Unstoppable Martial Arts: Starting with brother's wife and young sister-Chapter 60 - 59 The Three Great Families

"What a beauty."

The moment Chen Xuan turned around, he was taken aback.

Unlike Liu Rushi’s enchanting allure, by contrast, this was refreshing and unworldly, especially those starry eyes, which impossibly gave rise to any trace of evil thoughts.

Of course,

He wasn’t in the mood to think about anything else now.

"This..."

As soon as Pei Yuenan entered the elegant room,

She felt the atmosphere inside was noticeably off.

The smile on her face instantly faded.

"Sister Pei!"

Seeing this, Liu Rushi quickly approached her side, took her hand, and brought her in front of Chen Xuan to introduce, "Sister Pei, this is the Young Master of our Chen Mansion, Chen Xuan."

In this kind of setting, she definitely couldn’t call him ’Young Master Xuan’.

"Young Master!"

At these words, Pei Yuenan was shocked.

She looked Chen Xuan up and down.

The Young Master of the Chen Mansion?

Could he be that man’s... grandson?

However, she had never heard that man had any descendants.

At this moment,

Although she was astonished, she did not show any signs, and once again displayed a faint smile, "Greetings to Young Master Chen, I am the proprietor of this Ink Lotus Pavilion, Pei Yuenan."

"Miss Pei, you are too kind, just call me Chen Xuan."

Even if he wasn’t in a good mood, Chen Xuan was still very polite.

And at this moment,

Liu Rushi continued, "Young Master, regarding what I promised you earlier, it actually still relies on Sister Pei."

"What is it? If it’s something only I can handle, I will certainly help!"

Ordinarily, she would want to thoroughly understand, but without mentioning Chen Xuan and that Master Chen’s relationship, just taking Liu Rushi, she would definitely offer help.

Chen Xuan was somewhat surprised.

He didn’t expect this Pei Yuenan in front of him to be not only beautiful, but also seemingly with a significant background.

"Pei? The surname Pei? Then..."

"Is it the Pei Family, one of the three great families of Yunze County?"

He was no longer the ignorant hunter from Shuanggang Village back then.

Although he wasn’t too clear on the specifics of Yunze County.

But he was aware of the three great families in this county.

The Pei Family,

was the family of this person in front of him, one of the three great families, the largest grain merchant in Yunze County, controlling nearly eighty percent or more of the grain in the entire county.

The Chen Family, the largest herbal merchant in Yunze County, and almost monopolistic.

Whether ordinary people needed medicine for illnesses or injuries, or martial artists needed grand medicine for cultivation, these were almost all controlled by the Chen Family.

And then there was the Yao Family.

They controlled almost all the minerals in Yunze County.

So, whether it’s blacksmiths in the county or the government office needing weapons, they all had to rely on the Yao Family.

These three great families practically monopolized all the resources in Yunze County.

And among these three families, the Pei Family was the weakest, followed by the Chen Family.

The strongest, the Yao Family, was rumored to have such a status today only because they were connected to a highly influential figure in Celestial Water Commandery.

Since she was from one of the three great families, this matter shouldn’t be difficult.

Immediately,

Chen Xuan briefly explained the matter to her.

"A blacksmith?"

"Yes, what’s the matter? Why does Miss Pei seem surprised?"

Chen Xuan was somewhat puzzled.

Why did she look like this when she heard Wang Daming was a blacksmith?

"It’s like this, you know there’s unrest now, right, so Celestial Water Commandery has given all the county government offices tasks, requiring them to submit 20,000 prescribed weapons within half a year."

"And naturally, this task was handed over to the Yao Family by the county government office."

"However, with time being tight, relying solely on the blacksmiths from the county and the Yao Family wasn’t enough, so the county government office summoned all the blacksmiths from Yunze County’s villages."

"But as time diminishes, the pressure from above on the county government office intensifies, and naturally, this pressure falls on the Yao Family, causing continuous day and night forging, which has resulted in numerous blacksmiths getting injured, and several others dying as well."

"So this might involve the Yao Family, right?"

This was what Chen Xuan asked at this time.

"Yes."

"Then no need to trouble Miss Pei." 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

He was straightforward, after all, considering the Yao Family’s strength, offending them was off the table.

Even for the Pei Family, also one of the three great families, they wouldn’t want that.

Not to mention, for an outsider like Chen Xuan.

"Hehe~~"

At this moment, Pei Yuenan lightly laughed, "I think Young Master Chen misunderstood, I was merely explaining the reason to you, with no other intentions, and of course, what I’ve promised will certainly be fulfilled. Three days later, I will be at the Chen Mansion on time."

"Alright, three days later, I will be at the Chen Mansion to welcome Miss Pei!"

....

At the entrance of Ink Lotus Pavilion.

Pei Yuenan personally saw some people off.

After they had boarded the carriage, she returned inside the Ink Lotus Pavilion.

At this moment,

Coincidentally, two men dressed as constables from the government office arrived here.

"Who were those people? Pei Yuenan actually personally came out to see them off? Members of the other two families? But unfamiliar faces!"

The one speaking was Fang Zheng.

Beside him was Tong Shian, who had previously gone to Shuanggang Village to fetch Wang Daming.

"I don’t know."

He said this, but his eyes kept staring at the departing carriage.

"Why does that figure feel so familiar?"

"Where have I seen them before? Certainly not in the county town?"

"But, outside the county town, there’s no one he knows who would warrant Pei Yuenan’s personal farewell."

"If you don’t know, just focus on eating. Why daze? Tomorrow, I have to go to the villages to recruit laborers for the Yao Family. What a hassle, it’s still comfortable in the county town."

Fang Zheng interrupted his thoughts.

Tong Shian, seeing him displeased, also advised, "It’s okay, just a little boring. Those villages are all scared of our uniform."

He pointed to the official attire.

"True, oh, by the way, I heard that last time you went to the village to fetch those blacksmiths and got a little benefit, I wonder if I’ll be able to get some this time too."

Suddenly,

Tong Shian felt like he was struck by lightning.

A memory suddenly rushed back to his mind.

From Wang Daming’s village.

He had taken two taels of silver, his words were merely perfunctory.

It seemed someone named Xuan, couldn’t quite remember.

Wasn’t he just an ordinary hunter? How did he end up in the county town, even having Pei Yuenan see him off?

"Not good, it’s terrible!"

Suddenly, Tong Shian’s face turned ashen.

Wang Daming was dead.

Recently, many blacksmiths had died, and Wang Daming was among them, however, he wasn’t overworked to death, he was beaten to death.

"What’s the matter, Brother Tong? Why the long face?"

"Ah... it’s nothing, nothing, sorry, Brother Fang, I have some urgent matters, I’ll head back first."

Having said this, he hurriedly left without listening to any objections.

Because,

He had been present when Wang Daming was beaten to death.

Because Wang Daming complained about the exhaustion, but unfortunately, the Yao Family overseer heard it, and that person happened to be Tong Shian’s brother, Tong Shiping.

Back then, to set an example,

Tong Shiping mercilessly whipped Wang Daming in front of those blacksmiths.

Even though Tong Shian was present, he didn’t utter a word of dissuasion.

Wang Daming was beaten to death right before everyone’s eyes by his brother.