Zongwu: Aspiring to be the mastermind behind the scenes

Chapter 28 Boss Qian, the mysterious man
When Lu Xiaofeng woke up, he was lying on a chair surrounded by a dim room.

There were two people standing in front of him, one was dressed in rich clothes and looked familiar, and the other was burly with a scar on his face.

"You...you are...the owner of Datong Bank?"

The wealthy man smiled and said, "Master Lu, you have a good memory. However, I am not the owner of Datong Bank, but the general manager of 72 banks across the country. My last name is Qian, and everyone calls me Boss Qian."

"Oh, it's you? You knocked me out and brought me here. What do you want to do?"

Boss Qian's knees softened, and he knelt directly in front of Lu Xiaofeng, crying, "Master Lu, please save me! I am the biggest victim in this fake banknote case!"

How could Lu Xiaofeng accept such a great gift? He hurriedly tried to help Qian Lao Da up, but Qian Lao Da knelt on the ground and refused to get up. He kept crying and complaining about the great impact of the fake banknote case.
"Please, Master Lu, save me!"

Lu Xiaofeng had already agreed to investigate the matter, so he simply agreed. After all, he still had to compete with Zhou Ming, and Boss Qian was closely related to the matter and might know some unique information.

"Well, I've always been soft-hearted and never hard-hearted... Well, I promise to investigate this matter, so you better get up now."

"Thank you, hero Lu, thank you, hero Lu!"

Boss Qian thanked him repeatedly.

Lu Xiaofeng asked, "Do you have any clues?"

Qian Laodao said, "Ever since I learned about this, I've taken my trusted men to check the bank notes. I haven't slept for three days and three nights, but there are no other clues."

Lu Xiaofeng had noticed a table in the middle of the room, with stacks of banknotes on it. He asked, "Are all of them here?"

"Yes, they're all duplicate banknotes. We can't tell the real from the fake, so we've just put them all here. There's over 400,000 taels! And that's just in the capital... With 72 branches across the country, I wonder how many fake banknotes there are!"

Lu Xiaofeng stretched out his hand and swiped through the many silver bills. Suddenly, his nose moved, and he lowered his head to sniff around on the table, then took out a silver bill.

Seeing this, Boss Qian asked, "Master Lu, is there something wrong with this banknote?"

"smell!"

Lu Xiaofeng said, "When silver notes are in circulation, they inevitably pick up the scents of various places. But this note is not only brand new, but the scent is also incredibly clear, with no mixed smells. This might be a note that was recently minted and hasn't been in circulation much."

Boss Qian was also a martial artist. He poured his true energy into his nose, leaned in and sniffed, and indeed he could smell the scent.

"Even the most lavish spendthrifts would only keep banknotes inside their clothes, but these banknotes have such a deep and distinct scent. This means they must have been in the same environment for a long time!"

"Yes! It's obvious, the rich aroma of wine, and..."

Lu Xiaofeng took a deep sniff, his face intoxicated. "The smell of rouge! These two smells together... there must be fine wine and delicious food there, and many beautiful girls to accompany the wine!"

The fourth man beside him heard this and asked in confusion, "Why does it have to be a pretty hostess?"

Lu Xiaofeng said, "This rouge smells good and comes from Dayue Country in the Western Regions. It costs over a hundred taels a box. Do you think an average barmaid can afford it?"

Boss Qian asked, "But what's the use of this?"

Lu Xiaofeng said, "There's wine, there's beauties, and most importantly, there has to be a place where people can take out these banknotes and keep them out for a long time. It's best if it's full of temptation, a place where people can spend money like water, a place full of consumer desire! That's the key!"

The fourth elder said, “There are many places like the one you mentioned in the capital, but the kind you mentioned above can only be gambling houses.

Gambling is completely prohibited under the Emperor's feet. There may be some small underground gambling houses, but if it is combined with the above two... could it be the Paradise Tower?

"Jile Tower? What is Jile Tower?"

"Legend has it that outside the capital, there's a building called Paradise, where every luxury is provided. Many martial artists and wealthy businessmen often go there to gamble!"

Lu Xiaofeng asked, "Then do you know where the Paradise Tower is?"

"No one knows where the Paradise Tower is. Legend has it that it can fly, arriving at night and leaving during the day."

"Oh……"

Lu Xiaofeng: "Then do you know how to get there?"

"I don't know."

"Hmm," Lu Xiaofeng stroked his mustache and smiled, "I thought of someone. He must know."

When Lu Xiaofeng was about to leave, Boss Qian hurried to see him off.

It turned out that this dark room was a secret room behind the money house.

Only when the other person's back completely disappeared from his sight did Boss Qian turn around and return to the room.

I couldn't help laughing.

The purpose of the scene just performed was only one, and that was to lead Lu Xiaofeng to the Paradise Tower.

The matter of the fake banknotes has been exposed. Luo Ma and Boss Qian have made a plan to sacrifice the car to save the king. They want to abandon Ji Le Lou and save themselves.

But a place like Ji Le Lou naturally could not be mentioned by Luo Ma, an official, so Boss Qian had to take action and tell Lu Xiaofeng.

If everything goes according to plan, then naturally there's something to be happy about. "Hehehe..."

Boss Qian's eyes fixed: "Who's laughing?"

He looked at the fourth brother, but the fourth brother also looked at him in surprise.

The two looked at each other and suddenly felt a chill in their hearts. They looked around and found that there was a figure standing in the shadow of the secret room.

"You...who are you?!"

Boss Qian was horrified. In this small secret room, with just an inch of space, with the strength of the two of them, they could detect any movement.

But the two of them had no idea that there was another person here!

When was he here?!

"Who am I? A dying man doesn't care about his own fate, but instead cares about who I am?"

"A dying person?!"

Boss Qian secretly took two steps back and protected the fourth brother in front of him.

"Are you here to kill me?"

"A dying person is not worth my effort."

"Your Excellency, if you open your mouth, you're going to die. If you close your mouth, you're going to die. How come I don't know I'm going to die?"

Boss Qian slowly stepped back, but felt a breeze brushing past him, and the figure was already blocking the door to the secret room.

This light skill!
Boss Qian's heart was filled with alarm and he quickly stepped back.

But he no longer had any hope of escaping.

With the other party's lightness skills, even if they leave the secret room, they will be caught up in the blink of an eye.

However, with such lightness skills, even if a knife was just used to slash across their necks without any skill, they would not be able to react.

But the other party kept talking nonsense with them, which actually proved that the other party did not want to kill him.

"You really don't know why you want to die? It's enough to lie to others, why bother lying to yourself?"

Of course, Boss Qian knew why the other party said that. After all, he had only done one thing these days.

"Your Excellency means... Lu Xiaofeng will find out about me?"

"There are many people in this world who have become famous through luck, but Lu Xiaofeng is definitely not one of them. When you led him into the trap, it was like putting a knife to your own neck with your own hands!"

The mysterious man said, "Of course, even if you hadn't used Lu Xiaofeng, he would have died a little later. The Six Gates need evidence to arrest him, but the Jinyiwei and the East Factory... only suspicion is enough!"

Boss Qian naturally understood what this meant.

If the problem is not resolved thoroughly, even if they escape it once, they will not be able to escape it in the future.

Unless they never make fake banknotes again.

At the same time, they also knew that the truly vicious forces in the court did not care about evidence at all and would take action immediately as long as there was suspicion.

That's why Boss Qian and Roma made this plan to end everything right now, at the Six Gates stage.

"I suppose a master like you, speaking to me, is not idle and idle, is he? May I ask what you may have to say?"

"Haha, you react very quickly."

The mysterious man said, "I do have a way to completely free you from this."

"What's the solution?"

"Throw yourself to death and survive!"

"Put yourself in a desperate situation..." Boss Qian repeated, "...and then live?"

"Yes, just like..."

The figure suddenly moved, and the next moment he appeared in front of the fourth brother.

Under the fourth brother's horrified gaze, a stream of true energy had already passed through his throat.

Blood bursts out!
The mysterious man's voice came slowly.

"……so……"

(End of this chapter)