Artifact Smuggling Specialist

The main rudder of the Zuo family in Jiucheng still looks the same, but when he came, Zuo Lan didn’t have any life on his hands, and when he came back, he not only killed people, but now he brought back a devil, but Xue Chongshi’s name Not everyone knows about it.

Those people outside Zuo's house thought that the pink ball-like doll that Zuo Lan brought back was cute, just like Zuo Lan's first impression when he saw Xue Chongshi.

Zuo Yi and Zuo Wen heard that Zuo Lan was back, and immediately came back to greet him. Zuo Yi was talking to Zuo Lan, but Zuo Wen, who was next to him, kept winking at Zuo Qiu, but Zuo Qiu seemed to be dumb all of a sudden. Blind, he couldn't see Zuo Wen's wink, he couldn't hear his artificial cough, let alone said a word, he was like a giant Buddha.

Zuo Lan was talking with Zuo Yi, and he also distractedly looked at Zuo Qiu. He suddenly felt that Zuo Qiu was really very interesting. People may be played around by Zuo Qiu at ordinary times, but Zuo Qiu hides very deeply, maybe he is a usable talent.

Zuo Lan sat at the top seat, with the thick account book in hand, he flipped through it casually, frowned deliberately, and slid his finger over a certain line, and saw the expression of Zuo Yi Zuo Wen and the two of them changed immediately, Tsk, are you so restless?

Xue Chongshi sat at the back, closed his eyes and meditated, with his palms in his sleeves, holding a soul crystal. Now Zuo Lan was amazed at this person's cultivation state, as if he could enter the cultivation state anytime, anywhere. --frenzied!

The corner of his mouth twitched, forcing himself to look away from Xue Chongshi's face.Turning to Zuo Yizuo, Wen said: "I heard that the two have devoted themselves to the Zuo family for many years in the cross-regional trade. Although Zuo Lan is young, he has heard of the contributions the two have made to the family. I have been treating the two of you badly, so it is better to give the two of them a vacation, I am really embarrassed to let the two of you take responsibility for the mess here."

The current cross-regional trade is indeed a mess, Zuo Lan is right.

Zuo Yi and Zuo Wen didn't expect Zuo Lan to be so talkative at all. Is this going to let them go?Now the mess of cross-regional trade, whoever suffers from it, will be unlucky. They are eager to get out, and leave immediately after making a handful. Anyway, they have made so much money. Is it not enough oil and water in their hands after all these years?I was just afraid that Zuo Lan would see something about the accounts.

Right now Zuo Wen said cautiously: "Actually...we should be a family, not to mention that we are also the direct line, and we are obliged to maintain the status of the direct line. Although it is very tiring, I feel happy in my heart. It's just that I am busy here. It has been a bit tiring for many years, but now the cross-regional trade situation is difficult, we really don’t want to withdraw at this time, it feels like we are afraid of difficulties.”

Heh, fuck you, you want to get out, and I want you to make a step down?

Zuo Lan sneered in his heart, but he really didn't want to make the relationship too stiff within the direct line. After tearing his face, he was happy, and the people of the collateral branch were even happier. Let's settle it next, I don't care what others say in private, Zuo Lan, anyway, he is trying to save face on the surface, and now he bears his anger and lays a step for them to walk down, it's nothing wrong with him.

So Zuo Lan slowly closed the account book, sat at the head, and handed it down condescendingly: "These account books are written down by the two principals for so many years. The Zuo family remembers the achievements of the two. Heroes of the family, your effectiveness will be reserved for later. This cross-regional trade is actually hopeless, and I am just here to end it completely. You two will be sad to see me deal with these current affairs here. Yes, why don't you take these ledgers and keep them as a souvenir, go to various parts of the mainland to relax, and come back to serve my Zuo clan, the Zuo clan still needs two more."

Xue Chongshi was cultivating on the side, but he was doing two things at once, but suddenly he raised his lips, and silently uttered the word "hypocrisy", but he was also caught by Zuo Lan, his eyes sharpened, But he lowered his eyes in time to block the eye knife that he was about to shoot, looked at the two entangled principals, then lightly knocked on the Eight Immortals table, raised his jaw, and said to Zuo Qiu: "Mr. Qiu may not be able to leave yet. It will take a while for you to sell the assets and pay the people below, so I can only let Zuo Yi and Zuo Wen take a rest for a while."

Zuo Qiu hurriedly bowed to salute, but he didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in Zuo Lan's gourd. Didn't the people in my family say that Lan Shao came to save these deadlocked cross-regional trade?But how do you say this is the end?This... is not right at all...

"Since you said so, Lan Shao, the two of us will put on our old faces and leave this crippled body, and we will serve the family in the future... woo woo woo..."

As he said that, the two of them wiped away their tears at the same time, almost killing Zuo Lan. He almost didn't have a sip of tea for the two of them. He suppressed his nausea and said with a smile: "You two don't need to be sad. ..."

Then he said a lot of disgusting and nasty words, until Zuo Qiu, who was standing on the side, showed a twitching expression, Zuo Lan knew it was appropriate, and seeing Zuo Yizuowen, the two old guys had already stared at each other. Putting on the mosquito coil, he smiled inwardly, and finally made a concluding remark: "Then you two, go down and rest, and I will talk to Mr. Qiu about the matter."

Zuo Yi and Zuo Wen left with great gratitude, and when the two of them left, Zuo Lan dropped the teacup with a "slap" and cursed: "Two shameless old bastards!"

The teacup fell on the door not far from Xue Zhongshi, but he looked calm, slowly opened his eyes, and said expressionlessly: "I think you are thicker-skinned."

Zuo Lan reached out to touch his cheek, and patted it, "Is it so thick? Even a half-blind person like you can see it?"

While listening, Zuo Qiu, who thought he could hear some exciting news, suddenly trembled, almost fell down on the spot, and the corners of his mouth twitched even more.

Xue Chongshi knew that he was thick-skinned, so he didn't care about him, he closed his eyes again like the old man Youzai Youzai, and continued to practice.

Zuo Lan also knew that Xue Chongshi was that kind of virtue, after making a joke, he turned around and smiled at Zuo Qiu: "Mr. Let's talk business."

——So you are really talking nonsense before, right?

Zuo Qiu felt powerless.

"Now that two obstacles have been dismissed, I want to tell you my plan - I can completely solve the problem of the source and route of cross-regional trade, but the support from the rear is very important, such as the transportation team. Now these people in the village are completely No, and this Zhuangzi will completely disappear in name, we cannot let the three major forces notice."

When Zuo Lan said this, his expression was very sticky. There was a hint of seduction in the words. After carefully thinking about the meaning, it was a bit shocking. The three major forces must not notice the cross-regional trade. He has done those extraordinary things, and he also said that these people in Zhuangzi are completely unfit, which means that the existing personnel must be fully deployed.

Zuo Qiu knew what Zuo Lan meant at once. No wonder he had to persuade Zuo Yi and Zuo Wen away with good words first, because after solving these two people, the people below would find a name for "closing regional trade". It is completely possible to repatriate them all, and then the entire department completely falls into Zuo Lan's hands. He can reorganize as he wants, and it can even be said that this is a brand new department.

This newly established organization should be completely controlled by Zuo Lan and be loyal to him.

The elders of the clan were willing to let Zuo Lan down, and the purpose was really not simple.

Even if the issue of cross-regional trade cannot be resolved, Zuo Lan can still take the opportunity to cultivate his own power. If something unexpected happens in the fight for the position of patriarch, Zuo Lan will also have the strength to fight at that time, so that he will not be isolated and helpless.After all, the current Zuo Lan is the young patriarch...

These key points are too much to say, and when I think about it, it’s just a flash of thought. Zuo Qiu is a smart person, but Zuo Lan sent Zuo Yi and Zuo Wen away, but left him alone. If he still doesn’t understand this is What does it mean to waste the more than 20 years of his life, so he got up and bowed: "Mr. Lan has any plans, please ask for instructions."

Zuo Lan bent over, put his hand on his shoulder, and said softly, "Mr. Qiu doesn't need to do this, please sit down."

Zuo Qiu sat down again. This young man looked young, but when he stretched out his hand to press him to sit down, he felt a bit tough. mean.

Is this the future heir of the Zuo clan?It seems that there is still a big difference from the rumors.

Zuo Lan said: "You pick some from all the people here, keep those who can stay, send all the others back to the family, let the people in the family arrange them, I want those who stay can endure hardships, and enough Loyalty, you can keep secrets, the higher the cultivation base, the better, but you don’t need too many people, leaving twenty is enough, as for the offices stationed in other places, all of them will be removed directly. It needs to be changed, and the sign in front of it should be replaced with 'Lanhui'. From now on, there will be no more names from the Zuo family that specialize in cross-regional trade. From whom do I want to hear it, haha..."

What does "hehe" mean...

However, "Lanhui" seems to have some meaning.

Xue Chongshi continued to listen with his eyes closed. Zuo Lan didn't plan to avoid him when he said these things. Xue Chongshi was also Zuo Lan's collaborator, so he was entitled to know these things.

"If there are only [-] people, I'm afraid it will be difficult to maintain the normal operation here, this—" Zuo Qiu has some doubts.

Zuo Lan waved his hand and said with a smile: "I specially picked someone from my family to come over, and it's the guardian of the stele."

This is also licensed by Zuo Qiuyan. Every family with a long history must have its own secrets. The forest of steles and stele keepers of the Zuo family are secrets. The stele keepers are the confidantes of the next patriarch selected from each generation. They usually train in secret places, and often practice in the forest of steles in the secret realm. Guarding the steles means guarding the Zuo family. They can be called the most loyal team of the Zuo family. They are only loyal to the patriarch. It can only be equal to them.

Few people know about the existence of the monument keeper, but Zuo Qiu obviously knows, because when Zuo Lan said the word "monument keeper", Zuo Qiu's expression changed obviously.

Zuo Lan actually didn't want to know so much about Zuo Qiu, but at this moment he became curious: "You even know the stele guard."

"The family history of the Zuo family has been written, but that book seems to have been lost, so it's normal that you don't know, Young Master Lan." Zuo Qiu explained.

Zuo Lan raised her eyebrows, "The books in Zangshuge will also be lost?"

Zuo Qiu shook his head: "I'm not sure about this, anyway, it's gone."

This is wrong, Zuo Lan knows the books in Zangshu Pavilion better than anyone else, he always feels that he has never seen this book before, "What's the name of that book?"

"It's just a word 'left'."

The name is too simple. At that time, Zuo Qiu was curious, but when he opened the book, some unknown secrets of the Zuo family were slowly revealed in front of Zuo Qiu. It is also recorded.

Zuo Lan was silent for a while, and then turned the topic back: "Let's talk about Lanhui's affairs, Zuo Yizuowen is gone, and Lanhui's affairs will be entrusted to you when I'm not around. You have a lot of power. Power, because I believe you are not mediocre, and Lan will take care of you, maybe even more brilliant."

Lan Hui, of course, belonged to Zuo Lan.

Zuo Lan said that to be an ambitious person is the first step of ambition.

He explained some details to Zuo Qiu, then instructed him to hand over to the stele guard for a while, and then let Zuo Qiu leave.

In the entire hall, only Zuo Lan and Xue Chongshi were left.

Zuo Lan was originally sitting upright, but suddenly he nestled into the soft couch with his back half up. His long legs were thrown into the air. His posture was extremely lazy. He yawned and dragged his voice: "Xue Tuhao, It's your turn."

Xue Chongshi was still sitting upright on that chair, unlike Zuo Lan, who seemed to have no bones when he was behind the person, and the expression on his face could be said to be completely motionless, making Zuo Lan feel ashamed when he saw him. Thinking of his body when he was an adult, but when he came back to his senses, it was the body of the little baby in front of him again, so all kinds of violations, but Xue Chongshi was not affected, he just closed his eyes and said: "I have another What is there to do?"

Tsk tsk, this guy is getting more and more good at playing dumb.

Zuo Lan curled his lips and snorted, "Those two old guys haven't run far yet, and they definitely can't walk with so many things. Can't you help them?"

Xue Chongshi finally opened his eyes again, stared at Zuo Lan steadfastly, and for a long time pulled out a cold smile, which made people feel more creepy on his immature face: "You will become more than me." Terrible people."

"No, it's the devil." Zuo Lan lay down, flipped his palms, and found a bunch of grapes out of nowhere, picked them up and took them with his mouth, and bit them right after he caught one, just like a real life Symptoms of extravagance and corruption.

If you look at Zuo Lan's words in conjunction with the two sentences before and after, it should be - Zuo Lan will become a more terrifying devil than Xue Chongshi.

Zuo Lan in the past, now said such a sentence without changing his face, it was even very common...

Xue Chongshi was still sitting there, "We haven't talked about the cooperation between the two of us."

"Both of us are desperadoes, and we still talk about cooperation or non-cooperation. You contribute money, and I contribute. The money earned is [-]% from the family. Hello, my brothers, I will give you two Cheng, what do you think?" Zuo Lan looked very generous, and ate the grapes slowly, but didn't even vomit half of the grape skins.

A living Pixiu can only enter and exit.

Xue Chongshi suddenly began to doubt whether cooperating with Zuo Lan was the biggest mistake in his life?Because this guy is simply taking advantage of him.

Xue Zhongshi was still struggling, but Zuo Lan started to persuade him again: "Don't think I'm bullying you to take advantage of you. In fact, the most difficult thing about this matter is not money. I can start from scratch without money. To grab the official trade team of the three major forces, as for the transportation route, I will deal with it. In fact, the demand for soul crystals is not very great. The money is just for a guarantee, not really important. Why did I agree to tell you? cooperation? Because we are good buddies. If you have money, we can make money together. Now that you are down and out, I, as your good friend, should lend a helping hand. Besides, you are not chased by the birdmen like Xue Liu, the imperial seat. Kill, I have to block it for you. If you pay me to cooperate, it is equivalent to paying protection fees."

...What kind of nonsense is this?

Xue Chongshi wanted to interject several times to refute, but Zuo Lan's words were so smooth that he couldn't stop him from talking, so he just kept listening.

When Zuo Lan had finished speaking, Xue Chongshi became a pitiful, lonely, poor man with only money left. At that moment, even if he was cold and cold like Xue Chongshi, he would kill Zuo Lan's heart.

"I have fallen into the current state, who is it that I owe to..."

he asked sullenly.

Zuo Lan shuddered and looked up at the sky, "That's... Blame Throne Xue Liu, I heard that they recently have a batch of goods coming from our Northwest Ninth Soul Academy area to the Central Plains area, we might as well rob them by the way. "

"It suits me very well." Without even thinking about it, Xue Chongshi agreed directly.

At this time, Zuo Lan thought of an important question, he turned over and sat up, "I still have a question to ask, you looted the treasury of Xue Liu, the throne, can I ask how many soul crystals are there? "

Xue Chongshi shook his head: "Countless."

... Nima's this is the real local tyrant.

Zuo Lan was speechless, he counted with his fingers, and reminded: "Those two old guys are going to run far away, if you don't go, I'm afraid I'll lose money and money."

Zuo Yi Zuo Wen and the two of them have already gone far away with the oil and water they caught. Naturally, the sooner they run, the better. If Zuo Lan finds any problems later, it will be too late for them to run again.It's just that they never thought that Zuo Lan was not prepared to give them a way to survive from the very beginning. From the first moment they met, Zuo Lan had already made his current decision.Before coming here, Zuo Qiuyan had already talked about the situation of these two people. It's not that the family doesn't know about the situation of these two people, but because they are all direct descendants, they turned a blind eye and couldn't engage in internal strife for others to see. Are you kidding me?

So all of this was left to Zuo Lan.

It's just that Zuo Lan didn't dare to kill the direct line, so he handed it over to Xue Chongshi.

He wants Zuo Yizuowen to die, but he can't let others know that he wants these two people to die. The previous ones are just acting, and he himself is still a direct descendant. It became Lincang back then.

Therefore, these things cannot be said, not a single word.

Before Xue Chongshi left, Zuo Lan broke a grape and threw it to him, and said with a smile, "Xiao Chongshi, do it cleanly."

Xue Chongshi reached out to catch the big black grape, evoking a bloody smile, "Their money is mine."

It was rare for Zuo Lan to be generous, and waved his hand: "It's yours, it's yours, it's okay."

So Xue Chongshi left.

Watching the pink figure disappear, Zuo Lan ate the last grape, and smiled treacherously: "Theirs are yours, yours is still my young master's? Anyway, they are all for me, why are they so clear?" ..."

In the evening, Xue Chongshi came back clean and sat down with Zuo Lan for dinner as if nothing had happened.

Zuo Qiu's efficiency is very high, and he assigned the personnel directly in one afternoon. He also understood that Zuo Lan valued him, otherwise it would be impossible to give him great power and let him choose the twenty extremely important people to train him. Opportunities for your own power.

But every powerful subordinate must also have his own capable subordinates.

Seeing that Zuo Lan is young, but he is well versed in how to control the subordinates, it is impossible for him to directly control so many people below, he only needs to be able to hold the leaders of those below.

After dinner, Zuo Lan and Zuo Qiu explained the key points of their recent work, and sold all the properties elsewhere that could be sold. It would be best to exchange for more detailed maps of some important places. It is also very convenient to collect maps drawn by different forces. Important things, and then send him to hand over the work to Zuo Ling, the leader of the stelekeeper.

Zuo Lan looked at the schedule in his hand, yawned, and explained to Xue Chong: "What are your plans?"

"No plan." Xue Chongshi answered very simply, but in the blink of an eye he seemed to think of something, and added, "Does murder count?"

Zuo Lan said: "Forget it. But my plan is that we don't kill people now, and the goods of Xue Liu, the emperor, will reach the border line tomorrow. I checked the map and it is quite close to our place. The two of us will walk alone." How about being robbed?"

Robbery alone?

Xue Chongshi frowned: "Are you out of your mind?"

However, only a cold smile responded to him: "I have my own plans."

"A space formation?"

Xue Chongshi asked indifferently.

However, these four words - Space Array, made Zuo Lan, who was still indifferent before, expressionless.

Zuo Lan stared at him: "You know too much."