C23

Old Man Yun sipped on his tea and played with the parrot in the Residence of Yun. It was rare for him to be so free.

His two sons had gone to the palace in the early hours of the morning to discuss the supplies for the Winter Army, while his grandson had also been sent to the Skypalace Merchant Shop with Lin Yi taking care of him, so he did not have to worry.

It suddenly occurred to him that it was about time for the Yun Family to take a walk around the Lin Family as well. After all, the Yun Family had been the one to blame the Lin Family for the past few decades.

Sigh!

However, this was not something he wanted to see either.

"Master, General Wang is here to pay his respects." While he was deep in thought, the butler spoke softly.

Wang Ershi? How come this brat has the time to come visit me today? Old Master Yun was a little confused. The family of generals of the imperial city would visit those guarding the outer borders once they returned, but this Wang Ershi was a general of the imperial city who could be met on the streets everyday.

"Greetings, Old General." A rough man with a mouth full of cheeks stood in front of him, bowing to him.

Old Man Yun sat up and answered, "Why are you so free to come to my place today? Have the military affairs of the southern city gates been arranged?"

Wang Ershi laughed, "Alright, I'll handle this matter with the old general at ease. After all, in the past, I … no, this boy was also picked up by you, first elder! Haha!"

Old Master Yun looked at this fellow in annoyance. Even though Wang Ershi's words were rough and rough, he was quite talented in military matters and was also a person who had been carefully considered. Back then, it was because he had taken a fancy to this point that he was able to help him out.

"Mm."

Without waiting for the old man to continue speaking, Wang Er Shi took off his clothes and took out a stack of banknotes from his bosom. He placed them on the stone table and grinned, "Old General, this is a gift from the brothers of the City Defense Army. You must accept it!"

Hm? Old Man Yun frowned. What was going on? This stack of banknotes was at least a few hundred thousand taels of silver. He was very clear on the general's salary; several hundred thousand taels was an astronomical figure for this brat. Why was he giving it to him so easily today?

Besides, he had come to ask for help out of hatred, it was known by all the civil and military officials. According to Wang Ershi's character, he should not be like this!

"Wang Er …" Old Man Yun shifted his gaze away from the banknotes. Just as he was about to raise his head to ask for the details, he discovered that the boy had already run out the door, leaving him by himself with a face full of confusion. Could it be that this brat had hidden himself?

He then instructed the butler, "Go and check if anything has happened to the Wang family."

The butler bowed and left. Not long later, he turned back and said, "Master, General Zhu is here to pay his respects."

He still hadn't figured out what had happened to Old Man Yun just now, yet another one had come. What kind of good day was it today, to have gathered all of them together?

"Haha, old general, how have you been?" A hearty laughter came from afar and another burly man stood before him.

Old Man Yun raised his head and was about to ask him why he was here, but before he could even open his mouth, he was interrupted by Old General Yun, "Old General Yun, it's more important to defend Ximen City, so I'll cut to the chase. This is a little kindness from the brothers, don't refuse it." Saying so, he took out a stack of silver notes and placed it on the table beside him.

The old tutor rolled his eyes as his heart trembled. What a kid, another few hundred thousand taels! Could it be that something had happened to his family as well? What on earth was going on? They had actually asked him to come under their wing!

Before he could ask, General Zhu also hurriedly turned around and left, not giving the old man any time to react.

At this moment, Old Master Yun had stood up and was walking around the courtyard. He suddenly felt that there was something in the Imperial City that he did not know, but his intelligence network was not bad either.

However, what he did not know was that his informant, Yun Xie, had scared his guts out of him when he was at the Tongtian Merchant Shop. He was just about to prepare to return and report when he found out that the plot had turned against him, that his young master was vying for the crown prince, that he had squandered vast sums of money, and that he was being protected by the merchant guild in every way. He felt his blood boil, and he did not feel safe in that moment, so he did not go back to inform the lordmaster.

However, this little fellow had not expected that the Residence of Yun would really fall into chaos since his message had not been sent back.

In just an hour, dozens of generals and other members of the family of generals had gathered at the Residence of Yun. They spoke in a muddled voice, threw down a stack of silver notes and left hurriedly. The stone table in the yard was piled high with money, so much so that those behind could not even be bothered to explain themselves.

Old Man Yun, on the other hand, was extremely depressed. Every time he was about to ask, he would discover that someone had long since run away, fleeing even faster than a rabbit!

The old man was actually anxious. He had already sent people out to investigate time and time again, but they had all failed and returned. Nothing major had happened in the imperial city! Then what was going on? Why did these people come all at once to give him money, as though they had agreed on it beforehand?

The Residence of Yun did not lack money to spend!

The old man could not come up with anything, his heart skipped a beat, as if he suddenly remembered something. Could it be that something had happened to Yun Xie at the Celestial Trading Company? But he didn't see the servants return either? With a sudden headache, he looked at the butler who was tidying up the banknotes and bellowed in annoyance.

"You old thing! If I don't go and see what's going on, I might as well count the money here! "

The housekeeper also chuckled. Habits, professional habits, in his line of work, how could he not be excited when seeing so much money?

"Master, we haven't heard from any spies in the family, so this old servant doesn't know either."

"Then Yun Xie …" The old man was currently most worried about his own grandson. After all, he had been involved in ugly things for more than ten years. Although he knew that Yun Xie had his own thoughts, he still couldn't calm down.

The butler was calm as he said, "Old master, young master should be very safe at this time, after all, he is still in the Lin Family's territory. Although the Yun and Lin Families have been running out of connections for the past few years, their friendship is still there.

Hearing these words, Old Man Yun's heart was comforted. The butler's words made sense. Yun Xie seemed to be safer in the Lin Family home than he was, because in the martial arts world, the Lin Family was even worse than the Yun Family!

On the other hand, the cause of all this, Yun Xie, was walking leisurely on the streets of the Skypiercing Trading Company.

With that purple-gold card, the company did not come to find him to pay, nor did he go to the company to ask for the price of the Source Spirit Pill. With that purple card, the company did not come to find him to pay, nor did he go to the company to ask for the price of the Source Spirit Pill.

However, today, he had offended all the members of the Imperial Family. He did not doubt the power of the Martial Monarch. He would definitely be aware of the secrets behind the Source Spirit Pill.

Just as Yun Xie was thinking about how to deal with the royal family's inspection, a servant ran out from the crowd and crashed into Yun Xie's chest in a panic.

"Sorry, sorry …"

After apologizing, he quickly disappeared into the crowd.