MTLNOVEL Chapter 679 - 327: The Power Behind the Scenes? A Tax Issue?_2
Chapter 679: Chapter 327: The Power Behind the Scenes? A Tax Issue?_2
Luo Ze at this time, was standing beside Luo Yao with an expressionless face.
Meanwhile, Ma Zhong, who was still the current Family Head of the Ma Family,
seemed somewhat uneasy standing on the other side of Luo Yao.
“Ma Family Head,”
“Why don’t we continue our previous conversation?”
“Why do you say that the taxes delivered by the Drunken Moon Pavilion are not even one-thousandth of what they should be?”
“And why does the Drunken Moon Pavilion dare to do such a thing?”
Luo Yao turned his head, looking at Ma Zhong standing beside him, who seemed a bit uneasy, and asked softly.
Ma Zhong swallowed, and after pondering for a moment, he said in a low voice, “The Drunken Moon Pavilion is no simple matter. Although I am not aware of the specific power supporting it, I do know that the force behind the Drunken Moon Pavilion has an overall strength absolutely exceeding that of the Ma Family of Dai Mountain City. This is why the three major families in Dai Mountain City turn a blind eye to the Drunken Moon Pavilion’s existence.”
“Even the official authorities are helpless when it comes to the Drunken Moon Pavilion.”
“After all, taxes have been paid.”
“During audits, the Drunken Moon Pavilion is very cooperative.”
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“Thus, there being no other choice,”
“the matter can only be left unresolved.”
Hearing this, Luo Yao’s eyes narrowed slightly.
There was a flicker of excitement in his narrowed eyes.
Interesting, truly interesting.
It seemed that his trip to the Drunken Moon Pavilion was well worth it.
He had unexpectedly come across a big tiger.
The Drunken Moon Pavilion itself was not important.
For Luo Yao, what mattered most was the power behind the Drunken Moon Pavilion.
If he could uproot the force behind the Drunken Moon Pavilion,
the subsequent increase in taxes for the Qingshi City Luo Family would undoubtedly be immense.
Thinking along these lines, Luo Yao nodded to himself.
But he quickly shook his head.
Something seemed amiss…
Wasn’t his original purpose in coming to Dai Mountain City related to the opening rights of gambling houses and pleasure quarters?
How had it suddenly switched to the forces behind the Drunken Moon Pavilion?
“Forget it, never mind.”
“After all, dealing with these two matters at the same time wouldn’t be too bad.”
“Besides, being outside is always much more relaxed than being at home.”
“Just that…”
Luo Yao silently turned his head, glancing at Luo Ze, who was holding a sword beside him.
It seemed that this trial had not brought much improvement to the young man’s Heart Realm.
Could it be that trials are more effective when the youngster goes through them alone?
If he was always there beside the young man, acting as a protector,
would it render the trial almost ineffective?
“Sigh…”
After sighing softly, Luo Yao withdrew his gaze from the young Luo Ze.
Forget it, forget it.
Why think too much?
The young man was ultimately going to walk a path of his own.
Luo Yao’s excessive interference wasn’t necessarily a good thing.
…
Not long after,
Ma Zhong, who was the current Family Head of the Ma Family, left the courtyard.
He walked with his head low, silently heading in the direction of the Ma Family estate.
“Young man, have you finally come out?”
As Ma Zhong was lost in thought,
the slightly hunchbacked Ma Family’s old ancestor
suddenly appeared in his field of vision.
“So it’s you, Elder…”
Ma Zhong let out a long sigh of relief.
This old ancestor of his family often startled people out of the blue,
which was truly frightening.
If one wasn’t careful, it could even leave some sort of psychological shadow.
“So, did you go to the Drunken Moon Pavilion just to meet with that Young Family Head?”
The elder stared at Ma Zhong in front of him, asking with a somewhat stern expression.
Ma Zhong spread his hands, somewhat helplessly, “Otherwise what? What do you think I was going to do?”
The elder instinctively said, “I thought you, youngster…”
However, it was only a moment later.
The Ma Family’s slightly hunched family ancestor quickly realized and hastily waved his hand, “No matter, none of that is important now. What’s most important at present is, what exactly did you and that Young Family Head discuss?”
Ma Zhong glanced at the elder ancestor beside him.
Although, he felt that his own family ancestor seemed a bit strange today.
But he still gave an answer.
“Generally about tax issues.”
“I said, the taxes paid by the Drunken Moon Pavilion are probably less than one-thousandth of its own earnings.”
“Then… ”
The elder hastily asked, “Then what happened?”
Ma Zhong glanced again at the family ancestor beside him, as if the look in his eyes meant for him not to interject.
“Then, naturally, the people from Drunken Moon Pavilion came straight to us.”
“Even, they tried to lay their hands on us.”
The elder looked at Ma Zhong and, seeing that Ma Zhong did not continue to speak, he asked again, “What was the final outcome?”
Upon hearing this question, Ma Zhong immediately looked at his own family ancestor as if looking at a fool.
“The final outcome, naturally, was that all from Drunken Moon Pavilion perished.”
“After that, we left the Drunken Moon Pavilion.”
The elder silently nodded his head.
Having such an outcome was quite normal.
After all, that person existed.
That was none other than the Luo Family of Qingshi City’s definite heir to the Family Head position.
Not to mention a mere Drunken Moon Pavilion.
Even the power behind Drunken Moon Pavilion, I reckon, would not dare to bluster in front of that person.
“Taxes, taxes, taxes…”
Thinking and thinking, the elder suddenly thought of something, promptly asking Ma Zhong beside him, “Our Ma Family, on the matter of taxes, have we been paying according to the rules?”
Ma Zhong fell silent.
Tax, isn’t it an unwritten rule that just paying whatever is fine?
As long as it accounts for the face of the Luo Family of Qingshi City.
That, is enough.
“You haven’t been paying according to the rules?”
The elder’s expression suddenly became more urgent.
If that Young Family Head comes to Dai Mountain City.
If the things he wants to investigate are truly related to taxes.
Then, our Ma Family, the last of the three big families in Dai Mountain City.
Absolutely, absolutely, absolutely will be the first to be hit.
“Previously, our Ma Family of Dai Mountain City indeed has not been paying according to the rules, but ever since that Young Family Head came to our Dai Mountain City, and even made such a big fuss.”
“I quietly made up all the unpaid or underpaid taxes in one go.”
Ma Zhong said, lowering his voice.
The slightly hunched elder, upon hearing this, finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Good, good…
Good that Ma Zhong, that clever boy, knew to make up the taxes ahead of time.
Otherwise, if because of this matter, our Ma Family gets targeted by that Young Family Head.
Then, matters could indeed become rather troublesome.
Don’t look at the Ma Family’s highly esteemed status in Dai Mountain City now.
But if that Young Family Head gave the word.
The elder believed, within Dai Mountain City there would definitely be countless family powers, or all sorts of other powers, wishing to crush his Ma Family.
After all, the difference in benefits those family powers in Dai Mountain City could gain with and without the Ma Family is quite significant.
“Then, that Young Family Head in the courtyard…”
“Does he know about this matter?”
The elder asked in a somewhat cautious and low voice.
Ma Zhong spread his hands, “About this matter, I was forthright…”
The elder suddenly widened his eyes, surprised, “You, you, you…”
“You were forthright?”
Ma Zhong sighed, speaking softly, “Actually, if possible, I wouldn’t want to be forthright either, but with something that could be found out sooner or later, I think it’s better to be forthright sooner.”