Chapter 18: The Shadow Behind the Scenes
"Lie to you...... Hahaha, look at your expression, hahahaha!"
Ye Changge stretched out a finger and poked Xu Dongqing's little face that was frantically bulging out of surprise and anger, and at the same time, he couldn't stop slapping the table and laughing, and even tears burst out of his eyes.
"Good...... Okay, ahem...... I'm not kidding you anymore. Ye Changge cleared his throat, and then coaxed Xu Dongqing for a long time with an old red face and a low voice - this is actually not the first time Ye Changge has done this, he has not coaxed Xiao Yezi, who used to be simple and crying, but I don't know why pleasing the girl in front of him always makes him feel indescribable, making his heartbeat and blood flow can't help but accelerate.
Ye Changge couldn't help but be a little puzzled: he had been out for so many years since he was nine years old, and the first thing he did whenever he went to a place was to find a tavern with the most people to talk to, and practice communication while searching for informationβZhang Yue was an acquaintance he had been chatting with in the tavern two days ago.
However, after exercising like this for so long, is my face still not hard enough?
After sorting out his emotions a little, seeing that Xu Dongqing's face softened a little, he spread his hands and said, "There is really no special news, it is all expected." Fan Hao led a group of academy gentlemen to destroy the bandit den in Langya Mountain, and the second leader Tong Shan and a small leader were buried in the mountain road, which is suspected to be the result of 3,000 lives......"
Xu Dongqing was puzzled: "Why are they convinced that with these three thousand wen silver tickets, they are convinced that this matter is to be done by you for three thousand yuan?"
Ye Changge said with a smile: "This is more complicated to say, but the reason is very simple. There are two kinds of tasks released by the Dark List, one is for individual orders, and the other is for public rewards. The individual order is that the employer selects the favorite master from the list of idle killers given by the person who sets the list to carry out a specific assassination mission, and the mission target will be secretly marked, as long as the task performer kills the target, no one else can get a bounty. The amount of bounty obtained in this way will be relatively low, but it is better to be stable and not subject to pressure from peers. β
"And the target of the public bounty is generally the tricky character after all. The bounty amount is generally relatively high, and as long as there is a registered killer on the list, whoever solves the target will be rewarded. β
"Like the four masters of Langya Mountain, they are all among the characters in the public bounty. But each of them is strong, and they are kings of the mountains, and they have countless younger brothers. It is said that it is involved with a mortal holy land-level force at the same level as the academy, so no one has been able to win this huge reward. β
"Although I didn't even take the head of the corpse as evidence this time, the silver ticket of 3,000 Wen left behind is enough to serve as a personal trace of 3,000 for your life. Then, no one else would have the audacity to take the risk of taking the bounty. Because it is quite unwise to have a bad relationship with a killer at the top of the list for a sum of money. Killers are not dead soldiers, they are the most desperate group of people......"
They may not believe it, but they don't take the risk of not believing, it's as simple as that. β
Xu Dongqing nodded: "Although I still don't understand too much, I feel quite powerful." β
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Then Xu Dongqing frowned: "Then you sell dog meat on the head of a sheep, so you are not afraid that the main owner will find trouble?"
"......" Ye Changge said expressionlessly: "When I came back yesterday, I said that I was 'asking for your life of three thousand', right?"
Xu Dongqing nodded.
Ye Changge pointed to his face: "You don't think I'm like it?"
Xu Dongqing raised his eyebrows: "According to what you said yesterday, asking you to kill three thousand is the top killer who has received eleven people's big orders, and there is no one who is below the realm of awakening pulse ...... You killed those two people yesterday by sneak attack and leakage, could it be that you can still use this routine eleven times without missing?"
β...... Do not argue with the layman. β
β......β
Ye Changge sighed suddenly:
β...... If the Lord could come to me, I wouldn't be able to ask for it. β
Xu Dongqing inexplicably felt that Ye Changge's tone was endlessly depressed, and he didn't say anything more, obediently walked to the table, and began to deal with the breakfast that was still warm and cold.
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"Dad! You have to make the decision for me in this matter! Hurting people in broad daylight for no reason, this is obviously breaking my face, but in the bottom it is slapping your father's face! This Longxing County, who dares to have a second word with you for so many years? If this person does not deal with it, where will your face and prestige in Longxing County remain?"
In Peng's mansion, Peng An, who was embarrassed by Ye Changge in the morning, was crying to his father with a handful of snot and tears.
Longxing County Shou Peng, who has been gloomy since the morning, has gradually reduced his endurance under the constant splashing and rolling of his precious son.
The bandits in Langya Mountain have been a major security problem in the vicinity of Longxing County in the past two years.
Because of this problem, the county performance test Longxing County for two consecutive years has been the last seat in the Dadong District.
However, Peng Daqi has bitterness and cannot be complained.
At the beginning, he had the intention to ask the academy to help suppress the bandits, but he was reminded by the secret spies of the DPRK and China: Don't interfere in the actions of Langya Mountain!
Therefore, he had to swallow his anger and do nothing for two years.
Who would have thought that the academy, which had been doing nothing, would suddenly take action to raze Langya Mountain in one day!
Peng Daqi didn't know how the boss would react and how he would be implicated.
And according to the informant, the killer at the top of the underworld list "wants your life for 3,000" also appeared in the nearby area, and killed the second master of Langya Mountain who absconded.
This undoubtedly makes the situation in this area of Longxing County even more confusing.
At this fateful moment, the little ancestor of his own family, who usually doesn't learn and has no skills, and only knows how to use his tiger skin as a blessing, actually provoked the disciples of the academy?
Who doesn't know that the academy acts on weekdays, paying attention to helping relatives and not helping them, protecting them to the extreme, and sometimes they are unreasonable and even have to bite three points, not to mention that this time it still accounts for a big reason?
Seeing that Peng An was still chattering with a handful of snot and tears, and didn't notice the change in his face at all, Peng Daqi, who was already extremely irritable, slammed the table with a sense of sadness that hated iron and steel, and shouted angrily:
"Waste! I don't say anything about you when you are a good man. When something happens, I only know how to hold your Lao Tzu's legs, and I don't have the ability to solve things by myself, what can Lao Tzu expect from you in the future?"
Without waiting for Peng An, who was scolded and stunned, to react, Peng Daqi shouted:
"Come on, take this unsuccessful guy down for me! Don't go out of the room for three days, don't eat for three days! If I know who dares to feed him or even let him out of the house without permission, get out of the gate of Peng's house for me!"
It wasn't until he was erected that Peng An reacted and howled miserably like a pig:
"Dad! You can't do this to me! I'm your own son! Mother! Come and save me! Your son has been bullied, and if he doesn't help him, he will forbid him to eat......!
Hearing the miserable howl gradually fade away, Peng Daqi sighed heavily, touched his forehead with his hand, and commanded without raising his head for a long time:
"I want to be quiet, and no one is allowed to disturb me!" After a pause, he added: "Especially Madame, tell her that if she dares to say a soft word on behalf ......of the little rabbit cub, I will lock him up for three more days!
The subordinate was ordered to cover the door and retreat.
Peng Daqi took a sip of tea, closed his eyes and sat there quietly, not knowing what he was thinking.
"Old man......"
Peng Daqi frowned:
"Didn't you say you weren't allowed to disturb me?
The housekeeper outside the door said respectfully:
"It's Master Yang who asks to see you!"
Peng Daqi opened his eyes:
"He came on his own?"
"Yes. β
"Will you tell him to come here and see me?"
The steward took the order and departed.
A short time later, there was a knock on the door.
"Come in, Brother Yang. β
A middle-aged man dressed as a scholar pushed the door in, and it was Peng An's trusted confidant, Master Yang Jinglun.
saw Yang Jinglun's face full of urgency, and whispered:
"Your Excellency...... The lord of the seven-story headquarters has arrived, and now he is at the county office, and the brothers are waiting!"
"What?" Peng stood up suddenly: "How could it be so coincidental?"
Yang Jinglun said in a deep voice: "When my subordinates came all the way, they also felt strange...... Why is it that there is a spy from the seven-story headquarters here just after the accident in Langya Mountain?"
Peng Daqi said: "Oh, brother, what do you think?"
Yang Jinglun hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth and said, "According to the foolish opinion of his subordinates...... Langya Mountain was destroyed at the hands of the academy, and I am afraid that there is a shadow behind this matter......"
Peng Daqi was silent for a moment when he heard this, but he still said solemnly:
"Anyway, let's meet the adult first and then make plans. β