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Chapter 262: The first sword on the shore, kill the brothel first

Chapter 262: The first sword on the shore, kill the brothel street first

These four short words made Bai Wu tremble with excitement and waves surge in her chest.

In the majestic Demon Suppression Bureau, Bai Wu suddenly felt a sense of familiarity as if he were seeing his family.

Friendly Forces…

Lord Lu is actually a friendly force!

Bai Wu felt that there was still hope for survival and wanted to give Lu Zhan a hug, but when she thought about her confession just now, she felt a little guilty.

How did she know that Lord Shi Silu was actually a friendly force!

If she had known this, she should have gone through the torture process before confessing.

Sure enough, some processes absolutely cannot be skipped and must be followed, otherwise accidents are likely to occur.

"Sir, just now I..." Bai Wu hesitated to speak, hoping that Lu Zhan could see through his vulnerability.

Lu Zhan was sympathetic and said, "I understand. Isn't this the norm in our Black Water Sect? If you are caught, you should confess and try to get leniency. After you are released, you can make contributions to the sect."

These words made Bai Wu feel heartbroken. Wasn't it obvious that she was spineless?

Although she did not have much backbone, she still tried to save her dignity: "Sir, I am different from the other disciples of the Black Water Sect..."

"Ok?"

"I'm a native of Bian Jing." Bai Wu's tone was somewhat casual, but his expression was very proud.

Lu Zhan stood in awe: "So you are a Bian Jing monster, no wonder you are so delicate. Don't worry, since we are family, I will not harm you. I can understand why you confessed just now. If it were me, I would not be able to withstand the torture. Instead of being tortured and then confessing, it is better to suffer less. Otherwise, wouldn't that be stupid?"

Bai Wu's eyes lit up, and he felt like he had met a confidant: "My Lord, your opinion is great!"

Lu Zhan waved his hands and said, "These are all minor matters, but the big man outside was relentless. He even reported the tax inspection. That's why I had no choice but to go to the first floor."

"Now that he is watching here, I must give you an explanation and cannot let you go easily, so you have to take the initiative to volunteer later, and say that you are willing to reform yourself and work for the Demon Suppression Bureau and go to the Black Water Sect as an undercover agent."

"Then I will go along with your request and you will naturally be free. But you must not spread this matter to anyone else. Otherwise, if the sect knows that you were captured by the Demon Suppression Bureau, they will doubt your loyalty. I will help you deal with this matter."

Bai Wu was deeply moved. It was indeed much better to have the support of the organization than to fight alone. The friendly forces even arranged a retreat for him.

"May I ask what your reputation is in the Black Water Sect? I will never forget your kindness!" Bai Wu's eyes were firm.

Lu Zhan lowered his voice and said, "The new Tenth Hall Master, Lu Ba!"

"It's you!!" Bai Wu was so excited that he knelt down and kowtowed immediately. He had heard that the tenth hall master was coming to Bian Jing, but he didn't expect that the hall master was Lu Zhan. This was great.

“Don’t be so loud.” Lu Zhan hurriedly helped her up and whispered, “My colleagues are here, you better behave yourself.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Chu Wantang came in from outside holding an ink pad.

"Lord Lu, how is the interrogation going? Do you want me to throw her into the prison?" Chu Wantang let himself go and threatened with narrowed eyes.

Lu Zhan waved his hands and said earnestly, "You are good in every way, except that you are too hot-tempered... Just now, Bai Wu took the initiative to ask for meritorious service in exchange for his crime, and was willing to go to the Black Water Sect as a spy for us."

"That's right..." Bai Wu thought that the hall master was getting into the role very quickly, and she said hurriedly: "I am willing to make amends for my crime."

Chu Wantang didn't believe it: "How do I know you didn't lie to me? You don't even pay taxes on time, so other things are even harder to say."

"I have a trace of my soul in the Demon Suppression Bureau. You can use that soul to control me. Please give me a chance!" Bai Wu cried and kept saying that he was wrong.

Chu Wantang originally wanted to continue threatening him twice to satisfy her desire, but she didn't expect Bai Wu to be so sensible. Thinking of her plan with Lu Zhan, she paced back and forth for a long time before saying, "Since you want to redeem yourself from your crimes, we will help you. Don't forget that all your people are in our hands. If you dare to have other ideas, you know the consequences."

Even if the fog monsters are having sex with guests in the wild, they are all registered monsters in the Demon Suppression Bureau. It would be fine if they don't do evil, but once they break the law, the Demon Suppression Bureau can control them with the help of their souls.

Retaining the soul is a cruel method, but monsters are naturally stronger than humans. If they want to live in the human world, the Monster Suppression Bureau has to keep a backup plan that will be of great use at critical moments.

"I understand!"

Bai Wu swore many more vows with great sincerity before Chu Wantang reluctantly believed her and let her go.

Bai Wu didn't care about her injury and left without stopping. Chu Wantang left a deep psychological trauma on her, and she never wanted to come to the Demon Suppression Bureau again.

"Bai Wu, you're finally back!"

As soon as Bai Wu returned to the first floor, he found Hua Niang sitting in the room waiting.

Seeing Bai Wu injured, Hua Niang looked grim: "You are taking a risk by cooperating with our First Floor. The punishment for a monster's mistake is too great."

Although Lu Zhan arrested her, he did not explain the reason in detail. He only asked her to return to the company to cooperate with the investigation. Hua Niang thought it was because of tax evasion.

"Alas... it's never easy for us demons. Humans can just make up for the tax evasion, but we have to be punished..." Bai Wu frowned and admitted, "But how did this get out? We did it very secretly. Those guests who came to have fun have evidence in our hands, so they will definitely not tell anyone."

"It must be the two brothers from the Luo family!" Hua Niang's eyes flashed with ferocity. "I felt that there was something wrong with those two brothers from the beginning. When you auctioned your virginity a few days ago, those two brothers actually used the same account. What's going on? They want to pay one share, two people at a time? Now that I think about it, they deliberately spent money on the first floor to gain our trust... and then secretly investigate our taxes."

"Then what do we do?"

"If we can't offend the Demon Suppression Bureau, can we not teach those two second-generation rich kids a lesson? They have offended countless people. If we put them in sacks and beat them up, even the Luo family won't know who did it." Hua Niang looked at the bloodstained clothes and said, "You should take good care of yourself and don't worry about this matter. You just have to pay taxes on time in the future. But even if you pay taxes, our industry chain can still make a lot of money, don't lose heart."

"Yeah!" Bai Wu nodded. She knew that there was official power behind the First Building, or in other words, all the brothels in Baihu Street had more or less people behind them.

It is not easy to become big and strong in Bian Jing.

……

The colder the snow, the more beautiful the plum blossoms appear.

I don't have to be on duty today. Going to the Demon Suppression Bureau to interrogate Bai Wu is just to scare her. I will go home after the matter is over.

It was already noon, there was no sun in the sky, and heavy snow was still falling. Lu Zhan asked the three brothers from Suzaku Valley to cook, and he and Xiao Chu admired the plum blossoms together.

The effect of the disguise pill has disappeared. Xiao Chu is wearing a rouge-red cloak, looking very seductive in the falling snow.

She walked in the plum forest, plucked a plum branch with one hand, looked back and asked: "After thinking about it, I always feel that today's event is really clever. You can find out the tax problem by going to the brothel... But will Bai Wu be useful as a chess piece?"

If this scene with Lu Zhan is useless, it would be a waste of effort.

"Not very useful, but enough for small things, and there's an unexpected gain." Lu Zhan held a white porcelain vase and put the red plum blossom picked by Xiao Chu into it, saying, "I didn't expect that she was the pillow of Jiang Yannian, the leader of Bian Jing. She can influence me a little bit, which is good for me."

Chu Wantang thought about it carefully and felt that what Lu Zhan said made sense. As the saying goes, an iron-boned coat cannot defeat a soft finger. At certain times, pillow talk can play a crucial role.

Seeing that Xiao Chu didn't say anything, Lu Zhan corrected him, "And I didn't go to the brothel and check the tax by accident. I went to the brothel because I knew there was a problem with the tax."

Although this was a lie, it couldn't be completely false. There was indeed a reason for it this time. The two brothers of the Luo family welcomed him on the first floor, and he wanted to take the opportunity to find out more about Bai Wu, so he followed them.

Since he got together with Jiang Jiang Yueyue, he had only gone to the brothel to take a look at the pomegranate flowers, and had never been there other than that.

"Yeah, I know." Xiao Chu lowered his eyes to hide his complicated expression, and picked a few more plum branches.

They put the red plums in the arrangement and carried them into the dining pavilion. Outside the window of the dining pavilion were bamboo forests and pine trees. In the room was a vase of red plums, which looked very beautiful.

"Brother, the meal is ready!"

Zhu Youwei brought the food up and said proudly, "This is a new cooking method we have researched, stir-frying with the Triple Suzaku Divine Fire! This is stir-fried bacon with garlic sprouts. Although the ingredients are ordinary, after being stir-fried with the Triple Suzaku Divine Fire, the taste is very different from ordinary stir-fried pork with garlic sprouts. Brother, please try it and see how it tastes."

The three ghosts seemed to have forgotten their identities in life. After death, they worked diligently to study cooking and carry forward the spirit of chefs.

Lu Zhan took a bite and said, "Not bad, bring the rest of the food here as well."

The three Zhu brothers eagerly brought the food: "This is the egg mother stewed with mushrooms... The old turtle son stewed with pork ribs..."

"Don't name it randomly!" Lu Zhan said unhappily, "It tastes good, but the name is a mess."

Zhu Youwei said somewhat embarrassedly: "Brother, since you think it's delicious, we have a request, but I don't know if we should mention it or not."

"what?"

Zhu Youwei smiled wryly and said, "We want to open a restaurant! The cooking skills of our Suzaku Valley are first-class. We can make a lot of money every year just by selling barbecue food. If we open a restaurant in Bianjing, with our skills, we will definitely be able to make it bigger and stronger!"

Lu Zhan looked at them with a smile and said gently, "Get lost!"

You're already a ghost, and you're still thinking about opening a restaurant?

What bad habits do the disciples of Suzaku Valley have!

The three ghosts rolled into the laurel bell without stopping.

Chu Wantang couldn't help but laugh: "No wonder Suzaku Valley is getting worse year by year. Although Suzaku Divine Fire is not a top-notch technique, it can still be ranked among the best. Instead of cultivating the Divine Fire well, they actually use it to cook."

“You know what, the food is quite delicious…” Lu Zhan took a few bites and was very satisfied.

This was his first twentieth day of winter since he came to the Great Zhou, and he spent it in Bian Jing with Xiao Chu.

Xiao Chu looked at the falling snow, feeling somewhat disappointed. "You are now both Hall Master Lu and Blackwater No. 3. Hall Master Lu does not need to meet his subordinates immediately, but Blackwater No. 3 is going to pay respect to the helmsman at the dock. When are you going to go?"

"Tonight." Lu Zhan decided to disguise himself and meet the evil cultivators of Bian Jing Du tonight.

"Well!" Chu Wantang clenched his fist and waved it, encouragingly saying, "You found out about the tax evasion of monsters when you first came to Bianjing. This is a good start. Everything will go smoothly from now on."

"hope so."

The two of them didn't say anything else and ate in silence.

Lu Zhan didn't feel lonely. Having someone beside him to eat with him made him feel warm even if they didn't talk.

……

On the 20th day of winter, when snow is falling, people in Bianjing have the custom of eating dumplings.

In previous years, after eating dumplings, people would set off two plates of firecrackers, and then three or five people would gather together, sit around the stove, make tea, eat snacks and chat. If there were cats at home, they would hold them in their arms and chat together. It was very comfortable and leisurely.

But the topic of this year's Winter 20th is different from previous years.

This year's topic is White Tiger Street.

It is said that a new young man has come to the Demon Suppression Bureau. He is the director of the twelfth branch of the Demon Suppression Bureau at a young age. He has just arrived in Bian Jing for less than two days, but he has already checked the tax collection of the first floor of Baihu Street and recovered a lot of losses for the court.

Because of this incident, people in other brothels on Baihu Street were also in a panic.

Although everyone has their own backers, the year is almost over and one is afraid that officials will follow the trend and conduct tax inspections for the sake of performance.

Everyone sat together and discussed that instead of waiting to be investigated, it would be better to pay the difference proactively. This way they would not be fined and their reputation would still be good.

It is said that all the proprietresses of Baihu Street went to pay the additional taxes this afternoon. The reason for the additional taxes was the same: the accountant had made a mistake in the calculation.

As for whether it's true or not? Naturally, no one would investigate. Even if they did, wouldn't they still be keeping someone to settle the score? You raise soldiers for a thousand days and deploy them for a moment. They will be deployed at the critical moment.

This incident soon spread throughout the city of Bianjing. Although it was not a big deal, the women of Bianjing had long disliked the group of slutty women on Baihu Street. Seeing Baihu Street in trouble, they were all very happy. Word spread from one person to ten, and from ten to a hundred. By the time it was dark, the news had spread throughout the inner and outer cities.

When talking about this matter, we can't avoid mentioning the newly appointed Lord Lu.

If it weren’t for that young master, how could those goblins on Baihu Street have such bad luck?

It is said that Lord Lu has a bad reputation, but now it seems that it is just a rumor. If he is really lustful, how could he handle this kind of thing selflessly when he found out?

Even the Jianghu Monthly changed its direction in time. In the Jianghu Monthly published on the 20th of winter, Lu Zhan's achievements were emphasized. As the saying goes, the first sword a new official wields upon taking office is to "kill" the brothel street first.

Lu Zhan was already famous, and now he became even more popular. Many young ladies in Bian Jing were curious about his demeanor. He was described as so extraordinary, what did he look like in real life?

Suddenly, there were more and more stalls selling Lu Zhan's portraits in the streets and alleys of Bianjing.

There are even small shops selling "Lu Zhan peripherals", which collect many things "used by Lord Lu".

Although no one knew who was behind this, the attack was launched as soon as Lu Zhan arrived in Bianjing City.

Even Wuyang Palace specially bought a copy of Jianghu Monthly.

……

In the small pavilion in Wuyang Palace Garden.

Soft gauze curtains hung at the four corners of the pavilion to block the wind and snow outside. Charcoal was burning in the small gray stove, creating warmth that permeated the red plum blossoms on the small table.

The chief mistress lay lazily on the beauty couch, her soft purple satin skirt fitting her delicate body. Her legs were placed sideways together, revealing her feet wrapped in black stockings.

The snow-white fox fur fell to her arms, revealing her jade-like shoulders. She had not put on any makeup, and her long hair flowed like a waterfall, but her face was stunningly beautiful.

The middle-aged female official stood with her head bowed, reading the latest Jianghu Monthly.

The chief secretary raised her hand and slowly stood up. Her black hair slid down to her chest as she moved, creating exaggerated black waves. She half-squinted her eyes and said, "He just arrived in Bianjing and he went to check the taxes... Interesting."

"Princess, do you really think that Lord Lu is going to inspect the taxes?"

"It doesn't matter whether it is or not." The chief secretary picked up a grape and put it into his red lips: "The important thing is that he really found something. Although it's not a big deal, he just came to Bian Jing, so his reputation has been made."

The female official lowered her head slightly, waiting for her master's instructions.

The chief steward swallowed the grapes and said slowly, "This year's grapes are not good, they are a bit sour. Send two plates to Lanlan to try."

The female official raised her head and said, "Princess, the young lady doesn't like sour food."

"She..." The chief minister laughed so hard that his body shook uncontrollably, squinting his eyes and saying leisurely, "She likes it recently."

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PS: Good night! Go to bed early!