Mr. Qiu said: "Yes, Master Yuyou. When I met Master Yuyou in the past, I was only in my twenties, and Master Yuyou was already over seventy years old! If he were still alive, I'm afraid he would be one hundred and thirty years old."
More than ten years old!”
Mr. Qiu said: "Master Yuyou must be an accomplished monk in Buddhism."
Mr. Qiu shook his head and said: "Master Yuyou is actually not a monk or a Taoist priest, but a fortune teller. But his reputation is so great that everyone calls him Master Yuyou! His fortune telling is indeed very accurate!
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Qiu Shaodao: "Has he never missed it once?"
Mr. Qiu shook his head and said: "I don't know if he is wrong or not. As long as I don't know, it means nothing. At least the three hexagrams I asked him to calculate were accurate, because everything came true later.
Yeah. His calculations were really accurate." There was infinite admiration in his words, but also a hint of fear!
Mr. Qiu's eyes flashed: "Is this the fourth hexagram regarding the Qiu family's fortune?"
Mr. Qiu looked up to his leader and sighed: "Of course it's the fourth hexagram. Just because he calculated the first three things so accurately, I'm worried about the fourth thing coming true!"
Mr. Qiu said: "Old Master, what do you think we should do?"
Old Mrs. Qiu said: "If what that man surnamed Feng said is true, and all the five top masters of the Nine Realms of the Zhang family were destroyed by him, then our Qiu family is like a mantis in front of him, unable to stop his thunder.
One blow! If everyone wants to survive, it seems that the only way to survive is to surrender. I am already eighty years old, it doesn't matter anymore, I have seen through life and death long ago, but you are still young and the days are still early."
Qiu Shaoxin said: You are practicing the three flowers gathering on the top, the five qi heading towards the yuan, and gathering yin and replenishing yang every day. Isn’t it just to prove the Tao and live forever? Why do you suddenly say that you have seen through life and death? You don’t mean it. Could it be that grandpa is this?
Are you testing me?
Mr. Qiu frowned and said: "Is there really no other way but to surrender? Can our Qiu family really just sit back and wait for death? Is there no chance for a last-ditch fight and a chance to give it a try?"
Old Mrs. Qiu said calmly: "No. Does the Qiu family still have the capital to fight with him? He killed all five of the Zhang family's nine-level peaks. Our Qiu family only has three nine-level peaks. How can we kill him?"
Mr. Qiu stared at the old man closely and said: "After all these years, you, old man, have no trump card of your own? Don't you have any other strength to rely on? I think the old man must have a back-up plan!"
There was a strange look in Mr. Qiu's eyes, and he said calmly: "Why do you think so?"
Mr. Qiu clenched his fists and said, "I can only think so! I don't believe that the old man only has this little wealth!"
The old man suddenly laughed: "Why are you so confident?"
Mr. Qiu said resolutely: "Since I was a child, I have only admired my grandpa! I have always had great faith in grandpa and have never been disappointed! So I don't believe that the Qiu family has been destroyed like this! I am not willing to accept it!
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Mr. Qiu looked at him for a long time, and finally said leisurely: "People from Liancheng came to Guangzhou a few years ago, and the contact persons were two masters at the top of the Nine Realms. They meant that Mr. Lian wanted to occupy a place in Guangzhou, and I talked to him at that time
Two of my masters communicated privately. Liancheng's expectation in Guangzhou is 10 million taels of silver every year, so I told them that I would give Liancheng 10 million taels of silver every year for one purpose. I hope Mr. Lien will not interfere with the underworld business in Guangzhou.
.What do you think the final result will be?”
Qiu Shao thought for a moment and said: "Since the Qiu family is still very popular in Guangzhou, it is natural that the two parties hit it off and Liancheng will no longer interfere in Guangzhou's underworld affairs."
Mr. Qiu said: "Yes, this is just one of them! The most important result is that I reached an agreement with Liancheng!"
Mr. Qiu's eyes flashed with strange color: "What agreement?"
Old Mrs. Qiu said: "I will give Liancheng an additional five million taels of silver every year to ensure that my Qiu family is not disturbed by outsiders. To put it bluntly, five million taels is the protection fee for him! Haha, I collect protection from others in Guangzhou
Liancheng is charging me protection fees in Gwangju! It’s really retribution.”
Mr. Qiu was surprised: "Fifteen million taels per year? Even if Zhang Qiu and his family add up to the entire Guangzhou protection fee, they can't collect even 10 million. Isn't it a bit much?"
Old Mrs. Qiu said: "You can't settle the account like this! In Guangzhou, the protection fees collected by the Zhang and Qiu families are indeed less than 10 million. But the 15 million taels are worth it!"
Mr. Qiu was a little puzzled and stared at Mr. Qiu waiting for his next words.
Mr. Qiu also stared at Qiu Yingwu and said slowly: "First of all, our Qiu family does not suffer a loss! Because the fifteen million was jointly funded by Zhang and Qiu's family!"
A bright light flashed in Mr. Qiu's eyes, and he seemed to suddenly become enlightened. He gave a thumbs up and said: "Grandpa is indeed amazing!"
Old Mrs. Qiu said: "Secondly, we don't expect to live on this money by collecting protection fees from others." He stared at Qiu Yingwu, raised his fist and said, "Charging protection fees is just a way to scare people."
, let the people of Gwangju always remember who has the final say in the territory of Gwangju!"
He slowly walked to a copper crane incense burner and brushed away the curling green smoke. "Fifteen million is a lot, but the silk production base, silk processing base, porcelain clay mines, and porcelain kilns controlled by the Zhang and Qiu families
, casinos, brothels, wine shops and other businesses are just a drop in the bucket in comparison! Giving Liancheng a little protection fee can ensure that the Zhang Qiu family's status in the Gwangju underworld is unshakable. What a deal it is, what a bargain
Comfortable?"
Mr. Qiu said with mixed feelings: "It turns out that the Zhang and Qiu families are supported by Liancheng. But the Zhang family has been severely damaged. Even if the young master sent people from the northwest to stop Feng, it seems it would be too late. Moreover, he is now in the Qiu family, far away.
Water can’t quench your thirst!”
Mrs. Qiu chuckled and said, "I just said that you are different. I have admired your grandfather since I was a child. Why do you now doubt your grandfather's methods?"
He stood up suddenly, his eyes gleaming, and his momentum surged, "Although Liancheng is far away, the masters he left behind are in Guangzhou! There are so many masters under him, and they rotate every month. Today there are exactly three masters at the top of the Nine Realms.
In Gwangju! And do you really think grandpa only knows Liancheng?"
Mr. Qiu couldn't help but asked in surprise: "Is there any other master behind Grandpa?"
Old Master Qiu suddenly straightened his body and his momentum surged, as if he had returned to the days when he was young and decisive. He said proudly: "In addition to Master Liancheng of Sanqin, there is also Master Zhu Wu of Wuyang City standing behind grandpa! And Master Zhu Wu only stands behind grandpa!"
behind!"
Mr. Qiu could tell that this sentence was a pun.
Naturally, the Fifth Young Master Zhu has nothing to do with the Zhang family, but it seems that the Fifth Young Master Zhu has no interest in the Qiu family. According to his grandfather, the Fifth Young Master Zhu is only respectful to his grandfather himself!
Qiu Shao said: "Why does Mr. Zhu also have a share? How much does he need to share every year? But Grandpa, the second Mr. Qi is the closest to us, why do we choose to be far away from us? Why don't we ask the second Mr. Qi but contact the fifth Mr. Zhu?"
Mr. Qiu looked strange and said with a smile: "Perhaps this is fate! Although the second son of Qi is closest to us, he has different views on us. He considers himself a well-known and upright man. His father and brother are both imperial officials and he disdains to interact with us.
Dealing with gangsters! No matter how much money I give him, I can't do it! But Mr. Zhu Wu is different. I don't have to pay a single coin but he is willing to help me!"
Qiu Shaoqi said: "What? There is such a thing, and you don't have to pay a single coin?"