Chapter 104: The Scarlet Chamber of Commerce
Li Jian opened his eyes tremblingly, the sharp pain in his waist made him snort, and even now, he didn't know how the assassin approached him, it didn't matter now......
The dim candle fluttered in the wind, the flickering flame danced uneasily, and its shadow was reflected on the wall like a devil magnified several times.
Where is this?!
Years of experience as a mercenary made Li Jian unusually vigilant, and he immediately realized that he had been abducted into an unfamiliar environment, so he didn't make a sound, just squinted his eyes slightly, trying to see everything around him clearly.
It seemed to be a prison cell, with no light but the glimmer of a candle.
"Don't look, I'm here." A cold voice came from behind him.
Suddenly, Li Jian felt a chain around his neck being pulled straight, and he realized that his body was trapped in a large bundle of rusty chains, abandoned in a filthy sewer waiting for the plague to attack like a slave in the outer city.
“......”
Li Jian didn't dare to resist too much, relying on the flickering flames, he could see clearly that there was a figure opposite him, but that person was drooping his head at this time, his whole body was stained with bright red blood, countless cuts spread on his body, and his skin was open, and it was obvious that that person was served by capital punishment.
"I'll cooperate with you."
As a seasoned mercenary, he knows when to let go of his mouth to protect himself more safely.
"Good." The man next to him exhaled playfully, "You're very smart, unlike him, I have to make him half dead before I can explain everything." ”
"Alright, now I'll ask you to answer, don't try to tell a lie, or I'll let you know the dark side of my heart."
Huang Shang believes that he is a man who has grown up soundly in the social background, even in the sinister last days of people's hearts, he also has a set of guidelines for life, but for some reason, with the gradual deepening of the disaster, the darkness in his heart gradually woke up, and the silent Fang was much bigger.
At least not before, he had never dealt with prisoners in such a horrific manner.
"Okay, then, first question, what's your name?" Huang Shang asked.
Li Jian pursed his lips, and did not answer in a hurry, but raised his head to look, and found that in addition to the brutal assassin, there was also a man and a woman waiting in the cell.
As soon as Huang Shang returned to the base, Su Lan rushed over, and at the same time, at his request, Fang Li was also brought in, and under his spiritual invasion, any prisoner's lies would be exposed.
"Li Jian... My name is Li Jian. Li Jian said slowly.
"What organization?"
"Greedy Wolf Mercenary Regiment."
"Whom?" Huang Shang nodded at Su Lan, who began to record in detail.
"Him." Li Jian said something inexplicable, and then looked at the prisoner who had already passed out on the other side.
"Really? How did I hear that your attack was related to the Blood Moon Chamber of Commerce? Huang Shang frowned slightly.
"Blood Moon Chamber of Commerce? I don't know this, the money I received only came from the rat on the other side who had long passed out, he was the second-in-command of all the bandits in that area of the outer city, and the mercenary group only served the side that paid the commission, as for the Blood Moon Chamber of Commerce, they may have some connection with this gang of bandits. ”
Li Jian shook his dizzy head, what he said was the truth, the other party had obviously tortured the second-in-command of the bandit who had passed out, if he made up a lie and the information that the other party had learned, the end would be clear without thinking about it.
"Yes." Huang Shang pondered for a while, and the name of the Blood Red Chamber of Commerce was also upturned from the mouth of the Moxican man, and it had basically been established as an employer.
"You tell me about the Blood Moon Chamber of Commerce."
"I don't know much, but I know that they are the most powerful arms sales group in the chaebol alliance, with the latest doomsday weapons, and those two spider tanks are the ...... I leased from there"
"Huh? Renting objects and then working for others, do you have water in your brain? ”
"Their weapons are quite advanced, if they are rented to deal with ordinary enemies or xenomorphs, they are simply crushing, so after the mercenary group accepts the task of the gold master, they will basically lease some weapons from the Blood Moon Chamber of Commerce, after all, the price is not high, but they have obtained extremely high insurance."
"Interesting, these bandits are employed by the Scarlet Chamber of Commerce, and you are hired by these bandits." Huang Shang pondered, "In addition to your greedy wolf mercenary group, are there any other mercenary groups that have accepted employment?" ”
"No, this is the rule of the industry, the general task, only one mercenary group is allowed to accept the employment of the gold owner."
"Yes." Huang Shang nodded, turned around and left with the two.
"Wait... Wait a minute, where is this and when can I get out? Li Jian pulled the chains, his voice hoarse.
"Thirty meters underground, the next life."
Huang Shang ignored his cries and left the cell built in the vault.
Since the mercenaries and bandits who attacked them were instructed by the Blood Red Chamber of Commerce, which is the most powerful arms group in the chaebol alliance, then the smell of this is already obvious, and the other party must have learned about his deal with Ma Gongming from a certain gossip, and tried to disrupt this trade.
After all, his behavior in the inner city of Shangjing was very blinking, and he had already expected that someone would make a stumbling block in secret, but in order to obtain food as soon as possible, he could only bear the risk, and what he could not have imagined was that before the trade contract was signed, the other party's firepower had already hit him. It is precisely because of this that he rushed back to the base with the convoy as soon as possible.
"The chaebol alliance is really not simple." Huang Shang sighed, "We have lost twenty tons of grain, although it is not a large amount compared to five hundred tons of rice, but the other party has already declared war on us, and looking at that posture, the Blood Red Chamber of Commerce is already planning to tear up its face with the Ma Group, and we are afraid that our trade with Ma Gongming will not be easy to do in the future." ”
Coupled with the loss of more than 20 oversized soldiers in the forward battalion, this war can be said to have caused him heavy losses, and Huang Shang does not intend to let them go like this, but now it is imperative to deal with the contradictions in the base.
Mercado's side needs to be appeased, although he has already surrendered to himself, it does not mean that he will give up the forward battalion.
Listening to Su Lan, during his absence, the entire shelter was disturbed, rumors of food shortages spread in everyone's hearts, and the fear of famine lingered.
Just thinking about countermeasures for these things, Su Lan suddenly grabbed his wrist.
"I don't know what's going on on the chaebol side, but I'll always be on your side. From what you describe, the enemy seems to be strong, but that's nothing, we're stronger, aren't we? ”
"Uh, yes." Somehow, when Huang Shang looked at Su Lan's eyes, an inexplicable trust rose from the bottom of his heart, as if any difficulties were no longer a problem, and all obstacles would be solved.
We're stronger, aren't we.