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Chapter 472 The Shangguan Family
Not long after, the middle-aged fat man entered the main building of the manor.

This is a very retro villa. The layout of the hall still retains the appearance of decades ago. Most of the tables, chairs, doors and windows are made of precious solid wood.

This is the residence of the Shangguan family who has a huge power in the eastern province.

"Mr. Zhao." Seeing the fat man coming in, the maid who was cleaning in the lobby of the main building hurriedly said with a humble bow, looking a little nervous.

"En." Fatty nodded slightly, responded, and asked the maid: "Where is Master Shangguan?"

"The master and the second young master are both upstairs in the study." The maid replied looking up to the second floor.

"Understood." Fatty replied indifferently, and walked towards the stairs leading to the second floor.

Seeing the fat man leave, the maid secretly breathed a sigh of relief and continued to clean.

All the servants in the manor know that Mr. Zhao is the manager of the whole manor.Although he is a good person, he has very strict requirements on the work of his servants. If he makes a small mistake, his wages will be deducted by him. Therefore, when the servants in the manor see him, they can't help but feel a little nervous.

"Step, step, step..." Stepping on the wooden stairs, Manager Zhao arrived outside the study on the second floor.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!..." He didn't push the door directly to enter, but knocked on the door respectfully first, and reported: "Master, my subordinates have something important to report."

"Come in." A moment later, a middle-aged man's steady voice came from the room.

"Squeak!" Manager Zhao heard the sound, pushed the door open and walked in.

I saw that in this spacious study room, a middle-aged man wearing a silver-gray suit and an elegant face was sitting firmly behind a mahogany desk that looked very majestic.

He is a man of yellow race, he looks about 50 years old, his beard and hair are very clean and tidy, and his body reveals a faint temperament of a high-ranking person who has been in a high position for a long time.

He is the current head of the Shangguan family, Shangguan Yitian, who is currently holding an important position in the political circles of the Eastern Province.

Seeing Manager Zhao coming in, Shangguan Yitian didn't even look at it, and was still immersed in processing the documents on the table.

On the other side of the room, there was a well-built young man in a military uniform, lying on a comfortable sofa with his legs crossed, smoking a high-end cigar with no expression on his face.

This young man was also of yellow race, about 30 to [-] years old. When Director Zhao came in, he just glanced at him lightly, then looked away indifferently, and continued to smoke his cigar.

He is the second young master of the Shangguan family, Shangguan Lingfeng, who is now a colonel in the First Army Corps of the Alliance, and holds a lot of real power in the army.

"Hello, master, hello, second young master." After Mr. Zhao came in, he stood in front of Shangguan Yitian's desk, bowed respectfully, and greeted Shangguan Yitian and Shangguan Lingfeng respectively.

"Well, there are no outsiders here, so just talk directly if you have anything to do." Shangguan Yitian behind the desk said without raising his head.

"Master, the mission given by the Black Dragon has failed." Mr. Zhao replied with his hands down and his head bowed.

"Oh?" Hearing this sentence, Shangguan Yitian's expression froze, he frowned inadvertently, and stopped his work.

"Father, I have already said that those bounty hunters in Black Dawn are unreliable at all, and they still failed." Before Shangguan Yitian could speak, Shangguan Lingfeng, who was wearing a military uniform on the sofa, sandwiched Cigar stood up, walked to the desk, and said to Shangguan Yitian impatiently: "I think, let me take the special detective team and go for a trip in person. After all, the members of the Black Dragon Society are Let us secretly arrest that Li Jiu, if we let them know that we did not do it ourselves, but issued a bounty mission, it may affect their impression of us, and then the eldest brother will not be able to join them smoothly."

"Ling Feng, don't be in a hurry. It's not too late to make a decision after listening to Mr. Zhao finish what happened." Shangguan Yitian shook his head and looked at Mr. Zhao, "Tell me, how did you fail? Wasn’t the group of people you found very reliable before?”

"My lord, this time it's my subordinate's dereliction of duty." Manager Zhao first took the initiative to admit his mistake, "Those people's abilities are pretty good, and the tasks entrusted to them before have been completed very neatly. But this time, the other party's The strength is beyond my estimation, it is not something that those people can deal with, I should have found some stronger bounty hunters to do it."

"The strength is beyond estimate?" Shangguan Yitian frowned and muttered, and after thinking for a moment, he shook his head slightly and said, "It's not your fault, it's because the information given by the Black Dragon was too vague, and it didn't make it clear at all. The real strength of the opponent."

Shangguan Yitian knew Manager Zhao very well, knowing that he was not only loyal to him, but also very serious and cautious in handling things.Therefore, since he found those bounty hunters to capture Li Jiu, then he must have carefully studied the information given by the black dragon and believed that with the strength of those bounty hunters, he would definitely be able to capture Li Jiu successfully. Will let them do it.

Therefore, the failure of this mission is not the fault of Manager Zhao, but the treacherous Black Dragon Society. The information given was so crude that Manager Zhao misjudged Li Jiu's strength and found the wrong bounty hunter.

"Strength? Hmph, what strength can a mere captain and mercenary have?" After hearing Mr. Zhao's explanation, Shangguan Lingfeng on the side snorted disdainfully, "Father, let me lead the special detective team under me." Go for a walk, and I guarantee that I will be able to capture the other party back."

"Ling Feng, let me... think about it again." Shangguan Yitian frowned and hesitated, with a thoughtful look on his face.

Although Shangguan Yitian also knew that if the special detective team under his youngest son were to arrest Li Jiu, even if the opponent's strength was stronger than expected, it would most likely succeed.

After all, the special detective team is a special force in the First Army Corps that is used to deal with all kinds of illegal soldiers.Therefore, if they want to deal with a captain mercenary, it will not be difficult.

However, he, Shangguan Yitian, has been in the political circles of the alliance for so many years, and has already become a well-trained city mansion. He will not be as impulsive as his youngest son, and will do everything according to the requirements of the Black Dragon Association.

After learning that the Black Dragon Society wanted to capture Li Jiu as a condition in exchange for the opportunity for his eldest son to join the Black Dragon Society, Shangguan Yitian began to carefully ponder what the Black Dragon Society was planning.

After all, you have to know that before this, he had tried hard to let his eldest son enter the Black Dragon Club through various efforts, but in the end, those bastards never officially agreed.

But now, the other party took the initiative to find him, so he had to think about it.

　one more chapter later

　　
　
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