Gu Cheng's change of logic immediately put Zhang Songlin into a dead end.
Zhang Songlin's face turned red, he pointed at Gu Cheng and said excitedly: "Nonsense! It's just nonsense!
Hall Master, I have been very loyal to Shenxiao Pili Hall over the years. If you want to kill me because of Gu Cheng, won’t you be chilling the hearts of the disciples?”
Gu Cheng said slowly from the side: "Look, they are now engaging in moral kidnapping. They are using the entire Shenxiao Pili Hall to kidnap you, Hall Master Duan. This person's thoughts are really vicious."
Zhang Songlin almost spit out a mouthful of blood: "When did I use Shenxiao Pili Hall to kidnap the hall master?
When I first advised the hall master to cooperate with the third prince, it was for the sake of Shenxiao Pili Hall, but I didn’t expect that the third prince would be defeated so miserably!"
Gu Cheng continued slowly: "You want to end the relationship without thinking? People always have to be responsible for what they have done, right?
Today, because of you, I have made a big enmity with Shenxiao Pilitang. If you cause Shenxiao Pilitang to be destroyed in the future, will you also say something unexpected?"
Seeing that something was wrong with Duan Kun's expression, Zhang Songlin roared angrily: "Gu Cheng! You don't deserve to die!
Hall Master, please don’t listen to this bastard’s instigation here. If you kill me, you will fall into his trap, and the Shenxiao Thunderbolt Hall will be over!”
Elder Lin frowned and was about to say something when a cold look suddenly appeared in Duan Kun's eyes. With a flick of his finger, a thunderbolt appeared and a blood hole was blasted out of Zhang Songlin's chest!
Zhang Songlin looked at Duan Kun in disbelief and smiled miserably: "Duan Kun! You will regret it!"
"This is simply outrageous! Our God, the Thunderbolt Hall, promoted you to be a deacon, not for you to be the hall leader. How dare you make false claims about the life and death of our God's Thunderbolt Hall? You deserve it too!"
Duan Kun snorted coldly, then flicked out another finger, completely shattering his heart, and Zhang Songlin's body suddenly fell to the ground.
Elder Lin on the side sighed. In fact, he wanted to save Zhang Songlin.
If Zhang Songlin didn't speak at this time and let Duan Kun choose, Duan Kun would not kill him because of his face, but would let Gu Cheng find another reason.
But it happened that he was led into a ditch by Gu Cheng, where he took turns to defend himself and made many mistakes. He even dared to talk about what would happen to Shenxiao Pilitang if he was killed.
He, Zhang Songlin, is just a young deacon who manages the caravan of Shenxiao Pilitang. There are a lot of people like this in Jiangnan County. How can Duan Kun allow him to act arrogantly in front of him?
Elder Lin took a deep look at Gu Cheng. Although he was also interested in the 50% profit from Jiangnan Water Transport, he still felt that Gu Cheng was a little suspicious.
When Duan Kun was practicing in seclusion, Elder Lin was basically taking care of all the affairs of Shenxiao Pili Hall. From his point of view, Gu Cheng was not a simple person.
Make peace with him, but you can't just let down your guard.
Turning around, Duan Kun faced Gu Cheng and said, "Master Gu, I wonder if you are satisfied with my sincerity?"
Gu Cheng exclaimed: "Of course I am satisfied! Hall Master Duan is indeed worthy of being in charge of such a big sect as Shenxiao Pili Hall, and he is very decisive in doing things!"
As the leader of a large sect, a strong man still has to be determined to cut off his wrists. Besides, Zhang Songlin is not worthy of being a wrist. He is just a moth on a big tree.
Now that Hall Master Duan has pulled out the bug with his own hands, he can also prevent it from continuing to erode the foundation of Shenxiao and Perak Hall, which is actually a good thing for Shenxiao and Perak Hall."
Duan Kun nodded with satisfaction.
He is not good at maneuvering, and to put it bluntly, he is a single-minded warrior.
So when others praise him, they praise his strength. Not many people praise his abilities.
Gu Cheng's two words really spoke to his heart.
With a wave of his hand, Duan Kun said: "Let me prepare the food and drinks. Today, I, Shenxiao Pilitang, have settled the old feud with Mr. Gu. It's worth celebrating!"
By the way, let me prepare some vegetarian dishes, but you must not let Master Yuande break the precepts."
Yuande wanted to say something, but in the end he couldn't say it.
In fact, he wanted to say that he could eat meat dishes because he was a warrior monk and not one of those ascetics.
If you don't have a lot of meat to replenish your strength, how can you temper your body by just eating vegetables and leaves?
Therefore, the monks of Yamantaka Monastery are not taboo on eating meat, but they are taboo on enjoying meat that is meaty and fishy.
All the family heads in Jiangnan County knew about this matter, but this one had forgotten about it. One can imagine how long it had been since Duan Kun had communicated with them.
After a pretentious banquet, Gu Cheng directly took out the contract documents and Jing Yesi's seal. After signing, everyone went down the mountain with satisfaction.
On the way back to Jingyesi, Tie Tianying couldn't help but asked: "Sir, I still don't understand this matter. Why do you give them such a big benefit? Just to kill Zhang Songlin?"
If Gu Cheng gave all the water transportation proceeds to one family and then roped him in to betray the martial arts alliance in Jiangnan County, Tie Tianying would understand this.
In the end, Gu Cheng even carefully gave each of them a share. This was simply giving away benefits for free, which made Tie Tianying a little confused.
Gu Cheng shook his head slightly and said: "Zhang Songlin is not qualified for me to waste so much effort on killing him. Even if he doesn't jump out this time, I won't be bothered to deal with such a small character.
Jiangnan County does have the rules of Jiangnan County. It is useless to divide and win over each other. If this is the case, then I will not win over each other.
Have you ever heard of the saying that two peaches kill three warriors?
The good thing is that they will split on their own without us taking action.
People are actually like this. It is easy to say that we share joys and sorrows, but in fact, most people can only share hardships and cannot enjoy blessings together.
Five hundred years ago, in the face of a natural disaster, they were able to put aside their differences and unite together in order to preserve the sect.
But now they cannot share the wealth of the entire Jiangnan County.
Gu Cheng didn't make it too clear, but it won't take long for him to figure it out.
By the second day, these three factions had already arrived at the state capitals along the river and began to take over water transportation.
Everyone from Jingyesi was there, but they were only responsible for some basic work. Each major sect also sent some young disciples to escort the water transportation, and hung their own flags on the merchant ships, which made the merchants coming and going feel good.
When Li Tianqing was managing Jiangnan Water Transport, he could only use three words to describe it: he was fooling around.
Jingyesi's people didn't even participate in the escort. They gave them a flag to hang on the ship to prove that the merchant ship had paid the toll. I had to be careful about those water thieves and bandits.
If your merchant ship is robbed, Yasushi will only record the case in a perfunctory manner. Maybe the water thieves will be wiped out, but your things will definitely not be recovered.
Now these three companies are excited to take over the water transport business, and they are doing a more serious and responsible job than Li Tianqing did before. At least there are people from them on every fleet.
Moreover, the banners of these three families are more effective than the banner of Imperial Court Jingyesi.
Everyone knows that the martial arts forces in Jiangnan County are monolithic, and Jingyesi is actually just a decoration.
If you offend Jingyesi, he might get into trouble with you, but if you offend these major sects in Jiangnan County, there will be no place for you in the entire Jiangnan County.
Just like this, seven days later, almost all the caravans traveling to and from the Jiangnan waterway knew that the three major factions in Jiangnan County had intervened in the water transport business and were doing better than before. This made the originally peaceful water transport terminal suddenly lively again, with people coming and going.
The number of caravans increased by almost 30%, which also made these three factions smile.
However, these three factions are smiling, but some people are looking sad. These people are the gangs formed by the reckless forces on the outskirts of Jiangnan County.
There are many gangs formed by the rough forces in the outskirts of Jiangnan County, dozens of large and small, but when it really becomes the climate, there are only three who have the master level to take charge.
They are the Dajiang Gang, Hanshuitang and Youlonghui. As you can tell by their names, these three gangs are all related to water, and they mainly make a living on the Chuyuan River.
These three reckless gangs mainly control the water transport business besides the imperial government. Those who don't want to pay tolls come to them to escort them from the branch waterways. With the strength of these three gangs, no water thieves dare to mess with them.
Their prices are cheaper than the water transport terminal controlled by Jingyesi, and they are even safer than the other party. The only disadvantage is that the speed of taking the branch waterway is slower, but it is also very cost-effective to come to them for some goods that are not in a hurry.
But now that the three major gangs have joined, the water transport terminal on the imperial side is booming, and the extra money is nothing to some caravans, which naturally affects the business of the three gangs.
In just a few days, the business of the three gangs has plummeted again and again, and is now less than 50% of what it was before.
At this time, in a water village of the Dajiang Gang, the leaders of the three gangs were all sitting there with gloomy or sad faces.
"Gang Leader Du, please tell me, what should we do now? My brothers in Hanshui Hall are all idle now and have nothing to do."
The man who spoke was a middle-aged man with a slender build and a cold face. He was the leader of the Hanshui Hall, Zhang Xiuchuan, the ‘Washing Cold Spear’.
Another young man in white who looked very young and looked like he was only in his thirties also said: "I am in a worse situation when I travel to the dragon club. The waterway I control is already remote. Now everyone is running to the imperial water transport terminal."
It’s gone, my business there is rubbish.”
This person is Feng Xiaotang, the leader of the Wandering Dragon Society, the Wandering Dragon Swordsman. He was a famous young hero from Jiangnan County in the past. He was once spotted by the Tianjian Sect, one of the four major sword sects, and wanted to accept him as a disciple, but he said
I was used to being free and unaccustomed to the life of the sect, so I refused directly and founded the Dragon Travel Club in Jiangnan County to take control of the party.
Sitting on the main seat was a tall and burly middle-aged man with a beard. Hearing this, he frowned and said, "Do you think I don't want to?
But what can we do now? Smash the imperial water transport terminal, and then offend Jingyesi and several major factions in Jinling Mansion at the same time?"
This person is Du Tianxiao, the leader of the Dajiang Clan, the most powerful of the three gangs.