In the beginning, he was ranked alongside An Shigeng as a spoiled brat.

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The young man was none other than the renowned Thousand-Faced Gentleman of the martial arts world, whose skill in disguise was unparalleled.

Unlike spiritual disguise techniques that manipulate the body with drugs, this kind of human skin mask undoubtedly has no side effects.

And as long as no words are uttered, even the most skilled experts will find it difficult to spot the flaw.

"Excellent! The Chief Supervisor will certainly reward you handsomely!"

Looking at the thick stack of ten-thousand-tael gold notes in his hand, the leader in black was overjoyed.

It should be noted that although these gold notes were not made of real gold, even Changlong Bank knew that they were the ones who made them.

However, if Changlong Bank did not want to go bankrupt, it had to open its vault and exchange the more than 600,000 taels of gold for them.

"Woo woo woo..."

Suddenly, a struggling sound came from inside. The leader in black looked at the fat manager, as if he wanted to say something.

With a single glance, he instructed his men to remove the binding tape.

"These gold notes are all fake."

Look at the character "万" on the gold note. Isn't the horizontal stroke broken by a tiny dot?

That was a deliberate deliberate mistake we made to distinguish genuine from counterfeit gold notes!

"What? Fake?"

His excited expression froze instantly, and the man of a thousand faces, still holding his head high, looked at the fat middle-aged man with shame, anger, and suspicion.

They hadn't noticed this subtle flaw before, but now they realized that it was the same on every single gold ticket.

Because the amount of gold notes was so large, very few people had actually seen them.

Even Hong Qigong and his companions, holding the gold notes, did not doubt their authenticity at all.

Firstly, it was due to their trust in the Zhang family; secondly, they had never seen such a large amount of gold notes before.

"You're lying to us. How could the gold notes they're escorting be fake? Could it be the Zhang family..."

"No, these gold notes were fake to begin with."

The Zhang family and the Golden-Faced Buddha had already delivered the gold notes to our money exchange and had discussed it with our boss. We could exchange them for gold and silver here as long as we had the approval slips from the Zhang family and Ghost Street.

Their mission this time was simply to let people know that the gold was with them, and to reassure them.

The head constable, seeing that the fat man didn't seem to be lying, immediately turned extremely ugly.

Little did they know that everything was part of the Zhang family's plan.

After all that work, in the end, nothing was gained.

"court death!"

Enraged, the head constable immediately drew his long sword from his waist.

With a flash of light, the momentary brightness filled the obese middle-aged man's eyes with despair.

when!

However, the blade didn't fall; instead, the sound of the long sword hitting the ground followed.

Everyone looked in the direction from which they had come, where a master wearing a golden Buddha mask was staring at them.

"Golden-faced Buddha!"

The head of the gang, or the man of a thousand faces, both had unpleasant expressions.

Unexpectedly, the Golden-Faced Buddha followed closely behind and arrived here, where he even encountered the man who had intercepted the gold.

"I never expected Cao Zhengchun to dare to scheme for this money. Sure enough, I underestimated human nature."

In Zhang Xiaoshan's eyes, Cao Zhengchun might still be salvageable.

By joining forces with the Eastern Depot, they might be able to counter Zhu Wushi and achieve the Zhang family's goal of establishing a presence in the Ming Dynasty.

But then he realized that the group of eunuchs had lost their humanity and were even trying to take this money; what a ridiculous idea redemption was.

"It's good that you're here, it saves us a lot of trouble."

"Killing you might please the Grand Eunuch more than obtaining 670,000 taels of gold."

"Is it?"

A mere ant dares to shake a great tree.

Heavenly Crippled Kick - Heaven and Earth Are Heartless!

Zhang Xiaoshan's move was the first move of the Heavenly Crippled Divine Skill.

In an instant, a chilling force swept over them. Before the black-clad archers could react, a flurry of leg shadows followed, piercing their bodies with the incomparably cold leg power, causing them to fall to the ground, unable to get up.

As for the head constable and the Thousand-Faced Gentleman, they were hit head-on, their expressions filled with fear and disbelief!

Bang!

In an instant, the two were transformed into a cloud of blood mist and dismembered on the spot.

Zhang Xiaoshan was no match for a top expert; he couldn't understand how the other party had the audacity to speak so arrogantly in front of him.

As for the black-clad archers, they all fell to the ground, groaning in agony.

The leg strength couldn't kill them, but the incomparably cold and icy true qi was constantly eroding their meridians.

He died in endless cold, suffering endless torment.

"Sir, please save me!"

"Your Excellency, Golden-Faced Buddha, I am the head manager of Changlong Bank!"

Zhang Xiaoshan kicked the swords at his feet, instantly slicing through the ropes binding the men.

At this moment, Zhang Xiaoshan ignored the profusely thanking manager and instead looked up at the roof and chuckled:

"Please come out, everyone."

"The Zhang family and Ghost Street have a clever plan!"

Hong Qigong, Yu Lianzhou, Qiu Qianren, and Eagle Eye Laoqi jumped down from the shadows.

They had just arrived. The seemingly perfect plan had actually been carefully considered by them. However, they had overheard something that shocked them.

"Haha, I never intended to hide it from you all."

This was Zhang Gongzi's suggestion. He resorted to this tactic just in case, since there were too many people vying for it, including some truly top-tier experts.

This money is intended for building dikes and dredging waterways, so we hope for your understanding!

"Hehe, this is not a bad strategy at all, it's clearly the best strategy!"

Seeing the cold smiles of the crowd, Zhang Xiaoshan knew their resentment.

As for confronting them head-on, it's possible that if provoked, these people might actually back down, so the only option is to admit defeat:

"It was our oversight that we, Young Master Zhang, failed to consider this matter thoroughly!"

Seeing the bowed head of the golden-faced Buddha, Hong Qigong and the others were not the type to hold a grudge.

Moreover, the Golden-Faced Buddha's strength is such that he doesn't need to bow down to them; this matter was merely a precaution.

"Hmph, I hope you're not hiding anything from us."

"If it's related to this matter, then there's no such thing."

They also knew that the Golden-Faced Buddha's guarantee was infallible.

He glanced at the chaotic scene, then turned and left to catch up with the group.

Moreover, after they returned, they tacitly remained silent, as if they hadn't heard anything at all.

"Manager Jin, Ghost Street is willing to give 10,000 taels of silver as a resettlement allowance for these dead guards."

As he spoke, another gold ticket appeared.

This was a real gold note, but the fat manager dared not accept it.

Putting aside the immense debt of saving their lives, it's important to understand that this calamity occurred within their bank.

In terms of responsibility, it doesn't even rank as a ghost street.

Ultimately, it was because their bank's security was too weak, which served as a stark warning to them.

"Thank you, Your Excellency Golden-Faced Buddha."

However, this incident occurred on the grounds of our bank, and our bank is responsible for everything.

Moreover, this time, the loss of so much gold to Ghost Street and the Zhang family was ultimately due to the inadequate defenses of our Changlong Money House. We never expected the Eastern Depot to exploit such an opening. This time, the owner will definitely give the Zhang family and Ghost Street a satisfactory explanation!

As he spoke, the head manager bowed and gave a salute.

But when he looked up again, the golden-faced Buddha was nowhere to be seen, and a gold note had appeared in his hand without him noticing.

Chapter 180 Inviting the Moon to Support the Poison of the Love Flower and Questioning the Heart

"Golden-faced Buddha!"

At Changlong Money Shop, the entire Black-Clad Arrow Team was wiped out by the Golden-Faced Buddha.

This news caused an uproar in both the legitimate and criminal worlds, as no one expected that the Golden-Faced Buddha had been behind the team protecting him all along.

It should be noted that the Golden-Faced Buddha's status in the martial arts world is equivalent to that of the Fire Cloud Evil God, Ancient Sword Soul, back in the day!

One side possesses the Tathagata Palm; the other side possesses the Heaven-Reaching Remnant Divine Skill!

With a single kick, he swept away the five top masters of the day, demonstrating a level of unfathomable strength.

In addition, the Ghost Street forces he controls are far more terrifying than the Fire Cloud Evil God of yesteryear.

Moreover, the Golden-Faced Buddha also possesses three Dragon Balls, which are true treasures of the martial arts world.

Not to mention the fear and dread of those in both the legitimate and criminal worlds, even Cao Zhengchun of the Eastern Depot turned ashen-faced with extreme shock and anger upon hearing it.

The failure of the chief strategist, Scalp Howler, was met with shock, and the appearance of the Golden-Faced Buddha was astonishing.

Even though he had cultivated the Heavenly Gang Child Skill for decades, he had no confidence in the Heavenly Remnant Divine Skill. Moreover, the Nine Gates of Ghost Street, although they were all low-class, were full of experts.

This time, the Eastern Depot really lost more than they gained!

Not to mention the loss of the Black-Clad Arrow Team and a top-tier leader, the reputation of the Eastern Depot will undoubtedly rise to a new level just from this operation alone.

They even dare to touch the money meant for building dikes and dredging waterways.

In the eyes of everyone at No. 9 Middle School, what difference was there between this group of eunuchs and those so-called notorious bandits? Not to mention the criticisms from those intellectuals.

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"I've been following you all the way, come out!"

Zhang Xiaoshan stopped and looked behind him.

Sure enough, as soon as Zhang Xiaoshan finished speaking, a black-robed expert wearing a bronze mask arrived through the air.

Zhang Xiaoshan knew about Yaoyue's presence from Changlong Villa.

Throughout the world, there are very few masters who can follow him from a hundred feet away and still not shake him off.

He must be a grandmaster!

Even if the Green-Winged Bat King has superb lightness skills, it still has to admit defeat in the face of strength and talent.

If Zhang Xiaoshan really wanted to kill the old bat, then his so-called unparalleled lightness skill would be a joke, a complete cat-and-mouse game.

"You've finally given up your decadent lifestyle and started committing evil deeds in the martial world."

What is meant by "evil in the martial arts world"?

To put it bluntly, it's called protecting and escorting; to put it nicely, it's called eliminating evil and defending the righteous path.

"As for you, it must have been Palace Mistress Lianxing who invited you out. It seems the bond of even a day's marriage has been strengthened so quickly."

"court death!"

Hearing Zhang Xiaoshan's teasing, Yaoyue's slender hands, as clear and translucent as jade, trembled.

But what lingered in his palm was an extremely cold and sharp palm force, which struck out.

Zhang Xiaoshan dodged the extremely cold and yin palm strike and immediately turned and fled.