It was late at night, but Zhu Jiaduan was still awake.
When he went out, he used to light a lamp in his room after dark. When the lamp naturally went out, he would take a nap, and then when the rooster crows, he would get up immediately.
A master of his level can occasionally use exercise and breath control to make up for some sleep time. Of course, just occasionally... If he doesn't sleep all the time, no matter how good a master is, he will die suddenly.
And tonight, he obviously couldn't sleep for a while.
Because the lights in his room hadn't been turned off yet, there were strange movements around his room...
Everything happened very fast, the shouts, the grunts, the collision of fists and the sound of swords being unsheathed... almost all sounded from all directions at the same moment, and ended almost at the same moment.
Back and forth, it took less than ten seconds in total.
Then, there was a knock on Zhu Jiaduan's door.
Boom--boom--
There were only two sounds, but in this silent night, they seemed very ear-piercing.
Zhu Jiaduan didn't respond to the knock on the door, he didn't even breathe loudly.
At this moment, he had concealed his breath, holding the hilt of the sword in his hand, standing in the middle of the room, nervously guarding against any surprise attack that might come from any direction.
"Director Zhu, don't be nervous..." When the person outside the door saw that he didn't respond, he took the initiative to say, "Your disciples just fainted temporarily, and no one died... at least not yet."
Zhu Jiaduan was naturally not naive enough to believe such words right away. However, since the other party said this, he could not keep pretending to be mute: "Who are you?" After asking these three words, he seemed to feel that the question was not appropriate enough. So he added, "Who...are you?"
"We... are just errands..." the person outside the door replied, "According to the master's order, I would like to invite Bureau Chief Zhu to Qiliu Youlan for a talk."
"Then who is your master?" Zhu Jiaduan asked again.
"This... it's not convenient for our subordinates to talk about it." The person outside the door said, "You can ask him face to face."
"Hmph..." Zhu Jiaduan snorted coldly, "You master is so big-hearted." He paused, "You didn't even tell me your name, and you just asked me to go with you... Isn't that a little too small? Did you see Zhu?"
The brother outside the door really wanted to reply to him, "Yes, but that's not the point," but he held it back in the end.
A few seconds later, the person outside the door said again: "The master knows that Director Zhu is busy with work, so he ordered us... while inviting you to come, we will first 'look after' the brothers of the Guangxing Escort Bureau for you, so as not to waste your time." Don’t worry about anything else; I hope Bureau Chief Zhu can take this consideration of you into account and give us a face and come with us."
What he said was the point.
The words sound quite polite, but the actual content is just a threat, and the conditions are laid out for you - if you give up, what will happen to the bodyguards and apprentices under you? You can weigh it yourself... and then take a step back. Tell me, even if you, Chief Zhu, don't care about the lives of your men, are you sure you can break through our encirclement?
Although Zhu Jiaduan has a bad temper and a hot temper, he is by no means the type who would risk his life just for the sake of temporary face; to put it more bluntly, like most people in the world, he bullies the weak and fears the strong.
When he has the upper hand, he sticks out his chest and belly, yells at others, and just talks some sense to others, as if he has done something great; but when he is at a disadvantage, his back is not so strong. , the tone is not so big anymore...if there is a step, just go down, if you want face, just give it, and that's pretty much it.
At this moment, Zhu Jiaduan thought for a moment based on the situation, then curled his lips and said, "In that case, Zhu can only go with you once..."
…………
Two moments later, there were seven willow trees in the secluded area.
In the same room, Zhu Jiaduan had been "invited" to the concubine.
Sun Yixie and Huang Donglai were also present. Of course, they were very relaxed at this time, just sitting aside and watching the show.
"You can call me 'Master Shu'." As soon as the other party sat down, Master Shu introduced himself.
"Looking at your appearance, Zhu is a few years older than you. Isn't it appropriate to call you 'Master'?" Zhu Jiaduan still maintained his airs and did not completely let go.
"Whether it's suitable or not..." The uncle said as if he didn't take the other party seriously at all, "...you have to scream too."
"Huh?" Zhu Jiaduan glared at the concubine, "Your Excellency, are you a little crazy?"
"Are you crazy?" the concubine asked in return, and laughed again, "Ha... then if I tell you that if you really follow the rules, you have to kneel down to talk to me, what will you do?"
As soon as these words came out, Zhu Jiaduan's expression changed.
As the saying goes, the king and his subjects kneel to his father and his son, the sons kneel to their fathers, the people kneel to their officials, and the ministers kneel to their kings... This is etiquette.
The concubine is definitely not Zhu Jiaduan's father, so the implication of his words is that he is either an official in the court or a relative of the emperor.
"You..." Zhu Jiaduan spoke hesitantly, as if he wanted to ask something.
"You'd better not ask." But the concubine snatched the conversation away from him and didn't let him ask.
"Okay..." Zhu Jiaduan nodded slightly and took a step back, "I dare to ask, Lord... why did you invite Zhu here today?"
The concubine glanced at Sun and Huang, and then said: "They are here, what do you think I am for?"
Zhu Jiaduan also looked at Shuangxi, and then said: "Could it be that... I want to talk to me about the death of my disciple Zheng Mukai?"
"Exactly." The uncle replied.
"Okay." Zhu Jiaduan leaned back in his chair, "Zhu is all ears."
The concubine didn't beat around the bush and said: "It's easy to say, three days ago... Zheng Mukai used Qinggong to cross the wall and climb through the window, and sneaked into my Qiliu Lan, intending to use force on our number one. So I asked a few of my men to kill him."
"What?" When Zhu Jiaduan heard this, he immediately became excited, "Is it you?" But when he thought about it, he didn't believe it, "Is this true?"
"Do I need to lie to you?" the concubine asked.
Zhu Jiaduan's mind was not fast, and he couldn't think clearly about this problem for a while: "Then... why was my disciple's body found in the back alley of the Chengdong Inn? And my two thieves... "
"Isn't this obvious?" The uncle interrupted him in a lazy tone, "I didn't want to be traced for such a trivial matter, so I had people throw Zheng Mukai's body away until I had a problem with him during the day. Near the inn where Huang Shaoxia and the others were staying, they covered up the cause of death, thinking that they could handle the lawsuit; and because they were worried that the two assassins knew that Zheng Mukai had gone to Qiliu Youlan before he died. They came, so I just kept doing nothing... and asked people to silence them too."
When Zhu Jiaduan heard it, there seemed to be nothing wrong with this.
In fact, there really wasn't, because what the concubine said now were all Shuisheng's true thoughts at that moment, but now he was taking the blame.
"Then why did you admit it now?" Zhu Jiaduan thought for a moment and asked again.
"Because people have already come to investigate." The uncle said, pointing at Sun Yixie and Huang Donglai again, "I don't want to be annoyed... I am already annoyed, so I can't kill them both, right? Of course... you can kill them, but after killing them, it proves that they are not the murderers. Then you will definitely have to continue the investigation. When the time comes... am I going to steal your Guangxing Escort Agency again? The whole family was wiped out?" He paused, shrugged, and then said, "In the final analysis...it was your disciple Zheng Mu who was responsible for this matter. Now that the matter has come to this, I might as well come to you to explain it clearly. Come on."
The more he says something like "Kill your escort agency" in a casual manner, the higher his credibility becomes.
But Zhu Jiaduan was not so easy to accept all the orders, and was still questioning some details: "Isn't that right..." He glared and said aggressively, "You said these were all done by your subordinates. Could it be that any of your subordinates did it?" Do you know how to use the Five Thunder Heart-piercing Fist?"
"Ha!" The uncle laughed. After laughing, he raised his voice and shouted outside the house, "The waiter at the door, come in."
As soon as he finished speaking, Shui Sheng opened the door and came in.
It was obvious that Shui Sheng had been arranged to wait outside this room long before the concubine sent someone to "invite" Zhu Jiaduan.
At this moment, he deliberately did not report Shuisheng's name, but used the words "waited at the door". Firstly, he did not want Zhu Jiaduan to know Shuisheng's name, and secondly... he just wanted to make the other party think that he just called him by a random name. The turtle slave who happened to be waiting at the door.
"Master, your order." Shui Sheng walked in with his head lowered and responded in a humble tone.
The concubine didn't even look at him and said directly: "Director Zhu wants to see the 'Five Thunder Piercing Heart Fist'. You can defeat him with three successful powers."
"Yes." Shui Sheng ordered, without saying a word, he used his power and punched Zhu Jiaduan.
Because Zhu Jiaduan heard the concubine's words, he was not unprepared. He sat on a chair and secretly channeled his inner energy, raised his palms to welcome him.
Bang——
The next second, fists and palms struck each other, and the air in the room seemed to be stagnant.
After Shuisheng punched him, he retreated and stood back beside the concubine.
Zhu Jiaduan sat there without moving, but there was a wisp of cold sweat on his temples.
At this moment, Zhu Jiaduan took a serious look at the "turtle slave" in front of him, but no matter how he looked at Shui Sheng, he was just an ordinary brothel waiter. From his appearance to the expression on his eyebrows, he was not very clever.
However, the strength and skill of that punch just now... were real.
Zhu Jiaduan didn't know whether the opponent only used 30% of his strength. Anyway, he used more than 80%. Only then could he completely neutralize the opponent's punch when his palm was numb. Otherwise, his arm The meridians may be damaged.
"Okay, you can go out." Before Zhu Jiaduan could calm down, the concubine had already waved his hand and sent Shuisheng away in a very casual tone.
Shui Sheng promised, then exited the room and closed the door behind him.
After he went out, the concubine looked at Zhu Jiaduan with a rather proud look and asked: "Director Zhu, do you have any other questions?"
Zhu Jiaduan said heartily: "This guy is protesting against me... Just in the inn, in just a blink of an eye, his subordinates subdued all my disciples. Now he just calls any turtle slave in, and he will do it." This Five Thunder Heart-piercing Fist... plus the Li'er he just mentioned... How much power is behind this person?"
Thinking of this, Zhu Jiaduan was actually weak.
Because he felt strongly that he might be sitting in front of someone he couldn't afford to offend; if the other person just said a word, let alone his life... His entire Guangxing Escort Bureau, including the families of the escorts, were afraid that No one can escape.
"No more..." Zhu Jiaduan had no choice but to give this answer.
"Well." The uncle groaned and then continued, "Well, now that the matter has been explained clearly, let me come up with a way to solve the problem." He paused and then said, "Although this time, Basically, it's all the fault of Daredevil Zheng himself, but my handling... is indeed inappropriate. Therefore, tomorrow, I will prepare a 'small gift' and send it to the inn where Chief Zhu is staying, as if it's for Dartmaster Zheng's head and If Director Zhu feels that the settlement fee for the two escorts is too small, he can come to me to discuss it... From now on, Director Zhu will be my 'friend'. If there is anything difficult to do, you can Anyone can come to me..."
When he said this, he stared at Zhu Jiaduan: "This method... I wonder if Director Zhu is satisfied with it?"
"Satisfied...satisfied..." Zhu Jiaduan had already succumbed to the power of the concubine. He took advantage of the favor and did not dare to give it away.
"Okay." The concubine nodded, "Well, that's all we're talking about today. Director Zhu... please come back. I have other things to talk about with Sun Shaoxia, Huang Shaoxia, so I won't send you off."
When Zhu Jiaduan heard this, he looked up at Sun and Huang. His eyes were a bit complicated, and he couldn't tell whether it was sympathy or guilt. From Zhu Jiaduan's point of view, it seemed that he had dragged these two young people down. Water has made them related to people like Shuye, but Lao Zhu is too busy taking care of himself now and has no time to care about them.
"Okay... okay, Zhu takes his leave. Everyone, please stay." After Zhu Jiaduan said that, he walked out, walking as fast as flying.
What magic sword? In front of the real "power", he was just a small leader; to be honest, if Lei Buwei hadn't retired from the world for many years and was far away, he and Lei Buji wouldn't have dared to be so arrogant before.
After the sound of this guy's footsteps faded away, the concubine invited Sun and Huang back to the table.
He personally poured two glasses of wine for the two of them and said leisurely: "Did I handle this matter properly?"
"Absolutely!" Sun Yixie raised his glass and responded.
"Be particular about it!" Huang Donglai also raised his glass.
"As for the 'notes'... do you two still have any difficulties?" the concubine confirmed again and again.
"No!" Sun Yixi said.
"It's all right!" Huang Donglai also assured him.
"Okay!" The concubine raised his voice again, "I respect you two!"
"please!"
"please!"
Sun Yixie and Huang Donglai drank the cup with him.
So, is it really okay to hand over Gu Qiying's notes to someone like Shuye?
Of course there was a problem, so Sun Huang had no intention of giving it from the beginning.
The note was originally a "false condition". They used this condition to let the concubine do what they wanted to do first, and then... there would be no more, because the concubine would die before dawn tomorrow.
After staying in the same room with Huang Donglai for so long, and eating and drinking from time to time, you don't believe me when I say that the concubine was not poisoned.
As soon as the concubine died, there was no need to give the note. At that time, it would be easy to rescue Chu Xue and Shui Sheng, even the entire Qiliu Youlan.
However, as the saying goes, you have a good plan, and I have a ladder.
This concubine is not that easy to calculate...
