It's the cyber age now, and you're still playing traditional villains?

Dongfang Xiao didn't know what to say.

It’s true that we hope they leave soon, but are you also overlooking something?

Didn't you say you would give me a special lesson on weapons? No one remembered, right?

But in this situation, she didn't dare to speak up, otherwise, she might be used as a teaching aid...

"Can you let me sort out the lecture?"

Fortunately, the bad mistress hadn't really forgotten. She looked at her and asked calmly, "I just came to the main city, and some of the previous information was not complete."

"...Then I'll have to trouble Madam Jiang."

The little queen raised her eyebrows, surprised that she still remembered it, and unconsciously felt a little happy.

Finally, for the first time, she had some good feelings towards this bad master's wife.

……

"You are really something. Do you think it's so fun to bully little girls?"

On the way back, Xie Qingyan couldn't help but tease, "I think she's about to cry."

"It's not my problem."

Xu Shiman didn't care and spread his hands. "She chose her own path. I told her everything before I made the deal with her. So now, no matter what happens, she shouldn't think about running away."

The price of making a deal with the devil is very high, and this is just the beginning.

"Hey, you're still a gentleman?"

The bitch laughed in silence, but she also knew that what Xu Shi said was actually correct.

"No way, I'm obviously a very bad villain."

Xu Shi shook his head. He was probably the only one in the world who would acknowledge such an identity.

"But then again, we don't seem to have seen the Duke of Ancient Sword?"

Jiang Chengcheng discovered the blind spot. "Based on his previous performance, he is the one who is in power in this empire...Now that you are doing more and more outrageous things, he has no reaction at all?"

"…I don't know what he thinks exactly, but it's a good thing that he doesn't care."

Xu Shi pondered for a moment and said.

In fact, he had noticed this problem early on. After all, he had promised Dongfang Xiao that he would not only deal with the Holy See, but also his good brother... and the fact was just as the eldest lady said. Faced with such a situation, Cheng Gujian became dispirited?

This is actually very unreasonable. Even if I am using the method of boiling a frog in warm water and testing his bottom line step by step, is his tolerance so good?

He never thought that the previous private transaction alone could completely stabilize the other party, but the other party seemed to have really fallen for his trick. Not only did they acquiesce to these new reforms, but now they even stopped monitoring him?

There must be something wrong when things are out of the ordinary...but for the moment he really couldn't figure out what the other party was up to.

But he was not too worried, as he currently only had two pieces of debris in the Hualan Empire, one was Silver Pine Island and the other was the Cat Cult.

He has made backup plans for both sides, so Cheng Gujian probably wouldn't dare to act rashly. Even if any unexpected situation really arises, he will be able to handle it.

After thinking it over, he could only temporarily attribute all this to the fact that the two parties were in the honeymoon period of jointly destroying the Holy See. At this time, Cheng Gujian would certainly not engage in any internal strife. At his level, he would not do such a stupid thing.

As for deeper things, I can only go back and think about it carefully to see if there is anything I missed.

Speaking of the Holy See, Xu Shi was not too worried either - he knew what the other party had done recently, such as increasing relief benefits and so on, but let alone him, the Holy See itself knew that this was just a means of mending the stable door after the horse has bolted, and naturally would not be foolish enough to think that it could get back on track with this alone.

What really made him not worried at all was the technology and weapons in his hands.

These things will never flow to the Vatican anyway. As long as this blockade is in place, the gap between the royal family and the Vatican will become wider and wider. When everything is truly laid out, it will be clear who is swimming naked.

"But you still need to be more careful recently, and the combat team secretly deployed around you must also add manpower."

Thinking of this, he immediately warned, "Who knows if those guys will do something desperate."

This bad guy himself is a person who likes to play tricks, so naturally he would not miss the possibility that the Holy See would use shady tricks.

Thinking about it this way, he was actually a little careless today. None of the three people had high combat power, yet they just came here so arrogantly... Jiang Chengcheng is completely incapable of fighting, and with the level of him and Xie Qingyan, if the other party really wanted to go all out, it would be difficult to deal with them.

"So next time, can you invite Wuyou to come visit the little queen?"

Jiang Chengcheng smiled.

"It's not impossible."

Xu Shi shrugged his shoulders. It would not be a bad thing to let the cheap disciple see her as a true senior. At the same time, he could also understand the diversity of the species of the master's wife.

"And you still say you're not bullying others, huh?"

"Don't slander someone's innocence out of thin air..."

As they were chatting and laughing, the carriage arrived near the mansion.

However, I could sense from a distance that there were a few people standing at the door.

Specifically, there are three.

The two sisters Feng and Ling, and Lu Baiyan.

Oh? Squinty eyes again?

And they are talking about something now.

Xu Shi did not go over, but let the carriage stop here, and used his powerful mental power to eavesdrop remotely.

"Miss Ling, may I ask when your master will be back? I have something...I want to talk to him about."

It’s so annoying... These days, the previous chapters are put in the blacklist every day, which makes me feel upset.

I originally planned to take a day off today, but now I think I should update it. Alas, I am such a hard-working person.

By the way, 269 probably won't come out, that's it.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 278 Just wait for the traitor’s revenge!

2023-09-29

Of course Lu Baiyan came to find Xu Shi, but unfortunately when he came, Xu Shi had left home and went to the dock, so the two of them just missed each other.

It's not the right time.

However, this man with squinting eyes was very patient and waited for a long time in Xu Shi's house... But as everyone knows, Boss Xu went to the palace later, and private teaching usually takes a long time, so until Lu Baiyan drank a cup of tea from green to colorless, he still didn't see him come back.

No matter how patient he was, he couldn't sit still any longer, so he had to go home in disappointment and come back another day.

As soon as he went out, he met the two sisters Feng and Ling who had just returned home from playing outside.

Since he was already here, Mimiyan decided to have a conversation with her. At least he could ask her to pass on a message to her master. This trip was not in vain.

"Ms. Ling, Ms. Feng, my name is Lu Baiyan."

So he took the initiative to step forward and greeted him, "Excuse me, when will the master be back? I have something...I want to talk to him about."

“…It’s you.”

Although not as attentive as her own master, Pan Ling still remembered the narrowed eyes, "Hello."

"So the master is not at home now?"

When the silly disciple heard him say this, he was stunned for a moment.

"Then I guess he went to the palace... I can't tell when he will come back."

But she quickly recovered and responded with a smile, "I will tell Master about your visit. Of course, if you are willing to stay for dinner, that's no problem either."

"I won't eat anymore, Miss Lao Ling."

Lu Baiyan nodded. His current situation in the Holy See was already average. It was already the limit for him to wait so long to come and see Xu Shi. If he really had dinner with Xu Shi and drank, regardless of whether the other party was there or not, he would be completely finished if the news got out.

"You're welcome, it's easy."

Pan Ling nodded slightly, but then changed the subject and said, "But I have to confirm one thing first. You are here on your own behalf, not as a lobbyist for the Holy See, right?"

"…Which type do you think I am, Ms. Ling?"

Lu Baiyan was about to leave, but after hearing this, he became a little interested and couldn't help but ask back.

"If it's the former, I advise you to be prepared for failure."

Pan Ling answered the question irrelevantly and said leisurely, "You don't have to come here again. Although the master is not here, I can still do this."

"So the master must... hold on to it?"

Lu Baiyan's face turned bitter when he heard this, and he advised helplessly, "Master should know very well that if things continue like this, both sides will suffer, and it will not be good for his plan to expand his territory."

"Really? I don't think so."

The silly disciple chuckled and said, "I think the atmosphere in the royal city is very good now. At least the Church has finally started to do some real good deeds. According to the master, this is called healthy competition, and the ordinary people are the ones who benefit... Otherwise, you are still feeding the poor people who believe in you."

This was actually her way of avoiding the main issue. After all, the Vatican had many different methods, such as selling indulgences... She knew about this. Over the years, the general public had been exploited by these things.

That is to say, now that Xu Shi has created a cat sect, the Holy See has been forced to improve welfare benefits, and the situation has been alleviated. Don't ask why everyone is doing it, the real thing is that ordinary people have benefited.

Also, don't mention that it was Xu Shi who manipulated the Poseidon Stone transaction before. The thing has been returned to you. After all, you still have to thank us.

He was speechless with narrowed eyes, he couldn't refute this.

"As for why I asked you not to waste your time, it's because of you, or the Holy See behind you, who has no sincerity at all."

Pan Ling continued leisurely, "Master has already given you the conditions. If the Holy See is really sincere, they can just let Knight Commander Qin put on a maid outfit and bring a head here instead of pushing these things onto you and making you wait here all day."

"...If I remember correctly, Xiao Luoyu is your elder brother?"

Lu Baiyan's eyes twitched, "You really don't mind at all that your master wants to kill him?"

Originally, he simply asked her to pass on a message, who knew that things would turn out like this... If Xu Shi had said this, he would not be surprised at all, but now that Pan Ling said this, it was impossible not to be surprised.

Thinking back to a few months ago, he had witnessed what happened. Although Pan Ling had rejected Luo Yu at that time, she actually seemed quite introverted and timid... Now she has changed so much that when she said these words, she even overshadowed him in terms of momentum.

He even felt that he vaguely saw Xu Shi's shadow. It wasn't that long, but how could it turn into his shape so quickly?

Pan Feng on the side was also a little surprised. He couldn't help but pull his sister's sleeve, revealing an expression that said "You are not serious, are you?"

Although she, like Pan Ling, chose the latter between Luo Yu and Xu Shi, it was definitely not to this extent!

At most, I would think about never contacting each other again, and gradually forget about it and never mention it again... In comparison, my sister was too heartless, especially the four words "holding a human head at stake", which made her feel creepy when she heard it.

"If I remember correctly, you were present that day, right?"