Rebellious Contract Beast

Although the Lonely Alliance is well known to the world, what is happening inside it is another matter.

Shen Yi's words gave He Jian Chuyun some ideas. He stayed in the alchemy room for almost half an hour. After refining only one furnace of beast-nourishing pills, he packed up his things and hurried out.

After disguising himself outside Zhu's residence, he went to Xinfei Sixth Street.

dong dong dong~
"Who?"

"it's me."

"It turns out to be Mr. Li, please come in."

At the signal of the two Chen family retainers, He Jianchuyun quickly entered the warehouse in the basement of Zui'an Building.

Butler Xiao inside also came forward immediately.

"Mr. Li, how are you? Please take a seat."

"Thank you, Mr. Xiao."

"Mr. Li, you are too polite. May I ask why you are here this time?"

"Well...Does Mr. Xiao know the Zhao family of Hengzhou?"

"I have heard of the Hengzhou Zhao family. It seems that they have some connection with the children of the Zhu family's mistress."

"Mr. Xiao, to be honest, the Zhao family encountered some troubles in Hengzhou, and had no choice but to come to me not long ago. The head of the Zhao family has been kind to me, and now that the Zhao family is in trouble, I cannot stand idly by because of the kindness in the past, so I agreed to their request. However, I am unable to take care of both ends, so I came here to discuss whether the amount of pills each quarter can be reduced. If there is anything inappropriate, I hope Mr. Xiao will forgive me." He Jianchuyun said.

Hearing this, Butler Xiao laughed and waved his hand, saying, "So that's how it is. I guess the Zhao family has fallen into the same predicament as our Chen family. We feel the same way. Master Li is grateful and repays kindness, which shows that he is not a bad person. We should make friends with people like you, so don't feel guilty. You have also been very kind to our Chen family. No matter what decision you make, the Chen family will fully cooperate. But can Master Li give me a rough estimate of how much the pill should be reduced?"

"How about a 30% reduction?"

"Thirty percent is reasonable. Let's do as you say, Mr. Li."

"Yes, thank you, Mr. Xiao, but this time I'll give you the original amount. I'll send you as much as you promised, and we'll start again in July."

"Well, does Mr. Li have anything else to say?" Butler Xiao asked with a smile. From the very beginning he could tell that He Jian Chuyun didn't come here just to talk about this matter.

"Yes, I have a question for you."

"Mr. Li, please speak."

The matter of reducing the amount of elixirs provided to the Chen family every quarter was smoothly negotiated. He Jianchuyun took a deep breath, thought for a while, and quickly asked: "How much do you know about the Lonely Guest Alliance, Mr. Xiao?"

"The Lonely Guest Alliance..." Butler Xiao frowned, thought for two seconds, and said, "The Lonely Guest Alliance is divided into two factions, one is Beishuang, the other is Nanxiao. Which faction are you referring to, Mr. Li?"

"I don't know, it could be Bei Shuang, or it could be Nan Xiao... or maybe both."

"Is that so? Then what does Master Li want to know? I know a little about the Lonely Guest Alliance, but if I were to explain everything in detail, I'm afraid it would take three days and three nights to finish."

He Jianchuyun nodded. What the other party said made sense. After all, there were too many things about the Lonely Guest Alliance, and it was difficult to explain them all at once. After thinking for two seconds, she asked, "How many top-level masters of the Lonely Guest Alliance do you know, Mr. Xiao?"

"Tianzi-ranked assassins... they act in secret, and few people know their names and true identities. Even the head of the family, no, even the stewards in the Lonely Guest Alliance, may not know the details of those Tianzi-ranked assassins. As for me..."

"Mr. Xiao, just tell me what you know."

"Yes, speaking of masters with the Heavenly Order in the Lonely League, I know of three in total. One of them is Song Snake, who appeared in Dongzhou twelve years ago and fought with Feng Henzhao, who was known as the Great Hong Killer God. After the two were evenly matched, Song Snake never appeared again."

"The second one is the Evil Marquis, a veteran master of the Lonely Alliance. He once assassinated a Taoist elder, but he hasn't appeared in a hundred years. Some say he has gone into seclusion in the mountains, while others say he was hunted by the Taoists and died a long time ago. But no one can tell whether he is alive or dead."

"As for the last one, Master Li should have heard of him."

"Wuming?" He Jianchuyun blurted out. This person has a great name and she has heard of him since she was a child.

Wuming, recognized by the Lonely Alliance as the strongest killer, his age and cultivation level are unknown. The reason why he is called Wuming is very simple. This guy often blindfolds himself with a cloth, and wanders in the world like a lonely ghost for three or four hundred years, riding a horse. He is often drunk, and he goes wherever the horse goes. He lets the horse go wherever it wants, and you may meet this person anywhere.

Of course, with luck.

As for why Wuming is the strongest killer of Tianzi Ling?
Let's put it this way, there were at least three Ming-level saints killed by him, and countless Xuan-level masters who died at his hands. His record can be said to be remarkable. In comparison, the other Tian-level masters of the Lonely Guest Alliance are not on the same level at all.

Others are Tian Zi Ling killers because their strength is at the Tian Zi Ling level. Wuming is also a Tian Zi Ling killer. That is the highest level of the Gu Ke Meng killer, only Tian Zi Ling!

A terrifying existence with such strength, the Lonely Alliance itself can no longer control him, and whether or not to accept the commission depends entirely on his mood.

"Yes, I only know these three of the masters of the Lonely Alliance, but I don't know the others. Mr. Li, do you have anything else to ask?"

"Have any masters of the Lonely Alliance ever appeared in Jiangzhou?"

"There aren't many masters of those Heavenly Orders, and there probably haven't been any in the past fifty years."

"What about the Earth Order?"

"It's hard to say, but there shouldn't be many masters of the Earth Token in the Lonely Alliance."

"Yeah." He Jianchuyun responded softly, then lowered her head slightly and kept silent. No one knew what she was thinking about. Manager Xiao, who was sitting opposite her, did not disturb her, but just waited quietly.

In fact, He Jian Chuyun asked Shen Yi in his heart: "Xuan Li, what do you think now?"

"I think it should be enough to know this information." Shen Yi said with narrowed eyes. Butler Xiao just said so much, but he only remembered one key point, which is that even the deacons in the Lonely Alliance did not know much information about their own killers.

This is interesting.

But it is also true that in the assassin business, as the number of assassinations increases, the name becomes more and more famous, and accordingly, the number of enemies will also increase. In this case, one's true identity is of course of utmost importance. Once someone reveals your true identity, you're doomed.

It’s fine if you’re not afraid of death, but you should always be considerate of the people around you, right?

Although the disaster did not affect his family, who would seek revenge without completely eradicating the problem?
"Thank you, Mr. Xiao, for clearing up my doubts. I am very grateful to you."

"It would be great if I could help Master Li, but I would like to ask, Master Li, are you asking these questions because someone around you is being targeted by the Lonely Guest Alliance?"

"more or less."

"Is that so? How about I go and tell the head of the family to transfer two experts from the clan to protect the safety of the people around you? What do you think, Mr. Li?" "We'll see when the time comes. But thank you very much for your concern, Mr. Xiao."

"Nothing, if Mr. Li needs anything, you can come here to find me anytime."

"Yeah, thank you." He Jianchuyun thanked him seriously, and then she bought some materials for alchemy. Needless to say, she chatted with Mr. Xiao, and soon said goodbye and left.

……

"Xuan Li, we have done what we should do and asked what we should ask. What's next?"

"No hurry, remember the rice shop that Yang Bayuan mentioned?"

"of course I remember."

"The new owner of the rice shop is probably the steward sent to Jiangzhou City by the Lonely Alliance. I will ask the Tiger Gang to investigate and find this guy first, and then wait for the right opportunity to intervene."

"Uh-huh."

After returning to Mingyan Courtyard, He Jianchuyun immediately called Zhuhong and the four maids into the hall and told them seriously that from today on, they could only walk around in the courtyard during the day, and at night, no matter what they saw or heard, they were not allowed to go out to check.

After all, no one knows when the next assassin from the Lonely Alliance who will come to assassinate Tsurumi Hatsuyun will come. With the strength of the four martial maids and Zhuhong, once they discover the assassin, they will only have death. Tsurumi Hatsuyun doesn't expect them to deal with the assassin at all, but she also doesn't want any of them to die at the hands of the assassin.

In addition, the house whose roof was smashed by Shen Yi had been repaired, but He Jian Chuyun did not choose to move back. Instead, he temporarily lived in a room diagonally opposite the alchemy room. It was far away from where Zhu Hong and the others lived, so if a fight broke out, it would not affect them.

The reason for doing this is that this wing room was originally for servants to live in, so the structure is simple and all the layout can be seen at a glance. Unlike the main house, the space is too large. If an assassin sneaks in and hides on the beam, he would not notice that there are other people in the house unless he deliberately climbs up to take a look.

After doing all this, He Jianchuyun breathed a sigh of relief, and Shen Yi secretly left the Zhu Mansion and went to the headquarters building of Tianxiaren Group. He called Qu Xiangui over and told him to investigate the rice shop on Huaxin Street in the north of the city.

He also did not forget to remind Wu Gong that as far as the dead assassin was concerned, even though Wu Gong and he had the same level of skills, if he was not careful, he would also be killed by the other party in one blow.

In the following time, He Jian Chuyun and Shen Yi lived with their nerves tense, always paying attention to any abnormalities that might happen around them. Shen Yi would occasionally spread his senses to scan the Mingyan Courtyard to see if the number of people was correct, for fear that he would be shot in the head with a hidden weapon if he was not careful.

The days of guarding against assassins are really tormenting. Shen Yi even misses the time before the assassin came to kill the old witch. At least he was carefree and could fall asleep as soon as he found a good place.

But there is no way. I cannot relax until the problem is resolved. How can I take it lightly when it concerns my life and property?

It might be that it would take some time for the Lonely Alliance to reissue the mission, so nothing happened in Mingyan Courtyard during this period. On this day, Shen Yi took advantage of the fact that there was no one around, went to the back door of Mingyan Courtyard and let Wu Sheng in.

"Your gold is all here."

As soon as he came in, Wu Sheng handed a package to Shen Yi. When he opened it, he saw that it was indeed gold, one hundred and fifty taels.

After biting it with his teeth to confirm that it was real gold, Shen Yi nodded and casually threw a pill box filled with silver to him.

"This is your hard work fee."

"Good."

Wusheng sent gold every three days. This was the third time, which means Zhu Yantao gave gold for a total of nine days. No one knew how he got the gold. Except for the gold from the first three days, the gold from the next six days was of a relatively fine kind, with dirt on the surface, and even a small part of it smelled musty.

Shen Yi did not want to find out where the gold came from. His requirements were not high, as long as it was real. However, Zhu Yantao was really interesting. He asked him to give him fifty taels of gold a day, and he only gave him fifty taels, not even a milligram more. He had no self-awareness at all.

Put the gold into the storage space. When Shen Yi was thinking about when to find Qu Xiangui to ask him to help turn the broken gold into big gold bricks, Wu Sheng's words pulled him back.

"Xuan Li, there is something I want to tell you."

"what?"

"Yesterday, when the man named Zhu Yantao came to deliver the gold, he asked Lao Duan if he could give him less gold. Fifty taels was too much. He wanted to give him 10 or 20 taels less."

"No!" Shen Yi shook his head decisively and said to Wu Sheng: "Go back and tell Duan Huai that if he wants to pursue the old witch, he must show his sincerity first. If he can't even pass this test, how can he make her happy in the future? In fact, it doesn't matter whether the gold is given or not. What's important is his attitude. Gold and other things are external things. You can't bring them with you when you are born and you can't take them with you when you die. If he can't take out the gold, I advise him to give up as soon as possible. Also, the gold is not refundable!"

Wu Sheng was stunned. At first glance, this statement seemed to make sense, but when he thought about it carefully, gold was a material thing, but how could thousands of taels of gold be taken out just like that?
How shameless.

It was obvious that Xuan Li was going for gold from the beginning, and yet he said gold is not important?

If He Jian Chu Yun knew about this, he would probably draw his sword and kill Xuan Li.

Shaking his head, Wu Sheng was too lazy to care about these things. After all, he was not the one being cheated, and he could get money for doing it, so why not do it?
"Okay, got it. I'll tell Lao Duan when I get back. Now I'm leaving."

"go Go."

Watching Wu Sheng leave, Shen Yi closed the back door and walked forward happily.

Not long after, at the Shen Mansion, Duan Huai added some of his own understanding to the words Wu Sheng conveyed to him, and told them to Zhu Yantao almost verbatim.

Hearing this, Zhu Yantao seemed a little disappointed. He didn't say anything and left silently. But after returning to the Zhu Mansion, he turned around and went to Qingshuisongyuan to find Wan Gaoyue.

"Mother, it's me, Zhu Yantao."

"It's Yan Tao, come in, what do you want to talk to me about?"

"Thanks to mother for the connection. I went to see Tsurumi Hatsuun."

"Oh~ What happened later? Did she agree to it?"

"No, but her servant told me that she wanted to test me and asked me to give her 50 taels of silver every day for 49 days. But I don't have that much gold, so I came to ask you to help me."

"You want gold, right? No!"

"what?"

As soon as he entered the living room, Wan Gaoyue greeted Zhu Yantao with a smile, but when he heard that he wanted gold, his face turned stern and changed immediately.

This made Zhu Yantao so stunned that he simply couldn't do it.

"This..." (End of Chapter)