Your Human Emperor Banner is already emitting evil spirits, and you're still pretending to be a

"How do we contact the Imperial Guard? Do you think you can convince Zhan Honglian, or do you have a way to get them to leave the case uninvestigated and return to the capital?

If someone else had come, Huang Wenzhong might have been able to deal with the other party, but unfortunately the Jinyiwei only belonged to the emperor, and his connections in the court were of no use.

Moreover, he could not attack the Jinyiwei directly, as this would be no different from rebellion. If Zhan Honglian died on his territory, no one could withstand the wrath of the court.

This brought the entire situation to a stalemate.

"Sir, why don't you take a step back? I have heard some news that may be useful to you."

Wang Qingshan spoke calmly.

"tell me the story."

"We can't deal with Zhan Honglian, so we can start with another captain, Xu Feng. He's a local from Gusu. I heard he distributed all the silver he got to his men. Perhaps we can find a breakthrough directly from him."

Wang Qingshan is the current head of the Wang family. As the saying goes, the county magistrate may change but the county magistrate remains the same. As a local tyrant, it is impossible to hide this news from him.

The Wang family is more powerful than the Feng family. They have a hand in almost all profitable businesses in Gusu.

"What you said does make sense. Let's contact him first and see if he can be used for our own purposes. If so, then the Jinyiwei won't be a threat to us."

Xu Feng's distribution of silver to the public was a two-birds-with-one-stone strategy. Not only did he win over a group of subordinates, but he also made the other party think they had found a loophole. Little did they know that this was just a bait he threw out.

The next day, Wang Qingshan came to visit as expected.

"Who is coming?"

Xu Feng sat in the main seat with a swagger, not taking the other party seriously at all, which made Wang Qingshan look down on him.

He was just regarded as a nouveau riche. After all, he knew Xu Feng's background very well. Before he made any contribution, he was just a small son-in-law.

"My name is Wang Qingshan. My master would like to invite the two of you to have a chat. The Jinyiwei are new here, so whether we want to investigate something or do something else, we need your cooperation."

"My master is willing to help. You two can ask for anything you want."

Wang Qingshan lowered his posture very low and tried to persuade him in a kind way.

He seemed to be very easy to talk to, but Xu Feng was not fooled by his superficial attitude.

However, he had not told Honglian about this in advance. When he saw that the other party was so cooperative, Honglian immediately prepared to agree.

"That's great. As long as you are willing to cooperate, everything will be fine."

Xu Feng could only give Honglian a wink as quickly as possible. Although she didn't understand what he meant, Honglian gave the initiative to Xu Feng.

"What do you think, Lord Xu?"

Xu Feng was naturally not so easy to talk to, and he directly threw the teacup in his hand onto the table.

"You are just a small county magistrate, who are you to ask me what I think?!"

"You keep calling him your master. If he wants to talk, then let him come here!"

Having already killed someone, they must not relax their attitude in the slightest to give the other party an opportunity to seize the opportunity, and they must remain consistent.

Only in this way can the other party reveal their own flaws.

Up to now, Huang Wenzhong has not shown up and only sent Wang Qingshan to invite people. If he could really meet the two of them easily, wouldn’t he be inferior to the other party?

"The Jinyiwei Baihu Garrison is a sixth-rank government office directly under His Majesty. A seventh-rank county magistrate should have come to pay his respects immediately after we arrived, but he waited for such a long time and refused to show up."

"His arrogance is as high as the sky! Now he's asking a mere county magistrate like you to come and ask for help. Do you not respect the Imperial Guards or His Majesty?!"

Xu Feng spoke bluntly and scolded the other party. At the same time, Honglian also understood what he meant.

This is a big pitfall. Even if the other party really cooperates, they cannot take the initiative to meet the other party. Anyone who visits will be looked down upon.

If I'm not mistaken, if they come to visit today, the news will spread all over the city tomorrow.

I was not paying attention and almost fell into the trap prepared by the other party. Fortunately, there was Xu Feng, so I didn't get fooled.

"It seems your master doesn't really want to cooperate. In that case, let's just deal with business as usual! Get lost!"

Seeing that there was no way to invite the person back, Wang Qingshan felt that the situation was extremely difficult.

He thought that if he started with Xu Feng, he would be easy to talk to, so he even specially prepared a sum of silver and sent it to him. Xu Feng accepted the silver, but did nothing, which made him curse Xu Feng in his heart for being unruly.

Unfortunately, the situation was stronger than the person, and even if Xu Feng did not follow the rules, he had no choice but to compromise.

"My Lord, I will go back and tell my Lord what you meant. I will take my leave now."

Seeing Wang Qingshan coming back alone, Huang Wenzhong had already guessed the result.

"Why, the other party is unwilling to cooperate?"

"Your Excellency, that Xu Feng is just an upstart. He's eager to seize any power he has. He's unwilling to come to your house and even threatened that you must go there in person."

Hearing this, Huang Wenzhong's face turned pale. He knew that this road would not be so easy to travel.

Now the entire Gusu City is keeping an eye on the Jinyiwei. Once he visits in person, a lot of news that is unfavorable to him will inevitably spread, and those who rely on him will only become more panicked.

"Didn't you prepare any gifts, you idiot?"

"How could that be, sir? You still don't trust me to do things. Before I came to your house, I arranged for someone to send him five hundred taels of silver. He accepted the silver, but didn't help us do anything."

Wang Qingshan was also very angry. It was the first time he had seen such a person. He had no shame at all and was a real tough guy. But he knew better than anyone that this kind of person was the most difficult to deal with.

Because you have no idea where the opponent's chess piece will land next, there is no sign at all.

"Xu Feng is a smart man. He probably saw through our intentions. It's a naked conspiracy. He knew we couldn't do anything to him, so he acted so boldly."

Huang Wenzhong was a veteran in officialdom, so how could he not see Xu Feng's intention? In his opinion, this man was definitely not a nouveau riche with a mentality as Wang Qingshan described.

"Sir? Shall we go?"

"Go! Why not? Otherwise, he'll accuse me of bullying. But we've been at a disadvantage this trip, so we can't go with a big fanfare. You get ready, and we'll go pay him a visit after sunset."