Li Ergou knelt on the ground, trembling all over, waiting for Song Huaizhi's response.
Song Huaizhi had suddenly appeared here one night a few months ago. He took out ten taels of silver and bought the legs of two people. They had intended to double - cross him, but had almost been wiped out by this man.
Li Ergou had a deep impression of him. Since then, this man had often appeared. Li Ergou only knew that he was surnamed Meng and was extremely skilled in martial arts. He knew nothing else about him. They were hooligans in this town, making a living from some not - so - clean jobs all day long. After Li Ergou noticed that his boss was dissatisfied with Song Huaizhi, he thought his chance had come.
"Killing someone with a borrowed knife?" Song Huaizhi burst into laughter, his voice as cold as the night. "You're quite smart. You know to approach me and can also show your loyalty."
Li Ergou had not dared to deal with his boss before because he knew that even if he killed him, it would be difficult to convince the other underlings. But if the person behind him was this suddenly - appeared and highly - skilled Master Meng, then everything would be much simpler.
"I'm incompetent. I'm willing to be a bull or a horse for the young master. I'll never decline!" The words that Li Ergou had been brewing in his mind for several months finally came out. He instantly felt relaxed, but the knife in his hand could no longer be held and fell to the ground with a "clang".
Li Ergou looked up at Song Huaizhi, trying his best to suppress the fear in his heart. Under his cold gaze, he raised his head, his lips trembling constantly and a little cold sweat appearing on his forehead.
"Not bad." Song Huaizhi said. "I like smart people, but I don't like those who are overly smart. Don't let this happen again."
"Yes!" Hearing Song Huaizhi's words, Li Ergou instantly lost all his strength and fell to the ground. Trembling, he said, "I wonder if the young master has any tasks for me, Li Ergou."
"Um." Song Huaizhi nodded slightly, looking down at him from above. "Has anyone new come to the town these days?"
"Yes." Li Ergou struggled to get up and knelt on one knee. "There have been some unfamiliar faces in the town these days. They claim to be traveling merchants, but there's a bit of a blood - lust about them. They also seem reluctant to interact with the townspeople. They're rarely seen during the day."
"How many of them are there?"
"About a dozen or so." Li Ergou recalled, hesitating for a moment before saying, "No, although not many people are seen, I think there should be more. Because the food they bought the previous times didn't seem to be for just a dozen or so people."
"And one of them seems to have a different accent."
Sure enough. Song Huaizhi understood. It turned out that those people also wanted to kill with a borrowed knife. They wanted to use the hands of outsiders to deal with their own people.
They were crazy. Truly crazy.
Song Huaizhi laughed out loud, but his smile grew colder. A glint of killing intent flashed in his eyes, cold and terrifying.
"Keep an eye on them." Song Huaizhi said to Li Ergou. "If anything happens, come to the Meng Mansion to find me in person."
"Yes, Master Meng."
Wait! Li Ergou was greatly shocked. He never expected that this Master Meng was from the Meng family in the town. The Meng family seemed to have only an only daughter. Perhaps this Master Meng was their cousin?
Master Meng had such a scheme. It seemed that the only daughter of the Meng family couldn't escape. She probably wouldn't get a single thing from the Meng family.
Li Ergou shed a fake tear for the never - met Meng Ruyi, and then watched Song Huaizhi leave.
The room was filled with the smell of blood. Li Ergou's old clothes were soaked in blood, bringing a chill. The people outside had also noticed the change in the room. Now they were lying on the ground in fear, covering their mouths and not even daring to scream.
Li Ergou finally calmed his nerves, stood up and said to them, "From now on, we're the young master's people. The young master has also left us some silver. Those who want to leave, do it quickly. Those who don't leave now, don't have any other thoughts in the future."
...
When Meng Ruyi woke up from her sleep, she saw that the usually quiet bullet - screen was like boiling water again, so excited that it seemed to fly out.
A series of "ahhh"s almost made Meng Ruyi's eyes go blurry. She struggled to find the key words among them. She felt a bit uneasy. There must have been something big happening again.
【Ahhhhhh I'm screaming! So handsome! So handsome! I'm really into this crazy anti - hero, Young Master Song!】
【Crap! Song Huaizhi is already building his own power now? No wonder he almost wiped out the main character group when he reached the capital in the end!】
【I also want to be Song Huaizhi's dog!】
【?????? I can't stand it. Are you crazy in front? Get out!】
【Song Huaizhi really kills without shedding blood. I'm already worried about the main character group】
Meng Ruyi: ?????? After sleeping, what has Song Huaizhi done again?
She quickly got up and dressed. She saw that the sky was already getting dark. The last ray of light from the sky shone through the slightly - opened window and fell on the table, giving a bit of light to the originally dim room.
Meng Ruyi stared at the light for a while, then quickly walked towards the door. Just as she walked out of the courtyard, she saw Song Huaizhi walking towards her.
"Brother Xiaosong." Meng Ruyi was a bit stunned for a moment before speaking to Song Huaizhi.
"Um." Song Huaizhi glanced at her. "Your uncle and aunt asked me to come and call you for dinner."
"Coming."
Lianqiao followed behind Meng Ruyi. She felt that her young lady seemed to be a bit absent - minded today. It was obvious that she was in a daze.
As Meng Ruyi walked, she only knew that Song Huaizhi seemed to have done something big just now, but she only knew a little bit about it and it was difficult to guess the whole story.
She smelled the faint fragrance coming from Song Huaizhi, the light scent of osmanthus, sweet and refreshing, completely different from the smell of blood she had imagined. Meng Ruyi became even more silent. Song Huaizhi should have gone back to change his clothes before coming to the courtyard to find her.
He didn't want her to know what he had just done.
Song Huaizhi also noticed Meng Ruyi's distraction. He just frowned slightly, glanced at her, and then quietly asked in a low voice, "Ruyi, have you encountered something?"
Meng Ruyi came back to her senses. Hearing this, she was stunned for a moment again. Then she was silent for a while before saying to Song Huaizhi, "Brother Xiaosong, what exactly is going on with the Gu family?"
Seeing this, Song Huaizhi motioned for Lianqiao and the others to step back. Then he continued to say to her, "I only knew before that someone was going to deal with the Gu family, but I didn't know what they were exactly planning to do."
"But a group of people have come to the town these days. They seem to have their eyes on the Gu Mansion, and some of them even have an accent from beyond the pass." As Song Huaizhi spoke, seeing the shocked look on Meng Ruyi's face, he couldn't help but sigh. "It should be that they want to use outsiders to deal with the Gu family. So the Gu Mansion is in great danger now."
"Are there many people who came? Do you have a plan, Brother Xiaosong?"
"Yes, there are many. Moreover, we only know about the people on the surface. Who knows if there are others in the dark?"
However, this also had an advantage. These people would only focus on the Gu family and wouldn't deal with others, for fear of arousing suspicion.
Seeing the look on Meng Ruyi's face, Song Huaizhi couldn't help but sigh and said, "Don't worry. After I found out, I've already sent a message to the Gu Mansion. And General Gu seems to be on his way back."