Bang bang bang!
When Li Cheng was about to lie down, he heard a loud knock on the door. He had to push away his wife who was already entangled with him, put on his coat, and went to the living room.
He opened the door and saw his eldest brother's wife, a young and beautiful woman, rushing in with tears in her eyes and a look mixed with panic and fear.
"Li Cheng! Li Cheng! Your elder brother, elder brother..." The woman's chest rose and fell because of nervousness. She seemed to have come in a hurry, without a coat, so there was a dazzling white light under her collar.
Li Cheng tried hard to keep his eyes on the woman's face: "Sister-in-law, what happened to my brother? Did he hit you?"
Li Wei has always had a bad temper. Even though he dotes on his young wife, there have been several precedents of domestic violence.
"No."
The woman gestured in panic: "He's gone, he..."
Li Cheng hurriedly said: "Sister-in-law, calm down, why did my brother disappear?"
The woman said in a mouthful tone: "Before your eldest brother came back, I took a bath and waited for him in the living room."
"Just when your eldest brother walked in, I saw another figure behind him."
"Then, he took your brother away. I don't know how to describe it, anyway, your brother just disappeared out of thin air in the room."
Li Cheng's face changed. He went back to his room to get his weapon and rushed to Li Wei's room.
The door of the room was open, and Li Cheng smelled a faint fishy smell before he even stepped into the room. There was no light in the room, and the light from the corridor could only illuminate a corner of the door.
Li Cheng suddenly saw a hand at the edge of the light.
His palm was facing upward, holding a ball of paper.
There was a stain of blood under the palm.
“Brother!”
Li Cheng rushed in and turned on the light.
When the lights came on, Li Cheng's mind buzzed.
There was only one arm in the living room.
Li Wei's hand.
But no one knows where his people are.
Li Cheng's scalp felt tingling.
Of course he knew that his eldest brother was a Level 5 Slayer, and even if he was attacked by surprise, he could not be kidnapped silently.
What's more, after the other party captured the eldest brother, they returned quietly and left behind an arm.
During the whole process, no one in the Li Mansion noticed it!
Footsteps were heard.
A moment later, someone screamed behind him. It was Li Wei's wife.
Li Cheng turned around and saw that his second brother had also come.
Li Ye was supporting his sister-in-law. When he saw the arm on the ground, he gasped and shouted, "Second brother, close the door!"
Li Cheng finally reacted and quickly closed the door to avoid being seen by the servants, which would have caused an uproar in the Li Mansion.
Next, Li Wei's wife was temporarily arranged to live in Li Cheng's house and be taken care of by his lovely wife.
Li Cheng called the servant over and interrogated him carefully.
Li Ye locked himself in the boss's room and carefully picked up the piece of paper. He unfolded it and found a message on it.
'I was telling you to return the money you owed. But you, the Li family, went back on your word and ignored me. In that case, don't blame me for being rude. I now order you to prepare 500,000 contribution points, deposit them into an anonymous account, and deliver them to the following address before tomorrow evening.'
"If you fail to meet the deadline, I will hand over your eldest brother's head next time."
Below is an address, and the words "Death" in big black letters.
Li Ye took a breath of cold air.
At this time, the door opened and Li Cheng came back, angrily saying: "Waste,
They are all garbage, and no one noticed anything unusual. Second brother, what's the point of raising these garbage? "
Li Ye's face was solemn and he handed the paper ball to Li Cheng.
After reading it, Li Cheng exclaimed: "Is it him? This guy is so bold that he dares to attack our Li family!"
Li Ye heard the hidden meaning in his words and asked, "Did they leave a message asking us to pay back the money they owed us?"
Li Cheng felt a little guilty, but he nodded. "About a month ago, this guy left a message in my brother's study and even pledged your ring."
Li Ye exclaimed, "What? Why don't you return it to him? Didn't I tell you that we owe this guy 100,000 contribution points? If he comes to ask for it someday, we must return it in full."
"And why didn't I know about this!"
Li Cheng stepped back and said, "This is all what my elder brother said. He said this guy was just being mysterious. And at that time, you guys were in a stalemate, so my elder brother didn't tell you about this."
Li Ye shook his head: "Confused! Confused!"
"During the family competition, this man was decisive in killing and never dragged his feet. This kind of person can only be a friend, not an enemy. I was thinking that one day he would come to my house to ask for the money he owed, and I would try to win him over."
"If there is such a person who can be used by our Li family, we can ignore the Xiao family and the Long family."
"But now, you, you..."
Li Ye was so angry that he couldn't speak, and finally he clenched his fist and knocked on the door frame.
Li Cheng smiled bitterly and said, "Second Brother, it's no use talking about this now. Look, what should we do now?"
Li Ye said loudly: "What else can we do? We have to quickly raise the money he wants. Whether it is a loan or not, we have to send the money to the place he indicated before tomorrow evening. Otherwise, I am afraid that the boss will not be able to come back."
Li Cheng took a breath and said, "This is not a small amount, a full 500,000 contribution points. If we take this out, it will be equivalent to draining out half of our family's assets."
"Besides, we only have less than 200,000 contribution points in liquid funds. If we want to collect the remaining 300,000 in such a short time, I'm afraid we will owe a lot of favors to others. We may even have to sell off some of our assets."
Li Ye spread his hands and said, "So what you mean is that you don't care whether Big Brother lives or dies?"
Li Cheng smiled awkwardly and said, "How could that be? But I was thinking. Otherwise, we can contact Master Dong Fang. If Tiebi helps, maybe we can save Big Brother, keep the contribution points, and eliminate the Grim Reaper in one fell swoop."
"This kills three birds with one stone."
Li Ye immediately rejected it: "No, this is too risky. If something goes wrong in the middle, my brother's life will be in danger. Besides, Lord Dong Fang can protect us for a while, can he protect us forever?"
"If we don't catch Death in the act, we'll be in trouble later."
Li Cheng wanted to say more, but Li Ye shouted, "That's enough, Third Brother! In this situation, we should put our eldest brother's life first. We can talk about other things later. You and I will split up and prepare contribution points to rescue our eldest brother!"
Li Cheng had no choice but to smile bitterly and said, "Okay."
He walked out, but snorted coldly in the corridor.
In the blink of an eye it was the afternoon of the next day.
After running around all night last night and working hard during the day today, I finally managed to collect 500,000 contribution points at this time.
Now, this bearer account card containing huge sums of money is in Li Ye's hands.
Li Ye put the card away and looked at Li Cheng and Cai Er. He said, "I can go by myself today to show my sincerity. You guys just wait for news at home."
But at this moment, a servant came to report: "Second Master, Third Master, Master Dong Fang is here."
Li Ye's face changed.
He suddenly looked at Li Cheng.
Li Cheng said in a deep voice: "Second brother, don't blame me for acting on my own. This matter is of great importance. If this guy dares to act so recklessly in our Li family today, there is no guarantee that he will not threaten other families in the future."
"We in the Li family cannot be so selfish. We must also consider the safety of other families. And Lord Dong Fang has already agreed to this matter. He will definitely mobilize all the experts to capture this audacious Grim Reaper!"
Li Ye was so angry that he was shaking all over: "Old Third, what do you want to do!"
A burst of laughter came from outside the door.
"What else can Third Master Li do? He will naturally think about the other families. Moreover, the safety of this fortress has always been the responsibility of us, Tiebi. After something like this happened today, we, Tiebi, should do our part."
"Master Li, don't blame your brother too much."
As they were talking, someone walked in. It was Tiebi, Dong Fang!
evening.
Downtown area.
It is the same as usual here, with people coming and going in a hurry, driven by life and unable to stop for a moment.
The homeless people were more leisurely. They sat in the corners of the alleys, lay in the shade, and looked around with numb eyes.
After changing his clothes so that he would not look out of place in the downtown area, Li Ye was walking towards the address designated by the Grim Reaper.
He knew that the passers-by and homeless people nearby were actually soldiers in disguise from the Iron Wall.
Among them, there are many mid-level ascenders, who are the backbone of the Iron Wall.
Dong Fang has already set up a tight net here, and as soon as the Grim Reaper appears, he will fall into the net.
This is not the result that Li Ye wants to see.
Like he said, it's too risky.
It would be good if they could successfully capture the Grim Reaper, otherwise, the Li family would suffer endless troubles in the future.
Just thinking about it, the other party was able to capture his eldest brother without alerting everyone in the mansion.
He turned around and threw an arm in the living room.
Such means are unpredictable.
If such a person is determined to become an assassin, I'm afraid that everyone in the Li family will never have a good sleep from then on.
In a blink of an eye, we arrived at the transaction location.
It's an abandoned small building.
Li Ye pushed open the door, and a damp and moldy smell wafted through the air.
A table was placed awkwardly in the middle.
Li Ye took out the anonymous card, placed it on the table, and left the room.
There is nothing for him to do next.
Li Ye walked away quickly, away from the street, and went to an inconspicuous bar nearby, where he ordered a glass of cheap wine and drank it in a trance.
One cup after another.
Before he knew it, it was already dark outside. Li Ye still hadn't received any news from Dong Fang, which made him feel like a huge stone was pressing down on his heart.
Time passes by every second.
Until the bar was about to close, there was still no news from Li Wei.
There was no choice, Li Ye had to spend the night in the lower city area.
The next day, Dong Fang finally contacted him and said that they had conducted surveillance for a whole night and found no suspicious persons approaching the small building.
I'm afraid the god of death has broken his promise, so I asked Li Ye to retrieve the anonymous card.
Li Ye greeted Dong Fang a hundred times in his heart. The thing he was most worried about had happened. He was afraid that the God of Death had noticed Dong Fang and his men, so he didn't dare to show up.
The Li family is in big trouble!
He gritted his teeth, went back to the small building and opened the door.
When I saw the scene inside the building, a chill rose from my back and went straight to my head...