Mei Xinfei watched with a pained expression as his own grain was handed out bag by bag by his shop assistants. This feeling was worse than being killed.
The grain shops were busy from early morning until noon. If the grain in the warehouse hadn't been running out, they probably would have been busy until evening.
Most of the people left satisfied with the free grain they received, but many lingered outside the grain shop.
These people were all enemies of Messinfei and wanted to see Messinfei's fate with their own eyes.
Xu Jinhuan didn't keep them waiting for long. After the grain shop hung up a sign saying it was closed due to a food shortage, Mei Xinfei, who was kneeling on the ground, suddenly moved.
"Quick, look! That heartless bastard is up to something again."
"Oh? Then everyone hurry up and follow!"
And so, Messingfei knelt in front, frantically moving his knees, followed by a huge crowd of people.
"Hey, isn't this the Mei residence? Why would the immortals send him home?"
"Could it be that they're dispersing their family fortune?"
"Hahaha, if that's really the case, Messingfei might really vomit blood!"
Everyone chatted happily, while Messingfly, running ahead, felt regret for the first time as he looked closer to his home.
He didn't regret the immoral things he did, but rather regretted not doing them more discreetly.
He also regretted not raising grain prices more drastically. If he had starved those lowly people to death earlier, how could he have attracted this god who appeared out of nowhere?
He resented the people of Changdong County and thought to himself that if he survived, he would throw the poison into the wells of Changdong County and make these onlookers die in agony!
Unfortunately, no matter what Messinfei was thinking, he couldn't control his body at all and could only numbly watch himself running around.
"Master?"
The gatekeeper looked at the kneeling Mei Xinfei with surprise, then quickly opened the gate. He hesitated whether to lend a hand and help the master enter the mansion.
Mei Xinfei, his face ashen, knelt and rushed into the Mei residence, followed by a group of onlookers.
"Hey, this is a private residence. You can't just walk in without a visiting card," the gatekeeper said righteously, stopping the people from entering.
Some people bluntly said, "Even the gods think Messingfei doesn't deserve to be called a human. Do you really want to continue helping this kind of person?"
Immediately, others chimed in, "Yes, young man, perhaps starting tomorrow, there will be no more Mei family in Changdong County, and no more Mei Xinfei. You should think this through carefully."
The gatekeeper had naturally heard the messages from the city gate and the grain shop, so after thinking it over, he stopped stopping the crowd.
Instead, they followed behind Messingfei with them, wanting to see what he was going to do.
"From today onwards, you are free. Go to the steward to retrieve your indentures, each of you will receive five taels of silver, and go home," Mei Xinfei announced loudly to the servants of the Mei household.
Immediately, some were happy while others were sad. Those who were usually bullied were happy, while those who were doing well and had some standing were sad.
However, whether they liked it or not, Messingfei had already spoken, and they all had to leave.
Soon, the servants of the Mei family left through the back door with their indentures and money.
Messingfei, out of control, issued a new order: he had his butler prepare dozens of priceless apology gifts and deliver them to those he had schemed against and harmed.
Furthermore, for each gift he delivered, he had to kowtow to apologize, ninety-nine times per person. By the time he delivered the last gift, his head was already a bloody mess.
"My lord, is this enough? I've dismissed all my servants, given away most of my wealth, and apologized to them. Can you please forgive me?"
Messing asked, still feeling dizzy.
Xu Jinhuan sneered, thinking to himself, "Can't even handle this? Don't worry, there's more to come."
The onlookers, seeing that the deity remained silent, exchanged puzzled glances. "Does this mean the benevolent deity is tacitly agreeing with what Meixinfei said?"
"That can't be right. This guy has so many lives on his hands. Even if he gave away all his wealth, it wouldn't be enough to atone for his sins, would it?"
Just as everyone was discussing this, Mei Xinfei, who was kneeling, made a new move.
"Butler, bring out my house deeds and land deeds, and come with me to the broker to sell them," Mei Xinfei ordered in a muffled voice.
Upon hearing this, Butler Lin immediately nodded and ran to the room where the house deeds and land deeds were kept, as if he was afraid that if the gods were displeased, they would make him sell the house and land as well.
"Master, I've got the house deed and land deed!" Butler Lin quickly returned to Mei Xinfei's side.
Before the two could head to the brokerage firm, they saw that brokers they had some dealings with in the past had already arrived at the Mei residence.
“Your voices carry so far that as soon as I heard you were selling houses and land, I rushed over immediately.”
"Don't worry, Messingfei. Although you always do unethical things, I earn money honestly and won't rip you off too much," the broker said with a smile.
Before long, the two parties agreed on the price and signed the contract, and the Mei family mansion officially changed hands.
"What do you plan to do with this money?" The broker pointed to the silver note he had just handed over, a sly glint in his eyes.
Mei Xinfei was feeling sorry for his meticulously crafted mansion, and subconsciously replied, "My money is mine, of course..."
Before he could finish speaking, he felt a sharp pain in his cheek. He looked down and saw a face full of tears, because he was the one who had hit him.
Waaah, I can't live like this anymore.
Xu Jinhuan didn't give Mei Xinfei any time to adjust, and directly controlled him to say with that tearful, miserable face: "This money is naturally taken from the people and used for the people."
"Steward, go to all the grain shops in the merchant guild now and buy grain. Tell them the price they'll pay is the pre-drought price. They know the consequences if you raise the price."
Butler Lin immediately bowed and replied, "Yes, I'll take care of it right away."
Before he could turn and leave, Mei Xinfei said with a pained expression, "Just send the collected grain directly to the grain shop, or provide it to the people of Changdong County for free."
Upon hearing this, the people of Changdong County who had not received their grain immediately took their entire families to Mei's Grain Shop and happily lined up.
While the grain was being distributed, Xu Jinhuan secretly sneaked into Mei Xinfei's warehouse and emptied it of everything that was left.
In this way, Changdong County once again distributed free grain, and Mei Xinfei's savings were completely depleted.
“I know of your dissatisfaction with Messinfei, therefore I will not execute him personally.”
From this day forward, Messingfair will be hung outside the city walls, and everyone may take revenge on him as they please, until he dies.
As soon as Xu Jinhuan finished speaking, everyone saw Mei Xinfei start running on his knees again, and the direction he was running towards was the city gate.
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