Liu Jie listened to the person who claimed to be Ye Tao reporting to his home there, and inexplicably felt a little familiar, and subconsciously frowned, as if he was thinking about something;

Yes, the name Ye Tao still has a deep impression on Liu Jielai;

The reason is that Liu Jie is just a beggar living on the streets, as for why he lives on the streets, he can't remember this, only that someone beats him up every day to a dirty mess, then throws him to the side of the road, and then takes him to a nest at night, and takes away the money he has begged for a day, and he will get two steamed buns;

In that shack, he was called Liu Jie, and there were several other children in the same shack, as well as old men and women; so he knew that his name was Liu Jie, and as for other things, he couldn't remember; of course, when he grew up, Liu Jie knew that he should be one of the children bought by the beggars;

One day, when Liu Jie was beaten and messed up on the side of the road to complete a day's begging, he was taken back to the shack;

This is not the first time such a thing has happened, but I have lost count of how many times it has been, especially in the winter, when the man does not let him get dressed, he is thrown naked to the side of the road, and in such a winter there will be more harvest and less beating;

Later, on a winter night, Liu Jie repeated that day at the end of work, his whole body was covered with frostbite because of the cold, so the harvest was quite rich, so Liu Jie got two hot steamed buns that night;

That winter night, when Liu Jie was nibbling on the rare hot steamed buns, a group of people broke into the shack roughly, took everyone including Liu Jie, and killed the man who put him on the side of the road every day and then took it back to give him a beatings and steamed buns;

Then Liu Jie was taken to a compound, this is what Liu Jie saw when he was brought in, the quaint compound is really big;

In that compound, Liu Jie was cleaned, then plastered and put on new clothes, and from that time on, Liu Jie was no longer thrown to the side of the road, nor was he beaten again, not only that, but the chilblains on his body were also cured, and then he began to live a good life;

Since then, Liu Jie has had a full meal of three meals a day, and lived in a room that is cool in winter and summer, although there are nine other boys about the same size in the same room, but it is precisely because of his companions of the same age that Liu Jie feels better;

Liu Jie and his companions began to learn to read and write under the leadership of a middle-aged man, and also began to practice some fist and foot movements;

Ye Tao was one of the companions who lived in the same room as Liu Jie back then, and grew up in that compound with other companions in the same room, and he also began to be sensible, and slowly understood what happened to him;

Such peaceful days lasted until Liu Jie was sixteen years old, maybe Liu Jie was not sure what age he was in that year, but the day he entered the compound was his birthday, according to the middle-aged man, that is, the teacher who taught them to read, some physical tests were carried out, and then told Liu Jie what age he was that year;

According to this algorithm, Liu Jie reached the year when he was sixteen years old, and then they took an exam, Liu Jie and Ye Tao both passed the exam successfully, and then their teacher gave them a choice;

Leave or stay, if they leave, there will be enough money for them to adapt to society, if they stay, then pack their belongings and continue their studies in another place;

During these years, their teachers did not forbid them to have contact with the outside world, and even consciously let them understand this society, because they were all street beggars, and if they wanted to live in this society, they naturally had to know enough;

For such a choice, some people choose to leave, and they do get a sum of money, depending on the amount as the teacher said, so that he can adapt to society;

Liu Jie and Ye Tao chose to stay, and then they moved out of the compound and entered another courtyard to live, and they also had new companions, and at the same time began to learn other knowledge;

Maybe it's because peeing is a companion in a room, and after entering a new environment, they naturally become more intimate than the others;

In the two years from the age of 16 to 18, in addition to the reading and literacy and martial arts skills that they still need, they also began to learn a lot of mixed knowledge and some practical skills;

Liu Jie had such a feeling from what he had learned, as if the compound was about to abandon them, because the knowledge and skills taught to him were completely what the society needed to teach, as far as Liu Jie knew;

In this regard, Liu Jie is a little sad; he thought he had found a home, but he was still abandoned; since he was destined to be abandoned, he studied hard and became a self-reliant person;

Liu Jie worked so hard to learn everything that was taught to him until he was eighteen years old;

This year, Liu Jie and Ye Tao met for the first time the old man Zhuang who had only listened to the teacher and had never seen him, that is, the old man Zhuang who brought them back from the street;

Liu Jie and Ye Tao are very grateful people, Mr. Zhuang took them back from the little beggars on the street, taught them to read and write, and never forced them to engage in any manual labor;

In particular, in the two years after the age of sixteen, they learned more knowledge, more than enough for them to live in society, but they were still not compelled to do any manual labor;

Like a teacher for two years, Mr. Zhuang gave them the same choice, either to leave and still have a sum of money for them to adapt to the needs of society;

Faced with such a choice, Liu Jie did not hesitate at all, and was even very happy, because he chose to stay and would not be abandoned again, he hated that feeling;

Liu Jie chose to stay, and Ye Tao, as a companion, also chose to stay; Ye Tao's choice made Liu Jie even happier, because the two of them got along in this year, and they were already brothers; now that the two don't have to be separated, they are naturally happy;

However, after choosing to stay again, Liu Jie, Ye Tao and the other companions moved again, entering the deeper part of the quaint compound, and they also began to work that made them a little painful, instead of simply studying and not needing to work as before;

In the following year, Liu Jie and Ye Tao began to enter the guards, and they also understood the role of letting them practice martial arts before, and at the same time learned more knowledge;

At this time, Liu Jie and Ye Tao began to understand that what they were learning now was completely different from before; what they learned before was the knowledge and ability that allowed them to live in this society; but now what they are learning is all things that have nothing to do with social survival, and the mixture of what they have learned is really unbearable for them; not only that, but they also have to learn the use of weapons, including firearms and cold weapons;

For this kind of life, Liu Jie and Ye Tao both regretted a little, because what they had endured this year was more painful than all the things they had before;

At the end of a year, they ushered in another assessment;

This time Liu Jie passed, but Ye Tao did not, so Ye Tao disappeared from Liu Jie's sight, and there was no more news, although Liu Jie knew that Ye Tao would step into society like everyone else and start the life of an ordinary person;

"Is that you?" Liu Jie looked at the person who came, and when he heard the name again, although he remembered a lot, he still asked with some hesitation;

"Ajie, it's me;" Ye Tao listened to Liu Jie's question, and said naturally;

"I haven't seen you for many years, why did you suddenly show up?" Liu Jie was not so surprised by Ye Tao's reply, and said politely;

Ye Tao had been eliminated from the Zhuang family back then, but now he suddenly appeared, and he appeared as Zhuang Feng's guard, which made Liu Jie unable to care about the friendship of the young man, but to be vigilant;

"The young lady is outside;" Ye Tao understood why Liu Jie was still polite when he saw a familiar person like him, if he changed his position, he would also behave like this;

"What?!" Listening to Ye Tao's words, Liu Jie stood up, full of disbelief;

As a person who grew up in the Zhuang family and served it allegially, Liu Jie naturally knew the situation of the Zhuang family, and naturally knew something about the events of the year;

But just because Liu Jie understands the situation, Ottozhi's sudden appearance still shocked him so much;

Not only Liu Jie, Shu Mingbo but also Gai Hongtao, Zeng Jianping's performance is not much better than Liu Jie, they are all shocked;

The only ones present were Meng Yuanhua and Zheng Shan, as well as Meng Yuanhua's guard next to Ye Tao;

The reason why they were calm was only because they didn't understand the meaning of Ye Tao's words;

"Who is it?" Meng Yuanhua analyzed from Liu Jie, Shu Mingbo, Gai Hongtao, and Zeng Jianping's expressions whether something big should have happened, or someone she didn't know about the appearance of a big person, so she asked with a frown;

"Young Master's sister-in-law;" In response to Meng Yuanhua's question, Liu Jie reacted from the initial shock and responded to Meng Yuanhua's question;

"Ah!" this time it was Meng Yuanhua's turn to be shocked;

Meng Yuanhua actually knew about Ao Xiuzhi, but he was limited to the innocence of the year, and he didn't know much about the names of some Zhuang's content departments, but when it came to someone who was Zhuang Feng, Meng Yuanhua would also understand;

Meng Yuanhua, who reacted, was shocked for a while, not only because Ao Xiuzhi had been missing for too long, but also because when he heard Yan Nan talk about what happened to Ao Touzhi, he also had some obvious pain;

Zheng Shan also heard Liu Jie's words, and also understood the weight of people like Zhuang Feng's sister-in-law, but he was not as shocked as Meng Yuanhua, because he really knew a little little about Zhuang's affairs back then, so he couldn't mention any inner shock;

"Where is the young lady?" Liu Jie didn't pay attention to Meng Yuanhua, who was shocked, but asked Ye Tao out loud;

Although Liu Jie didn't know why Ye Tao knew about Ao Xiuzhi when he left, he could only know Ao Xiuzhi's title within the Zhuang family, so he could be sure that he was his own person;

Because Ao Xiuzhi's title within the Zhuang clan is not even known to Meng Yuanhua, but the Ye Tao in front of him knows, which is enough to explain the problem;

As for Ye Tao's departure back then, although Liu Jie also had doubts, he did not delve into it at this time;

"Just outside in the car, I ordered to see you and Ms. Meng;" Ye Tao responded to Liu Jie's question;

"See me?" Meng Yuanhua also recovered from the shock, but fell into doubts again;

If Ao Xiuzhi wants to see Liu Jie, it is naturally normal;

After all, as far as the current situation is concerned, Zhuang Feng is missing, and He Li is not in Jiangzhou City, so among the remaining people who can take charge, Liu Jie naturally belongs to one of them;

But to see her Meng Yuanhua, this doesn't seem right, because although Meng Yuanhua admits to being a person from Zhuang Feng, he has never thought of himself as a person in Zhuang's compound;

"Yes;" Ye Tao responded to Meng Yuanhua's question, but did not explain more;

"Sister Hua, let's go;" Liu Jie figured it out, so he said out loud;

"Hmm;" Meng Yuanhua looked at Liu Jie, although he didn't quite understand why Ao Xiuzhi wanted to see him, but he also believed Liu Jie;

Now in the case of Zhuang Feng's disappearance and He Li's absence, it is indeed him Liu Jie who holds the power of the Zhuang family, but the power in Meng Yuanhua's hands is the most powerful at the moment;

Since Zhuang Feng appeared, in addition to recruiting this group of guards, he has not had more strength, not to mention letting He Li take most of them;

Therefore, the current power in Liu Jie's hands is really a little pitiful; in addition to the security power of the metropolis, plus Zhou Xilin's security force, there is almost no more surplus strength, and if you count it on your fingers, there are only about twenty or thirty people;

As for Meng Yuanhua, he inherited part of the remaining strength of the Yan family, coupled with the hard work of the past ten years, he controls the territory of the entire Beicheng in his hands, and there are hundreds of flankers in his hands, plus the power of the underworld thugs in his hands, so that the power in Meng Yuanhua's hands will become the main force in rescuing Zhuang Feng;

Liu Jie understands this, so it is not surprising why Ao Xiuzhi wants to see himself and Meng Yuanhua;

Meng Yuanhua stood up and walked side by side with Liu Jie, although Zheng Shan was full of questions, he didn't say anything at this time, just watched Meng Yuanhua and Liu Jie leave;

Nanyuan is located on the tea mountain in the north city, away from the hustle and bustle of the city at such a night, it is really a good place to live;

On a flat ground protruding outwards on the side of the road to Chashan, Ao Xiuzhi was standing there burning a cigarette, looking at the lights of the city in the distance;

"Boss, Liu Jie, Ms. Meng has arrived;" Ye Tao led Liu Jie and Meng Yuanhua to arrive, motioned for Liu Jie and Meng Yuanhua to wait, walked to Ao Xiuzhi's side, and said softly;

"Hmm;" Ao Xiuzhi replied, even if he understood;

Immediately, Ye Tao turned around and said a word to Liu Jie and Meng Yuanhua, and then retreated to the side with a few guards around Ao Xiuzhi to the side;

"Young lady;" Liu Jie looked at Ao Xiuzhi and greeted respectfully;

Meng Yuanhua was so embarrassed that he didn't know how to speak;

Let Liu Jie call the young lady, she Meng Yuanhua has not been a person in the Zhuang family compound from the beginning to the present, since she is not a person in the Zhuang family's compound, with Liu Jie using the Zhuang family's internal title, it seems to be a little offensive;

As Zhuang Feng calls her sister-in-law, she Meng Yuanhua is not Zhuang Feng's woman, and Zhuang Feng has no consciousness to turn her Meng Yuanhua into Zhuang Feng's woman, this Meng Yuanhua knows it;

This is too much to call it a lady, so Meng Yuanhua looked a little embarrassed in the entanglement;

"Heh, Xiaohua, you can call me the boss lady;" Ao Xiuzhi also seemed to see the embarrassment in Meng Yuanhua's entanglement, and said first with a smile;

However, Meng Yuanhua still didn't speak, although Ao Xiuzhi seemed quite approachable, but the title of the boss lady was already quite low in the civilian world, not to mention the Ao Xiuzhi in front of him;

"It's okay, I'm used to being called like this, and I like it a lot;" Ao Xiuzhi looked at Meng Yuanhua's appearance of wanting to speak and stopped, and then continued;

"Hello boss;" Meng Yuanhua greeted awkwardly, but he always felt weird;

"It's awkward, I was like this at the beginning, but it will be fine after a while, or you can follow the Zhuang style in the future;" Ao Xiuzhi looked at Meng Yuanhua's awkward appearance, and couldn't help but say more, judging from the words, he also liked Meng Yuanhua;

When Ao Xiuzhi looked at Meng Yuan who seemed to be a little entangled in something because of her words, she changed the topic, she didn't want to get involved in Zhuang Feng's merry seed, so she said one more sentence somewhere: "Liu Jie, you can also call me the boss lady, I don't like others to call me the eldest young lady very much;"

"Yes, boss lady;" Liu Jie didn't have Meng Yuanhua's entanglements, Ao Xiuzhi asked him to do what he did;

"By the way, tell Lin Zi to come out, don't hide it, I don't like to be stared at by Lin Zi from a distance;" Ao Xiuzhi looked at Liu Jie, who was as good as a stream, as if he remembered something, so he said more;

"Lin Zi, come here, the young lady wants to see you;" Liu Jie heard Ao Xiuzhi's words, and seemed to be talking to himself;

After Liu Jie finished speaking, a black shadow flashed on a tree not far away, Ye Tao immediately reacted to this, but Ao Xiuzhi stopped him, so Zhou Xilin successfully arrived at Liu Jie's side;

"Young lady;" Zhou Xilin said respectfully as Liu Jie;

"Lin Zi, you have to change this problem, you always hide it badly, which makes people panic, and call me the boss lady in the future;" Ao Xiuzhi looked at Zhou Xilin and said naturally, it seemed to be closer than Liu Jie;

"Yes;" Zhou Xilin responded calmly and respectfully to Ao Xiuzhi's words like Liu Jie;

Ao Xiuzhi looked at Zhou Xilin's formulaic response, and felt a little emotional;

Ao Xiuzhi's impression of Zhou Xilin is indeed better than Liu Jie's, the reason is the same as Zhuang Feng, they all like Zhou Xilin's cooking skills, and Zhou Xilin back then was not as calm or gloomy as he is now, so he naturally got closer;

Zhou Xilin entered Zhuang Feng's guards very early, but he was not always on the bright side like others, but in the position of Zhuang Feng's shadow, always hiding himself, responsible for Zhuang Feng's safety in the dark, and being Zhuang Feng's last line of defense;

After Zhuang Feng returned to Jiangzhou, Zhou Xilin still played his original role, especially after Zhuang Feng entered Nanyuan, although he was the captain of the guard, he always hid himself;

Therefore, almost everyone in Nanyuan will ignore Zhou Xilin's existence, but in fact, Zhou Xilin knows everything that happened in Nanyuan tonight, but he just didn't show up;

It's not that he, Zhou Xilin, is not in a hurry about Zhuang Feng's attack, it's just that he hasn't found a solution yet, so he has been hiding and seeing what Liu Jie, Meng and Yuan Hua do;

With Ao Xiuzhi's sudden appearance, Zhou Xilin also followed, but it was still hidden;

If it weren't for Ao Xiuzhi's familiarity with Zhou Xilin, she wouldn't have found out Zhou Xilin, because Zhou Xilin is too good at camouflage, and his state of mind is also suitable for being the last line of defense for Zhuang Feng;

"Zhuang Feng's life is not in danger for the time being;" Ao Xiuzhi sighed at the change of time, and then spoke;

Regarding Ao Xiuzhi's words, Liu Jie and Zhou Xilin both showed doubts, but Meng Yuanhua seemed to be relieved;

"I confirmed it with my own eyes;" Facing Liu Jie and Zhou Xilin's questioning expressions, Ao Xiuzhi continued;

"Time, place;" Zhou Xilin followed Ao Xiuzhi's words;

"Two hours ago, two kilometers downstream of the Ouwan Bridge, that was Zhuang Feng's last position, and then lost the signal;" Ao Xiuzhi did not show a somewhat indifferent tone to Zhou Xilin, and explained loudly;

"Thank you, boss lady;" Zhou Xilin got an answer, and his tone was much better;

In this regard, Ao Xiuzhi just smiled and accepted;

"Ajie, I'll go first;" After getting Ao Xiuzhi's information, Zhou Xilin was about to leave;

"Zhuang Feng wants us to wait for news here;" Ao Xiuzhi listened to Zhou Xilin's words, and then continued;

"Is there any news from Seventh Brother?" Listening to what Ao Xiuzhi said, Meng Yuanhua was the first to react;

"It's not Zhuang Feng himself, but it's about the same;" Regarding Meng Yuanhua's reaction speed, Ao Xiuzhi followed and explained;

Meng Yuanhua didn't answer again, but his appearance was obviously a little lost;

"Zhuang Feng is missing, I'm just like you, but now I can only wait;" Ao Xiuzhi looked at Meng Yuanhua's appearance, and seemed a little unbearable, so he said more;

In fact, not only Meng Yuanhua, but also Liu Jie and Zhou Xilin;

Originally, I thought that Ao Xiuzhi's sudden appearance must have news of Zhuang Feng, but it turned out to be that sentence;

"Let's go to the Nan Garden;" Meng Yuanhua said aloud;

"I'm just waiting for news here;" Regarding Meng Yuanhua's kindness, Ao Xiuzhi directly refused;

"Sister Hua, go back;" Liu Jie understood why Ao Xiuzhi rejected Meng Yuanhua, but Meng Yuanhua didn't seem to understand, but it was better not to explain at this time;

Although Liu Jie doesn't know what kind of status Ao Xiuzhi has now, since he only summoned Liu Jie and Meng Yuanhua, it is naturally inconvenient for him to show up;

"I'll wait here;" Zhou Xilin followed Liu Jie's words and expressed his attitude with that;

The situation in front of them is that although Ao Xiuzhi can't tell whether Zhuang Feng is alive or dead, and he doesn't know where Zhuang Feng is, he obviously knows more information than Liu Jie;

"I'm going to see if the people below have arrived;" Meng Yuanhua seemed to feel that Liu Jie and Zhou Xilin had misunderstood her, so where did this explain;

"Understood;" Ao Xiuzhi spoke first, pausing, and then continued, "It's better to let your people wait at the bottom of the mountain, my people are also there;"

"Okay;" Meng Yuanhua replied dryly;

Just as Meng Yuanhua was about to leave, Ao Xiuzhi took out the phone from his pocket and glanced at it, and then said loudly: "Xishan Linyuan Villa;"