Chapter 206

A group of people waited quietly outside the main gate of the Zhang Mansion.

After waiting for more than ten minutes, a car drove into the street of the Zhang Mansion.

"It's the car of the General Inspectorate."

Many Zhang family members present recognized the logo representing the General Inspectorate on the license plate of this car.

The car stopped more than ten meters away, and a man wearing the official uniform of the General Inspectorate walked toward Li Fei with a file bag in his hand.

"It's a level 5 inspector!"

People from the Zhang family recognized the official position of the person who came from the logo on his official uniform.

A level 5 inspector of the General Inspectorate is a level 10 official.

The Green-Faced Ghost King actually let an imperial court official come to deliver things to him personally!

This scene made the Zhang family members commotion, truly feeling what kind of status the Green-Faced Ghost King now possessed in Datong Prefecture.

"Ghost King, this is what you wanted."

The level 5 inspector who came handed the file in his hand to Li Fei with both hands.

"Thanks."

Li Fei took the file bag and nodded.

Then this person turned and left very cleanly.

After getting the file bag, Li Fei then looked at Zhang Zezheng:

"Let's go, let's go in."

"Ah, good!"

Zhang Zezheng nodded quickly in agreement, then stepped aside to make room, signaling Li Fei to please come inside.

Li Fei took the lead and walked into the Zhang Mansion gate, and the rest followed closely behind.

At this moment, it looked like he was the head of the Zhang family.

A moment later, in the main hall, everyone sat down.

Shangguan Xiao sat beside Li Fei, and all the heads of the Zhang family, including Zhang Zedong, sat opposite.

"This time my Zhang family was able to survive the crisis, thanks to the Ghost King's action."

Just after sitting down, Zhang Zongyang could not wait to stand up and began to speak on behalf of the Zhang family:

"I represent the Zhang family and express my gratitude to the Ghost King!"

After finishing, he clasped his fists and saluted Li Fei with the etiquette of a Jianghu person.

He stood up to speak on behalf of the Zhang family like this, making people feel that he was the head of the Zhang family now.

But since the words were spoken, the rest of the Zhang family members could not not stand up at this time.

So everyone stood up one after another and clasped their fists to salute Li Fei who was sitting.

Li Fei raised his hand: "Everyone, please sit."

"Since you want to thank me, then be practical."

After everyone sat down, he opened his mouth.

"Of course, the Ghost King has any requirements, you can propose them!"

This time Zhang Zedong did not give Zhang Zongyang another chance and spoke first.

Li Fei was not polite either, pointing to Shangguan Xiao beside him and saying:

"First, from now on, the Zhang family must fully support Senior Shangguan in climbing the official ranks; within ten years, let her become the new helmsman of the General Academy of Zhige in Datong Prefecture."

He called Shangguan Xiao "Senior", which made the Zhang family members who had been guessing the relationship between the two a bit surprised.

In this way, the real age of this Green-Faced Ghost King might be much younger than they expected?

Regarding this first condition Li Fei proposed, Zhang Zongyang and the others showed a look of difficulty and looked at each other.

The Zhang family has operated in Datong Prefecture for nearly a hundred years, and their connections and resources in the officialdom are naturally accumulated deeply.

Now that they have survived the crisis, those connections have a chance to be picked up again; if they use the power of the entire family to fully support one person, at least within the Zhige Academy system, this person can indeed have a smooth official career.

But the helmsman of the General Academy of Zhige is a fourth-rank official; in the officialdom, it is a radish and a pit; to operate such an official position, not to mention whether it succeeds or not, almost all the resources of the Zhang family in the officialdom have to be concentrated on one person.

Concentrating the power of the entire family to fully support one person, yet this person does not even have the surname Zhang.

This is too difficult for Zhang Zongyang and the others to accept.

"Ghost King, the helmsman of the General Academy of Zhige is a fourth-rank official; for such an official position, even if it is our Zhang family, it is not that whoever we want to go up can go up."

Zhang Zongyang said to Li Fei cautiously.

Li Fei said calmly: "I know; what I want is an attitude, what I want is the Zhang family's full support."

"I agree!"

Zhang Zedong was the first to stand up and express his approval.

This made Zhang Zongyang hate him so much that his teeth itched.

No matter what, Shangguan Xiao was also a member of the first branch; Zhang Zedong would naturally not oppose it.

"I also agree."

Zhang Zongyuan, the head of the third branch, also spoke.

In this way, even if Zhang Zongyang didn't agree, there was no way.

He sighed: "Good, I also agree."

Although the current Zhang family has survived the crisis, once they lose the support of the Green-Faced Ghost King, they are still a piece of meat.

So no matter how harsh the conditions are, they can only agree first.

Shangguan Xiao felt a bit emotional hearing this.

Back when Zhang Zongyang was there, wanting to use the power of the entire family to support her was absolutely impossible.

Now that Zhang Zongyang is gone, the Zhang family is able to do this instead.

"The second point, next, the Zhang family and the Qingyuan City Management Company will form an alliance, and cooperation can be carried out in all aspects of business."

Li Fei continued.

"This is naturally no problem!"

Zhang Zongyang agreed quickly and breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

Cooperation with the Qingyuan City Management Company is also beneficial to the Zhang family, especially now that the Qingyuan City Management Company has taken over the "Beast King's" power; maybe the Zhang family also has a chance to dabble in the exotic beast feed business.

Only in this way can the Zhang family truly have the capital to settle down!

"Ghost King, I wonder if the exotic beast feed business can also...?"

Zhang Zongyang looked at Li Fei tentatively.

"The exotic beast feed business can also be done together with the Zhang family."

Li Fei said this sentence that could almost determine the fate of the Zhang family very casually.

"Really?!"

Because he was too excited, Zhang Zedong's face was a bit red.

Then he immediately realized that he was too uncomposed and quickly explained:

"Ghost King, sorry, I really..."

"I know what you are thinking."

Li Fei raised his hand, interrupting what the people opposite wanted to say.

He actually didn't want to talk too much with this big group of people:

"With the current power of Qingyuan City Management, wanting to fight the Poison King and the Cannon King and eat the entire exotic beast feed business of Datong Prefecture alone is indeed very difficult; I have already reached cooperation with Feng Sanniang, and adding the Zhang family will be more certain.

But I will say the ugly words first; I have no interest in controlling your Zhang family; since we have agreed to cooperate, I will always treat you as allies. But if you do some shady things in the dark, don't blame me for being impolite.

If I want to kill someone, even if you hide in the building of the General Academy of Zhige, you will still die!"

After finishing, his gaze swept over every Zhang family member sitting opposite, making these people's scalps numb.

"Rest assured, Ghost King, our Zhang family will definitely be your most firm ally in the future!"

Zhang Zongyang stood up again to represent the Zhang family's stance.

Actually, these words of Li Fei made Zhang Zongyang and the others slightly relieved.

What they were most worried about was the Green-Faced Ghost King taking the opportunity to erode the Zhang family.

Now that the crisis is gone, and they can harvest the exotic beast feed business, looking at it this way, using the family's power to fully support Shangguan Xiao is not so unacceptable.

"Ghost King, Yan Shijin from the provincial capital previously took the initiative to show favor to our Zhang family..."

Seeing that the conditions were negotiated, Zhang Zedong took the initiative to mention this matter:

"Since the Zhang family has now officially formed an alliance with the Ghost King, I wonder how the Ghost King views this matter?"

Before Li Fei came, he had discussed this matter with Shangguan Xiao, and at this time said without hesitation:

"You can talk to that side first and see what they want."

"Understood, then I will find an opportunity to visit this Inspector Yan tomorrow."

Zhang Zedong said.

"Then let's do it like this; I will have people talk to you about the specific details of the cooperation."

Li Fei stood up, preparing to leave.

Shangguan Xiao stood up with him, and then she sent Li Fei away from the Zhang Mansion alone.

"The file sent to you by the General Inspectorate is related to my father, right?"

After the two walked out of the Zhang Mansion, Shangguan Xiao suddenly spoke.

Li Fei handed the file bag in his hand directly to Shangguan Xiao:

"Yes, I negotiated with the General Inspectorate today and exchanged some benefits for this file."

Shangguan Xiao nodded, took the file bag, and did not say words of thanks.

Some things, just keep them silently in your heart; saying them out loud makes them seem pretentious.

Moreover, what Li Fei helped her with this time, how could a single word of thanks end it?

"The General Inspectorate told me that they found out that your father went to that courtyard that night to meet a woman..."

Li Fei told Shangguan Xiao everything Xia Huan told him.

"..."

Shangguan Xiao opened the file bag silently and first took out the portrait from inside.

The person in the portrait was a master of painting, and a few strokes made the character very vivid.

The woman in the portrait looked to be in her twenties, not very beautiful, at most just delicate.

But Li Fei discovered that the eyebrows and eyes of this woman were somewhat similar to Shangguan Xiao.

Then he discovered that Shangguan Xiao's eyes turned red the moment she saw this portrait.

Li Fei was thoughtful.

A moment later, Shangguan Xiao wiped the corner of her eyes and said to Li Fei:

"This woman looks very much like my mother."

Li Fei understood immediately.

He remembered a passage he had read in his previous life:

The beauty trap you think of: Handsome, want a drink?

The actual beauty trap: Straighten your back, don't hunch!

Many people think that real big shots are not short of women, so the beauty trap is useless for these big shots.

But the actual beauty trap is your childhood sweetheart, the one you once couldn't get.

You didn't lose to beauty, but to yourself in your youth...

This woman who was in secret contact with Zhang Zongyang clearly had a problem, and might even be the murderer who killed Zhang Zongyang!

So Zhang Zongyang, this helmsman of the General Academy of Zhige and head of the Zhang family, really fell into a beauty trap.

The reason for Shangguan Xiao's loss of composure was that this woman looked like her mother, which made Zhang Zongyang willing to fall into the trap.

After losing composure, an extremely fierce murderous intent appeared in Shangguan Xiao's eyes!

The murderer used this method to murder her father, making her angry to the extreme!

She suppressed the murderous intent surging in her heart and continued to flip through the information in the file bag.

The remaining information recorded the General Inspectorate's investigation of the Zhang family members, and according to the investigation results, focused on listing several suspects.

These people might be the ones who poisoned Zhang Zongyang.

Shangguan Xiao finished reading the information in her hand with a blank expression.

For a moment, she really wanted to turn around and rush back to the Zhang Mansion, grab all the suspects listed by the General Inspectorate, and torture them!

But in the end, she held back.

"Senior Aunt..."

"Rest assured, I'm fine."

Shangguan Xiao waved her hand, and she raised the information in her hand:

"Next, I will find a way to test these people inside and see if I can find any flaws."

"Good."

Li Fei nodded.

He did not tell Shangguan Xiao that Feng Sanniang might already know who the true culprit was, worrying that the other party would be impulsive.

Zhang Zongyang's death was absolutely not simple and might be a vortex sufficient to stir up the entire Datong Prefecture.

If Shangguan Xiao was accidentally involved, it was possible for her to be smashed to pieces!

So Li Fei wanted to carry it himself first and see what was hidden behind this.

Afterward, the two separated; Shangguan Xiao returned to the government reception center, and Li Fei returned to the Human Face Villa.

It is worth mentioning that the current Human Face Villa has been renamed.

The plaque at the main gate of the villa was changed to—Green-Faced Villa!

After returning to the villa, Li Fei went all the way to a villa.

This villa previously housed Yu Longqing's family members; now those women have all been sent away secretly, leaving only Liu Wenjun.

Li Fei walked into the basement of the villa.

There was a dungeon here.

In a cell in the deepest part of the dungeon, Liu Wenjun sat cross-legged, practicing martial arts.

This cell was made of steel and added a portion of exotic beast body tissue, which could effectively resist the strength of martial artists.

With the thickness of this cell, even if a Dao Foundation Establishment powerhouse were locked inside, it would be very difficult to break out of prison.

"Ghost King."

There was a Qi-Transformation stage martial artist and several martial artists guarding outside the cell; seeing Li Fei arrive, they hurriedly saluted.

"You all go out first."

Li Fei said.

"Yes."

Several people did not say nonsense and left the dungeon directly.

Li Fei came to the cell where Liu Wenjun was imprisoned and pressed a mechanism.

Rumble—

The thick iron wall slowly rose upward.

Inside the cell, Liu Wenjun, who was sitting cross-legged, opened her eyes, was stunned after seeing Li Fei, and then sneered:

"Why, changed your mind and decided to kill me?"

Previously Li Fei promised to give her a one-on-one chance after she broke the realm; as a result, he came so early, and she felt that it should be Li Fei who changed his mind.

Li Fei walked into this cell and stared at Liu Wenjun calmly:

"I am here to help you practice."

Hearing this, Liu Wenjun was startled, immediately jumped up from the ground, put on a defensive posture, and looked at Li Fei with the eyes of looking at a pervert:

"What do you want to do?!"

Li Fei: "..."

He found that saying it like this seemed easy to make people misunderstand.

"... You were just performing 'Return to One', right?"

Li Fei asked.

"Yes."

Liu Wenjun still looked at him with a defensive look.

"You sit down and continue; I will give you guidance to speed up your practice progress."

Li Fei said.

"You will be so kind?"

Liu Wenjun looked incredulous.

"If I really wanted to do something to you, can you stop it?"

Li Fei asked back.

"..."

These words made Liu Wenjun silent.

She sadly discovered that with the Green-Faced Ghost King's terrifying combat power, she was afraid she couldn't even commit suicide if she wanted to.

After being silent for a while, she sat down cross-legged and began the practice of "Return to One".

Li Fei stepped over, sat cross-legged behind the other party, and placed one hand on the other party's heart.

He could clearly feel that Liu Wenjun's whole body muscles were tense.

"Relax, focus on the changes of the implant in your body."

Li Fei said, while hitting a strand of Geng Metal True Qi into the other party's body.

Asking for monthly tickets.

(End of chapter)