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

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Chapter 83 Underground Palace Queen, Black Street Queen

"It turns out to be him!"

Zhang Xiaoshan looked at the roster in his hand, which he had found in the An family's underground palace.

Besides the countless treasures within the underground palace, the names on this scroll are those of the masters recruited by the An family. Among them, the nameless swordsman appears to be unknown, but in reality, he is a top-tier swordsman renowned throughout the land.

Xue Qingbi, the sword flies like snow!

His Flying Snow Sword Technique is a supreme sword art.

Otherwise, if he were truly nameless, how could he be on par with the enhanced Ouyang Feng?

Xue Qingbi's swordsmanship is extremely high, ranking him among the top swordsmen in the Central Plains. However, he is not good at business and his life is very impoverished.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have gone to the Zhang family to commit murder for a mere ten thousand taels of gold.

The Nyingma school's Dharma King is a highly respected figure in Tibetan Buddhism—Pahan Gelong.

He was a notorious figure in Tantric Buddhism, but his invitation to the Central Plains by An Yunshan was not only for monetary exchange, but also because he harbored ambitions to achieve great things.

A powerful expert from another race; extremely strong; and has committed numerous evil deeds!

They can be trained into ghost corpses for their own use.

The two old men in green and blue robes were the River Fiends – Green Fiend and Blue Fiend, originally notorious bandits who had come with the intention of plundering.

As for the other experts, Zhang Xiaoshan didn't take most of them seriously.

However, given the Zhang family's financial difficulties, this undoubtedly alleviated the Zhang family's "castle in the air" structure.

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"Azure Fiend! Blue Fiend!"

"The Queen of the Underground Palace!"

Inside the dungeon, Lan Sha's cold poison had been neutralized, but his injuries had not yet fully healed.

Moreover, since these two are top-tier experts, Zhang Xiaoshan has no means to restrain them, nor can he let them leave.

Then Zhang Xiaoshan looked at the underground palace queen on the side—Ruyan.

This was captured by Huang Rong in the hall. At that time, the Queen of the Underground Palace had transformed into Liu Sheng Piaoxu and left, wanting to seize Zhang Xiaoshan's weakness, which also showed the shrewdness of this woman.

Unfortunately, the woman's disguise was completely ineffective against the hunting dog's keen nose.

As soon as Fang Huacheng appeared, he was surrounded and beaten by five hunting dogs.

Moreover, these were five hunting dogs capable of fighting tigers and leopards. The Queen of the Underground Palace revealed a weakness in just a moment, and Huang Rong took advantage of the situation to capture her without any effort.

"Young master, spare my life!"

Seeing Zhang Xiaoshan's gaze, Ruyan did not want to die.

Besides, joining Zhang Xiaoshan would simply mean gaining a more powerful master, which wouldn't be a loss.

Looking at Ruyan's delicate, pitiful, and fragile appearance, one could say that her charm was in no way inferior to that of the most beautiful courtesans, and her alluring demeanor was extremely seductive.

However, Zhang Xiaoshan seemed not to have seen it.

Which of the women around him is inferior to her? Besides, Ruyan is the Queen of the Underground Palace; who knows if she has any illnesses like yours?

"Don't worry, I won't kill you."

Your disguise skills saved you; only those who are useful have value in life!

Zhang Xiaoshan opened the cage directly, without even discussing conditions or setting up any methods.

Because he has the right to despise the other party.

"As for you? Focus on recovering from your injuries first."

"If you want to live, you must have something to offer in your lives; otherwise, you didn't deserve to live last night."

Zhang Xiaoshan led Ruyan out of the dungeon.

Instead of visiting the Anjia Underground Palace, Zhang Xiaoshan brought Ruyan to the Black Street Ghost Market.

Ruyan immediately recognized the three Ghost Kings of Ghost Street, who were waiting respectfully there.

She was caught early and, being in the hall at the time, didn't notice the figure of Ghost Yama at all.

"Son!"

Ghost Yama glanced at Ruyan but didn't pay her any attention.

He didn't take this insignificant person seriously, but after Ruyan was shocked, she felt it was only natural.

Given the Zhang family's formidable strength and influence, it would be strange if there were no talented people in Ghost Street.

"go in!"

Entering the secret chamber of the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion, one finds the true treasures of the underground palace within.

The chests of gold and silver jewels dazzled the eyes; their wealth was enough to rival that of a nation. There was also a chest containing various pieces of evidence, all incriminating against high-ranking officials, all of which Ru Yan was extremely familiar with.

Ru Yan never expected that Zhang Xiaoshan would also wipe out the An family's underground palace.

"Have those people been arranged?"

"We set off an hour ago and will arrive in Ryukyu in seven days at most."

Zhang Xiaoshan nodded.

Zhang Xiaoshan couldn't possibly leave those innocent maids in the underground palace there, so he sent them to Ryukyu, where the Zhang family's large shipyard was no longer located.

These maids earn their living by helping out, and if they were to marry, it would be a good deed.

These maids were all beautiful and graceful; it would be strange if a bunch of animals weren't grateful.

"Repackage these boxes of gold and silver jewelry into smaller boxes, mix them with these items, and send them all to those important people."

"Son!"

Even Ghost Yama was puzzled when he heard that Zhang Xiaoshan was going to hand over the dirt on these high-ranking officials.

This is a great opportunity to control the court.

"A clean prefect for three years, earning 100,000 taels of silver!"

Even if we hand these over to the emperor, he can't punish these people. Since that's the case, why not forge a good relationship?

As for pulling some and cracking down on others?

This is not an open declaration to the Six Doors that the An family's underground palace was raided in advance.

Even if it's something everyone knows the truth.

Moreover, Zhang Xiaoshan didn't take those people seriously at all. If they knew what was good for them, that would be fine; if they didn't, the number of families wiped out every year was far more than just a handful.

As long as Zhang Xiaoshan believed that the entire family should be exterminated, he had no psychological burden and was not worried about being investigated by the imperial court.

"By the way, young master, I found this in the An family's underground palace."

Gui Yanluo led Zhang Xiaoshan aside and took out a wooden box containing a martial arts manual.

Seeing Ghost Yama's nervous expression, Zhang Xiaoshan understood what kind of ultimate skill this manual was.

But for Zhang Xiaoshan, this thing was really nothing special.

"Uncle Gui, practice it. Once you've mastered it, give me the manual."

This stuff is useless to me. I currently possess extremely pure Yang Qi; cultivating it would be harmful, putting the cart before the horse (Zhao Zhao Hao).

"Thank you, sir!"

It's a lie to say that the Demon King Yama has no greed; he's also a transvestite.

Hearing Zhang Xiaoshan's generous gift, he was even more grateful.

As for Zhang Xiaoshan's later words, he had personally witnessed Zhang Xiaoshan break An Yunshan's Absorption Technique with a single finger. If even the Absorption Technique couldn't shake his pure internal energy, there was no need to cultivate this ultimate skill.

"Uncle Ghost, this is the Queen of the An family's underground palace, who is proficient in spiritual disguise techniques."

It would be a pity to kill her; from now on, she will remain here to serve as the queen of the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion.

"Yes, son!"

Ghost Yama also knew that Ruyan was a useful person, and the Spiritual Disguise Technique was an extremely rare ninjutsu.

Moreover, Tianji Tower is lacking a true confidant of the Zhang family, and Ruyan is the best candidate.

Ruyan used to be the underground palace queen of the An family, but now she is the black street queen of the Zhang family. For Ruyan, it's just a change of master, and her position hasn't changed at all.

Chapter 84 Taking Over the An Family Business: Ghost Two Instantly Defeats Feng Yunyue and the Three Envoys

"Thank you very much, Lord Liu!"

The main hall of the Ministry of Revenue.

At this moment, Zhang Xiaoshan brazenly stuffed a 10,000-tael gold note into the sleeve of the Minister of Revenue.

Within three days, with the An family and Tongmo case settled smoothly, the Zhang family, as victims, also received the compensation they deserved.

In the imperial court, the ministers of the six ministries who had benefited from the Zhang family petitioned the emperor to hand over the An family's business to the Zhang family, citing the Zhang family's generous bailout of the market and the undeserved disaster.

Leaving aside the question of reciprocating kindness, they were already aware of the value of the gold and silver jewelry Zhang Xiaoshan had given them.

The Zhang family is known for their interpersonal skills.

With the support of Foreign Minister Cai Jing and Inner Minister Tong Guan, the emperor had no choice but to agree.

In the end, the An family's business was practically sold off or given away, with the final contract price of 300,000 taels of gold going entirely to the Zhang family.

You should know that Anjia's business involves more than just land.

The Divine Marquis's Mansion and the Six Doors wanted to stop it, but they had no solid evidence and couldn't find any flaws in the Zhang family's defenses. They were verbally attacked by a group of ministers and were almost verbally abused to death.

It was only because the emperor recognized the merits of the two departments in solving the case that the uproar was quelled.

As an emperor, Zhao Gou could not possibly be without his own intelligence system; how could he not understand the schemes of the two major departments against the Zhang family?

Ultimately, appeasing the Zhang family was also a tactic employed by the emperor.

Moreover, the gold used to pay the imperial court was the gold and silver treasures that 773 had found in the Anjia underground palace. The Zhang family did not spend a single penny from beginning to end, and in the end, they even had a huge sum of money left over.

"Tzuyu, take care!"

The Minister of Revenue, as a second-rank official, was a true bigwig in the imperial court.

They escorted Zhang Xiaoshan out of the Ministry of Revenue before turning back to the main hall, leaving many people deeply moved.

If you didn't know better, you'd think he was some prince or nobleman.

"Lord Zhuge!"

As soon as Zhang Xiaoshan stepped out of the Ministry of Revenue, he saw Zhuge Zhengwo waiting outside.

Zhuge Zhengwo's feelings towards Zhang Xiaoshan were the most complex.

innocent?

The Zhang family was completely uninvolved and suffered an undeserved disaster.

But the strength the Zhang family has displayed this time, the fangs they've bared, are absolutely terrifying.

Therefore, Zhuge Zhengwo felt extremely conflicted when facing Zhang Xiaoshan, yet he had no choice but to confront him.

You should know that you will have to deal with the Zhang family in every aspect from now on.

"Congratulations, Young Master Zhang, you've turned misfortune into a blessing!"

"A blessing in disguise? I'm honored by Mr. Zhuge's auspicious words."

Zhang Xiaoshan looked at Zhuge Zhengwo, smiled, and bowed in thanks.

However, this matter is not over yet. Whether it's Zhuge Zheng (bjbj) behind him or the God of Catchers paying attention, he is not going to swallow this bitter pill easily.

The two brushed past each other, and Zhuge Zhengye knew that Zhang Xiaoshan would not easily let go of what happened last time.

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"Young Master Zhang, your Zhang family hasn't suffered much loss, has it?"