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Chapter 677: Chapter 326: Conversation in the Drunken Moon Pavilion_2

Luo Yao’s words echoed slowly within this room.

Luo Ze’s complexion changed slightly.

But in the end, he let out a small sigh.

A look of helplessness appeared on his face.

He knew about these matters too.

Even so,

he still felt uncomfortable in this place of pleasure and splendor, his body unable to relax.

“Forget it…”

Seeing that expression on Luo Ze, Luo Yao pursed his lips and decided not to pay any more attention to him.

Instead, he turned his gaze to another person below the Drunken Moon Pavilion.

The current Family Head of the Ma Family, the only remaining one of the three major families of Dai Mountain City, Ma Zhong.

But what was that guy doing at the Drunken Moon Pavilion so suddenly?

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Was he here for pleasures of the Pavilion?

Or was it… to see him?

Luo Yao narrowed his eyes slightly and pondered for a moment.

But before he could figure out an answer,

the Ma Family’s current Family Head of Dai Mountain City, Ma Zhong, who was at the lower floor of the Drunken Moon Pavilion, had already made his way to Luo Yao’s room.

After a knock, Ma Zhong gently pushed open the door.

However, he did not sit down next to Luo Yao.

He just stood silently beside him,

his head slightly lowered, looking very respectful.

It seemed he did not consider himself the present Family Head of the Ma Family in Dai Mountain City.

At this moment, Ma Zhong resembled nothing more than a small servant by Luo Yao’s side.

“You, being the current Family Head of one of the three great families in Dai Mountain City,”

“what brings you to the Drunken Moon Pavilion to find me today?”

As Luo Yao drank his wine and ate his dish,

he spoke to Ma Zhong beside him with an expressionless face.

Luo Yao was clear on the art of conversation.

Although he had not left the Luo Family Ancestral Land much, nor had he left that vast Qingshi City,

it was crucial, when talking, to avoid letting others guess what you were thinking.

“Young Family Head, I merely wanted to ask if you have come to Dai Mountain City to attend to some affairs?”

“If there is anything with which my Ma Family can be of assistance, please just say the word, Young Family Head.”

“My Ma Family will do everything we can to help.”

“Even if we are unable to assist directly, we will still find every possible way to aid the Young Family Head.”

Ma Zhong’s head was still slightly bowed,

as he spoke with sincerity.

“Is that so?”

Luo Yao narrowed his eyes slightly, and after examining Ma Zhong before him, he nodded to himself.

Luo Ze, sitting to the side, remained silent upon seeing this scene,

calmly observing, not making a single sound from beginning to end.

Even the appearance of Ma Zhong temporarily distracted Luo Ze from his discomfort with the Drunken Moon Pavilion.

“Right, there is one question I do want to ask you.”

After thinking for a long while,

Luo Yao seemed to suddenly remember something, and he inquired in a soft voice to Ma Zhong beside him, “Although I haven’t been in the Drunken Moon Pavilion for very long, I can tell that the business here is booming, so I would like to ask, how much tax does the Pavilion pay to the authorities each month?”

This time, Ma Zhong was somewhat stunned.

How much tax is paid each month?

What is that about?

The Young Family Head is talking about the monthly tax payments, right?

He didn’t mishear, did he?

“Young Family Head, even as one of the three great families in Dai Mountain City, my Ma Family does not really know that…”

As Luo Yao heard this, his face gradually grew colder.

And as Luo Yao’s expression changed,

the atmosphere in the room also began to subtly shift.

“Are you sure you don’t know?”

A moment later, Luo Yao’s voice became cold as he inquired again in a low voice.

“No, no idea,…”

Ma Zhong began to reply, then suddenly corrected himself: “Although our Ma Family isn’t exactly clear on how much tax the Drunken Moon Pavilion pays each month, what we do know is that the taxes paid by the Pavilion are definitely less than one-thousandth of the total revenue…”

…

Quiet.

Very quiet.

Silent as death.

Not just silent in the literal sense, but even the woman who was playing the zither with a veil covering her face.

At this moment, she also lifted her small head in surprise.

She looked toward Luo Yao, who was in conversation, and the person next to him who seemed somewhat familiar, resembling the current Head of the Ma Family from Dai Mountain City, Ma Zhong.

One could see that the woman’s eyes were filled with profound shock.

No, what did these two come to the Drunken Moon Pavilion for?

Even if not for wining and dining, discussing such sensitive topics here, is that really okay?

Actually, no matter what these two were actually discussing.

No matter how sensitive the topics of their conversation might be.

But, could you please not discuss these things in front of me?

If the big shots from the Drunken Moon Pavilion were to find out, wouldn’t my life be in great danger?

[Da da da…]

[Da da da…]

Before the veiled woman could come back to her senses.

A rush of urgent footsteps reached everyone’s ears.

“It’s over…”

The complexion beneath the veiled woman’s face suddenly turned somewhat pale.

Indeed, such topics are not to be discussed lightly.

Now what?

Trouble!

[Bang…]

Suddenly, the sound of the door being pushed open was heard.

Over a dozen robust men, with the build of a bear and the back of a tiger, each radiating an intimidating aura, appeared before everyone.

Apart from these men, following behind them was a pale-faced man dressed in purple, looking somewhat unhealthy.

He coldly observed the people inside the room without a word.

However, as he looked at Ma Zhong standing beside Luo Yao in the room,

His eyes suddenly widened a bit.

A flicker of surprise crossed his gaze.

That person… he looks very much like the current Head of the Ma Family, Ma Zhong.

But soon, he regained his composure.

Ma Zhong, who is he?

In the vast Dai Mountain City, as the current Head of the Ma Family, Ma Zhong’s status was already exceedingly noble.

Following yesterday’s events, with the Wei Family and the Chen Family, two of the great families including the leading family of Dai Mountain City,

being dealt with by the Ma Family,

The status of Ma Zhong, the current Head of the Ma Family, surged even higher.

Nowadays, countless esteemed individuals within Dai Mountain City wish for an audience with the current Head of the Ma Family, yet they lack the qualification.

In such circumstances, how could Ma Zhong, the current Head of the Ma Family, stand so humbly and silently beside a young man?

It seemed this person merely bore some resemblance to the current Head of the Ma Family, Ma Zhong.

For a moment, he had actually been frightened by this person.

“Men, take action…”

The pale-faced man in purple chuckled softly, then issued a low order to his henchmen in front of him.

Taxation, this was an extraordinarily sensitive topic for the Drunken Moon Pavilion.

If it wasn’t mentioned, that was fine.

But if someone did bring it up,

Then that person would undoubtedly be doomed.

“Wait…”

Seeing the people from the Drunken Moon Pavilion seemed ready to make a move,

Ma Zhong, who had been standing humbly next to Luo Yao with a slight bow, suddenly straightened up.

His eyes were slightly narrowed, filled with endless authority and a cold aura.

To bow before the Young Family Head was one thing,

But who were these people from the Drunken Moon Pavilion?

Even if the person behind the Drunken Moon Pavilion were to appear before him,

He could easily ignore their existence.

Yet now, these mere thugs from the Drunken Moon Pavilion,

Dared to raise their hands against him, Ma Zhong really didn’t know what to say.

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