"My Lord, are you willing to take me in to work at the manor?"
Bashan asked Ye Li again in a trembling voice.
Ye Li nodded with a smile and said, "Everyone makes mistakes. I have punished you and you have shown remorse. What's wrong with me giving you a chance to be loyal to me
After all, I'm new here, so there's nothing wrong with having more Lingdan-level subordinates around me."
Hearing Ye Li's words, Bashan glanced at Wang Yue, whose face was ashen, hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and knelt down in front of Ye Li.
"I was blind before and dared to cause trouble to you, sir.
Fortunately, you are magnanimous enough to forgive my mistakes and give me a chance to reform.
I am willing to follow you, sir, and serve you at my service."
The scoundrel-like temperament that Bashan had just displayed had completely disappeared.
After all, he is also a spiritual martial artist who has cultivated to the Lingdan stage. It is impossible for him to be like an ordinary ruffian.
The previous appearance was also pretended to disgust Ye Li.
Now that he was abandoned by Wang Yue, he chose to join Ye Li, so naturally he didn't dare to continue pretending to be a rogue.
Although Ye Li's manor was dirty and would take a few days to clean, he gained a subordinate in the Lingdan period as soon as he arrived here. If you think about it, his gains far outweighed his losses.
After all, as Wang Yue's subordinate, Bashan should have a deeper understanding of Dongfang County, and may even know some secret information.
And because he has already had a grudge with Wang Yue, Wang Yue will not let him go easily, so in order to avoid being eliminated, he must stick closely to Ye Li and seek Ye Li's protection.
Although he has no loyalty to Ye Li, he must be loyal in order to please Ye Li and show his own value so that Ye Li can better protect him.
"Well, since you are willing to serve me like a slave, then you are mine. Are those behind you your wife, daughter, and mother? If so, you can let them live in the manor. Anyway, there are no servants in the manor, so if they are willing, they can serve as servants."
Ye Li glanced at the women kneeling on the ground and spoke.
Ba Shan said: "Sir, only one of them is my wife. The others have nothing to do with me. They are... just people I found randomly."
He originally wanted to say that it was Wang Yue who arranged it, but after thinking about it, he didn't say it out loud.
After all, Wang Yue’s prestige in Dongfang County is too high. Anyone who dares to offend him will either die or be crippled, without exception.
Even if he had Ye Li's protection, he would not dare to offend Wang Yue to death, for fear that Wang Yue would lose face and be determined to kill him.
If the other party really had this idea, he felt that even with Ye Li's protection, he might not be able to save his life.
After hearing Bashan's answer, Ye Li said, "Okay, then you can leave your wife here, and from today on you will be the first farmhand of my manor.
Since you are mine, I will reward you with a healing pill. After you take it, your injuries will be healed tomorrow.
After you recover from your injuries, you must clean up the manor for me. You must restore it to the same state as before. Do you understand?"
Bashan said, "Yes, sir!"
After arranging Bashan, Ye Li looked at Wang Yue and said, "Mayor Wang, I should welcome you to my manor today, but as you can see, my place is a mess now. I still need them to clean it up, so I won't keep you any longer."
Ye Li acted as if he was seeing someone off.
Wang Yue and others are nominally considered Ye Li's subjects. After all, the mayor is not a formal official position. He is just a self-elected leader of the town under Ye Li's jurisdiction, responsible for handling town affairs.
The three mayors looked at each other, and then they had no choice but to quickly take their leave from Ye Li and leave the manor with a group of gentry.
Ye Li coldly watched the group of people leave, then turned to Ding Si and said, "It seems these guys are really brave. I thought they would just do something secretly, but I didn't expect them to dare to use such blatant tricks.
Such a group of people came here, I know they want to give me a warning and put an end to my prestige. "
Ding Si said: "But they didn't expect that you, sir, are both wise and brave, not only powerful, but also unparalleled in wisdom.
You used these moves of using the opponent's force to counterattack them with great skill. You used their own words to trap them, and then used their own people to counterattack them. In the end, these guys lost more than they gained. They didn't get you, but instead lost a subordinate in the Lingdan stage."
As he spoke, Ding Si looked at Bashan, who had been standing aside with his head lowered and a respectful look on his face.
Ye Li said: "Bashan, I know what you are thinking, you just want to drive me away or undermine me.
Wang Yue and others should have a comprehensive control over the entire Dongfang County. He must feel that with him here, I can't move an inch.
I might as well tell you clearly that this world is, after all, a world of cultivators. With their tiny cultivation levels, they are all ants in my eyes. No matter what tricks they try, it will all be in vain.
They think they are strong, but that is just an illusion, because no matter how strong they are, they only dare to play by the rules, while I don't have to follow any rules at all.
If you serve me wholeheartedly, then with your strength, you can still occupy a place here, but if you are half-hearted and have other thoughts, don't blame me for being rude."
Hearing Ye Li's words, Ba Shan quickly knelt down in front of Ye Li and said, "Sir, the previous matters were all discussed by Wang Yue and the others, and I can only choose to execute them.
Wang Yue is a petty person who will never let go of any grudge. If I dare to disobey his orders, he will definitely find a way to make me regret it.
I have no choice but to come here to trouble you, please understand. "
Ye Li glanced at Ba Shan, who was full of panic, and said, "Don't be nervous. Since I have agreed to accept you, I can treat the previous events as if they never happened. However, your fate in the future will depend on your performance.
Okay, you can get up now. Take this medicine. As soon as you recover from your injury, you must clean up the manor for me tomorrow.
By the way, do you have anyone you can trust? This manor is quite large, and if there are only a few of us living here, there won’t be enough people to do the chores.”
Hearing Ye Li's question, Ba Shan said: "Master, I have a half-brother who is a businessman in Dongfang County.
My relationship with him has always been a secret, even Wang Yue doesn't know.
He should be able to find me a number of trustworthy people to serve as farmhands and servants on the estate.
But I guess these people must be outsiders. After all, I can't trust any of the people from Dongfang County. They may have been arranged by Wang Yue. If they serve as farmhands or servants here, they will definitely take the opportunity to harm you!"