Chapter 113: Events escalate, Peng Shizhong vs. the Oil Seller

On a summer night, the moon was bright and the stars were sparse. A full moon hung in the sky, and Chen Jie was walking on the main road of Yanzhi Street.

There are more than just Yihonglou in this street. If Yihonglou does "clean" business, there are many "dirty" businesses on this street.

"Uncle, come and play~"

In front of many small restaurants, there were groups of beautifully dressed girls standing, waving their handkerchiefs and soliciting customers.

However, their quality is far inferior to that of Yihonglou.

But business is very good, because Yihonglou is all about romance, and many people spend money but see no substantial progress.

A group of guests who were full of anger went out and saw these girls who would take off their clothes for money, so they naturally wanted to vent their anger.

Therefore, these shops are also doing a booming business, and although the quality in their shops is average, they are cheap. The cheapest bottle of 108 flowers in Yihonglou costs dozens of taels of silver, while outside, you can experience it for just a few taels of silver.

There are even secret doors in more remote alleys, where it’s even cheaper, and you can become a groom for just a few hundred coins.

It can be said that the customer segmentation is very good, allowing every class to spend money, forming a good employment atmosphere, and most importantly, this thing is legal!

Chen Jie strolled on the street and rejected many calls from young ladies.

Then he suddenly discovered that at the end of the street, there was a place where a group of men gathered and lined up to buy things, and the stall that attracted so many male customers was actually a fruit stall.

Chen Jie was surprised and walked over to see what kind of fruit it was that was so attractive.

As soon as he walked in, he smelled the scent of oranges from a few steps away.

"What kind of orange is this? It tastes so strong."

Chen Jie was just wondering when a waiter immediately asked, "Sir, would you like to buy some of our green tangerines?"

The waiter was holding a peeled green orange in his hand. Chen Jie asked, "Can I have a taste?"

The young man said, "Try it? Oh, yes, yes."

Chen Jie broke off a petal, and immediately a strong sour taste exploded in his mouth. He said, "It's so sour, can it be sold..."

Chen Jie originally wanted to say that the oranges were too sour and couldn’t be sold, but when he saw the people queuing up to buy oranges, he swallowed his words.

The young man then whispered, "Sir, this is your first time walking around Rouge Street."

Chen Jie said: "Yeah."

The waiter twitched his nose and said, "The rouge smell on Mr. Wen is high-end stuff. Did it come from Yihonglou?"

Chen Jie nodded: "Can you smell this too?"

The waiter laughed and said, "I'm joking. I've been hanging around Rouge Street for a long time. I may not be good at other things, but I have a very good nose. However, I came from Yihonglou, so it's normal that I don't know the magical effects of green tangerines."

What the young man said is correct. Those who can afford to enter Yihonglou are either rich or noble, and their family status is very high. Therefore, the women in the family dare not care where such a gentleman socializes.

There is no need for this little thing called green tangerine.

Only those who don't want the women in their family to know will use green tangerines, a small prop to cover up the smell.

After listening to the explanation of the waiter, Chen Jie took his clothes and smelled them, but he didn't smell any rouge.

The young man laughed and said, "Sir, if you smell it yourself, you definitely can't smell it."

Chen Jie thought about it and it made sense. It was just like a smoker who couldn't smell the smoke on his body, but others could smell it from a long distance away.

"How do you sell these oranges?"

"Twenty cents each."

The young man laughed.

"Twenty cents? Isn't that too expensive?"

The young man said, "Haha, it's a bit expensive, but it works well."

Chen Jie thought for a moment and said, "Give me ten."

After hearing this, the young man said, "Okay, sir, I'll teach you how to use it..."

Chen Jie filled a brown paper bag with ten oranges and left the stall. He was not afraid that Su Yunjin would know that he had come to Yihonglou.

But it's not necessary.

I haven't done anything shameful. It's not worth it if I make my wife feel uncomfortable because of the smell of rouge.

A harmonious family brings prosperity. A harmonious family brings prosperity.

After leaving Rouge Street, I suddenly felt as if I had arrived in another world. Rouge Street was full of singing and dancing and brightly lit, while the outside world was extremely quiet at night!

It was like going back to a residential area from the bustling business world.

Those are two different worlds.

"That's about it. There's no one left."

The butler and the killer followed Chen Jie the whole time. The killer said, "Don't stare at him. He has a strong sense of perception. There's no one in the alley ahead, so we'll strike there. You wait here. I'll go over first."

As the killer said this, he pulled the black cloth over his face.

The butler thought about it and followed immediately.

He wanted to watch Chen Jie die tragically, and if possible, he even wanted to kill Chen Jie with his own hands, so as to avenge his master.

"Ok?"

Chen Jie frowned slightly, turned his head and looked at the empty street behind him. For some reason, when he came out of Yihong Building, he felt that someone was following him.

Not right.

Chen Jie frowned slightly and slowed down his pace.

At this time, there was a dark alley in front of us. There were obviously not many people walking in the alley, and all kinds of sundries were placed in it.

Chen Jie's expression remained unchanged as he slowly walked into the alley. At the same time, a cloud in the sky slowly covered the moon, making the dark street even darker.

Chen Jie walked into the alley.

Suddenly I felt the hairs all over my body explode. This is a stress response after entering the dark energy. When the body is stimulated by the outside world, the whole person will enter a state of stress, just like a cat whose tail is stepped on and its hair will explode in an instant.

After entering the dark energy, the skin and flesh are polished to the best condition, and even the tendons and bones are exercised, so the response to stress situations reaches the best condition.

call out!
A knife suddenly stabbed at Chen Jie from the darkness. Chen Jie's body reacted subconsciously and dodged. Then the knife flew past Chen Jie's scalp and cut off a few strands of his hair.

However, due to Chen Jie's excessive movement, the green tangerine in his hand suddenly fell to the ground.

clap clap...

Rolled to the side.

Chen Jie let go of the bag, then used his water-controlling palm and slapped it hard in the direction of the assassin.

The assassin was shocked, his reaction speed was so quick, this didn’t seem like someone in the physical realm. Could the information be wrong?

Although he was thinking this, he had no time to react, because Chen Jie's water-controlling palm had already hit him.

Seeing this, the assassin quickly drew back the knife and turned to run.

He was a standard assassin, who would flee thousands of miles away if his strike failed. From the counterattack just now, he discovered that Chen Jie's strength should not be inferior to his. He should also be at the Liujin realm, a dark-force killer.

But he was just a Class C killer, and if it wasn't for the two thousand taels of silver to buy the medicine he needed to advance to the Iron Bone Realm, he wouldn't have taken the risk to accept this order.

You should know that when he took the order, the black market had already made it very clear that the godson that Peng Shizhong was going to adopt was only at the Flesh Training Realm.

Only then did he dare to take the risk.

His plan was to accept the order, succeed in the assassination, and then immediately escape thousands of miles away. As long as he left Huangzhou Prefecture, even Peng Shizhong would not be able to catch him.

But now the information is wrong. This kid is obviously not in the Flesh Training Realm, but in the Willow Tendon Realm. Such a master is similar in strength to myself. It would not be worthwhile for me to assassinate him again.

So he prepared to run.

But how could Chen Jie let him run away?

There is someone who wants to kill him, but he doesn't know his specific identity. With such a poisonous snake around, wouldn't he be unable to sleep or eat?

Thinking of this, Chen Jie rushed forward and waved his hand to block the assassin's way.

Seeing this, the assassin swung his knife and tried to force Chen Jie back, but how could Chen Jie let him go?

A quick step, followed by a move [Water Control Palm - Triple Wave! ]

This palm is very powerful. Yu Biao died from it.

The assassin swung his sword to block the palm strike, but was knocked to the ground by three palm strikes and fell on the ground.

Then he half-knelt on the ground, and slashed the knife in his hand over his head, ready for defense.

Seeing this, Chen Jie asked, "Who sent you to kill me?"

The assassin said, "According to the rules of the martial arts world, we don't talk about our boss."

After hearing this, Chen Jie said, "You are quite loyal."

As he spoke, Chen Jie saw a pile of bamboo poles piled up in the corner. Chen Jie kicked over and grabbed a bamboo pole in an instant.

With the bamboo pole in hand, Chen Jie performed a gun show in an instant.

Attack with force.

With the bamboo pole in hand, he could wield it flexibly like a spear.

A bamboo pole was thrust out, and the assassin immediately used the [Head-hugging Defense], and the bamboo pole was directly blocked. While Chen Jie continued his quick attack, the assassin defended like a spinning top.

One shot, two shots, three shots...

Finally, the assassin used all his strength to perform the [Broken Knife] move and directly cut off a section of Chen Jie's bamboo pole.

This assassin was also well-known in Mianshui County. He was very skilled in swordsmanship and was good at using the [Plum Blossom Sword Technique]. He launched a powerful attack at this time.

He also knew that if he didn't fight Chen Jie to the death today, he would not be able to escape.

At the same time, he was secretly angry. If he could escape today, the first thing he would do is to kill that stupid employer. He didn't have good intelligence and just blindly issued tasks, endangering his life.

The second is to go to the black market to ask for an explanation.

Thinking of this, the knife in his hand moved rapidly.

[Plum Blossom Sword Technique] also known as [Ding Family Sword Technique] is a hidden power martial art that was passed down from Ding Family Fort and is also a very powerful martial art.

If it is used at this time, it will be quite impressive.

Chen Jie looked at the bamboo pole being cut shorter and didn't care. The alley was too narrow and a shorter spear would fit his hand better. Besides, Chen Jie also wanted to end the battle quickly.

Therefore, Chen Jie also started to display his marksmanship directly.

Holding a gun, the bamboo pole is like a spear in hand.

The assassin was shocked to see Chen Jie's momentum rising. He was worthy of being valued by Peng Shizhong. His marksmanship was truly terrifying. He could not let him continue to build up momentum. He had to attack first. Thinking of this, the killer attacked directly.

At this time, the killer suddenly rushed forward, and swung the knife in his hand at Chen Jie [Plum Chop!]

The knife passed through the air, and the blade light flashed like a blooming plum blossom. It was indeed a good knife technique.

Upon seeing this, Chen Jie immediately kicked the spear in his hand, then grabbed the spear with one hand and stabbed it out. The killer ducked his body and actually dodged the bullet.

But Chen Jie was not panicked.

Although they are both masters of the Liujin Realm, Chen Jie's strength should be above that of the killer. The killer only has a dark energy sword technique, while Chen Jie uses the [Thirteen Spears to Break Disaster!] which is above the Huajin level.

First shot!
[The exquisite dice are filled with red beans, do you know how deep my love for you is? Lovesickness! ]

With a swish, the spear stabbed directly at the assassin. The shot was fast and fierce, with many twists and turns. The killer was shocked and quickly waved the long knife in his hand.

Normally speaking, Chen Jie's shot would definitely kill him.

However, what Chen Jie held in his hand was not a spear, but a bamboo pole. A bamboo pole cannot compare to a spear, so although the assassin could not dodge the spear, he used the sharpness of the long knife in his hand to cut off another section of Chen Jie's bamboo pole.

This resulted in the shot failing.

But even if it failed, the assassin was frightened and retreated repeatedly, breaking out in a cold sweat.

"What kind of shooting is this!"

The assassin exclaimed. After hearing this, Chen Jie laughed and said, "The gun skills that will kill you!"

After saying that, without further ado, he took a step forward and fired the second shot!

[My dream is broken at five o'clock in the morning, and my heart is about to break. The sound of the horn blows away the plum blossom moon - wandering soul! ]

Chen Jie's move showed absolute killing intent. Knowing that his weapon was not good enough, he chose not to fight head-on.

That is the gun technique that was derived from Qingming!
At the same time, he used the Yangchun Jue, combining internal and external strength to attack the assassin directly.

The assassin was shocked. At this moment, he saw Chen Jie drawing circles in front of him with the bamboo pole in his hand. He felt dizzy and his head was blurry, just like seeing things in the thick fog during the Qingming Festival.

He was shocked and waved the long sword in his hand wildly. At this moment, he was completely confused.

"what!"

He let out a hysterical roar, which showed that his inner defenses had begun to break down, because he couldn't cut the bamboo pole even with his knife.

Just when he was feeling most anxious, a spear suddenly emerged from the fog and stabbed directly into his body.

Stab it!

There was a "swish" sound, and the next moment the bamboo pole directly pierced the shoulder socket of his right arm where he held the knife. Blood gushed out and the assassin immediately lost the ability to move his right arm.

Seeing this, the assassin gritted his teeth and threw the long sword down, and took the opportunity to catch the long sword with his left arm.

But how could Chen Jie give him a chance? He directly pulled out the bamboo pole, picked up the long knife, and then another bamboo pole stabbed into his left shoulder.

At the same time, he let go of the bamboo pole, stepped forward, and when his feet touched the ground, the assassin's long knife fell into his hands.

The assassin was about to move when Chen Jie pressed his long knife on his neck.

"do not move."

Chen Jie's voice was cold.

The assassin frowned upon seeing this, but did not move.

Chen Jie reached out to remove the assassin's black mask, only to find that it was someone he didn't recognize at all.

"Why kill me?"

The assassin tilted his head and said nothing.

Chen Jie pressed down the bamboo pole that was inserted into his shoulder socket, and immediately severe pain spread throughout the assassin's body.

"Ah~ Black market!"

"black market?"

Chen Jie frowned and said, "Be more specific!"

"An order from the black market."

"Who, who placed the order?"

"Um……"

When the assassin heard this, his eyes actually looked behind Chen Jie. Chen Jie turned around and saw a man running away.

Chen Jie said angrily: "Where are you running to!"

After saying that, he pulled out the bamboo pole from the assassin's shoulder and threw it out. The man was startled and dodged it with great difficulty, and was about to run away.

Chen Jie now has two choices, to chase or not.

Chen Jie immediately chose to chase after him, but what to do with this assassin? It was impossible to chase him with him, so...

As the knife flashed, the assassin felt a chill on his neck, and the next moment his body fell limply.

"It's a pity that I didn't get more information."

Thinking of this, Chen Jie directly chased after the fleeing man. The man was about to run out of the alley. Chen Jie accelerated and kicked up a bamboo pole on the ground. He threw it hard, and with the help of the internal force of Yangchun Jue, he flew out suddenly.

With a loud bang, it hit the floor tile in front of the man.

The man stopped suddenly, and Chen Jie had already arrived in front of him.

As the two of them faced each other, Chen Jie understood everything; "You, Yu Biao's housekeeper!"

The housekeeper also turned around and saw Chen Jie. He knew that he could not escape. At this time, there was a trace of determination on his face and he said: "Chen Jiusi, you are so lucky that even this can't kill you!"

Chen Jie said: "We have no hatred, why are you killing me? To avenge Yu Biao?"

"That's right!"

The butler replied, and Chen Jie said, "You are indeed a loyal servant, but now that things have come to this, are you going to commit suicide, or should I help you?"

After hearing this, the housekeeper suddenly took a stance and said, "In the Yu family, only those who died in battle, not those who died of fright, today I want to learn from you, Chen Jiusi, how capable you are!"

After hearing this, Chen Jie stuck the knife in his hand into the ground, and then he took a stance and said.

"Have the guts!"

After hearing this, the housekeeper became furious and said, "How dare you look down on me."

As he said that, he rushed directly towards Chen Jie. Chen Jie took a stance but did not attack. The last time he saw the butler use [Little Thoughts], he became very interested in this martial art.

This time he had the opportunity to get close to him, so he naturally let the butler do what he wanted.

At this time, the butler slapped him with his palm. Chen Jie did not fight back, but prepared to take it.

With a "pa" sound, the palm hit Chen Jie's body. The first hit was very gentle, but it was followed by a huge force.

Chen Jie felt it and immediately thought it was magical.

[Little Thought] Although this martial art is not a strong hidden force technique, one of its force-generating techniques is very advanced, that is, the force generated from behind.

When you are fighting with someone, when he attacks you, the first thing you should do is to block. At this time, your body's defense is the strongest and it is difficult for him to hurt you. However, his strength is behind, just when you think the opponent's attack is over and his muscles are most relaxed.

Suddenly, the opponent exerted force suddenly, with great lethality.

Chen Jie felt that this force-generating technique was very clever, and through continuous fighting, Chen Jie discovered that his little tricks were not those of the large-scale, open-and-close type. Instead, they focused on small movements to cause the greatest damage.

This palm technique is quite interesting.

It’s very similar to Wing Chun in the previous life!
Thinking of this, Chen Jie took several attacks from the butler, making the butler breathless. His strength was really poor. Using a person at the Mopi realm to attack a person at the Liujin realm was like giving up.

If Chen Jie didn't want to see what he was thinking, he would have scared him to death with just one slap.

When Chen Jie discovered that after he had finished the twelve moves, he began to repeat the moves, Chen Jie knew that he probably had no new moves.

At this time, Chen Jie suddenly slapped out a water-controlling palm.

The butler also received a palm strike, and the next moment he was knocked flying, spitting blood.

With a bang, he fell heavily to the ground.

"Cough cough..."

The butler coughed desperately. Chen Jie stepped forward, grabbed his neck and asked, "Any last words?"

The housekeeper coughed and said, "Cough cough cough... Chen Jiusi, cough cough... You will be punished. My master and I will be waiting for you in the Yama Palace."

Chen Jie said: "Yes, a very brief last words."

Snap, break the neck.

Chen Jie didn't know how to describe the butler, a loyal servant. Perhaps in his perspective, he was the one who was most guilty.

He killed their young master, then their old master, wiping out two generations of their people.

And he is the lonely and brave old servant who is determined to avenge his master even if it means spending all his family property.

So there is no right or wrong in this world, it’s just a different perspective. However, Chen Jie will not let him go just because he thinks he is brave.

Because letting him go would be the greatest cruelty to yourself.

The butler's body was thrown on the ground. Chen Jie saw a package on him, so he snatched it away and opened it.

He lost his composure in an instant.

Because there was a stack of silver bills inside.

Chen Jie swore that he had never seen so much money since he traveled to this world.

One, two, three...a total of fifteen, all worth one hundred taels.

One thousand five hundred taels!!
Chen Jie didn’t understand why this guy had to carry so much money when he went out!
Of course he may not know that this is the final payment for killing him.

But it doesn’t matter now, the money now belongs to the Chen family.

Chen Jie put the money into his arms, then felt around the housekeeper's body and found about three taels of loose silver, as well as some other small pieces that were useless, which Chen Jie didn't want.

However, a small booklet with only about ten pages was found in the butler's underwear.

Chen Jie took it and looked at it, only seeing three big words: "Little Thought".

This is the butler’s martial arts secret book.

Chen Jie was puzzled. Do these martial arts secrets carry with them?

In fact, most of them are not, but the butler brought all his belongings this time. He was worried about leaving the secret book in his hometown because a new manager has been appointed in his hometown and old guys like him are no longer valued. Therefore, his first purpose this time was to hire someone to kill Chen Jie.

Secondly, I wasn’t planning on going back, so I took all my belongings with me.

But now it’s all cheap for Chen Jie.

One thousand five hundred taels of silver notes, this man really became rich in the blink of an eye.

No wonder people say: Killing people and setting fires will earn you a golden belt, while repairing bridges and roads will leave no corpses!
If you want to be rich, you have to kill people!

Chen Jie was in a good mood. He took the silver note and stood up, then picked up the killer's sword on the ground.

This knife is pretty good. Chen Jie is very poor now and wants everything.

Then he went into the alley and touched the assassin's body.

Very disappointed.

The assassin didn't have a penny on him, and in order to move around more easily, he only had a nightgown and a sword.

The rest didn't have a single piece of identification.

Chen Jie picked up the oranges on the ground. He thought he shouldn’t waste the things he bought with his own money. Then he found that two of them had been stepped on and crushed.

Pity.

Taking the oranges, Chen Jie left the alley and originally wanted to go home, but after thinking about it, he turned around and headed towards Baihu Hall.

Although he foiled the assassination plan, he also killed the so-called black market killer.

Will the black market killer take revenge on me?
Therefore, this kind of thing must be handled properly. In the past, if Chen Jie had no backstage, he might have investigated it himself or waited for the killer organization to come to him again.

But don't forget that you are now Peng Shizhong's adopted son.

Do you think you were recognized as godfather in vain? Your godson was assassinated. As the godfather, shouldn't you show some appreciation?
So the pressure was put on Mr. Peng Shizhong.

Chen Jie quickened his pace and arrived at the White Tiger Hall half an hour later.

Two huge lanterns were lit at the entrance of the White Tiger Hall, and two guards stood at the door.

When Chen Jie arrived at the door, the two guards immediately drew their swords and asked, "Who?"

"I am Chen Jiusi."

"Oh, Master Wu, what's up so late?"

The two guards saw Chen Jie asking, and after hearing this, Chen Jie immediately said, "My godfather is here, I have something to report."

The guard heard this and said, "The hall master is discussing matters with the first and second masters in the study. Fifth master, wait a moment, we will go and report to them."

Chen Jie said: "Oh, thank you for your hard work, brother."

"You're welcome, Master Wu."

As he said this, the man went to report that Chen Jie could enter the White Tiger Hall during the day, but the White Tiger Hall was under martial law at night, so he had to notify anyone who wanted to enter.

Soon the man came out and said to Chen Jie, "Fifth Master, the hall master wants to see you."

Chen Jie nodded and followed the guard into the study.

When he arrived at the study, he saw Peng Shizhong discussing something with Feng Xuan and Zheng Chuan, and Chen Jie looked disheveled.

Then he asked, "Jiu Si, what's wrong with you?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Jie immediately clasped his fists and said, "Foster father, I'm sorry for disturbing you so late at night. This is what happened. Today, Fourth Brother invited me and Sixth Brother to go to Yihong Tower..."

Chen Jie narrated the incident again.

Then Peng Shizhong slammed the table and said, "How dare the black market touch my son!"

Feng Xuan immediately stood up and said, "Old Five, come and sit down. Are you injured?"

"No, the killer was not very strong and I killed him. But I still think I should tell my foster father about this."

Feng Xuan said: "I'm glad you're okay. The same goes for Lao Si. I don't know if I can send you home."

"This matter has nothing to do with Fourth Brother."

Zheng Chuan said at this time: "Old Five, you mean that the butler Yu Biao bought the murderer."

"Ah."

"You killed people too?"

Chen Jie nodded: "Yes."

Zheng Chuan said: "Well, godfather, we shouldn't act rashly in this matter!"

After hearing this, Feng Xuan said, "Is the matter now about this assassination? When did the black market dare to offer a reward for the head of our White Tiger Hall's manager? They obviously don't take our White Tiger Hall seriously!"

Zheng Chuan also frowned and said, "Yes, the black market is indeed a bit too much."

Peng Shizhong remained silent. He looked up at Chen Jie and said, "Oh, Jiusi, I know about this matter. You don't have to worry about the rest. Don't worry, such things will never happen again in the future."

"Afu!"

"master."

At this time, Peng Shizhong's most capable guard, Peng Fu, stepped forward.

"Use my carriage to send Jiu Si home. By the way, Jiu Si, I asked someone to make you a set of clothes. Remember to wear them for the banquet tomorrow."

"Yes, foster father."

After listening to Peng Shizhong's words, Chen Jie didn't ask any more questions. Since Peng Shizhong said it was okay, then it must be okay.

Peng Fu said, "Fifth Master, please."

Chen Jie said, "Thank you, Uncle Fu."

After saying that, Chen Jie followed Peng Fu out, got into Peng Shizhong's most luxurious car, and went home.

On the way, Chen Jie said, "Uncle Fu, have an orange. My brother Xiaohu is training at your place, please take care of him."

Uncle Fu said, "No need. This orange is too sour to eat. As for your brother, he is a seedling."

Uncle Fu didn't say much and took Chen Jie home.

Seeing Chen Jie leave, Peng Shizhong's face instantly turned ugly.

"Second dick."

"exist."

"Bring some people to bring back those two bodies, and then follow me to the black market!"

Peng Shizhong said.

After hearing this, Zheng Chuan said, "Foster father, it's just a small matter, I'll just go there."

Peng Shizhong said: "You, your weight is not heavy enough!"

……

Yongping Teahouse!

This is a teahouse open 24 hours a day, and the owner is currently calculating with an abacus.

Just then there was a bang and the door was kicked open.

The shopkeeper's expression turned cold, and the four assistants around him instantly grabbed their weapons. All of them had serious expressions and murderous intent. Who dares to mess up my black market!
But the moment that man walked into the teahouse.

The shopkeeper's expression immediately changed, and he came forward with a big smile on his face: "Master Peng!"

Peng Shizhong strode in, followed by Feng Xuan and Zheng Chuan.

The shopkeeper wanted to move closer, but was pushed away by Feng Xuan.

The shopkeeper did not dare to express any dissatisfaction and could only say with a smile, "Mr. Peng, why are you so present?"

Peng Shizhong glanced at the shopkeeper and said, "I'm here to find your boss to kill someone. Should I go down? Or should he come up and take over my business?"

After hearing this, the shopkeeper immediately winked and said, "Master Peng, I'll call someone right away."

Soon an old man ran up in a hurry, and when he saw Peng Shizhong, he immediately clasped his fists and said, "Master Peng."

Peng Shizhong glanced at the old man and asked, "Oil seller?"

The old man said, "Mr. Peng, you are so honored to be here today. I'm sorry for not welcoming you in person."

Peng Shizhong said, "I heard that the black market is under the protection of you, the oil seller, and your assassin business is pretty good. How about helping me kill someone?"

When the old man heard this, he said, "Master Peng, please help me. Who does Master Peng want to kill? Do you need our help?"

"One thousand taels of gold!"

Peng Shizhong spoke, and after hearing this, the old man's eyes lit up and asked, "Who to kill?"

"Peng Shizhong, the White Tiger Hall Master of the Fishermen's Gang!"

When Peng Shizhong spoke, the old man was stunned and said angrily, "What do you mean?"

Peng Shizhong laughed and said, "What do you mean? You dare to offer a reward for killing my adopted son in the black market, so offering a reward for killing an old man like me is no big deal."

"Smash the place!"

The old man reacted instantly, and at this time Peng Shizhong said with a smile: "It is said that the Thirteenth Protector Oil Seller is very powerful, it is a good opportunity to learn from him!"

As he said this, Peng Shizhong slapped the old man directly.

The old man was shocked, and immediately used both palms to fight against Peng Shizhong's palm. As a result, he was directly knocked away with a bang. Peng Shizhong said with a mocking look on his face: "You knew I was coming, but you still sent a man to see me. You really don't take me seriously!"

As he said this, Peng Shizhong reached out to grab the old man.

The old man had just been hit by a palm strike and felt his arms go numb, unable to move at all.

He was also a strong man in the Iron Bone Realm, but he was vulnerable to the master of Hua Jin and could not hold out for a whole round.

Just as Peng Shizhong was about to grab the old man, a black figure suddenly flashed by.

With a slap, he collided with Peng Shizhong's palm.

Then the two of them took a step back.

Stand still!

"The boss!"

The old man exclaimed at this time, but he didn't expect to alarm the boss.

At this time, Peng Shizhong looked at the petite woman in front of him, who was wearing black clothes and a bamboo hat, and whose appearance could not be seen clearly, and said, "Oil seller?"

"You are actually a woman?"

Peng Shizhong was a little surprised.

At this time, the woman in black said in a cold voice: "As the White Tiger Hall Master of the Fishing Gang, you came here to find me, not just to see if I am a man or a woman, right?"

Peng Shizhong narrowed his eyes and felt that the woman in front of him was as cold as frost. She was indeed the one in charge of the black market.

He looks like a person who is as cold as ice.

Peng Shizhong looked at the woman and said, "I came to see you not to see whether you are a man or a woman, but to place an order."

"Oh, I heard it. A reward of one thousand taels of gold is offered for your head, Hall Master Peng. It's less."

Peng Shizhong smiled and said, "Then how much do you think my head is worth?"

The woman said calmly, "I dare not offer a reward for Master Peng in the black market, so it is priceless!"

"What a priceless thing! You don't dare to put a bounty on my head, Peng Shizhong, but you dare to put a bounty on the head of my adopted son?"

Peng Shizhong asked coldly.

The woman said calmly, "Impossible. I am in the black market just to survive. I won't mess with big shots like you. We won't accept bounties from the core members of your two gangs. Master Peng has misunderstood."

"deny."

Peng Shizhong clapped his hands, and immediately two White Tiger Hall disciples came up with two corpses.

The woman came over and took a look and said, "Great marksmanship!"

Peng Shizhong said, "Isn't it for Mr. Oil Seller to evaluate the marksmanship? Is this man from your black market?"

The woman said, "Yes!"

Peng Shizhong was stunned. He thought the woman would make excuses, but he didn't expect her to admit it directly.

This caught Peng Shizhong off guard.

The woman continued, "This man in black is my black market killer. As for the other man, I don't know him."

Peng Shizhong said: "Well, he is worthy of being an oil seller. He dares to do and take responsibility. Okay, tell me what mission he carried out!"

After hearing this, the woman said, "Get the list."

Old Zhong pulled out a list from his waist. The woman flipped through it and said, "Well, someone offered three thousand taels for a disciple of the Fishing Gang, Chen Jiusi."

"He should be going on this mission."

After hearing this, Peng Shizhong said, "Chen Jiusi, don't you know that he is my adopted son?"

The woman's voice was still calm, "Really? When did Hall Master Peng take it? Why didn't I hear that Hall Master Peng arranged a banquet?"

"Old Zhong, how did you get the intelligence? It's such a big thing, but you didn't report it?"

After hearing this, Old Zhong immediately clasped his fists and said, "Reporting to the Great Master, White Tiger Hall has not been hosting any banquets recently."

The woman looked at Peng Shizhong and said, "Master Peng, is there something wrong with our intelligence? Then please tell us when the branch was set up!"

Peng Shizhong narrowed his eyes and asked, "Are you nitpicking with me?"

The woman said, "I, the Black Market, abide by the rules. When we signed the rules, I, the Black Market, could offer rewards to the lower-level disciples of the Fishing Gang and the Cao Gang, and you could also kill the non-core members of my Black Market. Master Peng, have we breached the contract?"

"You knew that Chen Jiusi was the adopted son of my White Tiger Hall, yet you still dared to offer a reward!"

"Is it a show?"

The woman's voice suddenly became louder, and Feng Xuan, who had just spoken, was shocked and took a step back.

Peng Shizhong narrowed his eyes and said, "You mean, if I don't show off, you won't admit it!"

The woman said, "I am in the black market and we abide by the rules. If there are any violations, you can do whatever you want. If there are no violations, we in the black market are not afraid of anyone. Master Peng, do you want to start a war?"

Peng Shizhong fell silent after hearing this!
Yeah, are we going to start a war?

He can't start a war either. If the Black Market goes to war with the White Tiger Hall, it will be indiscriminate attacks between the two sides, and more people will die. Besides, Nan Batian is also eyeing them covetously.

And he didn't come here to start a war today.

Thinking of this, Peng Shizhong said, "If we start a war, can you black market do well? Many people have died at the hands of you black market over the years!"

The woman said, "So, I don't want to start a war, but Hall Master Peng won't give in, so I can't do anything about it!"

Peng Shizhong asked, "Then let's talk about it?"

"Talk."

The woman nodded, and the two sat down at the tea table again.

"You in the black market must immediately stop offering a bounty to my adopted son!"

"can."

"You, the White Tiger Hall, are not allowed to use this matter to cause trouble and target my black market."

"can."

"My adopted son was assassinated and needs compensation."

"An assassin died in my black market. I'm paying him back with my life. This matter is over. I won't cause any more trouble. Is that okay?"

"can."

"That's fine with me. Goodbye."

"Tomorrow, Hall Master Peng will adopt a son. I will have a generous gift from the black market."

"Thank you."

"Walk slowly!"

The two of them quickly agreed on the terms, and each got what they wanted.

Watching Peng Shizhong leave, the woman let out a long breath and slapped her hands, saying, "This old Peng is indeed a veteran warrior. His internal force is so strong that it hurts my hands."

"Boss, are you okay?"

Old Zhong asked immediately.

Hua Sanniang said, "It's alright. Notify them that the bounty on Chen Jiusi has been withdrawn. Also, the information provided by the person offering the bounty is incorrect, so the deposit will not be refunded."

"Yes."

Old Zhong said, and then looked at the two bodies on the ground and said, "But, Boss, is this the end of the matter?"

"It's over? Haha... it's just the beginning."

Hua Sanniang narrowed her eyes and said, Chen Jiusi, you are a very interesting guy. You can’t do much to harm me.

……

At this time, outside, Peng Shizhong looked at his right hand and saw a small blush on it.

"Fire poison!"

As Peng Shizhong spoke, his internal energy circulated, and the next moment the red blush on his hand instantly disappeared. He had suffered a small loss from the previous palm strike, but after pushing out the palm, he knew that his internal energy should be superior to that of the 'oil seller'.

However, after he pushed out his palm, he felt a little burning.

They realized that the other party had something to say, so they each took a step back.

If he had the absolute upper hand just now, he would not have talked to the "Oil Seller" in this way.

The basis for equal dialogue is equal strength.

Peng Shizhong and the oil seller proved their strength at the same time, which led to their current equal dialogue.

Moreover, his goal has been achieved, which is to help Chen Jie deal with the aftermath and resolve the matter.

The black market withdrew the reward for Chen Jie, and at the same time, the black market no longer pursued the matter of Chen Jie killing their assassin. This was considered a peaceful resolution.

In Mianshui County, there are many forces gathered. If you want to handle it well, you must know how to compromise and maintain checks and balances.

In this world, there is not only fighting and killing, but also human relationships!
"Godfather, is this matter over?"

At this time, Zheng Chuan came up and asked, and Peng Shizhong said, "Well, everyone should go back and rest early. There will probably be a lot of people coming to the banquet tomorrow, so don't cause any trouble then."

After hearing this, Zheng Chuan said, "Yes, godfather."

At the same time, a carriage stopped in front of Chen Jie's door.

"Master Wu is here."

Chen Jie tightened his clothes, hugged the orange, and said with a guilty conscience: "Uncle Fu, can you smell me? I don't smell any powder, right?"

(End of this chapter)