Chapter 495: Good and Evil
The merchant ships did not stay long in Suming City, and after replenishing some supplies, they headed west along the river.
As the largest chamber of commerce in the Zijin Empire today, the 'Hundred Treasure Pavilion' has almost no business that it does not involve, especially in the scope with Gu Yi's permission, and it has become a business giant recognized by everyone in the entire Zijin Empire!
As the chamber of commerce that claims to have the most efficient transportation capacity in the entire Zijin Empire, one of the biggest businesses undertaken by 'Baibao Pavilion' is the transportation of materials!
Don't underestimate this business, in the entire Zijin Empire, there is only one chamber of commerce that can pat its chest and say that it can deliver materials to any place in good condition in the shortest possible time!
Unlike the rest of the chambers of commerce, the 'Hundred Treasure Pavilion' has the most numerous strongholds in the entire Zijin Empire, the most complicated and convenient transportation network, and ...... Strong material support!
From the very beginning, the 'Hundred Treasure Pavilion' has made alliances with many local forces, and at the cost of a certain percentage of the income in exchange for the guarantee of their transportation of materials! Especially after cooperating with the most mysterious 'Tsing Yi Building', the caravan of the 'Hundred Treasure Pavilion' is unimpeded everywhere!
No force is willing to offend the 'Hundred Treasure Pavilion' for this, after all, the other party has grown into an existence that makes everyone think about it carefully!
Once the 'Hundred Treasure Pavilion' retaliates with all its might, any force will have to admit that it can't resist it! This is the power of capital, and it is also a power that has never appeared in the Purple Gold Continent before!
As a chamber of commerce that makes almost everything, making war money has always been the biggest source of income for 'Baibao Pavilion'!
Whether it is a small dispute in the region or a big war involving a larger area, the figure of the 'Hundred Treasure Pavilion' is everywhere! For example, the recent war between the 'Howling Heaven' and the Orc Empire, the northwest is dominated by the 'Shanchuan Hall' to resist the barbarian race's southward resistance, and the figure of the 'Hundred Treasure Pavilion' appears!
A lot of strategic materials are transported to the combat area through the network of 'Hundred Treasure Pavilion', which has become the guarantee of the final victory in the battle!
At this time, the 'Hidden Dragon Society' was in civil strife, and Empress Zhao Min ordered to attack Liao Zhenbang and other 'rebels', which was naturally a big war!
If there is a big war, it will be up to the business!The merchant ships and caravans of the 'Hundred Treasure Pavilion' will naturally sail to the area of battle!
The huge merchant ship where Gu Yunniang was located was one of the ships that transported a large amount of supplies for Liao Zhenbang at his request. Originally, Gu Yunniang took advantage of the westward movement of the merchant ship and took this opportunity to go back to the southwest to reunite with her parents and eldest brother, not wanting to meet Xiaolongnu, who had not seen her for many years, and Guo Fu, who came at the same time as her.
"Is it a beheading mission?" Gu Yunniang sat in front of Xiaolongnu and Guo Fu and asked curiously.
As Gu Yi's younger sister, Gu Yunniang's way of nature has some types of tasks under Gu Yi's command. In an assassination mission like this, in the internal orders under Gu Yi's command, it is not in the name of the usual 'assassination', but in the new word 'decapitation' that Gu Yi 'created'!
"You know, you can't say it!" Xiaolongnu smiled indifferently, looked at Gu Yunniang and said softly.
"Got it, got it. Gu Yunniang waved her hand indifferently, "I don't know the rules yet?!, but it's not difficult to guess, with your behavior and numbers, going to a certain place so secretly and accurately is likely to be a beheading mission!"
"......" Xiaolongnu and Guo Fu did not speak. Although the other party is the sister of the Lord Gu Yi, and he basically guessed the situation of his mission, but the rules are the rules, and they can't violate them!
"Xiliupo is an important town, and the caravan will unload there for three days!" Gu Yunniang saw the other party's appearance, and did not ask any more questions, and continued, "If you can complete the task within three days, go back with me directly." ”
"Okay!" the little dragon girl thought for a moment and nodded.
The target of their assassination this time can be regarded as a key person! Once the assassination is successful, they will block all their colleagues who enter and leave Liao Zhenbang. This is also a big trouble for them who have to withdraw after completing the task!
It's not because I feel that my strength is not good, I'm afraid I won't be able to rush out, but once I get entangled for too long, it is easy to reveal my identity, and I am afraid it will be detrimental to the next situation of Lord Gu Yi!
Now that they have the caravan of the 'Hundred Treasure Pavilion' as cover, they can hide and leave the merchant ship smoothly!
In any case, Liao Zhenbang can't afford to offend the 'Hundred Treasure Pavilion'! Especially now that they are facing tremendous pressure, they can no longer provoke the dissatisfaction or even hatred of the 'Hundred Treasure Pavilion'!
It is conceivable that in the future, when Xiaolongnu and Guo Fu are hidden in the 'Baibao Pavilion' merchant ship after completing their mission, Liao Zhenbang and the others will not be able to do anything!
Even, if Xiaolongnu and Guo Fu were secretive enough, even if Liao Zhenbang and the others went on the merchant ship to search, they wouldn't be able to find anything!
After all, as the No. 1 Chamber of Commerce of the Purple Gold Empire, is it wrong that there are masters stationed on the merchant ships transporting supplies?!
Of course, the key to this is that Liao Zhenbang and others are not strong, and the situation is a little delicate, and they are currently asking for each other, so they dare not be too strong against the 'Baibao Pavilion'!
Even if there is no evidence for many reasons, the final result is to release the detained person, but you can save your own face, right?
Pity...... It's wartime!
Liao Zhenbang and they can't afford to provoke the 'Hundred Treasure Pavilion', so once the little dragon girls withdraw to the merchant ship after completing the task, then it means that they have no worries!
At this moment, Liao Zhenbang and the others did not dare to enter the scope of the 'Hundred Treasure Pavilion' to search!
As for whether it will affect the relationship between 'Baibao Pavilion' and Liao Zhenbang, Gu Yunniang doesn't care at all. It's not because she's about to leave the Hundred Treasure Pavilion, and she doesn't have to worry about anything in the future. But judging from the current situation in the entire Zijin Empire, apart from the 'Howling Heaven', there are still very few forces that dare to oppose the 'Hundred Treasure Pavilion'!
Besides, the 'Hundred Treasure Pavilion' was at the request of Liao Zhenbang and others, so a large number of merchant ships and caravans were sent to come, and if something happened, they would suspect that it was the hands of the 'Hundred Treasure Pavilion', and that would be too much of a response! Liao Zhenbang and the others might even suspect that someone was deliberately taking advantage of the caravan of the 'Hundred Treasure Pavilion' to do things, thus affecting their relationship with the 'Hundred Treasure Pavilion'!?
All in all, Liao Zhenbang and the others are neither willing nor dare to turn their faces with the 'Hundred Treasure Pavilion', even if their own side is indeed hit hard, it is the same!
"Aunt Qiyu, Xiliupo is coming!" At this time, a calm voice came in from outside the room.
"Got it. Gu Yunniang replied loudly, and there was no more to say.
It was none other than Li Bad who had been following Gu Yunniang's side to talk outside.
At this time, Li Bad has grown from a teenager to a young man with high luck, after years of experience, Li Bad at this time has completely the ability to take charge of himself, this time Gu Yunniang went back, and naturally recommended him to serve under Gu Yi!
The age difference between the two aunts and nephews is not much, and there is no real blood relationship, although these years of getting along have not given birth to any love between men and women, but it is far beyond the ordinary aunt and nephew affection!
But today is different, the existence of Xiaolongnu and Guo Fu makes Li Bad have to be careful, so he is reporting outside.
In fact, Li Bad knew Xiaolongnu. When he was in the 'Valley of the Kings', Li Bad was Gu Yunniang's follower, and naturally he had also seen Aunt Gu Yunniang's closest best friend Xiaolongnu.
It's just that he was not very old at the beginning, and he was a generation shorter in terms of generation, so he had almost no communication with Xiaolongnu! As for Guo Fu, he didn't know him anymore!
But even so, Li Bad didn't dare to slack off on Xiaolongnu and Guo Fu at all! This is not only because of Gu Yunniang's relationship, but also because of their teacher, Lin Chaoying!
Lin Chaoying made a very deep impression on all the second-generation disciples who knew her, a very strict and powerful aunt (honorific title)! Although most of them spent a very short time with Lin Chaoying, they were all very impressed!
As Li Xunhuan's son, Gu Yunniang's follower can be regarded as one of the second-generation disciples who has had the most contact with Lin Chaoying! For that very strict aunt, Li Bad has always had feelings of fear and admiration!
After all, in the process of getting along for less than a month, although Li Bad was tortured to death by Lin Chaoying's severe training, he laid a solid foundation for his martial arts!
After all, both of them seem to have inherited Lin Chaoying's general character, and they always give Li Bad a feeling of being on his back!
Soon, the merchant ship went ashore, and the shipwrights and dock workers began to unload the cargo, and the whole wharf became in full swing. No one noticed that on the other side of the boat, a small boat carrying two women, one black and one white, quietly left.
"Auntie. Li Gang walked to the deck of the merchant ship, stood behind Gu Yunniang, who watched the second daughter leave, and said solemnly, "The news has come, it's all settled!"
"Hmm. Gu Yunniang nodded, turned to look at Li Bad, frowned slightly and said, "Can you guarantee that nothing goes wrong?"
"Auntie, please rest assured!" Li Bad arched his hand and said in a deep voice, "My nephew can guarantee with his life!"
"This kind of thing, you don't need to guarantee with your life!" Gu Yunniang shook her head and sighed, "It's just a matter of doing your best..... What about the family members?"
"Enough compensation has been given!" Li Bad nodded and continued.
"Enough compensation?!" Gu Yunniang chuckled, meaning mockery, "Losing the head of a family, or even the pillar of a family, what kind of compensation is enough?!"
"......" Li Bad didn't speak, just remained silent.
"Big brother is right, this is a miserable world!" Gu Yunniang sighed, "If you don't have power and status, it means that you are an ant! Since you are an ant, you must be prepared to be slaughtered by others! This is the reality!"
"Forget it, I'm not qualified to say this!" Gu Yunniang sighed, didn't say anything more, and walked towards the boat.
After years of training, Gu Yunniang is no longer as pure and good as before! In the constant intrigue, Gu Yunniang gradually saw the cruelty and truth of this world clearly! Combined with the words that her eldest brother Gu Yi once taught and admonished when she got along with Gu Yi before, Gu Yunniang grew up to become a real woman among women!
When looking at the problem in the past, Gu Yunniang simply divided the 'good' and 'bad', but did not understand the root cause!
Today's Gu Yunniang is naturally not as simple as before! She has already understood that this world is not simply divided into good and bad, good and evil, but is composed of many complex combinations! Good and evil are just a relative, not absolute! Many times the good of outsiders may even be evil to their own people, so what's the use of dwelling on good and evil?!
The previous conversation with Li Bad is a simple example.
After Gu Yuniang guessed the task of Xiaolongnu and Guo Fu, she immediately arranged for Li Bad to 'solve the trouble'...... Those who had seen Xiaolongnu and Guo Fu on their merchant ship in Su Ming City had all become victims!
In order to protect the whereabouts of Xiaolongnu and Guo Fu from being revealed, Gu Yunniang decided the life and death of many people in a single thought!
Among them, there are innocent people, shipwrights, dock workers, and even some small merchants, and even those in the 'Hundred Treasure Pavilion' who are not fully trusted, have also become the targets of extermination!
In the past, Gu Yunniang would never have made such a decision! But now...... Gu Yunniang didn't hesitate at all! Although she would feel guilty and blame herself, she would never regret it!
"......" looked at Gu Yunniang's back, and Li Bad didn't say anything.
Compared with Gu Yunniang's sensibility, Li Bad looks at the whole thing more rationally or ruthlessly!
As a boy, the education that Li Bad received since he was a child was cruel compared to Gu Yunniang! Even in these years of traveling in the rivers and lakes, under Li Xunhuan's special care, Duan Tianya, the pavilion master of the 'Hundred Treasure Pavilion', deliberately cultivated some of Li Bad's temperament!
These experiences have allowed Li Bad to develop a hard-hearted character for outsiders!
For his own people, Li Bad can be gentle, kind, and compassionate, but for outsiders, Li Bad will only use the most favorable judgment to determine the standard of action!
Li Bad will not tell Gu Yunniang that the so-called 'all solved' is not as simple as killing all the key people, and the so-called 'giving enough compensation' does not exist at all!
In fact, what Li Bad has done is to 'disappear'! Whether it is the person concerned or their relatives, it is completely 'erased' from this world!
This kind of erasure is so thorough that it can almost be said to be cruel! The whole thing is so extensive that the means are ruthless, and the effect is very obvious: No matter who investigates, they will never know that two women, a black and a white, have entered the merchant ship of the 'Hundred Treasure Pavilion'! Everyone who Su Mingcheng saw was ...... Erased them all, including the imprint of their existence!