I feel more and more that this seemingly ordinary six-story building is very likely to hide mysteries that I can't imagine.

The old lady pressed the button of the elevator, and the number on the floor display began to decrease from "6" layer by layer, and the old lady kept frowning as she stared at the numbers on it.

As the number on the monitor changed to "1", the elevator door opened with a clang, and then I realized that there were still people in the elevator, which were two teenagers who looked about the same age as me, but the dress reminded me of Wang Dapeng many years ago.

Colorful trousers, suits embroidered with golden dragons, large gold chains around their necks, and their red and yellow hair.

In fact, people who dress like this are not necessarily bad people, but these people have one thing in common, that is, spicy eyes.

These two teenagers should also be the Cao family, but when they looked at the old lady, their eyes were not respectful at all, and they even had a little contempt.

One of the teenagers saw the old lady open her mouth and asked, "If you don't stay at home, where are you going?" ”

The other looked at a few of us, his eyes swept over Xian'er and Luo Fei, he was particularly ill-intentioned, he raised his chin at a few of us, and asked the old lady in a very arrogant tone: "These people are not the Cao family, what do you want to do with them here?" ”

The old lady looked at the two teenagers, let out a long breath of turbidity, and said slowly, "Don't do it yet?" ”

Hearing the old lady's words, the two people standing in the elevator car were stunned for a moment at the same time, obviously not understanding what the old lady meant.

It was only after seeing their reactions that I realized that the old lady said this to a few of us.

Liang Houzai's reaction was the fastest, rushing into the elevator like the wind, and kicking one of them in the face with a heavy kick, over the years, the strength of Liang Houzai's feet has become more and more powerful, not to mention the bones on the face, even the ten-centimeter-thick stone bricks can be kicked into two sections by him, fortunately, he still collected the strength, after the person was kicked in the face by him, he didn't hear the sound of bones breaking, just fainted.

On this side, Liang Houzai just succeeded, on the other side, Liu Shangang also rushed into the elevator box, he hugged another person's neck, and punched the man's cheeks, but unfortunately Liu Shangang's strength was not enough, the person only became a little trance after being beaten, and failed to completely faint, Liang Houzai quickly got up and made up for the man's face, this time, the elevator car was completely clean.

The old lady seemed to be accustomed to such a scene, she nodded, walked into the elevator unhurriedly, and turned back to wave to us: "Come in." ”

We followed the old lady into the elevator, and then I realized that there were only two floor buttons on the operation panel next to the elevator door, one was on the first floor, and the other was the sixth floor button.

The old lady didn't say a word as the elevator went up, and it wasn't until the number on the monitor changed to 6 again that she asked me to take the two unconscious teenagers into her room.

The door of the old lady's house was open, and I saw a glass table directly opposite, with some small dishes in plastic bags and two bottles of unfinished wine.

When we carried the two boys out, the old lady sighed at the table of wine and food, and then went straight into the room.

Liu Shangang took out the rope from his backpack, tied up the two teenagers, and found something to gag their mouths, before he went into the back room with the old lady with us.

In addition to the toilet and kitchen, the old lady's place is actually divided into two rooms, except for a glass table and a few chairs, there is almost nothing in the outer room, and the wall skin is simply greasy with cement, but when I get to the inner room, it is simply an antique shop, although I don't know much about antiques, but after following the master for so many years, I also recognize the golden silk nanmu and Tang Sancai's porcelain.

In this room, whether it is furniture or small objects placed randomly, it is all antique.

The old lady saw that I kept looking at the things in the house, and immediately smiled: "These things are all saved by the old family owners for generations. Don't look at our Cao family as the weakest of the several families in Baiwu Mountain, but these things that have been accumulated by our ancestors for generations can be regarded as priceless. ”

It's more than priceless. At the top of the treasure shelf in the corner of the wall is a black bronze gilt tripod, which is also in the door tripod foot row of the Soul Village, and this thing alone can no longer be described as priceless.

But I don't understand, isn't the Cao family now controlled by Zhao Dekai because of lack of money? If the old lady is willing to cut her love and sell one or two things in this room, the Cao family will not be able to ease up, and will be crushed to death by Zhao Dekai?

The old lady went to the edge of the bed and sat down, saying that there was tea in the cupboard, which was not good, but it was still okay to quench your thirst and refresh yourself.

When she said this, she actually wanted me to make tea, but probably because I was an outsider, she didn't tell me too bluntly.

To be honest, it's really tiring to get along with all kinds of old people, and you have to think carefully about what she means.

I smiled, went to the cupboard to find tea leaves and tea sets, and then went to the kitchen to boil water and make tea.

When I walked towards the back room with the tea tray, I found that the two teenagers who were tied up by Liu Shangang had already woken up at this time, they were gagged and speechless, and when I walked past them, they kept looking at me with extremely vigilant and worried eyes. As if I'm going to do something to them.

I went to the back room, put the tea tray on the small table beside the old lady, and asked the old woman, "What to do with those two people?" ”

The old lady stretched her neck, glanced out of the house, shook her head, and said, "These two descendants are at the age of not changing things, and they have been watching me here all these years, and they have also been instructed by adults. ”

That means don't embarrass them.

I found a chair and sat down, while Rofe came over and poured his tea.

I asked the old lady: "What is the situation of the Cao family now, and how many people have taken refuge in Zhao Dekai?" ”

The old lady took a sip of tea and said lightly: "It's not too much, it's not too much." Now, old people like us naturally have nothing to do with Zhao Dekai. But those young Zhuang faction, one by one, want to take the position of our old guys, they are not qualified enough, if they want to get to the position, can't they only rely on the strength of outsiders? ”

What she meant by this was that the reason why Baiwu Mountain was able to become what it is now had nothing to do with the old men in their clans, and in the future, Yan Xiaotian would sit in the position of the head of Baiwu Mountain, and he would not want to ask them for their rejuvenation.

Before, the old master and the old man Wei both said that the eldest lady of the Cao family was a person who knew the general situation, and I really believed it, but after contacting this eldest lady, I found out that she was a person who knew the general situation, and she was simply a small belly, no matter what she said or what she did, she had to protect herself first, for fear of leaving a handle on us.

I was starting to get a little impatient, so I simply changed the topic: "Who is in charge of the Cao family now?" ”

The old lady took another sip of tea and said, "On the surface, it is the second master who is in charge, but he is also a puppet, and now the rights of the Cao family are in Cao Hongbin's hands." ”

I said, "Cao Hongbin is also a member of the Shaozhuang faction, right?" ”

The old lady nodded: "Of course, Cao Hongbin is not only a member of the Shaozhuang faction, he is the same as Wei Laosan, he is also a dog raised by Zhao Dekai's side." He was also the one who let the Cao family take a stake in Zhao Dekai at the beginning. ”

I took a deep breath and said to the old lady: "Old lady, to tell you the truth, if it weren't for the approval of the older generation of the Cao family, just with a young Zhuang faction with no qualifications and no status, it would be impossible for the Cao family to spend money to invest in Zhao Dekai's shares." And I heard that in order to get more shares, the Cao family sold their property and converted it into cash to buy shares. I don't believe that this Cao Hongbin's words can make the Cao family even sell their property. Old lady, we came to the Cao family this time, but we came with sincerity, if you always use this kind of rhetoric to prevaricate us, then I think that the Cao family really doesn't need to be saved, anyway, even if we save the Cao family, the Cao family will be wary of us and refuse to help us sincerely. ”

Listening to my words, the old lady seemed a little unhappy, but after she was silent for a long time, she finally sighed: "Alas, you young people are just impatient, and you like to say everything plainly, but you don't want to think about it, if you say it to death, when Yan Xiaotian takes the throne, our Cao family, is there still room for maneuver?" ”

I said: "Old lady, you say this, it's because you don't know Yan Xiaotian, I can pack a ticket with you, and when he takes the throne, he will definitely not be ruthless to the clans." Besides, even if you tell me this now, I can't negotiate terms with Yan Xiaotian on your behalf, right? Let's do what is in front of us first, we will help you clean up the ghosts in the Cao family, and when the Cao family is peaceful, if there is anything, you can also talk to Yan Xiaotian directly. ”

The old lady stared at me for a while, let out a long breath, and nodded: "What you said as a descendant still has some truth. Well, the inner ghost of the Cao family...... Now half of the Cao family is Zhao Dekai's eyeliner, can you still get rid of these people? ”

I said, "I'm going to get a few of the leaders under control first." ”

The old lady said "um" and said, "Then you can go to Cao Hongbin." However, he has been famous in the industry for a long time, and he is not so easy to deal with. ”

I asked the old lady: "Is Cao Hongbin also the inheritance of Baiwu Mountain?" ”

The old lady nodded: "Of course, it is the inheritance of Baiwu Mountain, he cultivates the most yin kung fu and magic in Baiwu Mountain, and he is also proficient in shrinking bones and iron finger skills, it can be said that among the young and strong generation of Baiwu Mountain today, in addition to Zhao Dekai, Cao Hongbin's Taoism is the deepest." ”

I thought to myself, this guy can't even compare to Zhao Dekai, what's so hard to deal with?

But I just thought about it in my heart, but I didn't say it, just nodded silently.

Liu Shangang, who was sitting next to me, asked the old lady, "Then, where does Cao Hongbin live?" ”

The old lady said, "He lives on the top floor of the third unit, the east house. Today's three units are the most heavily guarded units in the entire Cao family building, and it is not so easy for you to get in. ”

Liu Shangang didn't answer, ran to the window at a trot, stretched his neck out of the window to look, and said to me after a while: "Let's go to the roof." ”