Go.

Eighty percent of the people sitting in the chair were acquaintances. Only two men were unknown, but neither Shang Xiufang nor Dong Shuni was seen.

Wang Shichong ordered his servants to pull up the empty chair across from him and joked: I thought you would miss this grand event. I am so destined to meet you, so I will give you the dragon seat next to the phoenix seat, close to the water, and it will depend on your fortune after the fight.

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Except for Linglongjiao, all the men at the table laughed ambiguously, including Ouyang Xiyi.

Wang Shichong's move would give Kou Zhong some face. However, because he had repeatedly performed extraordinary feats and was a guest official, and because he had recently gained great prestige in Luoyang, no one would think that Wang Shichong's arrangement was inappropriate.

Kou Zhongfu sat down and deliberately complained: It seems that the prince is still not that good of a friend. If the prince is willing to tell me this morning that I have an appointment with Sister Shang, then I will come in even if Dugufeng and his family are blocking the entrance to the imperial city!

His words immediately caused a burst of laughter, breaking the previous serious atmosphere.

Wang Shichong didn't know why he was in such a good mood that he deliberately sighed and said: "You don't know, Miss Xiufang didn't tell me until quite an hour ago that she wanted to come to the banquet with you. What can I tell you this morning?"

Under the laughter of everyone, Wang Xuanying, who was sitting opposite Kou Zhong, said happily: Dad's face is as big as the sky now. When Sister Xiu Fang came to Dongdu this time, she was only willing to sing two stations and refused to do anything else. I will definitely make an exception this time.

It attracts the envy of many people!

Only then did Kou Zhong realize that Shang Xiufang was so arrogant, and he couldn't help but be curious to see her beauty.

Wang Shichong was greatly comforted by Lao Huai after hearing his son's flattery; he forgot to introduce Mr. Kou because of the conversation.

After his introduction, it turned out that the two people were Tian Zan, the general manager of Xianzhou, and Yang Qingnai, the general manager of Guanzhou, who were Wang Shichong's capable men stationed in the outer cities of Luoyang.

Of course, these two people did not come just to listen to the music. This shows that Wang Shichong is constantly recruiting his subordinates to make arrangements.

Others at the table included Wang Xuanshu, Wang Honglie, Wang Xingben, Linglongjiao, Yang Gongqing and Lang Feng. Including Shang Xiufang who had not arrived, there were exactly twelve people.

But Master Kefeng and Zhang Zhenzhou were nowhere to be seen.

The former probably didn't want to attend such a sensual occasion, while the latter might have left Dongdu to take charge of a certain military operation somewhere.

At the other table were lower-level officials and staff like Xu Xingzhi, several of whom Kou Zhong had greeted.

Ouyang Xiyi, who was sitting next to Kou Zhong, saw Wang Shichong whispering secretly to Yang Gongqing who was sitting next to him. He came closer and said, "Brother Zhong, how should you thank me?"

Kou Zhong was dumbfounded and said: What good things have you done for your son?

Ouyang Xiyi smiled and said, "Your seat is specially given to you by me. Should you thank me?"

Kou Zhong felt grateful in his heart that this senior master had taken such good care of him and quickly thanked him.

The orchestra suddenly started playing strings and pipes together and played melodious music that echoed around the beams.

Shang Xiufang finally arrived.

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Xu Ziling and Tongtong walked through the outer shop and returned to the house where they met Liu Heitai that day.

After sitting down, Tongtong offered him some fragrant tea and sat next to him and said, "Did Master Xu do this to Dugu Ba?"

Xu Ziling smiled bitterly and said: I wanted to kill him, but it was someone else who attacked him, but now I can't get rid of the relationship.

Tongtong said nonchalantly: Dugu Ba's notoriety spread far and wide, and the news of his death will only make people happy. But the strangest thing about this is that I didn't realize that Dugu Feng seemed to have taken any obvious actions, which made me even more worried about Mr. Xu.

The inappropriate feeling in Xu Ziling's heart became even stronger.

What is the reason that can keep a hot-tempered and violent You Chuhong under control? If he cannot see through the enemy's plan, he and Kou Zhong may be completely defeated.

He said in a deep voice: When did they discover Duguba's body?

Tongtong replied: His body should have been hanged on the Tianjin Bridge by the patrolmen at midnight yesterday. Xu Ziling was shocked. Shen Luoyan's method of framing the blame was indeed very vicious. Anyone would have thought that they hung the body on purpose. This was to avenge the earlier siege on the bridge.

Tongtong continued: There is a saying that either you die or I die. Master Xu and Master Kou had better take the initiative, otherwise they will suffer.

Xu Ziling smiled bitterly and said: I was about to discuss this matter with Kou Zhong. Do you know where Song Jingang settled?

His head was glowing and he came out of the ground happily.

Xu Ziling was surprised and said: Your information is quite good.

Tongtong said happily: This is exactly our mission here. There is also a very important news to inform Mr. Xu. We speculate that there should be a traitor in Wang Shichong's camp who secretly colludes with Dugu Feng.

Xu Ziling said in astonishment: Why do you say that?

Tongtong said solemnly: This is inferred from some clues. Frankly speaking, there are also our informants in the White Palace. For example, Yang Tong's minister Yuan Wendu has always been greedy for life and afraid of death. However, even though Wang Shichong had a heavy army in the imperial city, he still remained romantic during the conversation. Not only did he appear to be unscrupulous, but he also knew Wang Shichong's overall plan. He paused and continued:

Just by looking at the Dugu Clan's unscrupulous methods to deal with Master Kou, we know that Dugu Feng knows that Master Kou is the one strategizing for Wang Shichong!

Xu Ziling's expression finally changed.

If this is the case, then not only he and Kou Zhong are in danger, but Zhai Jiao and others may also be killed at any time, and even Song Lu, Song Yuzhi and others may be implicated.
Chapter completed!