Habits are like spring flowers and autumn rains, which will naturally come when the season comes. If you don't come, you won't get used to it.

Zuoqiu is also the same for Lu Shanmin.

From Minsheng West Road to Zhigang Avenue, to Jiangzhou, to Tianjing, to the contact with the four major families, the road is always paved at every pass.

In this regard, Lu Shanmin has long been accustomed to it, and habitually waiting for the next signpost.

But now, he has to overcome this habit. Because Zuoqiu didn't leave him a guidepost this time.

Hai Dongqing is right, his top priority now is not only to absorb martial arts nutrition from the previous battle, but more importantly, to calm down and find that direction, and get used to this unaccustomedness, instead of plunging into Tianjing like a headless fly.

Growth, often unexpected.

Even if you think you are mature enough, in fact, you only realize that you have a lot of shortcomings when you encounter difficulties.

This is the same as martial arts, before fighting a stronger opponent, it is easy to blindly think that you are high enough, and only when you encounter a real blow can you make a breakthrough when you can recognize yourself.

Perhaps, this is also another direction that Zuoqiu points to, allowing him to liberate himself from habitual dependence and break through his original self.

The two of them walked slowly on the tree-lined path, the tender green leaves hung on the branches, and the flowers and plants vied on both sides, and they were full of life.

Hai Dongqing quietly sensed the breath on the people of the landing, if there was nothing, if it was gathered, if it was scattered.

The higher the realm of the inner family, the stronger the ability to control the breath, from the trickle to the big river, the more surging the breath in the body, the more difficult it is to suppress, and the easier it is for people to perceive, but the high to a certain realm, with the enhancement of the ability to control, can make the water of the river not ripple, and it is more and more difficult for people to perceive. If you reach the Qi Transformation Realm, under the convergence of the Qi Machine, you can even leak a drop of water, even if you are also a master of the Qi Transformation Realm, it is difficult to judge the other party's realm through the flow of the Qi Machine.

This shows that Lu Shanmin's realm is getting closer and closer to the peak of the late stage of the Yi Marrow Realm, as a cultivator who has found a new way, once he breaks through this hurdle, it will be difficult to meet the opponent.

Hai Dongqing looked at Lu Shanmin lightly, this person who kept saying that he was not talented enough was actually far from being as unbearable as he said.

"Have you figured out what to do next?"

"Didn't you say that you underestimated Nalan Zijian's ambitions, I think so too. He obviously knows more than we do, so let's start with him."

"There is some truth to it".

"Zuoqiu said that everything in the world is a human business, and a human business is a human heart's business."

"I thought you were free from his mental imprisonment." Hai Dongqing said jokingly.

Lu Shanmin smiled, "Getting rid of it is not the same as completely abandoning it, I think his words make a lot of sense." If you want to know what Nalan Zijian thinks and what he wants to do, you have to understand what kind of person he is."

"And what kind of person do you think he is"?

"First of all, he was a reader."

"Reader?" Hai Dongqing smiled disdainfully, "This is the answer that I have been thinking about for a long time"?

"You didn't finish high school, you didn't read much, you don't understand."

Seeing that Hai Dongqing's breathing became rapid and his nostrils contracted rhythmically, Lu Shanmin smiled, "Just on the matter, if you are angry about this, the next analysis will not be possible."

Hai Dongqing snorted lightly, "It's better to graduate from high school than you from elementary school."

Lu Shanmin smiled faintly, and then said: "Actually, there is no necessary relationship between the scholars I am talking about and academic qualifications, when I first arrived in the East China Sea, I thought that people who had gone to college were real scholars, but now I don't think so anymore."

"It's really interesting to listen to a primary school graduate talk about the word "reader."

Lu Shanmin ignored Hai Dongqing's cynicism, and said lightly: "In the past, I thought that the three words of a scholar represented all good qualities, such as benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom, trustworthiness, gentleness, kindness, courtesy, frugality, and letting. But gradually I found out that it is not right, reading more books can only prove that there is more accumulation of knowledge, as for quality, it has little to do with how much you read, but has something to do with people's hearts, and the word people's hearts are precisely the most elusive things in the world, people's hearts are not black and white, just like you and I are good people, but we have all done bad things, and even killed people, and killed a lot of people."

"I never said I was a good person".

"Although there is no inevitable connection between whether or not a scholar is a good person, I believe that any group has commonalities, Nalan Zijian has been cultivated by the Nalan family since he was a child, he is rich and rich, and he is naturally smart, and he grew up in a wealthy family, how can such a person not be confident, of course, he does have self-confident capital, and when I was still worrying about eating and sleeping, he already had enough capital and time to talk and laugh."

"There are few people who don't read well, don't look at him giggling all day long, I can see loneliness in his eyes, I believe he is more lonely than ordinary readers."

"I've been to the library of the Finance College, to the Tianjing Finance Library, as well as the Donghai Library, the Jiangzhou Library, and the Tianjing Library, and there are not many books that are dazzling, but I found it a little strange, so many books are all teaching people to be good, teaching people to be good, all the biographies of people are depicting the excellent qualities of great people, but it is difficult to find a book that is not good about the world."

"Is this world really that good, and the people in this world really that good? I admit that there are many good people and things in this world, but at the same time there are just as many, and even more in the eyes of some people

There are so many bad things in this world, from ancient times to the present."

"Of course, these things are normal for me, because I have come from the bottom step by step, I am used to seeing it, I have seen it through, and I am used to it, and it is not so important to me whether it is good or bad, I just insist on myself is enough."

But Nalan Zijian is different, he has read too many books since he was a child, and everything in the books is good, when he accidentally found that this world is not as good as depicted in the books, and this world is difficult to find, or he has not found the humble gentlemen that the saints say at all. The so-called scholars of the Nalan family just use reading as a tool for profit, and you can imagine how disappointed the intelligent and precocious Nalan Zijian was when he found out that his family was all hypocrites."

"I remember when I was in the East China Sea, Nalan Zijian talked to me about the topic of 'gentleman', and I remember the disappointment in his eyes."

Hai Dongqing listened to Lu Shanmin quietly, not sarcastic, she suddenly felt that Lu Shanmin was also quite knowledgeable.

Zuoqiu said that as long as you are a real reader, you must have some kind of ideal, or expectation, in your heart. If you can't get it, you will resist the world from your heart and look down on all people, so Nalan Zijian is giggling on the surface, but in fact, he looks down on anyone in his eyes, including Nalan Zhenshan, including his parents, and even his grandfather Nalan Wenruo."

"Angels and demons are on the line, and he, the devil, has been completely released."

Although Hai Dongqing couldn't understand what Lu Shanmin said about the reader, and she couldn't understand the internal logic of his analysis of Nalan Zijian, she faintly felt that Lu Shanmin's should be right.

"The devil is often very bold, so Nalan Zijian likes to take risks, we might as well speculate that his purpose is the shadow, but unlike you, you want to destroy the shadow, and he wants to control the shadow net."

Lu Shanmin nodded, "I also think so, how productive the land is, how bold he is, and he can't exaggerate his guesses."

"The real power of the shadow is not in their masters, but in the network that doesn't know how many people are involved, and it can weave all kinds of resources into the network, which is not something that a few martial artists can do."

"Yes, in fact, when Zuoqiu let me get in touch with the four major families, I had a guess whether the shadow would be one of the four major families, and only they have such financial resources and heritage, they are businessmen, and only they have such motives."

"Which one do you think it is?"

Lu Shanmin shook his head, "Except for the Han family, the other three families are all possible."

"Love the house and Wu, because of Han Yao". Hai Dongqing picked the corners of his mouth.

Lu Shanmin smiled, "My grandfather's words are still hanging in Han Xiaozhou's study."

"If behind the shadow is one of the four major families, then the shadow is hidden deeper than the shadow."

Lu Shanmin frowned slightly, "Feng Xiaolan is from a police family, although her family is not the support of the Killing Shadow, but at least she has the tacit approval of her family, and it should be certain that she has some connection with the official."

"Who has no contact with the official, which of the four major families does not have high-ranking officials, even if it is us, we can form a certain influence on officialdom in the East China Sea."

Lu Shanmin nodded, "I know that this organization has appeared a few times, and it hasn't done much of a deal, like deliberately exposing it to some people, and it's more just a disturbance or psychological oppression for some people."

"Don't forget the summer and autumn in Jiangzhou, the praying mantis catches the cicada and the yellow finch is behind, it is often this kind of inconspicuous existence, and the last appearance is a thunderous blow."

Lu Shanmin understood what Hai Dongqing meant, at their level, the fight between them is not a small fight between neighbors, even if the other party has no ill will towards him, but as long as he is in this pool of troubled water, no one wants to retreat, and no one can tell why they will become the enemy of life and death in the end.

Hai Dongqing continued: "The fund company that came to contact Donglai has made it clear that it is not from the Nalan family, and the capital has turned a few corners from abroad. They chose you as bait at the beginning, in addition to the fact that you are Lu Chenlong's son, the most important reason is because you are clean, and the people around you are relatively clean, but this game of chess has been played so far, it is already a dog's tooth."

Lu Shanmin smiled, thinking of the group of people in the East China Sea, he was quite relieved. "By now, I believe it's also the cleanest."

"Don't get too complacent, I can find you in the East China Sea, and others can find you when you're a bar security guard."

Lu Shanmin frowned, "Even if there is, most of them are trustworthy."

"The next step is to use Ye Zixuan as a breakthrough point, let Nalan Zijian take the lead everywhere, and if you lose this time, I'm afraid you won't even lose your life."

Lu Shanmin raised his head slightly, looking at the warm sun, just like seeing Ye Zixuan's lovely face, "I won't let her be hurt in any way."

Hai Dongqing looked at the smile on Lu Shanmin's face, and for no reason, there were ripples in his heart. "I'm not talking about her life and death, it's about shadows."

Lu Shanmin turned his head and glanced at Hai Dongqing, and said lightly: "I have asked Zhou Tong to mobilize all his forces, in addition, Yi Xiangfeng will also come back from the Middle East in the near future, and Qi Han will also arrive soon."

Hai Dongqing was stunned for a moment, she didn't even notice that in just a few years, Lu Shanmin's power had developed to this point.

"It's better for the two of them to be put last, don't forget that the police have already targeted you."

Lu Shanmin frowned, and Ji Tiejun's round face appeared in his mind, "This policeman is different from all the policemen I have ever seen, he is a man to see."

The old fox who doesn't understand".

"That bobcat, are you going to stay in Tianjing"?

"Although he looks a little ugly and has a little inferiority, he is a rare smart person, and under the tempering of these years, he can be regarded as growing up, Zuoqiu is not here now, and leaving him in Tianjing can be regarded as a guarantee."

Hai Dongqing frowned slightly, "The overall situation is best grasped by you."

Lu Shanmin smiled, "I know you don't like him, don't worry, there is Zhang Zhonghui by his side."

"There are some things I don't want to say more, none of the people in this world who believe in people too much will end well."

Lu Shanmin didn't argue with Hai Dongqing about this issue, "Let's go, we should also go to Tianjing, Zuoqiu left such a mess, I have to do it myself now."

"You didn't think about where he went"?

Lu Shanmin nodded, and walked towards the end of the shade, "Don't think about things that you can't figure out, why bother with it."

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Hai Dongqing did not go to Tianjing University of Finance and Economics with Lu Shanmin, this time she came to Tianjing, she did not plan to go completely according to Lu Shanmin's ideas, the famous eldest sister in Donghai has always had her own style of doing things.

Lu Shanmin didn't ask, and went back to the rental house by car.

When He Zhang saw Lu Shanmin coming back, he was so excited that he put down the book and flew to Lu Shanmin.

"Little junior brother, you're back."

Seeing He Zhang's haggard face and the appearance of crying, Lu Shanmin was quite moved.

"Third Senior Brother, this time has made you worried."

Of course, He Zhang was worried, since the financial war started, he guessed that something must have happened to Lu Shanmin, and no one could see him for more than half a month, and the phone couldn't get through, so he almost couldn't help but call the police to find someone.

"It's good to come back, it's good to come back". He Zhang shook the arm of the landed mountain people vigorously.

"Boss Tao is okay this time?" Lu Shanmin asked tentatively.

He Zhang sighed, "You don't know, when Huayue Capital attacked Xinghui Group, those people who were fooled by Boss Tao into investing in Huayue realized that they had been fooled, and it was simply insulting."

Lu Shanmin grinned and chuckled in his heart, "Very serious"? "Didn't you get beaten?"

"If it is really not serious to be beaten, you also know that Boss Tao pays the most attention to reputation, and the reputation accumulated in his life has been in vain, and those people have spent a lot of money to invite many experts and scholars in the industry, and also invited a group of writers with no bottom line to slander the boss in major media. It wasn't until the end of the financial war that the group of people realized that there was no loss and stopped, although a few came to apologize, and some people washed their bosses in the media, but the dirty water spilled out was so easy to wash. Now when the boss is mentioned on the Internet, it is said that the boss is a lackey of businessmen, a shame to the economist community, and it is 、、、、Hey, forget it, don't talk about it, it's too ugly".

Lu Shanmin's heart is cold, he knows a scholar like Tao Ranzhi very well, he doesn't care about money, he doesn't even care about life, he cares about the word "reputation" all his life, although he feels that this kind of person is a little pedantic in his heart, but he can understand his current mood.

"Boss Tao likes to drink tea, or I'll buy two boxes of good tea to take the blame."

He Zhang shook his head, "I advise you not to do anything now, and wait for him to be angry after a while."

Lu Shanmin's heart palpitated, he really didn't know how to face Tao Ranzhi now.

"Has anyone been looking for me lately"?

"The people looking for you have all broken through the threshold, Yaoyao comes every day, she has just been gone for a while, and there are Lu Qingfeng, Wei Wuxian, Tian Heng, and a man in his sixties, and a very beautiful girl who also came once yesterday."

As he was talking, there were three unhurried knocks at the door.

"Looking for you," He Zhang pointed to the door.

Lu Shanmin opened the door, frowning slightly, "What are you doing here?"

Nalan Zhenbang smiled faintly, looking quite elegant, "Can you walk with me?"

Lu Shanmin turned around and said to He Zhang, went out for a while, and went downstairs with Nalan Zhenshan.

Walking on campus, Nalan Zhenbang did not speak, and Lu Shanmin did not speak.

Lu Shanmin didn't have much hatred for the boss of the Nalan family in front of him, but he didn't have much affection for the house and Wu.

"The last time you said you saved me."

"Yes, it was a letter I sent to Fenglang, I had old friends with your parents back then, your mother,."

"I'm not interested in these things", Lu Shanmin once heard the gossip written, which disgusted him.

Nalan Zhenbang smiled, "You are very good, your parents must be very proud of you under Jiuquan."

"Was this financial war designed by Nalan Zijian a long time ago"?

Nalan Zhenbang was stunned for a moment, obviously not expecting Lu Shanmin to think of this layer.

"It's not a long time ago, he is actually gambling, and it was only at the last moment that he forced Zhenshan to comply." After a pause, "Although Donghai has lost a lot of money, you have almost earned it back in Tianjing, if you can unite the Luo family and the Zhao family and continue to control Huayue Capital, then you will earn back a lot."

Lu Shanmin sneered, "Some accounts shouldn't be counted like this."