The big rivers and lakes that attack

Chapter 878 What is the origin of "Old Man"?
Not long after, a message came back that those people were subordinates of the "Old Man" of Xuanwu Dao.

"Xuan Wu Dao 'Old Man'?"

Upon receiving such an answer, Dongfang Li frowned slightly.

The spy who had already inquired clearly replied: "This man's name is Sun Yubo. He came to Zhongdu in May this year. He has made good friends with the Bai family on Jinyu Street. He is running news business in Xuanwu Road."

"By the way, help others to check some more private things, such as adultery, hidden piles, fake accounts, etc. These private things that are inconvenient to check on the open face are quite tricky."

"Some families with noble surnames had a lot of business dealings with him and the Five Great Gangs, so they quickly established a foothold in Xuanwu Dao. Afterwards, the Five Great Gangs clashed with Zhongdu Blood Cicada."

"Except for the Fenyilou, the five major gangs were all wiped out by the blood cicadas. In order to show their merits to the Duke's Mansion, the noble surname Zhang joined forces with the other two noble surnames to attack the blood cicadas when their vitality was seriously injured, and completely wiped them out."

"This Sun Yubo took advantage of this opportunity, seized the opportunity, took advantage of the situation, and took all the bets from the four gangs. Later, Fenyilou realized that he couldn't compete with him, so he surrendered voluntarily."

"As a result, Sun Yubo has the final say on the Xuanwu Dao. As for the group of people yesterday, I heard that they were Sun Yubo's former subordinates. Seeing that he has settled down on the Xuanwu Dao, they came here to join him."

Hearing such a reward, Dongfang Li murmured softly, "Old man..."

Then he looked at Tang Xia's confidant and asked, "What do you think of this person?"

The confidant thought for a moment, and said: "The relationship between the Bai family, presumably, should have the background of Kaiyunzong, and the means are quite outstanding, and he is good at seizing opportunities, but it is nothing more than that. He can eat Xuanwu Dao. It's luck."

"No, you are wrong, this is an extremely powerful character."

Having said that, Dongfang Li stood up, walked out from behind the desk, and walked in the hall with his hands behind his back. After a moment of silence, he said slowly:

"Once some things are connected in series, you will find that they are far less ordinary than what you see on the surface. Luck? Of course there is a part of it, but what is hidden under it is the operation of clever wrists."

The confidant didn't know why, so he asked, "What's the governor's intention?"

Dongfang Li stopped, smiled, a folding fan suddenly appeared in his hand, he didn't unfold it, but patted his palm lightly, and said slowly: "Let me ask you, when did he arrive in Zhongdu?"

The confidant said: "May."

"After May, what new things have happened in Zhongdu?"

"Uh... newspaper?"

"Who ran the first newspaper, the Zhongdu Daily?"

"The Bai Family and the Mei Bookstore!"

"Then why didn't Zhongdu have newspapers before that?"

"...Hiss~!"

The confidant woke up suddenly, as if thinking of something, his eyes widened in disbelief, and he gasped.

Then, while flapping his folding fan, Dongfang Li smiled and said, "After that, apart from serializing the story of "Shooting the Condors", what did the "Daily" focus on reporting?"

A drop of cold sweat dripped from the confidant's forehead: "Blood...the conflict between the blood cicada and the five major gangs, and...instigating the people of Zhongdu to 'anti-blood cicada'."

"Then...then "Evening Post" and "Morning Post" appeared, still instigating 'anti-blood cicadas'...finally, the five major gangs were wiped out, and the Zhang family and several nobles wiped out the blood cicadas in Zhongdu."

Dongfang Li nodded lightly, lightly tossed up the folding fan in his hand, twirled a flower in mid-air, then fell back again, with a chic and unrestrained expression, dressed in blue and white, a good young man in a troubled world.

"Now, do you still think that his means are mediocre, but he is just lucky?"

Confidant Nana was speechless.

Dongfangli said again: "What do you think, where did this 'old man' Sun Yubo come from?"

The confidant replied uncertainly: "Maybe it is from Kaiyunzong? Because it is the Bai family who supported him. Kaiyunzong worked for the Jiuqing Mansion, and his surname is Sun."

"From this, it can be deduced that the Jiuqing government planted a secret in the central capital in advance, so as to lay the foundation, take the lead, and influence the next negotiation?"

Dongfang Li smiled noncommittally, and said to himself, if he really came from Sun Jiuqing, why make things so complicated?He just used this to confuse others' eyes.

It made people wonder where this person came from. When someone asked him, he would neither admit nor deny it, and all kinds of associations arose from this.

How similar is this approach to the method used by the 'Suzerain of the Xia Sect' in the northwest?

Pretend to be born with your surname, and you are still a powerful family. You do things that others dare not do.

You are indeed very special. In the secret order given to me by Da Sikou, your name was mentioned emphatically.

Li Haoran, where did you come from, so confident...

……

In the next few days, according to Li Dao's instructions, the eldest nephew took the "harem" with him every day before dawn, jumped into the water from a pier somewhere in Xuanwu Road, swam to the huge lake below, and then swam again. go back.

They were given two hours, and Ye Xiang, who was traveling with the boat, supervised them. Two hours later, exactly at the end of the hour, Li Ding'an changed his clothes exhausted, and followed Li Dao as a "secretary".

Record the itinerary that should be there as a reminder. Sometimes when encountering certain things, there will be a meeting to discuss. The hard-working eldest nephew has to write down the contents of the meeting exactly.

Most of the time, the meeting will be held until late at night, leaving less than an hour for the eldest nephew to sleep. Not long after falling asleep, he will take his "female corps" to swim.

Aunt Luo saw it in her eyes and felt pain in her heart, but she didn't dare to say anything more.

Lu Mei is also very distressed, but she understands that this is the tempering of her little man by the head of the sect, so she came out of sight and out of mind, and studied with the inspection team during the day.

In the evening, I went to the "Mother Hua" who was also in Zhongdu City to exercise. Aunt Hua even teased her: "You lied to me. With Haoran's temperament, how could it be like you?"

"Isn't mom lying to me too? The chief sect strictly abides by the spirit of chivalry, so how could he go absurdly with mom..."

After joking around casually, Lu Mei began to worry about Li Ding'an again, not knowing when this would be the end, so she complained a few words in front of Aunt Hua.

Auntie Hua is sensible and said:

"Based on my understanding of Haoran, he really has a crush on Xiao Li. Of course, there is Li's affection for being the head of the family, but if Xiao Li's nature is not good, Haoran may just be perfunctory. How could it be like this?" tortured 'him?"

Lu Mei sighed softly: "I understand this truth, but I just don't want to see that enemy suffer, so I feel sorry for him."

Aunt Hua smiled and said, "Mei'er, if you had to choose again, would you choose Haoran or Xiaoli?"

(End of this chapter)