Chapter 252 Kobayakawa's Ambition
In response to Quan Rongcheng's question, Kobayakawa Takahide introduced:
"Although Mori Hui is a kendo genius, the reason why she is so young and has such high martial arts skills, even her father and the elders combined are no match for her, is because her family gave her a secret medicine called Ziyun Pills!"

"This drug can greatly stimulate the human body's potential, allowing the user's martial arts to improve rapidly, but it also has great side effects. Users often do not live past the age of 25..."

Without waiting for Kobayakawa Takahide to finish, Quan Rongcheng, who was furious, slammed the table, grabbed Kobayakawa Takahide by the collar and cursed viciously:
"Assholes, how dare you use this thing on Mori Hui!"

In front of Quan Rongcheng's tall figure, the grabbed Kobayakawa Longxiu looked much smaller, but she easily got rid of Quan Rongcheng's attack with a flip of her wrist, and said coldly:
"Quan Rongcheng, calm down and listen to what I have to say!"

"The effect of Ziyun Pills is reversible. As long as the user is willing to disperse his energy, take our family's secret medicine, and use special methods to endure the pain, there is a certain chance that the side effects of Ziyun Pills on the body can be eliminated!"

Quan Rongcheng didn't say anything when he heard this, but his eyes full of murderous intent were always staring at Kobayakawa Takahide.

Kobayakawa Takahide ignored Quan Rongcheng's gaze, smoothed his hair and said calmly:

"If you promise to help me this time, I will help her get rid of the side effects of Ziyun Pills when we find Mori Hui. Mori Hui is already twenty years old this year, and you should know that she doesn't have much time left..."

After another silence, Quan Rongcheng, who was worried about Mori Hui's safety, was finally forced to compromise. He looked at Kobayakawa Takahide and said bitterly:
"I want you to swear on the family honor of your mother's family, the Muto family, that what you said is true!"

When Kobayakawa Ryuhide heard this, anger appeared on her beautiful face. Looking at Quan Rongcheng's firm attitude, she gritted her teeth and said in a deep voice:
"I swear on the honor of the Muto family that what I just said is true. If it is a lie, I, Kobayakawa Takahide, will die under the swords and will never be able to return to the arms of Amaterasu!"

Seeing that Kobayakawa Takahide, a vicious woman, took the oath so seriously, Quan Rongcheng also let down his guard, hesitated for a moment and said:
"How do you want to help you? I've made you look ugly before, so don't go too far!"

"Don't worry, I won't make things difficult for you!"

After saying this, Kobayakawa Takahide took out a piece of paper from his wide sleeves, handed it to Quan Rongcheng and continued:

"I want you to help me check the current situation of this Quan Dongtai Company and its seven branches in Gongdu..."

After taking the paper, Quan Rongcheng glanced at the store addresses listed on the paper, a trace of doubt flashed across his eyes, and then he asked Kobayakawa Takahide with suspicion:

"Your own men are so capable, why did you leave this matter to me?"

As if he had anticipated Quan Rongcheng's question, Kobayakawa Takahide shook his head and said:

"Do you know why I almost fell into the hands of the Inspectorate this time?"

Upon hearing this, Quan Rongcheng immediately became interested and asked:
"Why?" Although he was disgusted by the vicious and cruel Kobayakawa Takahide, Quan Rongcheng still knew that this beautiful woman who was born in the Muto family, married into the Kobayakawa family and became the president of the Black Dragon Society was not an ordinary person.

This was not the first time that the Inspectorate had taken action against her, but they had never been able to touch even a hair of hers!
Quan Rongcheng was really curious about what caused the always conceited Kobayakawa Takahide to fall so hard this time...
"My subordinate Shirakawa Ichiro was bribed by that old man Sato Kaga..." With a hint of murderous intent in his beautiful eyes, Kobayakawa Takahide said in a deep voice:

"What does your subordinate being bribed by Sato Kaga have to do with the Supervisory Department... No, you mean to say that Sato Kaga has defected to Shen Jianzhong?" Quan Rongcheng, realizing the seriousness of the matter, said in great shock:
Kobayakawa Takahide shook his head and said in a deep voice:

"It's not like he's surrendering to me. This old man Sato Kaga has always wanted to please both sides and maximize his own interests. He wants to completely control the Black Dragon Society in his hands. The local side saw through this and sent me here to replace him."

"After the old man killed Master Maeda Mitsunari, he has been trying to eliminate dissidents and kill me. This time, he must have wanted to kill someone with a borrowed knife and use the Inspectorate to get rid of me, so he revealed my whereabouts to the Inspectorate."

"The matter I want you to investigate is extremely secretive. It concerns my life and death. Although I have other men who can investigate, the old man has deep roots in the Black Dragon Society. If he can bribe Shirakawa Ichiro, he can bribe others. So it is no longer safe to use my people to investigate this matter..."

At this point, Kobayakawa Takahide glanced at Quan Rongcheng, who was worried, and said earnestly:

"Quan Rongcheng, if you help me now, you are helping yourself. Sato Kaga has been secretly disobeying orders from the mainland over the years. What he wants is to maintain the status quo, dominate the Black Dragon Society, and make the Black Dragon Society the private property of his Sato family. He will not help the people of Gongdu to restore their country!"

"To Sato Kaga, you are nothing but a bargaining chip. He uses it to negotiate with Shen Jianzhong. As long as Shen Jianzhong gives enough benefits, he can give you to Shen Jianzhong at any time!"

“I am the only one willing to use the power of the Black Dragon Society to help you restore your country! We need you to ignite the flames of war in the surrounding borders and exhaust the last bit of energy of this ancient empire…”

Kobayakawa Takahide's words were very insightful, and made Quan Rongcheng's eyes firm. He nodded and said:
"I know what to do!"

Seeing that Quan Rongcheng finally agreed to his conditions after his encouragement, Kobayakawa Takahide secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and the big stone in his heart finally fell to the ground.

Quan Rongcheng and the Quan family he represents are the hereditary nobles of Gongdu, and are also staunch supporters of Li Xuanchang, the prince of Gongdu who is in exile in Japan.

Throughout the entire Gongdu State, the Quan family has many students and former officials, and possesses great influence and appeal. Under Li Xuanchang's secret order, in order to preserve its strength, the Quan family defected to the Great Zhou court.

In order to better control the palace capital and stabilize the situation in the palace capital as soon as possible, the Zhou court, which was in trouble both internally and externally, also relied heavily on these palace capital nobles. This made the influence of palace capital nobles like the Quan family continue to increase.

Now with Quan Rongcheng's help, her revenge plan of Kobayakawa Takahide will be even more perfect!
Shen Jianzhong! Sato Kaga! Wait for my revenge!
(End of this chapter)