American Comics: BOSS Invasion

"The master is speaking with you!" Hearing the voice of Secretary Liu outside the door, Master Tan sat up in bed.

He was wearing an undergarment, looking sickly, with a hot towel on his forehead.

The concubine beside him looked exhausted, her eyelids drooping, clearly having attended to him for quite some time.

Master Tan's起身 startled the concubine.

"Master, your illness hasn't healed yet, why are you getting up?

Lie down quickly, lie down quickly.

It's not urgent for the servants to report; let them talk about it later.

Besides, I've been serving you for several days; even if I have no great merit, I've still put in hard work.

You don't even say you'll reward me with anything; you just send me away!"

"Alright, alright, stop wasting time here.

I'll take you to the gold and silver shop later; buy whatever you fancy!"

Master Tan reluctantly agreed to a condition, and only then did he drive the concubine away.

Secretary Liu pushed the door open and walked in, just in time to turn sideways and let the swaying, graceful concubine out.

Looking at her curvy figure, the secretary couldn't help but reveal a lewd smile at the corner of his mouth.

"Stop spacing out there; hurry up and tell me how things are going?"

"Reporting to you, Master, there are still no clues.

I have already searched the constables in the county office and all sorts of people in the Jianghu.

Still no trace was found.

There were no signs of the warehouse lock being pried or opened.

The dust on the shelves had no irregularities; it was as if there was naturally less silver there."

Master Tan's hand trembled, and he sighed, "The house is restless; strange things are happening.

What should I do?

Could it be because of me…?"

Before he could finish speaking, Secretary Liu stopped him: "Master, you shouldn't think that way at all; they're two different things!

Don't worry.

Since the constables and people in the Jianghu can't find any clues, let's just go find some gods and ghosts.

I heard that a Taoist came to the Guandi Temple some time ago.

He's very skilled at drawing talismans, performing rituals, and chanting incantations.

Many people in our town have already benefited; he should have some real skills.

I'll go find him later; maybe he can find out what's going on!"

Master Tan hesitated for a moment, but ultimately shook his head.

"Forget it; don't cause unrest in the house for the sake of a mere hundred taels of gold.

I've thought it over these days; just consider it avoiding disaster by losing money.

But…"

Secretary Liu quickly asked, "What is it?

Does Master think Little Zhang's wife isn't serving you well?

I'll prepare another one for you?"

"No, Little Zhang's wife is quite good, but the last time Little Zhang suddenly came home, he almost caught me, making me feel nervous even now."

Master Tan shook his head and sighed.

For Master Tan, losing money was a small matter; being able to steal people in peace was more important.

Secretary Liu immediately understood: "This is easy to handle.

Since you think he's getting in the way, then we'll just… um!"

Secretary Liu gestured at his neck with a fan.

"No good, the traces are too obvious!

It's easy to arouse suspicion!

It's best to have some way that no one knows!"

"No one knows, no ghost is aware?

I've got it!"

Secretary Liu chuckled, "We can use Maoshan magic.

The Taoist living in the Guandi Temple, surnamed Qian, named Kai, is truly a money-grubber.

As long as there's money, he'll do anything!"

The next day, Secretary Liu appeared in the small hut temporarily built by Taoist Qian.

Qi Shan, acting as a Taoist acolyte, stood behind him, watching Secretary Liu casually speak of murder and harm without any scruples, and couldn't help but give him a thumbs up in his heart.

He was indeed a qualified lackey!

"Real Person Qian, about this matter, you see…"

Hearing this somewhat familiar sentence, Real Person Qian's bald head shone brightly.

He subconsciously glanced back at Qi Shan, and before Secretary Liu could react, he grabbed two ingots of gold.

"I have thought it over clearly; I can agree to this matter, but I have a request!"

"What request?"

Real Person Qian said seriously, "A platform must be set up in your courtyard; this is to protect your safety!"

Secretary Liu pondered for a moment and nodded, "Alright then.

Since it's a matter of gods and ghosts, of course, we must listen to the Taoist priest's instructions.

We'll do as you say!"

Just then, there was a knock on the door.

A young man wearing tattered clothes, with dirty braids and a small mustache, strode in, bowed to Real Person Qian, and called him Senior Brother.

Real Person Qian nodded and asked Secretary Liu to introduce him: "This is my junior brother; he's also a good hand!"

He then said to his junior brother, Xu Zhenren, "This is Secretary Liu!"

Secretary Liu saw that Xu Zhenren looked like a down-and-out person and didn't even give him a straight look, and continued, "Then this matter is entrusted to you; I'll take my leave first!"

Real Person Qian smiled and sent Secretary Liu out, holding a large gold ingot in one hand, and walked back to the futon with a smile on his face.

Xu Zhenren said, "Senior Brother, what did you call me for?

You were in such a hurry that you even sent a paper crane to deliver the message!"

"Actually, it's nothing big; it's just that a kid offended a rich man, and the rich man asked me to help get rid of that kid!"

"Murder?" Xu Zhenren looked surprised.

"What's so strange about that?

We don't even need to do it ourselves; we just need to set up a platform and it's done!"

Real Person Qian took the two large gold ingots and walked back to the futon without a care, sitting down cross-legged.

With gold in front of him, he had forgotten about Qi Shan.

Xu Zhenren also ignored Qi Shan, staring at Qian Zhenren and hurriedly said, "Senior Brother, the purpose of our learning Maoshan techniques is to save people!"

"Since childhood, so many people have been lost; killing one more isn't too much, is it!"

"Senior Brother, the rules of the Maoshan sect clearly state: first, do not be greedy; second, do not kill without reason; third, do not blaspheme the three luminaries; fourth…"

"Do not collude with friends for evil, right?

Alas, after so many years, your brain is still not enlightened.

The most important thing in this world is money.

Besides, the master is no longer in this world!"

"Senior Brother, how have you become like this!"

"Alright, alright, stop preaching to me here.

I'll just ask you one question: are you going to help me or not?"

Xu Zhenren didn't say a word!

Real Person Qian said angrily, "Okay, if you don't want to help, then don't, but I warn you, don't tell anyone about this, or don't blame your senior brother for not being sentimental!"

Xu Zhenren directly flung his sleeves and left, and Qian Zhenren was also trembling with anger.

He kept cursing: "Dead brain, a blockhead that can't be enlightened!"