Lu Qingshan took Jiang Lingleia and Hull to the door of a house made of bluestone and loess, which was not in the flat area just now, but near the top of the mountain, and looked like a forest guard's hut.

Until Lu Qingshan settled on the house, he bowed slightly and said, "Big boss, someone is visiting." ”

Although Jiang Ling had already guessed, he was also slightly stunned at this time, he really didn't expect that the dignified cottage master would live in such an inconspicuous place and such a simple house. After all, this person sits on the top spot of the cottage, and there are one hundred and eighty brothers under his hands, which can be described as the role of the king of the mountain, and he should live in the most heroic house in his imagination, with a few brothers guarding the door, and there must be three or four girls in the house. You said that this house is a toilet, Jiang Ling can believe it.

Because of this abnormality, Jiang Ling was full of curiosity about this big boss for a moment, and wanted to know what kind of character this was.

"Oh?" The door was pushed open, and a man walked out.

This man was in a sturdy figure, dressed in linen clothes, with a pair of cloth shoes on his feet, and a tiger skin skirt tied around his waist.

It's just that this person's angular face like a knife and axe, and the pair of eyes that are as bright as tiger eyes, are really unforgettable.

The man glanced up at Jiang Ling and the others, as if he was a little curious, but he didn't care very much, and then said to Lu Qingshan: "Third child, what are these three people for?" ”

Lu Qingshan said: "Back to the big boss, the three of them said that they had a grudge against the three members of the bandit team, so they came to Heiyang Mountain to cooperate with us and deal with the bandit team together. ”

"Oh, that's interesting." The big boss glanced at Jiang Ling and the others, and said: "At the age of about twenty, I have the strength to transfer to the middle realm, and I can be regarded as a good seedling in the general sect, if I die on my Black Sheep Mountain, it will be a pity." ”

Jiang Ling arched his hand and said: "Meet the big boss, the three of us do have an undying grudge with a few people in the bandit team, I hope the big boss can let us temporarily join the Black Sheep Village, whether we live or die is naturally up to fate." ”

Hearing this, the big boss nodded, waved his hand, and said: "The bandit squad will come in less than half an hour, you go out and walk around, it's best to let the brothers get to know each other, so as not to get hurt again after a while." Well, it's time for the brothers to gather together, and it's time to arrange something about the war for a while. ”

Jiang Ling was stunned when he heard this, and it wasn't until the three masters turned around and signaled that they were leaving, and Jiang Ling couldn't help but ask: "Can we join the Black Sheep Village?" ”

"For now." The big boss turned around and walked into the house again, and said without looking back: "After this battle, if you still have life, I will give you some reward, and then, get out." ”

[Complete the main quest (looking for Black Sheep Village) to get 20 points for the task reward, and successfully activate the next stage of the main quest. 】

[Get the main quest: Defeat the bandits]

[Difficulty: Difficult]

[Mission content: When the bandit team attacks Heiyang Mountain, on the premise of protecting the survival of the big boss, make the bandit team retreat or be completely wiped out. 】

[Reward: 50 points, 10 credits]

[Note: It should be a matter of course for the patrol team to suppress bandits, but in fact, Heiyang Mountain has existed for so long, and the patrol team has never moved, and this sudden clean-up must be unusual. 】

The system prompt sounded, making the three players stunned for a moment, but the three are also level players, so naturally they will not be surprised for too long, and the content of the task is basically what they expected.

Jiang Ling said to himself in his heart: "There are two conditions for winning the mission, protecting the big boss and forcing back the bandit team, then, the task of the enemy player should be to kill the big boss." ”

Without giving the three of them time to think and discuss, Lu Qingshan walked down the mountain again, Jiang Ling and the three naturally followed, and on the way, Lu Qingshan asked again: "Go to Chihe Village, do you get any news?" ”

Jiang Ling thought for a moment and said truthfully: "The village chief and other villagers don't know anything about the bandit team, only the triad leader Mu An is clear, and we have also met him, but he has not revealed any information to us. ”

"Kigan." Lu Qingshan muttered to himself, and then said, "Will he also go up the mountain?" ”

Jiang Ling said: "He didn't say it, but with my feelings, it's very likely." ”

Lu Qingshan was silent for a moment when he heard this, and then said: "When the fight starts in a while, we won't push you to be cannon fodder and send you to death, but don't expect anyone to protect you." ”

"That's nature." This way of treatment is very reasonable, and Jiang Ling naturally will not be dissatisfied.

Lu Qingshan continued: "If you kill the three people who have a deep hatred with you, you still have the strength to spare, please also help my brothers as much as you can, I will be grateful." ”

"Okay." Jiang Ling promised.

"And..."Who knew that Lu Qingshan then said: "If you can do it, I hope you subdue Mu An instead of killing him, I will be rewarded." ”

Hearing this, Jiang Ling was naturally a little puzzled, and what made him even more puzzled was that he actually remembered the system prompt at this time!

[Get Side Quest: Protect the Wooden Shore]

【Difficulty: Hard】

[Mission content: While carrying out the main quest, Kigishi cannot die.] 】

【Reward: 10 points】

[Bonus: One piece of Elite Equipment]

[Note: Team battles must be won, Kigishi can't die.] Although there is no clear penalty for failure, it may affect the favorability of the three masters. It should be noted that the additional rewards will be issued by the three masters, Lu Qingshan, and if Lu Qingshan dies before the main quest is completed, he will not be able to get the additional rewards. 】

Suddenly, the eyes of the three players changed slightly, and no one expected that there would be such a side quest.

On the one hand, the difficulty of the mission is very excessive, and its basic premise is 'while carrying out the main quest', as in the first sentence of the note, it is a bit painful to ensure that one of the enemy does not die while fighting. The two sides are fighting, and it is a battlefield of dozens of people, it must be extremely chaotic, even if Jiang Ling and a few people don't make a move on Mu An, they can't really stop others from making a move on Mu An, right? Being treated as a traitor is no joke.

It's like in a game of Dota or LOL, where you're playing support slots, and what you have to do is make sure your side has the advantage in a team fight, and at the same time make sure that the enemy support can't die and that your teammates don't know about your plan.

And the last two sentences of the remarks made the corners of Jiang Ling's mouth twitch even more, the failure of the mission would affect Lu Qingshan's favorability, and this sentence needs to be weighed to understand. In the long run, as long as you can win this game on the battlefield, the players will teleport away directly, who cares about Lu Qingshan's favorability or not, and whether he can see him again in the game world next time are two different things.

But in case Mu An hangs up in the middle of the battle, announcing the failure of the side quest, and the main quest has not been completed, at that time, Lu Qingshan has 'malice' towards the three players, which may affect their cooperation with each other, and no one knows what will happen.

And the last sentence 'Lu Qingshan dies and cannot get additional rewards', which means that players also have to ensure that Lu Qingshan cannot die, if Lu Qingshan dies, even if Mu An survives, players can only get a system reward of 10 points.

Although 10 points is not bad, it is far from being comparable to excellent equipment, and even if there is no additional reward, Jiang Ling will choose to directly ignore this egg-hurting side quest....

In this way, if they do it together with the main line and branches, Jiang Ling and the three of them will have to participate in the battle while ensuring that the big boss and the three masters, as well as the enemy's Mu An, cannot die... What is this called?

However, Jiang Ling's mind was spinning sharply, and in the end, Huo Ran wanted to understand that the focus of the matter was probably not here.

Put the task content and rewards first, there is a question, why did Lu Qingshan give them such a task?

"On the battlefield, there are no eyes for swords and guns, and I'm afraid it will be difficult to ensure the safety of Mu An's life." Jiang Ling said truthfully, and then frowned and asked, "Also, I don't know if the three masters can tell us why they want to protect Mu'an?" ”

Lu Qingshan replied indifferently: "His father has some friendship with me, so I hope he won't die." As for whether or not you can keep him safe, you can do your best. ”

At this time, Jiang Ling felt a little messy in his mind, so he just nodded, and then began to ponder.

Lu Qingshan suddenly said again: "You guys take a turn here for the time being, and I'll go back when I go." With that, Lu Qingshan walked quickly into a house not far away.

Jiang Ling and Leia raised their heads and glanced at each other, they both saw doubts in each other's eyes.

Jiang Ling said in a low voice: "This plot is not simple. ”

As mentioned many times above, this day's final battle is not a simple mode player team battle game, players also have to ensure a stable relationship with their own "forces", and if you want to do this, you must figure out the "plot" of the battlefield, because only by figuring out the plot, you can determine the relationship between the characters, and follow the plot trend closely, avoiding many negative flags.

Therefore, Jiang Ling couldn't help but care about Lu Qingshan's attitude towards Mu An, because there must be a mystery hidden in it.

Leia said slowly: "These three masters have a lot of problems, at least judging from his indifferent and shrew performance so far, he is not the villain with a vicious mind in the mouth of the village chief. ”

Those people who are "scheming and vicious" and "inconsistent on the outside" are actually not smart, but at most clever. A really smart person will not leave this kind of negative evaluation to others, or outsiders can't see that he is smart at all, that is really smart.

Although the words are a bit round, everyone should also understand this truth, take businessmen as an analogy, some businessmen are smart, so they try their best to lack catties and two, hide from customers, and make more profits for themselves. There are also some businessmen who are also smart, they find ways to please their customers, leaving no handle or stain, even if they lose themselves on one or two orders.

Is it a judgment from above?

This is the difference between small wisdom and great wisdom, its essence is determined by the pattern and depth of people, and it is also the connotation of the old saying "those who achieve great things are not informal" and "great wisdom is foolish".

Through the current observation, Leia is sure that Lu Qingshan is indeed a shrewd character, and at the same time a person with depth and bearing, this kind of person is not the same as the kind of scheming character, this kind of person will only leave others with the impression of "very shrewd, not easy to mess with, and difficult to fool", rather than the image of a "scheming and vicious" villain.

Jiang Ling said: "He still has to protect Mu An, judging from the information we have gotten, the former president Mu Yuan only has a relationship with the big boss, and I haven't heard of a relationship with the three bosses, judging from the impression he left on the village chief as a ruthless villain, the three bosses are not as close as the people in Chihe Village." ”

Leia nodded and said, "What's going on with these three masters?" Is it true that he has changed since he put on the mask? ”

Jiang Ling's mind turned, and then a flash of spiritual light flashed, and he suddenly raised his head, and at the same time, Leia's eyes also changed, and she thought of a possibility, and looked at Jiang Ling at the same time.

There was some disbelief in their eyes, and they muttered in unison, "Is it possible..."