Volume 3: Rise of the God of War Chapter 472 Shangguan Family
Not long after, the middle-aged fat man entered the main building of the manor.
This is a very retro villa. The layout of the hall still retains the same appearance as it was decades ago, and most of the tables, chairs, doors and windows are made of precious solid wood.
This is the residence of the Shangguan family, which has great influence in the eastern province.
"Hello, Mr. Zhao." Seeing the fat man come in, the maid who was cleaning the lobby of the main building hurriedly bowed humbly and said, appearing a little nervous.
"Yeah." The fat man nodded slightly, responded, and asked the maid, "Where is Master Shangguan?"
"The master and the second young master are in the study upstairs." The maid looked up at the second floor and answered.
"Got it." The fat man responded indifferently and walked towards the stairs leading to the second floor.
Seeing the fat man leave, the maid secretly breathed a sigh of relief and continued cleaning.
The servants in the manor all knew that Mr. Zhao was the steward of the entire manor. Although he was a decent person, he was very strict with the servants. If they made even the slightest mistake, he would deduct their wages. Therefore, the servants in the manor would become a little nervous when they saw him.
"Trample, tramp, tramp..." Walking up the wooden stairs, Manager Zhao arrived outside the study on the second floor.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!..." He did not push the door open directly, but knocked on it respectfully first and reported: "Master, I have something important to report."
"Come in." After a moment, a calm voice of a middle-aged man was heard from the room.
"Squeak!" Upon hearing the sound, Manager Zhao pushed the door open and walked in.
In this spacious study, a middle-aged man wearing a silver-gray suit and with an elegant face was sitting steadily behind a mahogany desk that looked very grand.
He was a yellow man, looked to be about fifty years old, his hair and beard were very neatly groomed, and he exuded the aura of a superior who had been in a high position for a long time.
He is the current head of the Shangguan family, Shangguan Yitian, who currently holds an important position in the political circles of the eastern province.
When Shangguan Yitian saw Manager Zhao coming in, he didn't even look at him and continued to work on the documents on the table.
On one side of the room, there was a sturdy young man in a neat military uniform, lying on a comfortable sofa with his legs crossed, smoking a high-end cigar with an expressionless face.
This young man was also a yellow man, probably in his twenties or thirties. When he saw Manager Zhao coming in, he just glanced at him indifferently, then withdrew his gaze as if he didn't care and continued smoking his cigar.
He is the second young master of the Shangguan family, Shangguan Lingfeng. He is now a colonel in the First Legion of the Alliance and holds considerable power in the army.
"Hello, master. Hello, second young master." After Butler Zhao came in, he stood in front of Shangguan Yitian's desk, bowed respectfully, and greeted Shangguan Yitian and Shangguan Lingfeng respectively.
"Well, there are no outsiders here, so just tell me what you want to say." Shangguan Yitian said without raising his head behind the desk.
"Master, the mission given by the Black Dragon Society has failed." Butler Zhao stood with his hands behind his back and answered with his head down.
"Oh?" Hearing this, Shangguan Yitian's expression froze, he frowned , and stopped the work in his hands.
"Father, I've said it before, the bounty hunters in Black Dawn are totally unreliable, and now they have failed." Before Shangguan Yitian could speak, Shangguan Lingfeng, who was wearing a military uniform, stood up from the sofa with a cigar, walked to the desk, and said to Shangguan Yitian with an impatient look on his face: "I think it's better for me to take the special detective team and go there myself. After all, the people of the Black Dragon Society asked us to secretly capture Li Jiu. If they knew that we did not do it ourselves but issued a bounty mission, it might affect their impression of us, and then prevent Big Brother from joining them smoothly."
"Ling Feng, don't be anxious yet. Listen to what Manager Zhao has to say. It won't be too late to make a decision later." Shangguan Yitian shook his head and looked at Manager Zhao and said, "Tell me, how did it fail? Weren't the people you found very reliable in the past?"
"Master, I failed in my duty this time." Butler Zhao took the initiative to admit his mistake. "Those people are quite capable. They completed the missions entrusted to them in the past very well. But this time, the opponent's strength exceeded my expectations. They were not capable of dealing with it at all. I should have found some stronger bounty hunters to do it."
"The strength is beyond our estimation?" Shangguan Yitian frowned and pondered. After thinking for a moment, he shook his head and said, "This is not your fault. The information provided by the Black Dragon Society is too vague. It did not clearly state the true strength of the other party."
Shangguan Yitian knew Manager Zhao very well, knowing that he was not only loyal to him, but also very careful and prudent in his work. Therefore, since he had asked the bounty hunters to capture Li Jiu, he must have carefully studied the intelligence provided by the Black Dragon Society and believed that with the strength of the bounty hunters, they could definitely capture Li Jiu successfully, which was why he asked them to do it.
Therefore, the failure of this mission was not due to Butler Zhao, but to the treacherous Black Dragon Society. The intelligence provided was too simple, which led Butler Zhao to misjudge Li Jiu's strength and choose the wrong bounty hunter.
"Strength? Humph, what strength can a mere captain mercenary have?" After listening to the explanation of Manager Zhao, Shangguan Lingfeng on the side snorted disdainfully: "Father, please let me take my special detective team to go there, and I promise that we can definitely catch the other party back."
"Ling Feng, let me... think about it again." Shangguan Yitian frowned and hesitated, with a thoughtful look on his face.
Although Shangguan Yitian also knew that if he let his youngest son's special detective team capture Li Jiu, even if the opponent's strength was stronger than expected, they would most likely succeed.
After all, the Special Detective Team was a special unit in the First Legion that was specifically designed to deal with all kinds of illegal soldiers. Therefore, it would not be difficult for them to deal with a captain mercenary.
However, Shangguan Yitian has been in the alliance's political circles for so many years and has become extremely shrewd. He will not be as impulsive as his youngest son and will not do exactly what the Black Dragon Society asks.
After learning that the Black Dragon Society wanted to capture Li Jiu in exchange for the opportunity for his eldest son to join the Black Dragon Society, Shangguan Yitian began to carefully ponder what the Black Dragon Society was planning.
After all, you know, before this, he had tried through all means to get his eldest son into the Black Dragon Society, but in the end, those bastards never formally agreed.
But now, the other party took the initiative to find him, which forced him to think carefully.
