The sporadic glow of cigarette butts flickered in the dark room.

Bang!

There was a bang, and the two bodyguards guarding the door were violently excited, and hurriedly pressed the handle and rushed into the room: "Da Shao!"

The room was pitch black, thick with smoke, choking the two bodyguards with a violent cough.

Reaching out and groping around the wall, he found that the switch was turned on, and a large area of light suddenly poured into the spacious room.

Chen Hongming reclined in his chair, holding a half-lit cigarette in his mouth, and a pile of fragmented cigarette butts and ashes lay at his feet. In the corner of the wall is a smashed tea cup and an ancient porcelain vase that has been shattered by the tea cup.

"Da Shao, this..."

"Get out!" Chen Hongming's voice was hoarse, and his eyes were scarlet and bloodshot.

The two bodyguards glanced at each other, but they didn't dare to disobey, nodded slightly, answered "yes", and then honestly retreated again and closed the door.

After a while, a series of smashing sounds sounded in the room, followed by Chen Hongming's indistinct roar.

A look of worry flashed in one of the bodyguards' eyes, and he was about to push the door in again, but was stopped by another bodyguard.

Shook his head gently: "Ledu's matter, Dashao is in a bad mood, don't go in and look for yourself." ”

"Hmm. Nodding, the bodyguard shrank back and stood quietly behind the door, listening to the occasional noise in the room, his eyelids jumping wildly.

After about ten minutes, the room was quiet, and at this time, an uninvited guest arrived.

Li Xian walked into the hall with a gentle step, and stood still a little away from the door, hesitating slightly.

"Young Master Li. Although Li Xian has lost power now, but in thirty years in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi, no one knows if he will have a chance to make a comeback, so the two bodyguards still dare not slack off, and hurriedly bowed down and shouted.

Nodding slightly, Li Xian walked over and smiled kindly: "Is Da Shao here?"

Glancing at Li Xian, the bodyguard lowered his voice and said, "Da Shao is in a bad mood, Young Master Li will come back another day." ”

Li Xian nodded, turned around and wanted to leave, but stopped halfway, and turned around again after a long while: "I'll go in and have a look." ”

"If the young man starts to lose his temper, Young Master Li will take care of it. The bodyguard was helpless, so he had to admonish, unscrewed the door, and whispered inside, "Da Shao, Young Master Li is here." ”

There was no response in the room, and Li Xian nodded slightly to the two bodyguards and walked in.

As soon as he entered the room, his shoes kicked into a shattered ceramic jar. The jar's uncontrolled bones rolled forward, rubbing against shards of porcelain, glass, and sculpture in a series of unpleasant noises.

Li Xian's eyes swept around, and the room was already full of messes. It seems that everything that can be used has been smashed by Chen Hongming.

Chen Hongming leaned against the tilted rich tree next to the sofa, with a decadent expression. Li Xian's gaze paused on him, then turned around and slowly closed the door.

"Big Little. Li Xian screamed softly, and his words were a little stiff. This word made him feel quite uncomfortable, if it wasn't for the fence, the Li family would have called Li Xian himself like this.

Chen Hongming lowered his head, stared at the patterns on the floor in a daze, and did not speak.

Li Xian's Adam's apple rolled and froze there, and after a long while, he whispered, "I have heard about Ledu's affairs. ”

"Hehe, hehe. Chen Hongming laughed dryly, raised his head and stared at Li Xian with a hideous face, "It's not just that you have heard about it, now everyone in the whole Lingang knows about it! My Chen family is their laughing stock!"

Li Xian's face changed, and he took half a step forward: "Victory and defeat are commonplace, even if Li Qing takes a small advantage this time, we still have a big advantage." ”

"Little cheap?" Chen Hongming's eyes twitched, "You can actually say this kind of thing? Do you know how much it is? The wealth of the underground vault can buy your entire Li family!"

"What are you telling me about victory and defeat now, let me ask you, is there such an ordinary failure in the world!" Chen Hongming suddenly burst out, and raised his hand to kick out the coffee table that had been overturned to the ground beside him, "Do it again, as long as you do it again, the Chen family will be finished! You can settle down, I can't settle down!"

Li Xian gritted his teeth: "Things have happened, and there is no way to be angry." I didn't come to Chen's house to see the excitement. ”

"It didn't happen to you, that's why you don't care so much? Hehe, it's not to see the fun, of course you're not. Chen Hongming smiled weirdly, "Aren't you here to take refuge, a lost dog." But don't be too complacent, the big tree of the Chen family has fallen, and there is no tree in the world that can provide you with the shade. ”

Li Xian's face instantly turned cold: "What do you mean by this? If I just want to survive, I won't stay in Lingang at all, where can I use the big tree of your Chen family to hide from the shade?"

Chen Hongming blinked, and suddenly looked at Li Xian with a rather strange gaze: "Do you know what people outside are saying about you now?

With bruises on his face, Li Xian's eyes widened and he took a deep breath: "It's okay, sooner or later they will believe that Li Qing did all this." He was the one who killed my father, not me. ”

"But it's obvious that you did it, isn't it?" Chen Hongming spread his hands, "There are no witnesses, no physical evidence." But you can't fool me, I know your temperament too well. If you are caught by the Li family, will they pick your skin alive?"

"Li Xian, I, Chen Hongming, never thought I was a good person, but what you did really disgusted me!"

Li Xian's body couldn't help but tremble slightly: "What do you mean?"

Chen Hongming stepped forward suddenly, grabbed Li Xian's collar with one hand, and stared at him deadly: "Do you know what use you have for me now? It's useless! When you appeared at the back door of the Chen family with a dejected look, it was because of my great mercy that I let you in." If I hadn't saved you, you would have been kidnapped and sent to Li's house for a reward in less than three hours after you wandered the streets. Your current value is not even as good as the group of hunting dogs I raised! The only purpose for which I still provide you with shelter is to not want Li Qing to live too happily. ”

Firmly staring at Chen Hongming's bloodshot eyes, Li Xian's voice was as cold as frost: "Chen Hongming, I have already given you enough face by calling you a young man, don't go too far." Li Qing has gone crazy, if he kills me, he will also kill you, the two of us are at most the difference between dying early and dying late. ”

Chen Hongming sneered: "If Li Yuanwu is here, I will treat him politely, after all, he is the second master of the Li family, Li Qizhi's only son, and he is a generation higher than Li Qing." Even if he is a bastard, there are still people within the Li family who support him, and Li Qing still doesn't dare to touch him. But what kind of thing are you! A wild seed of unknown origin killed his father with his own hands, who in the Li family will recognize you? Do you really think that I can't hear all those rumors that are all over the place outside?"

"That's enough!" Li Xian violently broke away from Chen Hongming's hand, staggered all the way to the wall, leaned against the wall and gasped for air.

Chen Hongming rubbed his wrist and glanced at Li Xian with a gloomy gaze: "As early as five years ago, I had a plan to harvest the Li family. But my father disagreed, he said that the balance of the four major families in Lingang has been maintained for a hundred years, and the wood is beautiful in the forest, and the wind will destroy it, and rashly breaking the rules will only bring great trouble to the Chen family. ”

"Now it seems that my dad was wrong. If the Li family had been destroyed earlier, there would not have been you wastes in a high position, and Li Qing would not have easily taken over the Li family's power, so what would he use to oppose me? Maybe from the moment he landed in Lingang, he would have died!"

"You're too confident in yourself. Li Xian calmed down and said in a deep voice, "I don't want to quarrel with you today, and I don't want to be humiliated by you." ”

"Then what are you going to do?" Chen Hongming kicked a shattered statue at his feet far away, "Do you want to be like it?"

Suppressing a breath of anger, Li Xian said in a low voice: "If you want to deal with Li Qing now, there is only one way. ”

"Yes, there's only one way. Chen Hongming clenched his fists and creaked, "I've had enough of this kind of sneaky days, since Li Qing took the initiative to declare war, I will accompany you." ”

Li Xian raised his head in astonishment: "You... What does that mean exactly?"

Chen Hongming seemed to realize that he had lost his words, pursed the corners of his mouth, and said nothing.

Li Xian didn't expect that Chen Hongming would have such a shocking idea in his heart, so he didn't think much about it, and said to himself: "This time Li Qing dares to make such a big move, there must be the support of other families behind the scenes." The Xie family has always been content with the status quo and seeking progress while maintaining stability, which is the lowest possibility. So if my prediction is correct, the real black hand behind the scenes should be the Qi family!"

"What's the point of you talking about this now?" Chen Hongming seemed a little impatient.

Li Xian stared at Chen Hongming with blazing eyes: "The Li family and the Qi family are now on the edge of the cliff. The danger of the Li family lies in its fragmentation and precariousness. The Qi family, on the other hand, is too strong, which has caused strong dissatisfaction from the top. We only need to take one more step back and show weakness to Li Qing, and the alliance between the Li family and the Qi family will inevitably be broken, and they themselves will be the first to bite it. ”

Chen Hongming was slightly stunned, raised his eyebrows and asked, "Take a step back?"

"Shrink the Chen family's industry, and don't have any counterattack in the face of the encroachment of the Li family and the Qi family. Li Xian's eyes seemed to be bright, "It is difficult to distribute and balance interests, which is the dead end of Li Qi's two alliances." ”