At this moment, there were only two close confidants beside Shopkeeper Meng of the Lucky Finance Chamber of Commerce, and the others, even his subordinates, were arranged further away.
It's not that he has any distrust of other people, it's just that he doesn't want to alert others and disrupt this exquisite chess game played by his eldest lady.
The reason why Shopkeeper Meng and his men appear here is naturally to cooperate with Guo Tong's actions, or this is Guo Tong's original request. The most important reason is that Guo Tong has not fully believed in Shopkeeper Meng, so he has to put them aside.
Right under their noses, shopkeeper Meng and others would be pushed out if there was any special incident.
Shopkeeper Meng certainly understands this approach, but he happily accepts the other party's arrangement because he also needs to observe closely to confirm the changes here.
In addition to knowing the background of the people in this side street, like Guo Tong, Shopkeeper Meng knew the identity of the young man from the Gui family when he saw him for the first time.
After all, the Fortune Chamber of Commerce was originally the eyes of the Medicine Sect. It pays special attention to the situation of those super aristocratic families. Of course, the established aristocratic families like the Gui Family are the focus of attention.
Although this young man from the Gui family is not well-known to the outside world, he has a high status and background among the members of the Gui family. The young man's real name is Gui Mang, and he is a prominent figure in the third generation of the Gui family. He even has a high status among the Gui family.
His status is comparable to that of the ghost hunter who fought against Zuo Feng.
His father is Gui Chao, the commander-in-chief of the Gui family, and his grandfather is Gui Huo, the eldest elder of the Gui family. With such an identity, he can even say that he does not need to bow in front of the three leaders of the Gui family.
But such a young man with a high status would take the initiative to perform a task here, and he had a firm control over the development of things from beginning to end. Especially the use of human nature and emotions, and the emotions of the people in front of him.
The teasing was done just right.
Shopkeeper Meng secretly remembered what he saw and heard. All this information he needed to pass through Ikari and then be delivered to the hands of the eldest lady Duan Yueyao.
Since Shopkeeper Meng is here and there are many sentries around, there is no need for Ikari to come here personally to investigate. Fortunately, there is no need for Ikari to come here personally, otherwise Yin Yue will definitely notice it.
There is no doubt that if Yin Yue sees Ikari, he will definitely kill her immediately, even regardless of how the situation in Kuocheng will develop in the future.
Fortunately, such a variable has not appeared, and the plan has now reached the final step. Guo Tong does not know the real secret of this side street, but he knows that this side street can be transformed into an important bait to lure out the man behind it.
An important big fish, or several big fish.
He was not guessing out of thin air. He was able to plan an ambush outside of the painters and block it with half of the strong painters led by Hua Su. It was absolutely impossible for such a few people on the side street in front of him.
According to his judgment, more people should be lurking in a secret location in the side street. Moreover, these people helped the Suwang family at the beginning, and now they are suffering. The Suwang family cannot just sit idly by and ignore it. When the time comes,
Using this bait, you can catch three big fish.
Guo Tong was involved in this cooperation, but he only agreed to help deal with the strong men in this side street, and the forces behind them, the strong men of the Suwang family, and left it to the Guihua family to deal with it.
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Since the last battle at the Painting House, both sides of the four families have been very restrained. It's not that the conflict is easing, but that everyone is waiting for an opportunity, an opportunity for a decisive battle.
Guo Tong's intelligence prompted the Guihua family to take the lead. If everything goes according to plan, the Guihua family will take the initiative, while the Suwang family will passively participate. If they are not prepared, they will suffer big losses.
Only Shopkeeper Meng present knew that this side street had nothing to do with the Suwang family, and that the fight outside the painter's residence was a very funny misunderstanding.
Only Shopkeeper Meng has been paying attention to anyone near the inconspicuous courtyard at the end of the street, because according to the information given by Ikari, the secret passage of the Lin family is in that courtyard.
Now someone was heading towards the courtyard, and that person was also the manager of this place. Seeing this scene, Shopkeeper Meng was very excited and immediately started to order the people below to get ready.
Shopkeeper Meng himself quietly clung to the side of the west city wall and quietly lurked towards the courtyard.
If it were normal times, it would be difficult for Shopkeeper Meng to avoid the surrounding eyes and ears when he approaches. But now on this street, there are still people scattered all around like before, paying attention to all the troubles. Almost all the people with the surname of Shu here are fully involved.
to the battle.
At this time, Shujiang was in a state of chaos. Unless someone stood in front of him in a big way, he would never discover the other person's existence.
Shujiang, who was walking forward, did not hesitate to use all his cultivation to increase his speed to the extreme. He did not even knock on the door, but flew directly from the top of the courtyard wall into the courtyard.
Shu Jiang's figure had just flown over the courtyard wall when a powerful aura suddenly appeared. Shopkeeper Meng's face changed drastically as he was approaching. Fortunately, he had been careful and vigilant. At this moment, he noticed the powerful aura, and his figure immediately changed.
He twisted quickly to hide himself, and completely restrained his own aura.
The owner of the powerful aura that appeared had actually surpassed Shu Jiang and reached the middle stage of receiving Qi. Although he was only at the fourth or fifth level of receiving Qi, a strong man of this level could not reach the level of Kuo at this time.
Chengzhong is already close to the peak of his combat power.
If Zuo Feng were here, he would immediately discover that the owner of that aura was the old servant he could see every time he passed by, always sweeping the courtyard with a broom.
When Zuo Feng saw this old servant, he felt that he was not ordinary. Now it seems that Zuo Feng's intuition was absolutely right. The old man's strength was well hidden. Even for a sensitive person like Zuo Feng,
He also didn't notice the slightest fluctuation of spiritual energy in the opponent's body.
Shujiang had just passed the courtyard wall when a strong man in the middle stage of Naqi suddenly intercepted him. He was so frightened that he almost fell from the air. Fortunately, he could see the opponent's face clearly, and Shujiang felt relieved.
Come down.
"Yes, it's Uncle Zhao. Why are you still here? The people over there are already overwhelmed. With Uncle Zhao's cultivation, why don't you help me quickly?"
Looking at the old man in front of him, Shu Jiang quickly changed the casual "Lao Zhao" he usually called "Zhao Bo". Of course, it was not just the name that changed, but also Shu Jiang's attitude. At this time, he had already vaguely guessed.
, the old man in front of him should not be that simple.
Sure enough, the next moment, Uncle Zhao, who was holding a broom, said coldly: "Staying here is an order from the big shopkeeper. No one except the big shopkeeper can let me leave this courtyard. Neither can you!"
If Uncle Zhao in front of him usually spoke like this, Shu Jiang would have been furious, but now he would not argue with the old man in front of him. Especially when the other party mentioned the big shopkeeper, Shu Jiang felt a bitter taste in his mouth.
With a heavy "sigh", Shu Jiang no longer stopped, quickly flew past Zhao Bo, went directly to the small warehouse where sundries were stored, opened the door and walked in.
Seeing Shu Jiang's leaving figure, the old man's eyes were slightly cold, and he let out a faint angry "hum" from his nose. It was not known whether his anger was towards the provocateurs such as the young man from the Gui family, or towards the person in front of him.
The unsatisfactory Shu Jiang.
Suddenly, the old man seemed to realize something, and turned his head sharply to look into the distance. In this dark night, coupled with the snowflakes falling all over the sky, even a strong man in the middle stage of receiving Qi will have his sight affected to a certain extent.
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If Zuo Feng were here at this time, he would find that the reason why the old man in front of him is different is actually because the old man's own spiritual cultivation is very good. At this moment, the old man's spiritual power is released, and the people around him are about seven or eight feet away.
He has thoroughly explored the area within the distance.
However, the old man's face had always looked very ugly. Just for a moment, something seemed to be moving in the area where he could see it from the corner of his eye. But when he turned in that direction, he found nothing.
If it were a sunny day, even if it were a darker night, the old man would be confident that he would not be mistaken. But now that the snowflakes were flying in the cold wind, he was not sure whether he was dazzled just now.
Shopkeeper Meng hid nervously under the eaves of a house. Just now he clearly saw the warehouse that Shujiang entered, and then he noticed the old man holding a broom, looking at him warily.
"It's best that it's my imagination. Everything tonight has a special smell, as if..." The old man stood on the courtyard wall with a broom in his hand. After looking around, his eyes slowly fell on the other side of the street.
Crowds in melee.
"It's inappropriate, it's extremely inappropriate!" The old man raised his head suddenly, and a look of pain suddenly appeared on his solemn face. He shook his head and said, "This thing is too strange. Such a weird thing has not happened in decades."
Why did this happen at this time and tonight?"
Looking at the snowflakes dancing in the sky, the old man's face became more and more ugly, and his brows were deeply knitted together. His eyes turned sharply to the open door of the warehouse, and the old man said angrily: "Shu Jiang should not have been allowed to go back and retaliate.
News, even if everyone on this street dies, we can’t involve the clansmen on the other side of the old city."
Although the old man said this, he did not move. He still stood on the wall and stared in the northeast direction.
"With the big shopkeeper here, no matter how things develop, they will not get out of hand. It is estimated that Shujiang will not come back alive, and the family will not pay any attention to this place."
Thinking of this, the old man named Zhao Bo's expression softened slightly. He turned his gaze to the warehouse again and said resolutely: "In the worst case, I will personally take action and completely destroy the secret passage here. That's it."
All traces can be erased, and the big shopkeeper and the others will never be implicated again."
When he said these words, the old man had already made up his mind to die, but from his tone, there was obviously a sense of relaxation.
But the old man didn't know that the accident in front of him was a conspiracy calculated by someone, and the person who calculated this conspiracy even took into account some variables that even the old man didn't know about.
