Tianfu Palace arranged a large-scale reception banquet, although there were no outsiders such as wealthy merchants to participate, but in addition to the majority of the protectors, most of the leaders of the Daomen and the imperial court in the Lion City arrived.

Qi Xuansu freshened up a little before participating in the reception banquet, and because there was no suitable crane, he simply attended in casual clothes.

Because of the previous accident, the atmosphere of this reception banquet was not very good, but many people took turns to toast Qi Xuansu, and Qi Xuansu did not refuse to come.

At the same time, in another place, there are also people who are drinking. These people are not qualified to go to Tianfu Palace to participate in Qi Xuansu's reception banquet, because they are not from the Dao Sect, but it does not mean that they have no weight, because Lion City is still a city of merchants.

These people are all wealthy businessmen and tycoons who have a good face in the Lion City, and if they achieve a certain level of business, they will inevitably participate in political affairs.

At this level, the big businessmen, whether they want to or not, have to pay attention to the changes in the situation. Some of these businessmen live in seclusion and are real behind-the-scenes bosses, and some stand in front of the stage and are well-known celebrities.

They come together, of course, not for the sake of drinking. The merchants practiced a separate meal system, that is, to imitate the ancient rites, one person and one table, divided into east and west, and the main seat facing south and north was empty, replaced by a sparkling water curtain.

A younger merchant stood up and pointed towards the water curtain, and the scene on the water curtain changed, revealing a side-faced figure who was none other than Qi Xuansu.

It can be seen that this is the image left by Qi Xuansu when he came to Lion City last time, because no one can run to the front to take a photo of Qi Xuansu, so the angle can only be the side face.

At that time, Qi Xuansu was still wearing the Wuyue Crown, and he didn't wear a Hui sword, as if he was listening to someone introduce something, so his eyes were focused, his expression was more serious, and the corners of his mouth were pursed, making his whole side face a little cold.

The young businessman introduced: "Qi Xuansu, the word Tianyuan, no number, twenty-seven years old this year, not long ago was just promoted to the second grade Taiyi Taoist by Jin Que, is the youngest of all the living real people in the Daomen, and at the same time served as the acting chief deputy master of the Borneo Daofu, and is also the youngest of all the incumbent chief deputy masters, the ranking of the Daofu is only under the big real person and the real person in the Zhangfu, and is the nominal third person in the Daofu, and now the de facto No. 2 person in the Daofu, and the Wang Zhangfu is in the same court. A middle-aged businessman with a thick cigar between his fingers spit out a cloud of smoke: "What is a young talent, this is it, this is a person who is expected to enter Yujing in the future, and now he has come to our small lion city, making the whole city shake, and making such a big battle, as for it?" The young merchant said: "Secret associations, Nanyangs, Westerners, these are the reasons why Qi Zhenren came to our Lion City. ”

"These are all diseases of ringworm and scabies, and I think it is still a struggle within their provincial government." Another businessman said,

"Everyone knows that Chen Zhenren defected. For so many years, Chen Zhenren has been doing well, but as soon as Qi Zhenren came, Chen Zhenren defected, what happened here, everyone can guess it, in the final analysis, it was forced by Qi Zhenren. It can be seen that this Qi Zhenren is not good at stubble, and he will not stop making trouble in Shenglong Mansion, and he will come to Lion City to continue the trouble, but I am afraid that the good days are coming to an end. A white-haired old man drank a glass of wine and said: "I heard that this Qi Zhenren came to Nanyang with the mission of rectifying the Borneo Daofu, with the intention of overthrowing Wang Zhenren and Chen Zhenren, and now that Chen Zhenren has fallen in Shenglong Mansion, then Qi Zhenren came to Lion City, naturally he went to Wang Zhenren." After all, Nanyang United Trading Company is in the Lion City, which is not only Wang Zhenren's money bag, but also Wang Zhenren's weakness. As soon as these words came out, everyone fell silent.

At the reception banquet, Qi Xuansu raised his wine glass and said: "Lion City, the most prosperous place in the South Seas, is a bright pearl of our South Seas, and it is not much inferior to the Jinling Mansion in the Central Plains. Xie Jiaofeng hurriedly said: "This is all the result of the joint efforts of the Dao Mansion and the Nanting Imperial Court under the leadership of the Jinque and the Imperial Court. The chief Taoist priest of Tianfu Palace said: "Dadu Hu, Deputy Mansion Master Xie, and Deputy Qin Du Hu have paid a lot for the development of Lion City over the years, with prosperous commerce and trade, stable order, and the people living and working in peace and contentment. Qi Xuansu didn't speak, a little noncommittal.

Chen Jianqiu said on his behalf: "The prosperity of commerce and trade is real, but this order is stable and ......" For a moment, everyone's smiles froze.

The chief chief Taoist priest could only stubbornly say: "It is true that there are still shortcomings. Qin Hengjun had no choice but to speak: "Xiao Chen Daoyou is right, we still have a lot of things that need to be strengthened and improved, Qi Zhenren's visit to the Lion City this time is to care and pay attention to our Lion City." Xie Jiaofeng also immediately said: "Qi Zhenren, please rest assured, we will definitely check and fill in the gaps under the guidance of Qi Zhenren, and make changes immediately, so that Qi Zhenren is satisfied, the Taoist government is satisfied, and Jin Que is satisfied." Qi Xuansu finally spoke: "Not only to satisfy the top, but more importantly, to satisfy the bottom." This is actually the same thing, what is satisfactory below will be dissatisfied with the above? Conversely, what is not satisfactory below will be satisfied with above? The following is the cornerstone, and without the support below, no matter how tall the building is, it is a castle in the air. Everyone nodded yes.

Xie Jiaofeng disappeared from the Jianghu spirit in front of his subordinates at this time, only the bureaucratic spirit remained, and he changed the topic without a trace: "Qi Zhenren, when you come to Lion City this time, many Taoist friends are looking forward to it, and they can't wait to meet you, the hero on the battlefield of Fenglin Continent." The young merchant on the other side continued: "There is nothing to be gained, and nothing is good for women. It is rumored that when Qi Zhenren was still a Taoist priest, in Dijing, there was a Gao master who threw 200,000 Taiping money and begged the Qi master at that time to open up the network, but was rejected to no avail, and finally this Gao old man died in the prison of Dijing Daofu. As for women, Qi Zhenren is a conservative in Taoism, except for the noble daughter of the Zhang family, he has no in-depth contact or contact with other young women, and is almost not close to women. The little trick we used last time didn't make much sense. The merchant pinching the cigar had lost his interest in swallowing the clouds and spitting out the fog: "Not long ago, Qi Zhenren suffered an assassination, and the assassin used a heavy firearm, it can't be the handiwork of a few people here, right?" ”

"Although it has always been said that money can pass through the gods, but heavy firearms, I'm afraid few people dare to touch such a thing, that is the crime of robbing the family and destroying the clan, not to mention using a heavy firearm to assassinate a real person who is expected to enter Yujing, what good is it for us?" Another businessman said,

"If you want me to say, this is still the infighting of their own people, Qi Xuansucheng is also this who is expected to enter Yujing, and defeat is also this who is expected to enter Yujing." The young merchant said: "The biggest problem is that Qi Xuansu may make a big fuss about this sudden assassination, under the original circumstances, the Tianfu Palace and the Nanting Protectorate will contain Qi Xuansu, and they definitely don't want him to investigate too deeply." But in the current situation, these two families are at a loss in front of Qi Xuansu because of this matter, and in order to clear their responsibilities, they have to help Qi Xuansu find out about this matter, and even work harder than Qi Xuansu, so they have become knives in Qi Xuansu's hands. But as we all know, many things in the Lion City are unchecked. Someone said: "Could this assassination be a scene arranged by Qi Xuansu himself?" It was to let him take control of the Tianfu Palace and the Nanting Metropolitan Protectorate. The young merchant said: "There is this possibility, but things have already happened, Tianfu Palace and Nanting Duhu Mansion have also been taken care of by Qi Xuansu, and it is no longer important to discuss whether it is a play played by Qi Xuansu himself, and the question now is, how should we deal with it?" No one spoke.

It's menacing and hard to deal with. The last time Qi Xuansu came to the Lion City, they had already used some soft means, but it was useless, and the set of Xuansheng cards that had worked hard was transferred by Qi Xuansu to the big library of the Borneo Provincial Mansion.

The Xuansheng card is a tentative stepping stone, to put it bluntly, it is to test Qi Xuansu's attitude. Qi Xuansu also made his attitude clear with his actions, so no matter how big the gift is, whether it is 200,000 or 1 million, it can't be sent.

But if it is hard, there is no harder means than assassination. Some people have already used it, but now it seems that it is useless, but has become Qi Xuansu's weapon.

The white-haired old man picked up the wine glass, but he didn't bring it to his mouth for a long time, and said: "Nanyang has had some business dealings with Nanyang United Trading Company for so many years, and also knows some of the inside story of Nanyang United Trading Company, Qi Xuansu will definitely make up his mind from us, he Qi Xuansu is not easy to get along with, is Wang Jiaohe good at talking?" For the time being, it is a dilemma to offend no one and not have good fruit to eat. "There must be a trade-off.

Is it firmly believed that Wang Zhenren is still standing in the South Seas? Or do you think that Qi Zhenren can make Nanyang change to a new sky?

If you stand in line with Qi Zhenren and Wang Zhenren does not fall, then you will inevitably be settled by the Autumn Queen. But if you stand on Wang Zhenren's side, Wang Zhenren will fall, not to mention that after the Nanyang United Trading Company was closed down, he will definitely not be able to eat such a large share, and maybe he will be implicated as a fellow party.

How to stand in line is not only a test of judgment, but also a test of courage, and at the same time, you have to gamble on luck.

After the reception banquet was over, Qi Xuansu asked Tianfu Palace to arrange for two female Taoist priests to take Xiao Yin to clean up, and then received a summons from Zhang Yuelu.

Zhang Yuelu was on the side of the Purple Light Society, and with the well-informed level of the Purple Light Society, she naturally knew the news of Qi Xuansu's assassination for the first time, and also knew the news that Qi Xuansu was safe and sound.

Therefore, Zhang Yuelu deliberately left some time to contact Qi Xuansu after the reception banquet was over.

Qi Xuansu reported to Zhang Yuelu that he was safe, and the two exchanged their respective information by the way, the woman marked by Zhang Yuelu had left the underground auction house, as long as she arrived at the warehouse of Nanyang United Trading Company, Zhang Yuelu would do it immediately.