Chapter 420: Admit Defeat

Yan Xu showed a sinister and complacent smile, as if he were not afraid of Ye Zhirong confronting Tian Ping.

Ye Zhirong had known Yan Xu for so long, so he certainly understood the hidden meaning of Yan Xu’s expression. He looked terrible at once and shouted at Yan Xu, “Where did you hide Tian Ping?”

Yan Xu responded, “Anybody has two legs. How can I decide where he wants to go?

“But if you want to find him, it will probably be difficult, Lord Ye.”

Ye Zhirong thought that he had known Yan Xu’s weakness, yet at the critical moment, he was irritated by Yan Xu unexpectedly. He was so angry that he stomped and almost cursed Yan Xu regardless of his manners.

Fortunately, at last, Ye Zhirong restrained his urge to beat Yan Xu and begged Mo Junyang again, “Your Excellency, Tian Ping is the key witness to prove that Yan Xu victimized the common people. I hope that you can capture him as soon as possible. Otherwise…”

“Right. Tian Ping is quite important. Your Excellency, you are so capable. Why not find him?” Yan Xu probably thought that Tian Ping had disappeared, and even Mo Junyang could do nothing to him, so he became highly conceited and started to provoke Mo Junyang unexpectedly.

For a moment, Mo Junyang’s people remained silent.

Wei Ziye and the others stopped breathing for a short time and silently prayed for Yan Xu.

Mo Junyang casually glanced at Yan Xu and smiled. “Lord Yan, since you want to see your subordinate so much, how would I not satisfy you? Somebody, bring him.”

“Yes!”

Wei Ziye looked at Yan Xu’s stupid expression as he was stunned because of Mo Junyang’s words, sighing in secret. “Why did you seek death in front of Mo Junyang? Here is your retribution, right?”

All people thought that Tian Ping had disappeared, but he was tied up and brought here. Perhaps because he had been “educated” earlier, he knelt on the ground without demur after seeing Mo Junyang and then sobbed, confessing everything that Yan Xu told him to do.

He spoke out everything clearly and mentioned the details, witnesses and evidence.

Even if Yan Xu wanted to indulge in sophistry, as long as they investigated as Tian Ping said, they would find the truth.

Yan Xu got spiritless, or he knew that he had no way out since he saw Tian Ping.

Tian Ping was clear about everything that Yan Xu had done and had helped him deal with the matters in the end, so Yan Xu was unable to refute.

“Lord Yan, what can you say now?” Mo Junyang leaned against the wooden chair and squinted at Yan Xu lazily, with a casual posture, as if having a small talk.

However, Yan Xu knew that this man could take his life after saying one word.

Yan Xu’s legs weakened, and he fell on the ground. He kowtowed to Mo Junyang with sounds. After he kowtowed only a few times, people could see that his forehead was bleeding.

He did sacrifice himself, yet unfortunately, nobody would pity him.

Mo Junyang asked directly, “How do you want to die?”

Yan Xu was rendered speechless, with nasal mucus and tears messing up his face, looking disgusting.

However, he didn’t have self-awareness but crawled to Mo Junyang, as if wanting to hold his thigh. Before he succeeded, he was kicked away by Wei Ziye without mercy.

“Can you hold Master’s thigh as you wish?”

Under the pressure of Wei Ziye, Yan Xu didn’t dare to touch Mo Junyang, but he was really afraid of death. He trembled and begged for mercy. “I know that I am guilty. Please spare my life as we know each other, Your Excellency.”

“Pah! After you did the conscienceless and evil deeds, you even have the face to beg somebody to spare your life. You are daydreaming!” Ye Zhirong spat at Yan Xu ferociously.

Then he bowed to Mo Junyang and said sincerely, “Your Excellency, Yan Xu committed crimes, which are too numerous to record. Please punish this evil person severely, and then we can soothe the common people in Jiangzhou who died innocently because of his greed.”

Mo Junyang waved his hand at Ye Zhirong, as if he didn’t take this man’s words seriously. Then he asked Yan Xu, “Since you want me to spare your life, shouldn’t you do something?”

Ye Zhirong was shocked and furious.

Yan Xu was surprised and overjoyed.

Mo Junyang said that, meaning to spare Yan Xu’s life. Yan Xu didn’t dare to put on airs but kowtowed to Mo Junyang desperately, begging, “As long as you spare my life, you can tell me to do anything.”

“Really?”

Mo Junyang squinted at Yan Xu with a faint smile, and the latter instantly “understood” his intention. Yan Xu thought that he was smart and added, “Your Excellency, if you don’t dislike it, I am willing to give all my property to you. Besides the gold, silver and treasures in the mansion, I have fertile farmland and shops. I won’t disappoint you.”

In the beginning, Shi Qingxue expected Yan Xu to tell them surprising news to get a chance of survival, yet she just felt disappointed and bored after hearing his words.

It was a pity that she expected it.

She didn’t know whether she should say that Yan Xu lusted for money or that he had nothing but money in his brain. Otherwise, why did he want to buy over Mo Junyang when he was dying? He was so…incredible!

Yan Xu didn’t know that he was closer to death. At the mention of the family fortune he gained in the past years, he was excited and greedy, wishing to hold all the gold and silver in his arms before he got satisfied.

However, when he talked endlessly, Mo Junyang’s face didn’t look better but got more terrible-looking.

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Yan Xu finally realized that he might have offended Mo Junyang again. His voice got lower and almost disappeared in the end.

Mo Junyang showed a gentle smile to Yan Xu and asked, “Do you think that I need your so little property?”

Yan Xu was stunned and suddenly understood.

Right. Jiangzhou was a rich land and Yan Xu extorted money without mercy.

However, no matter how much he grafted, it was a drop in the bucket and unpresentable compared with the property of a nobleman in the capital.

Yan Xu enumerated his valuable things just to give them a laughingstock.

He looked terrible at once and wanted to explain away to check if he could move the man in front of him, but meeting Mo Junyang’s cold eyes, he couldn’t say anything in the end.

Yan Xu admitted defeat and lowered his head, almost accepting his destiny.

Nevertheless, he just “almost” did that.

Yan Xu suddenly remembered something and there was hope in his eyes once more. He raised his head and shouted at Mo Junyang, “Your Excellency, I have something to report to you.”

Mo Junyang had teased Yan Xu enough and prepared to tell Wei Ziye to take him away, but this guy still didn’t give up unexpectedly.

He thought for a moment and felt happy, asking, “What’s the matter?”

“I know that I am guilty to the country, society and the common people in Jiangzhou after doing those things, yet I had no choice. Somebody forced me to do that,” Yan Xu stated miserably.

In the end, tears fell from his eyes again, and he looked pitiful.

Mo Junyang uplifted his brows and sneered. “Oh? I don’t know that in Jiangzhou, somebody can force the magistrate.”

Yan Xu didn’t notice the sarcasm in Mo Junyang’s words but nodded repeatedly. “Yes. I want to tell you on the inspector in Jiangzhou, Wu Xiong. He taught me to make porridge with dead people’s flesh and incited me to graft the disaster relief money and food.”

“Absurd! Inspector Wu is just a military officer and doesn’t have a say in the government affairs, and he is even lower-ranking than you. How can he threaten you?” Mo Junyang coldly pointed out the flaws in Yan Xu’s words.

Yan Xu shouted in tears, “I didn’t tell a lie. Although Wu Xiong is inferior to me in the rank, he controls the military power in Jiangzhou, and a superior protects him. Even I fear him.

“If Wu Xiong didn’t force me to graft the disaster relief fund and food from the imperial court or teach me how to use the dead bodies to make porridge to ‘help’ the victims, I wouldn’t dare to do something so conscienceless even with reckless daring…”

“Pah!”

Ye Zhirong spat at Yan Xu and disdained him severely. “If you don’t lust for money, how can Wu Xiong force you? I think that you acted evilly in collusion.”

Seeing that Ye Zhirong cursed argumentatively, Mo Junyang looked as if lost in thought on his cold face, while he didn’t say anything but continued to listen to Yan Xu’s argument.

“Your Excellency, I am really wronged. Wu Xiong controls the military power. If I don’t listen to him, he can take my life at any time. I had no choice. Moreover, he told me the way to make porridge and sent people to choose dead bodies. In the end, he took away most of the disaster relief fund and food from the imperial court.

“I was forced by him to do everything. If you don’t believe it, you can ask Tian Ping and check if what I said is true.”

Yan Xu said that with certainty and almost swore to God to prove his innocence.

However, even if he swore to God, perhaps nobody would believe his pledge.

However, another witness he mentioned, Tian Ping was more persuasive.

Since Tian Ping accused Yan Xu, he curled up in a corner alone and wished that he would become tiny and disappear.

Unexpectedly, Yan Xu’s words pulled him to the teeth of the storm again.

He was so scared and cursed himself secretly as he offended God, which made him run into Mo Junyang, a horrible big shot, out of luck.

He was a nobody and always followed the superior’s orders before doing anything, just to make a living. He didn’t care about anything else, but all people focused on him now.

It seemed that after he said one word, he could decide a person’s life and death.

However, how would he dare to speak?

“I, I…”

Tian Ping stuttered and said “I” several times, trying to figure out a perfect plan to make this matter pass.

He would satisfy Mo Junyang without offending Wu Xiong.

How about Yan Xu?

A dying person was certainly not worth Tian Ping’s concern.

However, Wu Xiong was a tyrant in an area and had a superior protecting him. Moreover, Mo Junyang didn’t have the evidence against him, so Tian Ping could save him.

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