Merchant of the Underworld

Leng Rushuang arranged for Gur to come with us, and she indeed had her intentions. If it weren't for this careful young man, maybe Li Mazi and I would have been careless and fell into other people's ways.

After lunch, I saw that the time was almost up, so I took Li Mazi and Gul to the living room. There were a few more people in the living room at this moment, but everyone's faces were full of impatience.

In addition to the feuding brothers Leng Dou and Leng Wu, Zhang Lan, the young wife of the old family master, was sitting on the sofa smoking, but her eyes occasionally glanced at an old white-haired woman standing at the window. The old woman looked serious and she must be the eldest sister of the old family master.

Sitting opposite Leng Dou was a man and a woman sitting next to Leng Wu. The man had dark skin and dark eyes, while the woman was dressed up and was mumbling something in Leng Wu's ear.

Seeing my appearance, Leng Dou seemed to have disappeared, while Leng Wu stood up very politely and introduced: "This is the guest invited back by Rushuang, Zhang Jiulin, the top master of the younger generation of the Zhang family in Jiangbei, who is here to investigate the cause of his father's death."

"What?" Zhang Lan spoke first and said in shock: "Didn't the old master die of a stroke? Why are we still investigating?"

Leng Wu sneered: "My father has always been physically strong, and he even cultivated the Ice Soul Divine Sword to the highest level. How could he suddenly pass away due to a stroke? Someone must have done something secretly. He thought he was doing everything perfectly. Don't you know? Tianwang Huihui is meticulous and meticulous. Since he dares to do it, he will definitely leave some clues. Anyway, I have a clear conscience and am not afraid of being investigated. Anyone who is afraid must have a guilty conscience."

His words were obviously aimed at Leng Dou, but after he said this, everyone in the living room could only hold it in even if they had complaints or were unwilling to do so. Otherwise, wouldn't it be what he called a guilty conscience?

Aunt Wang, who was standing at the window, snorted coldly: "It's time to clean out the moths in the house! The old master of the house is old and confused. He dares to marry anyone into the house, which makes the house full of chaos and lack of integrity." She said. The words were obviously aimed at Zhang Lan. Zhang Lan wanted to refute several times, but she kept her mouth shut under the stern gaze of the other party.

It seems that this little wife's status in the family is not very high.

Leng Wu's son Leng Rulei looked me up and down: "Even if this matter needs to be investigated, it should be investigated by our Leng family. How can it be investigated by an unrelated outsider? What's more, this person's We don’t know the details, so what if he wants to fish in troubled waters, what will happen to the Tianshan Leng family’s reputation?”

Leng Ruyun had charming eyes and a particularly charming smile: "Brother, don't say that to me. I think he looks upright and doesn't look like a bad person."

Leng Rulei glared at her fiercely.

Leng Ruyun didn't care, but gave me a wink. It seems that under the temptation of being the head of the family, these two brothers and sisters are also fighting overtly and secretly.

The relationship between the Leng family seems complicated, but in fact it is quite simple. Leng Dou, Leng Wu, Leng Rulei, and Leng Ruyun probably all want to be the head of the family. The previous generation was unable to inherit the family head because of his longevity. , the next generation grew up in competition and secret contests, and naturally were not as harmonious as other families.

It is natural for Aunt Wang, who has never been married, to be particularly targeted at Zhang Lan. Thinking back to her sister who was the mistress of the family back then, Leng Dou and Leng Wu both came from her sister's belly. She naturally has a high status in the Leng family. .

Now that Zhang Lan has become the nominal mistress of the family, her position is particularly embarrassing.

I cleared my throat and was about to speak, but I was interrupted by Leng Dou who had been silent: "Ru Lei's words make sense. As the saying goes, family scandals should not be made public. Isn't there anyone in the Leng family? How can we let an outsider Come to interfere in the internal affairs of the family?" At this point, he snorted again with a sullen face: "It's all my fault for not taking good care of my daughter and raising such a white-eyed wolf. Her father just passed away, and she wants to unite with outsiders. The Leng family is in dire straits. I will treat such a daughter as if she has never been born and remove her name from the family tree. Anyway, there is a precedent before..."

His words made Leng Rulei and Leng Ruyun's eyes light up. Even Leng Ruyun, who had a good impression of me before and even had frequent glances at me, lowered his head and calculated, and agreed with a smile: "Uncle said this, As juniors, we naturally don’t dare to resist.”

After saying that, he glanced at me apologetically: "It's just thanks to shopkeeper Zhang Da that the trip was in vain..."

I saw that they were almost done with this drama, so I had to stand up and say: "It's not like I ran away in vain, but I, Zhang Jiulin, have the most important promise as a person. Since I promised Leng Rushuang, I will definitely give her an explanation." !”

Leng Dou slapped the table and stood up: "Humph! I have kicked Leng Rushuang out of the house. She is not a member of the Leng family now. Even she can't interfere in the Leng family's affairs, let alone you? Get out of here now, don't Make me fall out!"

Seeing his furious look, I calmly took out the wooden sign that Leng Rushuang handed me from my pocket: "You kicked her out of the house? I'm afraid your words... aren't enough, right?" As I spoke, I raised the wooden sign high: "You are all from the Leng family. You must have seen this wooden sign, right?"

"Tianshan Order!" As soon as the wooden sign came out, the entire living room fell into an eerie silence.

Leng Dou's shock, Leng Wu's surprise, Leng Rulei's haze, Leng Ruyun's surprise...

The expressions on the faces of everyone in the living room were different, like a drama on the stage. Everyone had their own ideas and greed, so the various expressions of all living beings were displayed in front of me at a glance.

Leng Rushuang didn't tell me before that this little wooden sign was called the Tianshan Order, but after seeing the Leng family, I felt that the Ling family really lived up to its name. The Leng family was as cold as the Tianshan Mountains.

"How come you have the Tianshan Order?" Leng Rulei almost jumped up from the sofa. He looked at me with sinister eyes, as if I didn't give a perfect answer, and he was going to come and snatch it away.

Li Mazi stood up hastily, as if he was afraid that I was in danger, and hurriedly stood in front of me.

Li Mazi, a coward who is greedy for life and afraid of death, can be so righteous sometimes. I can't help but be surprised, and I suddenly feel a little more courageous.

I patted Li Mazi on the shoulder and said seriously: "This Tianshan Order was given to Leng Rushuang personally by the old family master, and Leng Rushuang was worried that I would be treated disrespectfully when I came to the Leng family, so He lent it to me temporarily.”

When they learned that the Tianshan Order was given to Leng Rushuang by the old master, which was equivalent to recognizing her status as the new master, both Leng Rulei and Leng Ruyun became very ugly, especially Leng Ruyun, who was originally charming. There was also a bit more anger on his face.

"Nonsense!" Leng Rulei said viciously: "The Tianshan Order has always been passed down only to people of the Leng family. How can Leng Rushuang give it to you? Bring it to me!" He rushed up to grab it.