Chapter 6 Undercurrent

"You can't hide anything from me."

Yu Renlong smiled bitterly, then said coldly: "Li Yuanbiao still refused to compromise, insisting that there was insufficient evidence and we had to follow the rules."

"Humph, insufficient evidence? Li Yuanbiao really thinks that my Yu family is easy to mess with. How about we just take action?"

Zhao Yun's face was as cold as frost, and he snorted coldly.

"Be patient, we are not strong enough to fight one against three. I plan to report to the head clan first and wait for the head clan's reply before making plans."

Yu Renlong's face was as gloomy as water.

Qingshan City is most famous for its mineral resources. Most of the mines are controlled by the four major families of Yu, Wang, Meng, and Cheng, and the government. The government does not participate in mining, but only mediates and collects heavy taxes from the four major families.

Outside Qingshan City are 100,000 mountains, which are endless and boundless, and new mines are often discovered.

There are rules for the allocation of new mines.

If they are discovered by the four major families, the discovering family has priority mining rights.

If it is discovered by forces other than the four families, the four families will buy it and then distribute it. The distribution method is that each of the four families sends ten masters to compete, and the mining rights of the new mine are distributed according to the number of victories.

This rule is a method jointly agreed upon by the ancestors of the four families and the government, and has been used for hundreds of years.

But this time, the other three families broke the rules.

Not long ago, someone discovered an iron mine deep in the Shiwan Mountains.

The four families prepared to compete according to the rules.

The Yu family has always had many masters, and they can always seize the most shares. This time, they are also sharpening their knives and preparing to take the biggest piece of cake.

Unexpectedly, on the day of the competition, an assassin suddenly broke into the Yu family and assassinated Yu Guihai.

Yu Renlong and his wife hurried back after hearing the news, and finally arrived when the guards left by the family could not hold on, and saved Yu Guihai's life.

But the Yu family also lost its strongest combat power and backbone. Under the deliberate targeting of other families, it was defeated across the board, and lost ten games in a row and completely lost the mining rights.

Yu Renlong later found out that this newly discovered iron ore was actually accompanied by iron essence, and it was an iron concentrate mine.

Iron essence is a good thing. It can be forged into weapons of the level of magic weapons. It is extremely valuable for warriors.

Yu Renlong thought about it and understood that the other three families obviously knew the news in advance, so they disregarded the rules and joined forces to pit the Yu family.

Yu Renlong knew the inside story and naturally refused to give up.

The hatred of his son being almost assassinated, coupled with the value of iron concentrate, made him unable to give up easily.

In addition to bringing a lot of wealth, iron essence can also forge magic weapons and greatly enhance the strength of family masters. If it is handed over to the backers, it will definitely get a lot of rewards.

At that time, the strength of the masters of the other three families will increase greatly, and it will be no problem to suppress the Yu family.

In the near future, the Yu family will even fall behind the four major families in Qingshan City, which will be dangerous.

Yu Renlong immediately took the assassin's body and asked the government for arbitration, saying that the other three families had used conspiracy and demanded a redistribution of mining rights.

However, the city lord Li Yuanbiao directly rejected it on the grounds that there was insufficient evidence to prove that it was a conspiracy of the other three families.

He went to find Li Yuanbiao again and again, but Li Yuanbiao did not give up at all, and the result of today's visit was the same.

"The greed makes one blind!"

Yu Renlong sneered.

The four major families were able to firmly occupy the Qingshan City mine. In addition to the power behind them, their own unity was also an important reason.

Although they usually quarreled constantly, if someone touched the interests of the mine, the four families would immediately help each other and unite against the outside world. Only in this way could they resist the foreign tigers and wolves and firmly occupy the Qingshan City mine.

The reason why they could be so united was because of the rules of their ancestors, which was the bottom line!

But this time, for an iron concentrate mine, the other three families broke the rules, which was equivalent to breaking the foundation of trust. In the future, the four families would be suspicious of each other and it would be difficult to return to the past.

Even the three families who joined forces would inevitably guard against each other and be suspicious of each other, and it would be difficult to be of one mind.

If there are more powerful external enemies, it will be difficult to unite sincerely, and the possibility of being defeated one by one will greatly increase.

"We were careless this time. We didn't expect that the other three families would actually break the rules left by our ancestors and use such despicable means to deal with us. Humph, aren't they afraid that we will use their own methods to fight back?"

Yu Renlong said with a cold light in his eyes.

"I think about this matter over and over again, and I think it's not that simple. How could the three families know the inside story in advance? And they reached a tacit understanding so quickly and suddenly joined forces? There must be something strange. We must be careful and guard against it." Zhao Yun reminded with a serious face.

Yu Renlong was thoughtful after hearing this.

"What you said makes sense. Is there any conspiracy in it? The other three families should know that with the preciousness of iron ore, the main clan will never give up. So why do they still do this?"

In the final analysis, their four major families are just spokespersons for the forces above. If they really encounter important treasures such as iron ore, they still have to look at the game above.

"As long as they refuse to admit it, even the head clan can do nothing about it. After all, the head clan has already made rules for the four forces. The distribution of the Qingshan City mine mainly depends on our four families, and the head clan cannot easily intervene. Unless we can produce convincing evidence." Zhao Yun sneered.

"In this case, the head clan's evaluation of us will be low, and a punishment is inevitable." Yu Renlong sighed.

"Now this matter is beyond our ability, let's notify the head clan as soon as possible. You can ask the second elder to help and minimize the impact." Zhao Yun said.

"Alas! This is all we can do for now. I will spread the news today." Yu Renlong said with a bitter smile.

In the Yu family's study room, Yu Renlong was hunched over his desk and writing furiously.

Next, a kind old man with gray hair and beard stood with his hands lowered. The old man had a solemn face and a respectful attitude, and occasionally a glimmer of light flashed in his cloudy eyes.

This is the old butler of the Yu family, Yu Liang. He has assisted the Yu family for two generations and is a distant relative. He is loyal and loyal. His strength is based on the inner energy realm and he is one of the strongest combat powers in the Yu family.

"Uncle Liang, send someone secretly out of the city to deliver this letter to the clan."

After Yu Renlong finished writing, he dried the ink, stuffed the paper into an envelope, sealed it with a seal and handed it to Yu Renlong.

"Old slave, I obey." Yu Liang took it with both hands, turned and left.

"Drive, drive, drive"

Three fast horses galloped on the official road leading to Yuqingzhou. The people on the horses were all dressed in gray and well-dressed. They carried wild goose feather swords on their backs. Their faces were serious, their eyes were like eagles, and they were very capable.

If you look closely, you can see that they all have the word "Yu" embroidered on their chests.

Suddenly, a man in black robes appeared in front of the road. This man wore a mask with a grimace on his head and exuded a sense of death, which was very strange.

"Rush over!"

The leader's eyes flashed, and he had no intention of stopping. Instead, he shouted softly, urging the horse to speed up. At the same time, he stretched out his hand and pulled out the wild goose feather sword. Taking advantage of the horse's momentum, the sword's light was like lightning, and he slashed at the black-robed ghost-faced man. And arrived.

At this time, there are absolutely no good people who show up in this wilderness to block the road, and there is absolutely no right to kill them!

"kill!"

The ghost-faced man roared, like a ghost howling, which was terrifying.

Then the figure flashed like a black smoke, easily dodging the sharp knife and passing by the three riders.

"Kekeke~~~"

Plop, plop, plop~~

The three riders covered their necks with their hands and fell to the ground with fear on their faces. A large amount of blood flowed from their fingers.