Chapter 374: Mutual Complaints
readx;? In the east of the West Imperial City, there is a big mansion with five courtyards, which used to be the territory of the Chaoyan Gang, but after Chaohai died at the hands of Liu Sandao, there was a fierce battle in the Chaoyan Gang, and finally ended up killing each other, and the gang also fled one after another, and a group of rabble scattered as birds and beasts, and this once glorious Chaoyan Gang compound became an abandoned house. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Yang Ling, the previous city lord of the Western Imperial City, had tried to privately annex this compound, but he had just moved this thought, and a huge change occurred in the fourteen cities in the southwest, Yang Ling was removed from his post and strictly handled, and the new city lord Pang He did not dare to have anything to do with the Chaoyan Gang or Lou Zong, so he ordered the mansion to be sealed, and over time, the people of the Western Emperor gradually forgot the identity of this mansion.
The mansion is located in the most prosperous area in the east of the West Imperial City, in the past year or so, the whole street is full of prosperity, lively, but this big mansion located in the street is a lot of doors, has been slightly yellowed white seals are still firmly attached to the closed door, and the gatehouse hanging on the plaque with the words "Chaoyan Gang" has long been covered by dust, cobwebs all over.
The people who had come and gone had become accustomed to the loneliness of this special mansion, and just ten days ago, when the surrounding people passed in front of the mansion again, the thick dust that had accumulated on the steps in front of the courtyard was swept away, and the two vermilion gates that had been closed were opened at some point, and the two seals were no longer known where they were thrown. Looking up, the spider web on the door has disappeared, and the old plaque that was originally hung on the gatehouse is now a new look, a brand new black plaque is hung above the courtyard gate, and the black plaque is also inscribed with four gilded characters "Southwest Chamber of Commerce" in the middle of the black plaque. There are still many people coming in and out inside and outside the courtyard gate, and the crowd in the courtyard looks surprisingly lively.
Although the people of the Western Emperor did not know what the origin of this Southwest Chamber of Commerce was, since they could get this special compound from the hands of the City Lord of the Western Emperor, it was enough to show that their origin must be not small, and the people of the Western Emperor had another conversation after the dinner.
This compound is a big gift from Pang He to Lu Yifan, because Lu Yifan's current identity is sensitive, and the Southwest Chamber of Commerce intends to compete with the emperor, so Lu Yifan and others often live in the West Emperor's Mansion It is really a bit of an eyesore, whether it is for Lu Yifan or Pang He, it is extremely necessary to separate the Southwest Chamber of Commerce from the Hou Mansion, so Pang He just took the opportunity to do a favor, so he gave Lu Yifan such a big gift. But in fact, Lu Yifan knew very well in his heart that Pang He did nothing more than to show his innocence in front of the emperor and draw a clear line between the Western Imperial City and the Southwest Chamber of Commerce, so as not to provoke death.
Human nature, Lu Yifan naturally does not care, so he is naturally disrespectful to Pang He's good intentions, and this old nest of the Chaoyan Gang has also been transformed into the territory of today's Southwest Chamber of Commerce.
At this moment, it is late at night, but the main hall of the Southwest Chamber of Commerce is still brightly lit, Lu Yifan has just checked the silver shells in the fourteen cities in the southwest with everyone, and at this moment, looking at the boxes of silver shells in the hall, everyone in the hall is full of a smug smile on their faces.
"Not bad, not bad, really good!" Lu Wencai sighed again and again, "Half a month ago, we were still worried about food and accommodation, but now we are in a high courtyard, with countless gold and silver......!"
"The Fourteen Cities in the Southwest are either out of fear or out of selfishness, in short, they have all been pulled onto the boat by us, this time the Emperor Sect should not be able to sleep!" Ji Yuan said with a light smile, "It's just that I'm very strange that with a force like the Emperor Sect and their previous methods, now that we have done things to this point, why haven't they moved at all?"
"I'm thinking about this too!" Lu Yifan sat on the main seat, holding his chin with one hand at the moment, looking at these silver shells in front of him with his eyes slightly downcast, and said faintly, "I wouldn't be surprised if the emperor came to the door, but now that they have no reaction to this matter, I am not very sure!"
"Whatever! The soldiers are coming to block the water and cover the earth, and the emperor probably hasn't found out the bottom of us yet, so he doesn't dare to act rashly!" Liu Sandao leaned back in the chair, his legs on the tea table on the side, and he was drinking tea leisurely, and said casually, "Maybe they mistakenly think of us as members of the Qi Family Chamber of Commerce!"
"It's possible!" Han Ling'er chuckled, "If it's the Qi Family Chamber of Commerce, don't say it's his imperial sect, even if it's Dongfang Su, I'm afraid he will be more or less polite!"
"The business of the Qi Family Chamber of Commerce is all over the Five Regions, and it is really terrifying to be able to do such a big deal!" Xie Yun said, and then saw him raise his eyebrows, and smiled meaningfully, "Yifan, I think that if we also learn the way of the Qi Family Chamber of Commerce and do business properly, this is also worthy of the signboard of our Southwest Chamber of Commerce!"
"Learn to be the Qi Family Chamber of Commerce?" Liu Sandao joked playfully, "Which of us has ever done business?" Lu Jun, let me ask you, do you know how much a pound of vegetables outside is now?"
"I ......" was asked by Liu Sandao, Lu Jun couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then he looked at everyone in the hall embarrassedly, and found that everyone was at a loss.
"Our group of people are all materials for holding knives, and how many of us can hold the barrel of a pen? Instead of learning to do business properly, it is easier for us to block the road and rob it!" Liu Sandao's words made Xie Yun laugh dumbly, and everyone in the hall couldn't help but laugh along.
"By the way, Yin Xi hasn't come back yet, where did he go?" Lu Yifan first glanced out the door with a smile, and then asked suspiciously.
"I heard Zhou Wen and Zhou Wu say that Yin Xi met a girl on the way back, so he went to a private meeting with someone!" Lu Wencai joked with a smile, "I really didn't see that Yin Xi, a reckless man with five big and three rough people, still has such peach blossom luck! I am white and pure, how can I not encounter such a good thing?" Lu Wencai also pretended to sigh regretfully, which caused everyone to laugh again.
"Now that we are close to Huang Zong, no one should take it lightly!" Lu Yifan said softly while thinking, "Lu Jun, Liu Meng, Wen Cai, wait for the three of you to go out and look around for Yin Xi, if you find that he is really having a private meeting with the girl, then you don't need to disturb him! I'm just worried that he will run into some trouble!"
"Got it!" Lu Jun and the three of them agreed happily.
"Yifan, now that we have the money, what should we do next?" Ji Yuan asked the biggest doubt in everyone's minds at present.
"Wait!"
"What are you waiting for?"
"Emperor!" Lu Yifan smiled meaningfully, "The Emperor's delay is to see what we are going to do next, we have to respond to all changes with the same! Next, we will no longer take the initiative to provoke the Emperor, but expand our own strength!" Saying that, Lu Yifan's eyes went straight to the gold and silver in the hall, "We will do our best to turn these gold and silver into people as quickly as possible!" Now most of the fourteen cities in the southwest have no livelihood, and many families send their children to the emperor for the purpose of being able to live, the emperor can let people live, and we can also let them live......" Saying that, Lu Yifan threw a few silver shells in his hand into the box in the hall, and the silver shells hit with a crisp and pleasant sound, although his words stopped abruptly here, but the meaning of his words was completely understood.
In the dead of night, there was silence in the Western Imperial City.
The bustling Xihuang Night Market also gradually dispersed, and the vendors were dragging their tired bodies, yawning one by one to clean up their respective businesses, while Yin Xi was holding a bunch of gadgets with both hands, and followed behind Shen Yue'er with a smile on her face. The two of them walked around the Xihuang Night Market for a night, eating, drinking and having a long time, at this moment Shen Yue'er's face had shown a touch of exhaustion, and Yin Xi was still full of energy, if it wasn't for Shen Yue'er saying that it was getting late and she was going home, I was afraid that Yin Xi would not be tired even if she accompanied her until tomorrow morning.
The bright moon poured on the empty and lonely streets of the Western Imperial City, and the moonlight stretched the shadows of the two very long, and Shen Yue'er had been enthusiastically introducing the Western Imperial City to Yin Xi throughout the night, which was regarded as the greatest friendship of the landlord. As for Yin Xi, he didn't care about whether Shen Yue'er said it well or not, he just kept stupidly immersed in his sweetness, as long as he could look at Shen Yue'er, he would be happy, as for what Shen Yue'er was talking about, it didn't matter at all.
The two walked through the streets and alleys, and after a while they turned into a house, which was quieter than the street, and the people living nearby were all house-to-house, and it was already late at night, and the doors of the houses were closed and almost no sound could be heard. Of course, the occasional cricket in the grass at the base of the wall adds a touch of calm to the night.
"Wood, my family lives here!" Shen Yue'er turned around, stretched out her hand to take the things in Yin Xi's arms, and said with a smile, "You can often come to play with me when you have time in the future!"
"Oh!" As soon as Yin Xi heard that Shen Yue'er had arrived home, a feeling of loss inevitably rose in his heart, but he hid it well, and still had that honest smile on his face, "Then you should go in quickly!" Yin Xi also symbolically stretched out his hand and pushed Shen Yue'er, "Your family lives so far away, I am about to fall asleep all the way, it seems that I have to go back and make up for sleep quickly!"
"Haha......" Listening to Yin Xi's funny words, Shen Yue'er laughed out loud again, "Look at how dark you look, even if you don't sleep all night, no one will notice that your eye circles are black the next day!"
"Hehe, it's not my fault that it's black!"
Yin Xi said and glanced at his sturdy and powerful hands, now his green hands were already covered with calluses, which were sharpened with knives all year round. However, before Yin Xi could raise his head again, Shen Yue'er suddenly reached out and dragged Yin Xi's right hand in front of him, this sudden action made Yin Xi's mind instantly become blank, and the only feeling he had now was the slippery and soft hand of Shen Yue'er's Qianqianyu, he had never held such a soft and boneless hand when he was so big, in other words, Yin Xi had almost never touched a woman's hand when he was so big. Don't look at Yin Xixiang's eight-foot-tall man, he is still the first time that a big girl has been on a sedan chair for such a thing as liking women.
"Wow!" Shen Yue'er didn't know Yin Xi's careful thoughts, but she first dragged Yin Xi's big hand, and then hurriedly took out a three-inch long thing from her waist, and then stuffed it into Yin Xi's hand without hesitation, "Give it to you!"
"What is this?" Yin Xi reluctantly withdrew his hand from Shen Yue'er's hand, and then lifted the piece of wood in front of his eyes and carefully examined it, under the moonlight, Yin Xi gradually saw clearly that this was a piece of wood carving, and under a closer look, Yin Xi was surprised to find that the image of this wood carving was somewhat similar to himself, "This carved villain is...... Me?"
"Who else is so stupid but you?" Shen Yue'er smiled triumphantly, "The last time I saw you at the Tide Inn, I found that you were very suitable for my wood carving mold, you see that it is also black and stunned, just like the real you!haha......"
"No wonder you always call me wood...... Yin Xi nodded sheepishly, "now I understand!"
"Wood, wood, although you are dark and fierce, I know that you must be a good person with a good heart!" Shen Yue'er said with a smile while gently stroking the head of the little wood carving with her hand, although it seemed that he was talking to the wood carving, but in fact, Yin Xi felt that Shen Yue'er was talking to herself.
"Yue'er girl, I ......"
"You can call me Yue'er!" Before Yin Xi could open her mouth, Shen Yue'er raised her head suddenly, and a kind smile rose at the corner of her mouth, "Now this girl allows you to call me that!"
"Yue'er ......" Yin Xi only felt that his throat was a little dry, and only these two words popped out after opening his mouth for a long time.
"Wood, I'm really glad to know you!" Shen Yue'er deliberately put on a free and easy appearance, and reached out to pat Yin Xi's shoulder when she spoke, because Yin Xi was more than eight feet tall, so Shen Yue'er inevitably had to stand on tiptoe when patting him on the shoulder, which made the distance between the two of them a little closer again, and Yin Xi could even smell the faint fragrance on Shen Yue'er's body," If someone dares to bully you in the Western Imperial City, then you must come and tell me, and I will stand up for you!"
Looking at Shen Yue'er's serious eyes, a warm current suddenly surged in Yin Xi's heart. He stared at Shen Yue'er's delicate face tightly, time seemed to freeze at this moment, and after a long time, Yin Xi said word by word: "Yue'er, you are the most simple and kind girl I have ever seen, if anyone dares to bully you in this world, you must come and tell me, I will definitely help you out!"
Hearing Yin Xi's words, Shen Yue'er actually burst out laughing, but when she noticed Yin Xi's sincere eyes, somehow the smile on her face couldn't help but gradually converge, although she couldn't figure out the reason, but Shen Yue'er could still faintly feel that the current Yin Xi and the wood who only knew how to laugh tonight seemed to be a little different!
"Yue'er, Yin Xi thinks he is a very rough person, he doesn't know how to be a good man, he doesn't know how to talk about it, he is neither handsome nor chic, I don't understand why you want to make friends with me?"
Being asked by Yin Xi like this, Shen Yue'er couldn't help but be slightly stunned, this was the first time she felt a little dry in her throat tonight, and she was even a little inexplicably nervous when she spoke.
"Because you are more free-spirited, frank, and honest than those good-looking men I have seen, compared to those white and pure men who only know how to dress themselves up all day long, you are what I think is a real man......" In the end, Shen Yue'er's cheeks became extremely rosy, and her voice was so small that it was almost inaudible. This is also the first time that Yin Xi has seen such a young daughter Shen Yue'er tonight.
"You don't know me, you don't know me! You and I only have one side, why do you assert that I am a good person?" Yin Xi asked in a condensed voice.
"By ...... I feel ......" Shen Yue'er replied timidly, "I feel that you are a good person from the first time I saw you!"
And until this moment, Yin Xi finally had the urge to hug the woman in front of him into his arms for the first time. It's just that just when Shen Yue'er had even closed her eyes slightly, Yin Xi suddenly poured a basin of cold water on herself, and he reluctantly forced himself to take two steps back, and then looked at Shen Yue'er with a straight face.
"Wood, you...... Why do you look at me like this?" Shen Yue'er slowly opened her eyes, she wanted to ask what was going on, but she always felt that it was not too reserved, so she turned the conversation around and asked softly, "Do you think I'm too frivolous as a woman......
"No!" Yin Xi hurriedly spoke, at this moment his expression was full of hesitation, and his heart was constantly struggling, he was hesitating whether to tell his true origin, you must know that in Shen Yue'er's heart, the people of the Southwest Chamber of Commerce are all robbers who do all kinds of evil, and the reason why she can have a good impression of herself is completely because she mistakenly thinks that she is an honest and honest person with a good heart, but in fact, Yin Xi knows very well that she is not that kind of person.
"Do you have anything to say to me?" Shen Yue'er seemed to see Yin Xi's thoughts, and couldn't help but speak, "Wood, you won't hide your thoughts, and you shouldn't hide your thoughts in front of me!"
"I ......" Yin Xi wanted to speak several times and stopped, his heart was tormented, he didn't want to deceive the simple and kind Shen Yue'er, but he was afraid that after saying it, Shen Yue'er would break off with him in anger, for the first time in his life, Yin Xi cherished it.
"Yue'er, if I deceive you about something, will you still forgive me?" Yin Xi clenched his fists and seemed to mumble to himself.
"What can you lie to me?" Shen Yue'er still had a relaxed smile on her face, "If you say it, this girl may be able to spare you from death!" haha......
"Yue'er, in fact, I ......"
"Yue'er, you are really getting more and more presumptuous!"
Just when Yin Xi was about to tell Shen Yue'er everything about himself, the door of the Shen family's courtyard suddenly opened, and then a slightly cold voice suddenly came out of the courtyard, and at the same time, a young man in a green shirt also walked out of the courtyard with a calm face.
Hearing the voice, Shen Yue'er was startled at first, and then after he saw this person's face clearly, a look of guilt flashed on his face, and the whole person also became like a little girl when she made a mistake, hanging her head and looking at the young man innocently, this person Yin Xi had also seen once, it was the man who left with Shen Yue'er at the Tide Inn half a month ago.
"Brother......" Shen Yue'er shouted in a low voice, "You shouldn't have seen it this time, don't tell your father, I won't dare to ...... next time" Before Shen Yue'er could launch her coquettish offensive, a figure flashed out of the courtyard gate again, and as soon as she saw this figure, Shen Yue'er's face instantly sank, "Ye Qiu, what are you doing at my house again?"
And at the same time as Shen Yue'er's face was angry, Yin Xi, who was originally standing on the side with stunned eyes, suddenly saw Ye Qiu's eyes, and a cold and outright killing intent suddenly appeared in his eyes.
At this moment, the bright yellow robe that Ye Qiu was wearing was the well-known Imperial Sect robe!
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