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Chapter 106: Visiting and questioning each other

Almost at the same time when the man with a mother-in-law face came to visit Wei Wanzong, an uninvited guest also came to the residence of Fan Qi, the owner of Kangleji Hall.

However, this guest was far less polite than the man with the mother-in-law face.

He neither sent a visiting card in advance nor asked for a meeting through servants outside the mansion.

At that time, Fan Qi was sitting in the study, staring blankly at a letter in front of him, not knowing what he was thinking.

There was a knock on the study door, neither light nor heavy.

Judging from the strength and rhythm of the sound, the person knocking on the door was both well-educated and polite.

But when Fan Qi heard this, he suddenly felt a chill, and a chill rushed from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.

"Who?!" He asked sternly while quickly putting the letter in front of him into his arms.

A light laugh came from outside the door: "Master Fan, is this how you treat guests?"

"A guest who breaks into someone else's house without telling them?"

Fan Qi sneered, waved his hand and slapped out, and a palm-shaped energy of ochre color swept across the void.

"Click——"

When the palm-shaped energy was imprinted on the door, the tightly closed study door suddenly broke into pieces.

The broken door panels exploded to both sides.

A tall, handsome figure in white appeared outside the door.

The khaki palm-shaped energy that shattered the door did not disappear, but its color became a little lighter, and it continued to rush towards the extremely handsome face of the man in white.

Faced with the oncoming attack, the man in white did not dodge or defend himself. Instead, he stepped over the threshold of the study and walked towards the door, facing the ochre-colored palm-shaped energy.

"Boom!"

Just as his body entered the room from outside, his forehead hit the palm-shaped energy that was rushing towards him.

Then, a faint golden light suddenly flashed across his forehead, and the ochre-colored energy released by Fan Qi was like an egg hitting a stone, and the palm-shaped energy shattered quietly.

As the man in white walked past, the broken energy dissipated into nothingness.

He walked straight to a chair opposite the desk and sat down, laughing softly:
"Master Fan's hospitality is truly unique."

Fan Qi ignored the man's playful teasing, hiding his fear deep in his heart. He stared at the man intently and asked coldly, "Who are you?"

The man in white did not reply immediately. Instead, he carefully adjusted his clothes and sat down in the most appropriate posture before saying:
"I am Lin Feiyu, the Left Deputy Envoy of Wuyou Palace."

When Fan Qi heard this, his heart skipped a beat and he sighed inwardly, thinking that what was supposed to happen had finally happened.

His emotions were surging in his heart, but there was no reaction on his face.

Lin Feiyu, the man in white, looked at Fan Qi and asked with a smile:

"Master Fan, I think you should be clear about my purpose of coming here, right?"

Fan Qi shook his head and said:
"I really don't know. Deputy Envoy Lin Zuo can explain it more clearly."

Lin Feiyu's smile did not fade, and he shook his head and said:
"Master Fan is really a forgetful person. It's only been two months, and you have completely forgotten the dozens of lives I have lost in Wuyou Palace?"

Fan Qi looked at Lin Feiyu and said:
"Deputy Envoy Lin Zuo, I made my point very clear that day.

Since you are still arguing about this matter today, I might as well say it again.

I am not your subordinate, and you have never reported to me what Wuyou Palace did in my Kangle Group.

I have no obligation to protect them. They are dead, and I helped you protect the scene. That was my intention.

But you can't take it for granted that I have to do something for you, otherwise it would be insufficient apology.

What crime are you going to accuse me of?!
Whoever killed your people, you must kill him back.

What's the point of targeting me when you're not tracking down the real murderer?"

Having said this, he stared at Lin Feiyu and suddenly sneered:
"Or do you, Wuyou Palace, want to use this matter to take advantage of me?"

Lin Feiyu stared at Fan Qi without blinking, and Fan Qi looked at him calmly, not giving in at all.

After a long time, he suddenly laughed out loud, stood up, walked to a row of bookshelves, reached out and took an exquisitely crafted porcelain jar in his hand.

He stared at the three characters "Cang Yu Bi" on it, then he opened the lid and smelled it, then turned to Fan Qi and smiled:
"The owner of this restaurant has such good tea, but he doesn't use it to entertain guests. Isn't that a bit petty?"

Having said that, he did not even wait for the owner of the place to say anything, and started busying himself.

make a fire.

Get water.

Wash the pot.

……

With a series of smooth movements, he placed a cup of freshly brewed hot tea in front of Fan Qi, exuding a refreshing aroma, and said, "Master, please try my tea. It's different from what you brew yourself."

Having said that, without caring about Fan Qi's reaction, he picked up a cup of hot tea and sipped it slowly, looking immersed in enjoyment.

Fan Qi naturally did not drink tea with him, and his eyes stared at Lin Feiyu without moving.

Until Lin Feiyu finished a cup of tea calmly, he finally couldn't help but asked in a deep voice:
"what do you want?!"

Lin Feiyu put down the teacup, faced Fan Qi's gaze, still smiling, and said:

"I want the position of leader of the black robe guards."

Fan Qi's eyes suddenly widened, and he looked at the person in front of him as if he had seen a ghost.

Lin Feiyu continued:

"As far as I know, ever since Duan Tianpeng's death, the Black Robe Guards have been leaderless, and you haven't found a suitable person to take his place.

I think it’s not that Kangleji is so lacking in people, but it’s probably because you don’t trust people who are from the local area?
During this period, you have been leading the black-robed guards personally, right?

You have to take care of all the affairs inside and outside of Kang Le Ji, and now you even have to take care of the black-robed guards yourself. How much time can you spare for cultivation every day?"

Lin Feiyu first put himself in Master Fan's shoes and analyzed the situation, then said:
"If you let me take care of this, all these troubles will be gone."

As he spoke, he held his head high and chest out, as if he was able to bear the heavy pressure.

Indeed, by then, all the troubles that Master Fan was currently worried about would have disappeared.

The only trouble he had to face was that the entire Kangleji was gradually turning into the appearance of the Wuyou Palace.

If you dare to open a hole, Wuyou Palace will really turn this hole into a life-threatening disease.

Don't ever think that the big forces have any image baggage. They use threats and intimidation, and are always pushing their limits. They will jump on any opportunity that presents itself. If they give in a step, they will be left with no place to stand!
Therefore, Fan Qi's response was extremely firm and without any hesitation.

"impossible!"

Fan Qi, who gave a clear response, stared at Lin Feiyu with an inexplicable expression.

"Deputy Envoy Lin Zuo, are you here to have fun with me tonight?"

Lin Feiyu had a smile on his face and continued to offer tea, without any response to Fan Qi's question.

Fan Qi sighed inwardly.

Tonight, someone from Wuyou Palace came to visit him, which surprised him.

But the man's performance surprised him even more.

It seemed that he had held his bottom line under the opponent's aggression and "unreasonable behavior", but he had a passive feeling of being led by the nose.

He felt that he should not continue to be passive and that some changes had to be made.

After thinking for a moment, he asked, "Deputy Envoy Lin Zuo, do you really not care at all about the murderer who killed so many people in your Wuyou Palace?"

Lin Feiyu raised his eyes and asked, "Do you have any clues about the murderer?"

"I know a little." Fan Qi nodded.

"Tell me about it." Lin Feiyu nodded, like a superior listening to a subordinate's report.

Fan Qi narrowed his eyes and stopped talking.

After a while, Lin Feiyu bowed and said, "Please tell me about it, Master."

Fan Qi then continued:

"According to the clues I have, the murderer is a man named Su Ruiliang."

Lin Feiyu was startled, then nodded and said:
"Su Ruiliang, I know this guy. He was the one who chopped off Duan Tianpeng's head, right?"

Fan Qi narrowed his eyes at him and said, "It seems that Deputy Envoy Lin Zuo really knows the situation of my Kangle Group."

Lin Feiyu laughed and said, "Of course I have to do my homework before coming here, otherwise, what if I die here for no apparent reason?"

As he spoke, he looked at Fan Qi with suspicion: "...Is Su Ruiliang the murderer? My Wuyou Palace has no old grudge against this person. You are not just pointing to someone randomly to fool me, are you?"

Fan Qi stared at Lin Feiyu and said slowly, "If you need an old grudge to take action, then don't the many boys and girls who die in your Wuyou Palace every year have an old grudge against you?
In fact, with the way Wuyou Palace operates, it's perfectly normal for one or two people to occasionally appear and oppose you."

As he spoke, he raised his chin towards Lin Feiyu, a playful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he said softly:

"Deputy Envoy Lin Zuo should understand this principle better than me."

"Snapped--"

A teacup was thrown hard onto the ground, and the teacup's debris and boiling hot tea splashed everywhere.

Lin Feiyu, who had always had a smiling mask on his face since he appeared, finally became furious for the first time.

His originally handsome face turned hideous and distorted. He looked at Fan Qi viciously and said with gritted teeth:

"You mean, Su Ruiliang is a good man? A good man who fights for justice and punishes evildoers?"

The way he looked, it seemed as if someone had touched the sensitive spot in his heart that no one else could touch.

Seeing him like this, Fan Qi laughed in his heart and said, "You are just showing off!"
However, there was naturally no reaction on his face, but he did not directly answer the question, but said:
"Something related to him happened in my Kang Le Ji a few days ago. You can appreciate it yourself."

"You say." Lin Feiyu said.

"You know Zang Zigao from the pharmacy, right?" Fan Qi stared at him and asked.

Lin Feiyu's eyes flashed, "What does it have to do with him?"

“His brother-in-law, Zhong Yuanba, was killed by Su Ruiliang a few days ago.

He also led a group of people into the Zhong family mansion through an underground tunnel and looted everything.

At the same time, Zhong Yuanba's mother and his sister, who was Zang Zigao's wife, were also killed.

After they looted the Zhong Mansion, they fled through the underground tunnel. Zang Zigao led his men to rush into the Zhong Mansion aggressively, but they found nothing. "

As he spoke, Fan Qi suddenly sighed.

"At that time, Zang Zigao came to me for help, wanting me to take the black-robed guards and go into the underground to pursue him.

But what is the difference between this and sending a sheep into the tiger's mouth?
Su Ruiliang is best at using hidden weapons. If I really listen to him and send all the black-robed guards underground, wouldn't that mean I can kill as many as I can?
Because of this concern, I rejected his request.

"He must have felt a little uneasy at that time, right?"

Lin Feiyu's eyes flickered, as if he was in deep thought, but he didn't say anything.

Fan Qi continued:
"...Later, he made things difficult for the surrounding neighborhoods and deliberately set unacceptable and harsh conditions. I also thought he was deliberately trying to piss me off again.

All the neighborhoods filed complaints with me, wanting me to put pressure on Zang Zigao directly. I did not agree, but only gave them some convenience in other areas.

I thought I would wait until he had vented enough of his anger before I stepped in to mediate.

...Now that I think about it, he had other ideas since I refused to transfer the Black Robe Guards underground, right?"

Lin Feiyu shook his head and said:

"I don't know what you are talking about. Aren't you talking about Su Ruiliang? Why are you talking about this?
What did he do to make you think he was a good person?"

Fan Qi ignored Lin Feiyu's obvious clumsy digression and continued with the topic he was talking about.

"Did you know that when Su Ruiliang led a group of people into the Zhong family, the Zhong family had no power to resist?

But apart from Zhong Yuanba's mother who was known for her fierceness and cruelty, Zang Zigao's wife who was as vicious as a snake and often beat and killed servants, and a villain who was unconscious in bed and could die at any time, they did not kill anyone else.

Including two old servants over sixty years old, a maid less than ten years old, and a room full of beautiful but weak women.

All of these people survived.

The women were not violated in any way.

This is even after someone has recognized them and called out their names!"

As Fan Qi spoke, Lin Feiyu's expression became more and more ugly.

As long as there is no threat to oneself, it is actually not a big deal to spare the lives of women, children, the elderly and the weak.

However, when his identity was exposed and even his name was called out to their faces, he chose to spare the lives of a group of elderly, weak, women and children instead of decisively silencing them.

This kind of operation that he could not understand at all could no longer be described as a good person.

Sacrificing oneself to benefit others, is this something a human being can do?

This isn't a human being, this is a resurrected sage!
This filthy world is not the place for you, you should go straight to heaven!
This kind of person is destined to go against Wuyou Palace from the day he is born.

There is really no old grudge between the two sides.

But the conflict between the two sides is completely irreconcilable and it is a fight to the death, where it is either you die or I die.

Thinking of this, Lin Feiyu's cheeks were already bulging from biting his teeth.

Fan Qi said, "If my guess is correct, they are still hiding in the basement of Kangleji... You can try to look for them. Although I haven't fully understood the situation down there, I can still provide you with a lot of help."

Although he was eager to kill this "good guy" who suddenly appeared, after listening to Fan Qi's advice, Lin Feiyu just rolled his eyes in his heart.

I listened to you and went underground at this time? How stupid would I be!

He waved his hand and laughed:
"The clues provided by the Grand Master are very valuable. This is a serious matter, I have to report it and then wait for a reply from the palace. I will not alert the enemy for now.

Since Su Ruiliang is hiding down there, let him stay there for a while."

Fan Qi nodded and said nothing more.

Afterwards, the two of them stared at each other and didn't say anything.

The study was quiet for a while before hurried footsteps were heard in the distance.

Soon, a black-robed guard appeared outside the door.

He first looked at the broken door in surprise. When he saw the situation in the study clearly, he was so shocked that his eyes widened and he couldn't speak.

Fan Qi asked, "What happened?"

"A large group of carriages and horses appeared in the market. A small part of them went to Wei Zuo's residence, and most of them went to the eight foreign villages of Changpingfang, Wanfufang, and Yong'anfang. They are now transporting large quantities of supplies out." said the black-robed guard.

Fan Qi's expression remained unchanged as he asked, "Anything else?"

"We determined that these supplies were likely meant to be sold to the pharmacy. We sent people to stop them, but they were easily beaten and severely injured."

Fan Qi took a deep breath and asked, "What are the reactions of the other masters?"

"They are all watching, saying that this is the pharmacy's business and they are not in a position to interfere. It is up to Master Zang to make the decision," said the black-robed guard.

"What did Zang Zigao say?" Fan Qi asked.

"We didn't find anyone else." said the black-robed guard.

"Huh? Can't find anyone?" Fan Qi widened his eyes.

"The whole pharmacy was in chaos, and no one had seen him. We went to his house again, but there was no one there either.

And…" Having said this, the black-robed guard paused.

"And what?" Fan Qi asked.

"We suspected he had left because his house was empty except for some decorative items that he couldn't take away."

Fan Qi suddenly turned his head and looked at Lin Feiyu.

Lin Feiyu acted as if he didn't notice. He washed himself another teacup, filled it with tea, and drank it leisurely and savored it slowly.

Fan Qi waved his hand, signaling the black-robed guards at the door to leave.

Before leaving, the black-robed guard asked, "What should we do?"

Fan Qi shook his head and said, "You don't need to do anything."

The black-robed guard nodded, glanced at Lin Feiyu, and turned away.

Fan Qi stared at Lin Feiyu for a long time before he said, "You guys shouldn't have done more than just this, right?"

Lin Feiyu put down the teacup, looked at Fan Qi, put on the smiling mask on his face again, and said with a smile:
"Indeed, there are more than just them. If we only target Kang Leji, what's the point?"

Fan Qi closed his eyes and thought for a while, then suddenly opened them and asked, "Did you buy all the medicinal herbs from this year's autumn hunt in Chiwu Mountain?"

Lin Feiyu nodded, then shook his head and said:
"Chiwu Mountain is so huge, how can we possibly reach all of it? We can probably only reach about 80% of it in total.

Fortunately, we successfully took over Kangleji. Just one of your places is worth four or five other places.

In fact, before this afternoon, we had doubts about whether we could take over Kangleji.

After all, this kind of thing would be too difficult without the cooperation of the local pharmacy president.

Unfortunately, our stronghold in Kangleji was completely destroyed, and we didn't know where to start even if we wanted to make any move.

Fortunately, President Zang understood the situation and made the right choice at the critical moment."

As he spoke, he smiled and praised Zang Zigao lavishly.

(End of this chapter)