Chapter 1852
Liu Zhou
Liu Dong was in the capital at that time.
His power grew rapidly, and he had already infiltrated the capital city.
As the chief commander, Ryu Hijiri came to the capital to take charge of the overall situation.
To avoid attracting attention, he did not run shops selling glassware, soaps, or perfumes, but instead ran hotels, teahouses, and brothels.
The food sold in the hotel's teahouse wasn't anything particularly novel; it was all about concealing their power and keeping a low profile.
As a result, his ordinary brothel still attracted the attention of someone who wanted to buy it at a low price.
Liu Dong chuckled.
That man was a member of the royal family, but he had no real skills and only knew how to bully people of lower status because of his birth.
Liu Dong could kill him directly, but that would cause trouble for the brothel.
So, Liu Dong approached Wei Xiaobao.
Upon seeing Liu Dong, Wei Xiaobao was quite surprised: "Hey, you seem to be doing pretty well!"
He has already married Fang Yi and has a child with her, yet he has won against Liu Yizhou.
Therefore, Wei Xiaobao, in his triumph, stopped targeting this loser as he had initially intended to.
Liu Tong: "I'm just a small business owner, I'd appreciate your help, Lord Wei."
Wei Xiaobao crossed his legs and said, "Tell me what's wrong. I'm in a good mood, so I can help you."
Liu Tong recounted the troubles she encountered at the brothel.
Wei Xiaobao laughed heartily and slapped Liu Dong's shoulder hard with his right hand: "Not bad, kid! Well done! You have a good eye!"
You should know that Wei Xiaobao's dream was to open a brothel.
Although Liu Yizhou's character is questionable, he has good judgment, and we share similar views.
"Okay, I'll help you with this."
Liu Tong cupped her hands in thanks: "Then thank you very much, Lord Wei!"
As Liu Dong took his leave, he noticed two pairs of eyes watching him until he was gone.
After Liu Dong left, Fang Yi and Mu Jianping came out from behind the screen.
"I never expected Senior Brother Liu to become so peaceful," Mu Jianping exclaimed.
Because of Liu Tong's arrival, "Liu Yizhou" did not defect to Wu Sangui and betray the Mu family.
Therefore, he had no enmity with the Mu family, and Mu Jianping did not dislike him. On the contrary, she still remembered the little bit of friendship they had shared in the past.
Fang Yi sighed inwardly, realizing how much "Liu Yizhou" had changed.
If he had always been like this, he wouldn't have been driven out of the Mu family mansion, and he wouldn't have been able to "fall in love with someone else."
Saying it's "falling in love with someone else" is incorrect.
She never truly loved Wei Xiaobao; her decision to be with him was merely a choice born of necessity.
She was captured by the Divine Dragon Sect and forced to join. If she didn't have a powerful backer, she would have been captured by the imperial court like other young disciples of the Divine Dragon Sect, and who knows what would have happened.
She could only be Wei Xiaobao's woman.
She could only be one of his many women.
She wasn't jealous, she really wasn't jealous.
Where there is no love, there is no jealousy.
She was even glad that Wei Xiaobao had so many women, because that way she could spend less time with him.
Fang Yi looked away. She didn't want Wei Xiaobao to know her thoughts, nor did she want him to think that she still cared about "Liu Yizhou".
If Wei Xiaobao knew that he still had feelings for "Liu Yizhou," he would cause "Liu Yizhou" all sorts of trouble again.
We are destined to be apart in this life, unable to be husband and wife, and I cannot let that person be oppressed because of me. Mu Jianping, unlike Fang Yi, didn't have so many thoughts. She said to Wei Xiaobao, "Senior Brother Liu is, after all, my and my senior sister's senior brother, and we grew up together. He's asking you for a favor, so you must do it well!"
Wei Xiaobao hugged Mu Jianping: "Don't worry! Since I promised that kid, I'll definitely do it perfectly."
Fang Yi asked worriedly, "That's a member of the imperial family, isn't that difficult to handle?"
Wei Xiaobao: "They're just members of the imperial family, right? Just let Jianning take the lead."
Fang Yi: "That's right. After all, you are a prince consort and a member of the imperial clan."
Wei Xiaobao sent people to investigate that member of the imperial clan and discovered that he actually had connections with Zheng Keshuang.
The reason he took a liking to the brothel run by "Liu Yizhou" was because Zheng Keshuang had taken him there before.
He set his sights on the top courtesan in the brothel and wanted to buy her and take her home.
But neither the top courtesan nor the brothel agreed, so the man thought he might as well buy the brothel as well.
Wei Xiaobao laughed. Now, he no longer needed to find excuses to deal with the imperial family.
Wei Xiaobao used the method from the original novel to kill Feng Xifan and intimidate Zheng Keshuang and the imperial clansman.
The member of the imperial family assumed that the brothel was run by Wei Xiaobao, and dared not try to patronize it again.
Wei Xiaobao summoned Liu Dong to his residence and proudly announced the news.
Liu Dong, being very sensible, gave Wei Xiaobao a few silver notes.
He is not short of money.
Not to mention the money he made from his businesses in various places, Liu Dong also obtained the treasures within the Forty-Two Chapters Sutra.
Did Wei Xiaobao destroy the map to end the dispute? Little did he know that Liu Dong had already copied the map from the Forty-Two Chapters Sutra before him.
While the Qing court was dealing with the Rebellion of the Three Feudatories, Liu Dong sent people to Luding Mountain and dug up all the treasures.
That's a huge sum of money, enough for Liu Dong to manufacture improved red-coated cannons and wooden guns.
Liu Tong improved the flintlock musket, raising its craftsmanship and power to the level of World War I.
Unfortunately, the quantity was still too small, and only a small number of teams were equipped with them.
His subordinates reported that remnants of the Heaven and Earth Society had entered the capital.
After Chen Jinnan died, the Heaven and Earth Society fell apart. The leaders of each branch refused to submit to the others and went their own way.
The Lotus Hall in Fujian was the strongest, and its leader, Cai Dezhong, led a group of brothers to join Geng Jingzhong's side and oppose the Qing government.
However, Geng Jingzhong failed, and the Lotus Hall was subsequently wiped out by the Qing government.
With both of Hong Shuntang's leaders dead, the group was leaderless and was found by Liu Tong's men, who then recruited them into Liu Tong's forces.
With the help of Hong Shuntang's people, Liu Dong's influence also extended to the people of Chi Huotang and west Jintang in the back hall.
It can be said that half of the Heaven and Earth Society's forces joined Liu Dong's forces.
The remaining members of the Communist Party who have entered Beijing today are not from Liu Dong's side, but rather the remnants of the Qingmu Hall and members of the Honghua Hall.
Honghua Hall governs Zhejiang, while Qingmu Hall governs Jiangsu. The two halls were originally very close. When the remaining forces of Qingmu Hall fled the capital, they hid in Zhejiang.
These people approached Wei Xiaobao hoping he would inherit the position of leader and lead them in continuing the fight against the Qing dynasty and the restoration of the Ming dynasty.
But how could Wei Xiaobao possibly agree to that?
Putting aside the fact that he and Master Kang were good friends, even if Wei Xiaobao was completely ignorant, he could still see that compared to the imperial court, the Heaven and Earth Society was like an egg compared to a stone, no, it was like an egg compared to a mountain.
The egg broke, but it didn't affect the mountain at all.
Wei Xiaobao didn't want to be one of the eggs. He wanted to refuse, but those people didn't give him a chance to refuse at all.
Wei Xiaobao didn't want to tell Master Kang about this.
He is still very loyal and would not betray his former brothers.
At this moment, his strategist Su Quan offered him a solution. (End of Chapter)