The lantern in the backyard of Guangling Mansion was lit all night.

The Shen family's lanterns were also lit all night.

The same is true for the Huo family.

In the backyard of Guangling Mansion Yamen, Liu Zuo threw the chess pieces in his hand into the chess urn, looked at the chess game, and said, "You win."

Zhongli Qiuyang scattered the chess pieces in his hand on the chessboard, "You are still unwilling to go to Shuzhou."

Liu Zuo pondered for a moment, then looked up at the blue sky, "What do you mean, teacher?"

"No, my father meant it."

"...Why did Zhongli Mansion help me escape this disaster?"

"My father said that you helped Li Chenan. Of course, this is not the most important thing. The main thing is that Zhongli Mansion needs you to go to Shuzhou."

Liu Zuo was startled. Although this sentence was very simple, it revealed a very extraordinary message - Zhongli Mansion seemed to regard Li Chenan as a member of the family!

Otherwise, there would be no need for Zhongli Mansion to do this.

And since he had helped Li Chenan, the Zhongli Mansion also regarded him as someone he could trust, so Zhongli Qiuyang said he needed you to go to Shuzhou.

"Please tell your father that Liu Zhuo will run Shuzhou perfectly!"

"Okay, if someone reports it later, let the government investigate,"

"...Aren't you worried that Huo Chuanming will use the power of the government to threaten Li Chenan?"

Zhongli Qiuyang grinned: "The next prefect of Guangling will be Huo Chuanming. Zhongli doesn't like it very much, so we have to get some leverage on him."

"Let him threaten Li Chen'an," Zhongli Qiuyang stood up, stretched and yawned, "That kid is holding Li Jingsi's sign and never using it. This is not a good thing."

Liu Zuo was surprised, "Is he really from Lijing Division?"

"Well, the embroiderer of Guangling Prefecture, but you know it. What my father hopes is that he can involve the Lijing Division... Actually, it is not my father's intention. Didn't Cheng Guogong come to Guangling City once in March?

"

"This is actually what Cheng Guogong meant. Cheng Guogong said that since it is going to be broken, let it be broken faster and more thoroughly. Then it needs to be more chaotic."

"...I shouldn't ask."

"It's okay, but Duke Cheng and my father don't quite understand why the fourth princess let him become the embroiderer of Guanglingzhou, but now it seems that the fourth princess has more foresight."

"That kid is indeed pretty good, so it's time for him to show his edge."

"I'm sleepy, go home and sleep!"

Liu Zuo stood up and bowed his hands: "Slow down."

"You should go to sleep too and let Guangling City be more lively."

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Huo family, study room.

"It's an eye-opener!"

Huo Xi's eyelids drooped, covering his old eyes that were a little red after staying up all night.

He beat his back and forced himself to walk a few steps in the study, then stood in front of the window and looked at the hazy sky outside.

"Three hundred guards could not even cross the Peach Blossom Creek, which was only three feet wide."

"Two high-level masters of the second level...one is missing, and the other is dead without a complete body!"

He took a deep breath, his old eyes narrowed slightly, and a cold edge came out from the slits in his eyes.

"This Li Chenan... Now it seems that we have all made a mistake. Zhongli Mansion is so powerful, this is called invisible."

Huo Chuanming and Huo Shufan both stood respectfully behind him, both of them not even daring to express their anger at this time.

Huo Shufan asked cautiously at this time: "Grandpa, what you mean is... is the Zhongli Mansion helping Li Chenan behind this matter?"

"certainly!"

"A master who can easily kill a second-level low-level master must be at least a first-level mid-level master. Such masters are extremely rare. How could he, Li Chenan, recognize such a person?"

"Only Zhongli Mansion!"

"We were wrong about this from the beginning!"

"The literary meeting at Hua Ping Lake on March 3rd was the beginning of Zhongli Mansion's layout! Li Chenan didn't know who he got a poem from... I guess it was given to him by Zhongli Mansion. The purpose was to make Li Chenan famous.

He got the reputation of that fool."

"I'm thinking that even Li Chenan's method of making wine was probably given to him by the Zhongli Mansion. As for the purpose... my Huo family is the largest wine merchant in Ningguo, and the purpose of the Zhongli Mansion is our Huo family!"

Huo Shufan was startled and asked: "So, Li Chenan was pushed to the stage by the Zhongli Mansion to deal with our Huo family?"

"As it should be!"

"...Our Huo family didn't offend Zhongli Mansion, did we?"

"There's no need to offend anyone. The profit from wine is so high, and the treasury doesn't have much money. Zhongli Mansion's power is mainly in the army, and raising troops requires a lot of money. For the sake of reputation, Zhongli Mansion doesn't want to rob our Huo family, so use this method.

Come and overthrow our Huo family, let Li Chenan's peach blossom wine occupy the entire market and earn a lot of money for the Zhongli Mansion, this is the purpose of the Zhongli Mansion!"

Huo Chuanming had already understood the meaning of Huo Xi's words. His heart tightened and he asked: "Uncle, then...since the Zhongli Mansion is involved, do we, our Huo family, need to retreat?"

Huo Xi raised his head and looked at the blue sky outside the window. He was silent for a long time before shaking his head.

"The Huo family also needs a lot of money!"

"You go to the government office now, mobilize the police, and investigate the case in the name of the government... So many people have died, but it is a big case!"

"Catch everyone in Li Chen'an's winery. Don't kill anyone. What we need is the method of making wine!"

"As long as I get that method...let the person go, as for the rest, when I set off for Kyoto, the key point is still in Kyoto!"

"Okay, nephew, let's go right away!"

Huo Chuanming turned and left, and Huo Xi looked at Huo Shufan.

"Did you see it? This is the power of a powerful family!"

"Our Huo family has gone through several generations of accumulation. Do you think the Huo family is already very powerful?"

"You should know now, right? The Huo family is nothing in front of Zhongli Mansion!"

"If Zhongli Mansion hadn't taken care of face, our Huo family could have been wiped out easily!"

"This is the reason why our ancestors of the Huo family demanded that their descendants must study, be officials, and become high-ranking officials!"

"Businessmen, no matter how big the businessman is, are not worth mentioning in the face of real power!"

Huo Shufan's face tightened and he bowed: "My grandson understands!"

"It's good that you understand! The Shen family also suffered heavy losses last night. Later, you take Butler Lin to the Shen family and tell Shen Qianshan that temporary losses and losses are nothing. The winner is the one who laughs to the end!"

"Ask Butler Lin to take Shen Qianshan to Pingjiang City today! As long as he has Jiangnan food in his hands, he can easily make back his losses."

"You clean up after you come back, and early tomorrow morning... follow grandpa to Kyoto to meet Concubine Li!"

Huo Shufan lowered his head slightly, "Grandpa, my grandson heard that the sixth princess..."

Huo Xi waved his hand, "Does appearance matter? What if you are disabled? Concubine Li is not just a concubine in the palace, Concubine Li's surname is Yan!"

"She is the daughter of Duke Yan! In addition, she also has a son, who is the current third prince!"

"Your father spent a lot of effort to make this happen. If you can really become the Sixth Princess's consort...why should the Huo family be afraid of the Zhongli Mansion!"


Chapter completed!