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Chapter 276: Chapter 129 Chen Jie: My Lady, You Are Mad Enough (10,000 Words for Subscription)_3

Si Xi: …

Feng Xuan looked at Si Xi and said, “You, you are just too soft-hearted. Those who achieve great things don’t sweat the small stuff!”

Si Xi replied, “Yes, I understand now.”

Feng Xuan looked at Si Xi and said, “Alright, you shouldn’t worry about these matters. Just focus on doing your job well and withdraw.”

“Yes.”

Si Xi immediately withdrew upon hearing these words.

As everyone around him had left, Feng Xuan sent away the maids on either side, closed the room door, and his lips curled into a sinister smile.

It had worked. His years of plotting had finally succeeded. Hahaha…

He laughed uncontrollably!

“To achieve greatness, bones must be crushed,” he thought. To rise to power, he needed to eliminate his competitors. His previous competitor was Zheng Chuan, so he had set up this scheme.

First, it was two years ago when he and Zheng Chuan were fiercely competing.

Both were trying everything they could, overshadowing the other, displaying their value to Peng Shizhong, hoping to be chosen as the successor of the White Tiger Hall.

But he knew that Peng Shizhong wouldn’t choose someone just for being outstanding; with Peng Shizhong’s indecisiveness, only by eliminating one could he make up his mind to choose the other.

Hence, he planned to secretly take out Second Brother.

That’s how his plotting began.

First, he purposefully found a business-savvy merchant to make contact with Zheng Chuan, then let slip to Zheng Chuan a plan about how the gambling house could drive business for the silver shops, fabric stores, and other related industries.

If this plan succeeded, Yongchang Street would completely outshine Peace Street in business.

Zheng Chuan would thoroughly trample him underfoot and stand out.

But such a big project needed funds. Where would the money come from?

That’s when Feng Xuan discovered in the Black Market the demon people from the Zoroastrian Sect buying ironware everywhere. He had the butler, Old Zhou, who was infiltrated in Zheng Chuan’s side, make contact and slowly leak this information to Zheng Chuan.

Zheng Chuan was indeed tempted.

Thus came Zheng Chuan’s move to mix pig iron with scrap and sell it.

What Feng Xuan hadn’t expected was that Zheng Chuan would try to harm him back by turning Wang Dafa, the shopkeeper of the Tongyuan Line who was under Feng Xuan’s control, helping him transport the ironware.

This made him hesitant to act openly, as if something went wrong, he couldn’t escape being implicated.

So he set another trap, suggesting through the butler Old Zhou to Zheng Chuan that they stamp the delivery note with the Tongyuan Line’s seal to better frame him.

After setting all this up, Feng Xuan waited several more months to be cautious.

Once he had completely dissociated himself from the relationships, he prepared to find someone to blow up the matter. Originally, this person was supposed to be Third Brother.

But unexpectedly, Fourth Brother stumbled upon the entire process of Second Brother’s delivery by accident, and to keep it secret, Second Brother attacked and killed Fourth Brother.

It was an unexpected blessing from heaven.

Peng Shizhong had a patriarchal mindset, willing to cover for his children’s mistakes, even backing them up in trouble.

Thus, without Zheng Chuan doing something that deeply hurt him, Peng Shizhong wouldn’t have the heart to deal with him.

And the death of Fourth Brother presented just such an opportunity.

What could be more unacceptable to Old Peng than fratricide?

So, the plan to set off the explosion began.

How did Darugachi Mansion know someone was secretly trading ironware with the Zoroastrian Sect?

He sent someone to inform them!

Why couldn’t Second Brother manage to dispose of Fourth Brother’s body the day he killed him?

He sent people disguised as a large force to chase away Second Brother.

And about the account books, on the day Chen Jiusi went to inspect the accounts, he had already briefed the accountant.

If Fifth Brother could not discover the peculiarity in the account books, the accountant would cleverly point out the issue with excessive scrap iron.

Then everything would be traced back to this matter, traced back to Second Brother.

Just like now, it suddenly exploded, pushing Second Brother into a hopeless situation.

It was all done by Second Brother, and indeed, he was the killer of Fourth Brother. Now, Second Brother had no justification, nor did he have much to defend, as everything had indeed been his doing.

He brought it upon himself, while Feng Xuan himself had done nothing but stir his inner greed.

So, he was still kind.

“Hehehe, hehehe…”

Feng Xuan buried his head in the blanket and laughed heartily, feeling thrilled, yet not wanting others to see his smugness upon succeeding.

Externally, he was the cordial and upright “Eight-faced Buddha.”

How could he be someone skilled in devious tactics?

But as he laughed, his smile suddenly ceased, his expression returning to its usual coldness.

He had just thought of something quite displeasing: Second Brother might have been dealt with, but Fifth Brother was rising powerfully, presenting him with yet another competitor.

And for this competitor, he wasn’t willing to spend years plotting again.

He was growing impatient, so Chen Jiusi, you must die too!

Feng Xuan thought to himself, watching the flickering flames in the room, his gaze filled with dark cruelty.

“A general achieves success atop a mountain of bones; what do a few deaths matter?”

…

Tatatat…

In the forest, Zheng Chuan was deep in thought when he suddenly heard the sound of horse hooves.

He was shocked, and at that moment the butler shouted, “It’s an attack, White Tiger Hall’s men have come after us! Protect Second Master.”

Outside the forest, Chen Jie and others just wanted to check out the situation, but as soon as they approached, they heard this shout – their eyes lit up, they had found them!

“Fire the signal!”

Whoosh!

A Cloud Piercing Arrow flew into the sky, exploding suddenly.

Seeing the signal, Peng Fu immediately turned around and rushed over.

Seeing this unfold, Zheng Chuan cursed in shock, “These persistent ghosts…”