Summer nights, cool breezes.

The mountains are exceptionally shady, and if you sleep, you have to cover yourself with a thin quilt.

Li Ziqian was sweating profusely.

He stood by the river near the ironworks and watched as the coolies of the workshop loaded the goods onto several large ships, urging them to go faster.

Wu Fang and Lu Yong on the side were very calm, talking and laughing, Li Ziqian secretly admired it, and they deserved to be people who had seen the world.

He took a lot of risks in this business, but he also made a lot of money, and he made a profit equivalent to two years in one transaction.

Sure enough, people have no windfall and no wealth, and horses have no night grass and no fat!

Li Ziqian was still thinking about whether to continue to cooperate with the "Holy Prince" in the future, when many torches suddenly appeared in the rear.

"Catch the thief!"

"Officers and soldiers catch thieves!"

……

With the appearance of the torches, the shouts were loud, and a group of men and horses ran towards this side, as if a fire dragon was swimming over.

"It's not good, we're being targeted by the government!" Wu Fang exclaimed.

Li Ziqian, who had a ghost in his heart, was already frightened and collapsed on the ground.

Wu Fang and Lu Yong hurriedly set him up, dragged him to a small boat by the river, rowed his oars sharply, and fled to the opposite bank.

Li Ziqian had been dizzy, numbly following Wu Fang and Lu Yong to escape, feeling that everything was unreal, like a nightmare.

After dawn, the sun rose, Li Ziqian came back to his senses, and had to admit that all this was true, and he had become a fellow thief and was hunted down by the government!

He was suddenly devastated and regretted.

used to live a leisurely and leisurely rich life, but now he is in a panic, why is this so hard, and he is not bad for money, why was he dazzled by the gold, and started trading with the thief!

What's even more heart-wrenching is that the gold is still in the secret room in the iron workshop!

Thinking of this, he almost vomited blood.

glanced at Wu Fang and Lu Yong in front of him, and he hated it in his heart!

If it weren't for these two plague gods, why would I be here?

But he didn't dare to show the slightest dissatisfaction, and now that he was penniless, if they didn't care about him, then he had no way out.

He followed Wu and Lu all night, and he didn't know where he had gone, when he suddenly saw an inn on the side of the road in front of him.

"Huh? Isn't this the pine forest inn outside Zhou Shidong and Zhou Yuan? It turns out that I have already left the border of Yuncheng County and come to Jeju! ”

Wu Fang and Lu Yong ignored the roadside inn and continued to move forward.

But Li Ziqian is tired and hungry, he grew up pampered, how could he have suffered like this? I couldn't walk anymore, so I cautiously proposed to go in and have a full meal and rest before leaving.

The two discussed it and reluctantly agreed.

The three of them went in, found a table in the lobby and sat down, asked for some simple wine and food, and served a pot of rice steamed buns.

After all, he was still on the run, and after he was full, he looked around vigilantly, and suddenly let out a "huh", and then quickly covered his mouth and lowered his head, for fear of being recognized.

But the sound he made just now attracted the attention of others, and a few people at the table next to him looked over, and one of them saw his appearance clearly, and he also said "Huh" in surprise, walked over, and said in surprise: "Li Yuanwai, you are also here?" ”

"Uh-na-yes, Brother Li, you're here too, what a coincidence!"

The man arched his hand to Wu Fang and Lu, sat down familiarly, looked at Li Ziqian and said, "Why is Brother Li here?" ”

"This ...... I'm going to talk about business......" Li Ziqian said hesitantly: "Brother Li, why are you here?" ”

This "Brother Li" smiled and said, "Me? Last time, I offered 10,000 taels of silver to buy your iron mill, but you refused to sell it! Later, I heard that Guangjijun has a Xinglong Iron Workshop, which is also good, I went over to take a look, and stayed in this store last night! ”

Li Ziqian is called a regret, if he had sold the iron mill, how could there be anything later!

"That's good, I wish Brother Li success......" He said bitterly, but when he saw Wu Fang glaring at him, he was puzzled and couldn't understand what it meant.

Wu Fang had no choice but to bow to Li Wang and asked, "In Xia Wu Fang, dare to ask this benevolent brother with a high surname?" ”

"Contemptible Li Wang, I don't know what Brother Wu has to say?" Li Wang said politely.

"Brother Li, can you take the opportunity to speak?"

Li Wang was stunned, why did he just know each other, and he had to speak alone?

However, he did not refuse, and took Wu Fang to his room upstairs.

After a while, the two came down, and they saw Li Wang's face happy.

Li Ziqian was wondering, Wu Fang said that there was something important to discuss, so he pulled him outside.

The two came to a big tree not far from the store, Wu Fang looked around, and saw that there was no one, so he spoke: "Li Yuanwai, I just told Li Wang, as long as I can persuade you to sell the iron shop to him, he will give me the benefit of five hundred taels of silver!" ”

Li Ziqian was stunned for a moment, and said with a wry smile: "I'm like this, can the iron mill still be sold to others?" ”

"If Li Wang knew, of course he wouldn't buy it, but now he doesn't know! You sell it to him quickly, and run for your life with the money, and as for whether he can get the ironshop or not, that's his business! ”

Li Ziqian was overjoyed when he heard this, "Okay! I'm going to write the deed now and sell it to him! ”

After speaking, he walked to the hotel and was stopped by Wu Fang, "Don't worry, you have to put on a reluctant look, otherwise he will be suspicious, and something bad will happen!" Wait a while, let me 'persuade' you slowly! ”

"Good! Brother Wu is still thoughtful! Li Ziqian nodded hurriedly, admiring Wu Fang's experience in the rivers and lakes.

"Li Yuanwai, this thing can't be done without me, right?" Wu Fang said with a smile.

Li Ziqian was also a person on the scene, so he immediately understood, and hurriedly said: "Brother Wu, don't worry, I won't let you work hard in vain, after the deed is completed, I will give you a thousand taels of silver to express my gratitude!" ”

Wu Fang nodded with satisfaction, and in the blink of an eye, 1,500 taels of silver arrived!

After a while, the two returned to the hotel and quickly negotiated the transfer of the iron shop. Looking for the store to ask for pen, ink and paper, Li Ziqian wrote down a deed of transfer and pressed his handprint.

Li Wang was not at ease, spent some money, and asked the hotel owner Zhou Yuanwai to be a witness, Zhou Yuanwai happened to be very familiar with Li Ziqian, so he agreed, and left his name on the deed.

Li Wang happily paid 10,000 taels of silver, and gave Wu Fang a benefit fee of 500 taels of silver, collected the deed, and left.

Li Ziqian put away the thick stack of silver tickets, paid Wu Fang's 1,000 taels of silver benefit fee, and hid them in his arms.

He was so tired that he had blisters on his feet, so he opened a house in the store, intending to rest for a while before fleeing.

Wu Fang and Lu Yong had no choice but to open a room next to him and take a break.

He was in a daze when he suddenly heard the two people next door talking in a low voice.

"General Sheng Gong gave us a lot of gold, let us buy weapons, now that the gold is gone, and the weapons are lost, how can we go back and face the Holy Father? Alas! This is Wu Fang's voice.

Then Lu Yong's voice sounded, and he sneered twice, "Hehe, doesn't Li Ziqian next door have silver?" Find a deserted place on the road and kill him, and the gods will not know it! ”

"Hehe, we were originally rebels, and the court officials didn't know how many they had killed, so what was it to kill a fugitive! What about being known? The officers and soldiers can't help us! Wu Fang's voice was cold and ruthless.

"Pretend everything is normal later, don't make him suspicious!"

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When Li Ziqian heard this, his back was cold, and he shivered. It took a while to calm down, stand on tiptoe, and quietly go downstairs.

"Li Yuanwai, are you leaving? Why not go with your two friends? The shopkeeper Zhou Yuanwai greeted loudly.

"I, I'm not the same path as them, and I'm going our separate ways here! Leave! Li Ziqian left in a hurry!

Zhou Yuanwai looked confused, and said to himself: "There is only one road here, how can we part ways?" ”

Li Ziqian ran wildly and fled in a hurry, as if someone was chasing him behind.

The government wants to arrest him, and the thieves want to kill him, the world is so big that there is no place for him!

He was in his heart, and suddenly thought that he still had nine thousand taels of silver tickets on his body, and his emotions suddenly rose again-there is so much silver, where can he go in the world!

His face regained a confident look, he threw his head back and strode away, disappearing into the vast sea of people.