Unexpectedly, although Lei Lao Hu was a little cautious in front of Wang Daozhong, he did not show any awe. He soon laughed out loud: "I have heard a lot about you. It is rare to see a big shot on the Earth List. It is an honor for my humble humble home. It is an honor for my humble home... Please come in, Mr. Wang!"
Then he took Li Si'an's arm affectionately and went into the account together: "Has it been a year since Fourth Brother came? Where have you made your fortune these years?"
Li Si'an followed in with a smile: "I have been mainly in Jingxiang these years and rarely travel around."
Zhao Changhe followed in with great interest. Although the other party seemed enthusiastic, he actually had a hint of disdain in his expression... It was the first time he discovered that in the dazzling Middle-earth world, there could be such a passerby.
The other party was actually conveying this meaning: he cares about your strength on the Earth Ranking, but don't mention the King of Langya. No matter if you are the King of Langya or the Qinghe Cui, this is Erhai Lake, your hands can't reach that far, only your strength can make people treat you with caution, everything else is empty.
But even if it is on the Local List, a lower-ranked King Dao will not have much deterrent power in this mixed place. A strong dragon cannot suppress a local snake. You must have official business here. It is impossible for you to bully others as soon as you get here. Are you going to do your job
When you come here, you must abide by the rules.
Everyone took their seats, and Lei Ao waved his hand proudly: "Come on, serve the guests sweet-scented osmanthus wine."
Zhao Changhe sat aside, tasting wine in silence, observing Lei Ao and Li Si'an laughing.
Lei Ao was continuing the previous topic with Li Si'an: "So they are all in Jingxiang, Jingxiang is great! I feel like Fourth Brother has become much whiter... How come he is in the mood to come and bring the goods in person this time?"
Li Si'an smiled slightly and said, "I came to see if Brother Lei was bullied by others and if he needs help."
Lei Ao was stunned and asked, "Why do you say that, Fourth Brother?"
Li Si'an pretended to be surprised: "Is there no problem with Brother Lei's upstream supply?"
Lei Ao suddenly realized and sighed, "I really didn't expect that such a small matter would cause Fourth Brother to come all the way here. I really feel sorry for him."
Li Si'an was surprised: "What do you mean? This is just 'this little thing'?"
Lei Ao said: "It's really not easy for us to talk about this matter openly."
He glanced at "Wang Daozhong" and lowered his voice: "After the tax silver was intercepted in early spring, the Southwest Xuanwei Office did not just let it go, but collected it from each family again..."
Li Si'an's expression changed slightly.
He hadn't heard about it being taken again... Where did it go after it was taken? The court hadn't seen it either... Was it robbed again
If we take into account the batch that was just robbed, wouldn’t that mean the tax silver was lost three times in total
"Fourth brother should have thought about it. Who can bear to be peeled off layer by layer like this? At this time, we can only use the goods on hand to pay for it. What good goods can we have left..." Lei Ao sighed: "Don't say that we can use inferior goods to perfunctory Fourth brother. In fact, it is the best goods we have now. Now we just hope that this time can be over and we can return to normal in the future. If it goes on like this, let alone jade, I am afraid that we can't even afford the land."
Li Si'an pondered for a moment, and his expression suddenly changed.
This is a market town, and although it may look lively, it does not mean that the situation among the various ethnic groups is peaceful.
If what Lei Ao said was true, then the Southwest Bailiao had probably reached the limit of their patience... And this time they were robbed again, so it would be fine if the Xuanwei Division gave up on it, but what if it happened again...
Will the southwest be forced to rebel
Zhao Changhe was also thinking, could it be that Li Shentong's purpose in robbing the silver was to force the Southwest to rebel? But whether the Southwest Xuanwei Office would continue to plunder was not something that Li Shentong could control remotely...
Lei Ao said again: "If Fourth Brother doesn't believe it, why don't you come with us to see the warehouse?"
Li Si'an waved his hand: "Forget it. What do you think of this situation?"
Lei Ao tried to say, "Fourth brother is a wealthy man in the Central Plains. He has some face. I wonder if he can have a say with the Xuanwei Office. If possible..."
Li Si'an laughed out loud: "For this kind of thing, if the Buddha is here, why would you bother looking for me if you don't want to hug me?"
Lei Ao's eyes finally fell on "Wang Daozhong" and he smiled: "I met my fourth brother again after a long time. I talked a little too much and neglected Mr. Wang. I wonder what brought you to Erhai Lake?"
In fact, Zhao Changhe knew that Lei Ao did not intend to let him go to the Xuanwei Office, otherwise his attitude when they first met would not be like this.
It is very likely that all of this was just bullshit, just to please Li Si'an. An old hand like Li Si'an should have noticed it, but they were just being perfunctory.
After a quick judgment, Zhao Changhe sipped his wine and said leisurely, "One is to expand the family's trade routes, and the other is that I heard that there are many extraordinary people in the southwest, and I want to recruit talents for the family. Mr. Lei has been working here for many years, I wonder if he can teach me anything?"
Lei Ao said, "I wonder what kind of extraordinary person Mr. Wang wants?"
"Of course they know witchcraft. Isn't this the biggest difference between the Southwest Bailiao and the Central Plains?"
Lei Ao shook his head: "Those who know the art of witchcraft are basically priests in the tribe. There are extremely strict regulations. They will not go out to do things for others, and they will not easily leak the witchcraft. Otherwise, why has no one gone to the Central Plains for so many years? Mr. Wang should know this truth."
"It's a different time now." Zhao Changhe said leisurely, "Now that you have been forced into this state by the corrupt officials, you still don't seek new ways, but still cling to the old rules. It's really ridiculous."
Li Si'an glanced sideways.
Zhao Changhe continued his outrageous remarks: "I don't know how many stories you have heard about the Middle-earth situation in your isolation in the southwest... I will not hide it from you. My Wang family wants to purge the emperor's side. If someone wants to find another way out, isn't my Wang family the best choice?"
Li Si'an almost wanted to cover his face. Zhao Changhe paused for a moment, then slowly said, "If anyone wants to be independent, they can contact our Wang family and help each other."
Not only Li Si'an couldn't bear to watch, Lei Ao's expression was twitching, and he hurriedly said: "This, this matter is too big, it's not something I can decide..."
"There is no need to decide now. Mr. Lei can go back and ask the head of his family or other wizards he is friendly with."
Lei Ao's previous arrogance was completely suppressed. He wiped the sweat off his face and said, "Then please stay for a while, Mr. Wang, and visit Cangshan Mountain and Erhai Lake."
Zhao Changhe said, "Wang and Mr. Si'an came here just to find a guide. Once here, Mr. Si'an has his own things to do. Since we are not on the same path, we naturally feel embarrassed to continue to bother him. I wonder if we can ask Mr. Lei for some followers to serve as local guides. The price is guaranteed to satisfy these brothers."
Obviously, he couldn't tell Lei Ao directly if he wanted to ask him to help find Yue Hongling or the disciples of Jianlu. Zhao Changhe planned to ask his guide indirectly to see if they had seen any red-dressed girl or white-dressed swordsman. If they hadn't, he could find a reason to "remember something" and ask Lei Ao to mobilize people to help find them. This would not be so obvious.
Lei Ao laughed heartily: "How can I be so embarrassed to ask Mr. Wang for money? Who is that..."
He circled his fingers and was about to assign a few attendants when a cold voice suddenly came from outside: "I heard that Mr. Langya Wang has arrived here... I have long heard of the name of Langya Zhenhai Sword. I hope you will teach me."
Li Si'an was shocked, and Zhao Changhe was also dumbfounded.
Damn it, Lao Wang, can you bring trouble upon me
No, that's not right...
Is this a joy or a sorrow
After searching everywhere for a long time, the disappeared master of Jianlu appeared here inexplicably and found Wang Daozhong... If the sequel can follow him, all mysteries can be solved.
But the problem is that we can’t defeat Shi Wuding!
He's ranked sixth on the Earth List and has lost his life. Do you still want to follow him afterwards and turn into a ghost to follow him
But now that things have come to this, it is impossible to run away without any delay, so it is better to go out and deal with it and see if the mouth cannon can have any effect...
Zhao Changhe stood up and walked out with a calm expression, saying, "Master Shi, you are too polite... Your Excellency is ranked sixth on the Earth Ranking, and I am the last one to take the last place. I should be the one to ask Master Shi for advice."
Li Si'an said anxiously: "Sir!"
Damn it, you can’t die here for no reason. How am I going to explain to the abbot when I go back
Zhao Changhe waved his hand and walked out of the tent.
The guards outside had already dispersed spontaneously, forming an open space. In the center of the open space, a swordsman in white stood there quietly, his body straight, his eyes slightly closed, and his head bowed.
The whole person looks like a sword... It reminds Zhao Changhe of Han Wubing when they first met.
Han Wubing smiles more now, and doesn't look so dead...
Seeing "Wang Daozhong" coming out, the swordsman opened his eyes, and a sharp sword light flashed in the void, making a thunder-like explosion.
Zhao Changhe held the ancient sword Dragon King in his hand and bowed at the right time: "Master Shi is still as elegant as ever."
Regardless of whether they knew each other or not, this statement could be used to perfunctorily deal with the other party. The more important thing was that this bow actually used the Ancient Sword Dragon King to silently eliminate the other party's "Sword of Heart" without revealing any worldly airs.
Zhao Changhe only learned a few sword techniques, but he had seen a lot of them.
He had seen similar skills in the Sword Emperor's inheritance. One of the reasons why he felt that the sword path was not the final path was that it felt that there were too few changes, and there were only a few things that came and went. There was not as many styles as the sword that had been studied by poets throughout the ages.
Seeing that "Wang Daozhong" easily saw through his show of power and easily resolved it, Shi Wuding finally showed a solemn look in his eyes: "To say that you are at the bottom of the list is too modest. With this skill alone, it is not a problem to move up a few places."
Zhao Changhe smiled and said, "No matter how hard I try, I am no match for Sect Master Shi. Sect Master Shi just opened his eyes, and Wang finally raised his hand. I have never heard of a higher ranking challenging a lower ranking. Sect Master Shi and Wang met in a foreign land, and we should have a drink together, but why did you start a fight? Wang Daozhong just admitted defeat, please have a seat in the restaurant, Sect Master Shi?"
Shi Wuding said calmly: "You are a son of an aristocratic family, you are indeed magnanimous. It is precisely because you are the king that I want to pick you..."
Before he finished speaking, a sword energy suddenly rose into the sky from the distance.
Shi Wuding's expression, which had been as calm as a death, finally changed, and he turned around and looked back in surprise.
A swordsman from the sect came flying over and said, "Master, the envoy was assassinated. A man in red was seen disappearing in a flash."
Shi Wuding took a deep breath and whispered to himself, "What a Yue Hongling... I thought she was like a stray dog and couldn't escape, but it turns out that she had been waiting for an opportunity to counterattack... I underestimated her and was careless..."
He turned to Wang Daozhong in front of him, bowed and said, "Something went wrong. I need to go back... I will consult Mr. Wang another day."
Having said that, he disappeared.
No one noticed that Mr. Wang had a smile on his face and a gentle expression.
The red feather of the setting sun cannot be restrained... As expected, there is no need for anyone to worry about him.
(End of this chapter)