manynovel Chapter 153 Another Heir
Chapter 153 Another Heir
According to normal rules, the position of prefect of Baoqing Prefecture would either be inherited by Qin Jingmo or someone else would be appointed by the Qin family, but it would never be the turn of Qin Jingyu, the youngest son born out of wedlock.
But Qin Jingyu's still charming mother raided the guest room of the ninth elder of the clan at night and had a long conversation with the ninth elder in the guest room for the whole night.
No one knew what the two talked about or what they promised that night, but on the next day, the Ninth Elder told everyone that he wanted to test the abilities of the two brothers Qin Jingmo and Qin Jingyu.
The position of prefect of Baoqing Prefecture will be determined based on these two people's knowledge, ideas on town governance, and ability to command subordinates.
At that time, Qin Jingmo was still in Wuyang Prefecture, more than 2,000 miles away, leading his caravan to sell a batch of in-demand goods collected along the way at a high price in Wuyang City.
According to Qin Jingmo, he had no interest in cultivation or studying since he was a child, but he was very sensitive to numbers, especially money.
What I like most is the pleasure of making a huge profit from the price difference between buying and selling goods.
It just so happened that Qin Daying was suffering from the poverty of Baoqing Prefecture and the lack of a suitable development direction. So Qin Jingmo suggested to his father that they form a caravan specializing in long-distance escort and make profits by taking advantage of the huge price differences of goods between the various prefectures.
Although Qin Daying agreed at that time, he did not take it seriously. After all, doing business was too risky, and if he failed once, everything would be basically over.
What's more, their Baoqing Prefecture does not have so many bunkers to support them, so doing business like this is like floating on the ground without roots.
However, this did not pose a problem for Qin Jingmo. He came up with a plan of sharing the bunker, using the Baoqing Prefecture government office as his signature, visiting people and making friends along the way. It only took him three months to open up a route from Baoqing Prefecture to Wuyang Prefecture.
Not only that, but Qin Jingmo is extremely gifted in judging the value of commodities. He can accurately estimate which goods will sell well and which items will become popular soon.
Relying on this talent, Qin Jingmo's caravan grew rapidly like a snowball, and also brought huge profits to Baoqing Prefecture.
The most direct manifestation is that the equipment of the Baoqing Prefecture’s government army is the best among the nearby cities. Everyone has a storage bag, elixir, talisman, and everything else.
Just like when Yang Qing asked Qin Jingmo for twenty thousand taels, Qin Jingmo didn't even frown.
There is no way. Doing logistics in this world is like printing money.
Seven days ago, Qin Jingmo received letters via carrier pigeons from the government army and the forces he left in Baoqing Prefecture, and only then did he know that his father was gone.
He then arranged for the shopkeeper of the caravan to continue to stay in Wuyang Prefecture, while he himself returned to Baoqing Prefecture with a group of skilled escorts from the caravan.
However, this originally ordinary escort had been encountering various assassination attempts since the first day of his return journey. Before the journey was even halfway through, most of his best men had already died.
Qin Jingmo was not a fool. He had told his confidant in Baoqing Prefecture in a pigeon letter that the Ninth Elder had stated that Qin Jingyu was also eligible to run for the prefect of Baoqing Prefecture, and if he died, he would be the biggest beneficiary.
Although they might be other business colleagues, Qin Jingmo prides himself on being well-mannered and not trying to eat alone. Whenever he arrives at a place, he would pay his respects first, and would take care of the interests of all parties so that everyone can make money together.
Even if someone's financial resources are blocked, we can still negotiate, but it will never go to the point of asking the opponent to send someone to assassinate him.
So apart from his adopted brother, Qin Jingmo really couldn't think of anyone else who would attack him.
What Qin Jingmo couldn't understand was when his brother, who usually kept a low profile, had such a powerful assassination ability.
However, Qin Jingmo was not vague. After escaping to the next city with his remaining men, he immediately used money to pave the way and recruited a large number of monks to escort him. At the same time, he sent out carrier pigeons to request the government army of Baoqing Prefecture to send personnel to pick him up.
In order to prevent his men from rebelling and revealing his whereabouts, he dismissed all of his men, leaving only a few trusted men with a guy of similar size to evacuate first.
On his side, he escaped and quietly returned with the other recruited players.
But even so, the harassment continued and became increasingly difficult to defend against. These assassins might not have high levels of cultivation, but their methods of assassination were endless. Fortunately, before the cultivators recruited by Qin Jingmo were frightened to death, the government troops of Baoqing Prefecture found Qin Jingmo.
What happened next was that they were still being chased on the way back, and then they met Yang Qing and his group.
After listening to Qin Jingmo's narration, Yang Qing stroked his chin.
Based on the fact that the assassin who tried to assassinate Qin Jingmo was an Akita ninja and that the head of Baoqing Mansion would be Qin Jingyu as long as Qin Jingmo died, it is almost certain that Qin Jingyu was in cahoots with the Akita people.
Moreover, it is said that he was a premature baby, born just over nine months old, and it is not known whether he is a purebred Akita.
Since then, Yang Qing has had a plan in mind, but he is not clear about the current situation in Baoqing Prefecture, so he has not made up his mind whether to wade into this muddy water.
Patting Qin Jingmo on the shoulder, Yang Qing said with a smile: "Then I'll inconvenience you, Mr. Qin, to rest in this shabby house tonight."
After saying that, Yang Qing walked out of the house.
Outside the house, Chen Weiwei was ripping open a leopard-like evil spirit with one move, while Mo Guang, the Jishui leopard next to him, pounced on a scaly-clawed beast.
Seeing Yang Qing coming out, Xiang Mingxue immediately went into the house to check on Qin Jingmo's condition, and then stood guard at the door of the small shabby house and never came out again.
Perhaps in her mind, since Yang Qing accepted a high price of 12,000 taels of silver, it should be their responsibility to clear out the evil spirits.
With Yang Qing's joining, the evil spirits that attacked one after another were quickly cleared out.
"Why did you talk for so long? Is there something wrong with the identities of these people?"
"Well, the assassins in front are all from Akita. This guy might be involved in the Akita people's plan to seize Baoqing Prefecture."
Then in a few words, Yang Qing briefly told Chen Weiwei the cause of the incident.
"So are you going to intervene?"
“If there’s a chance, I’d like to try it, but I’m afraid I’m not strong enough and won’t be able to get out after getting stuck.
Moreover, it is too close to Hengzhou Prefecture. Those people from the Pantheon will not let those who are not investigated go. At most, the day after tomorrow, Baoqing Prefecture will have an Earth Soul Realm master sent by the Pantheon to hunt us down."
Yang Qing thought for a while and said.
Chen Weiwei nodded upon hearing this. With their strength, it would be easy for them to kill low-level cultivators, and it would not be difficult to deal with cultivators in the middle stage of the Soul Realm.
But if one really wants to reach the level of Life Soul Realm soul opening six spirits or even perfection like Liu Fusheng, then it would be a bit difficult, not to mention being hunted down by Earth Soul Realm masters.
That night, Yang Qing lit several bonfires outside the small, run-down house. The blazing flames emitted light far away, allowing the small, run-down house to be seen even from several kilometers away.
A large number of evil spirits were attracted by the light, but because they were instinctively afraid of fire, they lurked far away around the fire, hiding in places where the light could not reach, and from time to time they made creepy roars, and there were quite a few second-level evil spirits among them.
And this is exactly the effect Yang Qing wants.
Then Yang Qing, holding the Miao Dao, smiled and rushed into the darkness with the black light of the Ji Shui Leopard. The flashing of the knife was mixed with the howling of evil spirits from time to time.
Chen Weiwei, who was standing by, stood guard in the middle of the fire vigilantly to prevent any evil spirit from being unable to control itself and suddenly erupting.
After all, there was a "moneybag" living in that shabby house.
Inside the house, Qin Jingmo and Xiang Mingxue were very indignant about Yang Qing lighting a bonfire next to the house.
This is because they are afraid that there won’t be enough evil spirits coming, so they use everyone as bait.
I wanted to stop it, but I was frightened by the evil roar.
In his heart, he cursed Yang Qing to be bitten to death by the evil spirit as soon as possible, but at the same time he had to pray that Yang Qing would hold on and take them through the night safely.