Chapter 157: A Scholar Like a Smiling Tiger

" Is that so?" Li Qing smiled. " Then Brother Jia must be a fortune of the heaven, sent to aid the Cai Family."

" I am Cai Family's live in son in law." Jia Hao grinned. " It's obvious that I will support them."

" But I doubt the Shen Family, Niu Family, and Silkward Chambers would sit and do nothing."

" What are they going to do?" Jia Hao asked in an amused voice. " Come to Magistrate Cai and lodge a complaint? Or go to City Lord Suo to whine?"

" Who are they going to complain? What's the cause of the fire? Who is the suspect?"

" Even if His Majesty sends the Scaled Dragon Guards of Divine Martial Guards, I am not really concerned."

Zhou Yan's lips twitched as he wanted to say something. But he stopped and stood silently behind Li Qing.

" How interesting, Brother Jia. I actually wonder something. Where are you from?"

" Pardon me?"

" I mean, A person like you, he must be pretty famous around here. But, You have no past records." Li Qing smiled.

" What if I say I crossed nine mountains and seven seas, crossed the river of stars and the tower of heaven?" Jia Hao spoke with an amused tone.

" Haha, Even while lying, Brother Jia lies with elegance." Li Qing laughed lightly.

" Well then, Should I not ask your origin, Brother Qing? I am sure you are no ordinary young master either." Jia Hao smirked, throwing Li Qing's question at him.

Li Qing was taken aback, seeing a cunning light in Jia Hao's light.

' Does he know? I thought my disguise was perfect?' Li Qing muttered in his heart. But like Jia Hao, he didn't disclose his identity.

" You can say I am someone close to the Imperial Family." Li Qing gave a vague reply.

" Then, Do you know anything about Third Prince Li Yuan?" Jia Hao smiled.

"Little Yuan? What's about him?"

" However, there is a thing I wish to know." Jia Hao looked at Li Qing. " Is the Twisted Dark Forest as safe as everyone treating it?"

" This...This is true though?" Li Qing tilted his head. " I mean, there are terrifying monsters there. But they never come out from the core zone. So, It's safe."

" Most of the time, Yes." Zhou Yan finally spoke. " However, a monster tide comes in once every 10-15 years. It creates a lot of havoc,"

" But I don't think any monster tide would come before the next two or three years."

' Heh, Really? One is coming in less than a month.' Jia Hao snorted. But he got an idea of how the mastermind managed to pull the entire plan around it.

' But, It's fascinating how they managed to guess the timing of this abnormal monster tide.'

' Amusing, I have to pay attention to this.' Jia Hao tapped on the table.

" What happened, Brother Jia? You seem to be in deep thought."

" Of course, I am indeed." Jia Hao chuckled. " As Mr. Zhou said, I can't naturally rebel against the Imperial Family. But that doesn't mean I can't raise my sword against the enemies of Cai Family."

" Hehe, Niu Family is the first. My next target is obviously Silkward Chambers."

" Silkward Chamber is one of the biggest merchant units of the entire Nanhai City. And their influence is not smaller than a large-scale noble family at all." Li Qing was surprised.

" Well, Not entirely against Silkward Chamber, but certainly against the Lian Family." Jia Hao smiled.

" There is a particular woman whom I need to show something."

Both Li Qing and Zhou Yan felt a chill when they saw Jia Hao's amicable smile.

No matter how harmless and scholarly he looked, Both Li Qing and Zhou Yan felt Jia Hao was like a smiling tiger, full of deceit and malicious intent.

" Anyway, I recently heard about something." Jia Hao smiled as he used his Sage's Divination Eyes.

" It's about a Bright Snow Lotus..."

Li Qing and Zhou Yan's expressions changed when Jia Hao mentioned that.