Chapter 212 Working together
He Shan was extremely disgusted by Long Si's panic-stricken look.

He Shan approached Long Si and whispered, "Long Si, listen to me carefully. The things you robbed from the Pan family have nothing to do with me. Don't talk nonsense in the future, or I will make you wish you were dead!"

After saying that, He Shan was about to leave. Long Si was shocked and hurriedly grabbed He Shan's arm, saying in a hurry: "How can this be? At least half of the things I robbed from the Pan family went into your pocket. Now that you see that things are going badly, you have cleared yourself of all the blame. How can you put all the blame on me alone?"

"Long Si!"

He Shan's eyes turned fierce, and he grabbed Long Si's collar with both hands, saying viciously: "Are you really stupid or just pretending to be stupid? You have been with Li Lao Hu for so many years, how come you don't know any rules? You gave me that money voluntarily, and I didn't ask you to rob the Pan family."

"If I hadn't robbed the Pan family, how could I have so much money to honor you?" Seeing that He Shan wanted to get rid of him, Long Si was immediately furious. He struggled to break free from He Shan's grip and shouted angrily, "You took the benefits, but now you want to push me to death? He Shan, I didn't expect that your heart is even more vicious than mine?"

"Asshole!" He Shan glared and scolded, "If you dare to slander me again, watch out for your head!"

“It doesn’t matter!” At this moment, Long Si had fully demonstrated his “rascal” nature, with a nonchalant and vicious look, sneering, “If we’re going to die, let’s die together. You want me to be a scapegoat? No way!”

He Shan was so angry that he laughed and nodded repeatedly, saying, "Okay, okay, okay! Long Si, I misjudged you. If I had known you were so unreasonable, I should not have allowed you to rob the Pan family. Don't forget that it was you who took the initiative to come to the government to find me and begged me to help you make a comeback. It was not me who found you! Now you are not my scapegoat, but you want me to be your scapegoat!"

"So what?" Long Si snorted and said jokingly, "Anyway, you and I are now on the same boat. We live together and die together. If Liu Xunyi knew that you were also involved in the looting of the Pan family, what do you think would happen to you?"

"I am an official appointed by the imperial court. How dare they..."

"The imperial official is nothing!" Long Si said contemptuously, "So what if he is General Luoyang? If he dares to go against the Xianwang Mansion, won't the whole family die miserably? What's more, you are just a small official from Yingchuan! If Luo Tianjin wants to kill you, it's almost the same as killing me, it's just a side job. Humph!"

"You..." He Shan was shaking with anger, pointing at Long Si repeatedly, but couldn't utter a word for a long time.

"What are you?"

Now that the relationship had fallen out, Long Si no longer cared about He Shan's identity. He turned around and sat back in his chair with a swagger. He picked up an apple, wiped it roughly under his armpits, and started to eat it with a "grunt".

Long Si stared coldly at He Shan, whose face was livid, and sneered, "Sir He, since you have boarded our ship, you must stick together with us, sharing life and death. Otherwise, you come when you see benefits, and run away when something goes wrong. Isn't that too disloyal? You'd better sit down calmly and discuss with me how to deal with Liu Xunyi. After all, this is our territory. He is an outsider 'monk', weak and powerless, and can't make any big waves. It's not difficult for us to deal with him."

"Bah!" He Shan spat angrily, "Who is standing up for you? Stop pretending! I'm not afraid to tell you the truth. This morning I promised Liu Xunyi that I would never interfere in the feud between you two. I came here with good intentions to remind you, but I didn't expect you to be so ungrateful? Well, since you dare to be so unkind, don't blame me for being unjust!"

"What do you want to do?"

"I will send all the gold, silver and money back to the Pan Mansion now." He Shan gritted his teeth and said, "I will say... these are seized from the thieves by the government, and then I will send soldiers to capture you and hand you over to Liu Xunyi for disposal. Then, let's see who Liu Xunyi and the Pan family will believe."

"You want to turn against us?" Long Si's face darkened. He reached out and pulled out the steel knife on the table, pointed it at He Shan, and said angrily, "Do you believe that I will chop you up right now?"

"You dare!" He Shan made up his mind, his face was fearless, his eyes were full of contempt, "If you have the guts, do it. If you dare to kill an official of the imperial court, even if you escape to the ends of the earth, the Khan will tear you into pieces. Long Si, you are not Luo Tianjin, you don't have the ability to escape."

"I kill you……"

"stop!"

Before the furious Long Si could take action, a cold and hoarse voice suddenly sounded from outside the dock.

Under the suspicious gazes of He Shan and Long Si, a thin, hideous-looking middle-aged man slowly walked up to them.

This person was the one who had met Liu Xunyi once before, and was the man behind the scenes who pretended to be "Qin Tianjiu" and did evil and sowed discord in Yingchuan.

However, unlike in the past, this person is not lame at all, but can run and jump very fast.

"Xu... Master Xu... why are you here?" Long Sima exclaimed with surprise.

"If I don't come, you, a fool, will really make a big mistake." The man glanced at Long Si with disdain, then walked to He Shan, who was full of doubts, and personally pushed Long Si's knife away from He Shan, saying with a smile, "Sir He, what you are really afraid of is not Liu Xunyi, but the Xianwang Mansion behind Liu Xunyi. Although you are greedy for money, you are more concerned about your life. If you offend Luo Tianjin, you will only die, so you feel regretful and want to retreat at the last minute, right?"

"Who are you?" He Shan's face darkened when his true intentions were exposed. He asked suspiciously, "I don't seem to know you?"

"I am a nobody. A noble like Lord He certainly doesn't know me." The man smiled faintly and said quietly, "I am Xu Ren. Not long ago, it was me who allowed Long Si to return to Yingchuan."

"So it was you?" He Shan was secretly shocked, but pretended to be calm on the surface and asked, "So, it was you who asked Long Si to curry favor with me?"

"Anyone who doesn't curry favor with Lord He will have trouble taking a single step in Yingchuan." Xu Ren turned to look at Long Si, whose eyes were filled with solemnity, and said with a faint smile, "What's more, Lord He has also gained a lot from this matter. Xu Ren wants to revive the East Lake Gang, and Lord He wants money. You both get what you want, isn't this the best of both worlds?"

He Shan looked Xu Ren up and down and asked, "What benefit do you want?" "Me?" Xu Ren shook his head and smiled, "I just want to help you."

"Do you think I'm a three-year-old child?" He Shan sneered, "You used the idiot Long Si to lure me into the trap, and then used us to persecute the Pan family. What? Do you have a deep hatred with the Pan family?"

"It's not a deep hatred, it's just a small grudge!" Xu Ren smiled and said, "Now that Liu Xunyi wants to help the Pan family, why don't you join hands and dampen his arrogance?"

"What a joke!" He Shan snorted coldly, "It's no big deal to offend Liu Xunyi, but what if it attracts Luo Tianjin..."

"So what if he is attracted?" Before He Shan finished speaking, Xu Ren suddenly interrupted, "You regard him as a god, but I regard him as a commoner."

"You want to kill us?" Long Si suddenly realized and exclaimed, "That's not what you said when you encouraged me to return to Yingchuan..."

"You are targeting Prince Xian's Mansion everywhere? Could it be that... you are from the Qin family in Hexi?" He Shan speculated.

"You don't need to know who I am. You just need to know that the two of you have already made your move and have no choice but to release it." Xu Ren said jokingly, "Even if you want to stop now, I'm afraid the Pan family and Liu Xunyi will not let you go easily."

"Liu Xunyi and I have no grudges against each other, and we even have some friendship, so..."

"Master He is talking about 'Qingchuan Landscape Painting', right?"

Xu Ren smiled slightly, then took out a scroll from his sleeve and handed it to He Shan, saying with a smile: "Master He, why don't you take a look at what this is?"

He Shan opened the scroll with doubt, and a painting of "Qingchuan Landscape" suddenly appeared before his eyes. He Shan was stunned and said in astonishment: "This..."

"This is the original." Xu Ren said with a smile, "Not long after Liu Xunyi gave you this painting, he asked someone to secretly replace it with another one. The one you are hiding at home now and treating as a treasure... is a fake."

"what?"

"Liu Xunyi knew that you were going to present this map to your father-in-law in order to seek a promotion, but he still deliberately set up a trap to harm you. Can Lord He still say that you have no grudge against him?" Xu Ren's eyes sparkled, and he bewitched, "Liu Xunyi never intended to let you go from the beginning. If I hadn't arrived in time, I'm afraid Lord He's bright future... would have been ruined soon."

He Shan's face was uncertain, and he looked like he was gritting his teeth in hatred. He asked gloomily, "Where did you get this map? Did you get it when Long Si robbed Pan's house..."

"No." Xu Ren replied, "I took this picture from Pan Chuba's arms with my own hands."

He Shan's eyes changed and he exclaimed: "Could it be that Mr. Pan Ba ​​is you..."

"Yes." Xu Renfeng smiled calmly, "When I killed him, he was admiring this 'Qingchuan Landscape Painting'. Maybe when people get old, they like to talk to themselves, otherwise I would not know that this painting actually hides such twists and turns."

Long Si suddenly stood up and rushed forward. Before He Shan could react, he had snatched the scroll from He Shan's hand.

He Shan was shocked and asked, "Long Si, what are you doing?"

"Since this picture is so important to Master He, why don't I keep it for you first?" Long Si said with a grim smile, "I will return it to you after this storm is over."

After that, Long Si looked at Xu Ren again and said hesitantly, "Master Xu, I'm sincere to you and I have no doubt about you. But I didn't expect you to use me? Now that things have come to this, how do you plan to end it?"

"Do you want to stop Liu Xunyi from selling out Pan Huai Shipping Merchant?" Xu Ren asked back.

"Of course I do! But..." Long Si changed the subject and said hesitantly, "But I can't even protect myself now, how can I..."

"Don't worry, I've already thought of a way out for you." Xu Ren sneered, "Three days later, I want you to go to Pan's house and make a scene. The more chaotic the scene, the better. It would be best if you can get all the commercial and land deeds signed by Pan Wen. In the future, you can make a fortune in Yingchuan legitimately."

"Get rich? I think it's a funeral?" Long Si said self-deprecatingly, "I've caused so much trouble, the Xianwang Mansion will definitely not let me go."

"The Xianwang Mansion is far away in Luoyang, out of reach. You should temporarily leave Yingchuan after this, and come back to revive your business when everything is calm." Xu Ren sneered, "By then, there will be no Pan family in Yingchuan, and Luo Tianjin will no longer make trouble. What's more, the Xianwang Mansion has a lot of troubles right now, and can't take care of such a small matter in Yingchuan. Your good days... are not far away. As for Lord He, you only need to lead the troops to suppress Long Si when he makes trouble, and by the way, arrest all the people from the Xianwang Mansion and the Pan family, and hand them over to me for disposal."

"Long Si is a man who feeds himself and his whole family is not hungry. But I have a family and a business, how can I just leave?"

"I heard that your father-in-law is going to celebrate his birthday soon. If Lord He leaves for Helin in advance, I don't believe Luo Tianjin will dare to chase you to Mobei and cause trouble for you." Xu Ren said, "Lord He has the 'Qingchuan Landscape Painting' in his hand. He will definitely be promoted to a higher position and be appointed as a general and a marquis in Mongolia. I believe he will never return to Yingchuan in this life. Haha... As I said, the three of us will join forces. Lord He wants power, Long Si wants money, and I want people. As long as we work together, we will succeed immediately and have the best of all three!"

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(End of this chapter)