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Chapter 55: Burn the palace

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Xu Maogong chose the liaison office of the mercenary group in a border town on the border of'Turkic' and'Qi State'. This place is also a trivial area just like'Wangyue Peak'. This place has always been a haven for fugitives from thieves, but since Xu Maogong chose this place as the liaison office of the mercenary group, Yu Chigong led his men to sweep the entire town overnight, and all the bandits were wiped out. Now that the entire town is under the control of the'Thunder God Mercenary Group', in fact, as soon as Dongfanghong entered the town, someone reported to Xu Maogong.

Standing in front of a small tavern, Xu Maogong was completely convinced when he watched Dongfanghong walking towards this place in all directions. It's been three days late, and it's so composure.

"Haha! Brother made you wait for a long time! Little brother is really sinful!" Dongfanghong hahad to Xu Maogong.

"I'm really convinced. The two parties who negotiated the sale were all late. I really don't know if you are going to talk about business!" Xu Maogong said, passing the special mask for the mercenary group to Dongfang Hong, the reason he wanted to hide his face. It is also for the secrecy of identity.

Dongfanghong put on her face mask and asked, "How come Jieli's messenger may not arrive on time?"

"The other party is two days late."

"This Jie Li Khan is really good. He wanted to give us a little bit of prestige! Deliberately late to make them look noble. But fortunately, I patronized and talked about love all the way! It was even later than them. Haha! This is! It's called waking right." Xu Maogong stared angrily when he heard Dongfanghong say this.

"Okay! Go in and listen to what problems Jie Li is going to pose for us!" After speaking, he walked into the tavern in a stride.

In the only single room in the tavern, an old man in his fifties was sitting. He was the right wise king of the'Turkic'. It seemed that Jie Li Khan wanted this old treacherous fellow to touch the mercenary. The bottom of the group! Behind King Uhyun stood a tall "Turkic" warrior, who looked like a difficult character to deal with.

"Sorry! I am embarrassed to come down late." Dongfanghong smiled and apologized to the other party.

King Youxian said with a cold face and clasped his fists in response: "Your Excellency invited us to come here for an interview, but he was too late. Is there a way to treat guests like losing his master!" This King Youxian was also angry and wanted to be cold. Liang Dongfanghong, so he came two days late, did not think that the other party was late than him, and ended up chilling himself one day.

Dongfanghong said nonchalantly, "Since everyone is late, don't make money on this right and wrong! We are here to discuss business, so there is no distinction between host and guest. Does it mean that I will be the host for a while? Let you order! Then I won't suffer!" Dongfanghong sat down opposite to King Youxian, and followed Dongfanghong's Xu Maogong.

When King Youxian saw Dongfanghong say this, he was taken aback, because he had already seen that the young man in front of him was a rascal. Now he didn't even want to raise his power from the other party, and it was even more difficult to gather intelligence. Everyone knows that this rascal has always been'hob meat', and he makes no face when he provokes such a person.

King Youxian said depressedly: "The next name is..."

"Stop! Stop! I said we're talking about business, not making friends. I don't think we need to know the other's name! In our business, one party always pays, and one party is doing business. There is no need to have any friendship with Ben. , Even if we have a little friendship, we will not miss a penny."

King Uhyun is so angry! 'I have always had iron teeth and bronze teeth, but today I actually met such a master who couldn't get in. He blocked himself as soon as he opened his mouth. He didn't give himself a chance at all. It seemed that Khan would leave it to himself to inquire about the other party's information. Things are out of play'.

"Stop talking nonsense! Let's get to the point! What are you Khan going to let us do?"

King Youxian coldly took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Dongfang Hong, "What you want to do is in the envelope."

Dongfanghong took the letter and opened it, and saw that there was only a piece of white paper with four characters on it, but those four characters made Dongfanghong stunned.

Xu Maogong leaned forward to watch, only to see the words'Fire Palace' written on the paper. Xu Maogong couldn't help taking a breath after reading it, thinking that this Jie Li Khan would really pose a problem for them! Everyone can understand at a glance, Jie Li is the palace where the mercenary group burns the'Qi Kingdom'! This is simply impossible to do, but once you say that you can't do it, the prestige of the mercenary group in the future will be gone.

King Youxian watched Dongfanghong stop talking, his face couldn't help but smile, now he is embarrassed by the other party! So he said mockingly: "Didn't the person you sent tell us in front of the Khan that there is no task you can't accomplish! What? This little thing is not easy to do!"

Dongfanghong laughed suddenly, making everyone laugh stupid. Dongfanghong smiled and said, "It's not that we can't pick it up, but you Khan is purely joking with us."

"What do you mean by this?" King Youxian asked puzzledly.

"Did you Khan let us go and burn the palace of Qi State?"

"Yes! Since the emperor of Qi State hired you to burn our Khan's palace, of course we have to pay for it, and we must also burn the palace of Qi State. Otherwise, what is my Turkic face? , Jie Li Khan wants everyone to know that those who dare to offend my "Turkic" absolutely must pay a price."

"There is nothing wrong with your Khan thinking like this, but just these four words,'burning the palace' is too joking. Do you know how big the palace of the'Qi Kingdom' is? I'm afraid that your entire tooth tent can't keep up with'Qi' The country’s imperial palace is large, with nearly a thousand houses, and large and small imperial garden artificial lakes. It is also divided into countless names such as the front palace, the harem, the west palace, the east palace, etc. Even if no one cares about setting you on fire, think It’s impossible to light the entire palace in one day. There are not thousands of people doing it at the same time, and once the fire is on, it will not be extinguished in a few days. Then do you think you guys are joking with us? The task is not that we can't do it, but that we can't do it at all."

Although King Youxian had also heard that the palace of Qi Kingdom was magnificent and huge, he hadn't seen how it was after all. He really didn't expect it to be so big. Now Dongfanghong ridiculed them for their ignorance, which is really embarrassing. So King Youxian immediately thought of a way to save face.

"Our Khan didn't let you burn the entire palace. Khan meant that as long as the place representing the'Qi State' imperial palace and the'Qi State' emperor's majesty could be burned. I think you didn't understand our Khan's. meaning."

"Then I don't know what exactly is meant in your Khan's heart?"

King Youxian blurted out without hesitation: "Tai Chi Hall!"

Dongfanghong was stunned when he heard it. This'Taiji Hall' was the place where the emperor sat and held court meetings, and hundreds of civil and military officials lined up to visit the emperor. It is also the place where foreign envoys met. It can be said that the'Tai Chi Hall' is the face of the palace, the face of Qi Guo. This Jie Li Khan can really choose a place.

Dongfanghong did not expect this to be decided temporarily by King Youxian, because for the Turkic people, if the place that is most familiar to the palace of the Qi State, it is probably the Taiji Hall! That's why King Youxian blurted out without hesitation. Fortunately, Khan Jieli granted him the power of discretion. Otherwise, if King Youxian didn't agree with Jieli's mind, King Youxian would be miserable when he returned!

"San Gongzi, what do you think about this? This'Tai Chi Hall' may not be so good to burn!" Xu Maogong reminded Dongfang Hong in a low voice.

Dongfanghong thought,'Isn't this nonsense! That is Tai Chi Hall! The place where the emperor Lao'er sat and listened to politics is probably the most magnificent and strongest building in the palace! The dragon chair throne that the emperor regarded as the lifeblood was placed there, guarded by countless Yulin army from morning to night. This Jie Li will really pose a problem for Lao Tzu. This is the first sale of the mercenary group, so you can't smash the sign! 'Dongfanghong closed his eyes and thought.

Seeing Dongfanghong closed his eyes in thought, King Youxian did not urge him to just drink the tea in his hand. Dongfanghong meditated for a long time and said, "Okay! Let's take this deal!"

Hearing Dongfanghong actually agreed, Xu Maogong was so scared that he almost didn't call out. Xin asked whether these three sons were crazy, and even dared to agree to such a thing as burning the'Tai Chi Hall'. This is simply an impossible task!

Dongfanghong didn’t care about this, he began to bargain with the other party: "You should know how important this'Taiji Hall' is to the'Qi Kingdom'. This palace is equivalent to the meaning of your'Turkic' tooth tent, so The commission can't be lower. One million taels of silver."

King Youxian had prepared for this a long time ago. After all, he was burning the palace of the Qi Kingdom, so he also brought enough money. However, with his old and cunning character, how can the other party say as much as he wants! So he didn't even think about it and said, "Five hundred thousand."

"Just kidding! One million can't be less."

"Six hundred thousand."

"one million."

"Seven hundred thousand, this is the highest price."

"One million! Otherwise, please be smart."

"Seven hundred fifty thousand."

"One million. You can't be happy! We are taking great risks in doing this ticket business!"

"One hundred fifty thousand."

"One million. You have to know that if this'Taiji Hall' is rebuilt, it will cost millions. You can spend one million to make'Qiguo' spend millions, which is absolutely worth it!

Xu Maogong looked at the two people completely speechless. Is this like buying vegetables at a market? Dongfanghong doesn't seem to care about such a big thing. Yes, Xu Maogong really can't understand what Dongfanghong is thinking.

"Nine hundred thousand. You can also drop points."

"That's ninety nine hundred thousand."

"You can do it! Ninety-nine million is ninety-nine million."

"According to the rules, one-third of the deposit will be paid first, and then the full will be paid after completion. We will return the deposit if the task fails.

"Just do what you said. I will bring the deposit tomorrow. But we Khan asked everyone to know that the palace of the'Qi Kingdom' was burned by Khan sent people. And we ask you within a month. Completed, otherwise it will be considered as your mission failed."

"No problem!" Dongfanghong agreed with a big deal.

Xu Maogong kept shaking his head beside him. In his opinion, this business was impossible to complete. However, Dongfanghong is confident now, and I really don't know how he will burn the Taiji Hall, the first building of the Qi Kingdom, to ruins. But once he succeeds, haha! God knows what kind of "major earthquake" it will cause!