Fairy, I really am a villain!

Seeing that the discussion had come to an end, Luo Qingni still retorted angrily, then walked out of the back of the tavern and met Fang Xiwen in a secluded alley.

When they met, both of them looked in a miserable state: one was wearing a black cloak with the corners of his clothes stained with blood; the other had lost his walking stick and his clothes were stained in several places.

"Wow, you went to fight someone?"

"It's fine. Why are you bleeding?"

"Hey, I rescued the person."

Face to face, the two exchanged information:

Luo Qingni said that she took advantage of the pursuers' inattention and sent Xiaoting to the piano store to be looked after by the star girls, while she circled the city a few times to shake off the pursuit.

"Well, I discussed a few 'cooperations' with Jiang Hanzhou here."

"Just talk?" Luo Qingni patted the stains on his clothes and refused to believe it.

"They threatened me, but they didn't come close to physical violence."

Although Jiang Xingchu's words were exaggerated, Fang Xiwen had actually thought about that plan: In the conference room, if he and the Immortal Dharmakāya suddenly opened fire at full power and caught the enemy by surprise, there was a high probability that they would be able to send Jiang Hanzhou and his son to heaven in front of the two outsiders.

However, this move has little significance other than venting one's anger.

If the chessboard was completely overturned, the direction of events would be completely out of control. He hated this feeling, so he thought at the time

After it became clear, it was rejected.

"Then Xiwen, will I be exposed?"

After hesitating for a while, Luo Qingni finally asked the question she was worried about. She was a little afraid that she would hold him back.

After all, she felt that Jiang Wan'er was quite smart, at most slightly worse than her, so it was possible that she could see through her identity.

"It doesn't matter if we're exposed. We only have a few days left here anyway."

"What?"

"Because our mission is accomplished."

As he spoke, Fang Xiwen took out a few jade boxes from his arms and handed them to her, saying:

"This is the natural treasure you need for your cultivation. Jiang Laogou gave it to me as a deposit. I also have a clue about the whereabouts of the wanted criminal Shen Wanke..."

"Logically, it would be safest for us to leave right now. But I want to stay a little longer."

After opening several jade boxes and sniffing them, Luo Qingni finally started to practice her skills and felt the harmony with the rich heaven and earth energy inside. It was indeed the real thing.

With these things, I can condense the Dharma image and surpass this guy... Oh no, we have to practice dual cultivation, what if he makes more progress than me...

Holding the treasure in her hands, Luo Qingni's face turned blue and red.

"Hey, are you listening?"

"Yes, yes, yes. What are you doing here? Are you going to watch two groups of people fighting?"

"Yes. With the fire at the dock, it will only take a few days to see the outcome. I'm afraid the local people will suffer, so I want to help them."

"Oh," Luo Qingni blinked and nodded, "Then help me."

After reaching a consensus, the two prepared to return to the courtyard where they lived. Just as she took a few steps with the jade box, she realized, "These are the deposits for the cooperation with the Dajiang Gang? Why are they so nice?"

"What a bullshit, you just want me to die."

Shaking his head slightly, Fang Xiwen showed her the remaining half of the bill, raised his hand and pointed, and said with a smile: "This is the condition they offered. How about it, generous enough?"

"Gemstones, bracelets, an opera troupe... twenty-one virgins?! They treat people like merchandise!"

After reading the list, Luo Qingni was furious in every sense of the word, and angrily said, "They actually want to send you a woman!"

"Yes, but I refused very righteously!"

"If you don't want it, why are you telling me what to do? Are you asking me to praise you?" "How is that possible!"

Seeing that she didn't buy it, Fang Xiwen tore the list into pieces and muttered, "It's really attractive."

"He's not a good person, I know it!"

Luo Qingni raised her nose and glared at him angrily, "You're not really going to help them persuade the court, are you?"

"Are you listening to me? You want me to die."

"What?"

"Do you think they made such a fuss tonight just for such a 'cooperation'?"

Fang Xiwen nodded his head, and seemed to be persuading him. He smiled and said, "Think about it carefully. Why did they want to separate you and me? And why did Jiang Wan'er use force against you, but still conceal it?"

"Uh, this..."

"Think about it slowly, and I'll tell you my reference answer."

Fang Xiwen casually scattered the fragments of the list into the sky, blew out a breath of hot air, burning them into beautiful flames, looked up for a while, and chuckled:

"If I really go to the appointment, what's waiting for me won't be a beautiful singing and dancing troupe, it can only be..."

"Xue Ruyu's body."

Chapter 434: The Jiang Family Brothers and Sisters’ Plan

Generally speaking, after middle age, the "big things" in life are always related to children and grandchildren.

Even though the strong men in the outer world have a lifespan of more than 200 years, someone as strong as Yun Wendao has his hair turned white with worry and tries every means to keep a concubine, which shows how important a successor is to the older generation.

Naturally, Jiang Hanzhou, who is nearly fifty years old, also cares about this.

But looking at the pair of extremely outstanding children in front of him, even if he wanted to show his majesty as a father, the smile in his eyes could not be completely concealed.

The eldest son, Jiang Hongwen, is the young master of the Dajiang Gang. He is only 25 years old and has a half-step to the outside world. He will definitely have a chance to enter the imperial examination within three months. His demeanor, strength, and skills have already impressed most people in the gang.

The second daughter, Jiang Wan'er, said that she couldn't handle any practical work because of her girl status, but it was a consensus among the gang members that seeing her was like seeing the young master in person - although her cultivation of the Eight Apertures was not top-notch, it was enough to be proud of among her peers.

Logically speaking, with such a pair of successful children, Jiang Hanzhou could rest in peace even if he died on the spot, but there was one person's name that always remained a shadow in his heart.

The contemporary Saint of the Star Palace, Jiang Xingchu, was abandoned by him like a piece of trash, and he even openly declared her to be his bastard...his biological daughter.

Even if he tried not to pay attention to her, news about her always reached his ears in various ways: for example, shortly after the New Year, Jiang Xingchu's name disappeared from the list of people.

There are only three possible outcomes: either he is over 25, promoted to a location position, or dead. Jiang Hanzhou really hopes it is the last one, but reason tells him that this is impossible.

Then calculate carefully, how old is she?

Twenty, twenty-one, twenty-two... I can’t remember my birthday, and I don’t want to remember it.

At this point in time, every achievement Jiang Xingchu had made in the world was like a slap in his face, so much so that he would regret it every time he woke up in the middle of the night.

Why didn't I have the heart to strangle her to death?

"You evil witches, you still won't let me go...!!"

Seeing his father's expression change, gradually changing from gentle to gloomy, Jiang Hongwen quickly knelt on the ground, gently pressed his thigh and shook it, "Dad, Dad? What's wrong with you?"

Jiang Wan'er, who was standing aside, stood up silently, walked to the back and pinched his shoulders.

"Just remembered something from a long time ago...Dad is fine."

Patting his forehead, Jiang Hanzhou let out a long breath and smiled at the two of them, "How did you two brothers and sisters handle things tonight? Come on, Wan'er, tell us first."

"Father, I failed."

"Ok?"

"At the last moment before dawn, I failed to stop the guard of Master Wen San and let her take the hostage away. I almost lost one of my lives."

With a slightly dim look in her eyes, Jiang Wan'er talked about how she tried to tempt the man, how she was rejected, and how she finally asked her capable subordinate to give her a right arm.

"Did any noise occur?"

"It should be fine. We only did one scene in the alley of Black Bear Hall."

"That's fine," Jiang Hanzhou patted his daughter's hand on his shoulder and comforted her softly, "Father has long said that coming to Zhoushan is just a side trip for training. As long as you can learn something useful from it, then everything you lose will be worth it."

After pondering for a while, he stood up and sat down at the table in the conference room with his two children.

Spreading out a thumbnail map of Zhoushan City's terrain, he picked up a pen and made a few strokes on it, saying:

"Then let's review it first."

"Tonight, I asked you to do a few things: On one hand, Hongwen set fire to the ship and used the hostages to lure Master Wen San, and hijacked him halfway without anyone noticing; on the other hand, Wan'er used her own method to hold back his extremely powerful guard."

"So Mr. Wen San was left alone and reached a cooperation agreement with us. Do you know why we had to leave him alone?"

"Well," Jiang Hongwen said thoughtfully after reading the map.

"On the one hand, we want to force him, and on the other hand, we don't want others to know that we are colluding with Mr. Wen San;"

"After all, he made such a big show at the west pier. Anyone who saw him would know that he is a lackey of the imperial court. We cannot have anything to do with him."

Jiang Hanzhou's expression eased slightly and he nodded, "Go on."

"Yes. Tonight, my father seemed to have discussed the Longchuan trade route with him in detail, but he was actually just testing him. In the end, he saw that Wen was very attractive to women, so he made a list of gifts that were just right for him and offered him conditions that he couldn't refuse."

Jiang Hongwen couldn't help but show some contempt, sneering, "No matter how arrogant this old dog is, he still nodded for this temptation. Besides, our conditions are so generous, we just asked him to meet someone from the court, no matter how you think about it, he won't refuse."

"I see..."

Hearing this, Jiang Wan'er's eyes gradually lit up, and she pointed with some excitement, saying:

"After the fire tonight, countless canal workers will be left with nowhere to go. If the court announces that it will repair the ferry at this time, the conflict will be irreconcilable. At this critical juncture, we only need to move our fingers to completely detonate the conflict."

"That is--"

"Kill that inspector!"

It wasn't an instant hit, but the two siblings still smiled and high-fived each other.

After looking around the map for a few times, Jiang Wan'er pointed her finger and said with a smile:

"They set fire to the east dock and burned the boatmen's property, then framed the court for this. They secretly killed the inspector when the riot was about to happen, and then framed Mr. Wen San for the murder."

"First, Master Wen San had colluded with the imperial court, and because of some internal conflicts, the motive for killing was very reasonable; second, we have no relationship with either party, we are just pure outsiders, and the imperial court's anger cannot fall on us."

"Once the inspector died, the conflict between the imperial court and the local people could no longer be reconciled. Forced by their livelihoods, the displaced boat workers had to come to us for help."

"As for the murder case, the Gao family can only send a few Silver Medal detectives to investigate. By then...haha."

As she spoke, Jiang Wan'er couldn't help laughing. Her somewhat seductive eyes narrowed into a slit. She stretched out her hand to fan her cheeks, paused, and then continued: