The morning light is faint. In the distance, a team of flying horses rolled in, like an arrow piercing through the morning mist, whistling towards Duanjiazhai. The sentry ran in horror to Duan Tingyuan, who was calmly talking to Chu Tao in the study: Heavenly ...... The Tenkoshi Gate is coming towards us.

"What?!" Duan Tingyuan's face changed in an instant.

Chu Tao was calm and calm: "Uncle Duan, I asked Master Tang to come here to negotiate." ”

"He?!" Duan Tingyuan looked at Chu Tao, puzzled, "Since he is a guest of the head of Chu, let him go." ”

The gate of the village is wide open, the drums and horns are sounding in unison, the flags are waving, and the guards holding weapons are lined up on both sides. Duanjiazhai was as solemn as if it had entered combat readiness. Tang Yao and his twenty guards walked into the main hall of Duanjiazhai with the beat of the drum proudly: Jingde Hall.

"Master Duanzhai, I haven't been to the door for many years, old neighbor! Ha, this Weijietang has changed its name after not seeing it for many years?

Duan Tingyuan smiled: "The old man has been away from the rivers and lakes for many years. Nowadays, he only does some silk mountain goods business. Today, the head of Chu borrowed my place to invite old friends, and the head of Tang is willing to appreciate the light to come here to talk about it, which is really rare. ”

Tang Yao's gaze immediately fell on Chu Tao, who was silent in the guest seat, and the two heroes looked at each other, and the atmosphere suddenly became tense: "Boy, Jiang Shaoyun didn't eat you, and his ability is not small." Do you want to roast me today, or do you want to demolish this part of the village?"

Chu Tao politely got up and said with a smile: "Why should the head of Tang be weak-minded? Since it is a peace talk, first, you don't have to bring weapons, second, you don't have to bring martial arts, and third, you don't have to speak ill of each other. He then spread out his hands as a sign of openness. Indeed, there were no weapons, and there was only a portable folding fan on the table. Tang Yao looked embarrassed, so he had to wave his hand to leave everyone in the hall, and also untied his saber.

In the hall, Duan Ting was far away from the main seat, Chu Tao and Tang Yao were on both sides, and Qin Shi Ye Xiaosheng and Qi Heng were under guard.

"Boy, if you have anything to say, say it happily. ”

"I have reached an agreement with the Duan Zhai master, in the future, whenever the Duan family business has a Silk Mountain freight delivery business, the Dart Bureau under the Feather Sword Sect will be responsible for ensuring the safety along the way. A section of Beacon Ridge, a land and waterway branch. ”

As soon as the words came out, Tang Yao, who had just sat down, jumped three feet high: "Do you really plan to open up the road to the Beacon Ridge? The average caravan passer-by would not dare to fight the idea of this road at all. That is, you Chu Tao came in person, I will take it as a personal favor for you, otherwise where can you get in?" Chu Tao tried his best to break into the Beacon Fire Ridge, and by this time Tang Yao's mouth had become a favor, but I was afraid that he would almost forget the murderous battle in Red Frost Town.

"Without the help of Master Tang, Chu naturally couldn't do this business. ”

"This is not in line with the rules of Beacon Ridge. ”

"There are rules for talents. With the prestige of the head of the Tang family, he still can't set the rules of the Beacon Fire Ridge? After all, it is not a long-term solution to rob the house. The trade between the east and the west on the south bank has always been on the long river waterway, which is quite difficult: the road is long, the time is long, and it is more dangerous in case of wind and waves. By opening up the Fenghuoling Road, how much trade and business can be increased? It will be beneficial to others and oneself without any harm. Hence this request. ”

Tang Yao's eyes rolled, and he sneered twice, like a hound cautiously testing its prey, and suddenly felt that the movement was wrong, and rushed back to the bushes to guard against it: "Boy, do you think I'm stupid? If I promise you, you will be here unhindered from now on, and in the future, you will be attacked from both sides, and you won't swallow me in one bite? It won't be a fake plan to destroy you, right?"

Chu Tao smiled coldly: "Master Tang has such a deep foundation here, and he is even afraid that Chu Tao has just arrived? Without a little trust, you can't do business. What's more, just by using his prestige, the Tang Sect only needs to stabilize the forces of all parties in the Beacon Fire Ridge, and then he can sit back and collect the profits, transport along the way and other trivial affairs, and hand them over to the Feather Sword Sect. He threw out another condition to tempt Tang Yao.

Tang Yao didn't seem to smell the danger anymore, and looked up again: "He Li?"

"Thirty-seven accounts. ”

Tang Yao's eyes lit up: "How do you count if you lose the goods?"

"Hongshuang Town is the boundary, and the problems in Beacon Ridge are fifty percent of the problems that arise in Beacon Ridge, and I and the head of Tang are each responsible for fifty percent. ”

Tang Yao was silent, he never thought that Chu Tao would make such an abacus from the beginning. Qi Heng seemed to want to interject, but there was obviously no room for him to speak. Ye Xiaosheng smiled secretly and whispered to Qin Shi: "With such a deal, it seems that Master Tang has to agree." It is better to join forces with Chu Tao than to go against him. In this way, it will not be so easy for the people of the North Shore to meddle in Beacon Ridge. Qin Ye saw it well. Qin Shi shook his head: "I'm afraid that the drunkard of the Chu Sect doesn't mean to drink......"

With a "snap", the paper fan in Chu Tao's hand was closed: "If the head of Tang agrees, the owner of Duan Zhai and the visitors from the north bank will testify and set up a written evidence." ”

Tang Yao thought about it again and chuckled: "You kid has to compete with me every day outside the Beacon Fire Ridge, when have you ever been so generous?"

"One less opponent, one more collaborator, why not?"

"Where's Roon?"

"Right and wrong in the Beacon Ridge, Chu is reluctant to intervene, and the Tang head can discuss with the head of Luo. ”

Tang Yao slapped the table and smiled: "Don't wait for that bastard, I'll make the decision." ”

All parties nodded, Chu Tao waved his hand and motioned for Wang Hong to take the two documents that had already been written, sign them, and put them into letters, which were respectively stamped with the seal of the head of the Feather Sword Sect. Tang Yao held the vermilion seal, and Lele couldn't stop laughing: "Boy, why bother discussing this deal with me earlier?"

Chu Tao smiled faintly: "Earlier, was Master Tang willing to sit down and discuss with me?"

Tang Yao couldn't speak for a while, so he had to laugh. Compared with the fire that made him disgraced a few days ago, he was obviously more willing to deal with such a harmless Chu Tao. Since the opponent is a man with the means, and can prescribe such conditions, with his experience, there is always no harm in accepting.

Qin Shi smiled faintly: "Others always salute first and then soldier, but Master Chu likes to come the other way around." He glanced at Qi Heng, who was in a daze, and shook his head. Ye Xiaosheng interjected: "The trouble between him and Chu Tao, I'm afraid that the two of them can only stop if they fight to the death." The words reached Qi Heng's ears, and he angrily "snorted" in response.

"It's just," Chu Tao's voice changed, "there are some things that need to be identified by Master Tang." The wide sleeves were spread, and a few dark black rusted willow leaf darts rolled down to the table. Tang Yao was stunned, his face was not very good-looking: "Boy, where did you get it?"

"Under the Broken Soul Rock, there was obviously a big battle. This thing is very similar to the willow leaf dart in the hands of the Tang master, so it is curious. ”

"That's not surprising. My men were losing troops there, but it was years ago. ”

"Compared to the Song family's fire, which thing is more old?"

Tang Yao was silent, as if he was thinking about how to give an answer. And Duan Tingyuan's expression also flashed a little bit of panic: "Virtuous nephew, the fire of the Song family has long been an unsolved case, and the people who witnessed it back then are now all ancient." A few years ago, Chu Yuan Daxia came here to find out, but he returned in vain. The virtuous nephew mentioned it at this time, I don't know what it means?"

Chu Tao smiled faintly, as if waiting for Tang Yao to speak.