Chapter 536 - 311: Your Brother Will Play Along With Your Act
Chapter 536: Chapter 311: Your Brother Will Play Along With Your Act
CRACK. A crisp sound rang out.
Chen Yunfan’s figure remained motionless, but the Grandmaster’s Chair beneath him was pushed back half a step by the Power radiating from the cloth bag.
Lin Zhong frowned. "Lord Dragon Tiger, what are you doing?"
Before Chen Yi could reply, Chen Yunfan waved the cloth bag in his hand and smiled. "Uncle Zhong, there’s no need to say more. Brother Liu is just exchanging martial arts pointers with me."
His expression was relaxed, without the slightest abnormality. However, his feet had already gripped the ground tightly; it was just hidden by his boots so others couldn’t see.
Chen Yi nodded slightly. "It is impolite not to reciprocate. Assistant Governor Chen has indeed practiced excellent Swordsmanship."
"You flatter me..." Chen Yunfan made a mental note of this offense from Chen Yi while opening the cloth bag to take a look.
After flipping through a few pages, his brows instantly furrowed, and he shot a sharp glare at Chen Yi. "Is... is this for me? From whom?"
Chen Yi lightly uttered three words, "White Tiger Guard."
He naturally wouldn’t hide it, as he already disliked the White Tiger Guard secretly plotting against him and Chen Yunfan. At the same time, he wanted to see Chen Yunfan’s reaction upon hearing this.
"The White Tiger Guard?" Chen Yunfan subconsciously looked toward the inner residence, inevitably guessing that it was Cui Qingwu’s doing.
But after a moment of thought, he decided it wasn’t. Although Cui Qingwu cared about his future, she should know his temperament and wouldn’t do something so underhanded. Therefore, there was only one answer—the White Tiger Guard was placing a bet on him!
Beside him, Lin Zhong’s expression remained unchanged.
Observing their expressions, Chen Yi understood clearly. His older brother likely didn’t know the inside story either. It was Lin Zhong who seemed to know something.
After sitting in silence for a moment, a cold sneer appeared on Chen Yunfan’s face. "I wonder which Banner Officer of the White Tiger Guard Brother Liu might be?"
Chen Yi shook his head. "None of them. I came here merely because I made a deal with the White Tiger Guard, nothing more."
"What kind of deal?"
"Forgive me, Assistant Governor Chen, but I have no comment on that."
Chen Yunfan tossed the cloth bag onto the table and snorted. "Let me guess. You rescued the eldest young miss of the Xiao Family from Du Cang the other day, so you must know the Xiao Family’s situation. Approaching the White Tiger Guard is likely for the Xiao Family’s sake, isn’t it? Is it about the Poshisu Country’s Peacock King Banner, or those petty schemers in Shu State?"
Seeing him guess the general situation in just a few words, Chen Yi inwardly praised his older brother’s extraordinary intellect while replying aloud, "I won’t trouble Assistant Governor Chen with the details. I only came here to hand this over to you. How you handle it is entirely up to you."
"Now that this is in my hands, it’s naturally up to me. However... if I were to burn all of this, how would Brother Liu respond?"
"It has nothing to do with me."
The ones who should be having a headache were the White Tiger Guard. Thinking this, Chen Yi stood up, cupped his fists, and said, "The items have been delivered. I will take my leave now."
Chen Yunfan paused but didn’t stop him, simply waving his hand as a farewell. Seeing this, Chen Yi turned and left decisively.
Only Lin Zhong followed to keep an eye on him, returning only after he was certain the man had gone far away.
"Young Master, what he gave you..."
Before he could finish, Chen Yunfan said indifferently, "Good things that you were hoping to see."
Lin Zhong had roughly guessed what it was and didn’t dare say more. The last time he had brought Lv Jiunan’s corpse here, he was severely scolded by Chen Yunfan. Naturally, he knew exactly how Chen Yunfan felt upon discovering the White Tiger Guard’s scheme.
To his surprise, after a brief moment, Chen Yunfan suddenly burst into laughter.
"It seems everyone is hoping for me to climb higher. Good, very good! Then I shall fulfill your wishes!"
After his laughter subsided, he looked at Lin Zhong. "Uncle Zhong, is Lv Jiunan’s corpse still here?"
Lin Zhong’s heart skipped a beat. "It is..."
"Bring it along. I’m going to take him to the Government Office to claim the reward!"