It was late at night, but Zhu Jiaduan was still awake.
When he goes out, he is used to lighting a lamp in his room after dark. When the lamp naturally goes out, he goes to take a nap, and then when the rooster crows, he gets up immediately. .
For a master of his level, it is okay to occasionally use exercise and breath control to make up for some sleep time. Of course, just occasionally... If you don't sleep all the time, no matter how good the master is, he will die suddenly.
And tonight, he obviously couldn't sleep for a while.
Because the lights in his room had not been turned off, there were strange movements around his room...
Everything happened very fast, shouts, groans, And the sounds of fists clashing and swords being unsheathed... almost all sounded from all directions at the same moment, and ended almost at the same moment.
It took less than ten seconds in total.
Then, there was a knock on Zhu Jiaduan’s door.
Dong—dong—
It was just two sounds, but in this silent night, it seemed very ear-piercing.
Zhu Jiaduan did not respond to the knock on the door, he did not even breathe loudly.
At this moment, he had concealed his breath, holding the hilt of the sword in his hand, standing in the middle of the room, nervously guarding against any surprise attack that might come from any direction.
"Director Zhu, don't be nervous..." Seeing that he didn't respond, the people outside the door took the initiative to say, "Your disciples only fainted temporarily, and no one died... at least Not yet."
Zhu Jiaduan is naturally not naive enough to believe this immediately, but since the other party said this, he can't keep pretending to be dumb: "Who are you?" After asking these three questions? After the last word, he seemed to feel that the question was not appropriate enough, so he added, "Who...are you?"
"We...are just errand boys..." the person outside the door replied, "According to the order of the master, I would like to invite Director Zhu to come to Qiliu Youlan for a talk."
"Then who is your master?" Zhu Jiaduan asked again.
"This... it's not convenient for our subordinates to talk about it." The person outside the door said, "You can ask him face to face."
"Huh..." Zhu Jiaduan snorted coldly, "You master, you are so arrogant." He paused, "You didn't even tell me your name, and you just asked me to go with you... Isn't this a little too underestimated of Zhu?"
The brother outside the door really wanted to reply to him, "Yes, but that's not the point," but he held it back in the end.
A few seconds later, the person outside the door said again: "The master knows that Chief Zhu is busy with work, so he ordered us... while inviting you to come, we will first 'take care' of the Guangxing Escort Agency for you." Brothers, I will save you from any worries; I hope Director Zhu will take a look at his consideration for you and come with us."
His words were just that. is the point.
The words sound very polite, but the actual content is just threats, and the conditions are laid out for you.Here you go - if you give up, what will happen to the bodyguards and apprentices under you? You have to weigh it yourself... To take a step back, even if you, Director Zhu, don't care about the life or death of those men, you yourself will definitely be sure of a breakthrough. Our siege?
Although Zhu Jiaduan has a bad temper and a quick temper, he is by no means the type who would risk his life just for the sake of temporary face; to put it more bluntly, he is just like most people in the world. , bully the weak and fear the strong.
When he was in the upper hand, he stood there with his chest raised, shouting and talking, and just talking to others, as if he had done something great; but when he was at a disadvantage, he was like that My waist is no longer so stiff, and my tone is no longer so loud... If there is a step, just step down, if you want face, give it, and that's pretty much it.
At this moment, Zhu Jiaduan thought for a moment based on the situation, then curled his lips and responded: "In that case, Zhu can only go with you once..."
…………
Two moments later, Qiliu is in the darkest place.
In the same room, Zhu Jiaduan had been "invited" to the concubine.
Sun Yixie and Huang Donglai were also present. Of course, they were very relaxed at this time, just sitting aside and watching the show.
"You can call me 'Master Shu'." As soon as the other party sat down, Master Shu introduced himself.
"Looking at your face, Zhu is a few years older than you. Isn't it appropriate to call you 'Master'?" Zhu Jiaduan still maintained his airs and did not completely let go.
"Is it suitable?" The uncle said as if he didn't take the other party seriously at all, "...you have to scream too."
"Huh?" Zhu Jiaduan glared at the concubine, "Your Excellency, are you a little crazy?"
"Are you crazy?" the concubine asked in return, and laughed again, "Ha... then if I tell If you really follow the rules, you have to kneel down to talk to me, so what do you think?" As soon as these words came out, Zhu Jiaduan's expression changed.
As the saying goes, the king and his subjects kneel to his father and his son, the sons kneel to their fathers, the people kneel to their officials, and the ministers kneel to their kings... This is etiquette.
The concubine is definitely not Zhu Jiaduan's father, so the implication of his words is that he is either an official in the court or a relative of the emperor.
"You..." Zhu Jiaduan spoke hesitantly, as if he wanted to ask something.
"You'd better not ask." But the concubine grabbed his attention and didn't let him ask.
"Okay..." Zhu Jiaduan nodded slightly, then took a step back, "I dare to ask you...why did you invite Zhu to come today?"
The uncle asked his grandson. Huang and the other two glanced at each other, and then said: "They are here, what do you think I am for?"
Zhu Jiaduan also looked at Shuangxi, and then said: "Could it be... uncle?" You want to talk to me about the death of your disciple Zheng Mukai?"
"Exactly," the uncle replied.
"Okay." Zhu Jiaduan leaned back in his chair, "Zhu is all ears."
The concubine did not beat around the bush, he just opened his mouth.Said: "It's easy to say, three days ago... Zheng Mukai used Qinggong to climb over the wall and through the window, and sneaked into my Qiliu Youlan. He intended to use force against our top card, so I asked a few of his men to do it. He was killed."
"What?" Zhu Jiaduan became a little excited when he heard this, "Is it you?" But then he thought, "Is this true?" p>
"Do I need to lie to you?" the concubine said.
Zhu Jiaduan was not thinking fast. He couldn't think clearly about this question for a while: "Then... why was my disciple's body found in the back alley of the Chengdong Inn? And my Two pickpockets..."
"Isn't this obvious?" The concubine interrupted him in a lazy tone, "I don't want to be traced for such a trivial matter, so I just let it go. Zheng Mukai's body was dumped near the inn where Huang Shaoxia and the others, who had had an affair with him during the day, were staying. They also covered up the cause of death, thinking that they could handle the lawsuit; and because they were worried about the two trippers. I knew that Zheng Mukai came to Qiliu Youlan before he died, so I did nothing but ask others to kill them too."
Zhu Jiaduan heard this. There seems to be nothing wrong with this.
In fact, there is indeed no, because what I am saying now are Shuisheng's true thoughts at that moment, but now he takes the blame.
"Then why do you admit it now?" Zhu Jiaduan thought for a moment and asked again.
"Because people have already come to investigate." The concubine said, pointing at Sun Yixie and Huang Donglai again, "I don't want to be annoyed... I am already annoyed. I can't put it down." Kill them both, right? Of course... It's okay to kill them, but after killing them, it proves that they are not the murderers. Then you will definitely continue to investigate. When the time comes... will I do it again? Did you wipe out your Guangxing Escort Agency?" He paused, shrugged, and then said, "In the final analysis...this matter was originally caused by your apprentice Zheng Mu, and the matter has come to this, so I might as well just do it. I'll just ask you to explain it clearly."
The more casually he says something like "Kill your escort agency," the higher his credibility will be.
But Zhu Jiaduan was not so easy to accept everything, and was still questioning some details: "Isn't that right..." He glared and said aggressively, "You said these were all done by your men. , can any of your men know the Five Thunder Heart Fist?"
"Ha!" The uncle laughed. After laughing, he raised his voice and shouted outside the room, "The waiter at the door, come in." As soon as he finished speaking, Shui Sheng opened the door and came in.
Obviously, long before the concubine sent someone to "invite" Zhu Jiaduan, Shui Sheng had been arranged to wait outside this room.
At this moment, he deliberately did not report Shuisheng’s name, but used the term “waited at the door.” Firstly, he did not want Zhu Jiaduan to know Shuisheng’s name, and secondly... he just wanted to make the other party feel that, I just randomly called a turtle slave who happened to be waiting at the door.
"Master, your order." Shui Sheng walked in with his head lowered and responded in a humble tone.
The concubine didn’t even look at him and said directly: "Master Zhu wants to see the 'Five Thunder Heart-piercing Fist'. You can defeat him with three successes."
"Yes." Shui Sheng ordered and without saying a word, he used his power and punched Zhu Jiaduan.
Because Zhu Jiaduan heard the concubine's words, he was not unprepared. He sat on the chair and secretly used his inner energy to welcome it.
Bang——
The next second, fists and palms struck each other, and the air in the room seemed to be stagnant.
After Shuisheng punched him, he retreated and stood back beside the concubine.
Zhu Jiaduan sat there without moving, but there was a wisp of cold sweat on his temples.
At this moment, Zhu Jiaduan took a serious look at the "turtle slave" in front of him, but no matter how he looked at Shui Sheng, he was just an ordinary brothel waiter, from his appearance to the expression on his eyebrows. Not very clever.
However, the strength and skill of that punch just now... were real.
Zhu Jiaduan didn’t know if the opponent only used 30% of his strength. Anyway, he used more than 80% of his strength. Only then could he completely neutralize the opponent’s punch even though his palms were numb. Otherwise, the meridians in his arm may be damaged.
"Okay, you can go out." Before Zhu Jiaduan could calm down, the concubine had already waved his hand and sent Shuisheng away in a very casual tone.
Shui Sheng promised, then exited the room and closed the door behind him.
After he went out, the concubine looked at Zhu Jiaduan with a rather proud look and asked: "Master Zhu, do you have any other questions?"
Zhu Jiaduan said sincerely : "This guy is protesting against me... Just in the inn, in just the blink of an eye, his men subdued all my disciples. Now if he just asks any of the waiters to come in, he will cause these five thunders to come in." Heart-piercing fist... plus the Li'er he just mentioned... how much power is behind this person?"
Thinking of this, Zhu Jiaduan actually felt weak.
Because he felt strongly that he might be sitting in front of someone he could not afford to offend; as long as the other person said a word, let alone his life... His entire Guangxing Escort Bureau, including The family members of the escorts may not be able to escape.
"No more..." Zhu Jiaduan had no choice but to give this answer.
"Yes." The concubine groaned and then continued, "Well, now that the matter has been made clear, let me come up with a way to solve the problem." He paused and then said, "Although Darb Zheng was basically responsible for what happened this time, my handling... was indeed inappropriate. Therefore, tomorrow, I will prepare a 'small gift' and send it to the inn where Chief Zhu is staying. Just think of it as housing allowance for the escort chief Zheng and the two escorts. If Director Zhu thinks it's too little,You can also come to me to talk... From now on, Director Zhu will be my 'friend'. If you have any trouble, you can come to me..."
He Having said this, he stared at Zhu Jiaduan: "This method... I wonder if Director Zhu is satisfied? "
"Satisfied...satisfied..." Zhu Jiaduan had already succumbed to the power of the concubine, and now that he was giving him face, he would take it, not daring to take it away.
"good. "The concubine nodded, "Well, that's all we're talking about today, Director Zhu... please go back. I have other things to talk about with Sun Shaoxia, Huang Shaoxia, so I won't send you off. "
When Zhu Jiaduan heard this, he raised his eyes and looked at Sun and Huang. His eyes were a little complicated, and he couldn't tell whether it was sympathy or guilt. From Zhu Jiaduan's point of view, it seemed that he had brought this to his mind. The two young men were dragged into the water and got involved with a person like Shuye, but Lao Zhu was too busy taking care of himself now to care about them.
"Okay...Okay. Zhu took his leave and everyone stayed. "After Zhu Jiaduan said that, he walked out. It's like walking as fast as flying.
What's the magic sword with arms? In front of the real "power", he is just a small leader; to be honest, if Lei Buwei hadn't already After retreating from the world for many years and being far away, he and Lei Buji had not dared to be so aggressive before.
When the footsteps of this guy faded away, the concubine invited Sun and Huang back to the table. .
He personally poured two glasses of wine for them both, and said leisurely: "Did I handle this matter properly? ”
“OK! "Sun Yixie raised his glass in response.
"Be particular! "Huang Donglai also raised his glass and said.
"As for the 'notes'... do you two still have any difficulties? "The concubine confirmed again and again.
"No! "Sun Yixi said.
"That's right! "Huang Donglai also patted his chest and promised.
"Okay! "The concubine raised his voice again, "I respect you both! "
"Please! "
"Please! ”
Sun Yixie and Huang Donglai drank the cup with him.
So, is it really okay to hand Gu Qiying’s notes to someone like the concubine... ?
Of course there is a problem, so Sun Huang did not intend to give it from the beginning.
The note was originally a "fake condition", and they used this condition to let the uncle give it first. What they wanted to do was done, and then... there was nothing more, because the concubine had to die before dawn tomorrow.
They stayed in the same room with Huang Donglai for so long, and from time to time. We eat and drink, but you don’t believe me when I say that the concubine was not poisoned.
And once the concubine dies, there will be no need to give the note. Then it will be easy to rescue Chu Xue and Shui Sheng. It's even enough to take over the entire Qiliu Youlan.
Of course, as the saying goes, you have a good plan, and I have a wall ladder.
This concubine is not the same. It’s not that easy to calculate...