If he didn't have the address in his hand, Qianye would never have imagined that the flashy building in front of him, with the word "rich" engraved on every brick, was the location of Ningyuan Group's Yongye headquarters.
Although Song Zining spared no effort to maintain his image as a dandy in front of outsiders, he was at least a dandy with taste. However, this building was far from taste, and it was firmly tied to the nouveau riche.
Eight floors below the building is a restaurant that offers all kinds of entertainment. Qianye stood at the door for a few seconds before he was almost pulled into the noisy restaurant by a woman with a water snake waist, long breasts and thighs, but even the face of powder could not hide her wrinkles.
hall.
He walked half a circle around the building and found the stairs on one side that led directly to the top two floors of the Ningyuan Group. In the small foyer, there was a girl who was responsible for reception. She was delicate and tall, and she did not embarrass Song Clan too much.
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After Qianye informed him of his identity, the girl immediately took him straight to Song Zining's exclusive office on the top floor.
As soon as I stepped out of the stairs, my eyes suddenly opened up, and I actually felt empty. Most of the top floor was opened up into one space, creating a somewhat empty and secluded artistic conception of the valley. Although the Song clan has always been considered an upstart in the clan, it has become so popular that it has become so.
There is also taste.
Money can't buy elegance, that's just because there isn't enough money. Even the top master craftsmen have a price, but in many cases, that price is not just "chiluo" naked money.
However, such a pomp was not to Qianye's taste. He always felt that such an almost extravagant delicacy should not exist in parallel with the world where he could encounter a bloody fight anytime and anywhere.
Song Zining was standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, facing the cityscape in the sunset, meditating quietly.
"Zi Ning."
Song Zining immediately turned around, showed a big smile, strode over and reached out to hug him, "Hi, Qianye, you're here. It's great to see you safe!"
Qianye looked him up and down, and Song Zining felt a little frightened at the sight. Even his smile became unnatural, and he called out in frustration, "Qianye?"
Looking at Song Zining, there was no fear or worry at all. Qianye raised his eyebrows and said, "I received your letter, what happened?"
Song Zining coughed dryly and said with a smile: "That letter... don't take it too seriously, I'm just urging you to come quickly."
Qianye let out a sigh after hearing the words, and immediately wanted to beat up the guy in front of him, and then he obeyed his will and punched out.
"I'm late, maybe I won't be able to catch up...ah..." Song Zining didn't finish his words, and the second half of the sentence was blocked. He staggered back for seven or eight steps, and stopped his retreat after hitting the window sill.
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The two looked at each other and were both stunned for a moment.
Although Qianye's punch was not full force, it was still quite powerful, hoping that this troublesome guy would at least know the pain. Unexpectedly, Song Zining neither dodged nor blocked, and took the punch forcefully. Fortunately, Qianye stopped it in time.
He held on to his last remaining strength.
Song Zining reacted first and rubbed his abdomen several times before saying, "Qianye, your strength is increasing so fast."
Qianye no longer knew what to say, so he said angrily: "Congratulations, you have reached level nine."
Song Zining smiled bitterly and said: "I knew you were at level eight, but I didn't expect your power to become so great. Damn it, even the spider demon at level eight isn't that powerful, right?"
Qianye was promoted to the eighth level in the Western Continent. Song Zining knew about this because Chen Lu had obviously reported to him what happened in Youcheng and the Guisuo regional headquarters.
Qianye looked cold and said, "Don't you think you owe me an explanation?"
Song Zining said frankly: "Chen Lu has told you most of it. I am indeed working for a big shot in the imperial military. He has an overall plan for the rebels, and my Ningyuan Heavy Industry and I are just a small part of the middle."
ring."
Qianye fell silent.
Song Zining's current situation is no different from that of a spy lurking in the enemy camp. If something goes wrong, the big shot in the military will not come out to speak for him. And even if the plan succeeds in the future, it is not known whether he will be able to get the meritorious service on the surface.
Maybe a few years later, he will be accused of collaborating with the enemy because of this incident.
Song Zining smiled, patted Qianye on the shoulder and said: "Don't worry, I have also received enough benefits. The heavy industry part of Ningyuan Group has developed so fast, and it is inseparable from the various conveniences and financial resources this big man has given me.
The greater the risk, the greater the reward."
When targeting the trading channels behind Wu Zhengnan, Song Zining also said something similar. Qianye sighed inwardly and said, "If there is anything I can do, remember to find me."
Song Zining blinked and said, "Don't ask me who the big shot in the military is?"
Qianye was just silent. He didn't know when he started to escape, always feeling that he was not ready to mention that name.
Song Zining stopped talking and just said: "Don't worry about me, any trade is risky. Well, at least it's not more dangerous than when I went back to the Song Dynasty to celebrate my great-grandmother's birthday."
Qianye was slightly startled, but Song Zining did not let him guess any more and said directly: "In a few days, it will be our ancestor's 100th birthday."
Qianye was startled and said: "It's a good thing that the old man lives so long." In the war years, fatal accidents were everywhere, and living a long life required a lot of luck.
Song Zining smiled and said: "Of course it's a good thing, but for me, things are not so good. Someone is determined to take my life on my ancestor's birthday."
"Who is it?" Qianye's calm voice revealed a hint of murderous intent.
Song Zining spread his hands and said, "Who else can it be? Of course it's my dear brothers."
Qianye was a little confused, "How can you kill someone on your ancestor's birthday?"
In order to maintain vitality, the family may encourage their children to fight among themselves, but they are very taboo about conflicts escalating to the point of killing blood relatives. Even if Song Zining had such a sworn enemy in the clan, he would not choose such a time to commit murder.
Song Zining sighed and said: "On this birthday, you can kill people."
It turns out that the birthday of Mrs. An Guogong, the leader of the Song Dynasty, coincides with the heir examination that takes place every ten years.
Thirty years ago, Mrs. An Guogong felt that the younger members of the clan were increasingly weakening in military force and relied more on political power. The gap between them was gradually widened by the other three clans, so she established such a unique exam system.
Not to mention the state-of-the-art and military strategies that all wealthy families have when assessing their children, but martial arts is something special.
The martial arts here refers to individual force, and the content is the ring competition. Not only the heirs of the Song clan participate in the battle, but each person can also invite two guest warriors to assist. There is no limit on the level of the Song clan's children, and the guests are limited to warriors and below.
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This kind of regulation is quite characteristic of the Song Dynasty. Since the Song Dynasty is not good at force, it can take advantage of friendship. Those outsiders who participate in the competition will be able to receive the treatment and qualifications of official retainers afterwards, which can be regarded as a way for the Song Dynasty to absorb talents.
The problem is that this arena competition in which the heirs of the Song clan are participating actually follows the rules of bloody fighting, which means that life and death are at your own risk. Even if an outsider accidentally kills a son of the Song clan, he will not be held accountable afterwards.
Qianye knew early on from the evaluation of the Yinma Yin family that the succession battles among the great families were always cruel, but the Song family's superficial style had always been gentle, but he never imagined that its evaluation method would be so cruel and straightforward. This is what happened.
He openly encouraged each heir to show no mercy and fight to the death.
"This rule is indeed surprising." Qianye was stunned for a while before saying.
Song Zining said nonchalantly: "Although our ancestors finally made up their minds to wash the children of the Song family with blood in order to get a few useful materials. But it is hard to get rid of it. How can it be so easy to break? You see, it has been thirty years.
, two generations before and after, the Song clan is still weak. There has never been a person who can be compared with the Zhao clan, Zhao Jundu, and the Bai clan, Bai Aobu. Not to mention a peerless talent like Zhang Boqian. With him, the Zhang clan can at least be protected.
Fifty years of prosperity.”
Qianye was slightly shocked when he heard Zhao Jundu's name, and Song Zining's words were full of undercurrents. For the first time, he saw that the competition between the four great clans had reached such an extent, and that the Song clan actually wanted to use the blood of his children to cleanse it.
Ladder to heaven.
Qianye breathed out and asked: "Who wants to kill you?"
"Oh, of course it's that guy Song Ziqi, and there are three or four people who are allied with him."
When he took down the Guisuo Regional Headquarters, Qianye heard the name Song Ziqi from Chen Lu, but he still didn't know the reason for the enmity, so he asked: "What on earth did you do to make people have to kill you?
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Since such bloody rules were set thirty years ago, the Song clan still maintains a moderate image to the outside world. It is obvious that no matter what the reason is, the competition for the successor of the Song clan has not reached a fierce level, at least on the surface.
Song Zining has been in the line of succession for a short time, and has always been extremely low-key. Even Tianxuan Chunshou can be regarded as his first official appearance in public. How did he provoke such a life-or-death enemy?
Song Zining twirled his fingers casually and said: "It's not a big deal. It's just that Ningyuan Heavy Industry has been developing a bit fast recently and has snatched a few orders from them. Well, the order seems to be a bit big. In addition, in the gray area, another mistake was made accidentally.
They killed two of their caravans. But that was because they were too weak. Who would have thought that all of them would die if they were beaten? Oh, maybe Tianxuan Chunshou and I took the place of his compatriot brother, so this counts.
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Qianye suddenly didn't know what to say. Perhaps from Song Ziqi's point of view, there was indeed a reason to kill him.
"Then, give me Song Ziqi's information."
Song Zining shook his head and said: "Song Ziqi has just broken through the general, and he is my opponent. I just need you to help me deal with his guest warriors."
Qianye frowned and said, "I'd better do it." He paused, "You directly broke through to level nine just to cope with this big test?"
Song Zining smiled and said: "Don't worry, although I advance quickly, I don't have a weak foundation. It's just that if the level difference is too big, there will always be some trouble."
Among the heirs of the Song family, the oldest is nearly thirty, and three of them have broken through to the level of warrior. If Song Zining were to compete on the same stage and stay at level seven, he would suffer a lot from just three levels.
Although any kind of exercise will tell the practitioner that after igniting the Force node, he must patiently polish it in order to have a solid foundation. However, this rule does not apply to geniuses like Song Zining who have achieved success in learning secret combat skills.
It doesn't matter much about the next stage, when to break through, and to what level you break through.
Since Song Zining said this, Qianye nodded, mentally prepared to wait and see what happened. He already had experience against the generals, and Song Zining said it was easy, so it would definitely be a tough battle by then.
Qianye suddenly remembered another thing, hesitated for a moment, and then asked: "It's Mrs. Anguo's 100th birthday. There should be many people from other wealthy families coming to celebrate her birthday, right?"
"The ancestors have closed their doors to thank guests many years ago, and no outsiders will be present for this kind of heir examination. However, each family will indeed send people to send birthday gifts and greetings. Although there will not be a unified banquet, the family will arrange separate receptions.
"Song Zining reacted so quickly. Qianye didn't seem like someone who would think about such trivial details. He couldn't help but ask: "What? Is there any inconvenience?"
"I met Zhao Jundu in the Western Continent this time." Qianye couldn't even smile bitterly, and couldn't help but stretched out his hand to rub his throbbing forehead.
However, thinking of Zhao Jundu's unmistakable murderous intent when he mentioned Song Zining's name, Qianye decided to tell his friends about it to avoid any accidents when the two met in the future. Moreover, Song Zining should be the only person in the world who knew all his secrets.
The most people.
Song Zining was startled, but when he looked at Qianye, there was no surprise in his eyes, but rather some understanding.
PS: Happy birthday Yue Yingyao! The older she gets, the more beautiful she becomes.
Happy birthday, Snow Wolf! In this year, IKEA will be in business.