Volume 1 The Domain of the Night Chapter 181 Eating Sweet Potatoes
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The sky was gray, Xu Mu and the others came to the city of Buluo, and when they walked, they could see that the vendors who set up stalls on the street had removed their stalls one after another, and no matter how much the residents retained, they would not buy and sell for a while.
"My child is studying in a private school, and in today's exam, he took the ninth place, and he shouted that he wanted to eat your roasted sweet potato, so you can make another one for us!" An ordinary-looking middle-aged woman with a headscarf wrapped around her head stopped a roasted sweet potato vendor man who was about to push the cart out of the stall.
"Sister, I really can't do it, the sweet potatoes are gone." The stall owner, a bald man in rags, said helplessly.
"Who's to say no, there's not a bunch of them!" The woman pointed to the sweet potatoes peeking out of the basket under the cart, aggressively.
"That...... It's not that you don't know, there are rules. The man was a little worried, a sweet potato has five copper plates, of course he didn't want to let go of the opportunity to make money, but looking at the whole city, the only ones who can do business after dark are gold and silver firms, and if the rest want to get a piece of the pie, they will be arrested and put in prison
Tell me, how is this so sweet? The woman continued.
"This is my dinner guy, can I tell you!" The man yelled, thinking that this man was deliberately finding fault, and immediately wanted to push the cart away.
But at this moment, he found that the car couldn't move.
"Roast three sweet potatoes, preferably sweeter." Xu Mu's voice was calm, and his slender fingers nailed the car in place.
"This ...... It's already dark. The man found that no matter how hard he tried, the car just couldn't go, and then looked at Xu Mu's cold eyes, he thought that he was looking for trouble, and suddenly his face turned pale, and he said tremblingly, "You guys are in a gang?!" ”
"Why can't you sell it when it's dark, and you still pay attention to this?" The wine fairy Taoist was a little puzzled, he often went down the mountain to kill demons, and he entered the world a lot, but he had never seen such a strange vendor.
"Two adults, it's not that I don't sell, it's that I really don't dare to sell. Seeing that the two did not seem to have malicious intent, the merchant calmed down a little, and then hurriedly explained.
"Since the big man who played the gold and silver business came to the city of Buluo, we can't do business at night, except for the shops opened by their firms, the rest can't be opened, otherwise we will have to go to prison!" The bald man gritted his teeth and said indignantly.
"How did the court approve this kind of unreasonable rule, what about the Demon Division, doesn't it matter?" The Taoist continued to ask.
"Tube?" The man smiled and shook his head, "I guess they have all colluded together a long time ago, and the reason given by the court for this is that they are afraid that the things we sell will not be safe at night, how fresh they are, we have roasted sweet potatoes for several generations, and I have never seen anyone eat them, and they are allowed to sell them during the day, but they are not safe at night, isn't this purely fooling people!"
So, it's really not that I don't sell this sweet potato to you, I really don't dare to do it, each
Good manner, let me go! The man sighed, and then the cart was about to leave.
But I didn't think about it, and the car still couldn't be pushed.
"Three sweet potatoes, roasted for sweeter." Xu Mu spoke again, "If someone is looking for trouble with you, I'll help you settle it." ”
"This ......" Although the bald man didn't know Xu Mu's identity, he could feel that the other party was a ruthless character he couldn't afford to provoke, and if he didn't agree to bake sweet potatoes now, he might not be able to wait for the people from the court to arrest him, and he would have to pay some price first.
"For your sake, let's have three." The bald man said, took out some sweet potatoes from the basket and put them in the charcoal stove that had not been completely extinguished, and even lit a fire underneath, instantly illuminating this small space.
"Stop!" In an instant, there was a loud shout at the end of the street, and then several patrol guards in official uniforms suddenly ran over, their faces sneering, their spears pointed at the bald man.
"My lord, what are you going to do here?" The bald man's heart suddenly sank, and he asked.
"Knowingly, we've been squatting there for a long time!" A young guard at the head said mockingly, and at the same time pointed at Xu Mu and the others, "If they let you roast it, you will bake it, what do you think of the rules of the court, believe it or not, I will arrest you and eat in prison!" ”
"I'm sorry adults, I'm sorry, the small ones are leaving, not baking!" The bald man's body trembled, and even though he was about to extinguish the fire, his hand was stopped in the air.
"I'm hungry, hurry up." Xu Mu urged calmly, as if he didn't see those officers and soldiers.
"Yo, there's still a stubble, you also want to go to jail, don't you!" The guard was furious and aimed the tip of his gun at Xu Mu's chest.
"I just want to eat a roasted sweet potato, and you point a gun at me, how can there be such a reason?" Xu Mu looked at the tip of the gun, seemingly a little puzzled.
"Boy, you have to obey the rules in everything you do, now is not the time for you to eat sweet potatoes, you have to eat them and buy them from the gold and silver merchants!" The soldier was vicious, and the tip of the spear was directly pressed against the young man's eyebrows.
"There are no rules, but why should I abide by unreasonable rules?" Xu Mu asked rhetorically.
"My rules are rules!"
"Since you want to know why, then follow me to the prison to study!" The soldier said, when he reached out and grabbed Xu Mu's arm and wanted to escort him back to the prison, but then he found that no matter how hard he tried, Xu Mu's body was not moving, and he seemed to be shaking the tree, which was very ridiculous.
The two looked at each other, and the young guard was stared at by Xu Mu's beast-like eyes, and his momentum weakened involuntarily, but he still refused to admit defeat:
"Boy, if you look at me like this again, you'll die!"
"Hmm." Xu Mu stretched out his hand and casually put it on the arm of the young guard who took the lead,
I clicked it.
"You are not allowed to use this arm in the future."
The guard's face was horrified, for he also found that no matter how hard he tried, his right arm could not be lifted, as heavy as lead, and the only one who could do this in the blink of an eye was the Stranger!
"Big ...... My lord, I don't know......" The guard's face turned pale and wanted to ask for mercy, but he saw Xu Mu waving his hand.
"There are a lot of people to kill tonight, and there is no shortage of you."
"Before I change my mind, let's go."
"But my arm ......" The soldier still wanted to bargain, but he was seen that the hunting knife on Xu Mu's waist was shining with light, and he immediately lost his soul, and was pulled by his companions and fled from here.
"The sweet potatoes are ready, according to what you said, they are roasted sweet." The bald man forcibly maintained his composure, wrapped the sweet potato in his hand in paper, and handed it to Xu Mu.
"Go back and eat while you are in the tropics, and tell him to study hard." Xu Mu handed the sweet potato to the woman, and then handed the other to the wine fairy Taoist.
"Thank you, sir." The woman took it carefully, and then froze in place.
"Where is the headquarters of the gold and silver firms now?" The sweet potatoes are sweet and soft, Xu Mu asked while eating.
"It's about 4,000 steps to the east, and then you can see the headquarters after turning a corner." The bald man replied, and he seemed to suddenly remember something, and then spoke, "Is it possible...... You also went to a business to attend a night party? ”
"What's a night party?" Xu Mu asked.
"It's the summoning order issued by the head of Jin Da this morning, saying that he wants to find some strangers to come to the meeting, the more the better, and when the time comes, he will do something for him, as long as he goes to the night party, whether he wants to act with him in the end or not, he will get a lot of silver." The bald man explained.
"Night party." Xu Mu finished eating the sweet potato in his hand, turned around and walked towards the road to the east, followed by the Wine Immortal Daoist, with awe-inspiring murderous intent.
They knew that this so-called night party was actually a gold and silver firm raising money killers, and it was self-evident who they were going to kill.
"My lord, the money for sweet potatoes ......" The man looked at Xu Mu's departing back and whispered hesitantly, but the latter ignored him.
"Forget it, if you can teach the guard a lesson, it's also a relief." The man touched his bald head, turned his head and was about to push the cart away, but saw that there was a stack of thick copper plates on the body of the car.
The man turned his head in amazement and wanted to take another look at Xu Mu, but found that the young figure in the cloth had disappeared into the corner of the street.
As a result, only the aroma of roasted sweet potatoes remained in the space.
And the fifteen, shiny copper plates.
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