Sun Mo’s principle was that a gentleman’s revenge must be conducted before the second day. The number of days he told Ma Cheng and Old Yu was just a lie.

  Sun Mo didn’t plan to involve An Xinhui in what would happen next. But as she was the headmaster of the Central Province Academy, she still had to understand the situation a little. Hence, he directly went to the headmaster office.

  Li Ziqi and Tantai Yutang followed. Sun Mo wanted to get them to know a little about the dark side of society so they could mature earlier.

  “Next, I will take the initiative to attack, not allowing Ma Cheng and the others to find an opportunity to make trouble for me.”

  Sun Mo explained his plan.

  After hearing it, An Xinhui was frowning slightly as she sank into deep thoughts.

  “Teacher, why would those farmers believe in that Village Leader Yu?”

  Li Ziqi didn’t understand. She felt that these farmers had all become someone’s tool.

  “It isn’t that they are willing to believe. Rather, other than Old Yu, they have no one else to believe in.”

  Sun Mo shrugged.

  “This is caused by the difference in experiences and insights. For a thing like money, who wouldn’t love it? When the farmers heard about a price increase, their hearts would surely be moved. But if you want to meet them separately to discuss, they don’t dare to. Firstly, they have no capability, and secondly, they are afraid of getting into trouble. Hence, when Old Yu acted as the leader, he managed to get the opportunity.”

  “After the few price increases in the past, their income did go up. Although it only increased a little, they were very satisfied. Hence, Old Yu became someone capable in their hearts. However, they didn’t think that what they have earned was only the tip of the iceberg of what Old Yu earned. The majority of the profits were also taken by Ma Cheng and the others.

  “Honestly speaking, this move by Old Yu is extremely disgusting. Even if the farmers were avaricious, the Central Province Academy had no way to criticize them. Since we are facing a weak social group, the public opinion wouldn’t be on our side.”

  Sun Mo explained.

  Li Ziqi had a contemplative look on her face. “So, we should take drastic measures to deal with this situation, right?”

  “That’s right. Once we remove Old Yu and a few other minor leaders, the farmers will naturally lay down their flags to surrender.”

  Sun Mo mused. Humans were lifeforms that wouldn’t get up early if there weren’t any profit for them. Without profits, Old Yu definitely had to be crazy if he led them to stir up trouble.

  It was also impossible to resolve this issue peacefully because those leaders were bribed by Ma Cheng and the others. “But in order to deal with foreign aggression, one’s internal situation must be stable first. Headmaster An, we cannot allow those security guards to stay any longer.”

  Although Sun Mo was the logistics department head, he didn’t have the authority to fire the guards. “Can we only fire a few of them? We can kill the chicken to warn the monkey and forget about this matter.” An Xinhui frowned. “If we fired everyone, it would appear as though our Central Province Academy isn’t humane!”

  “You want to talk about being humane? Or do you want qualified security guards?”

  Sun Mo’s tone turned solemn. “Those people don’t have to face the pressure of being fired, that is why they are simply idling their time away and completely not focused on their work. You should make them understand that the rice they eat is from the Central Province Academy. Since that’s the case, they should bleed and sweat for the school.”

  Sun Mo already told them to chase the farmers away, but those security guards didn’t take any action at all. Could this still continue? Even if he nurtured a few dogs, the dogs would also know how to bark.

  Li Ziqi felt that she had learned something new.

  The security guards were then summoned and stood in a row.

  “Boss, will there be trouble?”

  The security guards were feeling trepidation.

  “What troubles could there be? Don’t think so much!”

  The security guards weren’t worried. An Xinhui was a good person, and she wouldn’t blame them.

  Tantai Yutang called out some names from a name list. There were ten people in each batch, and they were to enter the headmaster office when their names were called.

  “Here’s two months’ worth of salary. Take the money and leave.”

  Sun Mo’s words were comprehensive and concise.

  The security guards were stunned. After that, they turned their gazes to the security leader.

  “Hea……headmaster An, what’s going on?”

  The tone of the security leader was filled with unhappiness. “I’ve been contributing to this school for 15 years. Are you going to treat me like this?”

  “Sorry. I’ve handed this matter over for Department Head Sun to handle.”

  An Xinhui had passed the authority over.

  “Department Head Sun, when you were still a child back then, I’ve even carried you before!”

  The security leader relied on his seniority.

  “Security Leader Qian, you also know you are a veteran staff of the school, but when the school is in a crisis, what did you do? Did you protect the school’s honor?”

  Sun Mo counter-asked.

  “Those people are farmers, I would be tarnishing the school’s reputation if I really hit them!”

  Security Leader Qian coldly laughed. “Alright, stop talking nonsense. If you don’t want the school to pursue the matter of your corruption, just take the money and leave. If not, I’m going to report this to the authorities.”

  CY

  Sun Mo urged. Through Divine Sight, how could he not obtain any dirt? Besides, he had Li gong as his lackey.

  The expression of Security Leader Qian who was preparing to argue immediately changed. After being the security leader for 15 years, his history was naturally not ‘clean’. He had used his authority to earn some wealth here and there.

  This was an iron rice-bowl that had supported him for so long. Hence, Security Leader Qian was reluctant to leave. But after Sun Mo exposed a few incidents of his corruption, he didn’t dare to stay any longer. If not, he would have to go to jail.

  Since the security leader had compromised, the lower-ranked security guards didn’t even have the qualifications to struggle. All of them obediently collected the money and scrammed.

  Standing outside the school and gazing back at the horizontal inscribed board of the Central Province Academy, Security Leader Qian felt rueful. This time around, under the lead of Sun Mo, the school might really be able to achieve nirvana, rising from the ashes in rebirth.

  Ding!

  Favorable impression points from Security Leader Qian +30. Prestige connection unlocked. Neutral (30/100). An Xinhui was an impressive teacher, but she was definitely not a good leader. She was too gentle and regarded human relations too highly. She was too easy to talk to. This was a taboo for a headmaster.

  Sun Mo was taken aback after hearing the notification contributed by Security Leader Qian. However, he soon understood. The security leader had worked for 15 years here, and the old headmaster must have shown him a lot of kindness before. Hence, he truly had deep emotions for the school.

  Deep in his bones, Security Leader Qian also didn’t wish for the Central Province Academy to be demolished.

  However, even if he knew about the feelings of Security Leader Qian, Sun Mo would still fire him. Right now, the Central Province Academy needed some changes in terms of the system and its members. A new generation had to emerge. Only then would they be competitive enough in the industry.

  Sun Mo, who was walking on the campus, had a faraway look in his eyes as he watched the teachers.

  Li Ziqi followed Sun Mo. She kept having the feeling that her teacher was contemplating a major plan.

  The Xiushui Village was located 1.5 km away from the western outskirts of Jinling. It was surrounded by mountains and waters. The scenery was beautiful.

  In the afternoon, a carriage entered the village.

  “Hey sis, we are about to arrive. You should prepare yourself!”

  Old Wolf Ren reminded.

  “Big Bro Ren, is there……is there really 300,000 taels?”

  Xiang Qin rubbed her hands with excitement. Yet, she also felt some trepidation.

  She was a widow. After her husband died, she started to work as a closed-door prostitute. In the end, she got pregnant after Old Yu slept with her.

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  To a person like Old Yu, it was a great joy that he could get a son in his old age. Besides, he could afford the child. He wanted nothing more than to be surrounded by his children and grandchildren, hence, he decided to keep Xiang Qin as his mistress.

  Xiang Qin was also determined not to fall short. After she gave birth to a plump kid, Old Yu was so happy and immediately gave her a lot of money. Hence, she had been living well. The only vexation she had was that Old Yu’s official wife and children always came by to make trouble and had even beaten her up.

  Just yesterday, Old Wolf Ren found her and said that Old Yu had offended a major character and most probably wouldn’t be able to escape. Old Yu still had 300,000 taels of silver in his home, and if Old Yu died, Xiang Qin wouldn’t even be able to get a copper coin.

  Old Wolf Ren promised that he could help Xiang Qin obtain this sum of money, but he wanted 50,000 taels of silver.

  The age gap between Xiang Qin and Old Yu was 30 years old. Hence, speaking of emotions, their connection was faint. She only followed him because of money. Now that she heard Old Yu was about to meet trouble, she immediately grew anxious. Once Old Yu disappeared, she and her son wouldn’t receive even a copper coin.

  Xiang Qin’s thoughts were very simple. (If I could get 200,000 taels of silver, no…… 100,000 taels of silver, I wouldn’t have to worry about food and clothing anymore. Besides, after my son grew up, he would also need money to marry a wife and raise his kid, build a house……)

  “I’ve sent people to investigate. This money is buried under his bedroom in his official residence.”

  Old Wolf Ren made a solemn vow.

  Xiang Qin was a little excited but after seeing quite a lot of people outside Old Yu’s impressive courtyard, she immediately grew nervous.

  Old Wolf Ren looked at the courtyard and his lips involuntarily twitched. A village leader possessing such a luxurious house? If someone said he was not avaricious, who would believe them?

  Truthfully speaking, because the entire Xiushui Village was doing business with the Central Province Academy, they were known as a wealthy village to all the other villages in the surroundings. The women from other villages were very willing to marry the men here. “Bro, can I ask what’s going on?”

  Old Wolf Ren made an inquiry.

  “Village Leader Yu’s mistress came here and demanded 300,000 taels of silver.”

  A villager was peering into the courtyard.

  Watching a good show was the hobby of humans, let alone a good drama about ethics like this.

  When Xiang Qin heard this, she subconsciously hugged her son tighter and grew anxious. “Big Bro Ren?”

  “Don’t worry, I can handle everything!”

  Old Wolf Ren patted his chest. He brought Xiang Qin along as he pushed his way through the crowd, stepping into the courtyard.

  In the courtyard, there were many people as well. That woman who came here and demanded money even looked for a few respected elders in the Xiushui Village to back her up.

  Naturally, it was because this woman had promised to pay them after she received the money. If not, how could these elders do such a thing?

  At this moment, things were extremely lively.

  Xiang Qin saw a woman carrying two kids. She immediately felt a huge sense of hostility in her heart. But after she saw Old Yu, she immediately sobbed and rushed over.

  “My lord, don’t you want me anymore?”

  Xiang Qin sobbed

  “Who are you?”

  Old Yu’s eyelids twitched. His expression turned cold as he scolded. After that, he shot a glance at Xiang Qin, indicating that he didn’t want her to add to the chaos.

  Usually, Xiang Qin would be obedient to him. But not today, if she was silent, she wouldn’t be able to get any money.

  “Oh, another one?”

  “Our village leader is like an old tree blooming with flowers. Three illegitimate sons? Hehe, he’s so good at fathering children.” “Pui, shameless old man!” “Speaking of which, our village leader must be really rich. He has so many mistresses and sons, how much money would he need for them?”

  The horizons of the villagers were broadened.

  Old Yu’s official wife immediately rushed over when she saw Xiang Qin. She stretched out her hand to grab her. “You slept with other men before, yet you still dare to come here? Do you believe me if I say I’ll drown you in the pond?”

  “Shut up!”

  Old Yu grew anxious. (By saying these, aren’t you proving that you recognize her? I can’t even deny it now even if I want to.)

  “Stop, don’t hurt my younger sister!”

  Old Wolf Ren obstructed her. After that, he reminded, “Hey sis, you should have seen how the situation is unfolding. If you don’t fight for it, you and your son wouldn’t be able to get anything.”

  Xiang Qin started to curse, even revealing some of the sexual deeds she and Old Yu had done. It wasn’t to blacken Old Yu’s name but to prove that Old Yu had a connection with her and her son.

  The quarrel in the courtyard immediately intensified. Old Wolf Ren has long since received Sun Mo’s instructions. When he saw that the time was right, he instantly started to make trouble. (Daring to scold Teacher Sun Mo? Hmph, I shall ‘exterminate’ your whole family today!)

  Chapter 274 Confiscating Possessions and Exterminating a Family

  The outside helpers were also people Old Wolf Ren arranged for secretly. They pretended to be extremely angry and acted together.

  “Get the money first!” Old Wolf Ren called out and immediately led them as they rushed into the bedroom. “You are not allowed to go in. If you guys barge in, I’m calling the authorities!”

  Old Yu shouted. However, it was useless. Old Wolf Ren directly barged in and used the tools that they prepared earlier to dig the ground.

  They were all able-bodied men and five minutes later, the floor of the bedroom was dug through, revealing over ten large chests. Old Wolf Ren then dragged the chests into the courtyard.

  The villagers who were spectating all craned their necks to see things. Some even walked into the courtyard.

  “You guys are not allowed to move, these are all my money!”

  Old Yu lunged toward the wooden chests, but he was soon stopped. He shouted for his juniors to help him, but no one moved.

  After all, this was 300,000 taels of silver, a heavenly sum. Who didn’t wish to take a look?

  Bang! Bang!

  Old Wolf Ren used brute force and broke the locks, opening up a chest. Taels of silver could be seen within, shining brilliantly under the glow of the sun.

  The entire courtyard fell silent. Only Old Yu was still shouting helplessly.

  “You guys are not allowed to touch them. They are mine, mine!”

  “What? Yours?”

  Old Wolf Ren scolded, “This money is clearly the funds paid by Central Province Academy to purchase the products, yet you are the corrupted one who swallowed the funds. Speaking of which, this should be the sum shared equally to the villagers.”

  At the start, the villagers were filled with envy and had no other thoughts about it. But after hearing what Old Wolf Ren shouted, their minds were immediately filled with greed.

  That was right, everyone was a farmer. Even if village leader Yu plowed the land 100 times more than them, it was impossible for him to make so much money. He must have corrupted and embezzled the funds gained from the sold products.

  These funds were all from the efforts of the villagers.

  “Nonsense, I’m not corrupted!”

  Old Yu argued.

  “Where did this money come from then?”

  Old Wolf Ren questioned. “I……I……”

  Old Yu couldn’t answer.

  “Everyone chose you to be the village leader, yet your conscience has been eaten by the dogs! Everything generated from everyone’s effort is used to fill your private coffers. If you don’t have so much money, can you afford to keep mistresses? Also, look at your illegitimate children. Shouldn’t you apologize and seek everyone’s forgiveness?”

  Old Wolf Ren criticized.

  A commotion appeared among the villagers.

  “Everyone has to bask in the heat of the sun as they till the land. All of this effort is just for them to have a meal every day. But you are so awesome. You eat fish and meat every meal, and you can even sleep with a different woman each day.” As Old Wolf Ren scolded, he was observing the expressions of the villagers as well. When he saw them getting angrier and angrier, he couldn’t help but feel more impressed by Sun Mo.

  Sun Mo’s grasp of the human heart was truly accurate.

  The words he spoke earlier were told to him by Sun Mo.

  Humans were creatures who didn’t worry about scarcity but uneven distribution. If the village leader’s family had a slightly better life, everyone wouldn’t grumble. But if they had too good of a life, it would absolutely engender jealousy. This was especially so if the money was indeed from their efforts. All their unhappiness erupted forth immediately.

  Ding!

  Favorable impression points from Old Wolf Ren +30. Friendly (140/1,000).

  The people secretly arranged to mix in with the crowd started to pick up stones and toss them at Old Yu.

  The majority of the villagers didn’t dare to smash the stones at their village leader. However, there would always be some rogues among the villagers, or they might have been bullied by Old Yu before. Hence, now that there was such an opportunity, they also picked up the stones and started to hurl at him. The amount of force they used wasn’t great. It was purely to vent their emotions. “Are you guys looking for death? How dare you all throw stones at me. Little Tan, go and report this to the authorities!”

  Old Yu was too used to riding roughshod over people, so how could he endure this? He immediately shouted for his son to report this to the authorities. However, he felt some pain in his heart. If the constables came here and settled this, he would surely have to spend money to calm the villagers down.

  “You are actually reporting this to the authorities despite you being in the wrong? Do you still have a conscience?”

  Old Wolf Ren scolded and aimed a kick at the wooden chest.

  Bang!

  The wooden chest splintered apart, and the taels of silver flew everywhere, some of them hitting the villagers.

  This scene caused all the villagers to be stunned. Some of them wanted to pick the silver up, but they didn’t dare to.

  “This money clearly belongs to everyone. Everyone trusted in you, that was why you were chosen to be the village leader. But what have you done?”

  Old Wolf Ren was still following Sun Mo’s instructions as he cursed Old Yu. He glanced at the silver ingots while coldly laughing in his heart. (Even if you guys manage to snatch the ingots, you will have to hand them obediently over to Sun Mo in the end.)

  “Old Yu, you are black-hearted!” “You are not fit to be the village leader!”

  “Pay us back our hard-earned money!” The subordinates Old Wolf Ren inserted in the crowd shouted out. The emotions of the villagers immediately erupted.

  (That’s right, this is our money. Why can’t we take them?)

  When the first person went to pick up the silver, the chaos could no longer be controlled. The villagers all rushed everywhere; some even got into fights. “Everyone stop! These are my money!” Old Yu grabbed a villager. In the end, that villager retaliated with a backhand slap, causing Old Yu to fall to the ground.

  Pak! Pak! Pak!

  The villagers rushed forward. It was unknown how many pairs of feet trampled on Old Yu.

  Naturally, Old Wolf Ren had arranged for some people to intentionally trample on Old Yu and aim kicks at Old Yu’s limbs.

  Kacha! Kacha!

  After the stampede, Old Yu’s limbs were broken. Even a few of his ribs broke as well.

  “Don’t snatch my money!”

  Old Yu felt his heart breaking when he saw the wooden chests being overturned and the silver ingots snatched away. He spent 20 years saving up so much money!

  “Old Yu, Teacher Sun asked me to say something to you!” Old Wolf Ren squatted beside Old Yu.

  “Everything was his plot?”

  Old Yu immediately remembered the look on Sun Mo’s face.

  “You only understood this now?”

  Old Wolf Ren smiled. “Teacher Sun said that he is a teacher and is very kind-hearted. Hence, he won’t exterminate your entire family. However, you have to die!”

  As Old Wolf Ren spoke. The luxurious residence Old Yu constructed by spending a large amount of money began to burn. “You guys actually commit arson?”

  Old Yu was incomparably shocked. After that, he felt even more pain in his heart. This residence was the achievement he was the proudest of.

  “Who? There are so many people here and it’s so chaotic. Isn’t it normal for there to be a fire?”

  Old Wolf Ren mocked, “Oh, the legs of two of your sons were broken by someone else too. How tragic!”

  “All of you are scum, you guys will die a terrible death!”

  Old Yu could see that his two sons were already unconscious, lying in a pool of blood. “You are the scum, alright? You spent money to purchase three female children to be your playthings. In the end, two of them were killed by you and the last one was sold away by you after you finished enjoying yourself. To whom could they complain?”

  Old Wolf Ren’s gaze was ice-cold. Old Yu’s evil deeds weren’t limited to only this. “No, I’ve never done such a thing. You are speaking nonsense.”

  Old Yu was shocked. How did they learn of this? Everything had been conducted in secret.

  “Just die in peace!”

  Old Wolf Ren teased, “Oh ya, this money will be taken back by the authorities since they are considered ‘stolen goods’. After that, the money will be paid to the Central Province Academy as compensation. Naturally, since Teacher Sun is An Xinhui’s fiance, he can be considered half-an-owner of the Central Province Academy. This sum of money would naturally land in his hands.”

  “No, I don’t want to die!”

  Old Yu struggled and screamed but it was useless. Numerous legs stomped on him, causing him to cough up blood. Now he felt some regret and despondent.

  How many times had he succeeded in his exploitation? In fact, even An Xinhui would treat him to tea. But what went wrong now?

  (Yes, it’s all because of Sun Mo!)

  (Damn, why didn’t I offer gifts and apologize to him earlier?!)

  In the Zhang Clan’s residence, Ma Cheng and the other two were drinking wine together.

  “Old Yu is dead!”

  Wei Ziyu had a heavy look on his face. He and Old Yu were responsible to get the villagers to create trouble in the Central Province Academy. However, the butler had just reported that Old Yu’s residence was burned down and he died due to a stampede.

  “Such a coincidence? Could this have been done by Sun Mo?”

  Ma Cheng frowned.

  “It can’t be, right? Sun Mo is still a teacher after all. Is he capable of doing something that lacks moral principles like this?” Zhang Zehao was surprised, but he had to admit that this move was brilliant. Now that Old Yu had died, it was much more difficult for them to control the villagers.

  “That might not be the case. Have you forgotten how he instructed those people to beat the villagers?”

  Ma Cheng coldly snorted. “Speaking of which, Sun Mo’s way of doing things is so tyrannical and decisive. He is much more impressive compared to An Xinhui. The Central Province Academy might really be able to overturn its situation by depending on him!”

  Wei Ziyu praised.

  “Overturning its situation? After offending Prince Li, the Central Province Academy is finished for sure!”

  Ma Cheng lifted his cup. “Come, let’s drink!”

  At this moment, the sounds of someone quarreling rang out. This made Zhang Zehao unhappy as he cursed, “What’s going on?”

  A servant rushed in, but before he could make a report, someone already shouted. “A fire!”

  A fire had broken out.

  The people of the Zhang Clan’s residence immediately moved as they tried to put out the fire.

  “Old master, things aren’t good. There are some hoodlums in our courtyard, wanting us to hand over the ‘black-hearted money’ we earned through these years.”

  The butler reported. “What?”

  Zhang Zehao was frightened badly. After that, he cursed, “Sun Mo, f*** you!”

  “Old Zhang, calm down first.”

  Wei Ziyu consoled.

  “Calm your shit!” Zhang Zehao stared at the dense smoke everywhere in the large residence and was so anxious that his head was completely covered with sweat. He personally went to direct the efforts of putting out the fire.

  An hour later, the fire was finally put out. However, one-third of his residence was already burned down, becoming ashes.

  “Sun Mo, I will always stand in opposition against you!”

  Zhang Zehao roared angrily. Just when he was preparing to go to the authorities to report that Sun Mo instigated the farmers to do this, the constables had arrived at his residence.

  “Zhang Zehao, you are a suspect too. Follow us back!”

  Constable Wu had a solemn look on his face. He waved his hand as the other constables immediately rushed forward and cuffed Zhang Zehao with metal locks. “Old Master!

  The people of the Zhang Clan were shocked when they saw this.

  “You dare to capture me? Do you know who my backer is? It’s Prince Li!”

  Zhang Zehao coldly laughed. “When tomorrow comes, this daddy will make sure you can’t be a constable head anymore!”

  “Old Master Zhang, there’s no need to be so arrogant!”

  Constable Wu mocked, “Do you know who gave the order to come and arrest you? It’s Prime Minister Zheng!”

  “What?”

  When the words rang out, the calm expressions that were originally on the faces of Zhang Zehao and the other two immediately turned to fear.

  “This matter has a connection with Prime Minister Zheng?” Wei Ziyu was so frightened that his legs were trembling. That was the retired prime minister that had great influence and a good reputation. He was famous for loathing evil and being impartial. Once he acted, they would all die for sure.

  For businessmen, how could they be the law-abiding ones? Zhang Zehao and the other two had always conducted shady deals.

  “Bring him away!”

  Constable Wu then looked at Ma Cheng and Wei Ziyu. “The two of you, if you want to use your connections, I suggest you do so fast. If not, I don’t dare to guarantee that the two of you would be safe either.”

  Ma Cheng hurriedly rushed home. As for Wei Ziyu, after he stood for a while on the streets, he decided to rush to the Central Province Academy. If he knew that Sun Mo had such a good relationship with Prime Minister Zheng, even if someone threatened to beat him to death, he wouldn’t have dared to create trouble.

  “What a troublesome matter!” Wei Ziyu was depressed. This time around, they had rammed their toes into a hard steel board. He could only hope that Sun Mo could be the bigger man and forgive him.