Rebellious Contract Beast

How could Shen Yi sleep now?

He quickly got up, pushed open the door, ran out, and found Tsurumi Hatsuyun in the pavilion.

Because she had just been rejected, the old witch was still sulking. When she saw Shen Yi coming, she rolled her eyes and ignored him.

But how could Shen Yi be polite to her? Seeing that she ignored him, he walked up to her and pulled her clothes back without saying a word.

Unable to bear it any longer, she could only follow him back to the house. After closing the door, she asked coldly with a pretty face, "What are you doing?"

"Take me to Shen's Mansion quickly. Something seems to have happened there."

Shen Yi said this in a serious tone, and upon hearing this, He Jian Chuyun also became obviously serious.

"What happened?"

"How would I know? Qu Xiangui crushed Mingyu. I have to go over and see what happened."

"Let's go then."

He Jianchuyun also knew what was important and put aside his desire to listen to the story. He immediately took him out of the room, got on a carriage outside Mingyan Courtyard, left the Zhu mansion, and drove quickly towards the Shen Mansion.

……

In the morning, it was snowing lightly inside the Shen Mansion.

Shen Yi came out of the secret passage and immediately ordered the Yin soldiers to call Qu Xiangui.

The process did not take too long, only about half a minute, and the ghost soldiers came in with their people. However, the person who came was not Qu Xiangui, but one of his subordinates, whose name seemed to be "Ma Qin", and he was a new flag leader.

"Boss, you're finally here. Something big happened at the Black Tiger Hall!"

"Why is it you? Where is the noble lady Qu Xiang?"

"It's too late. Hall Master Qu has already gone to the Black Tiger Hall."

"Well... tell me, what happened?"

"Boss, it happened three nights ago. People from the Jucai Gang came to destroy our place. When Hall Master Jian led his men over, he killed some of them. Among them, one was a servant of a young master of the Luo family..." Ma Qin stopped talking here.

In fact, there is no need to say more. The servant of a young master of the Luo family was killed. Anyone who is smart and knows the rules can guess what this means.

"..."

Shen Yi was silent for a moment. He knew very well that he had been set up. Disputes between gangs were one thing, but killing people from a big family was something else.

The Xu family made a good move. After all, if you want to get involved in the gang, you need a background. As a big family, the Xu family didn't dare to directly attack their own Zhonghu Gang without knowing anything about it. But now they have done this. Not only have they dragged the Zhonghu Gang into the quagmire, but they have also dragged in the Luo family, who had been coveting the Zhonghu Gang. They have let the Luo family rush to the front, and if something goes wrong, the Luo family will bear the brunt of it. The Xu family has been behind the scenes the whole time, so the reckoning will fall on them.

If it is not handled properly, I will have to step in personally, and then the identity of the contracted beast will be exposed.

"Heh~" Shen Yi sneered. It really was killing three birds with one stone!

But the question is, are the people of the Luo family willing to be used as guns by others?

There must be some smart people in such a big family, right?

So Shen Yi asked Ma Qin behind the curtain, "What is Qu Xiangui doing at the Black Tiger Gang? Did the Luo family send someone to negotiate?"

"Yes, Gang Leader. The Luo family and the leader of the Jucai Gang have all come to the Black Tiger Hall with a bunch of people. They want our Tiger Gang to give an explanation, otherwise they are provoking the entire Luo family."

"What do they want to say?"

"They said..." Ma Qin hesitated for a moment, then said, "The Luo family said they want the entire Black Tiger Hall."

"The entire Black Tiger Hall's territory? Tsk~" Shen Yi's eyes flashed when he heard that. As he expected, the Luo family was not stupid and did not do anything to the extreme.

tsk tsk~
Just one hall?
No, if this is the case, it would be a win-win business for the Luo family!
"What did Qu Xiangui say? Is he still a little brat who can't even answer a simple multiple-choice question?"

"Boss, Hall Master Qu said this after receiving the news this morning. He has prepared a backup plan and can use it to shut up the Luo family at any time. But... Zhu Yixuan and Wu Wensui are here too! This makes Hall Master Qu really undecided."

"Zhu Yixuan?" Shen Yi narrowed his eyes when he heard these two names. He could understand that Wu Wensui came, after all, he was a surveillance camera, and he did have the right to know what the Tiger Gang was doing. But as for Zhu Yixuan, what could he say about him? He was the highest-ranking member of the Zhu family that the Tiger Gang could contact, and to be frank, the Tiger Gang and him were in a cooperative relationship.

The Tiger Gang gave him some gifts, and then he went to the Zhu family to make things easier. Generally speaking, the relationship between the two parties was not that close, but it was indispensable. According to the rules, Zhu Yixuan could not interfere in the affairs of the Tiger Gang, but in objective facts, he could influence the Tiger Gang, and now he was involved in something that should have nothing to do with him, which was a bit intriguing.

"What is this guy doing in the Black Tiger Hall? Is he here to stir up trouble?"

"Boss, Zhu Yixuan is probably Qu Dang's troublemaker. Hall Master Qu said that he went to the Black Tiger Hall for other purposes."

Shen Yi was silent for a while, took a deep breath, and said with a gloomy look: "You should also go to the Black Tiger Hall."

"Yes, Gang Leader, but what am I going to do in the Black Tiger Hall?"

"Tell him the conversation between you and me. You don't need to do anything else but watch. Take one of my ghost soldiers with you."

"Okay, I'll go to the Black Tiger Hall."

Shen Yi nodded and ordered a ghost soldier to follow Ma Qin out of the room.

The room fell into silence. The remaining three ghost soldiers stood still like statues. It was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

As Ma Qin left with a ghost soldier, Shen Yi behind the curtain relaxed his body, slowly closed his eyes, shifted his perspective from himself to the ghost soldier, and used its eyes to see everything outside.

The ghost soldiers followed Ma Qin all the way out of the Shen Mansion and got on a carriage. The driver in front raised his whip, shouted, and then dropped the whip. The carriage slowly moved forward, speeding up and driving quickly towards the entrance of the Black Tiger Hall.

The Black Tiger Hall, like the Red Tiger Hall, is a department of the Tiger Gang responsible for doing business. The difference is that the Red Tiger Hall operates some serious businesses such as teahouses, theaters, and study shops, while the Black Tiger Hall operates gambling houses, brothels, workshops for making magic powder, and other gray and black industries such as collecting money to settle disputes. The hall is located in a house that looks ordinary but stylish on the side of a street in the east of the city. It is not far from the Shen Mansion, but not close either. It took nearly half an hour for the carriage to drive here.

At this time, in the entrance of the Black Tiger Hall, the figures of the Tiger Gang disciples who used to be active there were no longer there, and instead there was a group of armored guards from the Luo family.

The carriage stopped in front of the gate. As soon as it stabilized, Ma Qin jumped down hurriedly and wanted to go inside. But how could the Luo family guards at the door let him go in like that?
The two spears crossed together and stopped him directly.

"stop!"

"who are you?"

"I am from the Tiger Gang. This is the Black Tiger Hall of the Tiger Gang. Who are you? Why are you stopping me?"

"Is this the Black Tiger Sect? Humph, it won't be here tomorrow."

"What did you say!"

"I don't need to waste my time talking to you, just get out of here!"

"Get out of the way! I want to see Hall Master Qu!"

The two Luo family guards didn't want to waste time talking to Ma Qin, but Ma Qin didn't want to waste time talking to them either, so he was about to force his way in. "You think your life is too long, huh? Fine! I'll satisfy you today!"

Upon hearing the sound, the other Luo family guards in the hall rushed over one after another, pointing their spears at Ma Qin with cold light flashing.

The Tiger Gang disciples who came along with the carriage also shouted loudly and drew their swords to confront each other.

Just when the two sides were on the verge of fighting, two clang sounds came from the carriage and the ghost soldiers came down.

"Ok?"

"Yin soldiers?"

Seeing the ghost soldiers, a group of Luo family guards were stunned. They rarely saw ghost soldiers in the city. They could only be seen frequently in places like ghost markets. They knew very well that in Jiangzhou, ghost soldiers were often owned by big families. Although they didn't know which family this ghost soldier belonged to, they did not dare to be careless.

After hesitating for a moment, a Luo family guard standing in the front signaled to the others behind with his eyes, and they dispersed one after another the next second.

"Come in, don't be an eyesore here."

"Humph!"

Ma Qin put away his weapon, snorted coldly, and without further ado, he led his men into the Black Tiger Hall, passed through the complex environment, and went straight to the lobby in the center of the hall.

There were a total of ten people sitting inside, namely the current leader of the Black Tiger Hall, Qu Xiangui, Jian Zhanming, the Zhu family's agent Wu Wensui, the Luo family's agent, as well as the Jucai Gang's leader and three members of the Luo family. Among these three members of the Luo family, one of them was known to Ma Qin, named Luo Baolin, who was a powerful figure in the Luo family. As for the other two, he had never seen them before, but they had an extraordinary aura and were obviously two masters of the Luo family.

The last person was sitting in the main seat. He had a small round face, fair skin, and looked to be less than 30 years old. He was wearing brocade clothes. He was none other than Zhu Yixuan.

In addition, there were a group of Tiger Gang disciples and guards from the Luo family standing around the lobby.

Before Ma Qin arrived, the atmosphere in the lobby was tense. The people led by the leader of the Jucai Gang were arguing with Qu Xiangui. When Ma Qin arrived with the ghost soldiers, the surroundings suddenly became quiet, and everyone's eyes were on the ghost soldiers following him.

After a few seconds of silence, Zhu Yixuan spoke first, asking, "Who are you?"

Zhu Yixuan did not know Ma Qin, but Ma Qin knew him. He immediately bowed and replied respectfully, "Master Zhu, my name is Ma Qin, and I am the right flag leader of the Fuhu Hall of the Tiger Gang."

"Flag Master? Where is the Tiger Gang leader? Why didn't he come?"

"Master Zhu, our leader has important matters to attend to, so it is inconvenient for him to come."

"What could be more important than what's happening here?"

"The villain doesn't know."

"Hmph, what did your gang leader send you here for?" Zhu Yixuan snorted and asked in a cold voice.

"Well... our gang leader sent me here to tell Master Qu something." Ma Qin did not answer what it was. After he finished speaking, he walked to Qu Xiangui and whispered something in his ear.

Seeing him suppressing his voice and whispering to Qu Xiangui as if to guard against a thief, Zhu Yixuan's face was obviously dissatisfied, but there were other people present, so he couldn't lose his temper, so he had to hold it in and said nothing.

On the other side, in the Shen Mansion, Shen Yi took a quick look at everyone at the scene from the perspective of a ghost soldier, and finally his gaze stopped on Zhu Yixuan.

"Oh, you must be Zhu Yixuan. I want to see if you are here to help or to play a role in a crossover role. Interesting..."

The view turned back to the entrance of the Black Tiger Hall. After Ma Qin finished what he wanted to say, Qu Xiangui glanced at the Yin soldiers and nodded slightly.

Seeing this, Ma Qin immediately stepped aside, and the ghost soldier seemed to have sensed something and stood behind Qu Xiangui.

The atmosphere was silent for a while, and soon the Luo family agent said in a calm voice: "Let's continue."

"Yes, yes, let's continue." Upon hearing this, the leader of the Jucai Gang quickly agreed, then looked at Qu Xiangui and said, "Master Qu, I don't have time to waste here. Tell me quickly, can you make a decision on this matter?"

"What decision?"

"Don't play dumb, we've made it very clear just now."

"What does this have to do with you?"

"How come it has nothing to do with me? From now on, this Black Tiger Hall will belong to our Jucai Gang!"

"Bullshit! The Black Tiger Hall has always been the headquarters of our Tiger Gang. Are you from the Jucai Gang? Dream on!"

The atmosphere in the lobby quickly returned to its previous intense level. Qu Xiangui roared at the leader of the Jucai Gang and almost drew his sword to chop him.

But just as he finished yelling, Luo Baolin, who was sitting next to the main seat, slammed the table and said sinisterly: "Master Luo, our Luo family has never been one that can be manipulated by others. Since you killed our people, you must pay the price. Just one of your halls is already very generous!"

Luo Baolin's words made Qu Xiangui's forehead veins bulge. What does magnanimity mean?

He wanted to say something in rebuttal, but before he could open his mouth, a Luo family retainer nearby gave him a look and forced him back.

"You are... being unreasonable!"

"Where is the unreasonableness?"

"It was your Luo family who first teamed up with the Jucai Gang to attack our Zhonghu Gang's territory. People died, but you blamed everything on the Zhonghu Gang. Isn't this unreasonable?"

"Whether this is true or not is still unknown, but it is true that the Tiger Gang killed the Luo family guards, and they should give the Luo family an explanation."

"Wu Wensui, it's not your turn to speak here!"

"Master Qu, since the leader of the Tiger Gang sent you to discuss matters, then you should make a decision quickly. Let me say it again, the Luo family is not so easy to kill. I don't have that much patience. I will only give you one afternoon to consider it. Otherwise, don't blame me, the Luo family's soldiers, for crushing the entire Tiger Gang!" Luo Baolin threatened in a cold voice and said no more.

Qu Xiangui's heart tightened. He knew that Luo Baolin was not joking, because if it was not handled properly, the other party would really have this reason.

He had no choice but to look at Zhu Yixuan who was in the main seat, but the other party's words made him even more desperate.

"Since you dare to do it, then you dare to take responsibility. It's just a gang. Can it be compared with the entire Tiger Gang?"

"Master Zhu, a small guard in exchange for a branch of the Tiger Gang, isn't that too cheap?"

"Then I want to ask you, what is more expensive than staying alive?"

"..." Qu Xiangui was speechless after being rebuked by Zhu Yixuan.

But to be honest, he had no right to bargain with the Luo family.

He didn't know what to say for a moment, and finally he looked at the ghost soldier, but the ghost soldier's actions made him stunned on the spot.

It just nodded and actually agreed to the change of ownership of Black Tiger Hall.

...(End of chapter)