I am dying of old age, and I have awakened to the character of longevity.

Just now, I was still worrying about money... and then the money came.

Xie An carefully stroked these familiar large silver ingots, feeling incomparable joy in his heart.

The money was his own, so the person outside the door here to be a nominally subordinate should be Li Shaoyun, the young master of the Li family.

After the New Year's Eve dinner, Xie An saw Li Shaoyun and Zhang Biao leaving intimately, even going to Feiyun Restaurant for a small gathering, and he even heard their conversation when they left the restaurant, plus this money now...

After a little speculation, the result came out:

Li Shaoyun simply wanted to prepare for the upcoming triennial provincial military examination. He was looking for Zhang Biao to smooth things over and get him a nominally subordinate position at the Tiger Wolf Gate, trying to use the martial arts resources of the White Feather Hall to help him pass the provincial examination.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Biao was dead.

His position was replaced by Xie An. After all the twists and turns, Li Shaoyun became his own subordinate...

Li Shaoyun, you were so harsh and difficult before, cutting me off, and colluding with Zhang Biao to have Li He arrest He Chunli and torture him severely, trying to force a confession.

But you didn't know that the new deacon was me. And you became my subordinate.

This is fate.

Xie An couldn't help but sigh at the vicissitudes of fate.

The sharp-eyed Liang Zhi saw Xie An's smile and felt that Xie An also liked money, unlike what he had said before about being upright and unyielding. It would be much easier to get along in the future.

Thinking of this, Liang Zhi breathed a sigh of relief. He was most afraid of encountering stubborn and inflexible people who were brainlessly upright, as these people were the most difficult to get along with and communicate with.

"Deacon, the other party is the young master of the Li family in Wuqiao Town. He passed the military examination and is not far from entering the Copper Skin Realm. He is someone who can be cultivated. Moreover, the Li family is rich, and they will inevitably continue to pay their respects to you in the future."

Xie An approved of Liang Zhi's flattery and nodded slightly, "I will accept the money. I will not meet the person. Just arrange something for him to do."

Liang Zhi said, "Is it to be arranged as usual, or to be treated preferentially?"

Xie An thought of Li Ru's suppression and difficulty towards him before, and followed suit, "This person is young, I'm afraid his mind is frivolous and he is ambitious. If he is treated preferentially as soon as he arrives, he will be difficult to manage in the future. He must be suppressed first. Arrange some heavy work for him."

Saying these words, Xie An was very happy.

When he redeemed himself, Li Ru and Li Shaoyun also adopted a strategy of suppressing him. If it was just this matter, Xie An, remembering Madam Li's kindness, could have ignored it.

But Xie An heard the conversation between Li Shaoyun and Zhang Biao outside Feiyun Restaurant. His disciple He Chunli's buttocks were beaten badly, and Li Shao also helped.

If Xie An's strength had not been sufficient at the time and he had killed Zhang Biao in time, He Chunli would probably not have been able to save his life if Zhang Biao continued to instigate Li He to cause trouble.

He Chunli is a good disciple who will take care of him in his old age.

This is what really made Xie An care.

Now, using his own methods to suppress Li Shaoyun, Xie An felt it was too light. If it weren't for Madam Li's kindness, Xie An would have sent Li Shaoyun on his way long ago.

Liang Zhi widened his eyes, feeling incredible.

He accepted someone else's money, but instead of treating them preferentially... he suppressed them?

Although Xie An's logic was self-consistent, Liang Zhi still felt it was very unreasonable. It seemed that this new deacon probably had a personal feud with the young master of the Li family.

"Yes. I will arrange it now. If he is dissatisfied and resists..."

Xie An said indifferently, "Then deal with him according to the rules of the sect, without any mercy."

"Your subordinate understands."

Liang Zhi didn't dare to say more, cupping his hands and retreating from the living room.

Moreover, Liang Zhi had made a decision in his heart: if the deacon said to suppress Li Shao by three points, he would have to suppress Li Shao by seven points, which was the way for a subordinate to handle things.

After Liang Zhi left, a cheerful smile appeared on Xie An's face.

However, Xie An was not too obsessed with this matter, only treating it as a seasoning after tea and dinner. Whether it was Li Ru's suppression and difficulty at the beginning, or his own small punishment of Li Shao today, were not the most important things for Xie An.

He would not continue to spend his mind on these trivial matters, and the most urgent thing was to improve his strength as soon as possible, which was the most important thing.

"With this money, I can prepare for martial arts practice with peace of mind for the next period of time."

Xie An swept away his distracting thoughts, sat down cross-legged, and began to work hard on the Health Cultivation Technique.

Outside the courtyard.

Li Shaoyun, dressed in brocade clothes, stood upright in the snow, quietly waiting for the new deacon to summon him, feeling uneasy in his heart.

In fact, at first, he didn't plan to send 180 taels of silver to the new deacon in one go, he just wanted to send 50 or 60 taels to show his sincerity. But just now, after inquiring among the disciples, he learned that this new deacon was ruthless and tough, and not easy to get along with. He had subdued Zhang Biao's original gang of unruly subordinates on his first morning.

This made Li Shaoyun feel guilty, feeling that 50 or 60 taels of silver might not please this new deacon, so he gritted his teeth... and sent out all 180 taels given to him by his parents.

For this reason, Li Shaoyun also sighed, "Fortunately, my father was wise a few days ago and cut Old Xie's head severely. It's just right for me to use it for gift-giving today."

Just then, a sound of footsteps came.

It was Liang Zhi walking out of the courtyard. Li Shaoyun hurriedly stepped forward, cupping his hands and showing a flattering smile, "Old Liang, when will the new deacon see me?"

When Li Shaoyun was looking for Zhang Biao to smooth things over, he had met Liang Zhi and had dealt with him before. When he was giving gifts just now, Li Shaoyun did not forget to stuff some loose silver into Liang Zhi's hands.

He accepted his 180 taels of silver, but he still wouldn't see him?

This...

Li Shaoyun slandered in his heart, but he didn't dare to show any displeasure, lowering his posture and begging, "Old Liang, please help me say a few more words..."

Before Li Shaoyun could finish speaking, Liang Zhi returned the loose silver he had received to Li Shaoyun, "Young Master Li, I'm sorry, I can't help with this."

Liang Zhi thought that if the new deacon was very happy after receiving Li Shaoyun's money and gave Li Shaoyun preferential treatment, then it would be fine for him to accept a little money. Now that the wind direction was obviously wrong, Liang Zhi would not dare to accept it even if he was short of money.

Li Shaoyun accepted the loose silver, and his whole person was stunned.

"Like this, you first follow Xiao Liuzi to clean the Black Market and help move things. Wait for a while and see if the deacon has any new arrangements for you." Leaving a sentence, Liang Zhi said no more and turned to leave.

Li Shaoyun hurriedly chased after him and asked, "Old Liang, please teach me. Is the gift I sent too light?"

Liang Zhi suddenly stopped, stunned for a moment. He probably didn't expect Li Shaoyun to think in this direction.

He also thought that the new deacon was obviously a money-grubber. If he could hint to Li Shaoyun to send more money to the deacon, it would undoubtedly make the new deacon praise him for being good at handling affairs.

Liang Zhi, who had been working under Zhang Biao, a reckless man, for five years, was naturally familiar with the set of trying to figure out the superior's intentions.

Thinking of this, Liang Zhi turned his head and looked at Li Shaoyun, his eyes like looking at a fat sheep dripping with oil.

Li Shaoyun didn't know what Liang Zhi was thinking, and thought he was right, and once again sent silver taels, humbly saying: "I am new here and don't know the rules of this place. I don't even know the new deacon's preferences, please give me some pointers, Old Liang."

Liang Zhi raised his hand to refuse the silver, "You can try. But I didn't say anything, it's all your own speculation."

Li Shaoyun was overjoyed, believing that what he thought was right, "Thank you for your guidance, Old Liang."

"Yes."

Liang Zhi nodded and left, feeling sorry for Li Shaoyun in his heart. He knew that the new deacon had the intention to suppress Li Shaoyun, not because he sent too little money, but because there was probably a personal feud.

Even if Li Shaoyun sent more silver, it would be useless.

But what does that matter?

He gave such a hint only for his own future.

"Eh."

Li Shaoyun looked at Liang Zhi's receding figure and then at the imposing courtyard, feeling a lot of emotions, "It seems that I have to go back and ask my father to prepare more silver taels to send gifts..."