mtl008 Chapter 279 The Fifth Young Master of the Chen Family
Chapter 279 The Fifth Young Master of the Chen Family
"Who should we start with? How about..." Xiao Siyue's gaze swept over the group of people, causing them to break out in a cold sweat.
"How about you?" Xiao Siyue pointed to a person kneeling behind the leader, who looked like he was about to collapse.
"No, no..." the man muttered in fear, and immediately kowtowed to Xiao Siyue.
"You demon, kill me if you want!" The leader was also covered in cold sweat. How could such a pretty young girl have such a vicious mind? She was even more ruthless than the most vicious criminals.
"Oh my, demon, that title suits me so well, I love it! Shi Hai, give me the knife, I want to try it out myself." Xiao Siyue looked like she'd gone mad, which frightened Shi Hai.
However, this was his master, and he had to obey his master's orders. Shi Hai took a dagger and handed it to Xiao Siyue.
Xiao Siyue walked towards the man step by step, her footsteps sounding like they were pounding on his heart. The man wanted to retreat, but he couldn't move.
"Miss, please don't kill me! I'll talk, I'll talk!" The man finally couldn't hold on any longer. Death wasn't scary; what was truly terrifying was being in a state of limbo.
"Oh, is that so? But how do I know if you're telling the truth? What if you're lying to me? How about we try the slow slicing?"
"No, I wouldn't lie to you, Miss," the man quickly explained, afraid that the knife would fall on him.
"Oh, then tell me. If you dare to lie to me, I'll let you experience the feeling of being slowly sliced to death." Xiao Siyue slashed the man's face with a dagger and said in a chilling tone.
"Our master is..."
"Seventh Brother, shut up! If you dare betray your master, I won't let you get away with it!" the leader quickly stopped him.
"Big brother, I don't want to be executed by slow slicing! I don't want to!" The seventh brother didn't care. Even if he was eventually ordered to die by his master, it would be better than being executed by slow slicing now.
“Miss, our master is the fifth young master of the Chen family of Beiling.”
"The Chen family of Beiling?" Xiao Siyue knew about the Chen family of Beiling.
The Great Zhou Dynasty had four great families: the Wang family of Dongyu, the Yu family of Xiting, the Li family of Nanhua, and the Chen family of Beiling.
These four powerful families have been entrenched in the Zhou Dynasty since its founding, and their influence is immeasurable. They have always been a thorn in the side of the Zhou Emperor. However, these four families are closely connected and cannot be touched for the time being.
Xiao Siyue's heart sank to the bottom of the sea. She hadn't expected the enemy's power to be so great. In front of these families, she was like an ant, with no ability to fight back at all. When did she provoke these people?
Why is that fifth young master looking for me?
"The Fifth Young Master has taken a liking to your paper mill and wants the formula you have."
"A paper mill?" A thought flashed through Xiao Siyue's mind. Several years ago, someone had the idea of building a paper mill. Could it be this Fifth Young Master?
"When did your young master find out that I own the paper mill?"
"Not long after, a few years ago, a friend of the young master passed through Qianyuan County and brought back some Xuan paper. Our young master was very interested and sent someone to investigate, but that person has not sent any news since."
It really is Lü Tong, but did she only send one person back then?
"And then what? Did you investigate further?" Apart from that incident, Xiao Siyue hadn't encountered anything else, so she thought the person behind her had given up.
Unexpectedly, after several years, it has made a comeback.
"Young Master sent people over there, but they never returned. We originally wanted to send someone to investigate, but then some things happened, and we left the capital. We put the papermaking business aside until now. When Young Master saw Songyue Study in the capital, he remembered it again. After some investigation, we learned that you are the owner behind it."
It seems these people are the young master's confidants, knowing so much.
"Does your young master want the prescription, or does he want to kill me?"
"Young master only wants the prescription, he wouldn't dare harm you," the man said quickly, afraid that if he spoke too late, Xiao Siyue would kill him.
"Our young master is not valued in the Chen family. He wants your prescription to win the patriarch's approval." This might have been possible in Qianyuan County, but in the capital, they didn't dare to do it, especially since they had discovered that Xiao Qinian was highly regarded by Emperor Zhou.
"So that means it was only your fifth young master who wanted the papermaking formula, not the Chen family?" If it were the Chen family, they probably would have already gotten their hands on it.
"Yes, the head of the family doesn't know."
Xiao Siyue understood. It seemed that this was the Fifth Young Master's own idea, and the Chen family should not have been involved. However, she didn't know what the Chen family's attitude was.
However, she will probably find out after today. She is helpless against that Fifth Young Master now. If he doesn't get the formula today, he might tell the Chen family about it. If he finds out and gets greedy, she will be in danger.
Moreover, Xiao Siyue also knew that half of the paper in Da Zhou used to come from the Chen family. Since her paper mill opened, her business has definitely taken away a lot of customers. Even if the Chen family doesn't know it now, they will find out about her sooner or later.
Xiao Siyue felt a sense of urgency. It seemed she needed to help Emperor Zhou develop his power and deal with these major families as soon as possible.
"Shi Hai, break one of their legs, but spare their lives." Xiao Siyue was vengeful, and these people naturally couldn't be let go today, but they weren't the most important people, and Xiao Siyue was unwilling to kill them.
Having broken a leg, I doubt I'll ever do something like that again.
Previously, in order to force out the person behind the scenes, Xiao Siyue acted and scared the others, feeling that her acting skills were still up to par, proving that her learning on her phone in modern times hadn't been in vain.
"Yes, Miss," Shi Hai replied, and soon, cries of pain rose and fell.
"Go back and tell your master to stop coveting my papermaking formula. Next time it won't be so cheap." Since they've already set their sights on her, Xiao Siyue doesn't want to be subservient, as that would only embolden the Fifth Young Master.
After saying that, Xiao Siyue got into the carriage.
"Miss, it's all taken care of," Shi Hai said respectfully from outside.
"Okay, let's go back." Xiao Siyue ignored the others.
Sitting in the carriage, Xiao Siyue looked at the quiet Chuntao and Lanyi.
"Were you just startled?"
"Miss, did you really intend to have those people tortured to death just now?" Chun Tao asked cautiously.
Xiao Siyue couldn't help but laugh. Was her acting really that good? They actually took it seriously.
"How could that be? I was just trying to scare them, I wouldn't dare."
"Miss, your aura just now was terrifying. I thought you were really going to attack me." As the atmosphere eased, Lan Yi patted her chest and breathed a long sigh of relief. Just now, the image of the seventh brother being tortured by the young lady kept flashing through her mind, which almost scared her to death.
"What are you two thinking? Is your young lady that scary?"
"No, no," the two waved their hands repeatedly.
After that, the carriage returned to the city peacefully.