A prickly head said: "I saw Lao Mengtou go to Mangrove Village with a few people from the city, I heard that he went to buy land, but I haven't seen other outsiders otherwise." ”

"Acquire land?" Haoyue frowned, isn't the land in this Mangrove Village also the land with serious salinization? How can anyone buy a field that has no grass?

Hearing this, Xu Jingyang seemed to have guessed something, lowered his voice and whispered: "I estimate that the person who buys the saline-alkali land is the Gongsun family, because they have a recipe, they must also need to boil the saline-alkali land to make soil salt." ”

Xu Jingyang's words made everyone suddenly realize.

When Xu Laifu's sister heard this, she hurriedly said bluntly: "Then let's go to Mangrove Village to find it, if Mangrove Village can't find it, then go directly to smash the gate of Gongsun's house!" ”

Xu Laifu's sister usually speaks little, but this time in order to find her younger brother, she also went out, and it was the first time for Haoyue to see her say so much.

Then, everyone hurried to Mangrove Village, which was only four or five miles away and could be reached in an hour's walk.

At this time, in the dilapidated house of Mangrove Village, Lao Mengtou was holding a firewood knife, thinking about which finger to chop off Xu Laifu.

And the second housekeeper of the Gongsun family was looking at the message that the head of the Gongsun family had just sent.

I saw that the note that came read:

"Don't investigate the method of boiling soil salt, don't leak the news about this matter, and kill the old Meng Tou who knows about it."

After reading the information on the paper, the second housekeeper's face was full of entanglement and melancholy, he originally wanted to be promoted through this matter, but seeing that this matter was about to be completed, the head of the family did not let him continue to investigate.

Alas, it's really unlucky, moving your mouth above, and breaking your legs below.

The old Meng Tou on the side didn't know that he was about to come to a catastrophe, and when he saw that the second housekeeper finished reading the letter, he hurriedly dropped the firewood knife in his hand and ran over happily.

"Second steward, how's it going? What did the head of the Gongsun family command? Old Meng asked with a shy face, with a smile on his face, he thought that it was the head of the Gongsun family who sent a letter to reward him.

Hearing Lao Mengtou's question, the second housekeeper also had a bright smile on his face: "The head of the Gongsun family said that you have done a good job in this matter, and I want to reward you." ”

"Alas, it is right to do your best for Lord Gongsun, the little old man thanked Lord Gongsun first."

Old Meng Tou arched his hand, and then asked impatiently: "Second housekeeper, what reward does the Gongsun family want to give to Xiao Lao'er?" ”

The second housekeeper still had a smile on his face, and then beckoned to Lao Mengtou: "You come here with your ears." ”

When the unsuspecting old Meng Tou heard this, he ran over with a fart, his eyes narrowed into a slit with a smile.

The second housekeeper attached himself to the ear of Lao Mengtou, lowered his voice and said sideways: "The head of the Gongsun family said that he wants to reward you with a knife."

"Huh?"

Without waiting for Lao Mengtou to react, the second butler took out the dagger in his sleeve like lightning, and then stabbed Lao Mengtou in the heart.

With a pop, the white knife went in and the red knife came out.

Old Meng Tou stared at the dagger in his chest, and just as he wanted to speak, he was kicked away by the second butler.

Lao Meng had a dagger on his chest, half of his chest was soaked with blood, and the corners of his mouth were foaming with blood, and he said intermittently: "You. Why? ”

The second housekeeper snorted coldly: "Hmph, why?" You don't deserve to ask that question. ”

It wasn't until he saw Lao Meng's head die that the second housekeeper pulled out the dagger.

"A few of you, hurry up and go back with me, we won't investigate the matter of boiling salt." The second housekeeper wiped the blood from the dagger, and then commanded the other housekeepers.

The family members didn't ask much about this, but immediately nodded and replied: "No!" ”

"By the way, butler, what about this child?" A family member pointed to Xu Laifu, who was hanging on the beam of the house, dripping blood constantly.

The second housekeeper glanced at Xu Laifu, who was covered in blood, and coldly spit out two words in his mouth: "Kill." ”

"No!"

As soon as the second housekeeper's words fell, the family stabbed Xu Laifu twice in the chest.

With two pops, the short knife sank into Xu Laifu's chest, and before he could scream, his short life was ruthlessly ended.

A family member suddenly remembered something, and then asked, "Steward, what about the saline-alkali land we have acquired?" It's useless now. ”

This family belongs to which pot is not opened and which pot is not mentioned, originally this kind of thing of stealing chickens and rice has already made the second housekeeper very angry, and he also specially mentioned it.

When the second housekeeper heard this, he was really unhappy in his heart, he spent so much effort on the layout, acquired so much saline-alkali land, and as a result, he couldn't use a piece, he was really angry, and he was still counting on being promoted through this matter.

The second housekeeper who was angry in his heart slapped the family a few times, and shouted angrily: "Are you a stupid pig? Such a simple question to ask me? Won't you sell it to those villagers at a high price again! ”

The mouthy housekeeper covered his face and responded again and again: "Yes, yes, or the housekeeper is smart." ”

"Check if these two people still have breath, and we can retreat after checking." The second housekeeper put his hands behind his back and told the housekeeper to check again if the two of them were dead.

"My lord, there is no breath at all, and there are already two corpses."

"Okay, let's go home."

As soon as the Gongsun family's family left on the front foot, the Xu family arrived at Mangrove Village on the back foot.

The population of Mangrove Village is small, the men are almost dead, and the rest are old, weak, sick and disabled.

The villagers of Mangrove Village saw that the Xu family and his party were menacing, and they did not dare to cause trouble, and in the face of Haoyue's money offensive, they also actively cooperated with the Xu family to find people.

Not long after, Xu Laifu, who was covered in blood, was found in a desolate and dilapidated house, and the body of Lao Mengtou was also found.

Xu Laifu's thin body was like a withered straw, soaked in blood and water, and the air was full of blood.

Xu Laifu's sister cried a few times when she saw her brother who was tortured and killed, and then directly rolled her eyes and fainted.

When the Xu family saw Xu Laifu who was in a miserable state of death, their eyes were red.

It was the first time that Haoyue had seen such a bloody scene, and her little face turned pale with fright.

Shen Yinxing's expression was also terrifyingly cold, she stepped forward to check the corpse, and then said: "Laifu's corpse is still hot, and it is not stiff, it seems that it has just died."

Xu Jia pounded the wall with some self-reproach: "Damn, it's still a step late, if I had thought about it earlier, Laifu wouldn't have been."

"Don't blame yourself, if you want to blame the Gongsun Li", Aunt Qi wiped her tears and cried on the side: "What a good child Laifu is, he eats what he does, he is never picky eater, and he often helps with work." ”

Haoyue looked at Xu Laifu's whiplash all over his body, and tears kept rolling in his eyes.

The wound on Xu Laifu's body turned out, grinning scarlet, it really hurts to look at.

Haoyue wiped her tears: "Auntie, we must not let go of Gongsun Li!" ”

Shen Yinxing nodded, she remembered that Xu Laifu often followed her ass around, always screaming one by one, hoping that she could teach him some peerless magic skills.

At that time, she also taught a few tricks casually, but unfortunately she never had the opportunity to teach him in the future.

"Blessing! Rifle! Rifle! After Xu Laifu's sister woke up, she rushed over regardless of it and hugged her brother's body.

"Woo, Laifu, my sister will take you home, my sister will cook you a lot of delicious food, my sister will never say that you are greedy, you open your eyes and look at your sister."

Sister Xu Laifu's cry was miserable and sad, and it was heartbreaking to hear.

The rest of the Xu family couldn't bear to look at it, and turned their backs with red circles under their eyes.

Just when everyone was grieving for Xu Laifu's tragic death, a sound as thin as a gossamer came into everyone's ears.

"Sister. I'm fine. Don't worry", Xu Laifu, who was already out of breath, actually spoke with trembling lips.

Hearing the voice, everyone was first shocked, and then there was a burst of ecstasy, this child is not dead!

Xu Laifu's sister looked at her younger brother in disbelief, and trembled nervously: "Woo. The younger brother is alive and alive! ”

Shen Yinxing also didn't expect this child to come back to life, so he hurriedly asked people to go to the village to find some ointment and cloth strips, and did a simple bandaging for Xu Laifu on the spot.

Soon, Xu Laifu was bandaged into a mummy by Shen Yinxing.

Since Xu Laifu suffered all external injuries, it was easier to treat, and Shen Yinxing, who had been in the army for many years, could be regarded as half an expert in treating flesh injuries if he was fake.

When she was bandaging, she carefully examined the two fatal wounds on Xu Laifu's chest, and judging from the technique, the person who did it was just stabbing it indiscriminately.

And Xu Laifu's luck was very good, he was not injured to the point, just now it is estimated that he was bleeding too much and faked his death.

Xu Laifu, who "came back from the dead", made everyone breathe a sigh of relief, it's okay, it's okay, it's good that people are still alive.

"Thank God, thank God for returning my brother." Xu Laifu's sister knelt on the ground and kowtowed excitedly.

For her, this feeling of being lost and regained, with its ups and downs, was so exciting that she never wanted to experience it again.

"Yue'er. Sister Yue'er sister, boil salt.. Things.. I. I didn't say a word." Xu Laifu struggled to look at Haoyue and said intermittently.

Haoyue was also excited, and her little face was crying and laughing: "Mmmm, Brother Laifu is awesome!" ”

Shen Yinxing touched Xu Laifu's head: "Okay, don't talk first, save some strength, and when the injury is healed, I will teach you peerless magic skills." ”

Hearing that the fifth aunt was finally going to teach herself peerless magic skills, Xu Laifu pulled a smile on his face: "Hehe, okay!" I'm going to be a hero in the future! And be an interstellar hero! ”

Seeing this, the rest of the Xu family also laughed.

Xu Laifu, this child, will not die in a catastrophe, and there will be a blessing in the future!

Back at the camp, Scud Xu Jia immediately went to Xu Laifu to ask for a doctor, Xu Laifu's wounds were only treated for emergency treatment, and he still needed to recuperate.

Except for Xu Laifu's sister who took care of Xu Laifu in the tent, everyone else got together to discuss how to settle accounts with Gongsun Li.

During this time, Gongsun Li did not stumble on the Xu family.

"If you want me to see it, report it directly to the official and accuse the Gongsun family of kidnapping and ransom, and killing people!"

"No, no, no, the government and the gentry are wearing a pair of pants, if we go to complain, maybe we will be bitten back."

"That's right! We have no evidence now, and if we make bold accusations, we will probably be bitten back and punished for slander. ”

"I can't figure it out, why did they even kill Lao Mengtou?" Xu Jingyang frowned and rubbed his chin.

"That's right, hasn't Old Mengtou been helping them, and he hasn't asked anything, why does even Old Mengtou have to kill him?"

While everyone was talking, an unfamiliar voice came from the corner: "Hehe, I can tell you why." ”

When everyone looked up, they found that there was a mountain of meat sitting in the corner of the tent.

The person who spoke was Yuan Fatpang, in fact, he had been following the Xu family to help find someone.

It's just that everyone's attention was on finding Xu Laifu at that time, and they didn't notice him.

Xu Jingyang looked at this strange fat man and asked, "Are you?" ”

"Daddy, he wants to come and talk to us about business." Haoyue, who was nestled in Shen Yinxing's arms, interjected.

After hearing this, Xu Jingyang was puzzled: "Talking about business? What kind of business to talk about? Do you want to make a reservation for bamboo tube salt? ”

Because everyone is busy looking for Xu Laifu today, they have stopped their work, and the current stock of bamboo tube salt is only more than 30 cylinders.

"No, no, no", Haoyue waved her hand: "This fat man is not here to buy salt, he came up with 10 million taels of silver to buy our method of boiling soil salt." ”

"Ten million taels!" As soon as the second girl heard this, she immediately screamed: "Oh my God, how much is 10 million taels of silver?" ”

The seventh aunt patted her: "It's enough for you to spend several lifetimes." ”

As soon as they heard that the fat man wanted to pay 10 million taels to buy the method of boiling soil salt, everyone present was very moved.

That's 10 million taels, an astronomical amount for them.

They are now fortunate enough to earn only a few dozen taels of silver every day, and this person is actually 10 million taels per mouth!

Immediately, everyone looked at the fat man's eyes, as if they were looking at the God of Wealth.

"How about it, ten million taels, do you sell it or not?" The fat man enjoyed the staring gaze and raised his chin.

After the fat man finished speaking, the Xu family turned their gaze to Haoyue again.

Because the method of boiling soil salt was thought up by Haoyue, everyone thinks that this matter still depends on how Haoyue decides.

Hao Yue shook her head: "I want to know everyone's opinion, everyone is involved in selling salt, so I also want to hear everyone's opinions." ”

"Yue'er, I don't think it's too late to discuss this matter in the future, what we want to discuss now is how to get justice for Xu Laifu, not to talk about business."

Shen Yinxing, who had been silent, spoke, and pointed out that everyone had deviated from the theme of this meeting.

Seeing Xu Laifu being injured like that, Shen Yinxing, who had always liked children, was furious, and she couldn't help but take revenge on Gongsun Li.

She Shen Yinxing never holds grudges, and if she has a grudge, she will take revenge on the spot!

Therefore, she can now sit quietly here and listen to everyone's discussion, which is already trying to restrain herself.

"Mmmm, A-Niang is right", Haoyue nodded, she could understand A-Niang's eagerness.

Immediately, Hao Yue said to everyone: "I have a plan, I can not only take revenge on Gongsun Li, but also not delay business." ”

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