Chapter 1369: The Overbearing Opponent

He Lingchuan raised his long eyebrows, anger rising from the bottom of his heart.

How much hatred and resentment, to burn his branch and harm his men? However, the Yangshan Society was a newcomer and had only just established a foothold in the Yao Nation; who could they have offended?

Dong Rui also said angrily: "Can that little bit of business also cause loss of life?"

"The government coroner examined the corpses and said they were burned to death. But we don't trust them; we want to find someone to examine the corpses ourselves."

A big fire can burn away a lot of evidence.

Even He Lingchuan didn't expect that the Yangshan Society would suffer so many casualties in the most prosperous Yao Nation, rather than the Flash Gold Plain.

"Have these two branches received any big business that makes people jealous recently?"

"The Xialin branch was established less than ten days ago, and the manpower is not yet complete; it has only received two businesses, both of which are small." Jiang Lishui said, "And the Xuan City branch is the first one we opened in the Yao Nation, and also the largest branch, with more than 160 people including guards, and it is doing well. If there is any business that offends people, I am afraid only the Xuan City branch can receive it."

Finding this out takes time.

He paused and added: "The Xuan City government arrived at the scene to investigate and believed that this fire was purely an accident, caused by our branch's careless use of fire and ignition of fuel."

Dong Rui was dissatisfied: "Are you fooling a fool? This kind of appraisal can also be taken out; aren't they ashamed?"

Why was it the person in charge who died? The Xuan City officials didn't care, insisted that the Yangshan Society branch was careless with fire, and even turned around to hold the society accountable—

At that time, the fire was too big, and seven or eight other shops around were also affected, burned to flat ground.

"Burned clean in a short time; it's not an ordinary fire source." Dong Rui sneered. "Two accidents one after another, very close. Heh, these are two ultimatums; someone in the Yao Nation is targeting us."

"Investigate." He Lingchuan pressed his knuckles. "Even you can see it, so the arsonist's intention has been achieved. So this matter must not be difficult to investigate; the other party will let us know who they are."

Otherwise, this flirtatious look would be thrown to a blind man.

Dong Rui hummed: "Very bold! We are foreign merchants approved by the Yao King! Yet someone dares to move earth on our heads?"

"A strong dragon doesn't suppress a local snake." He Lingchuan's face was as heavy as water. "So what if we do business with the Yao Nation officials? The Yao King can't solve troubles for Yangshan all day long."

Besides, he had seen how complicated the interior of a royal court was.

"Start with the big business recently facilitated by the Xuan City branch." He Lingchuan said slowly, "Perhaps, the source of the disaster is buried in it."

All along, the development of the Yangshan Society in the Flash Gold Plain had been smoother than reality. He also knew that such good days of smooth sailing would always come to an end.

But, this day came a bit fast.

"Yao Nation, hmm..." He touched his chin.

After Jiang Lishui retreated, Dong Rui asked: "Hey, do you think it was the old witch who ordered her men to do it? She was appointed as the Grand Supervisor of the Yao Nation and seems to have brought many experts."

"Her faction was originally deep-rooted, and National Teacher Shuangye hasn't pulled it out after almost three years. Besides, she came to supervise a foreign country, which is a very difficult job, so the Demon Emperor must have sent her enough people." He Lingchuan was also thinking, were these two incidents provoked by National Teacher Qingyang?

"Not very reasonable." He pondered. "Qingyang and I don't have a fundamental conflict; she should be too lazy to deal with me."

Between "dislike" and "must kill," there is still a chasm.

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Lancheng, Riverside Elegant Residence.

When the Pixia envoy arrived, it was still singing and dancing here.

He rushed into the second-floor private room and saw that the bead curtain was still hanging here, blocking his line of sight to peek inside.

The door closed, the barrier opened, and the hustle and bustle outside immediately disappeared.

"Sir is truly amazing!" The Pixia envoy took out a brocade box and opened it, turned it over, and pushed it forward. "You successfully finished off Boss Situ Yu; my Lord is overjoyed! This is the final payment of 400,000 taels, and three jin of orange profound crystals."

Pixia bought a murderer, the other party completed it, and the Pixia tribal chief asked him to deliver the final payment.

The attendant on the side picked up the brocade box and walked into the inner room to hand it to the Master of Red Hut. The latter took a look and said 'hmm': "The Pixia people still have some credit."

"My tribe has always prioritized faith and righteousness." The Pixia envoy first boasted, then continued, "Happy cooperation, thank you, Sir. Next time you encounter a tricky character, come and ask Sir to take action again."

The Master of Red Hut asked lazily: "Why, don't want to kill He Lingchuan anymore?"

The Pixia envoy spread a smile: "Boss Situ Yu is dead, the Allied Forces will inevitably change. Yangshan and He Lingchuan may not be as tricky as before."

In the final analysis, the protagonist who truly affected the war situation was the Allied Forces leader Boss Situ Yu, and the Yangshan Society was at most logistical support. The Pixia people judged that now that Boss Situ Yu was dead and the Allied Forces were in turmoil, how much effect could He Lingchuan still have?

The Master of Red Hut nodded: "You may go."

In the final analysis, the Pixia people still couldn't bear to take out another 300,000 taels of murder reward.

Killing Boss Situ Yu only cost 500,000 taels, and killing He Lingchuan would cost 300,000. The Pixia people calculated this account and felt unbalanced.

The Pixia envoy bowed to him and left in a hurry.

Every time he came to see the Master of Red Hut, he felt creepy, as if something in the dark was staring at him.

Not long after he left, there was a light pecking sound on the door of the private room again.

"Come in."

This time, a thin, tall man of about forty entered, his face pale.

He walked three steps forward, knelt before the Master of Red Hut, and didn't even dare to raise his head.

The Master of Red Hut was used to it: "Escaped again?"

This word "again" was very particular.

"Yes, but this time there was outside intervention." The thin, tall man lay on the ground. "Xiao An was first in Chen Village, then appeared at Greenery Shanzhuang, more than half a month apart. The subordinate was originally about to catch up to her at Greenery Shanzhuang, but dozens of black cavalrymen killed the villa master Wuma Dan. Xiao An was startled and escaped."

"Her time is running out; if you let her escape a few more times, you will never find her again." The Master of Red Hut said lightly, "Her state before she dies will be the focus of our observation."

The thin, tall man swallowed his saliva and said with difficulty, biting the bullet: "Y-you, the three demon puppets you entrusted to the subordinate were..."

"Hmm?" The Master of Red Hut was displeased.

"Taken away."

(End of Chapter) ===== CHAPTER 1370 =====