Goblin Goblin: Don't flirt, the villain is blackening

Chapter 395: The violent warlords of the Republic of China vs. the wise scholar, the gifted daughter who stayed abroad 54

Quan Jiu wanted to read something from Si Jinnian's face, but this stinky man managed his expression very well, with a calm expression as he listened to his subordinate's report on the latest situation in Jincheng.

"After you left, everything in the city was normal. But for some reason, the Du family and the Fan family suddenly launched an attack today, and we were caught off guard."

"Fan Sheng seems to be sure that you won't be able to go back today. He has stationed people outside the city, waiting to take over Jincheng. Some of his troops have even taken advantage of the chaos and sneaked into the city."

Si Jinnian tapped his knee joints with his fingertips, his eyes slightly lowered.

Something's wrong tonight.

It’s not that Fan Sheng is too conceited, it’s that tonight’s turnaround went too smoothly.

The opponent clearly had the upper hand in terms of numbers, but he roughly estimated the number of people tonight and found that the number of enemies he faced was only one or two hundred at most.

Si Jinnian raised his eyes, hoping to save a few of his subordinates alive to thoroughly investigate tonight's incident, but when he caught a glimpse of Quan Jiu from the corner of his eye, he swallowed the words he spoke.

"Find all Fan Sheng's people."

…

Commander's Mansion, study room.

Xue Cheng looked solemn:

"Third Master, everyone has been recruited, but I don't believe their words. They say that there are monsters in the forest that eat all their people. Monsters and monsters are just made up in the story books. If I believed them, I would be a fool.

Is it done?"

Si Jinnian was sitting lazily, but after hearing this, he sat up straight:

"What exactly happened?"

Xue Cheng: "It is said that in the blink of an eye, dozens of brothers disappeared out of thin air. There was not even a cry for help. They were gone. They have not been found yet."

Si Jinnian frowned slightly. As he expected, the number of people really didn't match up.

"Have you seen it live?"

Xue Cheng: "Look, let alone human beings, not even a single bone can be found. It's impossible for these dozens of living people to disappear out of thin air, right?"

From his point of view, these people are just talking nonsense.

Si Jinnian's eyes flashed and he didn't know what he was thinking of: "How is the situation in the south?"

Xuecheng's expression became even more solemn:

"Six corpses were found. There were no unnecessary wounds on their bodies. They were all killed by one shot. There was also one corpse with strangulation marks on the neck and died of suffocation. The strange thing is that our people were all breaking out from the north and none of them went there.

South……"

When he said this, he suddenly got stuck for a moment.

Not everyone went north.

Miss Liu stayed alone in the center circle.

Xuecheng realized the ridiculous idea in his mind, shook his head, and directly ruled out the possibility of Miss Liu.

She is a genuine young lady who has returned from studying abroad. She can't even fire a gun, so there is no way she can have such accurate marksmanship.

Xue Cheng said it another way:

"Let me see, in addition to us and Du Fan's family, there was another mysterious force in the mountains, and one of them was a sharpshooter."

Even if the person who confessed did not lie, it would take at least hundreds of people to make dozens of people disappear in an instant.

"Go down."

Si Jinnian looked at the topographic map on the table and fell into deep thought.

…

It seems like everything is calm in Jincheng recently, but smart people can feel that there are layers of turmoil buried under this calmness.

Quan Jiu was busy with the marriage of her daughter Goose and her son-in-law. She didn't expect to see Li Yang again, she said warily.

"What are you doing here?"

Stealing people? Stealing marriages?

Li Yang had not seen Quan Jiu for many days. Now when he saw the person he had longed for appear in front of him, he felt sad but also felt a little secretly happy:

"Miss Liu, I'm here to break off the engagement."

Quan Jiu was even more surprised: "Your father agreed?"

The answer given by Li Yang is also surprising:

"Agreed."

Quan Jiu had a question mark on his face.

The old man refused to break off the engagement despite Si Jinnian's pressure at first, but now he suddenly relented. Why?

Li Yang looked at the confusion on her face, pondered for a moment, but ignored his father's instructions and told the truth:

"Actually, part of the reason why the Li family's business has grown so big is due to one of my father's advisers."

Quan Jiu suddenly remembered what Si Jinnian had investigated. He heard that the old man of the Li family often went to the temple and got very close to a Taoist priest.

She knocked on the handle of the chair: "That old Taoist priest?"

Li Yang was shocked: "You know!?"

Quan Jiu: "I only know this much, keep talking."

Li Yang thought for a while and spoke again:

"This old Taoist priest does have some strength. My father acted according to his advice. In just five years, the Li family grew more than ten times. Since then, my father has trusted him even more. This old Taoist priest is the most important person in our family.

The existence of a living Bodhisattva.”

Quan Jiu guessed something:

"So this old Taoist priest said that the Liu family is suitable for marriage with the Li family. Your father would rather offend Si Jinnian than dare to offend this living Bodhisattva?"

Li Yang took a sip of tea angrily and lowered his head in embarrassment:

"That's right, he said that you and I are compatible and are destined to be a good match..."

Not only that, they also said that after Quanjiu marries into the Li family, the Li family's business will become more open.

Quan Jiu joked: "Then what's going on now? My horoscope suddenly doesn't match yours?"

"The old Taoist priest is dead."

Li Yang shook his head while holding the tea cup.

Quan Jiu's dark eyes narrowed slightly and his tone deepened: "Dead? Murder or suicide?"

Li Yang looked solemn: "I don't know. A passing woodcutter found his body in a dry well. I don't know if he accidentally fell in or was pushed in."

When his father heard the news of the death of the old Taoist priest, his first reaction was that he didn't believe it. The old Taoist priest was so powerful and was no different from a god. How could he die so hastily?

But when the body was brought up, all self-comforts turned into soap bubbles, which were ruthlessly popped by reality.

Because of this, his father's mindless admiration for the old Taoist priest finally faded a bit, and after listening to his persuasion, he was finally willing to officially break off the engagement with the Liu family.

Out of selfish motives, he actually didn't want to break off the engagement, but the woman he liked already had his heart set on him. Instead of forcing her, he might as well wish her happiness. The two of them would be generous, and maybe they could still be friends in the future.

Quan Jiu took the letter of divorce from him and thanked him: "It's almost noon. Do you want to have lunch before leaving?"

"No."

Li Yang thought of Si Jinnian upstairs and decisively refused.

Quan Jiu sent the person to the gate of the Commander's Mansion. Before leaving, Li Yang stared at her face, and the hidden love and reluctance still showed a bit:

"Miss Liu, actually I have met you before, before you went to England."

Quan Jiu: "Oh?"

Li Yang thought of the scene he saw and shook his head:

"Forget it, don't mention the past things."

At that time, Liu Jiaojiao was soft-spoken, well-informed and courteous, and had all the etiquette of a lady.

It was completely different from the tough woman he saw on the cruise ship back home who "beat a man's life with a brick".

Li Yang smiled in relief:

"At least one thing, the old Taoist priest is right about. You have indeed changed a lot in the year since you returned to China."

(End of chapter)