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Chapter 10 Yan Ji's Whistleblower

The wooden house, a luxuriously and delicately furnished room.

Wisps of smoke rose from the censer and permeated the entire room, with a fragrant fragrance.

A man in his fifties was lying on a bed of nanmu and gold silk, his eyes were closed, and his face was a bit painful.

"Master Zhang, how is my father? Is he still unable to wake up?"

Standing by the bed, Mu Qingxue looked worried at Zhang Shun who was giving needles to the man on the bed.

"Hey, miss, sorry for my low ability, I have exhausted all means and can only keep Master Mu alive, and there is probably nothing I can do to revive him.

"Actually, two years ago, when Master Mu came back from a serious injury, the seven of us said that besides the injury, Master Mu was also poisoned by a strange poison. If there is no corresponding antidote, we can only rely on our means... Sigh..."

Zhang Shun shook his head, with a helpless look on his old face.

If it wasn't for Mu Qingxue insisting that he use all means to revive Mu Zhen, he wouldn't have stayed here for nearly three days.

Obviously, the seven masters including him made it very clear two years ago, and they don't know what Mu Qingxue has gone crazy recently and insisted on finding him to treat Mu Zhen's "illness".

Mu Qingxue was silent for a while, then looked at Zhang Shun, "Master Zhang, do you know about Black Mountain Village?"

"Black Mountain Village?" Zhang Shun frowned, thought for a while, and his face was startled, "Could it be that Missy, you are talking about the Heishan Eighteen Villages that occupy the [-] Heishan Mountains?"

Mu Qingxue nodded, the expression on his face was not very good-looking, "I didn't believe it at first, although the Heishan Mountains are connected to the Qingyang Mountains, but compared to the Heishan Mountains which stretch for more than [-] miles, the Qingyang Mountains are more than a thousand miles long. It's not even close, and it can even be said to be a small hill in comparison.

"It is absolutely impossible for Heishanzhai to spend time and effort to come to Qingyang County, let alone our oyster town. However, an incident happened just a few days ago. After my investigation in the past two days, it is confirmed that this is indeed a part of Heishanzhai. What the village did."

"What's the matter?" Zhang Shun followed Mu Qingxue's words cooperatively and asked.

Mu Qingxue didn't answer directly, but said: "Master Zhang, I heard that three days ago my ineffective second brother sent a servant named Yan Ji to your place as an apprentice?"

"Oh? Missy also knows about this? That kid is quite clever, but I pinched his bones at the time, he was very average, and it can even be said to be relatively poor, so the old man didn't give him anything, just handed over It's just his most basic skills.

"Based on his aptitude, it is estimated that he will not be able to become famous in eight or ten years. He is not as good as my two apprentices. Why? This kid has something to do with what the young lady said?" Zhang Shun shook his head first, then reacted and asked road.

"Are you poorly qualified?" Mu Qingxue frowned slightly, "That's good, this person is the only person who came back to report after Heishanzhai intercepted my Mu family's caravan."

"What? The Mu family caravan was robbed by Heishanzhai?" Zhang Shun was really shocked this time, for such a big event, he only received the news now.

"That's right, Heishanzhai even threatened my Mu family to ask for 1000 taels of silver to redeem people and goods, but I sent people to trade with them the day before yesterday, but they backed off, saying that what they wanted was not a thousand taels of silver, but a thousand taels of gold. !" Speaking of this, Mu Qingxue was obviously very angry.

"1000 taels of gold? That's ten thousand taels of silver. The annual net profit of our pharmacy is only around 5000 taels. How dare this Black Village speak!" Zhang Shun said coldly.

"It's not that our Mu family can't get 1000 taels of gold, but I don't think Heishanzhai has ever thought about handing over our people and goods, even if Mu Xiang and the others are dead." Mu Qingxue said in a deep voice.

"Mu Xiang is dead? Is there something wrong with Yan Ji?" Zhang Shun's eyes narrowed immediately.

"There may be a problem, or it may be that the people in Heishanzhai simply deceived him, but no matter what, we must keep an eye on him. In the end, if it doesn't work, let him disappear quietly. I will solve it with the second brother."

Mu Qingxue said coldly, the reason why she would rather kill than let go has been understood since before she took power in the Mu family.

If it wasn't for her feeling that Yan Ji might be useful, and because Yan Ji belonged to her second brother, she didn't want to get into too much trouble with him, maybe she would have arrested Yan Ji for interrogation as soon as he came back.

"Second brother's temperament is really not suitable to be the head of the Mu family."

Mu Qingxue was a little helpless, she was not someone who was greedy for power, if her father hadn't been poisoned and fell ill, the Mu family would have to have someone to support her, and she wouldn't be able to control most of the Mu family's power.

Even if Mu Leping was more capable, it would not be a problem for her to give him all the property and subordinates in her hands.

When she was young, she had a good relationship with Mu Leping.

"When did it start? It seems that my father asked me and my second brother to start managing the Mu family business..."

Mu Qingxue looked at the light rain that started to fall outside the window, sighed and thought to herself.

"I know what to do, Missy."

Zhang Shun nodded solemnly. He is very clear about the seriousness of this matter. Even if Heishanzhai is a sub-village, not any of the six major forces in Oyster Town can resist. If Yan Ji really joins Heishanzhai, then Don't blame him for being cruel.

"Master Zhang, you don't have to rush to deal with him directly, it's best to use him to lure the snake out of the hole, sometimes the living are better than the dead.

"After all, what's the use of killing a child who isn't even a martial artist? Finding out the real purpose of Heishanzhai is the most important thing. If it doesn't work, it's time to use Yan Ji's death to "startle the snake." Mu Qingxue instructed One sentence.

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Oyster Town, Juxiang Restaurant.

This is the property of the Lou family of the six major powers in Oyster Town. It should be said that most of the large restaurants, inns, and stores in Oyster Town are owned by the Lou family.

In a private room, Yan Ji stood respectfully beside Mu Leping who was eating.

On the table was another young man about the same age as Mu Leping, with long black hair, a wooden hairpin on his head, wearing a white gown, with a folding fan in his hand, drinking wine with a smile on his face.

"You mean that Mu Qingxue called Zhang Shun over three days ago and hasn't come back yet?" Mu Leping said with an uncertain expression.

"Yes, young master, I feel that there must be something wrong with this matter, so I hurried to find it and report it to you, young master." Yan Ji asked for credit.

"Hmph! I didn't expect Zhang Shun, an old fellow, to fall for Mu Qingxue, a bitch! Originally, he accepted you as an apprentice, but I thought he hadn't betrayed me. Now it seems that Mu Qingxue, that bitch, must have turned his back on you!" What benefits did you promise him, that made him change his mind!"

Mu Leping slapped the wine glass into pieces with one palm and said viciously.

"Brother Le Ping, don't be angry, maybe there is some misunderstanding? After all, Master Zhang has been on your side for so long, and he was your master when he was a child, so he won't betray you easily." The one with the folding fan in his hand The young man laughed.

(End of this chapter)