"Didn't she say she was talking to the head of the family?"

Ji Lianju was stunned for a moment, then he thought on the bright side: "The patriarch and Gu Yunzhen have a good relationship. She should be willing to give in to his feelings for him, right?"

Ji Liansheng said expressionlessly, "Stop hoping for the best and go find the patriarch immediately!"

Compared to the frustration and helplessness of the Ji family elders, Shangguan Wu was very happy.

Mu Zhihang's mercenaries were borrowed, but the ones sent by the Ji family belonged to her.

Once the people arrive, she can arrange for them to help Gu Yunzhen.

"Grandpa Village Chief, Master Huang, go and rest now."

She led the two old men upstairs.

"A few paintings made you happy? I brought some local specialties from the mountains for you to enjoy, but unfortunately, we can't bring them." Old Master Huang thought about the bag of snakes that couldn't be taken on the plane, and how he couldn't finish cooking them all, so he exchanged them for two plane tickets.

Otherwise, they would have to call the brat to pick them up.

Upon hearing about local specialties, Shangguan Wu smiled and said, "You've made me crave snake soup."

With one hand behind his back, Old Master Qi said with an air of arrogance, "It seems you're quite satisfied with this birthday present?"

A birthday present?

So, did the two elders come here specifically to celebrate my birthday?

Shangguan Wu blinked her sore eyes, a warm current slowly flowing through her heart.

"Are you trying to use someone else's flowers to present to Buddha?" She tilted her head back, not letting her tears fall.

Grandpa Qi glanced at her: "You want the ancient painting, not to give to your father?"

"Oh dear, I was worried about how to find a painting, but thank you so much, Grandpa Village Chief and Master Huang, for giving me this opportunity to present my work to you!"

Shangguan Wu's father's birthday is in mid-June, and his greatest pleasure is painting. As his daughter, she naturally wants to cater to his interests.

"Are the villagers all doing well?" She led them into a guest room.

The guest rooms are also cleaned by maids, and you can lie down and rest directly.

Grandpa Qi: "You won't even go back to see them, why are you still thinking about them?"

Grandpa Huang: "I'm well-fed, I sleep soundly, I walk the dog, and I play with the cat. It's all good."

Shangguan Wu dared not return easily, knowing he was being watched. Even though there were snake nests outside, they weren't anything difficult to deal with.

She downplayed the issue by saying, "I also have a dog, and three parrots that can talk!"

"Really? Where are they?" Old Master Huang preferred dealing with animals to dealing with people.

“I didn’t bring it with me from my home in Changteng City,” Shangguan Wu wondered, wondering if she should bring it over that very night.

Just as expected!

Old Master Qi gave a soft snort.

"You call this raising them? You might as well just let them go free!"

Shangguan Wu: "..."

Her master was absolutely right; the village chief was a contrarian.

When he's unhappy, he'll think everything you say is wrong.

"You rest here, I'll take Master Huang next door." Shangguan Wu was afraid of the old man.

Grandpa Huang happily let her lead him around.

After settling the two old men in, Shangguan Wu went downstairs and headed towards the pharmacy.

Her master once obtained an ancient medicine prescription left by a famous ancient military doctor. It was a life-saving medicine with miraculous effects on treating external injuries and was essential for fighting.

Some of the medicinal herbs were special and rare, so her master improved the prescription, replacing them with common herbs while retaining 90% of the efficacy.

But the pharmacy had all the ingredients listed in the ancient prescription, so she prepared and refined them one by one according to the prescription to make an ointment. Now all that was left was to boil it.

During the cooking process, Shangguan Wu received a call from Ji Mingjing.

Ji Mingjing cut to the chase and asked, "Fourth Young Madam, how many people do you need?"

Shangguan Wu raised an eyebrow. Were those two Ji family elders here too?

Her voice was calm: "That depends on the sincerity of Patriarch Ji."

"I remember you have six bodyguards, right? The Ji family will give you four more, making it a perfect ten, how about that?" Ji Mingjing gave his bottom line.

Shangguan Wu understood immediately and said lightly, "Does your girlfriend know that Patriarch Ji is so stingy? Oh, I forgot, you don't have a girlfriend yet."

Ji Mingjing on the other end of the phone felt her temples throbbing from the stimulation.

His face was dark, and he said indifferently, "Fourth Young Madam, you should name a number yourself."

Ji Liansheng and Ji Lianju both changed their expressions at the same time.

The two men stared at Ji Mingjing with disapproving looks.

How can we let Shangguan Wu say it herself? She'll definitely ask for an exorbitant price!

really!

Shangguan Wu slowly spoke: "Then I'll trouble Patriarch Ji to send fourteen people over. You said it's perfect, so I have to make it two tens. Otherwise, my grandfather will say that the Ji family, the head of the southern aristocratic families, is so petty."

Fourteen?

Ji Mingjing frowned, looking at the two elders and silently asking a question.

Ji Liansheng: "..."

Ji Lianju: "..."

The two men immediately lost all their temper when they thought of Old Master Qi, and waved their hands at the same time: Give it to her, give it to her!

Ji Mingjing said coldly, "Fine, but I need two days to choose someone."

Shangguan Wu said casually, "Well, I trust the Ji family and the Ji family head's judgment. They certainly wouldn't send me any mediocre people, right?"

Ji Liansheng and Ji Lianju were so angry that their beards stood on end.

But you can't say a single word.

Seeing this, Ji Mingjing really wanted to go to the Gu family to meet the legendary Elder Qi and Elder Huang.

His tone was icy: "I'm taking twenty men with me. You pick fourteen yourself. That's it. Bye."

After finishing speaking, end the call.

Ji Mingjing looked at the two elders expressionlessly: "If you two elders have nothing else to do, please come with me to the rooftop later to take the helicopter back to Xizhou City."

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