#261 - Chapter 261 Support

Liu Luo lay in bed, tossing and turning, his heart filled with complex emotions. Having been in the gang for many years, he was used to the petty squabbles of life, but tonight, the news Wu Feng brought made it difficult for him to fall asleep.

The Lin Manor, a behemoth of great importance in the Prefecture City, actually had dealings with them.

This made him feel unprecedented pressure and a little excitement?

Before, they couldn't even dream of associating with such a powerful force!

And now they could actually do things like this?

Recalling his original intention for joining the Hongmen, Liu Luo couldn't help but feel a sense of感慨.

From the initial low-level street brawls to becoming a member of the Hongmen responsible for intelligence gathering,

Liu Luo had witnessed the Hongmen's rise to glory.

But in the Prefecture City these past six months, the power of the Lin Manor gave Liu Luo a more direct understanding:

Killing people in the street without anyone caring, only concerned with killing, not burying.

"Lin Manor..." Liu Luo muttered to himself, the name weighing on his heart like a boulder.

He knew very well how powerful the Lin Manor was, not someone they could easily provoke. But now that things had come to this, he could only bite the bullet and face it.

Fortunately, his task was only to deliver messages and did not require direct conflict with the Lin Manor. Thinking of this, Liu Luo felt a little more relaxed.

Liu Luo decided to leave a message for Zhao Si before leaving, so that he would also be prepared to respond. Zhao Si was also a member of the Hongmen, and like him, was responsible for intelligence gathering. Although they were usually busy with their own affairs, they could always support each other in critical moments.

"It's time to go back and take a look." Liu Luo secretly made up his mind. After this mission was completed,

he would definitely find time to go home and see his family and friends, and give his tired soul a little comfort.

With this thought in mind, Liu Luo finally gradually fell asleep. Although his dreams were still full of the grievances and affections of the Jianghu, at least in his dreams, he could temporarily forget the pressures and worries of reality.

Early the next morning, Liu Luo approached the city gate, but keenly noticed an unusual atmosphere.

At the city gate, in addition to the routine patrolling government soldiers, there were also several suspicious-looking people. They were either standing or leaning against the wall, their eyes constantly scanning the passing pedestrians, seemingly searching for some target.

Liu Luo's heart tightened, and he thought to himself: "No way, so unlucky?"

He quickly looked around, confirmed that he had not attracted the attention of these people, and then quietly approached a familiar person who looked like a merchant, and whispered: "Old Zhang, why are there so many people at the city gate today?"

Old Zhang looked up and saw that it was Liu Luo, a look of surprise flashed in his eyes, but he quickly returned to normal, and lowered his voice to reply: "You don't know yet? I heard that the Lin Manor had some thieves last night, who stole some treasures from the Lin Manor, and now they are searching the entire city. These people are all the Lin Manor's servants sent to find the ones who escaped last night."

Upon hearing this, Liu Luo was even more certain of his guess.

"Old Zhang, thank you for the reminder." Liu Luo gratefully glanced at Old Zhang, and then left the spot without showing any signs.

He knew that he must be more careful and cautious now and could not make any mistakes.

Liu Luo had already sewn the letter into his underwear, and after confirming that it would not be easily discovered, he took a deep breath, trying to calm himself down.

He sorted out his emotions, adjusted his pace, and walked forward as usual. Although he was a little nervous in his heart, he tried to make himself look nonchalant.

When he walked up to those soldiers, they simply checked the package Liu Luo was carrying and then let him pass. The whole process did not attract too much attention, and everything seemed so ordinary.

Liu Luo was dumbfounded. All the psychological preparation he had done was useless?

Looking at the disgusted look in the government soldier's eyes, Liu Luo quickly lifted his feet and left.

Hongmen

Wei Zhuang sat at the table, his eyes deeply fixed on the two letters placed on the table, his brows slightly furrowed, obviously the contents of these two letters had aroused his great attention.

He turned to look at Wang Hu standing aside, and asked with a calm tone: "What do you think about this matter?"

Wang Hu said: "Our official relationship only extends to the salt smuggling route with Sui Ran, who should be a military official in charge of city defense. Now the Lin family is making a big show, but the letter also speculates that the Lin family may have connections with the Red Lotus Sect. It's really hard to say what's right and wrong."

Wei Zhuang's eyes became sharper upon hearing this, as if he had seen through the fog of the situation and found the key to breaking the situation.

He slowly said: "What you mentioned are indeed issues that we need to treat with caution. But in my opinion, the Lin family's high profile and their possible association with the Red Lotus Sect provide us with a rare opportunity."

Wei Zhuang's tone was full of determination and confidence. He continued: "The Hongmen's development in Qingxi County has encountered a bottleneck, and the strength of our personnel is our biggest shortcoming. But this is also the moment for us to seek a breakthrough. According to the previous plan, we should indeed consider pulling in some official forces to enhance our strength and influence.

And this Su family is the key to breaking the situation."

He paused for a moment, his eyes becoming more determined: "At the same time, I think we should take the initiative to contact Sui Ran and express our willingness to develop in the Prefecture City. As a larger stage, the Prefecture City

has more resources and opportunities. As long as we can properly utilize these resources and strengthen our own strength, we will definitely be able to gain a foothold in the Prefecture City and expand our influence."

Seeing that Wei Zhuang had made up his mind, Wang Hu tentatively asked: "Then, report to Sect Master Cheng?"

Wei Zhuang looked as a matter of course: "Of course, Cheng... Sect Master contacted me before and said that we could open a tavern in the Prefecture City, which could be used as our information contact point in the future."

At this time, Wang Hu truly admired Cheng Feng. Even though he was no longer in the sect, he had found such a powerful and loyal warrior to help manage the affairs of the Hongmen.

Since Wei Zhuang took office, he had refined the Hongmen. The super-large land of the Sisui Gang had been built, which was a training ground for the Hongmen that could accommodate eight hundred people, only training new recruits and ordinary gang members.

The original Tiger Head Gang's training ground was renovated and only accepted Renmen disciples with the Seal Cauldron. The all-round construction inside, whether it was accommodation, dining hall, or medicinal soup, was all of the highest quality.

These two items alone cost the sect 30,000 silver taels. The Henglian Hall was a unique hall, and Wei Zhuang also selected and gathered a group of Sword Hall experts from the Renmen disciples.

The strength of the people inside was basically at the level of skin hardening, and five of them were about to practice blood refinement.

In order to gather elites, the Henglian Hall added people with extremely high talents, totaling eighty people.

The Sword Hall even gathered hundreds of experts with extremely high talents in swordsmanship.

This gave the Hongmen the most basic level division: the Henglian Hall and the Sword Hall were in a unique category, the Renmen disciples were in one category, and the ordinary non-staff three-hall disciples were in one category.

After all, blood refinement was really too difficult. Even the Hongmen couldn't just supply it directly.

Wang Hu had also reported Wei Zhuang's behavior to Cheng Feng, but Cheng Feng just smiled indifferently and let it go, which made Wang Hu see Cheng Feng's level of trust in Wei Zhuang, and also made Wang Hu cooperate more with Wei Zhuang in his affairs.