Chapter 85: Dragon City Twin Monsters
There are so many different kinds of people in your life that you can't remember them all, and you may become friends, enemies, or even just others. But even if you are divided into three different categories of people, it is difficult for you to read each one, because the human heart is complex.
Everyone has their own inner secrets, and maybe you will never really be able to see a person's face, even if it is a friend, because they will always have something that they don't want outsiders to know, some are malicious, and some are also well-intentioned.
When Xia Haitang saw Wuxin again, he didn't show any surprise, as if he had already known that Wuxin had come to Dragon City, and he also knew that Wuxin would come to the Snake Gang.
I guess it's impossible to hide the snake gang's eyeliner on the territory of Dragon City without being discovered. Xia Haitang was still wearing a gauze gown and a pair of pink embroidered shoes, half-lying on the couch, staring at Wuxin tightly with a charming smile, as if she wanted to swallow Wuxin in one bite.
Looking at Xia Haitang, who was still as mysterious as the first time they met, he couldn't tell what kind of feeling he felt in his heart, and he didn't know what kind of relationship he had with Xia Haitang, friends, acquaintances, or just two sides of the transaction that each took what he needed.
But Wuxin is sure that they will not be enemies, although this conclusion is unfounded, or even just speculation, but Wuxin can be so sure.
"I want to ask you something. Unintentionally looked at Xia Haitang, who was looking at him, and said lightly, time was pressing, and he didn't have time to greet Xia Haitang.
Xia Haitang did not hesitate, and said bluntly: "Yes, 100,000 taels." The words were simple and direct, as if there was no room for negotiation, and it seemed that he already knew what he wanted to inquire about.
Wuxin frowned, pressed Xia Haitang's eyes, and said lightly: "It seems that you already know why I came." If Xia Haitang didn't know what Wuxin had done in this way, she wouldn't have made a direct offer as soon as she came up, and it was almost a sky-high price, it was likely that she already knew who stole the gold silk armor.
Xia Haitang pursed his lips and chuckled a few times, and said in a coquettish voice: "The famous blood knife came to the Phantom City unintentionally, how can he hide from other people's eyes, not to mention that he also has gold silk armor worth hundreds of thousands of taels on his body, it is difficult for people not to pay attention." As he spoke, he glanced at Murong Xue, who was standing beside Wuxin, and there was a look of jealousy in his eyes, but it was only a flash.
Wuxin was also not surprised, he knew the strength of the Snake Gang, not to mention that he didn't hide it, he swaggered to Dragon City, even if he walked day and night, I am afraid that he would not be able to escape the eyes and ears of the Snake Gang. Since Xia Haitang knew what she was doing, it would not be an exaggeration for her to bid 100,000 taels, it was just a bit of a danger to take advantage of others.
"But we spent all the money not long ago, and now we can't take that much. Wuxin said lightly, he didn't lie, Murong Xue had already taken out all the money in order to get the golden silk armor, and 700,000 taels seemed to be Murong Qianhe's bottom line. And Wuxin himself has never been a person who can take out 100,000 taels at once.
"Then there is no way, since you want to recover such a priceless thing, then you should pay the same price, 100,000 taels is already the lowest price for you and me for the sake of acquaintance. Xia Haitang seemed to have succeeded in his conspiracy, and a sly smile appeared on his face.
"Why are you so greedy, you want to go crazy for money, right?" Murong Xue on the side saw that the other party was deliberately falling into the well and wanted to take the opportunity to blackmail, so she couldn't help but speak, with a hint of disdain on her face, glaring at Xia Haitang fiercely.
Hearing Murong Xue's words, Xia Haitang suddenly sank his face, stared at Murong Xue coldly, and said in a deep voice: "Then do you give it or not? If you don't give it, you will leave immediately." ”
She seems to have been angry, not because Murong Xue said something unpleasant, but because she hated Murong Xue's condescending appearance, not to mention that she still seemed to be a woman beside her. If it weren't for Wuxin's sidelines, maybe she would have had a seizure.
When Murong Xue heard Xia Haitang's words, she was speechless for a while, and the words that she had almost blurted out were swallowed back instantly, and she gritted her teeth and said, "Okay, I'll go out, but you have to tell us who stole the things first, and I will send someone to send the money over as soon as possible." ”
Xia Haitang listened, shook his head, and said slowly: "A mere 100,000 taels is really nothing to Murong Tang, and I also believe that Murong Tang will definitely not lack my 100,000 taels, but unfortunately I can't wait that long, I can only now." It seems that she has long known Murong Xue's origin.
"You ......" Murong Xue was so angry that her face turned red when she heard Xia Haitang's words, and she didn't know what to say.
Wuxin has already seen that Xia Haitang is deliberate, she knows that she can't take out so much money at once now, so she offered a sky-high price as soon as she opened her mouth, but the purpose may not be to make herself retreat, but to get something else from herself.
Thinking of this, he said lightly: "Say, how can you say it?"
Xia Haitang sat up from the couch with a smile, looking like a "treacherous plan", looked at Wuxin and said slowly: "I don't want money, but you have to promise me one thing." After speaking, he stared at Wuxin's eyes tightly.
"What's the matter?" asked unthinkingly, knowing it wouldn't be that simple.
"I haven't figured it out yet, and I'll tell you when I do, but no matter what it is, you can't go back, you have to say yes. Xia Haitang said seriously, waiting for an unintentional reply.
"Don't promise her, we'll find it ourselves, it's a big deal, I don't want the gold silk armor. Murong Xue hurriedly opened her mouth to stop it, for fear that she would not have the intention to agree, although she didn't know what Xia Haitang was doing, but her intuition told her that it would not be a good thing.
As soon as Murong Xue's words fell, she saw that Wuxin had already spoken: "I promise you." He didn't hesitate, nor did he think much about what Xia Haitang would let him do, because no matter what he did, he had to agree.
Since Murong Tang is willing to bid 700,000 taels of silver tickets to auction the golden silk armor, it shows that he attaches great importance to the golden silk armor, if it is stolen by someone under his own escort and cannot be recovered, then how will he meet Murong Qianhe in the future, not to mention that this also has his own responsibility, it is he who is too careless.
At this time, it was too late for Murong Xue to stop it, but she saw Xia Haitang laughing again, laughing so hard that she squinted at Wuxin and said, "Okay, it's really refreshing, ten miles north of the city, the thatched house under the Guanyin Temple, the things you want are there." ”
"Thank you. Wuxin dropped a word, turned around and walked out, without hesitation, as if he was not worried about the thing that he promised Xia Haitang that has not yet been known, he didn't care what that thing would be, now he just wanted to find the lost thing quickly. Murong Xue glared at Xia Haitang, turned around and chased after him.
"They are the twin monsters of Dragon City, and what they are best at is deception. Looking at the backs of the two of them leaving, Xia Haitang reminded him, his eyes contained a trace of complex emotions, and when he looked at Murong Xue, there was a faint trace of resentment.
Out of the city, Wuxin and Murong Xue quickly walked towards the Guanyin Temple that Xia Haitang said, for fear that they would not be able to find each other's figures if they went late.
According to Xia Haitang, the other party's name is Longcheng Twin Monsters, it should be two people, according to the pregnant woman who suddenly disappeared when the thing was lost, one of the other party should be a woman.
Soon, they saw a slightly dilapidated Guanyin temple halfway up the hill not far ahead, and then they saw a simple thatched hut at the foot of the mountain. The reason why I saw it so quickly was because there was only one family within a radius of ten miles, and there was only this one room.
The two of them soon came to the thatched hut and observed the movement inside. Inside the humble fence wall, there was a stone table, two small stools, two pairs of dishes and chopsticks on the table, and two plates of leftovers, probably just after lunch, and had not yet had time to clean up.
A broken carriage stood in the corner of the fence wall, with only one wheel left on it, and there was no sign of the horse. Although it is simple, the courtyard is very clean, and there is not even a single dead leaf.
Wuxin hesitated for a moment, slowly walked into the courtyard, glanced around, and walked straight to the thatched house.
At this moment, the door of the thatched hut suddenly opened, and an old man with gray hair came out. When the old man saw Wuxin, he was stunned for a moment, squinted a pair of slightly presbyopia eyes and looked Wuxin up and down, and asked in a hoarse throat, "Young man, who are you looking for?"
"Old man, have you ever seen a pregnant woman? She took our things, and we came to ask her for them. Without waiting for Wuxin to speak, Murong Xue, who was standing behind Wuxin, had already walked out and said slowly, with great respect for the old man, and his tone was gentle.
When the old man heard Murong Xue's words, he smiled, and couldn't help but say: "You little girl is really good at laughing, a pregnant woman will take something from you, you are in the wrong place, there are no pregnant women here, I have never seen it, there are only me and my wife here, I think you should go somewhere else to find it." ”
"But we were told that she lived here. Murong Xue said suspiciously, looking at Wuxin suspiciously, not knowing what to do.
Wuxin looked at the old man who was bowing his head and cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks, and did not speak. He noticed a detail, just now when the old man heard Murong Xue say that someone told them that the pregnant woman lived here, the old man's movements stopped for a moment. Although it was only for a moment, it was discovered by careful carelessness.
The old man didn't continue to talk, finished cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks on the table, and walked towards the thatched hut with his legs raised. Wuxin stared at the old man's back tightly and frowned.
At this moment, Wuxin suddenly saw a figure flashing in the half-open door, and then saw a figure quickly rushing out from the diagonal back of the thatched house, rushing towards the direction of the Guanyin Temple, it was the pregnant woman who was almost hit by a carriage in the city, and then suddenly disappeared, at this time she was still wearing that dress, but she didn't look like a pregnant woman with Rokka.
"There, don't let her run!" Murong Xue also saw the figure that suddenly ran out of the thatched house, and immediately recognized that it was the pregnant woman, and was about to chase her out.
"No need to chase, he's the one we're looking for. Wuxin suddenly raised his voice and said, stopping Murong Xue, who was about to chase out.
Murong Xue listened to Wuxin's words, looked at the old man in front of him who was still walking unhurriedly towards the house, didn't know the meaning of Wuxin's words, and anxiously glanced at the direction of the pregnant woman's escape, but there was no trace of it. The other party escaped again, and Murong Xue was so anxious that she couldn't help but stomp her feet.
The old man's body that was originally walking towards the thatched house shook, but he still didn't stop his steps and continued to walk towards the house, as if he hadn't heard the conversation between Wuxin and Murong Xue at all.
"Do you want to keep pretending? Wuxin looked at the old man's back, said lightly, shook the knife in his hand, and his eyes were cold.
The old man's body finally stopped, but he didn't look back, and said slowly, "I don't understand what you're talking about. But the voice was not as hoarse as it had been.
"Don't pretend to be a god anymore, it's you who betrayed yourselves. Wuxin said lightly, his voice even colder, even with a hint of sneer.
The old man finally turned around slowly, staring at Wuxin's eyes, his face was gloomy, and he no longer had the kindness and weakness that he had when he first met......