Shen Li just stood there without saying a word.
Yang Baiye saw the expressions of the shopkeeper and the accounting boy change drastically, and he understood something instantly.
"Do I still need to find it myself?" Shen Li asked.
The shopkeeper now feels that there is a wolf in front and a tiger in the back. If Shen Li is allowed to dig through it, he will definitely find evidence. If he disagrees, it means that he is the Copper Coin Society.
"Xiao Langjun is really good at joking."
The shopkeeper laughed, his mind racing, thinking about how to fool this matter.
No one cares about his own life unless there is something more important than his own life.
As an ordinary member of the Copper Coin Society, even though he opened a silk and satin shop, it was not worthy of the shopkeeper dedicating his life unconditionally to the Copper Coin Society.
Such a comparison shows that the Xingxiu Sect and the Copper Coin Society, two major forces in the world, are at odds with each other.
Members of the Xingxiu Sect are lickers of blood, and their loyalty to the Xingxiu Sect is far greater than that of the Copper Coin Society.
The Copper Coin Society's code of conduct is bribery with benefits.
Unknown to outsiders, the shopkeeper knows all the twists and turns inside.
Ordinary members like him join the Copper Coin Society to earn more money.
The purchase price of other silk and satin shops is 20% higher than his, and these two percentages are real money that the shopkeeper pockets.
With the benefits, the shopkeeper is willing to complete the tasks assigned to him by the Copper Coin Club on weekdays.
However, compared with his own life, those benefits are worthless.
No one would despise the fact that they have a lot of money. If they only have the life to make money but not the life to spend it, wouldn’t it be like drawing water from a bamboo basket in vain?
Seeing that the hilt of Shen Li's sword hanging on his waist moved slightly, the shopkeeper immediately said with a pale face: "Young Master, if you ask me directly, if I know, I will definitely know everything."
Yang Baiye sneered and said: "It would be great to get straight to the point like this, so as not to waste time."
The shopkeeper nodded and bowed, invited them into the back room again, and said to the waiter: "We have distinguished guests today, so we will no longer do business."
He personally moved two chairs and invited Shen Li and Yang Baiye to sit down, while he was trembling with fear.
"You sit down too."
Shen Li said.
"Okay, okay."
Now, it can be said that he is walking on thin ice, and the shopkeeper does not dare to make any mistakes, for fear that the young man will kill him.
Since he was a member of the Copper Coin Society, the shopkeeper was no longer an honest citizen and should belong to the Jianghu people. If he was killed when he was killed, the Tongquetai investigated him and dealt with him directly as a Jianghu vendetta.
The shopkeeper didn't even dare to sit down, he only got a little bit on his butt.
"Excuse me, young hero."
"Tell me everything you know about the Copper Coin Society."
"yes."
The shopkeeper organized a few words, and immediately poured out beans: "The Copper Coin Society issued an order to us ordinary peripheral members last month, saying that they would focus on every move of the Xingxiu Cult branch helm, and also give us dozens of A portrait of the members of the Xingxiu Cult branch."
"Where is the portrait?"
"here."
The shopkeeper stood up, opened the secret door on the side of the back room, and took out a stack of portraits.
Yang Baiye looked through it and found that he didn't have his own. He smiled at Shen Li and said, "The Copper Coin Association didn't even prepare my portrait."
"Perhaps the copper coins will make you unwilling to offend the Yang family." The young man said.
"It seems that having a second-grade Great Sword Immortal in my family is still useful."
"If I were a second-grade Great Sword Immortal, I'm afraid that as soon as I come to Qifeng City, Copper Money would immediately come to me and be willing to reconcile." Shen Li said with a smile.
The young man guessed that the best way would be for Qin Xianqing to come to Qifeng City in person. Then all the actions of the copper coin would be useless in front of a great swordsman like Qin Xianqing.
When thinking of Qin Xianqing's stunning face, Shen Li sighed secretly.
Some people at the head of the Xingxiu Sect have speculated that there is some kind of unexplainable relationship between the two?
Otherwise, why did Qin Xianqing value him so much? She not only taught Shen Li martial arts, but she turned a deaf ear to others and was extremely concerned about Shen Li's affairs.
Shen Li also knew in his heart that during the battles at Kaixi City and Woxia Temple, he seemed to be in an extremely dangerous situation. The masters he was fighting were either fourth-grade or third-grade masters, but in fact, all of them were close to death.
She also understood the horror of being born with the body of a diamond dragon and an elephant, so she dared to agree to Zhao Ruyu's various plans, and made Shen Li act as a pawn across the river, step by step to complete the plans of the Xingxiu Sect.
What's more, with Zhao Ruyu escorting him at close range, the young man would not be in any fatal danger.
Next we went to Woxia Temple.
Needless to say.
Qin Xianqing went there by himself.
However, the situation changed drastically and she almost lost her life.
Yang Boye laughed loudly: "Brother Shen, don't say it yourself."
Immediately, he said to the shopkeeper: "You continue."
"Yes, yes, after Tongqian gave us portraits, he asked us to pay close attention to where these people went, but we are usually busy with our own business, how can we distract ourselves from paying attention all the time? Because of this, Tongqian will be angry , gave us a lesson, and then assigned us new tasks.”
"What is the mission?" Shen Li thought for a moment and asked curiously.
Because the previous task was considered very important, is it possible that there is a more important task?
The shopkeeper said: "The Copper Coin Society wants us to be chess pieces rooted in all directions of Qifeng City and record what happens nearby every day."
"..." Shen Li sighed, and instead of asking the shopkeeper, he asked about Yang Baiye, "Brother Yang, do you know what Copper Coin Club has planned?"
"How would I know if you didn't tell me?" Yang Baiye was helpless.
Just relying on the shopkeeper's words is like looking at the sea in the fog, how can you see the truth.
"Tell me, what are your plans for the copper coins?" Yang Boye asked the shopkeeper directly.
The shopkeeper shook his head: "The Copper Coin Association only issued this task without any explanation."
"Brother Shen, please tell me, don't hide it from me."
"Okay." Shen Li nodded with a smile. In fact, he also made a guess. He thought that his guess was probably true. "The Copper Coin Club will be in charge of the Qifeng City. In addition to driving away the Xingxiu Sect, there are other bigger things." The plot!"
"Ah? What do you mean by this?"
"Simple, just deal with a Xingxiu Cult sub-rudder, you don't need to spend so much effort, just let peripheral members like the shopkeeper keep an eye on the Xingxiu Cult sub-rudder..."
Shen Li paused and looked into Yang Baiye's eyes: "Then why did you suddenly change the mission?"
"You want to say that the Copper Coin Society will suppress the entire Qifeng City?"
"Suppression is out of the question." The young man stood up and began to look at the clothes that fit him. "They want to take Qifeng City into their pocket and make it a mountain of gold and silver where copper coins will make a steady stream of money!"
"What?!" Yang Baiye stood up in shock.
Copper coins will cause conflicts with the Xingxiu Sect. In the final analysis, it is a conflict of interest.
After all, both parties are powerful forces in the world, and Qifeng City was second only to Luo Jing in the Northern Sui Dynasty. Everyone was jealous of the huge benefits brought by this city. Otherwise, why would the Xingxiu Sect have made Shangguan happy to recognize Qifeng City as the helmsman? Helmsman?
However, even if one party drives away the other, they still cannot monopolize Qifeng City and have to share the benefits with other forces in the city.
"The Copper Coin Society wants to cover up the sky in Qifeng City? This is not suppression. What is suppression?"
He really didn't expect that the Copper Coin Society would be so bold!
"If it's really a suppression, the Yang family should be the first to bear the brunt. We must first drive away those sword immortals from the Yang family, and then we can suppress a city." The young man said with a smile.
If you think about it carefully, this problem is not difficult to understand.
Yang Baiye's concern only leads to chaos. After all, if the Copper Coin Society succeeds, the Yang family's interests in Qifeng City will inevitably be damaged.
He is the confirmed successor of the Yang family. If the interests of the Yang family are harmed, it also means that his interests are harmed.
"If that's the case, won't Copper Coin be afraid of revenge from our Yang family?"
"Not afraid."
Shen Li chose a piece of clothing, "Probably the Copper Coin Club has made all preparations. First, boil the frogs in warm water. When everyone comes to their senses, the first-class masters from the Copper Coin Club will come."
"Yes, if Brother Shen hadn't noticed the clues, I would have been kept in the dark."
"That's not necessarily what I said, but be careful when sailing..."
The young man suddenly fell silent.
"What's wrong?" Yang Baiye was surprised.
"What will happen if we tell all the forces in Qifeng City about this?"
"..." Yang Baiye laughed instantly, "The Copper Coin Society will lose popularity in Qifeng City and fall into the spotlight."
"Let's do it like this. Later we will quietly go to Pingkangfang to see the situation, and then go back to discuss this matter with Sister Shangguan."
The shopkeeper frowned.
Shen Li asked: "Shopkeeper, do you have any questions?"
"Young Master, the Copper Coin Society will definitely know that I leaked it to you."
"The shopkeeper doesn't need to worry about this."
"How can I not be worried? The young man can just leave. My ancestors have been living in Qifeng City for generations. The copper coins will be blamed, and my whole family will die without a burial place!"
Since he has joined the Copper Coin Club, the shopkeeper naturally knows a lot about the past deeds of the Copper Coin Club.
Although the Copper Coin Society's method of dealing with traitors is mild compared to other major forces, it is still comparatively speaking.
There was an example in Qifeng City some time ago.
An innkeeper who originally took refuge in the Copper Coin Society, for some unknown reason, identified the Copper Coin Society and sold a lot of information to the Bloody Clothes Sect, causing the Copper Coin Society's influence in several other towns to be damaged.
After the Copper Coin Society found out the traitor, they ordered several martial arts masters to hunt down the innkeeper who escaped overnight. With their spies all over the place, they managed to pluck out the innkeeper from a town without even using them for four days.
Of course there is punishment, it is not just killing him directly.
Instead, they took away all the money of the innkeeper and his family and threw them on the streets of Qifeng City, turning them into beggars begging for food. In order to prevent the innkeeper from starting a new business on his own, he had all his hands and feet broken.
Shen Li said: "I told you not to worry. I have my reasons. Do you know the power of the Xingxiu Sect in Southern Wu?"
"I've heard that the Xingxiu Sect is deeply rooted in Southern Wu, and there's nothing the Buddhists can do about it."
"That's it, the Copper Coin Society will really be held accountable. You and your family will be escorted by the Xingxiu Sect to live in Nanwu. Believe me, you will only earn more in Nanwu, not less." Shen Li said slowly, "The Xingxiu Sect has always been extremely generous to those who are willing to cooperate with us."
At this point, what else can the shopkeeper say?
He had no choice but to nod and bow.
"Everything is up to Xiao Langjun's arrangement."
Shen Li asked Yang Boye: "Why haven't you heard such information mentioned by Sister Shangguan?"
Yang Baiye slowly shook his head: "It's because we didn't do a good job in dividing the helm and ignored it."
