Chapter 66: Golden Iron Lotus

  When he heard the four words "Northeast Two Tigers", Xu Haitian's heart also skipped a beat, and he was aware of the notorious reputation of the Northeast Two Tigers.

  An old man beside him continued, "However, there has been no bad news so far. At that time, the two tigers of Northeast China were obviously setting up a scene for a mountain village riot, and then they would use the hands of the mountain villagers to assassinate the young lady. However, for some reason, the young lady had received the news in advance and had escaped. Now we have just found the body of Liao Tianhu, one of the two tigers of Northeast China."

  "Oh? Liao Tianhu's corpse?" Xu Haitian was shocked, "Liao Tianhu is dead? Who did it?"

  "It's still uncertain for the time being, but judging from the personnel, it should be Miss's driver, oh, that is, the young man from the Song family, Song Jian." The old man looked at Xu Haitian, wanting to get an answer from Xu Haitian's expression.

  Xu Haitian was completely stunned, "You're talking about Song Jian? That former opium addict? It's impossible. Even if he's still got a clever mind, he's just a weak and feeble young man. How could he possibly kill Liao Tiantao? I've heard that Liao Tiantao has been practicing Iron Shirt since he was a child. An ordinary person with a dagger wouldn't be able to kill him."

  The old man looked at Xu Haitian with a stunned expression, and said in surprise: "I thought you knew something about it. The news from the rescue team is that Liao Tiantao was killed by someone who used great force to crush his cervical spine, and there are no more than ten people in the entire Gusu City who have this kind of skill."

  Xu Haitian paced back and forth anxiously, "What's the situation now?"

  "The rescue team is tracking, don't worry, sir. The young lady has a mobile phone with her, and the rescue team can accurately locate her position." Just as the old man finished speaking, the phone in his hand rang.

  The old man picked up the phone, listened for a moment, then hung up and smiled: "Miss has been found, everything is fine, Master can rest assured now."

  Xu Haitian plopped down onto the sofa with a thud, breathing rapidly, and then a smile spread across his old face.

  "Shouldn't we thoroughly investigate the black hand?" The old man said, "The person who instructed the two tigers of Northeast China this time must be someone from the board of directors without a doubt."

  Xu Haitian waved his hand, "Lao Jiu, let me rest for a while. If this matter is not handled properly, not only will the entire Xu Group collapse, but also when people are desperate, they can become vicious. Once we thoroughly tear our faces apart, none of us will have an easy time. I'll think of a countermeasure, in short, I won't let that person off easily."

  The old man who was called Lao Jiu knew how to handle this situation, he himself was far inferior to Xu Haitian. A successful businessman must have not only the intuition of a merchant but also the means and breadth of vision of a politician. In this regard, the old man felt inferior.

  At this time, on a hillside, ten men wearing anti-stabbing vests and military boots were scanning a mountainous area with their heads covered in headlights.

  "From the signal location, it should be here, but where is Xiao Jia hiding?" One of the men was getting anxious.

  The mobile phone signal positioning can only be accurate to a radius of hundreds of meters, but within this radius of hundreds of meters, there is not even a single person.

  Song Jian, hiding in the tree hole, heard the noise outside and knew that Xu Haitian's rescue team had arrived. He gently patted the back of Xu Si in his arms.

  "Huh?"

  Xu Si woke up, feeling a bit dazed, and turned her head to see that her lips were pressed against Song Jian's chin.

  Soft and gentle.

  "The rescue team has arrived," Song Jian said softly.

  Xu Si woke up and hastily retreated half a step back, moving away from Song Jian.

  "Shall we go out?" Xu Si said in a low voice.

  "Hmm," Song Jian reached out and stripped away the outer bark and vines.

  Upon hearing the sound, three or four headlights immediately swept over, illuminating the surroundings of this old locust tree as if it were daytime.

  "Miss!"

  Two voices shouted out, and soon four or five figures rushed over, surrounding Song Jian and Xu Si in the middle.

  "Don't worry, it should be safe now," Song Jian said, "Hey, buddy, can I borrow the light on your head for a sec?"

  Song Jian spoke up to one of his bodyguards.

  Although Na Bao couldn't figure out Song Jian's identity, seeing that Song Jian and Xu Si were hiding together in a tree hole at the same time, he knew that even if Song Jian wasn't Xu Si's relative or something, he was at least a personal bodyguard.

  The bodyguard lent the spotlight on his head to Song Jian.

  Song Jian shone the light over and walked towards the old locust tree, holding the lamp.

  "What are you doing, Song Jian?" Xu Si rubbed her eyes and asked. She had just woken up from a nice sleep.

  "I'm looking for something," said Song Jian, pulling hard on the iron wire vines around him and tearing open a large hole.

  The two bodyguards around Xu Si said: "You guys help Song Jian."

  The two bodyguards came forward and helped Song Jian tear off the thick rattan vines.

  "We're here!" Song Jian couldn't help but exclaim, the light on his head illuminating the surrounding scenery clearly. And right in the depths of these vines, stood a main stem of an iron lotus, its main root was actually golden yellow in color.

  "It's it," even someone as calm as Song Jian was surprised to see the golden iron lotus root, this thing is absolutely rare and hard to come by.

  Generally, iron lotus can grow up to two or three meters long and then wither. But this iron lotus stretched out for forty or fifty meters, and its branches were lush and leafy. At that time, when Song Jian saw the scene, he felt strange in his heart. Now it seems that his luck is really good.

  "Come on, who has a tool? I need to dig up this iron lotus, roots and all," Song Jian asked as he turned his head.

  Several bodyguards looked at each other, and one of them said, "I'll go get it from the car."

  Xu Si followed over and looked at the main stem of the iron lotus with a puzzled expression, saying: "It's actually golden yellow in color. What do you want it for?"

  Song Jian smiled at Xu Si and didn't explain much.

  The bodyguard soon fetched a shovel and iron trowel.

  Song Jian didn't let others help him and instead dug downwards towards the ground along the golden main root himself.

  After several scoops, Song Jian exclaimed, "Huh?"

  Xu Si followed over to take a look.

  Song Jiandao said, "So that's how it is. Look, the root system of this old locust tree and the root system of this iron lotus have actually become entangled. The locust tree is too old, its root system is empty, but its leaves can still transport nutrients downward. However, most of the nutrients are transmitted to the root system of the iron lotus. As a result, this iron lotus has become more and more robust, developing stronger than ordinary iron lotus, and now it has even turned golden yellow."

  Xu Si also secretly sighed at the ingenuity of life.

  Song Jian carefully dug up the iron lotus root system along with the soil, and then cut off a long section of the iron lotus. He had three bodyguards carry the golden iron lotus and ran towards Wang Wanshan's home.

  After crossing the mountain stream and returning to Wang Wanshan's home, after understanding the cause and effect, Xu Sixin looked at Song Jian with a lingering fear.

  Song Jian did not show much surprise, as if he had already understood the thoughts of the two tigers in Northeast China.

  Wang Yang was holding his phone and scolding loudly, he hadn't even had time to change his pants, the lower half of his pant leg was wet, emitting a faint smell of urine.

  "What kind of crappy bodyguard company is this? Is this the strongest bodyguard you have? I almost died here! I almost did!" Wang Yang cursed loudly.

  A helicopter was parked outside Wang Wanshan's house, two Hummers and a Jeep Wrangler. The small Xilongshan area suddenly became boiling.

  Not long after, another helicopter flew over, this one was here to pick up Wang Yang.

  After making a big noise for half of the night, two helicopters and three off-road vehicles finally left.

  The next morning, two large truck drivers carrying Aster tataricus and Song Jian driving his own small Ford also left Xilong Mountain.

  Although he saved Xu Si, Song Jian did not leave with Xu Si on the helicopter. Song Jian understood that Xu Hai Tian was not an ungrateful person, but first and foremost a businessman, and he would not agree to Xu Si's marriage just because he had saved her.

  After a bumpy ride of over six hours, Song Jian and the large truck finally returned to Gusu City.

  The truck directly transported the Aster tataricus to the warehouse of Siyuan Company, while Song Jian returned home.

  Pushing open the door, not only was Xia Lin there, but Xu Si and Xu Haitian were also present.

  Seeing Song Jian come in, Xu Haitian stood up voluntarily and walked towards Song Jian, extending his hand: "Song Jian, thank you for saving my granddaughter, thank you!"

  Song Jian just smiled and said, "Chairman, this is what I should do."

  Xu Haitian shook his head and said, "You saved my granddaughter. This kindness is too great, I must repay it no matter what."

  "I'm short of money," Song Jian said directly, "or are you going to give me a few hundred million?"

  Xu Si and Xia Lin in the living room were both stunned.

  Xu Si's heart suddenly cooled, "So he saved me for the money?" But then Xu Si denied this idea of his own. The situation at that time was too urgent, Song Jian would not have risked his life to escape with him just for that money.

  Having figured this out, Xu Si felt much more at ease in her heart and couldn't help but smile wryly as she shook her head - Song Jian was just too direct.

  Xia Lin jumped down from the sofa, not even wearing slippers, and ran to Song Jian's side, waving her small fist and pounding on his shoulder. "Uncle! You're too despicable! You saved my sister, how can you take advantage of the situation and blackmail her?"

  Xu Haitian didn't expect Song Jian to directly ask for money, he was taken aback at first, then forced a bitter smile and said: "Indeed, my granddaughter's life is worth more than 10 billion. Your request is very reasonable. But... but I don't have a way to give you that much money right now. You know, although I'm the nominal chairman, I..."

  Song Jian waved his hand and said, "Just kidding, Chairman. Give me as much as you can afford, even a few million is fine with me."

  After finishing speaking, Song Jian turned around and walked out of the door to the courtyard, where he planted the golden iron wire lotus in the lawn. In Song Jian's eyes, this iron wire lotus was worth much more than a billion.

  Tempering Bone Dan is almost complete, just need one more piece of Bone Dissolving Grass and it can be refined!

  In the room, Xu Haitian was somewhat at a loss for words by Song Jian's words.

  Xu Si pulled Xu Haitian down to sit, smiling: "Grandpa, Song Jian is just joking with you, don't take it to heart."

  Xia Lin also said, "That's right, although Uncle did a big thing this time, he shouldn't ask for money, and so much at that. Grandpa, you don't have to give Uncle any money. If Uncle dares to ask for it, I won't let him off."

  Xu Haitian smiled wryly and shook his head, gently stroking Xu Si's hair. "Alright, let's not talk about this anymore. I've already spoken with the other directors and guaranteed that something like this won't happen again. However, there are still two assassins from yesterday, one of whom is on the run, and he might come seeking revenge. For now, you and Song Jian should be extra careful. I've arranged for enough people to be around you both, so don't worry."

  Xu Si nodded, "Don't worry, Grandpa, there's Song Jian."

  Upon hearing this, Xu Haitian's heart sank, and a man's jealousy arose. Yes, it was jealousy. In the past twenty years, he had been his granddaughter's only reliance. Whether in difficulty or happiness, his granddaughter would always think of him first. But now... it seemed that he was no longer the only one...

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