Chapter 6: Walking the Salt

"Guest officer, your dishes are all ready, this is the money you are looking for, and if you have anything to order..."

In an inn, the shopkeeper held a small cloth bag full of copper coins in one hand and a wooden tray full of food in the other, and gently placed it on the table.

At this time, Lin Kun and his party, who were already dressed in strong clothes, sat around the table and discussed in a low voice the information they had asked from Xiao Er and the passing traders.

This country is called the General Assembly, and the practice of martial arts is quite popular, and there are many martial artists who cut their hair short, so the short hair of Lin Ke and others will not be too eye-catching.

There was a salt city along the coast, which was the main salt resource producer of the General Assembly, but today it suddenly rebelled and cut off the contact between the state and the merchants.

As a result, the conference could only rely on rock salt wells with small salt outputs for salt, causing salt prices to soar.

Xiao Er, who didn't know the inside story, also said that the Qingmen Dart Bureau in the city seemed to have a big order recently, recruiting people.

Combined with the task prompts, the Naqingmen Dart Bureau of Jinyun City probably planned to smuggle smuggled salt to make a windfall.

This rumor leaked out of Jinyun City, and many people from the rivers and lakes gathered like wolves with a taste of meat.

The state attaches no less importance to salt than ordnance, and naturally people will be sent to investigate, and this process of salt is destined to give birth to countless rights and wrongs.

At present, everyone only knows that the Qingmen Dart Bureau is recruiting manpower, and it is claimed that it is to transport a batch of Jinyun Wood, a specialty of Jinyun City.

More details and the inside story can only be known after entering the dart game.

Wang Bingquan took out a few pills from his arms, took them with tea, and said: "If this Qingmen Dart Bureau is salt, it must be a trustworthy master to escort, and it must have been contacted in advance, so why do you continue to recruit bodyguards on the rivers and lakes?" ”

Hearing this question, Zhang Xiudu thought about it carefully, poked the table with his finger and replied: "Most of the Qingmen dart bureau is divided into two ways, it is true to take salt, and it is also true to transport Jin Yunmu, but it is a light and a dark, his own family transports salt, and outsiders transport wood, leading the people who have the idea of smuggling salt to Jin Yunmu's side." ”

"Hmm." Wang Bingquan nodded, "Since the task is to ask us to help the Qingmen Dart Bureau to remove salt, then we have to find a way to blend into the 'own family' and exchange a tanuki for the prince." ”

Lin Ke frowned, if you want to "change" people, it can't be avoided, although since becoming a vampire, your own emotions have become much weaker, but the moral condemnation cannot be erased.

It seemed to see Lin Qi's entanglement, Zhang Xiuxia reminded: "There are few people in the rivers and lakes who don't have human lives on their hands, especially this kind of help to take salt, they are all robbers and villains who claim to be strong and heroic, and the government is incompetent, so we don't have to show mercy." ”

Lin Qi was stunned for a moment, and was awakened by a word, and a twisted door opened to him.

Yes, how can you ensure that you kill all the wicked?

"My heart and deeds are as clear as a mirror, and everything I do is righteous"

As long as you make sure that you are on the right path, aren't all the evil that stands in your way?

After figuring it out, Lin Ke nodded: "Don't worry, I understand." ”

"The most important thing now is to find out who the "own people" of the dart game are, Jinyun City is not particularly big, we will split up before dark, and then stay in this inn for one night."

After a hasty meal, Wang Bingquan counted the copper plates that had just been dismantled, a total of 100 yuan, in Daqing, the purchasing power of a penny was equivalent to 0.6 yuan in reality, so he gave a few people three taels of silver plus 20 yuan in case of emergency.

Everyone took the money, thanked them, and walked out of the inn and scattered.

Zhang Xiudu's two siblings said that they wanted to go directly to the dart bureau to have a look, and Lin Ke thought about it and chose to go out of the city.

Before going out of the city, Lin Ke first came to a jewelry stall, spent ten cents to buy a brass bracelet, pinched it into a ball in his pocket, and then walked to a crowded place, as if he picked it up unintentionally, and then put it to his mouth and bit it hard, and the strong bite force instantly left a tooth mark on the copper, and then pretended to be shocked and put it away, avoiding the crowd.

Then he walked out of the city.

"Brother, look at whether the gold in that man's arms is gold!" In the wine shop on the side, a short and thin man with sharp eyes and rat eyes saw this scene and hurriedly asked the strong man on the side.

The strong man's eyes narrowed, and he had obviously seen it, "Go, follow." ”

Although the color looks a little like copper, the person can bite it, and most of it is real gold. With this piece of gold, it is enough for me to live happily for a few months.

"Hey," the short thin man laughed, "what kind of horseman has nothing to conceive, this guy has picked up real gold, naturally he can get it, hey, providence!" ”

One short and one strong, against the flow of people, kept up with Lin Ke.

…………

Bamboo forest outside the city.

Lin Ke stood in the forest, looking at the two people who were gradually approaching, with a panicked face.

"Where is Childe? made a windfall, and didn't call a few brothers, let's go happy and happy together? The short man smiled cheaply and approached Lin Ke step by step, "Do you look down on our "Touching the Golden Rat" or look down on our big brother "Ring Sword Tiger"?" ”

When he got close to a certain distance and decided that Lin Qi couldn't run, the short and thin man stretched out his hand: "Take it?" ”

The strong man also didn't know where to take out a tiger-headed big ring knife and stood beside him. When Lin Ke handed over the gold, he would be slashed and killed.

Seeing this, the horror on Lin Ke's face disappeared, and he looked at the two with a smile on his face.

"Hey, what the ......" The short and thin man saw Lin Ke's expression, and was just about to scold, when suddenly a gust of wind blew, bringing down countless bamboo leaves, and the man in front of him disappeared.

"Something bad!" The strong man on the side suddenly saw this scene and suddenly shouted.

At this time, the two of them haven't reacted yet, they are being calculated.

The short thin man was just about to run away when a short knife burst through the air, pierced through his abdomen, and pinned him directly to the ground.

Seeing this, the strong man drew his knife and retreated, suddenly turned around, and slashed the bamboo with a knife.

"Oh, almost." Lin Ke's voice came from behind him.

"Poof", a hand passed through the heart.

At this point, the "Ring Sword Tiger", who only said one line, retired with honor.

The "Golden Mouse" who was nailed to the ground was not dead yet, but his eyes widened as he watched this scene.

It's too fast, and the two of them are second-rate masters in the rivers and lakes, but they fell almost instantly.

Lin Ke walked up to him, looked at the "Golden Rat" who was in pain because of the resin halberd on the knife, and said:

"Tell me about the Qingmen Dart Bureau, I'll give you a good time."

Touching the golden rat, he knew that he would definitely die, so he could only barely urge the little internal force in his body to resist the unknown poison on the knife, and struggled to answer

"I know... Not much... If yes... The matter of going salt... You can ask the steward of the Fulin Pharmacy...... Hero... Please... It hurts so much..."

"HULIN Pharmacy"...

Lin Ke wrote down this untrue information, drew a knife and cut off his head, ending his life of sin.

After touching the money and a book that seemed to be a secret book of exercises, he left here.

………

After a while, a figure came to the bodies of the two men.

"You can't waste it, you'll be punished..."Lin Qi muttered, drawing his knife and starting to bleed.