Black Fairy, the master is a female ghost

In the small courtyard in the south of the city, after Lu Xunhuan returned, he secretly called Qingdai and Ye Feihong.

He handed a stack of gold and silver notes to Ye Feihong and said, "Pay off all the money you owe to your superiors, and inform them that you will no longer be opening the shop."

Ye Feihong asked, "Not opening anymore?"

Lu Xun Huan said, "Isn't it okay for you to take the money, do nothing, and just have fun?"

Ye Feihong nodded: "Okay, if you say you won't open it, then don't open it."

Lu Xun Huan added, "As for the shop assistants, I'll talk to Li Zi Yan later and ask her to hire them to work at the inn."

Ye Feihong asked, "Who is Li Ziyan?"

Lu Xun Huan said, "My friend, she is a relative of Sima Cao and Prefect Cao."

Qing Dai interrupted, "Are we just going to let this matter go? Are we not going to recover the jewelry or anything like that?"

Lu Xun Huan said, "The jewels are no longer needed, and there's no need to recover them. However, to rid the people of this threat, the White Tiger Hall must be completely eradicated to restore peace to Zhongzhou City."

Ye Feihong asked, "The White Tiger Hall dared to steal our jewelry. Someone must have instigated them. Why don't you investigate the real culprit?"

Lu Xun Huan shook his head. "In this world, officials protect each other. If you investigate one, you might uncover a whole group. We don't have the ability to root out all the corrupt officials in Zhongzhou City yet. Let's do this for now. We won't implicate the Zhongzhou government, but will only target the White Tiger Hall."

He stood up, held their shoulders, asked them to put their ears close to him, and whispered to each other.

After listening to this, both of them nodded: "Okay."

On the second day, at the Zuoying training ground, Lu Xunhuan gathered the soldiers and still only trained their physical fitness.

Wei Ying sat on the platform and watched for a while before asking, "Master Lu, how long will the physical training end?"

Lu Xun Huan replied, "I will first examine the personnel of Fan Tong's column. Those who are qualified will stay. If I really don't have the ability, I will have to dismiss them and bring back some of my soldiers who were originally transferred."

Wei Ying turned her head and glanced at him: "How long will it take me to finish reading all your training methods?"

Lu Xun Huan asked, "Master Wei, are you anxious to leave early?"

Wei Ying snorted and said, "What a messy place! I really want to leave tomorrow."

She stood up and said, "When you start practicing something else, send someone to let me know."

After Wei Ying left the training ground, Zhao Yi asked, "Master Lu, I heard that a knight killed the underworld boss of Zhongzhou City last night?"

Lu Xunhuan said, "There should be an official announcement, right?"

Zhao Yi shook his head and said, "The official report and the public's report are completely different. The official report said that bandits broke into Tiger Park, robbed and killed people, while the public said that a heroic man killed the Zhongzhou City underworld boss to eliminate this evil."

Lu Xun Huan stood up and said, "The owner of Tiger Garden is said to be a gang leader, but I don't know much about him, so I dare not jump to conclusions. But since the people are talking about it, maybe he is not a good person."

He walked towards the stage and said, "I have to go see a friend today. Sir Zhao, please keep an eye on this place for me."

Zhao Yi asked, "Master Lu, what are we going to practice tomorrow?"

Lu Xun Huan said, "Some people are physically limited and can't meet the requirements. Tomorrow I will clear them out and bring in some more soldiers. The day after tomorrow, we will go out of the city to train."

After leaving the training ground, he walked through the streets and alleys and returned to the courtyard in the south of the city.

In the courtyard, several girls saw him coming back and quickly put down their work, stood up and saluted: "Sir."

Lu Xun Huan looked at what they were holding and asked, "Why, are you learning embroidery?"

One woman shyly said, "I have nothing to do, so I'm just embroidering for fun."

Lu Xunhuan nodded: "Very good, continue embroidering."

After talking to the three women, he walked towards his room.

Qingdai and Ye Feihong had already heard his voice, so they came out of their rooms, followed him tacitly, and entered his room.

Lu Xunhuan asked Qingdai softly, "How are the preparations going?"

Qing Dai replied, "We are collecting the evidence and sorting out the crimes one by one, starting with the most serious ones."

Lu Xunhuan nodded: "Okay."

Ye Feihong asked, "Aren't you leading the troops in training today?"

Lu Xun Huan said, "That Fan Tong, I was taken to Qingfeng Sect for a month, and he was actually assigned back to my left camp. I'll ask Cao Sima later. Maybe he'll have dinner with Cao Sima and others, so he won't be back tonight."

He went to the closet and got some casual clothes: "Okay, go get ready for your business, I'll change and go out."

This was the first time that Lu Xunhuan had come to the Military Affairs Office of Cao Sima's garrison army, despite having been the Commandant of the Left Camp for such a long time.

The main reason is that there is no urgent military information in normal times, so there is no need to summon several captains to discuss matters.

Furthermore, it is a tradition for officials in Zhongzhou to slack off and get by. When they are in office, what they think about most is to gain more personal benefits for themselves. How could they have the energy to summon their subordinates to discuss military training all day long?

Few people come to Sima Cao's Military Intelligence Department to discuss matters of training and recruiting soldiers, but many come to build relationships and discuss business.

At this moment, someone was discussing business matters with him.

Li Ziyan said, "Brother-in-law, I can only let you invest 30% of the funds at most. Please don't make things difficult for me."

Cao Sima chuckled: "Little sister, what I earn is the same as your sister's. We are a family, what are you doing? We agreed that I must invest 100,000 taels of silver in your chain of inns, which is a 50% share."

Li Ziyan rolled her eyes and said, "You get 50% each, and how do Lu Xunhuan and I divide the remaining 50%?"

Cao Sima said, "Who is Lu Xunhuan to you? He's an outsider. Give him face and let him invest 10%, and you can take the 40%."

Li Ziyan shook her head: "No, after all, he was the one who came up with the idea of ​​the chain inn. We can't let him suffer any loss."

Cao Sima said with some dissatisfaction: "Why are you so ungrateful? He is the only one who can come up with the chain. If you had asked me earlier, I would have figured it out too."

He picked up the teacup and took a sip. "Besides, if you open a shop in Zhongzhou City, you need my uncle and I to support you behind the scenes. I'll take the 50%, and half of it will go to my uncle."

Li Ziyan said: "Then I don't need your support, I will do it myself."

Sima Cao put down his teacup. "Oh, little sister, you're already grown up, why are you saying such childish things? If you want to open one store after another, you'll have to crush your competitors in Zhongzhou City. How long can you last if you rely on yourself?"

He stood up. "But, with our support, things will be much easier. We can find any excuse to suppress the inns in the city and force them to close down. If one is closed, you will have one less competitor. Then, you will dominate the whole city, and money will flow into your pocket like a river."

He knocked on the table: "Isn't that the truth?"

At this moment, a soldier came outside the door and said, "Report to Sima, Lord Lu wants to see you."

Sima Cao asked Li Ziyan, "Why is he here? Did you call him?"

Li Ziyan stood up and said, "I haven't even seen him in the past few days since he came back."

Sima Cao said to the outside of the door: "Let Lord Lu come in."

Then he opened the door and sat down at his seat.

Lu Xunhuan walked to the door and was surprised to find Li Ziyan there too.

However, when you think about it, this doesn't seem surprising.

If Li Ziyan wants to open a chain of inns in Zhongzhou City, doesn’t she have to rely on people like Sima Cao and Prefect Cao?

They are all relatives.

He entered and bowed: "I greet Sima?"

Sima Cao laughed and said, "Looking for fun, it seems like this is your first time coming to my Military Affairs Office?"

Lu Xun Huan said, "I have been so focused on training that I have neglected to visit you. Please forgive me, Master Sima."

Sima Cao waved his hand. "Alas, that's not what I meant. Even the Sixth Prince admires your training methods. Logically, I should watch you train more often and learn from you."

He asked kindly, "What difficulties have you encountered? Do you need my help to solve them?"

Lu Xunhuan said, "I'm here to ask something."

Sima Cao gestured, "Sit down, sit down, sit down and talk."

Lu Xunhuan sat down on the chair and said, "That Fan Tong, I kicked him out of Zuoying before. How come he came back during my absence?"

Sima Cao looked outside the door and gestured to Li Ziyan, "Zi Yan, close the door."

After Li Ziyan closed the door, Cao Sima whispered, "Xun Huan, we are family, so we should be honest with each other."

He picked up the teacup and was about to drink, but then put it down: "Zi Yan, make tea for Lord Lu."

After Li Ziyan went to make tea, he said, "Although my uncle is the prefect of Zhongzhou City, and although I hold the position of Sima, there are still dozens of officials of all ranks in Zhongzhou Prefecture. Only when colleagues have a good relationship can we all benefit. You should understand this principle."

Lu Xun Huan nodded: "I understand. You and the prefect are trying to save face for others. So, who is it that wants to arrange for Fan Tong to come back?"

Sima Cao whispered, "It was Judge Shen who came to find my uncle."

Lu Xunhuan frowned: "President Shen Tong is Shen Jin's father, why would he care about Fan Tong?"

Li Ziyan made some tea and placed it in front of Lu Xunhuan: "Master Lu, have some tea."

Lu Xunhuan nodded slightly and said, "Thank you."

Sima Cao then picked up the teacup and took a sip: "Listen, I will slowly sort out the network of relationships here.

After a detailed chat, it was noon before we knew it.

Sima Cao meant that Fan Tong must stay in the left camp. As for the soldiers under his command, Lu Xunhuan thought it was not acceptable and they could be replaced at will.

Seeing that the conversation was almost over, Lu Xun Huan stood up and said goodbye: "Master Sima, I understand. I will take my leave."

Seeing that he was about to leave, Li Ziyan hurriedly stood up and said, "I'll treat you to lunch, and let's talk about the chain inn."

Lu Xun Huan looked at Sima Cao's expression and said, "As for the chain store, you can open it under the care of the prefect and Sima. I won't get involved."

Li Ziyan smiled slightly: "You have a lot of ideas, and I need to ask you for advice on some things. It will also be good to open it and become a hit."

Lu Xun Huan bowed to Sima Cao again and said, "Master Sima, would you like to have dinner together?"

Sima Cao smiled and said, "I won't go. You guys can chat and try to give Zi Yan some good ideas."