Chapter 233: The Big Boss and Bamboo Leaf Green (Third update, please subscribe)

Xie Xiaofeng needed to be completely relaxed in both body and spirit to face a master like Yu Liancheng.

But he had no silver, nor did he have anything of value to pawn.

So he found Tietou Dagang, shattered Tietou Dagang's skull with a single palm strike, drove away his guests, and went to bed with Tietou Dagang's favorite third concubine.

Xie Xiaofeng was not a man who killed the innocent indiscriminately, and he was certainly not a bandit.

The reason he did this was because Tietou Dagang and Tiequan Ayong were accomplices; they were both men of the Big Boss, and they both deserved to die.

As for the third concubine, she was a prostitute Xie Xiaofeng had known before, named Jin Lanhua. Jin Lanhua had long admired Xie Xiaofeng; let alone sleeping with him, she would even die for him.

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"Tietou Dagang is dead, and A Ji is now living in the mansion of Dagang's third concubine."

"The young man in black has taken Lao Miao Zi's family to stay at the 'Yunlai Inn' and has not come out since."

These were two slips of paper.

The slips of paper contained information about Xie Xiaofeng and Yu Liancheng, respectively.

These two slips of paper had appeared in the hands of one man, and this man was the Big Boss.

People called "boss" are usually businesspeople.

And those called "Big Boss" naturally run particularly big businesses.

The businesses the Big Boss ran might not have been very big, but they were particularly numerous.

Casinos, brothels, inns, restaurants, pawnshops... in this small border town, it seemed his shadow was in every business, and he took a cut from all of them.

Countless people looked up to the Big Boss to make a living, and they were also the Big Boss's eyes and ears.

The Big Boss had completely mastered this small border town.

He absolutely would not allow any variables to exist.

Now, the two fellows on these slips of paper were the uncontrollable variables.

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In the backyard, the maple leaves had turned red, and the autumn chrysanthemums were as brilliant as gold.

The Big Boss casually set down the two slips of paper, stood with his hands behind his back in front of the chrysanthemums, and muttered to himself: "Autumn has arrived, and the chrysanthemums are in full bloom, but other flowers are gradually withering. How many people will wither away together in this autumn?"

Behind the Big Boss stood a group of people; a middle-aged man wearing a blue cloth gown who looked like a failed scholar was closest to him. Then there were the underlings of "Tietou" Dagang and the owner of the "Yunlai Inn."

Whether they stood near or far, not a single person dared to make a sound while the Big Boss was admiring the flowers.

The Big Boss bent down as if to smell the fragrance of the flowers, but suddenly struck out, pinching a flying insect between two fingers: "Have you found out the identities of these two people clearly?"

The man in the green gown, who had been standing silently to the side, suddenly bowed: "This subordinate is incompetent. I have already investigated the useless A Ji. I sent out sixty-three people, all of whom are the most sharp-eared on the ground. Thirty-one have returned now, and none of them have found any useful information. I fear those who haven't returned are much the same."

The man in the green gown had a very strange name—Bamboo Leaf Green.

Bamboo Leaf Green is the name of a potent liquor; few people can drink it without getting drunk. Bamboo Leaf Green is also a type of venomous snake; not only is it poisonous, but it is also very good at camouflage.

Everyone around the Big Boss knew that Bamboo Leaf Green was the strategist who devised plans for the Big Boss, the Big Boss's most trusted confidant, and the second-in-command of this city.

The Big Boss's current wealth was closely related to the schemes of Bamboo Leaf Green. Bamboo Leaf Green had once said to his nine concubines, "He is more useful to me than the nine of you combined."

This was the truth.

But there was another sentence he hadn't finished.

—But my trust in him is less than that in any one of the nine of you.

Everyone thought the Big Boss treated Bamboo Leaf Green as a confidant.

But only the Big Boss himself understood how vigilant and wary he was of Bamboo Leaf Green.

This was not because Bamboo Leaf Green had ever done anything to wrong him, but because Bamboo Leaf Green did everything too well, too perfectly, and every time he finished, he wanted neither silver nor women.

If he wanted neither silver nor women, then all he wanted was power.

Although the Big Boss was very wary of Bamboo Leaf Green, Bamboo Leaf Green was indeed very useful, so he still left many matters for Bamboo Leaf Green to handle, and Bamboo Leaf Green had never disappointed him.

At this moment, after hearing Bamboo Leaf Green's words, the Big Boss frowned: "Judging by what you say, although you haven't investigated A Ji's background and identity, you must have already investigated the identity of the other person clearly."

Bamboo Leaf Green smiled bitterly: "In fact, just by hearing the description of the young man in black, this subordinate already knew that person's identity."

The Big Boss raised an eyebrow: "Oh? So he is very famous."

Bamboo Leaf Green said slowly: "Beyond Heaven, Person Beyond Heaven, Divine Sword Beyond Heaven, the sword strikes and separates the heavens."

The Big Boss was shocked, and the flying insect was crushed: "Yu Liancheng, he is actually Yu Liancheng!?"

Bamboo Leaf Green nodded slowly: "That's right, he is Yu Liancheng. A peerless master from Beyond Heaven. No one knows his origins, and no one knows which sect or school his martial arts come from. It is only known that from the moment he stepped into the Edo, he defeated all the masters of every sect and school in the world, and no one could contend with him. Although he is a swordsman, he at most uses his fingers as a sword, and no one has ever seen the sharpness of that sword when it is unsheathed. Divine Sword Beyond Heaven, the sword strikes and separates the heavens."

The Big Boss was silent, his brows furrowed tightly, and suddenly he sighed long and said: "Why must a person like this come to such a remote place?"

Bamboo Leaf Green replied: "Perhaps it is because of A Ji, the useless A Ji."

The Big Boss nodded: "Oh?"

"Dagang studied under Shaolin and had practiced the Shaolin Temple's Iron Head Technique to the number one spot in Shaolin. He could use his head to knock down walls and collapse pillars, but A Ji shattered his head with a single slap."

Bamboo Leaf Green said: "With A Ji's martial arts, it would not be difficult at all to gain fame and status. But he never reveals his martial arts, and is even willing to carry manure to make a living; perhaps it is to avoid Yu Liancheng."

"Is that so?" The Big Boss was silent for a long time, then suddenly said: "How much longer until Tiehu returns?"

Tiehu, the Big Boss's right-hand man, his true confidant, not only had high martial arts but would never betray him.

Bamboo Leaf Green said: "It will be soon, within these two days."

The Big Boss let out a long sigh of relief and said: "Very good, when he returns, I will be at ease. A fierce dragon crossing the river is unstoppable. A big shot like Yu Liancheng may not care about a small character like me. Let the people below keep a low profile, absolutely low, and do not provoke these two people."

The Big Boss was a very smart man; he knew who should be provoked and who should not. He knew even better that one must never do things without certainty.

"Yes!"

Bamboo Leaf Green had already bowed and retreated. When the Big Boss could not see his expression, he suddenly revealed a cruel and triumphant smile.

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