Defying the Martial Way to Burn the Heavens

In the center of Kuocheng is a large formation stone forest, separated only by a wall from this stone forest square, where the nominal controller of Kuocheng, the Lord of Kuocheng, is located.

The City Lord's Mansion occupies not a very large area, but there are many tall and spacious houses. Although it is now deserted and dusty on the roof tiles, it can still be vaguely seen that the construction level of the City Lord's Mansion was not low.

Compared with Chen Liang's palace in Jucheng, which had a strange small building built in front of the main hall, Guo Tong's taste was quite normal. On both sides of the main hall are side halls, and on the other side is a winding corridor leading directly to a rockery garden.

Since Xuan Hong's death, let alone the main hall being rarely used, the city lord's mansion has been rarely visited. This place seems to be cursed, no one wants to have anything to do with the City Lord's Mansion and Guo Tong.

But just recently, Guo Tong's City Lord's Mansion has gradually become lively, and there are obviously more people coming in and out than before, especially the people nearby have gradually changed from small minions to powerful ones. The person in charge.

Gradually, Guo Tong seemed to have regained his former glory. He liked this feeling very much and enjoyed it even more. But he understands that all this is like a castle in the air, which can only last for a certain period of time. How long it can last is not decided by him. Instead, it is decided by the families he hates the most.

Like Chen Liang, he is very attached to and reluctant to let go of everything he once owned. Unlike Chen Liang, Guo Tong has an inseparable attachment to power and money.

Guo Tong was overjoyed at the hard-won good situation at hand, and at the same time, he was working hard to maintain it. But the confrontation between the four major families will not last forever. At that time, the small forces and small families surrounding him will immediately choose to take sides again.

There are not many choices he can make. The best result is to use the power in his hands to stand up and clean up the mess when Su Wang Guihua fights and everyone loses, and regains control of Kuocheng in one fell swoop.

It's just that to develop to this point, it requires a certain amount of luck. Since the death of the country's leader Xuan Hong, Guo Tong can no longer believe in his luck.

Then he must make another preparation, and the other preparation is naturally to choose one of the four families to join him. It's just that he must make this choice quietly. Once the small forces surrounding him realize that he has taken such actions, they may immediately abandon him.

In the past few days, Guo Tong has been worrying about how to get closer to these four families without being easily noticed by those small forces.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he fell asleep, someone brought him a pillow. How could he not be happy like this?

The side hall of the city lord's palace had poor lighting due to its orientation. It was almost dusk and the entire side hall was already very dark, but Guo Tong had no intention of letting anyone light the lamp.

Guo Tong, who was sitting in the main seat, could only vaguely see the outline of his face and body in the dim light. This is a middle-aged man who is close to forty years old. His body is slightly stout, but fortunately he is still quite tall, so he does not look bloated.

His appearance is slightly blurry, but in such dim light, you can still see that his eyebrows are a bit sinister, and you can tell at a glance that he is not a good man or woman.

It just so happened that the smile appeared on this face, which made those who saw it feel a little cold. However, the man sitting with his hands hanging down had a calm expression on his face, showing no emotion or anger, just waiting quietly.

In Guo Tong's palm, he held a formation jade that was releasing the light of runes. He carefully identified the rune patterns on the formation jade, and the smile on his face became bigger and bigger.

"Shopkeeper Meng, this thing is really what you said. There won't be any problems with the information in it, right?" The spiritual energy converged, and the rune brilliance on the array jade converged. Guo Tong, who was holding the formation jade tightly, had no intention of returning the formation jade to Shopkeeper Meng.

Seeing the other party's actions in his eyes, although he smiled secretly in his heart, there was a hint of dissatisfaction on the surface. Shopkeeper Meng said in a deep voice: "I spent 30,000 gold coins to buy this from an old customer. I also I sent someone to verify it, and the information in it should be true, otherwise I wouldn’t have given him such a large sum of money.”

"Oh." Guo Tong raised his eyebrows slightly and said, "You said that the group of people who ambush outside the painter's house that day and cooperated with the people of the Su family to kill Hua Yuluo are now at the place marked on the map?"

Shopkeeper Meng said calmly: "If you dare to attack the painter, how can you be weak in strength? With such a large group of people hiding in a certain place, no matter how careful you are, your flaws will be exposed. Moreover, now that City Lord Guo has many people, he wants to It shouldn’t be difficult to make sure.”

"Do you know where this group of people came from?" City Master Guo's smile became even brighter. He obviously believed at least a large part of what Shopkeeper Meng said.

Shaking his head helplessly, Shopkeeper Meng said: "This is not something I can find out, but I believe City Master Guo should be able to find out something."

Guo Tong seems to be very pleased with this kind of compliment, because he has gradually regained his original feeling of bossing around recently. He nodded with a smile on his face, and then suddenly asked with a stern face: "Such important information should be able to be exchanged for a big price no matter which company you give it to. Why do you have to come to me? I have sent people to talk to you many times in the past few days. I contacted you, but you flatly refused."

Regarding this issue, Shopkeeper Meng did not hesitate and said: "At this time, no one dares to say that they have a clear understanding of the situation. After all, I still have the mountain of Fortune Chamber of Commerce behind me. I must think carefully before making a decision."

"Then why have you decided to choose me now?" Guo Tong asked, looking at Shopkeeper Meng with a half-smile.

After pondering for a while, Shopkeeper Meng said calmly: "Because these four families will inevitably have a war. After all, I am still alone. Joining any party will only become cannon fodder. After thinking about the safest way out, Naturally, City Master Guo’s boat is safer.”

"Aren't you afraid that I will use this news to surrender to a certain family?" City Master Guo continued to ask, but it was unclear from his tone whether he was joking or if he really had this intention.

"Haha" There was a faint smile, and Shopkeeper Meng said with a smile: "City Lord Guo is a smart man, and smart people naturally have to reserve a way out. There is no harm in doing things like this, and it will make those who follow the City Lord safer.

If he completely joins any party, that would be another matter. City Lord Guo is certainly not the kind of fool who wants to commit suicide, which is why so many forces are willing to come and join him. "

The words were both direct and melodramatic, both complimentary and derogatory, but they spoke directly to Guo Tong's heart, and a burst of hearty laughter suddenly echoed in the hall.

After a while, the laughter subsided. Guo Tong looked at Shopkeeper Meng and said with a troubled face: "Since Brother Meng is here today and has brought such important information, I, Guo Tong, should have expressed my gratitude, but you also know that today's Kuocheng is not I can control it, but my money is very tight.”

Sneering in his heart, Shopkeeper Meng had long known that the person in front of him was greedy. Not to mention giving him benefits, I am afraid that even the scum between his fingers would be difficult to leak to him.

On the surface, he waved his hands and said: "Since I have surrendered to the Lord of the City, it is not for the little benefit in front of me. In the future, the Lord of the City will take control of Kuocheng and give him any benefits, which will be enough for our Yuncai Trading Company to make money in Kuocheng. "

Seeing that Shopkeeper Meng was so polite, the smile on Guo Tong's face became more sincere, and he continued: "Shopkeeper Meng spent a lot of money to buy this information. Logically speaking, the money should come from my city lord's palace. That’s right.”

After a pause, Guo Tong rubbed his hands and said, "But first of all, I don't have that much money for the time being, and secondly, there's no way to tell whether this message is true or false, so asking me to come up with so much money at once is really... Ah, you know."

Looking at Guo Tong with some embarrassment, Shopkeeper Meng's face became extremely ugly and said: "I also know that City Master Guo is in trouble, but our trading company in Kuocheng doesn't have much living money, and now we take out 30,000 gold coins at once. It’s really putting the shops in a tight spot.”

Looking at Shopkeeper Meng's pleading look, Guo Tong also hesitated for a moment, and then said: "It is indeed unreasonable for the shop to have no liquidity. Do you think I can give you five thousand gold coins first?"

"Can you give me half first, fifteen thousand gold coins? Five thousand is too little. You also know that our Yuncai Trading Company can withdraw money for the Xuanwu Empire Money Saving Card."

The two negotiated again and finally completed the transaction with 10,000 gold coins. In fact, Shopkeeper Meng didn't even plan to ask for a penny, but he knew that without this bargaining, Guo Tong would still be suspicious of the news.

After so much effort, he finally got 10,000 gold coins from Guo Tong, just to gain his trust.

After clapped his hands gently, a young warrior came quickly, stood beside Guo Tong and listened to the instructions, then turned around and retreated.

After explaining his subordinates, Guo Tong suddenly changed the topic and asked: "I wonder which company Manager Meng thinks I should trade this information to. To be more clear, which company should I flirt with next?"

It sounded like casual chatting, but Shopkeeper Meng felt wary, knowing that the other party's seemingly unintentional chatting was not as simple as it seemed.

After a slight hesitation, Shopkeeper Meng said with a smile: "Actually, although there are four families competing for it, everyone knows that Su Wang is a group, headed by the Su family. Ghost Painting is a group, led by painters.

The choice is also very simple. It is nothing more than choosing between these two sides, just like gambling to buy the size. No matter which side the pressure is on, the winning rate is only between 50 and 50. "

Hearing Shopkeeper Meng's answer, Guo Tong frowned slightly and his face gradually darkened.

But then Shopkeeper Meng continued: "However, the winning rate of the big one and the small one is no doubt 50-50, but the banker's winning rate is 100%. The city lord is already invincible, so why bother others."

Hearing this, City Lord Guo raised his eyebrows, and a smile appeared on his face again.