Starting from the Greyhound, seventy-two changes.

Chapter 180 Unparalleled in the limelight
The sun is breaking!

Repeatedly, golden light spread across the earth like needles and threads, and the outline of Baojiao County's city walls seemed to be covered with a layer of soft yellow gauze.

The bluestone slabs on North Street are shiny and gleam with a hint of gold and red.

A night of bloody battle.

During the day, the outcome of the fight was revealed, and the result caused a sensation among all the large and small forces, gangs, and trades in Baojiao County.

Inside Tongwen Hall.

Jiang Shaoyou punched the air heavily in front of the bookshelf, and was extremely excited: "Hey, Yaowang Hall is really going to be powerful this time. In one night, all the firewood and iron shops were wiped out, and the Thirteenth Young Master Xie Qingfeng was killed. It's really exciting."

As Tongwenguan had a business alliance with Yaowangtang in the city, it was naturally happy to hear the news.

This can be seen from the fact that Jiang Shaoyou was sent to Yaowang Hall to learn the Spirit Ape Breathing Method.

The gangs, big and small, in Baojiao County seem to be a mixed bag, but in fact they are all built around three major interest circles centered around the three major gang bosses.

Especially during the meeting at the riverside that day, Jiang Mohua and his son Jiang Shaoyou clearly supported Yaowangtang.

This is like the relationship between the vassal states in the world. There are three or five big countries that dominate and make the rules for the world. Other small countries must follow these rules, while also each relying on their own suzerain state.

There is no doubt that a force as small as Tongwenguan does not have the strength and qualifications to dominate the city, so it naturally chooses to rely on one of the giant forces and become a part of its interest group.

Where some are happy, others are sad.

With the destruction of Chai Tiepu, its subordinate Pai Gang now has no support from the suzerain. It is normal for it to be swallowed up by Yaowangtang and all its power distribution and interests will be confiscated.

Some smart small gangs secretly sent people to deliver friendly and allegiance notes to Yaowang Hall early in the morning as soon as they received the news.

However, the Liangjiang Guild Hall, which was not affiliated with any large gang on the surface and could be considered a "neutral" force, was being put on the fire at this time.

In the Liangjiang Guild Hall.

As the head of a pawn shop, Huang Muxia was able to help with matchmaking, business contacts, and trade when the three giants were in a three-way competition. Thus, he could get along with both sides and take advantage of every opportunity under the shadow of the three giants.

But that was the time when the three powers were in a tripartite confrontation and the situation in the city was becoming stable, so Huang Muxia and Liangjiang Guild Hall were qualified to remain neutral.

They are like a buffer.

Because once any force invades and controls the business of Liangjiang Guild Hall first, then the Yahang, which plays the key role of "business hub", will undoubtedly strangle the throat of the other two major forces.

But now, the firewood and iron shop has been destroyed.

The Yulong Society seemed to have disappeared within a few days, and the overall situation in Baojiao County has completely tilted towards the dominance of Yaowang Hall.

The Liangjiang Guild Hall no longer had the natural foundation to maintain its previous neutrality.

"Master, at this time, I think we should first hand over a visiting card to Medicine King Hall. Whether or not we join the interest group of Medicine King Hall is another matter, but at least we have to show our attitude, otherwise... I'm afraid we won't be able to sleep peacefully."

At this time, a group of old people from the Liangjiang Guild Hall stood around Huang Muxia and tried to persuade him:

"The Chai Tie Pu has been destroyed, and the Yu Long Hui is dormant. If Yao Wang Tang doesn't try to take down the Yu Long Hui in one fell swoop, then it will definitely choose to take down our 'Ya Hang', which is a key business hub."

"I have naturally thought about this, but..."

Huang Muxia stopped pacing and stood still. He turned around and looked at the elders and members of the guild hall, and said with a heavy face:
"The key to the problem is that the one who dominates now is not the Yulong Society, nor the Chai Tiepu, but the Yaowang Hall!"

The elders in front of him couldn't help but fall into silence.

I vaguely understood the doormaster's underlying meaning.

The biggest conflict between their Liangjiang Guild Hall is with Yaowang Hall. This matter is related to the murder of Huang Gun.

In the field of pawnbrokers, Liangjiang Guild Hall plays the role of an intermediary, not only introducing business to other forces, but also introducing "professional shopkeepers", "professional managers", and even "professional assistants"...

These professional shopkeepers, professional managers, and even professional clerks are generally special talents who have undergone training. Although they do not have the authority to interfere with the core secrets of other gangs, they have very sophisticated management skills.

People living in this world are actually in a world where people manage each other. Compared with various skills and abilities...

The art of controlling people is the most brilliant method.

In terms of personnel, many people relied on the Liangjiang Guild Hall to find jobs and support their families, which was also a major way for the Liangjiang Guild Hall to make money.

At that time, Zhang Yuanhai, the second manager of Yaowangtang, was the spokesperson of the owner who was transferred from the provincial capital to Baojiao County. He came to the branch of Xinglinhang in Baojiao County alone. He was isolated and helpless. Relying on the Zhang family's connections in the provincial capital, he sent someone to the Liangjiang Guild Hall in the provincial capital. The Liangjiang Guild Hall in the provincial capital then transferred the business to Huang Muxia in the county.

Huang Muxia accepted Zhang Yuanying's request because he had no reason not to accept it since it was his business. In addition, he had a relationship with the Fucheng Guild Hall, so he accepted it. After all, among the three major businesses in Baojiao County, Yaowangtang was not the only force that hired a "professional manager" from his Liangjiang Guild Hall...

Unexpectedly, Huang Gun was reported by an unknown person for embezzling the treasury of Yaowang Hall, and his body was mysteriously mutilated within two days.

Originally, it would have been fine if he had just sent an ordinary manager, but his Liangjiang Guild Hall was a family business after all, and many of the professional managers there were related to him.

Huang Gun’s surname was Huang, and he was suspected of being murdered and silenced by Yaowangtang.

At that time, it was these clan elders who united to force Huang Muxia to go to Yaowang Hall to ask for an explanation. Although Huang Muxia managed to "get out of the situation" with extremely tactful tactics at the time, he showed his attitude and saved his face at the same time.

But after all, he still had a rift with Yaowangtang, which led to the subsequent events of him joining forces with Zhao Chuanzu, Chai Tiepu Qu Feng, and Xie Qingfeng to plot against Chen Ku.

"You've all heard that Xie Qingfeng and Xie Qi from Chai Tie Pu, two fourth-level masters, both died at the hands of the seventeen-year-old boy Chen Ku. It's impossible to say that he didn't bear any grudge against me for what happened back then."

Huang Muxia took a deep breath and said:

"So, what do you want me to do now? I'm afraid that even if I submit to him, with Chen Ku's current status in the Medicine King Hall, he will accept our kindness openly, but he will secretly do something to our Liangjiang Guild Hall. By then, I'm afraid I won't know how I died. So... since the outcome is not good whether I submit to him or not, I might as well wait now."

"wait?"

The elders of the clan pondered.

Huang Muxia stood with his hands behind his back, looking at the endless Longjiang outside the guild hall's memorial archway from the ancestral hall, and said, "Wait for the city to send people to suppress the situation. After all, our Liangjiang Guild Hall is different from the local snake forces in Baojiao County. We have roots. Now that Baojiao County has changed, I have immediately sent people to the city to deliver a letter. I believe that if the city does not want the guild hall to completely lose the business situation and interests it has gained in Baojiao County for so many years, they will send people to take charge. At that time, I will just hand over the position of head of the guild hall to that person, and we will still be able to keep the Liangjiang Guild Hall!"

"Master, that's a good idea."

Suddenly, many of the elders in the clan couldn't help but praise this mature, steady and prudent approach after hearing it.

but,

After the ancestral hall meeting in this guild hall was over, there were still a few people who had other ideas and secretly chose to contact Yaowang Hall in private.

After all, compared to the sense of identity with Liangjiang Guild Hall, a "famous signboard in the world", many people have been born and raised in Baojiao County for dozens or even hundreds of years, and have long been assimilated into the local customs and habits of Baojiao County, and have their own understanding of the pattern of Baojiao County.

Instead of letting Huang Muxia hand over everything to the provincial capital, it would be better to find another way out for themselves. After all, some of them and their family members and children will have to continue to live in this county town for generations.

The people at the Liangjiang Guild Hall have different opinions.

In the county government office.

"Incredible, incredible!"

Qi County Magistrate said in a deep voice:

"What a brave man! They secretly built thirty divine crossbows and only gave ten to the government office. They are so bold that they even dared to deceive me!"

"Mr. County Magistrate, Baojiao County has already sent people to deliver twenty magical crossbows to the government office. Now the county lieutenant is in charge of receiving them. Baojiao County calls it evidence of the 'Chaitiepu Rebellion.'" Wang Yixian stood in front of County Magistrate Qi in the county office to report on his work.

"The Yaowang Hall is equally amazing! It was able to keenly grasp what was in my and Ma County Magistrate's minds, haha... This has cleared them of the crime of fighting, and at the same time, they have put on a hat of 'loyalty to the court' on their heads." County Magistrate Qi stroked his beard with a smile.

“They have no choice but to do so.”

Wang Yixian put his hand on the official sword and smiled faintly:
"It is a divine crossbow after all. No matter which force possesses it, there is no way to explain it. Not handing it over is a crime, which is equivalent to treason, unless Yaowang Hall really wants to rebel."

That's impossible.

Although Yaowang Hall has Yang Luchan, who is the only fifth-level expert in the county and is at the same level as the county magistrate Shangguan Yun, if the crime of "rebellion and treason" is proven, it will not be the experts who will deal with Yaowang Hall, but the army...

Even though the Baojiao County City Guards suffered a defeat and lost more than a hundred city guards during the last battle to suppress the monsters in the Snake and Fish Town, don't forget...

Because of this, the city had sent an additional 1,000-man "Shenji Camp" led by Dutou Ye Zhong, who would arrive in the city tomorrow.

Compared to the quality of a county's city guards, the Shenji Battalion is the real Qiulong Mansion Army. They do not wield the divine crossbow, but the "Shenji Crossbow" which is more powerful and has a longer range. It also has a reorganized and disassembled heavy siege weapon.

The power of a divine crossbow is no less than that of ten large catapults combined. The "heavy gun" crossbow arrows loaded on it can knock down a three-meter-high city wall with one shot!
Such a Shenji Battalion consisting of a thousand people is about to arrive. Not to mention that Yaowang Hall will still have to be a gang after the firewood and iron shop, even the Ping'an Dao headquarters, whose overall strength is even greater than that of Yaowang Hall, will probably be wiped out.

Never doubt the foundation and strength of the imperial court, the most powerful force in the world.

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"It's really hateful. We destroyed a branch of Ping An Dao in Sheyu Town last night and killed Yao Wensu together. Although the mysterious masked man in a bamboo hat stole his head, the credit is still ours. But... it's such a coincidence that such a big thing happened in Baojiao County on the same night!"

In the Hongyan Building, Di Jianqing angrily smashed the bench next to his seat, smashing it into powder with one punch, and said:
"Why are you so unlucky!"

Sitting opposite each other, Cai Feihong and Fu Huangfei felt helpless and speechless.

After they rested in Sheyu Town last night, they sent people to spread the news the next day and contacted the rebuilt government office in Sheyu Town to confirm what they had done. On the same day, the news reached Baojiao County and indeed shocked many people in the city.

The three geniuses of the capital city joined forces to take down a stronghold in Sheyu Town of Ping'an Dao, crossed the border to kill the enemy, wiped out the incense masters of the four realms, and killed more than ten monsters of the three realms.

This was explosive news that was enough to drop everyone's jaw, proving to everyone that the strength and rumors about the Three Heroes were not in vain.

Unexpectedly, at the same time, there was even more explosive news in Baojiao County, which completely overshadowed them.

In fact, it was mainly a person of similar age as them who overshadowed them.

Chen Ku from Yaowang Hall.

During the fight between the two giant forces, he personally killed two fourth-level masters, including Xie Qingfeng, an adult prodigy and famous master who had already made a name for himself in the Qiulong Mansion.

Although the details of the fight between the two gangs last night would not be revealed, the reason behind Chen Ku's ability to kill two fourth-level masters would not be so easy.

But even so, his strength and popularity are still greater than theirs.

After all, they were a team of three fighting together, and according to the news from the famous male family's informant last night, at least Chen Ku killed Xie Qi alone.

Three people teamed up to beat someone up while one person killed him. Even a child would know who has more gold content, not to mention that one of them is more gold content, Xie Qingfeng.

"It is said that this Chen Ku has only been practicing for half a year, but he has already made breakthroughs in succession. I heard that when he killed Xie Qi last night, he had already reached the early stage of the third realm, 'Red Jade'."

Cai Feihong sighed:

"In terms of cultivation, he is equal to us, but in terms of strength, he is far superior to us."

"If we add the mysterious young man who stole our heads last night."

Fu Huangfei was in a heavy mood:
"Are there really so many geniuses who can surpass us gathered in Baojiao County now?"

They were all famous talents in the prefecture.

I never thought that after arriving in a small county, I would still not be able to make a name for myself, and my morale was repeatedly hit.

They all silently repeated the name of Chen Ku, the young man who was "infinitely glorious" and "unparalleled" today, and regarded him as a great enemy in their hearts. They began to pay attention to him quietly and collected and analyzed the information related to Chen Ku.

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(End of this chapter)