Published at 16th of December 2023 10:06 am

Chapter 959: Targeted, temptation?

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The Moon Shadow Tower and Tiancang Pavilion were in the business of killing people and buying and selling information. When the buyer asks for the price, Shi Yihan is of course not polite and immediately quotes a number unceremoniously: “100,000 taels…”

When Shi Yihan spoke, he kept looking at Xiao Tianyao. Seeing that Xiao Tianyao’s expression remained as usual after he reported one hundred thousand taels, he paused and added: “Gold!”

The price of one hundred thousand taels of gold can be said to be a sky-high price. When ordinary people hear this price, they will think that Shi Yihan was deliberately making things difficult for others, or that he does not want to do his business. However, Xiao Tianyao’s expression remained unchanged and he only said: “Speak!”

“Boring!” Shi Yihan, who had been waiting for Xiao Tianyao to change his face, couldn’t help but feel discouraged when he saw that Xiao Tianyao didn’t even frown.

Xiao Tianyao, this man, has become more and more annoying. Especially after he got his hand on the silver medal, he became even more angry.

As everyone knows, Shi Yihan has never suffered a loss to others since he was born, until he met Xiao Tianyao!

In several confrontations, he never took advantage of Xiao Tianyao. And each time, he wanted to vomit blood.

After a long time before Shi Yihan could speak, Xiao Tianyao threatened rudely: “Young Master Shi, my patience is limited.”

“Pay money with one hand and information with the other. This is the rule of Tiancang Pavilion.” Shi Yihan didn’t mind telling Xiao Tianyao the reasons why the Empress of East targeted Lin Chujiu, but he didn’t want Xiao Tianyao to be too happy.

Xiao Tianyao was happy, but he was not happy.

“How do you think benwang can follow the rules of Tiancang Pavilion here?” Shi Yihan knew that he couldn’t take out one hundred thousand taels of gold. He was doing this intentionally.

“Ahem…” Shi Yihan choked to death on his saliva. For a moment, he had the urge to kill.

Did Xiao Tianyao slap him in the face?

“Young Master Shi, I’ll say it again, my patience is limited.” Xiao Tianyao repeated it, his tone remained unchanged, but his speaking speed slowed down a bit.

“This young master is not someone to be bullied.” Xiao Tianyao was shameless after slapping him in the face and asking him to provide information for free.

“I don’t mind telling the princes of the Central Empire about your relationship with the imperial family.” If those princes knew that the young master of Moon Shadow Tower, Shi Yihan, was their brother, they would probably be unable to sleep at night.

“Do you still have shame?” Shi Yihan almost wanted to vomit blood: “In terms of birth, you are no worse than me. If the Emperor knows your identity, do you think he will let you go?”

As soon as this news spread that there was a descendant of the Shengyuan Dynasty living, not only the Central Empire, but even the four countries would not let Xiao Tianyao go.

It was also a threat, but Xiao Tianyao was not afraid at all: “I believe that the Moon Shadow Tower is trustworthy.” Was the Yueying Silver Medal so easy to collect? Shi Yihan was too naive. If he wasn’t sure, how could he come to see him?

“So, you can threaten me without any scruples?” Shi Yihan suddenly laughed, laughing at himself for being too naive and arguing with Xiao Tianyao. This man can kill people without spitting out their bones. How could he have some morals?

“No, I am waiting for your news, Young Master Shi.” This is Xiao Tianyao. He will always control the topic, no matter what time, and no one can take away the control.

Shi Yihan took a deep breath before suppressing the anger surging in his heart: “Okay, remember, you owe me one hundred thousand taels of gold.” He admitted that he was afraid, not of Xiao Tianyao, but of trouble.

If the princes of the Central Empire knew his identity, they might join forces to eradicate the common enemy. The princes of the Central Empire were not very strong, but they could not stand up to their large numbers. If they join forces, he will die from a headache.

He has no intention of competing with them for the throne. If he can hide from them, that would be great.

Shi Yihan took a step back, and Xiao Tianyao naturally would not push further: “Young Master Shi, don’t worry, as soon as we arrive in the East, I will send one hundred thousand taels of gold to the Tiancang Pavilion.” At the same time, he will also tell the Empress of the East that it was Tiancang Pavilion who sold her.

Xiao Tianyao didn’t say this, but how could Shi Yihan not understand?

“Xiao Tianyao, please leave a little trace of morality in your behavior so that we can meet again in the future!” Shi Yihan was so angry that he vomited blood and couldn’t even maintain his superficial politeness.

Tiancang Pavilion was doing a good business of buying and selling information, but it has always done things in secret. If Xiao Tianyao sent gold to Tiancang Pavilion openly, how would he deceive the others?

“There is too much gold. If it’s silver, I can just send you silver notes.” Xiao Tianyao did not bargain, but he forced Shi Yihan to give in.

Shi Yihan didn’t want to retreat, but he didn’t want to offend the Empress of the East, let alone the others for Xiao Tianyao. Otherwise, how would they continue to do business?

“Okay, 200,000 taels of silver!” Shi Yihan said while holding his breath.

“Deal.” Xiao Tianyao nodded. After all, if he pushed too hard, Shi Yihan might get mad.

Everyone has a bottom line of patience, and he has almost reached Shi Yihan’s bottom line.

“The Lin Family has a special bloodline, called the bloodline of the sacrificer. Through special techniques, the sacrificer’s bloodline can transfer all the illnesses of a person to their body. The Empress of the East was poisoned for almost 30 years now. She endured severe pain every day, and if she could not find an antidote, she would not have a few more years to live. And she was given the Central Empire’s secret medicine, which had almost no cure. She could only survive through the Lin Family sacrificer’s blood. She wanted to transfer her disease on this sacrificer’s body.” Shi Yihan finished speaking quickly, and seeing Xiao Tianyao’s stern face, he felt inexplicably better.

“Because you have our silver medal, I’ll give you another piece of information for free. The eldest son of the Dongyang family is blind and no one can cure him. Your wife’s father is of the bloodline of the sacrificer. He fled back then, but was still captured by the Lin Family in the end. He was sacrificed for the current emperor and died soon after.” Shi Yihan admitted that he did it on purpose.

Deliberately exaggerated the usefulness of the sacrificer’s bloodline, hoping that Xiao Tianyao could withstand the temptation and would not sacrifice Lin Chujiu after being seriously injured or poisoned, otherwise, it would be fascinating.

As for whether he would feel uneasy after selling out the Central Empire?

Of course not!

Although he has the blood of the imperial family, he is not close to the emperor. There was no father-son relationship between them at all. Shi Yihan didn’t feel wrong at all for selling the Emperor.

“Thank you so much, Young Master Shi. When we get back to the East, benwang will send you the 200,000 thousand taels for you.” After getting the news he wanted, Xiao Tianyao stopped paying attention to Shi Yihan.

There were too many things. He needed to digest them and think about them. Lin Chujiu’s sacrificer bloodline was a huge problem. If they couldn’t solve it, they might have to forget about leaving the Central Empire.

The Empress of the East, the Emperor of the Central Empire, the Lin Family, the Dongyang Family…there were so many people eyeing Lin Chujiu!

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