Martial arts mastery? But I'm just a spoiled brat!

As the power center of Shanxi Province, the Governor's Mansion served as the office for all political figures in the province.

Now that Yan Fengqi is no longer here, Zhao Mobai is the current top leader of Shanxi Province.

The arrival of the Japanese left Zhao Mobai somewhat at a loss as to how to handle the situation.

In the past, Zhao Mobai might have followed Yan Fengqi's usual approach, maintaining an ambiguous relationship with Japan, but without letting the other party gain any advantage.

But things are different now. On the one hand, Yan Fengqi, as the highest-ranking official, seems to have changed his attitude.

Yan Fengqi had not made any statement regarding the documents that Japan had sent last time. As the person who knew Yan Fengqi best, Zhao Mobai could naturally sense the change in Yan Fengqi's attitude, but he had not yet figured out the specific reasons behind it.

On the other hand, it's due to the changing situation.

In fact, it wasn't just the Cao family that coveted Shanxi Province; many warlord forces in the south also attempted to unite and annex Shanxi Province. Otherwise, Yan Fengqi wouldn't have risked personally leading his troops south.

Now Yan Fengqi seems to be tied down and unable to free up his hands, so under this extremely delicate situation, every decision Zhao Mobai makes could change the entire situation, which makes it impossible for him not to be cautious.

If other forces were to come to negotiate, Zhao Mobai wouldn't be so conflicted. As long as the current predicament could be resolved, he would be willing to give up some benefits.

But now it's the Japanese who have come, which makes Zhao Mobai wary.

These Japanese people may speak sweet words, but everyone knows they have treacherous intentions, and no one knows how much of their promises are true.

At this moment, Zhao Mobai sat in the reception room with a frown, and in front of him was a short man wearing a suit.

The man held a cane; although short in stature, he had an arrogant and haughty demeanor.

"How about it, Director Zhao? We don't ask for much. Just hand over a few mines to our empire and set aside some land for us to build factories, and we will take the initiative to help you resolve this crisis."

At this moment, he was speaking to Zhao Mobai in fluent Chinese.

"This is no small matter. I do not have the authority to agree to this. I need to wait for Governor Yan to return before I can make a decision."

Zhao Mobai first shook his head in refusal, and then proposed another compromise:

"Mr. Xiao Quan, how about this: we postpone the time until Governor Yan returns, and then let him decide on the location of the mine and your factory."

This is actually a common tactic used by Yan Fengqi.

First, let these Japanese people restrain other forces, while Zhao Mobai himself spoke very vaguely.

He seemed to have agreed to provide the other party with mineral resources and land for them to build a factory, but in reality, he never actually used the word "agree" in any of his words.

Anyway, as long as Yan Fengqi comes back, we can just deny it. At worst, he'll be punished. Besides, this kind of charade isn't the first time we've done it.

"We can wait, but the Cao family won't. If your Shanxi province doesn't agree, we don't mind waiting until the Cao family occupies Shanxi province before we talk to them about the mines and factory construction."

However, it was clear that this Mr. Little Dog was not so easily fooled. Without Zhao Mobai's explicit agreement, he directly began to threaten him.

Upon hearing this, Zhao Mobai couldn't help but frown. These Japanese people were clearly taking advantage of the fact that Shanxi Province was now in dire straits, which was why they were so fearless.

However, just as he was about to use the pretext of discussion to stall for time, a voice sounded outside the conference room door:

"Hahahaha~~ Didn't you go to the Cao family first, and then come to our Shanxi Province?"

As the voices began to speak, the conference room door was pushed open.

Everyone turned their heads at the same time and saw a beautiful woman enter the conference room first and pull out the seat in the center of the conference room.

The man following the woman squinted, a smile playing on his lips, and then plopped down in the main seat.

"Pat-pat~"

After Yan Qing sat down, he immediately raised his feet and placed them on the large solid wood table in the conference room. He glanced sideways at the Japanese people and said again:

"I bet you didn't get any good out of the Cao family, maybe you didn't even get to see Cao Kun."

Yan Qing already controlled the Yan family's intelligence department, and in those years of warlord chaos, he had an extremely thorough understanding of the personalities of the warlord leaders in the surrounding area.

Although these warlords were constantly thinking about annexing the surrounding warlord forces, their fundamental purpose was to strengthen their own power and then resist foreign invasion.

Yan Qing may have looked down on Cao Kun's character, but he never doubted that the other party would really be willing to be a puppet of these foreigners.

Especially now that Cao Kun still occupies the capital of the Celestial Empire, at this critical juncture, whether for his own integrity or for the sake of his reputation, he will certainly not cooperate with these treacherous Japanese.

"Yan Qing, the third young master of the Yan family?"

The puppy clearly knew about Yan Qing; although it asked a question, its tone actually confirmed Yan Qing's identity.

"Yes, it's me!"

Yan Qing didn't care about having his identity exposed. He swung his feet on the table and casually admitted it.

"Can you make this decision? You should know that if Shanxi Province falls, others may be fine, but your Yan family will definitely not have a good ending."

The puppy stared intently at Yan Qing, its face no longer showing the relaxed and confident demeanor it had when facing Zhao Mobai.

"We can make that decision. Whether the Yan family has a good ending or not is irrelevant, but the Yan family must never be traitors!"

As Yan Qing spoke, he looked up at Lan Yue beside him.

Lan Yue took out a document and handed it to Zhao Mobai.

"Young Master Yan Qing can now make all military and political decisions in Shanxi Province."

Zhao Mobai saw that the document bore Yan Fengqi's familiar handwriting and seal, and immediately spoke up.

"Heh... I never thought that the third young master of the Yan family, such a lecherous playboy, could talk about patriotism."

The little dog wore a cold smile. He had stopped pretending and looked at Yan Qing with a gloomy expression, his eyes full of resentment.

In fact, Yan Qing guessed wrong. They had never even contacted the Cao family. Contacting the Cao family would at most be icing on the cake, but they wouldn't get much benefit. Coming directly to Shanxi Province was a different story.

Taking advantage of this critical moment to threaten them not only gets them a share of the spoils, but they might also get a huge chunk of flesh from them, and could even station troops directly in Shanxi Province.

That would be exactly what they want.

"What's wrong?"

Upon hearing Xiao Quan's words, Yan Qing removed her feet from the conference table, her smile vanished, and she slowly stood up, leaning forward. She stared intently at Xiao Quan and spoke, word by word:

"Can't a lecherous playboy be patriotic?"

At this moment, Yan Qing's lazy demeanor had completely disappeared.

His entire demeanor was like that of a tiger about to pounce on its prey; his body was tense, and his eyes were fixed on the puppy without a trace of emotion.

The little dog felt uneasy under Yan Qing's gaze. Looking into Yan Qing's emotionless, downcast eyes, it felt as if it would be torn apart by this ferocious tiger if it said the wrong thing. Cold sweat trickled down the back of its neck to its heart.

"Let's go!"

Swallowing hard, the little dog waved his hand, stood up, and led his men straight out.

But as he reached the door, he didn't forget to turn back and leave a message:

"I hope you won't regret it!"

After saying that, the puppy quickly left with his people.

"Send word out about what happened today, then have someone follow them until they leave Jin Province..."

Watching the group leave, Yan Qing began to give instructions. As he finished speaking, he waved his hand, a flash of murderous intent appearing in his eyes.

"yes!!"

Wanxing and Lanyue both nodded in agreement.

"Contact the military forces within the country and, at any cost, have someone capture Yan Qing..."

At the same time, Koinu, who had just stepped out of the governor's mansion, whispered instructions in Japanese, his eyes filled with murderous intent.

What they thought would be a sure thing turned out to be ruined by a spoiled brat they had never taken seriously.

Therefore, Yan Qing must die!