This is what villains are like

"Bring up that beggar."

Tantai Qing clasped his palms together, crumpled the letter into a ball, and said calmly.

Soon, a lame beggar with a frightened look, wearing tattered clothes and disheveled hair was brought in.

"I have seen the goddess Tantai..." He knelt down in fear, not daring to raise his head to face the stunning face in front of him.

Tantai Qing looked at the beggar calmly, but there was a golden rune shining in the depths of his eyes. Finally, he shook his head and said, "Take him down."

She didn't expect to find out the whereabouts of Helianwen through a beggar.

Since he asked this person to deliver the letter, he must be fully confident and not afraid of being followed by him to find clues.

Things turned out exactly as Jiang Lan said, and He Lianwen would seek revenge on her in the near future.

But it still came a little too fast...

Tantai Qing held the letter tightly in her hands, silently thinking about the place where He Lianwen invited her, Wangfu Cliff.

It is a cliff on the west coast of Feixian Island. The terrain is extremely high, one side faces the ocean waves, and the reefs are densely covered like dog teeth.

There is also a beautiful legend about that place. In ancient times, there was a loving couple. The two made a living by fishing. They played the piano and the harp in harmony and had a deep relationship. The wife was worried about the safety of her husband who went to sea, so she would watch from the cliff every evening. On the sea, you won't feel relieved until you see your husband's fishing boat swaying on the horizon. Then you will return home and prepare dinner for her. When your husband gets home, you will have just enough warm meals.

Until one day, there was lightning and thunder in the depths of the sea, and the storm was furious. All the fishermen who went out to sea failed to return. The woman who was waiting for her husband's return on the cliff did not want to believe it, so she waited day after day. , unwilling to leave, she remained motionless and waited for a month. No one knew how she persisted. Her life was supposed to be exhausted, but a strong will supported her to wait. Some people say that her behavior moved the Dragon God in the sea, so her husband, who had died at sea, miraculously resurrected, drifted in the sea on a dilapidated boat, and finally returned to her, and the two met each other. Hug, crying with joy...

To this day, a dragon god monument still stands on Wangfu Cliff, which is said to have been built by the couple to thank the dragon god.

Feixian Island holds a dragon temple party at a special time every year. Men and women who love each other will come to Wangfu Cliff and make promises to spend the rest of their lives together and never leave in front of the Dragon God Monument. It is very lively.

He Lianwen would choose that place and invite her to meet, obviously with ulterior motives.

However, she never had any so-called admiration for Helianwen, but only boredom and disgust.

"Meet?" A sarcastic curve appeared at the corner of her mouth, and it disappeared in an instant.

She didn't know how He Lianwen relied on her certainty, but it was clear that her advantage was greater at the moment.

He Lianwen chose to take the initiative to contact her, but he should not have done so, so he wrote a letter with his own hands...

Then, Tantai Qing gave an order to call her brother Tantai Ming, and she went to the study to write a letter in person, asking him to send it to Jiang Lan on the pretext of discussing the Chamber of Commerce in detail.

The fact that she invited Jiang Lan to a banquet last night naturally couldn't be hidden from the eyes of the big families.

Today, there are different speculations and rumors all over Feixian Island. It is believed that the Tantai Family's Chamber of Commerce may cooperate with the Changlong Merchant Alliance, or even join it...

This kind of speculation is certainly not groundless.

Tantai Qing is also deliberately controlling the direction of public opinion.

The local chamber of commerce on Feixian Island is dominated by the Tantai family, the Gongsun family, and the Helian family. They have always been in a state of rivalry. If the Tantai family wants to dominate, the other two major families will definitely not agree.

So she created such a trend just to make the other two aristocratic families focus on this matter.

Once the Tantai Family Chamber of Commerce joins the Changlong Merchant Alliance, these two families will be unable to sit still and block 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 Merchant Alliance to withdraw from patrolling the Demonic Abyss, but also focus her energy and thoughts on dealing with Helianwen.

Even if Helianwen shows up and makes the truth known to the public and the Helian family chooses to take sides, she will be able to use the reason that the Helian family intends to prevent the Tantai family from cooperating with the Prime Minister's government to deal with it.

In just one night, Tantai Qing came up with a variety of countermeasures.

Following Tantai Qing's orders, Tantai Ming was asked to visit Jiang Lan at Prince Zhong's Mansion many times, and spread the news that the Tantai Family's Chamber of Commerce was interested in increasing cooperation with the Changlong Merchant Alliance, and even wanted to join it.

Different reactions began to appear on Feixian Island, and there was a lot of discussion.

Naturally, the first person who couldn't sit still was the chambers of commerce of the two major families, the Helian family and the Gongsun family.

The chambers of commerce of the three major aristocratic families control at least 70% of the economic lifeline of the entire Feixian Island.

The four princes control %, and the remaining % ​​are controlled by the other families and the Taoism of the major immortals stationed here.

Although the Changlong Merchant Alliance is huge, it only uses Feixian Island as a transit hub. Although there are branch alliances located here, they only do business with the three major families and have not penetrated in. After all, they are a saint family and cannot be forced by force. .

The geographical location of Feixian Island is very special, containing many precious mineral veins, as well as many rare spiritual objects that can only appear on the seabed. Often, the mineral veins mined here can be sold at extremely high prices inland.

The three major aristocratic families also work closely together to control these mineral veins.

The situation has remained the same for a long time and has not changed.

But if the Tantai family joins the Changlong Merchant Alliance, it will be equivalent to handing over these mineral resources to the Merchant Alliance.

This will inevitably damage the supporting industries of the major families, which is tantamount to shaking their foundation and lifeline.

The two aristocratic families don't know what Tantai Qing discussed with Jiang Lan and what kind of benefits he got, but this kind of approach must be strongly resisted and opposed by them.

Why is the Changlong Merchant Alliance so dominant in Daxia? Because it has an absolute monopoly, all kinds of rare spiritual objects, mineral veins, heavenly materials, earthly treasures, and even slaves are set by the Changlong Merchant Alliance. Other small chambers of commerce have no way to interfere and can only eat what is left. Leftovers.

Many years ago, the three guardian families were worried about this matter after the business routes were opened, so they jointly agreed not to let the Changlong Merchant Alliance control any industry. They could do business, but they couldn't take this opportunity to suppress them.

For a time, all the chambers of commerce in Feixian Island began to worry.

Even for the chambers of commerce of the three major aristocratic families, the Changlong Chamber of Commerce is a behemoth.

Even some elders of the Tantai family were a little puzzled and shocked when they got the wind and news. They didn't understand what Tantai Qing meant.

It's just that the family business has basically been entrusted to her to look at, and she has never made a wrong decision over the years. On the contrary, it is thriving, like flowers blooming, and the fire is cooking oil.

Therefore, even if they were puzzled, many elders of the Tantai family did not express any objection.

It is exactly this effect that Tantai Qing wants.

The head of the branch of the Changlong Merchant Alliance who was stationed here was also very confused and shocked when he learned the news. He speculated whether Jiang Lan had promised the Tantai family some benefits in private.