It was late at night, but Zhu Jiaduan was still awake.
When he went out, he used to light a lamp in his room after dark. When the lamp naturally went out, he would take a nap, and then when the rooster crows, he would get up immediately.
A master of his level can occasionally use exercise and breath control to make up for some sleep time. Of course, just occasionally... If he doesn't sleep all the time, no matter how good the master is, he will die suddenly.
And tonight, he obviously couldn't sleep for a while.
Because the lights in his room were not out yet, there were strange movements around his room...
Everything happened extremely fast, the shouts, the grunts, the collision of fists and the sound of swords being unsheathed... almost all sounded from all directions at the same moment, and ended almost at the same moment.
Back and forth, it took less than ten seconds in total.
Then, there was a knock on Zhu Jiaduan's door.
Boom--boom--
There were only two sounds, but in this quiet night, they sounded very ear-piercing.
Zhu Jiaduan did not respond to the knock on the door, and he did not even breathe loudly.
At this moment, he had concealed his breath, holding the hilt of the sword in his hand, standing in the middle of the room, nervously guarding against any surprise attack that might come from any direction.
"Director Zhu, don't be nervous..." When the person outside the door saw that he didn't respond, he took the initiative to say, "Your disciples just fainted temporarily, and no one died... at least not yet."
Zhu Jiaduan was naturally not naive enough to believe such words right away. However, since the other party said this, he could not keep pretending to be mute: "Who are you?" After asking these three words, he seemed to feel that the question was not appropriate enough.
So he added, "Who...are you?"
"We... are just errands..." the person outside the door replied, "According to the master's order, I would like to invite Director Zhu to come to Qiliu Youlan for a chat."
"Then who is your master?" Zhu Jiaduan asked again.
"This... it's not convenient for our subordinates to talk about it." The person outside the door said, "You can ask him face to face."
"Hmph..." Zhu Jiaduan snorted coldly, "You master is so big-hearted." He paused, "You didn't even tell me your name, and you just asked me to go with you... Isn't that a little too small?
Have you seen Zhu?"
The brother outside the door really wanted to reply to him at this moment, "Yes, but that's not the point," but he held it back in the end.
A few seconds later, the person outside the door said again: "The master knows that Director Zhu is busy with work, so he ordered us... while inviting you to come, we will first 'look after' the brothers of the Guangxing Escort Agency for you, so as not to disturb you."
Don’t worry about the future; I hope Director Zhu can see the owner’s ‘consideration’ towards you, give him a bit of face, and come with us.”
What he said is the key point.
The words sound very polite, but the actual content is just a threat, and the conditions are laid out for you - if you give up, what will happen to the bodyguards and apprentices under you? You can weigh it yourself... and then take a step back.
Tell me, even if you, Director Zhu, don't care about the lives of your subordinates, are you sure that you can break through our encirclement?
Although Zhu Jiaduan has a bad temper and a hot temper, he is by no means the type who would risk his life just for the sake of temporary face; to put it more bluntly, like most people in the world, he bullies the weak and fears the strong.
When he was in an advantageous position, he would stand there with his chest raised, shouting and talking, and just talking to others, as if he had done something great; but when he was at a disadvantage, his back was not so strong.
, the tone is not so loud anymore...if there is a step, just go down, if you want face, just give it, and it's almost done.
At this moment, Zhu Jiaduan thought for a moment based on the situation, then curled his lips and responded: "In that case, Zhu can only come with you for one trip..."
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Two moments later, there was a quiet lantern of seven willow trees.
In the same room, Zhu Jiaduan had been "invited" to the concubine.
Sun Yixie and Huang Donglai were also present. Of course, they were very relaxed at this time, just sitting aside and watching the show.
"You can call me 'Master Shu'." As soon as the other party sat down, Master Shu introduced himself.
"Looking at your appearance, Zhu is a few years older than you. Isn't it appropriate to call you 'Master'?" Zhu Jiaduan still maintained his airs and did not completely let go.
"Whether it's suitable or not..." The uncle said as if he didn't take the other party seriously at all, "...you have to scream too."
"Huh?" Zhu Jiaduan glared at the concubine, "Isn't your Excellency a little crazy?"
"Is this crazy?" the concubine asked in return, and laughed again, "Ha... then if I tell you that if you really follow the rules, you have to kneel down to talk to me, what will you do?"
As soon as these words came out, Zhu Jiaduan's expression changed.
As the saying goes, the king and his subjects kneel to his father and his son, the sons kneel to their fathers, the people kneel to their officials, and their ministers kneel to their king... This is etiquette.
The concubine is definitely not Zhu Jiaduan's father, so the implication of his words is that he is either an official in the court or a relative of the emperor.
"You..." Zhu Jiaduan spoke hesitantly, as if he wanted to ask something.
"You'd better not ask." But the concubine snatched the conversation away from him and didn't let him ask.
"Okay..." Zhu Jiaduan nodded slightly and took a step back, "I dare to ask, Lord... Why did you invite Zhu here today?"
The concubine glanced at Sun and Huang, and then said: "They are here, what do you think I am for?"
Zhu Jiaduan also looked at Shuangxi, and then asked: "Could it be that... I want to talk to me about the death of my disciple Zheng Mukai?"
"Exactly." The uncle replied.
"Okay." Zhu Jiaduan leaned back in his chair, "Zhu is all ears."
The concubine didn't beat around the bush, and said: "It's easy to say, three days ago... Zheng Mukai used Qinggong to cross the wall and climb through the window, and sneaked into my Qiliu Lan, intending to use force on our number one.
So I asked some of my men to kill him."
"What?" When Zhu Jiaduan heard this, he immediately became excited, "Is it you?" But when he thought about it, he didn't believe it, "Is this true?"
"Do I need to lie to you?" the concubine asked.
Zhu Jiaduan's mind was not fast, and he couldn't think clearly about this problem for a while: "Then... why was my disciple's body found in the back alley of the Chengdong Inn? And my two thieves...
"
"Isn't this obvious?" The uncle interrupted him in a lazy tone, "I didn't want to be traced for such a trivial matter, so I had people throw Zheng Mukai's body away until I had a problem with him during the day.
Near the inn where Huang Shaoxia and the others were staying, they covered up the cause of death, thinking that they could just deal with the lawsuit; and because they were worried that the two thieves knew that Zheng Mukai went to Qiliu Youlan before he died.
They came, so I kept doing nothing... and asked people to silence them too."
When Zhu Jiaduan heard it, there seemed to be nothing wrong with this.
In fact, there really wasn't, because what the concubine said now were all Shui Sheng's true thoughts at that moment, but now he was taking the blame.
"Then why do you admit it now?" Zhu Jiaduan thought for a moment and asked again.
"Because people have already come to investigate." The uncle said, pointing at Sun Yixie and Huang Donglai again, "I don't want to be annoyed... I am already annoyed, so I can't kill them both, right?"
Of course... it's okay to kill them, but after killing them, it proves that they are not the murderers. Then you will definitely have to continue the investigation. When the time comes... am I going to steal your Guangxing Escort Agency again?
The whole family was wiped out?" He paused, shrugged, and then said, "In the final analysis...it was your disciple Zheng Mu who started this matter. Now that the matter has come to this, I might as well come to you to explain it clearly.
Come on."
The more he says something like "Kill your escort agency" in a casual manner, the higher his credibility becomes.
But Zhu Jiaduan was not so easy to accept everything, and was still questioning some details: "Isn't that right..." He glared and said aggressively, "You said these were all done by your subordinates. Could it be that any of your subordinates did it?"
Do you know how to use the Five Thunder Heart-piercing Fist?"
"Ha!" The uncle laughed. After laughing, he raised his voice and shouted outside the house, "The waiter at the door, come in."
As soon as he finished speaking, Shui Sheng opened the door and came in.
It was obvious that Shui Sheng had been arranged to wait outside this house long before the concubine sent someone to "invite" Zhu Jiaduan.
At this moment, he deliberately did not report Shuisheng's name, but used the term "waited at the door." Firstly, he did not want Zhu Jiaduan to know what Shuisheng's name was, and secondly... he just wanted to make the other party think that he just called her by random name.
The turtle slave who happened to be waiting at the door.
"Master, your order." Shui Sheng walked in with his head lowered and responded in a humble tone.
The concubine didn't even look at him and said directly: "Master Zhu wants to see the 'Five Thunder Piercing Heart Fist'. You can fight him with three successful powers."
"Yes." Shui Sheng ordered and without saying a word, he used his power and punched Zhu Jiaduan.
Because Zhu Jiaduan heard what the concubine said, he was not unprepared. He sat on a chair and secretly channeled his inner energy, raised his palms to greet him.
Bang——
The next second, fists and palms struck each other, and the air in the room seemed to be stagnant.
After Shuisheng punched him, he retreated and stood back beside the concubine.
Zhu Jiaduan sat there without moving, but there was a wisp of cold sweat on his temples.
At this moment, Zhu Jiaduan took a serious look at the "turtle slave" in front of him, but no matter how he looked at Shui Sheng, he was just an ordinary brothel waiter. From his appearance to the expression on his eyebrows, he was not very clever.
However, the strength and skill of that punch just now... were real.
Zhu Jiaduan didn't know whether the opponent only used 30% of his strength. Anyway, he used more than 80%. Only then could he completely neutralize the opponent's punch when his palm was numb. Otherwise, his arm
All the meridians may be damaged.
"Okay, you can go out." Before Zhu Jiaduan could calm down, the concubine had already waved his hand and sent Shuisheng away in a very casual tone.
Shui Sheng promised, then exited the house and closed the door behind him.
After he went out, the concubine looked at Zhu Jiaduan with a rather proud look and asked: "Director Zhu, do you have any other questions?"
Zhu Jiaduan said heartily: "This guy is protesting against me... Just in the inn, in just a blink of an eye, his subordinates subdued all my disciples. Now he just asks any turtle slave in the waiter to come in and he will
This Five Thunder Heart-piercing Fist... coupled with the Li'er he just mentioned... how much power is behind this person?"
Thinking about this, Zhu Jiaduan actually became weak.
Because he felt strongly that he might be sitting in front of someone he couldn't afford to offend; as long as the other person said a word, let alone his life... His entire Guangxing Escort Agency, including the families of the escorts, were afraid that
No one can escape.
"No more..." Zhu Jiaduan had no choice but to give this answer.
"Well." The uncle groaned and then continued, "Well, now that the matter has been explained clearly, I will now come up with a way to solve the problem." He paused and then said, "Although this time,
Basically, it's all the fault of Dart Zheng himself, but my handling... is indeed inappropriate. Therefore, tomorrow, I will prepare a 'small gift' and send it to the inn where Director Zhu is staying, as if it is for Dart Zheng and Dart Zheng.
If Director Zhu feels that the settlement fee for the two escorts is too small, you can come to me to discuss it... From now on, Director Zhu will be my 'friend'. If there is anything difficult to do, you can
Anyone can come to me..."
When he said this, he stared at Zhu Jiaduan: "This method... I wonder if Director Zhu is satisfied with it?"
"Satisfied...satisfied..." Zhu Jiaduan had already succumbed to the power of the concubine. He took advantage of the favor and did not dare to give it away.
"Okay." The concubine nodded, "Well, that's all we're talking about today. Chief Zhu...please go back. I, Sun Shaoxia, Huang Shaoxia and I have other things to talk about, so I won't send you off."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Hearing this, Zhu Jiaduan raised his eyes and looked at Sun and Huang. His eyes were a bit complicated, and it was hard to tell whether it was sympathy or guilt. From Zhu Jiaduan's perspective,
It seemed that he had dragged these two young people into the water and got them involved with people like the concubine, but Lao Zhu was too busy taking care of himself now and had no time to care about them.
"Okay... okay, Zhu takes his leave. Please stay." After Zhu Jiaduan said that, he walked out, walking as fast as flying.
What is the through-arm divine sword? In front of the real "power", he is just a small leader; to be honest, if Lei Buwei had not retreated from the world for many years and was far away, neither he nor Lei Buji would have dared to be so arrogant before.
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After the sound of this guy's footsteps faded away, the concubine invited Sun and Huang back to the table.
He personally poured two glasses of wine for them both, and said leisurely: "Did I handle this matter properly?"
"Absolutely!" Sun Yixie raised his glass and responded.
"Be particular about it!" Huang Donglai also raised his glass and said.
"As for the 'notes'... do you two still have any difficulties?" the concubine confirmed again and again.
"No!" Sun Yixi said.
"It's all right!" Huang Donglai also assured with a heartbeat.
"Okay!" The concubine raised his voice again, "I respect you two!"
"please!"
"please!"
Sun Yixie and Huang Donglai drank the cup with him.
So, is it really okay to hand Gu Qiying's notes to someone like me?
Of course there was a problem, so Sun Huang had no intention of giving it from the beginning.
The note was originally a "false condition". They used this condition to let the concubine do what they wanted to do first, and then... there was no more, because the concubine had to die before dawn tomorrow.
After staying in the same room with Huang Donglai for so long, and eating and drinking from time to time, you don't believe me when I say that my uncle was not poisoned.
And once the concubine dies, there is no need to give the note. Then it will be easy to rescue Chu Xue and Shui Sheng, even the entire Qiliu Youlan.
However, as the saying goes, you have a good plan, and I have a wall ladder.