Chapter 052: Praying Mantis Catches Cicada
The day after Du Xiaobai's death in the world, a large-scale food poisoning incident broke out at the headquarters of Baiyu Energy in the imperial capital, and nearly sixty or seventy people were admitted to the hospital at the same time, including Zhu Fenfang, Zheng Shuang and Su Xin.
Unfortunately, two days later, all three died almost simultaneously.
The leader of the underworld who came to hook the soul saw the three people who were gathering together at that time, and thought that this was good and would save trouble, so he piggybacked and pulled the three of them to the underworld together.
As soon as they arrived at Huangquan Road, the four of them were intercepted by the stone money that was squatting.
Aunt Hua's business is only known to a few sharp-eyed and strict-mouthed guides. If Aunt Hua Thirteen casts a net all over the sky, and she can't keep any of them open, and leaks the news, it will be an extremely fatal thing.
In the underworld, without going through Granny Meng, privately detaining the soul, this is a big crime, even if there is that master covered, the fire dragon clan will open one eye and close one eye, but it really comes to the point where things are poked out, no one can do anything, when the time comes, killing chickens to show monkeys will be the only way to go.
Therefore, Shi Qian, who is well-known in the industry, became the first batch of people who ate flower bonus crabs.
When Du Xiaobai died, it was Shi Qian who wanted to bring him back to the underworld. At that time, after Shi Qian played a handsome appearance effect through the wall, he was unexpectedly injured by An Qi in the arm. The angry stone money cut off his arm and returned to the stone elephant clan to tell the patriarch Shi Tielin the news.
Helplessly, Shi Tielin didn't care, but felt that Shi Qian was not vigilant enough to be hurt, and felt that Shi Qian was making a bit of a fuss and making a fuss. Now that the population of the underworld is getting smaller and smaller, and the momentum of the Fire Dragon Clan is getting weaker and weaker, if he Shi Tielin is the patriarch of the Fire Dragon Clan, he would have sent people around to grab the soul.
Shi Tielin said that An Nantian is a very decent and old-fashioned person, and it is estimated that he is not too embarrassed to rob his soul in the underworld and other families, which ruined his reputation, so he ordered someone to secretly go to the world to rob the soul.
Shi Tielin was very complacent about his inference, and without waiting for Shi Qian to refute it, he rewarded two bags of grain and sent Shi Qian away.
Shi Qian saw that Shi Tielin Zhi was proudly immersed in his own small world, so he didn't say much, and silently carried two bags of grain on his back.
In the underworld, in recent years, a few funny words have been circulated among the ordinary people on the street: stupid stone Tielin, stupid Xiao Yunfei, femme fatale Mrs. Wu, poor ghost Duguxin, old ghost An Nantian.
It is impossible to find out who this kind of vulgar words come from, and it is originally the talk of the common people after dinner, and the picture is a pleasure. But Shi Qian heard this in his ears. He is not easy to say about the leaders of the other four major families, but his own patriarch Shi Tielin, he knows it very well.
Zhida is talented, self-righteous, hard-hearted, and Shi Tielin is the only one.
Through this incident, Shi Qian realized that it would be difficult for him to get ahead in the Stone Elephant Clan. When he was old and useless, the indifferent Shi Tielin would definitely feel that he was a burden and kicked himself away in an instant.
When the time comes, he will end up with a lot of low-level members of the Stone Elephant Clan who sell coolies - he has no one to rely on.
After thinking about it, Shi Qian felt that he should find a way to make money, support himself, and take his fate into his own hands, and he couldn't hang himself on the tree of the Stone Elephant Clan, let alone wait for the Stone Elephant Clan to strangle himself to death.
Coincidentally, at this moment, Aunt Hua's thirteenth aunt's family Ding Xiaozhuzi found him.
After some questioning and pondering, Shi Qian took over the work of Aunt Hua Thirteen.
Relying on the mountains and relying on the water to eat the water, this job is almost a businessless business for yourself. I only need to take a detour, and I can get nearly a hundred times more money, so why not do it? Waiting for the Shi family's salary, I will have to ask for food before I am forty years old.
However, the time interval between the leading person to go to the human world is at least three days, otherwise he will suffer the pain of plane tension. After pondering for a while, Shi Qian made his own plan.
When he went to the world to hook his souls, he only brought back a few beautiful souls, and when he rested in the underworld, he went to the intersection of Huangquan Road to cut off his beard.
I learned from Aunt Hua's thirteen aunts that there are very few people who know about this job. Therefore, Shi Qian carried a money bag and stood guard at the intersection of Huangquan Road, and as soon as he saw a soul with beautiful appearance and excellent qualifications, he promised to give the leader five wages for the soul that he usually received, and let them give those beautiful souls to him.
Those who were fortunate enough to bring back the beautiful woman had never seen such a thing, and they secretly felt in their hearts that this person was a stupid hat, how could he do this with so much silver upside down, although there was a shortage of people in the underworld now, but it did not reach such a crazy point. I can earn half a month's money in one day, how can there be such a good thing in the world?
However, there are some who are more cautious and suspicious, but when they asked Shi Qian why he did this, the answer he got was that there was a good man.
So, the leaders who were cut off by Shi Qian let go, and hurriedly took five wages, and ran away as soon as they slipped away, as if they were afraid that Shi Qian would regret it.
Shi Qian is indeed a good eyesight, since he took over this job, in less than two days, a total of five girls were sent, and they were all left by Aunt Hua Thirteen, and Aunt Hua Thirteen also cashed in the promised wages.
In two days, Shi Qian earned money that he could only earn in ten years.
Money is a good thing...... If you get a few more, you'll be able to retire......
However, Shi Qian, who has lived a hard life since childhood, did not lose his mind because of his sudden wealth, but became more and more sober.
As the saying goes, there must be a demon when this thing goes wrong, and after Shi Qian hid his money, he took advantage of the vacancy of squatting at the intersection of Huangquan Road to cut off his beard, and carefully pondered the reason for Hua Hong's resentment.
Slowly, he figured out the joints. It turns out that this infinite flower bonus resentment is almost to the point of exhaustion.
Shi Qian narrowed his eyes and sneered, he knew that although the salary given by Aunt Thirteen was a lot, it was still less.
So, Shi Qian changed his mind and changed the route, he wanted to take the high-end route, or the most high-end kind.
He let go of a lot of girls with good qualifications but not perfect enough, he wants to catch big fish and make a lot of money.
Until he saw the trio of Baiyu Energy.
The moment Shi Qian saw Su Xin, his little heart almost jumped out, and then, with a cold nose, he found that he had a nosebleed.
This woman must not be let go!
After openly knocking and secretly coercing and luring, Shi Qian took the ownership of Su Xin at the price of ten times his salary, and took the fat woman and the lewd man with him, because Su Xin's request was that he had to take the two of them.
Shi Qian was still thinking about what Aunt Hua Thirteen would say about himself when he brought two oil bottles, but when he came back to his senses, he smiled slightly, thinking about what he was worried about here, the emperor was not in a hurry and the eunuch was in a hurry, these two oil bottles, that was what Aunt Hua Thirteen should worry about.
So, Shi Qian sent the trio to Hua Hong's grievances overnight, and they cut the price with their feet, and as expected, Aunt Hua Thirteen would really give it.
Holding the silver that could immediately retire him, he began to squirm, stumble, and pretend to be a drunkard, blatantly shaking the three money bags in his hand, whistling, and wandering through the streets.
Only in this way will those dark eyes think that he is just a drunken Lai Han, and will not feel that he is carrying a huge amount of silver taels in his hand, so as to let him leave safely.
Since gold is scarce in the underworld, the currency circulating in the underworld is silver, followed by copper plates, which is very similar to the feudal society in the world. Shi Qian took these heavy bags of silver, pretended to be drunk, couldn't walk, stopped a carriage casually, and went all the way to the east, straight to the Zhendemon Mountain two kilometers away.
The elevation of Zhendemon Mountain is close to 1,300 meters, but the length of the mountain is less than three kilometers. The mountainside of Zhendemon Mountain is surrounded by lush peach trees, and the top of the mountain is covered with perennial snow. Although the scenery is good, there is usually no shadow of a person, just because at the bottom of this town demon mountain, the entrance to hell is located.
The bold and careful Shi Qian buried all his belongings under a peach tree on the mountainside of Zhenyou Mountain, as the so-called more dangerous place is safer, since no one dares to come here, then no one will steal, so it is safest to put the money here.
He usually lives in the collective dormitory of the Stone Elephant Clan, a group of smelly and poor men live together, if they see that they have made a fortune, they will have red eyes and let themselves be in a different place.
A few hundred meters away from Zhendemon Mountain, Shi Qian got out of the car. The coachman did not dare to go any further, looked at the staggering passenger, and thought that he was a drunkard, and recited the blessing of the Virgin, and drove away.
After Shi Qian watched the coachman leave, he came to the dark place to see if there was anyone who was following him, and after confirming that there were none, he secretly shook to the north side of Zhendemon Mountain and went up the mountain along an unrecognizable path.
After climbing nearly three hundred meters, Shi Qian reached the halfway point of the mountain surrounded by peach forests, and after counting twenty-eight peach trees south from the path, Shi Qian lay down, pricked up his ears, and listened carefully to see if anyone was following him up.
There were some cries in his ears from time to time, but Shi Qian didn't care at all at this time.
After about half an hour, Shi Qian felt that no one was following, so he began to secretly start digging a pit under the peach tree. After a while, a large box two feet square was dug up.
The stone money gently unlocked the box and opened the lid of the box, revealing several money bags and some jade jewelry, which were very dazzling.
Shi Qian gently put the three bags into the box, and then clicked them one by one with his hands, a total of eight money bags. Shi Qian smiled slightly, then looked around vigilantly, and then gently closed the box, locked the lock, buried the box with soil again, and finally threw some weeds on it, so that he was relieved.
Then, Shi Qian lay under a tree next to him for half an hour, and after making sure that there was no one, he sneakily went down the mountain with the sound of cries that appeared from time to time.
After walking along the path, I stopped a car and continued to squat at the intersection of Huangquan Road.
At this time, more than ten meters away from the pit dug by Shiqian, there was a stout peach tree, and under this peach tree, it slowly squirmed a few times, and a middle-aged man climbed up. He looked in the direction of the stone money coming down the mountain, then he got up with a hunched waist, lowered his steps and came to the tree, looked left and right, and started digging.
This person is the middle-aged soldier of the Fire Dragon Clan, Kong Fu, who was assigned here by Liu Liangfa because of insulting Du Xiaobai before the stone disaster happened two days ago.
Kong Fu was sent here to report to Guan Daren, the gatekeeper of hell, and then got busy.
This Guan Daren, who has guarded the gates of hell for 40 years, has been conscientious and has never made a mistake.
The Holy Mother Lotus Liquid used to seal the gate is fully stocked and used reasonably, and heavy soldiers take turns guarding the gate of hell day and night, and the torture and accountability are even more handy, and in the past 40 years, not a single guilty person has been spared, but many unjust, false and wrongful cases have been solved, and many innocent people have been punished.
Guan Daren's position, like that of Granny Meng, is an absolute authority of a special duty, a transcendent existence, and no one has ever dared to refute their face and disobey their orders. But Guan Daren is not like Granny Meng, who has worked in one position for thousands of years, and he is still a novice compared to Granny Meng.
Guan Daren belongs to the Fire Dragon Clan, so he knows Liu Liang's personality well. Liu Liang often sent some soldiers here to help them do things, and most of these soldiers were some sneakers and tricksters. Guan Daren was not in a hurry or annoyed, and chose cold treatment.
The core tasks of these soldiers cannot be touched, and the dirty work is tiring for you to choose. If you don't want to do anything, just treat this as a tourist place, Guan Daren never makes a noise, and takes the opportunity to throw this person into hell, and at that time, he is really guilty.
To put it bluntly, Guan Daren is a buffer here, and the key is how to admit mistakes.
The soldiers of the Fire Dragon Clan knew Guan Daren's temper, so they were extremely reluctant to be sent here. If you are really unfortunate to come here, there is only one way for Huashan, pouting and trying to perform desperately, striving for the opportunity to return to Fire Dragon Castle as soon as possible.
After Kong Fu came here, he chose the errand that others were most unwilling to do, and patrolled the mountains at night.
Although the gates of hell were tightly sealed, at night, it was still the time when the creatures who were suffering underground were manic, and even if they were in a hundred meters of mountain, they could still clearly hear the terrible cries coming from below.
Kong Fu knew that this kind of errand was the best springboard for him to return to the Fire Dragon Clan.
Tonight, the bold Kong Fu lay down under a tree to rest, ready to recuperate and start patrolling the mountain, but who knew that a person sneakily climbed up not far from him.
Kong Fu was almost frightened at that time, he had been patrolling the mountain for two days, and there had never been half a figure on this mountain, what was it?
After holding his breath and observing for a long time, he realized that it was a person, and he was still a person who had come to hide something.
Kong Fu just held back, lying motionless not far from Shiqian, taking advantage of the dark night, secretly watching.
When the extremely cautious Shi Qian finally got up and went down the mountain, Kong Fu still lay motionless for half an hour before he got up and came to the place where the man had dug the pit.
Kong Fu dug a pit, smashed open the box with a stone, and when he saw several bags of silver, his saliva flowed.