Chapter 165: Tan Tai Qing's methods, blinded by her beauty without knowing it
"Bring the beggar up."
Tan Tai Qing clenched the letter into a ball with his palms together and said calmly.
Soon, a lame beggar with a frightened look, ragged clothes and disheveled hair was brought in.
"Greetings, Goddess Tan Tai..." He knelt down in fear and trepidation, not daring to raise his head to face the stunning face in front of him.
Tan Tai Qing looked at the beggar calmly, but there was a golden rune light flashing in the depths of his eyes. Finally, he shook his head and said, "Take him away."
She didn't expect to find Helian Wen's whereabouts through a beggar.
Since he asked this person to deliver the letter, he must be fully confident and not afraid of being able to find clues by following the clues.
Things turned out just as Jiang Lan said, Helian Wen would seek revenge on her in the near future.
But it came a little too fast...
Tan Tai Qing clenched the letter tightly in her hand, silently reciting the place where Helian Wen had invited her, Wangfu Cliff.
It is a steep cliff on the west coast of Feixian Island. The terrain is extremely high, with one side facing the vast ocean. Reefs are densely covered like jagged teeth. All day long, you can hear the rolling waves and the crashing of the tide.
There is also a beautiful legend about that place. In ancient times, there was a loving couple who made a living by fishing. They lived in harmony and had a deep affection. The wife was worried about the safety of her husband who went out to sea. Every evening, she would look out at the sea from the cliff until she saw her husband's fishing boat swaying on the horizon. Only then would she feel relieved, and then she would go back home to prepare dinner for him, so that her husband could have the warm meal when he got home.
Until one day, there were thunder and lightning in the deep sea, and the storm was raging. All the fishermen who went out to sea failed to return. The woman who was waiting for her husband to return on the cliff did not want to believe it, so she waited day after day, unwilling to leave. She did not move, and waited for a month. No one knew how she persisted. Her life should have been exhausted, but a strong will supported her to wait. Some people said that her behavior moved the dragon god in the sea, so her husband who had died at sea was miraculously resurrected, relying on a dilapidated boat, drifting in the sea, and finally returned to her side. The two hugged each other and cried with joy...
Until now, there is still a dragon god stele standing on Wangfu Cliff, which is said to have been built by the couple to thank the dragon god.
Every year at a specific time, Feixian Island holds a Dragon God Temple Fair. Men and women who love each other will come to Wangfu Cliff and make a promise in front of the Dragon God Monument to spend the rest of their lives together and never leave each other. It is very lively and lively.
Helian Wen chose that place and invited her to meet him, obviously he had ulterior motives.
However, she never had any so-called love for Helian Wen, only annoyance and disgust towards him.
"Meeting?" A hint of sneer appeared at the corner of her mouth, but it disappeared in an instant.
She didn't know what Helian Wen relied on, but it was obvious that she had a greater advantage at the moment.
Helian Wen chose to contact her actively, but he should never have written a letter personally...
Afterwards, Tan Tai Qing gave an order to call her younger brother Tan Tai Ming over, and she went to the study to write a letter herself, asking him to deliver it to Jiang Lan on the pretext of discussing the Chamber of Commerce in detail.
Naturally, the fact that she hosted a banquet for Jiang Lan last night could not be hidden from the eyes of the major families.
Today, there are different speculations and rumors everywhere on Feixian Island, believing that the Chamber of Commerce of the Tantai family may cooperate with the Changlong Merchant Alliance, or even join it...
This speculation is certainly not groundless.
Tan Tai Qing is also deliberately controlling this direction of public opinion.
The local Chamber of Commerce on Feixian Island is controlled by the Tan Tai family, the Gongsun family, and the Helian family. They have always been in a situation of confrontation. If the Tan Tai family wants to dominate alone, the other two families will definitely not agree.
So she created this trend in order to make the other two major families focus their attention on this matter.
Once the Chamber of Commerce of the Tan Tai family joins the Changlong Business Alliance, these two families will be unable to sit still and will try to stop it. After all, this involves the long-term fundamental interests of Feixian Island.
In this way, she could not only use the excuse of negotiating with the Changlong Chamber of Commerce to withdraw from patrolling the Demon Abyss, but also focus all her energy and attention on dealing with the matter of Helian Wen.
By then, even if Helian Wen showed up and made the truth public, and the Helian family chose sides, she could use the excuse that the Helian family intended to prevent the Tantai family from cooperating with the Xiangguo Mansion to respond.
In just one night, Tan Tai Qing came up with many ways to deal with the situation.
Following Tan Tai Qing's orders, Tan Tai Ming visited Jiang Lan at Prince Zhong's Mansion many times and spread the news that the Tan Tai family's Chamber of Commerce was interested in increasing cooperation with the Changlong Merchant Alliance and was even interested in joining it.
Different reactions and discussions began to appear on Feixian Island.
The first ones to get restless were naturally the chambers of commerce of the Helian family and the Gongsun family.
The chambers of commerce of the three major families control at least 70% of the economic lifeline of the entire Feixian Island.
The four great princes control one tenth, and the remaining twenty percent is controlled by other families and the major immortal sects stationed here.
Although the Changlong Business Alliance is huge, it only uses Feixian Island as a transit hub. Although there are branch alliances here, they only do business with the three major families and have not infiltrated. After all, they are saintly families and cannot be forced by force.
Feixian Island has a very special geographical location. It contains many precious mineral veins and many rare spiritual objects that can only be found on the seabed. The mineral veins mined here can often be sold at extremely high prices in the inland.
The three major families also stick together to control these mineral veins.
The situation has remained the same for a long time and has not changed.
However, if the Tantai family joins the Changlong Merchant Alliance, it would be equivalent to handing over these mineral resources to the Merchant Alliance for control.
This will inevitably cause damage to the supporting industries of the major families, which is tantamount to shaking their foundation and lifeline.
The two great families did not know what Tan Tai Qing had discussed with Jiang Lan, or what benefits he had gained from it, but this approach would certainly be met with their strong opposition.
Why is Changlong Business Alliance the only dominant one in Daxia? It is because it has an absolute monopoly. All kinds of rare spiritual objects, magical instruments, mineral veins, natural treasures, and even slaves are priced by Changlong Business Alliance. Other small chambers of commerce have no way to interfere and influence, and can only eat the leftovers.
Many years ago, after the opening of the trade route, the three guardian families had been worried about this matter, so they agreed together not to let the Changlong Business Alliance control any industry. They could do business, but don't think of taking this opportunity to suppress them.
All of a sudden, all the chambers of commerce, big and small, on Feixian Island began to worry.
Even to the chambers of commerce of the three major families, the Changlong Business Alliance is a behemoth.
Even some elders of the Tan Tai family were confused and shocked when they heard the news, and did not understand what Tan Tai Qing meant.
However, the family business has basically been handed over to her, and she has never made a wrong decision over the years. On the contrary, it is thriving, like flowers blooming and oil boiling on a blazing fire.
So even though they were puzzled, the many elders of the Tan Tai family did not express any opposition.
This is exactly the effect that Tan Tai Qing wants.
The head of the branch of the Changlong Merchant Alliance stationed here was also puzzled and shocked when he heard the news. He wondered if Jiang Lan had promised the Tan Tai family some benefits in private.
The difficulty of this matter can be described as prisoners of Chu crying, but no matter how to say it, if the Chamber of Commerce of the Tan Tai family joins the Changlong Business Alliance, it will naturally be a good thing and can bring more benefits to the Changlong Business Alliance.
Jiang Lan did not stand up to express his opinion, as if he tacitly agreed to this, which further deepened the speculation and concerns of many people.
The four princes were busy sending people to investigate the whereabouts of the barbarians and had no intention of interrogating this matter.
An extremely lively scene took place on Feixian Island. The leaders of all the large and small chambers of commerce gathered together at the first opportunity to discuss how to resist this matter. Although the chambers of commerce of the Gongsun family and the Helian family did not stand up, they were obviously supporting and fueling the flames behind the scenes.
"Tan Tai Qing is indeed very resourceful. He only leaked some rumors, and the major chambers of commerce became nervous and worried, and thus focused their attention on this matter."
"She is reluctant to hand over all the benefits of the Tantai family to the Xiangguo Mansion."
"I just want to use this incident as a trigger to get the two major families involved."
"On the contrary, Helian Wen doesn't seem to have made much progress. If Huangfu Hao had been teaching and guiding him from behind, he would not have suffered such a big loss..."
"It's a pity that I don't even dare to hold a Hongmen Banquet, and can only secretly invite Tan Taiqing to meet me."
Jiang Lan had a completely unconcerned attitude towards this matter, and as per Tan Tai Qing's request, he did not come out to clarify and let the situation continue to develop.
So in the eyes of many people these days, he and Tan Tai Qing were indeed very close.
Tan Tai Qing left Wumo City, which was guarding outside the Demon Abyss, and came to the major cities. The two of them frequented various shops together.
Tan Tai Qing even took him to areas where some of the Tan Tai family's supporting industries were located, and they stopped at some rare mineral veins. The two of them talked and laughed happily, and looked like they were having a very harmonious negotiation.
This further deepened everyone's speculation.
If there was no in-depth cooperation, why would Tan Tai Qing show up in person, abandon the important matter of guarding the Demon Abyss, and take Jiang Lan around on a tour?
For a moment, undercurrents surged, and many murderous intentions against Jiang Lan emerged.
If one wants to disrupt the cooperation between the Prime Minister's Mansion and the Tan Tai Family Chamber of Commerce, and if one cannot change the Tan Tai Family's decision, then the easiest way is naturally to cause something bad to happen to Jiang Lan.
Anyway, the barbarians will take the blame.
Black Point Dock, on the bottom floor of a huge cargo ship.
Helian Wen, with disheveled hair and a face covered with scars like canine teeth, sat cross-legged quietly on the hardwood bed.
He had a calm aura and a peaceful expression, but there seemed to be strange fluctuations of magical power emerging from his body. There were dark lines on his skin, which contained an extremely powerful and domineering aura.
"It seems that Tan Tai Qing has heard some rumors and knows that the seal in the Demon Abyss will be broken sooner or later. By then, the entire Feixian Island will be reduced to the Demon Realm. Not to mention the three major families, even if a saint is reborn, he will not be able to stop this."
"This place will become an abandoned place sooner or later, and those mineral resources will be useless by then. All the interests we are fighting for now will turn into a pile of yellow earth. Haha, she just wants to take this opportunity to cling to the thigh of the Xiangguo Mansion so that she can have a place to go when the time comes."
"Tan Tai Qing may seem gentle and elegant, but she is actually cruel, scheming, and profit-seeking. She has been deliberately dating Jiang Lan in public these past few days to get closer to him. Isn't she taking advantage of his identity?"
"I'm afraid Jiang Lan doesn't know Tan Tai Qing's true identity yet and is kept in the dark by her beautiful appearance."
Helian Wen's tightly closed eyes suddenly opened, his pupils were as black as ink, and they emitted a frightening cold light that made people's heart palpitate.
He had no sympathy for Jiang Lan at all, just a fool who was deceived by beauty.
He even heard the news that the two of them were traveling together and frequenting various shops and restaurants in the past few days. He even hoped that Jiang Lan would be assassinated. In this way, the Tan Tai family would be implicated, and Tan Tai Qing would not be able to escape the blame.
It’s a pity that the people who attacked Jiang Lan a few days ago have disappeared in recent days.
"It's almost time for the appointment..."
"It's time to get going."
Helian Wen pushed open the door above his head and walked out of the cargo ship. The sea was sparkling and the moon seemed to have fallen into it. As the waves moved, the wind tonight was much weaker than usual, and it seemed somewhat peaceful at the moment.
He stood on the dock, took a deep breath, and his eyes revealed deep hatred and coldness.
"Tan Tai Qing, here I come."
After saying this, he turned into a streak of dark light and quickly disappeared as if blending into the night.
Feixian Island, west coast, Wangfu Cliff.
The wind and waves are not strong tonight, but there is still the sound of waves hitting the cliffs and rocks, and the tide is surging.
On the steep cliff, there stood a square green stone tablet that was more than half a person tall. On it was carved a green dragon, riding on the clouds and mist, circling above the endless deep sea, creating clouds and rain, as if it would come alive at any time.
This stone tablet seems to be filled with a certain kind of divinity and incense, as if the dragon god carved on it will really revive and appear one day in the future.
The night is as dark as ink, the full moon hangs high in the sky, and the moonlight is bright and cold.
A figure dressed in a green palace dress stood here quietly with his hands behind his back.
Her hair is like a waterfall, her face is like the moon, her face is as soft as jade, her eyebrows are like willows, her pupils are like gems, her nose is straight and beautiful, and her red lips are as bright as water. In the sea breeze, her skirt flutters, and the outline of her legs looks even straighter and longer.
People who don’t know might think this is the legendary mermaid god of the sea, the god of the mermaid clan.
It is said that she is the most beautiful woman in the world. No man who sees her will not be intoxicated by her beauty.
Tan Tai looked out at the sea in the distance, as if lost in thought by the magnificent and beautiful scenery.
There was no one behind her, and she didn't seem to have any followers.
Helian Wen agreed to meet here, so he would definitely pay attention to all her actions in advance. If she did anything, he would definitely notice it.
"Since we agreed to meet here, you didn't dare to show up in advance. Are you afraid that I would set a trap?"
Suddenly, as if sensing something, Tan Tai Qing asked indifferently.
(End of this chapter)
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