Chapter Thirty-Nine: The Second Shopkeeper
"It's ridiculous that the grasshopper shakes the tree! Wouldn't someone see the backer collapse and plan to fight to the death?"
A familiar and disgusting taunt came from behind him.
Following the prestige, I saw Lu Bufan and Lu Lin stepping into the Beacon Pavilion, and happened to catch a glimpse of Jiang Ze who was handing over the task.
"How can the A-level Dou Realm rescue mission be something that you, the second order of the Soldier Realm, can interfere with?" Although Lu Lin was surprised that Jiang Ze had been promoted to two orders in a row in just one month, Lian Shan was not there, and only Yan Tian was left, so he was no longer afraid.
He was so embarrassed on the altar of karma, and now even the mountain is in danger, and Yan Tian can't afford to go to die.
Lu Lin's heart was full of joy, and it was really a good reincarnation in heaven.
"You won't stay here for two days, just to say a few cool words, right?" Jiang Ze said disdainfully, Lu Lin had already been on his blacklist, so naturally he would not be polite with him.
"Do you think that the young master and I are idle and have been paying attention to you, a lowly slave?" Lu Lin replied.
"Lu Lin, shut up for me, don't talk if you can't speak, save ruining the family's reputation!" Lu Bufan was a little annoyed.
As a clan brother, Lu Lin has always taken care of him since he joined the sect, but he didn't expect to become the arrogant and mean face he is now.
Hearing this, Lu Lin retreated behind him.
"Senior Brother Yan misunderstood, Lu Lin and I went to the Beacon Pavilion just to brush up some sect points, and we just happened to meet Senior Brother Yan, and we didn't mean to provoke. Lu Lin apologized.
"Sect points can be brushed?" Jiang Ze wondered, sect points are good things, they can be exchanged for exercises, pills, combat skills and even magic weapons, which are more valuable than spirit stones.
"It's not a brush, just to see if anyone has issued a collection task, exchanged the idle resources in the clan for spirit stones, and earned some sect points for themselves. Lu Bufan patiently explained, "Relying on the resources of the sect's task exchange, in general, it is more cost-effective than hanging in the auction house, but it also depends on whether someone needs it." ”
"I see. Jiang Ze suddenly felt that poverty limited his imagination, the big family really had a deep background, and he could exchange anything for spirit stones.
"I apologize to Senior Brother Yan for Lu Lin's previous offense, the clan brother is young and ignorant, and I ask Senior Brother Yan to forgive me. Lu Lin bowed and said.
Lu Lin is twenty-two years old, the same age as me, is this still young? Jiang Ze scolded for a while.
"It doesn't matter, as long as he's not satisfied. "Stretch out your hand and don't hit the smiling person, Jiang Ze doesn't care whether Lu Bufan is hypocritical or not.
"Senior Brother Yan is righteous and thin, and he is a real hero who sticks a knife in his friend's ribs, and he admires him very much. Lu Bufan's tone was sincere, "This mission is very dangerous, if the junior brother can return safely, I am willing to take the wind and wash the dust for the junior brother, and I hope to become friends in the future." ”
"I hope so. Jiang Ze replied lightly, "I still need to go back to prepare, so I will leave first." ”
After that, he left with A-Ning.
"Young Master, why did you suddenly treat him like this..."Lu Lin wondered.
Lu Bufan sighed: "There are only two kinds of people in the world who are worth befriending, one is for profit, at all costs, wives and children, siblings, as long as they are willing to add money, they can be sold." It is enough to lure them in. ”
"The other is to sacrifice life and forget death for the sake of love, and to die is still smelling the fragrance of chivalrous bones, and it is enough to make friends with your heart. ”
"If he can return safely, he must have extraordinary ability, and it is better to have one more enemy than one friend. ”
"Young Master is wise!" Lu Lin complimented.
"Learn more, less on this hippie smile! Go and copy down the relevant collection tasks!" Lu Bufan lifted the folding fan, raised his head and knocked on the door of Lu Lin's head.
Jiang Ze returned to Bi Wufeng, Xiao Yi was already waiting outside the courtyard gate, "How is it, did you hug your thigh?"
"No, although there is one person who takes the task, but he does not have the authority, he can't find out who it is, maybe he has already set off. Jiang Ze replied.
"That..."
"Don't worry, I'll be careful, prepare some dry food for me, and I'll go pack my bags. Jiang Ze comforted softly.
"A-Ning, you also live here these days, and you also have a companion with Sister Xiaoyi. Jiang Ze said to A Ning on the side.
"Okay, Master Xie Yan. A-Ning paused, and finally spoke, "It's okay if Yan Gongzi doesn't go, A-Ning is afraid that Yan Gongzi will also..."
"Don't say these frustrating words, don't worry, I will return safely with Brother Lianshan and Lan. Touching A-Ning's head, Jiang Ze returned to the study to pack his things.
Changed into casual clothes, wrapped it in cloth and filled it with the carved card cloth bag and the healing medicine prepared by Xiao Yi, carried the refraction on his back, and folded all the carved primary spiritual arrays in his arms.
Travel lightly and arrive early, and Brother Lianshan will have one more chance of being rescued.
After taking the dry food in Xiao Yi's hand, Jiang Ze set off, walked to the foot of Biwufeng Mountain, and turned around to look up.
In front of the small courtyard on the mountainside, two blurred figures, one tall and one short, still haven't left.
Jiang Ze waved his hand at the two and left without looking back.
The Moon God Sect is more than 1,200 miles away from the dark and dense forest, except for a sparsely populated village, the rest are deep mountains and dense forests.
Dozens of feet tall trees shade the sky and the sun, and even at noon, the understory is very dark, so it is called a dark and dense forest by the locals.
After two days of driving, it was almost halfway there, and the only village on the road that could be settled was ahead.
For the first two days, Jiang Ze slept on the branches of the treetops, and his whole body was sore.
The red sun slowly sinks, and in the blink of an eye, it falls into the belly of the mountain.
With the afterglow, Jiang Ze walked into the only inn in the village and found an empty seat to sit down.
"This young man, is it a top or a hotel?" Xiao Er stepped forward to wipe the table neatly and asked attentively.
In this remote and barren place, it is rare for business to come to the door, and he is the only guest in the entire inn.
"Serve a few signature side dishes, and prepare another room. Jiang Ze took out a few taels of broken silver and handed them to Xiao Er, or went to the Zongmen treasury a few days ago to find the rest of the change when settling the kraft paper.
"Has there ever been a big man with a strong physique, eight feet long, thick eyebrows, square face, slightly dark skin, and two giant axes on his back in the past few days?" Jiang Ze asked Xiao Er.
"Big man, yes, yes, about six or seven days ago, there was an eight-foot-tall man, as the young man said, disgusted that my wine was unpalatable, and scolded and drank two large vats, and the small one remembered very well!"
That should be Brother Lianshan, and I am more and more sure that the direction is correct.
"What about the past two days?" Jiang Ze asked, wondering if his thighs had come.
"Shaoxia is the only guest these days. Xiao Er replied.
"Did anyone else come between a month or two months?" Jiang Ze then asked.
"Shhhh It's been too long, and I can't remember it clearly. Xiao Er's face was embarrassed.
Jiang Ze put an ingot of gold on the table, "Think about it again." ”
Xiao Er happily held the gold ingot in his arms, "I remember!!! The shop has been open for several months, and about two months ago, two waves of people settled in the shop, the first wave was five mysterious people wearing black cloaks and masks. A few days later, there was a lone traveler of the same age as the young man. ”
"Did they come back later?"
Xiao Er frowned and thought, "It seems that it really doesn't, it's not that we are boasting, in this deserted dense forest, our business is unique, and there will be a return, unless..."
Xiao Er glanced at Jiang Ze, this person should be related to those people, and it is not easy to say that they may all be dead, in case they are angered, they will be over.
"There are many ferocious beasts lurking in the dense forest, and it is rumored that someone has caught a glimpse of a dragon beast devouring a tiger and a leopard in the forest. ”
"Well, I see, go get busy with you. ”
Jiang Ze ate a few bites indiscriminately and went back to the room.
Take out the Yin card of the Acacia Gu in the baggage, this Acacia Gu card is directly received in the Beacon Pavilion when you receive the task, no need to go to the law office, one-stop humanized service.
It is said to be a token, but it is actually a diamond-shaped amber the size of a fingernail, which is sealed with a Gu worm the size of a grain of rice.
Jiang Ze played around with it, and he couldn't start with this thing to find clues.
Let's go to the Dragon Cave.
Put all your bags next to the bed and extinguish the candlestick on the table with a single palm.
When Jiang Ze was about to fall asleep, in a daze, footsteps sounded outside the door.
"Shopkeeper, do we really want to do such a thing?" Xiao Er outside the door asked in a low voice, his tone a little flustered.
"If you don't do it, what do we rely on to eat!" the shopkeeper slapped Xiao Er hard, "You can't do a single drink business in a month?"
"But..."Xiao Er was very embarrassed, although he was a little greedy for money, but not to the point of killing for money.
"It's nothing, after so long, the sweat medicine should have worked, this kid has a big shot, he looks like a child of the family, and he has enough money to spend for several years. ”
"If you don't want to do it, I'll pass Cui'er to Wang Mazi, the butcher at the entrance of the village, and he will definitely be better than you in doing this!" the shopkeeper threatened.
"I see that you are honest and obedient and can endure hardships, so I allowed Cui'er to follow you, you are so cringe, Cui'er will follow you to drink the northwest wind in the future?
"Then we only seek money, not kill people, okay?" Xiao Er's voice trembled slightly.
"Then what's going on! Wait for him to wake up and kill the door? Or wait for him to lead someone to destroy us?" The shopkeeper snatched the kitchen knife and pushed Xiao Er away, "It's not enough to succeed, I'll do it myself!"
After that, he kicked open the door and rushed to the bed, raising a knife to chop Jiang Ze's head.
Jiang Ze sighed.
Suddenly, a silver needle shot out from the burden next to the bed, and before the shopkeeper came to his senses, the carved needle penetrated through his eyebrows and hung on Xiao Er's forehead and stopped.
The shopkeeper fell to the ground and lost his breath.
"The immortal family spares his life!" Seeing this, Xiao Er immediately knelt down, "Those two guests, we didn't harm them!"
"You don't have that ability. ”
Jiang Ze didn't want to kill people, if it weren't for the "Shennong Sutra" being resistant to poison, he might have fallen on the road, this sweat medicine was extremely violent, and it was obviously specially made for monks.
If you fight a snake, you will not die, but you will be devoured by it.
"Where did this medicine come from?"
"It was given to us by the first mysterious people who came here, saying that if we met a lonely passer-by, we would use this medicine to overturn them and cut off their heads, and then they would come here to settle the payment, and give us money that we will not spend for a lifetime. Xiao Er knelt on the ground and shivered, and he didn't dare to wipe it with cold sweat on his head.
"Then why don't you follow their instructions and let go of those two residents?" Jiang Ze asked, could it be that he looked better to bully?
"That day, the shopkeeper did drugged the dish, and the little one was afraid of causing human life, so he poured the drugged dish in the backyard and fried a new one, but the dish was eaten by the ploughing cow tied in the backyard, and the shopkeeper noticed it and beat me. Xiao Er said truthfully.
Jiang Ze turned around and searched in the baggage, Xiao Er thought that Jiang Ze was looking for a knife, so he kept kowtowing and shouting for mercy.
"Seeing that your temperament is not bad, I will spare your life for the time being. Jiang Ze threw twenty taels of gold in front of Xiao Er, "Take the money and leave here with your daughter-in-law." ”
"Huh?" Xiao Er was stunned, and it took a long time to come back to his senses, "Thank you for the grace of Engong not to kill!"
"Even if you kill the passers-by who are lone and complete the tasks assigned by those people, do you think you will be able to get the money?
"Ah?!!" Xiao Erwan suddenly woke up, and he was afraid for a while.
"The shopkeeper also deserves it, you should be tight-mouthed and be careful of getting into trouble. Jiang Ze packed up his things and got up, "Help me clean up the room again, don't bother me if you have nothing to do." ”
"Yes, yes, yes!"
The first time Xiao Ertou saw such a big-hearted guest, he killed the innkeeper and dared to sleep here.