Volume 1: Wudao Xiantian Chapter 14: Tattered Embroidered Handkerchief

  Ye Jian heard this voice, and his heart was both shocked and angry. He looked up to see that in front of Su Qiaoqiao, there was an additional boy with a delicate appearance, wearing a blue robe, seemingly smiling at him.

  "Lao Qi! You useless waste of a Ma Nu, how dare you hit me?"

  Ye Jian wiped away the blood from the corner of his mouth, his face twisted in a scowl. He paused for a moment, then suddenly shivered with a chill. If Ye Xu was really useless, why did he just get slapped?

  To know that he is not a purple swallow, he has already cultivated the Tianming Refining Body Technique to the fifth level, and his strength can also be ranked in the middle of many sect disciples!

  Has this trash's cultivation recovered?

  Zi Juan saw that he had a retreating intention, and sternly said: "Ninth Master, the Ye Fu's family law stipulates that slaves and servants who offend their superiors and insult the young masters of the clan should be beaten to death on the spot! This waste is still a horse slave now, why are you afraid of him?"

  Ye Jian's spirit was stirred, and he carefully savored the aftertaste. Just now, Ye Xu's slap wasn't as strong as he had imagined. If this waste really recovered his cultivation, he feared that one palm would be enough to slap his own head into a pulp. His courage swelled, and he sneered: "Not bad, you're just a useless slave, daring to hit the son of a noble family! You lowly slave, this time Young Master will make sure you die without a burial site!"

  Ye Xuan glanced at Zi Juan with a hint of disdain, feeling an inexplicable disgust towards this former servant who had once attended to her. She coldly snorted and said: "A runaway slave who has stolen the master's property, what other household rules have you broken? And as for those who harbor the runaway slave, how should they be punished according to the household rules?"

  Plop, Zixi was so frightened that she sat on the ground with a thud. She took Ye Xiang's property and fled to Ye Jian. According to family rules, she should be punished with the "Five Cuts": gouging out her eyes, cutting off her nose, cutting out her tongue, cutting off her hands, and cutting off her feet!

  This is even more terrifying than killing her!

  Ye Jian was also sweating profusely, hiding and escaping as a slave. According to the family rules, he would definitely be stripped of his cultivation and demoted to a slave, sent to work in the mines!

  Those miners often do not approach women, many strong miners like to be with men, treating handsome young boys as prostitutes, releasing their desires. If he is assigned to the mine, I'm afraid he will be opened up the next day, singing a sad song in the cold wind, the east wind breaks the chrysanthemum and the flowers are gone.

  Ye Xue looked at the two of them coldly and thought to himself with great disdain: "A bunch of trash. Qiaoqiao, let's go!"

  Zi Juan looked at Ye Xu's back, then glanced at Ye Jian who was as still as a wooden chicken. Comparing the two, she could see the difference between them, like that of a phoenix and a plucked rooster.

  It's ridiculous how I was blind at first and abandoned gold bricks for dirt.

  She suddenly felt a twinge of regret in her heart, if she hadn't left back then and had followed Ye Xu instead, although she would have been poor for a while, her future status and glory would definitely have been infinitely elevated!

  When Ye Xu was still the proud son of the Ye family, he doted on her extremely. If Ye Xu were to become the next master of the Ye family, she might even become the great madam of the Ye family, with everyone looking up to her and catering to her every whim!

  "There's still a chance, with my charm and skills in bed, as long as I make a little effort, won't this inexperienced young master submit to me? Qiao Qiao is just an inexperienced little girl who hasn't even had her first period, she doesn't have the assets or the figure, how can she be my match? As long as I gain the upper hand, I'll find an opportunity to get rid of her..."

  Zi Juan's eyes lit up and she hastily chased after Ye Xu with quick steps.

  Ye Jian's eyes widened in anger as he shouted: "Zi Juan, where are you going? Come back here!"

  Zi Juan turned around and gave him a cold glance, as if looking at a pile of trash. Her eyes revealed an unspeakable disgust. She quickly caught up with Ye Xu, adjusted her clothes, and knelt down with a plop, pitifully crying: "Seventh Master, the slave knows she was wrong..."

  "Follow me again and I'll kill you."

  Ye Xuan's tone was flat, his eyes lightly sweeping over her as if he wasn't looking at a beautiful and pitiful young girl, but rather at a female dog.

  The purple quail watched as the two figures walked away, but she didn't dare to follow them. She could sense that Ye Xu was not joking around, and if she continued to tail them, he would definitely treat her like a stray dog and strike her down with one palm, without even furrowing his brow!

  Zi Juan's heart was as cool as water, but when she turned her head, she saw Ye Jian leading the other servants towards her. Her spirits lifted slightly, and she thought to herself: "I may not be able to become the mistress of the Ye household, but becoming the wife of a member of the imperial family isn't bad either... although Ye Jian is incompetent, he has always been good to me..."

  "Master Jiǔ, your humble servant was young and ignorant, please forgive me..."

  Zi Juan's sorrowful voice said, just as she was about to move him with emotion, Ye Jian gave her a disgusted glance and gritted his teeth, saying: "Ye Shao Bao doesn't want this woman, I don't care either! Feng Zhu, you guys take this cheap woman out of the city, beat her to death with sticks, and throw her into the chaotic tomb hill to feed the dogs!"

  Zi Juan was shocked and lost her color, just as she was about to open her mouth to call for help. Suddenly, several beautiful maidservants appeared from behind Ye Jian, using embroidered handkerchiefs to tightly cover her mouth. One of the green-dressed girls smiled and said, "Sister Zi Juan, please forgive us, we have no choice." Without another word, they lifted her up and headed towards the city gate.

  Ye Jian gazed in the direction Ye Xu had left, a venomous glint flashing across his eyes as he pondered: "This useless thing has actually recovered from its injuries, and will probably soon be favored again. That would mean I'll never have my chance to rise! No, I must go discuss this with some other brothers..." With that thought, he turned around and headed towards the Ye Manor.

  Su Jiaojiao pulled Ye Xuan into a cosmetics store, where it was all women, chattering and noisy, giving Ye Xuan a headache, so he quickly escaped again.

  "Qiao Qiao's enthusiasm for shopping is terrifying!"

  Ye Xue let out a sigh, and suddenly saw the grocery street beside him. Compared to the bustle of other streets, this place was sparse with people, and there were not many passersby. He instructed Qiao Qiao and immediately walked in.

  The grocery street is actually a second-hand goods market, with a wide variety of items at cheap prices.

  The merchants here are unable to rent storefronts, so they often set up stalls on the spot and pile all sorts of goods directly on the stalls. The goods are varied and include everything imaginable. At one point, there was even a rumor that someone had dug out a treasure from among these second-hand goods.

  Ye Xue was not particularly interested in the grocery street, and he didn't believe that a witch treasure would appear here. If a witch treasure really appeared, it would inevitably trigger a scramble among all the witches of Liu Zhou City and the three major families, stirring up a bloody storm!

  The preciousness of Wu Bao is beyond the imagination of ordinary people, and even with the strength of the three major witch families, they only have a few pieces.

  As he passed by a grocery stand, Ye Xu suddenly stopped in his tracks and furrowed his brow slightly.

  In his lower abdomen, the calm White Jade Pavilion suddenly became restless, swimming back and forth on the vast true energy, occasionally jumping up and down, shaking his true energy unsteadily, even the young shoots of green jade in the pavilion seemed quite excited.

  "Could it be that there's something on this stall that interests Bai Yulou?"

  Ye Xuan couldn't help but feel curious, and carefully examined the stall. There were only a few things on it, just three or four old books and a tattered embroidered handkerchief.

  The boss obviously was an old honest man, smiled and said: "What has this young master taken a fancy to?"

  Yexiu smiled and said: "I'm not some young master, but a horse slave of the Ye family."

  The stall owner exclaimed: "The horse slaves of the Ye family are more dignified than the young masters of other wealthy families, truly worthy of being a noble family in Wuyuan!"

  Ye Xu smiled slightly, without saying much, and flipped through the old books in his hand. They were the Four Books and Five Classics, nothing out of the ordinary. The White Jade Pavilion in his dantian was still stirring restlessly.

  His gaze fell on the embroidered handkerchief, which was only half a foot in size, with damaged edges and strange patterns in the middle.

  The pattern was also incomplete, and Ye Xuan carefully examined it, as if it were a sun, with the center of the sun being a three-legged strange bird, shaped like a crow, but golden in color, not black like a crow.

  "This tattered embroidery should be a corner of a large banner..."

  Ye Xu picked up the embroidered handkerchief, gently stroking it, feeling a slight warmth to the touch, but the fabric was extremely fine and delicate, resting lightly in his hand as if it were weightless.

  The white jade building in Dantian seemed to sense the aura of this embroidered handkerchief and became even more excited and restless.

  Ye Xue also noticed the strangeness of this embroidered handkerchief and his heart skipped a beat, saying: "Old man, where did this embroidered handkerchief come from?"

  The boss smiled and said, "This was picked up by my wife while washing clothes by the river. We usually use it as a handkerchief. This embroidered handkerchief has one advantage: when placed at home, it doesn't attract insects or even mice! If we weren't short of money, my wife wouldn't be willing to sell it. Young master, if you like it, take it for five taels of silver!"

  Ye Xu pinched his money bag and sighed: "I only have three taels here..."

  The shopkeeper smiled and said, "One look at you and I can tell that young master has never bought anything before. I say five taels and it's five taels. Actually, this embroidered handkerchief is a loss-making business, only costing three taels of silver, so just take it."

  Yeh Hsun was overjoyed, and took out three ounces of silver. The stall owner returned him two coins of silver, smiling: "It's not easy being a slave in the Yeh household either; it's all about begging for food to eat."

  Ye Xulian hastily thanked him and was about to put away the embroidered handkerchief when a hand suddenly reached out, grasping one corner of it. "Shopkeeper, how much is this handkerchief? I'll buy it!"