Chapter 282
Chapter 282
The news that some of the mercenaries had returned certainly could not be concealed from the Zou family, the local snake.
Zou Qin personally visited the door.
In the torment of the past few days, Zou Qin had even lowered his demands.
Even if the attack on the southern market failed, as long as he could plunder some of the county towns of Qinghe County along the way, causing a certain degree of casualties.
Zou Qin could also use this as an opportunity to beautify this action as a military achievement by relying on his identity as a "Jindan disciple".
Apart from anything else, at least he could take off the hat of "collaborating with the enemy".
His family could still sit firmly in Panshan County.
As for the lost spirit stones.
As long as he could find a way to get the 8,000 spirit stones together and redeem his "identity token", everything could start over.
However, when Zou Qin entered the mercenary corps' station.
He saw a group of people surrounding Liu Xi, shouting his name.
This made Zou Qin feel a little uneasy.
I hope --
This guy fainted from joy, otherwise...
Zou Qin came forward and immediately noticed several malicious eyes looking at him. Then, someone who wanted to watch the fun encouraged the Qigong cultivator to repeat the same words to Zou Qin again.
The Qigong cultivator frightened Liu Xi and fainted. He was feeling guilty and temporarily lost his ability to judge. He repeated the words to Zou Qin again.
Then, Zou Qin also fainted like Liu Xi.
Before he fainted, there were only two words in his mind.
It's over --
...
The two fainted one after another, but someone had to preside over this matter.
Liu Xi was only a middle-level person with a relatively high status in the mercenary corps, and the real big man had not yet appeared.
But the list of captives sent back by Qinghe County this time.
There were more than 200 Qigong cultivators at one time, and the total ransom was more than 10,000 spirit stones.
This amount of spirit stones was not an astronomical figure in the mercenary corps.
Even if Liu Xi is the manager of a county, he is qualified to approve it.
What really matters is face!
Their mercenary group opened the door to do business, and they did not have greater casualties.
But this is the first time that they have encountered so many monks being captured.
Although they are just Qi training monks.
But they were all sent by the mercenary group, representing the face of the mercenary group.
Saving them will definitely be a loss, and not saving them will inevitably be embarrassing.
For the mercenary group, face is obviously more than 10,000 spirit stones.
But before that, they need to figure out the ins and outs of the matter.
Wait until Liu Xi wakes up.
He met Envoy Wen sent by the mercenary group headquarters.
Envoy Wen asked about the matter, and Liu Xi thought he had handled it properly, and directly revealed Zou Qin's underwear like pouring beans, including the "identity token" and his disposal of the "identity token".
These cautiousness are buried in Liu Xi's bones.
Now it really works.
When Envoy Wen learned that this matter involved the "identity token" of the Jindan disciples, he also felt a little overwhelmed at first.
Liu Xi's approach was right.
After all, it was painful for them to lose a foundation-building cultivator, but from Envoy Wen's point of view.
Things that can be solved with spirit stones are not a big deal.
But if you offend a Jindan Zhenjun, you are likely to get yourself involved.
Liu Xi knew that he probably escaped a disaster, and asked carefully: "Special Envoy, how do you plan to deal with this identity token?"
"Don't worry, I have blocked this news, and only I will handle it. No one knows about it except me for the time being."
Beforehand, Liu Xi had already taken on 8,000 spirit stones for Zou Qin.
This was his last resort.
Envoy Wen showed his approval and gave Liu Xi a sweet treat: "Hand over your identity token, and the 8,000 spiritual stones will be given to you by the army. This time, you have a reason, so you will not be held responsible for the compensation and ransom of the casualties."
Hearing this, Liu Xi felt as if he had been pardoned.
He had already prepared to lose all his family assets, but he didn't expect that there would be a sudden turn of events.
He could actually stay out of it!
However, he was not the only one who was happy at the moment.
Envoy Wen was the same.
The two were in the mercenary army, but their identities constrained their horizons and connections.
Therefore, in dealing with the "identity token", Liu Xi was walking on thin ice, thinking that as long as he didn't make any mistakes, it would be better than anything else.
Facing Zou Qin, a Jindan disciple.
He could only remain strong within the rules of the mercenary army.
But once Zou Qin showed his identity as a Jindan disciple, Liu Xi was not qualified to resist.
Envoy Wen is different.
He is a senior member of the mercenary group, and the mercenary group also has many Lingyun Sect members behind it.Jindan Zhenjun.
When these Zhenjuns gather together, they are a force that can shake the nations.
Usually, the mercenary corps cannot count on these Jindan Zhenjuns to help them, but they are not bullied by other Jindans.
The identity token that Liu Xi could not dispose of fell into the hands of Envoy Wen, but he could return it to Taoist Shenxiao and exchange it for benefits.
After this incident, Zou Qin is likely to be expelled from the sect.
But Envoy Wen can make some arrangements, prepare some benefits, send his own descendants to Taoist Shenxiao, and snatch the identity of "Jindan disciple".
Once it is done, the benefits they get from it will definitely be a huge profit!
This kind of thing of stepping on others to death and replacing them by oneself has long been common in the Song Dynasty.
Envoy Wen picked up a loophole.
In addition, he also appreciated Liu Xi, a cautious subordinate, a little more and intended to receive him into his faction.
Liu Xi's cowardice is not necessarily a bad thing, which means that Envoy Wen can safely entrust some things to him.
…
When Zou Qin woke up, he had been sent back to the mansion by the mercenary group.
As for Envoy Wen, he rushed to the capital of the Song Dynasty to meet with Taoist Shenxiao.
As for the redemption of people, he handed it over to Liu Xi personally.
At this critical juncture.
Envoy Wen was too lazy to bargain with Chen Jing'an and did not want to cause trouble.
Because at this moment, in addition to Zou Qin, there were other alliance envoys in Panshan County.
He wanted to take away Zou Qin's identity as a "Golden Core Disciple", and those alliance envoys wanted someone to take the blame.
The common interest of everyone was to suppress Zou Qin to death.
Avoid more trouble.
…
Only three days later.
The mercenary group brought the spirit stone to the tent of Qinghe County, and the visitor was Liu Xi.
Here, he finally met the Chen clan leader holding the "Human Emperor Banner".
Although he was able to escape the disaster because of Envoy Wen, it was a fact that he was defeated by Chen Jing'an.
Liu Xi looked at Chen Jing'an with a complicated expression, then took out the Qiankun bag and said, "Here are 12,070 spiritual stones, count them yourself."
Chen Jing'an took a look with his spiritual sense and confirmed that there was no trickery in the spiritual stones.
He immediately asked people to escort all the captives here.
However, in just a few days, how come those Qigong monks have all lost a lot of weight?
Liu Xi frowned: "What did you ask them to do?"
Chen Jing'an said concisely: "Mining."
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