.

Just throw it directly into your storage bag.

It's obvious that she's lining her own pockets and taking kickbacks!

His movements were smooth and skillful, and it was obvious that he was a habitual offender.

Ye Feng felt very sad for the original owner at this moment.

Miao Xiaorou made a fortune in a short time. What could the original owner use to lick it?

No wonder when Miao Xiaorou gave Huang Ling'er her ID card last time, she didn't care about the whereabouts of the hundreds of spiritual herbs and immortal fungi that Ye Feng had stolen for her.

How could a wealthy woman like her care about such little things?

After Miao Xiaorou fed herself, she gave the madam a receipt and left with the cash box in her arms, satisfied.

Ye Feng quickly followed.

The old man said from behind: "Ye Daba, the girl has arranged everything for you, please don't leave!"

Ye Feng stopped and pointed at the turtle man and shouted, "Don't talk nonsense! Be careful or I'll beat you up! I, Ye Feng, am a gentleman. How could I commit adultery in broad daylight?"

I chased her out of Yihongyuan and saw Miao Xiaorou buying snacks not far away.

He thought about it and went up.

This is an outer disciple who sells candied haws.

There were no shops, so I just wandered around the valley carrying candied haws.

Miao Xiaorou waved her hand and bought two candied haws. She held one in each hand and ate them with great relish.

He turned around and saw Ye Feng following him stealthily.

Miao Xiaorou frowned and said, "Stinky boy, why are you following me?"

Ye Feng chuckled and said, "Senior Sister Xiaorou, I saw everything just now!"

"See? What did you see?"

"You accepted bribes! You even pocketed some of the annual tribute from Yihongyuan!"

Miao Xiaorou blinked her big eyes and asked curiously, "So what?"

Ye Feng was speechless for a moment.

She thought he would bribe her, give her some gold cakes, and ask her to keep the secret for her.

It seems like Miao Xiaorou is not afraid at all?

Ye Feng scratched his head and said, "Are you so self-righteous? Aren't you afraid that the elders of Tianfengyuan will find out about this? We are the Yunhai Sect with strict rules!"

"Which of the Yunhai Sect's rules states that we can't accept money from others?"

"what?"

Ye Feng was confused again.

It seems that there is no such item.

Miao Xiaorou chuckled and said, "You kid aren't going to tell on me, are you? Haha, the Grand Elder of Tianfeng Academy put me in charge of Xianling Valley so that I can enrich myself. In a few months, there will be the Yunhai Sect's internal examination, and next year will be the Lingshan Duel. I'm going to make some money, buy some good equipment, improve my cultivation, and buy some nice clothes and jewelry. Is there anything wrong with that?"

I've been in charge of Xianling Valley for over half a year. During this time, who doesn't know that I, Miao Xiaorou, have been taking bribes? But who cares about me? Let me tell you, I was embezzling money on orders, and it was legal!

Ye Feng was completely dumbfounded.

He finally realized that he was still looking at the world with the perspective of his previous life.

This world is mainly about cultivating immortals, and class divisions are very serious.

If the people in this world are divided into nine classes, the lowest class is the slaves among mortals, followed by civilians, merchants, landlords, scholars, literati, royal family, ordinary monks, elders... then Miao Xiaorou belongs to the highest class.

Such people enjoy endless privileges in this world.

Fortunately, Ye Feng also belonged to the class that could enjoy endless privileges, provided his master was still alive.

As long as Fatty Yulong lives one day, Ye Feng will have no worries about food and drink and can do whatever he wants.

But if Fatty Yulong dies, Ye Feng will fall from the highest level of the privileged class.

Seeing Ye Feng remained silent, Miao Xiaorou showed a smug look on her face: "I still have to go collect rent, don't follow me anymore!"

Ye Feng wanted to take the opportunity to make some money from Miao Xiaorou, but now it seems that it was all just his wishful thinking.

I had no choice but to say, "Senior Sister Xiaorou, go and get busy. By the way, do you know where Fang Tong and the others are?"

"They are at the gambling house that Master Qu has just opened. I saw them there half an hour ago."

Ye Feng nodded and said, "Thank you!"

He turned and left.

Previously, Ye Feng suspected Miao Xiaorou was the murderer of the original owner. But when he learned that Miao Xiaorou did not receive the magical herbs and Ganoderma lucidum that the original owner had embezzled, he ruled out Miao Xiaorou as a murder suspect.

Since he couldn't make any money from Miao Xiaorou today, Ye Feng had to leave in shame.

After taking a few steps, he heard Miao Xiaorou shouting, "Ye Feng, wait!"

Ye Feng stopped and turned around and said, "Senior Sister Xiaorou, is there anything else?"

Miao Xiaorou's big eyes kept rolling around.

Said: "You... I remember that you have a wide network of contacts and are very familiar with Xianling Valley."

"Yes what's the matter?"

Miao Xiaorou immediately stepped forward and said with a smile, "You've been wandering around the Fairy Valley all day and are tired and hungry. Let me treat you to a meal."

"Invite me? Dinner? Senior Sister Xiaorou, don't try that! I don't have any money!"

"Oh, everyone said it was my treat! I'm a wealthy woman now! Come on, let's go, there's Shiweitian, the restaurant run by Uncle Yang. The chef came from the palace, and his dishes are delicious!"

Miao Xiaorou grabbed Ye Feng's arm and left without saying anything.

Ye Feng was confused.

He knew that Miao Xiaorou was definitely up to no good.

But if someone invites you to dinner, even a fool wouldn't go.

We soon arrived at Food is the Heaven. It was still an hour before dusk and there were no diners.

Seeing Miao Xiaorou and Ye Feng walk in, the waiter hurried forward and said, "Fairy Miao... eh? Ye Daba..."

Miao Xiaorou said, "Have the newly arrived retired fat imperial chef prepare a few of his signature dishes and send them to the private room upstairs, along with two pots of Bamboo Leaf Green Tea."

"Okay, wait a moment!"

The two came to a very elegant private room on the second floor.

Ye Feng said, "Senior Sister Xiaorou, I pursued you for so long, but you ignored me. Why are you suddenly inviting me to dinner? Tell me, is there something wrong?"

Miao Xiaorou chuckled and said, "Don't worry, don't worry, let's talk while we eat."

Ye Feng became even more suspicious.

Soon, the food and wine were brought up by the waiter.

Ye Feng didn't have a good appetite at noon and didn't eat much. Now he is really hungry.

After three rounds of wine, five flavors of food.

Ye Feng asked again: "Senior Sister Xiaorou, you can speak now."

Miao Xiaorou said, "It's nothing serious. I just can't collect a few debts. You've been in Xianling Valley for many years, you have a wide network of contacts and a lot of face..."

Ye Feng understood. No wonder Miao Xiaorou was so polite to him all of a sudden.

It turns out that she wanted me to collect the debt for her.

"What are you collecting?"

"To be precise, it's rent! Xianling Valley is now under the jurisdiction of Tianfengyuan. All businesses operating here must pay a certain amount of rent to Tianfengyuan every month, which can be regarded as tax.

Some shops are easy to collect, such as Yihongyuan and the gambling house, which never default on payments... But most shops are run by elders, so it's difficult to collect them, which makes it difficult for me to meet my monthly rent collection targets."

Ye Feng laughed and said, "If you can get a little more profit from it, you will definitely be able to complete the task!"

"Oh, how much did I earn? The rent for Yihongyuan is high, three thousand taels of silver per month, so I can deduct some.

For other shops, because of the relationship with the elders, the rent is basically only about 100 taels per month.

According to the current scale of Xianling Valley, Tianfengyuan can earn at least 200,000 taels of silver every month, but in all these years, there has not been a single month in which it has collected even half of that. "

Ye Feng asked curiously, "Sister Xiaorou, you've been working here for half a year. How much rent can you collect per month?"

"Last month, I collected over 20,000 taels."

"Only one tenth, that's too little!"

Ye Feng was speechless.

Miao Xiaorou said, "That's right. I have reached an agreement with those old men in Tianfengyuan. As long as we can collect the rent from those stubborn old debtors, half will be handed over to Tianfengyuan and the other half will belong to me.

Help me collect them, I won’t treat you unfairly.”

"This is not unfair...how much is it?" Ye Feng became interested instantly.

This time he went down the mountain to find Fang Tong and others just to see if there was any way to make money.

"Why, you still want to share the money with me? Ye Feng, are you drunk? You used to obey my every word and try to please me in every way!

I've already treated you to a meal today, and you still want to split the bill?"

Ye Feng shrugged and said, "The past is the past, and the present is the present. If you don't give me any benefits, why should I help you?"

"Okay, I'll hand over half, and I'll take 80% of the remaining half, and you'll take 20%."

"Fifty-fifty!"

"You are too greedy! 50-50? You wish! At most 30-70, you get 30 and I get 70!" Miao Xiaorou said gritting her teeth.

"Wuwukai, I can't do this alone. I need a lot of helpers, and I have to give them benefits! Besides, this will offend many elders... Wuwukai, you've already made a lot of money. You don't have to do anything, just lie at home and count your money!"

"No, no, 46! This is my bottom line!"

Ye Feng stood up and said, "Then you can find someone else. However, I think that apart from me, no one dares to do the debt collection, and no one can do it."

"Don't go, fifty-fifty is fifty-fifty!"

In the end, Miao Xiaorou gave in.

For more than half a year, she tried countless ways to recover the bad debts but failed.

I also asked the eldest and second brothers to come forward.

As a result, those senior teachers just didn't give me face.

I can only cooperate with Ye Feng and see the results.

Ye Feng smiled and said, "That's right. Tell me which shops have been in arrears with their rent!"

Miao Xiaorou pulled out a thick stack of booklets from her storage bag and placed them on the table.

"They're all here. Some have been in arrears for hundreds of years! The one that owes the most is the Xianbao Pavilion run by Senior Uncle Yuncang and Senior Uncle Yuyangzi. They've made a killing selling magic weapons, elixirs, and talismans, but they're reluctant to pay the annual rent of five thousand taels. As of now, their Xianbao Pavilion owes about two hundred thousand taels."