The man seemed to be deaf to Shao Xi's words, still drinking wine and eating beef to himself.

Shao Xi didn't feel embarrassed when he saw that the other party didn't talk, but continued to ask: "Your Excellency doesn't look like a businessman, you have such good skills with a knife with you, and you still have to go out of the customs with a woman from the Western Regions by your side."

"This woman is wearing shackles on her feet, it is obvious that she is not your woman, it seems that Your Excellency should be entrusted by someone to look for someone in the Guan, and then send it to the outside of the Guanxi to receive the bounty after finding it, presumably Your Excellency is a righteous man."

The so-called "righteous man" in Shao Xi's mouth translates to bounty hunters, who are responsible for receiving the government's hanging red or being entrusted by private individuals, either to help the government arrest important criminals, or to search for people and things on behalf of others.

No matter which one it is, as long as you find the person or item you need to find, you can receive the corresponding bounty, and there are many people who make a living from it.

It's not an easy job, not everyone can do it.

Whether it is to help the government to arrest key criminals, or to find people and things on behalf of others, it is necessary to successfully hand over the person or thing to the person who offered the reward, and only after the identity is verified can the reward be received.

As the saying goes, peers are enemies, and there is fierce competition between peers in this industry, and things that rob people or kill people and sell goods also happen from time to time.

Therefore, if you want to gain a firm foothold in this industry, the premise is to have a good martial arts, not only to catch the people you want to catch, but also to have the ability to keep the results you have achieved.

Until the moment when the bounty is finally obtained, no one dares to guarantee whether their transaction will be successfully completed.

This kind of person is usually very low-key when going out, as unobtrusive as possible.

After catching the person they want to capture, most of them will choose to use medicine to turn people over, and then put them into wooden boxes to hire a carriage to prevent the people in their hands from resisting fiercely on the way and taking the opportunity to escape, but also to avoid attracting the attention of their peers and robbing people.

And the man in front of him was going to Guanwai with a woman from the Western Regions, indicating that he received the hanging red outside the Guan, came to the Guannei to find this woman, and then brought her to the Guanwai to receive the reward.

Maybe this woman is a slave who escaped from some family, or a concubine of someone's family, or she is wanted by the government outside the customs for something, otherwise there is no need to shackle her.

However, the woman seemed very quiet, and had no intention of struggling to escape, and I don't know what means the man used against the woman.

When the man heard Shao Xi's words, he couldn't help but raise his eyes to look at Shao Xi, and said in a calm tone: "You don't look like a businessman either." ”

Shao Xi asked with interest, "Oh? How so? How can you tell that I am not a businessman? ”

"Here, businessmen don't talk to strangers casually, let alone meddle in things."

"And what do you think I am?"

The man turned his head and glanced at Lao Wu and Sun Lichang, who were sitting not far away, and said in a flat tone: "I can't see it, one of the people traveling with you should be a businessman, the old man should be a person in the rivers and lakes, and the strong man must also be a member of the military, at least once."

"That big fat man is not a northerner at first glance, it looks like he came from Nanling, but this figure is a little special, as for you, you are both like a scholar and a Jianghu person, but you have a bit of an official spirit, so I can't see it."

Shao Xi had to admire the vicious eyes of the person in front of him, except for Shao Xi himself, everyone else in the group was looked at by him.

Sun Lichang is dressed as a shopkeeper, and his identity is not difficult to guess, Lao Wu looks obscene, people say that he is a Jianghu person is just a polite statement, it is not bad to say that he is a thief.

It is not difficult for Fu Biao to guess that the people who have fought on the battlefield have a momentum on their bodies, and those who often walk outside can see it at a glance.

Wu Qiu'er is neither a Jianghu nor a military person, although he grew up in Fu Zuoliang's military camp, he is basically free-range, and he does not have half of the military momentum at all.

However, the facial features are typical of southerners, so it is not surprising that this man guessed that Wuqiuer was from Nanling.

It's just that Shao Xi himself makes him a little incomprehensible.

Indeed, Shao Xi's body has some of the aura of the rivers and lakes but it is not obvious, and the perennial practice makes him seem to have some bookish temperament.

It may be that after doing the history of supervision, there are more and more officials in contact, and he unconsciously has a bit of officialdom, but this man only thinks that Shao Xi is not a businessman.

Because Shao Xi doesn't see the cautious and cautious feeling of a businessman.

It's no wonder that although Shao Xi has made his business so big, he has always been generous and not stingy, although he often weighs the pros and cons, he does not always put interests first.

And it has only been a large-scale development of the industry, and the specific things are handed over to Taihe Commercial Bank to take care of, so naturally there is no temperament of those who do business.

Shao Xi looked at the man in front of him, smiled mysteriously, and said in a low voice: "Don't hide it from Your Excellency, I am really a businessman, and I am also a person who takes money to do things for others." ”

When the man heard Shao Xi's words, a trace of surprise flashed on his face, and his eyes unconsciously revealed a bit of vigilance.

Shao Xi's words are indeed easy to cause him to misunderstand, taking money to do things for others, isn't that the same as himself? What do you want to talk to yourself now? Could it be that he wants to snatch the business in his hands?

In fact, what Shao Xi said about taking money to do things for others means that he took Xiao Changyi's royal treasury, ran errands for him to make money, and from time to time he was sent out to do things for him, isn't it the same as that man?

It's just that at this time, this man seems to have misunderstood the meaning of Shao Xi's words, and he is actually wary of Shao Xi.

As he picked up the bowl and drank, his other hand was already unconsciously resting on the hilt of the ring-headed knife on the table.

"If you plan to rob people, I advise you to dispel this idea as soon as possible, the last person who thought like this has been eaten by the wolves in the Gobi."

Shao Xi glanced at his hand on the hilt of the knife and grinned.

"Presumably Your Excellency has misunderstood, your knife licking business is not suitable for me, I like to sit at home and let others deliver the money to me, I just need to count the money slowly."

When the man heard Shao Xi say this, he seemed to think that he was bragging, and asked with a little disdain, "In that case, why did you come thousands of miles to this deserted place?"

"Do you know that this Jade Dragon Pass is the boundless Gobi Desert? How can a rich man like you bear the hardships of wind, sand and sun? If you don't have to worry about money, why do you need to come here to ask for hardship? ”

Shao Xi asked the guy to bring him a bowl of beef, grabbed a piece and chewed it heavily, while saying, "I like money very much, but money is just a need for me but it is not important, and the things I am looking for when I go to the Western Regions are not something that can be bought with money." ”

As soon as Shao Xi's words came out, the man sneered.

"You say that because you've never been short of money, you haven't tried to feel like you can't walk without money."

The man's words seemed to poke at a certain pain point in Shao Xi's heart, and his mouth that was chewing beef suddenly stopped.

He raised his eyebrows, glanced at the man with slanted eyes, and couldn't help but snort coldly.

"How do you know that I haven't felt that way, I'm rich now may not be rich I used to be, and how do you know that I haven't experienced that feeling of having no money in my hands and no way to ask for help?"

Shao Xi's words made the man stunned for a moment, and he couldn't help but ask, "In that case, why do you think that money is not important?" ”

"Because I did not become a slave of money, but let money become my slave, I will spare my life for many things, but I will not die for money, this is the difference between you and me."

At this moment, it seemed that the man was poked by Shao Xi again, and he was speechless for a while, not knowing how to reply to Shao Xi's words.

Just as he was stunned, the strong men behind him seemed to have relieved their breath and got up from the ground one after another, and several strong men outside the door also squeezed in from the door.

More than a dozen people, rubbing their legs, rubbing their faces, and rubbing their buttocks, although they looked very embarrassed, they were still unwilling and surrounded the man again.

The man had already heard the movement behind him, but he was still unmoved, just as the person behind him was like air, still calmly drinking the sorghum wine in the bowl.

The dozen or so strong men were about to make another move, but they saw Shao Xi raise his hand and point at them.

"This person is my friend, I advise you not to do it again, no one will laugh at you if you come out to be a soldier and break your hands and feet on the battlefield, but if you are repaired here over and over again, it will be a shame."

The strong man in the lead was angry, originally facing the man alone, the dozen or so big men of them were already aggrieved in their hearts, but they didn't expect another one to emerge now.

Although his heart is a little empty, he is still hard-mouthed.

"Which one are you? What are you running out to make a fuss about? Be careful to provoke Lao Tzu and clean up with you. ”

As he spoke, he took a step forward and started again.

At this time, Fu Biao, who was not far away, couldn't sit still, and stood up with a knife in his hand.

"As a soldier, don't you feel ashamed that you can't do a good job of guarding the border and reassuring the people, but you run out to extort money?"

"Shame? Lao Tzu and his brothers have been guarding the Jade Dragon Pass here for several years, and now those officials and men in the court don't even give his mother's salary, do you want Lao Tzu to drink the northwest wind? Can't eat enough to even lift a knife, and still kill his mother's side? ”

"That's it!"

Shao Xi's low shout was not only Fu Biao, but even the leading strong man seemed to feel the coercion emanating from Shao Xi's body, and he invariably closed his mouth and stared at Shao Xi.

Shao Xi reached out and took out a collar of silver from his satchel, and threw it to the strong man.

"That's the end of today's business, take the silver, and take your people to a different place to have a drink!"

The strong man took the silver and looked down, and it was a whole collar, as much as five taels, and he was stunned on the spot for a while.

The heart said, which God of Wealth is so generous?

"What's the matter? Is it too little? Why don't you take the money and leave quickly? ”

The strong man smiled awkwardly, arched his hand at Shao Xi, turned his head and glared at the gray-robed man, and really obediently left the tavern with his subordinates, leaving only the gray-robed man looking at Shao Xi with a surprised expression.

Shao Xi poured wine into his bowl and said, "I said that money is just a need for me, but it is not important, what matters is what I do with money. ”