Early the next morning, in the living room of Xingchen Hall, Duan Qing and the four of them restored their masks and faces, Lin Ranjie sat aside, and his wife personally served tea and poured water with a red face, shushing the cold and asking for warmth, so that several bachelors who were used to wandering felt a warmth, Duan Qing took the teacup with both hands and said: "Sister-in-law doesn't have to be busy, a few of us who are used to being single are not used to it, I really envy the master of Lin Hall, there is such a virtuous help as sister-in-law." ”

Lin Ranjie laughed, waved his hand and asked his wife to go down, he knew that serious things were coming, so after summarizing some information, he said it one by one.

In fact, Duan Qing had heard about the affairs of the Xiaoyao family, but he didn't know in detail, until this time he didn't know how much risk the girl had taken and what a cruel thing she had done, he felt a little nostalgic in his heart, and more blamed himself, if he was strong enough, he didn't need her to worry about it at all, she just continued to follow her path and pursue her dreams, it was enough.

However, Duan Qing didn't expect that Xiaoyao Xiaopei was not a traceless bloodline, which was fully verified when the Xiaoyao family's Protector Array was activated, and the entire hall and family of Ethereal City knew about it, but ordinary people and casual cultivators only had hearsay, or they simply had no place to listen.

The difference in life class is so obvious.

However, in addition to this, there is no conflict of interest between the Xiaoyao family and Xiaoyao Xiaopei, but because of the actions of the Xiaoyao family, the rising Xiaoyao Xiaopei did not drive the family's boat height, even if Xiaoyao Wuji and the family elders visited from time to time, what they got was just a perfunctory response.

"There is no obvious conflict, but the rift is very significant. Lin Ranjie concluded.

Duan Qing pondered for a moment and said, "If there is danger, will Xiaoyao Xiaopei be regarded as an outcast?"

Lin Ranjie answered: "Then it depends on how much danger it is, what should my subordinates do?"

Duan Qing said, "I'll think about it again. During this time, you don't have to do anything, just recruit troops, the treatment of miscellaneous servants will be increased by three layers, and the outer disciples will be increased by fifty percent, and if there are qualified children who can be selected as inner disciples, the treatment will be doubled!"

"This!" Lin Ranjie was stunned for a moment, he had been stunned by Duan Qing's words, under normal circumstances, there would definitely be no problem for Tangkou to maintain, but the case a year ago not only made Tangkou lose a lot of money, but the sect blamed it, it was a year since the pill was issued, Tangkou could only barely maintain it, at this time, the salary would be improved, and the manpower would definitely be recruited, but if the salary could not be paid in the month, the reputation of Xingchen Hall would be completely trampled underfoot!

"Don't worry, someone will settle the bill for us. Duan Qing smiled lightly and beckoned to the three of them, "Let's go, I heard that the river in the north has fat and beautiful big fish, let's try our luck." ”

"Pay for us?" Looking at the backs of the four of them walking around and studying the fishing rod and bait, Lin Ranjie was a little stunned, but he didn't know why, but he saw confidence in the steps of the four people, and when his wife came over, he also showed a confident smile, and then ordered someone to change the recruitment notice.

For a while, the recruitment notice of Xingchen Hall attracted the attention of many people, and gradually spread, some people went to sign up with great interest, and some people were suspicious and planned to wait and see.

"Third brother, I met those four guys last night, like ghosts, but in the face of my provocation, they didn't even dare to let out a fart. ”

"I also saw it today, they went fishing in the Datong River in the north, and it was really leisurely!"

"What do they mean by their massive recruitment today? Are you going to go to war with us?"

"It's just a dying throes. Xiaoyao Xiaopei smiled coldly, "Let's go, go to the north, there is an iron wood forest on the side of Xingchen Hall, we will go and harvest it today, see how they deal with it!"

Six or seven halls, three or four families, each family has six or seven people, is a vast team, carrying a double saw specializing in harvesting ironwood, horse-drawn carriages and ox carts, connected into a long line into the resources belonging to the Xingchen Hall, because it still takes more than ten years for ironwood to reach maturity and enter the best stage of logging, so on weekdays, only four outer disciples hold the Tangkou token to take care of it, and it rotates once every seven days.

Seeing the team in the distance, the four disciples all got up vigilantly to greet them, "What kind of person, without the hall token, you are not allowed to enter the Iron Wood Forest!"

As soon as they spoke, seven or eight big men rushed up, knocked to the ground with an old fist, and then were tied up strongly, the chariot and horse team marched in, Zhu Xiaomeng and everyone began to beckon his subordinates to harvest, and the saw ironwood made a tooth-sour sound from far away, after all, this kind of ironwood, which is only a few points softer than cast iron, is the best material for making sword handles, and many young monks who are beginners to learn swords and clubs will also buy a piece of ironwood and make their beloved weapons by hand, which is not low, not to mention a forest of ironwood.

Looking at the four figures concentrating on fishing by the river in the distance, Xiaoyao Xiaopei showed a faint smile, and the rest of the people were also full of smugness: "What did you think it was, but it turned out that you didn't dare to get close, pretending to be concentrating on fishing?"

Zhu Xiaomeng said: "I have long said that a strong dragon does not suppress the head snake, let alone a few worms?"

"Their cultivation can't even beat my Yuan Infant retinue. ”

After the convoy left, the four outer disciples finally broke free from the rope and ran into the Xingchen Hall frantically, and when they saw Lin Ranjie, they immediately cried: "My lord, those guys are not people, they snatched the iron wood, don't say anything, don't say the lower half, don't want the upper half, just take the best middle section, and the rest are all chopped up!"

"My lord, the four adults of the sect are just a mile away, they saw it, but as if they didn't see it, continue to fish, you see the injuries on our bodies, they were all beaten by those guys!"

Lin Ranjie sat back in his seat, Xingchen Hall has the task of handing in a certain amount of ironwood every five years, so in the fixed resource land, there will be a plan to plant, but they will snatch it up indiscriminately, I'm afraid Xingchentang won't be able to hand over ironwood for twenty years...

"My lord, our yellow essence land has been robbed..."

"My lord, our.."

However, he knew that it was Duan Qing, that was Lan Hongyuan under the leadership of Duan Qing, intestines, flies!

The four of them, who were miserable a year ago, will they just give up when they come back now!

What are they waiting for?

Lin Ranjie was puzzled, and naturally made an extremely angry appearance on his face, made a promise to the four disciples, enveloped people's hearts, and after sending them away, he continued to start to doubt.

He suddenly remembered a sentence: If you want people to perish, you must let them run rampant first.

......

"Lao Li, why are you going?"

"Yo, it's Lao Zhang, I'm going to sign up for Xingchen Hall, the monthly salary is thirty percent more than the original job, you know that my kid loves to eat some meat, I can't care about being a father!"

"Go to the Hall of Stars to sign up?Are you crazy or stupid?Can't you see the current situation?Forget it, I told you that you don't understand, anyway, I'm a person who is between salary and being able to straighten my back, I choose the latter, you can do it yourself. ”

This kind of conversation is not uncommon in the streets of Ethereal City, some people are not swayed by other people's thinking, and continue to walk, stepping into the door of the Hall of Stars, in fact, for more wages, but most people have retreated, in their opinion, a job that can straighten their waists among friends is much more affordable than a little extra money.

......

In the teahouse on the other side, a group of sons and brothers were eating melon seeds, eating snacks, drinking a pot of high-quality tea that was enough for a year's salary of a handyman, and chatting and laughing.

Xiaoyao Xiaojiu returned to Xiaoyao Xiaopei's side and resumed his follower. This time is different from the past, not to mention that he was personally named and sent by the head of the family without a trace to maintain the relationship between the family and Sanshao, but he didn't care, what he really cared about was Sanshao's status and scenery at this time, not only did he earn enough oil and water every day, but occasionally Sanshao would call him to the outer house, and then give a certain beauty to spend the night with, sometimes even all, although Sanshao would be a little awkward to watch from the sidelines, but after getting used to it, he felt more cool.

At this time, Xiao Jiu took a turn on the street, and when he came to San Shao, his salted fish-like face showed a surprised expression like fresh dung: "Third brother, I only walked a small half circle outside, and there was negative news about Xingchen Hall everywhere, and many miscellaneous servants resigned and quit, I think this trend continues, and in less than ten days, the outer disciples have to walk halfway." A soldier who surrenders without a fight, the third brother is really a high opinion!"

Xiaoyao Xiaopei shook the ivory folding fan, with a faint smile on his face, and immediately closed the folding fan, "Let's go, go to another planting place today..." Got up and was about to leave, a swaying woman walked over, in my heart, this woman is not a beautiful type, but I don't know why, there is a different charm, enchanting atmosphere, it makes people have a feeling of blood and blood, for a while, not only Xiaopei, even those boys and buddies have straight eyes, even a middle-aged man passing by him did not notice, as for making any small movements, he was not aware at all, and he went all the way into the box, until the door was closed, and no one asked out loud who this person was.

"There is such a thing!" Not only those boys, but even Xiaoyao Xiaopei was amazed, took a sip of tea to moisten his dry throat, glanced at the box again, and then walked away.

"Gone?" In the box, Jin Lianliu, who did not have the slightest disfigurement, raised her eyebrows, showed an almost demonic smile, turned her head to look at the middle-aged man, and said: "Old Ma, I didn't expect your hands and feet to be quite nimble, no wonder the hall master values you so much, let you be an ordinary casual cultivator, secretly lurking here." ”

Lao Ma is still in the same costume as before, and when he heard this, he smiled honestly and said: "Back to the deputy hall master, the hall master attaches great importance to his subordinates, not that Lao Ma has the ability, it is precisely because I am too ordinary, ordinary people will not be looked at more when they are thrown into the pile, and my role is limited to this, the real big thing is still to be done by capable people like the hall master and the deputy hall master." ”

Jin Lian just smiled and didn't say anything, but her heart was filled with the Duan Qinglai who was obviously indifferent, but could show different looks in front of different people, originally according to Jin Lian's meaning, this time in Ethereal City, whether it was open or secret, she must choose elite people, so that she could get twice the result with half the effort, but it was not until this moment that she really understood that even ordinary people still have an effect.

Moreover, it is irreplaceable an elite who will be noticed if it is lost in the crowd.

Jin Lian shook her head self-deprecatingly, and said secretly in her heart: "I just don't know, this guy, how much of a move he is going to make this time." ”