Clan Cultivation: The Ye Clan

Just as Chief Li was about to say something, he heard Ji Xiahan's voice.

"Uncle Li, send someone to invite my dear brother here."

Uncle Li nodded and sent someone to find Ji Xiaqing.

"Is Chief Li planning to say something like 'a wicked servant has deceived his master'?"

"Does Chief Li require me to send someone to investigate everything Li Nanfeng has done?"

"If I were to investigate, I would definitely make the whole truth public. This is probably not the result that Chief Li wants."

Looking at the 15-year-old child in front of him, Team Leader Li knew in his heart that the Li family would not have a good future.

If I had known, I shouldn't have placed the bet so early.

Clan Chief Li asked, "What does Young Master Ji wish to do?"

Ji Xiahan said, "That depends on what price your Li family is willing to pay to restore our Ji family's reputation."

At this moment, Ji Xiahan was still gripping Li Nanfeng's neck, and said to Li Nanfeng, "I want to hear you tell me why you framed me?"

"How about we wait until Ji Xiaqing arrives and confront her face to face?"

Ji Xiahan transmitted her voice to Li Nanfeng, saying, "I believe he won't admit that he instructed you to frame me, so are you prepared for your family to be destroyed?"

Ji Xiahan smiled wickedly, released his grip on Li Nanfang's neck, and walked to the center, waiting for Ji Xiaqing's arrival.

Half an incense stick later, Ji Xiaqing arrived, dressed in coarse linen clothes, and walked timidly to Ji Xiahan, looking like she was often bullied.

Ji Xiahan didn't even glance at him, and asked directly, "Li Nanfeng said that you instructed him to Zan Zang me in order to ruin my reputation and the Ji family's reputation. Why did you do that?"

Upon hearing this, Ji Xiaqing assumed that Li Nanfeng had revealed everything. She cursed Li Nanfeng as an idiot in her heart, but denied it on the surface, saying, "Big brother, don't listen to Li Nanfeng's nonsense. He did it all himself to ruin our family's reputation."

Seeing Ji Xiaqing's eagerness to distance herself, Ji Xiahan found it amusing. She glanced back at Li Nanfeng, as if to say: See? I told you so.

On the surface, she went along with his words and said, "Then tell me, how should we deal with the Li family for smearing the reputation of our Ji family like this?"

Ji Xiaqing knew that Ji Xiahan was forcing him to deal with the Li family at this time. He felt helpless. In order to survive, he had no choice but to abandon the Li family.

Ji Xiaqing said, "Then let's kill Li Nanfeng and make the Li family leave Yunlin City."

Ji Xiahan: "Is that all?"

When Li Nanfeng heard that Ji Xiaqing wanted to kill him and expel the Li family, he could no longer hold back. He pointed at Ji Xiaqing and said, "He's lying. He's the one who instructed me to do it. He instructed me to ruin your reputation, saying that as long as you're not around, he can become the young patriarch of the Ji family, and the Ji family will all belong to him. He said that he would support our Li family and help us reach new heights."

"Ji Xiahan, you don't know, do you? It's not just me, but also your servant Ji Dong. He's been bribed by this illegitimate son. Every time he leads you to a crowded place, Ji Xiaqing deliberately provokes you, making you fight back, so that he can portray himself as a bullied weakling."

Ji Xiahan thought to herself, "If you can talk, then talk more." On her face, however, she looked sharply at the servant Ji Dong behind her.

Ji Dong immediately knelt down, thinking about what Ji Xiahan had told him that morning: "If you tell the truth, only you will die; if you don't tell the truth, your whole family will die."

Ji Dong spilled the beans like beans from a bamboo tube: "Young Master, I was forced to do it. It was all Young Master Xia Qing who made me do it. He told me to deliberately lead you to a crowded place so that he could provoke you and make you fight back. He deliberately didn't fight back, not only to create the image of a weakling, but also to go to your father with an injured face to gain sympathy, obtain more resources, and incidentally ruin your image in your father's eyes."

"I was wrong, young master, please." After saying that, he took out a dagger and plunged it straight into his abdomen. "Please, my parents."

Ji Xiahan understood Ji Dong's meaning and asked him to let Ji Dong's parents go.

Ji Xiahan nodded, and Ji Dong collapsed, closing his eyes.

When Ji Xiaqing saw that Ji Dong was dead, she knew that she could never truly clear her name again.

Then I heard the whispers of the onlookers around me.

"This is only an 8-year-old child, and he's already so toxic at such a young age."

"Who can argue with that? He's an illegitimate child, and he's got a wicked heart."

"Stealing his father's love, framing his elder brother, ruining his own reputation and the family's reputation, and buying people's hearts—he dares to do these things at such a young age! He'll be something else when he grows up!"

Listening to the words of those around her, Ji Xiaqing tried to figure out how to salvage her reputation.

Then Ji Xiahan said, "Xia Qing, before my father went into seclusion, he asked me to take good care of you, so I never cared about the little tricks you used. But I didn't expect you to turn out like this. I won't talk about the things that framed me, but you colluded with others to wantonly ruin the reputation of my Ji family. This matter must be severely punished."

“Father is in seclusion, and the eldest brother is the father. Considering your young age, I will punish you with 10 lashes and confine you to the family compound for a year as punishment.”

As soon as Ji Xiahan finished speaking, Uncle Li sent two of his men to pin the man to a chair and start beating him.

"piapiapia..." It was over in the time it takes to drink a cup of tea.

Ji Xiahan gave Uncle Li a wink, and Uncle Li stepped forward and quickly fed Ji Xiaqing a pill, saying, "My young master still cares about his younger brother. He made him take a healing pill right after the fight. Sigh."

The onlookers began to whisper among themselves again.

"The eldest young master of the Ji family is still kind-hearted, but I'm afraid he might be trying to do something bad with good intentions."

"Exactly, he's so bad at such a young age. We should nip him in the bud. Why did we even save him?"

"Look at this person, how come he's wearing coarse linen clothes on the outside but fine clothes on the inside?"

"Are you stupid? Isn't this just to show that he was bullied and cheated at home?"

"There are so many twists and turns in this big family."

Ji Xiahan: "Uncle Li, take Xia Qing back and let her rest."

Uncle Li gave a wink to the two men beside him, and they took Ji Xiaqing back to the Ji family.

Ji Xiahan looked at Clan Chief Li and asked, "Clan Chief Li, have you made up your mind?"

Clan Chief Li looked at Li Nanfeng, who knelt before Ji Xiahan and said, "I have told you the truth. Please, spare me, spare my family."

Ji Xiahan looked at Li Nanfeng, feeling both anger and pity.

He said, "Since Clan Chief Li hasn't made a decision, then I'll make the decision for you. Li Nanfeng, abolish your dantian and throw you out of Yunlin City. From now on, our Ji family and the Li family will have no more friendship, and our Ji family will no longer do any business with the Li family."

After Ji Xiahan finished speaking, he bowed to the crowd and said, "Please let the people of Yunlin City bear witness that from now on, our Ji family and the Li family will have no further connection."