Chapter 80: Money is not money
After seeing the man's waving appearance, the last trace of luck left in Wu Liqun's heart disappeared without a trace in an instant.
It was late autumn, and after such a round of blows, it directly made him fall into an ice cave.
A layer of white sweat rose directly from his back and forehead, and he was beaten by the autumn wind.
Instead, the adrenaline was pumping, and he wanted to take off his coat in the heat.
He had thought that he might be found by this person, but he didn't expect this time to come so quickly.
At this moment, Wu Liqun's brain was completely empty with fright.
He knew that he might not be able to escape this catastrophe, but the instinctive human desire to survive made him want to escape for a while.
So he stretched out his trembling right hand, faced the middle-aged gentleman who greeted him, and pointed to the location of the ticket hall.
Obviously, he was really asking if he could buy a ticket and then meet him.
The middle-aged gentleman smiled and nodded, as passers-by thought, and then took the coffee presented by the waiter and savored it.
There is no indication that he is a "butcher" who is full of evil, and he has come here to clean up the portal.
Wu Liqun has forgotten how he bought the ticket, and how he walked to the café and sat in front of "this adult".
Only by the time he reacted, the Grim Reaper had already ordered hot tea and fluffy pancakes topped with syrup.
Holding the ticket he once saw as hope, he looked at what might just be the best meal in front of him.
It is rare that he is very afraid of the middle-aged gentleman, and he ignores the knife and fork and eats it happily.
The middle-aged gentleman didn't have any dissatisfaction, just sipping coffee a little bit and waiting for him to finish the snack in front of him.
After he drank all the black tea in the cup, he spoke slowly.
"If you want to leave, you should tell me first.
It's not like now, when such a big thing happened, and it made the city stormy. ”
When the middle-aged gentleman said this, he didn't even look at Wu Liqun, but crossed Erlang's legs and dusted off his trouser legs.
It's like complaining about a subordinate's departure that disrupts your work progress.
But by now, Wu Liqun has also figured it out.
From the moment he was approached by the "murderer" in front of him, he was already unable to escape death.
The pros and cons are all stabs, so I also said what I thought in my heart.
"Does it work? Anyway...... You're not going to let me go alive, are you?! ”
When he said this, three points of resentment, seven points of bitterness, and very helplessness came to his heart.
The middle-aged gentleman did not reply immediately, but took out a bag and threw it in front of Wu Liqun.
As the palm-sized burlap pouch landed on the table with a clanging sound, the hemp rope at the mouth of the bag instantly fell off, revealing the bright silver coins inside.
This is a large amount of money issued by the Soul Federation, cast in soul steel, and the weight of each piece is about eighty-one grams.
Only one is enough for the living expenses of ordinary people for half a year, and the gold content is not high!
Of course...... There is no such thing as privately issued counterfeit money in a currency similar to the gold standard, because the soul steel of a single currency of 81 grams is a high-priced thing, and the cost alone is almost the same.
Wu Liqun looked at the glowing coins on the table, following the middle-aged gentleman for more than three months had made him gain a lot of knowledge, and of course he knew the value.
As a rough estimate, the bag was no less than twenty-three coins.
This is definitely a huge amount of money for him now.
It's just that he doesn't know what this person means by taking out such a big bag of money and putting it on the table?!
[Could it be that he didn't come to kill me?! 】
Wu Liqun thought in his heart, and the middle-aged gentleman also continued at this time.
"You could have taken this money as severance pay, but you can now.
I know what you're worried about...... Maybe you think I'm going to kill you for my safety reasons.
But in fact, you know better than me what happens when you fall into the hands of that group of people, so I'm not worried that you'll leak the secret.
Moreover...... You don't know anything about me except for me at the moment, do you? ”
The middle-aged gentleman's remarks slightly dispelled the panic in Wu Liqun's heart, and after hesitating for two seconds, he stretched out his right hand and touched the burlap money bag on the table.
No sooner had he placed his hand on it than an ebony staff struck the back of his outstretched hand.
The middle-aged man only pressed slightly, and the head of the wooden staff pressed against his left hand, which pressed the money bag.
It hurts him, but he can't pull his hand away at all.
The memory of that day when he held a lava knife to his chest came flooding back to his heart.
Wu Liqun bared his teeth and looked at the man opposite him who could control his life and death in horror.
After about half a minute, the cane was raised, but he no longer dared to touch the money bag on the table.
"I told you that you could take the money as long as you said goodbye to me.
Of course, it's okay now, it's just that you need to do something
When you left, you did something stupid.
However~ as my employee, I can not hold myself accountable for this matter!
But you should wipe your ass clean before leaving, and I shouldn't have to clean up the mess for you!
You'd better deal with that woman before sunrise tomorrow.
Here's the address she's and the room number plate, and you're free when you're done with the last thing. ”
Wu Liqun didn't speak, bowed slightly, and signaled that the other party knew what to do.
The conditions offered by the middle-aged gentleman were not excessive, and they could even be called like a dream to him.
After memorizing the information on the cardboard, take out a match and burn it by the way.
This was a habit he had developed before following a middle-aged gentleman, but apparently the other side had a lot of it.
After glancing at the coins on the table with some reluctance, he got up and left, ready to get some equipment to complete his next task.
"Next!"
At the moment when Wu Liqun was about to push the door out, the middle-aged gentleman picked up his cane and swept the table, and with a beautiful horizontal push, he threw the bag of soul steel coins into Wu Liqun's hand.
This beautiful "juggling" attracted the amazement of the other guests in the room, and the next moment the guests in the room applauded together, and the café resounded with sporadic applause.
Wu Liqun shook the heavy money bag in his hand, and his heart was full of gratitude.
This time he could finally be completely convinced that what "this lord" had said to him was not a lie that had deceived him.
The footwork that comes out is also a little more powerful.
"You shouldn't have left this to him...... It's better to get rid of dishonest guys like this as soon as possible.
I think I'm a little clever, but in fact it's all stupid!
I don't want to mention whether he can get rid of that woman on this mission, I even doubt that this guy will put himself in for nothing and burn us on the head!! ”
Not long after Wu Liqun went out, a somewhat girly male voice sounded from behind the middle-aged gentleman.
It was a young man in a beige trench coat, reading today's evening newspaper and talking to a middle-aged gentleman without looking back.
It was clear that the young man in the trench coat was very dissatisfied with the decision made by the middle-aged gentleman.
Even the tone of respect is nothing more than reproachful words.
"There is no doubt that screwing up with his IQ and strength is a certain thing, and betraying us doesn't have much to worry about him.
But don't worry, the stupid thing this guy provoked can't involve us~"
"Won't it involve us? You must have done something in that bag of money you gave him!! ”
The young man heard the middle-aged gentleman's explanation, and it didn't take much time to think of it.
Hand over a "traitor" to blow himself up directly in front of that group of people, and hand it over.
If you are lucky, close the case directly, even if someone investigates deeply, the death of the perpetrator is enough to cut off the other party's information chain, giving them enough time to clean up the evidence.
Thoroughly cut clean with that idiot.
It was a perfect plan, but the thought of the person who did it was his teammate.
I can't help but feel like I'm dancing with a femme fatale.
Xu sensed the discomfort in the heart of the young man in the trench coat, perhaps to show his kindness.
With the young man in the trench coat already receiving an affirmative answer, the middle-aged gentleman spoke again.
"Peace of mind~ I'm not the kind of ruthless guy!
If only the kid could do as he believed, safely and without any accidents.
That money is money, and I will give him real freedom as promised~"
[Liar! 】
The young man in the trench coat thought silently in his heart, and just as he got up to pay, he found that the middle-aged gentleman who was originally behind him had already left.
The cost of the meal for three people was placed on the table, and even the extra tips were pressed in cups.
It can be said that it is not leaky.