Chapter 251: Two Rebellious Apprentices!

Generally speaking, Huang Wu's thinking was not wrong.

In Shenyi Gu, there are many people who want to find Doctor Luo; since they cannot see the man himself, it is naturally best to start with Doctor Luo's Apprentice.

Who in all of Shenyi Gu doesn't know that Huang Wu is the Apprentice most trusted by Doctor Luo? Therefore, every time Huang Wu comes to the Town to enjoy himself, there is always someone treating him to food and drink.

Today, someone also received news of Huang Wu and wanted to come over to make his acquaintance, but before they could even enter Seven Treasures Hall, they saw Rong Huan and hurriedly retreated.

Rong Huan has a notorious reputation, and those people were afraid of inviting trouble and getting implicated, so they kept their distance and watched from afar.

Consequently, Huang Wu waited on the second floor for a long time without seeing anyone come to treat him, nor did he see Rong Huan come upstairs.

Huang Wu waited until he was irritable, while the atmosphere on the first floor of the medicine hall was getting better and better.

The customer and the shopkeepers were chatting more and more enthusiastically.

The head shopkeeper had originally guessed that Rong Huan must have been aiming for Huang Wu, but as they chatted, he discovered that the other party genuinely wanted to talk business.

Of course he was happy to talk business!

With business comes income, with supplies to support a family, one won't go hungry or cold, and one has more confidence to deal with risks and changes!

Vigilance remained, but the business was discussed as usual.

The smile on the head shopkeeper's face became even more sincere.

He took out a display item placed in the main hall.

It was an auspicious elephant ruyi incense burner, with an elephant at the bottom and an incense box with ruyi patterns on top.

Wen Gu took a look.

He has seen many good things now and has a certain ability to appraise them.

"Craftsmanship from the south?" he said.

That goes without saying!

Regardless of what he was thinking, the head shopkeeper praised first: "Young Master Rong has a good eye!"

Wen Gu praised: "These ornaments and medicine bottles in your medicine hall are indeed quite exquisite."

The finished medicines and medicinal slices in the shop were clearly branded, not goods produced by Seven Treasures Hall itself.

However, the craftsmanship of the ornaments and medicine containers was better than that of other shops.

The head shopkeeper said: "We fled here from the south. In our old county, there were several large kilns that fired porcelain for the nobility."

"We have good craftsmanship."

After looking at the large display items, he took out a smaller medicine bottle, not even as long as a little finger, exquisite and delicate: "Young Master Rong, look, are you satisfied with this?"

Wen Gu took it in his hand and looked at it carefully, then nodded: "The quality is good, but the bottle body needs slight modifications."

He then chatted with the head shopkeeper about the custom styles.

The quantity for the custom order was large, and there were several types; it was a big order.

Rong Huan's reputation in the Medicine Gang is not good, but at this moment in the eyes of the several shopkeepers of Seven Treasures Hall, he is not trouble—he is a distinguished guest!

Thinking that the person on the second floor is not a quiet one, in order to finish discussing the order as quickly as possible and avoid a conflict between the two, the head shopkeeper even took the initiative to offer a slight discount.

After quickly signing the Deed, the head shopkeeper had just sent Rong Huan out the door and, before he could turn back, heard footsteps coming down from upstairs.

Seeing that Rong Huan had already left, Huang Wu was so angry he flicked his sleeves and said to another shopkeeper: "It's all your fault! You couldn't even hold a teapot!"

That shopkeeper hurriedly apologized.

In a place where Huang Wu could not notice, the head shopkeeper gave his brother a "well done" look.

If he hadn't just splashed tea on Huang Wu and delayed him for a moment, Huang Wu and Rong Huan would have already clashed!

This narrow-minded thug Huang Wu cannot stand any young talent being better than him.

Rong Huan has the backing of the Patrol Guard Division of the Zhao Clan, so he is even less afraid of trouble.

If these two were to fight, their small shop could not handle it!

Being scolded by Huang Wu a few times is better than the two of them fighting.

What made the shopkeepers even more relieved was that Huang Wu's focus was elsewhere today.

"What did he buy just now?" Huang Wu asked.

Of course, the details could not be told; the head shopkeeper took several display samples of different models from the shelf and said: "Just a few kinds of these medicine bottles."

Huang Wu took the medicine bottles. These were very common, used for holding pills, powders, and the like.

Looking left and right, Huang Wu wrinkled his face: "What does he want such small medicine bottles for? Did he order them for his sect, or for the Patrol Guard Division?"

The head shopkeeper hesitated and said: "This—I have not heard him say."

Huang Wu wore an expression of "why are you so useless" and threw the few bottles aside: "I'll go back and ask my master! Pack these few medicine bottles for me!"

The several shopkeepers responded, serving him enthusiastically, while privately exchanging glances again.

They were actually also curious about the reason why Rong Huan ordered so many medicine bottles. It was just that it was inconvenient for them to ask in detail, and they dared not ask. It was just as well that Huang Wu was interested; when Huang Wu comes to drink tea next time, they will be able to find out more news.

Huang Wu is a person who loves to brag and has a loose tongue; every time he comes to drink tea, they can find out a lot of news from him.

As outsiders, information is too important to them!

To apologize for the "splashed tea," they even waived the bill for Huang Wu.

On the surface, Huang Wu acted like "this master doesn't care about this little money," but seeing his anger subside, it was clear he was very susceptible to this.

The several shopkeepers thought to themselves: as expected of someone from a thug background, a little small profit is enough to handle him.

Before leaving, Huang Wu still asked the shopkeepers excitedly: "Guess, if I clash with that one surnamed Rong, who will bow their head first?"

The several shopkeepers broke out in a sweat and lowered their heads at the same time.

We won't guess!

Do we even dare to guess?!

Two living ancestors!

Whatever way you two want to clash, go find somewhere else to fight, just don't do it here!

"Our shop is small, we can't afford to offend them!"

The shopkeepers thought to themselves: Hurry and finish the orders, and send these two away.

On the other side.

Wen Gu returned to the post house where he was staying and wrote a small note using a secret code.

The paper was specially made and not easily forged. The special secret code used to contact undercover agents was like a password, and he had learned it from Lao Zhao before leaving Xinzhou.

After sealing the note, he had Rong Yi place it at a certain location in the Town.

After sending the secret letter, Wen Gu secretly summoned Patrol Lieutenant Yang.

"The internal changes in the Medicine Gang might be faster than I anticipated."

Wen Gu said.

"Seven Treasures Hall is accepting orders aggressively; given their production capacity, it is a bit of a stretch."

"My reputation in the Medicine Gang is not good, yet they did not refuse at all, preferring to shoulder potential trouble and withstand the pressure to accept the orders, which shows that for them right now, the benefits of this order outweigh the drawbacks."

"I have contacted an undercover agent, and I can get more information from him."

Patrol Lieutenant Yang's rank was not high enough; although he knew the list of some undercover agents, there were still some deep-cover plants he could not know about. Naturally, he could not know the more internal news of Shenyi Gu at the first opportunity.

At this moment, Patrol Lieutenant Yang thought about it following Wen Gu's words; although he still did not quite understand, after pondering it, he felt it made sense.

The internal changes within the Medicine Gang were more important; the matter regarding Huang Wu could be set aside for now.

Late at night.

A small building used for contact.

For the sake of Wen Gu's safety and for subsequent actions, Patrol Lieutenant Yang followed orders and waited at the foot of the stairs.

Before long, a rhythmic knocking sound rang out.

"Come in."

Patrol Lieutenant Yang looked at the person in black who entered.

The other party's movement technique was agile, their footsteps swift, and they pushed the door open with only the slightest movement; they were wearing a mask.

The mask had two holes cut out for the eyes, and the contours of the brows and eyes could not be seen.

The candlelight at night was dim, making it even less clear, and Patrol Lieutenant Yang could not identify if the other party was someone he had seen before.

The person in black sized up Patrol Lieutenant Yang without speaking.

Clearly, he still had doubts about someone of Patrol Lieutenant Yang's rank contacting him.

Patrol Lieutenant Yang's gaze swept several times over the place where the other party was hiding a weapon at their waist.

However, the person who arrived had no intention of removing their weapon; he was waiting for Patrol Lieutenant Yang to produce credentials.

If he could not produce them, he would have to take action!

After a moment of silence, Patrol Lieutenant Yang stepped aside, clearing the stairs to signal the other party to go up.

The person in black did not move.

Patrol Lieutenant Yang moved aside another step, with no intention of following him upstairs.

Only then did the person in black lift his foot to walk up.

After walking a few steps, he looked back, seemingly in doubt: Huh? Was it really not you, Yang, who summoned me?

Carrying his doubts, he arrived at the second floor.

He pushed open two doors and entered the room.

His night vision was extremely well-trained, and under the dim candlelight, he could still see clearly. His heart remained vigilant and suspicious, but his actions were calm and steady.

Until he pushed the door and stepped in.

He saw Wen Gu sitting there.

The person in black:?!!

The two holes in the mask could not hide the look of shock.

"Rong Huan?!"

Even his disguised voice was somewhat unsteady.

He looked at the sword-wielder standing there like a piece of wood beside Rong Huan.

A guard, not this one.

His gaze turned back to Rong Huan.

It could only be this one!

He was shocked to the point of speechlessness.

For a moment, he did not know what to say; he was filled with a sense of absurdity that he found hard to believe, and having no choice, he smiled and took off the cloth covering his face.

Revealing the face of Huang Wu.

Unlike the arrogance and domineering air seen during the day, at this moment, that face, which was often frivolous, was filled with shock and suspicion.

Huang Wu calmed himself down; the impact was too great, and he smiled helplessly again.

Being able to summon him through this secret letter and being able to have Patrol Lieutenant Yang stand guard meant that "Rong Huan" knew his identity as an undercover agent, and "Rong Huan's" rank was also higher, so there was no need to continue hiding.

Huang Wu weighed his words: "May I ask—who are you?"

The other party threw over a token.

Huang Wu caught it and looked closely.

Deputy Envoy Token??

Deputy Envoy?!

Holy crap???

Damn it!!!

Huang Wu's heart surged with monstrous waves; he looked at the person before him, his voice carrying respect: "Could it be that you are?"

Wen Gu looked at him: "Let me introduce myself. The current Patrol Guard Division Vice Commissioner, Wen Gu."

Huang Wu unequipped his weapon, returned the token with both hands, and bowed: "Greetings, Deputy Envoy Wen! I have long heard of your great name! I was just wondering who 'Rong Huan' was; it turns out it was a disguise—"

Wen Gu said: "Courtesy name Rong Huan."

Huang Wu: "————"

A brilliant disguise, to tell the truth.

You really didn't change your courtesy name at all!

You just distorted the focus.

Huang Wu bent his waist even lower: "Ahem, I did not know your identity during the day, please forgive my offense!"

Wen Gu waved his hand: "Sit down and speak."

Huang Wu sat down apprehensively.

On the tea table nearby, tea was being warmed over a small stove.

Huang Wu sniffed the fragrance.

Having been by Doctor Luo's side for a long time, he could distinguish the quality of tea.

Top-grade tea; it seems Deputy Envoy Wen is not angry.

Moreover, since this person risked high danger to come here in person, it means Shenyi Gu has great potential!

Am I about to perform a great service?

Huang Wu felt excited in his heart.

He was extremely fortunate; it was a good thing he didn't truly clash with him during the day.

If it were just the Patrol Guard Division newcomer Rong Huan, Huang Wu would certainly have wanted to have a go at him to test the newcomer's skills.

But if it were Patrol Guard Division Vice Commissioner Wen Gu, Huang Wu wouldn't dare even if he had hundreds of guts!

Insulting a superior is a small matter. This Deputy Envoy Wen was able to become a Patrol Guard Division Vice Commissioner at such a young age and has been targeted by many for assassination; his skills are certainly extraordinary!

To test this person, Huang Wu feared he would test himself into oblivion.

Soon, the newly met Deputy Envoy and the secret agent began to discuss important matters.

Rong Yi, the guard who stood like a wooden stake, came to the second-floor doorway to stand guard.

The inner gossip-monger in his heart was eating melons: The sleeping Shenyi Gu has no idea that two rebellious disciples of the sect are conspiring in the dead of night!