"Obstruction? In the tank? What's going on? Isn't the City Lord's Mansion only going to support us? ”

Xia Fan asked puzzled.

"That's right, the city lord is indeed on our side. In the past nearly half a month, nearly 100 government officials have been implicated in a widely implicated case that has been exposed in the government affairs department. Therefore, a lot of government work has been affected. So much so that some disputes between us and the Liu family often need to be mediated by the City Lord's Mansion. ”

Speaking of this, Xia Ya paused, picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, and then continued: "In the process of mediation, the city lord did not maintain a neutral attitude, but had an obvious inclination towards our Xia family. In the first few days, the Liu family really suffered some losses. But after all, the lord of the castle represents the official, and there is always a limit to what he can do. At least on the premise of not involving the law of the Great Qian, he must also abide by certain rules, otherwise it will only cause chaos in the entire Qingyang City. This is obviously unacceptable to the lord of the castle. ”

"Since the City Lord's Mansion is indeed leaning like us, what obstacles will it encounter? The Liu family's business in the city has been suppressed by us in the first place, and now the power of the family is more than ten times stronger than half a year ago, and with the support of the City Lord's Mansion, the actions of the Liu family should go very smoothly, is there something wrong? ”

Xia Fan was even more puzzled.

"It's something that happened, behind the Liu family...... A group of people who had never been seen before appeared, these people were not only powerful, completely erasing the strength gap between us and the Liu family, but also many masters of specialized categories! As a result, our commercial attack on the Liu family in the past ten days not only did not have any effect, but allowed the Liu family to take the opportunity to turn the situation around. ”

Xia Ya sighed and said helplessly.

"Someone you've never met? Have you investigated what it all came about? Able to compete with us in terms of combat power...... It can't be someone from Qingyang City. Could it be that the Liu family and the forces of the other cities have reached an intention to cooperate? ”

Xia Fan was slightly stunned, and couldn't help frowning.

"We think the same way, but it's not clear which city the other party is from...... After all, being able to casually take out the power of dozens of nine-rank martial artists is rare in other cities. What's more, according to our guess, there should be a hidden Martial Sect-level powerhouse on the other side who has not appeared, and there may even be more than one Martial Sect. In short, the helper that the Liu family found this time is very powerful! ”

Xia Ya said with a solemn expression.

"Yes, Second Young Master, the head of the family and I have met Liu Badao once during this time, Liu Badao is followed by a young man who looks not much older than you, that young man is quite unsightly, and Liu Badao's attitude towards him is also very interesting. The most important thing is that behind the young man there are two old men who are always on their feet. Even though the two of them hadn't leaked any fluctuations, they still made me feel extremely dangerous. ”

The old butler said in a deep voice.

"Makes you feel incredibly dangerous?"

Xia Fan looked at the old butler, it was the first time he had heard such words from the old butler's mouth.

"It can only be said to be an intuition, the two old men who followed behind that young man should be both martial arts level powerhouses, and at least one of them is much stronger than me! I have no way of explaining the origin of this intuition, but I trust my own judgment. ”

The old butler nodded and said.

Xia Fan frowned and pondered for a while, then asked, "Which business is our most affected?" ”

"At the moment, the business of the pharmacy has been affected the most."

It was Xia Wuxing who answered him, since Xia Wuxing and the others were disposed of, Xia Wuxing had naturally become the Great Elder of the Xia Parent Elders' Association.

"What is the cause of the impact?"

"According to the previous proportion, our family's various pharmacies occupy almost sixty percent of the entire Qingyang City. And the Liu family's medicine house is together with some other small medicine houses, sharing the remaining forty percent of the share. But from a dozen days ago, the situation began to change. In the Liu family's medicine house, several drugs that we have never seen before suddenly appeared, and the effects of those drugs are surprisingly good! ”

Xia Wuxing said as objectively as possible, so as not to affect Xia Fan's judgment by accidentally revealing subjective emotions.

"Unlike other pharmacies, we and the Liu family's pharmacies are basically only engaged in the business of martial artists and martial artists, and the medicines we sell are basically those high-grade drugs that are close to the lowest level of alchemy. These drugs are the most profitable, and at the same time, it is easier to form influence and reputation among the martial arts cultivation groups in the entire Qingyang City. The income of the medicine bank accounts for nearly half of the income of our entire family. Although the Liu family does not occupy such a high proportion, it is not far behind. So once the pharmacy business is affected. It will directly affect the operation of the entire family. Whether for us or for the Liu family, the business of the pharmacy is the lifeline of our two families. ”

"Didn't the recipes for refining the medicines we and the Liu family all come from the hands of those three alchemists in the city? Did they develop a better drug and sell it only to the Liu family? ”

Xia Fan continued to ask.

"No, about this, I specifically asked the city lord, and the city lord assured me that those three alchemists would definitely not provide any help to the Liu family in this regard, so we think that there should be a real alchemist in the group behind the Liu family. And the level of this alchemist must be above the three alchemists in our Qingyang City. ”

Xia Ya shook his head and said.

"Yes, that should be the real reason. It's just that this reason makes us face the current situation without any way, so the head of the family wants you to come back as soon as possible, listen to the old housekeeper, in terms of alchemy, aren't you very good at it, second young master? ”

Speaking of which, Xia Wuxing's voice was a little more relaxed.

Because this kind of struggle with the Liu family is still only within the scope of one business field.

And only in terms of business, the Xia family itself has always had obvious channels and business advantages for the Liu family in Qingyang City.

Therefore, as long as the product can recover the disadvantage, the whole situation can be completely changed immediately.

"How much has our pharmacy business been affected so far?"

Xia Fan didn't answer Xia Wufear's question directly, but continued to ask.

"In just a few days, our market share has fallen to about fifty percent, and the Liu family is basically equal to our share, which is still because of the lack of propaganda ability of the Liu family, and there are still many martial arts cultivators, who are skeptical about the effect of the Liu family's drugs. For Wu Xiu, a better drug often means that a life-and-death situation can make them more likely to save their lives. So once most of the martial cultivators agree with the Liu family's medicine, then we are completely in danger. No martial cultivator would be stingy with gold and silver in the matter of life and death. ”

Xia Wuxing said with a sigh.

"I see, leave this matter to me. By the way, let's also take a look at the guys who suddenly appeared behind the Liu family, what are the origins. But before I do that, I'm going to go to a private prison. That guy has been drying long enough, it's time to try to ask something. ”