Chapter 936: Who can provoke Gu Qishao? (1/2)

As soon as they reached the Three-Way Black Markets, Gu Qishao took Gu Beiyue directly to Golden Wing Hall. Gu Beiyue was rather surprised. “When did Golden Wing Hall fall into your hands?”

Gu Qishao was too lazy to explain and simply sauntered up to the main seat in the building’s business hall. He crossed one leg over the other as he ordered lazily, “Someone come, call over the head manager!”

Gu Beiyue looked at him before choosing to sit down in a chair nearby with a helpless smile. As soon as the head manager for Golden Wing Hall entered, he fell to his knees. “This subordinate greets master! A respectful welcome for your return to the hall.”

“This is the Medical Academy Head, Doctor Gu Beiyue, my brother!” Gu Qishao introduced.

Forget about Medical Academy Head, just the mention of “my brother” was enough to caution the head manager not to slight their guest. He gave Gu Beiyue a respectful bow as well. Gu Beiyue had no airs, but remained modest and polite. He was akin to a piece of white jade, gentle yet warm. The head manager had seen his share of figures, but was filled with admiration at Gu Beiyue’s manners and submitted instantly.

“What’s the situation at Myriad Merchant Hall now?” Gu Qishao asked.

The first thing he had to deal with was the results of his scheming. All of the disturbances at Myriad Merchant Hall’s gambling houses and auction halls were his doing. Truthfully speaking, he’d sent the entire Three-Way Black Market casino business into anuproar. Gu Beiyue looked a little lost, but he too sat listening quietly.

“Master, Myriad Merchant Hall has closed down all of its gambling houses.” said the head manager. Gu Qishao was quite satisfied as he shot Gu Beiyue a lazy look.

“Money is the lifeblood of the Di Clan. If you want to deal with them, then cut off their source of wealth!”

Gu Beiyue nodded in understanding, agreeing on this point.

“And what about the auction halls? Are they closed as well?” Gu Qishao asked lazily. He was quite confident in the results.

The head manager wiped away the cold sweat on his brow and reported the truth. “Master, Myriad Merchant Hall’s auction halls hasn’t been open for business for days. It seemed like they were on the verge of shutting down, but…”

“But what?” Gu Qishao grew guarded. Could it be that circumstances had changed? But trust was the most important part of an auction! Unless Myriad Merchant Hall exposed its moles and presented evidence of the slanders against them, they’d never been washed clean of their guilt! And if Myriad Merchant Hall really did discover its moles, then wouldn’t that mean Golden Wing Hall had been exposed as well?

“I don’t know how, but Myriad Merchant Hall somehow wrested an alliance with Kangan Private Bank. There’s some sort of loan going on. In any case, by borrowing the trustworthy label of the bank, their business is even better than before. They’ve even snatched quite a few of our own business!” the head manager replied.

Gu Qishao was still puzzling things out when Gu Beiyue suddenly exclaimed, “Kangan Private Bank?”

“Exactly so! No matter the disaster, as long as it’s willing to show face, then there’s no problem!” the head manager couldn’t help but sigh with feeling.

“Ruining this old man’s ploy?” Gu Qishao knew of Kangan Private Bank’s wealth as well, but he had never thought much of the bank. As long as he was unhappy, he could pay any price to fool around until the end. As he narrowed his eyes, his expression grew dangerous. But a single whisper from Gu Beiyue abruptly turned his face white.

Gu Beiyue murmured, “Qishao, the master of Kangan Private Bank is...Long Feiye.”

Gu Qishao was stunned for a while before he exclaimed, “What did you say?”

“There’s something fishy about all this, There has to be a plot afoot,” Gu Beiyue grew serious. Long Feiye had always known that Myriad Merchant Hall was part of Cloud Realm Trade Consortium, so it was already good enough that he hadn’t moved against them. Why would he allow Kangan Private Bank to lend them its trust? Gu Qishao’s heart was still awash with terrifying waves when Gu Beiyue had begun to rationally consider the problem.

“You’re certain that Kangan Private Bank and Myriad Merchant Hall are working together? Did you find out who was the middleman?”

Myriad Merchant Hall and Kangan Private Bank had never worked together before, so someone had to have brought them together.

“That’s still uncertain. This subordinate will go investigate immediately,” the head manager prepared to leave when Gu Beiyue called him back.

“Wait. Who manages Myriad Merchant Hall, the Council of Elders or Ning Cheng himself?”

“There were explosions at Blacktower a few days ago. Rumors have it that Ning Cheng brought red coat cannons there, but there’s all sorts of hearsey spreading about. This subordinate couldn’t find any facts. As for Myriad Merchant Hall, it’s always been the Council of Elders managing things. You can even spot a few of them at the auction halls these days,” the head manager replied. He didn’t know the truth about Blacktower, but Gu Qishao and Gu Beiyue had a pretty good idea. The place had been nothing but ruins by the time they passed by.

Gu Qishao turned towards Gu Qishao. “Let’s find out about Blacktower first before discussing the rest?”

Gu Qishao finally recovered somewhat and silently sighed with emotion. Gu Beiyue had certainly hidden himself deep. As a doctor, he still knew so much about the business world and Three-Way Black Market! He had no patience for dawdling and simply grew gloomy. “Why bother? I’ll go find Ning Cheng right now!”

Gu Beiyue held him back with a serious tone. “I still think there’s nothing simple about Kangan Private Bank cooperating with Myriad Merchant Hall.” After some hesitation, he added, “I’ll take you somewhere, do you dare to come?”

“Where?” Gu Qishao was lost.