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Chapter 192 Li Guanyi takes over the world!

Chen Chengbi became excited and wanted to go out almost like the wind.

The head of the Gongsun family, who was old but still dignified and beautiful, picked up the tea and just shook his hand to splash it. The water in the tea turned into a whip and swept over Chen Chengbi. The old man turned around and, like a big bird, he only lightly stepped on the water and then swirled down.

Due to his talent and the fact that he was distracted from managing his family, Gongsun Wu Yue never made it through that barrier in the way of martial arts. He was only at the peak of the sixth level. His internal energy was powerful, but he was not as good as Chen Chengbi. However, they had shared life and death since they were young, so the old man still stopped.

"What's wrong, Sister Gongsun?"

Gongsun Wu Yue glanced at him. It had been half a century since those things happened when he was young, but this old friend was still as impetuous as he was back then. Sometimes he even envied his current state of mind.

Among the five friends at that time, only the little monk and Chen Chengbi had the highest martial arts skills.

One of them is firm and honest in mind, appearing foolish despite being wise; the other is pure and simple, free and easy.

But I am not as good as you.

Seeing that Chen Chengbi didn't seem to understand at all, he just said helplessly: "Do you know where he is? Zhenbei City is so big, you rushed out in a hurry, except for running and shouting on the road, who can you find?"

Chen Chengbi paused.

Gongsun Wuyue said: "Tell me, who are you looking for?"

Old Master Chen Chengbi raised his eyebrows and was about to proudly talk about Li Guanyi, but just as he opened his mouth, he paused and looked at Gongsun Feixue over there, asking suspiciously: "You said, he just said his name is Li Pharmacist?"

Gongsun Feixue was puzzled and nodded.

The old man thought for a moment and immediately raised his hand to cover his mouth. He shook his head repeatedly and shouted, "No, no, I can't tell you who he is. This guy said he was Pharmacist Li. It's obvious that he is hiding his identity. I can't tell you, old man."

He covered his mouth.

It was obvious that he was impatient because he wanted to show off in front of his old friends.

However, he covered his mouth because he didn't want to reveal Li Guanyi's identity, and he broke out in a sweat.

Gongsun Wu Yue sighed and said:

"Forget it, forget it. With your personality, you won't want to talk. Sit down."

“Flying snow…”

Gongsun Feixue stepped forward and asked, "Grandma, what's the matter?"

She was not the biological granddaughter of Gongsun Wu Yue. This remarkable woman of the Gongsun family had never married in her life, so her brother adopted his two sons under her lap. Later, when the previous head of the Gongsun family passed away, Gongsun Wu Yue took on the responsibilities.

Gongsun Wuyue said, "Go and take your own disciples to look for that Taoist priest Li Yaoshi."

"Yes."

Gongsun Feixue is gone.

Seeing Chen Chengbi scratching his head, Gongsun Wuyue said helplessly, "You, sit down. As long as the kid is still in Zhenbei City, he can't run away. Wenyuan said that you are a monkey in the tree and can't rest for a moment, which is true."

Chen Chengbi seemed to be a bachelor, and did not refute, but just said:

"He is very smart, so what he said is certainly right."

"It's a pity that you two haven't seen each other for a long time."

Gongsun Wu Yue did not answer.

Chen Chengbi looked at the sword on his friend's waist. The sword was as clear as frost and snow, and the blade was straight. Naturally, there was a faint chill in it. Chen Chengbi praised: "You still have this [Fuxuezhi] with you."

【Lingyun wood】

[Ode to Snowy Branches].

Gongsun Wu Yue stroked the sword with his hand, his expression calm and he didn't say much.

Chen Chengbi took a sip of tea and commented loudly, "Hey, you don't practice the swordsmanship of the Gongsun family. It's a pity that you don't have this Xuanbing sword."

Gongsun Wu Yue picked up the sword and hit the old man on the head.

Chen Chengbi was not annoyed, he just laughed.

Gongsun Wuyue said: "He said something when he left..."

Chen Chengbi said: "I don't know."

"It's just that I envy him."

"I think his death must have been his own decision after thinking about it for a very long time."

"If a person like him doesn't want to die, no one in the world can stop him. But if he decides to leave, then it must be that he has seen something that is worth exchanging his life for."

The old man said:

"In life, for people like you and me, the most difficult thing is to die a worthy death."

Gongsun Wu Yue held his sword in silence for a long time, then said:

"I want to meet the sword master of Lingyunmu."

"Look at that kid..."

………………

Li Guanyi and Yaoguang drank tea and ate steamed buns, then slowly returned to the inn.

Li Guanyi left Qilin behind while Yaoguang rested in the inn, and he left alone. He still had a lot of things to do, so he went all the way to one of the most prosperous main roads in the entire Zhenbei City. He saw the Xue Family Bank at a glance, with people coming and going in an endless stream.

Li Guanyi went to Xue's bank and used the Xue's secret order.

He was taken to a quiet secret room and served tea. Soon, an old man with white hair in his temples, about fifty years old, came over quickly. When he saw Li Guanyi, he bowed from a distance and said with a smile, "Sir, Xue Zhaoji greets you!"

This old man is the person in charge of the Xue family in Zhenbei City.

He is also a direct descendant of the Xue family. His internal strength has entered the fifth level, but he can hardly make any further progress. However, the fifth level is enough to gain a foothold in Zhenbei City and not be underestimated. After some discussion, Xue Zhaoji asked, "I wonder why you came here today, young master?"

"But here are two letters from you."

Li Guanyi thought for a moment and said, "I remember that I have an industry in Jiangzhou City."

Xue Zhaoji smiled and said, "Yes, the first building in Jiangzhou, Changfeng Building."

“A place where you can make a fortune every day.”

This was given to Li Guanyi by Li Zhaowen. The young man held the tea in his hand, his fingers wrapped around the porcelain cup, and said, "Then, based on my income from Changfeng Tower, I will ask Xue Bo to come forward and buy [Liufeng Huixue Tower]."

Xue Zhaoji's eyes narrowed slightly.

[Liufeng Huixue Tower] is the largest teahouse in Zhenbei City.

There is the most beautiful woman in Zhenbei City.

The Xue family had also tried to acquire it, but failed. He hesitated and said, "Zhao Huarui, this person is a bit tricky. She comes from a humble background, but she is quite resourceful. She relies on her looks and figure to get along with the wealthy families in the city. And we noticed that she seems to be very interested in Liufeng Huixue Tower."

“We proposed acquisitions, but they all failed.”

Li Guanyi held the tea and said, "She won't stop you."

Xue Zhaoji was puzzled.

Suddenly there was a burst of urgent noise outside. His confidant kept knocking on the door. Xue Zhaoji frowned, apologized, went out, took the information handed over by the confidant, and just took a look at it, his expression froze.

Xue Zhaoji's confidant said anxiously: "Zhao Huarui is dead!"

"Today, right in front of hundreds of people, she was killed directly from the center of her forehead by a beam of light. She died instantly."

Xue Zhaoji was stunned, and he dismissed his confidant. He turned around and saw that the young man over there was quiet.

Then his expression became serious, he clasped his hands, stepped forward, and said softly:

"Excuse me, is this the Xue family's magic weapon, the Cloud-Breaking Sky-Shaking Bow?"

Li Guanyi flicked his finger and the letter collected from the Yin-Yang Rotating Sect's branch was ejected and landed steadily on the table. Xue Zhaoji flipped through the letter and was shocked. He said, "So that's it..."

He was silent for a moment, and suddenly thought of the previous intelligence. He heard that the branch of the Yin Yang Rotating Sect in Zhenbei City was razed to the ground. More than a hundred people, whether ordinary disciples or so-called sect masters and deacons, were killed, and the entire mountain gate was burned to ashes.

The old man looked at the young man in front of him.

The young man was dressed in a plain Taoist robe, which had turned white from starching. His hair was tied up with a wooden hairpin. His brows were gentle. As he drank tea quietly, he felt that he should be in the academy, playing chess or reading books in the ancient Confucian or Taoist schools.

He was even more impressed by Xue Daoyong.

Kirin of troubled times, patriarch, your vision is as vicious as ever.

He bowed respectfully and said, "Changfeng Tower is the best tower in Jiangzhou. It is naturally stronger than Liufeng Huixue Tower. I understand. I will take out the income from your Changfeng Tower from the bank and buy the Liufeng Huixue Tower."

"As for the women in the building, you see..."

Li Guanyi replied: "Stay all."

"Let's keep everything as before. Go and investigate. Those who are involved in Zhao Huarui's affairs will be surrendered to the authorities, and the main culprits will be executed. As for the rest of the innocent people, we will teach them to read and play the zither as before. Those who are willing to stay can stay, and those who are willing to leave can be allowed to return home."

Xue Zhaoji knew the purpose of the young man in front of him, and he said softly:

"My lord, be merciful."

Li Guanyi said: "I am not merciful."

"only……"

The young man paused, and he just pointed at his heart and said calmly:
"I can't bear it."

"That's all."

Xue Zhaoji gave the instructions. This was a money shop, responsible for the circulation of silver and money. The Changfeng Tower, owned by Li Guanming, was the best building in Jiangzhou. The rich and powerful in the State of Chen were extravagant, and the Changfeng Tower made a fortune every day. The Xue family knew about it, so it was not difficult to withdraw money.

After he dealt with the matter, he came over again, holding a few things and handed them over, saying respectfully: "Sir, the matter has been ordered. Because of Zhao Huarui's sudden death, her friends seem to suspect that she had offended some martial arts masters and had no intention of competing for this building."

“So buying this building will be easier than expected.”

"As you ordered, the Xue family warriors stepped forward to stop the warriors who wanted to take the girl away in the chaos."

"Also, here is the letter from the head of the family and the eldest lady to you."

Li Guanyi said: "Do they know that I came to Zhenbei City?"

Xue Zhaoji said: "The old patriarch sent the letter to all the Xue family forces in this area."

"He said that you couldn't run out of this area no matter what."

"But I happened to be back for a visit, and my old family member asked me to pass on a message to you."

Xue Zhaoji pinched his throat, then imitated Old Xue's demeanor, put his hands behind his back, sneered, and cursed: "Write to me?!"

"What he wrote to my old man is all bullshit. It's not even one-fifth of what he wrote to my granddaughter. It's as if he was writing to my granddaughter and he thought of me and wrote a letter to her." "Tell him to write to me in the future without being so fussy."

"If you don't want to write to me, then don't write to me!"

Li Guanyi was dumbfounded.

Xue Zhaoji smiled and bowed, "That's it."

Li Guanyi didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but he felt that Mr. Xue was still in a joking mood, so he seemed to be in good shape. After receiving the letter, he put the eldest lady's letter aside and opened Mr. Xue's letter to see the details.

Old Xue just said that he was fine, but the aristocratic families were very complicated and the civil servants were all very cunning, so he might not be able to help Li Guanyi much for the time being. However, Changfeng Tower could continue to operate for the time being.

Ask Li Guanyi to be careful and not take risks.

The old man's letter was not long either.

The eldest lady's letter talked about her experiences during this period. She said Xue Changqing was in a very low mood, and that Aunt Chen Qingyan came to teach her martial arts. Her martial arts skills improved by leaps and bounds and she had already mastered them. The eldest lady was a few months older than Li Guanyi and was not very old now.

When he is seventeen or eighteen, his martial arts should be as good as Zhou Liuying's.

Being born in an aristocratic family, it is already very good.

The young man looked at a fallen leaf placed in the letter. It was from a tree next to a pond in the Xue family courtyard. Li Guanyi held the fallen leaf for a long time with a calm and gentle expression.

Xue Zhaoji had a bulging money bag in his hand. He said:

"This is the remaining income of Changfeng Tower."

Li Guanyi's eyes suddenly lit up slightly.

Changfeng Tower!

The best restaurant in Jiangnan!

After I bought Liufeng Huixue Tower, I still have so many of them. They are bulging. Are they all gold beans? Erlang, Erlang, what you gave is indeed a great gift!
Xue Zhaoji looked at the young man who was described by the old patriarch as a bit obsessed with money, and smiled gently: "About the management of Changfeng Tower."

"The old patriarch has a suggestion. He said that in a place like Changfeng Tower, people from all walks of life, including the Jianghu and the imperial court, would come here to drink and taste tea. It would be a pity to just use it as a place to make money. He asked, do you want to help the young master run Changfeng Tower as a place to collect intelligence?"

"In this case, most of the revenue from Changfeng Tower will be used to gather intelligence."

"The money will be much less."

"And the intelligence we collected may not be of any use. In other words, 90% of this intelligence is mixed, and only 10% of the remaining information is valuable. We spend a lot of money, but in the end, we may only get a few pieces of information that are of great value."

"Of course, you are the owner of Changfeng Tower. Everything is up to you."

He put the purse on the table.

Then seeing that young man was laughing, Li Guan asked, "Gathering intelligence?"

Li Guanyi shook his head.

Before Xue Zhaoji could say anything, the young man threw the bag of money back and said, "Please add one more thing, to recruit talents."

Seeing that the young man was not obsessed with money and his eyes were clear, Xue Zhaoji was slightly startled. He thought of the time when he met Xue Daoyong in Jiangzhou City. The old man laughed out loud and said that Li Guanyi was a little obsessed with money, but still had the spirit of a hero.

Xue Zhaoji smiled slightly, cupped his hands, and said, "Yes."

"The old patriarch has asked Changfeng Tower to start collecting intelligence."

"He said, you will definitely choose this."

Then he flicked his sleeves slightly and pushed open the purse. It was bulging with money, but it was all just copper coins. The young Taoist felt Mr. Xue's bad taste very directly, but he was not annoyed. He just felt helpless and then laughed.

"Mr. Xue, Mr. Xue, I won't write to you again."

In front of him, the old man with fifth-level martial arts skills bowed, lowered his eyes and smiled:

"My name is Xue Zhaoji, nice to meet you, the host."

"Changfeng Tower, the owner is good at collecting intelligence. The information for this month is here. The owner of the tower can check it out."

"Also, this is the spirit bird that Patriarch Xue prepared for you. It was purchased with the proceeds from Changfeng Tower. Although it is not good at fighting, it can fly very fast and is especially good at transmitting information." He handed over a cage with a white bird with long feathers in it.

Li Guanyi just sighed. After all, Mr. Xue was still Mr. Xue, and he was still the fierce tiger in troubled times.

He looked through the information handed over this time.

There are a lot of complicated things, but only a few of them concern Li Guanyi.

[Ye Buyi has broken through to the third level, and is the most popular person at the moment]

[Because of the Crown Prince incident, Yan Daiqing was excluded by the civil officials]

[Ji Yanzhong has left Jiangzhou City of Chen State and is heading to Zhenbei City with the Chixiao Sword]

That old man comes again, and brings the Chixiao Sword with him?
Li Guanyi was lost in thought when he saw another particularly aggravating situation.

[Yue's army split up. Yue Qianfeng, Yan Xuanji, and other fierce generals led 8,000 armored heavy cavalry and broke away from the main camp of Yue's army. The royal family who supervised the army was killed by Yue Qianfeng. At this moment, these 8,000 armored cavalry have broken through several passes and are heading outside the pass.]

Outside the customs?!
Li Guanyi's eyes narrowed slightly. He once recorded the geomancy map of Chen State from Jinwuwei. He vaguely remembered that if one wanted to go directly outside the Great Wall from the position of Yue Army, one would have to pass through a place, which was Zhenbei.

Zhenbeicheng!
Li Guanyi thought about it, then he picked up the pen and said:

"I have a letter to deliver to Mr. Xue."

"As fast as possible."

Li Guanyi wrote a letter, recording in detail the events of the [Hunting Kirin Conference], [Yuwen Family], and [Chen State's Northern Region Martial Arts Sects]. He wrote that he hoped that Mr. Xue would dispatch troops to resolve the matter, and Li Guanyi himself could take the opportunity to leave the Zhenbei City Checkpoint with his aunt.

There are 30,000 soldiers in Zhenbei City.

This will also create an opportunity for Yue Qianfeng and Yan Xuanji to bring Yue Shuai through here!
It's a strategy that kills three birds with one stone.

The young man picked up the pen, the wear marks on the letter paper had not yet dried. He pressed his left hand on the table and held the pen with his right hand. He seemed to see the famous general Yuwen Lie in front of him.

The world is a chessboard.

But now, not only the Jianghu and Ying Kingdom, but even the Yue Family Army have stepped into this game. At this moment, when Li Guanyi picked up the pen and put down the words, it was as if he was sitting opposite Yuwen Lie and playing against this famous general.

The young man sighed and handed the letter to Xue Zhaoji.

Xue Zhaoji delivered the letter as quickly as possible.

Li Guanyi wrote another letter, in which he wrote his own strategy, and then said: "Yue's army did not hide their edge, and they broke through the barriers one after another. This is an isolated army. No one will want to stop this army. It is difficult to defeat them, and it will cause huge casualties to themselves."

"But Zhenbeiguan is different."

"30,000 brave soldiers and a huge city of machinery will deliver this letter to the front of Yue's army."

"Yes."

After these two things were resolved, Li Guanyi's spirit relaxed a little. He slowly unfolded a piece of letter paper and wrote a reply to the eldest lady. It was already dusk, and a white bird stood on his shoulder, with its feathers hanging down to his waist.

He took the bag of copper coins and exchanged them for small change, which was only a little over three taels.

But it also solved the urgent problem. He tied it around his waist, picked up the sword, and walked out. For the next two days, he just waited here peacefully. Suddenly, hundreds of miles away from Zhenbei City, he heard the sound of galloping war horses.

Cavalry, cavalry in armor!
They were an army of men and horses, all wearing heavy armor. Each man carried two spare war horses, and they did not rest for a day. Therefore, the sound of the galloping war horses was almost like a sharp chisel sweeping across the earth. Above the city, the defenders looked into the distance, their palms pressing on the city wall almost burst with veins.

The earth was shaking and the city walls were shaking.

The soldiers defending the city held their weapons tightly.

A scout came riding back frantically, shouting:

"I'm coming!"

The defender of the city felt his scalp tingling and shouted, "Prepare the crossbows!" The crossbows and the Mohist city defense mechanisms were all ready one by one. Just as the soldiers were busy grabbing their weapons, the smoke and dust in the distant sky finally dissipated.

At the end of the sky and earth, huge flags suddenly appeared and fluttered as the war horses charged, as if clouds from the sky were falling.

【Yue】【Yue】【Yan】

And a new, scarlet flag.

【plum】!
The defender's heart was beating fast as he watched the horses with the big flags galloping. Sitting on the horses' backs were warriors wearing heavy armor. The forged scale armor shone eerily in the sun. Eight thousand heavy cavalry charged like a wave, plus spare horses.

Looking from the city, all you can see is a wave, with a momentum like a landslide.

Led by Yuwen Lie, the Yingguo Human cavalry that penetrated into the heart of Tuyuhun in one breath and destroyed Tuyuhun might have more than 8,000 people in number, but in terms of momentum, it was just that.

This is a terrifying elite force capable of fighting tens of thousands of people on the battlefield.

The ink-black flag fluttered, and beneath it, famous generals wearing heavy armor looked as solemn and murderous as mountains. Their eyes pierced through the city, as if they were examining the defenders.

The defender's voice was trembling, his throat was dry, and his calves were weak.

He gritted his teeth and whispered:
“Fuck, fuck, fuck!”

This is the power that can compete for the world!
It was supposed to be the sharpest blade protecting the State of Chen, so why is it on the enemy's side?
I am a fourth-level Heaven warrior, how can I stop eight thousand battle-hardened, fully-armored heavy cavalry led by at least five famous generals from the Godly Generals List? !
What the fuck, why? !

His heart ached.

However, this heavy cavalry, just as rumored, did not stop, but passed by like the wind and thunder. They did not hide because they did not have to. No one would be stupid enough to stand in front of this iron army led by a master-level general, which was powerful enough to trample on everything.

Yue Qianfeng, who was in the lead, suddenly looked solemn. He saw someone blocking the road ahead.

The visitor held up something high up. It was the seal of the Xue family.

Yue Qianfeng raised the spear in his hand.

So the eight thousand heavy cavalry adjusted their formation naturally like flowing mercury, and finally stabilized. The ink-black war horses all had the blood of exotic beasts. When they breathed, white breath came out of their noses. The shoulder height of each horse was more than eight feet.

Even without armor, he weighs two thousand kilograms.

The impact force of the galloping was enough to knock over a tiger. At this moment, it shook its head and exhaled. There were eight thousand beast-level war horses, plus twice the number of spare war horses. They were like a wave. Even the messenger who was delivering the message had his pupils contracted and his heart beating wildly. Yue Qianfeng said:
"who is it?"

The man saluted and said, "I am a guest official in Changfeng Tower, following the orders of the owner of Changfeng Tower."

"Come and deliver a letter!"

Yue Qianfeng laughed: "Master Changfeng? Don't you know him?"

"Retreat quickly!"

The messenger said, "My host's name is Li Guanyi."

As they passed through Qianfeng, Yan Xuanji's expression suddenly changed:

"who?!!"

(End of this chapter)