405 New Hope
Zelonger's hope and dream are the position of the city lord. Chen Xiansong could imagine how much damage it would have been to the city lord if the position of the city lord was inherited by his elder brother, Bill. Chen Xiansong knew that such a thing was cruel, but he had thought it through now that if Zelonger's plan was successful, he would suffer greater pain and harm.
Confucius once said that to repay kindness with virtue and to repay grievance with righteousness. Since Zelonger betrayed himself and betrayed the blood oath, he must also taste the pain of being betrayed. At the same time, he also wanted others to see that although Chen Xiansong was easy to talk to, he did not let others pinch and knead the flat dough.
About half an hour later, Bill appeared in Chen Xiansong's study. He no longer had the same energetic appearance as before, but became much more depressed. He slept with a stubble, and even the people looked mature.
"It seems that Bill has not been doing well under tax recently." Chen Xiansong poured a glass of fruit wine and placed it in front of the other party.
Bill took the wine glass and drank it all. Then he asked in a low voice: "Hisser Chen Xiansong, Lord President! You are so anxious to invite me, and you still use such tough methods. What do you want to do? Are you trying to ridicule me? After all, I had bumped into you before, and I did some stupid things. Now that my father has abolished the inheritance rights, no one can respect me anymore, but there is no need to see my jokes specifically."
"I have read too many jokes and have no interest." Chen Xiansong laughed twice and said, "I don't like to meddle in other people's business or watch the fun. There have been some displeasures between you and me. But it's not as good as hating each other. Of course, it's your one-sided thing for you to hate me. I don't care."
Bill was silent. He did hate Chen Xiansong for a while and wanted to kill him. If it weren't for him, as the eldest son, it would be a foregone conclusion that he would inherit the position of the city lord, but he appeared in Heiyan City. Then he became involved with Zelonger, giving Zelonger, who was already very talented, more capital, which made the city lord completely turn to Zelonger. It can be said that if Chen Xiansong had not appeared, who would have become the heir of the city lord, it would not be certain.
Hearing this, Bill filled himself with a glass of fruit wine. Then he drank it all over again. He said, "Okay, just say this, I apologize to you. I hope you will not remember the grudges of the past. But I don't understand. Since it's not my joke, why did you let me, a prodigal dog come here? Now I have no use value at all."
"That's your own idea." Chen Xiansong said slowly: "Something happened in our Graystone Village recently. I wonder if you know it?"
Bill nodded, such a big thing. Of course he heard about it. The nobles of the entire Black Rock City united and carried out a conspiracy against the Graystone Village. Of course, the Graystone Village won, miraculously, so now Chen Xiansong can sit here and talk. Of course, he also heard about most of the nobles' hats.
In fact, Bill originally wanted to participate in this matter, but no one wanted him to join because he had no strength at all, no one looked down on him anymore, and no one was willing to invite him to the banquet. Although he would not deliberately target him because of the face of the city lord's mansion, this feeling of being regarded as an invisible person is quite bad, making people feel depressed and want to go crazy.
"Your City Lord's Mansion is also involved." Chen Xiansong sneered twice: "To be precise, it was your younger brother Zelonger who was involved. Yesterday I destroyed all the tools on the Yanshan Mountain, and the weapons that could make fire were also destroyed. This is my first step of revenge, and then the second step."
Hearing this, Bill was shocked, because he was excluded from the aristocratic circle and had no information at all, so he didn't know what his younger brother had done. In addition, Xue Yan's business meant very well to the City Lord's Mansion. He had wanted to get involved in business before, but he did not succeed later. He just didn't expect that Chen Xiansong was so cruel that he cut off about 70% of the City Lord's Mansion's income in an instant.
If it were someone else, this would be a desperate thing. However, Chen Xiansong is the president of the Soul Thinker Association, who controls the entire Black Rock City Mercenary Union, and there are two Sun God servants around him. Recently, another Dragon Clan was added. In Black Rock City, who is his opponent now? No!
"You are going to destroy our City Lord's Mansion." Bill's hand shook. Although he had no hope of wealth, the City Lord's Mansion was his home no matter how he said it was, and he didn't want his family to be destroyed or not to fall down.
"I don't plan to destroy the City Lord's Mansion." Chen Xiansong looked at Bill's eyes, with an angry expression under his face: "I hate betrayers the most, especially when I have no fault. I have no hatred for the City Lord's Mansion. The only person I want to deal with is Zelonger."
Bill was stunned for a moment, then his expression became obviously happy: "You mean?"
"If the city lord's mansion is Zelonger, then there is naturally nothing to talk about with me. Not to mention business, it may become a dead enemy." Chen Xiansong gently tapped the wine glass with his fingers, making a crisp tingling sound: "But if the heir of the city lord's mansion has someone else and he is willing to be friends with me, then things will be easy to talk about."
"I understand!" Bill's hands, which were placed on the table, clenched into fists.
"Three days later, I will hold a banquet in Graystone Village. Every noble family will receive invitations." Chen Xiansong saw the other party's excitement, and also saw the expectations and hopes in Bill's blue eyes: "And the City Lord's Mansion will only receive my invitations if I think I am qualified as the next heir. At that time, if the negotiations are well made, Xueyan's business may be able to operate again."
"I understand! I'll go and prepare now." Bill stood up.
"Then I won't give it."
"You are welcome."
Bill said a lot of words in this gratitude. He walked through the door and met the vice president who had been waiting outside for a long time. The two nodded to each other. The vice president found that when Bill came, he looked gloomy and gloomy, and he would unconsciously lower his head when walking, but now, he raised his head and his whole mental outlook was completely different.
The sound of a summoning bell came from the study, and the vice president hurried in.
Chen Xiansong said to him: "You help me do things for two years now. First, send the five best mercenaries from the mercenary union to protect Bill and not let him have any problems. Second, help me prepare an invitation and give it to every noble family in Black Rock City, and invite them to come to my house with their own dance partners. Three days later, I will hold a banquet in Graystone Village. There is a very important thing to announce, and I hope they will come at that time."
After receiving the order, the vice president immediately went out to do business. Chen Xiansong handled some internal affairs of the association in the study, and then took a carriage with Bai Min and returned to Graystone Village.
In the city lord's mansion, Zelonger learned that Bill and Chen Xiansong met, he angrily threw more than a dozen precious porcelain wine glasses.
"Traitor, traitor, traitor!" Zelonger shouted angrily in the study.
Folde stood aside, looking at his close friend who was out of control, sighed. Both of them understood who was the real traitor. Zelonger knew that he had made a mistake and thought that Chen Xiansong was soft-hearted. If he didn't succeed, he could just apologize and say a few soft words to wipe the matter away. However, he did not expect that Chen Xiansong would hold such a grudge. As long as he recovered from his qi, he would get rid of Xueyan's business and lose the hope of dominance of the city lord's mansion.
Now, Chen Xiansong seemed to have the idea of supporting his elder brother to take office. Zelonger felt a wave of fear. If such negative emotions were not vented, he felt that he would go crazy.
"The position of the city lord is mine, and no one can take it away." Zelonger slapped heavily on the table, with Xu Wei twisting on his handsome face: "Fold, take people there and find a chance to kill my elder brother. If Chen Xiansong really helps him to the top, we will definitely not have any good results in the future."
Fold looked at Zelonger's extremely gloomy face and asked, "But if the old city lord knows about this, what do you plan to deal with it!"
"As long as the eldest brother dies, he will only have me a son." Zelonger laughed twice, his eyes narrowed into a knife: "Even if he hates me and hates me, what can he do? Then I will only be the only one who can continue the family bloodline."
"I have another question." Fold continued to ask: "But you also understand the rules between nobles. Heirs are generally inherited by the eldest son unless he encounters illness or an unfortunate disaster. Brothers can fight openly and secretly, but if you rely on assassination, the city lord's mansion will be rejected by all the nobles in the future. If no nobles recognize our identity, what can you do if you get the position of nobles?"
"So you have to do it without knowing it, don't let anyone suspect us." Zelonger looked at Folder: "You are the scout, the most elite scout team captain, and assassination is also your expertise. I believe you can do this."
"I still think this is dangerous." Folder said angrily: "We have been wrong in the layout of Chen Xiansong and the Graystone Village. If we continue to make such mistakes, we will never have any chance to save it."
"No status, no life, no chance." Zelonger walked to his close friend: "I understand what you said, but in this situation, what chance do I have to win besides this method?"
Folde was silent. Indeed, Zelonger had no hope now. After Chen Xiansong decided to confront Zelonger, his hope and his future had been cut off.
"I do it!" Fold nodded: "But I hope this is the last time you have taken the wrong path. Even if we nobles are so dirty in secret, we cannot forget the spirit of contract, otherwise what is the difference between us and those ordinary people."
After Folde left, Zelonger sat down dejectedly. He could feel a crack between Folde and himself, and their friendship was shaky. (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!