Evil Master and Disciple

Xu Yangliu was furious when she saw that Ye Feng had driven all the customers out of the store and threatened to auction off the store's goods at a low price on the street.

He called the store clerk and drove the four unsportsmanlike bullies out of the shop.

Ye Feng had guessed this would be the result.

They would not fight with Xu Yangliu and others. After being pushed out of the shop, Qi Yao and others began to put seals and posters with large calligraphy and paintings on the walls, and also distributed small leaflets to the onlookers around.

This was the result of their hard work for an hour in the teahouse outside the valley.

It was the bad guy Yulong who gave Ye Feng bad advice.

When Fairy Yunyu was young, she was known as the most beautiful woman in the Yunhai Sect and was extremely famous in the entire world.

Fatty Yulong knew that Sister Yunyu cared most about her reputation.

Using this method to deal with Fairy Yunyu is much more effective than threatening, intimidating, or throwing paint on her.

The Xianling Valley Market has existed for thousands of years, and there has never been a case of forced closure of shops.

It immediately attracted a lot of disciples to watch.

These people all knew that Ye Feng and others had strong backgrounds. At this moment, the four of them were wearing red "law enforcement" cuffs on their arms. The outer disciples had a low status and no one dared to ask.

The status of inner disciples is high, but the masters and elders of Ye Feng and others are even more powerful, not to mention that these four guys are well-known bullies and troublemakers.

Everyone just dared to point and whisper from the sidelines, and no young hero dared to step forward to draw his sword and help.

Moreover, through the contents of the leaflets and big-character posters, everyone also learned the general outline of the matter.

It was indeed Tianyu Silk Shop that was at fault in this matter.

The most common businesses in Xianling Valley are silk shops and rouge stores, which are very profitable. However, it is really unacceptable that the annual tribute has been in arrears for such a long time.

Ye Feng and his three companions were beating drums and gongs at the entrance of the shop, making a big fuss about how Tianyu Silk Shop was deliberately defaulting on its rent. They were ordered to come and collect the rent today, but were violently driven away...

Seeing more and more people gathering at the door, Xu Yangliu could only temporarily close the shop.

Seeing that the shop was closed, Ye Feng and his three companions became even more excited.

The entire door panel was covered with big-character posters and sealing strips.

Moreover, the four people had no intention of leaving. While putting up the seal posters, they shouted loudly, "Tianyu Silk Shop makes a fortune every day, but deliberately refuses to pay the annual tribute, violating the contract and going against the spirit of righteousness and chivalry..."

"Everyone, come and take a look. Tianyu Silk Shop, relying on the elders' backing, has been in arrears with rent for over four years..."

Xu Yangliu heard four people shouting outside, so she went to the second floor to check and saw that hundreds of disciples had gathered at the door. Many of them were looking at the flyers in their hands and pointing at the silk shop.

"I heard that this shop was jointly opened by three uncles, Yunyu, Yunmu, and Shouchi. It's been more than ten years!"

"It turns out that Senior Brothers Yunmu and Shouchi also own this shop. I thought Senior Brother Yunyu was the only one behind Tianyu Silk Shop."

"That makes sense. The three uncles opened the shop together, so they dared not pay the annual tribute to the Tianfengyuan."

"Oh, what's the big deal?! There are so many shops in Xianling Valley, and only those under the jurisdiction of the Sixth Court pay their annual tribute on time. How many other shops can pay on time?"

"That's right, those who can open shops in Xianling Valley are all well-known elders and seniors in our Yunhai Sect. Even the Grand Elder Shouzheng of Tianfengyuan has to give face to these elders."

"There's a lot of rent owed, but it's the first time in thousands of years that such a big fuss has happened. Uncle Yunyu has been humiliated this time!"

"The Four Tyrants of Yunhai are truly audacious. Isn't this a slap in the face of Master Yunyu?"

"You're too naive! Although the four of them have done a lot of bad things, they only dare to bully the outer disciples. This time, they are targeting Uncle Yunyu. There must be someone behind them supporting them."

"I heard that several of Uncle Yunyu's female disciples are quite close to Senior Brother Changkong, and now Senior Brother Jinghong controls Tianfengyuan! And look at the backgrounds of the Four Tyrants of Yunhai... Qi Yao is from the Transmission Academy, and now it's Senior Brother Changkong's territory... This matter is definitely involved..."

"Shh, shh, don't say it, don't say it..."

Discussions arose one after another.

They are all smart people who claim to be geniuses, so naturally they don't believe that the Four Hegemons of Yunhai would offend Fairy Yunyu and others for no reason.

Now the secret battle between Changkong and Jinghong has almost been exposed.

In the eyes of these smart people, this is not collecting rent, but the sublimation of the struggle between the two.

The Four Hegemons of Yunhai represent Fu Jinghong's faction.

Fairy Yunyu represents the Dugu Changkong faction.

Apart from this explanation, they could not think of a more perfect explanation.

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Hearing these people's discussions, Xu Yangliu's expression became extremely ugly.

She also felt that something was fishy.

Although the Four Tyrants of Yunhai acted arrogantly on weekdays, they never dared to provoke these shops.

There must be a reason for what happened today.

The pretty young lady behind him said, "Senior Sister Xu, what should we do? If these four keep making such a fuss, we won't be able to do business."

"This is no longer a question of whether to do business or not. I'm afraid it involves..."

Xu Yangliu had never seen such a scene before, and was a little panicked for a moment.

But she was not stupid. She knew that if this matter really involved the struggle for the throne between Dugu Changkong and Fu Jinghong, it would be difficult to end.

However, she had not heard that her senior and junior sisters supported Dugu Changkong.

Isn't my status high enough?

It shouldn't be.

My master has more than twenty female disciples, among whom only three are true disciples, and the others are registered disciples.

His status among these disciples was quite high, otherwise he would not have been sent by his master to manage the silk shop business.

Regardless of whether it is true or false, this matter must be settled as soon as possible.

She asked, "How much cash is left in the counter?"

The pretty young lady said, "It should be around 20,000 or 30,000 taels."

"Okay, pay out the money right away."

"Senior Sister, you're not going to hand it over to Ye Feng and the others, are you? Should we report this matter to Master?"

"It's too late. Do as I say first."

Soon, the closed shop door was opened again.

A clerk came out and took a look at the seals and posters covering the walls and door panels, and frowned slightly.

Then he said, "Ye Feng, the shopkeeper invites you in."

Ye Feng grinned.

Knowing that the plan was successful.

After the four people entered the store, several female shop assistants came out and began to clean the seals on the walls and door panels, trying to minimize the impact of the incident.

Xu Yangliu took out a stack of banknotes and some gold and silver ingots.

"Ye Feng, the twenty-three thousand taels of silver are all here, just click on them."

Ye Feng said with a smile: "Manager Xu is so polite. If you had taken it out earlier, we wouldn't have to go through this. Yaoyao, count the silver."

Qi Yao nodded and began to count the stack of banknotes, while Fang Tong and Ben Lei counted the amount of gold and silver.

While the three of them were counting, Xu Yangliu spoke again, saying calmly, "Ye Feng, I don't care who's backing you up. Today's matter is not over."

Ye Feng pretended to be innocent and said, "Why not? You paid the rent, and our work is done. Today's work is over. Of course, if your shop continues to default on payments, we will come again."

"Ye Feng, it's already come to this, why are you playing dumb? Just wait, you guys will be in for a hard time!"

"No, we're just following orders. Every wrong has its perpetrator. If you want revenge, go find the person behind us. The four of us are just errand boys..."

Ye Feng tried his best to appear humble.

Xu Yangliu asked, "Who is behind you?"

Ye Feng smiled and said, "Manager Xu, we are all smart people. There is no need to explain some things too clearly. You understand!"

Earlier on the street, he heard onlookers discussing that the debt collection behavior of the four of them should be a counterattack by Fu Jinghong against Dugu Changkong.

Ye Feng had an idea in his mind at that time and decided to put the blame on that Shamatte One-Eyed guy.

Seeing Ye Feng pretending to be mysterious, Xu Yangliu snorted and said nothing more.

With her status, even if she knew that the person behind this matter was Fu Jinghong, who is now in charge of Tianfengyuan, she would not dare to say it out loud.

Because no one knows who will win in the battle for the position of young master.

It would be bad if Fu Jinghong won in the future.

What smart people are doing now is not taking sides and not offending either side.

"Boss, the number is correct. It's twenty-three thousand taels."

Fang Tong turned around and said to Ye Feng.

Ye Feng nodded and wrote two receipts with pen and ink, one for the files and one for Xu Yangliu.

"Haha, thank you, Shopkeeper Xu. Here's the receipt, this is your store's IOU. Please keep it safe! If you don't have anything else to say, we won't bother you any more!"

Under the vicious gazes of a group of girls, the four men walked out of the shop with the cash box in their arms, humming a little tune.

There was a group of onlookers outside. Seeing that the Four Hegemons of Yunhai really collected the rent from Tianyu Silk Shop, these people started talking again.

Qi Yao said happily, "Boss, this job is so easy! In just a short while, we've earned...earned...earned a lot of money!"

Ye Feng said: "Excluding the amount that goes to the Tianfengyuan and Miao Xiaorou's share, the four of us can share 5,750 taels!"

"Haha, I'm rich!"

"If we had known that debt collection was so profitable, we should have gotten into this business! It's a huge profit..."

"No, no, no, we didn't invest any money, we just wasted some paper and ink. This is a business that makes a lot of money without any investment!"

Looking at the excited expressions of the three people, Ye Feng was not that happy.

This is indeed a business that makes money quickly with no investment, but the risks are also very high.

Just wait, Fairy Yunyu will definitely come to your door as early as tonight or at the latest tomorrow morning.

Now it depends on whether my fat master can hold on.

Qi Yao said, "I didn't expect it to go so smoothly. Let's go to the next one."

"Yes, yes, let's make a concerted effort and take over ten or eight families today..." The thin monk seconded.

Ye Feng shook his head and said, "Let's stop here today and find a place to divide the money. I believe that all the shops in the entire Xianling Valley have already known about the fate of Tianyu Silk Shop. Let's come back tomorrow!"