Chapter 133: Association

Chen Ku almost forgot that the change chart's range of sensing evil spirits had increased.

Immediately frowned:

"Who is this Zhao Yuyan? Are you suspicious of me? Have I ever been involved with her...huh?...Her surname is Zhao?"

Chen Ku vaguely seemed to understand something.

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At the same time.

In the Liangjiang Guild Hall.

Zhao Yuyan, who walked out of the guild hall, took several experts from her family and walked into an inn.

"Miss, what Huang Muxia said is not trustworthy. Who is the third young master? Will he let him borrow money?"

Zhao family master Yan Longhao said coldly:

"Moreover, Miss, you also recognized it. The one hundred thousand taels of silver IOU is not written by the third young master at all, only the seal is authentic."

"Do you suspect that Huang Muxia murdered the ancestor? You used his seal privately and left that IOU?" Zhao Yuyan frowned and thought.

"There are many local snakes in Baojiao County, and Liangjiang Guild Hall is one of them. The young master came here and was unfamiliar with the place. It is not impossible that he was deceived by Huang Muxia and then sought wealth and death." Yan Longhao said coldly: "Miss, Just ask the door manager to come over and let Huang Muxia explain it clearly."

"It's okay to doubt Huang Muxia, but you shouldn't doubt him alone."

Zhao Yuyan said coldly:

"Huang Muxia suddenly realized that he was indeed the most suspicious, but if it was really him, he wouldn't be so stupid as to murder his ancestor and leave an IOU specifically."

"Who else does the young lady suspect?" Yan Longhao asked.

Zhao Yuyan said: "According to what Huang Muxia said, combined with our two days of investigation, the bet between Chuanzu and the two young men from Yaowangtang and Chaitiepu is true, so... Xie Qingfeng from Chaitiepu His disciple Qu Feng...as well as Yang Luchan and his disciple Chen Ku from Yaowang Hall are also among the suspects."

Yan Longhao nodded and said: "Indeed, the third young master is accompanied by Lao Liang. It is impossible to do this with the strength of his two disciples. There must be someone behind the scenes to help."

Zhao Yuyan said thoughtfully: "But in fact, it is not these two families that I suspect most, but another force."

Yan Longhao frowned and asked, "Is there still power?"

"Well, assuming that everything Huang Muxia said is true, Chuanzu really met him that night and told him that it was the demon from Ping An Dao who had done it. Then he borrowed money from him and disappeared the next day..."

Zhao Yuyan thought:

"Could it be that people from Ping'an Road killed Uncle Liang first, and then lured the ancestors away, causing him to disappear to this day?"

"Ping'an said, if this group of monsters is really them, I will kill every one of them on sight!" Yan Longhao gritted his teeth.

"Investigate step by step first. In this way, we have brought a total of five uncles from the sect this time. Master Yan, each of you will separate one person. First, go and watch the two disciples from Chaitiepu and Yaowangtang. The other three will Go investigate Ping An Road.”

Zhao Yuyan said:

"Especially Ping An Dao. What I'm most afraid of now is not the death of the ancestor, but if he is bewitched by the cult thoughts of Ping An Dao, goes to the mountains with them to practice, and leaks the Nine Dragons Unity, the foundation of my Ancient Elephant Sect, then what will happen? It’s an endless disaster.”

"Ping'an Dao! Don't worry! I'll go check it out right away. Once I find out the clues, I'll immediately have the sect master come from Qiulong Mansion and join forces with the Baojiao County Magistrate to destroy these monsters!"

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"You bastard! You're going to throw a bucket of shit at my Ping'an Dao head!"

In Sheyu Town, in the Ping An Dao incense altar on a certain mountain, the incense owner Yao Wensu looked at a notice posted by the government in front of him and cursed:

"The Golden Body of the City God was stolen from the City God's Temple. What does it have to do with my Ping'an Road? Shangguan Yun, and those dog officials who eat their corpses without food! This is simply slander!"

But he also knows.

Those who wronged him knew better than he did how wronged he was.

The reason is simple.

A bunch of incompetent people couldn't find out the truth about the missing golden body of the City God, but in order to maintain the majesty and face of the imperial court, they must find a target for the people to pour out their targets and hatred.

"Don't worry, Mr. Xiang, our current base has been moved to the countryside. Now every month, people from the countryside follow us into the mountains to practice practice. Now we have almost gathered 5,000 believers. The rumors in the city will not affect us." Yao Wensu next to someone. The leader said.

"I'm not afraid of the influence of rumors. Rumors can't shake anything. We still have many believers in Baojiao City, even people from high-ranking families."

Yao Wensu's eyes darkened:

"What I'm worried about is that if he puts up this notice, he's probably going to show it to the people again. I'll wait until I send troops into the mountains to sweep them away. It's going to be very troublesome!"

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"Zhao Yuyan, it sounds like she is a woman... I don't know what her strength is. How many masters are there with her?"

On the way back to Yaowangtang, Chen Ku thought to himself:

"You are just suspicious of me? That's normal. But if you dare to doubt me today, you will investigate me tomorrow. You may assume that I am the murderer the day after tomorrow. You have to find a way to kill this bitch."

He planned to go find out the news tonight.

Here we go back to Yaowang Hall.

As soon as he entered the lobby, he heard a voice that was neither salty nor bland:

"Junior Brother Chen, I heard that after you became a disciple, you would either be late or leave early every day, giving yourself a lot of privileges. I thought it was a rumor, but I didn't expect it to be true."

This was the first time Chen Ku heard harsh words in Yaowang Hall.

After all, ever since he rose to prominence during his apprenticeship, all the fellow apprentices around him have been surrounding him. In response to that sentence, after becoming famous, he will be surrounded by good people.

In addition, several masters value him very highly.

Even that day, Brother Lan Fuxi, the disciple of the third shopkeeper, spoke for himself when Miss Na, the famous master, was compiling the list of famous men.

Chen Ku looked over immediately.

I saw a young man standing in the lobby with his hands behind his back. The young man was strong, with dark complexion and sharp eyes. He looked at Chen Ku quite pointedly.

"Who is this?" Chen Ku raised his eyebrows.

A waiter in the lobby quickly stood beside him and whispered beside him: "Senior Brother Chen, that's Senior Brother Zhang on the second counter."

Second cabinet, Senior Brother Zhang.

Chen Ku suddenly realized.

He is a disciple of Zhang Yuanhai, the second shopkeeper.

I heard that he came from Fucheng and was not a native of Baojiao County. Like the second shopkeeper, he seemed to have connections with his employer.

"It turns out to be Senior Brother Zhang Renfeng. Chen Ku is polite. Senior Brother taught me that I must pay attention to this in the future."

Chen Ku put on a smile and saluted the other party with cupped fists.

"You? Huh?"

Zhang Renfeng was slightly startled. He had been prepared for Chen Ku to attack him. After all, this kid was in the limelight recently.

But he didn't expect that he could actually put on a smile after being scolded by himself.

His face twitched.

He wanted to say something more, but he reached out to stop hitting the smiling man, and he was unwilling to lower his face to ease his mood.

He snorted coldly, turned around and left proudly.

When Chen Ku saw the other party like this, he whispered in his heart:

"This kind of person is easy to deal with."

What I was most afraid of was that boy Zhao Chuanzu, who was smiling on his face but planning to kill himself behind his back.

At least, this human phoenix has not triggered the evil aura reminder of his own change chart yet.

That is to say,

At most he said a few cheerful words.

But Chen Ku still didn't understand.

What's going on with this guy?

Are you unhappy with yourself for no reason?

"Senior Brother Zhang, has he always been like this?" Chen Ku turned to the old man in the lobby and asked.

"No, senior brother Zhang is usually very kind. Isn't this... a bad day..." The old man quietly said to Chen Ku, "Junior brother, why don't you seem to be unprepared at all?"

"Preparation, what preparation?" Chen Ku wondered.

"The Chinese New Year is over, and the Lantern Festival is about to begin. Of course, it is the quadrennial 'Xinggang Consultation Conference' in Baojiao County. At that time, the hall will elect three young representatives to attend the meeting. For these four years, Find a solution to the big and small problems and conflicts among the major banks.”

The old man said:

"These three representatives are often selected from among the disciples in the hall to train the future successors of the three shopkeepers. The three of them are required to participate in advance and deal with the conflicts and competition between the gangs. Four years ago , the three disciples of the three shopkeepers went there. Four years later...were you not included again? Senior Brother Yang and Senior Sister Huo, so there are six of them, especially you...are the most promising. The person who replaces one of them.”

"I see."

Chen Ku whispered to himself:

"It's because he's afraid that I will displace him from his position as 'young shopkeeper'."

"Yes, this matter is not without lessons. Thirty years ago, Cao Shouxiong, the third shopkeeper, participated in a 'Hong Kong Consultation Conference' as one of the representatives, and squeezed out a young master from the host family who came from Fucheng. , and then performed extremely well at the conference and won a lot of benefits for Yaowangtang in the county. From then on, he participated every four years..."

The old man whispered:

"From now on, won't he become the third shopkeeper?"

Chen Ku nodded.

So that's what happened.

"Then what is the Xingbang Consultation Conference?" Chen Ku asked curiously.

The old man shrank his head, shook his head and said: "This, a meeting of this level involves the allocation of resources and the resolution of conflicts behind the county's Yulong Club, Chaitiepu, Liangjiang Guild Hall, and major gangs. Qualified There are a lot of people attending the meeting in the whole county, no more than fifty, how can I... how can I know what kind of meeting it is. "

"Okay, I understand." Chen smiled bitterly and stuffed a piece of silver into the old fellow: "Happy New Year, senior brother."

Then, we arrived at Tujieyuan.

"Someone told me just now that you had a quarrel with Zhang Renfeng, the disciple of the second shopkeeper?" Shang Yunfang asked after Chen Ku came in, "I've also heard about your performance. It's good. He can't find fault."

Chen Ku said: "Master, do you know why he targeted me?"

Shang Yunfang said: "It's the Industry Association Conference. You are very likely to replace one of them this year and become the representative of Yaowangtang. He feels a sense of crisis."

After confirming it from the master.

Chen Kuye happened to ask: "Then what is the Xing Gang Consultation Conference?"

Could it be that just as the name suggests, if anything happens, everyone will discuss it together?

Jianghu is not about fighting and killing, but about human relations?