The news that Lin Shuo, the chief leader of the hunting gate, will go hunting the next morning is currently strictly kept secret in the entire Su family's ancestral house.
Because this trip, to put it bluntly, was to wipe the He family's ass.
Once the news leaks out, He Yongchang's position as the leader may be on the verge of collapse.
So late at night, there were not many people discussing matters in Lin Shuo's house.
Besides Lin Shuo, Yang Tuo, Cao Yusheng and his son, He Yongchang was added.
Among them, Cao Mian, the future mastermind of Liemen, scratched his head when he heard the news:
"Oh, this peer alliance ceremony has just been held for a day, and the regulations haven't been fully finalized yet. We are going to operate in secret on the hunting matter."
"What?" Cao Yusheng glared at his son.
"Cao Mian is actually right." Lin Shuo replied lightly, and glanced at He Yongchang.
The Patriarch of the He family really looked like a jujube at this moment, his face was red to the neck, he lowered his head and said nothing.
Lin Shuo didn't intend to just let him go, and said, "He Yongchang, what do you say?"
He Yongchang smiled wryly, "Chief, to be honest, this is one less village. I really don't have the face to continue asking for this nomination for the He family."
Cao Yusheng thought for a while, and then said: "Since the head of the Shennongjia hunting business is involved in it himself, if you want to hide it inside the hunting gate, you can't hide it.
And according to the rules, as the mastermind of the hunting gate, I must share the hunting information with other family masters on the platform.
This is the first transaction of our Liemen after the opening of the peer alliance ceremony.
If this business is not well-known, then don't do anything after that. "
"Uncle Cao is right." Lin Shuo nodded and said, "Is there a way?"
"There's no good solution, but it's just a matter of seeking truth from facts." Cao Yusheng said, "Judging from the reactions of other family heads of Liemen this afternoon, they have no objection to the He family's nomination.
Now that something has happened again, I think the nomination of the He family is impossible to keep, but it is still no problem to participate in the threshold offense and defense.
In fact, it doesn't matter, with He Yongchang's ability, whether it is attacking or defending the threshold, he is absolutely sure. "
Lin Shuo nodded after listening, and looked at He Yongchang again.
In fact, these words were originally what Lin Shuo wanted to say, but Cao Yusheng asked Cao Yusheng to say it for him.
Likewise, what people say matters.
If Lin Shuo said these words, it would mean that the covenant between the two families of Lin and He had just been concluded, and Lin Shuo would withdraw from the ladder. It would be ugly.
Cao Yusheng said these words, so it is not a big problem.
Originally nominating the He family's Jiucun family was just a gesture of goodwill, but now that such a big incident happened to the He family, it is already the biggest gesture of goodwill if they are not severely punished.
He Yongchang is a sensible person, he has already recognized the situation at this moment, and quickly said: "The chief leader, the mastermind, I also mean the same."
Lin Shuo nodded: "Then in the next few days, you have to perform well in offense and defense at the threshold, and you must surpass the others with skill, so that you can take over the position of leader, otherwise this matter is hanging in the air."
He Yongchang cupped his fists: "Yongchang obeys."
Lin Shuo lowered his tone again, and said softly, "Of course, when facing Dylan, don't use such force."
He Yongchang smiled: "President, don't worry, you can't trust me."
"It's not very trustworthy." Lin Shuo said lightly, "I don't know who told me last night, but anyone who provokes me today will definitely kill him. As a result, I have been waiting all day today, but no one told me Get ahead."
He Yongchang didn't blush this time, he patted the back of his head and said, "Boss, you're really good at me. Who are those people who played today? If I make a move, my life will be gone. "
"You are a sensible person." Lin Shuo gave He Yongchang a white look, "Tell me, what's going on in Shennongjia."
"That thing, according to the local folklore, is called Lord Ma, and the dragon sees its head but doesn't see its end." He Yongchang lowered his voice and said slowly, "Although there are several nine-inch hunters in our He family, I am the only one in the Nine Realms. one.
I have been to Shennongjia more than a hundred times, and I have never encountered this thing.
You must know that our He family's method of tracking prey is not inferior to the current six families, but the footprints of this thing are always chased and disappeared.
Over the past year, seeing more and more people missing, I am also anxious, basically soaking in the mountains.
Before the sale of the Red Desert, I finally found some clues. I followed it secretly for two months, but when I was about to encounter it, a donkey-headed beast stood in front of my eyes.
In that battle, I almost risked my life. Although I was lucky to win, the clues were cut off.
At that time, I finally realized that I, He Yongchang, could not kill this prince of horses alone, so I went north to the Red Desert to seek your help. "
"It's a little strange." Cao Yusheng said, "As far as I know, among the beasts in Shennongjia, although the donkey-headed beasts are powerful, they are not the strongest.
If this horse prince can really lead a group of beasts, if you follow it like this, He Yongchang, and it leads his subordinates to surround you, your little life, He Yongchang, will be gone if you say no.
As a result, you spent the whole year in Shennongjia, and finally came out with all your beard and tail. Why is this? "
"Actually, I'm also puzzled by this matter." He Yongchang said, "I originally thought that if I didn't succeed, I would be benevolent. When I entered the mountain at the beginning of last year, I never thought that I could come out alive.
As a result, in the whole year, except for the donkey-headed beast at the end, not to mention the beasts of different species, I haven't even bumped into a few ordinary animals.
I am an inheritance hunter, almost starved to death in the mountains.
The few times I went out of the mountain were all to fill my stomach. "
"Miao Chengyun went to Shennongjia to investigate before, but he didn't meet any animals," Lin Shuo said.
"This is even more strange. The number of wild beasts released in the He family hunting ground was very large." Cao Yusheng took a sip of the tea in the purple sand pot, "These things are top predators in the ecological chain. To feed them, there must be many animals in the Shennongjia forest area, otherwise they would have starved to death.
In fact, the He family had been releasing various animals to the Shennongjia forest area in the early years just to feed them.
Therefore, according to common sense, the density of wild animal populations in the Shennongjia forest area should be very high.
Miao Chengyun just wandered around for a few hours and couldn't meet any decent animals, maybe it was possible.
The same is true for He Yongchang who has been in Shennongjia for a whole year.
Where did things go? "
"Eat up?" Cao Mian asked.
"If it was because of the scarcity of food, then these wild beasts would have rushed out of the mountains and caused harm to the world." Cao Yusheng said, "But so far, except for the disappearance of people entering the mountain and the disappearance of people from two villages, these It is not normal that the wild beasts did not directly conflict with humans.
Just the people in these two villages, plus a few people who disappeared before, and there are so many wild beasts in the forest, how much can these people with their belts and bones add up to
And even if they were eaten, how could there be no remains left behind.
Since when did this ferocious beast become so particular about eating
This matter is full of weirdness. "
Speaking of this, Cao Yusheng looked at Yang Tuo: "Academician Yang, do you have any information about the disappearance cases in Shennongjia?"
"Two batches of scouts have been sent successively, but they all came to nothing." Yang Tuo said, "Now the entire Shennongjia area is watched by our country's synchronous satellites, but the vegetation there is dense, and nothing can be seen.
We don't dare to send people to the scene, so we can only entrust it to you Liemen. "
"That is to say, there is no information?"
"It can't be said that there are none at all." Yang Tuo adjusted his glasses, "At least we have the list of missing persons and their identity information."
"This is more or less useful. You can send a copy to the chief leader later."
"Okay." Yang Tuo nodded.
After saying this, Cao Yusheng said to Lin Shuo again: "Chief, you must be more careful when you go this way. I feel that the route of this horse prince is not the same as the beast we encountered before. thing."
"Whether it's the same thing or not, you have to experience it before you know." Lin Shuo said.
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After seeing off a few people, although Anne and Di Lan hinted that they should go to bed as soon as possible, Lin Shuo couldn't fall asleep yet.
Among the hunting companions this time, Wei Xingshan was easy to handle, and Lin Shuo was able to notify him with just one phone call.
Lin Shuo originally didn't want to take another apprentice, Zhou Lingshi, but now he wants to.
It's a little troublesome for Zhou Lingshi to go to Shennongjia, because he is currently the chef of the entire Peer League Ceremony, responsible for the meals of more than a thousand people.
Of course, he is the leader of the entire chef team, and there are quite a few people below, that is, the members of the hunting team, otherwise Zhou Lingshi would not be able to do it alone.
Now that Zhou Lingshi is transferred away, without this chef to check, there is no doubt that the food level of the entire peer alliance ceremony will drop a lot.
But right now Lin Shuo couldn't care about that anymore.
Lin Shuo gave Zhou Lingshi a very convincing reason why he brought this second apprentice:
After all, Zhou Lingshi came to learn art as an inheritance hunter, not to cook.
This trip to Shennongjia just happened to practice my hands.
And the real reason, in fact, has nothing to do with this.
Mainly because of this trip, Lin Shuo listened to Yang Tuo's suggestion, and Miao Xueping followed.
Now Miao Xueping is Lin Shuo's aunt, the only elder in the family, even if she goes hunting with her, Lin Shuo doesn't want her to suffer.
Others Lin Shuo can't guarantee, but the food must keep up.
So Zhou Lingshi, the cook, must be brought along.
And that night when Lin Shuo went out in the middle of the night, he was going to visit his aunt to personally invite this outstanding hunter from the previous generation to come out of the mountain.
In fact, starting from the second half of last year, when Lin Shuo made these few transactions, all the other inheritance hunters were behind. The hunter who could really help Lin Shuo was Miao Xueping in the Red Desert.
Moreover, there are so many different species of ferocious beasts in Shennongjia, once the situation really gets out of control, her Miao family's Nine Realm Dzogchen cultivation base will indeed come in handy.
Walking near Miao Xueping's residence, Lin Shuo looked outside the yard first, and found that the lights inside were not turned off, so he couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, I didn't disturb my aunt to sleep.
Just as he was about to knock on the door, the door opened naturally.
Lin Shuo knew it was his aunt's trick, so he stepped in without saying a word.
Miao Xueping was sitting in the living room, and when she saw Lin Shuo coming in, she was in high spirits for a moment:
"Lin Shuo, do you want to discuss with me about marrying your father?"
This sentence made Lin Shuo startled, a little embarrassed.
Although Lin Shuo already thought in his heart that Miao Xueping was his aunt, he still had some scruples about getting married.
Because my father is no longer here, this is a ghost marriage.
Even if Miao Xueping insists, it can only be done secretly, and it is not convenient to do it in a big way.
In the end, Miao Xueping was not happy, saying that the mediators proposed marriage, eight big sedan chairs, and red hijabs were indispensable, and she, Miao Xueping, wanted to marry well.
In fact, this is not impossible, it can be as big as it is, anyway, the Su family's ancestral house is located in a remote place, and there are no other people around, so people can't be thrown anywhere.
But the last few days are really inconvenient, after all, there are so many people present at the peer alliance ceremony.
So this matter was suppressed by Lin Shuo, and he planned to wait until after the peer alliance ceremony, and then choose a good day to fulfill his aunt's wish.
Seeing Auntie's impatience now, Lin Shuo was both funny and sad, which was quite complicated.
"Auntie, let's delay this matter for a few more days." Lin Shuo said honestly, "Before that, why don't you go out with me to relax first?"
"Let's relax, okay, where are we going?" Miao Xueping asked.
"Shennongjia."
"Shennongjia?" Miao Xueping said with a slight smile, "Then it's not a distraction. It's about the He family's hunting ground. It's finally overwhelmed, right?"
"You know everything?"
"When Leshan was with me back then, I said that sooner or later something would happen to the He family's hunting ground." Miao Xueping said with a nostalgic look on her face, "At that time we also agreed that if something happened to the He family's hunting ground, we would Let's hunt together again to settle the matter.
It's just that I didn't expect that when the incident happened, the Leshan people were gone.
But it doesn't matter, it's the same to settle this matter with his son.
Lin Shuo, when are we leaving? "
"Tomorrow morning."
"Okay, then Auntie will accompany you for a walk."
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