Cangbao Street, Zhongfu.
Sanchongyuan meeting hall.
Zhong Yan summoned the main backbone of the government to arrange the work to eliminate the Liu family.
"The time is almost here."
"Ziyi, you and a Jiji Keqing will ambush outside the city and intercept the Liu family's escort team..."
For ordinary cultivators and small cultivating families, the Liu family is undoubtedly a behemoth and an unshakable existence.
The total number of monks in his clan exceeds 200, but more than half of them are recruited guests, and most of them are in the Qi refining stage.
There are three foundation builders in the direct line, and Liu Kaihe, the founder of the sixth floor foundation, serves as a foundation and a deterrent. He stays in the Wangdi tribe all year round and generally does not go out.
The clan elder on the third level of foundation building guards the family's most important spiritual field elixir resource.
The clan leader at the first level of the foundation is responsible for overall management of the entire family affairs, such as reporting work and paying tribute to the Five Elements Sect. For decades, the clan leader has led the trip.
There are also five guest ministers in the Foundation Establishment realm, all of whom are in the early stages of Foundation Establishment. They cooperate with the clan's children to take care of various businesses, such as Lingtian, Fangshi, Qingyuan Village...
For example, in Qingyangfang City, the Liu family has not yet sent the Foundation Establishment Realm over, and the main person in charge, Liu Zhenbei, is only at the eighth level of Qi Refining.
As for the 'Toll Station' Qingyuan Village, it was originally a group of Qi Refiners, plus a Foundation-Building Stage of the Five Elements Sect. After being attacked once by Qin Ziyue's team, he sent a Foundation-Building Guest Minister there and asked the Five Elements Sect to send another one. The fifth-level elder of foundation building.
"I will remind Liu Zhenbei again for this spiritual herb escort. Even so, it is impossible for the Liu family to allocate excess combat power. At most, they can send more team members. Ziyi will take action, so there is no suspense..."
"The attack on Qingyuan Village came first. Coupled with this ambush and the impact of other aspects in the city, the Liu family will definitely pay attention and treat it with caution. Paying tribute is the Liu family's top priority. To ensure nothing goes wrong, Liu Kaihe will probably report his work at the end of the year. Travel escort, I will take care of it then."
"If he doesn't show up, I will personally go to visit the Liu family..."
This is undoubtedly the most dangerous situation. After all, the Liu family is a family that has been established for a hundred years. The clan's territory contains a protective magic circle, which is controlled by the sixth level of foundation building. It is extremely difficult to break through.
"If Liu Kaihe dies, the Liu family will not be afraid. We hope that the Liu family's combat power in the city will be dominated by the Yang family, with us and the Peng family assisting..."
The Yang family is about to move into Wangdi and has a lot of resources, so it will naturally have to contribute. Behind it is the Baiye Zhou family.
The Peng family's backers are the same as the Liu family, the Five Elements Sect. The two share the interests, which can block the Five Elements Sect's mouth.
"Huan'er, you will carry out the attack and killing mission in the city..."
Jiang Huan has dark spiritual roots and can disappear into shadows. Now that he is a foundation-building monk, he can easily carry out assassinations.
"Xiao Zhong, inform the Death Guard and Shadow Guard to let the news go out tonight."
Zhong Xiaozhong: "Yes, Master!"
Everyone received the details of the mission from Yan Sandao and retreated one after another.
Zhong Yan went to the study, paced and pondered.
Not long after.
Zhong Xiaozhong left and came back with a letter: "Sir, from the City Lord's Mansion."
Zhong Yan opened it and took a look, smiled and said: "Three Spiritual Roots and Five Levels of Qi Refining, I don't want everyone, so I refuse. I will put this matter aside later. I will go to the City Lord's Mansion in person later."
Apparently, Xia Xinzhu was anxious when he learned about the marriage between the Zhong Mansion and the Ding family, and sent a message - he could marry 'Princess Lishu'.
"Okay, sir."
Zhong Xiaozhong left quickly.
Xia Xinzhu frowned after receiving the reply.
The maid on the side said: "Princess, he deliberately married a casual cultivator from the third and fifth levels of spiritual roots. Why does he look down on Princess Lishu!"
Xia Xinzhu was silent for a moment and said, "Give him the standard weapon first."
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The next day.
Zhong Yan went to the Liu Mansion and came up with a bad tone: "Fellow Daoist Zhenbei, did you leak the news?"
Liu Zhenbei looked confused: "What news?"
Zhong Yan said displeasedly: "Nowadays, there are rumors in the city that my Zhong Mansion is hoarding elixirs maliciously, and my private transactions with you have already exceeded the limit, disrupting the order of the city!"
"When did this happen?"
After asking, Liu Zhenbei hurriedly said: "How could it be me? What's the benefit to me?"
Although there are clear regulations, there are many cases where the rules are violated privately, and the market turns a blind eye.
But if it is brought to the surface, it will definitely be held accountable and suppressed by all parties.
At this time.
A male cultivator walked in quickly: "Brother Zhenbei! It's not good!"
Liu Zhenbei: "What's the matter?"
The man glanced at Zhong Yan. The news had spread outside, so he didn't shy away from it. He said bluntly: "I don't know who leaked the news. There are rumors in the city that we have illegal transactions in private..."
Liu Zhenbei's face turned ugly when he heard this.
Zhong Yan snorted coldly: "Fellow Zhenbei Daoist is really good at doing business. He eats both left and right. He wouldn't treat me differently if I, Zhong Mansion, are weak and treat one product at a higher price, right?"
Not only the Zhong family and the Yang family, the Liu family also had private transactions with the Ding family and the Peng family.
When you open a store and do business, you naturally have great freedom, but you are also subject to supervision.
There is nothing to say to the monks, but what do you want to do when a large amount of raw materials are exchanged between merchants?
As the leader of the Huoyun Sect, it is inevitable that he will have some thoughts: Can we unite to rebel?
In fact, Zhong Yan strongly disagrees with this management model, and the Huoyun Sect completely controls the economic lifeline.
But having said that, as the Huoyun Sect is the giant of the Yan Kingdom, others cannot resist and can only obey.
"It will have to be changed in the future." Zhong Yan thought to himself.
Liu Zhenbei quickly explained: "How is it possible?! My Liu family does business with integrity and fairness, and the prices are the same for every family. What's more, with the relationship between you and me, how can I have the idea of Dao brother?"
Zhong Yan was noncommittal, glanced at him and said, "Let's think carefully about how to explain to the Fire Cloud Sect!"
Liu Zhenbei frowned and said: "With the participation of multiple forces, it should be fair to refrain from blaming everyone."
Zhong Yan snorted and said: "There are more forces that are not involved. The Xia family outside is the loudest. They want to be severely punished. Wait for the attack!"
After saying that, he rolled up his sleeves and left.
When he reached the door, he turned around and said: "By the way, I have paid the deposit. Hurry up and remind fellow Taoists to pay attention to safety. Since the news has been leaked, no matter whose fault it is, be careful of others doing evil things. Something is really going to happen." Using a store to pay off debt is no joke!”
"Brother Dao, don't worry!"
After leaving Liu Mansion, Zhong Yan went directly to Huoyun Pavilion and found the guard elder Jin Chongyang.
"Seniors have learned clearly that the so-called disrupting the monopoly market and disrupting order is pure fiction!"
"I don't know about other families, but the reason why the Zhongfu wants to purchase a large amount of spiritual herbs is to train alchemists and alchemists. Seniors know that Yuan Zhiqing in the mansion is an alchemist..."
After a detailed explanation, at the end, Zhong Yan said sternly: "Junior can make a written pledge with the elder to guarantee that from now on, the elixirs sold in Zhongfu's store will strictly follow the price system established by the market, and the sales quantity will also be supervised."
As he spoke, he waved his hand and took out a bag of three thousand spiritual stones: "These are considered fines that have not been disclosed in advance."
There was a bunch of 'quibbles'. Since there was no violation, there was no question of a fine. Naturally, it belonged to the other party privately.
And with Zhou Tong's relationship, there was no reason for Jin Chongyang not to be accommodating. He looked at the storage bag and said with a smile, "In that case, we will do what we say."
"Of course!"
However.
What Ling Zhong Yan didn't expect was that Jin Chongyang's eyes twinkled and he said with a smile: "I wonder when Fairy Ling Mei Xi will be free. I would like to invite you to the mansion to have a talk and cook wine and talk about Taoism."
Zhong Yan was startled, then smiled and said: "Whenever you have time, I will talk to my little sister when I get back."
"Then let's do it tomorrow night at Haishi."
"Okay, little sister, I must be on time for the appointment."
Zhong Yan smiled and took out the pen, ink, paper and inkstone from the storage bag, wrote down the note, bit his finger and pressed the fingerprint, and presented it: "As a proof, I will definitely abide by this."
Jin Chongyang was stunned for a moment. He had said it all, but he didn't expect it to come true. He hesitated a little, took a pen to sign, and also took a bloody fingerprint.
"Thank you, senior!"
Out of Huoyun Pavilion.
Zhong Yan raised a hint of sarcasm at the corner of his mouth and secretly cursed Old Bangzi, "I really didn't know that Lord Ma had three eyes and dared to covet my Taoist companion!"
At this time, there was a ding in his mind.
[Clan member Zhong Siyu has entered the first level of Qi refining, with divine consciousness bonus +50, spell bonus +100, and cultivation experience +200]
Zhong Siyu, Jiang Yunruo's son!
The child is nine years old.
As expected, there are rewards for descendants who achieve breakthroughs in cultivation.
Zhong Yan's eyes flashed, his smile was bright, and he looked at the document in his hand.
"Good thing!"
"Kill someone to add to the fun!"
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