Ling Hongfeng leaned weakly on the Taishi's chair, looking at the ceiling with dull eyes.
Sitting in the position of the head of the Ling family was once his biggest dream.
One of the biggest reasons for Ling Hongfeng's dandyism and depravity when he was young was that he knew that he could never compete with his wise and powerful elder brother, so he simply let himself go.
But when his dream came true and he took the Ling family into his hands, he realized how naive he had been.
This seat is really not suitable for ordinary people!
The intrigues within the family and the overt and covert struggles in business management made Ling Hongfeng mentally and physically exhausted.
In just half a year, he felt ten years older.
The most important thing is that after Ling Hongyun's death, the Ling family's momentum was not as strong as before, and many cooperations with other families were interrupted, resulting in great losses.
Moreover, many people in the family are not convinced by Ling Hongfeng, thinking that he is nothing but a direct descendant.
With a serious lack of prestige and not much talent, how can the Ling family solve its external and internal problems?
Ling Hongfeng regrets it every day now.
If I had known today, why would I have to do it in the first place?
boom!
Just as he was wandering out of his mind, the study door was pushed open forcefully.
Ling Hongfeng didn't even raise his eyelids and asked lazily: "What happened?"
There was a hint of boredom in his tone.
In the entire Ling family, only one person dared to break into his study so rudely, and he had to coax and support him.
The person who came was none other than Butler Zhang.
Looking at Ling Hongfeng who was leaning on the chair like a puddle of mud, Butler Zhang's eyes flashed with disdain and he said in a deep voice: "Qianji Tower has found out the whereabouts of Ling Zhiyuan!"
"Found it?"
Ling Hongfeng straightened up immediately: "Where is this little bastard now?"
There was a flaw in the original plan and Ling Zhiyuan ran away. This matter has always been on his mind because he was afraid that the former would suddenly come back and oust him.
Although Ling Zhiyuan is also incompetent, he is the legitimate heir to the family head!
And once Ling Zhiyuan comes back, there is a great possibility that his conspiracy will be exposed.
Butler Zhang did not answer Ling Hongfeng's question directly. Instead, he sat down in front of the desk, picked up the teapot on the table, and slowly poured himself a cup of tea.
Ling Hongfeng was stunned.
He wanted to get angry, but he knew very well that he couldn't afford to offend him, so he could only swallow his anger and said: "Steward Zhang, didn't you say last time that your nephew wanted to do the grain business? My family has a rice and grain shop in the east of the city, so I will let you
My nephew should be a shopkeeper."
The last time the other party brought up this matter, Ling Hongfeng didn't want to cut his flesh to feed the wolves anymore, so he just muddled through it.
Butler Zhang didn't say anything at that time, but now he's here to strangle him!
Ling Hongfeng had no choice but to satisfy the other party's greed.
Anyway, it will be a matter of time.
"Thank you, boss."
Butler Zhang showed a smile, put down his teacup and said, "Ling Zhiyuan is in Linjiang County."
"Linjiang County?"
Ling Hongfeng was confused: "Where is that place?"
He had never heard of it.
"Linjiang is a county in Taiping County..."
Butler Zhang patiently explained to this unlearned guy: "Ling Zhiyuan's current identity is a blood-robed guard, and he works as an errand at the Linjiang County Health Center!"
"What?"
Ling Hongfeng couldn't believe his ears: "How is this possible? How can this little brat be a blood-clad guard?"
Although he doesn't know about Linjiang County, he has a good understanding of the Blood Clothes Guards.
What qualifications does Ling Zhiyuan, a mere warrior, have to join the Blood Guard?
impossible!
"The higher-ups don't believe it either, but Qianjilou has found it very clearly and it can't be wrong."
Butler Zhang said in a deep voice: "Ling Zhiyuan first went to Taiping County, where he joined the Blood Guards, and then after three months of training at the Iron Furnace Camp, he was transferred to Linjiang County."
"He is also the leader among the freshmen of that year and has obtained the silver medal status!"
Ling Hongfeng felt like he was listening to a fairy tale.
Is Butler Zhang talking about Ling Zhiyuan?
He was confused.
Butler Zhang was somewhat helpless.
There is a saying that when he first got the information, he was not much better than Ling Hongfeng.
Everyone knows that Ling Zhiyuan is the one the Tiger Father and Dog Son are talking about. He obviously has excellent family inheritance skills and a high talent for martial arts, but he prefers literature and dislikes martial arts. It is a waste of natural resources!
"Ling Zhiyuan should have hidden his cultivation strength..."
Butler Zhang said coldly: "He deceived everyone. This must be Ling Hongyun's idea. He wants to protect his son."
The Ling family has many enemies in Anyang City. If Ling Zhiyuan performs extremely well, he will inevitably arouse the fear and calculation of others.
"Ling Hongyun is very smart. To be honest, even if there are a hundred of you combined, you can't compare to him!"
"so what!"
Butler Zhang's ruthless ridicule made Ling Hongfeng thunder: "He is dead now, and I am sitting in this seat!"
In embarrassment, he swept everything on the desk to the floor!
Butler Zhang looked at the incompetent and furious Ling Hongfeng indifferently and said: "Now that we have found the rightful owner, we must eradicate the root cause."
"He is now a blood-clothed guard!"
Ling Hongfeng suddenly calmed down, shrank his head and said: "Assassinating the blood-clothed guard for no reason means that the whole family will be executed!"
"So what about the blood-clad guard? It's not like he hasn't been killed before!"
Butler Zhang sneered and said: "Don't even think about it, why did he not go back to Anyang City after escaping, but instead went to Taiping County thousands of miles away to join the Blood Guards?"
"Qian Ji Lou also found out that he was appreciated by a hundred households!"
"When he has higher strength and identity, and returns to Anyang City, he can kill you without even using his hands!"
After hearing this, Ling Hongfeng's face turned pale and he sat back on the chair feebly.
"Do not worry."
Butler Zhang said: "This matter can be entrusted to Qianjilou. They and the Blood-clothed Guards are not on the right track to begin with. As long as the money is in place, it will definitely not involve you."
Ling Hongfeng cheered up: "How much does it cost?"
Butler Zhang raised a finger.
Ling Hongfeng was stunned for a moment: "So much as ten thousand taels?"
Ling Hongfeng almost spit out a mouthful of blood: "One hundred thousand taels? Is Qianjilou crazy?"
Butler Zhang said calmly: "The market price, you are so easy to kill as a blood-clothed guard?"
"Then just kill me!"
Ling Hongfeng howled: "My family spent tens of thousands of taels on rebuilding the ancestral hall, and you took away so much. Where can I get another hundred thousand taels now?"
Butler Zhang said fiercely: "Who makes you so incompetent? You haven't found the Ling family's real secret vault for so long, and the Xuantian Seven Evil Wheel technique didn't exist in the first place, so we suffered a big loss!"
"It's only one hundred thousand taels anyway. No matter if you sell a shop or a house or a son or daughter, you have to come up with this money."
"Otherwise you will know what regret is!"
In fact, Ling Hongfeng regretted it to the extreme now.
He has finally learned the consequences of seeking skin from a tiger, and it is far from over yet!——
PS: I have been very busy these two days and will resume normal updates tomorrow.