Chapter 283 - 112 East Mountain
Having learned from Mute Granny that Xue Huaiyuan’s former subordinates had been sent to East Mountain, Ye Mingyu had his men take Mute Granny back home. As Jiang Li had predicted, because Mute Granny was old and people thought her mute, Feng Yutang did not take her seriously. When Ye Mingyu’s men escorted her back, no one noticed anything amiss.
Inside the house, Jiang Li and Ye Mingyu were still sitting opposite each other. It was deep into the night, yet neither felt the slightest bit sleepy. Ye Mingyu looked at Jiang Li and said, "Jiang Li, this matter is not simple."
Although Ye Mingyu had known from the start that the case involving the Xue Family was no small matter—after all, it involved overturning a conviction—any act of exoneration that sought to clear one’s name inevitably impinged upon the interests of others. The current County Magistrate Xue of Tongxiang, Feng Yutang, was clearly not a good man. Naturally, what Jiang Li intended to do was not going to be simple.
But the words of Mute Granny had greatly surprised Ye Mingyu. Feng Yutang even dared to blatantly turn former government officers into slaves, and to arbitrarily control the life and death of others; this was extremely arrogant and cruel. Ye Mingyu did not believe for a second that Feng Yutang could act so brazenly without backing from some major power. Although Jiang Yuanbai was the Grand Secretary, he was not the sole power broker in Northern Yan.
Ye Mingyu thought he had already taken this matter very seriously, but he hadn’t realized that he still underestimated it.
Jiang Li, seeing the grave expression on Ye Mingyu’s face, knew what he was worried about and said, "I know, uncle, but I don’t intend to give up."
His niece’s resolve did not come as a surprise to Ye Mingyu. Jiang Li had gone to great lengths, even daring to confront Feng Yutang directly. If she were to back down so easily, it would not be in her character. Moreover, Ye Mingyu believed that Jiang Li probably knew much more about this matter than he did.
He was a rough man of the martial arts world, unlike Master Ye the First and Master Ye the Second, whose minds were sharp enough to come up with strategies to assist Jiang Li. All he could do was do as Jiang Li said and lend her all the support he could within his abilities.