Chapter 110: Consultation

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At the Baiwei Inn, Guan Guan was pushing a teapot and often saw Jiang Wen drinking tea. After learning from him, his body felt much warmer during the winter. Guan Guan was now considering whether to introduce tea as a new kind of food product.

Looking down at the various small shops below, Guan Guan felt a wave of contempt. As long as he controlled the recipe for the ingredients, these small shops were mere stepping stones, easily crushed. As usual, he took out today’s ledger and compared it with yesterday’s, noting that he had earned seventy qian less.

Perhaps a regular customer had not come today.

He now ran two inns, but the daily earnings had to be shared at the end of the month, with himself receiving one-tenth and that young master taking nine-tenths. Even so, after some time of hard work, he would have enough money to buy a mansion.

“Sir… I have something to report to you…” A man slowly entered from outside, his face full of panic and restlessness.

“Your father is not coming. Why are you here?”

“Zhao Xiao has been killed!” Niu Yi stammered. He had not dared to come these days, but he saw Zhao Xiao’s corpse—bloodied and hanging right outside his own door!

His whole body was covered in bruises, looking extremely gruesome. Niu Yi had always thought Zhao Xiao was highly skilled, unmatched by anyone, but after seeing his brutal death, he was shaken.

Guan Guan, however, was indifferent as he played with his abacus. “It’s just one person dead. The war in Kuaiji is ongoing; hundreds or thousands die every day.”

“Sir, tell me, I came here only to ask one thing: is Jiang Wen just an ordinary county magistrate?”

Guan Guan smiled slightly and then said flatly, “Leave now and don’t disturb my peace.”

Two servers rushed in, dragging Niu Yi out the door.

Niu Yi sat on the brick floor in terror. After that day when Zhao Liang injured the pursuers and returned to live in the small river village, someone came to his home that very night.

The attacker was too fast; Zhao Xiao was completely defenseless, subdued instantly, dragged outside, and all night only wails could be heard.

Niu Mu was so frightened he did not dare to leave the house. Niu Yi heard the piercing cries but stayed home as well. He did not know exactly who was behind it, but he was certain it had something to do with the magistrate. After all, Zhao Xiao was killed after returning from the county office.

And he himself was the one who had initially sent Zhao Xiao to assassinate the magistrate. Now that the magistrate was alive and well, perhaps he had set his sights on him!

Inside the music room, Jiang Wen sipped tea, watching Niu Yi below. He had some impression of Niu Mu’s son. This father and son were no good, but Jiang Wen was holding off on acting for now; they might be crucial in the future.

Leaving some money for the tea, Jiang Wen left the music room and returned to his mansion.

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