Monarch of Evernight: Second major exam
bsp;If he hadn't had 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 **** in front of outsiders, at least he was a **** with good taste. But this building is far from taste, and is closely tied to the nouveau riche.
On the 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 by a woman with a water snake waist, long **** and thighs, but even the face of powder could not hide her wrinkles. Enter the noisy 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 Ningyuan Group. In the small foyer, there was a girl who was responsible for reception. She was tall and delicate, and she was not too embarrassed at all. Valve face.
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 to be the upstart among the clans, they have developed taste after their rise to a certain level.
Money can't buy elegance, that's just because there isn't enough money. Even the top master craftsmen have a price, but many times, that price is not "chiluo" naked money.
However, this kind of pomp is not to Qianye's taste. He always feels that such an almost extravagant refinement should not exist in parallel with the world where he can encounter a **** fight anytime and anywhere. .
Song Zining was standing in front of the long floor-to-ceiling window, facing the cityscape in the sunset, quietly meditating.
"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 breath 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 a full seven or eight steps, and stopped his retreat only after hitting the window sill.
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 forceful, hoping to at least let this troublesome guy know that it hurt. Unexpectedly, Song Zining neither dodge nor block, and was hit hard. Fortunately, Qianye managed to hold back the last bit of his strength in time.
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 8, but I didn't expect your power to become so great. Damn it, even the spider demon at level 8 is not so powerful, right?"
Qianye was promoted to the eighth level in the Western Continent. Song Zining knew about this. Apparently Chen Lu had 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 calmly: "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 middlemen. A small part."
Qianye fell silent.
Song Zining's current situation is no different from that of a spy lurking in the enemy camp. Once something goes wrong, the military big shot will not come out to speak for him. And even if the plan succeeds in the future, he doesn't know whether he will be able to get a clear answer. of merit. 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 benefits this big man gave me. Convenience. Gain wealth from risk, and gain as much as you risk."
Song Zining also said similar words when targeting the trading channels behind Wu Zhengnan. 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. I don'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 longevity required a lot of luck.
Song Zining smiled and said: "Of course it is 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, aristocratic families may encourage their children to fight among themselves, but they are very taboo about conflicts rising to the point of killing blood relatives. Even if Song Zining had such a sworn enemy in the clan, he would not choose this 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. Anguo 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 are common in the examination of the disciples of the great clans, martial arts is something special.
The martial arts here refers to individual strength, and the content is the arena competition. Not only the heirs of the Song Dynasty will participate in the battle, but each person can also invite two guest warriors to assist. There is no limit to the level of the Song family's disciples, while the guests are limited to warriors and below.
This kind of regulation is quite characteristic of the Song Dynasty. Since it 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 clan to attract talents.
The problem is that this arena competition in which the heirs of the Song clan are participating actually follows the rules of **** fighting, which means that you are responsible for life and death. Even if an outsider accidentally kills a son of the Song clan, he will not be held accountable afterwards.
Qianye knew from the evaluation of the Yinma Yin family's heirs early 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 like openly encouraging each heir to fight without 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 three Ten years and two generations later, the Song clan is still weak. There has never been anyone who can compare with the Zhao clan, Zhao Jundu, and the Bai clan, Bai Aobu, let alone a peerless talent like Zhang Boqian. With him, the Zhang clan. It can guarantee prosperity for at least fifty years.”
Qianye was slightly shocked when he heard Zhao Jundu's name, while 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 that the Song clan actually wanted to use the blood of its children to cleanse the ladder to the sky.
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."
Qianye heard the name Song Ziqi from Chen Lu when he took down the Guisuo regional headquarters, but he still didn’t know the reason for the enmity, so he asked: "What on earth did you do to make people want to kill you?" You can’t?”
Since such **** 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 Song clan's successor has not reached a fevered level at least on the surface. .
Song Zining has been in the line of succession for a short time and has always kept a low profile. Even Tianxuan Chunshou can be regarded as his first official appearance in public. How did he provoke such a life-and-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 snatched a few orders from them. Well, the order seems to be a bit big. In addition, in the gray area, another I accidentally killed two of their caravans. But that was because they were too weak. Who would have thought that all of them would die if I hit them? Oh, maybe Tian Xuan Chun Shou and I took the place of his compatriot brother. Does this count? ”
Qianye suddenly didn’t know what to say. Perhaps from Song Ziqi's perspective, 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 war general, and he is my opponent. I just need you to help me deal with his guest warriors."
Qianye frowned and said, "I'll 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 a little trouble."
Among the heirs of the Song clan, the oldest is nearly thirty, and three of them have broken through to the level of warrior. If Song Zining is still at the seventh level in the same competition, he will suffer a lot from the difference of only 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 solidify the foundation. But this kind of rule does not apply to geniuses like Song Zining who have learned secret combat skills. When they are below the level of warrior general, it does not matter when they break through or to what level they break through.
Since Song Zining said this, Qianye nodded, still prepared to wait and see what happened. He already had experience playing against warriors, and Song Zining said it was easy, but it would definitely be a tough fight when the time comes.
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 there will be no outsiders present for this kind of heir examination. However, each family will indeed send people to send birthday gifts and greetings. Although the banquet will not be held uniformly, the family will make arrangements Separate reception." Song Zining reacted so quickly that Qianye didn't think about such trivial matters, so he couldn't help but ask: "What's the 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, remembering Zhao Jundu's unmistakable murderous intent when he mentioned Song Zining's name, Qianye decided to tell his friends about the matter to avoid any accidents when the two met in the future. Besides, Song Zining should be the person in the world who knows the most about his various secrets.
Song Zining was surprised, but when he looked at Qianye, there was no surprise in his eyes, but rather some understanding.
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