"Sir, someone outside brought this thing!"
An hour later, Shao Bowen finally saw the ox horn thumb ring he had sent out again.
"Let him wait for a bit. Bring him in to see me after half an hour!"
After taking a deep breath, a smile finally appeared on Shao Bowen's face.
It seemed the big fish had taken the bait.
After all, their identities made it too conspicuous for them to do anything here.
With Liu Siyuan, their subsequent tasks would be much simpler, and many things, in the eyes of outsiders, could be directly classified as a struggle between two prominent families.
"Sir, did that man named Liu agree?"
Seeing the smile on Shao Bowen's face, Zhe Shijiu asked softly.
"Didn't we already say it? He has no other choice but us. Do you think he has any retreat now? It's just that I didn't expect this fellow to be so resilient; he held out for seven days longer than I predicted!"
Even Shao Bowen marveled at this point, but at the same time, his vigilance towards Liu Siyuan rose a notch. After all, such a person could easily bite back if not handled carefully.
If it were an ordinary person, they might be hesitant or give up and not use him. But for Shao Bowen, the stronger he was, the more interested Shao Bowen became.
When it came to controlling people's hearts, he believed that besides Han Mo, he hadn't met anyone else who could be stronger than him at this moment.
If he couldn't even deal with a barbarian from a foreign land, how could he talk about controlling the entire South Ocean?
"What do we do next?"
Zhe Shijiu was a rough man and didn't care about Shao Bowen's talk of three days or ten days.
Before coming, Han Mo had made it very clear to him: his task was to help Shao Bowen in his actions.
To put it bluntly, Shao Bowen was the brain that considered problems, and he was responsible for the dirty work.
Killing and arson were done with a knife, not with a brain.
"You personally go and book all the performances of that new acrobat troupe for the next three days. As for the location, choose the Floating Clouds Pavilion and announce to everyone that they can rest well for these three days!"
"Floating Clouds Pavilion?"
Hearing Shao Bowen's words, Zhe Shijiu was stunned for a moment, but then he thought of many things.
He was a rough man who only knew how to kill and set fires. Moreover, he had just come down from the battlefield and still had some occupational habits.
When he saw a place, the first thing he looked at was not whether the scenery was good, but whether the location was suitable for deploying troops and setting up an ambush. Although the Floating Clouds Pavilion was a famous restaurant in Su Mao City, its location was somewhat hard to describe.
Su Mao City itself was built against a mountain, and behind the Floating Clouds Pavilion was a small hillside.
When it was originally built, the intention was to level the area. However, halfway through the excavation, they suddenly discovered a huge rock that continued for dozens of feet, and they hadn't even seen the edge of it.
Reluctantly, they had to move the entire restaurant four feet forward according to the original design.
After the restaurant was built, the owner at the time felt that the hillside behind it was very abrupt. For the sake of the restaurant's business, he bought the entire hillside. He planted some flowers and trees on it and then had a sudden idea to build a wooden bridge extending from the huge rock all the way to the second floor of the restaurant.
In this way, during the spring and autumn seasons, when there was heavy fog, people standing on the wooden bridge behind would appear to be suspended in the air from a distance.
Thus, the Floating Clouds Pavilion earned its beautiful name.
However, this also led to a strange situation: other restaurants only had front and back doors. The front door was for guests to enter and exit, while the back door was for supply carts and for chefs and waiters to come and go. But the Floating Clouds Pavilion, because of the wooden bridge, had an extra door...
Moreover, the woods on the back mountain were dense. When he dined with Shao Bowen before, Shao Bowen said that the scenery would be very good during spring and autumn. Zhe Shijiu blurted out that it could hide five thousand soldiers without any problem.
At this moment, Shao Bowen suddenly choosing such a place clearly indicated his intention...
"Have those tough guys you brought from the northwest had a good look at the city's terrain recently?"
Shao Bowen said, pouring himself a cup of wine.
"Never mind anything else, we can guarantee a full retreat even if we take down that Zhang!"
Zhe Shijiu said this and immediately cupped his hands towards Shao Bowen.
"There's no need to kill him. Anyway, he sleeps in his private residence at night..."
"Then you mean..."
"Since Liu Siyuan has softened now, Liu Yutang is no longer useful. Let the brothers prepare. We will act the night after tomorrow and make him shut his foul mouth forever!"
Since they were going to protect Liu Siyuan, they naturally had to erase his charges first.
"The human evidence is gone, but the physical evidence remains!"
"When killing, one must also set fire! Bring me that document, and then burn down the entire City Lord's Mansion!"
"If we want to find the document, time might be a bit tight..."
Even if they booked the restaurant, if a dozen or twenty people suddenly left for half an hour in the middle, it would still attract attention.
After all, this was Su Mao City, on the territory of Jiaozhi. If their tracks were exposed, it would be very unfavorable to their subsequent actions.
"You don't need to worry about that. I have my ways to buy you an hour!"
"Then there's no problem!"
Hearing Shao Bowen say this, Zhe Shijiu immediately felt at ease.
"Then you go and prepare yours. Don't forget about the Floating Clouds Pavilion matter!"
"Yes!"
After responding, Zhe Shijiu turned and walked out.
Half an hour later, Liu Da Zhanggui, who was usually aloof, finally saw Shao Bowen again.
"Sir, please save my young master!"
As soon as he saw Shao Bowen, Liu Heng knelt on the ground.
"Mr. Liu, what are you doing? Get up, get up quickly!"
At this point, for this fellow to still follow Liu Siyuan loyally, Shao Bowen understood that this fellow was probably Liu Siyuan's confidant.
However, people's hearts are unpredictable, and what he was about to do was of great importance. He certainly wouldn't reveal anything to a subordinate.
"If you cannot step forward to save him, I would rather kneel to death before you!"