Hu Gao sat bored in the magnificent lobby of the Zhou family.
The well-behaved Zhou family maid made Hu Gao cup after cup of tea, and the fruit plate at hand was changed twice.
On the way here, Hu Gao had already heard Zhou Jian give a general introduction to the Zhou family's situation.
The Zhou family, like the Zhang family, is a merchant family that started out as a trader.
Although the Zhou family is superior to the Zhang family in terms of combat power, they are suppressed by the Zhang family in business and have been Xiaoling City's second-largest business for hundreds of years.
For generations, the Zhou family has been thinking about how to kill the Zhang family and let the Zhou family monopolize all the trade interests of Xiaoling City; and the Zhang family has been committed to suppressing the Zhou family for generations, and they can't wait to drive the Zhou family out of Xiaoling City completely; As a result, the two families had irreconcilable conflicts.
After entering Zhou's house, Zhou Jian said he was going to report to the head of the house, but he disappeared as soon as he left.
Judging from this long time, Zhou Jian and the head of the Zhou family should have had a long conversation first.
"The head of the Zhou family is very cautious this time."
Before he saw the head of the Zhou family, Hu Gao had his first impression of the head of the Zhou family.
When Hu Gao finished his fourth plate of preserved fruits, the head of the Zhou family, dressed in fine clothes, arrived belatedly.
Hu Gao originally disliked overly gorgeous and formal clothing, because such clothing was often too bulky and not as loose as it seemed.
It was quite restrictive when moving the limbs, which was not conducive to dealing with sudden changes or battles.
But the gorgeous clothes worn by the head of the Zhou family in front of him obviously cannot be judged by common sense.
Many details of this Chinese costume have been specially processed that Hu Gao cannot understand.
It seems to have some kind of shrinkage effect.
You don't need to think carefully to know that this is a modification specially made by the Zhou family to deal with the disadvantages of the Chinese costume.
The strength of the head of the Zhou family is similar to that of Zhou Jian, both of them are at the intermediate level of the body.
This gave Hu Gao a general understanding of the combat power level of Xiaoling City.
In Ningcheng, the head of every big family is a high-level Tongti Realm powerhouse.
In addition, there are more or less several high-level Tongti Realm elders.
And the head of the Zhou family is only at the middle level of the body, and Zhou Jian is the captain of the Zhou family's bodyguard, with the same strength.
Hu Gao can boldly speculate that the combat power of Xiaoling City is much lower than that of Ningcheng.
Several grades, at least in terms of high-end combat power, are far inferior to Ning Cheng.
"I have kept you waiting for a long time, young friend from the outer city."
The head of the Zhou family showed no trace of embarrassment on his face.
He smiled kindly, waved all the maids on the side to leave, and then sat at the top of the table.
"The Zhou family's hospitality is quite special."
Since the head of the Zhou family loves to laugh, Hu Gao laughs with him, and smiles brighter than him.
"It doesn't hurt to wait a little longer, doesn't it?
Anyway, your purpose is just to connect with a big boss in Xiaoling City, so there is no rush for this moment."
Hu Gao was shocked when he heard the head of the Zhou family reveal his purpose, but there was no expression on his face.
He pretended to be confused: "What does the head of the Zhou family mean?
I'm still young and can't quite understand."
"You deliberately provoked the Zhang family and made things uproar.
You could easily defeat the Zhang family's guards but didn't take action.
Aren't you just waiting for other big families to be unable to restrain themselves and take the initiative to rescue you, and then reach a cooperative relationship with you?
"The head of the Zhou family calmly exposed Hu Gao's conspiracy. , the smile on his face did not diminish at all, "I have to say that you are very smart.
You saw the stalemate between the major families in Xiaoling City, so you took the initiative to jump out and be the weight to break the balance.
Even if you knew that you You want to take advantage of us, but we have to take your bait."
"Your reasoning is wonderful, but why should I do this?"
Hu Gao's expression remained unchanged and he continued to pretend to be confused.
"You came from the outer city and entered Xiaoling City alone, either to find someone or seek revenge, or to obtain some supplies you need.
You killed the sixth young master of the Zhang family, so you should have a lot of gold coins on hand, but you don't.
Leaving as soon as possible proves that what you need is something that cannot be bought with gold coins in Xiaoling City, that is, the elixirs, Yuanjue, weapons, and armors that major families have reserved as important materials."
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Hu Gao was really shocked now The head of the Zhou family seemed to be able to see through his thoughts and actually analyzed his motives completely.
Hu Gao suddenly felt that the strength of the head of the Zhou family might not be as good as those of the other heads in Ningcheng, but in terms of difficulty, he might be the opposite. to be better "Did I say anything wrong?"
The head of the Zhou family asked Hu Gao even though he knew he was right.
This kind of question is not a provocation, but a psychological game technique.
Fortunately, the time traveler Hu Gao always believed that "the time traveler is the protagonist" and did not follow the Zhou family's lead.
He quickly recovered from the shock and smiled calmly: "I am very curious.
Is there anyone in the Zhou family who is as smart as you?"
Why is the head of the family still suppressed by the Zhang family?"
"Young man, you are a smart person, and Xiaoling City is not all stupid.
Although I am not stupid, the head of the Zhang family is not stupid either.
I have to admit that in some aspects, he is smarter than me.
The sixth young master of the Zhang family is the son of the head of the Zhang family, so it is normal for him to be pampered.
Don't underestimate him because of this," the head of the Zhou family reminded kindly.
"Since you think you are not as smart as him, do you have any way to defeat the Zhang family now?"
"Of course, it means taking it by force."
The eyes of the head of the Zhou family suddenly bloomed with a dazzling light, "Zhang Kuo, the number one master of the Zhang family, has gone to the Longjia Mountains, but there are not many guards in the Zhang family.
Even if Zhang Kuo Without Kuo, we can't guarantee that we can wipe out all the Zhang family in a short time.
Now you have become the straw that breaks the camel's back."
"My benefit."
Hu Gao was too lazy to continue talking nonsense with the head of the Zhou family.
Smart people talk to smart people, and it's just unnecessary to go around.
"In the Zhang family's treasury, there are elixirs, Yuanjue, weapons, and armors.
We are divided into two for you and eight for me."
The conditions offered by the head of the Zhou family are really generous.
In this battle, the Zhou family will use all their strength, and Hu Gao only has one person.
The head of the Zhou family is willing to give Hu Gao 20%, which is not ungenerous.
"I don't need Yuan Jue.
I'll take one weapon and one piece of armor each.
All the elixirs belong to me," Hu Gao Shitai said.
Generally speaking, a family must have the largest reserve of elixirs.
Hu Gao gave up the three parts of Yuan Jue, weapons, and armor.
As long as he only had elixirs, he actually took almost half of the total value of the Zhang family's treasury.
The head of the Zhou family was shocked by Hu Gao's unflattering counter-offer.
He was silent for almost a stick of incense before taking a deep look at Hu Gao: "Young man, you have a big appetite.
In this case, we will give it to you again."
How about turning it up a little bit?”
"I'd like to hear the details."
Hu Gao crossed his legs comfortably, with an expression like "I'm listening, you can talk now."
The head of the Zhou family selectively ignored Hu Gao's actions and continued: "Before launching the attack on the Zhang family, I will secretly send emissaries to the other three major families to inform them of the attack on the Zhang family.
With such a big movement, they will definitely Mobilize elite forces to come and see if there is anything to gain.
When the time comes, Zhou Jian and I will pretend that you have taken away all the treasures and attack you.
Don't worry, this is just a show and we won't use much force. ” "Then I pretend to be injured and run away, and let people from other families who are interested in making money chase me.
Then you find a place to set up a circle.
After I run around with the people from other families, I rush out as planned.
Enter the encirclement you have set up so that you can catch them all in one fell swoop."
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Hu Gao completed the rest for the head of the Zhou family.
"You are indeed a smart man, and you understood my plan without me explaining it in detail."
The head of the Zhou family smiled even brighter, "After we return to Xiaoling City and eliminate the remaining power of the other three major families, their family's treasure trove will All the elixirs are yours."
Hu Gao took a breath and once again looked at the harmless-looking head of the Zhou family: "The head of the Zhou family said that I have a big appetite, but your appetite is much bigger than mine.
I just want wealth.
What are you doing?"
We must completely exterminate them all.”
"Little brother, you are not from Xiaoling City, do you care about their life and death?"
The head of the Zhou family had changed his title to Hu Gao as "little brother", and the closeness was self-evident.
After thinking about it, Hu Gao repeatedly calculated the limits of his abilities and all the unexpected possibilities in his mind.
After much hesitation, he still felt that this plan was beyond his control.
Hu Gao was about to refuse, but suddenly his heart moved, and the refusal he was about to say immediately turned into "Time for action."
"Tonight."
"Then I'll leave first."
Hu Gao stood up.
Before setting off, he still had to make some preparations.
"Let me take you out."
The head of the Zhou family seemed to have seen the day when the Zhou family successfully rose to prominence, with a bright smile on his face.
The two looked at each other, full of cooperation, sincerity and friendliness.
But in fact, the two of them sneered in their hearts: "Old man, don't think that I don't know what you are thinking and want to plot against me."
A large black-headed eagle stood quietly on the top of a locust tree a mile away from Zhou's house for half a day.
Its sharp eagle eyes penetrated the long distance and memorized all the lip shapes of the two people talking in the lobby of Zhou's house.
Changes, it was not until Hu Gao walked out of the Zhou family gate that the black-headed eagle spread its wings and flew high, heading straight for the City Lord's Mansion, the tallest building in the center of Xiaoling City.
All the information based on lip reading analysis was delivered to the owner of the jade hand that shone with charming brilliance in some way unknown to outsiders.
Another equally flawless jade hand gently stroked the blade-like wings of the black-headed eagle.
A cold, noble, slightly lazy voice sounded again in the empty city lord's mansion.
"You ambitious person, by concentrating all the family's resources, can you have the courage to challenge the city lord's palace?
If you underestimate the fox's cunning, you will fall short of your success
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