And among the many forces, the ones who are most nervous about this are the Chen family and the Wei family.

One of them had friction with the Zhu family not long ago, and the other was a grudge that had just been formed, so of course they would be more concerned about the situation of the Zhu family.

In the living room of the Chen family, the old head of the Chen family sat opposite an old man with a hooked nose.

The hook-nosed old man had a gloomy expression, and his eyes were full of gloom. He is none other than Wei Wuhai, the head of the Wei family where Wei Wuya was just beaten up in public by Zhu Qingyan before.

"Brother Chen, shouldn't I give the Wei family an explanation?" Wei Wuhai said with a gloomy face, "My Wei family was entrusted by your Chen family to have a conflict with the Zhu family, but Brother Chen didn't save my grandson when he saw death, and let the female doll of the Zhu family hurt him and be humiliated in public, what does this mean?"

"Brother Wu Hai is angry, listen to my explanation. The old head of the Chen family hurriedly smiled and said, "You are not on the scene with the strength of that female doll of the Zhu family, so you don't know very well, it is really not weak, and ordinary mid-stage martial artists of the Imperial Qi Realm are not necessarily their opponents." I didn't expect her to suddenly make a move on Ling Sun, and by the time I realized it, it was too late. ”

Although his words cannot be said to be false, they are not the whole truth. He didn't stop Zhu Qingyan from hurting Wei Wuya at that time, in addition to the suddenness of the incident, which caught him off guard, the more important reason was that he didn't plan to make a move at all.

Even if Zhu Qingyan's strength is good, there is still a gap between him and him, the old head of the Chen family, if he really wants to stop Zhu Qingyan from making a move on Wei Wuya, even if it happens suddenly, it is not impossible.

He just wanted to sit back and watch this happen, let the Zhu family and the Wei family have a grudge, and then completely tie the Wei family to his Chen family's chariot.

"Hmph, even if as you said, it was because you didn't have time to make a move at that time, then afterwards, why didn't you say a word for my Wei family and seek justice. ”

Wei Wuhai snorted coldly, as the head of the Wei family, he was used to seeing all kinds of deceit, conspiracy and calculation, how could he easily believe the words of the old head of the Chen family, so naturally he would not give up.

The old head of the Chen family sighed helplessly, "Brother Wu Hai, isn't it difficult for me, the situation at that time was there, can I easily take action against the Zhu family? Once the situation deteriorates, it will not be beneficial to any of us." ”

"Brother Chen's good abacus is really admirable. Wei Wuhai sneered, "Anyway, my Wei family's humiliation this time, and my grandson Wei Wuya's injury, are all caused by the Chen family's affairs, should the Chen family give my Wei family a clear explanation?"

The old head of the Chen family snorted coldly in his heart, "Old fox, don't you just want to get some benefits from my Chen family?" Anyway, reluctant children can't trap wolves, and in order to pull them into the water, necessary sacrifices are inevitable.

"What Brother Wei said is that this time Sun Wei Wuya was injured and the Wei family lost face, and my Chen family does have an unshirkable responsibility. The old head of the Chen family still smiled, "In this way, on top of the original promise, my Chen family is willing to take out another copper vein to jointly develop with the Wei family, and divide the account fifty-fifty, I don't know if Brother Wei is still satisfied with this?"

"That's pretty much it. Wei Wuhai nodded lightly.

Then he changed his words and said with a cold face, "But the humiliation suffered by my Wei family must not be just settled? ”

The intentions of the Chen family, how could he not see it if he was so calculating. Now that he has got the results he wants, he naturally wants to return the favor and show his attitude and determination.

"What Brother Wei said is extremely true, you and I are both local forces in Thousand Mountain City, how can an outsider be so humiliated. The old head of the Chen family echoed with a smile, "If Brother Wei is willing, it is better for the two of us to join forces and be ashamed together." ”

"That's very good. Wei Wuhai nodded.

"Head of the family, there is the latest news from the Zhu family. ”

The voice of the Chen family's housekeeper suddenly sounded outside.

"Come in and say. The old head of the Chen family frowned slightly, and opened his mouth to command.

"Yes. ”

The middle-aged housekeeper of the Chen family walked into the living room and saw Wei Wuhai sitting with the old head of the Chen family, and he couldn't help but hesitate.

Seeing this, the old head of the Chen family smiled lightly and waved his hand, "Although I said, it doesn't matter, Brother Wei is his own person." ”

"Yes. The middle-aged housekeeper hurriedly responded, "The spies sent to monitor the Zhu family and his party came with the news, they first went to the Business Guild of Thousand Mountains City and hired a lot of management talents, and then went to the Adventurers' Guild and hired more than a dozen adventurers who were not weak, and went out of Thousand Mountains City together, predicting that they should go to those mountains to check. ”

"Got it, keep having people follow, always keep an eye on their movements. The old head of the Chen family nodded and said lightly.

The middle-aged butler hurriedly replied, "Yes." ”

Then he respectfully withdrew.

"It's not unusual, it's normal for them to come to the Chamber of Commerce to hire managers to take care of the shops in the city, and hire adventurers to check the mountains outside the city. Wei Wuhai said lightly.

The old head of the Chen family frowned slightly, "On the surface, there is really nothing out of the ordinary, but I always feel that the Zhu family's promise is too easy, and there seems to be some calculation hidden in it that we don't know." ”

"Even if it is really as Brother Chen said, we can't do anything for the time being, we can only wait and see what tricks the Zhu family is playing. Wei Wuhai said.

Isn't this the truth, the enemy is dark and I am clear, and the other party does not make a move, how to accept it.

The old head of the Chen family bowed slightly, "At present, it can only be like this. ”

The Chen family assigned a total of eighteen mountains outside Qianshan City to the Zhu family, Zhu Qingyan, and Zhu Nanmu inspected them one after another, and they really didn't disappoint them. Either it is a barren mountain with no hair at all, or it is an old forest of deep mountains and thickets.

As for the precious mountain and forest resources, such as the cherished herbs, exotic flowers and exotic fruits, or the cherished mineral deposits that grow in the mountains and forests, don't think about it.

The only thing to be commended for is that the area of these hills is large enough, and together they can be regarded as a very large territory.

"I really don't understand, eldest brother-in-law, why did you accept these barren mountains and mountains without mentioning any conditions, except for the big, I don't see anything special?"

After inspecting four or five mountains in a row, all he saw were bare stone mountains, Zhu Caiyuan really couldn't stand it anymore, and asked Zhu Nanmu.

"As you said, these mountains are very big, and the biggest benefit is the big place. Zhu Nanmu said with a smile.

Zhu Caiyuan pouted, "No matter how big the mountain is, what's the use, the barren mountains and mountains are not on the flat ground in the city, you can build mansions and grow crops." ”

"If you like, you can also ask the eldest sister to build you a hilltop mansion here. Zhu Nanmu joked with a smile.

Zhu Caiyuan raised his eyebrows: "Forget it, build a house in this kind of barren mountains and mountains, and be neighbors with ghosts." ”

Zhu Nanmu smiled, then squatted down and casually picked up a piece of rock under his feet, revealing the reddish-brown soil hidden underneath. His eyes flashed, revealing a look that was indeed so.