"...Sir, that's all."
The second bedroom of the Wang family is in a side courtyard.
A thin man in gray clothes came to Wang Renyi, oh, no, he should be called Wang Xinyuan now. The thin man reported something to Wang Xinyuan. At the end, he took a step back and cupped his fists.
Wang Xinyuan's eyes flashed, and a playful smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. After a moment, he said with a smile: "You did a good job! Grandpa, I will ask for credit for you when it is done!"
"Thank you, Master! But these are what subordinates should do!"
The face of the thin man in gray was not moved at all, and he just listened to him calmly.
Wang Xinyuan did not feel dissatisfied, but asked with a smile: "Your name is Wang Li, right?"
The thin man in gray clothes flashed his eyes slightly and said: "Young Master has a good memory!"
He is the person next to the second elder of the Wang family and is affiliated with the Wang family's secret guard. Although the Wang family's secret guard is a force that the Wang family has secretly cultivated for many years and directly takes orders from the family head, the five members of the Wang family all have their own direct line forces among the secret guards, and This Wang Li is the leader of a team of Wang family secret guards. His real name is Guo Li. His parents died when he was young. He was taken in by Wang Kui and entered the Wang family. He first became a guard of the Wang family, and then entered the Wang family under the arrangement of Wang Kui. He became one of the five secret guards of the Wang family, and after many years, he became one of the five leaders of the Wang family's secret guards. He was also given the family's surname and became the current Wang Li!
In terms of loyalty, Wang Li is naturally loyal to the Wang family, to Wang Yu as the head of the family, and to Wang Kui. However, for him, loyalty to Wang Kui has a higher "priority" than the first two!
Wang Xinyuan asked meaningfully: "Haha, I know a little bit about the realm of you martial arts practitioners. I wonder what martial arts realm you are now?"
Wang Li didn't understand why Wang Xinyuan asked this, but he still replied: "Thanks to the cultivation of the second elder, my subordinate reached the peak of Qi transformation three years ago, but there was no obvious improvement in the past three years. Now he is only half a foot." Just step into the master realm!”
"Half-step master!"
Wang Xinyuan's eyes flashed, and he couldn't help but murmured in a low voice: "That's still far behind Li Zexuan!"
Although his voice was small, Wang Li still heard it. After all, the ears and eyes of martial arts practitioners are sharper than ordinary people! The latter couldn't help but twitching his mouth when he heard this. According to rumors, Li Zexuan entered the Grandmaster realm at a young age last year. Such an amazing martial arts genius has been rare for hundreds of years, so how can he compare with it? ? Having said that, if he had the talent of Li Zexuan, how could he settle for being a small guard in the Wang family with so many heads of famous families vying to take him under his wing
The atmosphere was stagnant for a moment, and then Wang Xinyuan continued: "I know you are loyal to my grandfather, but since my grandfather sent you here, did he tell you that you must obey my command in everything during this period?"
"The second elder has already ordered his subordinates to do whatever the young master does for this month!"
Wang Li cupped his fists and said.
In fact, he really looked down on Wang Xinyuan, who "begged for glory behind his father's back" and took the initiative to adopt the second wife. However, due to Wang Kui's order, he did not show his contempt on his face.
Wang Xinyuan smiled, and then his face suddenly became serious. He said in a deep voice: "I not only want you to obey me on the surface, I want you to obey me in your heart! Listen, you just need to stay with me. Work hard, and in the future I will not only help you become the commander of the Wang family's secret guards, but I will also ask experts to help you break through to the martial arts master realm!"
How could someone as smart as him not see that Wang Li only obeyed him on the surface but was dissatisfied in his heart? It was precisely because of this that he said these words to Wang Li. When he first arrived in the second house, he was helpless. Even though Wang Kui was so kind to him now, the two of them mostly took advantage of each other. After Wang Kui successfully took over the power of the family, where would he go and how would he deal with himself? So he needs to cultivate some power for himself before that!
Wang Li was tempted, but the turmoil in his heart was quickly calmed down. He said calmly: "Thank you for your kindness, sir!"
There was no acceptance, no rejection, the attitude was ambiguous and ambiguous!
"Haha! It's up to you whether you believe it or not. My words will always be effective, but the most urgent thing is that you must first help me get the matter in front of me done!"
Wang Xinyuan knew that the other party didn't believe him, but at this moment he was indeed in a state of poverty. As the saying goes, he couldn't eat hot tofu in a hurry. Fortunately, he didn't continue to force him, but said calmly.
"It all depends on the master's arrangement!"
Wang Li cupped his fists and said.
His attitude is no longer as frivolous as before.
Wang Xinyuan nodded secretly and said: "You go and continue to monitor the head of the family, and report as soon as there is any new situation! But you must pay attention to hiding it and never be discovered!"
"Don't worry, Young Master! This subordinate understands! If Young Master has nothing else to do, I will leave!"
Wang Li clasped his fists and saw that Wang Xinyuan had nothing else to explain, so he turned and left.
Wang Xinyuan sat alone in the room for a while, and when he was about to get up and go out, he saw the door being pushed open from the outside, and an old man in rich clothes walked in. It turned out to be Wang Kui!
"My grandson has met his grandfather!"
When Wang Xinyuan saw the visitor, he quickly stood up and greeted him.
grandfather
Wang Kui narrowed his eyes and felt a little satisfied. Indeed, there were indeed many elements of mutual use between him and Wang Xinyuan, but he had no grandchildren for many years, and it might be a good thing for him to have someone by his side who could call him grandfather. A gratifying thing!
"Haha! Xinyuan, your father came to see me just now. Guess why he came to me?"
Wang Kui stroked his beard and smiled, walking towards the front seat and asking with a smile.
Wang Xinyuan was startled at first, and then said: "Father? Grandfather is talking about the head of the family, right? Now that I have moved into the second house, he is no longer my father! My current father's surname is Wang Taohong!"
"Oh~! I almost forgot!"
Wang Kui stroked his beard and smiled. He didn't know if he really forgot or if he forgot on purpose.
Wang Xinyuan asked at this time: "Grandpa, the head of the family came to you just now, right?"
After Wang Li overheard the news from Wang Yu, he first came back to inform Wang Kui, and then came to inform Wang Xinyuan. Therefore, everything Wang Xinyuan knew, Wang Kui also knew.
"Haha! Have you guessed it?"
Hearing this, Wang Kui smiled slightly and said: "That's right! The head of the family came here to ask me where the shopkeeper of Chuji Iron Shop came from. The old man told him that Kang Chang'an was an ordinary businessman because the Wang family's ore was of good quality. The price is low, so he often purchases ore from the Wang family, but he has no in-depth dealings with the Wang family!
Almost half of the ironware in Taiyuan City comes from our Wang family. It is too far-fetched for Dugu Feiying to speculate that the Wang family knows Kang Changan just because Chuji Iron Shop often purchased ore from the Wang family! "
At the end, Wang Kuiruo sighed deeply.
Wang Xinyuan smiled and cupped his hands and said, "Grandpa is wise!"
Wang Kui shook his head and said calmly: "In addition, the family leader plans to mobilize all the secret guards of the family to track down the whereabouts of a businessman named Zhu Hongsheng and Kang Changan in Taiyuan City. The family leader has been an official in Suizhou for a long time, and the secret guards of the family have been The old man and the eldest brother are in charge, but he is the head of the family after all. If he wants to mobilize the secret guards, no one in the clan can stop him! So, now the Wang family's secret guards have spread all over Taiyuan City! Xinyuan, what do you think about this? "
Wang Xinyuan pondered for a moment, and then said: "Back to my grandfather, my grandson was just doubtful before, but with the appearance of Dugu Feiying and Kang Changan, my grandson has now confirmed some things and is more confident! Don't worry, grandpa, everything is in order." It's planned, but right now we can't let the family owner find Zhu Hongsheng and Kang Changan so easily, we have to help them!"
Hearing this, Wang Kui's eyes flashed, and a fox-like sly smile flashed across his face. He nodded and said, "Well! I've already given it to you, so just do whatever you want! Be careful!"
Wang Xinyuan bowed and said: "Yes! Grandfather!"
Wang Kui smiled, then stood up, patted Wang Xinyuan on the shoulder, and walked away!
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At the same time, as Wang Kui said, thousands of the Wang family's secret guards came out in full force at this moment. They were uniformly dressed in black uniforms and spread out in an organized manner in Taiyuan City. Soon, every street and every private house was surrounded by people. You can see them everywhere!
The Five Surnames and Seven Hopes have stood in the Central Plains for thousands of years. As the saying goes, a big family has a big business. A huge family business needs to be protected, so naturally it requires many nursing homes. But later, most of these nursing homes developed into secret guards, and the number became more and more. , but the reason why they are called secret guards is that they are shady. After all, they are equivalent to raising a private army!
However, there are so many secret guards in the aristocratic family that it is almost impossible to completely conceal it. There are almost no people in power in the past dynasties who do not know about it. However, as long as the aristocratic family does not cause too much trouble, such as rebellion or something, the emperor will generally not take care of it. After all, If we really force these big aristocratic families to join forces, it will be enough for the emperor to drink several pots!
At the beginning, the Cui family and the Zheng family each raised 20,000 to 30,000 secret guards, which was a huge number. However, they had always coveted the imperial power, so they raised so many secret guards. The Wang family's secret guards were far less numerous. , the total is no more than 10,000, and those who stay at the Wang family’s ancestral home are only about 6,000!
Even so, for the current Dugu Feiying, this is also an extremely huge force! These secret guards have been trained by the Wang family for many years, and their consciousness and reaction are first-rate. They are also quite familiar with Taiyuan City, such as some inaccessible alleys and abandoned houses. They are very aware that the efficiency of finding people is naturally not that of Dugu Feiying and others who are new to the forbidden city. Nothing compared to the Guards!
At the same time, the peddlers and shop owner waiters in Taiyuan City also took action, following the prompts given by the Wang family, and joined the search team!
Although the government did not issue arrest warrants for Zhu Hongsheng and Kang Changan, for a while, the search intensity for these two people in the city was not weaker than the government wanted orders!
This is the influence of the Wang family in Taiyuan City, which even the government can hardly match!
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