Although I had just visited a few hours ago, it was not easy to find Xu Pingxi's study hidden deep in the courtyard in this huge manor with dense pavilions and criss-crossing paths, like a maze.
Fortunately, Xiaoyi also had the function of precise navigation, so Shuguan arrived outside Xu Pingxi's study relatively easily.
Last night in Xu Pingxi's study, he saw a bed, and he also heard Xu Pingxi mention that he slept in the study these days.
As for why he would rather sleep in the study even though there were so many houses in the manor, Old Man Xu didn't say anything.
Outside the study door, two guards stood upright.
Although it was already early in the morning, the two guards were still in high spirits and stared at the surroundings vigilantly.
I have to say that Xu Pingxi is very good at running the army.
Shu Guan quietly approached the two soldiers and put an amulet on each of their backs. Then he clicked on the two soldiers so that they could still stand upright. Sleep in case someone passes by and notices something strange.
Then he stepped into Xu Pingxi's study.
As soon as I walked into the study, I heard a thunderous snoring sound.
Xu Pingxi lay on the big bed between the bookshelves, sleeping soundly.
Shu Guan first closed all the curtains in the study room, and then turned on a lamp on the desk.
After looking at it, I still felt it was a little bright. If someone passed by outside the study at this time, they could still see the lights and figures inside through the curtains.
So he took down a few books as thick as bricks from the bookshelf and placed them on both sides of the lamp, so that no light would be noticeable from the outside.
And after he had done so many things, Xu Ping Xique was still snoring like thunder, with no intention of being awakened at all.
Shu Guan was a little envious of old man Xu's sleep quality, but he didn't look like an old man.
So he had no choice but to walk to Xu Pingxi's side, and then he noticed that Xu Pingxi was actually holding a book in his hand, as if he was reading before going to bed.
This made Shu Guan look at Xu Pingxi with admiration. Is this why he slept in the study? Reading at night for meditation?
But after seeing clearly what book Xu Pingxi was holding, Shu Guan curled his lips.
It was actually not a book, but a pictorial magazine. Sixth Senior Brother Sang Liren also subscribed to this magazine. It was called "Dragon, Tiger and Leopard". There were not many words in it, but only some photos and paintings.
Then Shu Guan made a swipe at Xu Pingxi's lips, and then patted Xu Pingxi's forehead.
It wasn't until he took the third shot and really used some force that Xu Pingxi finally woke up.
Because the lights in the study were too dim at this time, when Xu Ping opened his eyes, he could only see a person standing in front of him, but could not see his face clearly, so he subconsciously opened his mouth to scream. .
But the next moment, Xu Pingxi found that he couldn't open his mouth, so naturally he couldn't make any shouts.
This made him feel really scared, and he couldn't tell whether he was a dream demon or if he was actually sneaking around him at this moment.
However, while being frightened, Xu Pingxi still relied on his instincts from many years of military service. He quickly took out a pistol from under the pillow and pointed it at the figure standing in front of the bed.
But just when he was about to pull the trigger, the black figure stretched out his hand, and Xu Pingxi's pistol was in the hands of the black figure.
"It's me, Shu Guan."
Then the black shadow said something like this.
The nervousness in Xu Pingxi's eyes immediately dissipated a lot, and then he sat up from the bed.
Shu Guan also raised his hand to undo the mouth-closing technique that was applied to him. The reason why he sealed Xu Pingxi's mouth just now was because he was afraid that he would yell.
"You can talk now."
Shu Guan said this.
Then Xu Pingxi didn't speak immediately. He stared at Shu Guan silently for about ten seconds before he asked abruptly:
"What did you do to my daughter? Did you make her pregnant?"
Shu Guan was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter.
This old man's brain circuit is really strange.
"I came to you not for your daughter, but for your affairs."
As he spoke, Shu Guan returned to the desk and sat down, sitting in the same position where Xu Pingxi was sitting when he was talking to him last night.
He looked on the desk and found a pile of white paper, so Shu Guan pulled out a piece of white paper.
At this time Xu Pingxi also came over and stood next to him, looking at Shu Guan without knowing why.
"Do you have a pen?"
Shu Guan asked Xu Pingxi, but he didn't find it on the table.
Xu Pingxi shook his head, pointed to the inkstone and brush on the table and said:
"With these two furnishings and nothing else, I would never have walked in here before."
Shu Guan sighed and turned to look into the study. Fortunately, there was a glass vase in the corner with half a bottle of water in it.
So he made a Taoist secret and waved towards the vase.
Then a thin water column flew out of the vase, flew to the desk, and fell into the inkstone.
Xu Pingxi's eyes widened and he looked at this magical scene with envy.
And Shu Guan has already begun to study ink.
Then he picked up the expensive rabbit hair pen and started writing on the paper.
When Shu Guan wrote the first word, Xu Pingxi next to him suddenly laughed.
Shu Guan turned to look at him and said:
"What are you laughing at?"
"Haha, Brother Shu, your handwriting is as good as mine."
Shu looked at the crooked word "Chen" he wrote on the white paper, and ignored Xu Pingxi's mocking.
In his last life, he had never even held a writing brush.
In this life, when the old cripple taught him how to read when he was a child, he actually asked him to learn calligraphy. But because Shuguan already knew the characters, he didn't learn them so seriously, and the old cripple didn't force him to do anything. After all, in that small mountain village, it would be of little use if you could practice beautiful calligraphy.
For Taoyuan Village, this is a completely meaningless skill. It is better to learn how to build a beautiful animal cage.
Therefore, the level of Shuguan's calligraphy is only at the level that others can understand.
Of course, the same applies to other pens.
Shu Guan continued writing.
"Chen Fusheng, on March 5th, the cash register was 200,000 yuan. On April 8th, a pair of Jingtai dynasty blue and white hexagonal vases with folded branches, flowers and fruits..."
As Shu Guan wrote, the smile on Xu Pingxi's face gradually disappeared, and then became more and more ugly.
"who is he?"
Shu Guan asked this while writing.
"One of my generals, the Jingcheng Garrison Commander."
Shu Guan groaned, which was similar to what he had guessed not long ago.
"Cheng Xingcheng, on May 5th, the cash register was 100,000 yuan..."
Shu Guan kept writing, writing down exactly what he saw in the document bag one by one.
Of course, his memory is not that good, and he can remember all the details in detail.
But Xiaoyi can.
Shu Guan spent half an hour writing out almost everything in the document bag.
The reason why I say almost is because some things are really impossible to write, such as that photo, or there is no need to write, such as the poem on the back of the photo, which even Xu Pingxi would not be interested in.
Xu Pingxi took the list and looked at the names one by one, cursing her incessantly.
"Brother Zhu, where did you get these things?"
Then he asked Shu Guandao this way.
Shu Guan did not answer him directly, but asked a question instead.
"Last night, among the group of Rising Sun people who came here, there was a woman. What is her identity?"
Xu Pingxi suddenly showed a strange look,
"...That woman seems to be named Nakata Sakurako. According to Nakata Takeo, she is his niece, and she is also related to the royal family of the Kingdom of the Rising Sun. The Nakata family is actually a very prominent family in the Kingdom of the Rising Sun, with great power. It is very powerful in the military, government and business circles.”
"As for the reason why Nakata Takeo brought his niece today, he actually wanted me to agree to their conditions and marry his niece to me as my wife."
"Of course, it must be a real wife. Ever since Xiang'er's mother died, I have never married a real wife."
"Then did you agree?"
Shu Guan looked at him with a half-smile.
"Although I'm lustful, I'm not someone who can't move when I see a woman. It's useless to try to use a beauty trick on me!"
Xu Pingxi shook his head decisively, but then sighed with regret.
"...But that little girl from the Kingdom of the Rising Sun is really seductive..."
"These things are placed in that woman's bedroom."
Then Shu Guan said this.
"If you really marry her home, you may die suddenly before long."
"It's Banma Day!"
Xu Pingxi cursed.
"These Japanese people really have bad intentions."
Japanese people are what the Chinese have called the people on the islands in the Kingdom of the Rising Sun since ancient times.
At this time, Xu Pingxi had already read the entire list.
"Good guy, 70% of my men have been bribed by them!"
Xu Pingxi murmured to himself.
"You'd better be more cautious and check carefully, such as through these bank drafts, to see if they were collected by your subordinates. But there are some autographed receipts there. I can't take them out. Otherwise, I can check the handwriting and I can tell them. true and false."
"I'm sure everyone should check it carefully, but it shouldn't be fake. Grandma's, for example, this Chen Fusheng. Some time ago, I heard that he got a pair of antique bottles from somewhere, and then showed them off to everyone."
Xu Pingxi said bitterly:
"No wonder he kept talking to those Japanese yesterday. Regarding Brother Shu, think about it again, have you seen a name called Tang Huanpei?"
"No!"
Shu Guan shook his head firmly.
He believed that Xiaoyi would never miss anything.
Xu Pingxi seemed to be greatly relieved.
"It's okay, it's okay. As long as there is nothing wrong with Mr. Tang."
However, what Shu Guan said next made Xu Pingxi breathe a sigh of relief and be lifted up again.
"Although there isn't the Tang Huanpei you mentioned, there is another person that I haven't mentioned just now."
"who?"
"A man named Ouyang Hai."
"What! Staff Ouyang? This is impossible!"
Xu Pingxi exclaimed.
Shu Guan looked at him blankly.
But to be honest, before seeing that photo, he really didn't expect that Ouyang Hai was a spy for the people of the Rising Sun.
There are very few people who do such a high-profile job as spies, and judging from the temperament between the young man's eyebrows, he doesn't look like someone who would do such a thing at all.
All I can say is that I really have a bad eye for seeing people, otherwise I wouldn't have been treated so cruelly by Jiang Yun last time.
"Whether you believe it or not, he is indeed, and unlike others, others are just sold out, and they may not really want to rebel against you. At most, they may choose to stand still at critical moments."
"But that Ouyang Hai is different. He is directly from there. He and that Nakata Sakurako should be a couple..."
Shu Guan told the story about the photo.
"What?"
Xu Pingxi exclaimed again, and then
Then he took a piece of white paper again and started writing on it.
There was one last thing he hadn't written just now, which was the entire plan to deal with Xu Pingxi.
After writing, he threw the blank paper to Xu Pingxi.
"Okay, this is simply an open-book exam. What to do next is your own business."
Shu Guan stood up and prepared to leave.
This is the limit of what he can do in this matter.
Unless another cultivator from the Black Dragon Society takes action directly, no matter whether Xu Pingxi can deal with his own men, he will be unable to do anything else.
"If I can't suppress such a spineless guy even like this, then the battles I, Xu Pingxi, have fought in this life will be in vain. I am sorry for the name Zuo Gong gave me. I deserve to be killed."
Xu Pingxi said angrily, then lowered his head and thought deeply:
"But I have to wait for Tang Lao'er to bring his army over. Well... In this case, one division will not be enough. Let Tang Lao'er bring the entire second army over. Brother Shu, what do you think..."
But when Xu Pingxi looked up, there was no one in front of him.
"These gods..."
The Governor-General of Chu Xiang was silent for a long time, and then let out such a sigh of unclear meaning.
…
At this time, Shu Guan had already walked into Zhou Ji Breakfast Shop.
He was going to have breakfast before returning to Shanjingkan.
"Lao Zhou, a piece of hot dry noodles, a drawer of soup dumplings, and a bowl of Hu soup noodles."
Shu Guan greeted Lao Zhou.
"Okay, you sit down first and then come."
At this time, the sky was starting to get brighter, there were many customers in the store, and Lao Zhou was busy.
Shu Guan found a seat casually, and just as he was about to sit down, he suddenly heard a blast like artillery coming from outside the store.
This startled Shu Guan.
... Could it be that old man Xu Pingxi took action so quickly? It's too urgent...
Because he had just come out from Xu Pingxi's place not long ago, Shu Guan would inevitably have this idea subconsciously.
And the explosions like artillery kept approaching Zhou Ji Zaobao, accompanied by bursts of crying from the elderly, women and children.
Shu Guan quickly walked out of the store to take a look.
It turned out to be a long funeral procession, and the huge explosion was just a firecracker clearing the way.
But Shu Guan was still a little surprised.
Because the funeral procession was too long. At a glance, it actually carried more than twenty coffins.
Why did so many people die at once? What happened to Xiushui Street?
Then Shu Guan saw that old man Meng Huibao was also in the funeral procession, walking at the front of the procession with a gloomy expression on his face.
Shu Guan frowned and walked towards the funeral procession.
