“I wonder where this noble hero came from?” Li Yong sent his subordinate to secretly lead that man with outstanding momentum into the luxurious mansion from the side door. Speaking about it, Li Yong’s mansion was also extraordinary, after all, he had plundered a lot of masterpieces of Hibiscus County.
In the luxurious mansion, there was no lack of grey brick walls and extravagant decorations. It was absolutely not an exaggeration to say that it was a dazzling and magnificent mansion.
Unfortunately, the noble hero that Li Yong invited seemed to look down on those things.
This was also normal. After all, this noble hero was not someone else, was Lu Bu, the external actor invited by Shi Hao!
Speaking about it, Lu Bu himself had an even more magnificent mansion in Three Wooden Village. How could Lu Bu, who always looks down on the heroes, think highly of this little courtyard?
Therefore, the contempt in Lu Bu’s eyes was self-evident at this moment. Lu Bu frowned, emitting a powerful aura and coldly replied: “I’m Lu Yi, have no permanent residence, and just want to make some traveling expenses while passing by here…”
While speaking, Lu Bu looked more and more arrogant.
Li Yong, however, said nothing about it. Firstly, Li Yong clearly knew that Lu Yi was not an unimportant person. Perhaps, even Lu Yi might not be his real name. Secondly, he and Lu Yi just had a business relation, there was no need to speak much about it.
Besides, Lu Yi’s look made Li Yong even prouder. He thought, Lu Yi was arrogant enough to look down on him, but even though the other party was so arrogant, in the end, wouldn’t the other party still work to the bone for his money?
This made Li Yong feel very complacent. It further proved his idea of money could solve all problems.
It was a pity. If Li Yong knew that Lu Bu had such contempt purely because he thought that this courtyard was a small hut, then Li Yong might have vomited three liters of blood and died on the spot.
However, it was not something Shi Hao wanted. If Li Yong died at this moment, then Shi Hao’s entire recruitment plan would be over.
For Shi Hao, Li Yong can and must die, but definitely not now.
A long time passed…, the sky gradually dimmed… Li Yong’s task of recruiting guards was smoothly completed.
On this day, in addition to Lu Yi, Li Yong’s major gain was another burly man. That man also seemed to not use his real name, calling himself Pan Er.
As for the others, they were all ordinary characters. Li Yong even deducted the salaries of those people to an ordinary level. After all, a person like Li Yong, who extorted people’s blood, sweat and tears, naturally knew the way of skimping. If he didn’t deduct the salaries of those useless people, then whose would he deduct?
Li Yong directly told the others that they could get a high salary as long as they defeated either Lu Yi or Pan Er.
After Li Yong said this, a player, who was not afraid of death, immediately rushed up to challenge Pan Er. Merely, this seemingly muscled-brained Pan Er actually defeated that player in one hit. After that, another player, who was also not afraid of death, gave it a try against Lu Yi. That player died even more miserably.
At this moment, under the curtain of night, several players, who were recruited to become Li Yong’s guards, gathered together, ate meat skewers and drank wine in a pub…
“Alas! What bad luck! We all are guards, but why is the salary of Lu Yi and Pan Er so high? We all are so unlucky.”
“Don’t mention it, people rely on strength to eat… Who exactly is Lu Yi, I truly can’t say, but I recognize Pan Er. He is Pan Feng! In the betting incident back then, I clearly remembered his appearance. His bearing has changed a little, and his appearance has also somewhat changed, but I’m not mistaken. I guess, Pan Feng should have gone bankrupt that time, so he came to work as a guard under a pseudonym and earn some money for a living. For people like them, the employment fee is naturally not on the same level as ours.”
“Be that as it may, but you cannot say that although we are no match for Lu Yi and Pan Feng! Just think about it, that bastard Li Yong, he is just a small fry, relying solely on his sister’s position. If it weren’t for him, would we still be in this state? Not to mention other things, last time, it was him who led people to smash my small stall. Moreover, that Li Yong collects so much extra taxes in the market. Other than a few big shots, small retail investors like us have no place to set up a stall in the market. We can only do business with them.”
“That’s right! Moreover, that Li Yong basically said nothing about this before. If he had said so earlier, then why would we bother to fight for the bodyguard position? Li Yong lied to us.”
“In that case, why don’t we take a reverse route? Directly kill Li Yong and run away…”
“Alas! Forget it, under the protection of Lu Yi and Pan Er, it’s very difficult for us to attack him. Besides, even if we were lucky and succeed in it, there would be no place to hide in such a big world…”
“Ah! I truly want to kill Li Yong. Forget it, let’s not talk about these annoying things and drink until we are drunk…”
These people were in a bad mood, and this scene was seen by a person.
However, it seemed that this person was not Shi Hao. Shi Hao had already disappeared in Hibiscus County without anybody knowing. No one knew where he went.
Merely, that person’s fiery red dragon-patterned armor looked somewhat familiar. However, that middle-aged appearance wouldn’t let people make a connection with Shake the Heaven.
That man walked over, unceremoniously sat next to these people and said: “Brothers, I’m Extinct God. I saw you all moaning and groaning from there for so long and presumed that it must be due to the annoying matter of Li Yong. I also know quite a bit about this matter…”
This person who claimed to be Extinct God quickly hit off with these people. They all hated Li Yong and vowed to give Li Yong a fatal blow. If someone heard it, then he would definitely discover that they were plotting something important…
A few days passed without any incidents… In these days, with Lu Yi and Pan Er as his guard, Li Yong also became more and more tyrannical. Thinking about it, anyone with such bodyguards would naturally become wanton and his nature would also become even more rampant.
At this moment, under the tight protection of his guards, Li Yong was strolling in the county. He should be looking for those unfortunate people who set up a stall.
Soon, Li Yong had a chance to act: “Guards, quickly throw this fellow into the prison for me. You actually dared to set up a stall here to evade the tax! This scheme is too nasty, as the administrative steward, I must punish you severely.”
Li Yong said while looking at the middle-aged man in front of him. The appearance of this man was ordinary, but that fiery dragon-patterned armor had already entered Li Yong’s eyes. Li Yong also knew that someone with such an armor must have some connections.
Unfortunately, this was West Flower Region, and especially in Hibiscus County, he, Li Yong had nothing to fear…
