"That explains why the old man hasn't come back yet!"

"Changsui and Yanchuan are a thousand miles apart. It's been almost two months. Even if we don't ride a horse or a carriage, we would have walked all the way back!"

"So that's how it was! It was that old scoundrel Wen Tai who tricked us!"

"I'm so angry!!"

"No way! I can't take it anymore. I might not be able to kill Wen Tai, but I can at least kill that bastard Su Wansan!"

Zhao Cheng ran forward in a flash, and Zheng Hongxiu waved her long sleeves, from which a red ribbon flew out and tightly bound Zhao Cheng.

"Boss, calm down!"

Yang Taozhi was unsurprised by Zheng Hongxiu's skills, clearly understanding each other. She walked up to Zhao Cheng and said, "You keep calling him 'old man' and 'old fellow' all day long, acting all indifferent, but you're actually incredibly nervous inside. Why bother?"

"No matter how unpopular he is, he's still the Right Chancellor! With him around, I can make money easily. I haven't made enough money yet, he can't be gone first!"

"Still being stubborn."

Yang Taozhi remained calm and said, "Don't worry too much. The Right Prime Minister isn't so easily fooled. Although I'm not by his side, I still have Mr. Lian."

"How could Lian Zhongyi disappear when he was right next to him?"

"What happened to your reputation for being resourceful, honest, and loyal?"

Zhao Cheng was even angrier and said, "Is Mr. Lian senile?!"

"There's no use in panicking now. The worse the situation becomes for the Right Chancellor, the less you should lose your composure."

Zhao Cheng closed his eyes, pondered for a moment, then shook his arm and shouted, "Let go of me!"

Seeing that Zhao Cheng didn't seem to be trying to run away, Zheng Hongxiu untied him.

Zhao Cheng rubbed his arms and said, "I was planning to go to Lingshan with Xiao Luomu sometime, but now it's fine, I don't need to pick a time, let's go directly."

Yang Taozhi asked, "How many people are you bringing?"

"You and Zhao Wu can go with them, He Zhi and the guards will watch the house."

"I'll go prepare the horses."

"You said there's no use in rushing, there's no need to leave right away!"

Zhao Cheng said in a sinister tone, "Su Wansan harmed my Red Sleeve Pavilion, and his master also plotted against my father. I won't be satisfied until I vent my anger!"

This time, Zheng Hongxiu didn't stop her. She took out the Cloud Piercing Arrow and said, "Then I'll gather my friends from the martial world tonight..."

Zhao Cheng waved his hand and said, "Let's not fight anymore. This isn't my style, and it'll be hard to clean up the mess later."

"Besides, don't underestimate Su Wansan. He has both experts around him and a lot of thugs. If your friends in the martial arts world really fight him to the death, it will definitely end in mutual destruction. There's no need for that."

"So what does the boss plan to do?"

"Let me think of a way to both disgust him and lure him into a pit to bury him..."

Seeing Zhao Cheng deep in thought, his eyes darting around, Zheng Hongxiu and Yang Taozhi both fell silent, even slowing their breathing.

They knew this man all too well.

At this point, the bad ideas in this guy's head must be about to overflow.

After a long silence, Zhao Cheng curled his lips into a sinister smile and said, "I heard that Su Wansan is very fond of beauty and especially likes to keep peacocks?"

Zheng Hongxiu nodded and said, "That's true. He's very generous with money when it comes to buying peacocks and making clothes. Didn't he spend 500,000 taels of silver on calligraphy this time? Last month, he had someone bring back a peacock from overseas, which reportedly cost over 300,000 taels!"

Yang Taozhi added, "It's not just peacocks; he also has a cage for wild animals at home, containing lions, tigers, leopards, and jackals. He has a strange temper and likes to throw people into the cage when he takes the law into his own hands."

"good!"

Zhao Cheng clapped his hands and said with a strange smile, "Great! Absolutely perfect!"

Zheng Hongxiu asked doubtfully, "What's good? What's perfect?"

"Self-sufficiency, it's practically an ecosystem! Isn't that perfect?"

Zheng Hongxiu and Yang Taozhi exchanged a glance. Neither of them understood what Zhao Cheng meant, but they both knew that this guy was definitely up to no good!

...

early morning.

Su Wansan used a spoon to pick up the steamed pig's trotters, put them in his mouth and chewed slowly, then drank a sip of fish bone soup.

He prefers a light breakfast like this.

Nothing special.

Su Wanyi walked in and sat down at the table.

Su Wansan hurriedly said, "Brother, hurry up, I saved this braised pork knuckle for you."

Unlike Su Wansan, who ate slowly and carefully, Su Wanyi grabbed the elbow bone with his hand and put it in his mouth. After quickly finishing it, he said, "There has been a response from Changsui."

"So, how much longer until Xiao Ye comes out?"

"The Dali Temple's idea is to detain him for another month, at least to maintain appearances."

"Hmm..." Su Wansan pondered, "Alright, let that kid suffer a bit, so he'll live longer! We can't let Second Brother be without an heir!"

At this moment, Su Wanyi's son, Su Wei, entered and respectfully bowed to the two elders.

"Father, Third Uncle."

"Why haven't we started work yet today?" Su Wansan asked suspiciously.

"Cui Wuming is back!" Su Wei said happily, "I just met him at the door and came back to inform him!"

Su Wanyi said in a deep voice, "Just do your own job. Do you need to come and report?"

“Hey, big brother, Xiao Wei has admired Wu Ming since he was a child, he’s a young man!” Su Wansan said with a smile, “Quickly call him in.”

"yes!"

Soon, Su Wei led in a lean man.

The man had sharp eyes, a tuft of white hair on the right side of his face, and held a long sword in his left hand; he was dressed like a江湖人 (jianghu person, a person who walks the martial arts world).

"No life!" Su Wansan stood up to greet him, laughing heartily as he hugged the man.

"Third brother! Eldest brother!"

Cui Wuming bowed to the two brothers in a traditional martial arts manner and said solemnly, "The matter of Han Nancheng has been settled."

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