The Blessed

Meanwhile, Long Hanqing, housekeeper of the prince mansion of Cangzhou, also brought the blacksmiths Yan Shengrui asked for, fifty of them in total. Ling Jingxuan asked Zhao&Han couple to make a room in the factory specially for them to forge iron. Yan Shengrui and Zhao Dalong were responsible for it. And he had some other things to do.

“So they are the bookkeepers you found?”

In addition to the tutors, Yan Yi also found five bookkeepers as he requested. Two of them were in their forties. Since they entered the guest room, they kept their eyes slightly down, no one could tell their emotion fluctuations. Two were in their twenties. Since they came in, they kept looking at him curiously. But that thin young man who looked like below twenty was wearing a confident face, looking quite decent.

"Yes, master Xuan. Mr. Hong and Mr. Wang are from Cangzhou, experienced, and enjoy a good reputation. Mr. Feng and Mr. Shen are young, but they also have years of experience. As for this seventeen-year-old Yuan Shaoqi. He recommended himself. Since he is a xiucai and passed out test, I brought him together.”

Yan Yi who was standing behind him replied respectively. After having been ‘abused’ by the two buns, and hearing from Yan Shan about his conversation with Ling Jingxuan, he no longer had the balls to bear any thought of looking down on him.

"A xiucai? It’s even rare to see a seventeen-year-old xiucai in town, right? If I remember it right, next year is the autumn imperial examination held every three years. Aren’t you supposed to get prepared to get listed as a juren?”

Ling Jingxuan instantly shifted his attention onto that Yuan Shaoqi. It was already strange enough that a xiucai came to work in a village. And it seemed he wasn’t planning for the autumn examination at all, which was stranger. Which scholar doesn’t want to climb higher? Besides, he was still so young, he had plenty of time and opportunities.

“But a xiucan has to stuff his belly. If I miss the examination next year, I can wait for another three years. But if I don’t eat food for three years, I’m afraid I already die.”

As if he had already anticipated he would ask this, Yuan Shaoqi said disapprovingly while shrugging. Ling Jingxuan’s eyes flickered and he no longer asked more. Instead, he stretched out a hand and pointed at a few thick account books on the tea table, “I asked them to borrow those five account books. I don’t care what methods you use. I want you to finish them in an hour. If you can’t or you miscalculate, sorry, I can only let you go. Of course, I will pay for the traffic allowance and five taels of silver as compensation. Well, you guys can start now.”

Speaking of which, Ling Jingxuan stood up and walked out. When passing by Yan Yi, he threw him a ‘come with me’ eye. On hearing that they could get five taels of silver even if they are not qualified, they instantly understood that if they could stay, they could much more. As long as Ling Jingxuan got up, you could already hear the sound of page turning and the abacuses.

"Have you gotten their background investigated?"

Out of the room, Ling Jingxuan turned to look at Yan Yi sternly, face sunk. Apparently that Yan Shaoqi wasn’t an ordinary one. He didn’t believe that Yan Yi couldn’t tell given his experience.

"Yeah, all roughly investigated. Master Xuan, you are suspicious of Yuan Shaoqi, right? I was also suspicious of him at first. But the result I got is his parents died not long ago, and his fiancée broke off the engagement. He was the only son in the family, so he could only come out to make a living.”

For their ability to collect information, Yan Yi was quite confident of himself, the other side was just an ordinary person, who even didn’t need him to use the intelligence network.

"Is that so? Do you think a xiucai who just lost his parents and was abandoned by his fiancée is supposed to perform so calmly? Sometimes what you see with your eyes may not be true. I suggest you have a thorough investigation of him. I’m afraid that Yuan Shaoqi you got investigated isn’t this one. Or, there is no such a person called Yuan Shaoqi, everything is fabricated.”

As for collecting intelligence, Ling Jingxuan who had been a killer in his previous life was a lot better than him. But, today, he just made his judgment through his intuition, no solid evidence. But, it might be a coincidence if he performed a little strangely. But when a lot of strange places overlapped, it couldn’t be explained only by coincidence. Anyway, Yuan Shaoqi was still too young, that kind of calmness he had performed was too perfect. And from, his cynical attitude, it didn’t feel like he had just lost his parents at all. Someone who carried a bad name of being abandoned by his fiancée should at least have some response.

Yan Yi went into silence. If the other side really held some ill intention, he should be arming at the prince. Although he had concealed the news that the prince was here, walls have ears. No one dare say the news wouldn’t be leaked. What if…Yan Yi tightened his heart and finally realized that he might really be too careless this time.

"I know you look down on me, so you don’t use your heart when doing things for me. Yan Yi, still those words. I don’t need you to be loyal to me. You only need to be loyal to your master. Shengrui’s status is noble. You can’t make any minor mistake. Now he is with he, shouldn’t you be a little careful? If things keep happening to him, I guess you four shadow guards should all retire.”

Some things, it didn’t mean he didn’t know even if he didn’t say it out. It was about the safety about Shengrui and his family, he didn’t have the mood to beat around the bush, but directly got to the point, in case they were still so careless.”

"I dare not. I was too careless this time. Please punish me, master Xuan.”

Hearing that, Yan Yi hurriedly knelt on one knee. The two little masters already disliked him, he didn’t want the master’s sweetheart also hostile to him. If so, he’d really have to take off his armor and go home.

"You are not my person, I am not in the position to punish you, I will not tell Shengrui about this matter. Get the detailed background of this Yuan Shaoqi as soon as possible."

Speaking of which, Ling Jingxuan went away with a flick of his sleeves. Then Yan Yi who was kneeling there found that he was trembling. Through the whole kingdom, except the master, no one had ever made him so scared, including the one in the palace, but…Apparently Master Xuan didn’t do anything. Is he even more horrible that the master? Really? Or, that is only his illusion.

The answer is, there is no answer. Some day he would know the horrible place of Ling Jingxuan.