On the morning of the second day, in Lifu, the east city of Huai'an City, Li Cheng, the head of the Li family, was sitting in the reception hall, and on the left side of him sat a woman decorated with a gorgeous costume, which was Mei Lin. Mei Lin has been arranging according to the set strategy since she discussed with the shopkeeper Li yesterday, and after discovering that Li Cheng had not gone out and was in Li Fu, she made a little preparation, and came to visit early this morning.

At this moment, the guests and hosts are seated separately and have their own thoughts. Or Li Cheng took the lead in speaking, "Although my Li Mansion and Mei's are both doing business in Huai'an, but in addition to necessary business contacts, there has never been any private contact, Miss Mei came to visit today, I don't know when?" Li Cheng said this unceremoniously, and made the relationship between the two families decided in one sentence, which means that it is obvious that Mei Lin is telling Mei Lin that my family has no friendship with your family, so you don't expect me to let go of your family's fat.

Mei Lin didn't think about it after listening, "The head of the family is right, you and I are both big businessmen in Huai'an, and we usually have to avoid business contacts, and my father and younger generations have long had a good relationship between the two families, but I have been busy with affairs, and my Mei family is not in the Southern Jin Kingdom, so I have never had the opportunity to visit. ”

Hmph! The visit is fake, come to beg me to let go of your dock is true, what does it mean that I haven't had time to visit, it's all fart, in the end, I still think that your Mei family's great cause looks down on my family, and I came to show favor today.

Li Cheng thought so in his heart, but he also knew that it was too ungraceful to say such a thing, so he said, "Li Mou has long been friends with Mei's family, but he has never had the opportunity to see him, but today he provoked Miss Mei to deign to come, which is really rude, and he will come to the door to ask for guilt one day.

Li still has a lot of important things to deal with, for business people, time is money, some things are not dealt with in a timely manner often cause irreparable consequences, Miss Mei's family has been in business for generations, I think I can understand, please forgive Li can not accompany him, come on, accompany Miss Mei in the house!"

Li Cheng was about to leave after speaking, but Mei Lin could not be dismissed by him with such a few words, and immediately said, "The head of the family, please stay, the younger generation is here today because the Li family has reached the time of life and death, and I am here to inform you kindly!"

"Oh, where do you start with this, my Li family's business is thriving, it is the time when it is thriving, why do you want to be angry and survive, Miss Mei's words are inevitably a little alarmist" Li Cheng, who was about to leave, stopped and asked when he heard this.

"How is it not life and death, the Hong family, the Chen family, the Cai family and your Li family in Huai'an City, the four big businessmen, those three have been operating in Huai'an for generations, and they are deeply rooted here, and the relationship between all parties is intertwined.

Only your Li family is the latest, and it is the most weak, but it also occupies a wharf like the three, how can the three be convinced, the younger generation has heard that the Li family has always been unpopular with the three, and the three often join forces to suppress the Li family in the business field, if it is not for my Mei family to share the pressure together, so that the three families can not occupy an overwhelming advantage, how can the Li family be rich today?

And today, the head of the family wants to join forces with the three families to snatch my Mei family's dock and squeeze my Mei family out of Huai'an City, if this matter comes true, has the head of the family thought about it in the future?"

Then he went on to say, "If there is no Mei family in this Huai'an City, it can be expected that the three families will see that the Li family is weak, and it is already difficult to support themselves, how can they let go of this great opportunity to annex the Li family, and then how can the Li family use the strength of one family to resist the strength of the three families? Isn't this life and death? The younger generation said all this, and I hope that the head of the family will think twice." After Mei Lin finished speaking, she bowed to Li Cheng, and then walked out the door.

"Miss Mei, please stay, how can you not know what Miss said just now, but today's events are beyond our power to change. Li Cheng shouted and stopped Mei Lin, who had already walked outside the door, and said.

And Mei Lin listened to what Li Cheng said, and knew that there must be another hidden secret, so she asked, "As long as the head of the family and my Mei family join forces to fight against those three families, how can they be powerless to change it, could it be that there is something hidden here?"

Li Cheng saw Mei Lin asking him a question, but he did not answer the question in his words, but answered the question that was not asked, "Does Miss Mei know the true origin of this Hong family?"

Mei Lin knew that there must be a reason for his question, so after a little thought, he replied, "I heard that the predecessor of the Hong family was the capital of the Southern Jin Dynasty, and it was suppressed because of the dispute over the storage position in the court, so I had to return to my hometown Huai'an. ”

"It seems that Miss Mei is not ignorant of the Hong family, it is so, the Hong family was because of the support of the eighth prince Bai Yi to compete for the crown prince, and later Bai Yi failed to seize the crown prince and was imprisoned, and the Hong family was also liquidated, and not long ago Bai Yi has been released by the current saint, re-listed as the prince, Bai Yi came out and thanked the Hong family for suffering because of himself, and wanted to support the Hong family to rise again, which is why there is today. After Li Cheng finished speaking, he sighed softly.

"What the head of the family said tonight is suddenly opened, so to speak, the root of this matter is not in Huai'an, if you want to solve this matter, you must find an opportunity in this prince, thank you for today's matter, I don't know how much the head of the family knows about this prince Bai Yi's behavior, and I hope to inform the younger generation. ”

"After Li Mou came to the door of the Hong family to propose the matter of joining forces, he conducted an investigation on this Bai Yi and understood, this person acted a little crazy when he was not imprisoned twenty years ago, but he still has a good reputation among the people, and he has never harmed the people, at that time he was competing with the current prince, that is, the fourth prince Bai Ye at that time, for the position of prince.

It is precisely when he is cautious that his reputation among the people is likely to be deliberately created by him, not necessarily his true temperament, and this time he has been lifted from the ban for a short time, and it is difficult to obtain what he has done recently, and it is difficult to judge him by his behavior. And when a person has been imprisoned for twenty years, it is difficult not to wonder if his temperament has changed drastically. Therefore, Li doesn't know much about Bai Yiqi, and if she wants to get more detailed information, she still needs Miss Mei to investigate it herself. ”

"In this way, the younger generation must go to the capital of the Southern Jin Dynasty, thank you for today's matter, if there is any other news here, please inform the family owner in time, the younger generation has thanked the master of the family again, without further ado, the younger generation will set off for the capital with a little preparation, farewell!!"

"Miss Mei rest assured, Li still understands the truth of cold lips and teeth, I only hope that Miss Mei's trip can be successful, today Li will not personally send Miss Mei out, the housekeeper will send Miss Mei down!" Does the master really plan to join forces with the Mei family, in case this matter is revealed, the three families are afraid that they will not let go of the Li family easily. ”

"How can I not know, this Mei family is a tiger, the three are evil wolves, my Li family can only be left and right in it, not to trust any party, now they are a pack of wolves fighting evil tigers, our Li family only needs to watch from the wall, and when they fight and lose both sides, the Li family has no chance to reap the profits. ”

"The old man is wise, and the old slave admires," the butler praised

At this time, in Mei's Commercial Bank, Mei Lin was discussing with Shopkeeper Li. "Miss, is this Li family's words credible? With the old slave observing this Li Cheng for many years, is he not a good person?" Listening to Mei Lin's explanation of today's meeting with Li Cheng, Shopkeeper Li looked suspicious.

"How can I not know that this Li family can not be trusted, in fact, at this time any family can not be trusted, but at present we have no better choice, although the Li family is at both ends, but as long as we can settle the white game, in addition to this worry, then the Li family and I secretly join forces to reveal to the other three, the Li family has no other choice, can only ally with me, when the general trend has been achieved, the Mei family in Huai'an City can be worry-free. ”

"Well, it seems that the young lady has made up her mind in her heart, but the old slave is too worried. Shopkeeper Li said with one hand stroking his beard.

"I have never dealt with such a big thing, and it is inevitable that there will be omissions, and I still need the treasurer to pick up the missing pieces and always mention the points. ”

Huai'an Xicheng Hong's house, in a pavilion in the back garden.

"Confirm that the Mei girl went to the Li family?"

"Yes, according to the master's orders, there were eyeliners in ambush around the other three and the Mei family's trading house, and the little girl of the Mei family, who went to the Li family this morning, stayed in it for half an hour."

"Hmph! The mantis arm is a car, I don't measure myself, this time with the support of the prince, my Hong family will definitely take the Mei family wharf, and this Huai'an City can only be said by my Hong family in the future!"

At this time, on the Mei family's merchant ship, Linfeng, who was abused by Li Fei last night, didn't sleep well all night, went back and forth to the toilet for seven or eight years, and did not fall asleep until the sky revealed the white belly of the fish, and slept until noon when Sun Mao woke him up to eat and drink medicine.

After drinking the medicine, Lin Feng, who just wanted to go to sleep, was pulled up by Sun Mao again, "Sleep, sleep, sleep! You kid is about to become a pig, go out with me today, and it is also good for wound healing." Sun Mao came back later than Linfeng last night, and didn't know that Linfeng went out to the night market last night, so when he saw that he slept until lunch, he didn't get up, so he went to wake him up, and saw that Linfeng slept after eating, so he was angry, and immediately said a lesson.

"Grandpa Sun, I'm really sleepy, or tomorrow, I'll go out with you tomorrow. "It was too embarrassing to meet Lifei last night, and Linfeng didn't want to talk about it. I had to postpone Sun Mao.

Judging from the old man's many years of experience, you kid probably have a reason to push it out tomorrow, no, just today, you kid have to go if you don't go!" Sun Mao feigned anger.

Lin Feng saw that it would be impossible to go out with this old man today, so he had to relent: "Okay, okay, since Grandpa Sun is so interested, the kid will give up his life to accompany the gentleman, and it is better to obey his life!"

Seeing that Linfeng agreed, Sun Mao instantly put on a smiling face and said, "Hehe! It is also considered that you are a kid and acquaintance, and it is not in vain that the old man has taken care of you carefully for so long. Let's go now, and let's go to the Fallen God Mountain today!"

"No, I said Grandpa Sun, Uncle Sun, you let me go to climb the mountain with this sick number?

"Wind boy, you don't know this, today Luoshen Mountain is going to hold a mountain tour, and then the young talents of the entire Huai'an City, all the ladies will go, it can be said that there are many heroes and beauties, you don't want to go and see?

Lin Feng saw Sun Mao's lewd face, and secretly scolded in his heart for being disrespectful to the old, but he still responded, "Since Grandpa Sun is going to feast his eyes, the kid is obedient, let's go." ”

The two walked all the way, and they thought that they were walking too slowly, so Sun Mao hired a carriage at the moment, and it took more than half an hour to get off at the foot of the Luoshen Mountain, and the wind got off the car to look at the mythical mountain in front of him, only to see the majestic and majestic, the wall stood thousands of miles, pulled up on the earth, and stabbed obliquely to the east to the sky, and below was a huge deep valley, the size of which was just enough to accommodate the entire Luoshen Mountain, just like the originally flat earth suddenly lifted the whole piece, revealing the deep pit below.

Linfeng looked at this mountain that I don't know how many years of wind and rain it has endured from far and near, and his eyes were retracted, and under his feet was a mountain road that could accommodate two or three people in parallel, and the trees on both sides were shrouded in shade, like a canopy covering the entire mountain road, and it had been stretching gracefully to the depths of the mountain.

"How about it, don't have a mood?" Sun Mao, who had paid for the carriage, came to Linfeng's side and said.

"It does have a different artistic conception, revealing a sense of Zen, but it can make people feel at ease and calm their minds, and it is a good place for Qing Xiu, if one day I break off the fate of this world, it is good to choose this place to retreat. Lin Feng still looked at the Huagai Mountain Road back.

"It's really a lot of thinking about this kind of good place and you kid's turn! This Luoshen Mountain is famous all over the world, and it is so close to the prosperous place of Huai'an City, people often come here to wander around, how can they have a long time of peace and ease?" Sun Mao said with a striking.

"So that's the case, but the kid is not thoughtful, he does think a little too much, and the kid also has a feeling for a while, and I hope Grandpa Sun will not be surprised. ”

"Let's go, let's go, we're late enough, and we won't be able to catch up if we continue to ramble. Sun Mao ignored it, just urged. So the two of them immediately walked towards the mountain

After walking for nearly a stick of incense, there was a sudden human voice in front of him, and the voice was chaotic, obviously more than one person. When the two heard the voice, they knew that they were not far from the place of the event, and they accelerated their pace at the moment, especially that Sun Mao, a handful of old people, at this time, he was indeed walking like flying, and he was not at all like a person at all, but he was stunned by the wind that fell behind him, and he only sighed in his heart: He is an old man, and he is still so lustful, he is really old-hearted, and he is old and strong!