Chapter 212 Speculations about the masked gangster (two chapters in one)

In Dongwucheng, at the entrance of a large warehouse, many carriages filled with goods were parked.

The sweaty workers unloaded the large bamboo baskets from the carriages and moved them into the large warehouse.

"Everyone, please be careful and set them up for me. Don't knock the baskets over." Wang Gui said to the workers who were carrying the big bamboo baskets.

"Boss Wang, don't worry! We will do a good job for you and there won't be any problems." A middle-aged worker with a wet towel around his neck smiled at Wang Gui.

At the same time, he was very confused as to why Boss Wang asked them to transport so much worthless "junk" to the warehouse.

Moreover, judging from his appearance, he seems to treasure these worthless "junk".

After listening to the words of the worker leader, Wang Gui nodded, and then looked at more and more large bamboo baskets filled with flawless white pearls in the warehouse, thinking, this is all money!

After completing two pearl transactions with Lin Li, Wang Gui knew that he and Lin Li should be able to continue this kind of business for a long time.

Wang Gui happened to have a warehouse on hand that he could not use for the time being, so he decided to put this warehouse to use.

Before trading with Lin Li next time, collect the pearls Lin Li needs in advance and store them in this warehouse.

More than a dozen carriages went back and forth several times, transporting countless baskets of pearls, and finally filled the empty warehouse.

"Okay, that's all for now. Thank you all for your hard work today..."

Wang Gui said to the workers carrying the pearls, and then he told his servants, paid the wages to these workers, and then left the warehouse in a carriage.

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Zhou Mansion.

A place where servants eat.

Dozens of servants in the Zhou Mansion were chatting and eating.

Wang Xiaoliu sat at the same table with several of his followers, laughing and boasting.

At this time, a servant who was quite old walked into the canteen and came to the table where Wang Xiaoliu and several of his followers were sitting.

"Uncle Wang." When Wang Xiaoliu saw this servant, he quickly put down the bowls and chopsticks in his hands, then stood up and greeted him respectfully.

This old man named Wang is a distant relative of Wang Xiaoliu. He is a person close to the Zhou family and has followed the Zhou family for many years.

It was also he who brought Wang Xiaoliu from his hometown in a remote village to the Zhou Mansion as a servant, and arranged him to be with Zhou Tianci, the young master of the Zhou family.

For Wang Xiaoliu, this distant relative was a great benefactor who helped him change his life!

Precisely because he followed the other party to work as a servant in Zhou Mansion, the salary he received every month was sent home, so that his family members who could not afford to eat a meal of meat for a month now can now eat every two or three days.

It's time to have a meal of meat.

"Xiao Liu! The master asked me to come to you, come with me!" Wang Shan said.

"Master is looking for me?" Wang Xiaoliu was stunned when Wang Shan said that Zhou Qiqiang was looking for him.

"Don't be stunned, come with me quickly! Don't keep me waiting," Wang Shan said.

Wang Xiaoliu came to his senses under Wang Shan's urging, nodded quickly, and then followed Wang Shan out of the cafeteria and walked towards Zhou Qiqiang's study.

"Um...Uncle Wang, Master asked you to come to me to see her. Is there anything you want me to do?" Wang Xiaoliu, who was feeling anxious, followed Wang Shan for a while and whispered.

Ask Wang Shan.

"How can I know what the master is thinking? You'll know when you go there... By the way, the master hasn't caused any trouble outside recently, has he?" Wang Shan asked.

"Uh..." Wang Xiaoliu groaned for a moment, and then said, "No! The young master has been very peaceful recently. He is either reading books and practicing in the study, or going to the Zhu family to ask to see Miss Zhu."

Wang Shan, who had experienced the command, frowned immediately when he saw Wang Xiaoliu's uneasy reaction, and then reminded Wang Xiaoliu in a serious voice.

"Xiao Liu! When I meet the master later, answer whatever he asks you. Don't hide it. Otherwise, if the master gets angry, he will expel you from the Zhou Mansion."

"Ah?" Wang Xiaoliu was frightened by Wang Shan's words and stammered, "Uncle Wang... you... don't scare me!"

Being expelled from the Zhou Mansion was an extremely terrifying thing for Wang Xiaoliu.

Once he is really expelled from the Zhou Mansion, he will no longer be able to receive wages. At that time, he will not be able to send money to his hometown every month, and his family will have to live their original poor life again.

Wang Xiaoliu's heart trembled with fear when he thought that his parents, brothers and sisters would have to live a tight and poor life again, unable to eat meat even once a month.

Wang Shan saw that Wang Xiaoliu's face turned pale and his body was trembling slightly because of his words. He nodded with satisfaction, and then reminded him again.

"I've already reminded you of everything that should be reminded of you. Just remember that when the time comes, if the master asks you anything, just answer it truthfully. Don't hide anything."

"Yes, yes, uncle Wang, how dare I, Wang Xiaoliu, hide things from the master! I will answer whatever the master asks later, and I will never deceive the master in any way." Wang Xiaoliu was frightened.

He nodded quickly.

The Zhou Mansion is very large, covering an area of ​​at least a hundred acres. The old servant Wang Shan and Wang Xiaoliu took many twists and turns. It took them more than ten minutes to walk through the deep corridors and finally arrived at the study of Zhou Qiqiang, the master of the Zhou family.

door.

"Dong dong dong..."

After leading Wang Xiaoliu to the study door, Wang Shan raised his hand and knocked on the study door. Then, a steady voice came from the study.

"Come in."

"Crack."

Hearing the voice of the people in the study giving permission to enter the study, Wang Shan gently pushed open the door of the study and led Wang Xiaoliu, who was slightly trembling behind him, in.

After a while, Wang Shan walked out of the study, reached out and closed the door to the study. Then he stood by the door of the study, leaning against the wall, with his head lowered and his eyes closed to meditate.

In the study room, on the roof, a lamp that exudes weak spiritual energy fluctuations and is very exquisitely made hangs in the center of the study room.

Bright light poured out from this lamp that emitted weak spiritual energy fluctuations, illuminating the entire study.

Compared with Zhou Tianci's study, his father Zhou Qiqiang's study has more of a study feel than his.

The two bookshelves are filled with books, and these books obviously have signs of being turned over. Compared with the brand-new books in Zhou Tianci's study, it can be seen that the father and son are highly educated.

"Sir." After entering the study, Wang Xiaoliu, who looked nervous, kept his body hunched over and his head lowered, not daring to look at Zhou Qiqiang, and greeted him respectfully.

"Xiao Liu! You have been coming to our Zhou family for some years, right?" Zhou Qiqiang, who was reading, looked up at Wang Xiaoliu and said in a gentle tone.

"Reporting to the Master, I have been in the Zhou family for nearly ten years." Wang Xiaoliu said.

"Ten years! Such a long time." Zhou Qiqiang sighed with emotion, and then said, "I remember that you were assigned to serve Tianci in the second year after you came home."

"Yes, sir."

"Your parents are still in good health."

"Thanks to the master, my parents are still in good health."

In this way, Zhou Qiqiang and Wang Xiaoliu chatted for a few words about their parents' differences.

Just when Wang Xiaoliu thought there was nothing else to do and was relaxing physically and mentally, suddenly, he heard Zhou Qiqiang ask himself a question.

"Tianci was attacked and suffered such serious injuries. Do you know anything about it?"

"Uh...?!!!" Wang Xiaoliu was stunned when he heard Zhou Qiqiang asked this question.

Wang Xiaoliu, who had his head lowered, raised his head and looked towards Zhou Qiqiang, only to see Zhou Qiqiang looking at him with burning eyes, a faint golden aura appearing in his eyes.

When the eyes of both parties collided, Wang Xiaoliu immediately alerted himself, and his body and mind, which had just relaxed, immediately became suspended.

"No matter what the master asks you later, you must answer truthfully. Remember not to hide anything, otherwise..." Wang Shan's previous warning words appeared in Wang Xiaoliu's mind.

"Replying to the master, I don't know who attacked the young master, but... in the past few days after the young master was attacked by the masked gangster, I thought hard and thought that there is a person who is very suspicious."

"Tell me in detail."

"Yes, sir... all of this started when the young master and I went to the city gate to greet Miss Zhu's family half a month ago..."

Wang Xiaoliu, who was afraid that he would be expelled from the Zhou family, had cold sweat on his forehead. He did not dare to raise his hand to wipe the sweat in front of Zhou Qiqiang. He was extremely nervous. At this moment, he just wanted to quickly tell the truth about some of his speculations.

Zhou Qiqiang.

"Are you saying that the masked gangster who attacked Tianci is most likely the man Tianci had offended before, the savior of the eldest daughter of the Zhu family, that is, the man named Lin Li?!!!"

Zhou Qiqiang asked after listening to Wang Xiaoliu's story and some of his speculations.

Wang Xiaoliu nodded seriously, "Yes, sir, the young master has not had any disputes with anyone in the past six months. The only time he had a big fight was with the man named Lin Li.

Therefore, the masked gangster who attacked the young master this time, the man named Lin Li, is the most suspected.

However, this is just speculation. There is no evidence to prove that the masked gangster who attacked the young master was the man named Lin Li.

Because the cultivation level of the man named Lin Li was on par with the young master, and the masked gangster who attacked the young master not long ago was far superior to the young master in cultivation level.

So I have a small guess that the masked gangster who attacked the young master may have been hired by the man named Lin Li in order to avenge the young master for attacking him near the city gate last time."

Zhou Qiqiang put down the book in his hand, placed his right hand on the table, and tapped his fingers gently on the solid wood table.

"Dong, dong, dong..."

A knocking sound on the table sounded in the quiet study room. The nervous Wang Xiaoliu felt his heart beat faster, synchronized with the thumping sound made by Zhou Qiqiang's fingers tapping on the solid wood tabletop.

"You can go down now." Zhou Qiqiang, who had been thinking silently for a while, suddenly said to Wang Xiaoliu.

"Yes, sir." Wang Xiaoliu felt ecstatic when he heard Zhou Qiqiang asked him to leave the study.

"Don't let Tianci know about the things you told me today." Zhou Qiqiang said to Wang Xiaoliu who turned to leave.

"Ah?" Wang Xiaoliu stopped, looked at Zhou Qiqiang, and nodded repeatedly.

"Crack."

"boom."

After leaving the study, Wang Xiaoliu closed the door, whispered a greeting to Wang Shan, who was standing by the door of the study with his back against the wall, and then left quickly.

"I was scared to death. I thought I was going to be kicked out of the Zhou Mansion by the master!

Master, don't blame me! Master asked me to say it, and there's nothing I can do about it." Wang Xiaoliu muttered to himself as he walked in the dark corridor.

In the brightly lit study, after Wang Xiaoliu left the study, Zhou Qiqiang fell into deep thought again.

He recalled the scene when Zhou Tianci said that the matter would end here and let it go, and based on Wang Xiaoliu's narration just now, he had some of his own inferences about the whole incident.

"God-given, he should know who the masked gangster who attacked him is. For some reasons, he felt that there was no need to expand the matter further, so he said that the matter would be settled here."

Zhou Qiqiang murmured to himself, and then the corners of his mouth couldn't help but raise.

Originally, my son was the kind of person who suffered a loss and had to get back his place regardless of the consequences. Now it seems that he has made a lot of progress!

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Early the next morning.

The bright sunshine rises from the sky, and the golden sun shrouds the entire city, as if it has covered the newly awakened city with a layer of golden gauze.

Sanitation workers go out to work early because it is hot summer. Going out early to clean the streets can avoid working under the hot sun.

After having breakfast, Lin Li came out of his home and drove a van out of the community.

Instead of driving the van directly to the wilderness outside the city to hunt exotic animals, he drove first to the pharmacy where he had purchased the hemostatic ointment.

Yesterday, he gave the last half of the hemostatic ointment to the new beast hunter whose chest was scratched bloody by the beast.

So before he went to the wilderness to hunt exotic animals today, he had to go to the pharmacy to replenish himself with some medicine.

Pharmacies are different from other stores. When you walk into a pharmacy, there will not be a waiter standing at the door to say welcome.

The doctor lady in a white coat was sitting behind the counter. Maybe because she didn't have a good rest yesterday, Lin Li saw the doctor lady yawn.

"Hello, I want to buy some hemostatic ointment."

"Hey, it's you! Did you use up the hemostatic ointment you bought last time so quickly?"

Lin Li didn't expect that the doctor lady would still remember him. He nodded with a smile and said, "Yes, I bought too few last time and it wasn't enough. I will buy a few more this time."

After hearing Lin Li say that he wanted to buy more hemostatic ointment, the doctor immediately persuaded him.

"This hemostatic ointment has a shelf life, so you'd better buy it in moderation! Don't buy too much at once, and it will be wasted if it expires after it's not used up within the shelf life."

After listening to the doctor's persuasion, Lin Li nodded, then he thought about it and said.

"Thank you for the reminder. Originally, I wanted to buy 50 pieces of hemostatic ointment when I came back. In this case, give me 20 pieces first!"

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Chapter completed!