Chapter 57: Xue Qinghe

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"Cough cough, Elder Nan Feng, please calm down."

Salas poured hot tea for Nan Feng to ease the atmosphere.

"What exactly is going on?" Nan Feng asked.

The arrangement he gave Salas back then was to gradually increase the protection fee every year and gradually increase the pressure on the bottom level. Logically speaking, in six years, even if the people below didn't rebel, there should have been some movement.

But he walked all the way here, let alone rebelling, there wasn't even anyone standing up to curse him.

"That……" Salas was still a bit nervous.

"Elder Nan Feng, you should know about the Spirit Hall's plan regarding the Tiandou Imperial Family, right?"

Nan Feng was stunned, "Don't tell me that bastard Qian Renxue made trouble."

"Cough cough!" Salas almost sprayed out a mouthful of tea.

"Elder Nan Feng, Qian Ren…… cough cough, Xue Qinghe, ascended to the position of Crown Prince last year, and under Xue Ye's arrangement, established a connection with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect."

"Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect Master Ning Fengzhi is now the teacher of Crown Prince Xue Qinghe."

"And our previous plan did indeed increase the burden on the people below. Starting three years ago, it did indeed trigger riots in some areas. Although they were quickly suppressed, the effect was indeed there, and similar problems occurred in many subsequent areas."

"Then, in order to win people's hearts, Xue Qinghe united with Ning Fengzhi of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to adopt a pacification policy for those rebellious areas, reducing local taxes. Faced with the pressure of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, the kingdoms and duchies below could only admit their bad luck and pay the money we wanted out of their own pockets."

"……"

"In other words, that bastard Qian Renxue ruined my plan?" Nan Feng raised an eyebrow.

Salas's eyelid twitched, "Uh…… you could say that."

"But she was also trying to sit firmly in the position of Crown Prince for the Spirit Hall's plan."

Although Qian Renxue successfully killed the other princes of the royal family in her few years of undercover work, leaving only Xue Beng, the old emperor had already become suspicious of Xue Qinghe.

Killing almost all his brothers before he was an adult—he would probably take action against him, the emperor, after he became an adult.

Plus, the several kingdoms under the Tiandou Empire were already eyeing them covetously. If the Tiandou Imperial Family made too much noise, it was highly likely to lead to the independence of the kingdoms below.

Therefore, while establishing Xue Qinghe as Crown Prince, Xue Ye also cooperated with Ning Fengzhi of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, both to use the power of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to stabilize the kingdoms below and to let Ning Fengzhi cultivate Xue Qinghe, so that this prince wouldn't be too murderous and ruin the Tiandou Imperial Family!

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At the same time, Crown Prince Mansion.

"That Elder Nan Feng is here again?"

Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, who was entertaining Ning Fengzhi, couldn't keep her face straight after hearing the news of Nan Feng's arrival.

Similarly, Ning Fengzhi's face also looked wrong.

Why is this living ancestor here again? Others might not know, but he had inquired about it.

The pressure the Spirit Hall increased in the Tiandou Empire over these years was all arranged by Nan Feng. On the surface, it was to collect money, but in reality, he didn't know what that guy wanted to do.

"Why, Fengzhi, want to slip away?" Gu Rong, who was on the side, laughed.

Since meeting him back then, Ning Fengzhi had a deep impression of Nan Feng, because that kid was indeed a bit too crazy.

"I do want to slip away." Ning Fengzhi felt tired.

What kind of luck is this?

Gu Rong nodded, "Also, we just arrived. If we heard his news and ran away directly, that kid might be able to chase directly to the mountain gate of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, asking you why you were hiding from him, whether you looked down on him, whether you didn't give him face, he came from so far to see you, and you ran away directly……"

"……"

Listening to the series of nonsense Gu Rong imitated in Nan Feng's tone, Ning Fengzhi's face couldn't keep straight. Xue Qinghe's expression was also unnatural, "Teacher, is this Elder Nan Feng's temper very bad?"

She had never seen this honorary Elder who called the wind and rain in the Pope Palace, but the news her grandfather sent from Wuhun City said that guy was a bastard! Not only did he despise the majesty of the Elder Hall, but he also used evil methods to kill Demon Bear Douluo and seriously injured Golden Crocodile Douluo.

Originally, her grandfather wanted to call her back, but he was worried that she would be targeted by that guy after she went back, so he could only let her continue to stay in Tiandou City.

It's truly ridiculous to say! For her, this Tiandou City was actually safer than Wuhun City! "Can't say his temper is very bad, can only say, quite willful!" Ning Fengzhi said.

"Doing things not for gain or loss, only according to preference."

In business, you don't fear a lion's big mouth; you fear this kind of person who wants nothing! Mood—this thing is easy to satisfy, but also the hardest to satisfy! If you can cater to his preferences, it's easy to handle, but the problem is, they can't see what that guy wants.

Beauty?

Don't make trouble. Tang Yuehua belongs to the top in both image and temperament, but they saw it very clearly back then—Nan Feng was just joking with that girl; he had no interest in Tang Yuehua.

On the contrary, when talking about those rebellious things, the madness in that kid's eyes made them feel terrified! And precisely because of this, they didn't believe that the things Nan Feng made the Spirit Hall do were just for collecting money.

A person who can call the wind and rain in the Pope Palace—money really has no meaning to him.

Moreover, Nan Feng robbed Xue Ye of five million back then, but when he mentioned that matter to them, what Nan Feng emphasized was not the five million, but the "robbery"!

He didn't want money!

"And this time, he's afraid he's coming for you." Ning Fengzhi said.

Xue Qinghe was stunned, "Me?"

"Why?"

"Because of what you've done in the past two years." Ning Fengzhi sighed.

Nan Feng said a lot of things to them that night, including one point: the development process of human society will not stop because of any one person. What human power can do is only accelerate and decelerate.

And what he wants to do is accelerate! But in the past two years, in order to win people's hearts, Xue Qinghe relied on the deterrence of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to forcibly reduce taxes, causing the relationship between the local areas and the Spirit Hall to become worse and worse, and also affecting the Spirit Hall's original plan.

Now, this Elder Nan Feng is afraid he's coming to hold them accountable.

"Xue Qinghe! Open the door!"

A loud shout sounded from the front yard. Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong's expressions changed instantly.

Although Xue Qinghe had never seen Nan Feng, looking at the expressions of the two, she guessed who was coming.

"Qinghe, later, whatever he says, try to follow his meaning, don't reason with him!" Ning Fengzhi said seriously.

"Also, the most important point, don't try to persuade him!"

"Otherwise he will take action directly!" Gu Rong said.

"Ah?" Xue Qinghe was dumbfounded.

No, what kind of rogue bandit is this? If you can't talk, you take action?

"That kid's brain is a bit…… not right." Gu Rong didn't know how to describe it.

"Simply put, whatever he says to you, he is just stating his own insights about this matter. If you agree with him, he treats you as a friend. If you don't agree with him, he can't be bothered to pay attention to you, and he won't try to persuade you."

"Because in his view, different cognition is very normal, and if you can't understand each other at the beginning, then saying more later is meaningless."

"However, if you not only don't agree but also want to persuade him, then in his eyes, you are a moron!"

"A moron who is punchable and likes to find scolding!"

"……"

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