Traveling through the emperor, overthrowing the empress dowager at the beginning

Looking at the gangsters who had already started a quarrel.

Ye Chen's face darkened slightly, and his eyes suddenly became sharp.

He ignored the shouting gangsters and turned to look at the screen beside him.

"Boss Murong, have these people ever made any requests to you?"

Soon, there was a response from behind the screen.

"No."

Hearing this, Ye Chen had an idea in his mind.

Boss Murong did not make any random promises to these gangsters, which means that these gangsters wanted greater benefits.

Ye Chen would not be polite to these people.

"Snapped!"

Ye Chen slammed the table.

The people in the martial arts world who were shouting suddenly stopped talking and looked at Ye Chen in surprise.

"This is the rule set by His Majesty. You can accept it if you want to, or not if you don't want to."

Ye Chen exuded a murderous aura, and his aura was breathtaking.

"roll."

"After you get out of here, if you dare to leak a single word outside, I'll catch you and torture you to death!"

Ye Chen's tone was so grim that the air in the courtyard seemed to have grown a little colder.

The people who were shouting the loudest shuddered in unison, with expressions of fear on their faces.

"Why don't you leave? Aren't you complaining about this and that?"

There was a hint of mockery in Lin Ziyun's eyes. These people from the martial arts world were obviously unruly. If he didn't show them some power, these guys would not know what the royal majesty was.

"You, you, you, do you think I was scared? I've been through wind and rain, slept in graves, what kind of scene haven't I seen?"

The bearded man seemed unwilling to give up and shouted.

However, there were not many people who responded to him this time.

"Then get out of here."

Ye Chen's tone was resolute.

"Damn it, just go! I won't tolerate this kind of bullshit just for this little money!"

The bearded man turned and left.

"Humph! What Old Zhang said is right. Being under the government's jurisdiction and still getting paid so poorly, I might as well go out and work on my own and live a carefree life!"

"If you want to leave, then leave. If you can't keep me here, I'll find another place that will."

Another dozen people slammed the table and left.

Ye Chen didn't care about this at all. If someone was only working for him for money and benefits, they would definitely betray him for money and benefits. Such a person had too low loyalty, so it was better not to have him.

Only when no one left the scene did Ye Chen look around and find that there were still eight people left.

"If you don't leave, do you agree to accept the court's conditions?"

Ye Chen asked.

"Sir, we are used to wandering, but we don't want to be homeless anymore."

"Sir, we are willing to serve the court!"

"Sir, we have wives and children. If we can provide them with compensation after death, we will sell our lives to you!"

The eight people present all clasped their fists towards Ye Chen.

When Ye Chen saw this, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.

"Don't worry, as long as you are willing to work hard, His Majesty will not treat you unfairly. If you have made great contributions, you will be rewarded accordingly. There is no upper limit to the reward!"

Ye Chen knocked on the table lightly and said.

Rewards and punishments should be clearly defined. When you give someone a big stick, you must also give them benefits. This is the only way to win their hearts.

Hearing this, the eight people present were immediately excited.

Before, although they still chose to stay, they still agreed with the bearded man's words in their hearts, thinking that they were not as good as the imperial guards. They didn't expect that they were not paid a fixed salary at all, and they even received extra rewards for completing the task.

This is much better than the Imperial Guards. After all, the Imperial Guards only guard the palace. How can they have the opportunity to move around outside and perform tasks to gain merit?

"Okay, now I want to see what you can do. Who will go first?"

Upon hearing this, one of the eighteen people immediately stood up.

"My lord, my strongest skills are my fists and feet."

"My lord, my greatest strength is my swordsmanship."

"Sir, I can prepare poison!"

"Sir, my greatest strength is Qinggong!"

Eighteen people showed off their best skills one after another.

Ye Chen was not very interested in martial arts and sword techniques.

After all, the bravery of an individual can never compare to that of an army.

But Ye Chen noticed that one of the thin men was good at shooting flying needles with extremely fast techniques. He could hurt or kill people without anyone noticing, so he specially wrote down his name "Chu Ji".

The last one to show off his skills was the dwarf.

"Your Majesty, I will prepare an anesthetic. I will light it and blow out a fragrant incense. When others smell it, they will lose their strength. I will also prepare some hidden weapons and set up some traps."

The dwarf said with a smile.

He actually looks a bit cute like this, highlighting his harmlessness.

"Well, how do you prove it?"

Ye Chen asked doubtfully.

"Sir, I have prepared some anesthetics a few days ago, and I have some traps on my body. Please allow me to demonstrate them, and you will understand."

The dwarf clasped his fists.

"Oh, then you come and show me."

Ye Chen waved his hand.

And the dwarf said again: "Sir, I need someone to cooperate with me."

"Chuji, go and cooperate with him."

Ye Chen pointed at Chu Ji. This dwarf used medicine, while Chu Ji used darts. Maybe the two of them could cooperate with each other in the future.

The dwarf then took out a box from his arms and took out a pill from the box.

Chuji looked at the dwarf, took the pill and swallowed it, but after just a moment, he collapsed to the ground with a "thump" and fainted completely.

Shen Qiu hurried forward, checked carefully, and said to Ye Chen: "It's confirmed, Chu Ji has fainted."

"Oh, I won't look at your mechanisms, but you must draw them and clearly describe their functions. I will present them to His Majesty."

A gleam of light flashed in Ye Chen's eyes. This dwarf might be more useful than those martial arts masters.

"Well, sir, I can't read."

The dwarf suddenly said with some embarrassment.

Hearing this, Ye Chen immediately said: "That's easy. I'll find you someone who can write later. By the way, what's your name?"

"Your Excellency, my name is Liu Zhong."

"Liu Zhong, just dictate it later and have someone who can write it down."

Ye Chen said so.

Hearing this, Liu Zhong clasped his fists and said, "Yes."

"Liu Zhong, wake Chu Ji up, and get ready. The imperial edict enthroning you will arrive tonight."

"Yes!"

All the martial artists present clasped their fists together, and Liu Zhong took out a bottle from his arms and fed Chu Ji a pill. Finally, he pinched his philtrum, and Chu Ji slowly woke up.

Seeing this, Ye Chen felt even more satisfied. He had both anesthetic and antidote. In the future, as long as he had this medicine with him, he would have a new means when he encountered danger or needed to take action.

And just as he was about to get up and leave.

There was a sudden bang in the sky a little distance away from the lakeside cottage, as if fireworks had exploded.

Ye Chen frowned slightly when he saw this, while Shen Qiu's expression changed drastically.

"Sir, this is the direction of the Lu Shang hideout. Something's wrong there!"

Shen Qiu clasped his fists and said.

Hearing this, Ye Chen immediately stood up, his face solemn, and said: "Qiu'er, let's go."

"Sir, do you need our help?"

Seeing this, Liu Zhong stepped forward and said.

"Well, you all follow."

Ye Chen narrowed his eyes and decided to bring these people from the martial arts world with him to see how they would react when they were on the scene.

"Boss Murong, I have to leave now due to an emergency. I hope you can continue to help me recruit people from the martial arts world."

Before leaving, Ye Chen said to Boss Murong.

"Don't worry, Master Ye, leave this matter to me."

After hearing Boss Murong's answer, Ye Chen walked quickly out of the yard.