I Slay Gods and Demons in the Deceit Night
Chapter 318 - 224: The Second Brother is Truly a Genius!_3

Chapter 318: Chapter 224: The Second Brother is Truly a Genius!_3

"What difficult problem?"

"Building a palace with a three-year-old child."

"Are you kidding me?"

"This matter, I will talk to you in detail tonight."

Saying this, Lin Yan smiled, "Our guest has arrived."

Unexpectedly, it was not just his elder sister who came to visit the family this time.

The brother-in-law of the Yu Family and his nephew had also arrived.

This brother-in-law appeared gentle and spoke with warmth, showing no signs of arrogance on the surface.

However, the nephew was still young, only about six or seven years old, but having been raised in the inner city, he couldn’t help but feel superior to those in the outer city.

Lin Yan didn’t take it to heart and chatted with his sister for a while.

After the second sister-in-law returned, the family had dinner together.

Finally, the brother-in-law could not help but speak up.

"Lin Lei, do you know that recently High Willow City has been turned upside down?"

"I have heard something about it." Lin Lei nodded and said, "There have been many incidents recently, and I heard that many people have died."

"One of the six major families of the inner city, the Liu Family, even their old ancestor is dead. The entire Liu Family has collapsed, and all their businesses have been totally devoured by the other families."

With a sigh, Yu Jing said, "When a big tree falls, it’s like a mountain collapsing, crushing many people..."

"Your nephew was sent to practice martial arts last year, and this time it just so happened that the martial arts school’s master was once a guard for the Liu Family and got implicated as well."

"That martial arts school has fallen, and even my Yu Family, due to the children being apprenticed there and the master-disciple relationship, nearly got involved."

"Right now, the person from the City Guard Mansion who is dealing with the martial arts school’s affairs, wants to pay respects with a gift."

"Although the brother-in-law has some silver taels, the other party is quite tricky—they dare not accept the silver for fear of being investigated."

"So what they want is an Essence Boosting Pill that can be used for martial arts practice."

After a pause, Yu Jing hesitantly said, "I heard that your relatives from the He Family are precinct chiefs, and since the old precinct chief died, the He Family has been lobbying, and there’s hope that he could be promoted to the new precinct chief! Surely with his connections, he could buy an Essence Boosting Pill?"

"This..."

Upon hearing this, Lin Lei felt somewhat embarrassed and looked towards his wife.

The second sister-in-law dared not promise anything and only whispered, "My elder brother is running around hoping to become the precinct chief, and the chiefs of the other streets are also doing the same, vying for the position."

Seeing his brother and sister-in-law hesitating, Lin Yan could not help but laugh.

"Essence Boosting Pills, I’ve also heard of them; they are remarkably effective for martial arts and have even been added to the ’stipend’ for the city’s martial artists."

"City Guard Mansion, Observatory, Temple guard army, the five-route military, City Defense Army, and even the officials and errand runners, patrolling day and night... those serving the Human Clan among the ranks, they all receive Essence Boosting Pills as their stipend."

"But lately, there’s been a gang of villains in the city causing the City Guard Mansion quite a bit of concern, leading them to pay more attention to the trade of Essence Boosting Pills."

"Buying Essence Boosting Pills with money is feasible, but it must go through the City Guard Mansion; they cannot be traded privately."

"It just so happens that this Pill you need, brother-in-law, is intended as a gift for someone else, making it difficult to explain where it came from."

Lin Yan continued with a smile, "Uncle He from the He Family, I’ve met him too. He knows a thing or two about martial arts, but his expertise is not sufficient, and he isn’t qualified to exchange for Essence Boosting Pills in the yamen."

He then said seriously, "If we were to use some connections privately, along with some silver taels, to get an Essence Boosting Pill, it might work, but if someone blows the whistle, Uncle He’s chance of becoming the precinct chief would be gone."

"..."

At this moment, Yu Jing’s face was no longer looking good.

Only the elder sister seemed to be in a dilemma, restless and uneasy.

The eight-year-old nephew, his face full of anger, was about to speak.

Lin Yan glanced at him, his expression calm.

The young nephew involuntarily felt a chill down his spine and dared not say more.

"Brother-in-law, although you haven’t visited us these past years, my brothers and I understand that you have been very good to my sister... and my sister often comes home, which you tacitly allow; otherwise, this house wouldn’t have been built."

Lin Yan held back Lin Lei, who was about to speak and continued smiling, "There’s no need for you to feel resentful, brother-in-law. I’ll figure out something about the Essence Boosting Pill."

"You are just a kid, how can you figure it out? If it can’t be found here, your brother-in-law and I will think of another way..." As soon as the sister heard this, she quickly interjected.

"Martial Artist, do you have any method?"

Just at that moment, Yu Jing finally spoke.

Because he realized that not a single person from the Lin Family, neither the elder brother nor the sister-in-law, tried to stop the conversation and allowed Lin Yan to speak.

"Yue’er!"

"What’s wrong?"

Lin Xiaonian and Lin Xiaoyue were eating the pastries their auntie had brought, their faces covered with crumbs.

"Do you like the pastries from auntie?"

"They’re tasty."

"Then since auntie gave you pastries, you should give your cousin some sugar beans."

"Okay."

The little girl scurried over happily.

Seeing this, everyone exchanged glances.

Yu Jing felt a touch of absurdity in his heart.

Yu Xiaoli was fussing, refusing to eat the sugar beans.

But then Lin Xiaoyue took out three pouches from her bosom and handed one over, her voice milky, "Auntie, if cousin doesn’t want them, then I’ll give them to you... just one sugar bean for him, but I’ll give auntie a whole pouch!"

"Thank you, little Yue’er."

On a normal day, the sister would be delighted, but the atmosphere then was somewhat stiff, and her smile was a bit strained.

"Brother-in-law, have you ever seen Essence Boosting Pills?"

"What are you talking about? In the inner city, the trade of Essence Boosting Pills wasn’t so strict, and it was often gifted to others."

"Well, this pouch will be enough for brother-in-law to give to many people."

"What do you mean?"

Yu Jing paused for a moment, hurriedly took the pouch, and after opening it, stared at it for a long while.

He looked as if he had been struck by lightning, gazing incredulously at Lin Yan.

Lin Yan spoke calmly, "Specially made, even small children can take them. Later, give Xiaoli two, and give the rest away. Remember, all of them!"

"You..." Yu Jing was taken aback for a moment.

"The Liu Family has fallen, their old ancestor is dead, do you know how he died?"

"I heard he was executed for embezzling construction materials for city expansion by the Observatory."

"The one who killed him is the current Inspection Envoy Wu Chang in charge of the Linjiang Station."

Lin Yan took out a small flag from his bosom, placed it on the table, and said with a smile, "Thanks to Master’s favor, I work by his side."

"... "

The atmosphere at home suddenly fell silent.

Yu Jing felt his mouth dry and tongue parched.

The Observatory, monitoring the whole city!

Taking bribes is one of the rights of the Observatory!

So what was just discussed, in front of the Observatory’s flag, was how to properly show gratitude to others?

Lin Yan said with a smile, "When they’re all given out, it should be about right."

And Lin Lei seemed to have realized something, looking at the pouch of Elixir Pills.

There must have been dozens of Elixir Pills in that pouch.

If these dozen pills were distributed, then that would mean dozens of lives had fallen into the hands of the Observatory.

These weren’t some miraculous pills for growing one’s Cultivation!

They were deadly poison!

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