Chapter 75: Poor Character

The two burly men saw that Yan Ning had brought two guards carrying blades, while they themselves had no weapons on them.

A burly man frowned: "I am Centurion Liu Huateng, what do you want to do?"

However, Zhuo Heng and Wang Xing stepped forward directly with their blades, and the blades were pressed against their necks.

Bai Yu was rescued and let out a sigh of relief.

Liu Huateng gritted his teeth: "You dare to hurt me? I am a Centurion, I can take your lives with a single word!"

Yan Ning kicked out: "Shut your mouth for me. Say one more word, and I will have him kill you immediately!"

Seeing that even a little child dared to throw their weight around in front of him, Liu Huateng felt a surge of anger in his heart.

His tone softened: "Let's talk this over properly, let's not resort to blades and guns. If you let me go now and hand over the formula for the Smoke Bomb, we can let bygones be bygones."

Yan Ning said directly: "Let's go, we are going to find Lu Prefect."

Liu Huateng was stunned: "Go, go to Lu Prefect for what?"

Yan Ning did not reply, and the two were forced to go to the yamen.

Yan Ze beat the drum to report an injustice, and when Lu Prefect saw it was Yan Ning, he hurriedly stood up to welcome them.

One of these two was a great ancestor and the other a little ancestor; Lu Wanshun dared not offend either of them.

Yan Ze and Yan Ning stood, while the two burly men and Bai Yu all knelt down.

Lu Wanshun said: "Why did you beat the drum?"

Yan Ning pointed at Liu Huateng: "This person wanted to forcibly seize our formula for making Fireworks. He was forcing us to hand it over."

……

In the end, it was settled with Liu Huateng and the other man paying ten taels of silver. Lu Wanshun did the favor to the end and specifically went to the Garrison to say a word.

When he went to the Garrison, Wu Jiangjun was furious; his subordinates were acting in a way that was simply disgraceful!

After everything was resolved, Bai Yu asked Yan Ning: "Are we still going to provide Signal Flares to the Garrison?"

Yan Ning said with a smile: "Of course we will sell them, why wouldn't we? Just raise the price a bit and control the quantity."

Bai Yu's eyes lit up: "Leave this matter to me, I will definitely be able to do it well."

Yan Ning nodded: "Then it is left to you."

With this warning, there shouldn't be anyone acting recklessly.

After all, buying a Signal Flare is not expensive; one tael of silver can buy a dozen, and a proper army would surely think that buying the finished product is fine.

After Yan Ning handed the Glazed Glass to him and Gu Feichen, she returned home.

Yet unexpectedly, they were being watched again.

Early the next morning, a middle-aged man of about forty arrived in the village, with a decent appearance.

The man held a folding fan and asked with a smile: "May I ask if Master Chen and Master Ji are here?"

Yan Ning looked at him: "What do you want with them?"

Seeing that Yan Ning was a child, the man frowned and said: "Go away."

As he spoke, he walked forward on his own.

Yet unexpectedly, the next moment he was being pointed at the neck with a blade tip.

Zhuo Heng's gaze was cold and sharp: "How are you speaking to my young mistress?"

Huo Zhitong hurriedly said: "A misunderstanding, a misunderstanding, it is all a misunderstanding. I am here to look for someone."

Zhuo Heng asked: "Look for whom? What for?"

Zhuo Heng held his blade, his presence full of pressure; Huo Zhitong dared not act recklessly.

"I, I am just here to look for Master Chen and Master Ji. I heard that the two Masters teach very well, so I want to go see them."

Yan Ning frowned, and seeing that his attitude was not bad, she did not stop him.

She guessed he wanted to send his child over for schooling.

Who knew that as soon as Huo Zhitong went over, he asked: "I will give you five hundred taels of silver every month; as long as you have any needs, I can satisfy them."

Chen Yuan waved his hand: "You go, we will just stay here."

Huo Zhitong found it strange: "Are they giving you a mountain of gold and silver or what, that you actually look down on my Huo Family?"

Ji Heming also told him to leave.

Before coming, Huo Zhitong had inquired that most people in this village were those who had been exiled.

He guessed they had some skills and, having made arrangements, were just staying here leisurely.

Huo Zhitong did not mind that they were exiles; after all, the mountains were high and the Emperor was far away, and calling two old men to teach his Huo Family descendants was not a big deal.

Moreover, the inquiries Huo Zhitong had made all said the Masters were very powerful officials; he heard one of them was even a Prime Minister.

If it weren't for being exiled, Huo Zhitong would never see such powerful figures in his life.

But at this moment, these two had rejected him.

Huo Zhitong asked: "Is it that you are not satisfied with the compensation? I can add more money for you."

One does not strike a person who is smiling; Ji Heming still explained with great patience: "It is impossible for us to go to the Huo Family with you. I just want to stay here, please return."

Huo Zhitong did not take these two old men seriously.

They were just two exiled old men.

Huo Zhitong put away his smile: "You are refusing a toast only to drink a forfeit. If you do not agree, I will report this to County Magistrate Lin right now. You people who were exiled actually dare to disregard the law and hide in this dump!"

Yan Ning, who had followed, heard this and felt some anger. She kicked him in the back of the knee, and Huo Zhitong fell flat on his face.

By the time Huo Zhitong reacted, four or five blades were pressed against his body.

Huo Zhitong was scared to the point of wetting himself on the spot.

Yan Ning looked at him with disgust: "Get lost immediately!"

"If you dare to come to our village again, we will kill you directly!"

Huo Zhitong was a bit cowardly and hurriedly said, "No, no, no, it won't happen again."

Huo Zhitong returned home, changed his clothes, and went to his elder brother's study.

The current Head of the Family of the Huo Family was his elder brother, Huo Zhiyuan.

Huo Zhitong reported the situation of his trip to the village to Huo Zhiyuan in full detail.

"Slap—"

He had just finished speaking when Huo Zhiyuan slapped him, making his head buzz.

Huo Zhiyuan rebuked angrily, "You couldn't even handle such a small matter; I told you not to put on airs, yet you still dared to threaten them!"

Huo Zhitong did not think he was wrong: "If they won't come to our Huo Family, I would rather ruin them than let them continue teaching those village children."

Huo Zhiyuan sneered, "Do you think they are afraid of your threats? Even if you told County Magistrate Lin, he would never interfere in this matter."

Huo Zhitong frowned: "Then what should we do?"

Huo Zhiyuan: "Have someone select some gifts, and tomorrow we will go to Chaoyang Village together."

The Huo Family was in Shawan County, and early the next morning, they took a boat and arrived at Chaoyang Village.

Before Huo Zhiyuan could even speak, an arrow was shot out.

It missed Huo Zhitong's foot by only five centimeters, scaring him into hurriedly stepping back a few paces.

Huo Zhiyuan said loudly, "We are here today to apologize; please give me a chance to make amends."

Yan Ning stuffed half a bun into her mouth and immediately came out to check the situation.

The two Huo brothers had arrived, and surprisingly, several seven or eight-year-old children were following behind them, though these children looked at the surrounding environment and layout with contempt and disdain in their eyes.

One child even whispered, "We aren't going to have to stay in this dump from now on, are we?"

These people have no character; following such an unreasonable father, they are all bullies who fear the strong and pick on the weak.

Seeing Yan Ning, Huo Zhiyuan hurriedly said, "Miss Yan, these are all offerings; would you allow the descendants of my Huo Family to come here and study with you all?"