Chapter 176: The Noble Families in Chaos

“Zini, how many high-quality non-villager citizens are there in Daming Village who haven’t transferred classes yet?” After returning to the Baron’s Manor and summoning Guo Yuan, Mo Xiaobai immediately asked the question he wanted to know.

“What do My Lord mean by high quality?”

“At least it must be B-rank quality.”

“It is likely not many, probably less than 50 people.”

Since Guo Yuan took charge of Daming Village’s administration, his first task was a population census. Although he could not recite the names of everyone in the territory by heart, the general information was all printed in his mind.

Less than 50?

That meant even adding professional Territory Citizens like Chen Hao and Yi Rong, the number of Territory Citizens in Daming Village with B-rank or higher quality was still not very large, probably less than one hundred people.

This result was achieved only after a few upgrades. If it were an ordinary Bronze Grade territory, it might not even reach half of this number.

“It is enough for now to have a few dozen people. I have discovered something new to tell you.”

Mo Xiaobai nodded slightly and quickly explained that Daming Village Territory Citizens could enter the “Guandu Instance,” also briefly describing the function of the Star Disk Instance.

“That is the situation. For this time, pick ten people first. Try to choose those with relatively high Intelligence and Luck. I want to send them to the ‘Battle of Guandu’ Instance.”

“My Lord actually has such power ?”

As an NPC who came from the Guandu battlefield, Guo Yuan remembered that Guandu was already in the past. Now Mo Xiaobai could even send people back to Guandu to learn arts from teachers in various places during that period.

This kind of godly behavior was so shocking to Guo Yuan that he thought Mo Xiaobai was extraordinary.

Reversing time and space, this is beyond human capability!

This was also thanks to Guo Yuan’s teacher being Zheng Xuan, who had some research in astrology. Although Guo Yuan did not receive the true transmission in that aspect, he at least knew a little bit.

That was why he could barely accept Mo Xiaobai’s explanation and did not keep asking questions in all directions.

Knowing the reason for the matter, Guo Yuan’s actions were not slow. Mo Xiaobai spoke to him in the morning, and by noon, he brought ten people to his My Lord’s presence.

As Mo Xiaobai led the ten people to the teleportation point, he could not help but give them a lot of instructions. Seeing the ten people disappear with the teleportation halo, Mo Xiaobai’s mouth corners turned up. As long as half of the ten succeeded in their Class Transfer, it would be a significant positive stimulation for Daming Village.

…

Four or five days passed in the blink of an eye.

In East City, north of Daye Marsh, a soldier acting as a messenger rode hard from Daming Village. Without time to rest, he asked for the location of the Cui household and arrived there immediately.

“Knock knock knock~” After a few knocks, a servant opened the door: “Who are you? Do you know which household this is?”

“I come from Daming Village. My Lord ordered me to deliver a letter written personally by your Young Master.”

The soldier spoke in a cold voice, took out a folded piece of silk from his chest and handed it to the servant in front of him: “This letter was written by your household’s Young Master Cui Yi. You had better give it to your family head as soon as possible.”

“Goodbye!”

After saying this, the messenger soldier turned around and led his horse away, not giving the servant any chance to ask further questions.

Although the Cui household servant felt strange, he did not dare to delay. He turned back into the household and hurriedly handed the letter to the family head, Cui Yong.

Cui Yong heard that it was a letter from his youngest son Cui Yi, and originally did not care much about it. After all, he had many sons, and his youngest son loved to travel around from an early age. He probably thought his son was visiting someone somewhere and wanted to write a letter back.

However, when Cui Yong opened the silk and read the content of the family letter word by word, the casual expression on his face had already disappeared. Instead, it was replaced by gloom, ruthlessness, and a trace of anger.

“Bang!”

Squeezing the silk in his right hand, Cui Yong slammed his fist onto the desk, making a loud noise.

The servants nearby did not know what happened. Judging by the family head’s expression, they feared the Young Master had made the family head angry again.

“Where is the messenger who brought my son’s family letter?”

“This… he… seems to have left,” the servant shivered and quickly answered in a low voice.

“Go and chase him. No, go and invite him back. Treat him well. Say I thank him for bringing my son’s family letter and invite him to stay for one night before leaving.”

“But… that man… he is riding a horse, probably…”

“What are you afraid of? Even if he has left the city now, you must invite him back! If you cannot invite him back, do not come back yourself either!” Cui Yong snorted angrily, brushed his sleeve and walked out of the hall, then called to two other servants outside: “Go and call my Old Two and Old Three. I will wait for them in the study.”

With Cui Yong leaving with an angry face, the servant who had brought the letter into the household shook his head helplessly and hurriedly ran out. He had not spent too much time in the household, so if he went out to chase now, he might still find the man.

However, neither Cui Yong nor the servant knew that the messenger soldier had no intention of leaving at all. He walked slowly with his horse on the street, occasionally looking back.

When he left Daming Village, the Military Advisor had given orders.

First pretend to leave. The Cui Family would certainly chase out. Then, pretend to refuse a bit, and then return to the Cui household.

The messenger soldier did exactly as Guo Jia said, so when the servant chased out, he pretended to refuse twice. Under the servant’s repeated invitations, he reluctantly nodded and returned.

“The messenger has had a long and tiring journey on the carriage. He can rest for a while. My My Lord will be here shortly.”

“Okay.”

When the servant settled the Daming Village messenger in the Guest Room, the Cui Family head Cui Yong and his two younger brothers were already sitting in the study, having finished reading the entire family letter.

“Insulting too much, insulting too much!”

The first to speak was Cui Yong’s second brother, Cui Lie. Originally, he looked generous, but now his tendons were tight: “Do they think the Wei Family is easy to bully? How dare they harbor bandits in our Jizhou.”

“The family letter has no problems. It is indeed my son Yi’s handwriting, but how did he fall into the hands of the Daming Village Lord? How did he know that the bandits who raided the trade route came from the Wei Family in Qing Province?”

Next to Cui Mian, a younger Cui Yun frowned and thought: “A few days ago, the Prefecture Shepherd sent someone to report that the road bandits were eliminated, which mentioned that Baron Lord. Now Ji’er is actually trapped in Daming Village, and they are unlikely to let him go easily.”

“He dares!”

“Why does he not dare? He is a legitimate Baron and captured people in his Fief. What can we do to him? We might even have to thank him for eliminating the Daye Marsh Water Bandits for us.”

Cui Yun glanced at his second brother, then looked at Cui Yong in the family head’s seat: “Big Brother, the Wei Family broke the rules, and we naturally cannot bear to swallow our anger. However, this matter is extraordinary. We must deliberate before taking action.”

“Yes, I have ordered someone to retrieve the Daming Village messenger. Since he started from Yan Province, he probably came to Jizhou first and then went to Qing Province. We will know the details after asking him.”

Cui Yong nodded slightly, then gritted his teeth and spoke cruelly: “As for the Wei Family, since he did not show any kindness, do not blame me for turning my face cold. I have long wanted to pull out the Wei Family’s shops in the city, and I see this time as an opportunity.”