Chapter 6 Aftermath
Looking at Chen Changlin, who dared to hesitate, Ye Mingsheng frowned slightly, but decided to give Chen Changlin another chance and repeated his order.

"Go cut one of his arms off for me!"

Seeing that Chen Changlin didn't dare to attack him, Ma San suddenly became arrogant again and shouted, "Whoever dares to attack me will be executed by the Supervisory Department. Ye Mingsheng, you are a dog official. You deserve to die. I have reported all your crimes to the higher-ups. If you let me go now, I can still plead for you. Otherwise, you will be beheaded!"

"clang!"

Under Ma San's intimidation, Chen Changlin was so frightened that he couldn't hold the knife in his hand steadily. He dropped it to the ground, and cried to Ye Mingsheng with a sad face: "Sir, he is from the Supervisory Department. Killing someone from the Supervisory Department is a serious crime..."

Seeing that this guy was so useless, a cold light flashed in Ye Mingsheng's eyes, and then he looked at Ye Tie. Ye Tie naturally did not hesitate at all. He rushed to Chen Changlin in two steps, raised his knife and directly chopped off Chen Changlin's head, and then chopped off Ma San's right arm with another knife.

The pain of broken arm made Ma San, who was so majestic a second ago, immediately wailed in pain. At this time, Ye Tie picked up the knife that Chen Changlin dropped on the ground and handed it to the silent Feng Biao.

Feng Biao looked at the knife, then at Ye Tie who had a threatening look on his face. He knew that if he didn't chop Ma San, Ye Tie would kill him. He took a deep breath and took the knife. Following Ye Mingsheng's order, he gritted his teeth and chopped off Ma San's left arm.

Seeing Feng Biao's action, Ye Mingsheng finally showed a smile on his face, and then said to the Ye family members around him: "Everyone of you step forward and chop this fellow who betrayed his brothers and is worse than pigs and dogs with a knife. But remember not to chop him to death, and save the last knife for me!"

"Yes! Master!"

Everyone said in unison:

At Ye Mingsheng's command, everyone present stabbed Ma San. When Ye Mingsheng took the knife and was ready to attack, Ma San, who was tied to a tree, had lost both arms and had been stabbed several times, was dying and was about to die. However, this guy was tough. Even though he had fallen to this point, he still looked at Ye Mingsheng in front of him with a vicious look, and his mouth was open as if he was about to curse him.

However, Ye Mingsheng did not give him this opportunity. He directly picked up the steel knife and slashed at his neck. Ma San's head, with his eyes wide open, fell to the ground with a clang.

Killing Ma San Ye Mingsheng calmly took the handkerchief handed over by Ye Tie and wiped the blood off his body. He turned around and looked at the faces of the crowd. They all looked a little worried and panicked. He smiled slightly and said slowly:
"I have a colleague who works in the Supervisory Department. He was the one who told me about this incident. With him on my side, Ma San is dead, so nothing will happen!"

As Ye Mingsheng finished speaking, the expressions of everyone present were relieved. A person's reputation is like a tree's shadow, and the sign of the Supervisory Office is indeed intimidating. Although everyone obeyed Ye Mingsheng's orders, they were still a little uneasy in their hearts. Now with Ye Mingsheng's endorsement, everyone can naturally breathe a sigh of relief.

After alleviating everyone's worries, Ye Mingsheng looked serious and said coldly:
"Everyone has seen what happened to Ma San after he betrayed me. We all had a hand in his death. If anyone betrays me again, they will suffer the same fate as him!"

After saying this, Ye Mingsheng looked around at everyone present. Wherever his eyes reached, everyone lowered their heads and no one dared to look him in the eye.

Ye Mingsheng nodded in satisfaction at everyone's reaction, and then gave a look to Ye Dong who came with him. Ye Dong immediately took out a stack of silver notes from his arms and distributed them to everyone present. "Twenty taels per person, and when we return to the capital, I will give you a generous reward!" Ye Mingsheng said calmly:
Looking at the silver bills in their hands, everyone's eyes were shining with surprise. In those days, the purchasing power of silver was still quite high. One tael of silver was enough to buy two stone of rice, and five taels of silver were enough to feed a family of five for a year.

As Ye Mingsheng's personal soldiers, although they earned a little more than ordinary soldiers, after deducting the extra cloth and food rewards from their superiors, their annual salary was only eight taels of silver.

So now Ye Mingsheng just waved his hand and gave them the equivalent of two and a half years' salary, which can be said to be quite generous.

Under Ye Mingsheng's combination of kindness and power, everyone present was convinced and saluted to show their loyalty to him. Under everyone's awe-inspiring eyes, Ye Mingsheng got back into the carriage and left the aftermath to Ye Tie. He had just recovered from a serious illness and could not stay in the cold wind for too long.

The palace is in chaos now, and a few deaths are not a big deal. As for Ma San's case, as long as the body is handled well, he can get away with it by finding any excuse. As long as there is no traitor who tips off the matter, the Supervisory Office will have no way to deal with it.

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While Ye Mingsheng was eliminating the spies from the Supervisory Office around him, in the central military tent of a heavily guarded military camp in Xin'an County, two hundred miles away from Ruishan County.

Wang Kangxin, the commander of the Xuanwu Imperial Army, read the contents of the letter in his hand carefully twice before putting it down. He looked at Ye Kui who came to deliver the letter and said, "Besides this letter, does General Ye have any additional instructions?"

"My master just told me to hand this letter to you personally!" Ye Kui said respectfully:

Wang Kangxin pondered for a while after hearing this, and then said, "Go back and tell General Ye that I will visit him on the 13th."

"Yes!"

After receiving Wang Kangxin's feedback, Ye Kui immediately clasped his fists, bowed, and retreated.

After Ye Kui left, Wang Kangxin, who was sitting in the tent, immediately ordered his men, "Please invite General Li Wanshun to me."

A moment later, a dark-faced strong man named Li Wanshun, who was dressed in military uniform and about 1.8 meters tall, walked into the tent and said to Wang Kangxin in a careless manner, "Brother Wang, is there anything you want to talk to me about?"

"This is the letter Ye Mingsheng just sent me. Would you like to take a look?" Wang Kangxin handed over the letter in his hand and said:
Li Wanshun took the letter and scanned its contents, then said with a puzzled look on his face: "Ye Mingsheng actually asked you and me to meet him in Ruishan County. What is he going to do?"

(End of this chapter)