Chapter 22: Prison Phoenix
Yipinxuan is a restaurant with a very high style in the city of Gusu, whether it is the facility environment or the service or the taste of the dishes, it can be called the most in Gusu and even the whole Jiangnan, of course, it is equivalent to the price that is enough to make ordinary people daunting, most of the people who can come and go here on weekdays are some of the wealthy businessmen who are worth a lot of money or dignitaries, and even many foreign giant businessmen and wealthy families will occasionally come here to vassal elegance.
It seems that Yipinxuan has become a status symbol, being in Gusu, but not entering Yipinxuan, that can only prove that you are not a character of Yipinxuan, and in the upper circle of Gusu City, it has almost become an unspoken rule.
It's just that as the real big boss behind the scenes of Yipinxuan, Li Qingluo is still as busy as in the past even when she looks at the restaurant, and the flow of people is endless, but her mood is still extremely bad, and there are many reasons for this, her daughter is homeless, and she was counterattacked by her former subordinates in business, which are all reasons for her bad mood, but compared to the present, these two things are a little insignificant.
As for the betrayal and even rebellion of his former subordinates, in Li Qingluo's view, it is just a mustard of moss, although it caused a lot of losses to the villa for a while, but now that he has gone out in person, I believe it will not be too tricky.
What really annoyed Li Qingluo was the news of the rivers and lakes that he inadvertently probed along the way, Mantuo Villa was in a special situation, as Li Qiushui's daughter, she had the shadow of Xixia Yipintang behind her, and she was in the hinterland of the Great Song Dynasty, although she was arrogant and domineering on weekdays, but in order to avoid attracting the attention of the Song Dynasty court, most of the time Li Qingluo's definition of Mantuo Villa was mostly commercial in nature, as for the things on the rivers and lakes, she rarely asked, let alone took the initiative to intervene in it.
But asking questions does not hinder hearsay. Even if you don't deliberately inquire, now as long as there are many people, almost all of them are promoting the deeds of Gusu Murong Fu, it seems that in just a few days, Nan Murong's reputation has skyrocketed tenfold all of a sudden. Almost everyone praised Nan Murong for how he was, but compared to it, the former Bei Qiao Feng ended up being shouted and beaten by everyone.
Although he rarely took the initiative to inquire about the things in the rivers and lakes, but this incident was related to Mantuo Villa, Li Qingluo still asked someone to inquire about it after all, but the news that came back made this noble lady who has always been graceful, solemn and noble silent, although most of the rumors are exaggerated, but put aside those boasting and touting. The core stuff is not hard to come by.
Even if he has always looked down on his nominal nephew, he can't help but be amazed by the other party's hand at this moment.
Although there is no direct evidence, Li Qingluo is not a stupid person, on the contrary, she can take care of the great business of Mantuo Villa in an orderly manner as a woman, which is enough to show her talent and wisdom, and keenly find some traces of Murong Fu from it.
The situation of the apricot grove should have been just an internal problem with the beggars at the beginning. Someone wants to seize power and drive Qiao Feng away. That Quan Guanqing and Bai Shijing should be one of them, as for that Kang Min...... is a woman herself, Li Qingluo naturally does not despise women, but gangs are different from families, there is not enough force to deter, no matter how scheming she is, it is impossible to control the beggar gang with a female stream.
It is not difficult to deduce from some intelligence. This woman who has never met is by no means as simple and righteous as she seems, and under her solemn and holy appearance, there is a great ambition hidden, according to Li Qingluo's inference. If the other party wants to take charge of the beggar gang, at least for now, he can only choose one person to rely on in the Quanguan Qing or Bai Shijing.
But the result was a little unexpected, whether it was Bai Shijing or Quan Guanqing, they almost all died indirectly at the hands of this woman, this result can only prove that the other party has found a stronger support, as for who......
Although there is no direct evidence, Li Qingluo is not fast, there is no need to really go to the bottom to find any evidence, as most of the businessmen, her way of judging things is often directly from the results to reverse inference, this event that affected the Great Song Dynasty Wulin and even the Western Xia pattern, who benefited the most?
The mastermind on the bright side, the death of the death, the walking, the remaining female flow does not seem to be able to set off any waves, the beggar gang itself has suffered an unprecedented heavy blow, the Xixia Yipintang inserted in the middle of the army is completely annihilated, and the only one who benefits is probably only Nan Murong who is now on the rivers and lakes after this incident and his reputation directly overshadows Beiqiao Feng.
Slaughtering the Xixia Yipintang seems unwise, but Li Qingluo knows the ambition of his nephew's heart, if he can use this to provoke the two families to fight, I am afraid it is in his mind, even if it is difficult to escape the pursuit of the Great Song Dynasty and the Western Xia in the end, but with this righteous act, he won the favor of the beggars and even the entire Great Song Dynasty in one fell swoop, and the benefits of his so-called great cause outweighed the disadvantages......
Killing birds with one stone, no matter how you count it, your nephew is the biggest winner of this incident, but this trick is really made by your nephew?
Although there is a discord with Yanziwu, but after all, the two families have a love affair, Murong Fu almost grew up with Li Qingluo, for his nephew, Li Qingluo thinks that he still sees it thoroughly, on the way to martial arts, he may have inherited the inheritance of the Murong family, and his talent is good, but when it comes to scheming, in Li Qingluo's opinion, it is nothing more than that, but he has the unattainable ambition to restore the country, and he has been running for half his life for this, and the final result is probably just in vain, which is why she has always looked down on Murong Fu.
It's just that the news that I have inquired about now has made Li Qingluo feel like she has been saying goodbye for three days, and for the first time, she has a feeling that she can't see through her nominal nephew, which makes Li Qingluo very unhappy.
"Madam, the drizzle boy is here." A sword attendant interrupted Li Qingluo's musings and said crisply.
"Humph!" Li Qingluo snorted, she was not satisfied with this title, how qualified is a slave who betrays his master to be called a son? However, this cannot really be said, at least not in front of Nantian Shuangjue.
"Bring him in." A touch of anger flashed in Li Qingluo's eyes, and she said coldly.
"Later, I'm afraid I'll have to rely on the second elder to help." sent away the sword attendant, but Li Qingluo turned around and faced Nantian Shuangju, who was sitting quietly with his eyes closed.
"Madame, rest assured, the two of us have agreed to make a move. Naturally, it will be done. Bu Changqing smiled and said.
From the very beginning, Li Qingluo never thought about solving the problem in a proper way, after all, Mo Drizzle was born in Mantuo Villa, and now she is against water, strictly speaking. It is no longer a pure commercial competition, the rivers and lakes are all about the rivers and lakes, Li Qingluo's idea is very simple, first take this traitor of Mantuo Villa in his hands, and then force him to show up behind the scenes.
Although Mo Drizzle, who had a broken arm at the moment, actually didn't need to let Nantian Shuangjue make a move, but there were other people's shadows behind the other party, and when the enemy was dark and I was clear, Li Qingluo couldn't help but be cautious, and specially invited Nantian Shuangjue Suppression Array.
A moment later. There was a slight sound of footsteps outside the door, and Gu Haotian, who had been keeping his eyes slightly closed, suddenly opened his eyes, looked out of the door suspiciously, and let out a soft sigh.
"Senior Gu? But what's the problem? Li Qingluo looked at Gu Haotian with some puzzlement when she heard this, this Pinxuan is her industry, although she thought that the other party might have other means, but here, Li Qingluo didn't believe that the other party could play any tricks.
"Nope. When it was a drizzle, there was no doubt that it was just ......" shook his head. Gu Haotian and Bu Changqing glanced at each other, and they both saw the doubts in them.
"Just what?" Li Qingluo asked.
"It's just that it seems that the drizzle boy doesn't know what adventures he has had during this time, looking at his pace and breathing rhythm, not only does his skill not show signs of exhaustion, but it seems to be more refined!" Gu Haotian said the doubts in his heart, after all, the pain of a broken arm. In a short period of time, even if the treatment is done properly, the loss of qi and blood is irreparable, not to mention the diligent, it is normal for normal people to retreat greatly. Even if Gu Haotian was well-informed, he couldn't think of the root cause for a while, so he could only summarize it on the adventure.
Li Qingluo's heart sank, she naturally didn't think that this was a simple adventure, although because of her talent, even if she cultivated the top Xiao Wuxiang Divine Skill of the Xiaoyao Sect and had countless resources, it was difficult to achieve much, but after all, she was Li Qiushui's daughter, and she knew many secrets that ordinary martial arts people were difficult to contact.
At least Li Qingluo knows that there are many ways to harm others and benefit oneself to improve one's own entry in a short period of time, not to mention the tricky and strange methods of the old monster of the stars, just one of the three major divine skills of the Loose Sect, the Northern Shengong can make people become the top masters of the rivers and lakes in a short period of time, as for the drugs that improve the realm of skill in a short period of time, although there are not many, but it is by no means nothing, the most widely known is the Great Returning Pill of Shaolin, the Dragon and Tiger Pill of the Heavenly Master's Dao.
For the inexplicable person behind Mo Drizzle, it was because of Gu Haotian's words that he was a little more jealous.
Soon, the door opened, Mo Drizzle did not have the wolf who was expelled from Mantuo Villa that day, but he was quite high-spirited, saluted Li Qingluo with one hand, smiled at the corner of his mouth, seemed to have forgotten the unhappiness of the past, and said loudly: "Mo Driyu has seen Mrs. Wang and two seniors. β
"Traitor, you still have the face to come to me!?" Li Qingluo's eyes were cold, and she looked at Mo Driyu and said sharply.
"Why not?" Facing Li Qingluo, although he had decided to stand on the opposite side, Yu Wei was still there in the past, looking at the other party's cold eyes, it was inevitable that he was a little flustered in his heart, but more of a pleasure of revenge, he straightened his chest and said coldly.
"Humph! I have raised you for many years, not only to let you live the most comfortable life, but also to open up the blessed land of Lang Huan for you, let you practice, you don't want to repay the favor now, but instead join forces with outsiders to merge my Mantuo Villa property, what face do you have to come to see me? β
"Huh!" Hearing Li Qingluo's words, Mo Driyu, who was still a little timid, became angry and sneered: "When Madam expelled me from Mantuo Villa despite my pleadings that day, did you ever think that there would be today?" Have you ever thought about my friendship for Mantuo Villa in the past? β
"Humph!" Li Qingluo snorted coldly, waved her hand and said: "Put these aside for the time being, I came today to take back the property that belongs to my Mantuo Villa, and hand over the property that embezzled my Mantuo Villa during this time, from now on, you and I will not owe each other!" β
"I'm afraid it's not Madame." A mocking smile flashed on Mo Driyu's face and said: "Tell Mrs. SΓΉ another secret, this Pinxuan, from the shopkeeper to the chef and even the guy who runs the hall, is now our person, and now the title deed is still in the hands of Mrs., and I hope that Mrs. will give it to you." β
"Are you ......" Li Qingluo was furious when she heard this, but a bad premonition rose in her heart, and she was about to scold, when the tip of her nose suddenly smelled a trace of aroma, and at the same time, there was a tingling pain in the corner of her eyes, her face couldn't help but change, and she said in disbelief: "Sad and crisp breeze!?" β
While speaking, the delicate body is soft, and it has fallen softly on the table, although the Nantian Shuangjue behind him has strong internal strength, but the sad and crisp breeze is a sharp weapon specially used by Xixia Yipintang to deal with masters, plus there is a mental calculation and no intention, and it is his own territory, under the carelessness, it is both shuangshuang hit, and he fell to the ground weakly.
"Yes, it's the sad breeze." Mo Xiaoyu sneered and looked at this extremely arrogant and cold woman in the past, a flash of lust flashed in her eyes, but it disappeared in a flash, and then she bowed down and said, "Respectfully, madam." β
"Well done." A soft and glutinous voice was like honey, with a magic that no man could resist.
Li Qingluo's heart trembled, she tried her best to raise her head, looking at the person, but what caught her eye was a bewitching and charming woman, a flash of anger flashed in her eyes, and she said in a deep voice: "Who are you?" Why is there a sad breeze? β
"Sorrowful breeze? What an elegant name! A heartwarming smile appeared on the bewitching woman's face, but a trace of jealousy and malice flashed in her eyes when she looked at Li Qingluo, and she said softly: "Who I am, Madame will know soon." β
"Drizzle Boy, Mrs. Wang will be taken away by me, and the property of Mantuo Villa will also ask Drizzle Boy to take care of one or two during this time, as for the two old immortals, they will be handed over to Gongzi to dispose of."
"Childe, please ask Mrs. Ma to say a few kind words." Mo Drizzle hurriedly bowed and said, quite a dog-legged temperament.
"Mrs. Ma?" Li Qingluo's heart moved, and she suddenly raised her head and said, "Are you Kang Min?" β
Kang Min was stunned when he heard this, then looked at Li Qingluo with some surprise, nodded and said: "Madame is really smart, no wonder the master is so attentive to Madame, please ask Madame to go with Kang Min." β
"Master!" This kind of title made Li Qingluo's heart heavier and heavier, and she was involuntarily lifted up by two women and walked out of the door, Nantian Shuangjue could not protect herself now, but she could only watch her being taken away (to be continued......