My Emperor Father Can Read Minds
Chapter 70

A lecture for an hour is still just an hour. Wei Yu is a teacher who cares for his students and refuses to drag on the lesson!

Anyway, everything has been taught, and the templates are written on the paper. For those who aren’t familiar with the numbers in the ledger, they can follow the template. Wei Yu definitely will not teach any more.

When the guards write it for the first or second time, they may not be familiar with it, but that’s fine. They will get used to it as they write more.

The account book task is right there; with eight people working, Wei Yu will definitely see results within two days, right?

Sitting in his seat, Wei Yu sips his tea while watching the guards scratch their heads in front of the account books.

He listens to their quiet discussions, feeling extremely satisfied in his heart.

Not bad, not bad, this is the way it should be.

There has to be discussion for there to be progress. He believes that very soon, these guards’ math skills will catch up to those of a competent first-grade student.

He’s waiting for the day when they can handle things on their own!

While the guards are struggling with the calculations, on the other side, in the back mountains of the manor, Guard Yi Shisan is hiding behind a tree.

Yi Shisan was the one previously sent by Fang Sheng to follow the runaway tenant farmers.

He used to be a member of the Gray Guards, but now he’s been reassigned to be a palace guard under His Highness the Wise King.

It may sound like a step down, from the imposing Gray Guards to being a palace guard, but that’s not important.

Yi Shisan isn’t materialistic.

He doesn’t care where he is or who he follows; his only hope is to have a proper name.

Yi Shisan doesn’t have a name.

Yi Shisan is not his name, it was his rank when he was with the Gray Guards.

Out of a thousand Gray Guards, only the Commander, Deputy Commander, and the hundred-man leaders had names, everyone else only had ranks.

The thousand Gray Guards were divided into ten teams of a hundred men, each with a name corresponding to the ten heavenly stems.

The strongest team was called Jia, and the weakest was called Gui. The strongest person was called Jia One, and the weakest was called Kui Ninety-Nine.

The rankings from One to Ninety-Nine were not fixed because every year the Gray Guards held an internal competition to decide the rankings for the following year, thus redefining their titles.

Yi Shisan wasn’t satisfied with his rank because he had been called Yi Shisan for three consecutive years.

Because of this, his hundred-man leader once thanked him, saying he had cured his face-blindness…

It was truly a sad truth.

Yi Shisan’s dream of advancing to Team Jia was no longer achievable, but he still hoped that a normal name was within reach!

Because Lord Fang Sheng had said that as long as they did well and pleased the Wise King, they might be able to get His Highness to give them a normal name!

Now, Yi Shisan was optimistic about this opportunity.

Following a few tenant farmers was an easy task for Yi Shisan.

He hid and followed them to a mountain, then took some not-so-small paths and finally arrived at the entrance of a cave with a distinct sign of smoke.

The “smoke” didn’t mean actual smoke but the signs of people having lived there for a long time.

Yi Shisan quickly passed some bamboo baskets and firewood placed at the entrance of the cave, then watched the tenant farmers walk in.

A cave is a tricky place—if it’s deep, he could follow; if it’s not deep, going further in would risk being discovered.

So, after some hesitation, Yi Shisan was about to follow, but at that moment, some voices came from the cave.

“Uncle Niu, maybe we should leave now. If His Highness finds out, Steward He will definitely be punished!”

“Yeah, Steward He has been so kind to us, taking us in and giving us food. We can’t let him be punished.”

“Shitou, Zhuzi, go collect the stuff. We should leave quickly…”

Only two of the three tenant farmers came out, and behind them were six half-grown children.

The oldest was a girl, about thirteen or fourteen, wearing ill-fitting clothes she had probably acquired from somewhere.

The youngest was a boy, about five or six years old, wearing clothes made from leaves, holding the girl’s hand.

The rest were a girl and three boys, all dressed in leaf clothes.

The children gathered around the two tenant farmers.

The taller tenant farmer shook his head and said to the oldest girl, “Big Hua, we just want to tell you not to go down the mountain yet. This mountain is also within the Wise King’s territory. You’re not from the manor, so if His Highness’s people find you, it would be bad. They might take you to see the officials or even make you sign a contract and sell yourselves.”

The shorter one added, “Yeah, there’s nothing here on the mountain anyway. Apart from us, no one else would come. As long as you don’t wander down the mountain, His Highness’s people won’t find you.”

Yi Shisan, who had already discovered the situation:…

Big Hua was still very worried, “But what about Steward He…”

“Steward He will be fine.”

The taller one said, “Steward He is a good man, and he’s been diligent in managing the manor. His Highness is here this time to inspect the accounts. As long as His Highness isn’t blind or heartless, he won’t replace Steward He or punish him.”

“Of course, as long as you aren’t found by His Highness’s people,” the shorter one added.

The children were still very concerned, constantly asking about the situation at the foot of the mountain and how Steward He was doing.

The two tenant farmers, worried about them being discovered, could only patiently comfort them.

After listening for a while, Yi Shisan tilted his head and turned expressionlessly.

These three had been sneaky earlier, and he thought something big was going on, but it turned out Steward He had simply taken in a few homeless beggars at His Highness’s manor…

Tch.

Worried about His Highness’s reproach and being taken to see the officials and sign contracts?

Even without reporting to His Highness, Yi Shisan knew exactly what His Highness’s response would be.

It definitely wouldn’t be what those people in their heads thought.

Yi Shisan continued listening for a bit.

Then he realized what the other tenant farmer was doing inside.

He was treating a sick child, changing their medicine.

Yi Shisan was a bit surprised.

There were actually tenant farmers on the manor who could treat illnesses?

That’s a doctor!

How could a doctor become a tenant farmer?

Was it forced?

Yi Shisan didn’t understand.

After listening for a while and confirming there was nothing else, Yi Shisan decided to retreat for now.

The situation could be big or small, and he needed to report this matter back to His Highness.