Deep in the mountains at night, no bonfires were lit.

Under the big tree, several bloodied guards leaned against each other, bandaging the wounds of the brothers beside them with rudimentary tools such as leaves and rattans. Immediately, he carefully threw the blood stains that had been processed into the shallow pit dug earlier on the side and quickly buried them.

There was hardly a sound coming from the process, as if there was a fear of disturbing something.

On the other side of the tree, a man and a woman sat opposite each other.

"You're no ordinary guide!"

Song Qing reached out and brushed away the hair hanging in front of his eyes, pinning it behind his ears. The previous sudden attack and Fang Cai's desperate escape did not easily make this young woman with a capable temperament feel much like panic and frustration.

At least not on the surface.

However, when she focused her eyes on the silent guide in front of her, her expression couldn't help but be a little complicated.

It can be said that in just half an hour, she has changed her perception of the person in front of her several times.

From the mountain boy who had no impression before, to the calm behavior of quickly extinguishing the fire when attacked, finding an excellent hiding place, etc., he is like a veteran of a hundred battles. Then he was as low-key and forbearant as an assassin, only to burst out when the situation was already divided, creating chaos again, and decisively withdrawing......

Counting the side that the other party showed in front of her again not long ago, it was like a butcher's means. One person and one ape, in a few breaths, slaughtered more than ten pursuers who went around their escape path, and then they didn't even look at them, and threw the bodies of the pursuers into the ravine with the black ape with a calm face...... Just look at the skillful method of throwing corpses, you know that the other party should do such a thing......

Shrugging his shoulders, Ye Xi didn't deny it: "You are not an ordinary merchant, are you?" Pointing to the inconspicuous gray cloth that Song Qing was carrying on his back even if he was on the run, "If you guessed correctly, those carriages full of goods are just a disguise, and this is what you are really going to escort this time, right?"

It's not hard to guess that the other party risked his life to retrieve it under the rain of arrows for this package, and he also gave away the lives of several family guards for this.

Song Qing's expression couldn't help but be slightly abrupt when he heard this, but he didn't make any vigilant moves because of this, maybe he knew that it was useless. After being silent for a while, he looked at Ye Xi seriously, and suddenly asked, "You are very good at killing?"

"Actually, I'm better at hunting. ”

"How about we make a deal?"

Ye Xi's original intention was just to get out of the mountain, and these things were undoubtedly going on at the moment, but after thinking about it, he asked, "What can I get?"

As for Song Qing's purpose, when she asked if Ye Xi was very good at killing, it was already self-evident.

Ye Xi didn't refuse immediately, which made Song Qing secretly relieved. Now she can be described as a fish meat without resistance, and Dao Yi can be the previous sneak attacker, of course, it can also be the current Ye Xi. Fortunately, Ye Xi is willing to talk, so everything is easy to say.

However, before Song Qing could open his mouth to negotiate, Ye Xi waved his hand and interrupted first, and simply said: "Don't talk about gold and silver treasures, beautiful house deeds or anything, it's not that I don't believe that you don't have this ability, but you can't take it out at all now." You don't know each other very well, and I don't like to take credit. ”

Song Qing was stunned, spread out her clean hands and smiled bitterly: "In this case, I really can't get anything out now." ”

In fact, you yourself are a beauty bargaining chip...... Of course, Ye Xi also thought about it in his heart, he had a more urgent purpose: "Well, I heard that your family has a lot of connections with a Yin Dao cultivation sect?"

"What did Uncle Song say?" Song Qing reacted quickly, and then couldn't help but take a deep look at the other party, "I have to say that you are very ambitious." But you should know that even if my family is a matchmaker, if you don't have the corresponding talent, they won't take you. ”

"That's my thing. Ye Xi dusted off his clothes and simply stood up, "Deal?"

"Deal!"

"Let's go, it's almost time. Out of this forest, there is a col three miles to the east, and you are waiting for me there. By the way, by the way, why did the person surnamed Feng attack you?"

"Is it really him......" got up and nodded without surprise, "The Feng family and my Song family are both big business families in Linggu City, and because of the overlapping scope of business, there have been many contradictions since the ancestors' generation. Over the past few decades, the contradictions have become even deeper in our younger generation. But because there is not much difference in the strength of each other, after many open and secret battles, both sides have successes and failures, which can be regarded as maintaining a balance of power. ”

Song Qing didn't hide it, and there was no need for that, "But this balance of power was broken a few months ago, and my father, the current head of my Song family, suddenly contracted a stroke a few months ago, paralyzed in bed, unable to speak. Because of the suddenness of the incident, the news was not blocked in time, and the Feng family seized the opportunity, and several rounds of confrontation were defeated, and my family's property in Linggu City was no longer one in ten. ”

"Since it's a big business family, didn't your father appoint one or two successors before his illness?" Speaking of which, Ye Xi has a general understanding of the current situation of the Song Qing family, which is nothing more than business competition, which is really ordinary in the eyes of Ye Xi, who can be regarded as successful in later generations.

"My father is in the prime of life!" Song Qing frowned in defense. However, this justification sounded to Ye Xi, that is, pouting, hehe, the family business has too many drawbacks......

Perhaps seeing his disapproval, Song Qing pursed his lips and continued: "Actually, there is a successor, my father has a son and a daughter under his knees, but my younger brother, well, is still young and can't shoulder the heavy responsibility for the time being......"

"So you came out to carry it?"

Knowing that he is the leader of the house, the family has to follow the game as soon as something happens. There is no monogamy in vogue here, and he usually has nothing to do and does not give birth to ten or eight of his alternatives. Even if there is a problem of fighting for power and separating the family in the future, in the final analysis, it will be the Song family's own industry......

"I was also forced to be helpless. Song Qing shook his head, "Soon after the family accident, Feng Jinglong brought someone to the door with a dowry, intending to marry me." Of course, he was beaten out by my uncles and uncles. But after a few days, I noticed that the attitude of my uncles began to change ......"

"Good means. Ye Xi stroked his palms and praised, "If he succeeds, I'm afraid that in a few years, your Song family will have the surname Feng." ”

Song Qing nodded: "Yes, so I know that Linggu City can't stay, just at this time I got a news, one of the largest business groups in Southwest Prefecture, Wanyue Business Group, is ready to cooperate with alliance partners in various districts to open up new trade routes, Linggu City is also within the coverage, and my Song family, as one of the largest business families in the local area, has this alliance qualification." ”

"You succeeded?"

"Half of it. Song Qing pointed to the inconspicuous package behind his back, "It will only be considered a success when I send the cooperation documents back to Linggu City safely and display them in front of the merchants in the city." At that time, with the backing of the identity of the Wanyue Merchant Unity Alliance, the Feng family would definitely not dare to provoke it easily, and the crisis of my family could be temporarily alleviated. ”

"And your uncles, who are short-sighted, will also have to suppress their dissenting intentions. Ye Xi continued, his expression full of admiration.

Whether it was luck or a mistake, in Ye Xi's opinion, Song Qing undoubtedly found the best breaking point.

Besides, don't look at the ease of her now calm face, but just think of a young woman, with almost no support, resolutely decided to travel thousands of miles back and forth, just to seize an opportunity to negotiate even with a low probability, and let her negotiate...... Among them, the so-called business miracle, that's probably it......

"Anything else to ask?"

"Thank you for your honesty, gone. ”

"No, the premise of the transaction is sincerity, isn't it?" Song Qing waved his hand to summon the guards, and glanced at Ye Xi again, "Actually, if you can't do anything, you don't necessarily have to kill them, as long as you escort me to Linggu City safely, the transaction between us will still be valid." ”

"Thank you. Ye Xi pursed his lips and chuckled, accepting the other party's kindness. However, from an angle that Song Qing couldn't see, in Ye Xi's lowered eyes, the killing intent was already boiling......

The reason why we want to ask clearly about the reason for the pursuit and killing is, of course, not to ask by the way as Ye Xi said, but to confirm one thing - the so-called cutting off people's financial routes is like killing parents. That is like Ye Xi's current plan to block other people's families' annexation, it is probably a deep hatred for digging people's ancestral graves.

It's definitely going to be endless!

Having said that, he is about to leave the mountain, of course, he doesn't have to worry about the other party's retaliation, after all, the world is so big. But Ye Xi vaguely remembered that he knew the old hunter in the morning, and now with Ye Xiaoer's exposure, I think the other party can also remember him as a person.

That's where the trouble lies.

Yip Xi will not allow any dangerous factors to disturb the tranquility of Sai Shui Village.

If there is, only cut the grass and eradicate the roots!

......

Rushing through the dense forest.

"The little guide, the same one I saw in the morning...... Are you kidding me?"

“...... Since he was a child, he was picked up by a mother ape, grew up drinking the milk of a hundred beasts, and became brothers with apes...... Oh, this is really a little wild seed......"

"The story is good, really. If you hear it in the teahouse, I'll reward you with a few dollars. ”

"But the owner, what I said is true. ”

Waving his hand, "Don't talk to me about that uselessness, all I see is a half-sized man! Could it be that he is the reincarnation of a killing star? Killing my dozens of well-trained family guards is like slaughtering dogs?"

Old Orion folded his face: "You don't know, the owner, this kid is indeed a well-known evil sect, and everyone in this area knows it...... Alas, forget it, I'll tell you something with the owner, old man, it has something to do with me......"

"The old man's home in Dongquan Village, that little wild seed was about six years old, and was met and picked up by Niu Er who went into the mountains to hunt in Xishui Village. East Spring, West Water, just listen to the names of the two villages to know that there is a relationship. That's pretty much the case, but our two villages are not in harmony, but bitter enemies. There is no way, there is a shortage of water in the mountains, people need to drink, animals need to drink, and fields have to drink, but there is only one spring in that area......"

"Getting to the point!"

"Uh...... The general situation is that in order to compete for this water source, our two villages have been fighting for nearly 100 years, and basically every irrigation season, people will die. Later, as the population of the two villages became smaller and smaller, the chief of the two villages felt that they could not continue like this, so they discussed a way. That is, five hunters are sent out at a fixed time every year to hunt in the mountains for a period of three days, and after the end of the year, the amount of water obtained by each village is determined according to the number of prey and the total value. People in the mountains, no one has an opinion when they talk about hunting......"

"That year...... It was six years ago, before the hunting deadline was approaching, a few young people in our village had a crooked mind, drugged and charmed two hunters in Xishui Village who were preparing to enter the mountain, and broke each other's legs. They wanted to gain an advantage for the village, but they didn't expect to attract a murderous ghost......"

"That little wild seed took over a place?"

The old Orion nodded slowly: "Not bad." Actually, I should have participated in that competition, but I didn't make it a few days ago when I accidentally flashed my waist, and now I want to come...... Alas, on the day of the hunt, I stood in the crowd with crutches, and the first time I saw that little wild seed, it was only twelve or thirteen years old, a child with no hair, not as tall as my crutches, I thought it was a number, but I didn't expect ......"

"He killed all the hunters in your village?" Hearing this, Feng Jinglong was really interested as if he was listening to a teahouse's commentary, and raised his eyebrows and asked.

"Poor, almost......" The old hunter licked his lips unconsciously, as if recalling the scene at that time, and his expression was faintly afraid, "I thought that our village would win, but when I went to the mountain pass three days later to greet him, I only saw the hunters of Xishui Village carrying their prey out, and the small wild species had the most prey, but the five hunters in our village did not come out for a long time, and they did not see the shadow until noon." Thinking that something was wrong, the lieutenant sent people into the mountains to search, but only found four bones gnawed by wild beasts, and a crippled man who had gone crazy...... We didn't know what was going on at the time, but we came up with a rough idea based on various traces......"

"That little wild seed...... As soon as they entered the mountain, they brutally cut off the legs of five hunters in our village, bandaged them briefly, and let them climb out of the mountain on their own......"

Feng Jinglong was stunned for a moment, and then couldn't help but smile: "Five adults can't fight a half-old child, so the other party should already be merciful in dealing with it like this." ”

"Kindness?" the old hunter shook nervously, "Boss, do you think that little wild breeds so many prey...... How did you get here?"

"What do you mean...... Enh?" The pace of the hurried pursuit suddenly stopped, the smile on Feng Jinglong's face gradually became strange and stiff, and he slowly turned his head, "Isn't it......"

"At the time, we hoped not, but the traces can't fool people...... Cutting off their legs is not for them to see the will of heaven for their lives, but for the bloody smell that flows down the way, attracting wild beasts and prey to seek and feed...... That little wild seed set a trap early in the morning, and then hid aside, and just watched the wailing and crawling hunters of our village, surrounded by the beasts that kept coming, biting, and scrambling, and finally waiting for their ......."

As the old hunter spoke in a deeper and trembling voice, everyone around him froze for a moment as if they had been immobilized. There was a silence for a while, and a gust of wild mountain wind swept by, Feng Jinglong unconsciously shivered, pulled the button of the gorgeous dress around his neck, and said with a reluctant smile, "Heh, at least one of them survived......, didn't he?"

"That's a warning, a shock. The old hunter took a deep breath and sighed wistfully, "After learning the general situation, the young people who caused trouble in the village were sent out of the mountain by their parents overnight, and they still dare not come back...... At such a young age, who is not afraid of such a ruthless and meticulous mind......"

"It's... This... This...... Why didn't you report to the police?!"

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