0p0 Chapter 164
Chapter 164
Ah Shi lowered his head and used scissors to fiddle with the flickering lamp.
"Thanks to the Queen's plea, Tianshui Tower was saved, and my brothers still have somewhere to go..." Bai Yi sighed.
"Brother, is the host really going to be beheaded? We have been poisoned by the thief and are now powerless. If we don't do something, we will really be waiting for death!"
From the moment the imperial edict of conviction came down, the other large families that had business dealings with Tianshui Tower came one after another to terminate their contracts and demand compensation. Because Baili Shun had not been convicted of murdering the third prince a few days ago, those people just waited.
Now that the contents of the imperial edict have been announced to the whole country, they can finally feel relieved and cut ties with Tianshui Tower and the Baili family.
They took this opportunity to demand back three times the financial power they had invested in Tianshui Tower on the grounds of breach of contract, intending to divide it up.
After a few visits, they took away almost half of the things in the building. And this was only a part of the people, as some others did not come.
If all the money is lost, Tianshui Tower will probably be just an empty shell.
"Damn it! They all came to curry favor with me when I was in my prime, begging me to trade with them, but now they come so fast!"
"Hey, Third Brother, look how angry you are. Isn't it normal for everyone to run away when disaster strikes?"
A slender, red-haired man in black clothes spoke slowly.
His long hair swayed slightly behind him as he walked back and forth. When he turned around, two symmetrical black and red teardrop moles under his charming eyes were very eye-catching. He was a scoundrel who never followed the rules and acted like a little ruffian. Even in the critical situation, he still did not change his frivolous behavior.
"Old Five, you appear and disappear every day. We haven't seen each other for a few years. Now when you come out, you only say nasty things?"
"Okay, okay~ Then I will say something useful. Third brother, you have always been steady and shrewd. Tell me, it's useless for us to just wait now, or..." The charming red-haired man drew out the long sword from his waist and stood on the ground. The crisp sound of the sword attracted everyone's attention.
"How about we find a way to detoxify and recover our strength, rob the death row together, take the owner somewhere else, and start a new sect?"
"This is treason! Not to mention how powerful Luo Yingtian, who is supervising the execution, is. Even if we really escape, what will happen to Tianshui Tower?"
Lao Wu's fingers gripping the hilt of the sword loosened slightly. He also understood that Tianshui Tower was of great significance to Baili Shun, and the enthusiasm that had just been ignited dissipated in an instant.
However, there were still people who supported Lao Wu's words, and after a few words, several people started arguing.
Bai Yiting, who had been standing silently on the second floor, felt a severe headache. He was about to shout "shut up" when everyone heard frantic knocking on the door.
"That's great!" Lao Wu rubbed his brows, "Someone's here to ask for money again!"
After the door opened, it was indeed those shopkeepers who wanted to terminate the contract. They rushed in all at once and started scolding Bai Yi, who was the leader.
Bai Yi was furious, but he forced himself to stop his brothers who were about to take action.
"This is our stone material contract, which is for a period of three years. Now that Baili Shun is about to die, it will be invalidated. The thirty thousand taels of spiritual stones that I invested will be repaid to me three times!"
The man showed the paper with the Tianshui Tower seal to Bai Yi and the others, then threw it to the ground and started shouting with everyone.
"And there is also 40,000 taels from our Zhonghui Lingshi Shop!"
"And ours too!"
Ah Qi gritted his teeth and smiled apologetically, "Everyone wait a moment, we will be back later..."
The shopkeeper of Zhonghui sneered and pushed Ah Qi away, saying, "Later? What qualifications do you have to ask us to wait?"
He became angry when he thought about how he had humbled himself and tried to please Baili Shun and his subordinates a few months ago in order to trade with Tianshui Tower, and how Baili Shun fell from power a few months later and he lost money instead of making any profit.
"It's useless for you to regret. We only want to get back our money. If you dare to attack us, we will not be pushovers. We will report you to the Protector of the Nation Mage Luo and make sure you pay for it! Pay the money!"
Bai Yi and his men were extremely helpless and had to take the contracts handed over by the shopkeepers and go to the warehouse to withdraw money. The shopkeepers became more confident when they saw that Bai Yi, who had always been tough, had softened his attitude.
Amidst the noise, no one noticed that outside the open door, there were a few people in strange attire casually looking at the luxurious decoration inside the Tianshui Building.
Each of them was wearing a black robe and a mask, so their true faces could not be seen. Their behavior of hiding their faces seemed low-key, but their actions of peeking and sneaking at the door were very conspicuous.
When Bai Yi returned, he noticed something strange, and in an instant he saw a person outside the door teleporting and rushing in as if there was no one there.
"Who are you?" As soon as Bai finished speaking, everyone who was counting the spirit stones stopped what they were doing and looked at the man in black robe who had pounced on the pillar and was holding it and touching it.
The voice behind the mask was muffled, and one could vaguely tell that the other party was a young woman.
"Wow! It's white marble! The entire pillar is carved with flowers and birds, and is inlaid with gold flower pieces!"
"She's right. Tianshui Tower is indeed rich. We're going to be rich!"
When they heard the familiar sweet voice, Qi and Shi were both startled.
This sound is a bit like...
"Don't act like an inexperienced person. Learn from your senior brother... Hey? Fufeng? Where are you going?"
The hunched old man in black robe looked around, and the young man who was beside him just now appeared next to Ah Qi without him knowing.
He first carefully looked at the contract he had picked up from the ground, and then looked at the spirit stones piled up like a mountain on the table, marveling at them.
"Are you dividing the spoils or the family?"
This voice was so familiar that Ah Qi frowned so hard that it seemed like he could pinch a fly to death.
He looked at him with disgust and said without thinking: "What are the people from the Gu Yao Sect doing here?"
Ah Qi's face was full of alertness. He still remembered the fight that night. He was also aware of the strength of the people in front of him. At this moment, they came uninvited and didn't know whether they were enemies or friends. If they were enemies, and their brothers were still poisoned, they were afraid...
Thinking that they had been recognized anyway, there was no need to wrap themselves up so tightly, Wu Zhiyun took the lead in tearing off the black robe and mask.
Aguzhu smiled and put her hands on her waist, the silver ornaments on her body jingling, "Now everything in this building cannot be moved! The person in charge is here!"
"Don't mess around, girl! What on earth are you doing here?" Ah Qi pulled Aguzhu and pulled out a piece of purple high-quality spiritual stone that was secretly hidden in her pocket. "Don't take what you shouldn't take!" Ah Qi frowned and looked at her.
"Stingy asshole! We came all the way here to help you, and you're not even willing to give us a dollar as compensation!"
"What?" Ah Qi was stunned. "You... come to help us?"
"Oh, I am here with my disciples to take a look around at the request of Miss Ruojin. My Ruojin, from what the boy Ji Yun who led the way said, is the wife of your landlord. So we can be considered half of her family, right?"