Geti is a typical inland town, and the whole town does two things, raising cattle and selling cattle.

When we arrived, the Burn and his musket team and special operations team had already surrounded the hotel where the target was located, and not only the Spaniards, but also the Spanish flies could not fly out.

"How's it going?" I asked.

"Still inside, resolutely not surrender." Looking back at the entrance of the cellar, he replied helplessly: "In order to ensure the safety of the child, I have people send food and water in regularly, I estimate that although they don't like this child, they should not abuse this child even if they increase the weight of their chips." ”

This is logical reasoning, so I agree with this view. But it seems that things will not be settled if they drag on like this, so I must come forward as soon as possible and meet this person who has been named to see me.

Out of the crowd, I walked to the door of the cellar with the ghost in my hand, glanced at the inside of the cellar with the black hole, let go of my voice and shouted inside, "I'm here!" I'm Sun Qilan. Who is it that wants to see me? Come out and speak! ”

Hearing my voice, there was silence in the cellar for a moment, and a faint voice came out: "Sun, it's really you!" Looks like you value this kid a lot. ”

The voice sounded tired, but it still couldn't hide the familiarity that came from the bottom of my heart. Who is it? Listening to the people inside, my thoughts were pulled by time, as if I had flown back to the scene when I first arrived in the West.

"Do you remember who I am?" Seeing that I was silent, the people inside laughed again: "You are really a noble person who forgets things, I still remember you vividly, but you have forgotten my existence." ”

As he spoke, he smiled bitterly again, as if shaking his head and speaking: "I can't imagine that I am self-confident and extraordinary for half a lifetime, but I don't even have the qualifications to be remembered!" It's sad, it's sad! ”

Hearing his last few words, I seemed to remember who he was, but the age was a little old, and I really couldn't remember it for a while. So I followed Pence's prompt and continued to think. Finally, I remembered who this person was!

"Are you...... Alfred! Right! It has to be you! I raised my voice and shouted into the cellar.

"Hahaha!" A desolate laugh came from the darkness deep in the cellar: "I didn't expect you to remember me, it's really rare." ”

As I spoke, a figure appeared at the entrance of the cellar, and I looked up to see that it was Alfred, who had been absent for many years, little Alfred!

"I didn't expect it to be an old friend." I looked at little Alfred's embarrassed appearance, but without the slightest hint of ridicule, I smiled as kindly as I could. After saying that, I looked back and saw that there were several empty wine barrels scattered not far away, throwing them on the ground, so I pointed to the wine barrels and chuckled, "Sit down and talk." ”

Little Alfred did not hesitate, and walked out of the cellar and straight in the direction of the barrel. He walked up to the barrel almost at the same time as me, looked at me deeply, and did not sit down in a hurry, but asked me a question: "Don't you ask, what is the matter with that boy?" ”

I patted him on the shoulder, pointed to the barrel and said, "Since it's you, then I don't have to worry, smart people do things, smart people have methods, and they won't do stupid things." ”

After saying that, I took the lead and sat down on a wine barrel that fell horizontally on the ground, and after sitting down, I shook it back and forth, and laughed twice: "This seat is really good, come!" Have a seat! ”

Little Alfred did not hesitate any longer, and turned to sit down on a cask across from me. The barrel was still standing, so even though he was tall, he still had to stand on tiptoe to barely sit on the top of the barrel.

His expression was as relaxed as possible, but the tight corners of his forehead exposed his heart. He was nervous, very nervous.

Could it be that the child has ...... I couldn't help but be a little worried, but I still managed to maintain my composure.

"The kid is fine, at least for now, you don't have to worry." Little Alfred sat down, looked at me, and said. After sitting down, his expression seemed to relax a lot, and he changed his nervousness.

"So you should rest assured, I didn't mean to attack you, otherwise according to the current situation, you won't be able to get here at all, and you'll have already died more than ten times, right." I also hurriedly threw an olive branch to reassure him.

"So, is it possible for us to talk? Is that right? Little Alfred seemed to have regained the confidence he had always had, and struck the barrel with the fingers of his right hand as if he were negotiating with me not in this dark and damp cellar, but in a lavender estate in Cyprus.

"Of course! We talked in the past, we talk now, and we can talk in the future. As long as we have common interests, we can talk. What's more, we're still friends. "I gave him another reassurance.

In fact, from the perspective of negotiation, it is not advisable for me to blindly show weakness like this, but now the situation is different from usual, everything is under my control, I want him to die, and he will never live. I want him to live, and I can decide whether he will live standing or kneeling.

So the more low-key I was, the more uncertain little Alfred became. Sure enough, after I had said this, little Alfred showed some imperceptible agitation, and then forced himself to hold back his emotions, and asked me with his frustrated fingers, "What do you want?" ”

I smiled, stretched out my right hand and said, "Peace!" ”

Little Alfred was stunned, not quite understanding what I meant. I didn't look at him, but looked at the ceiling and said, "After so many years of fighting and killing, I have fewer and fewer friends, and there are fewer and fewer people who can be trusted." So I don't want to lose anyone I know well, even if we have any misunderstandings and entanglements, I still don't want to give up. Do you understand? ”

Little Alfred looked me in the eye, and there was an indescribable sincerity in it. After a long time, he sighed slightly and said, "It seems that I went back to my hometown once, and I have suffered a lot of blows." Am I a treasure to be found? ”

"Actually, what do you want, I know very well, why can't you sit down and talk? I can't afford to run it alone, so if you are willing to come in, we can work together to develop it. Right? "I threw out another red date, a bright red date.

"You're going to work with Spain?" Little Alfred was surprised: "I always thought that you and the Spaniards were incompatible, how could you have such considerations?" ”

I laughed disapprerovingly: "You're wrong, I'm working with the Alfred family, not Spain!" ”

Deliberately, I separated his family from Spain, and this successfully hit the pain point of Alfred Jr. As a Spanish nobleman, a nobleman who holds great power, he could have walked proudly in almost all parts of the world, but because of a defeat in the country, he became a person who was ridiculed everywhere he went, and this gap made little Alfred depressed.

But who can he blame? When I defected to England and finally defeated Spain, his father, Mr. Alfred Sr., was instrumental. Not for his motherland, but for the yellow and clear gold ingots. Therefore, despite the treatment he received today, little Alfred still had nothing to say, after all, it was the Alfred family who was unrighteous first, but he couldn't blame anyone else.

After hearing my words, little Alfred had a strange look in his eyes. He didn't expect me to say this at all, he thought that he would end up in the net, but in the end, it turned around and ushered in a new possibility of negotiation!

Of course, Alfred, as the first lake, also knows that everything is still in my verbal creative stage, which does not mean that things will get better, nor does it mean that he will definitely die.

The key was to figure out what he was really thinking, Alfred said to himself. The kid? What seems to be the crux of the matter now, even though it was once thought to be less important to him, now seems to be the biggest reliance on changing the situation.

Killing him was only a temporary outrage, but keeping him would give him more options—and Alfred was glad he made the right choice.

"So Sun, tell me what you think." Alfred took the posture of negotiation and prepared to make a big move. It can be seen from his slightly pursed face that he is ready to fight for every inch of land.

I smiled and waved my hand slightly, "I don't think there's anything to talk about."

One sentence made Alfred's heart rise to his throat! He doesn't understand what I mean by this, is this Oriental repentant? That's not his style!

I smiled honestly: "The situation is very clear now, Jimmy's life and death are a matter of life and death, and for me it is just a matter of whether you look good or not." Is that right? ”

Alfred was speechless, this is indeed the most central sentence at the moment. As soon as I came up, I unveiled my hole cards, which was a gesture of sure victory, and he had no reason to bargain at all, and we all understood that.

"So it's simple, you put the child back, and I'll keep you alive. And then, like last time, ask your honorable father to make a bid to redeem you – even though what you're doing is terrible, I think it comes down to nothing more than a matter of price. I'll give you a friendly price. ”

I'm serious, and even though it doesn't sound like it's true, it's true: "I think it's fair to wait until we've negotiated the price this time and then we're going to talk about whether we're friend or foe in the future." Right? ”

Alfred was silent for a long time, and then suddenly asked, "After the child is released, what can I use to ensure my safety?"

As he said this, he looked me in the eye.

I rested my elbows on my knees, crossed my hands under my chin, and gently spat out two words: "trust."

"Trust?" Alfred frowned, not understanding. Compared to the weight of life, trust is too luxurious and fragile.

I put down my hand and said with a smile: "It's not trust in my character, but trust in your own worth and my wisdom."

"I'll be happy for a minute at most when I kill you, and then I'll regret that I made a bad deal. And I can get far more by keeping you than by killing you—it's like you keep that kid, right? ”

"What's more, you can be considered one of my few friends." I added at the end, but my hand was already subconsciously on the hilt.

I've got a showdown, Alfred takes it, so do as I say. If you don't, then do what I want.

The ending was a matter of income for me, but Alfred was a matter of life and death. So it's a multiple-choice question that isn't too difficult to choose.

"Deal!" Alfred exclaimed, he was afraid that if I reversed myself, I would make my carefully arranged situation meaningless, and the rest would be doomed.

Then he turned his head and shouted into the cellar, "Take the boy out!" We...... Surrender ......"