The early sun rises slowly, and even in this midwinter season, people who get up in the morning still feel a rare sense of warmth.
Ever since that day when the Ghost Painter King and the Lin family, who had not been seen for countless years, had a battle, Kuocheng had spent a rare five days of peace.
Just like the situation in Kuocheng, the temperature has risen slightly every day in the past five days. Even the heavy snow that fell on the day of the war has melted and dissipated in the past few days.
However, although the temperature is slowly rising, the air is becoming drier and drier, as if some old people have noticed that the weather is so abnormal and a bigger snowstorm may be brewing. The leaders of the big forces,
It also seemed that he had a premonition of a more brutal fight.
In the past five days, the warriors from the Su and Wang families throughout Kuocheng have been sending out personnel almost day and night to investigate any suspicious places in the city.
Some small and medium-sized forces, especially the families and forces that were very close to the ghost painter in the past, have been in a state of panic in the past few days, as if they are ready to face an impending disaster anytime and anywhere.
These families and forces know clearly that the reason why their families and forces have survived to this day is not because they chose to join the Suwang family immediately after the war, but because the Suwang family still has no time to take care of them.
The battles between warriors are life-and-death battles, and the battles between families and forces formed by warriors are the most bloody and cruel.
For those families and forces that had taken refuge in the Ghost Painter, it was only a matter of time before they were suppressed, excluded, or even directly eliminated.
Because of this bad premonition, these days, the Jiulong Gang, Shenghe Chamber of Commerce, and Xuanjiang Gang, three well-known medium-sized forces in the city, are carefully cooperating with the actions of the Suwang family, but at the same time they dare not have any
Any unnecessary actions.
The Jiulong Gang is mainly engaged in the casino business, because many cities in the Xuanwu Empire have gambling houses of the Jiulong Gang, and a large amount of money comes in and out every day, the Jiulong Gang gradually becomes an indispensable place for depositing and withdrawing gold coins using money cards.
The presence.
The Shenghe Chamber of Commerce mainly transports materials for resale, but what is different from other chambers of commerce is that secretly the Shenghe Chamber of Commerce trades women and children. This kind of business is naturally dirty and shameful to most people, but it has always been
Since then, the Shenghe Chamber of Commerce has continued to make a living and grow stronger.
The last Xuanjiang Gang mainly relied on Ye Xuanjiang and several major rivers within the Xuanwu Empire to dominate the water transportation channels.
These three forces are not very popular, but they have developed to this day, and their own strength is even comparable to that of the Kang family. The most important reason is that the supporters behind these three families are the two Guihua families.
Over the years of development, these three forces have continued to grow. Even within this vast city, they also possess a certain degree of strength and energy. In the previous battle between the ghost painter and the Su Wang family, the three forces were not just clowns waving flags, but
They are real participants.
However, after the Ghost Painter was defeated in the first battle, the three forces immediately defected to Kuocheng, not only providing people and efforts, but also spending a considerable amount of money and materials. It is said that the three forces have spent all their capital in Kuocheng.
Faced with the huge amount of money and materials, Su Jian and Wang Xiao could no longer refuse, but then they discovered that these three gangs were temporarily unable to move. If these three gangs were eliminated, not only would other family members who surrendered be
When people are in danger of themselves, it may even drive people apart, turning the original help into resistance.
Faced with this situation, the Suwang family had to retain these three forces, and at the same time, they were also careful to guard against these three groups.
Fortunately, these three groups have shown their due sincerity. Whether they are attacking the ghost painter's mansion or even encircling and suppressing the ghost painter's other vassal families, the three groups have charged forward and followed the two kings of Su with all their heart.
The posture of home.
In the past five days, the operation to search and eliminate the ghost painters has not stopped at all. No main members of the ghost painter family have been found, but some vassal families and forces have found some.
Such a family and power are themselves separated from the ghost painters, just like the Mu surname in the Lin family. Of course, the Suwang family will not allow such a power and family to surrender, and will only treat them with a steel knife that sees blood.
Do not stay.
It seems that only this kind of continuous killing and eradication can make Su Jian, Wang Xiao, Guo Xiao and others feel at ease, but there is still a shadow in their hearts. The shadow comes from the ghost painter and from Ikari five days ago.
those reminders and warnings.
In the past five days, there has been a person who has been equally busy. This person is Zuo Feng, who has become Shu Tianle under the pseudonym. Since that day, after he resolved the suspicion of Shu Suo and the technicians, and completely gained the trust of the big shopkeeper, Zuo Feng got his entry.
What I have always dreamed of as an artist is freedom.
Ever since he entered the art world, Zuo Feng had to be very careful with every word he did, because there were too many pairs of eyes watching his every move, both covertly and covertly.
This made Zuo Feng have to act carefully. There were some things he couldn't do even if he thought about it. But since he gained the trust of the big shopkeeper, everything has changed, especially when the big shopkeeper accepted him as a closed disciple. Although Zuo Feng
There was no publicity, but the news spread like wildfire.
Zuo Feng analyzed that the news may have been released by the big shopkeeper himself, with the purpose of keeping Zuo Feng completely on his side. This shows that the big shopkeeper still values Zuo Feng very much.
Such a result was naturally very beneficial to Zuo Feng, and he certainly could not deny it. Coupled with the great shopkeeper's regard for him, new tasks were quickly assigned.
Except for the first day of these five days, Zuo Feng stayed in the Shu family and did not go out. The next four days were busy and he went out early and came back late.
Because he gained the trust of the big shopkeeper, no one else gave Zuo Feng any trouble. Even Rouge looked at Zuo Feng very differently from before.
Early in the morning, Zuo Feng led six people to leave the family. The six people behind him were all ordinary in cultivation, and the highest ones were only in the early stages of receiving Qi.
These people followed Zuo Feng. Regardless of whether their cultivation level was lower than Zuo Feng's or those whose cultivation level was higher than Zuo Feng's, no one complained at all, because everyone knew that the young man in front of them had a special identity, the big shopkeeper.
The newly recruited closed disciple.
Although we all belong to the same family and have the surname "Shu" on their heads, there are also close and distant relatives in the same family.
Everyone knows that the great shopkeeper has the opportunity to join the elders' body. After joining the elders' body, the great shopkeeper will naturally have greater rights, and at the same time, it is more necessary to have his own direct lineage.
The young man named Shu Tianle in front of him is obviously an extremely important person among the people that the big shopkeeper focuses on cultivating. In this way, not only will no one find trouble with Zuo Feng, but there are even some young warriors secretly interested in him.
Zuo Feng expressed his willingness to be attached.
These people cannot climb up to a figure like the Big Shopkeeper, so they can only settle for the next best thing and choose to join the Big Shopkeeper line by moving closer to Zuo Feng.
It was in this atmosphere that Zuo Feng's outings went very smoothly in the past few days, and these were also the busiest days since he arrived in Kuocheng.
Early this morning, Zuo Feng led his people to leave the old district in the north of the city in a hurry. They took a circuit to avoid the main road and went straight to the Anpingju Restaurant, which echoed the Zuixiang Tower. There were already martial artists watching from a distance, so he left the three of them behind.
, took the other three people and left quietly.
Immediately afterwards, Zuo Feng led people to the vicinity of the Su family's mansion. There was no good surveillance location here, so Zuo Feng arranged people at the front door, back door, and side door areas on both sides to monitor all entry and exit of the Su family's mansion.
After arranging these things, Zuo Feng left on his own without asking anyone else. In the past, Zuo Feng would never have dared to leave so boldly without making any explanation.
Now that Zuo Feng has made it clear that he is "lazy" on his own, those who know about it are not only not dissatisfied at all, but are also particularly happy. Because this shows Zuo Feng's trust in him, they are not happy to cover up for Zuo Feng's family.
Just like the previous few days, Zuo Feng quietly came to a courtyard wall northwest of Su's house. He knocked lightly on the wall three times. After there was a response from the wall, he turned over and crossed the wall.
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Ikari had been waiting inside the wall for a long time. When she saw Zuo Feng appeared, she couldn't wait to step forward and said, "Your Majesty, City Lord, Tang Bin is still in a coma."
In the past few days, Ikari would wait here early every day, and the first words she said almost never changed. Zuo Feng also knew that she was concerned about Tang Bin's safety, so he could only say a few words of comfort.
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Just like what Zuo Feng said after the treatment that day, Zuo Feng has done everything he can do. The next step depends on Tang Bin's luck and willpower. There is nothing outsiders can do to help him.
Ikari also knows this in her heart. Only by asking here every day can she feel a little more at ease.
The two of them didn't say much after meeting, and walked directly towards a garden inside the Su family. All the warriors they saw along the way seemed to be unable to see the two of them.
This is the inner residence of the Su family. Not to mention the Wang family and the Guo family, the city lord's palace, only a small number of people from the Su family are qualified to appear here.
Soon, Zuo Feng and the two came to a group of rockeries. From a distance, they could hear crisp collisions and low knocking sounds. Because there were rockeries blocking the way, it would have been difficult to get close without them.
Listen clearly.
Seeing the fine holes naturally formed on the rockery, Zuo Feng couldn't help but smile and thought to himself, 'This is indeed a good place to build in secret, but we need to waste more time.'
There was originally a pool inside the rockery, which should have been completely frozen in the middle of winter. However, if you look closely, you will find that both the water and the ice have long since disappeared, leaving only the deep pit that was originally used to store water.
At this moment, more than a dozen people were busy in the pit. Some were pounding a piece of metal next to a fire, and some were carefully placing large pieces of ore in specific positions at the bottom of the pit.
Seeing this busy scene, a rare smile appeared on Zuo Feng's face.