Chapter 235

Ren Yingying and Zhu Qiqi heard this and suddenly understood.

No wonder Jiang Sishui bullied him so; now it made sense.

Zhu Qiqi, face full of anger, said, "This gambler deceiving me is one thing, but he didn't even spare his parents, wife, and children! He was truly wicked! Good riddance!"

"Regarding this gambling match, Miss, are you satisfied with the result?"

"Satisfied! Of course I'm satisfied!"

Originally, Zhu Qiqi thought Jiang Sishui was somewhat shameless, winning unfairly.

But after learning of Xuan Yuan San Guang's past, she cast such thoughts aside.

Just as Ren Yingying said: To deal with a rascal, one naturally must use rascal methods.

To deal with scum like Xuan Yuan San Guang, even the most shameless tactics would appear righteous.

"Since Miss is satisfied, we should go settle the score with the gambling house owner."

Saying this, Jiang Sishui entered the gambling house first.

Zhu Qiqi felt puzzled in her heart.

Shouldn't they just leave directly after winning? What was there to go back for?

However, she didn't think much of it; seeing Jiang Sishui and Ren Yingying almost out of sight, she hurriedly quickened her pace to follow.

"Who exactly are you? What did you do to him? Do you know, he is a Shaolin..."

"Noisy!"

As the two voices of dialogue ended, there was another loud bang.

When Zhu Qiqi arrived, she saw a corpse lying on the ground, a bloody hole in the center of his forehead, his eyes still wide open.

"This is..."

"A Grandmaster, Zhou Bapi's secret umbrella of protection; otherwise, he would have been dealt with long ago."

Although his nephew was a lay disciple of Shaolin and had considerable background, he was still unable to reach this far.

If someone truly wanted to kill a man who did not know Wu Gong like Zhou Bapi, they could easily do it without anyone knowing, and it would be very difficult to investigate afterward.

Yet Zhou Bapi managed to act tyrannically for so many years.

Then there was only one explanation—

A hidden expert was protecting him from the shadows!

Jiang Sishui casually snatched a stick and poked it into the corpse's crotch.

It was empty.

"The Sunflower Manual again... Shaolin Temple... lay disciple..."

Jiang Sishui pondered thoughtfully.

He was becoming increasingly interested in the Shaolin Temple of this world.

????????? Begging for flowers??????????

At this moment, Zhou Bapi walked over and stood obediently before Jiang Sishui, saying nothing.

Seeing Zhou Bapi again, Zhu Qiqi suddenly felt he was like a marionette.

Wait, a marionette?!

A flash of inspiration struck Zhu Qiqi's mind; recalling the scene where Xuan Yuan San Guang dug out his own heart and lungs, a sudden realization surged in her heart, and she blurted out, "You controlled him?"

Jiang Sishui looked at her in surprise, not expecting this young Miss to have such insight.

He did not deny it, but nodded.

Zhu Qiqi finally understood why Zhou Bapi had acted contrary to his usual nature before, proposed a bizarre gambling bet, and then simply was not present afterward.

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It turned out Jiang Sishui had secretly acted against him long ago.

Zhou Bapi had been a tyrant in this region for many years; Jiang Sishui's arrival was both to conveniently rid the local people of a harm and to boost his favorability in front of a beautiful young lady.

Thus, he made Zhou Bapi confess all the evil deeds he had committed.

A quarter of an hour later, Zhou Bapi, who had personally peeled off half of his own skin, finally died of excessive blood loss, despairing and going to Guixi.

Zhu Qiqi also vented her anger thoroughly.

Hearing Zhou Bapi's actions just now had truly made her boil with rage.

Afterwards, Jiang Sishui killed several gambling house enforcers who had equally heinous crimes, rescued several imprisoned pitiful women, distributed the Qian Cai seized from the gambling house among them, and then set fire to this "place of all evils."

The three of them left with long strides.

……

"You said your name is Zhu Qiqi?"

After exchanging names, Jiang Sishui felt an indescribable shock in his heart.

Zhu Qiqi, from the same Wu Lin Wai Shi as Bai Feifei; the real Bai Feifei seemed as if she had walked out of the drama, but the Zhu Qiqi before him was far more beautiful than in the drama.

If the Bai Feifei in the drama could completely outshine Zhu Qiqi in "beauty," then reality certainly could not.

Precisely because of this, Jiang Sishui failed to recognize her at first and had no idea of her identity.

The reason he stepped forward to help was: first, Zhu Qiqi was beautiful; second, he disliked a group of people bullying the weak; third, he hated gamblers, and Xuan Yuan San Guang had even aroused his killing intent.

He did not expect to accidentally "save" Bai Feifei's arch-enemy.

261 A silly, sweet young lady, who counts money even after being sold.

No, that is not quite right either.

The real Bai Feifei and Zhu Qiqi should never have met, so the term "arch-enemy" could not apply.

Thinking of this, Jiang Sishui felt a wave of relief.

Zhu Qiqi nodded firmly, "Yes, is there a problem?"

Jiang Sishui murmured, "I've heard there's a 'Living God of Wealth' in Fenyang, Jinzhou, who shares your surname. This 'Living God of Wealth' also has a ravishingly beautiful daughter, named…"

Before he could finish, Zhu Qiqi cut in with a smile: "That's me!"

Hearing this, Jiang Sishui confirmed that the Zhu Qiqi before him was indeed the one from *Wu Lin Wai Shi*, and not merely someone with the same name.

Suddenly thinking of something, he cast a discreet glance at Zhu Qiqi's neck.

"How do you know me?" Zhu Qiqi asked, knowing full well the answer.

"Four-oh-oh"—he had learned it from a friend, who said this 'Living God of Wealth' was also a relative of the Great Ming imperial family.

"A friend?" Zhu Qiqi was somewhat surprised by this answer.

"Yes, her name is Shangguan Haitang, a secret agent of the Dragon-Protecting Shanzhuang."

This wasn't entirely made up—Jiang Sishui had once overheard Shangguan Haitang chatting with Bai Feifei, and the former had mentioned some beauties among the Great Ming imperial relatives.

For example: Princess Yunluo and Princess Changping in the imperial palace; Murong Xian, Murong Jiu, Murong Qiudi of the Murong Estate in the Ming capital…

And Zhu Qiqi of Jinzhou was also among them.

Only then did Jiang Sishui realize that the real-life "Living God of Wealth," Zhu Fugui, actually had such powerful backing and connections, and was no ordinary merchant.

Zhu Qiqi, however, didn't know any of this. Possessing a copy of the diary, she was only half-convinced.

Jiang Sishui shifted the topic: "By the way, your home is in Jinzhou—why have you come to Yuzhou all alone?"

"Because I was bored staying home, so I came out to have some fun," Zhu Qiqi tilted her head and thought for a moment, giving a rather carefree answer.

Jiang Sishui: "…"

He could tell that Zhu Qiqi actually possessed cultivation at the Innate Realm.

Innate Realm cultivation, viewed across the broad spectrum of the jianghu, was already no weak feat—it counted as above-average, enough even to found a third-rate minor faction.

An ordinary person with such cultivation barely qualified to roam the jianghu.

But Zhu Qiqi couldn't!

Because she was a beauty.

Beauty, more often than not, is the seed of disaster.

For someone of Zhu Qiqi's looks to have made it here safely was truly an incredible thing.

Unless…

Jiang Sishui turned his head and looked around.

"What are you looking for?" Zhu Qiqi asked, her face full of curiosity.

Jiang Sishui replied casually, "I'm checking if anyone's hiding nearby."

"Hiding? Hiding who?"

"The people your father secretly sent to protect you, of course."

"Protect me?" Zhu Qiqi was startled for a moment, then immediately understood.