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Ding Kaishan has been running the Kaishan Martial Arts Hall in Tongzhou Prefecture for decades, and he is considered a veteran in this Tongzhou Prefecture. He can eat everywhere he goes, even for the three major families of Tongzhou Prefecture.

The confidant of the third son of the Li family is his disciple. After Ding Kaishan entered the Li family, he just let people know, and the third son of the Li family came to meet him in person.

After a while, a young man in his early twenties with a handsome face and wearing a brocade robe walked out, bowed his hands to Ding Kaishan, and said with a smile: "The Ding Pavilion Master is here, and I will welcome you from afar. Please also forgive me."

Ding Kaishan hurriedly said, "Don't say that, Third Young Master, it should be the honor of the old man that you can still come to greet me, the old man."

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

Ding Kaishan's attitude towards Li Zhao is very polite. Don't look at the fact that the old master of the Li family is dead, but no one in this Tongzhou mansion dares to look down on the Li family.

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

But who would have thought that the old master of the Li family was just over sixty years old, even a little younger than Ta Ding Kaishan, because of a mistake in his practice, he died in the end.

At that time, the Li family had no congenital 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 stood up together and supported the family's business, both in terms of strength and means. Known by the outside world as the three tigers of the Li family.

At present, among the three brothers, apart from Li Zhao who is still in the body quenching state, the eldest and second child of the Li family are both in the blood coagulation state. If the three of them can step into the innate in the future, then in Tongzhou Mansion, the Li family will be able to follow the Shen family in the future. The existence of challenge.

When they arrived in the parlour, Li Zhao asked Ding Kaishan to serve him a cup of tea and asked, "What happened to Ding's master coming to find 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 which, I have a little bit of a holiday with this Chu Xiu!"

In the past, Chu Xiu killed the people of his Li family in Yuanbao Town and lost his 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 was intent on revenge, but his eldest brother and his second brother warned him not to act rashly after they knew about it.

Right now, there are no congenital warriors in their Li family, so they have to be very low-key in their work. If they can avoid trouble, try not to cause trouble.

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

What he was angry about was not that Li Jing caused trouble, but that he didn't know the strength and character of the other party after he caused trouble.

Ding Kaishan was surprised to hear that Li Zhao even had a festival with that Chu Xiu, but he didn't ask more, just told Li Zhao about the dispute between Chu Xiu and his grandson, and then he said directly. : "Third Young Master, the batch of ore is in my hands now, if you want it, take the silver now.

You don't have to be afraid of offending the Chu family. We are only targeting that Chu Xiu. The Chu family has my daughter to deal with it. It doesn't involve your Li family. Now it's up to you, Third Young Master, if you dare. "

There was a glint in Li Zhao's eyes. He had also heard about the infighting of the Chu family, but the Li family were in harmony, so he took it as a joke.

Unexpectedly, the inside of the Chu family has already become like this. This is simply pitting the other party to death, even at the expense of outsiders.

As a cheap person, Li Zhao has been greedy for the refined ores of the Chu family for a long time.

The Chu family is too wasteful in forging weapons, and it is easy to fail in refining the second-rank weapons. Such good materials are wasted in vain. With their Li family, the success rate is almost 100%, and even the third-rank is refined. possible.

So Li Zhao said without saying a word, "Master Ding, I want that batch of ore, 57,000 catties, and I'll pay 70,000 taels of silver, which is 13,000 taels more than the market price.

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

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

Looking at Li Zhaoding Kaishan, he couldn't help sighing in his heart, the people of the Li family are going to have trouble, and they are better than his daughter.

It was really the water that the married daughter poured out. That girl actually only thought about whether the Chu family was at a loss or not, and didn't ask him if the father was short of money.

Since ancient times, he has been poor and rich in martial arts. Ding Kaishan's Kaishan Martial Arts Hall is so famous in Tongzhou Prefecture that for every apprentice, the tuition fee per person is at least 2 taels per month, at most even more than 10 taels.

And his Kaishan Martial Arts Hall has more than 100 students. On average, he earns at least a thousand taels per month.

Ding Kaishan is also a warrior after all. Although he knows that he has no hope of stepping into the innate, he still has to buy some medicinal materials that 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 the Chu family 55,000 taels. Anyway, the Chu family only recorded 52,000 catties 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 eldest of the Li family, and Li Yun, the second child, were both inside. Seeing Li Zhao coming back, Li Cheng asked, "Third brother, what did Ding Kaishan come to do with you? That's an old fox and no rabbits. Lord of the eagle, we will never take advantage of him in dealings with him."

Li Zhao smiled twice and said, "Brother, you are wrong. This time, the old man Ding really brought us some benefits."

With that said, Li Zhao told his eldest and second brothers what had happened.

After listening to this, Li Cheng and Li Yun both frowned, and finally Li Cheng said solemnly: "Third brother, you are a little reckless in this matter, we should not have any frictions with the Chu family now. conflict.

When my father died unexpectedly, my Li family was able to persevere not only because of the three brothers' self-confidence, but also because the Shen family and the Chu family did not do anything to us.

Shen Mo, the head of the Shen family, had just taken over as head of the family, and he had beheaded several elders to stabilize the family affairs of the Shen family.

And that old man Chu Zongguang was in retreat all day, and he didn't know what he was doing, and he even 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 incident really provokes Chu Zongguang, it will be difficult to handle. "

Li Zhao shook his head indifferently and said, "Don't worry, eldest brother, Ding old man said that this time it was purely for his grandson to win the title of the head of the family. Naturally, there are people in the Chu family who can't provoke Chu. Zong Guang's."

Li Cheng thought for a while and said, "That said, I'm still a little worried. You will go there tomorrow. After you get the batch of ore, take the caravan to Qingyuan Town and instruct the steward there to directly There, the ore is turned into a weapon."

The Li family is good at crafting weapons, and they have shops not only in Tongzhou Mansion, but also in Qingyuan Town, which is close to the State of Yan.

After all, if you carry a large number of precious weapons to and from Mount Mang, they will lose too much when they are robbed by bandits. Therefore, the weapons sold to Yan are usually shipped from Wei County and built 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 Museum to pick up the batch of ore.

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

Chu Xiu was cultivating at this time, and was suddenly interrupted by Liu Youcheng, Chu Xiu said with a bad expression: "What happened? The caravan is now in charge of you, but when there is a problem, you come to me, I want you to have more What's the use?"

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

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

It is a trivial matter not to lose money in this business, but behind the other party is also a large family within the country of Yan. Once we break the contract, the reputation will stink. If the caravan wants to trade in Qingyuan Town, it will be difficult. It's hard again. "

Chu Xiu's face sank when he heard the words. Are those people in the Chu family still alive? Who is it this time?

Thinking of this, Chu Xiu's eyes faintly revealed a 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 getting the resources of the Chu family, then he should leave the Tongzhou mansion. sit down.

But as a result, these people are now jumping out one by one to do things, and they are doing more and more excessively. Now they have reached the point where they want to harm the interests of the Chu family. This is simply courting death!

"Who did it?"

Feeling the murderous intent in Chu Xiu's eyes, Liu Youcheng shuddered and said quickly, "It's the second lady, the second lady sold all the ore to her father, Ding Kaishan, the owner of the Kaishan Martial Arts Museum.

However, the villain heard that Ding Kaishan sold the ore to the Li family, and this morning, the third son of the Li family took someone to the Kaishan martial arts hall to pick up the goods. "

"The Li family?"

A puzzled look appeared in Chu Xiu's eyes.

He had heard of the grievances between the Li family and the Chu family. The Shen family in Tongzhou Mansion was aloof, but the Li family and the Chu family were definitely hostile forces. As a result, the second lady is now selling the ore to the Li family, so he is not afraid Annoy Chu Zongguang?

Anyway, this matter can't be left alone. Chu Xiu directly picked up the yanling knife beside him, called Ma Kuo and others, and went to Kaishan Martial Arts Hall together.