"Brother, what's wrong with you? Did they say something wrong?"
Shang Zirong was frightened by Zhuo Mufeng's gloomy look and asked cautiously.
Zhuo Mufeng was silent for a while, his face softened slightly, and he touched his junior sister's head: "It's okay, I'm just thinking of some people. Junior sister, please don't run around these days, just stay within the gang."
Feeling the rare pampering from her senior brother, Shang Zirong's face turned red, she lowered her head and hummed.
After coaxing the person back to the room, Zhuo Mufeng turned around and left, the smile on his face disappearing again.
At night, under the weak candlelight, a figure appeared in the room.
Zhuo Mufeng seemed to have expected this. Seeing this, he stood up from his chair and called Eunuch Cui.
The visitor was Cui Baojian, who had not been seen for a long time. He said with a smile: "I heard that something happened to Junior Sister Ling. When our family rushed back, you had already left. Is it okay?"
Zhuo Mufeng stared at the other party, "Don't you know if something serious is wrong?"
Cui Baojian's smile gradually faded: "What do you mean by this?"
Zhuo Mufeng: "What I mean, Eunuch Cui should understand. Since I have joined Tianzhao, I should serve Tianzhao wholeheartedly, but please do not involve other people, especially my junior sister.
Eunuch Cui, I don’t like her being used by anyone, especially making fun of her safety!”
boom!
A cold hand grabbed Zhuo Mufeng's neck and pushed him hard against the wall, causing a sharp pain in Zhuo Mufeng's back and a dull sound.
Zhuo Mufeng's screams of pain were stuck in his throat, his face gradually turned red due to difficulty in breathing, and his chest heaved up and down.
Cui Baojian's eyes narrowed to a slit, a cold light shot out, and he said calmly: "Boy, who do you think you are? You dare to speak to our family like this?
Don't think that if our family appreciates you and is polite to you, you can forget about your superiority and inferiority. Hey hey, our family can praise you and do you at any time. Believe it or not, no one will avenge you even if you die.
Don't try to anger our family, otherwise not only you, but also your junior sister, the two elders, and everyone in the Mozhu Gang will suffer bad consequences!"
The blow just now made Zhuo Mufeng know that Cui Baojian's martial arts was very high, beyond his imagination.
Now he is also a true peak warrior, but facing Cui Baojian's casual blow, it cannot be said that he has no resistance, but even if he uses all his strength, he may not be able to withstand a few moves.
Zhuo Mufeng had already made up his mind to kill such a person who controlled part of the power of Tianzhao, whose martial arts far surpassed his own, and who could threaten him at any time.
He is not from this world and has no respect for the imperial power. Anyone who offends him will be killed!
But now is not a good opportunity, Zhuo Mufeng whispered: "Forgive me, I'm just too emotional."
Cui Baojian sneered and said: "Can you act wildly against our family when you are emotional? Five years ago, you would have been a dead dog. Since it is your first offense, our family will let you off for the time being."
After saying that, he let go of his hand.
It's not that Cui Baojian really doesn't want to worry about it, but Zhuo Mufeng is of great use value at this time.
Through various internal intelligence analyzes of the Sanjiang Alliance, he determined that Wu Guanting really wanted to recruit Zhuo Mufeng. Over the years, Tianzhao had many people who had broken into the Sanjiang Alliance, but there were only a few real core senior leaders.
Now His Majesty is becoming more and more impatient in rectifying the rivers and lakes, and many things cannot be delayed. As the person in charge of Gusu City, Cui Baojian must speed up the deployment of the Sanjiang Alliance.
Therefore, Zhuo Mufeng's 'stainless constitution' is very crucial and cannot be acted upon easily at the moment.
Thinking of this, Cui Baojian smiled again and said: "Mu Feng, you really misunderstood our family. Our family has never harmed your junior sister. Recently, the Sanjiang Alliance has sent people to recruit you several times, but you have rejected them all.
I think it's probably Wu Guanting's idea to let people kidnap your junior sister and show kindness to you so that you can be grateful. Don't be deceived."
Zhuo Mufeng thought for a moment, then cupped his hands and said, "I misunderstood my father-in-law."
He sneered secretly in his heart.
Is Wu Guanting that stupid?
It was really the opponent's plan, but they didn't let anyone touch the junior sister. It was full of loopholes and could easily make people suspicious. What's more, he was the son of a senior sergeant. No matter how much face Wu Guanting had, how could he let anyone cooperate with such a thing?
Of course, if you think about it from another perspective, if the people behind the scenes didn't touch Shang Zirong, it can be considered that the fundamental damage was not done.
Cui Baojian didn't care at all whether Zhuo Mufeng believed it or not, as long as the other party was obedient, his smile did not change: "Wu Guanting stepped forward for you today. It is a great opportunity for you to join the Sanjiang Alliance. Don't hesitate, otherwise it will delay the plan and you will suffer the consequences."
I'm sorry."
Zhuo Mufeng nodded: "Don't worry, father-in-law, I have whetted the appetite of the Sanjiang League before, just to improve my status in the future. The time is indeed almost here, I will not miss it."
Suddenly remembering something, Zhuo Mufeng asked: "Father-in-law, was it you who passed the paper ball to me in Lucheng that night?"
Cui Baojian smiled and said: "Otherwise, who else? But don't worry, Gao Que is not from Tianzhao. Those who were originally in contact with him have been dealt with by our family.
At first, I just wanted to give you a convenience, but I didn’t expect that you are so smart that you actually used this status to fish in troubled waters, not bad, very good.”
Zhuo Mufeng was secretly frightened. He didn't know if the dead eunuch was bluffing. Listening to what the other party meant, he had mastered the real inside information that even the Sanjiang Alliance didn't have.
Cui Baojian patted Zhuo Mufeng on the shoulder, suddenly looked at the window for a while, and whispered: "Come with us."
When I came to the bed, I lifted up the bed board, and there was a hole that could allow an adult to pass through.
Zhuo Mufeng's pupils shrank, he didn't even know when this dead eunuch dug a tunnel under his bed.
Cui Baojian rushed down first. Seeing this, Zhuo Mufeng followed closely behind him and pulled a rope under the bed board, and the entire bed board was closed again.
After sliding down a few meters along the entrance of the cave, a passage appeared. Cui Baojian lit a fire stick and led the way. The passage was very humid and had a strong earthy smell.
After walking for more than ten meters, newly turned loess and gravel began to appear on the ground, Zhuo Mufeng was thoughtful.
Cui Baojian took the initiative to explain: "It's a coincidence that Tianzhao had already laid out a plan here and dug a long passage. But the previous steward of our family was killed, and this passage was abandoned here.
Later, our family discovered that the distance between the end of the passage and the room you live in is only more than three feet, so we sent people to dig for a while. This matter is confidential and we are not allowed to tell anyone."
There was a chill in his words, and Zhuo Mufeng could imagine that the people sent by Cui Baojian to dig would probably disappear forever.
What's strange to him is why the other party is willing to reveal this secret?
Soon he knew the answer.
"In recent days, many people are paying attention to you. Even the branches of top forces such as the Twelve Yanyu Tower have been dispatched. Today you secretly contacted our family and was almost discovered! So if there is an emergency in the future, you can go here
The road can also be used to avoid enemies in time."
He had threatened himself before, but now he was deliberately showing his kindness. Of course, it may not be without warning.
After walking for about a quarter of an hour, we arrived at the end of the passage.
Cui Baojian pressed against a protrusion on the left cave wall. When the stone door was opened upward, it was a dense vine. From the outside, even if it was opened with force, it would only be mistaken for a mountain wall and could not be discovered.
The secret of this place.
"Mufeng, our family is very optimistic about you, so work hard and don't let down our expectations."
Patting Zhuo Mufeng on the shoulder, Cui Baojian smiled enigmatically, then lifted up the vines and flew away.
Zhuo Mufeng watched the other party's figure go away with deep eyes. After a while, he pressed the button and returned along the original path.
Recalling the other party's attitude of manipulating him at will, Zhuo Mufeng became more determined to join the Sanjiang Alliance. One day, this old eunuch would definitely regret it.