In the city guard's mansion, a young man in his twenties was drinking and having fun in the garden, accompanied by four beautiful maids.
The young man reached out to take the wine handed over by a maid, and touched her soft chest, which made the maid scream in fright.
The young man burst out laughing, "Although Bahuang City is a remote place, it has a different flavor compared to the Imperial Capital."
The young man's surname was Mu, and his given name was Mu Chengping. He came from the Mu family, one of the eight aristocratic families in the imperial capital, which was Mu Yuqing's family.
In terms of seniority, this person is Mu Yuqing's cousin. He is greedy for sex and has no thoughts on martial arts, but he has a good mother. It is said that he is from Yuzhou and has a great background.
Therefore, the son is more valuable than the mother. Although he is in his twenties and only has the training of a martial artist, no one dares to bully him.
During this imperial capital battle, Li Chengfeng was stationed in the imperial capital, and the emperor could only arrange for a city guard to take over some trivial matters.
Although Mu Chengping's character was not very good, he had a very flexible mind and asked his mother to use his connections to get the city guard position. He came to Bahuang City and started his career as a Tu Emperor.
There was a loud "bang", and the huge red painted door was kicked to pieces.
In Mu Chengping's surprised look, a young man in black robe appeared in front of him. Behind him was an acquaintance. He recognized Wang Ce.
The entire city guard was alerted, and hundreds of guards appeared beside Mu Chengping, holding weapons against Ye Yang and the other two.
Mu Chengping's face was gloomy, he stared at Wang Ce and said, "Wang Dutong, why are you doing this? If you don't give me an explanation, don't blame me for punishing you."
Now Mu Chengping is the city guard, acting as Li Chengfeng's agent in charge of everything here, and has much higher authority than Wang Ce.
But what made Mu Chengping angry was that Wang Ce, who had always been respectful to him, actually ignored him, with a hint of disdain on his lips.
Before he could get angry, Ye Yang's cold voice came: "Are you the new city guard? I ask you why the martyrs' pensions are not paid out."
Mu Chengpingyuan was already holding back his anger. When he saw a young man actually questioning him, he was about to get angry, but when he took a look at Wang Ce who was confident and confident, he was suddenly shocked.
Somewhat cautiously, he asked, "Who are you?"
"Ye Yang" Ye Yang spat out two words coldly.
"Ah, it turns out it's Mr. Tianwuhou. Then we are no longer outsiders. I am Yuqing's cousin. Come and sit inside. You can't see outsiders when you stand like this." Mu Chengping laughed and said.
Ye Yang looked at him coldly and said without any movement, "I'm asking you, why don't you pay the pension?"
Unexpectedly, Ye Yang was so disrespectful. Mu Chengping felt secretly angry, but he still suppressed his anger. After all, Ye Yang was the Marquis of Tianwu, and his official rank was much higher than him.
Mu Chengping said, "According to Tianwu regulations, civilian casualties during battles are not included in the scope of pensions. I think Mr. Tianwuhou should also know that."
Ye Yang sneered and said, "I remember that there is this article in the Tianwu Law: During the war, civilians actively fight in order to defend their homeland. If there are casualties, they will be compensated according to the conditions of martyrs."
Mu Chengping sat on the chair, picked up the wine glass and took a sip, and sneered, "Master Tianwuhou, it seems that I am the city guard of Bahuang City. I don't need to explain to you what I do. Don't you think this is a dog trying to trick a mouse?"
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Mu Chengping's behavior was extremely rude, and his words were even more merciless. However, Ye Yang did not get angry at all, and there was a sneer on the corner of his mouth, which made people feel chilled.
"Let me ask you, when Wang Ce estimated that the total revenue from the battlefield was around 170 million gold coins, why was there only 45 million gold coins on the books?" Ye Yang looked at Mu Chengping as if he were looking at a dead person.
On the way here, Ye Yang had already learned most of everything that had happened in the past few days from Wang Ce's mouth, and he immediately asked harsh questions.
Mu Chengping's expression changed, and he shouted sternly, "Estimation and reality are two different things. Now that the beast tide has broken out, a large number of crystal cores and animal skins have flooded into the market, causing the price to plummet to 45 million gold coins, which is already considered high."
Ye Yang said coldly, "I don't believe it."
Mu Chengping snorted coldly, "Why are you pretending to be poor? Aren't you just doing it for money? What are you pretending to be? Just say, how much do you want? Give me a happy word."
Mu Chengping just lazily excused himself. After all, everyone knew about this kind of thing, but this Tianwuhou didn't understand the rules so much that he shouldn't do this even if he asked for money.
Mu Chengping was partly right. Too many crystal cores and animal skins flooding into the market would indeed cause a certain impact.
But businessmen are not fools. They can buy first and then hoard the goods so that they can sell them at a higher price in the future.
Moreover, there is no shelf life for animal skins and crystal cores. As long as they are placed properly, they can be kept for as long as they want.
The war revenue of Bahuang City this time totaled 163 million gold coins, but most of it was pocketed by Mu Chengping. After all, he spent a lot of money before coming here.
It was precisely because he saw the huge profits here that Mu Chengping was willing to come to Bahuang City, a remote place in the countryside.
Of the 45 million gold coins on the books, 12 million were used for the repair and maintenance of the city wall.
In addition, there were losses such as weapons and armor, and eight million gold coins were deducted, and the remaining gold coins were treated as pensions.
The soldiers of Bahuang City suffered more than 20,000 battle losses. On average, one soldier could theoretically only receive more than 1,000 gold coins.
But in fact, the pensions of some senior generals and some martyrs with martial arts or above received slightly more.
So some ordinary soldiers' families could only receive five or six hundred gold coins. After hearing Wang Ce's story, Ye Yang scolded Wang Ce.
Ye Yang said coldly, "I want you to spit out every cent of the money you swallowed, and in addition, I want to lend you your life."
"Hahaha" Mu Chengping laughed wildly and said disdainfully, "It seems that you are spoiled by the reputation of Marquis Tianwu. You can also touch the members of my Mu family?"
But what Mu Chengping didn't know was that one of the eight aristocratic families in the imperial capital had been captured by Ye Yang, otherwise he wouldn't be smiling like this.
But in this world, the ignorant are always fearless. With a wave behind him, a strong man in the early stage of the king appeared in front of Mu Chengping.
Mu Chengping sneered at Ye Yang and said, "Boy, you are still young. Don't be so impulsive in doing things. Don't be so hot-headed and leave yourself with lifelong regrets. See you off."
The strong man in the early stage of the Martial King sneered at Ye Yang and said, "Didn't you hear that my young master told you to get out? Or do you want me to throw you, the first lord of Tianwu, out directly?"
The words of the powerful King of Martial Arts immediately caused the group of people behind him to laugh wildly, and they tried their best to ridicule them.
When Wang Ce saw that a King Wu actually appeared, the corner of his mouth curled up with disdain. As expected, Ye Yang didn't even look at him, but raised his hand and slapped him.
"puff"
A big mouth slapped the warrior in the face. He didn't even have a chance to dodge. He didn't even see clearly how Ye Yang made the move. He was whipped away by a huge force. His mouth was full of yellow teeth like sifting beans.
Scattered everywhere.
"Bang" sound.
The king-level strongman was pulled out more than ten feet away, half of the wall collapsed, and he passed out.
Except for Wang Ce, who had a sneer on his lips, everyone present was dumbfounded.
The king-level expert was actually slapped half to death. They were so frightened that they were speechless for a long time, and they were all dumbfounded.
Mu Chengping stirred up a shiver and felt fear for the first time. It turned out that someone said that although Tianwuhou was young, he had the strength to fight beyond his level.
Originally, Mu Chengping couldn't help but sneer at these rumors. How powerful a yellow-haired boy could be was not just a legend in the streets. It was nothing more than flattery. Who would take it seriously.
When he first arrived, someone told him that Ye Yang had killed a sixth-level monster with his martial arts master level, which almost made Mu Chengping laugh to death.
But today he couldn't laugh anymore. He was scared and said tremblingly, "Brother Ye, the Mu family and the Ye family have been friends for generations. How about we make five of the money we make this time?"
Seeing that Ye Yang had a cold face and said nothing, he hurriedly said, "How about 30-70?"
Ye Yang was too lazy to pay attention to Mu Chengping and glanced at Wang Ce. Wang Ce suddenly understood and clapped his hands.
Suddenly, thousands of soldiers poured in from the door and surrounded Mu Chengping and others. Wang Ce shouted, "Mu Chengping is suspected of embezzling military pay. Take them all down. If there is any resistance, shoot them to death."
As Wang Ce's voice fell, Mu Chengping's group had long been frightened like chaff, and they all dropped their weapons and surrendered.
These pampered guards had been frightened by Ye Yang for a long time, and they were all captured without any resistance.
"Ye Yang, if you dare to hurt my hair, my Mu family will not let you go, and my mother will definitely kill you." Mu Chengping was tied up by several soldiers and shouted to Ye Yang.
Seeing that all the enemies had been captured, Wang Ce asked, "What should we do next?"
"What else can be done? Take away all the money from Mu Chengping's hand. Besides, this incident will definitely involve many people, so take them all out," Ye Yang said.
"What to do next?" Wang Ce asked.
"Anyone who embezzles pension funds, even if it only has one gold coin, I will kill them all and leave no one behind." Ye Yang thought of the poor mother and said harshly.
Wang Ce said with some worry, "I'm afraid there are many people involved this time. The incident is a bit big, and there are also close followers of the City Lord. Should we wait until the City Lord comes back?"
Ye Yang waved his hand and said, "No need to wait, let alone the city lord's cronies, even if my Ye clan members get involved, they will be killed by me."
"You can just kill me without any worries. If anything happens, I will take care of it. But if you make this mess again this time, get out of here," Ye Yang said coldly.
"Don't worry, sir. If something goes wrong again this time, I will cut off my head and give it to you," Wang Ce vowed.
Nowadays, Wang Ce admires the Tianwuhou in front of him more and more. Wang Ce also comes from a grassroots background and is also full of passion. He has long disliked these vampires.
Now that Ye Yang was supporting him, his blood immediately boiled and he led the people out of the city guard's mansion.
Ye Yang raised his eyes and looked at the sky, and murmured to himself, "Garbage will not go into the trash can by itself. I don't mind being a cleaner for a while" (To be continued)