Chapter 24

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Ding Kaishan has been running the Kaishan martial arts gym in Tongzhou Prefecture for decades, and he can be regarded as a veteran in Tongzhou Prefecture. He can eat well everywhere, even the three major families of Tongzhou Prefecture.

The confidants of the third son of the Li family are his disciples. After Ding Kaishan entered the Li family, he was only informed, and the third son of the Li family came to greet him in person.

After a while, a young man in his early twenties with a handsome face and wearing a brocade robe came out, bowed his hands to Ding Kaishan, and said with a smile: "Master Ding is here, I am not far away to welcome you, Please forgive me."

Ding Kaishan hurriedly said: "Third Young Master, please don't say that. It should be an old honor for you to still come to welcome me, an old man, after all your daily affairs."

This young man is Li Zhao, the third son of the Li family.

Ding Kaishan's attitude towards Li Zhao was very polite, even though the old head of the Li family is dead now, no one dares to underestimate the Li family in this Tongzhou mansion.

In the past, when the head of the Li family was not dead, the order of the three major families in Tongzhou Prefecture should be the Shen family, Li family, and Chu family.

But who would have thought that the old Patriarch of the Li family was just over 60 years old, even younger than Ding Kaishan, and he died because of something wrong with his practice.

At that time, the Li family had no innate warriors, and everyone thought that the Li family would decline like this, but who would have thought that the three sons of the Li family would stand up together and support the family business, both in terms of strength and means. It is called the three tigers of the Li family by the outside world.

Among the three brothers, apart from Li Zhao who is still in the Body Tempering Realm, the eldest and the second child of the Li family are both in the Blood Coagulation Realm. If all three of them can step into the Xiantian in the future, then in the Tongzhou Mansion, the Li family will be able to compete with the Shen family in the future. The existence of challenge.

When he arrived in the living room, Li Zhao asked someone to serve Ding Kaishan a cup of tea, and asked, "Is there something wrong with Master Ding's visit to me this time?"

Ding Kaishan smiled and said, "Does the third son know Chu Xiu, the second child of the Chu family?"

There was a gloomy look in Li Zhao's eyes and said: "Of course I know, speaking of it, I still have a little bit of trouble with this Chuxiu!"

In the past, Chu Xiu killed members of his Li family in Yuanbao Town, which made his Li family lose face. The most important thing is that Li Jing was also promoted by him, which is equivalent to slapping him in the face.

Li Zhao did intend to take revenge, but his elder brother and his second elder brother warned him not to act rashly after they knew about it.

Right now, their Li family has no innate warriors after all, so they have to be extremely low-key in their actions, and try not to cause trouble if possible.

Although Li Zhao was young and energetic, he didn't know what to do, so he endured this matter, but afterwards he taught Li Jing a lesson and threw it aside.

What made him angry was not that Li Jing caused trouble, but that he didn't know the strength and character of the other party after causing trouble, he was simply a waste.

Ding Kaishan was surprised when he heard that Li Zhao had a feud with Chu Xiu, but he didn't ask any further questions. He just told Li Zhao about the dispute between Chu Xiu and his grandson, and then he said directly: : "Third Young Master, that batch of ore is in my hands now, if you want it, you can take the silver now.

You don't have to be afraid of offending the Chu family. We only target Chu Xiu in this matter. My daughter will handle it on the Chu family's side, and your Li family will not be involved. Now it's up to the third son whether you dare or not. "

Li Zhao's eyes showed a bright light. He had also heard about the infighting of the Chu family, but the Li family was brotherly and harmonious, so he took it as a joke.

Unexpectedly, the Chu family's internal fights have become like this. This is simply trying to kill the other party, even at the expense of outsiders.

As a bargain hunter, Li Zhao has been coveting the Chu family's refined ores for a long time.

The Chu family is too useless in forging weapons, and it is easy to fail when refining second-rank weapons. It is a waste of such good materials, but replaced by their Li family, the success rate is almost 100%, even refining three-rank weapons possible.

So Li Zhao said without further ado, "Master Ding, I want that batch of ore, 57,000 catties, and I will offer 70,000 taels of silver, which is 13,000 taels more than the market price.

The extra 10,000 taels is a premium, and the other 3,000 taels is considered to be inviting the owner Ding to drink. "

Ding Kaishan laughed and said: "Haha! Good! Third Young Master, you are so straightforward! Just send someone to my martial arts gym to get the ore!"

Watching Li Zhaoding start the mountain, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, the people from the Li family just know how to do things, and they are better than his daughter.

It was really the water splashed by the married daughter, and the girl was only thinking about whether the Chu family was in a loss, and didn't ask him whether the father was short of money.

Ding Kaishan's Kaishan Martial Arts School has such a great reputation in Tongzhou Prefecture that every time he accepts an apprentice, the tuition fee alone is at least two taels per person per month, and even more than ten taels at most.

And there are more than a hundred students in his Kaishan martial arts gym, and on average, he earns at least a thousand taels a month.

Dan Ding Kaishan is a martial artist after all. Although he knows that he is hopeless, he still wants to buy some medicinal materials that can nourish qi and blood and prolong life. He doesn't want to die so early.

This is a big expense, Ding Kaishan is always short of money.

Therefore, for the 70,000 taels of silver, Ding Kaishan only planned to give 55,000 taels to the Chu family. Anyway, the Chu family only recorded 52,000 jin of ore, which was 3,000 taels more than the market price, which was enough to explain to the Chu family.

When Li Zhao returned to the hall, Li Cheng, the elder brother of the Li family, and Li Yun, the second child, were inside. Seeing Li Zhao coming back, Li Cheng asked, "Third brother, what is Ding Kaishan looking for you for? That's an old fox, and there is no rabbit." The master who doesn't spread the eagle, we will definitely not take advantage of him if we associate with him."

Li Zhao laughed twice and said, "Brother, you are wrong, old man Nading really did us a favor this time."

After speaking, Li Zhao told his elder brother and second elder brother what happened.

After listening, Li Cheng and Li Yun frowned, and finally Li Cheng said in a deep voice: "Third brother, you are a bit reckless in doing this matter, we should not have any friction with the Chu family right now." conflict.

When my father died unexpectedly, my Li family was able to persevere not only because our three brothers fought hard, but also because the Shen family and the Chu family did not do anything to us.

The patriarch of the Shen family, Shen Mo, just took over the position of patriarch, and killed several elders to stabilize the Shen family's family affairs, so he didn't have the time to take care of external affairs at all.

And that old fellow Chu Zongguang has been in seclusion all day long, and he doesn't know what the hell he's doing, so he turned a blind eye to my Li family.

It is precisely because of this that my Li family has been able to persist until now. If this matter really provokes Chu Zongguang, it will be difficult. "

Li Zhao shook his head indifferently and said, "Don't worry, big brother. Old man Ding said that this time it was purely for his grandson to seize the position of head of the family. There are naturally people in the Chu family who are doing it, so they can't mess with Chu." Zong Guang's."

Li Cheng thought for a while and said: "Although that is the case, I am still a little worried. You will go there yourself tomorrow. After you get the ore, take the caravan to Qingyuan Town and order the steward there to directly There, the ore was turned into a weapon."

The Li family is good at making weapons, and they not only have shops in Tongzhou Mansion, but also in Qingyuan Town near Yan Country.

After all, if you travel to Shangmang Mountain with a lot of precious weapons, they will lose too much if they are robbed by bandits once. Therefore, the weapons sold to Yan Kingdom are usually transported from Wei County and made directly in Qingyuan Town, which is convenient and fast. .

In the early morning of the second day, Li Zhao took people to the Kaishan Martial Arts Hall to get the batch of ore.

At this time, Liu Youcheng of the Chu family's caravan came to Chu Xiu in mourning.

Chu Xiu was practicing at this time, and was suddenly interrupted by Liu Youcheng. Chu Xiu said with a grim expression: "What happened? I will hand over the caravan to you now, but if there is a problem, you will come to me. I want you to have another What's the use?"

Liu Youcheng said with a mournful face: "Second Young Master, we really can't solve this matter.

You know about the business we talked about with the big businessman of Yan State last time, but in the end, the family sold the ore produced this month to others.

Losing money is a trivial matter if this business is not done, but behind the other party is a big family in the country of Yan. Once we break the contract, our reputation will be stinky. If the caravan wants to trade in Qingyuan Town, it will be very difficult. It's hard again. "

Chu Xiu's complexion sank when he heard this, how many members of the Chu family are still there? Who is it this time?

Thinking of this, Chu Xiu's eyes revealed a hint of murderous intent.

If these guys don't make trouble for themselves, let Chu Xiu successfully get the position of the heir of the Patriarch, and step into Xiantian after obtaining the resources of the Chu family, then he should leave Tongzhou Mansion. Whoever you like to take the position of Patriarch Sit down.

But now these people are jumping out one after another to make troubles, and they are getting more and more excessive. Now they have reached the point where they will not hesitate to harm the interests of the Chu family, but they are also seeking death!

"Who did it?"

Sensing the murderous intent in Chu Xiu's eyes, Liu Youcheng shuddered, and hurriedly said: "It's the second lady, who sold all the ore to her father, the owner of Kaishan Martial Arts 'Cracking Gold Hand' Ding Kaishan.

However, the villain heard that Ding Kaishan sold this batch of ore to the Li family after hearing that Ding Kaishan changed hands. This morning, the third son of the Li family took people to the Kaishan Martial Arts Hall to get the goods. "

"The Li family?"

A look of confusion appeared in Chu Xiu's eyes.

He has heard of the grievances between the Li family and the Chu family. The Shen family in Tongzhou is aloof, but the Li family and the Chu family are definitely hostile forces. As a result, the second wife is now selling the ore to the Li family. He is not afraid Angry Chu Zongguang?

Anyway, this matter cannot be left alone, Chu Xiu directly picked up the Yanling Saber beside him, called Ma Kuo and others, and went to Kaishan Martial Arts Hall together.