Xiao Shunyang once again saw the man in black who broke into his mansion that night.

The man was not very old, probably in his early twenties, and had a handsome appearance.

His eyes were somewhat cold and arrogant, with a smile on his lips, but the smile did not reach his eyes.

This is an ambitious man.

Xiao Shunyang gave his own judgment.

The man in black smiled and pointed to the chair beside him: "Finally, the Second Prince has arrived. Please take a seat, Wuyou, serve the tea."

Xiao Shunyang sat down.

A graceful woman in purple clothes with bold clothing came forward, knelt down and served Xiao Shunyang a cup of strong tea.

Xiao Shunyang looked at her and inexplicably thought of Mei Ji beside Zhuge Qing.

Xiao Shunyang only had Bai Xihe in his heart. The reason he thought of Mei Ji was because Mei Ji almost hurt him.

He is very wary of this kind of women.

He turned his eyes away calmly and did not touch the tea the woman offered him.

The man in black took in Xiao Shunyang's indifference and waved his hand intriguingly: "Wuyou, please leave and don't disturb me from talking to my distinguished guest."

"Yes, sir."

The charming woman called Wuyou quietly left the room.

Xiao Shunyang said coldly: "Don't use any of your methods on me, whether it's drugs or women."

The man in black smiled obediently: "As your Highness wishes."

Xiao Shunyang said: "I hope you remember what you said today!"

The man in black smiled and said, "Of course. Your Highness's coming today, can I understand that Your Highness agrees to cooperate with me?"

Xiao Shunyang said disdainfully: "I don't even know your name, what cooperation can we discuss?"

The man in black was not angry, and his tone was as gentle as always: "My surname is Xiahou, my given name is Yan, and I am the fourth child in the family. If you don't mind, you can just call me Xiahou Yan."

Xiao Shunyang frowned: "You are not from the Great Zhou?"

There was no famous family with the surname Xiahou in the Great Zhou.

Xiahou Yan smiled and said, "Our Xiahou family has long retired. It's not surprising that the Second Prince hasn't heard of it."

Xiao Shunyang stared at him without blinking, trying to judge from his expression whether he was lying.

But unfortunately, Xiahou Yan's expression was very frank.

Xiao Shunyang retracted his gaze and asked, "What do you want from Da Zhou?"

Xiahou Yan smiled and said, "Your Highness is a straightforward person, so I won't beat around the bush here. If I help Your Highness ascend the throne, I hope Your Highness can give me 20% of the Great Zhou's taxes every year."

Xiao Shunyang's face darkened: "Twenty percent of taxes... do you know how much it is?"

Xiahou Yan looked at him with a smile: "Compared to the throne, this is just a trivial price, isn't it?"

Xiao Shunyang cursed the greedy guy in his heart.

"What do you think, Second Prince?"

“At most 10%!”

"One and a half percent."

“One percent!”

Xiao Shunyang's attitude was very firm.

After a while, Xiahou Yan sighed and said, "Forget it. Success is success."

Xiao Shunyang said bluntly: "Don't make it seem like you've suffered a great loss."

Xiahou Yan did not argue with Xiao Shunyang, but maintained a proper smile: "Then, I wish us a happy cooperation."

Xiao Shunyang said calmly: "I haven't said I want to cooperate with you yet."

"Oh?" Xiahou Yan smiled.

Xiao Shunyang said seriously: "I don't know your plan, who knows if they are all bad ideas?"

Xiahou Yan looked at Xiao Shunyang deeply and asked, "What do you think, Your Highness?"

Xiao Shunyang said: "First, eliminate the third brother's helpers. I don't know if you have the strength to do so."

Xiahou Yan said meaningfully: "Second Prince, please rest assured. I will go and solve one right away. Just regard it as my token of allegiance to you, Second Prince."

Xiao Shunyang snorted coldly: "You can't just kill a small minion and use it as a token of your loyalty."

Xiahou Yan said confidently: "This person will definitely satisfy the Second Prince." -However , after Wei Liulang tracked down the base of the dark forces, he did not act on his own, but went back to discuss with his brothers first.

He first came to the Duke of Huguo's Mansion.

Wei Ting was busy watching his father-in-law's large-scale social death scene when he was suddenly called to the flower hall by a servant. He was a little dissatisfied with his sixth brother's inappropriate behavior.

"What is it, Sixth Brother?"

Wei Liulang was a thick-skinned man who didn't notice his brother's disgust: "I found the base of that group of people!"

Upon hearing that it was such an important matter, Wei Ting put away all his unseriousness and asked seriously, "Where is it?"

Wei Liulang said, "There is a Yihongyuan in the north of the city, called Wanxianlou! I have asked around, it was opened only last year, I guess they came to the capital at that time."

Wei Ting asked: "Have you told your elder and second brothers?"

Wei Liulang said: "Not yet, I came to you first."

Wei Ting looked at him strangely.

Wei Liulang coughed lightly: "What was the result last night?"

Wei Ting: “…”

The two brothers returned to the Wei family.

Wei Xu went to the military camp today and is not in the city.

Gui Bu and Wei Qing are there.

Wei Qing worked hard to revive his lost martial arts.

Chen served as his sparring partner, beating him three times a day, each time different.

Wei Qing was pressed to the ground by Chen, and said with difficulty: "Third sister-in-law... I think... it's enough for today..."

Chen said seriously, "Brother said he would practice with you for one more stick of incense today."

Wei Qing: Big Brother is cheating me! Wei Ting looked at his second brother who was being tortured to death by his third sister-in-law, and asked seriously: "Should we go to Big Brother's yard first, or wait for Second Brother to come together?"

Wei Liulang: "As good brothers, I think we need to wait for the second brother."

The two brothers asked the servants to bring over a plate of melon seeds, and while they were eating the seeds, they watched their second brother being beaten.

So delicious!

After Chen finished practicing Wei Qing, he turned around and saw Wei Liulang and Wei Ting, and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

The two of them shuddered! Two quarters of an hour later.

The three brothers supported each other and limped pitifully to the yard of the big house.

Gui Bu sat on the steps, staring blankly at the orange trees in the yard.

Wei Xiyue sat next to him, small and holding a carrot in her hand.

Wei Xiyue looked at him, then at the orange tree he was looking at.

“No oranges.”

Wei Xiyue shook her head.

"Yeah, no." Gui Bu murmured in a low voice.

“Brother!”

Before Wei Liulang arrived, his crying voice of grievance was heard first.

Gui Bu concealed the melancholy in his eyes and returned to the cold look of a dead man.

Wei Xiyue looked at him curiously again, as if she didn't understand why he kept changing.

When Wei Qing heard Wei Xiyue's voice, he immediately pushed his two naughty brothers away, straightened his body with tenacity, and walked in with big strides.

"Xiyue."

“Daddy!”

Wei Xiyue threw herself into his arms.

Wei Qing's facial features were distorted with pain.

Good daddy can't cry out in pain! He forced a smile and said, "Be good, Xiyue, go find mom. Daddy and uncle have something to talk about."

Wei Xiyue went obediently.

Wei Qing's true colors were revealed, and he immediately held down Wei Liulang's arm, using it to support the weight of his body.

Wei Liulang screamed, "Brother, it hurts me too! It hurts me too! Be gentle!"

Gui Bu looked at his three useless brothers with a serious look: "Any news?"

Wei Liulang limped over, hugged his arm and sat down, rubbing his head against his chest, and said with a look of grievance:

"You don't even care about your brother first."

Gui Bu: "Well, he can still come over. You were too gentle."

Wei Liulang: Can we still be brothers happily?!

…

Now that we know the base of the dark forces, we naturally have to go there.

Wei Liulang proposed to lead troops to encircle and suppress the enemy.

This opinion was quickly rejected by the other three.

Leading troops to encircle and suppress the rebels would make too much noise, which would easily cause panic among the people. It would also be bad if those people took the people hostage or blended into the crowd and escaped.

Wei Qing said: "First, find out the number of people and overall strength of the enemy, and then wait for the right opportunity to act."

Wei Liulang groaned, "Second brother, you don't mean for us to... go to a brothel, do you? My eldest brother and I don't mind, but will Second Sister-in-law agree? Will Seventh Brother's wife agree? Don't go back and kneel on the washboard all night—"

With these words, he successfully offended Gui Bu, Wei Qing and Wei Tingquan.

Wei Liulang won the three brothers' care package based on his real strength.

——No one else deserves a beating so much.

Wanxianlou is closed during the day, so they can only take action at night.

Wei Ting and Wei Liulang had not slept all night, so they went back to their respective courtyards to catch up on some sleep.

Wei Qing also went to accompany Wei Xiyue and Li Wan.

Gui Bu sat alone on the steps, staring in a daze at the orange tree planted by Chu Feifeng himself.

Suddenly, his ears moved and he asked vigilantly, "Who is it?"

The only response he got was a sharp dart!

He dodged sideways.

The dart lodged deeply into the wall behind him.

The other party's breath quickly disappeared.

Gui Bu turned back to check the dart, but unexpectedly found a sachet nailed under the dart.

The sachet was a little old, but Gui Bu still recognized at a glance that it was the sachet sewn by Chu Feifeng herself.

She often wore it, and even the smell and the word "Phoenix" embroidered on the inside of the sachet were exactly the same as she remembered.

Gui Bu grabbed the sachet and chased in the direction where the man disappeared.

He chased all the way out of the mansion and through the long, crowded street.

There were too many people on the street and I almost lost him several times.

Finally, when he turned into a secluded dead end, he successfully blocked the other party.

He looked at the person in front of him wearing a bamboo hat and a veil, and asked suspiciously, "Who are you? Where did this sachet come from?"

The other party didn't say anything, but looked around, as if he was thinking about where it would be easier to escape.

"You can't escape!"

Gui Bu took a step forward and slapped the opponent with his palm.

The opponent suddenly used his Qinggong skills to leap up.

However, Gui Bu was faster than him and pulled him down with one move.

He fell to the ground in a mess, then quickly got up.

Gui Bu vaguely felt that the feeling of that pull was not right, frowned, and took off the other person's hat and veil when he was not paying attention.

"Fei Feng?"

Guibo was stunned.

When he felt something was wrong, he guessed it was a woman, but he never expected it to be his wife, Chu Feifeng.

"Fei Feng, why are you——"

Chu Feifeng turned and left! Gui Bu grabbed her wrist and said, "Feifeng, why are you leaving? Why don't you go back to the Wei family?"

Chu Feifeng struggled.

Gui Bu held her hand tightly and didn't let go, looking at her with burning eyes: "Fei Feng, are you angry with me? Are you blaming me for not coming back for so many years..."

Before he finished speaking, Chu Feifeng suddenly pulled out the dagger hidden in his sleeve and stabbed Gui Bu fiercely! (End of this chapter)