Chapter 653

After solving Ye Xiao's trouble, Yuan Lihua took Ye Xiao to Zhou Dinggan and Qin Haifeng.

"Grandpa Zhou, I came to celebrate your birthday on your behalf!" Yuan Lihua said dignifiedly as she walked up to him.

"Hahaha!" Zhou Dinggan laughed heartily, and then said with infinite emotion: "Lihua, thank the old chief for me. I will go to the Yuan family to visit him later."

In fact, Zhou Dinggan was also a member of the War Department in his early years. He was able to achieve today's achievements and received a lot of favors from the Yuan family. However, the emperor has his own ministers, and Zhou Dinggan is not accepted by the head of the Yuan family now.

"I will definitely convey it for you!" Yuan Lihua smiled rarely.

After greeting Zhou Dinggan, Yuan Lihua's eyes turned to Diao Shufang on the side, and her eyes were instantly stained with a layer of disgust.

Diao Shufang smiled bitterly, and no longer made trouble for herself. After saying goodbye to Zhou Dinggan briefly, she left the banquet.

Next, Yuan Lihua introduced Ye Xiao to Qin Dongsheng and Zhou Dingqian.

The three of them greeted each other tacitly. Qin Haifeng and Zhou Zhiyun had already mentioned Ye Xiao to Zhou Dingqian, and Zhou Dingqian was also very interested in this young man who came to the Magic City with a special mission.

On the other side, seeing Ye Xiao chatting and laughing with Qin Haifeng and Zhou Dingqian, Song Julan and Jiang Chenyu felt very uncomfortable. It felt like a yellow eel in the mud ditch that they looked down on, rubbing against the sky and turning into a yellow dragon.

At this moment, the two of them still resented Ye Xiao, because in their opinion, if it weren't for Ye Xiao's matter that caused Hao Yahua to capsize, they should be the ones who are now talking happily with Qin Shishou's family.

Only Jiang Ming was shaking his head and sighing, so much so that he regretted his previous promise to his daughter to cancel the engagement. Although the two of them had different personalities, Ye Xiao was really lucky!

After the birthday banquet, Yuan Lihua planned to leave with Ye Xiao, but Ye Xiao found an excuse to refuse. After walking around, he found a waiter to lead the way to the small courtyard where he had agreed to meet Qin Haifeng.

This small courtyard is where Zhou Dingqian usually relaxes. It is decorated very elegantly. There is a small bridge and flowing water outside the courtyard. The courtyard is fragrant and planted with rare flowers and plants outside.

At this time, Qin Haifeng was already standing at the door of the courtyard waiting for Ye Xiao.

After the two looked at each other, Qin Haifeng nodded gently, conveying a message of reassurance to Ye Xiao.

So Ye Xiao tore off the mask and returned to his original appearance.

Since you want to cooperate, you should be honest.

Not long after, Qin Haifeng pushed open the door of the study, and the two walked into the room one after the other.

As soon as Ye Xiao entered the door, Zhou Dingqian smiled and said, "General Ye, I have heard of your great name for a long time!"

Ye Xiao looked over and saw that Zhou Dingqian had changed into a simple green gown. He stood straight with a look of approval on his face, like a retired veteran looking at a rookie in the War Department.

This feeling made Ye Xiao inexplicably want to raise his hand and salute, probably because he had been in the military academy for a long time!

"Mr. Zhou, you are too modest. Just call me Xiao Ye!" Ye Xiao replied with a faint smile.

"Yeah! Okay, Xiao Ye, let's sit down and talk!" Zhou Dingqian made a gesture of invitation.

This kind gesture made Qin Haifeng a little envious, because he didn't have such courtesy!

But he didn't take it too seriously. He knew that his father-in-law had a deep affinity for the soldiers in the War Department, but had some stubborn prejudices against the people in the government.

After the three of them sat down, Zhou Dingqian came straight to the point and said, "Xiaoye, I won't ask you anything else. Just tell me how I can help you!"

Ye Xiao was slightly stunned, and then glanced at Qin Haifeng. Isn't this too smooth?

Before, when he looked for Qin Haifeng, Zheng Shungong and Ding Changhong, he spent a lot of effort, and some people were unwilling to cooperate, and some kept waiting and watching, but Zhou Dingqian's direct attitude of unconditional support really made him feel a little unreal.

Just when Ye Xiao was confused, Zhou Dingqian's voice came again, "Xiaoye, you brought the Xuanyuan Medal! Let me touch it later!"

Hearing this, Ye Xiao couldn't help but smile bitterly. It turned out that the reason why Zhou Dingqian was willing to help him unconditionally was the same as Qin Haifeng, that is, the Xuanyuan Medal!

And it seems that in Zhou Dingqian's eyes, the Xuanyuan Medal is even more sacred and more convincing.

"Ahem!" Ye Xiao had to cough tactically to cover up his embarrassment, and then he sorted out his thoughts and asked: "Mr. Zhou, do you know who Shan Ye is behind Diao Shufang?"

Ye Xiao directly asked the question he cared about the most. Diao Shufang's current status is largely due to Shan Ye. He believed that Shan Ye, who was once Diao Shufang's friend,Zhou Dingqian, who was in charge of the war department, should know something about the situation.

At this time, Qin Haifeng also stared at his father-in-law.

Ye Xiao had asked him the same question before, but he couldn't answer it when he first came to the Magic City. After hearing Ye Xiao say that the target of the high-level officials of the War Department was this Shan Ye, he also did some investigations, but all of them were fruitless.

Hearing Ye Xiao's question, Zhou Dingqian nodded first, and then shook his head.

This made Ye Xiao and Qin Haifeng a little confused. What did the old man mean?

"Xiao Ye, I guess this Shan Ye is very likely Yuan Lushan!" Zhou Dingqian said uncertainly.

Ye Xiao was speechless. It seemed that Zhou Dingqian had similar information to himself, and he should not have seen the true face of Shan Ye.

"Mr. Zhou, why do you say that?" Ye Xiao asked back.

The reason they suspected Yuan Lushan was Shan Ye was, first, because Yuan Lushan's name contained a mountain, and second, Yuan Lushan also met the condition of being a general of the War Department, but how did Zhou Dingqian infer it?

Zhou Dingqian pondered for a moment before continuing, "Thirty years ago, I founded the Magic City Chamber of Commerce with a few friends. The reason why the Chamber of Commerce has been able to develop to this day is inseparable from the strong support of the Yuan family."

"Ten years ago, the reason why Diao Shufang was able to call on several other elders to force me to abdicate was that I believe the Yuan family was behind it."

"Yuan Lushan grew up under my watch. He is very ambitious. In recent years, through the relationship with the old leader, he has almost controlled the entire East China Sea War Department. I can see that he is not satisfied with this."

"So controlling the Magic City Chamber of Commerce, controlling the finance of Magic City and even the entire East China Sea Province is something he can do."

Hearing Zhou Dingqian's words, Ye Xiao's expression did not change much, because before he came to Magic City, he had a rough judgment on Yuan Lushan's control of the East China Sea War Department and the Magic City Chamber of Commerce.

But after Qin Haifeng heard this, he broke out in a cold sweat. If this Shan Ye is really Yuan Lushan, then the Magic City government where he is located is probably in his hands.

When the capital first transferred him to the Magic City, it was because the Congress had vaguely sensed that something was wrong with the Magic City government, but the Congress didn't know what was wrong. Even after he came for nearly half a month, he still got nothing and couldn't find a breakthrough.

If the entire Magic City government had been infiltrated, it would be explained, because this was a big net woven by someone, and he was in the net with spies everywhere, so naturally he couldn't find any problems.

"Xiao Ye, what are you going to do?" Qin Haifeng's voice trembled a little. He realized now that he had underestimated the current situation before.

After Ye Xiao thought for a moment, he raised his head and said seriously: "Mr. Zhou, I need you to regain control of the Magic City Chamber of Commerce!"