The Grand Void – Becoming a Dragon

Qianlong Villa.

"Young master."

"Um?"

"Lord Yin Ming has gotten very close to Guanshi Sun recently."

"I see." Zhuang Ming replied.

"This old slave thinks that Steward Sun is not very trustworthy." Bai Lao hesitated for a while, his words sounded like he was slandering the steward at the same level, but after thinking about it for two days, he finally reported the truth son.

"I have my own measure, Bai Lao just treats everything as usual."

"Where is Lord Yin Ming?"

"His loyalty is unquestionable."

Zhuang Ming said with a smile, pointed to the cakes on the table, and said, "Sit down, have something to eat, I still have something to tell Mr. Bai."

The old housekeeper Bai paused for a moment, then suddenly smiled wryly and said: "My lord has always been far-sighted, I think this old servant is overthinking."

Zhuang Ming just chuckled, but said again: "Look at this."

The old butler Bai took the booklet and asked in surprise, "Writing by the genius doctor Li He?"

Zhuang Ming said: "There is a strange medicine in it, named Jade God Flower, which has the miraculous effect of reconnecting severed limbs."

The old housekeeper Bai was stunned immediately, and then showed surprise, his eyes fell on Zhuang Ming's legs, then looked at Zhuang Ming's face, and said in surprise: "My lord, do you think this flower can be cured?"

Zhuang Ming said leisurely: "If the above record is true, it should be able to cure my disabled legs. Of course, it does not rule out that the records in ancient books will be exaggerated. But it is a hope anyway. I have searched for Dongsheng Dynasty for six years. , let out an unknown number of rumors, asking for a miracle medicine, calling a famous doctor, but none of them can cure, now there is a hope, let's try to find it."

The old butler Bai quickly nodded, and said seriously: "This old slave will pass on this matter to the people below, and let the people below pay more attention. If there are traces of such strange flowers, report them immediately."

Zhuang Ming waved his hand and said: "According to the records, this flower is strange. It has only appeared a few times in the past and present, and it has been endowed with fairy tales. Whether I can meet it or not depends on my fate."

The old housekeeper Bai hurriedly said: "Precious medicines are rare and rare, and they are also the laws of nature."

As he said that, Bai Lao said seriously: "But the rarer it is, the more precious it is, and the more it can prove that once the medicine is real, its effect will be extraordinary, so you can rest assured, my family's business spreads all over the sixteen prefectures of Huai'an. It is north of Huai'an, and there are also our people."

With a bit of arrogance in the old man's expression, he said: "In the entire Dongsheng Dynasty, when it comes to the way of doing business, the most extensive one is our Zhuang's firm."

——

afternoon.

Bai Qing rushed to report.

"Young master, something happened."

"What's up?"

"The goods destined for Guangfu were robbed."

"Um?"

Zhuang Ming frowned, his face sank slightly, and he said, "Who escorted him?"

Bai Qing said, "Lu Yang."

Zhuang Ming narrowed his eyes slightly.

Lu Yang's kung fu is quite well-known in the martial arts world, only one step lower than Bai Qing's. Among the martial arts people he recruited, he can be ranked among the top five.

"How is Lu Yang?"

"Together with his sixteen people, they were all killed."

"Where's the goods?" Zhuang Ming asked with a cold face, taking a deep breath.

"All of them were robbed, with a loss of nearly 18,000 taels, including the treasure worth about 1,000 taels that you ordered to give to Master Gao of the Guangfu."

"Have you found out the murderer?"

"Still investigating, and reported to the official."

Bai Qing paused, then said: "The response from the government is that in all likelihood, it should be bandits from Huaibei. I went to find out. Five days ago, there was a nest of bandits in Huaibei. The government cleared out their lair and escaped." The Huai River should be within the territory of the Sixteenth House of Huai'an right now."

Zhuang Ming murmured: "Bandits in Huaibei?"

Bai Qingying said: "Besides, the leader of this gang of bandits was originally a Confucian scholar with both civil and military skills. In his early years in a high-ranking official's house, he failed to steal ancient books. He fled and became a bandit. There are rumors in the world that his skills are quite profound."

Speaking of this, Bai Qing laughed at himself, and said with a wry smile: "Although I don't know that bandit, I have heard of his fame and deeds. His martial arts attainments are probably higher than mine. If it was really what they did, it's no wonder that Lu Yang couldn't stand it." .”

Zhuang Ming fell silent.

Bai Qing didn't dare to say too much.

Shuang Ling came in with the fruit, but found that the atmosphere was terribly stagnant, so she didn't dare to say anything, put down the fruit, and quietly retreated.

"There is no shortage of goods in Guangfu, and they have to be escorted again."

Zhuang Ming said: "Master Gao's gift can be temporarily suppressed, and I will deliver it to the door when I personally arrive at Guangfu one day. It is only the person to escort the goods..."

Having said this, Zhuang Ming paused for a moment, and said: "Lu Yang is not inferior, even if he was killed together with sixteen of his subordinates, the government has not yet wiped out this gang of bandits, so we can't be careless."

Bai Qing hesitated for a moment, and said: "My ability is stronger than Lu Yang, but it is also limited. However, if my senior brother Lu He can walk with me, and my brothers join hands, there will be no worries."

Zhuang Ming shook his head and said: "The matter of Lu He has not been settled yet, he can't get away for the time being."

Bai Qing asked, "Where are the others?"

Over the years, the young master has recruited a lot of people, and he attaches great importance to people with outstanding talents, including literati, scholars, and martial arts masters.

As for the guards, there are also a lot of recruits. The guards of various shops, the accompanying guards of the caravan, including the guards of the Qianlong Villa in front of us, etc., the total number of them is thousands of people.

Of course, in the eyes of a master like him, Bai Qing, those ordinary guards were mostly men who were only proficient in fists, kicks and weapons.

It's just that among these guards, there are also quite a few masters who have mastered kung fu and can be regarded as important in the martial arts, there are about twenty or thirty of them.

But Bai Qing's martial arts are relatively high, and his vision is also high. Those who can be ranked in the martial arts may not necessarily fall into his eyes.

At this time, besides the dead Lu Yang, the only helpers who could make Bai Qing ask questions were Yue Yang and Liu He.

Lu He, Yue Yang, Liu He, Bai Qing, Lu Yang.

Currently under Zhuang Ming's subordinates, these five are the most skilled.

"A few of them are very busy."

Zhuang Ming said slowly: "The number of martial arts practitioners recruited in recent years, who can be called masters, is less than 30 people. This number sounds like a lot, but the family has a big business, and our business flows to the entire Dongsheng The dynasty has a lot of transactions, how can it be enough?"

Even if these 20 or 30 people are all listed as guard leaders, let them each lead some guards, and each lead a team to escort the goods, but compared with his current business, I am afraid that they are quite short-handed.

What's more, Lu Yang, who was killed now, is considered to be at the forefront of kung fu.

"Then..." Bai Qing gritted his teeth slightly and said, "I'll go there myself."

"Forget it, I can't let you take such a big risk. Lu Yang has already been killed. Your kung fu is on par with Lu Yang, and you are not sure that you can beat the bandit leader. Did you just lose your life?" Zhuang Ming waved his hands. road.

"It's all because of my lack of ability." Bai Qing was a little sad when he heard this.

"I can't blame you." Zhuang Ming thought for a while, and then said: "How about this, I will let Qian Yang go with you, but he has always been dull, and you are still the main one when he does things on the road."

"What about your side?" Bai Qing hesitated.

"With Yin Ming guarding me, who can assassinate me?" Zhuang Ming said with a smile, "In the early years, I often sent Qian Yang and Yin Ming to escort goods. When I was sent abroad, I didn't even have any guards by my side. It's just that in the past two years, there hasn't been a shortage of manpower, and I feel sorry for the two of them who are often busy, so it's considered leisure to rest by my side."

In fact, the main reason is that they are too far away, and it takes a lot of effort to control Qianyang and Yin Ming. Therefore, with enough manpower, he has not let Qianyang and Yin Ming escort the goods in the past two years. .

Secondly, if Qian Yang and Yin Ming are left behind, their own lives can be guaranteed.

"Since there is a shortage of people right now, it's nothing to ask Qian Yang to go." Zhuang Ming laughed, looked back, and said with a self-deprecating voice: "It must have been the past two years that he has never left, and he is also a little irritable."

"Master Qianyang is escorting the goods. Looking at the entire martial arts world, I'm afraid no one will be able to rob our goods." Hearing this, Bai Qing was obviously relieved.

"Send the goods safely to Guangfu. On the return trip, you and Qian Yang can go find these bandits and avenge Lu Yang."

There was a little cold light in Zhuang Ming's eyes, and he said coldly: "I have been in business for six years, people from all walks of life have robbed my goods no less than a hundred times, but so far no one has been able to get away with it! This time is no exception! "

But in his heart, another name flashed.

Song Tianyuan!

Regarding the robbery of the goods and the killing of the people, there are nine out of ten that it is inseparable from this person!

This is after instigating against Yin Ming, he has to try, can he transfer Qian Yang who is beside him?

In this way, there is only one martial arts master by my side.

And he was a martial arts master who was instigated.