Dreaming for 10,000 years

Chapter 110: Using force to make friends
On the tenth day of the first lunar month, in a quiet courtyard in Chang'an City.

"Gambling houses, brothels, gangs...the people we deployed were beaten to pieces by the people from the Tax Administration Bureau."

Zhu Yuyan, the leader of the Yin Gui Sect, frowned and continued, "Did Li Yuan really not do this on purpose?"

Next to her was her disciple Wanwan, and opposite her was Zhao Deyan from the Demonic Sect.

In addition to Zhao Deyan, there are also Rong Jiaojiao and others from Laojun Temple.

This is the Demon Sect’s base camp in Chang’an City.

“Not really.” Zhao Deyan said in a deep voice with deep eyes: “Mingtangwo was backed by Yin Zuwen, the father of Concubine Yin De, and he was also swept away. As for Yin Zuwen…”

He laughed and said nothing. Instead, he said:

"It can be seen that Li Yuan treated everyone equally and swept away many money-making industries. He wanted to enrich the national treasury, but this blocked many people's financial resources and made many people complain! Many people came to us for no reason and asked why we didn't take action?"

Many of the people he mentioned were naturally the old nobles and aristocratic families in Chang'an City.

In the past, when these people had something to do, they would use each other, but when they had nothing to do, they would stay away from them.

Although Zhu Yuyan is old, she has the secret to maintaining her youthful appearance. She looks only a few years older than her apprentice, Qianqian. She continued, "Have you found out the details of Shi Yanwen?"

Wanwan at the side said, "Not yet. We haven't found Cang Yunzhou in the southwest, so naturally there is no trace of the great scholar-knight of Yunzhou."

"His identity must be fake! He may not be Li Yuan's old friend, he may even be Li Yuan himself!" Zhao Deyan opened his mouth and put forward a bold hypothesis.

Zhu Yuyan remained silent. She also had such a guess in her mind.

"That's possible, but what if he's not?!" Wanwan also chimed in, "Did he release it on purpose to confuse us?"

If it is real, make it empty; if it is empty, make it real!
This is not impossible!

"Why don't we give him a try!" Zhu Yuyan said, "I heard that he has been very popular in Chang'an City recently. Why don't we send someone to test his skills?"

"There are many people in Chang'an who would like to eat his flesh!" Zhu Yuyan chuckled and said with endless coldness: "Let them try what kind of person Shi Yanwen is!"

"Okay! Let's wait a little longer!" Zhao Deyan looked at the others and said.

The people of the Demon Sect are extremely shrewd and each of them has their own ulterior motives, and no one wants to be the first to stand out.

The Shi Yanwen they were talking about was leading a group of accountants to do the accounting. The Tax Administration Department had a unique way of calculation, and after a few days, these accountants had become quite proficient.

Shi Yanwen was very satisfied. At this moment, someone suddenly came to report: "Miss Dugu wants to see you."

"Miss Dugu?" Shi Yanwen was puzzled. Why would Dugu Feng come to see him?

Shi Yanwen left the house and came to the reception room under the guidance of the sturdy imperial guards.

This house, which is very close to the imperial palace, is used exclusively as the office of the Tax Administration Bureau.

In the reception room, Dugu Feng and Li Xiuning were talking.

Strictly speaking, the two of them were distant relatives, and since they were of similar age, they had a good relationship.

Among the four major clans in the world, the Dugu clan, the Yuwen clan, and the Li clan, including the families of Yang Jian and Yang Guang, can be collectively called the Guanlong aristocratic armed group. The four families are more or less related.

From Dugu Xin, Yuwen Yong, Yang Jian to Li Yuan, Northern Wei, Northern Zhou, Sui and Tang, it can be said that the spoils were essentially divided unevenly among these families.

"This is Mr. Shi Yanwen, the great scholar and hero of Yunzhou!" Li Xiuning saw Shi Yanwen coming and hurriedly said to Dugu Feng. "Dugu Feng greets Mr. Shi Yanwen." Dugu Feng bowed to Shi Yanwen and said.

Shi Yanwen glanced at Dugu Feng.

Dugu Feng was petite and delicate, with a beautiful face that was as cold as ice. She had a strange temperament that made people feel that she was young and beautiful at first glance, but the more they looked at her, the more they were attracted to her.

"Yanwen greets Miss Dugu!" Shi Yanwen also returned the greeting and said, "I wonder why Miss Dugu is here today?"

"That's right!" Dugu Feng said straight to the point: "I heard that when Mr. Shi was in Yunzhou, he did many chivalrous deeds, so he was called the great scholar of Yunzhou. So I came here to make friends through martial arts and to ask for advice from you."

The Dugu family has fallen into decline, no longer as prosperous as previous generations. All that is left is some property in Chang'an, preparing to continue the family line.

But this little wish was also shattered by Shi Yanwen and his men.

They also wanted to rely on others, but others didn't know Shi Yanwen's background and didn't dare to take action.

The Dugu family had no choice but to let Dugu Feng test Shi Yanwen in the name of martial arts. Because everyone knew that Dugu Feng was a master of the younger generation of the Dugu family, and also a martial arts fanatic who often asked others for advice.

It makes sense and there is no loss even if you lose.

After all, no one would have any bad feelings towards a beautiful girl who makes friends through martial arts.

"This..." Shi Yanwen declined repeatedly: "This is probably not appropriate! To be honest, I mostly win people over with my virtue in Yunzhou!"

"What do you mean by convincing people with virtue?" Dugu Feng was cheerful and joked, "If that person doesn't listen, Mr. Shi can't always explain things to him, right? Could it be that because I'm a woman, you can't see me clearly?"

"I dare not! I dare not!" Shi Yanwen's forehead was covered with cold sweat. He said, "I see that the girl's sword intention is restrained. At first glance, she is an expert! A good man does not fight with a woman. I... admit defeat. The girl wins!"

Li Xiuning also noticed Shi Yanwen's embarrassment.

Could it be that Shi Yanwen's martial arts skills are actually not that good, and the title of hero is just exaggerated?

In the past ten days, she was dragged by Shi Yanwen to check gambling houses and brothels every day. Shi Yanwen always looked like he had everything under control, but was he actually pretending?

"Mr. Shi, since you are a great scholar and hero in Yunzhou, why don't you compete with Miss Dugu. Making friends through martial arts is also a good story!" Li Xiuning said, adding fuel to the fire.

She had never seen Shi Yanwen take action, so she didn't know how skilled Shi Yanwen was.

"Yes! Mr. Shi admitted defeat without even making a move. It doesn't look good to say it out loud!" Dugu Feng said provocatively.

Shi Yanwen's forehead was sweating, his face was embarrassed, and he seemed to be in hesitation. Finally, he said, "Okay! Let's make friends through martial arts. Miss Dugu, please show mercy!"

"Okay, okay!" Dugu Feng said happily, "Let's go to the yard outside. We can't do anything inside."

Shi Yanwen had no choice but to follow Dugu Feng into the yard.

"Sir, be careful!" Dugu Feng drew out his sword, performed a sword flower and said.

"Swords have no eyes, why doesn't Miss Dugu use a wooden sword?" Shi Yanwen couldn't help but say when he saw the sword in Dugu Feng's hand shining with cold light.

"Ha~" Dugu Feng chuckled: "What are you kidding, sir?"

"Then could you please not point at the clothes? They are very expensive!" Shi Yanwen said again.

"Of course!" Dugu Feng said, and a cold light came towards Shi Yanwen's head!

(End of this chapter)