"This old man has never heard of such a law in the governor's manor. If someone casually commented on Lord Governor Qin, I wonder how many people in the northern city regions would have to endure this punishment. Could it be that you all don't know how the people of the outside world evaluate Lord Governor Qin? As for him, which of his words is slander? "An old man at the peak-stage of the immortal emperor realm coldly spoke. He was none other than the manager of the Ancient River Auction House.
The Evil Emperor's eyes turned cold, sweeping his gaze over the crowd before landing on the person who spoke. This person was a young immortal king from the Ancient River Auction House. He stood beside a powerful immortal emperor and laughed in an unbridled manner.
The moment he appeared, a violent aura swept over the area, vaguely showing signs of opposing the governor's manor.
"Understand you all?"
"Whip punishment." Someone at the back replied. The Evil Emperor waved his hand, "Capture him."
"The governors of the various city regions can add their own laws to govern the various regions. These are the laws of my northern governor's manor. If you have any doubts, you can go to the Lifire Empyrean and ask him. If there's anyone who dares to obstruct the governor's manor from enforcing the laws, the punishment won't be as simple as whipping punishment." Xu Li sinisterly spoke. This Ancient River Auction House was truly domineering enough. Many immortal emperors directly came here, openly opposing the governor's manor.
"Fine." The old man's voice was cold. "Even if this is the law set by the governor's manor, let me ask you again. Which sentence of his is slandering Lord Governor Qin? The moment he took office, he killed three vice governors. Also, you guys are all bandits. Isn't it the same as planting his own power in the governor's manor? Isn't this slander? Could it be that the things Lord Governor Qin did, others can't even speak of it? "
"Hahaha …" Someone laughed uproariously when he heard Xu Li's words.
He slowly walked out, coming to the front of the crowd. Even the Evil Emperor and Xu Li retreated to the side, waiting for him to walk to the front.
"It's only natural for the governor's manor to collect tributes. It's just that these transaction pavilions are all subordinate to my Ancient River Auction House and their operations aren't that great. The governor's manor directly raised the tributes by ten times, causing them to find it hard to accept. As for my Ancient River Auction House, many things have happened during these years. Lord Governor Qin should be very clear about this, right?"
This calm voice was like thunder exploding out. Many people felt their minds buzzing as their hearts pounded violently.
Xu Li frowned, his gaze was ice-cold. But at this moment, an indifferent voice drifted over, "Of course he's slandering me."
"Collect tributes?" Old He coldly laughed. He stared at the Evil Emperor, "During these years, how many things has the governor's manor done for the northern city regions? When I was auctioning off my items, there were people who were robbed and robbed. There were even people who caused trouble. I've consulted the governor's manor about all of these, but did the governor's manor ever do anything about it? "
Although he has been despised by the outside world for many years, but in the governor's manor, ever since he domineeringly killed the three vice governors back then, no one dared to show him any disrespect.
"This old man really wishes to consult you. Which part of his words is slander?" The eyes of the old man gleamed with sharpness as he stared at Qin Wentian.
His voice continued echoing through the air. That calm voice contained an indisputable aura of iron and blood, manifesting Qin Wentian's dominance.
"During these years, the governor's manor has never done anything. I deeply apologize for this. Today, this seat personally came here not only to collect tributes, but also to investigate the things that happened during these years. Next, I might need to conduct an investigation, I hope you can forgive me." Qin Wentian calmly spoke. "Pass down my command, immediately seal the Ancient River Auction House and conduct an investigation on everything that happened during these years. Other than those who came here for the auction, all internal members of the Ancient River Auction House are not allowed to leave. They have to cooperate with the governor's manor in the investigation. Those who disobey will be executed immediately."
"He said that this seat was so frightened by that battle that I didn't dare to come out. But right now, this seat is standing right here." Qin Wentian slowly spoke.
"That's right. This sentence can't be considered slander." That transaction pavilion lord also felt extremely confident. He coldly laughed. Today, he wanted to see how the governor's manor would be able to get out of this embarrassing situation.
"Since you put it this way, I won't bicker with him then." Qin Wentian smiled, as though he didn't mind. He then continued, "However, why did the Ancient River Auction House obstruct my governor's manor from collecting tributes?"
"Qin Wentian." That old man coldly snorted.
"We pay our respects to the governor." Many experts from the governor's manor bowed at the same time, their voices were uniform and incomparably solemn. In just an instant, the hearts of many people involuntarily trembled. Was this Qin Wentian?
With the support of the Ancient River Auction House, his confidence seemed to have increased by a few degrees.
"That's right." Qin Wentian replied.
As for the people of the governor's manor, they only felt their blood boiling. At this moment, they involuntarily thought back to when their lord governor killed the three vice governors back then. That iron-blooded aura he exuded, killing whoever obstructed his path.
"You dare to obstruct the governor's manor from enforcing the law?" The Evil Emperor's jade-green eyes stared at him as he coldly spoke.
"What a good 'obstructing the governor's manor from enforcing the law'." Numerous figures flashed as several immortal emperors appeared from the Ancient River Auction House. This lineup was simply terrifying, causing everyone to sigh in admiration. This Ancient River Auction House was as expected of a grand auction house in the northern city regions. They were extremely wealthy and had many immortal emperors to support them. The number of immortal emperors here wasn't any lesser compared to the governor's manor.
"That's right, it's the same for my side as well. I really want to know what qualifications does the governor's manor have to demand ten times the amount of tributes from us. Even if the palace lord was here, he would surely understand, right?" The manager of another transaction pavilion spoke loudly. More and more experts gathered here. This place was originally already an extremely popular trading ground. Now that such a thing happened, it would naturally cause a chain reaction. Experts from all over gathered here to spectate.
Had the new governor, Qin Wentian, finally arrived?
Some people were purely here to watch the show, while others were mocking them, standing on the side of the Ancient River Auction House, joining forces to resist the pressure from the governor's manor.
"Impudent." Old He's eyes turned cold. Immortal emperor might erupted forth from him as emperor light flashed. His thunderous voice caused the hearts of everyone to tremble. He stepped out and coldly spoke, "What does the governor's manor treat this place as? Disrupting the business of my auction house like this, is this something the governor's manor should do?"
This voice abruptly rang out, causing the eyes of everyone to flash as they glanced in a certain direction. At this moment, the experts of the governor's manor had already split into two sides, involuntarily opening up a path. From this, one could see how strict the rules of the governor's manor were. Or to put it in another way, the prestige of the person in the middle was extremely high.
"Governor Qin?" The old man from the Ancient River Auction House still stood in the air, exuding a sense of loftiness.
Xu Li walked over, his eyes gleaming with coldness. "Governor Qin is benevolent. In order to allow everyone to run their businesses in peace, he would do his best to not collect as much as he could. In these tens of years, has the Ancient River Auction House ever paid a single tribute? However, do you all know that every time Governor Qin is in the Lifire Palace, he would have to face the Palace Lord and the other governors' questions? Lord Governor Qin had to bear all the responsibility. Right now, you bunch of ungrateful wolves actually think that it's only natural, not knowing what's good for you. "
"Hehe." The old man laughed. He stared at Qin Wentian as he replied, "These words are merely a little disrespectful at most. But if you say it's slander, it's a little too severe. Sir, as the governor of an entire region, wouldn't you be a joke if you say it's slander?"
The conversation between the two of them was extremely calm, like there was no anger at all.
Many people stared at him. To the people of the northern city regions, many people had never seen what Qin Wentian looked like before. Right now, they saw an extremely handsome figure radiating a mystical glow, giving him a sense of divinity. Regardless of male or female, they couldn't help but sigh in admiration when they saw him. What a handsome young man, his demeanor was extremely outstanding.
Numerous figures flashed, all of them were people from the governor's manor. They surrounded the area, preparing to capture Qin Wentian.
"Qin Wentian, do you know what you are doing?" Old He angrily stared at Qin Wentian. However, he only saw a pair of cold eyes. A resplendent sword of light directly penetrated through them. He screamed in pain as blood flowed from his eyes. After that, a sword of light slashed through the air, directly slicing down. In just an instant, his head was separated from his body as blood splattered everywhere!
At this moment, the Evil Emperor reverted to his human form. He stepped out, moving towards Old He as he spoke, "Right now, it's the tribute period. In a few more months, Governor Qin would head to the Lifire Palace to pay the tribute. We are naturally here to collect the tributes."
"Slandering the governor in public, according to the law, what's the crime?" The Evil Emperor stood in the air as he asked.
"In addition, this time around, I came here to collect the tributes from the Ancient River Auction House as well."
"That's right. It's one thing if the governor's manor doesn't care about matters, but they are so proactive in collecting the tributes. In addition, my transaction pavilion would always pay the tributes on time every year. Right now, the governor's manor actually changed my pavilion to a third-tier power in a single night, collecting ten times the amount of tributes. What does this mean? Are they intentionally making it hard for me to continue operating? "The manager of the transaction pavilion Xu Li was in walked out as he coldly spoke.
For those who disobeyed, they would be executed immediately.
Did these people really think that they could control the northern city regions? After all, this region was still the Jialan Clan's territory. Only the Jialan Clan could control everything. Also, the Ancient River Auction House had the shadow of the Jialan Clan behind them. Since the governor's manor wanted to challenge the Ancient River Auction House, today, they would teach the governor's manor a good lesson on how to conduct themselves.
Although there were countless people here, the atmosphere was extremely silent at this moment. The gazes of everyone were all staring at the central region where the conflict erupted. This time around, the governor's manor suddenly appeared and in addition, all the governor's manors were here in an imposing manner. Clearly, they came with ill intentions. The Ancient River Auction House wasn't willing to show weakness and directly challenged the governor's manor.
"How dare you? Who dares to act?" Upon seeing the people from the governor's manor rushing into the Ancient River Auction House, the immortal emperor Old He directly flashed, wanting to block the crowd.
Seems like the governor's manor has been weak for many years. These people completely didn't have the governor's manor in their eyes at all. If not, no matter how strong you are, you wouldn't dare to be so brazen. Don't forget that the Lifire Palace was behind the governor's manor and the entire Lifire City was governed by the Lifire Palace.
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