Since the collapse of the three major families, known as the Three Great Mountains, Crow Ridge is no longer worthy of the name, because the crow industry has completely disappeared here. [Ran^Text^Library] [ ] However, this did not make this Xiǎo town clean and pure, on the contrary, the black market full of darkness and blood became more and more rampant in Crow Ridge, and even in the cold winter.

All thanks to a young man who was born after the collapse of the three mountains, a weak scholar who was rumored to be powerless. It is rumored that the scholar was originally the staff and military advisor of the largest Li family mountain in Crow Ridge, but for some reason he had something to do with the adjudicator of Liucheng County, and took advantage of the situation to attract a large number of subordinates when the Li family mountain collapsed, and then killed the Li family, who should have been his benefactor, and then even slaughtered the big men on the other two mountains, and all the old and young women and children were spared, and they were all hanged.

If it were limited to this, perhaps this person's name would only be all the rage in Crow Ridge, but this person was not only ruthless, but also extremely ambitious. After exterminating the three mountains, he sent people to take over the entire black market in Crow Ridge. Unlike in the past, anyone who entered and left the Crow Ridge must be equipped with specially made documents, and they need to truthfully report the items they sell and the amount of gold and silver they carry, and they need to pay the corresponding silver money for killing in the Crow Ridge, and so on.

At first, many underground gangs and forces specializing in the black market were quite dissatisfied with this, but because they were too ruthless, most of them avoided it. But later, some peerless and rare treasures gradually appeared on the black market of Crow Ridge, and even the saber-toothed tiger and tiger teeth that were rare in a hundred years appeared in Crow Ridge, which suddenly pushed the black market of Crow Ridge into *, and many merchants could no longer hold back their thoughts and went to Crow Ridge one after another.

As for those seemingly cumbersome documents, it is also very easy to handle, only one or two silver and a pillar of incense can be done, and then the Crow Ridge can be checked in and eaten after the paperwork, and those innocuous rules as long as they do not cross the line, then they will travel unhindered in the Crow Ridge, and there are even people who specialize in providing services such as guiding the way and water supply, which is really eye-opening.

After these news gradually spread, Crow Ridge became prosperous again, businessmen flocked to it, and the magnates couldn't bear to think about it, one after another, so it was not lively.

At noon, in the largest restaurant in Crow Ridge, Xu Huainan sat alone in a private seat on the second floor, looking down at the thick ledger in his hand, frowning slightly.

In front of the table, on the delicate and luxurious carpet, there were two people, one fat and one thin, both of them were dressed in black coats, and there were three big characters on their chests: 'Crow Ridge'. This dress was specially customized by Xu Huainan and distributed to his subordinates who were responsible for maintaining order in Crow Ridge, and it was also the most unique symbol of Crow Ridge.

It's just that at this moment, the faces of the two of them are extremely ugly, but there is a sweat in the cold winter, and they dare not move when they kneel on the ground, and they dare not breathe.

Bang!

Xu Huainan directly threw the ledger in his hand to the ground, startling the two people who were kneeling on the ground, and their whole bodies trembled.

"Don't dare to sell it privately, the original one or two silver documents were forged and sold at a price of one hundred Wen, and then contacted the gatekeeper, and one was put in to pay ten Wen, I'm afraid that there are thousands of people pouring in in the Crow Ridge these days, and the forged documents will be sold for six hundred copies, you are very good at turning silver?" Xu Huainan looked at the two kneeling on the ground with a gloomy face, and sneered.

"Adults spare their lives, and the people of xiǎo don't dare anymore. The two hurriedly kowtowed and begged for mercy.

"Dragged it out and cut it. Xu Huainan snorted coldly.

The door was opened, and four strong men in armor entered directly, threatening to drag out the two men who were kneeling on the ground.

"I fight with you, and I want to avenge Lord Li!" A man kneeling on the ground suddenly raised his head, his face extremely hideous.

In an uproar, I saw the man struggle to get up desperately, and a dagger in his hand suddenly appeared, stabbing directly at Xu Huainan who was sitting behind the table.

Several armorers who had just entered the room were startled, and hurriedly drew their swords and rushed forward to stop them, but the distance was limited, and the armorers were ordinary people without any cultivation, how could they stop the crazy man.

Xu Huainan, who was sitting behind the table, looked extremely calm, sneered, and looked at the man who stabbed at him without a trace of panic.

Bang Dang!

A soft sound came, and I saw the man fly out directly, his whole body slamming to the ground, and the dagger in his hand also fell to the ground.

A white shadow slowly appeared beside Xu Huainan, and it was an old man with gray hair, but at this moment, he looked expressionlessly at the man who was knocked out and struggled to get up, but was quickly held down by the armor, and pulled the corners of his mouth.

"My subordinates are not doing things well, and I hope that my lord will punish them."

After restraining the man, several armorers hurriedly knelt on the ground and said in a deep voice.

Obviously, these people are extremely afraid of Xu Huainan, and this is not to blame these armorers for being too nervous, but because Xu Huainan killed nearly half of the people in just a few days after taking over all the crows of the three mountains, some of them were for the sake of establishing military discipline, and more were for killing people to deter people's hearts, so they forcibly brought nearly 100 armorers under their command, and the cruelty was really beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

"It's none of your business, let's get out. By the way, the deeds of these two people will be announced, and as for those who have already purchased fake documents, they will either be reissued or directly expelled, and you will see the specifics yourself. ”

Xu Huainan said softly and waved his hand.

The armorers all breathed a sigh of relief, and looked at the man who was being held down, and their eyes became extremely gloomy. If this person had stabbed Lord Xu just now, they wouldn't have wanted to live, this is an iron law in Crow Ridge!

The two were carried down with a wail, and soon stopped moving.

The door was closed, Xu Huainan leaned back in the chair, closed his eyes gently, and said to himself: "It's difficult, people's hearts are not enough to swallow elephants, look, the ancients have killed the truth!"

"Do you really plan to run Raven Ridge like this? Sooner or later, you will be targeted, as for the adjudicator or the demon tribe, it is not a character to mess with. The old man standing behind Xu Huainan suddenly spoke, his voice was slightly hoarse, but there was a hint of concern.

The old man was half of Yan Jiansan's apprentice, that is, when Chen Tianze entered the Crow Ridge before, he saw the old man of Pinjian, Kong Yiji, under the archway. After escorting Fan Zhihua, the owner of this restaurant, to Xihe County, Kong Yiji did not stop and returned to Crow Ridge non-stop. That is, at what time, Kong Yiji shot again and again, blocking assassinations again and again for the powerless scholar in front of him, and now counting, the number of assassinations has reached more than 30 times in just half a month, which is not terrifying.

"A big family is bound to make people blush, that's a sure thing. Xu Huainan smiled lightly.

"Then have you figured out a way out?" Kong Yiji said softly.

Now that Crow Ridge is in full swing, this is already a thing for all to see, and the text alone alone has almost a thousand taels of silver every day, so it is no wonder that those people will cheat from it, it is really too tempting to earn this income. Of course, this is not the only way to make money, Crow Ridge has also renovated shantytowns and standardized stalls, these are all to collect money, these fees are far more profitable than the cost of Wen Mu, as for how much money this young man surnamed Xu has made in this short period of time, Kong Yiji doesn't know, and he can't guess. His job is only to protect Xu Huainan's safety, that's all, as for how long to protect, presumably as long as Xu Huainan stays in Crow Ridge for one day, he will protect for one day, this is his promise to his mentor.

Xu Huainan shook his head with a smile and said, "Not for the time being, whether it is the adjudicator or the demon tribe, it is too large, even if I do all the tricks, I can't fight others." ”

Kong Yi wanted to speak and stopped.

Xu Huainan chuckled: "It's okay, if you can last a day, it will be a day, Crow Ridge is not a long-term solution, sooner or later it will be replaced one day, before that, what I need to do is to collect money, that's all." ”

"Is it for my junior brother, are you familiar with it?" Kong Yiji was stunned for a moment and wondered.

Xu Huainan chuckled and shook his head, and asked rhetorically, "You are very familiar with your junior brother?"

Kong Yiji shook his head directly and said, "I'm not familiar." ”

Xu Huainan laughed and said, "I'm not familiar with him, but I met him two days earlier than you." ”

Kong Yiji was confused again, with a puzzled face.

Xu Huainan got up lightly and said with a smile: "Just like you are standing here to protect me, you have your reason, I have my reason, but many of the reasons are the same, such as Zhi'en Tubao." Chen Gongzi saved my life and killed my enemy, I still owe him two lives, I can only pay it back slowly like this, when will I pay it off, when will I be able to go my own way, but I don't know if there is a chance in this life. ”

Kong Yiji was silent.

Xu Huainan walked to the window, opened the window gently, looked at the gray sky outside the window, and muttered softly: "It's almost the New Year." "Good as a book, the home of reading!