Although Xiao Shan is only the grand-nephew of the Fifth Master, the serious elders in the family passed away early. He grew up with the Fifth Master, so in real terms he is no different from his own grandson.
When the fifth master’s own son got married, he followed the family planning plan. When his daughter was born, he immediately had her sterilized. After the fifth master had calculated his savings, he planned the fines for having more children, where to abscond, where the child should settle down, so that it would not affect schooling, etc., etc. After planning, I looked back and realized that my son had made a big mistake. At this time, the deal was already done, so I had no choice but to admit it.
Then after waiting for all the elders of the Xiaoshan branch to die, and after raising this boy by his side, the Fifth Master directly took him under his name and trained him as his successor. Not only did he teach him everything in his hands, , even when training the disciples and grandchildren under his command, the children are taken along with him to train. Not only does it give the subordinates an attitude, but it also prepares Xiaoshan to inherit his family business from an early age.
As a child of filial piety, Fifth Master taught Xiaoshan sincerely and carefully, and it was naturally impossible for the latter not to understand. Although Shilitun is still apparently in charge of the Fifth Master, everyone knows that it is because of respect for the elders.
In fact, the person who manages the specific matters assigned to him has long been transformed into Xiaoshan. To the outside world, he is just the second in command and the chief steward, but internally he is already the de facto heir to the current Qianmen sect.
Regarding Ye Shuang's decision, Xiaoshan knew that he shouldn't express any opinions now. Although this was their own territory, it was Han Chu and Ye Shuang who knew their opponents better.
So he just did what he should do, naturally followed the other person's thinking, and just implemented his expectations into the details.
"You two." After pondering for half a minute, Xiaoshan pointed to two boys who often come out to collect mountain goods and hunt: "Go to the road from the mine to the main road to see if there are any traces of tools, carriages and horses. If there are any, please call. Inform us of the direction, if not, keep guard, and report when someone is coming."
The two boys took out their mobile phones to check the battery level and signal. After confirming that there was no problem, they ran away for a while.
"You three fall to the back, be careful, don't let anyone steal us." Xiao Shan pointed at three more people, and after these three also ran away in the same way, there was no one left in the team.
The scythe was changed from an underhand grip to an overhand grip in the right hand, that is, the blade was pressed against the forearm and the blade was pointed outward. In this way, the chopping and splitting movements will not be smooth.
Then he carried another thick branch on his left hand to use it to clear obstacles and support the ground in case he needed to use strength. After all arrangements were made, Xiaoshan turned to Ye Shuang and smiled: "It's just the two of us. Do you want to speed up?"
Ye Shuang scanned the hill up and down: "...have you practiced?"
"It's just a few wild walks, it's enough to keep fit." Xiaoshan said modestly.
… When it came time to actually take action, he was not humble at all.
The two of them climbed more than half of the mountainside, and only saw the first black figure when they were still ten minutes away from the mine.
At first, Xiao Shan still had some doubts that Ye Shuang was unfounded, but now she has completely given up the idea. She lowered her waist and hid behind a tree, fearing that Ye Shuang wouldn't see anyone, and even gave her a signal.
Ye Shuang's eyesight was better than Xiao Shan's. When the two came up, they didn't turn on the flashlight for fear of alerting others, but they could still see a lot of things clearly with the moonlight. Ye Shuang knew there was someone here when she was still a hundred or two hundred meters away from the black shadow, but she didn't need to be alert at the distance at that time, and she was also afraid that the hill would obscure her sight range.
Almost at the same time that Xiao Shan moved his steps, Ye Shuang had already ducked behind the tree and followed Xiao Shan. When Xiao Shan turned around to gesture, the distance between her and him was no more than two meters at most.
"They should have come up first to explore the way." Xiao Shan took one look at the sneaky movements of the figure and guessed it. He lowered his voice and said to Ye Shuang: "If they want to cut off the beard, they must send up the mountain not only with human hands, but also with tools. Cars and the like. In addition, these people don’t know our specific defenses, so it’s common sense to send a scout first to explore the road and observe... Should we keep this man to catch the big fish, or should we take him down first and seize the opportunity?"
"Wait." From this distance, Ye Shuang could hear the voice of the other party dialing and talking on the phone, so he asked Xiao Shan to pause for a moment.
After listening for a while, I confirmed that Xiaoshan's inference was correct from the other person's voice. After taking note of this person's voice, he was ready to take action: "You must seize the opportunity first, and you must catch the big fish... Take him first." Down!"
Xiao Shan did not understand this confusing logical relationship, but this did not affect the speed of his action after hearing the conclusion.
Ye Shuang finished speaking and was thinking about how to take action...for example, close combat or picking up pebbles and firing hidden arrows? The former will cause unnecessary noise, while the latter is the safest and fastest, but it can easily make people feel more fantasy when implemented... Before I can make up my mind, the next second I see the hill hunched over.
The footsteps could not be said to be silent, but they were small and light, not much heavier than a wild cat. His figure seemed not to be affected by the branches of shrubs or the rugged ground. He was almost like a wandering spirit in the forest. He had already landed behind the figure in a few moments, and the latter was still unaware of it.
He suddenly jumped up and raised his arm for a critical strike. In the blink of an eye, the man was knocked unconscious into one of Xiaoshan's arms.
Ye Shuang blinked, then blinked again, and suddenly realized that this scene seemed extremely familiar.
Think of the little nail girl locked in the cellar, and then look at the unlucky guy in front of you. This person is definitely a skilled worker and didn’t run away!
I quickly ran over and took a rope from my backpack and gave it to Xiaoshan. The latter took it and cooperated tacitly. In a few clicks, he tied the person in his hand into a rice dumpling, and searched him while tying him up.
"How to fish?" Xiaoshan threw the found mobile phone and other items into Ye Shuang's hand, and Xiaoshan asked with a natural expression of cooperating with the leader's work.
"Do you really believe me?" Ye Shuang was also happy, this person is so down to earth.
Then she touched her throat, coughed a few times, and adjusted the scale. When Ye Shuang spoke again, her voice had changed to a male voice: "Hide the person and ignore it. Let's talk about it when the call comes in again."
Although Xiaoshan couldn't clearly hear the content of the other party's phone call from such a distance, he could still hear the vague sound.
Xiaoshan also blinked, just like Ye Shuang's surprised expression when she saw him doing it, now he also looked surprised: "Ventriloquist?"
There are many people on the road who are good at ventriloquism, but not many can imitate it after hearing it once. After a slight pause, Xiaoshan finally couldn't help but dig into the corner: "It's a pity that the pearl is covered in dust. Do you want to come to our Qianmen?" (To be continued)