Chapter 163 Yunfang's Thoughts

Chapter 163: Yunfang's Thoughts

"Please have some tea, sir." Yunfang brought a cup of tea and placed it on the table.

Ye Xuan was still concentrating on his work and did not look up. He just hummed to indicate that he understood.

Seeing this, Yunfang felt disappointed for the umpteenth time.

Ever since Yao Guangxin swore that the captain was definitely interested in her, it has been the sixth day since she went to the Beishan official residence to serve as Ye Xuan's personal maid.

However, he didn't know whether he and Yao Guang had misunderstood each other, or whether the captain in front of him was even more shameless than himself. He had not done anything inappropriate to him in the past few days.

The relationship between the two couldn't be more normal, just like that of all masters and servants.

There was even one time when Yunfang, under Yao Guang's advice, took advantage of Ye Xuan's bath and came in to add water under the pretext of adding more water. Ye Xuan, who was soaking naked in the bathtub, did not take the opportunity to do anything to her who was so close to him.

Even when Yunfang offered to rub Ye Xuan's back, Ye Xuan refused without hesitation.

Could it be that everything was just an illusion between myself and Yao Guang?

That's right, how could a captain of the Jinyiwei be interested in a country girl like me?

Thinking of this, Yunfang couldn't help feeling a little ashamed.

But at this moment, bursts of loud shouts suddenly came from outside the gate of the official residence, and words such as "honest master" could be faintly heard.

Yunfang was just about to go out to take a look when Yao Guang ran in excitedly.

"Sir, there are people gathered outside the official residence, clamoring to kowtow to you, sir!"

Yunfang was illiterate, so even though she was present when Ye Xuan was copying the notice, she had no idea what Ye Xuan was writing.

Hearing this, he was immediately confused and instinctively asked, "Master Yao, what happened?"

Yao Guang always thought that Ye Xuan had some romantic feelings for Yun Fang, so he did not look down on her just because Yun Fang was just a maid.

Instead, he explained excitedly: "Yunfang, make a few more delicious dishes tonight! The captain has done a great thing for the people of our Beishan Royal Manor!"

After that, he looked at Ye Xuan and said, "Sir, please go out and meet the villagers, otherwise my ears will be deafened by the noise of everyone's petitions!"

Although Yao Guang's words were incoherent, Ye Xuan naturally knew what had happened.

With a slight smile, Ye Xuan simply said, "Since everyone insists on seeing me, I can't refuse your wish."

"Okay!"

Yao Guang shouted loudly and immediately walked in front to clear the way for Ye Xuan.

After all, I have worked in Beishan Huangzhuang for half my life. It is impossible to say that I have no feelings for the people in the manor.

Now that he sees that the people finally have hope of living a good life, he is happy from the bottom of his heart.

As soon as they walked out of the room, the voices of the people shouting "Blue Sky" became clearer and clearer.

As Ye Xuan arrived at the gate, the moment the gate opened, he saw thousands of people crowded on the dirt road, which was not wide to begin with, and gathered in front of the official residence, shouting excitedly, "The master has come out, Ye Qingtian!"

"I bow to the great Lord of Heaven!"

"Master, we finally met an honest official!" As some people in the crowd shouted, "Kowtow to the living Buddha!"

Amid the sound of shouting, thousands of people, along with their families, knelt down in unison.

Looking at the scene in front of him, it would be a lie if Ye Xuan said he wasn't panicked.

Although I had often seen people kneeling before officials on TV in my previous life, this was the first time I had experienced it in person.

The feeling of having thousands of people, young and old, kneeling in front of you did not bring you vanity, but instead gave Ye Xuan a heavy feeling.

It was as if, invisibly, the shoulders were bearing some invisible hope and gratitude.

Ye Xuan asked himself that he had not done anything. At most, he just gave the people what belonged to them within the scope of his authority.

But the needs of the people are so simple, they just want what they deserve.

Even if the person standing here today was not Ye Xuan, but anyone else, he could do the same thing.

The special thing is whether the successor can put the people at heart and restrain his own greed.

Instead of taking the fruits of the people's labor, they give them to the people in a real way.

Ye Xuan did it, and he was very glad that he did it.

Otherwise, how could he face these people who were truly grateful to him?

After a brief shock, Ye Xuan came back to his senses, and quickly stretched out his hands to make a gesture of helping up, saying: "Dear fellow villagers, please get up quickly! I am just doing what I should do. As the saying goes, if an official does not serve the people, he might as well go home and sell sweet potatoes!"

This sentence from later generations did not sound as lofty as those of literati and scholars, but it instantly pierced the hearts of the people of Beishan Imperial Farm.

"If an official does not serve the people, he might as well go home and sell sweet potatoes!" Yao Guang repeated this sentence, and in his heart he seemed to recall the oath he made to his mother when he embarked on his official career as a young man. He vowed to be a good official who was dedicated to serving the people.

I just don't know when it started, but slowly he learned to go with the flow and turn a blind eye.

If he had stood up to dissuade Li Guodong when he started to exploit the people of Beishan Imperial Manor, or if he had directly reported Li Guodong's illegal behavior to the Ministry of Revenue, perhaps the people of Beishan Imperial Manor would not have had such a hard time in recent years.

Yunfang, on the other hand, was still a little confused when she saw her fellow villagers kneeling on the ground. It was only after she asked the clerk in the official residence beside her that she understood what had happened.

After learning that the big piece of paper written by Ye Xuan this morning represented a notice, and also briefly listening to the clerk explain the contents of the notice, Yun Fang truly felt extreme admiration and respect for Ye Xuan for the first time.

If she had been just grateful to Ye Xuan for rescuing her from Wu Qizao's clutches, or for helping her when she was unable to bury her father, now she felt complete respect for Ye Xuan.

Because Yunfang also felt shamelessly that perhaps the reason Ye Xuan helped her was probably because he was attracted to her body just like Wu Qizao.

But through spending these few days together, Yunfang has realized that perhaps the truth is not what he and Yao Guang thought.

Coupled with today's notice, Yun Fang finally realized that Ye Xuan's actions were only out of kindness.

"grown ups……"

However, despite Ye Xuan's repeated dissuasion, the people still insisted on kneeling on the ground and kowtow to Ye Xuan.

Even if Ye Xuan had taken action and personally helped up the people kneeling in the front row, they would still kneel down again.

Ye Xuan had no choice but to say: "If you elders continue to embarrass me like this..."

(End of this chapter)