The world thinks that young people who are often young and vigorous and full of desire are more susceptible to the temptation of others and eventually go astray; As everyone knows, the dying old man who is approaching the end and has few days left is often more concerned in his heart, and he is more likely to take risks.

Cheng Qi thought to himself: Since Shen Gui can tell his hometown in the original county in one word, he must know the relationship between himself and the Li family. Because Li Zilin was afraid of the soldiers of the Mobei army, he killed his father-in-law Li Deng and used it as a step for him to invite favor and flattery; Just for this bloody feud, Shen Gui will inevitably come to the Great Wilderness City to go on a journey.

It's just that Cheng Qi didn't expect that Shen Gui, who came in search of revenge, would come so quickly and so alone!

But I know my own business best. The so-called leader of the Dongyou business world just sounds beautiful, but in fact he is just a puppet puppet, and he is not even qualified to be implicated in this matter.

With Shen Guizhi's ability, if he doubts himself, it will be the same as treating Hao Siming in the east of the city, but it is just a sword; If Shen Gui didn't doubt himself, he should also seek the help of his in-laws, the Li family; As for Li Deng's blood feud, it was easy to cut off Li Zilin's head with his miraculous martial arts cultivation.

To put it bluntly, he is a dying person, and he has no qualifications to be hung by Shen Gui in his heart, and the things of life and death all come from the other party's thoughts. After figuring this out, Cheng Qi completely relaxed, or broke the can.

"Lord Shen deigned to come to the humble house, which really flattered the little old man. If there is anything that needs to be done by the old man, the prince can command it, my Cheng Qi's net worth and life, as well as the family in the house, are all sent by the prince alone, and there will be no complaints about life and death! ”

Shen Gui's eyes stared at Cheng Qi, sucked the last mouthful of rice porridge, and then rolled half a piece of steamed bun in his hand and a few shredded pickled mustard greens, and put them in his mouth to chew. Only after he swallowed the last mouthful of food, took the tableside cloth, and wiped the residue, then he took a sip of warm tea and said to Cheng Qi slowly:

"President Cheng doesn't need to be nervous, Shen came to visit today, just asking for a full meal, and he doesn't plan to kill! Of course, if you want to ask for a peace of mind, I have a few questions that I haven't clarified yet, and I would like you to clear up my doubts. ”

"Lord Wang, please speak."

"Your Dongyou Chamber of Commerce is responsible for singing against the Li family on the bright side. Of course, erecting two big flags, summoning two soldiers and horses, and achieving each other is not a new method. But as far as I heard, in recent years, the Dongyou Chamber of Commerce has been getting worse, and even after the Shenshi Army invaded Youbei, there were signs of being completely annexed by the Li family. What does this change represent? ”

As the so-called tree is a big move, this battlefield is the same, and so is the business field. It is clear to all businessmen that only monopolistic business is most profitable; But in any period of time throughout the ages, no one can monopolize a certain industry for a long time and completely; Whether it is the upstart turning over or internal rot, it is still inseparable from this inevitable result.

The Li family also understood this truth, so they invited a small businessman from Lu Dong and secretly supported him to create the Dongyou Guild Hall to share the unknown risks for the Li family. The structure of this Dongyou Guild Hall is loose, and it is mainly responsible for attracting those idle merchants who are not very interested in the Li family, and competing with the behemoth of the Li family.

The Great Wilderness City, or the plate of the East Hidden Road, is not too big. The Li family cut it with a knife, and the handicap went to the third; And the remaining Yicheng oil and water are also closely monitored by the Li family. In this way, the Li Family Chamber of Commerce still has no reason to fail!

From this point of view, Cheng Qi is of course the best candidate for the president of the Dongyou Chamber of Commerce! However, if you replace it with a shaved monkey, you won't have a big problem other than Fei Banana.

was said by Shen Gui to the sore spot, and Cheng Qi, the president of "not as tall as a monkey", couldn't help but sigh:

"Well, it's kind of ridiculous to say. The old man thought that his errand would eventually fall into the hands of Xiao Feng Niang; But who would have thought that it would be replaced by a "Huashen Sect" who didn't even know what business was. Xiang Xiang was an apprentice with my father since I was a child, and I was a leader in my profession in both arithmetic and eyesight; But I've been busy for most of my life, and looking back, I haven't done anything business-related in the northern realm! People say that unloading the mill and killing the donkey, the Li family's mill must continue to turn, but I, Cheng Qi, the old donkey, have already reached the time to get out of the soup pot......"

"Hmm...... Today I drank two bowls of rice porridge and ate three white steamed buns; If he meets again one day, I will repay you for this meal! Of course, only if you still live to that time! ”

After finishing speaking, Shen Gui leaned back on his upper body, and his whole body fell straight out of the window, so frightened that Cheng Qi almost died suddenly on the spot!

After landing safely, Shen Gui went straight to the Li Mansion opposite the Great Wilderness City Mansion. Thinking that he killed a Li Dake yesterday, the Li family is up and down, and they will all be here today, and they have no time to take care of others. If you count the soldiers of the Great Wilderness City Government, they also died in Huangquan; And the soldiers of the patrol battalion were all at the mercy of Li Minghan alone......

So from a practical point of view, the entire Great Wilderness City is now in a completely undefended dangerous state!

Shen Gui jumped over the ridge, and it didn't take long for him to come to a roof west of Li's house. As the distance gradually narrowed, Shen Gui's ears were also shocked by the earth-shaking white affairs team, and the shock was buzzing. Like the Liang Mansion, today's Li family's mansion is also full of white; And the younger generations of the Li family in the courtyard, dressed as filial sons and grandsons, are discussing Li Dake's aftermath with excitement.

For example, the house deed and title deed he pressed on Xiaofengniang, for example, his "dark bar gambling house" without banners, for example, those large family fields in Muli Township, wives and daughters at home... Someone has to take care of this "troublesome thing"!

The matter of "dividing widows and giving birth" is an unrighteous act that hurts nature and reason; If it is placed on the people of the rivers and lakes, it will indeed cause death; But the deceased Li Dake is not a Jianghu Dao after all, and in the realm of the Great Wilderness City, the law is no bigger than the family law!

The person in charge of presiding over the white affairs today is about sixty years old. He was wearing a green cloth robe, and he had never hung white on his body, and it seemed that he was the elder of Li Dake's clan. After this person finished discussing with the leaders of all walks of life, he led the heirs of the Li family into the ancestral hall together.

It is different from the solemn and magnificent Minjiang ancestral hall; The ancestral hall of the Dongyou Li family is just a living room with a number of tablets and a portrait of the ancestors. Shen Gui saw that everyone was rushing inside, so he jumped up and jumped on the roof of the ancestral hall lightly.

As the saying goes, if you are familiar with three Tang poems, you can't make poems and steal them. Shen Gui followed Qi Yan, the top snitch, and was used to seeing big scenes; Even if you don't understand the mechanical structure of the building, you can at least rely on your impression to paint the cat and the tiger, so as not to do the stupid thing of "tearing down a piece of roof tiles and destroying an ancestral hall".

After everyone had entered the room and sat down, the host coughed lightly and calmed down the last trace of noise in the room:

"Last night, he was on duty, he was tragically killed by thieves, and the murderer is still at large, this blood feud must be avenged! But now that you have just left, you also need to take care of the affairs after death, so the old man will first throw bricks and jade, simply put forward a charter, and everyone will discuss it. Da Ke left a floating fortune before his death, totaling about 3,200 taels. I intend that the clan will make up 5,000 taels and give it to Dake's wife to support the old and young in the family. As for the more than 10,000 acres of clan land, since there is only one daughter in his family, he should take back all of them according to the clan law. Sons and nephews of the Li family, do you have any objections? ”

In good conscience, although this kind of practice is somewhat cruel and reveals the meaning of people going to the tea and cold, it can be regarded as acting according to the law and there is no place for criticism by others. But the smart people of the Li family know in their hearts: this Li Dake is a loyal person on the outside but treacherous on the inside; He has been out on errands for many years under the banner of the Li family, and it is impossible for him to save only more than 3,000 taels of "broken silver"!

Regardless of asking, it can be known that this Li Dake must have an outer house in the west of the city, and all his "savings" during his lifetime must have been hidden in that outer house.

For the Li family, there is no secret in the Great Wilderness City. Where Li Dake's outer house is, it is also a well-known thing. It is conceivable that after today's curfew, the uncles and nephews of the Li family will definitely reunite in Li Dake's outer house.

Those things related to the scene, the Li family will never fall into the hands of others! For a whole day, the flowing water of the Li family's mansion never stopped; The people who came to mourn were all over the world, the five elements and eight works, and Shen Gui even saw two acquaintances among them: one was the boatman who crossed his journey, that is, Xiao Heizi's henchman; and the other one is Xiao Feng Niang's personal maid, named Magpie.

This white affair lasted from early morning to night; After the guests dispersed, all the people surnamed Li also left the Li family's mansion in batches. Shen Gui, who had just woken up in the room, also followed the prestigious principal and came to Ximen Street step by step.

I'm afraid that even this principal didn't expect that until he arrived, the outer house of Li Dake in front of him would be a scene full of people and an endless stream! Even the old man Wang, who sells "ghost noodles" in the north of the city, temporarily set up a noodle stall in the west of the city......

Just when the principal was puzzled, a detail suddenly flashed in his mind: it seems that a branch guest told him in the morning: Xiao Fengniang's maid magpie, handed over a white envelope, there is not even half a silver ticket in it, only ten blank papers!

It turned out that these ten blank pieces of paper were not to shame the Li family's face, but to represent Xiaofeng Niang in the west of the city, and presented a ten-day "vacuum period"! In other words, at least in these ten days, the Li family's activities in the west of the city will not be regarded as stepping on the line!

Since Xiao Feng Niang remained silent, their behavior was no longer taken into account, even if they scattered countless family slaves, they were ready to make a big renovation to Li Dake's outer house!