Chapter 4: Brothers Turn Against Each Other

"Old Seven has been abolished. This is indeed a great thing worth celebrating. After school, let's go to Wanhua Tower. I'll treat you guys to a drink!"

Ye Feng laughed loudly. Suddenly, he saw Ye Xu standing quietly outside the martial arts field. His face changed drastically and he exclaimed, "Old Seven!"

The other disciples were also in an uproar. They looked at each other and lowered their heads, not knowing what to say.

Ye Xu was extremely disappointed with these brothers and turned away silently.

Ye Feng quickly jumped up and stopped in front of Ye Xu. He said with a shameful face, "Young Master, we were just joking just now. Don't take it to heart..."

Ye Xu glanced at him coldly. Ye Feng felt that he was suddenly shorter when he was swept by his eyes. It seemed that he had become the poor guy who was respectful to him on weekdays, but his eyes showed jealousy and envy.

He suddenly felt as if he had been extremely humiliated. A sudden surge of anger rushed up, his eyes were red, his face was distorted, and he yelled at Ye Xu: "Yes! We just laughed at you! What can you do? In the past, you rode on my head, stronger than me in every way, better than me in every way, even my father praised you instead of me when he was eating! Except that you are a little better than me in qualifications, how can I not compare with you? You are no longer the former Ye Shaobao, you are just a poor creature, a waste, a horse slave, a clown! Why are you pretending to be noble? Bah!"

Ye Feng vomited out all the thoughts that had been suppressed in his heart for many years, and felt much more refreshed. The previous unhappiness was swept away, and he looked at Ye Xu proudly.

Now it is no longer him who is humble, but Ye Xu, Ye Shaobao, who has fallen from the altar of genius!

Ye Xu listened to him quietly and said calmly: "Sixth brother, you lost your composure."

Hearing this, Ye Feng's excitement suddenly disappeared. He even felt that he was the clown because he just yelled and yelled, but the other party responded calmly.

This feeling made him angry and humiliated. He yelled and slapped Ye Xu in the face. He wanted to break Ye Xu's pride and make him kneel down and beg for mercy!

"Sixth brother, stop it!"

Suddenly a hand grabbed his wrist. Ye Feng looked back and saw that it was his second brother Ye Bin. He said angrily, "Second brother, what are you doing? He used to ride on my head, but didn't he ride on your head?"

Ye Bin's mouth trembled, and he snorted coldly, "You are useless! Shao Bao's cultivation was higher than you and me, so he is naturally worthy of admiration. Now that he is in trouble, if you hit him again, it is bullying the weak. Where is the cultivation of my clan members? If it gets out, it will be a disgrace to my Ye family!" After that, he turned to apologize to Ye Xu, "Seventh brother, I apologize for what happened just now."

Ye Xu felt warm in his heart and was about to speak, but he saw Ye Bin smiling grimly and said, "Oh, I was wrong. You are no longer a clan member, so of course I can't call you the seventh brother. Right, Mr. Ma Nu?"

Ye Xu looked straight at his second brother Ye Bin's seemingly honest face, as if he knew him for the first time, and turned and left.

Ye Feng's arrogant laughter came from behind: "Second brother, you are still awesome. You easily pissed off the little slave! Little slave, I have reserved your house. You are a slave, how can you be qualified to live in the inner palace..."

The shrill laughter came, and other Ye family members also came forward to compliment Ye Bin.

Ye Xu's face was as gloomy as water. This experience made him realize how important it is to be strong!

As long as you have enough strength, others will respect you. Without strength, you will be like today, unable to keep the house left by your parents!

Ye Xu walked back home slowly, swearing in his heart: "Ma slave? Today I will show you how a Ma slave like me can rebuild my innateness and regain my honor!"

When passing by Bichun Garden, he suddenly stopped and heard a familiar voice: "General Manager, please give me a few more days. When the young master is well, I will definitely return the money to you in full..."

Ye Xu heard a harsh voice coming, and said slowly: "Qiao Qiao, you have borrowed 125 taels of silver from me in order to treat that waste these days! Return it to me? What can you use to pay it back? Count on that useless young master of your family? Ye Shaobao is already useless, even the sorcerers in the inner court are helpless. What do you think those quacks in Liuzhou can do?"

Ye Xu looked in the direction of the voice and saw Su Qiaoqiao kneeling in front of an old man with a gloomy face, begging bitterly.

The old man was the housekeeper of the outer gate of the Ye Mansion, named Ye Li, who was responsible for managing the outer gate slaves.

The Ye family is the most famous Wuhuang family in Liuzhou City. The servants also practice martial arts. This old servant Ye Li is one of the top ten innate masters among thousands of servants. His nickname is Qiankun Hand. His status in the Ye family is even higher than some of the royal family's collateral children.

"Qiao Qiao, it's not that I'm ruthless. You can't pay back this money in your lifetime! However, I pity you and show you a way."

Ye Li gently turned the jade ring on his thumb, and his eyes greedily swept over Su Qiaoqiao. Although Su Qiaoqiao was not young, she was a beauty. In recent years, she has become more and more charming. Her chest has gradually swelled, her buttocks have also become more and more raised, and her figure is curvy. Even the famous ladies in Liuzhou don't have her beauty.

Ye Li had seen it in his eyes and coveted it.

If Su Qiaoqiao was not Ye Xu's maid, he would have taken action long ago.

Su Qiaoqiao saw his gaze and trembled, as if she understood something. Ye Li was not a good person. She heard that this old guy, who had half a leg in the coffin, was extremely lustful and had harmed many maids in the Ye Mansion.

The two maids, Zijuan and Fengzhu, took away a lot of property when Ye Xu was unconscious. Ye Xu was seriously injured and his meridians were broken. He soon spent all the money in the family. If he had no money to buy medicine to treat his illness, he might die at any time!

In the past, people in the Ye Mansion were flattering to Su Qiaoqiao, but after Ye Xu fell into a coma, these people suddenly changed their faces, as if avoiding the plague god.

She begged many people humbly, but she didn't borrow a penny, so she had no choice but to ask Ye Li, the old pervert.

Ye Li's Adam's apple rolled, and he said lustfully: "Come to my room tonight, and the money you owe me will be written off! I have four taels of silver here, you can use it to buy medicine for that loser." After that, he flipped his skinny big hand lightly, and a few pieces of silver appeared in his palm.

Su Qiaoqiao bit her lip, clenched her small hand into a fist, her nails were pale, and her face was bloodless. Suddenly, she opened her palm and trembled to grab the pieces of silver.

Ye Li showed a proud look on his face, thinking: "What about Ye Xu's woman? I will take her to bed with me?"

Seeing that Su Qiaoqiao was about to take the silver, she suddenly heard an angry voice: "Qiaoqiao, come to me!"

Su Qiaoqiao looked back and saw Ye Xu standing not far away with a cold face. She was both uneasy and surprised. She quickly stood up, lowered her head and came to Ye Xu obediently, twisting her clothes with her fingers, and said in a mosquito-like voice: "Master, why are you here..."

"If I didn't come, you would be sold!"

Ye Xu snorted coldly, and his tone suddenly became gentle, saying: "The medicine you bought is very good. My injury has healed and I don't need to take medicine anymore. Come home with me..."

Su Qiaoqiao heard the word "home" and felt warm in her heart. She responded obediently and followed Ye Xu with her head down.

Ye Li's face suddenly changed, and his figure flashed, blocking Ye Xu. He smiled sinisterly and said, "Seventh Master, you want to leave now? I'm afraid you have forgotten one thing! In order to buy medicine for you, the maid of Seventh Master borrowed more than 120 taels of silver from me. Killing a person to pay for his life, and repaying a debt to pay for it, is only natural! Hey, Seventh Master, you either pay the money back or hand over the person!"

Ye Xu's heart was filled with anger. If it were usual, would Ye Li dare to talk to him like this?

It's nothing more than that he saw that he failed the test of the wizard, his cultivation was abolished, and he lost power in the Ye family, so he added insult to injury!

"Hand over the person?"

Ye Xu laughed dumbly: "Why should I hand over the person? The chief steward should understand that Qiao Qiao's indenture contract is still in my hands. As long as she is still alive, she is still my Ye Shaobao's person!"

Ye Li snorted angrily: "Since Seventh Master said so, we have no choice but to see the official."

Ye Xu's heart sank. He was indeed in the wrong in this matter. If he went to court, it would be bad for Qiao Qiao. He thought for a moment, untied a jade pendant from his waist, threw it into Su Qiaoqiao's hand, and said calmly: "Qiaoqiao, go pawn this jade pendant and return the money to him, so as not to make me sick!"

"Master, this is the jade pendant left to you by the master, you can't sell it!" Su Qiaoqiao took the jade pendant, as if holding a hot potato, feeling uneasy and exclaimed.

She knew that this jade pendant was the only relic left to Ye Xu by his father, and it meant a lot to Ye Xu. He always regarded it as his life and carried it with him. He didn't expect that he would sell this jade pendant to pay off his debt for her!

"Is the jade pendant important, or are you important?"

Ye Xu shook his head, looked at Ye Li with contempt, and said: "If the general manager has nothing else to do, then see you another day. Qiaoqiao, let's go!"

"Master..."

Su Qiaoqiao's heart was very complicated, she was both moved and terrified, and she followed Ye Xu in a daze.

Ye Li's face became more and more gloomy. He looked at the backs of the two people, and he was furious. He said sinisterly: "Seventh Master, don't forget that you are now the young master of the Ye family, but a waste, a horse slave! I am responsible for managing the outer gate of the Ye Mansion, which means managing you blind slaves! Seventh Master, you'd better pray day and night, and never fall into the hands of this old slave!"

Ye Xu stopped, with murderous intent in his eyes, and said lightly: "Ye Li, if it was in the past, would you dare to talk to me like this?"

Ye Li laughed loudly, feeling extremely happy in his heart, and mocked: "That was in the past! Now you are just a waste, a slave. Maybe one day, Seventh Master will obediently send this little woman to my bed and beg me to favor her!"

Ye Xu had already sentenced him to death in his heart, and shook his head gently: "General Manager, you will not live to see that day." After that, he took Su Qiaoqiao's hand and walked away.

Su Qiaoqiao looked at his gloomy face, her eyes reddened, and she whispered, "Master, I was wrong..."

"You are not wrong."

Ye Xu's expression eased. Everything Su Qiaoqiao did was to save his life, and she even planned to commit herself to an old man in his seventies or eighties. How could he not understand this intention?

"Qiao Qiao, I will let you live a good life again, let everyone regret that they looked down on me, everyone will envy you! I will ascend to the Martial Dao Xianxian again and become a wizard! However, there is one thing you must promise me..."

Ye Xu looked straight into her eyes and said firmly: "I won't let you humiliate yourself again!"

Su Qiaoqiao's heart was beating like a deer when he looked at her, her face turned red, and she nodded repeatedly in panic.

Ye Xu smiled slightly and said: "Let's move to the horse farm!"