My lady, I'm going to rebel.

When Mu Zheng and Li Lian went to Lanling to look for the Han family, they passed through a place called Qixia Town. There, Bai Xiaoya had clashed with Mu Zheng, but was dealt with by Mu Zheng with a single punch. However, Bai Xiaoya hadn't remembered the fight, and when they met again, he was still acting surly.

Mu Zheng looked at him with disdain and didn't even bother to pay attention to him.

This really embarrassed Bai Xiaoya, and she angrily said, "Mu Zheng, what are you pretending to be? You're just a dog beside Li Lian. My Bai family isn't even afraid of your master, so why would we be afraid of you?"

"Well, if you can fight, try not to make any noise. If you're not afraid of us, why don't you practice?" Mu Zheng said as he moved his wrist.

Bai Xiaoya's face changed slightly. After all, he had not forgotten how he was knocked to the ground by Mu Zheng's punch.

"You, you, we are all civilized people, I won't fight you." Bai Xiaoya said, and seemed to feel that he was too weak. Then he looked at Li Lian: "You are the same. You can't beat me in Qixia Town, and you can't beat me in Yecheng either."

Li Lian narrowed his eyes and asked, "How did you know I would fight someone in Yecheng?"

Ok?

Li Lian wasn't the only one who noticed a flaw in Bai Xiaoya's words. Normally, when two people from Lu met in a foreign land, they would either wonder what the other was doing there or assume they were just passing through. But Bai Xiaoya said that Li Lian couldn't defeat her in Yecheng.

What does that mean?

It was clear that Xiaoya knew Li Lian's purpose of coming to Yecheng, and also knew that he would have a business fight with others here.

"Are you the one who ruined my business?" Li Lian stepped forward and questioned.

"What, what? I don't understand." Bai Xiaoya was also shocked to realize that he had let the cat out of the bag, and wanted to leave hesitantly.

"Stop!" Li Lian tried to stop him, but was stopped by Mu Zheng: "Let's find a transfer station first."

Half an incense stick later, Mu Zheng saw the newly built courtyard on the most prosperous road in Yecheng.

As soon as they reached the door, a servant came up and asked with a smile, "Excuse me, who are you looking for? Do you have any goods that need to be transported? Are there any escort leaders you are familiar with?"

Gong Wen stepped forward and asked, "Is Li Yu here?"

The servant put away his smile and asked, "May I ask how many of you are?"

Gong Wen replied: "From Donglai Xiangdao."

The servant was slightly startled, then shook his head and said, "Manager Li is not here, please go back."

"Hmph!" Mu Zheng approached the servant: "Not here? Then please tell him to come back as soon as possible, and lead the way ahead and take us to rest."

Uh.

Mu Zheng's tough and rogue attitude confused the servant.

After all, he had never seen such a shameless person.

He would rather the other party was a gangster who broke into the house directly than be forced to be polite.

Seeing Mu Zheng and others about to enter, the servant also panicked.

He reached out to stop him, but Mu Zheng restrained him with a backhand. With a slight force, the servant's face was sweating from the pain: "No, no, sir, don't be angry. Our shopkeeper Li said that we will not receive anyone from Donglai, and there is no need to inform them."

Mu Zheng and others frowned.

Li Lian was impatient and grabbed the servant by the collar. "Tell me, who's in charge of this transfer station now? Is it Bai?"

The servant struggled for a few times and said with a bitter face, "Master, I'm just a gatekeeper. I don't know anything. You guys can go back. Manager Li is really not here."

Mu Zheng signaled Li Lian to let go of the servant. He asked Gong Wen how he got in touch with the Zhao family of Handan.

Gong Wen explained that the imperial court banned private salt trade, so he planned to sell salt to the Xiongnu, targeting the north for clients. However, upon arriving in Yecheng, he met Li Yu at a dinner table in an inn. Upon learning Gong Wen was in the salt business, the two engaged in friendly and engaging conversation, quickly finalizing a partnership.

"I've inquired about it. The Li family is quite powerful in the north, with connections in both the black and white worlds. If you cooperate with them, you don't have to worry about the salt being intercepted by the court, nor do you have to worry about being accused of smuggling salt, so..."

Mu Zheng licked his lips and said, "On the surface, this seems like a chance encounter, but the strange thing is, if the other party really wanted to do the salt business, they would definitely not cancel the cooperation. After all, for a businessman, giving up the salt business is as foolish as throwing gold into the river."

"Yeah, I don't understand what they are thinking either," said Gong Wen.

"It's simple. They never really wanted to cooperate with Elephant Island from the beginning." Li Lian said.

"Ah? Then why did they invest so much money to build the transfer station? They even specially formed a escort team and a horse caravan. This is not just a few cents, but thousands of gold." Qi Yuxiu felt that Li Lian's guess was not very reliable.

"Yes, why would they invest? This shows one thing, they were planning to build a transfer station, and you are just supplementing their funds." Li Lian's expression was very certain.

"What do you mean?" Qi Yuxiu frowned.

"That is to say, we have become the suckers. The Zhao family wants to embezzle our investment funds and work on their own projects." Gong Wen understood what Li Lian meant and became even more angry.

ha?

Qi Yuxiu was furious when she heard this. "Why are you land dwellers so mean? Didn't you eat enough sea fish, so they rotted?"

Seeing Qi Yuxiu's anger, Mu Zheng was happy: "Don't worry, Li Yu will come to us on his own initiative."

How to find it?

Everyone doesn’t believe it!

Mu Zheng raised his eyebrows, pulled Li Lian over, whispered a few words, and then saw Li Lian showing an expression that said you are a bad guy.

The servant saw these people talking non-stop and thought for a moment, "Gentlemen, why don't you go back? We have people coming and going here and we need to do business."

Although the words were said politely, the content was really uncomfortable to listen to.

"Doing business? Do you believe that your boss will have no intention of doing business later? Why would he come to us so eagerly?" Li Lian said with a forced smile.

"Hehe, sir, you really know how to joke." The servant smiled, but the sarcasm and disdain on his face betrayed his true thoughts.

"Alright!" Mu Zheng gave Li Lian a look, and Li Lian quietly retreated. Mu Zheng then looked at the servant and said, "I'll make you a bet. In one hour at most, you'll definitely be unlucky!"

"You!" The servant was angry but dared not say anything.

"Let's go!" Mu Zheng greeted everyone, then looked at the servant with a smile: "If your shopkeeper Li causes you trouble, please ask him to come to Tongfu Inn."

The servant resisted the urge to roll his eyes and nodded timidly on the surface. But when he saw Mu Zheng and the others really turned around and walked away, his wrinkled face suddenly became smug.

Tch, what the hell?

If you want our boss to look for you, dream on.

"Are we just leaving like this?" Gong Wen followed Mu Zheng.

Mu Zheng shook his head: "Of course I'm leaving. Do you really expect others to keep you for dinner?"

Gong Wen curled his lips.

He knew that he had done something wrong and his status in Brother Mu's heart was declining, and he was about to be criticized.

Qi Yuxiu chuckled, "Brother Mu, what did you ask Li Lian to do?"

Mu Zheng chuckled: "Little Mosquito wants to eat, so I'll find him a sucker."

Huh?

Gong Wen's eyes lit up again.

Brother Mu still cares about me, otherwise he wouldn’t care whether I’m hungry or not.