Elder Huang didn't dare hide anything. He hurriedly laid out, in full detail, how twenty years ago he had followed the old leader of the Treasure Gang to present jade tribute to this family.
Ye Qin questioned him in great detail. "Oh, so that's what happened. Do you know what my surname is?"
"I do not. The leaders and successors of the Ten Great Gangs know only that your esteemed family exists, but nothing else—not your surname, address, appearance, or what cultivation techniques you practice. All of that is the family's highest secret, and we know nothing. We only follow orders. Besides, it has always been your esteemed family that contacts the Ten Great Gangs directly once a year and tells us to deliver tribute, never the other way around.
"Come to think of it, the former leader of the Medicine King Gang might know a little more. Twenty years ago, he was your esteemed family's worldly agent—the only person permitted to contact your family of his own accord. But as far as I know, the Medicine King Gang has lost contact with your family over the past twenty years, too. For these twenty years, the gangs of Ping Province have been scattered and without order, sorely lacking in oversight... I think your esteemed family should step in and bring them to heel."
Elder Huang was respectful and humble, and answered in great detail. He worried Ye Qin was testing whether his words were true and that any doubt might undermine Ye Qin's trust in him, so he didn't dare conceal a thing. As for the relationship between the Medicine King Gang and this family, he had no intention of hiding that, either. The people of this family knew these things far better than he did.
After hearing all of