On the Qingyun River in the north of Jiangzhou City, a gorgeous flower boat rides in the wind in the blue waves. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

An old man with gray temples stood on the deck of the flower boat, enjoying the cool breeze blowing in his face and enjoying the beautiful scenery of the Qingyun River in the evening.

Under the sunset, the river and the sky are the same color, and at a glance, it is all boundless dusk, which makes people feel open.

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Just then, a series of footsteps sounded on the deck. A young man in a purple suit holding a long sword ran over, knelt down on one knee five meters away from the old man, bowed his head and said:

"As expected, news came from the Jiangzhou family that a caravan that came to Jiangzhou City to deliver medicinal materials was robbed by bandits, and there was Zhenyang grass in the goods that we had snapped up all of!"

As soon as these words came out, the old man smiled slightly: "Finally jumped out by himself, it should really be a thief's habits! I had long expected that he Xiao Shijie would not be able to buy True Yang Grass, and he might go to rob the caravan." I didn't expect him to really go, the thieves outside Jiangzhou City are all from the families in the city, and he is the only one who dares to rob the family. Now it's okay, and it saves us to slowly check from those who buy medicine. Is it arranged by the Chamber of Commerce?"

"The adults have already been arranged, so we have sent people to keep an eye on those who know the caravan's itinerary. Among these people, a total of seven people knew about the itinerary of the Zhou family's caravan, four of these seven people had been in charge of the caravan's itinerary, and the other three had jumped out suddenly. ”

The old man nodded, revealing a cruel smile: "Bring those three people to have a good treat, I can't wait to meet our master Xiao!"

"Yes, sir!" said the man in purple and stepped back.

But before he went far, the old man seemed to remember something, and ordered: "By the way, use the people from the Jiangzhou City family to inquire about the gang of thieves who robbed them, if you can find the foothold of the thieves, it is best to say that our Xiao Da boss is there."

"Yes, the subordinates obey!" After speaking, the man in purple waited for a while, and saw that the old man had no other instructions, so he slowly retreated.

The sunset was gradually swallowed by the river, and looking at the half of the sunset at the junction of water and sky in the distance, the old man stopped and watched for a while, and then returned to the cabin.

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In a lavishly decorated hall, a group of richly dressed and gray-haired old men were sitting behind desks, drinking wine, and two young maids were eagerly serving each of them.

After three rounds of drinking, I only heard one of them: "Do you know, why hasn't anyone from the Wang family come yet? There is also the Huang family, today is for his family's business, why is it all like this, and the main lord has not come yet." ”

"After all, the Wang family is one of the twelve families, what's so strange about looking down on us, if you don't come, you won't come. As for the Huang family, it is estimated that they are waiting for Nanshan Academy. An old man in a green robe was lying in the arms of the maid and replied very comfortably.

"Also, in the eyes of the Wang family, what is the difference between us people and those peddlers and pawns outside, if you don't come, it's still annoying to come! But what do you think about the Huang family?" another person echoed.

Several white-haired old men sitting behind the desk were about to speak.

But at this moment, a middle-aged man wearing a Confucian robe walked in from the door of the hall. As soon as he entered, he attracted everyone's attention, and even the old man in the green robe who was lying in the arms of the maid sat up straight. If Yang Ning could recognize it at a glance here, this middle-aged man was Vice Dean Huang of Nanshan Academy. I saw that the middle-aged man arched his hand towards everyone and said, "Huang is late, let you wait for a long time!" After speaking, he swept the two empty desks in the hall, and sat down with an empty one.

As soon as he sat down, the white-haired old man in a blue costume on the main seat shouted at him: "Vice President Huang really asked us to wait! I thought your subordinates broke the rules, so you didn't dare to come!"

The middle-aged man in the Confucian robe did not talk immediately, but poured himself a glass of wine first, and said to everyone: "Brother Zhou, don't be impatient for a while, let Huang say a few words." ”

Then he raised his glass and continued: "Huang is late, punish yourself first." Then he drank it.

Then he poured another glass of wine and said to the old man in Chinese clothes: "Brother Zhou's matter is that Huang is not strict in discipline. But rest assured, Brother Zhou, the same thing won't happen a second time. This time, Brother Zhou's loss, my Huang family doubled the compensation. I salute Brother Zhou for this glass of wine. ”

"No, you ......" The old man in Chinese clothes pointed to the middle-aged man in the Confucian robe, and wanted to say something.

But he was immediately interrupted by the middle-aged man in the Confucian robe. Because long before he came, the middle-aged man in the Confucian robe had already received the news and knew what had happened. Although he was convinced that his subordinates would not do such a thing, when he used his secret contact with his carrier pigeons to send messages, he was a little uncertain. Not long after the carrier pigeon flew out, it flew back again. The letter tied to his leg is still tied there.

At that moment, he realized that something was wrong, this carrier pigeon was cultivated by him with special animal taming techniques, unlike ordinary carrier pigeons that only recognize places, this carrier pigeon recognizes people. No matter how his subordinates run, as long as he is still near Jiangzhou City, this carrier pigeon can find him and transmit the information. But now that he has just flown out and come back immediately, there are only two possibilities, one is that his subordinates are controlled and hidden. The second is that his subordinates betrayed him, ran away, and left the boundary of Jiangzhou City.

No matter which possibility it is, it is very unfavorable to the current situation, since the old man of the Zhou family dares to ask for this matter, he must be prepared. At least there is definitely no shortage of evidence, and on his side, he can't contact his subordinates, so he doesn't know what the situation is. In this situation, if you want to cover the interests of the family, you can't be led by others.

Therefore, the middle-aged man in the Confucian robe no longer intends to let the old man in the Chinese costume speak. Moreover, before coming back, he had already thought that since he couldn't contact his subordinates, he might as well give them up now and hand them over to block the Zhou family's mouth. Anyway, there is no shortage of generals at home, and when the matter is over, it is enough to shoot someone out of the city to build a cottage. It is important not to lose the right to build cottages.

Seeing that the old man in the Chinese costume wanted to say something, the middle-aged man in the Confucian robe stood up directly and said, "What happened to Brother Zhou's caravan, I am convinced. I didn't expect such unruly scum to appear under my own hands. Therefore, I have already gone to the palace just now and directly found General Wang who was stationed in Jiangzhou City. Ask him to directly send troops to suppress Qinghu Village, hoping that this will allow Brother Zhou to extinguish the fire and get rid of the evil breath in his heart. I don't know Brother Zhou, do you think I'm satisfied with this treatment?"