C403

Chapter 403 - tragic death on the streets

The Old Man Green Bamboo was right, even without Ling Xiao around, a person like Hu Chong would not be able to get close to him with his status as a green bamboo concubine.

However, compared to the others, Ling Xiao was even more qualified. After all, Ling Xiao was still a Sect Leader of the Huashan Mountain, and Hu Chong was nothing.

Ling Xiao only smiled in response to Old Man Green Bamboo's kind reminder, he did not care at all.

"I know. Is it because of Miss Ren's identity that I can't even meet with her?" Ling Xiao smiled slightly.

Seeing Ling Xiao's smile, Old Man Green Bamboo suddenly remembered that Ling Xiao was not afraid of anything, so how could he be worried about this problem? Thinking about that, Old Man Green Bamboo could not help but shake his head, and sigh: "Then this old man is overthinking it."

"I still have to thank Old Mr for his kind reminder, it's just that we still have important things to do, I hope that you will take it to heart." Ling Xiao reminded.

Old Man Green Bamboo nodded, he stood up and cupped his hands: "Rest assured Sect Leader Ling, this old man has always been a steady man."

"Then, in two days time, we will begin our operation. As for how smooth it will be from now on, it will all depend on the Old Mr." Ling Xiao laughed faintly.

After the Old Man Green Bamboo brought Su Hu and rushed out, the entire Prince Mansion began to get busy. Wang Yuanba passed down the order and sent out all of his power from the Palace to communicate with the families that were acting alone.

The Old Man Green Bamboo, on the other hand, secretly met with some of the more powerful families' Sect Leader members or bosses, because Wang Yuanba's deterrence level was far lower than their own. Sometimes, Wang Yuanba's words would not be as effective as when the Old Man Green Bamboo revealed them.

As for Ling Xiao, he was not idle either. He was quietly carrying out his own plan, and every step Ling Xiao took in the shadows, was enough to affect the final result.

Once again arriving at the tavern, Ling Xiao threw a silver tael to Shop Waiter and went upstairs to the deepest room in the corridor.

It had been a long time since Ling Xiao had been here, but the room was clean and tidy without the slightest bit of filth.

The door was knocked. Ling Xiao replied, "Come in."

Shop Waiter walked in with a tea-water.

Ling Xiao looked at waiter, and noticed that he was a stranger, but he looked familiar, and must be someone who frequently came to clean. He raised his eyebrows and asked: Did you change people?

Shop Waiter bowed to Ling Xiao, then said respectfully: "Return to Sect Leader Ling, we will change people."

"Everything is fine, why is it someone else? And I haven't been notified. " Ling Xiao drank his tea and asked.

Ling Xiao knew that this person was also Lao Denuo's spy, so he naturally felt at ease. However, he wanted to know where the original person had gone to.

Shop Waiter was startled for a moment, then explained: "It should be because the previous person did not announce your contact information, so we were unable to find you. Later on, we found out that you were in Prince Mansion, so we knew that you were on tight alert and did not dare go near, afraid of being exposed."

"Hmm, this explanation is still reasonable. Do you know where that person went?" Why didn't you greet me when you left? Could it be that I went out and missed it? " Ling Xiao said with some dissatisfaction.

No matter what, he was Lao Denuo's superior, how could his subordinates not say anything and just randomly switched people. Ling Xiao had originally planned to let this person do a good job and promote him a little.

Facing Ling Xiao's repeated inquiries, the newly arrived Shop Waiter said with a somewhat sorrowful tone: "Reporting to Sect Leader Ling, he's dead."

"Hmm? "What's going on?" Hearing that, Ling Xiao's face became gloomy, he knew that the reason was definitely not simple.

Then, Shop Waiter actually started crying, as if he was recalling a very sad thing.

"Sit down and talk." Seeing that, Ling Xiao frowned and said.

When Shop Waiter's emotions stabilized, he began to narrate what had happened while sobbing.

Originally, the previous person was in charge of investigating the activities of the Luoyang City's family, but who would have thought that he would be found sneaking into a mansion and beaten to death. Furthermore, his corpse was thrown on the street and eaten badly by the wild dogs that passed by.

As for the brothers hiding in Luoyang City, no one dared to show their faces when they saw their brothers being beaten to death on the street. They were afraid that it would affect the brothers hiding in the darkness.

Just like that, several days passed before someone took the remaining corpses and buried them.

Ling Xiao quietly listened to the explanation given by the Shop Waiter. After a long while, he raised his head and said: "Tell me the location of that mansion."

"Sect Leader Ling?" Shop Waiter was startled, not knowing what Ling Xiao wanted to do.

"Just do as I said. I'll go out tonight. You guys wait here in the inn." Ling Xiao said expressionlessly.

Hearing this, Shop Waiter finally understood. Thinking about the rumors about Ling Xiao's previous heroic deeds, Shop Waiter immediately reported the location to Ling Xiao in detail.

"Prepare the dishes and wine, wait for me to come back." Ling Xiao greeted and then left the house.

Exiting the tavern, Ling Xiao followed the route the Shop Waiter provided and quickly found his target.

The signboard was clearly written with the word Lin Mansion. Ling Xiao muttered a few words to himself before returning to Prince Mansion.

"Sect Leader Ling, what are you looking for me for?" When Wang Yuanba, who was busy working hard, heard that Ling Xiao was waiting for him in the study room, he immediately put down everything he was doing and returned.

"Do you know that there is a Lin Mansion in the Luoyang City?" Ling Xiao asked.

Hearing that, Wang Yuanba thought for a while, then nodded and said: "I know, I went to visit his yesterday, but unfortunately, I did not succeed in roping his in."

"Oh? What did they do to you? " Ling Xiao asked.

Wang Yuanba's face became ugly, "His attitude is not good, it seems that he has found a backer, and does not put me in his eyes, just when we were moving out of Old Man Green Bamboo, the patriarch of Lin Family was moved, but in the end she chased me out."

"Your meaning is that the Lin Family is useless against us." Ling Xiao glanced at Wang Yuanba and said.

Wang Yuanba nodded repeatedly, and said: "That's right, and the Lin Mansion has already pledged her allegiance to another power.

Although he did not know why Ling Xiao had come to him to inquire about the Lin Mansion, Wang Yuanba vaguely felt that this matter was not simple, yet he did not dare to ask any more questions. He could only honestly answer every single one of Ling Xiao's questions.

"Very good, there is still one more day to go. Clan Head Wang needs more time, I will go out to settle some matters tonight and return tomorrow, if there are any matters, we can discuss them after Mingzhi returns." With that, Ling Xiao left the Prince Mansion alone.