Chapter 760 Handling Business
Although Zhou Qingming had never met Zhu Wenyu, he had learned a lot about this member of the Zhu family in advance.
On the surface, due to his past injuries, Zhu Wenyu had not been involved in any of the Zhu family's affairs over the years.
However, after a thorough investigation, Zhu Wenyu's connections with Ji Jingyi of the Southwest Prefecture and the major noble families of the Southwest were undeniable!
This guy was the helmsman hidden in the darkness!
"Is this the legendary Fifth Master Zhu? I've long heard of you. I was actually thinking I wouldn't get to meet Fifth Master during my visit to the Southwest today. I didn't expect you to come in person."
Zhou Qingming's words surprised everyone present. This guy was a true peak Grandmaster, and not very old.
Such a peak Grandmaster, even if he was wary of the Zhu family, shouldn't have spoken to a cripple like Fifth Master Zhu in such a tone.
Hearing this, Zhu Wenyu simply smiled faintly and said, "My body is currently inconvenient for movement, and I shouldn't have come. But upon learning that the person arriving was Brother Qingming, I still wanted to meet him."
"Rumor has it that Brother Qingming is a top-tier peak Grandmaster in the Zhou family, and a martial artist personally trained by the Old Ancestor of the Zhou family. I assume you must have profound research in martial arts."
"Although my legs are crippled, I am quite interested in martial arts, so I wish to befriend Brother Qingming and exchange insights."
When the two met, neither of them immediately brought up the matter of the Zhou family's Old Ancestor's death.
They were more like pure martial artists, discussing martial arts at such a crucial moment.
"Good, there's no problem with that, of course."
After the few of them were seated, Zhu Wenwu, who had been silent until now, raised his eyebrows and looked at Chen Yang. Chen Yang naturally understood Zhu Wenwu's intention, and as everyone else was talking, Chen Yang quietly moved closer to Zhu Wenwu's seat.
The Zhou family members paid no attention to Chen Yang, as he looked too young.
Even if such a young person was a martial artist, he wouldn't be a very powerful one.
When Chen Yang entered, he was pushing Zhu Wenyu's wheelchair. Zhou Qingming guessed that Chen Yang was probably just a servant responsible for taking care of Zhu Wenyu.
Zhou Qingming, however, was very interested in the other person, Zhu Que.
A piece of news was circulating everywhere: the eldest daughter of the Zhu family had returned.
And this person was Zhu Wenwu's daughter.
More importantly, the Zhu family seemed to be very distressed about this woman, and there were even rumors that Zhu Que might eventually be in charge of the entire Zhu family.
Zhou Qingming clearly sensed a martial artist's aura from Zhu Que.
Zhu Que's current strength was not enough to completely conceal all the aura within her.
Chen Yang, on the other hand, had made thorough preparations before entering and had not the slightest trace of martial artist aura about him.
"Chen Yang, this fellow is a peak Grandmaster from the Zhou family. Who do you think is stronger between him and you?"
Zhu Wenwu's question made Chen Yang a little helpless.
Among martial artists, without a real life-or-death confrontation, it was difficult to directly determine who was stronger between martial artists of the same level.
For example, Hu Feng, despite having immense strength, was significantly lacking in combat experience.
Chen Yang was confident that he could resolve her without even using his full strength.
But this Zhou Qingming in front of him was clearly no ordinary peak Grandmaster.
Chen Yang was well aware of his own strength. While he was strong among peak Grandmasters, he was far from invincible.
His previous battle with the Zhou family's Old Ancestor on the mine had deepened his understanding of his own strength during the fight.
"It's hard to say. This person doesn't look very old, and there's no trace of hostility in his eyes. There are two possibilities: either he's not a very aggressive person, or he's hiding it very well. Do you think the Zhou family would send a non-aggressive martial artist for such a situation?"
Chen Yang's deduction was consistent with Zhu Wenwu's thoughts.
"I want to keep this guy here. Do you think you can do it?"
Zhu Wenwu's voice was not loud, but it caused a huge stir in Chen Yang's heart.
Being able to deal with the Zhou family's Old Ancestor a few days ago had already made Chen Yang very happy.
But now... to also deal with the martial artist sent by the Zhou family to negotiate.
Even Chen Yang couldn't help but gasp!
Chen Yang stared at Zhu Wenwu with shocked eyes, and after a long while, he gave a bitter smile, "Stop joking. Besides this Zhou Qingming, the two people accompanying him are also peak Grandmasters."
"If Zhu Nan and I go all out, we can keep two of them, but if the remaining one really wants to escape, we won't be able to stop him."
"To stop a peak Grandmaster, a Grandmaster would need quite a few people, and more importantly, there would surely be some casualties."
Chen Yang's words were already giving Zhu Wenwu a lot of face.
After all, Chen Yang hadn't directly said that the Zhu family couldn't produce peak Grandmasters at the moment.
It wasn't impossible to keep all three of them, but that would require the Zhu family to make their own decision.
Zhu Wenwu heard this and sighed slightly.
In Zhu Wenwu's mind, if they could keep all three of the Zhou family's peak Grandmasters in the Southwest, it would be very much worth it, even if it provoked a full-scale retaliation from the Zhou family.
But Chen Yang was right... it would come at a significant cost for the Zhu family to keep all of them.
More importantly, although Chen Yang said he was willing to help, if this matter were truly placed on Zhu Nan, it wouldn't be so easy to get him to agree.
As the two were talking, Zhu Wenyu said to Zhou Qingming, "I wonder if you gentlemen have taken the opportunity to tour the Southwest during your visit? There are many wonderful places in the Southwest. Elder Jiang, aren't you returning to the Southwest Prefecture soon? You can take these gentlemen from the Zhou family around then!"
Jiang Luo gave an awkward smile and nodded, "Okay, okay, this is no problem at all. Leave this to me, Fifth Master, you can rest assured."
Hearing this, Zhou Qingming said calmly, "It seems Fifth Master doesn't know I'm from the Southwest Prefecture. Entertainment is fine, but only after the main business is concluded."
"Otherwise, the one at home might point fingers and scold me."
Zhu Wenyu's eyebrows shot up, and he looked at Zhou Qingming with surprise, asking, "You've come on business?"