The road connecting Hu's Mine and Qingyang Town was shabby and dilapidated.
Because the mine was going to be abandoned, Qingyang Town was naturally unwilling to invest too much in it.
Xi Zichu walked slowly with a maid in disguise, laughing softly and leisurely.
At the end of the road, a person stood alone in the middle of the road.
Xi Zichu didn't seem surprised, "Hu Shaomeng, although you're not in the mine, you still know the situation inside like the back of your hand."
"Don't talk nonsense." After waiting here for a long time, Hu Shaomeng, who was already impatient, said, "What is your purpose?"
"I want to ask you, what is your purpose?" Xi Zichu asked, "Hiring someone to assassinate the Junggenjia's envoy, you really can think of something like that. How can this kind of thing be blamed on the Xi Family? Do you think the Junggenjia will believe it? "
"You can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want. Hiring someone to assassinate the Junggenjia's envoy, isn't it something that the five families did together? "
"Oh, oh." Xi Zichu shook his head and laughed, "That's true."
Hu Shaomeng suppressed his impatience, "So what do you want to do?"
No one knew the truth better than him.
Hiring someone to assassinate Jiang Wang was indeed his idea.
After contact, Jiang Wang refused to immediately close the mine, his firm attitude made him uneasy. Later, he even slapped the face of the Chongxuan people that Hu You invited.
Because of this, Hu Shaomeng realized that no matter what he said, it would backfire. Jiang Wang might have noticed something and insisted on not leaving Hu's Mine.
When one plan failed, another came up.
Old Li was definitely a trustworthy person. He was his confidant in Jia City and was one of the spies against the Xi Family. This was the right time to make a move.
World Tower, this unworthy assassin organization, was an organization that he carefully selected. The fact that their headquarters was far away in Cang Feng City was enough to enter his vision.
Whether World Tower could kill Jiang Wang or not was not important.
It would be good if they could kill him. The Junggenjia was far away in Qi City. It would take some time to send someone to investigate.
What he needed was time, the empty time in the mine after Jiang Wang's death.
Since he couldn't kill Jiang Wang, it was the same to let him leave.
Old Li, the one who hired the killer, had already been transferred out of the country.
After being assassinated, no matter which way Jiang Wang started, the result would not change.
If Jiang Wang went to Cang Feng City to fight with World Tower, regardless of the outcome, Hu Shaomeng's goal would be achieved in the time it would take for him to return.
If he were to track down Old Man Li, it would be even more interesting.
Old Li would try his best to escape, increasing the difficulty of his pursuit. When he finally captured Old Man Lee, he would 'realize' that Old Man Lee was a member of the Xi family and was working for the Xi family!
This plan could be said to be perfect. As the one who came up with it, Hu Shaomeng was very pleased with himself.
But the only thing he didn't expect was that even though Jiang Wang captured the assassin on the spot and interrogated him for information, he didn't go anywhere. He just stayed in the mine and didn't leave.
No matter which direction Jiang Wang went, he would be led by the nose. But Jiang Wang stood still and didn't leave. The string he was leading became a decoration.
At this time, Xi Zichu stood out to suppress the matter and let the heads of the small families take the blame. This was something he didn't expect.
It also made him uneasy.
"What do you want to do?" Hu Shaomeng repeated.
Xi Zichu didn't play riddles with him and said indifferently, "Whatever you want to do, I want to do."
Even though he had a premonition when he learned that Xi Zichu had suddenly returned to Jia City, Hu Shaomeng still couldn't help but pale. "You knew?"
Whether it was killing the miner or the Transcendent cultivator guarding the mine, it was all to cover up the secret. He thought that he had done it airtight, but he didn't expect that he would still be exposed.
"Jia City is the Xi family's Jia City." Xi Zichu looked at him calmly. "Here, nothing can be hidden from me."
"But Qingyang Town's surname is Hu."
"As for what Qingyang Town's surname is, we might as well wait until the Junggenjia people leave and then discuss it." Xi Zichu changed the topic. "Two sides fighting is better than three sides fighting, what do you say?"
Hu Shaomeng was a person after all. He quickly thought through the pros and cons. Since the matter couldn't be undone, he could only choose the lesser of two evils.
He asked directly, "Jiang Wang won't believe whatever you say. He'll definitely interrogate them again. Are you sure those people are reliable? "
"The lives of their entire clan are in my hands. They know very well what to say. Moreover, in their hearts, this is the truth. So no matter how they interrogate them, there won't be a problem. "
Hu Shaomeng's expression changed.
He knew very well what this meant.
Memory tampering!
This wasn't something a Soaring Dragon cultivator could do.
If he was only facing Xi Zichu himself, he could rely on his trump card and have a certain amount of assurance. But if the other side could use this level of power, then everything he did would be useless.
Driving away the Junggenjia wouldn't have any meaning.
"You don't need to be nervous." In order to avoid further incidents, Xi Zichu explained, "I used Dream Returning Incense. My master only gave me half of it. It's already burned out."
He took out a stick of incense that had already burned out. There was only a faint residue on it, and it couldn't possibly have any effect. "You can take it back and examine it."
Hu Shaomeng took the incense. The mysterious aura hadn't completely dissipated. It was indeed Dream Returning Incense. His heart relaxed slightly, but he couldn't let his guard down.
Xi Zichu continued, "You also know how precious this thing is. In order to fill the hole you poked, I had no choice but to use it. Since I've paid such a price, I must be satisfied with the rewards. "
Hu Shaomeng snorted coldly, "The Hu clan could have relied on this mine to operate for another thirty years. The price I paid wasn't any less than you. "
"It's precisely because I saw you make such a heavy bet that I'm willing to gamble with you. Young Master Hu. "
Xi Zichu laughed. He hugged the maid who was dressed as a man and slowly walked away.
There was one thing he didn't say. That was, sending the heads of the small clans to their deaths wasn't just to fill the hole in Hu Shaomeng's pocket. There were other ways to fill the hole. There was no need to use a treasure like Dream Returning Incense.
The Xi clan had controlled Jia City for many years. They could easily suppress these small clans. The only reason they didn't do anything to them was to appease the Yang government. They didn't want to create a name for themselves. They didn't have a valid reason to do so.
But if the Junggenjia were to kill these people, then it would be a different story. These clans wanted to die, so they couldn't blame it on the Xi clan.
He wasn't worried about Hu Shaomeng causing any more trouble. As long as he had a bit of hope, a gambler who had already invested so much wouldn't leave just like that.
The more he invested, the harder it was for him to let go.
He and Hu Shaomeng both knew that making the Junggenjia leave was their common goal.
If a colossus like the Zhongxuan Family squeezed in, everyone would have to go hungry.
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