A dream ends life

Mu Tuo's death was so sudden that all the Beiyan people who were with him were stunned.

What happened? They only felt that they were swept away by a strong wind, and when they came to their senses, their leader's head was chopped off.

Dark clouds over our heads

Looking up, they saw Shura, who was wearing black armor, looking at them as if they were dead.

Several people felt unwell, some had cold necks, some had stabbing pains in the chest, and in a few breaths, they lost their lives.

There was a river of blood at the entrance of the inn.

Xiao Che looked at Yan Chuan coldly, and knew with all his rationality that this man should not be killed. Yan Chuan was a member of the Northern Yan royal family and was favored by the Grand Princess.

No matter how you look at it, you have to save his life.

He turned around and looked up at the upstairs window.

His white clothes were stained with blood, and the dots on his face made him look particularly charming.

When he looked into that person's eyes, he was extremely gentle.

It was as if the demon who killed people without blinking an eye had nothing to do with him.

Su Ci wiped the tears from her cheeks and smiled brightly.

Xiao Che also smiled, and the haze dissipated instantly, revealing a bright moon and sparse stars.

Yan Chuan closed his eyes weakly, then lay on the ground with his head tilted back and his arms and legs spread out, motionless.

He knew that there was no future for him and his elder sister, because no matter what he did or how much he did, his elder sister no longer had him in her eyes!

……

Qi State Border

Fifty miles outside the national border, the land is vast and sparsely populated.

It was rare to see human habitation on the originally desolate grassland, with only occasional returning or departing caravans passing by.

Now a besieged city has sprung up.

The city is square, with gates leading in from every direction.

The besieged city has no walls.

Instead, it consists of shops with uniform specifications and identical construction.

Shops are built in a unified manner to form four walls, with a five-story large commercial building in the middle.

Similar to a modern shopping mall.

In a spacious room directly east of the fifth floor, Zhao Qi'an sat at the center of a long table.

Surrounding them were merchants from Dongyong who had accompanied them.

Everyone looked solemn, and some even sighed from time to time, making the whole room gloomy.

"Brother Zhao, is there still no news from President Su?"

Zhao Qian'an rubbed his fingers without much expression on his face.

"Brother Zhao, please say something. President Su is the president of the Chamber of Commerce. Now that we are struggling here, shouldn't she come out to solve the problem?"

"Yes! President Su is the president of the Chamber of Commerce. He can't just hide behind us and let us rush to the front. How can we convince the public?"

Zhao Qi'an endured the questioning of the merchants and remained unmoved.

After they had almost finished talking, he slowly spoke: "If you had missed President Su so much a few days ago, I don't think this would have happened."

Merchants...

Thinking back on what they did a few days ago, although I don't think they did anything wrong, they did go a little too far.

Zhao Qi'an snorted in his heart. These people were all restless. They hadn't even accomplished what they had in Dongyong, yet they were actually thinking of becoming the king and overlord of Qi State. Who gave them the courage?

The trade city is a big cake, but it also depends on whether you can swallow it!

Although Zhao Qi'an was here for the first time, he had all the details about the trade city given to him by Su Ci.

He was adept at dealing with merchants from other countries.

He was neither humble nor overbearing towards the host, Qi State.

There are only these few people who always want more.

"Brother Zhao, it's not that we are anxious. We have been here for almost a month, and merchants from various countries have arrived. Why do the people of Qi keep dragging us on? They shouldn't give us an explanation."

They came to negotiate the shop space. There should be some rules on how much shop space they can occupy.

But the people of Qi just ignored them and didn't even bother to give a reason.

Some people couldn't hold back and went too far. As a result, Qi people refused to accept it and insisted on meeting with President Dongyong.

If Su Ci didn’t come, where would they find the president?

Zhao Qi'an was calm and composed, "Don't worry, it's ours and no one else can take it away from us."

His intuition told him that the person in charge of Qi State was waiting for Su Ci.

If Su Ci doesn't show up, will there be any sudden changes in the business?

The merchants have something to say but cannot say it. Their things cannot be taken away by others, but they want to steal others' things.

In the large room on the west side corresponding to their direction.

A man and a woman sat facing each other quietly.

Both of them looked unhappy.

The woman, covered in pearls and jade and with a charming look, frowned slightly and pursed her red lips.

The weak and delicate scholar in a long gown also had a serious expression on his face.

You could hear a pin drop in the room, and there was no sound for a long time.

"Tuk! Tuk! Tuk!"

There was a knock on the door.

The two looked at each other, and the scholar said, "Come in."

A man dressed as a capable clerk came in from outside the door.

"Manager Liu, Manager Baili, those merchants are making trouble again. Do you want to suppress them?"

Beiyan, Dongyong, Nanjiang, small tribes in the south, and tribes in the north. All of them were ready to make a move. This annoyed them greatly.

"Don't pay attention to them. Remember their appearance. Drive them out and never let them enter the city again!" Liu Baishuang said coldly.

"I'm afraid it won't last too long. Liu Yunjin won't be able to hold on any longer."

The Qi court would not allow them to delay.

Liu Baishuang gritted her teeth and said, "So what! Without seeing my sister, no one can get involved in the Four Nations trade."

"Oh! I don't know what she was thinking. How dare she hide it from us for three years? She is her own sister." Baili Ci sighed.

"She is no longer the little girl hiding behind her elder sister. Now her ambition is greater than her ability."

Baili Ci smiled bitterly, "We were deceived by her so badly. If Sister really comes, I won't be able to face her."

Liu Baishuang slammed her fist on the table. "In the past three years, the information she gave us was all false. If it weren't for Sister personally dealing with it, I really wanted to chop her to death!"

Su Yun is Su Ci's biological sister, so they don't dare to go too far. Su Ci still has to clean up the mess himself.

The original intention of the four-nation trade was to achieve harmony among all ethnic groups.

The common people suffer from the war, and their and my sister’s greatest wish is peace.

The war was launched for the purpose of plunder, especially for the northern tribes during the severe winter when the lack of food and clothing was so cold that people could die. If they did not plunder, they would die. They were like a group of hungry wolves. This game of life and death was the most tragic and cruel.

But if there is a channel that can provide them with the necessities of life, either by buying them with money or bartering them, so that they can survive, who would want to fight?

Baili Ci and Liu Baishuang were both war orphans. Su Ci saved them and gave them a chance to survive.

I didn’t dare to think about it when I didn’t have the ability, but now that I have the ability, I naturally want to do something, not to leave a name in history, but just to clear my conscience.

When Baili and Liu Baishuang knew that the Four Nations Trade City was about to start up, they really believed Su Yun's lies.

They were longing for the appearance of Sister.

But in the end they found out that everything was Su Yun's lie.

That selfish woman almost gave away all the hard work that Su Ci had put into the business. If they hadn't noticed something was wrong, the Su family would have been ruined by her.

Now that we know the whereabouts of Su Ci, Su Yun can forget about getting involved in anything.