"Brother, how long do we have to wait here?"

The youngest man among the six asked the burly man sitting opposite him.

The man called Big Brother looked at the people tied to the stone and said with narrowed eyes, "Wait a little longer. If no one comes by nightfall, kill them all."

The man did not lower his voice. When Zhao Xia and the others heard it, their faces turned pale as paper. They clenched their teeth and trembled, afraid that they would make any noise and arouse the impatience of this group of people, and they would kill them directly.

The young man looked at Zhao Xia and the others and frowned, "We only want to kidnap one person. Are we going to kill these four people as well?"

The eldest brother said in a deep voice: "Who made them unlucky enough to encounter us kidnapping people?"

It turned out that when they were about to kidnap Shuhua, they happened to run into Zhao Xia and four others who were running towards the pond, and happened to see them holding Shuhua hostage.

In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, the eldest brother waved his hand and asked his brothers to tie up Zhao Xia and the others and take them up the mountain together.

This was probably the first time they had encountered such a scene. Zhao Xia and the others were so frightened that they were too weak to run and could only allow themselves to be tied up and taken away.

It was the first time for the young man to follow his elder brother to do things, and he still had some good intentions in his heart. He said, "Brother, if the people we are waiting for don't come, why not let these people go? They have nothing to do with this matter. Let them go after it's over. We are also leaving the capital, and they won't hinder us by then."

The eldest brother glanced at the young man and frowned, "Put away your sympathy. The most taboo thing in our line of work is to be soft-hearted. How do you know that letting them go will not affect our subsequent plans? If something happens, all of us brothers will be finished. It's better to be safe than sorry. This is my experience gained from many years of wandering in the martial arts world. You must listen to me on this matter. If I find out that someone violates my orders, I will bury him alive first!"

After these words were spoken, not only the young man, but the other four men also became tense, and the young man did not dare to plead for mercy anymore.

Shuhua's expression changed as he listened. It seemed that this group of people were all desperate criminals and must have been responsible for many deaths.

Shuhua closed his eyes and took a deep breath, comforting himself in his heart that the eldest lady would definitely come to save him, so don't worry, don't be afraid. The most important thing now was to ensure that the lives of Zhao Xia and the other three who were innocently implicated were not in danger.

She knew that these people were waiting for the eldest lady and wanted to use her to threaten her, so what she had to do now was to stay calm, not to annoy these people, and to try to delay time to give the eldest lady a chance to save herself.

Shuhua coughed lightly, looked at the six people eating barbecue around the campfire, and said, "I know what your purpose is. The young lady likes me the most. If she knew that I was kidnapped by you, she would definitely come to rescue me. I believe that you have investigated the reason why you kidnapped me, otherwise you would not come directly to me. Since I am still useful to you, shouldn't you listen to my ideas?"

"You see, it's almost dark now. The nights in the mountains are very cold. Few people walk around in the mountains here. There might be wild animals here. If a poisonous snake bites you, if you don't get a serum right away, you might go into shock, which can be life-threatening. Even if you have a lot of people, you can't beat the poisonous insects, snakes, and ants, right? What if you all die here, and the person you're waiting for doesn't show up? Wouldn't that be a big loss?"

The eldest brother looked at Shuhua with a changing expression and did not respond immediately. He lowered his head and took a bite of the meat in his hand, with a gloomy flash in his eyes.

The young man looked around. Visibility decreased in the deep mountains, and the campfire in front of him gradually became the only light in the area.

Besides the sound of breathing, there are also the chirping of birds and insects in my ears, the rustling of leaves above my head, and the sound of wind coming from afar with a bleak, cold and damp feeling, as if there are invisible eyes looking at this side in the darkness, which makes people feel a little fear in their hearts for no reason.

The young man lost his temper. He looked at the painting and asked, "What do you want to say?"

Shuhua breathed a sigh of relief. It was good that someone was talking to her. From what she had heard from the man before, she knew that he was not so bad. If she spoke, there was a 50% chance that he would respond to her. Sure enough, he spoke.

Shuhua knew it was best not to anger them at the moment, so her words went straight to the point. She said, "I know you kidnapped me, and someone must have instructed you to do so. Your purpose is to use me to threaten my eldest daughter. I guess you did this for money."

"The thing my young lady has the most is money. So, I can assure you that no matter how much money the people behind you paid to hire you, I will ask my young lady to pay double, no, ten times the price. As long as you let us go, the money will be deposited into your account immediately."

The dim firelight danced on the faces of several people, and the air was filled with a faint aroma of barbecue and crackling sounds.

The young man looked somewhat tempted. He glanced at his elder brother carefully, only to see that his elder brother had an indifferent look and was not moved by the ten times price Shuhua mentioned.

The young man's heart sank. If he could get the money without having to kill anyone, of course he would be willing to do it.

But their leader is the eldest brother, and he knows very well what kind of person the eldest brother is. He also knows that this plan does not intend to spare Shuhua and the others' lives. But that is a human life after all, and he has never killed anyone in his life. He dare not imagine how he will escape with a human life on his back.

The young man looked at his eldest brother and said cautiously, "Brother, what if, I mean what if, we don't escape, will we die?"

The eldest brother's expression quickly darkened. He looked up at the young man and said in a cold tone, "Afeng, if you are afraid, you can leave now. I will never blame you."

Hearing this, Afeng's face turned pale. He spoke almost immediately after his elder brother finished speaking: "I won't leave. Since I decided to follow my elder brother, I have never thought of turning back."

The eldest brother looked at Afeng steadily, his expression extremely gloomy. He sneered and said, "It's better this way. If I find out that someone has backed down..."

He took out a dagger, which glowed coldly under the firelight. He said in a deep voice, "I will use this dagger to cut open his aorta, so that he can watch his blood drain out bit by bit while awake. He will die in this desolate wilderness and no one will collect his body!"

As soon as these words were spoken, there was a silence all around; even the sound of breathing was so faint that it could hardly be heard.

The eldest brother's words made A Feng's heart tremble and his face turned pale. He knew that the eldest brother said this to him. Among the six people, he had followed the eldest brother for the shortest time. If he had to be abandoned, he would be the first one.

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