Buck City. Lan's Chamber of Commerce.

"Father, no matter how severely tortured those people were, they refused to reveal the whereabouts of the fish that slipped through the net." Lan Tingshan said to Lan Houran.

The years passed, leaving a circle of fat on Lan Tingshan's body. Lan Tingshan is a little chubby compared to three years ago, but with his round baby face, it looks a lot more harmonious.

The word "eldest father" is Lan Tingshan's honorific title for his grandfather. Thinking about it, the Lan Chamber of Commerce has a soft spot for the word "big" in its bones, not only to be "big", but also to the title, but also "big father" and "everyone's master".

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"Don't worry, it's just a small miscellaneous fish, just slip away." Lan Houran didn't care, waved his hand and said.

According to Lan Houran's orders, these eleven people will be interrogated and beheaded at a later date. Lan Tingshan originally thought that his eldest father wanted to lure the remaining one out, but now he found that this was not the case.

"Father, why don't you kill it directly, so as not to change later, after all, behind this group of people is the lord of the country, and the lord of the city is ........" Lan Tingshan said with a slight frown.

"Hahaha....", Lan Houran patted Lan Tingshan's shoulder, looked at Lan Tingshan and nodded. Regardless of whether Lan Tingshan's opinion was correct or not, at least it showed that Lan Tingshan was thinking about the Lan Clan Chamber of Commerce, and Lan Houran was relieved for this alone.

"Tingshan, the Lan Chamber of Commerce will be handed over to you sooner or later."

"You must know that although it is impossible for the Chamber of Commerce to be with the imperial court, it is also impossible to be an enemy of the imperial court." Lan Houran said.

Lan Tingshan was very puzzled when he heard this, his brows deepened, and he couldn't help but ask: "Neither an enemy nor a companion." What is that? ”

"Interdependence and mutual constraints." Lan Houran replied.

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"Interdependence and mutual constraints." Lan Tingshan muttered in his mouth, still unable to understand what kind of relationship this was.

Seeing this, Lan Houran continued to explain: "It's like grass and rabbits on the grassland. When there is more grass, there will be more rabbits. When the number of rabbits increases, the amount of grass decreases. ”

Buckcheng is adjacent to the grassland. The relationship between grass and rabbits is naturally clear in Lanting Mountain. But when it comes to the Chamber of Commerce and the imperial court, he still hasn't figured it out.

"Father, grandson is ignorant, and he still can't figure out the relationship between them, so he can only go back and savor it. However, the lord of the country and the lord of the city, will there really be no variables? Lan Tingshan asked.

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Lan Houran is an extremely wise person, otherwise he would not have been in charge of the Lan Chamber of Commerce for many years, and he would not be able to fall behind in his cultivation.

He didn't answer Lan Tingshan directly, but asked rhetorically: "Tingshan, do you think Shu Shanlie will know that these eleven people have been taken down by me?" ”

Lan Tingshan replied without thinking: "It's so far away, Sun Er thinks that Shu Shanlie won't know so soon. ”

"When I was arresting these eleven people, I sensed that there were people following behind this group of people."

"This person is not a strong general, but he is not an ordinary power master."

"Come to think of it, this person should be the shadow of Shu Shanlie's side, Tang Yongren."

"You're right, Shu Shanlie didn't know everything that happened in Buck City so quickly."

"But..."Speaking of this, Lan Houran paused for a moment, and then continued:

"However, everything that happened in Buck City, Shu Shanlie should have expected it a long time ago."

"Expected?" Lan Tingshan was shocked in his heart, and at the same time, he couldn't help but think: "Then why did Shu Shanlie let these eleven people be arrested." ”

At this time, I only heard Lan Houran continue: "This group of people is just Shu Shanlie's abandoned sons. It can also be said that this group of people is just Shu Shanlie's bargaining chip. It was used by Shu Shanlie to exchange for the house slaves placed in various places by the Chamber of Commerce. ”

"The chambers of commerce tolerate this group of people going around plundering. That uncle Shanlie must also give up the lives of these eleven people. ”

"In this game, our Lan family has the least loss. That's why the other chambers of commerce want us to be the ones who wield the knife. Shu Shanlie sent people to follow, probably just to see who the last person to hold the knife was. ”

"But how could I easily let them get what they wanted."

"It's most appropriate for this sword-wielding person to let the city lord be the one."

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"City Lord~?" Lan Tingshan said thoughtfully. He now understands a little bit what's at stake.

I saw Lan Houran nodding and continued:

"Not bad!"

"It doesn't matter if it's eleven or twelve. Whether it's a guard or a bandit. In the end, it is the people's mouth that has the final say. ”

"And what we have to do is to guide them to say twelve to eleven, and Wei to say bandits, just do it."

"When most people agree with the Eleven Bandits, that's when the knife is handed to the city lord."

"When the city lord's hand rises and falls, and the heads of this group of people are separated, the matter will be settled. As for the fish that slipped through the net, it didn't matter from beginning to end. ”

Although he said this, Lan Houran knew in his heart that it was the end or the beginning, and it was still unclear whether it was the end or the beginning.

Under the circumstance that all chambers of commerce have strong generals, Shu Shanlie still dares to send people out to attack and kill everywhere, which can only show that Shu Shanlie has confidence, and it also means that it may not be peaceful for a period of time in the future.

Lan Houran saw this, but naturally he wouldn't talk about it to his juniors, so as not to panic.

This is also the reason why Lan Houran let Tang Yongren go, and it is also the reason why he is unwilling to let the Lan family be the knife bearer.

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"But Father, the city lord is the third general after all. Will he be willing to be the man of the sword? Lan Tingshan asked suspiciously.

"Our city lord of Buck City is not just a matter of three generals." Lan Houran replied.

"It's not a question of willingness or unwillingness."

"Our city lord~" Lan Houran sighed softly.

"We, the city lord of Buck City, have never taken the chambers of commerce in their eyes, and they have never taken Shushan Lie in their eyes." Lan Houran sighed.

"This~~" The lord of Buck City is a general, which is a well-known thing. But Lan Tingshan didn't expect that the city lord of Buck City would be so strong.

Lan Houran didn't explain too much, but said to Lan Tingshan in a serious tone: "Tingshan, Lanzi is not a few years younger than you, Nu works hard to marry Lanzi into the door." ”

"At that time, the Lan Chamber of Commerce can't say that it can surpass the Hong family, but at least it can trample the Chen family under its feet."

There is another point that Lan Houran didn't say.

That is, if Lan Tingshan can marry the daughter of the city lord, then no matter what happens next, at least he can be guaranteed to have no worries.

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"Macho man?" Lan Tingshan shook his head stupidly and said.

Meng Lanzi, the only daughter of the city lord of Buck City, was called a fierce man behind her back.

It's not that he's ugly, but it's a bit arrogant.

Lan Houran obviously knew the nickname "fierce man", so he didn't say anything, just shook his head helplessly.

In his opinion, the Lan Chamber of Commerce has not yet fallen into the time when it can survive by relying on the marriage of children and grandchildren. Seeing that Lan Tingshan didn't have this intention, he didn't mention it anymore.