Volume 4: The Rise of Wuji Dao Chapter 9: Manager Hou, help me!
Let Zhao Shi reveal a flaw?
After all, none of them were as shrewd as Su Yan, so they couldn't think of how to make Zhao Shi reveal his flaws.
Su Yan continued through Wu Yue's mouth: "This group of people came to investigate the Qinglong Temple, and Zhao Shi is the current person in charge of Qinglong Temple.
So why didn't this group of people go directly to Zhao Shi to interrogate him about the causes and consequences of the demise of Qinglong Temple?
Obviously, their leader should be an old hand. He was afraid that if he directly questioned Zhao Shi, he would not be able to get the answer and the clues would be cut off. So he decided to monitor him secretly to see if he could find out who was behind Zhao Shi.
In fact, they may have already known that this was done by Shuiyue Dongtian, who was recruiting disciples in Longshan County. Now they just want to monitor Zhao Shi and follow the clues to find the location of Shuiyue Dongtian.
In this case, Mu Chunhua will go and meet Zhao Shi tomorrow, and then pretend that she is not keeping it a secret so that they can see it."
After listening to Su Yan's words, Mu Chunhua finally understood Su Yan's idea and couldn't help but smile and said, "If they knew that I am the elder of Shuiyue Cave Heaven, they would surely show up and have a 'talk' with me."
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Longshan County.
A young man with small eyes hurried to a big house in the east of the city and saw a slightly wealthy middle-aged man in the living room.
"Manager Hou, the man from Qinglong Temple has made a move."
"Oh?" The middle-aged man narrowed his eyes and asked, "Where did he go?"
"I went to Fuchun Restaurant and seemed to be waiting for someone."
"Can you keep a close eye on it?"
The young man with small eyes patted his chest and said with a smile: "I am not sure if Manager Hou is worried about my work, so I asked Li Jiu to bring people to watch over it. I know this matter is urgent, so I came to report it to you in person."
Manager Hou knew that this man was clearly trying to take credit, but he did not expose him. Instead, he stood up and said to a tall man standing in the hall, "Han Wei, quickly go and invite Mr. Song over, and call a few capable brothers, and let's go out."
The tall man nodded silently and hurried out.
Seeing this, the young man with small eyes asked, "Manager Hou, we don't even know who that person is meeting yet, is it necessary to ask Elder Song to help?"
In the eyes of this young man, Old Song was a great master of the eighth level of the acquired realm, and just looking at him could make his heart tremble. He asked himself if he were in the position of Manager Hou, he would definitely not easily ask Old Song to help.
Manager Hou glanced at the young man and said, "He Lin, you are quite smart, but sometimes you don't know the importance of things.
If Song Laobai is asked to go, he will indeed be angry. But if we miss this opportunity and the matter in Longshan County continues to drag on, you and I will both be punished by the higher-ups.
If you were given the choice between enduring Elder Song's anger or accepting the punishment from above, which one would you choose?"
He Lin remembered the way the owner of the business punished his subordinates when he heard this. He immediately shuddered and said with a wry smile, "I don't want to be punished."
Manager Hou didn't say anything more to He Lin, but walked out directly.
Sure enough, when they arrived at the front yard, they saw Han Wei walking quickly towards them with a tall, thin old man with a white beard and five men in tight clothes.
Manager Hou immediately went to meet him, smiling and saying, "Mr. Song , thank you for your help."
Elder Song glanced at Manager Hou and said calmly, "It doesn't matter, as long as the matter here can be resolved as soon as possible."
"Mr. Song is right. This is also what we think."
Then Manager Hou began to assign tasks to everyone.
He asked Song Lao, Han Wei and others to hide near Fuchun Restaurant and be ready to take action at any time.
He and He Lin pretended to be members and followers and entered Fuchun Restaurant, found a table behind Zhao Shi and sat down.
The two waited for about a cup of tea , and then a woman in tight clothes and a black gauze hat came in and sat at the table next to Zhao Shi.
Seeing this, Manager Hou couldn't help but sneer secretly.
"You think I can't tell you're talking if you're not sitting at the same table? This is a really clumsy trick. It seems I overestimated this Shuiyue Dongtian guy before."
In order to confirm his guess, Manager Hou winked at He Lin and asked him to go to the other side to monitor Zhao Shi.
He Lin had been working with Manager Hou for several years and was quite smart, so he understood everything with just one look.
He made an excuse to go to the other side to talk to the shopkeeper, and glanced at Zhao Shi out of the corner of his eye. Seeing that Zhao Shi was indeed talking, he nodded to Manager Hou.
Seeing this, Manager Hou made a gesture, signaling He Lin to go out and prepare to follow.
He stayed in the restaurant, eating and drinking while monitoring Zhao Shi and the tight-fitting woman to see if he could observe any other information.
Although Longshan County is a county town in a remote area, due to its geographical location, it has been a transit point for refugees from the northern part of Yunchuan County migrating south in recent years.
Many refugees who arrived here had run out of money and had no choice but to sell their children in order to have a chance of survival.
There are also quite a few orphans who have wandered here and children and teenagers who have lost their parents.
Therefore, in recent years, Longshan County has become a very important source of goods for Jinyun Trading Company.
Originally, they had established a stable supply relationship with Qinglong Temple, but they never expected that when they came here this time, they found that Qinglong Temple had become Shuiyue Villa.
As for the original Qinglong Temple Master and others, they seemed to have disappeared.
Later, after some investigation in Longshan County, they learned that more than two months ago, a group of people who claimed to be disciples of "Shuiyue Dongtian" came to the city, recruited disciples from the refugees, and were then invited to be guests of Qinglong Temple.
As a result, the guest became the host, and Qinglong Temple was renamed Shuiyue Villa soon after.
The main purpose of Manager Hou's trip is to find out the origin of this "Water Moon Cave".
Being able to defeat Qinglong Temple silently means they are definitely not a small and insignificant sect.
But although Manager Hou thought he knew a lot about the martial arts sects in Daliang, it was the first time he heard of the name "Shuiyue Dongtian".
'This Shuiyuedongtian is either a pseudonym or a hidden sect.'
This is Manager Hou’s judgment.
He also specifically asked for Mr. Song's opinion, and Mr. Song thought the same.
Therefore, the reason why he only monitored Zhao Shi in Shuiyue Villa before was, firstly, he was afraid of alerting the enemy and letting the clues be cut off, and secondly, he was afraid of provoking a strong enemy.
After all, Qinglong Temple is just their collaborator, and there is no need for them to provoke a strong enemy for it.
Only after he has figured out the details of Shuiyue Dongtian and determined whether Shuiyue Dongtian can take over Qinglongguan's supply to Jinyun Commercial Bank, or whether it will affect Jinyun Commercial Bank's business in Longshan County, can he decide what to do next.
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Manager Hou was halfway through his meal when he saw the woman in tight clothes paying the bill and leaving, so he followed suit.
After leaving the restaurant, he followed He Lin and Li Jiu in front of him and followed the woman in tight clothes from a distance, while Song Lao, Han Wei and others, following his hint, followed behind him.
In this way, Manager Hou and others followed him out of the city.
When they reached a rugged mountain path, the woman in tight clothes seemed to finally realize that she was being followed. She suddenly leaped back dozens of steps and drew her sword to subdue He Lin who was following in front.
"Tell me! Who are you and why are you following me?!" the tight-fitting woman asked.
Although He Lin also has some kung fu skills, he is only at the fourth level of acquired skills, and focuses more on light skills.
So, when he was restrained, he had no ability to fight back.
Feeling the coldness of the sword, He Lin couldn't help swallowing his saliva, shivering slightly, and argued cunningly: "My lady, I just happened to be walking on this mountain path, how could I be following you?"
"You won't tell the truth? There's no one around, do you believe I can kill you with one sword?!"
As she spoke, the woman in tight clothes pressed the sword slightly, and He Lin felt pain in his neck, and his skin was broken and bleeding.
At this moment, He Lin really thought he was going to be killed. His fear of death took over and he couldn't help but shout, "Manager Hou, help!"
