In a small courtyard in the northwest of the royal city, white water vapor was constantly steaming from the courtyard, and then a strong aroma of food made the neighbors nearby couldn't help but wonder, what is going on here?
Lu Shu was sitting in front of a small stove, using chopsticks to stir up the oil and meat in the copper pot. Next to him, Xiao Mingze was sweating from the work of adding firewood to the stove and cutting the ingredients that Lu Shu gave him.
Many wealthy families are looking for Xiao Mingze, because they all know that the person with the best relationship with Lu Shu in the royal city is probably the former gambling shop boss. The news came from the Song family, and the wealthy families in the royal city have been very close to each other over the years.
Put an eyeliner next to the other party.
The Song family thought that by killing the little slave in charge of the inventory, they could hide it from everyone in the world. That was simply impossible, especially at this most sensitive time.
He sided with Lu Shu when Lu Shu had not yet risen. Now Xiao Mingze is the person that the wealthy families in the royal city most want to find, because they want to promise Xiao Mingze huge profits in exchange for Xiao Mingze's joining.
In this way, everyone can add a layer of insurance to their family.
Xiao Mingze never thought that one day he would become the most popular person in the royal city, but he also understood that he was only valued because of the young man in front of him, not because of his own high value.
As a big shop owner of a gambling shop, he knew very well how the world was like. If a young man from a wealthy family in the royal city came to make a note, they would be willing to lend him money. If a beggar came, of course they would not pay attention.
Why is there such a differential treatment? Isn’t it possible that there is a wealthy family in the royal city behind these young people from the royal city?
The reason why everyone values him now is just because he can talk to Lu Shu.
But no one expected that Xiao Mingze would dare to stay in the royal city.
Now the people who are looking for Xiao Mingze among the wealthy families in the royal city have long given up on the royal city. It’s not that they haven’t looked for it. It’s just that how could they find Xiao Mingze, an old man who dealt with all kinds of religions and sects in gambling houses every day? This small yard was secretly bought by Xiao Mingze in the early years.
He has plenty of small yards like this!
A cunning rabbit still has three burrows, but an old fox like Xiao Mingze has more than ten burrows.
Among the wealthy families in the royal city, Xiao Mingze was only a second-level monk. At this time, he would have left the royal city early and joined the armed guards. However, they did not put themselves in their shoes. If it were Xiao Mingze, would he be willing to leave like this?
Zhao Shuai has first-class strength, so he can be immediately recruited by the Wuwei Army, but what about him? The Wuwei Army is not doing business now, and the soap factories have stopped. What use is Xiao Mingze to the Wuwei Army?
At this time, he must stay in the royal city and prove his worth!
If Xiao Mingze just wants to be a rich and idle man, that's it, but he also has his own ambitions. Change is coming. Xiao Mingze knows that this is the most important opportunity in his life. If he misses this opportunity, he will still be nothing more than an ant in the future.
That’s all.
Therefore, he not only wanted to stay in the royal city, but also became Lu Shu's support.
At this time, Xiao Mingze added firewood to the stove and said: "The wealthy families in the royal city want to gather together to discuss how to face the armed guards. What is your plan?"
Lu Shu was noncommittal: "What do you think?"
"They are just local chickens and dogs," Xiao Mingze thought for a moment and said, "I don't even have a grand master, and I don't know the meaning of their alliance. It's just that my people have discovered that a wealthy family is secretly sending their children out of the royal city.
I know the route and who is being sent away."
Lu Shu nodded. There was a reason why Xiao Mingze escaped from the Song family. In order to prevent accidents, the Song family sent slaves to monitor Xiao Mingze.
As a result, Xiao Mingze not only disappeared that night, but all the slaves responsible for monitoring him died tragically on the street.
It is normal for such an old gangster to have money and resources in their hands and win over some desperadoes and close loyalists.
In other words, Xiao Mingze dared to bet on Lu Shu because he had the means to protect himself.
For so many years, the royal family in the royal city wanted to pretend to be a non-threatening pig and live next to the old god-king, so that they would not be feared. Little did they know that if they pretended to be pigs for a long time, they would really turn into pigs.
Nowadays, even characters like Xiao Mingze look down on them. The tricks Xiao Mingze played under their noses have never been discovered at all.
Lu Shu smiled and looked at Xiao Mingze: "You are quite well prepared."
Xiao Mingze said with a simple and honest smile: "I am just trying to survive."
Is Xiao Mingze honest? Honest people will not survive now, but Lu Shu doesn't care whether Xiao Mingze is honest or not. Since the other party has made a choice, of course he doesn't mind having more help around him.
Lu Shu said: "Tell Zhao Shuai the information about those Wangcheng children. As for the wealthy families in Wangcheng, don't worry about them for the time being. Their meeting will only start in seven days. I will go there in person the day after tomorrow to see the excitement."
Lu Shu said he was just watching the excitement, but in fact, like Xiao Mingze, he did not take these royal families seriously.
Why should a group of players who are not even Grandmasters talk to him on an equal footing? The wealthy family in the royal city must have lost their minds and gone crazy. He is more willing to believe that this is just a pretense that the wealthy family in the royal city wants to pull, not to mention that some of his disciples escaped quietly.
It's the royal city, I'm afraid some family heads want to take this opportunity to escape.
"Just keep an eye on them here, Yi Qian will contact you," Lu Shu smiled: "He is also doing what you are doing."
Xiao Mingze felt a pressure. He had heard of Yi Qian's name. He was the real outlaw in Lu Zhou. Yi Qian dared to take over the assassination of Sun Zhongyang. Although Yi Qian was not as smooth as Xiao Mingze, he was more ferocious.
In terms of level, Yi Qian is much better than Xiao Mingze.
When he returned to Lu Zhou before, Li Liang sent Yi Qian to quietly leave the team and come to the royal city to recruit more people, and forcibly took in many slaves.
Nowadays, Yi Qian is very good at doing this kind of underground business, so what Xiao Mingze knows, Yi Qian also knows.
This is where Xiao Mingze's pressure lies. He wants to work hard to prove his worth, but as a result, his worth is still not unique to Lu Shu.
Moreover, he found that Lu Shu was different. Compared with the Lu Shu when they first joined forces to play the game, the Lu Shu now looked more like a superior person.
Lu Shu patted Xiao Mingze's shoulder and smiled: "Okay, you don't need so many complicated thoughts to do things here. I don't care what you want, and you don't need to be afraid of me. If you want to leave one day, just
It doesn't matter if it's not betrayal, it's up to you. Let's eat."
