"Boss, have you heard?"
Ma Yanqiao rushed in excitedly from outside. He addressed Jiang Mu.
"What did you hear?"
Jiang Muming asked the question knowing the answer already.
"The Zheng family is finished!"
"Is the Zheng family finished?"
Jiang Mu was slightly taken aback, but quickly understood.
"Although the Zheng family's target is me, they have indirectly implicated Sister Gan Yu as well."
"As the secretary of the Seven Stars who has protected Liyue for a thousand years, Sister Ganyu has now become one of the representatives of Liyue."
If someone wants to lay a hand on her, wouldn't that be disrespecting the entire Liyue?
And so, the Zheng family became the chicken to be slaughtered, and as for which monkey was to be warned...
We wouldn't know that.
The fact that the Zheng family colluded with the Fools was also conveniently revealed by Seven Stars.
This further fueled the anger of the crowd.
What a joke! It's one thing to want to team up with outsiders to deal with us Liyue people, but the ones you're targeting are the people of the Hall of Rebirth.
It's important to know that the Hall of Rebirth has a history of nearly a thousand years in Liyue. The Hall of Rebirth has been responsible for organizing the funerals of many important figures, including the Seven Stars, and even the rites for sending off the immortals.
The funeral rites are of utmost importance to the deceased. For impoverished families who cannot afford funeral arrangements, the funeral rites also have their own set of rules to ensure that the departed person has a dignified passing.
Because of this, although it is a funeral, the successive leaders of the Hall of Rebirth have an extremely high reputation among the people of Liyue and are highly respected by them.
"In this way, Hu Tao's engagement was successfully dissolved," Jiang Mu murmured.
“Yes!” Ma Yanqiao exclaimed excitedly, “After Hu Tao’s engagement was dissolved, Zheng He was also free.”
“Yes,” Jiang Mu said with a smile, “that way, I’ve fulfilled my promise to Grandpa Hu.”
“Oh, right, boss,” Ma Yanqiao suddenly said.
"Zheng He just sent word that he plans to leave Liyue Harbor tomorrow and head to Sumeru."
"So fast?"
Jiang Mu was somewhat surprised.
“Yes.” Ma Yanqiao nodded. “With the Zheng family’s downfall, as the eldest son, he certainly can’t escape blame. Although you, boss, have a relationship with Lord Gan Yu, you could exonerate him, given his personality, he definitely won’t accept it.”
"That's true..."
Jiang Mu nodded slightly.
“With the Zheng family down,” Ma Yanqiao continued, “Zheng He will be free from constraints, allowing him to pursue what he loves.”
As he spoke, Ma Yanqiao chuckled.
"Not to brag, but boss, don't underestimate this guy. Even the renowned Master Yun Jin has personally praised Zheng He's talent in opera."
"real?"
Of course!
Looking at Ma Yanqiao's proud face, Jiang Mu couldn't help but find it amusing.
"They're not praising you, so what's there to be proud of?"
"That's my friend too."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Mu simply smiled.
"He's leaving tomorrow... then let's go see him off, after all, we've met."
“Okay, I’ll come and get you tomorrow morning,” Ma Yanqiao said excitedly. After a few more pleasantries, he returned to his little house.
"system."
After confirming that no one was around, Jiang Mu lay back on the sofa and summoned the system.
"Is there anything I can do for you?"
The system's mechanical voice sounded.
"How much longer until the update is complete?" Jiang Mu asked.
During this time, apart from demanding that strange stone, there has been no other news about the system.
"You do not have sufficient permissions."
The cold, emotionless voice continued to ring out.
"Sigh—" Jiang Mu could only sigh and change the subject.
"Is there a task that can be completed?"
"Your main quest is not yet complete. Would you like to claim the rewards for the current part?"
The system's voice sounded again.
"Will claiming this affect the final reward?"
Jiang Mu asked curiously.
"After claiming the rewards for this phase, the quality of your final reward will be reduced."
"This..." Jiang Mu felt a surge of relief. Luckily, he had asked the question. If he had lost some high-level reward because of it, he would have had nowhere to turn to cry...
"Then let's not collect it for now."
Jiang Mu waved his hand and looked out the window.
Autumn is almost here...
A gentle southerly breeze blows, carrying the fragrance of rice paddies.
"The rice is almost ripe." Jiang Mu checked the rice's growth after opening the system interface again, and said with some surprise.
Thanks to the fertilizer provided by the system, Jiangmu's rice not only avoided several insect infestations this time, but its growing period was also shortened. Currently, it appears the rice will be ripe in about a month.
"Then, harvesting will become a problem again."
Jiang Mu frowned and said.
The Liyue of today is unlike the world of his previous life, which has so much modern machinery. Crops like rice and wheat are harvested and stored entirely by hand...
"As things stand, with Yanqiao and me, it would take at least ten days to two weeks to fully harvest this rice. But harvesting such a large rice paddy using the system's capabilities would likely expose us... What should we do?"
"never mind……"
After racking his brains for a long time without coming up with a feasible solution, Jiang Mu simply stopped thinking about it.
"If all else fails, I can just hire a few hundred people and spend a few days on it, and that'll be it..."
………………
With the plan finalized, Jiang Mu stopped thinking too much about it and started considering another matter.
"Now that the Zheng family has fallen, can I go and report back to Old Master Hu?"
He hadn't forgotten that he still held the title of "Hu Tao's fiancé." If he didn't get rid of it soon, wouldn't he become a mere background character who gave away experience points when the Traveler came?
"That won't do..."
Thinking this, Jiang Mu gave a few instructions to the bouncing Big Black beside him and then hurried to Liyue Harbor.
Target: Wangsheng Hall.
………………
At this moment, the Hall of Rebirth...
"Grandpa, didn't you say he would come? Why...?"
Hu Tao's beautiful plum blossom eyes were staring intently at her grandfather, her cheeks puffed out in anger, just like a hamster.
"Hu Tao..." Hall Master Hu said, both amused and exasperated, "You need to be patient. Knowing that kid's personality, he'll definitely come and give me an explanation after this is over..."
"But...what about explaining things..."
Hu Tao's face looked rather unpleasant.
"Is it possible... that he wouldn't..."
“This is a matter for you young people; it’s not appropriate for us old folks to interfere,” said Grandpa Hu kindly.
"Grandpa's intervention back then almost ruined your life. This time, let's leave it to you young people's own fate. What is destined to be yours will be yours, and what is not, you cannot force..." As he spoke, a hint of vicissitude appeared in Grandpa Hu's eyes.
"Grandpa..." Hu Tao felt a little guilty.
She knew that her words had once again stirred up her grandfather's unpleasant memories.
"hehe……"
As he was smiling, Old Master Hu glanced at the entrance of the Hall of Rebirth and his eyes lit up.
"Look, the kid you've been longing for has finally arrived!"
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