Fierce Consort

Chapter 118 - Part 1

The big boss truly had evidence of Yan Ting's dealings, but Yan Ting wasn't aware of it.

It wasn't much, just a token.

Yan Ting was naturally not dumb enough to reveal something to a merchant. All the dealings with the "Broad Justice Band" were done by his trusted aide. This included the discussions with the northern barbarians. However, a minor character could naturally not be the representative for such a major matter. No matter how dumb they were, the barbarians wouldn't just randomly listen to a Chinese person. Yan Ting had given his token to his subordinate as proof of his identity.

The barbarians were very cunning and requested for the token to be left behind until Yan Ting sent their goods over before they would return it.

Yan Ting undoubtedly knew this was not beneficial to him, but he was also extremely confident. He didn't think anything would go wrong.

The goods were delivered by the "Broad Justice Band" as agreed upon and they brought Yan Ting's token back. However, in a clever twist the big boss had made an almost identical copy and had given it to the person who came for the token. Yan Ting naturally wouldn't let someone who knew his secrets live. After receiving the token, he had killed off that "big boss". He naturally didn't realize the "big boss" was not the real one. After his plans fell through due to being forced back to the capital, Yan Ting assumed he had cleaned up after himself. In reality, that wasn't the case.

The big boss wouldn't have revealed he had such a thing if it weren't for him being afraid Shen Dong wouldn't believe his words.

This was truly causing his own downfall. The saying that excessive scheming ended up causing harm instead referred to this.

The big boss naturally wouldn't be allowed to live and he also knew this in his heart. However, he also knew there was no use in struggling. He might as well give up his own life to protect the rest of his family.

Luo Huai Yuan also managed to get his marriage money back.

Apart from that, he also managed to get the blood money earned by the big boss over the many years. They left the big boss's clueless family the amount befitting "Philanthropist Hao" and everything else was swept clean.

Apart from giving the troops that came along some of the money, everything else was handed over to Shen Dong. The big boss's ill-gotten wealth had come from smuggling, and should naturally be used for the Pingsha Pass. This was a sort of compensation for the troops that protected the country there year round.

The entire matter seemed to have been perfectly wrapped up. Although the means weren't too honorable, at least no innocents were harmed.

Due to various reasons, the cause of this calamity hadn't been punished. However, he had also aroused the hatred of two households. One was the Shen household and the other was Luo Huai Yuan who was almost screwed over by his cheap father-in-law.
Being targeted by both of them, Yan Ting would clearly not have a good ending. However, that was something for the future.

The news was sent from the Pingsha Pass back to the capital, and allowed the Zhenguo Duke Estate as well as Shen Yi Yao to relax. At the same time, Luo Huai Yuan, Yan Yan and Shen Qi also set off for the capital after a final round of investigation.

On the way back, Shen Qi split off and departed for the Fu Province.

He had decided to follow Luo Huai Yuan's advice and planned to make a trip there. Apart from giving Luo Huai Yuan and Yan Yan some pretext, the reason he came this time was also to give himself an excuse.

This won't be mentioned for now. Luo Huai Yuan and Yan Yan took around two months before they finally returned to the capital.

Yan Yan naturally snuck back to the Weiyuan Marquis Estate. Shen Yi Yao held her and cried for a long while. Yan Mo was also teary-eyed as he stood on the side.