Xue Mansion.
After a busy day, Zhang Hongmei returned to her residence, and her personal maid immediately came forward and handed over a letter.
"Madam, the boy from the outer courtyard sent it to you. He said it was given to you by a handsome young man."
"Handsome young man..."
Zhang Hongmei opened it and saw that it was a talisman, plus a note with the activating spell of the talisman and an address written on it.
After careful inspection, she confirmed that it was the 'Image Gathering Talisman' used by the monks and there was no threat. She returned to the room to activate it and her eyes suddenly widened.
"There's really something going on with these bitchy couple!"
Zhang Hongmei sneered again and again, staring at the animation intently. When the animation ended, she curled her lips and sarcastically said, "Silver wax gun tip, might as well use a loofah..."
Then, she noticed the conversation between the two, but unfortunately there was no sound, so she couldn't tell what the specific content was.
But looking at the mouth shape, there are words like 'Alliance Leader', 'Xue Shanhu' and so on.
After thinking about it, her expression kept changing. She wanted to tell Xue Shanhu immediately to move Guo Qingxue down and right herself up.
But this 'Gathering Talisman' is a one-time thing, and it's hard to believe that it's empty talk.
Guo Qingxue's status in the Xue Mansion is far inferior to hers and cannot be shaken. One careless move may involve her.
She picked up the note again, looked at it, frowned and pondered for a long time, and called the maid.
"I'm going out for a while. You go and tell the master that I have something very important to report to him when I come back!"
"Yes, ma'am!"
Zhang Hongmei quickly left the house, dismissed the warrior entourage, and rode to her destination.
In a small courtyard of a private house, Li Shangwen was walking back and forth in the yard, already impatient for waiting, for fear of ruining Zhong Yan's important event.
Bang~
A slender hand pushed the courtyard door open, and Zhang Hongmei, who was wearing a red and blue outfit and holding a sword in her left hand, walked straight in. However, she was also a very brave person.
"It's you!"
Seeing Li Shangwen, Zhang Hongmei raised her eyebrows and was slightly surprised. The yard was not big, and she could see clearly at a glance that there was no one else there.
Before she came, she thought about many possibilities. The number one suspect was naturally Zhong Yan, who wanted to create a conspiracy to alienate the Xue family. However, the Zhong and Li families were on good terms, so the person in front of her was not unexpected.
But, isn’t it a little hasty to send such a body-forging realm warrior?
Moreover, she had heard that the second son of the Li family was uneducated and a little gambler who lost a lot of money.
"Mrs. Xue, does the talisman look good?"
Li Shangwen had a mean smile on his face, but he was actually quite nervous inside.
Zhang Hongmei also smiled, "Aren't you afraid that I will kill you?"
"I dare to wait for you here alone, so I'm naturally not afraid of you taking action. Besides, I have what you want. When negotiating a deal, I won't go to the point of using a knife or a gun."
"Did Zhong Yan ask you to come?"
"How could he give me such an important thing? I dug it out from my father's secret room."
Zhang Hongmei agreed in her heart and believed it a bit. The monks had many methods. It was not difficult to use the invisibility charm to sneak into other people's mansions and imprint their voice portraits.
As for Li Henian, who has been operating in Qingyang for many years, it is normal for him to have some control over the mansions of aristocratic families. Compared to Zhong Yan, he is more likely to do so.
"Aren't you afraid that your father will come back and break your legs?"
Li Shangwen said nonchalantly: "I don't know whether he will come back or not. But now I am encountering difficulties, and there are many such talismans in the secret room. My father will not care if there are one or two missing."
"Make conditions."
Li Shangwen rubbed his hands and took two steps forward and said with a smile: "My conditions are not worth mentioning to Mrs. Xue. First, twenty thousand taels of silver."
Zhang Hongmei smiled and said: "You have a big appetite at a young age, what else?"
"Is there anything else..." Li Shangwen looked hesitant, his eyes wandering.
Zhang Hongmei said: "Since we are talking about business and bargaining, to put it bluntly, I will try my best to satisfy you."
"Um...can I kiss you?" With that said, Li Shangwen took two steps back.
"..." Zhang Hongmei looked stunned, thinking she heard wrongly, "What did you say?"
Li Shangwen swallowed his saliva, raised his hand to signal not to do anything, and said calmly: "Sister Hongmei, don't get me wrong! I didn't mean to blaspheme you, I just admired you for a long time, but every time I could only stay away from you. Watch.
If not, I can blackmail you into staying with me for one night, even if you don't agree, and add another hundred thousand taels, but in my opinion, one hundred thousand taels is far inferior to, well, that..."
After a pause, he added: "Just for a moment, okay?"
"..." Zhang Hongmei stared at Li Shangwen, and saw caution, nervousness, expectation, and some sincerity on his handsome face.
She was confident in her appearance. Before she came out of the palace, she was known as the second most beautiful woman in Qingyang and had many admirers. After marrying Xue Shanhu, all the suitors stopped thinking about her.
In this world, most of the couples are older men and young women. It is rare that the age difference between the older man and the older woman is very large.
At this moment, she was confessed by a man who was more than ten years younger than herself. Even though she had been a wife for many years, she couldn't help but blush, and she felt a strange feeling in her heart. The scene of adultery she had seen in the talisman appeared in her mind.
After being silent for a while, she covered up her gaffe with an angry smile, "You are too ambitious!"
"Well!"
Li Shangwen said decisively: "A total of 120,000 taels! Give me the money, and I will give you the Juyin Note! With it, you can become the first lady of the Xue Mansion in no time!"
Matters of great importance will change if they are delayed.
Where can she get 120,000 taels of silver now?
After hesitating for a while, Zhang Hongmei gritted her teeth and made a decision. She took out a few banknotes from her arms and said, "There are six hundred taels here, and there are more than 10,000 taels left for you to pick up tomorrow!"
She comforted herself in her heart: One hundred thousand taels is just a kiss, which proves that I am very attractive!
Li Shangwen blinked: "More than ten thousand taels?"
Zhang Hongmei looked around and felt her cheeks were a little hot. She closed her eyes and said with difficulty: "Come here..."
Li Shangwen's heart was beating wildly, and he slowly walked over. He was nervous and excited at the same time. Most of all, he sighed that his uncle was really a god, and every step was calculated just right.
The other party will not bring extra money with him when he goes out temporarily, so he will definitely agree.
By the time it was discovered that there was something wrong with the talisman, it was too late, and all he had to do was bite the bullet and seek self-protection.
"Ba~"
Touch it carefully only on the cheek and then withdraw it.
Li Shangwen dodged the banknote from her hand, and quickly stuffed the talisman into her hand. His eyes were bright, but he said solemnly: "Sister Hongmei, Shangwen really admires you and likes you from the bottom of his heart. If necessary in the future, Help me and I will go through fire and water!"
The breeze blew by, and there was a cool mark on her cheek. Zhang Hongmei took a deep look at Li Shangwen, squeezed the talisman in her hand, turned around and stepped forward.
After leaving the hospital, he started to run a certain distance.
She couldn't help but reach out and touch the right side of her cheek. She was already convinced of the origin of the talisman and felt that it was Li Shangwen's personal behavior.
…
Three moments of unitary hour.
Qingyang City is as brightly lit as before, but it is no longer quiet.
The whole city was shaken and the riots continued.
The government troops of the city lord's palace, the patrol troops in the city, and the city guard troops of the four city walls were all mobilized.
The streets and alleys were filled with soldiers holding torches and police officers.
The members of the Caoyun Gang and the Wan Tang Gang, who were quarreling with each other in various parts of the city, were all confused.
——We just had a quarrel and a fight. Although it seemed that there were many people, the two helmsmen at the pier were the only ones doing the fighting. It was not yet a group fight. Is there any need to mobilize people like this?
The leader of the Ten Thousand Halls and the leader of the Water Transport Gang quietly left the city lord's mansion together, looked at each other, and went back to sit in command, passing down orders one after another.
It didn't take long.
A fight broke out between the two sides. I smashed your stall, and you sucked my gambling house.
The city lord's palace intervened to stop it, and more sergeants rushed to the Westport Pier.
Fires shot into the sky inside and outside the city, and people were panicked.
After hearing the news, important figures in the Xue Mansion gathered at the gate of the mansion and saw the sergeants guarding here running in formation and retreating.
The general of the government army stepped forward and called Xue Shanhu aside and whispered: "Mr. One of them has reached the peak of the ninth level of Qi refining."
Xue Shanhu hurriedly asked: "General Niu, what happened? The conflict between the Caoyun Gang and Wantang won't cause such a big commotion, right?"
General Niu hesitated and said: "The Qi army is attacking and heading towards the Westport Pier. I don't know the specific situation."
After saying that, he left.
"How is it possible?" Guo Qinglin stepped forward quickly, with a sure look on his face: "There is no sign at all, how could Qi attack? There must be a fraud!"
Xue Shanhu frowned: "Are you coming for us?"
All the warriors frowned, their eyes flickering.
Guo Qingxue looked at the empty and spacious streets with no patrols anymore. The surroundings were quiet, with only the faint shouts of killing coming from far away. She couldn't help but look at Xue Hongyi, as if to say - this opportunity is rare!
"master!"
A man rushed over, clasped his fist towards Xue Shanhu and said: "The government troops on the Zhong Mansion have also withdrawn. The entire Zhong Mansion has left. Yang Yanqing is accompanying him. It seems that he is going to the Yang Mansion!"
Xue Shanhu was stunned for a moment, then laughed loudly, "Zhong Yan, the dog thief, isn't he very arrogant? Now he knows how to find a shelter!"
He looked back and saw that the Xue Mansion had summoned more than 600 warriors from all direct lineages, all of whom were at the acquired realm and above, and there were more than 40 at the innate realm. "You lead a team of people to smash the Zhong Mansion first!"
Guo Qinglin quickly stopped: "That's inappropriate! Just wait and see what happens! Besides, what's the use of destroying the palace? That belongs to the Yan Kingdom's court!"
The words fell.
"Woo~" A distant sound of horns spread throughout the city, continuously.
Everyone was stunned, and the war horn sounded, indicating that the main army stationed at the school field a hundred miles away from the north gate was also dispatched, and there was no doubt that there would be a big battle.
Guo Qinglin still couldn't believe it and murmured: "It's true..."
The crowd was talking a lot. Under Guo Qinglin's dispatch, many people ran out to the Westport Pier, and homing pigeons kept flying.
At this time, a maid squeezed forward and tugged on Guo Qingxue's sleeve, making her turn back and glare.
The maid tugged again, her eyes full of panic.
Guo Qingxue was suspicious, so she and her maid retreated, entered the house, and went to a corner room.
The maid quickly took out a letter from her sleeve, knelt down and said tremblingly: "Husband, Madam, someone asked the servant to hand over the letter to you. He said that the Zhongfu did not want the fish to die and only needed an apology. He said it was for the good of the Madam, otherwise, Both the lady and the slave must die..."
Guo Qingxue frowned: "When did it happen?"
"About three minutes later, a strange man on the street gave it to the slave, saying that he would give it to you when he heard a whine coming from the city. It is a matter of life and death, and there is no room for error..."
Guo Qingxue's expression changed, even the war horn was fake? !
She hurriedly opened the envelope, and inside there was a 'poly note' and a note.
In addition to the incantation to activate the talisman, the note also said: Zhong is kind to others and does not like fighting. Mrs. Xue should have a clear vision of the restaurant. I hope to persuade your husband to stop the war and that the two houses will be in peace. , gathering notes to show sincerity.
"Son of a bitch!" Guo Qingxue cursed in a low voice. She had a bad feeling in her heart, so she quickly wrote down the spell and muttered it.
Not a moment.
Her face turned red and livid, and there was her own moaning sound, which sounded extremely shameful at this moment.
However, what happened next shocked her even more.
"The foster father won't come over, right?"
"That fool is thinking about avenging his son, so he has no intention of coming to my place. Don't stop, hurry up! Oh!"
Guo Qingxue's eyelids twitched, a cold light flashed in his hand, a dagger brought out a bunch of blood spray, and the maid's throat was cut and her mouth was silenced.
Without continuing to listen, she directly used her palms to exhale her true energy to shatter the talisman, took a deep breath, and walked out quickly.
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