A flash of light flashed in Fat Old Li's eyes, he shook his head and said with a smile: "Brother Tang, originally I wasn't interested in where you were going, but after hearing what you said, my curiosity was aroused. This is how we decided. Now, I will take four bodyguards with you into Shennong Ridge and go to the Ghost King Valley."
"this… "
Tang Xiu was a little hesitant, but seeing Fat Old Li's cheerful look, he smiled bitterly and said: "If it doesn't affect your business, then come with me! When we get to Ziming County, take a rest first, I will buy it then Use pen and paper to draw the pattern of the medicinal material you are looking for.”
"no problem!"
Fat Old Li said with a smile.
In the passenger seat, Ji Shiyan's eyes flashed with annoyance. After taking out her mobile phone, she dialed her boss's number. After explaining the situation here and Li Laoshan's decision, the other party was silent for a long time, and then she said: She warned.
Ji Shiyan hung up the phone and turned around and said, "Boss Li, Mr. Tang, our boss has ordered that since Boss Li insists on following him into Shennong Ridge, we must also follow him to protect your safety."
Li Laoshan waved his hand and said, "Tell your boss that I'm with Brother Tang and I don't need protection."
Ji Shiyan smiled bitterly and said, "Boss Li, please don't make things difficult for us. The boss gave me a death order."
Li Laoshan hesitated for a moment and turned to look at Tang Xiu. This time, he suddenly wanted to follow Tang Xiu to explore the deep mountains and old forests. On the one hand, he wanted to regain the passion of his youth, and on the other hand, he also wanted to spend more time with Tang Xiu and sell Tang Xiu a favor. As for Ji Shiyan's request, he felt that it was not convenient for him to make the decision, and he needed Tang Xiu to speak whether he agreed to let them follow him or not.
Tang Xiu saw Li Laoshan's expression and understood what he was thinking. After a moment of silence, he slowly said: "Since you insist on following me, I can't refuse. But we need to agree in advance. After entering Shennong Ridge, , if an accident occurs and your people suffer losses, it has nothing to do with me."
"I see!"
Ji Shiyan said with a cold face and a somewhat stiff tone.
Tang Xiu said again: "Of course, if your people can help me find that medicinal material, I am willing to give 10 million as a reward to the person who finds the medicinal material. As for the others, each of them will also give 1 million." Hard work fee. Of course, if I don’t find it in the end, I won’t pay a penny out of my pocket.”
Ji Shiyan raised his eyebrows, and a look of surprise flashed in his eyes. Although she deduced that Tang Xiu's identity and background might not be simple, her generosity was really surprising.
after all.
The price starts at 20 million. She couldn't imagine what kind of precious medicinal materials could be worthy of such a generous promise
Ziming County.
A very ordinary small county town in a mountainous area. The economic level was originally very poor. However, after the development of tourism in the past ten years, it has become a decent town. Although it cannot be compared with those counties in developed areas, it can barely compare with it. modern development status.
Because Ji Shiyan had booked the best hotel in the county in advance, a hotel that wasn't even a three-star hotel, Tang Xiu didn't have to worry about booking a room and lived directly in a double room with Li Laoshan.
Tang Xiu took advantage of everyone's eating and sleeping time to draw the pattern of the Mordor Resurrection Grass, and then rested for a few hours. After lunch, he showed the drawn pattern of the Mordor Resurrection Grass to everyone. Memorize it by heart.
"Brother Tang, are you leaving now?"
Li Laoshan suddenly showed surprise when he heard Tang Xiu's suggestion to prepare for departure.
Tang Xiu said: "Yes, I must find this medicinal material as soon as possible, so I will set off now and try to reach the Ghost King Valley before midnight."
Ji Shiyan glanced at Tang Xiu coldly and said lightly: "Mr. Tang, I'm afraid you don't understand the situation in Shennong Ridge. Let alone setting off now, even if we set off early in the morning, I'm afraid we won't be able to reach Ghost King Valley before dark .Although I have never been there, I sent someone to investigate the information about Shennong Ridge and Ghost King Valley in the morning. We started to enter the mountains from a place more than ten kilometers north of the county seat. We had to climb a dozen mountains in total, and we also had to find a way to do it. Cross two big rivers and then you can reach the Ghost King Valley."
Tang Xiu said: "Try your best!"
A few minutes later.
Everyone left the hotel and quickly headed towards Shennong Ridge in six cars. When everyone arrived at the foot of the mountain outside Shennong Ridge, Ji Shiyan had the car driven away, while she took four bodyguards and started hiking with Tang Xiu and others.
at first.
Everyone was very relaxed. Even the four bodyguards brought by Ji Shiyan who were carrying things could keep up with everyone. But as they passed the two mountains, they were out of breath and their speed dropped significantly. Immediately afterwards, Fat Lao Li's four bodyguards took those things and followed everyone over a mountain again. They began to be unable to bear it.
"Brother Tang, how about you take a rest? We have been walking for four hours at a stretch, and my thighs are starting to tremble." Fat Old Li's face was covered with sweat, and he smiled bitterly when he saw Tang Xiu's face was not red and he was out of breath. said.
"Then take a rest for half an hour!"
Tang Xiu nodded and said.
He was surprised. Both Fat Old Li and the eight bodyguards were sweating profusely and panting from exhaustion. However, Ji Shiyan only had a slight trace of sweat on his forehead and did not show how tired he was.
After half an hour's rest, everyone started to rush on the road again. In order not to waste time on the road, Tang Xiu took four large backpacks from the bodyguards and carried them with both hands while climbing the mountain, still walking on flat ground. This situation made the eight bodyguards widen their eyes and be filled with shock. Even Ji Shiyan showed admiration.
To know!
Each of the four large backpacks weighed dozens of kilograms, and the four large backpacks combined weighed more than two hundred kilograms. Tang Xiu's strength and physical fitness amazed everyone.
Night falls.
Everyone stopped halfway up the fifth mountain and found this flat place, so they decided to stay and set up camp here to spend the night.
"You guys wait here, I'll get some game and have barbecue tonight." Tang Xiu looked at the tired and panting people sitting on the ground, said casually, and quickly got into the nearby forest.
Li Laoshan raised his arm, preparing to stop Tang Xiu, but Tang Xiu's speed was too fast. Before he could say anything, he saw Tang Xiu's figure disappearing into the woods, and a look of helplessness suddenly appeared on his rich face.
"Boss Li, who is he?"
Ji Shiyan was deeply curious about Tang Xiu at this moment, because their journey along the way was not particularly smooth. There were several times when they encountered wild beasts, but Tang Xiu was the one who rushed to the front and drove the wild beasts away. There were even several times when he helped pull the very tired people up the stone wall.
Li Laoshan grinned and said: "He! He is a strange man, a little brother who even I can't see through. Secretary Ji, don't underestimate him. I have seen people who underestimated him suffer miserably."
Ji Shiyan hesitated for a moment, then whispered: "He is indeed very powerful. He can walk on the ground in this mountain as if he were on the ground. He should know martial arts. However, he is a bit too crazy."
Li Laoshan laughed dumbly and said: "Crazy? Brother Tang has a very humble personality, right? You think he is crazy because you don't like him."
Ji Shiyan said: "He is indeed quite annoying."
Li Laoshan smiled and said: "Forget it, I won't say more. When you have more contact with him in the future, you will know what he is like. However, I still want to advise you, don't provoke him. Don't say that you are you. , even your boss will suffer big losses if he is provoked."
Ji Shiyan said quickly: "Boss Li, you haven't told me yet, where is he from?"
Li Laoshan smiled and said: "He has many identities, I won't go into details. In short, you remember my words, don't provoke him, don't cause trouble for yourself and Huanggang Group. Otherwise, if he wants to attack you, I I will never cooperate with you again.”
"I see!"
Ji Shiyan nodded, feeling even more curious about Tang Xiu's identity.
Li Laoshan smiled and said: "Let everyone rest for a while, and then start setting up the tent! By the way, send someone to collect some firewood, and we will have barbecue later."
Ji Shiyan's eyes flashed with disdain and said: "Boss Li, please stop teasing him. Did you really take it seriously when he said he was going to get some game? This mountain forest is dark. Although it's not so dark that you can't even see your fingers, but you want to If you want to hunt, then..."
Before Ji Shiyan finished speaking, it was as if a pair of invisible thugs were grabbing her neck at this moment, causing her to hold back her next words. There was a dull expression on her beautiful face, and she looked at Tang Xiu who came out of the darkness with disbelief, and the... deer in Tang Xiu's hand
"Oh, Brother Tang is so awesome! In just a few minutes, you managed to get such a... good thing!" Li Laoshan stood up from the ground and exclaimed with gleaming eyes.
Tang Xiu reached out and threw the sika deer that he had strangled to death on the ground, and said with a smile: "I'm lucky, I found the lone sika deer. Who among you knows how to barbecue?"
Li Laoshan licked his lips and chuckled: "I don't know about others, but I, Fat Old Li, am very good at barbecue! By the way, Secretary Ji, your people have purchased a lot of daily necessities. Do you have any?" Buying condiments for barbecue?”
Ji Shiyan nodded and said: "I have seen the list they purchased, and there are condiments for barbecue. In fact, one of my bodyguards was once a hunter in the mountains."
"Very good!"
Li Laoshan sighed in admiration, reached out to pick up the carcass of the sika deer, and strode aside.
Ji Shiyan turned to look at Tang Xiu. Although it was dark night, the distance between the two of them was relatively close, so she could clearly see Tang Xiu's calm expression. After hesitating for a moment, she asked: "Mr. Tang, how did you... do it?"
Tang Xiu said calmly: "It's very simple. It's faster and more powerful than it."