Chapter 23: Before the Storm (4)

A mansion in the east of Qingyu City, there are two big characters of Duan Mansion written on the door plaque of the mansion.

This mansion is the mansion of Duan Long, the Shangshu of the Criminal Department, Duan Mansion, since Duan Xing was captured by Lu Jiuyuan, Duan Mansion has not seen Duan Xing return to the mansion for several days.

In the hall of Duan Mansion, a bloated woman sat on a chair, her face full of worry, it was Duan Xing's mother, Li.

In front of the Li family, there was a person who was dressed very gorgeously, but he was hovering left and right in front of the Li family, and his face was also very anxious.

"You don't want to dangle in front of you anymore, okay? My eyes were dazzled when I saw it. ”

Now the Li family was very upset when he couldn't see Duan Xing, and he was even more annoyed when he saw Duan Long walking around in front of him, and he couldn't wait to see Duan Long forever.

"You will hang here, Xing'er won't send someone to look for you if you don't see it, but poor my Xing'er doesn't know that his father won't look for him."

Li Shi sat on the chair and wiped his tears and complained, anyway, he was very dissatisfied with Duan Long, who was a father.

Duan Xing disappeared Duan Long had never sent someone to look for him, and if it weren't for the Li clan discovering that Duan Xing hadn't returned home for several days, the Li clan wouldn't have become what he is now.

"I don't go to him, don't I want to? Xing'er is my only son, don't I want to find him as soon as possible? ”

"If you hadn't spoiled Xing'er all day long and let Xing'er do evil in the capital, I would have used the power of the government to find Xing'er."

Duan Long knew what kind of character Duan Long of the Li family knew very well, and Duan Long didn't know how much he loved Duan Long, and the economic resources of the entire Duan Mansion were almost lost by Duan Xing.

And what Duan Xing has done in Kyoto over the years Duan Long knows very well, killing Qing officials and robbing people's daughters, that one thing is something Duan Xing can do, there is no one, if he hadn't pressed Duan Xing on it, it would have been over a long time ago.

"Then why don't you mobilize officers and soldiers to investigate, you are the secretary of the Sanpin Criminal Department, who dares to disobey."

"Hehe, the officers and soldiers are also mobilized, don't you look at the things that Xing'er is doing outside?"

"You are not allowed to say that, Xing'er, you are not in tune."

"Are you going to cut off the entire Duan family, don't you see how many people outside are staring at our Duan family."

Duan Long now has a little hatred for iron and steel, and if it weren't for his own existence, the Duan family would have been over long ago, either going bankrupt or going to prison.

Now he is still thinking about mobilizing officers and soldiers to find Duan Xing, and the people of the other factions are waiting for themselves to make a mistake, and once they make a mistake, the entire Duan Mansion will be completely finished.

Duan Long didn't know how many people had already set their sights on the position of Shangshu of the Criminal Department, and now he only needed to get off the stage by himself, and there would be people vying for it.

And it was the first time for Li to see Duan Long have such a big fire, so she didn't dare to say anything and could only sit in the chair and continue to cry, she was also afraid of Duan Long today.

"Crying, you know crying, won't you think of other ways?"

"Sir."

When Duan Longzheng was about to reprimand the Li family, the housekeeper Duan Fu came, and Duan Fu was also a member of the Duan family, but he became the housekeeper of the Duan Mansion because of Duan Fu's strong ability.

"Housekeeper, did you find out where Xing'er is?"

Now Duan Long wanted to know where Duan Xing was, and when Duan Long asked Duan Fu, the Li family also looked at Duan Fu with expectation, hoping to find out where Duan Xing was.

"Master, my subordinates have searched all over Kyoto, but they have not found the young master, even if it is a restaurant or flower building that the young master often goes to, and the city gate guards have not seen the young master go out of the city."

"But the subordinates found out that on the night when the young master disappeared, the young master went to Chengxi Mu Mansion."

Duan Fu told Duan Long all the information he had found, and even found out that he had gone to Mufu before he disappeared.

Duan Xing is very sure that Duan Xing will not be able to leave the city, because only Duan Xing of Qingyu City will be protected by Duan Long, and Duan Long knows that Duan Xing is also clear, so only Chengxi Mufu remains.

"What is Xing'er doing in Chengxi Mufu?"

"Master, the young master fell in love with Mu Hanxue, the daughter of Ling Mu Kun in Chengxi County, so the young master went to Mu Mansion to find Mu Hanxue, and the young master disappeared at that time."

"Did you find Mu Hanxue?"

"There is no master, the subordinates only found Ah Fu's body in Mu Mansion, and the young master and Mu Hanxue disappeared."

"Gone?"

"Yes, sir."

This time Duan Long probably guessed what was going on, it must have been Mu Hanxue who took Duan Xing away, Mu Hanxue's father Mu Kun was killed by Duan Xing, how could he let Duan Xing go.

"Butler, you send some more people to keep an eye on the vicinity of Mu Mansion, and notify me as soon as you find Mu Hanxue."

"Yes, sir."

Hearing this, Duan Fu also knew that this was the best way, otherwise it would be impossible to find it like this.

At the same time, Duan Fu was very disappointed in the face of Duan Xing, the young master, if the Duan family was handed over to Duan Xing in the future, it would definitely not last long and perish.

Looking at Duan Fu who shook his head and left, Duan Long also knew Duan Fu's thoughts, but Duan Long really had no choice, and he only had such a son as Duan Xing.

While Duan Long was investigating his son Duan Xing, Li Ru was preparing to go north.

In the highest floor of the western heaven of Kyoto City, there are three people sitting here, two of whom are Zhang Liao and Li Ru. As for the other person, it is Zhang Naizhuang, the shopkeeper of the Kyoto Tianxia Building.

"I don't know what the landlord is here for?"

Zhang Naizhuang rarely saw Li Ru looking for him, and he couldn't find Li Ru's residence, so he was very surprised by Li Ru's arrival.

"Shopkeeper Zhang, I'm here to inform you that I'm going to disband Tianxia."

"Disbanding the world downstairs?"

Zhang Naizhuang was directly stunned when he heard this, isn't Tianxialou developing very well, why should Tianxialou be disbanded, Zhang Naizhuang didn't understand Li Ru's decision.

"Yes, the world downstairs should be disbanded, if it weren't for your shopkeeper Zhang doing his best for the world, I wouldn't have come to inform you."

Li Ru still admires Zhang Naizhuang a person, Zhang Naizhuang is a person who is very good at business. And also know what to do and what not to do.

No matter how much Li Ru values Zhang Naizhuang, the dissolution of Tianxialou is imperative, Lu Jiuyuan now needs Li Ru to go north, and Li Ru cannot always be the owner of Tianxialou.

"Landlord, aren't you thinking about it?"

Zhang Naizhuang still wants to keep Li Ru, and Li Ru is also good to himself, and often points out to himself.

"Shopkeeper Zhang should know that behind me is His Royal Highness the Three Princes, and the real establishment of the Tianxia Upper Building was also facilitated by His Royal Highness the Three Princes."

"Now that His Royal Highness the Third Prince is about to be crowned king, I need to help His Royal Highness the Third Prince complete some things, and it is impossible to be distracted by the world."

"Those people have made a lot of money downstairs in the world over the years, I am worthy of them, and they have also sold a lot of news about the downstairs, aren't they?"

"The Sword Saint Gai Nie I asked you to announce to the world is just to make the development of the world more smooth."

Zhang Naizhuang is very clear about what Li Ru said, and the shopkeepers in the world all over the world don't know how much money they have made over the years, and as for the news of the sale, Zhang Naizhuang has only heard about it, and he is not very clear.

However, to Zhang Naizhuang's surprise, the Sword Saint Gai Nie was not the worship of the Tianxia Tower, but Li Ru used the name of the Sword Saint Gai Nie to develop the Tianxia Tower.

"But the landlord, I clearly remember what happened in Kyoto back then, why isn't the Sword Saint the worship of the world downstairs?"

Since Zhang Naizhuang became the shopkeeper of the upper floor of the upper floor in Kyoto, he has not been much interested in gold and silver treasures, but it is the sword saint Gai Nie who has aroused Zhang Naizhuang's interest.

"The Sword Saint Gai Nie is a person from His Royal Highness the Third Prince, and I am also a person from His Royal Highness the Third Prince, so naturally I can ask the Sword Saint to help, and at that time, I also had the instructions of His Royal Highness the Third Prince."

Zhang Naizhuang also knew what was going on at this time, since the Sword Saint Gai Nie was the person of the Three Princes, without the instructions of the Three Princes, it would be impossible for the Sword Saint Gai Nie to help Tianxia.

Just looked at Li Ru with some puzzlement, why would such important information be told to himself, aren't you afraid of leaking it.

Li Ru was naturally afraid of leaking, because this would bring some trouble to Lu Jiuyuan, but it could still be easily solved for Lu Jiuyuan.

Now Li Ru values Zhang Naizhuang, so Li Ru is gambling, betting on whether Zhang Naizhuang has the courage to join Lu Jiuyuan's camp.

"Shopkeeper Zhang, are you willing to go north with me?"

North!

Zhang Naizhuang didn't speak, because he knew that once he agreed to Li Ru's northward departure, it would mean that he was the third prince Lu Jiuyuan's person.

But Zhang Naizhuang is not stupid, he wants to think about whether it is worth going north, Zhang Naizhuang is a lonely person and is naturally not afraid of other people's retaliation, so Li Rucai invited him to go north.

"Landlord, can you tell me the purpose of your trip north?"

"Do you really want to know?"

Li Ru looked at Zhang Naizhuang, once he told Zhang Naizhuang, it meant that if Zhang Naizhuang did not follow him north, he would be secretly disposed of by Li Ru, and Zhang Naizhuang naturally knew it.

"Tell me, I don't regret it."

"Okay, I went to Beijun in advance for His Royal Highness the Third Prince, the fief of His Royal Highness the Third Prince is Beijun, and the place north of Beijun is the goal of His Royal Highness the Third Prince."

Hearing this, Zhang Naizhuang looked at the north of Li Rubei County in disbelief, isn't it a joke, can that kind of place really be unified, Zhang Naizhuang really doesn't know.

"Landlord, I agree to go north with you."

In the end, Zhang Naizhuang pondered for a while, and decided to go north with Li Ru, why not use the remaining half of his life to gamble, in case the bet is right.

And Li Ru was very relieved to see Zhang Naizhuang agree, Zhang Naizhuang is very suitable for business, so it is easier for Li Ru to inquire about the news in the Northern Cold Grassland.