Demon Book Qi Zhai

Chapter 42: Joining forces

Most of the news about Yin Yang Zhai comes from the hidden world and the Lotus House.As for Qiu Zhi's news, he mostly investigates by himself.Now, the two sides join forces to eliminate the foreign merchants who hunt and sell monsters, and the news is naturally shared.

"Can you find out about Zhang Qian?" Hua Mengxi asked.

"I took people to check around the elite circles in the concession, but I didn't find any news about him. So, they may be hiding behind a certain official of the Hubei Ministry of Civil Affairs." Ning Ji said.

"Ministry of Civil Affairs?" Bai Xian was really surprised.

"Those who can create five execution grounds will be separated from the concession, and the rest will be the senior officials of the military command department of the Hubei Military Administration, or the senior civil affairs officials. Duan Dudu asserted that the possibility of this person being the military commander is extremely unlikely, and the most likely Among the Ministry of Civil Affairs." Qiu Zhi said.

During the [-] Years, the Late Qing Empire collapsed, and under the change of regime, both the military government in Hubei and the warlords in other places were short of money.Let’s just say that Hubei, which supports the operation of the arsenal and other things, has allowed the Red House to move forward with heavy burdens.Therefore, this matter has little to do with the military command.

Furthermore, if it is really related to the military command department, in terms of accounts, no matter what, it can't be hidden from Duan Dudu's eyes.Therefore, the only person behind Zhang Qian is a civil affairs official.

Hearing Qiu Zhi's words, Cheng Fu said coldly: "Tianwu knows the truth, as long as senior brother hands him over to me, I will have a way to make him spit out the truth."

"No need." Bai Xianzhen glanced lightly at the door.Outside the door, Tian Wu, who was eavesdropping, left.

When going to his own room, Tian Wu showed a terrifying and excited smile on his face: "Bai Xianzhen, Qiu Zhi. I want to see if you die or he dies!"

"My lord, why don't you talk to the patrol envoy?" Fang Yuanbo suggested.

"No." Regardless of the past, present or future, Bai Xianzhen never thought of involving Lu Yuanyong in the right and wrong of the two.

"Lu Xun has a high position and power, if he gets involved in it, someone with a heart will use this to create momentum to force him to step down." Ning Ji said.

Lu Yuanyong, the highest civil affairs official in Hubei, is deeply loved by the people. If something happens to him, the whole of Hubei may be shaken.Therefore, no matter what, he cannot be involved in this avenue full of yellow spring flowers.

"Xianzhen, please Lianhua go to Yinyangzhai. Shuya, continue to investigate Jardine Matheson. Ning Ji, find a way to investigate the accounts of the Ministry of Civil Affairs." After thinking for a while, Qiu only said to him.As long as there is a problem with the civil affairs accounts, and the investigation continues, the master behind the five execution grounds will surely be caught.

"I will investigate with Xiang Shuya," Hua Meng said.

"Okay." Bai Xianzhen agreed.

"Please let me investigate with Vice Captain Ning!" Shang Jing, who was a little pale, stood up and said.

At his words, Bai Xianzhen shook his head: "Lu Feng is with Vice Captain Ning."

"Yes, my lord." Lu Feng replied.

Shang Jing sat down on the chair a little disappointed.

Everyone present knew that Shang Jing was not suitable for investigation.Shang Sheng's betrayal of Yin Yang Zhai left scars in his heart.If he was allowed to go, he might not be able to control his emotions.At that point, their investigation fell short.Therefore, they cannot take this risk.

As for the rest, stay at Yin Yang Zhai, and as soon as the news comes, they will go to clean up the foreign merchants who do monster business.

After talking about the matter, Fang Yuanbo went to the Lianhua House to invite Lianhua.When Fang Yuanbo came back again, he went to the backyard and found Bai Xianzhen who was sitting in the corridor with Xiao Yumin in his arms.

"Lianhua is visiting at night." Fang Yuanbo said.

"Thank you." Bai Xianzhen gently stroked Xiao Yumin in his arms.

"One more thing."

"What's the matter?"

"I met the patrol envoy on the road, and he asked me to pass a message to the lord. He said, if you are free, please go and see him." Fang Yuanbo followed the words, and then retreated respectfully .

Bai Xianzhen looked at the peach blossom trees in the yard, his eyes were soft, and he whispered to himself: "Because Yinyangzhai took revenge on them, are you afraid that Yinyangzhai will become a target..."

Lianhua arrived at Yinyang Zhai at night, but she didn't say when.But Bai Xianzhen seemed to know the time of his arrival.So, at night, before the bell of the Jianghanguan Building rang, he asked Fang Yuanbo to wait for the guests at the door.And he personally arranged to wait with Qiu Zhi for the unidentified man.

"Dangdangdang——" the moment the Jianghanguan building's vigorous bell rang, there was also a knock on the door of Yinyang Zhai.

Fang Yuanbo opened the door and invited the guests who came tonight to go to the tea room.

Lianhua opened the fan to cover her smiling mouth, he followed Fang Yuanbo to the tea room, Fang Yuanbo said "Please" and then retreated.

Entering the tea room, Lianhua sat on a chair facing Bai Xianzhen and Qiu Zhi.

"Thank you for coming, Lianhua. Please." Bai Xianzhen handed the tea to Lianhua, and Lianhua closed the fan and put it on the table. It tastes the same as the master of Yin Yang Zhai."

Putting down the teacup, Lianhua seemed to support the two people opposite her head, her long hair casually scattered on the ground behind her.He continued: "Yin Yang Zhai hides 48 oceans, no wonder people outside pointed their guns at the gate of your Yin Yang Zhai."

The foreign merchants in the concession offered a reward for their lives.Qiu only has one life worth 5 yuan, Ning Ji's life is worth [-] yuan, and everyone else is worth [-] yuan.Now, not to mention the gate of Yinyangzhai, even the tiles are full of killers who want to get the money.

I hate this group of people, but they are living treasures.

"They can't afford our lives," Qiu Zhi said.

"Losing the protection of the Red Mansion, Qiu Zhi, what qualifications do you have to stay in Wuhan?" Lianhua asked.Qiu Zhi and his entourage offended many dignitaries by "making waves" in Hankou. Now, those who want to kill them have already spread all over the three towns of Wuhan.

"The Red Mansion, it's just that I borrowed the identity from it to act. Naturally, if I leave there, what I lose is just that layer of identity." Qiu Zhi smiled proudly.

"So, it's not Duan Dudu who hired you to come to Wuhan?" Lianhua's eyes became sharp.

"Really, you can go to the red building and ask Duan Duan." The darkness in the depths of Qiu Zhi's eyes seemed to be able to extinguish the lights in the tea room.

"Interesting." Lianhua put away his hands on the table, he picked up his fan and opened it, and the little ghost in the fan moved.Bai Xianzhen put his eyes on the fan, he said: "Since you came here with Wu and Zero, why don't you come out and have a cup of tea."

"Everything in Hankou disgusts them." Lianhua covered her mouth with a chuckle, "Bai Xianzhen, you put Qiu Zhi and his party in Yinyangzhai. You know, doing so will not only involve Yinyangzhai in the conflict with Wuhan dignitaries In the midst of grievances, you will be dragged into the blood pool hell together."

"Hell? Lianhua, right now, what we are in is hell." Bai Xianzhen replied.

Hankou in the dark is a hell on earth...

"You're right. Then, why did you come to me today?" Lianhua asked.

"For a long time, news about hunters and monster business in Hankou has been sent by Lianhuawu and Yinshidao. Lianhua, I want to know, where do you come from for these news?" Bai Xianzhen asked.

All this time, Bai Xianzhen never thought about how Lianhua got those news. Now that he thinks about it again, he realizes that Lianhua seems to know too much, too much.

Lianhua, who covered her mouth with a fan, narrowed her eyes, the black lotus on his face seemed to be blooming strangely.

"Bai Xianzhen, you don't need to know how I got the news."

Obviously, Lianhua would not tell them.

"You know who the person behind Zhang Qian is." Qiu Zhi's lips were cold.

"Whether you know it or not, I won't tell you any news." Lianhua chuckled.

"...So you really know." It seems that he and Qiu only guessed right.

"If you don't tell me, I will investigate naturally," Qiu Zhi said.

"Excellent." Lianhua said.

"Lianhua, join us." Bai Xianzhen asked.

"You don't have to pay any price to pull me into this scene, how can I agree to you." Lianhua said.

"What price do you want?" Qiu only asked.

"No matter what the price is, we can pay it." Bai Xianzhen said flatly.

"Hehehe, I can get the price from Lord Baizhai, so I promise you. However, the price I want has not been figured out yet. I will mention it to you when I think it over." Under the fan, Lianhua revealed something unclear. Laugh indistinctly.

"Okay." Bai Xianzhen said.

"Tomorrow, let someone go to Lianhua House to get a list of goblin transactions in the concession." Lianhua stood up.His thin and tall body, and the corseted brocade robe made him more and more invisible.

After stepping out of the tea room and walking a few steps, Lianhua whispered "The Seventh Prince has been killed by Zhang Qian" and disappeared.

Seeing the big living person disappear suddenly under the corridor, a little featherman stared wide-eyed: "Yo yo——"

"Seventh Prince..." Bai Xianzhen's eyes darkened, he couldn't help clenching his hands, Qiu Zhi's eyes were cold!

For the ruthless Zhang Qian, he decided to take his life with his own hands!

The result of talking with Lianhua is not bad.After Bai Xianzhen drank the tea in his cup, he stood up: "I'm going to take a bath."

"Ah."

Bai Xianzhen left, Qiu just stood up and went to Shuya's room.Under the lamp, Xiang Shuya and Hua Meng looked up the information of Jardine Matheson and talked with each other.

Qiu only entered the door through the window: "Tomorrow, Lianhua will send the list of Hankou merchants involved in the monster business."

"It really helped a lot." Xiang Shuya breathed a sigh of relief.

"For a long time, there has never been any news about the secret trading of monsters by Jardine Matheson. If it is on the list of foreign merchants sent by Lianhua, we can make a move. But what if there is no one?" Hua Mengji's face became a little dignified .

"If there isn't one... it means that Jardine Matheson either really doesn't buy and sell monsters. Or it hides it too deep, so deep that even Lianhua doesn't know about it." Xiang Shuya pondered.

"Regardless of whether there is Jardine Matheson on the list sent by Lianhua, Herbert Ingram cannot escape being related to the sale of demons and spirits." Qiu Zhi said.

"That's right." Xiang Shuya agreed.

"Hua Mengxi, I remember, when you met Zhang Qian at the Fifth Execution Ground, Herbert Ingram was there?" Qiu Zhi asked.

"I entered with Herbert Ingram." Hua Mengxi replied.

After pondering for a while, Qiu only said: "Herbert Ingram knows who the people behind Zhang Qian are. When you are in Zhai Yihe Yangxing, you should find out who has been in contact with him by the way."

"Okay." Xiang Shuya said.

Tianwu, Lianhua, and Herbert Ingram knew who the person behind Zhang Qian was.

Ning Ji will take Lu Feng to secretly investigate the accounts of Hubei Civil Affairs; Xiang Shuya and Hua Mengxi will investigate Jardine Matheson and its owner's contacts.

Zhang Qian hides deeply, and the person who can hide him so deeply will not be an ordinary person.

The person behind Zhang Qian must be a civil affairs official.As for Herbert Ingram, most of the people he intersected with were dignitaries in Wuhan.As long as the people who interacted with him are found out, and then the foreign dignitaries around him, as well as the rich businessmen and military commanders in Wuhan are excluded, then the remaining civil affairs chiefs who interacted with him are the people behind Zhang Qian .

In this way, Zhang Qian and the people behind him cannot escape no matter what.

After talking with them, he turned to another yard to take a bath.

The cold water poured down from his body, and Qiu could only take a breath in comfort.

A day of great changes, yesterday's Red Chamber military and police force, is no longer there today.

After washing and bathing, Qiu just went back to his room.Under the lights in the room, Bai Xian was watching with a erotic book that was actually having sex with a man.

Qiu Zhi: "..."

He took off the clothes on his body and stepped forward, stretched out his hand, took the erotic book from Bai Xianzhen's hand and threw it aside, then pressed down on Bai Xianzhen.

Being pressed down by Qiu Zhi's fiery body, feeling the love and desire in Qiu Zhi's body, Bai Xianzhen couldn't help being moved.

This man, like this, likes to leave his mark and taste on his beloved "possession".

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