From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

Chapter 538

Guan Caixi ran into the cabin as if to escape. The corpses on the deck made her feel sick. It was not that she had never seen murders or corpses before, but this time the situation was different. The contrast was too great.

The person who was still laughing and talking the moment before was stabbed through the body the next moment. She really couldn't stand this shock.

Zhou Yuan and others also entered the cabin. Li Yu'an glanced at the newly delivered food and nodded, "No problem, it's safe."

"Then let's eat!"

Zhou Yuan ate some snacks and fruits in the car. In fact, he was not very hungry. He just wanted to drink something hot to warm himself up.

He looked up at Guan Caixi and smiled, "Why don't you eat Caixi? Don't you have an appetite?"

Guan Caixi glared at him, but she didn't dare to say anything this time. She was inexplicably afraid of Zhou Yuan.

Zhou Yuan said: "You see, investigating a case is so thrilling. Sometimes you don't even know how someone died, such as poison in the food, or a bomb buried under the cabin where we are sitting."

"Stop talking..."

Guan Caixi gritted her teeth and said: "Don't think you can scare me. I've seen a lot of these scenes."

Zhuang Xuansu frowned and said: "Zhou Yuan, have you investigated the eight major families in Yangzhou? I saw you were talking about the Bai family, the Xu family, and the Wu family."

Zhou Yuan was stunned and asked in confusion: "Do we need to investigate this? Who doesn't know the eight major families in Yangzhou? The Wu and Xu families are the leaders. In addition, there are six other families, including Song, Bai, Deng, Xiao, Wan, and Li. Of course, the Bai and Song families are the weakest. Zhuang Xuansu said, "The Wu family poisoned, and you killed the Bai family? It seems to have a deep meaning!" Zhou Yuan shook his head and said, "What deep meaning is there? It's just the most reasonable judgment based on the current situation." "It's a very simple reason. First of all, I am visiting incognito. Secondly, with my strength, it is too difficult to fight against the eight major families alone. It's difficult."

"Then the old lady will eat persimmons and pick the soft ones."

Zhuang Xuansu frowned and said, "Does it mean that you only want to deal with the Bai family and the Song family when you go to Jiangnan this time, and the other families will not be touched for the time being?"

Zhou Yuan smiled and said, "At least I want other families to think so, so that the pressure I face in the early stage will be much smaller."

"I want to make the Bai family and the Song family feel the injustice of this world. I want to make them crazy, make them desperate, and make them desperate."

Speaking of this, Zhou Yuan's voice became cold and he said in a concentrated voice: "If other families knew my intention, they would choose to compromise and cooperate with me."

"After all, they also know that I must eat meat when I go south. If they don't feed me, they will be in danger."

Guan Caixi quickly interrupted and said, "I understand. You want them to fight among themselves! Let them isolate the Bai and Song families!"

Zhou Yuan's eyes lit up and he applauded, "Caixi is right, absolutely correct. It seems that you also have a talent for investigating cases."

Guan Caixi smiled a little embarrassedly, and the previous haze was much less.

Zhuang Xuansu said: "That's good, but will they really believe you? I mean, do they really think that the Bai family and the Song family can feed you?"

Zhou Yuan sighed and said: "Master Zhuang, not everyone in the world is like you. You have faith, and you can give everything for your faith."

"Merchants have no faith. Merchants only believe in money. Their position is based on economic interests."

"What good will it do for them to fight with me? Even if I lose, they will be hurt, and hurting means losing a lot of money, which they can't accept."

"So... money will make them try to believe that my appetite is not that big."

"And the speculation of merchants will make them think that I, Zhou Yuan, went south to make money and gain merit, not to eliminate harm for the people."

"Since it's about making money and gaining merit, then naturally we won't fight to the death, and there is naturally room for negotiation."

Guan Caixi said: "Then, speaking of money, what about the 300,000 taels?"

Zhou Yuan was stunned for a moment, then said: "I'm keeping it for spending, do you want a share?"

Guan Caixi glared and said: "You won't hand it in? The head of the inner court is here!"

Zhou Yuan rolled his eyes and said: "I'm still handing in these 300,000 taels? Do you really think I don't do anything? I need money everywhere, and it's all official business. Ask the head of Zhuang, how much money have I spent for the court?"

"Didn't I spend more than two million shi of grain to recover the Central Plains? Didn't I spend the money for the six Portuguese cannons? Even if I give this money to your sister, your sister would be embarrassed to take it."

Guan Caixi was speechless and her face flushed.

She was really angry, because for so long, it seemed that no one could bully her.She was wronged by Zhou Yuan, but she was repeatedly defeated by him, and she couldn't even win an argument.

But if she got angry, it seemed that she couldn't do anything to him, so she could only endure it.

She was really frustrated and it was hard to endure it.

Nothing happened next. Zhou Yuan rested peacefully for a day, but he had to dock at every place, and then someone would be waiting and hand over a thick stack of information.

He basically spent his days chewing on this information, occasionally bickering with Guan Caixi and chatting with Zhuang Xuansu.

But when they arrived in Cangzhou, the third group of people arrived as scheduled.

When the boats appeared in front and behind one after another, the boss realized that something was wrong and hurried to the cabin to greet Zhou Yuan and others.

When Zhou Yuan and his friends walked onto the deck, they saw a total of six boats in front and behind. Although they were not big, they were all full of people.

And they were fully equipped. Everyone carried a bow and arrow, and the arrows were tied with soaked oilcloth.

"Oh no! They are going to set fire to the ship!"

Zhuang Xuansu gritted his teeth and said, "These bastards are really lawless. How did they avoid the eyes of the Inner Court?"

Zhou Yuan smiled and said, "The Inner Court may not have no people. After the Liangjiang Rebellion and King Jing's rebellion, it is difficult for a force to organize so many people. It seems that the other party is not small."

Zhuang Xuansu said coldly, "Don't try to hide the mobilization of so many people from the Inner Court. We will definitely pull them out."

Zhou Yuan said, "The premise is that you have to capture a large number of people and leave a large number of living witnesses, otherwise it's all empty talk."

Guan Caixi murmured, "Shouldn't we survive first? More than a hundred people, all rockets, After a few rounds, the boat was burned down. "

Zhou Yuan smiled and said, "When I first entered Shenjing, I also encountered this kind of situation. I haven't found the murderer yet. Today I encountered it again..."

"It seems that this time when I go south, I will avenge all the old and new hatreds."

Zhuang Xuansu said anxiously, "You were fine because my sister was there that time, but this time..."

"What? I am not as good as Zhuang Xuanpu?"

Li Yu'an sneered and said disdainfully, "They are just a bunch of chickens and dogs. They don't even have much space to move on the boat. Why do they fight me? They really think they are the elite cavalry of the Eastern Tartars."

After speaking, Li Yu'an stomped his right foot and flew up directly. His body was as light as a swallow. He stepped on the water and slapped forward with one palm.

Until this moment, Zhou Yuan truly witnessed the strength of the world's number one.

The violent internal force raised a huge wave several meters high, and the sound of the explosion was deafening. Before the people in front could shoot arrows, the huge wave hit them directly, and countless people fell into the water at once.

But at the same time, hundreds of arrows were fired from the back, all hitting the boat.

Li Yu'an kicked casually, raised the sky-high waves, hit the boat and drowned the flames.

Then her figure was like lightning, and she came to the back of the boat, and her slender hands grabbed down, and the river water gathered towards her palm like a dragon.

She sprinkled forward, and countless water drops flew forward like bullets.

Seeing this scene, Zhou Yuan and others were stunned.

How can we fight this? There are immortals here!

"The highest good is like water, and all things return to the Tao."

Li Yu'an shouted softly, and no one knew what method she used. The water flow wrapped around her body, like a dozens-meter-long silk, hitting forward.

It took her less than half an hour to overturn all six boats.

Hundreds of assassins in black dived into the water, took out their chisels, and came towards Zhou Yuan.

They obviously wanted to drill the boats and drag Zhou Yuan and his men into the water to kill them.

But it was obvious that Li Yu'an didn't give them any chance at all.

Every time she slapped her palm, the river water exploded directly, and the men in black were shaken to death underwater.

This was not a resistance... This was clearly a one-sided massacre.

Zhou Yuan swallowed and said, "Cai Xi, do you think she is still useful now?"

Guan Cai Xi murmured, "I want to become your disciple."

Okay, her three-minute enthusiasm came again.