Dongfang Runhong had just finished listening to Gu An's report and was deep in thought.
Gu An pondered for a moment and asked, "Sir, have you ever considered that there is Tao... Xiaoqi's shadow behind this mission?"
On the way here, Gu An thought it through.
Logically speaking, all the previous actions of Dongfang Runhong showed that he was at odds with Tao Yu, or even had a big feud.
And he had a big feud with Tao Yu. No matter how he looked at it, Dongfang Runhong had no reason to harm him.
In the future, when I become the main candidate, I will have to work under Dongfang Runhong, so it is better to ask questions, otherwise there will be a bigger misunderstanding later.
Dongfang Runhong's eyes narrowed and returned to normal: "It seems that he asked something when he killed the three bandits of the Peng family.
To be honest with you, I have guessed that it is impossible for Sun Gui to hand over tasks related to demon blood to a handyman disciple of yours.
Since he asked you to pick up, someone must be working behind the scenes.
Mr. Yang has been in seclusion recently and left the affairs of the department to me and Tao Yu to take care of. If I didn't do it, it should be Tao Yu.
His purpose is also very simple, just to kill you.
However, I don't know about the hidden strength of the three gangsters of the Peng family. From what I know about you, it seems that you don't do anything that you are not sure of.
If you dare to take on this task, it shows that you are confident that you can do it.
So I just kept an eye on Tao Yu and his team members. If they took action, I would take action together.
But when you came back yesterday, I realized that I had neglected the Xia family.
But fortunately, you’re okay too.”
This is enough to keep an eye on Tao Yu's men... Gu An exhaled: "Aren't Tao Xiaoqi and Manager Sun afraid that Mr. Yang will come out to hold him accountable after he breaks through the realm?"
Perhaps because he had said so much just now, his mouth was a little dry. Dongfang Runhong took a sip of the tea on the table and said slowly: "To tell you the truth, it would have taken half a year for Mr. Yang to break through the Condensation Pill and reach the Gang Qi realm.
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But it has only been two months, and Mr. Yang has almost completed the first step of releasing his internal energy.
This is because Tao Yu presented a Gangqi Pill.
And what you get in exchange for this Gangqi Pill is also related to you."
Gu An's pupils shrank sharply.
Two months, two months ago, Tao San...
"It seems that you have guessed that Tao Yu used that Gangqi Pill to exchange for Tao San's life; but Tao San's life is still gone... In addition, Master Yang seems to..."
Gu An was silent, preparing to listen to Dongfang Runhong's next words.
But after a moment, Dongfang Runhong waved his hand: "It's nothing, I must have felt wrong; anyway, the current situation is like this. I guess what Tao Yu wants is that if you die, he will send people to kill the three Peng family bandits."
I got the demon blood back and the result was no difference.
For the sake of Master Yang looking at the Gangqi Pill, let him go this time."
Gu An frowned.
He didn't ask Dongfang Runhong whether Yang Ling would let Tao Yu go, because it was meaningless.
One is: after completing the task, there is nothing to worry about later.
The second is: The living ones are the geniuses. As long as Tao Yu did not kill him personally, there is no evidence that it was the three Peng gangsters who were instigated by Tao Yu.
As Dongfang Runhong said, as long as the result is the same, the punishment for him and Sun Gui will not be too severe.
The third is: Yang Ling will be promoted soon. During this period, as long as nothing major happens in the Ping'an County Zhenxie Division for outsiders to know, his reputation will not be affected.
After a long time, Gu An asked: "Are the three Peng gangsters from Tao Xiaoqi? Also, how come they have demon blood?"
Dongfang Runhong shook his head and said: "They are not Tao Yu's people. That day An Yuan came back and told me about this and that you took over the mission, so I went to investigate the previous files.
Some connections were found.
The three bandits of the Peng family have been active in the northeastern area of Ping'an County in the past. They escaped several times when the county government suppressed the bandits, so it is not clear that they have demon blood.
You have been working in the weapons department for so long, and you also know that the iron ore in our Pingan County comes from Jingshan, and Jingshan is also in the northeast of our Pingan County.
Every month, a small flag will lead the team to Jingshan to retrieve the iron ore.
But in the past two months, Master Yang was about to make a breakthrough, and I couldn't leave.
So last month, when you first entered the Zhenxie Division, I sent An Yuan to lead some of the alternate team members to bring back the iron ore.
But pushing forward two months, it was Tao Yu who took the team there. I guess it was at that time that he came into contact with the three bandits of the Peng family.
But what I'm more curious about is why Tao Yu didn't kill the three Peng gangsters at that time and exchange the demon blood for points...
As for Sun Gui, he probably doesn't know that Tao Yu arranged the three Peng's gangs. The most he can guess is that Tao Yu wants to kill you with the help of the Peng's three gangs."
…
The moon and stars are sparse.
Xia Mansion, Xia Jun has officially entered Wu Mansion today.
Tao Yu, dressed in black, sat on the side of the hall: "Master Xia, I'm really sorry. I lost the gold and jade ointment after I gave it to Young Master Ling last time.
But I said before, just leave everything to me. Why did you send the steward of Xia Mansion?
As a result, your right arm is now affected like this."
Hearing the previous sentence, Xia Ji felt a little relieved. Regardless of whether things worked out or not, at least Tao Yu's current attitude was acceptable.
But after hearing Tao Yu's last two sentences, Xia Ji became furious and snorted coldly with a displeased look on his face: "Tao Xiaoqi, I believe what you said, I can solve it by leaving it to you, but why is Gu An killing me?"
After defeating the three gangsters of the Peng family, can they still kill Wang Jin?
Also, based on the current situation, if I don’t send Wang Jin, can’t Gu An ask questions from the three Peng family bandits?
When the time comes, won't Gu An still know about it?"
"But at least the Xia family leader can still keep a second-level Dan Ningdan butler; besides, even if the three gangsters of the Peng family say so, Gu An can't do anything to us.
He wants to use only three bandits as witnesses to accuse our Zhenxie Secretary Xiaoqi and you, the head of the Xia family?
Everyone knows that he has a conflict with the two of us, and we can definitely say that he is seeking revenge for his personal enmity.
Instead, the head of the Xia family sent Wang Jin and gave him a reason to come to the door."
Xia Ji choked on Tao Yu's words. He wanted to refute several times but had nothing to say.
Upon seeing this, Tao Yu nodded with satisfaction, stood up, walked to the seat next to Xia Ji, sat down, leaned his head and whispered: "Master Xia, don't worry, this matter is really my fault.
I didn't expect that the three bandits of the Peng family were so weak. After being demonized, they couldn't even kill Gu An, who is at the ninth level of body tempering."
Xia Ji frowned when he heard this and said, "Tao Xiaoqi, why do the three bandits of the Peng family have demon blood?"
Tao Yu said nothing, but stared closely at Xia Ji's doubtful eyes.
After a few breaths, Xia Ji's eyes began to dodge, and then Tao Yu looked away with a playful smile.
He stood up from his position and walked around the hall: "Master Xia, it's not good to know too much about some things; you just need to know that Master Zhang also knows about this matter."
Xia Ji's face turned red, as if he was ashamed of his retreat just now, and wanted to regain his position: "As a small flag of the Suppression of Evil Department, Tao Xiaoqi is so close to Palace Master Zhang, aren't you afraid that Mr. Yang will know about it?"
"Haha, I'm always careful when doing things.
Everyone knows that I was close to the head of the Xia family because of our business relationship, and General Yang Qi naturally knew about it, and for a time he thought that Young Master Xia would join our evil-suppressing company.
Therefore, General Yang did not take any more care, and in the past two months, General Yang often retreated into seclusion.
He probably didn't expect that I would later get in touch with Palace Master Zhang through Family Master Xia.
But what Patriarch Xia said is reasonable. Now that Third Young Master Xia has entered the Wu Mansion, it won’t be a good idea for me to come back as an old man. Let my team members negotiate the future business with Patriarch Xia.
As for Gu An, there will be a chance soon!"
A glint flashed in Tao Yu's eyes, and there were some things he hadn't said yet, such as: He had been in contact with Zhang Tianshuo a long time ago!
…
inside the house.
Gu Jing lay quietly on the bed, looking at the bright moon in the sky through the half-open window.
After discussing with Dongfang Runhong for a while, he returned to the house.
Regarding the connection between the three gangsters of the Peng family and Tao Yu, Dongfang Runhong meant that there was no need to worry about it anymore, and he had no intention of using this to attack Tao Yu.
Because after completing their mission, Tao Yu and Sun Gui would naturally have a lot to say if they went to file a complaint with Yang Ling.
For example, training Gu An, all of this is under our control. The three Peng gangsters cannot run away, and the demon blood cannot be lost.
Although they are all lies, Yang Ling will selectively believe them for the sake of internal harmony within the Evil Suppression Department and his reputation.
At most, Tao Yu and Sun Gui would be punished.
But this will offend Sun Gui, the manager of the mission office, and is not cost-effective in the long run.
Gu An listened to these and summarized them into three words: strength, interest, and stability.
So I just nodded and didn't say anything.
In Gu An's view, when he is strong enough, he can just find an opportunity to kill Tao Yu, who is arrogant, domineering, lawless, and threatens him!
The first step to do this is to become the official candidate.
However, Gu An rejected Dongfang Runhong's suggestion to directly promote him to the main candidate. Instead, he chose to complete the remaining tasks of the Ordnance Department and take a road that few people in this state choose.
Because, Gu An remembered that there was a main candidate named Cao Jin, and he was waiting for him to ask for advice!