"You can't tell, Mr. Zhao is still a master of love. This sister is so handsome," Mei Niang said a little sourly.

Zhao Chengchu immediately said: "This is my boss."

Before he finished speaking, Yan Ning said: "I am his eldest sister. This girl is lucky to meet you."

"Hello, big sister" Mei Niang immediately became well-behaved.

"I wonder why eldest sister is here now?"

Yan Ning looked at Mei Niang's awkward movements and smiled lightly: "Girl, please sit down!"

After Mei Niang sat down, Yan Ning said: "I came here this time because of the previous matter. I wonder if there is any news about the girl."

"Sister, please don't make it difficult for us to live in seclusion. We in the temple really can't control the fight between your two giant Buddhas." Mei Niang said in a helpless tone.

Yan Ning looked at Mei Niang with great interest and said: "It seems that the girl knows some inside information but is not going to tell it. Please give me a price!"

"Sister is really quick to talk, but it's not about the price."

After hearing this, Yan Ning smiled slightly and said, "In that case, I won't embarrass the girl, let's go!"

Zhao Chengchu followed Yan Ning and walked out of the restaurant without saying a word. The two of them looked back at Mei Niang who was standing on the second floor looking out. When their eyes met, the three of them left.

Mei Niang looked at the tall building in the distance, which was a teahouse.

A person walked into the teahouse and walked towards the shopkeeper. He whispered a few words in his ear. The shopkeeper nodded frequently and asked the person he was talking to to be taken away.

Yan Ning returned to the place where he stayed and said to everyone: "Evacuate!"

Before anyone could react, they saw Yan Ning disappearing into the alleyway along the side door.

Everyone had no choice but to follow him.

late at night

Yan Ning suddenly looked at the red sky, and a figure came to report.

When she heard that her previous place of stay had been burned to the ground, Yan Ning showed a sneer on her face and said to the people who had already prepared: "Let's go!"

Everyone was wearing night clothes, except for one eye, and the rest was covered tightly.

When Yan Ning led people to the scene of the incident, a wave of heat hit her face. Yan Ning looked at the fire fold that fell on the scene and said in a cold voice: "Chase!"

The party who set the fire immediately knew that they had been tricked when they discovered that the fire did not cause any damage to the people inside.

The leader quickly led the others to evacuate.

Suddenly there was a sound in the air, and a small feather arrow penetrated his right arm. The heartbreaking pain slowed him down. After being surprised, he immediately said to everyone: "Escape!"

But before he could finish his words, a hail of arrows struck everyone.

The crowd couldn't resist and fled in a hurry. They approached with the help of arrows, their swords flashed and they laughed ferociously.

The leader suddenly felt the world spin, a trace of blood splashed all around, and a head was lifted up high by the huge force.

Yan Ning looked at the people surrounding him and said, "Catch them alive!"

The people who were besieged were a little surprised for a moment, seeing their accomplices falling down one by one.

"哐啷"

Seeing someone throwing their weapons on the ground, they followed suit.

When Yan Ning removed the gauze covering their faces, she was suddenly stunned.

"Are you Korean?" Yan Ning looked at their faces and asked in a deep voice.

Seeing no one responded, Yan Ning whispered a few words to the person next to her.

Then a man came over and said, "Sir!"

"Can you speak Korean?"

"Yes" the figure nodded.

"Ask who sent them?"

He asked again in Korean, but saw that no one responded.

Yan Ning lost her patience and put the blade against someone's neck.

The man immediately shook his head and said, "I don't know."

After Yan Ning heard the translation, he beheaded him with a knife. He walked up to the other person, pointed the tip of the knife dripping with blood on his forehead, and said to the person beside him: "Ask!"

When she heard that she didn't know again, Yan Ning frowned and ordered: "Tie them up and talk about it tomorrow!"

next morning

When Mao Wenlong heard the report coming from his men, he immediately went to the scene. Looking at the small courtyard that was burned to coke, Mao Wenlong immediately asked: "Where are the people inside?"

The sergeant looked at Mao Wenlong's anxious look and stammered: "The corpses have been burned to coke, and we can no longer recognize who is who."

Mao Wenlong's face darkened when he heard this, and he clenched his fists tightly and said, "Go and find out! Who did it?"

Yan Ning hid in the dark and watched Mao Wenlong's movements. She couldn't see the situation clearly. She didn't know whether this was a play performed by Mao Wenlong or it was real. Looking at the ruins surrounded by groups, Yan Ning led the people behind her.

leave.

The corpses in the fire were all those of people who came to set the fire. Yan Ning used this to confuse the public, but she knew that this would not cover up for long. After all, Mao Wenlong had many capable people.

Mao Wenlong ordered: "Take the body back and let the widower come for an autopsy."

All the sergeants could only endure nausea and carry the charred body back to Yizhuang.

After a night like this, Yan Ning found that there was not much of a stir, so he asked Zhao Chengchu to go to Mao Wenlong to discuss the details of the transaction.

When Zhao Chengchu appeared in front of Mao Wenlong, Mao Wenlong seemed to have seen a ghost, and then a smile appeared on his face and he said: "Brother Zhao, I thought you were here."

"Sir Mao, I am here to inform you that the transaction between you and me can continue, and the price will be as agreed upon before."

Upon hearing the news, Mao Wenlong's face immediately showed joy, and then Mao Wenlong whispered: "Brother Zhao, why didn't Miss Yan come?"

"Master Mao came here because he wanted Master Mao to help me find my person. Now I have lost contact with Miss Yan Ning for three days," Zhao Chengchu said anxiously.

"Brother Zhao, didn't you hear about the fire the day before yesterday?"

"Of course I heard about it, but what does this have to do with Yan Ning?"

After hearing this, Mao Wenlong asked with some confusion: "Brother Zhao, didn't he stay there with Miss Yan Ning?"

Zhao Chengchu looked surprised and asked, "Is it true?"

Mao Wenlong nodded with a sad face, but turned around and said comfortingly: "Brother Zhao, it has not been confirmed that she is Miss Yan Ning. I believe that she will be safe and sound."

"Master Mao, I'm leaving now!"

Mao Wenlong looked at Zhao Chengchu and his steps were a little flustered. It didn't look like he was faking it.

Zhao Chengchu walked out of Mao's Mansion and glanced behind him vaguely. A figure disappeared at the corner of the street. Seeing this scene, Zhao Chengchu glanced in a certain direction of the crowd.

When Zhao Chengchu returned to his residence, he saw a colorfully tied figure appearing in his house.

"Sir, the person has been caught."

Zhao Chengchu nodded and looked at the struggling figure and asked in a deep voice: "You seem to know our whereabouts very well."

The man remained silent, just staring at Zhao Chengchu.

"Detain him!" Zhao Chengchu waved his hand.

At this moment, the figure uttered a sentence, but no one understood it, and Zhao Chengchu only got a rough idea.

"What do you mean everyone should be like?"

The Korean repeated his words word for word, and only then did Zhao Chengchu understand.

"Everyone deserves to die?"

Zhao Chengchu sneered: "If it weren't for Mingren, you would still be standing here talking to me now, and the grass on your grave might have been three meters high."

"We eat your food?"

"If the Jurchens come, do you think you will still have enough food to eat?"

"This is so stupid!"

Zhao Chengchu already vaguely knew what was going on here.

When Zhao Chengchu found Yan Ning, Yan Ning handed over the letter in his hand. Zhao Chengchu looked at the letter and said that everything had been shipped and sent from Luoyang to Pidao via the Yellow River.

It is expected to take more than two months to arrive.

Seeing that the negotiation was finally completed, Zhao Chengchu finally breathed a sigh of relief.

However, Yan Ning said: "Maybe we should make preparations early, this business is not easy to negotiate."

When the two integrated the information from both sides, they came to the conclusion that the masterminds behind the scenes should be Koreans, but their purpose was still unclear.

Zhao Chengchu mentioned the words of the man he caught and guessed: "Perhaps it was the Koreans who wanted to disrupt the business so that Mao Wenlong could not establish himself here because Mao Wenlong had been exploiting it for a long time, which aroused the resistance of the local people.

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"We do not rule out this possibility, but don't forget that there is a strong enemy in the north. If the Jurchens used the Koreans to sabotage this matter this time, it would not be that simple, and it might be detrimental to the Ming Dynasty."
To be continued...