Chapter 11 Transactions
A butterfly hit the window and made a slight sound, but Xu Mo was startled.
Glancing at the jade pendant in his hand again, he put it away casually, at this time he suddenly understood, whether there is this jade pendant or not, he and Xu Ling's uncle can't be friends, and from the beginning he didn't plan to fight each other, that is looking for death, as long as he can quickly get out of this whirlpool, these are not problems
What's more, although this jade pendant has caused changes in the black toad, it is still uncertain whether it is a treasure or an ordinary jade pendant, after all, he knows too little about this world, and maybe the jade in this world has a special effect on visualizing the black toad.
He didn't blame himself for thinking too much just now, now he was very weak, any danger had to be considered in advance, it would never be wrong to make some preparations in advance, and now he needed to dispose of Xu Ling's body as soon as possible.
During the conversation last night, he had already learned from Xu Ling that their family had built a secret room to avoid the disaster, and the entrance was under the bed in this room.
He took a look first, there was not much space inside, but there were grain pickles and dried meat, a small well in the corner, and a passage for only one person to crawl out to the outside of the courtyard - if things didn't go well, this would be his escape.
After moving Xu Ling's body in, cleaning up and covering up all the traces, and making some arrangements, the next thing is to see if the Feng Zhutou comes as promised-whether he comes here or not, he has to leave here tonight, but before the other party, a group of uninvited guests came to the courtyard.
Hearing the movement, his heart sank, and the first thought was that Feng Zhutou actually told Xu Ling's uncle his letter, the reason why he found Feng Zhutou was because the other party was Wang Xiancheng's son-in-law, and the Wang family and the Xu family had always been not on good terms, could it be that the information he got was superficial?
But soon a flattering voice was heard: "...... It's not a small mouth, Young Master Hui, you are really benevolent, Young Master Ling is sick, you not only help to ask for a doctor, but also take time to visit every day......"
He was relieved and understood who it was, it was Xu Ling's cousin, Xu Hui, so he quickly lay back on the bed and covered most of his face with his deliberately dirty hair.
After a while, six or seven people entered the room, and then one of them walked one step in front of the bed, covered his nose, and said with deliberate concern in his tone: "Brother Ling, are you feeling better today?"
Xu Mo's heart was bright, but he was relieved to see that the other party didn't notice that someone had changed on the bed.
Xu Ling's cousin's concern obviously only stopped at two greetings, and then raised his hand to beckon a doctor over, and he stood in front of the window.
Xu Mo was happy in his heart, the other party was like this, the light in the room was darker, which was more conducive to camouflage, for the arrival of the doctor, he had already thought that someone might check it, so he also thought of ways to deal with it: first of all, he had already started "Mixed Yuan Jin", which could control the subtle muscles, which would help him control his breathing and heartbeat, in addition, visualizing the black toad diagram could control his mental activities, plus he was seriously injured twice a while ago, and imitating the dying state was also considered a "experience".
The doctor also seemed to know something inside, and when he saw his intermittent breathing, he only stretched out his hand to check the pulse, and then said to Xu Hui: "Young Master Hui, let my cousin's pulse in the muscles and flesh, slow as a water leak, and the stomach qi has been exhausted, this ...... Please forgive me for not being able to do anything about it!"
Xu Hui said righteously: "The second uncle only has one son, and I ask Dr. Xie to try his best to save his life, no matter how much it costs!"
Doctor Xie said: "Saving people's lives is a matter of accumulating merit, but Young Master Ling's illness can no longer be saved by medicinal stones......
Xu Hui sighed and stomped his feet: "This ...... Is it really impossible to save it? Alas, how many days will my brother Ling live? I have to go back to report to my father, and I don't know what his old man will be sad about...... You have never left Brother Ling, and you are still loyal, you stay and take care of Brother Ling, if there is an emergency, you must inform me as soon as possible, understand?"
......
The group came and went in a hurry, and for Xu Mo, the only regret was that he couldn't hear more useful information from them.
The rest of the day was fine, the spring days were short, and before I knew it, it was getting dark outside.
Xu Mo barely slept yesterday, and the waiting time was relatively boring, so he visualized the black toad slowly entering a false sleep, thanks to the exercise in the mountains in the previous months, this state would not affect his perception and hearing, so, after hearing someone jump into the yard, he woke up in time, and then adjusted his state to "seriously ill"- For Feng Zhutou, he didn't have to act like he was about to die, and, with the other party's experience, it was possible to show more flaws if the performance was too much, in order to behave more realistically, he simply stopped visualizing, and the severe headache was like a frightened poisonous snake, and he raised his head and devoured it at once!
When Feng Zhutou walked into the house, what he saw was Xu Mo's extremely painful appearance, he stared for a while to make sure that it was not pretended, then opened the window and stood there with his hands in his hands, but "Xu Ling" didn't speak, he wasn't sure if he was too sick to notice his arrival, so he said, "I'm here." There's something to say!"
Xu Mo looked over as if he had just discovered him, and after taking a few breaths, he said, "I'm dying......"
Feng Zhutou didn't expect "Xu Ling" to say such a thing, he didn't know what his purpose was, could it be that he wanted him to preside over justice? For the sake of a dying person to offend a powerhouse of the sixth layer of the Earth Yuan Realm? That was ridiculous!
Xu Mo took a few breaths, and then said weakly: "My family has forty-eight and a half acres of fertile land, and there are five groceries, cotton clothes, wine, and raw meat shops in the county, I ......"
At this point, he suddenly coughed.
At this time, Feng Zhutou was excited when he heard it, but "Xu Ling" coughed endlessly, and when he couldn't help but want to speak, Xu Mo continued: "...... Among them, there are 19 hectares of high-grade paddy fields, 27 hectares of medium fertile fields, and the remaining two and a half hectares of land are also very fertile except for being a little far away from the water...... In the markets of our county, the high-grade paddy fields cost at least 350 taels, the medium fertile fields cost 260 to 299, and we calculate them according to 206, and the low-grade fertile fields also cost 18, and these lands can be sold for as little as 10,000...... Four thousand taels of silver...... The shop in the county ......"
Feng Zhutou felt like he had entered a nest of ants in his heart, and couldn't help but say, "What are you talking about?"
Xu Mo was there again gasping for breath, then looked at him with the quilt in his hand, and said, "I want to make a deal with Feng Zhutou!"
Feng Zhutou didn't care about whether it was really Xu Ling lying on the bed at this time, and asked, "What kind of deal?"
Xu Mo's heart was overjoyed, and he quickly visualized Mo Toad's severe headache, and said, "I don't have a few days to live, and I plan to ...... them."
But he was afraid of arousing the suspicion of the other party, so he lowered his head and coughed when he said this.
Feng Zhutou couldn't wait to slap his cough down with a palm, and frowned, "Do you want to drink some water?"
Xu Mo shook his head, the reason why he called the other party at night was that he was hidden at night, and it was not easy to distinguish his authenticity from falsehood, but when he got closer, it was hard to say if he could find out that he was a fake.
Feng Zhutou nodded, and then said in a lighter tone: "In addition, you have to be clear that some things can't be done!"
Xu Mo slumped on the bed, as if he didn't understand his words, and said, "I plan to sell them to you for a total of three thousand taels of silver, on the condition that you ......."
Feng Zhutou turned around abruptly and said in surprise: "What did you say?!"
Xu Mo said solemnly: "I said, I am willing to sell them to you for three thousand taels of silver......
Feng Zhutou clenched his fists and couldn't help but say, "Why?"
Xu Mo said weakly: "I don't know how long I can live, what's the use of putting these properties in my hands......? Of course, I also have conditions, you have to pay me cash, and then send me to Junqing Mansion safely!"
Ever since he heard about Xu Ling and planned to borrow his identity, he thought of two plans, one was to hide his body after Xu Ling's death and without anyone finding out, and then live as him, which was the safest thing to do, he didn't do it, in addition to not wanting to owe the other party, there was also a reason that Xu Ling suddenly disappeared, and his uncle's family would definitely look for it, and once the body was found, his identity would be invalid.
So he chose the second plan: to use the wealth to impress Feng Zhutou and Wang Xiancheng behind him, in exchange for asylum, so that he could leave here safely and "above board" With this identity, anyway, if these things are not sold, they will only fall into the hands of Uncle Xu Ling, and the wealth that originally fell into the stomach will disappear, presumably his uncle will not be happy, and if the Wang family wants to eat them into their stomachs, they will have to fight with Uncle Xu Ling, and no one will think about finding Xu Ling's corpse, and he can also get some money, which can be described as killing several birds with one stone!
Feng Zhutou naturally didn't know Xu Mo's true purpose, but in the face of five times the profit, his heart almost exploded!
And he immediately thought that this matter could be used to hit the Xu family, and then he could show his face in front of Wang Xiancheng, why wouldn't he do it?
PS: I didn't expect the cold to get worse, dizziness and nose not breathable every day, alas