Anyang City, Ling Manor study room.
Ling Hongfeng leaned weakly on the Taishi's chair, looking at the ceiling blankly.
Sitting in the position of the head of the Ling Family was once his biggest dream.
Ling Hongfeng One of the biggest reasons for his dandyism and depravity when he was young was that he knew that he could never compete with his wise and powerful elder brother, so he simply let himself go.
But when his dream came true and he held Ling Family in his hands, he realized how naive he had been.
This seat is really not suitable for ordinary people!
The internal intrigues within Lineage and the infighting over business management made Ling Hongfeng exhausted mentally and physically.
In just half a year, he felt ten years older.
The most important thing is that after Ling Hongyun died, Ling Family's momentum was not as good as before, and many cooperations with other Lineage were interrupted, causing great losses.
Moreover, many people in the family are not convinced by Ling Hongfeng, thinking that he is nothing but a direct descendant.
With a serious lack of prestige and not much talent, what can we rely on to solve Ling Family's external and internal troubles?
Ling Hongfeng I regret it every day now.
If I had known today, why would I do it in the first place?
Bang!
Just as he was wandering out of his mind, the study door was pushed open forcefully.
Ling Hongfeng asked lazily without raising his eyelids, "What happened?"
There was a hint of boredom in his tone.
In the entire Ling Family, only one person dared to break into his study so rudely, and he had to coax and support him.
The person coming is none other than Steward Zhang.
Looking at Ling Hongfeng who was leaning on the chair like a puddle of mud, Steward Zhang's eyes flashed with disdain and said in a deep voice, "Thousand Mechanisms Tower has found out the whereabouts of Ling Zhiyuan!"
"Found it?"
Ling Hongfeng straightened up immediately. "Where is this little brat now?"
There was a flaw in the original plan and Ling Zhiyuan ran away. This matter has always been on his mind, because he was afraid that the former would suddenly come back and oust him.
Although Ling Zhiyuan is also very ineffective, he is the legitimate heir to the family head!
And once Ling Zhiyuan comes back, there is a great possibility that his conspiracy will be exposed.
Steward Zhang did not directly answer Ling Hongfeng's question. Instead, he sat down in front of the desk, picked up the teapot on the table, and slowly poured himself a cup of tea.
Ling Hongfeng was stunned.
He wanted to get angry, but he also knew that he couldn't afford to offend him, so he could only swallow his anger and said, "Steward Zhang, didn't you say last time that your nephew wanted to do the grain business? My family has a rice and grain shop in the east of the city, so let your nephew be the shopkeeper."
The last time the other party brought this matter up, Ling Hongfeng didn't want to cut his flesh to feed the wolves anymore, so he brushed it off vaguely.
Steward Zhang didn't say anything at the time, but now he's choking him!
Ling Hongfeng has no choice but to satisfy the other party's greed.
Anyway, it will be a matter of time.
"Thank you, boss."
Steward Zhang showed a smile, put down the tea cup and said, "Ling Zhiyuan now Linjiang County."
"Linjiang County?"
Ling Hongfeng was confused. "Where is that place?"
He had never heard of it.
"Linjiang is an upper county of Taiping Prefecture..."
Steward Zhang patiently explained to this ignorant guy, "Ling Zhiyuan's current identity is Blood-Clad Guard, and he works as an errand in Linjiang County guard house!"
"What?"
Ling Hongfeng couldn't believe his ears. "How is this possible? How can this little brat be Blood-Clad Guard?"
Although he does not know Linjiang County, he has a considerable understanding of Blood-Clad Guard.
Ling Zhiyuan is just a martial artist, what qualifications does he have to join Blood-Clad Guard?
impossible!
"The higher-ups don't believe it either, but Thousand Mechanisms Tower checked it very clearly and it can't be wrong."
Steward Zhang said in a deep voice, "Ling Zhiyuan first went to Taiping Prefecture City and joined Blood-Clad Guard there. Then after three months of Iron Furnace Camp training, he was transferred to Linjiang County."
"He is also the leader among the freshmen of that year, and has obtained the status of Silver Badge!"
Ling Hongfeng I feel like I am listening to a fairy tale.
Does Steward Zhang mean Ling Zhiyuan?
He was confused.
Steward Zhang is somewhat helpless.
To put it bluntly, when he first got the information, he was not much better than Ling Hongfeng.
Ling Zhiyuan Everyone knows that this is the person the tiger father and son are talking about. He obviously has excellent Lineage inherited skills and a high talent for martial arts, but he prefers literature and hates martial arts. It is a waste of natural resources!
"Ling Zhiyuan should be hiding his cultivation strength..."
Steward Zhang said coldly, "He deceived everyone. This must be Ling Hongyun's idea. He wants to protect his son."
Ling Family has many enemies in Anyang City. If Ling Zhiyuan performs extremely well, it will inevitably attract the fear and calculation of others.
"Ling Hongyun is very smart. To be honest, even a hundred people combined can't compare to him!"
"So what!"
Steward Zhang's ruthless ridicule made Ling Hongfeng furious. "He is dead now, and I am sitting in this seat!"
In embarrassment, he swept everything on the desk to the floor!
Steward Zhang looked at the incompetent and furious Ling Hongfeng indifferently, and said, "Now that we have found the real owner, we must eradicate the root cause."
"He is Blood-Clad Guard now!"
Ling Hongfeng suddenly calmed down, shrank his head and said, "Assassinating Blood-Clad Guard for no reason means that everyone in the family will be executed!"
"What about Blood-Clad Guard? It's not like I haven't been killed before!"
Steward Zhang sneered, "Don't even think about it, why didn't he go back to Anyang City after he escaped, but instead ran to the Taiping Prefecture city thousands of miles away to join Blood-Clad Guard?"
"Thousand Mechanisms Tower also found out that he was appreciated by a hundred households!"
"When he has higher strength and identity, he will return to Anyang City and he will be able to kill you without even using his hands!"
Ling Hongfeng turned pale after hearing this and sat back on the chair helplessly.
"Don't worry."
Steward Zhang said, "This matter can be entrusted to Thousand Mechanisms Tower. They and Blood-Clad Guard are not on the right track. As long as the money is in place, it will never involve you."
Ling Hongfeng cheered up. "How much does it cost?"
Steward Zhang raised a finger.
Ling Hongfeng was stunned for a moment. "That's so much ten thousand taels?"
Steward Zhang sneered, "One hundred thousand taels!"
Ling Hongfeng almost spit out a mouthful of blood. "One hundred thousand taels? Thousand Mechanisms Tower is it crazy?"
Steward Zhang said calmly, "At the market price, do you think Blood-Clad Guard is so easy to kill?"
"Then just kill me!"
Ling Hongfeng howled. "My family spent tens of thousands of taels on rebuilding the ancestral hall, and you took away so much. Now where can I get another hundred thousand taels back?"
Steward Zhang said viciously, "Who makes you so incompetent? It took you so long to find out Ling Family's real secret library. Mysterious Heaven Seven Fiend Wheels's technique didn't exist in the first place, so we suffered a big loss!"
"It's only one hundred thousand taels anyway. No matter if you sell a shop or a house or a son or daughter, you have to come up with this money."
"Otherwise you will know what regret is!"
In fact, Ling Hongfeng regrets it to the extreme now.
He has truly learned the consequences of seeking skin from a tiger, and it is far from over yet! ——
PS: I have been very busy these two days and will resume normal updates tomorrow.