activa-t Chapter 325 Black Heart
Chapter 325 Black Heart
"The Hua family is too arrogant. They don't take human life seriously. Aren't they afraid of retribution?"
Looking at the dying aunt, Ye Jintang was also filled with anger.
She doesn't like to suffer losses. Since the Hua family wants to give her a warning, she will get it back double. She doesn't know how much gold and silver has been stored in the Hua family's warehouse for generations, but it can't be more than the treasury of Imperial Concubine Dehui.
"My people will be arriving in Ningchuan City soon. Let them find out more about the Hua family. The Hua family has done so many bad things in Ningchuan City, and I don't know how much money they have extorted."
"It may not be that quick to confiscate the Hua family. We might as well empty their vault first."
Xiao Mo agreed with Ye Jintang's words. The Hua family is now like an iron wall. It is not so easy for him to quickly obtain evidence to bring down the entire Hua family. If the Hua family's treasury is emptied, they may lose their composure and hand the evidence to him.
More importantly, if he emptied the Hua family, he would have more money to support his private soldiers.
"Your subordinates have only been trained for half a year. Even if there are smart ones, I dare not entrust them with important tasks for the time being. Besides, since you want to keep them by your side, you should not use outsiders."
"I'll let Le Chuan follow you. He's very capable in getting things done."
Le Chuan has been with Xiao Mo for many years. He is a helper specially trained by the late queen for Xiao Mo. Xiao Mo feels very relieved to have Le Chuan with Ye Jintang.
"Then is Jiang Heng enough for you?"
"I'll ask cousin Ziyao to come over."
"That's fine too."
Ye Jintang and Xiao Mo didn't say a few words in the carriage, which sped all the way and stopped in front of the herbal medicine shop.
After carrying the person to the second floor, Ye Jintang opened the aunt's clothes and carefully examined the injuries on her body.
When seeing the large purple scars on her abdomen, even such a strong woman couldn't help but have tears in her eyes.
The aunt had gray hair and looked to be in her fifties or sixties. How could those people have the heart to beat her? She was just an old woman who was powerless. How could they have the heart to leave her in the snow and take her life?
Hua Cailiang is worse than pigs and dogs.
"Liuli, help me prepare some hot water. I need to perform surgery on my aunt."
"Yes."
Ye Jintang took out her scalpel from the space. When the sharp scalpel cut open the aunt's abdomen, a stream of blood spurted out, splashing all over her face and body.
When the abdominal cavity was opened, they saw a bright red patch inside. Ye Jintang's small white teeth were about to break. One section of the aunt's intestine was directly broken, and many internal organs were damaged to varying degrees.
If there was no spring water, she would have died before reaching the pharmacy.
The aunt's injuries were much more serious than Ye Jintang had imagined. The operation lasted for an hour before she opened the door covered in blood.
As the door opened, a smell of blood hit him in the face, and Xiao Mo, who had been sitting outside waiting, was startled.
"Jintang, what about you?"
"It's all Auntie's blood."
"How is Auntie? Can she be saved?"
"Your life is safe, but if you want to recover, you need to take good care of it. It will take at least a year or two to recover."
"As long as I can save my life."
The aunt in the room was lying on the bed, her face as pale as paper, and she looked lifeless.
"Liuli, you stay here with Auntie tonight. I gave her a large dose of paralysis powder. She will wake up in the evening."
After settling the aunt, Ye Jintang and Xiao Mo returned to the palace together, and sent people out to check whether the Hua family had a vault.
Coming out of the pharmacy, Ye Jintang saw four more guards around Xiao Mo, and there were also secret guards following not far away.
They didn't bring so many people with them when they came out. It was estimated that Xiao Mo called these people while she was performing surgery on the aunt.
With these people around, all the people sent by the Hua family to follow them were beaten half to death, and no one dared to follow them anymore.
The aunt woke up that night. When Liuli asked, she found out that her surname was Guan and she lived alone without any children. So Liuli came back to ask Ye Jintang for instructions and brought her back to the palace the next day.
Ye Jintang came specially to visit Aunt Guan.
She had just undergone a major operation and looked extremely weak.
"I greet the princess."
Aunt Guan had already learned from Liuli that the two foreign gentlemen that day were the King of Qin and his wife. She was just an ordinary woman and could not bear the sight of the princess coming to visit her in person. When she saw Ye Jintang enter the room, she quickly stood up and wanted to get out of bed to pay her respects.
"Aunt Guan, you don't have to be so polite. I am the one who caused you this misfortune. I feel really bad about it."
Ye Jintang stepped forward to stop Aunt Guan from getting up, as she was covered in injuries and it was difficult for her to move.
"Your Highness, you are worrying too much. I have long been fed up with what the Hua family has done. Even if Your Highness does not ask, I will say that at my age, if I die, I die."
Aunt Guan's eyes turned red as she spoke. She once had a family, but now her family was broken up and it was all because of the Hua family.
"Just stay in the palace and make other plans after you recover from your injuries."
"Thank you, ma'am."
Although Aunt Guan was seriously injured because of Ye Jintang, she was very grateful to her. If Ye Jintang was a hard-hearted person, he could have given her a few taels of silver and let her go home to recuperate.
But she didn't do that. Instead, she specially sent a little maid to take care of her daily life. This thoughtfulness made Aunt Guan feel warm in her heart. No one had cared about her for a long time.
After visiting Aunt Guan, Ye Jintang was called to the study by Xiao Mo again.
The study was filled with Xiao Mo's trusted advisers. She was called over to allow her to fully participate in the political affairs of Ningchuan City.
They had to investigate all kinds of unreasonable taxes in the city one by one. This was a big project. It was already noon when everyone was discussing it, and they still had a lot of things to discuss. Ye Jintang simply asked everyone to stay for lunch, and did not rest after lunch, but continued to discuss the matter.
Ye Jintang and Xiao Mo Ma were busy investigating Hua Cailiang's background. At the same time, in the study of the City Lord's Mansion, Hua Cailiang laughed triumphantly.
"The King of Qin must be scared to death now. If anyone dares to befriend the King of Qin, we will kill him. Once or twice, I want to see who dares to show up again."
Hua Cailiang was so happy that he finally won the game back.
Ke Wenhai on the side quickly echoed, "Brother is still the one with more ideas. If it were me, I wouldn't be able to think of such a trick as killing the chicken to scare the monkey."
"Xiao Mo is nothing more than a young boy. How can he compare with me? Just wait and see. Sooner or later, he will suffer the consequences. Ningchuan City will still belong to me, Hua Cailiang."
Hua Cailiang never took Xiao Mo seriously from the beginning to the end. With the support of Imperial Noble Consort Dehui behind him, it was only a matter of time before he killed Xiao Mo.
"I didn't expect the King of Qin to be a homosexual. The people who followed him reported that when he went out today, he brought a very handsome young man with him. He bought a lot of properties for this young man in the city. It seems that he is very fond of him."
"It is rumored that the King of Qin dotes on his princess and dismissed all the girls in the backyard of the palace. It seems that the rumor is false. The King of Qin simply doesn't like girls."
Hua Cailiang and Ke Wenhai laughed at each other as if they had discovered some big secret.
If this is true, even if they don't touch Xiao Mo, he won't be able to do anything in Ningchuan City. A prince without children is really nothing to be feared.