Chapter 5: Should we strike first to gain the upper hand?
After hearing Gu Yu’s words, the village chief bravely returned to the village, waiting for the men in black to come looking for them.
Although he had to talk to the men in black, the village chief couldn’t go forward to them at this time, for fear of being discovered… However, when the men in black actually came to their door, the village chief was so scared that his legs were about to cramp.
When the village chief mentioned doing business with the men in black, the other party was silent for a moment, which made the village chief feel a dull pain in his stomach, making him want to give them everything directly, just begging them not to attack the village.
However, upon thinking of Mengyao Gu’s official position, the village chief gained some confidence, and didn’t surrender so quickly. Instead, he pretended to be calm and sat next to the men in black, his heart pounding like a drum.
But persistence did pay off.
The men in black agreed.
The silver they produced was indeed very generous, five times more than the prices in town.
In response, the village chief asked the men in black to list out the items, and he would send people to purchase them and deliver them.
Upon hearing the village chief’s words, the men in black nodded with satisfaction, but they didn’t agree to have them delivered. Instead, they would send someone to pick them up at a scheduled time.
After the men in black left, the village chief collapsed onto the chair, repeatedly patting his chest, thinking that he had narrowly escaped death and wouldn’t be killed by these men in black.
He was truly lucky.
However, Gu Yu’s guess was so accurate!
These men in black actually agreed to trade…
The village chief looked at the silver notes he had received, his emotions gradually stabilized, and then he went to find people to prepare the supplies, in case the items weren’t ready by tomorrow and the men in black got angry.
Even though the men in black had given a lot of silver, he had to be alive to spend it!
…
“Li Hong, why did you make a deal with the village chief and give them so much silver for nothing?”
“We haven’t found the item the master sent us to look for after searching for several days. This is giving me a bad feeling… I’m afraid we’ll be here for a long time, so it’s better not to conflict with this village. As for the silver, we can get it back from this village when we find that item.”
After leaving the village chief’s house, several men in black walked back towards the mountain, preparing to continue their search.
On the way, one man in black asked another named Li Hong, very confused as to why Li Hong was giving silver to the village chief.
However, after Li Hong explained, the man in black nodded, thinking that he hadn’t thought far enough, and that Li Hong was more thoughtful.
No wonder he was appointed captain for this mission.
“Alright, but did you know? Xi Ting is dead!”
“Xi Ting is dead? When did that happen? I didn’t know.”
“We’ve been staying in the mountains searching recently, so we’re not too aware of what’s happening in Lian Town. But today, I heard someone talking about the monster killing case in Lian Town, and the murderer has already been dealt with.”
“Was it the government?”
“No, it was the Gu family.”
After hearing the words “Gu family”, Li Hong frowned involuntarily. He had been staying in the mountains for a while and almost forgot that the Gu family was still in this village.
As someone close to the Witch Priest, Li Hong naturally knew about the Gu family, who had repeatedly thwarted the master’s plans.
However, their visit to Lian Town this time was not to deal with the Gu family.
They were just looking for something.
But Xi Ting had been pestering to come after hearing their plan, and Li Hong didn’t know what the master was thinking, but he actually agreed to let Xi Ting come… As a result, he died at the hands of the Gu family.
Fortunately, Xi Ting had taken in many disciples, so there was no need to worry about the disappearance of the ghost beasts.
“The people of the Gu family are too strange, it’s better not to interact with them. Once we find what we’re looking for, we’ll leave immediately, and we won’t bother the people in this village.”
“Why! They’re just three children. I don’t think we need to be afraid! Xi Ting was probably killed because he was careless and died under the siege of the county office.”
“Song Guangyuan, you know as well as I do that Mengyao Gu and Gu Yu are tough nuts to crack. Even the master can’t do anything about them for now, so don’t go looking for death yourself… Moreover, our mission this time is to find that item! If you insist on dealing with the Gu family and something else goes wrong, can you bear the responsibility?”
“But we don’t need to hide from the Gu family, do we!”
“Hmph, you still don’t understand! I’ve researched the Gu family before. Mengyao Gu and Qingheng Gu have a so-called sense of justice, so we don’t need to worry about them, but Gu Yu is different…”
“Gu Yu is different?”
Li Hong, as a subordinate appreciated by the Witch Priest, knew more information than others, and naturally knew the specific details about the Gu family.
He had also secretly studied the personalities of the three Gu family members, but found that Gu Yu of the Gu family was a complete scoundrel.
Although the information couldn’t show it.
But Li Hong, based on Gu Yu’s past actions and analysis of his personality, found Gu Yu to be extremely evil, completely the opposite of Mengyao Gu and Qingheng Gu.
He didn’t know how Mengyao Gu could like him…
If it were just Mengyao Gu and Qingheng Gu, they wouldn’t have disrupted the master’s plans. It was always Gu Yu!
“That’s because you don’t know how bad he is. You were also wondering why I was hiding from the Gu family just now, right? In fact, I was hiding from Gu Yu, because if he knew what we were looking for, he might snatch it away and kill us too.”
“No way…”
“How could it not happen! You still don’t understand Gu Yu! He is very powerful, but he also loves to snatch things from others, especially from enemies… I heard that the Wang clan in the capital, who had contact with Great Wizard, had their house almost emptied by Gu Yu, but they couldn’t catch him and could only suffer in silence.”
While saying this, Li Hong felt even more strongly that he should stay away from Gu Yu, lest he become a double-crosser and snatch the item from them in the end.
They were under the master’s orders to bring the item back without any mistakes.
“In that case, why don’t we strike first and gain the upper hand?”
“Strike what head? Do you really think Xi Ting was killed by the government? Let me tell you, he was definitely killed by Mengyao Gu and Gu Yu of the Gu family. The useless officials of the Linfeng Kingdom government couldn’t even catch Xi Ting.”
Upon hearing his companion’s harsh words, Li Hong’s expression became very unpleasant. However, at this time, it was covered by a black mask, so not much could be seen, only a pair of frowned eyebrows, clearly indicating his strong disagreement with this statement.
If they truly made a move against the Gu family, they would likely become the next Xi Ting… To deal with the Gu family, they would need the master to send people.
However, Song Guangyuan didn’t take these words to heart.
What could three half-grown children possibly be capable of.
