Chapter 4346 — Confronting Them at Their Door
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
Qi Wenmo was a man of straightforward temper who acted the moment he decided. At once he led his people in a mighty procession toward the Hong Chamber of Commerce. Their menacing momentum drew a great crowd of onlookers.
The earlier dumping of the half-dead Li Yanji and Guan Zhiyuan had already stirred up a commotion; now, word spread from one to ten and ten to a hundred, and before Qi Wenmo and his party even reached the Hong Chamber of Commerce, the affair was already boiling over and blanketing the whole city.
This suited Qi Wenmo perfectly. In a matter like this, the bigger the uproar the better—at the very least, everyone must know that the incident was not the Qingtian Escort Agency's incompetence, but a trap set by Wei Zhaotong of the Hong Chamber of Commerce. In this way he could also thrust Wei Zhaotong, the hand behind the scenes, into the teeth of the storm and drag his name through the mud!
The procession arrived in force at the Hong Chamber of Commerce, every one of them radiating a chilling menace. The moment they took their stand at the entrance, the customers around hastily cleared a wide berth, taking them for a gang come to fight and settle a feud—hardly a rare sight in the chaotic Wei Arc Seas, and everyone feared being caught in the crossfire.
The Hong Chamber of Commerce went on high alert. Even the expert retainers stationed there were roused, blocking the way before the crowd with wary, grim faces. After all, Qi Wenmo had brought not only a host of escorts but several Nascent Soul experts who guarded the agency. If it came to blows with such a force, the chamber's few retainers alone might not be able to hold them back.
There was no need for Qi Wenmo to announce himself; a servant had already run to the rear courtyard to report to Wei Zhaotong: "Steward, trouble! The Qingtian Escort Agency has come to wreck the place!"
"What?" Wei Zhaotong started, and when he grasped the meaning his heart lurched. He could not help muttering to himself—could the truth have come out?
Impossible. Those pirates were seasoned veterans; they would not be caught so easily. Besides, Qi Wenmo had only delivered the three hundred thousand spirit jade in compensation yesterday—and now, a single day later, he had turned hostile?
Though puzzled, Wei Zhaotong did not lose his head. He quickly regained his composure and instructed the servant with an air of calm: "I understand. Show Qi Wenmo to the reception hall."
"And... the others?" the servant asked hesitantly.
"Bar the door to them, of course. Do they think the Hong Chamber of Commerce is a place where anyone can come make trouble whenever they please? Go, now!" Wei Zhaotong shot him a glare, and the servant nodded hurriedly and hurried out.
A short while later, Wei Zhaotong met the furious Qi Wenmo in the reception hall. To his slight surprise, however, the servant had not ushered in Qi Wenmo alone, but three men.
Of the two who entered with Qi Wenmo, he had seen Wei Zhao once before and knew him for one of the escorts on the last run. But at the sight of the other man, his eyes flickered—why would this fellow be here, instead of in the Far Star Seas?
Yet however alarmed he was inside, Wei Zhaotong let nothing show on his face. He merely cast the man in black a faint glance, as though he were a stranger he had never laid eyes on.
"Steward, Young Master Qi insisted on bringing these two in, I..." the servant began, panic-stricken, begging Wei Zhaotong's pardon. He had no choice—it was already no small feat that he had talked down the crowd outside. With Qi Wenmo determined to bring the two in, how could a mere servant truly stop him? (To be continued...)
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