Chapter 149.2 – Beef Jerky
Fu Yuan Jian caught a glimpse of the silent Luo Yang who was standing beside him, and suddenly said, “Luo Yang, in your opinion, what should we do about this matter?”
When he heard his name, Luo Yang glanced furtively over at Jiang Sheng. The other man clearly did not look happy. He suddenly had the thought that he should be glad that Jiang Sheng took his place, otherwise the one being scolded like a dog today would be him.
“Replying to wangye, before we thought that the one behind Tian Long Gambling House must be an outsider, someone who came from outside the capital, but this person is obviously very familiar with the workings of Jun Zi City. After all, we can be considered the regional boss of Jun Zi City, so it makes no sense that we can’t find a single clue despite investigating for so long. Therefore, this subordinate thinks that perhaps our outset was incorrect, and that this person has probably been living in Jun Zi City all along.”
Fu Yuan Jian thought that what Luo Yang said made sense and he prompted, “Go on.”
Luo Yang said, “We’ve tried to cause trouble for Tian Long Gambling House several times, but each time they averted disaster. Does wangye recall that when we went to look for trouble with that engraving workshop guy surnamed Li, Gong Yun and his men came to intervene in the matter?”
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“Of course I remember. At that time we even suspected that it was related to the Yu family, so we sent people to shadow and investigate the Yu family, but it turned out to not be them. That’s why we suspected that someone had used the Yu family to deal with us, thus leading us on a wild goose chase.”
“Yes, but after thinking about it for a while, this subordinate realized that Yu Bo Fei is a smart person. If we can come to certain conclusions, then he must be able to come to the same conclusions.”
Fu Yuan Jian’s eyes lit up. “You mean it is very likely that Yu Bo Fei made use of our habitual thinking patterns to lead us into thinking that it cannot be him?”
“Precisely so.” Luo Yang paused and then he said, “But that is just this subordinate’s conjecture. Whether it is truly the Yu family has yet to be verified, but this subordinate can be certain of one thing and that is the true mastermind is very likely to be a member of the imperial family.”
Fu Yuan Jian narrowed his eyes, “Very well, I will leave this matter to you.”
Hearing these words, Jiang Sheng lowered his head again.
Luo Yang glanced at him, and the corner of his mouth twitched, “Wangye, it is better to leave this matter to Jiang Sheng, he is better at this than me.”
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Jiang Sheng looked up at him in astonishment.
Fu Yuan Jian pondered for a moment, “Alright then.”
It took Jiang Sheng a while to process the situation. “This subordinate accepts [the order].”
Seeing that the wangye’s expression had softened a lot, Luo Yang paused for a moment and then spoke up again, “Wangye, there is one more thing.”
Fu Yuan Jian was indeed in a better mood, “What’s the matter?”
Luo Yang said, “Bao Hua Gambling house is the most profitable business under wangye’s name, but ever since Tian Long Gambling house came into the picture, the gambling house’s revenue has decreased a lot. We’ve tried to imitate Tian Long Gambling House, but wangye should also be able to tell that no matter how hard we try, the gambling house will never go back to how it was before.”
Fu Yuan Jian knew what Luo Yang wanted to say. How could he not understand the reality of the situation? He was determined to make it big, but then he stumbled on this matter. He has persisted until now, so he was unwilling to give up. He just didn’t want to admit that he lost.
“Wangye, you must make a decision when it is time to decide.”
[T/N: He’s saying cut your losses.]
Luo Yang thought Fu Yuan Jian still couldn’t figure it out.
“All right,” Fu Yuan Jian waved his hand impatiently, “No need to say any more, I understand what you are saying, and I have my own discretion in this matter.”
Luo Yang sighed in his heart. He was afraid that the wangye would be too competitive and would not stop until he crashed. He had a premonition that even if they found out who was behind Tian Long Gambling House, they would not be able to do anything to that person.
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“Wangye, there is also the matter with the Zhuo family. The matter that the Zhuo family’s eldest son spoke about five days ago, do we have to give a reply?”
Fu Yuan Jian thought for a while, “The Zhuo family seems to be fighting quite hard recently.”
Luo Yang replied, “Elder Zhuo is old after all, so he is unable to attend to multiple things at once. In the past two months, this subordinate has heard that Elder Zhuo plans to delegate power to his children, but he has too many descendants and they’re all very ambitious, so there are many people vying for the position of patriarch. This subordinate heard that Elder Zhuo gave them a difficult mission a month ago. He’s making them all start up a business, and the one who does the best according to him would gain his recognition.”
“According to him?” Fu Yuan Jian laughed mockingly. “So in the end, if that person is not his favorite son or grandson then he cannot get Elder Zhuo’s approval. If Elder Zhuo does not like a certain descendant, then he can just say he didn’t do well and reject him.”
Elder Zhuo was playing a game of words, and not a contest of ability. A truly smart person would be able to tell right away.
“Wait for two days and let’s see.”
“Understood, wangye.”
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