Chapter 127 Money Given for Free
“Dad said tonight you need to accompany me,” Su Yunxi blinked her eyes.
Chen Xuan naturally would not let his father-in-law’s good intentions go to waste: “Okay, I’ll accompany you.”
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In the evening, Chen Xuan changed into clean clothes, drove to pick up Su Yunxi, and arrived at the banquet according to the address on the invitation.
Upon arriving at the banquet, Chen Xuan was quite surprised.
He had initially thought the guests at the banquet would only be Jiangzhou’s wealthy elites and people from various sectors. However, he unexpectedly saw many wealthy individuals from the provincial capital, and even the wealthy elites from Jiangbei who had been present at the antique auction had also come.
Su Yunxi held Chen Xuan’s arm and explained softly, “These people are all here to curry favor with Wei Changgeng. The Yanhuang Iron Brigade has a very wide scope of responsibility. Many wealthy individuals have less-than-clean backgrounds and want Wei Changgeng to turn a blind eye and be lenient.”
Chen Xuan smiled and nodded.
However, Wei Changgeng holding a banquet in a place as small as Jiangzhou still surprised Chen Xuan.
A thought crossed his mind. He remembered reading in the news that the Yanhuang Iron Brigade was offering a reward for skilled individuals who had killed the bandits of the Azure Dragon Chamber of Commerce. Could Wei Changgeng have come to Jiangzhou for this matter?
He shook his head, thinking he was overthinking.
At the banquet, there were many locals from Jiangzhou. Many recognized Chen Xuan and Su Yunxi and came over to greet them.
“Miss Su, Mr. Chen, we heard you are engaged. Congratulations, congratulations!”
Su Yunxi smiled charmingly and responded to everyone.
“Yunxi!”
At this moment, a familiar, alluring voice sounded.
Chen Xuan raised an eyebrow, looked in the direction of the sound, and indeed, saw Murong Meng, dressed in a solemn and luxurious evening gown, swaying her graceful figure as she walked over.
Murong Meng was the only woman Chen Xuan had met who could rival Su Yunxi in both appearance and temperament. Dressed up like this, her graceful curves were displayed to perfection, making her even more striking.
At this moment, with two beauties surrounding Chen Xuan, many cast envious and jealous glances, wishing they could devour Chen Xuan.
Chen Xuan, however, ignored them, continuing to eat and drink as if no one else was there, treating the two beauties as if they were air.
Chen Xuan was also an old acquaintance of Murong Meng. After a casual greeting, he stood with Su Yunxi, chatting incessantly, leaving Chen Xuan to himself.
“Why are you dressed like this?” Su Yunxi asked in surprise.
“Do you think I wanted to? It’s unavoidable. You don’t know my family. In the Murong family, I’m not favored by the old man. My father insisted I find a suitable son-in-law at the banquet… So, I dressed up like a peacock showing off its feathers.”
As she spoke, Murong Meng complained indignantly, “I don’t know why Grandpa had so many children before. For some family property, everyone is fighting and scrambling…”
Su Yunxi nodded with deep empathy. If the Su family didn’t have so many branches, their family wouldn’t have been driven out of the capital.
Murong Meng blinked her beautiful eyes and said softly, “Do you know why Wei Changgeng came to Jiangzhou?”
Su Yunxi shook her head.
“A few days ago, two wanted criminals were killed in Jiangzhou. I heard Wei Changgeng came for that person, wanting to invite him to join the Yanhuang Iron Brigade.”
“That person will definitely show up. Joining the Yanhuang Iron Brigade is a good prospect.”
“Isn’t it? But no one has claimed the reward notice issued by the Yanhuang Iron Brigade yet. Isn’t that strange… Fortunately, there are surveillance cameras nearby, although the equipment is a bit old, and the video is a bit blurry…”
Listening to the two women’s conversation, Chen Xuan touched his nose. As expected. Hearing about surveillance cameras, his heart skipped a beat. Fortunately, the video was blurry. He secretly resolved to be more discreet in the future if such matters arose.
At this moment, Murong Meng suddenly looked at the dazed Chen Xuan and said, “I just got some news that is very unfavorable to you.”
Chen Xuan raised an eyebrow: “What is it?”
“The news I just received is that among the people accompanying Wei Changgeng this time is someone named Gu Feng. This Gu Feng is a well-known young talent in the provincial capital. The Gu family is a prominent family in the provincial capital, and he himself is skilled in combat. He was personally brought into the Yanhuang Iron Brigade by Wei Changgeng and has broken one record after another with his iron fists, being hailed as one of the Four Young Masters of Yanhuang.”
“Gu Feng? I don’t think I know him,” Chen Xuan said after a moment of thought.
Hearing the name, Su Yunxi’s breathing faltered slightly. She seemed to have heard of Gu Feng’s great reputation as well.
“You don’t know him, but he knows you. He is good brothers with Yu Feiyang, and it’s said that Yu Feiyang even saved his life. When the Yu family had trouble this time, he suspects you are involved… and he will likely seek trouble with you.”
“Yu Feiyang? The Yu family?”
Chen Xuan immediately understood what was going on.
However, he didn’t care who the Four Young Masters were; they had nothing to do with him. If there was trouble, he would just beat them to death.
“However, you don’t need to worry too much. After all, Wei Changgeng is good friends with Uncle Su, so Gu Feng wouldn’t dare to be too arrogant,” Murong Meng said with a smile.
At this moment, a secretary-like person walked over and said respectfully, “Miss Su, Mr. Wu over there wants to see you to discuss contract matters.”
“I’ll be right there.”
Su Yunxi nodded, then said goodbye to Chen Xuan and Murong Meng before turning to follow the secretary.
Having learned from the previous experience, Chen Xuan kept his distance from Murong Meng. While eating fine wine and delicacies, his gaze involuntarily swept over the people present.
Looking around, Chen Xuan found no less than ten Internal Energy martial artists in the crowd, and he secretly nodded. It seemed these wealthy elites paid attention to martial arts.
It was no wonder. In modern society, with the protection of an Internal Energy martial artist, as long as they didn’t encounter a major organization like the Azure Dragon Chamber of Commerce, their lives would not be threatened.
Of course, if it were the Dark Blood Organization, all the martial artists present wouldn’t be enough to handle them. After all, even the Feng Shui master of the Feng family from Fenglong Mountain had to obey their commands.
Murong Meng sat opposite him. Seeing Chen Xuan looking around but not at her, she couldn’t help but feel annoyed.
She kicked Chen Xuan under the table and, with wide eyes, said indignantly, “Quick, tell me, how exactly did you deceive my uncle!”
Chen Xuan was stunned for a moment, then quickly thought of the wealthy elite Murong Yuan from Jiangbei and said, “You mean Murong Yuan? I met him occasionally at the antique appraisal exhibition held by Zhou Tiancheng. We’re not very familiar.”
“Not familiar? If you weren’t familiar, why would my uncle let you go with me to see a batch of rough jade stones? Just letting you follow along and look around, you just went to run errands, and he agreed to give you thirty percent of the profit?” Murong Meng stared at Chen Xuan, unable to believe it.
“What do you mean?” Chen Xuan was completely bewildered.
Murong Meng then told Chen Xuan what had happened.
It turned out that the Murong family had previously purchased rough jade stones worth tens of millions. Tomorrow, they were to take delivery of these rough jade stones at the border between Jiangzhou and Jiangbei. Murong Yuan had called Murong Meng, instructing her to invite Chen Xuan to go with her, and was willing to offer thirty percent of the profit as a reward.
Taking delivery of rough jade stones was a very simple task. It was clearly a way to give Chen Xuan benefits.
“Quick, tell me what’s going on! My uncle is a great wealthy man in Jiangbei, why would he give you money for free? Did you use the Divine Doctor Pharmacy to embezzle money?”
Murong Meng stared at Chen Xuan curiously. If she had a scalpel in her hand, she would dissect Chen Xuan right now to see why he was so outstanding.