My wife is a reborn big boss

Chapter 156 The Truth and the PY Deal

"It's actually a misunderstanding," Wu Qiong explained. "I only found out today that they had a gathering here."

In short, it was a gathering organized by the shopkeeper, who was also the patriarch of the Ten Thousand Ghosts Sect, with the aim of targeting the Blood Fiend Pavilion and the Plain Maiden Sect.

However, because Su Mubai was a reborn person, she knew about this from the beginning. Or rather, she was a participant in this in her previous life.

So she called on Wu Qiong and showed up directly at the secret gathering of these people from the Demonic Sect. They were then readily recruited by the other party.

As for the death of the fake shopkeeper

It can only be said that the shopkeeper had long ago discovered that he was an inside agent sent from outside, so he had been secretly giving him slow poison.

As a result, the waiter died in the last two days, so the shopkeeper pretended not to know and gave him some strong medicine.

Nearly three hours ago, after exchanging information with Jin Youyi and the two parted ways, he realized he was poisoned. In his panic, he tried to find Jin Youyi but was spotted by Lin Changxi, who happened to be going out.

To avoid exposing Jin Youyi, he ran haphazardly into an empty guest room on the second floor.

Seeing his panicked expression, Lin Changxi assumed her identity had been exposed. To prevent him from notifying the patriarch of the Ten Thousand Ghosts Sect, she followed him and ended his life.

But he died from the poison at that time.

Just as he was about to fall, Lin Changxi punched him through the chest.

Lin Changxi then caught his falling body, placed it on the bed, cleaned up the bloodstains on the floor, and left.

Then she pretended to go downstairs to get tea, wandered around for a bit, and then went back upstairs to her room to sleep.

As they were going upstairs, Ke Bei Mao Alan, who was coming in from the kitchen, happened to see a figure from behind.

Mao Alan was a member of the Su Nu Dao (a sect of Buddhist nuns), but she chose to betray Su Nu Dao because of love.

However, when Ke Bei denied Lin Changxi's identity just now, she mistakenly thought that Ke Bei had some feelings for Lin Changxi.

Out of jealousy, she revealed Ke Bei's identity.

Actually, she misunderstood. Ke Bei came to Ningzhou City to investigate a case, not to cause trouble.

He didn't have any particular feelings for Lin Changxi; he just wanted to avoid trouble and denied seeing her come out.

"That's how it is," Wu Qiong said with a smile, answering the question about abstaining from sex.

Jiese scratched his bald head: "Brother Wu, I felt this could be very long, but why is it so short?"

"Because I don't want to waste time," Wu Qiong replied.

"Alright." Jie Se stopped asking about that matter and instead asked about something else: "Then tell me about this now. Why? And Taoist priest, why did you stop me just now? Do you also know about the Demonic Sect gathering?"

"I don't know," Ye Qingxuan said gently. "At the time, I only sensed people leaving one after another, including Brother Wu and Miss Su. Brother Wu is kind-hearted and would not harm us. As for what they are up to, we will find out later."

"Brother Dao understands me best." Wu Qiong patted his shoulder, then took out the magical conch shell and placed it on the table: "Strictly speaking, this matter is also beneficial to Shaolin Taiqing. Fortunately, the unrelated people have already left, so let's continue."

"Sigh, I've been tricked into this mess." Ke Bei smiled bitterly.

He originally came to investigate a case, but ended up getting caught up in the Demonic Sect's conspiracy. When he gets home, his father will surely beat him to death.

"Alright, I've got a general understanding of the situation of each sect." Wu Qiong calmly brewed a cup of tea. "Everyone's had enough of being hated by everyone and wants to live uprightly in this world, which is fine. What we need to discuss now is how everyone can clear their names, and... pledge their loyalty."

"Ah Qiong is right. As long as your Demonic Sect doesn't nominally restore its past unified posture, I won't care what it's really like. As long as you behave yourselves, I will grant you that..." Her Majesty the Empress's voice suddenly faltered.

"Certificate of Good Citizenship," Wu Qiong kindly reminded him.

"Hmm, Good Citizen Certificate." Her Majesty felt the name was a bit strange, so she gave up thinking about it and said seriously, "After this matter, I will send someone to inform Shaolin Taiqing. I think they will be happy to see the stability of the martial arts world."

Wu Qiong smiled, and then came the "but".

"But it's not enough for you to just talk the talk," Her Majesty the Queen said calmly. "I want to see your resolve."

"What do you want us to do?" the shopkeeper asked slowly, his eyes gleaming.

"You were already planning to deal with the Blood Fiend Pavilion, so this isn't a difficult task." Wu Qiong leaned forward and said in a deep voice, "Destroying the Blood Fiend Pavilion is your pledge of loyalty."

"No problem." The shopkeeper breathed a sigh of relief and smiled, "The Blood Fiend Pavilion is fundamentally different from us. Their core sect ideology is 'human nature is inherently evil,' so being kind is merely a pretense. They want to return to their true selves and follow their hearts. Although we are both among the Eight Demonic Sects, such people have always been despised. We've been honestly doing business, and because of the Blood Fiend Pavilion, we've been unfairly blamed for so many things. This can't be allowed!"

Wu Qiong nodded: "That's right. The Blood Fiend Pavilion is capable of anything except good deeds. They're even capable of snatching candy figurines from children on the street. It's better for such an outrageous sect to be wiped out. This is something that both the imperial court and Shaolin Taiqing would be happy to see."

"Of course," Wu Qiong continued, "We can't let you do it for nothing. How about this, from now on, we'll do business together, with the Evil Sect taking 40% of the profits, the Imperial Court and Shaolin Taiqing each taking 10%, and the remaining 30% divided among you all."

Wu Qiong scanned the room with his gaze: "Who agrees? Who disagrees?"

"I approve." Her Majesty the Empress stood up for Wu Qiong.

"Thank you, Your Majesty," Wu Qiong said calmly. "I believe Shaolin Taiqing will also give Her Majesty face. So, what do you all think?"

A threat, absolutely a threat! With the Great Zhou, Shaolin, Taiqing, and Xieji Sect as their backers, Wu Qiong believed they wouldn't be so ungrateful.

"I object!"

Then someone quickly proved them wrong.

Wu Qiong narrowed his eyes slightly: "What does the Ancestor mean?"

The person who opposed it was the innkeeper, the patriarch of the Ten Thousand Ghosts Sect.

"We're taking too much," the shopkeeper said sternly. "Originally, we were just running a small business, but with the support of the Great Zhou, Shaolin, and Taiqing, our business will only grow bigger and bigger. However, we're only contributing some manpower and resources; how can we take 30% of the profits? In my opinion, we should all take 10% of the profits together."

He realized that the young master of the Evil Extreme Sect was Wu Qiong's lover, the Empress of the Great Zhou also had an ambiguous relationship with him, and the direct disciples of the Shaolin Taiqing Sect were right here, and they were practically brothers with him. Why should he, with his weak arms and legs, go against him? Did he want to die too soon?

He had received news that Tingyu Pavilion had been destroyed by this man.

But his Ten Thousand Ghosts Sect might not be as strong as the Listening Rain Pavilion.

Upon hearing this, Wu Qiong frowned and said, "I'm afraid that's not appropriate."

It was already excessive for the group to split the profits by 30%, let alone 10%. How can they even continue doing business like this?

"It's not appropriate," said Hu Renshan of Li Hun Valley. "One-tenth is too much; half a percent is enough for us several families."

The shopkeeper turned his head and met Hu Renshan's ambiguous smile.

[You're not the only one with any sense of propriety, the Ten Thousand Ghosts Sect.]

Wu Qiong couldn't help but scratch his head. Could it be that these guys were all doing charity work?

"Let's go with 30%, don't say any more, otherwise you're disrespecting me, Wu Qiong." Wu Qiong finally made the decision.

Everyone nodded in agreement.

"Next question, regarding the alliance of the Demonic Sects, with the Evil Extreme Sect at the forefront, does anyone have any objections?" Wu Qiong pressed his advantage.

"No objections," the group replied after exchanging glances.

They had already made preparations for the Evil Extreme Sect's involvement.

After all, among the eight sects of the Demonic Path, only Sheng Yeyun, the sect leader of the Evil Extreme Sect, is at the "Daoist Natural Realm".

Thinking of the Shaolin Taiqing sect's "Daoist Natural Realm" which had reached the second digit, Wu Qiong curled his lip. No wonder the demonic sect couldn't amount to anything.

"Then the next thing to do is for you to deal with the Blood Fiend Pavilion, and we'll go to the Evil Extreme Sect."

(End of this chapter)