Chapter 581

Waking up early in the morning, Old Chaofeng's two eyes kept jumping.

Old sayings all say left eye jumps for wealth and right eye jumps for disaster; both eyes are jumping, is it jumping for wealth or jumping for disaster? He felt a little flustered in his heart, not knowing if it was a blessing or a disaster.

Morning is also the quietest time of the day in the gambling den, except for a few gamblers who stayed up all night with red eyes, most people had dispersed, ate breakfast, and returned to their homes to find their mothers.

The handyman was cleaning and sanitizing. One could imagine that the place where a group of gamblers stayed for a night could not be clean. The daily morning cleaning work was a major project.

Old Chaofeng rinsed his mouth, groomed, and ate breakfast as usual.

He had only eaten two bites of breakfast when movement came from outside the door. Before he could wait for the report, the door swung open, and a familiar figure walked in.

"Old Chaofeng, did you miss me? I missed you to death."

Chen Guanlou laughed loudly, walked up boldly, without anyone greeting him, picked up the breakfast on the table and ate it in big mouthfuls.

"Didn't expect the gambling den's breakfast to be more authentic than what's sold in the breakfast shops outside. I think you should stop opening the gambling den and just change it to a breakfast shop. Let this bunch of people change their profession to be shop assistants. Anyway, they are all greeting guests, there's not much change."

Chen Guanlou glanced at the thugs gathered at the door, his eyes very cold.

Old Chaofeng thought to himself, it was fulfilled, both eyes jumping, it was indeed a disaster.

"Early in the morning, I heard magpies chirping on the branches; it is indeed a noble person visiting. Someone, bring another breakfast. Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen likes to eat it, that is the honor of everyone in our gambling den."

Chen Guanlou took a bite of the bun, fresh pork minced, mixed with scallions and garlic, wrapped in dough, steamed in a steamer, hot, and with one bite, the meat oil soaked into the dough, not to mention how fragrant it was.

He drank another mouthful of soy milk, freshly ground soy milk this morning, with a little bit of sugar, the taste was just right.

What he said before was true; if the gambling den was changed to a breakfast shop, with this craftsmanship, the business would definitely not be bad.

Eating seven-tenths full in one breath, the thugs of the gambling den were eager to move, but no one dared to act rashly.

Chen Guanlou took out a handkerchief to wipe his hands, didn't even look at the group of thugs, and said to Old Chaofeng: "Call everyone here."

Old Chaofeng looked hesitant, "May I ask Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen, visiting today, for what matter?"

"Old Chaofeng doesn't know?"

"This old man truly doesn't know."

"Stop joking! Such a big matter, how could you not know."

"This old man is wronged! Please Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen speak clearly, even if I die, at least let me die clearly."

Chen Guanlou sneered, "I have encountered several assassinations in a row these two days, you say you don't know? You, old man, are a news seller, how could you not know about such a big matter? Do you think I believe it?"

Hearing this, Old Chaofeng's face twitched, and he tentatively asked, "Did you really encounter several assassinations?"

"Could this matter still be fake? Old Chaofeng, don't rely on your age and pretend to be confused. Hurry up and call everyone here, my patience is limited."

"Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen means, suspecting that the assassination was done by the gambling den?"

"What do you think?" Chen Guanlou smiled, waved his sleeves, and the thugs blocking the door all flew out in a swarm, falling to the ground on the first floor, smashing tables and chairs. One by one, they cried out in pain.

"I am usually kind to others, and I am polite at any time and in any status. So much so that some people misunderstood that I am a good person and used despicable means to deal with me. Thinking about it, it's my fault for being too rule-abiding, being a good citizen for too long, and almost forgetting the method of killing. However, I only temporarily forgot, not that I don't know how to kill. When it's time to kill, I'm never polite."

As soon as the voice fell, the thugs on the first floor started spitting blood, and those with weak bodies died on the spot.

Old Chaofeng didn't dare to hesitate, "Quick, quick, go and invite all the shopkeepers here. Just say Lord Chen is visiting, tell them to hurry. Whoever delays Lord Chen's matter, bear the consequences yourself."

The gambling den's errand boy took the order and hurriedly arranged to notify the shopkeepers of major gambling dens.

Chen Guanlou smiled, seemingly very satisfied with Old Chaofeng's tact.

Old Chaofeng, however, felt the pressure was huge, and cold sweat dripped directly from his forehead. He still remembered that a few years ago, when they first met, the other party was still a nobody.

A few years passed, and his cultivation was already unfathomable. He couldn't see through it at all. He only felt the deadly pressure; he couldn't see what kind of cultivation the other party had, what rank it was, at all. He didn't know what kind of cultivation technique he practiced, to be hidden so tightly.

"Lord Chen, calm your anger, this old man believes there must be a misunderstanding in this."

"Whether there is a misunderstanding, when everyone arrives, we will know."

"I don't know about those assassins?" Old Chaofeng tentatively asked.

Chen Guanlou hummed, and said casually: "The corpses should have already been fed to wild dogs."

Old Chaofeng was stunned on the spot, his heart desolate. His evaluation of Chen Guanlou rose another level, and he could not be underestimated.

He secretly wiped the sweat on his forehead, "Not to hide from Lord Chen, this matter this old man truly didn't know beforehand. If this old man knew someone wanted to assassinate you, this old man would stop it no matter what."

Chen Guanlou smiled, "Old Chaofeng, I didn't suspect you, why are you feeling guilty. You are a news seller, not opening a gambling den, there is no conflict of interest between us."

"Lord Chen is right, there is no conflict of interest between us, so this old man could never harm you."

"Since you're here, I'll ask you about a matter by the way. According to my people, there is a bearded man, a martial arts person, who spent money to buy the life of Third Young Master Xu. What is the background of this bearded man?"

"Is Third Young Master Xu okay?"

"His life is big, he won't die. Old Chaofeng, do you have any news?"

Old Chaofeng hesitated for a moment, tapped the table, and immediately a beautiful maid stepped forward and handed over a wooden box. Old Chaofeng took the key from the drawer, opened the wooden box, looked at the contents inside, and then said: "This matter was not done by the Wei family. This bearded man should be disguised, and he is indeed a martial arts person. For specific grievances, you have to ask Third Young Master Xu."

"Is it really unrelated to the Wei family?"

"The news this old man received says so. The Xu and Wei families have officially reconciled, and this matter even alarmed the Emperor. Even if Wei Laosan is dissatisfied, the Marquis Xuanwei Prefecture will also restrain him and will not take risks to take action at this time, so as not to be questioned by the Emperor."

"Makes sense!" Chen Guanlou nodded; these aristocratic descendants might be prodigal, might be impulsive, might be arrogant. But to say they were fools, that was not true.

The Xu family and the Wei family were evenly matched, and the reconciliation between the two families had passed the clear path in front of Emperor Jian Shi. No matter how angry Wei Laosan was, he would not take the risk of angering Emperor Jian Shi and make small moves at the moment of reconciliation.

With Xu Lao San's character, that mouth, and that face, he must have offended many people outside. It was entirely possible for someone to seize the opportunity and fish in troubled waters.

"Many thanks, Old Chaofeng, for solving a question for me."

"Lord Chen is polite! Being able to share worries for Lord Chen is this old man's honor."