Wanhua Building, lobby.

Qin Huaidao sat quietly in an inconspicuous corner listening to music and drinking. He had a beard on his face and his temperament changed drastically. He looked like a wealthy businessman. Even if someone familiar came over, it would be difficult to tell him apart.

A plate of peanuts, a pot of wine, and soft and sweet singing in my ears, singing about love between you and me, sweet life. The girl singing the song, Xiaojiabiyu, has pretty good skills. Qin Huaidao looked like he was intoxicated by the singing,

But his eyes calmly locked on the door of a private room on the second floor.

Originally, they were going to the Fan Yang Lu family's residence in Chang'an. They happened to see Lu Jiansheng riding a carriage and arriving at Wanhua Tower under the protection of his guards. Qin Huaidao was not in a hurry to take action and followed him to keep tabs on him, just to relax a little.

Not long after, Prince Li Chengqian came over under the protection of the guards, hurriedly went upstairs and entered the private room. Qin Huaidao knew that the two had a close relationship, so he didn't care. He waited patiently, but found that a man in brocade clothes also entered the private room, looking a little confused.

It looks familiar, but I can't remember who it is.

Not long after, several more men in brocade clothes entered the private room.

Qin Huaidao was a little surprised. Was he here for a meeting? Could it be that the ambush at Fengyu Tower had something to do with Li Chengqian? Could this guy have started planning a rebellion?

Unfortunately, there are guests in the rooms on both sides of the private room, so we can't book it in and eavesdrop.

The abnormal situation made Qin Huaidao vigilant. History has changed. If Li Chengqian rebels, will his methods become different from history?

After waiting patiently for about an hour, Li Chengqian came out of the private room and left in a hurry with his guards. The people inside did not continue to drink, but they did not leave together and came out one after another. Qin Huaidao came out after paying and went around to the restaurant next to Wanhua Building.

There are many carriages parked here in the open space.

Soon, Qin Huaidao found Lu Jiansheng's carriage. The driver was taking a nap and the two guards were chatting. Qin Huaidao calmly climbed up and quietly got into the carriage. As soon as he sat down, a guard came over and shouted: "Master.

Come out, pick someone up quickly."

Soon, the carriage started moving, and the driver whipped his horsewhip, and stopped at the entrance of Wanhua Building.

Lu Jiansheng, who smelled of alcohol and had blurry eyes, hunched his body into the car. Qin Huaidao took action like lightning, covering the other person's mouth without giving him a chance to warn him. He used his other hand on the neck to chop the person unconscious and dragged him in.

In the carriage, the door curtain fell down to block the outside world, and the movements were like running water without making any sound.

The coachman had no idea there was anyone else inside, so without thinking much, he shook his whip and drove the carriage forward.

Qin Huaidao waited for the carriage to leave Wanhua Tower for some distance, and when he came to an alley, he opened the curtains and carefully looked around. It was already the curfew time at night, and there was no one on the streets. Qin Huaidao no longer waited, opened the curtains and walked out with a bowed body.

A sneak attack from behind, easily breaking the driver's neck and throwing him into the carriage to hide him.

The guard followed the carriage and saw nothing unusual. Qin Huaidao pretended to be confused and shouted: "No, something happened to the master. Come quickly."

The two guards did not notice anything unusual and rushed up. Qin Huaidao struck out like lightning, slicing one man's throat with a dog-legged knife and stabbing the other man's neck. Killing both men in an instant, he jumped out of the carriage and pounced on the back.

There was another person who was Lu Jiansheng's personal bodyguard. He noticed something unusual and did not run away. He did not dare to leave his master and run away, so he drew his sword. Qin Huaidao was faster and the dog-legged knife escaped his hand and pierced the opponent's heart.

The other party's body stiffened and he looked at Qin Huaidao in disbelief. He wanted to say something, but he was too unconscious to say anything.

Qin Huaidao stepped forward, grabbed the handle of the knife, stirred it hard, pulled it out, threw the body into the carriage, drove the carriage out of the alley, trotted all the way, passed through two alleys, and came to the foot of a big tree by the river.

The leaves are luxuriant, blocking out the sky and the sun, and it is pitch dark under the tree, making it difficult to be discovered.

After parking the carriage, Qin Huaidao pulled out the unconscious Lu Jiansheng, threw it on the ground, and pinched the person. Not long after, Lu Jiansheng woke up leisurely, and then saw a bearded man in the faint moonlight, who was not a guard.

Not at the house, but by the river. I woke up from the wine and struggled to get up.

Qin Huaidao put an eight-legged knife on the opponent's neck and warned in a rough voice: "Don't move, or I'll kill you."

"Hero, don't do anything. I have money and I'll give it to you. Spare my life." Lu Jiansheng panicked.

"Do you know why you are not dead yet?" Qin Huaidao began to use words to blackmail him.

How did Lu Jiansheng know? He was a little surprised and asked: "Why?"

"Because you still have value. If you don't show your value, there will be a few more corpses in the river every day. Do you understand?"

"I understand, I understand, spare your life, good man, and I will give you money." Lu Jiansheng has been accustomed to pampering since he was a child. Where has he ever seen real life and death? The colorful world has just begun. He doesn't want to die and is so frightened that he is confused.

"I ask you, what were so many people plotting in Wanhua Tower just now?"

Lu Jiansheng didn't even think about it and said quickly: "It's just friends having a drink and keeping in touch with each other, nothing specific, really."

The word "really" seems to be emphasizing, but in fact it reveals a guilty conscience. If you don't say it, it will be credible. Qin Huaidao knew that the other party was lying. He used the dog-leg knife in his hand to cut open the skin, and a trace of blood spilled out.

, it seemed that Lu Jiansheng's face changed drastically, and Liansheng begged for mercy: "Hero, don't, don't do anything."

"I don't like repeating the same thing twice, so I want to ask you one last thing, what were we talking about just now? Think about it before you answer, but I heard you." Qin Huaidao warned coldly.

When the other party heard that Qin Huaidao had heard it, he didn't know whether it was true or not. He murmured in his heart. If he heard it, he would be seeking death by talking nonsense. But what if the other party didn't hear it and it was just blackmail?

Then he thought about it, there was nothing he could do about blackmail, he couldn't afford the gamble, so he decided to get through it, so he quickly replied: "Good man, since you heard this, you should know that we are just talking about how to make money and protect people."

The liquor in the Duke's mansion is worth a lot of money, we are going to organize people to develop it, that's all."

Qin Huaidao didn't know whether it was true or not. If it were true, wouldn't it reveal that he hadn't heard anything just now if he told a lie? After thinking about it, he asked, "It's really just this matter. How could I hear anything else?"

Anything else?"

Not admitting or denying, and turning to ask other questions is a kind of mental game.

Lu Jiansheng didn't understand psychology, so he thought Qin Huaidao had really heard it, so he quickly begged for mercy: "We also talked about tea, how can we join forces to suppress the business of Lord Protector."

"How to suppress him, be honest." Qin Huaidao asked.

"That's it...all parties invest and prepare one million yuan to jointly develop similar products, and then sell them at low prices to crowd out the National Protectorate Store, and then raise the prices to control the market."

Qin Huaidao almost laughed out loud when he heard this. These guys have something. Isn't this a means of capital operation? He asked: "That's all?"

"That's really all."

"Is it you who attacked Fengyulou's attack on the imperial official?"

When the other party heard this, he panicked and Liansheng said, "No, no, no, I didn't do it."

"The prisoner has already confessed that it was you, Lu, who did it, and he still wants to deny it."

"No, it's unfair, you...who are you?" Lu Jiansheng realized that something was wrong. The killers and villains would not care about this matter, unless the court and the Protector were involved. Thinking of this, Lu Jiansheng became vigilant and looked at him secretly.

Looking at Qin Huaidao, he asked: "Who sent you here, the imperial court or Duke Lu?"

Qin Huaidao asked: "Your Majesty has obtained strong evidence. The Fanyang Lu family will be destroyed. Your Majesty asked you to come down and ask you. If you cooperate with the court, your Majesty can spare your life and keep one-tenth of the Lu family's property as a reward."

If you refuse to cooperate, then you no longer need to exist in this world, so how do you choose?"

"ah--"

Lu Jiansheng's face changed greatly, but the children of the aristocratic family have been instilled with the concept that family interests are above all else since they were young. Lu Jiansheng did not choose to betray, but instead became more alert and said: "Since the Holy One has obtained the evidence, given the Holy One's suppression of us, there is a chance

You have already taken action, I don’t believe you would still choose me to cooperate, you are blackmailing me.”

"So you choose to refuse?" Qin Huaidao asked coldly.

"Even if I die, I will not betray the family." Lu Jiansheng said bravely. Thinking that he had caused the destruction of the family and would not be able to inherit the land after his death, his heart trembled and he gained a little more courage.

"You do have some backbone. As long as you admit that the Fengyu Tower matter is related to you, I can spare your life." Qin Huaidao said reluctantly.

"No, I didn't do it. If you dare, kill me."

Qin Huaidao got angry and threatened: "I will kill you, and then I will kill your whole family."

Lu Jiansheng became even more panicked when he heard this. He thought that if he did it, the whole family would die, but as long as he didn't say anything, the family would protect his family. The court would do nothing but avenge him, which made him more courageous.

He stiffened his neck, stared and refused to admit it. He risked his life and shouted: "It's a murder, someone is coming quickly."

The sound was sharp and high-pitched, and it was particularly abrupt in the quiet night sky.

Qin Huaidao knew that he could not wait any longer, so he wiped the opponent's neck decisively, turned around and ran away.

He was originally here to kill people and collect interest. If he hadn't found out about the party and had suspicions, he wouldn't have brought him here for interrogation. It doesn't matter whether the other party recruits him or not. Sooner or later, Fan Yanglu will have to deal with him.

Thinking of the unexpected news that Li Chengqian had brought so many families to join forces to suppress his business, he felt a little colder in his heart.

The shouting will inevitably attract the patrol team Qianniuwei. Qin Huaidao didn't want to cause trouble, so he hurried into an alley and hurried away. Not long after, he arrived at his restaurant. The door was locked, but the wall was not high, so he climbed in easily and entered the pre-deck.

A room reserved for rest.

Early the next morning, Qin Huaidao washed up. Seeing that it was still early, he thought that after killing Lu Jiansheng last night, there would definitely be a reaction in the court today. He had to go and have a look. He went out to eat something and came to the imperial city to eat. Then he went in.

During the class meeting at the Taiji Hall Station, I saw everyone on the left and right with their heads lowered and their eyes squinted, as if they were not awake. It was too early.

It's better if you live close by, you can get up a little later, but if you live far away, you have to get up at four or five in the morning and go on the road. Who can endure it when you are old? If you don't come, you can't.

Qin Huaidao strongly disagreed with this. The Tianchao meeting every day was not only overstaffed but also consumed people's energy. How could we work if we didn't have energy? I'm afraid that I would just catch up on sleep when I went back and it would be gone in the morning. There is something wrong with this management model.

Not long after, Li Er came over and sat on the dragon couch with a majestic look on his face.

"Something's going to happen!"

With Wang De's shout, the court meeting began.

As usual, the six ministers first reported in sequence what they were doing, what problems they encountered, and what help was needed. The relevant personnel immediately came out to express their opinions, or raised questions, or solved them on the spot.

Qin Huaidao listened for a while, and it felt like a meeting of a large company. Each department spoke in turn to solve problems. It seemed that the efficiency was pretty good, but after listening carefully for a while, he found that there were many trivial matters that were not enough to be brought to the court for resolution.

There are still many remaining issues that have been dragged on to this day.

The court is the place where major decisions are made, where national development plans, top-level design and strategic decisions are made. If it is used to resolve small matters, doesn't this waste everyone's time?

After listening for a while, Qin Huaidao lost interest and thought of his own affairs.

Not long after, I felt someone touching me next to me. I turned around and saw that it was Li Daozong, the Minister of Rites. I didn't react for a while. When I looked back, I saw Li Er was looking at me. I was even more confused. What happened?

Li Er glared at the other party angrily and was a little curious. This guy actually came to attend the court meeting. Now that he was here, he was distracted. It was too much. For the sake of this rare visit, Li Er decided to endure it and said in a deep voice.
To be continued...