no soul

Bamboo Mansion is a low luxury hotel located by the river.

Midsummer is gone, autumn is also fading, winter is ready to go, the lotus is withered, and the wicker is withered.

At the beginning of the night, the smoke cage is cold and the water is cold, but you can find a different kind of cool and refreshing charm in the inhumane bleakness.

"Boss Lin," a maidservant with a lantern greeted Lin Hong outside the gate of Zhufu, "Please come inside, Madam will be waiting for a long time."

Lin Hong followed her meandering through the exquisite, spotless courtyard.

Zhu Lishu is young and beautiful, and has countless admirers, but she rejects them all.

Rumors spread everywhere—Zhu Lishu is a womanizer.

The accusation of "immorality" disappeared in her extremely exquisite silk, disappeared in her pivotal position in the business world, and disappeared in her squandering wealth.

Her house is full of women, with all kinds of beauties sharing the same room.

When Lin Hong saw it today, it was indeed the case. From the gate to the living room, there were all kinds of girls.

The living room is spacious and gorgeous, and the wooden shelves are filled with all kinds of expensive treasures, and the candlesticks and decorations are exquisite and exquisite.

The Ruinaojin Beast is shrouded in a fragrant mist.

With floor heating on, the house is extremely warm and comfortable.

The maid took the fur coat that Lin Hong had taken off.

"Boss Lin, please sit down." The graceful young woman got up from the chief seat covered with snow-white fur, smiled and nodded at Lin Hong, gestured politely to the guest seat with her jade hand, and the jade bracelet dangled with her movements.

The movements are generous, and the embroidery patterns on the clothes are exquisite and heavenly.

"Boss Bamboo." Lin Hong saluted and sat down.

Sitting down with a slender figure, leaning on the snow-white fur, her skin is fair and delicate, her eyebrows are like distant mountains, her beautiful eyes are shrewd, and her red lips are smiling.

Beside her stood several girls with icy muscles and fine bones, all of them were gorgeously dressed and had gorgeous hair accessories.

The maid brought good tea.

"Boss Lin must also know why I invited you to this mansion - Boss Lin has not received invitations recently, right?" Zhu Lishu took a sip of tea.

"To tell you the truth, that's exactly the case." Lin Hong said frankly, "The downside is that your legs hurt from running."

Zhu Lishu laughed, "Boss Lin is blaming me for not visiting. Excuse me?"

"How can it be?" Lin Hong said, "I'm very happy. If I can cooperate with Boss Zhu, my legs won't hurt from running in the future. I'll just wait for another threshold!"

"Boss Lin was joking." Zhu Lishu said, "I also have to rely on Boss Lin to make some small profits."

"What does Boss Zhu want to talk about?" Lin Hong looked at her.

"Fifty percent." Zhu Lishu put down the teacup in his hand.

She wanted [-]% of the price from Shanhai Escort.

Lin Hongxu's [-]% is already attractive enough, but she wants [-]%.

"Okay." Lin Hong was very straightforward, "That's easy to say."

Zhu Lishu looked at him, waiting for him to continue.

"But Boss Zhu has to go with Lu Biao from Changying if we go from Jiangnan." Lin Hong smiled.

Zhuli Shushu took the water darts from Jiangnan to Qidu and then changed to Ludao, but Lin Hong asked her to walk darts from Jiangnan.

But if she walks the bodyguard from Jiangnan, she won't pass through the precipitous wharf of Qidu. Even if Lin Hong takes [-]% of the price from Zhulishu Shanhai Bodyguard Agency, it is meaningless.

Zhu Lishu was helpless, "If that's the case, then why should I tell you the '[-]%' price?"

Lin Hong shrugged, "So it's up to Boss Zhu to decide."

Lin Hong only gave her two choices, either take the land escort from Jiangnan to the capital at the normal price, or pick up the goods at the Qidu Wharf and ship them to Kyoto at [-]% of the price offered by the Shanhai Escort.

The specific price is related to the value of the pledged goods. For the same goods, no matter which option is chosen, the profit for Lin Hong is not much different.

But Lin Hong is sure that Zhulishu will choose to go by water first and then by land. Firstly, it takes less time to go down the water, and secondly, relying on her network, no one on the waterway would dare to rob her goods.

Furthermore, if she wanted to leave Lu Biao entirely, she could go to the newly opened Lu Ma Escort of the Ma family, and she would definitely not find him.

What Zhu Lishu was really interested in was Lin Hong's "[-]% compensation".Shanhai Escort really has no credibility, her cloth is often missing, and the so-called compensation of Shanhai Escort can't make up for her loss at all.

So Lin Hong only needs to bite Liu Cheng to death.

Zhu Lishu laughed, "Okay, then how does Boss Lin make compensation? There are only a few pieces of cloth in my Zhu family that are exactly the same. If they are stolen, they will appreciate in value. After a year or so , the value can be doubled."

"Boss Zhu understands the rules of our Escort Bureau, all the goods are clearly marked by you yourself, I can't make the decision.

The higher your bid is, the more I will lose if you lose it, but the higher the bid price, the more money I will charge. All I have to do is to ensure the safe arrival of the goods. "

Lin Hong said, "Furthermore, the cargo boxes of my Changying Escort are all sealed. If the seal is broken, you can choose to reject it. I guarantee that you will not lose even a single strand of your silk."

"Wonderful." Zhu Lishu smiled.

**

Yu Tian is also fighting for the last duck leg with Zhao Ganglong.

One is small and nimble, the other is burly and powerful. The two fight, and Cang Lang sits beside him, enjoying himself.

Yu Tian also stood on the fence, with one hand on his waist and the other raising the duck leg high, and said to Zhao Ganglong who was standing in front of her, "Exchange me for your wine!"

Zhao Ganglong thought for a moment, "Okay!"

Duck legs and wine gourds passed by in the air.

Zhao Ganglong bit the duck leg hard, turned his head slowly, and yelled into the room, "'Dao Wen'! Your little girl snatched me a drink!"

Yu Tian also stopped opening the wine gourd immediately, his eyes widened in shock.

She glared at Zhao Ganglong with hatred, smashed the wine gourd in her hand on his face, and ran away.

"Hahahaha." Zhao Ganglong took the duck leg and wine gourd and sat back opposite Cang Lang.

"Aren't you ashamed to bully other girls?" Cang Lang took a sip of tea.

"I'm teaching her that the world is dangerous." Zhao Ganglong sat down, the whole table was shaking, "Hey! The boss is back!"

Cang Lang turned his head and looked, Lin Hong was walking in from the door, "Boss."

"Boss, have you seen the beauty?" Zhao Ganglong tore a mouthful of meat from the duck leg and teased him, "How is it? Did you like it?"

Cang Lang kicked him under the table.

Zhao Ganglong shrugged and continued to gnaw on his legs.

Lin Hong sat down at the table and poured himself a cup of tea, "People don't care about us men and women."

Lin Hong held up his tea and took a sip, "But he's taken a fancy to our business."

"Okay! I'll give her a deposit!" Zhao Ganglong slapped the table, and the teacups and chopsticks crackled.

"..." Cang Lang held the teacup, propped his elbows on the table, and all the water in the teacup spilled on his clothes.

"Pick up the goods in Qidu, are you going?" Lin Hong raised his eyebrows.

"Go, why don't you go?" Zhao Ganglong said while chewing on the duck leg, "I've seen the bandits from the Shanhai Escort Bureau dislike you a long time ago! I'll go and teach you a lesson!"

Cang Lang raised his forehead, wondering what Zhao Ganglong would be like, "Then I'll go too."

Lin Hong smiled, "Okay."

The news of the cooperation between Zhu Lishu and Lin Hong spread, and the two bosses of the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce have cooperated with him, and many people have visited Lin Hong one after another.

In addition, Zhao Ganglong and Cang Lang were at Qidu, completely overwhelming the Shanhai Escort Bureau, and a group of desperadoes dared not pretend.

Lin Hong's business flourished.

Ma Yumo was so angry that he went to ask his father for justice, but Feng Ruhui and Zhu Lishu only cared about benefits and did not care about human feelings, so Ma Chengquan couldn't explain it either.

A few days later, the Luma Escort Bureau had a grand opening, relying on the reputation of the Ma family and the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce, it was crowded.

Ma and Mo felt quite elated, showing off their power, and always looked at Lin Hong through their nostrils when they saw Lin Hong.

Lin Hong was so busy that he didn't bother to talk to him.

In the blink of an eye, winter came, and Jiangnan ushered in the first snow.

Under the gray sky, velvet snow was swirling.

The snow fell silently overnight, and all the gentle lacquered wood colors in the south of the Yangtze River were submerged in the plain white.

The strong dead trees stand on top of the snow, and their heads are covered with snow.

All the glances of the lake have become lazy, and the pavilions are covered with ferrets.

The arch bridge is blinding, the boat is swaying, and there are two or three figures.

The air was cold and choking.

On such a snowy night, Lin Hong had a dream.

He dreamed that the mountains and wilderness that stretched for thousands of miles were soaked in snow, and the majestic and resolute city walls were winding, rising and falling according to the mountains.

Snow drifts thousands of miles.

The beacon tower was vigilant, watching with bated breath.

A figure stood on the wall.

The already tall and straight figure was even taller and taller with a frosted armor.

At the back of his waist is still the long sword that has drawn all its edge, and he holds a huge painting halberd in his hand.

His long black hair collided with snow foam in the cold wind.

Looking back in the snowstorm.

The eyebrows are like knives, and the eyes are sharper than Fengxue.

The picture was pulled by the whirlwind, bypassed him, and floated far, far away...

The plain white world is vast, the city walls stand tall, and the figure becomes a small lonely spot...

Lin Hong sat up from the bed, his hair poured down, and it was still dark outside the window, and he heard cocks crowing in the distance.

He stretched out his hand to hold his forehead, the scene of looking back in the wind and snow was still in his mind, and his heart was filled with a thousand feelings...

He is going back to Pingyang.