Qi Xuansu remembered a poem for no reason: "Who can comfort me on this long journey? My mother's hometown is poor and her son is young. I can't remember the past glass of wine. We are used to fighting with monsters, but we will always lose to his hands that turn rain and clouds. Ice and snow have been dealing with each other for a long time."
This sentence may not be very suitable for the situation, but the sentence "people should be used to seeing evil spirits" is very consistent with Qi Xuansu's state of mind at this time.
Can businessmen turn the world upside down?
Qi Xuansu didn't know. It probably wasn't possible in the past, but as commerce becomes more and more developed, especially as the End of the Dharma approaches, it becomes difficult to say.
But now, in the Lion City, Qi Xuansu would never let this happen.
It's just that Qi Xuansu still underestimated the methods of these businessmen.
This sudden change was obviously premeditated, organized, and planned. It was not only fueled by external forces, but also the cooperation within the Taoist government. The internal and external collusion, simultaneous attacks, instantly created a huge momentum.
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Almost in less than half a day, the three districts of Lion City fell into chaos. Various unknown people armed with murderous weapons acted in unison at the same time and carried out all kinds of indiscriminate destruction, smashing shops and robbing.
property, attacking men in black patrolling the city, and some even set fire to Taoist temples.
When the news was reported to Thian Hock Palace, Xie Jiaofeng was completely panicked.
This is the reason why he doesn't dare to provoke the king's government. What does it mean to have a tree with deep roots? This is a tree with deep roots! In the border of Nanyang, few people can stop what the king wants to do. Could it be that he wants to do it?
A yes man? But if he doesn't listen to the king's command, then as long as such an incident happens, he will immediately pack up and get out. ??
Fortunately among the current misfortunes, Chief Qi is still there to support us. Now we can only wait and see how Chief Qi responds.
This was also far beyond Qi Xuansu's expectation. He really did not expect that the "disaster" that Maginot said would happen like this.
However, Qi Xuansu can't be said to be panicking. After all, he is someone who has seen big scenes. He has seen the burning of Zhenwu Temple and the changes in Shenglong Mansion. This kind of battle can scare Xie Jiaofeng, but he can't.
Qi Xuansu came out of water and fire, even if Qi Xuansu couldn't do it himself now.
It's just that Qi Xuansu didn't understand that dealing with this kind of thing is very demanding. If you are not careful, the fake will become real. Just like what Magino said, businessmen fled in large numbers, which affected trade and made
Daomen's already poor finances were even worse.
If the trouble really comes to this point, then someone should stand up and accuse Qi Xuansu of acting too hastily and ignoring the overall situation.
That will directly affect Qi Xuansu's future.
This is undoubtedly Wang Jiaohe's warning to Qi Xuansu that if you continue to investigate, we will both lose.
together
Xuansu fell into a dilemma.
In terms of personal interests, if you continue to investigate Wang Jiaohe, you will probably spit out what you have already obtained, and you may also get more. Should you continue to gamble? Or should you stop the loss in time?
From the perspective of Taoist interests, trade is the overall situation and cannot be affected. Even if the Borneo Taoist government is a rotten sore, it cannot take the risk of bleeding to remove this piece of rotten flesh.
Just when Qi Xuansu had not yet made a decision, the situation changed again.
To put it bluntly, this is a set of well-organized boxing techniques. One punch is followed by another, leaving no room for breathing and making you dizzy.
The director of Tin Hock Palace came to report that someone had surrounded Tin Hock Palace.
They were all small businessmen, laborers, hard laborers, and sailors, and they would not have any impact on the safety of Tin Hock Palace. However, they were all kneeling outside the gate of Tin Hock Palace. There were about seven or eight hundred people in the crowd, and the impact was very bad.
This is also a problem for Qi Xuansu, because they are ordinary people who pose no threat, not vicious cult monsters, so it is not easy to use force rashly. As the saying goes, if the tofu falls into the ashes, it will not blow.
, can’t be photographed. If you handle it even slightly inappropriately, you will immediately be scolded to death from someone standing on the moral high ground, and you will never be able to turn around.
Adding insult to injury, this really fits the phrase "ice and snow".
Qi Xuansu asked, "What kind of slogans are these people using? You can speak boldly."
The chief hesitated for a moment and said, "There are many slogans. Some say that the chief can give him a way out, some say that it is not easy to make a living, and some say that he wants to bring down the Nanyang United Trading Company because he has ulterior motives, and that is to destroy the livelihood of the people in the city.
make life difficult for."
Qi Xuansu was still sitting on the chair. "The livelihood of the people in the city is really a big hat."
Han Yongfeng said, "This seems to be a method commonly used by Westerners."
Qi Xuansu was noncommittal and said, "Since they are here for me, I will go and see them."
As soon as these words came out, they were opposed by almost everyone. The main reason is that Qi Xuansu's injury has not healed. If Qi Xuansu is still the same Qi Xuansu who confronts Zhenjun Siming head-on, then there will be no problem wherever he wants to go, but now Qi Xuansu's strength is questionable
, suffered an assassination not long ago. It is difficult to say whether this sudden incident was directed at Qi Xuansu himself, in order to provide cover for the second assassination.
Qi Xuansu said, "With the Jiayin Spirit Officer condescending to protect me personally, I don't think I need to worry about any assassins.
The top priority is to resolve conflicts and restore order as soon as possible."
Xie Jiaofeng was afraid of taking responsibility and came up with a bad idea: "In order to prevent the situation from spreading, further intensifying conflicts, and being used by some people with ulterior motives, I think we must take decisive measures and simply arrest all these people."
Qi Xuansu glanced at him and reprimanded, "These are ordinary people. Maybe they were deceived or instigated by some people. If we arrested them all, wouldn't it add fuel to the fire? They just fell into someone's trap."
It’s easy to catch a few hundred people in a trap, but these people are older, younger, and have many relatives, which means there are thousands or even more people. Can you catch them all?”
Xie Jiaofeng immediately stopped talking.
Qi Xuansu asked Han Yongfeng to continue to investigate the specific situation, and then he stood up and strode out.
When he moves, others must follow suit.
Jiayin Lingguan and Xiao Yin followed Qi Xuansu closely, while Chen Jianchou and Xie Jiaofeng were one step behind, followed by several Taoist priests in charge and several third-grade Lingguan.
At this moment, Zhang Yuelu's summons came.
Because there were others, Qi Xuansu just enabled the sound transmission function.
The others also stepped back a few steps with great discernment, leaving a certain amount of space for Qi Xuansu.
Zhang Yuelu's voice sounded and he got straight to the point, "I heard that you were surrounded."
"Yes, I plan to meet these people." Qi Xuansu responded.
Zhang Yuelu said, "I have sent people to investigate. Although the time is very short, we can make it clear that this was instigated by someone. Judging from the composition of the personnel, they are mainly porters and sailors on the dock. I am afraid that this incident is related to '
The Heavenly Court is inextricably involved, and I suspect there are people from the Heavenly Court who are adding fuel to the flames."
Qi Xuansu frowned, "Grandmaster Jin Gong just helped us defeat Chen Shuhua, and now he is helping Wang Jiaohe. What does he think?"
Zhang Yuelu said, "The 'Tianting' family has a great cause, such as an independent kingdom. Naturally, it is not monolithic internally. It is also divided into several factions. In recent years, the founder of Jin Gong has been pursuing immortality and has not been in charge of specific affairs. The main ones are Wu Guangbi and Liu Gui, the leaders of the avenue."
Two people working together can also be regarded as two major factions. Wu Guangbi is very close to the Li family, but there are many different voices within the Li family. This was already evident in the case of Zhang Kuquan last time, and now Li Tianzhen has arrived in Nanyang
, it’s hard to tell what his attitude is.”
After Qi Xuansu heard these words, he couldn't help but fell into deep thought.
Zhang Yuelu continued, "If you want to see these people, I won't stop you. This is indeed the best solution, but you have to be careful..."
Qi Xuansu
Before she could finish her words, she had come to her senses and proactively said, "Be safe, right? I'll be careful."
Zhang Yuelu said "Yeah" "That's it. If anything happens, we can contact you at any time."
"Okay." Qi Xuansu ended the call.
Qi Xuansu put away the sutra basket and asked, "Who is responsible for guarding Tianfu Palace?"
After the words fell, a third-grade spiritual officer said loudly, "Reporting to the chief, third-grade spiritual officer Zhou Dizhi is always ready for the chief's orders."
Qi Xuansu said, "Zhou Lingguan, I only have one request: maintain the necessary order and try not to hurt anyone."
Zhou Dizhi’s loud voice should be.
While talking, Qi Xuansu had already arrived at the gate of Tianfu Palace. At this time, the gate was closed. Qi Xuansu ordered, "Open the door."
The spiritual officer guarding the door took the order, and several people slowly opened the heavy door together.
There were only a few hundred people outside the door just now, but in this moment, the number has grown to thousands, and there are still people coming from different directions.
The Lion City is a brand new city and is not divided into cities like the ancient city. Therefore, there are no gates or walls between the central district and other districts, so it is relatively easy to get there.
If this situation continues, it is not impossible for thousands or even tens of thousands of people to do so.
Qi Xuansu couldn't help but secretly take a breath. The Wang family's power was second to none. The key was the support from the Westerners, the "Heavenly Court", and the cooperation inside and outside, which created such a battle.
There are more and more people, and they seem to be surrounding Tian Hock Temple.
Zhou Dizhi immediately ordered the spiritual officers to maintain order and form a human wall to prevent these people from rushing up the steps.
Fortunately, the steps in front of Tianfu Palace are high enough. Qi Xuansu stood on the steps as if he were standing on a high platform, which was high enough for everyone to see him.
Qi Xuansu looked around and thought to himself that Lion City only had a population of one million. If there were only ten thousand people here, it would mean that one person in every hundred people was against him.
Did he do something wrong?
Qi Xuansu does not think that he has done anything wrong. Dealing with Nanyang United Trading Company does not mean that Nanyang United Trading Company will cease to exist, but that it will reorganize the shareholders' meeting and re-elect the board of directors. Everything will continue as usual, and no one's job will be destroyed. If it is destroyed,
It also ruined the jobs of the Wang family and the Sun family.
But there was still such a big drama.
Isn't this the Wang family showing off to Qi Xuansu their overwhelming power and influence in Southeast Asia?
No wonder Wang Danqing dared to say that he would not allow this or that.