Chapter 105: No One Can Run (Part I)
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The middle-aged man stood at the door of the small restaurant, did not come in, but blocked the door, leaned against the door frame with his hands folded, looked at Chen Zhen and said.
Zou Ping has been very nervous, he doesn't know the taste of food, he has several cold sweats in a short period of time, he hasn't eaten much, but his stomach bag is contracted because of tension, and it hurts a little, and he doesn't know whether he is full or hungry.
But Chen Zhen seemed to be too calm as if he didn't know anything, but he didn't eat much.
Zou Ping knew that it was definitely not easy for people who came to the city alone with Zhenshi, but those people should also know that they dared to come to prove that they had full confidence in their own strength.
With his back to the door, Zou Ping didn't see the arrival of the middle-aged man, and he didn't dare to look back at the two tables of people, suddenly heard the sound of talking, and was so frightened that his back straightened, and he sat straight, as if he wanted to use the muscles on his back to resist the attack.
Staring at the bowl in front of him, he endured the unbearable silence in the small restaurant, and after a while, he heard a "click" sound from the table.
"Click!"
Again, it was the sound of Chen Zhen putting the stones on the table, he took out three stones from his pocket, put them on the table, and arranged them into a "product" character.
A light stone, a hot stone, a vibrating stone, three colors, lined up very good-looking, as if there is magic to attract everyone's attention, although there are only three, but it is also a lot of wealth, in Zouping's house for a night as long as five lion coins, there is a stone permit, the cheapest light stone can be exchanged for a thousand lion coins.
Probably because of the arrangement of the Bai family, stones seem to have become a luxury, and for the people, stones have never been necessary, you need light to light candles and lanterns, you need heat to burn charcoal to burn firewood, as for Zhenshi, it is not something that ordinary people can have, and it is useless to hold it.
If a rich person wants to show his identity and talk about pomp, he has to use stones, such an atmosphere is easy to blow all over the entire Pangea continent, and the taxes related to stones can be used to do a lot of things, the price is set, and the stones are consumables, as long as you are willing to fight big bugs, you will never be afraid of no money to collect.
As for the mistakes in management, it is probably because the Bai family is busy dealing with the affairs of the East China Sea and has no time to take care of these things.
"It's kind of acquaintance." The middle-aged man concealed his excitement, hooked his fingers, and said to Chen Zhen, "Take it." β
"Come and get it." Chen Zhen adjusted the order of the words and sat still.
The middle-aged man snorted coldly, glanced at the three accomplices sitting in the restaurant, and looked at Chen Zhen again, he didn't underestimate Chen Zhen, he had been on guard, and took out three kinds of stones casually, which meant that Chen Zhen might have more hidden on his body, and took out three as if he wanted to send them away.
This is in the city, not outside, the crime of grabbing stones is definitely heavier than the crime of holding without a license, but the middle-aged man does not plan to let go of Chen Zhen, this place is remote, there are very few pedestrians, kill all the people in the store, as soon as the door is closed, the body is estimated to be found when it is stinky, at that time they have already left, it is a big deal not to come to Yicheng in the future, it is no big deal, anyway, stone hunters don't like to stay in the city, they are here to enjoy when they enter the city, and it is the same in any city.
This time they came to Yicheng, they exchanged all the stones on their bodies for money, and they were very free in Tianfu Tower for a few days, they were full of food and drink, and they were about to leave, and the middle-aged people were waiting at the gate of the city to go shopping, but they didn't expect to wait for Chen Zhen.
The three of them stood up and took out their respective weapons, hearing the sound of metal rubbing, Zou Ping was even more scared, and couldn't stop shaking, and then found that the light shining on the table was a little darker, and when he looked around, he saw three big men standing at the table, holding weapons in their hands, and shrank under the table as soon as their bodies were weak.
Those people didn't care about Zou Ping, they looked down at Chen Zhen, he asked them to come and get it, they came, then the next moment it should be a riot and hurt people.
Chen Zhen raised his head and glanced at the three of them, and with a wave of his hand, swept the three stones to the ground.
The stones were very hard, and although they were pitted like walnuts, they were all round, and "tick-tick" bounced around on the ground, rolling everywhere, and one of them rolled to the door and was stopped by the threshold.
The middle-aged man looked down at the stones in front of his feet, and then glanced at Chen Zhen, and saw that Chen Zhen was still sitting there, not understanding which one he was playing, if he was uncomfortable and was losing his temper, then this temper was a little too girly.
"There's never going to be a moment for him to move around." The middle-aged man thought and bent down to pick up the stones, but stopped halfway through, straightened up, and looked back.
A thug-like man stood outside, holding a crossbow and aiming at it, and he remembered that the man was one of the thugs in front of the barter.
"Master's things are also something that you outsiders can move?" Brother Pin held the crossbow and looked at the middle-aged man with a smile.
The middle-aged man turned around and saw Chen Zhen looking at him calmly, still sitting there without moving.
The three stones are not to calm things and give up money to avoid disasters, but to lure Brother Pin to make a move, and Brother Pin will never let the middle-aged people pick up the stones.
After the middle-aged man appeared, Chen Zhen saw a person walking across the street, tilting his head to look at the store, although he was not Brother Pin, but he was also one of the gangsters who stood in front of the exchange shop before, Chen Zhen recognized it at a glance, and then, a gray-haired beggar came across the street, squatting on the side of the road, basking in the sun with his hands in his sleeves, but he had never seen it, but it was obviously from Brother Pin's side.
On one side is a strong dragon, on the other side is a snake on the ground, whether it is strength or number, it is the middle-aged man who has the advantage, but after the old beggar on the other side of the street left, two soldiers came and stood against the wall, as if they were chatting, as if they didn't know what was going on here, but Brother Pin was holding a crossbow, only three or four meters away from them, and anyone with a discerning eye could see that the two soldiers were called by Brother Pin.
Both of them were holding whistles, and as soon as they blew them, a large number of soldiers would surely focus on them nearby.
The middle-aged man stood still, thinking about gains and losses, and calculating success or failure.
In other words, someone else will leave without even thinking about it, it is not worth taking such a big risk for the sake of stones, but for stone hunters, stones represent everything, including life, and they are not just for the stones, so they take a lot of risks to fight mutant creatures outside?
The threat of a big bug or the threat of a soldier, which is greater? It's a question worth pondering.
"Giggle ......"
At this moment, a strange sound sounded in the store again, and the middle-aged man looked over and saw that Chen Zhen had found another stone, pressed it with his index finger and kept turning it on the tabletop, and the potholes knocked on the tabletop, as if knocking on his heart.
Sure enough, there were stones.
"I know what you're thinking." Brother Pin's voice also sounded: "Think about it clearly, do you want to go out of the city vertically or horizontally, you have so many brothers, you may not die against the big insects, but against the soldiers in the city, how many can survive?" Even if you can go out, you can't come back, and you waste a stone holding certificate in vain. β
The middle-aged man glanced at the stone under Chen Zhen's finger and said, "Let's go." β
The rest of the people turned their heads to look at him, got up, and walked out without saying a word, without picking up the stones.
"yes, that's what smart people do." Brother Pin retreated, retreated to the two soldiers, still carrying his crossbow, aiming at the group of stone hunters, until they were far away, then turned his head to look at Chen Zhen, beckoned, and led the group of thugs to the shop.
Those thugs also had crossbows in their hands, and they didn't forget to sweep Chen Zhen.
"Pin...... Brother Pin, you take those stones and leave. Zou Ping poked his head out from under the table, he was also an acquaintance, and he was not as scared as before.
But Brother Pin's crossbow turned to Zou Ping, and said with a smile: "Pingzi, I see that you are usually quite clever, what kind of mouth do you have at this time?" If you speak for him, how much good can he give you? Don't be a guide in the future, follow me, it will be good for you. β
Zou Ping's face turned pale with fright, and he didn't squeak, and retracted under the table again.
Brother Pin smiled, turned his crossbow and aimed at Chen Zhen, and said, "How many stones are there on your body?" I'll take it out for the master, if you cooperate obediently, I'll take the things and leave, if you don't cooperate, don't blame the master for opening a few holes in you. β
"Not much, but you can't take it." Chen Zhen said lightly, still playing with the stone.
"Yo, it's tough." Brother Pin laughed and said, "If I move my fingers, you will die, why can't I take your stones?" β
"You're going to die soon." Chen Zhen raised his wine glass and drank it all, and poured himself another glass of wine.
"Interesting, tell me how I died." Brother Pin was not in a hurry, he did just need to hook his fingers, and the crossbow bolt would shoot towards Chen Zhen.
"Stingy." Chen Zhen leaned back in his chair, seemingly a little sleepy.
"Stingy?" Brother Pin was stunned for a moment and asked, "Which eye do you see that I'm stingy?" β
Chen Zhen said slowly: "You don't want to divide the money too much, you only called two soldiers, if you call more than ten, the group of people just now should not come back, but it's a pity that you let them go, let them see how many people you have, what kind of arrangement you have, you should come back immediately." β
Brother Pin was shocked, turned his head to look at the two soldiers across the street, the two kept looking at this side, and when they saw Brother Pin looking back at them, he raised his chin, signaling Brother Pin to let go and do things, don't worry about them.
But the next moment, the people who came down from the sky slashed into their heads with knives from above, and at the same time, there was a muffled snort outside, and it was not long before the group of stone hunters returned, with the corpses they had killed, so that no passers-by would see the corpses.
The crossbow bolt had already been shot, but it was easily blocked, and the middle-aged man rushed into the store, slashed at Brother Pin's hand with a smile, and asked, "What did you just say?" β
Brother Pin screamed, and the crossbow in his hand fell to the ground along with four fingers.
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