On this day, Jiayuan City, the largest city in Lanzhou, was bustling with people. Cars and horses were constantly coming and going, and it was very lively.

Amid this constant flow of people, a young man came to Xiangjia Restaurant, the most famous time-honored restaurant in the city.

This man is dressed in purple and white clothes, embroidered with dragon seals and phoenix seals. He is gorgeous and gorgeous. His appearance is red lips, white teeth, sharp eyebrows and starry eyes. Anyone who sees him will praise him for his good looks.

The young man looked around curiously, especially at the door of the bustling mansion for a moment, and then walked up to the second floor with steps that showed no sign of etiquette.

At the window seat on the second floor, an ordinary-looking young man wearing a green shirt has been waiting for a long time.

"Old Han!" Lu Yunze greeted with a smile.

Han Li rolled his eyes and pointed to the chair opposite to indicate that he should sit down.

Lu Yunze didn't care, he sat down carelessly, called the waiter, and ordered more than a dozen dishes without any courtesy at all. It seemed that he still had some unfinished food.

The waiter looked confused and thought they had to wait for a lot of people, so he enthusiastically recommended the two of them to wait in a private room upstairs.

Finally, Han Li, who couldn't bear it any longer, spoke out and drove the waiter away, giving him a vicious look.

"Why are you staring at me? The last time I ate properly was twenty years ago. Why don't you allow me to eat more good food?"

Lu Yunze rolled his eyes and said confidently.

Han Li didn't bother to pay attention to him and just turned to look at the mansion outside the window.

At this time, there was an endless flow of people coming and going at the main entrance of the mansion. People from all walks of life came here to congratulate them. Beautifully wrapped gifts were piled from inside to the door. The servants were so tired that they were sweating, but no matter how hard they tried to move things,

I just can’t keep up with the increase in gifts.

A steward in a bright red shirt stood at the door, greeting many guests with great familiarity, while watching the servants working hard, with a look of joy on his face that was difficult to conceal.

On the top of the gate, a red silk cloth representing great joy was hung on the plaque of the Li Mansion. The plaque was polished and there was no trace of dust.

An unknown anger burned in Han Li's heart. He felt that those two words were annoying, and he wanted to smash the plaque immediately.

Lu Yunze followed Han Li's gaze suspiciously and glanced at Li Mansion outside the window.

Today, the only daughter of the second son of the Li family is one month old, and everyone from all over the city, high or low, can come to visit her. Even a poor beggar can go and beg for a glass of water and wine to feel happy.

As a result, in this huge restaurant today, apart from the shopkeeper and the waiter, their table was the only one with customers. Compared with the other side, it looked very deserted.

Just as the two of them were looking at the Li Mansion, a luxurious carriage came from the other side of the street. Many wealthy businessmen and wealthy people in luxurious clothes quickly moved out of the way with their entourage when they saw the carriage. They were afraid of collision.

Carriage owner.

The carriage stopped at the door of Li Mansion, and a middle-aged man with a sallow face got out.

The steward at the door hurriedly greeted him, uttering some words of welcome and leading the person towards the door.

Lu Yunze's eyes lingered on the middle-aged man for a moment, and he frowned imperceptibly. Then he greeted the waiter curiously and asked, "Little brother, who owns that carriage? Why are you so arrogant?"

The waiter was smiling at first, but after hearing what Lu Yunze said, his face turned pale and he waved his hands quickly and said:

"Your Majesty, don't dare to talk nonsense. That is the carriage of Mr. Lanzhou Mu. He came here specially to congratulate the only daughter of the second young master of the Li family."

"The second young master of the Li family?" Lu Yunze glanced at the other side in confusion.

"A second young master can have such a grand occasion?"

The waiter hurriedly waved his hands again and looked around subconsciously. He was relieved when he saw that there was no one around.

"My lord, trouble comes from your mouth. Never say such words again."

Lu Yunze became interested for a moment, stuffed a silver ingot into the waiter, and asked curiously: "Can you tell me in detail what is going on? Then the Li family is so grand?"

The little boy's hands sank, and his eyes were shining as he looked at the silver ingot that weighed at least twenty taels.

"Thank you for the reward! To be honest, the Li family is the number one family in Jiayuan City! They are extremely wealthy!"

"The head of the Li family is the head of the Five Colors Sect. Looking at the entire Lanzhou, they are one of the top gangs. You see, even Lord Zhou Mu has to respect them!"

Speaking of this, a trace of yearning flashed in the waiter's eyes, quite like a man taking it seriously.

Lu Yunze glanced at him, with a hint of sarcasm at the corner of his mouth.

"Sir, you don't know. In the past, this Jiayuan City was not dominated by the Five Color Sect. There were two other families, which formed a three-legged relationship with the Five Color Sect."

"At that time, no matter who came to see it, they felt that the Five Color Sect of the Li family was the most low-key and the least threatening among the three forces. But who knew, first the owner of the Villa, Ouyang Villa, died inexplicably. And then that

The Mo family was wiped out overnight."

"The Li family has quietly become the largest family in Jiayuan City. Even the Mo family's mansion has been occupied."

Having said this, a few memories and an almost imperceptible ripple flashed through the waiter's eyes.

"Back then, the three girls of the Mo family were famous in Jiayuan City. They were all genuine beauties. But who would have thought that overnight, the second and third girls of the Mo family disappeared without a trace, and the eldest lady of the Mo family was also inexplicable.

I married the second son of the Li family, and now the child is one month old."

Speaking of the three girls of the Mo family, the waiter's tone was laced with a bit of reluctance, perhaps even he didn't notice it.

Lu Yunze sighed softly, glanced at Han Li, whose expression became increasingly serious, and waved his hand to the waiter to go down first.

Han Li stared at the Li family's mansion. The more he looked at it, the more he felt that the former Mo Mansion was more pleasing to the eye.

He had already heard the waiter's words before Lu Yunze came. He seemed to still have vivid memories of the former senior sister's voice and smile, but now she had become the wife of his enemy.

But I don't know how much sadness and helplessness there is in it.

Thinking of this, Han Li tightened his grip on the teacup in his hand.

"Old Lu, I want to ask you something." As Han Li said this, he turned around and saw Lu Yunze immersed in cooking.

More than a dozen dishes were placed on the table, and not even a tea cup could be placed on it. Several plates of food on the edge of the table were almost half resting on the table, and they might fall off at any time.

Han Li frowned in disgust, "Are you concerned?"

Lu Yunze glanced at him sadly and said nothing.

Twenty years! The most serious thing he has eaten in the past twenty years is Han Li's Dingyan Pill. After all, it is still sweet!

Others... don’t mention it!

Lu Yunze took a big mouthful of meat viciously, much to the surprise of the people around him, thinking that this little brother didn't look like he was in need of money, why was he reincarnated like a starving ghost?

Han Li's eyes twitched, he sighed helplessly, and drank tea while waiting for him to finish.

Half an hour later, Lu Yunze spit out the last bone from his mouth, leaned back on the chair with satisfaction and let out a long breath.

"This feeling of being alive is so good." Lu Yunze admired from the bottom of his heart.

Han Li didn't know what to say, so he waved his hand to the waiter to remove the plate, then put a soundproof cover on his back, turned his head and asked Lu Yunze seriously.

"Lu Yunze, behind the Five Color Gate is the Spiritual Beast Mountain, right?"

Lu Yunze nodded and said: "This kind of thing is not a secret. Although the major factions have a tacit agreement not to touch the official forces, the Jianghu forces behind the scenes are not polite at all.

The forces in the world are led by seven factions behind them."

"Behind the overt and covert struggles and gang fighting in the world, there are also shadows of the struggle between the seven factions."

"To put it bluntly, these gangs are the spokespersons of the Seven Sects in the mortal world."

Han Li was stunned. He also knew that there were people from the Seven Sects supporting these gangs, but he really didn't think that deeply.

In his eyes, gang wars and mass murders were so commonplace that he never thought about the deeper reasons behind these things.

"Are you saying that the seven major sects carry out secret struggles by manipulating the fighting between Jianghu forces?" Han Li's eyes widened in disbelief.

Immortal cultivators and mortals were two completely different groups in his eyes. Before today, Han Li had almost never felt that there would be any deep intersection between these two groups.

"Of course, everyone wants to eat and occupy more, but they can't be angry, so they manipulate these mortals to kill each other."

"Mortals are bleeding like rivers, barbaric and ignorant. They are aloof and have no fight with the world." Lu Yunze sighed.

"It's been this way for many years. If nothing else, do you know Jingzhou?"

Han Li's face darkened and he nodded expressionlessly.

He was born in Jingzhou.

"Looking at the entire Yue Kingdom, that place is the poorest and most chaotic state capital. Gangs are rampant, the government does nothing, and the people's lives are in ruins."

Lu Yunze picked up the tea cup and took a sip, then he stuck out his tongue in bitterness.

"The reason behind this is that Jingzhou is the only state capital that is not occupied by any of the seven factions, and it is also the arena where the seven factions fight openly and secretly."

Han Li's expression remained normal, but he clenched his fist violently under the table.

"That place has been fought over by seven factions for who knows how many years. To this day, the spokespersons of the seven factions are still fighting there, and the government dare not take care of it. As a result, after so many years, Jingzhou, a place with obviously good resources, has become a place with good resources.

It has reached the poorest area in the entire Yue Kingdom."

"There are many gangs and bandits are rampant. It is common for people to be so poor that selling their children and daughters is commonplace. For children born there, the pinnacle of life that they can imagine is not to be a top scholar and become a member of the army, but to join a gang or a gang and fight to the death with others. This is

Can you believe it?"

Han Li picked up the tea cup and drank it all in one gulp, without any expression on his face.

"Of course, Jingzhou is just a microcosm. The entire Yue Kingdom and even the entire Tiannan are similar, but it's just not as blatant as Jingzhou."

Lu Yunze pointed to the Li Mansion outside the window, "A gang leader got rich by burning, killing, and looting. The area of ​​his mansion is several times larger than the county government capital, and even the governor of the state is his guest. This kind of thing

It's probably commonplace for you."
To be continued...