NOVPUBChapter 437 -156 Nan Batian: What, Chen 94 has formed an alliance with Liu Laoguai? (Seeking followers)_2
Hearing these words, Chen Jie kept silent but his eyes briefly glanced at Tang Ziyue who had just emerged from the forest not far away.
As soon as Tang Ziyue appeared and saw the bodies littering the ground, as well as the stunned Elder Liu, he immediately stepped forward with his hands clasped and said, “Guild Leader Liu.”
Elder Liu’s eyes narrowed instantly as he looked at Tang Ziyue, “Tang Ziyue, it was a trap set by Nan Batian, wasn’t it?”
Tang Ziyue replied, “Guild Leader Liu has misunderstood, absolutely not, Gang Leader!”
Just as Tang Ziyue had spoken these words, suddenly Elder Liu lunged forward, charging directly at him, causing Tang Ziyue to turn pale with shock.
“Guild Leader Liu, what are you doing?”
Elder Liu was not one to coddle him, facing him with a palm strike. Tang Ziyue cried out in alarm, but Elder Liu completely ignored him, delivering a palm strike.
With a smack, he knocked Tang Ziyue unconscious.
Chen Jie was taken aback and turned to Elder Liu, “Guild Leader Liu, what is the meaning of this?”
Elder Liu said, “This fellow here means we can’t have a good conversation, he had to be put to sleep for a while.”
After saying that, Elder Liu looked at Chen Jie, “What exactly happened?”
Chen Jie looked at Elder Liu and said, “Gang Leader, you don’t think it was I who attempted to assassinate Liu Song, do you?”
Elder Liu said, “What you said earlier was right, if you were the assassin, you wouldn’t still be sending me messages.”
Chen Jie said, “It seems my brother did deliver the message to you.”
Elder Liu said, “Today I almost didn’t get it. If I hadn’t come back due to urgent matters, everything would have been delayed, and now… sigh…”
Elder Liu looked at the lying Liu Song, his face filled with sorrow.
At this moment, Chen Jie said, “Gang Leader Liu, don’t worry too much. I’ve sent someone to fetch a doctor, and Mr. Liu has taken the Tai Sui Pill; his injury should be stable and there should be no problem.”
Elder Liu frowned, “In this desolate and remote place, where is a good doctor to be found?”
Upon hearing this, Chen Jie said, “Guild Leader Liu, you haven’t forgotten where we are, have you?”
“Xiantao Village!”
Chen Jie smiled, “Then does Gang Leader Liu think of something?”
Elder Liu said, “Inner Hall Eight Doctors, Bai Wenjing, Doctor Bai.”
Chen Jie said, “Exactly, my master is in Xiantao Village. I will send someone to call for him right away. Gang Leader Liu can rest here for a bit, and regarding Mr. Liu Song, it’s best not to move him, to avoid aggravating the injury and causing it to worsen.”
Elder Liu said, “Mm, let’s do as you say.” 𝒏𝒐𝒗𝒑𝒖𝒃.𝙘𝒐𝒎
The two had reached an agreement, and then Chen Jie said, “Xiao Hu, you take some people to the village and fetch my master. And remember, don’t alarm anyone else.”
“Yes.”
Xiao Hu immediately sprang into action upon hearing the words. Others went to invite Bai Wenjing, who might not come, but Xiao Hu’s own villagers would not have this problem.
Xiao Hu departed, leaving only Elder Liu and Chen Jie at the site.
Elder Liu looked at Chen Jie and said, “Chen Jiusi, speak your mind.”
Chen Jie said, “Guild Leader Liu, we have known each other for a while now, and though we are not close friends, our characters are clear to one another. I’ll speak frankly; the incident with Liu Song was not my doing, does the Guild Leader acknowledge this?”
Elder Liu said, “I acknowledge it, but I need an explanation as to what exactly happened.”
Chen Jie said, “What I know is this: Nan Batian and Tang Ziyue conspired to concoct a poison plan…”
“Zhao San!”
Upon hearing this, Elder Liu’s expression suddenly turned strange, followed by anger, as he glared up at the sky.
Seeing this, Chen Jie immediately said to Elder Liu, “Guild Leader Liu, what did you think of?”
Elder Liu replied, “Zhao San, that’s the man introduced by Gu Qingfeng!”
“Gu Qingfeng?”
Chen Jie said, “Ghost Hand Hall Master, Gu Qingfeng?”
“That’s right, this man is Gu Qingfeng’s man. I knew it. Initially, he was operating from behind the scenes, taking the route of Mr. Bai Mosheng from my hall, and sent the man to Liu Song to be his guard.”
“But what he didn’t know was that Mr. Bai has strict control over his subordinates, and this matter wasn’t hidden. It was only Gu Qingfeng himself who didn’t know that his arrangement was exposed.”
“We’ve observed this Zhao San for a year and found no wrongdoing. We thought Gu Qingfeng had just taken money to sneak someone in for gold-plating. We didn’t take it seriously.”
“Now it seems that’s probably not the case.”
“Moreover, it was odd that Gu Qingfeng invited me for drinks today; finding me for a drink at this time, in retrospect, he didn’t want me to stay in the mansion. That’s when I would receive Song’er’s call for help!”
Suddenly, Elder Liu realized the crux of the matter, his face flashing with a fierce intent to kill, “Damn you, Gu Qingfeng, to think you coveted my son, I shall never tolerate this!”
Chen Jie, hearing this, looked at Elder Liu and asked, “Guild Leader Liu, I don’t understand one thing. Why would Gu Qingfeng want to kill Mr. Liu Song?”
Elder Liu was taken aback and then said, “It’s likely because of the iron mine. The iron mine has always been managed by the Ghost Hand Hall until recently. Liu Song said his friend needed a batch of goods. I allowed him to take some and didn’t expect him to actually sell it. I planned to let him try his hand at the iron mine business.”
“It might have interfered with Gu Qingfeng’s interests, but I didn’t expect him to be so ruthless. Song’er, he watched grow up since childhood, and yet he could lay his hands on him!”
Elder Liu’s brows were tightly knotted, his gaze filled with undisguised anger and murderous intent.
Chen Jie was silent; however, he gleaned some useful information from Elder Liu’s words. Looking at Elder Liu, Chen Jie said, “Guild Leader Liu, you just mentioned the goods Mr. Liu helped your Guild Cao deal with. What goods were they?”
Elder Liu was baffled and looked at Chen Jie, “Why do you ask?”
After a pause, Chen Jie took out a ledger and then handed the envelope inside it to Elder Liu.
