Xia Benyu was locked up in this stinking shack, watching the sunrise and sunset from the roof leaks, struggling to get through the time. He felt that he should leave some marks on the wall, so that he would be able to know how many days he had lived here, how many sins he had suffered, and maybe he would be able to redeem his previous sins when he arrived at the Hades Palace!

It's a lot scarier than the eighteenth layer of hell.

Xia Benyu used his fingernails to draw a short horizontal line on the rotten pillar. For the rest of the day, he repeatedly deepened the depth of the horizontal line, hoping to draw a second one. With this small horizontal line, the crying, cursing, and wailing of the people around him seemed to be unable to move him in the slightest, so that his heart had some sustenance. He no longer feared even death, as if it had been cut off from the other side by the line.

"Look, this man is crazy." Someone pointed to Xia Benyu, who had repeatedly carved lines on the pillar.

Xia Benyu knew it in his heart, and glanced back at the person who spoke. I saw that the man was unkempt and disheveled, three points like a human and seven points like a ghost.

"Look! This man is crazy too! ”

"Look, this one is crazy too!"

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It was more like a ghost slamming around in the dark room, patting everyone on the shoulder and calling everyone crazy.

"You're crazy...... Xia Benyu muttered softly, still focusing on the fingernail lines.

The man was indeed insane. He quickly killed himself in this limited room, and it was not until the evening that bandits came to deliver food. So he was dragged out and disappeared. A room full of meat tickets watched him leave numbly, with an occasional hint of envy.

It's a relief to be able to leave!

Xia Benyu held his head high, looking at the starry sky outside the roof, and when the sky gradually brightened, he could finally carve another one under the horizontal line that was quite emotional yesterday. With each additional engraving, his family was one step closer to the ransom letter. He also had the hope of getting out alive.

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When Gu Shuisheng saw Shi Tie, he still stood up. He is the president of Liaodong appointed by Xu Yuanzuo, and as long as he buys and sells in the territory of Liaodong, he can call the shots. The entire Liaohai Xing also knew most of the Gu family but not the Xu family, but the Shi Tie in front of him was an exception.

Because the business made by Shi Tie does not see the light. And the height of the iron tower is for a Jiangnan teenager. The pressure is also quite high.

"Everyone has been caught, and some guards have escaped, they are all scum, don't worry about it." Shi Tie sat down in front of Gu Shuisheng with a golden sword, and he didn't mean to be polite. After he followed Xu Yuanzuo on a trip to Liaodong, he was left behind, gathered a group of wandering Tartar herdsmen, and outlaws on the border of Liaodong, and opened a mountain and set up a village. started a business without capital.

At the beginning, his business was not good, and he basically relied on Liaohai to raise himself. However, this time he captured a lot of businessmen in one fell swoop, and the ransom he demanded was also a huge amount, and he suddenly raised his eyebrows.

Gu Shuisheng sat down, coughed dryly, strengthened his voice, and said, "The ransom is not the key, the key is to make them afraid of Liaodong." ”

"Do you want to go back and find fault and beat them all up?" Shi Tie actually had a hard time understanding Xu Yuanzuo's arrangement. In terms of specific implementation, he always asks Gu Shuisheng for advice. He couldn't see Gu Shuisheng's complicated emotions towards him, and thought that Gu Shuisheng was very good friends with him.

Gu Shuisheng said: "It's okay to torture. But if you kill it, you lose money. We will also use their mouths to go back and preach about it. ”

Shi Tie nodded and said, "Understood." It is to scare them, and by the way, give them some flesh and skin suffering. ”

Gu Shuisheng said: "Yes." You can also let them escape a few ......"

"That's not going to work!" Shi Tie jumped up: "I'm also a cabinet of deals here, and the people below don't know our relationship, so it's bad to deliberately let people escape." In my opinion. The ransom is definitely wanted, it depends on who will give it. ”

Gu Shuisheng frowned and said, "You mean, let Liao Haixing come forward?" ”

Shi Tiedao: "This is a common thing. Don't you guys in Jiangnan have this kind of thing? Help to redeem two first, and then the family will give you the ransom, and I will promise you a favor. ”

Gu Shuisheng shook his head. Didn't speak. He wanted to highlight the special status of Liaohaixing in Liaodong, but he was unwilling to directly have anything to do with the "bandits". Otherwise, people say that this is the black hand behind Liaohaixing, wouldn't it be a waste of this painstaking arrangement? What's more, Liaohai Bank wants to scare off other trading houses, and at the same time, it also needs them to transport goods to Liaodong, in the final analysis, for the exclusive right to operate Liaodong, not to completely cut off the Liaodong trade route.

"What about asking Toji to come forward?" Shi Tie changed his angle. He opened a cabinet in Liaodong to do business, how could he not have the tacit approval of Du Si? Not only acquiesce, but also a bonus! Liaodong is not very peaceful, so the importance of Li Chengliang can be highlighted, so everyone is in the same boat.

Gu Shuisheng said: "Among the people you arrested this time, there is a person named Xia Benyu, right?" ”

Shi Tie thought for a while and said, "Yes, the surname Xia has the most goods, and it is a fat sheep." ”

Gu Shuisheng said: "I'll ask Du Si to come forward and buy this person." Others still follow the rules and take their time. ”

"Do you have an old relationship with this surnamed Xia?" Shi Tie asked curiously.

"A one-sided acquaintance." Gu Shuisheng said lightly.

Shi Tie laughed inexplicably, laughing inexplicably at Gu Shuisheng, vaguely feeling that this laughter was mocking his hypocritical woman's benevolence.

- I don't have to deal with you rough people.

Gu Shuisheng took a sip of tea. Shi Tie not only didn't leave, but also opened his mouth and said, "By the way, you haven't poured me a cup of tea after coming in for so long?" ”

Gu Shuisheng suddenly choked with anger, and almost squirted out a mouthful of tea. He was about to have a seizure, when he suddenly remembered that Zuo Ge'er had talked about Liu Bang's tolerance, so he couldn't help it, and said, "Don't dare to let your subordinates see you, I'll pour water for you personally." ”

Shi Tie regarded Gu Shuisheng as a friend, and he didn't think so, and happily drank the tea made by Gu Da's shopkeeper. How did he know that Gu Shuisheng had already calculated in his heart about unloading the mill and killing the donkey, because once Liaohaixing occupied the Liaodong trade route, there would be no need for such a force to exist. This question has long been hinted at by Zo Ge'er.

The capital of Liaodong is in Liaoyang, and it is not necessary to alarm a merchant at a high level. Find a hundred households in Yaozhou, bring more than a dozen horsemen, put on the red fat jacket of the Ming Army, and match the three-eyed firearms with swords, guns, swords, halberds, and swords, which is enough to support the scene.

Such a group of people went to Shi Tie's village to put a few cannons, and then the guys from Liaohaixing sent a ransom, Shi Tie released people, the whole play was dull and boring, if you meet a picky audience, it is inevitable to shout "refund"! This is more irresponsible than going through the motions!

However, the meat ticket who has been tortured for several days does not think so.

A group of meat tickets were strung together with a hemp rope, and the cattle were generally pulled to the door of the stockade. When they saw the officers and soldiers there, they were already weeping bitterly, as if they had seen their own father and mother. The bandits lined them up again, and the tower-like bandit chieftain shouted angrily, "Which one do you buy?" The sound shook the leaves of the trees.

The meat tickets suddenly ignited the hope of survival, and couldn't help but squeeze forward, as if as long as they stood first, they would be ransomed. A few of them were beaten so hard that they couldn't squeeze in, and they were already sitting on the ground and crying.

The guy sent by Liao Haixing knew Xia Benyu and pointed at him. The bandits released Xia Benyu and inspected the silver before pushing it to the people of Liaohaixing.

Xia Benyu burst into tears, choked in his throat, and couldn't even say a word, just hugged the guy and cried loudly. It doesn't matter if he cries, the meat tickets that are brought back cry are even more earth-shattering, it is simply sad for the listeners and tears for the hearers.

Shi Tie sighed and said loudly: "**** grandma, I can't bear to cry your grandfather!" Forget it, the ransom is not wanted, and it is all chopped up and fed to the dogs. ”

The crying stopped abruptly, and two of them fainted directly.

Xia Benyu didn't even dare to turn his head back, and vented his grievances and fears in the past few days, before he gradually calmed down, and sobbed: "I don't know who Guidong is?" Great kindness, toothless unforgettable! ”

Of course, the guys didn't know that the upper floor was playing these twists and turns, and they were so moved by the crying that they reluctantly said: "Shopkeeper Xia, don't you remember me?" I'm a guy from Liaohaixing. ”

"Ahh It turned out that it was Gu Da's shopkeeper who came to the rescue! Xia Benyu carefully identified it, this guy had really seen it, but he couldn't remember what it was called for a while.

"My shopkeeper said that you are your own person, so you don't have to be so polite." The guy said.

Xia Benyu lowered his head, and tears fell like beads again: I really regret not listening to people's advice at the beginning!

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