Chapter Eighty-Four: Scratching the Dirt
He Rongzhi and Nong Yingjie were worried that they couldn't come up with the 50,000 taels of silver demanded by the man in black.
I didn't expect the man in black to really loosen up in his words.
He Rongzhi hurriedly asked: "There really isn't so much cash, what else does the hero like?"
The man in black frowned for a while, and finally said, "There is no silver, jewelry, and precious ornaments!
When He Rongzhi heard this, she nodded hurriedly. I do have some jewelry, yes.
Although martial arts women like them don't usually like to dress up. But as the head lady of the Huashan faction, there will be no shortage of several sets of heads at the bottom of the pressure box.
In addition, on weekdays, some people congratulate their birthdays and send some gold and silver Buddha statues. It's all worth a lot of money.
Don't look at these bits and pieces. But compared to silver of the same size, it is worth a lot more.
For the man in black, it was lighter to carry a lot of gold jewelry inlaid with precious stones than to bring a lot of silver.
Thinking of this, He Rongzhi nodded and said to the man in black: "Okay, is the hero waiting here, or is he going with me?"
The man in black said, "Not busy. And he jumped down from the tree.
He and Nong had already relaxed their vigilance against him.
Suddenly, seeing that the momentum of his fall was wrong, they were busy and alerted to lean over to resist.
But the man in black moved too fast, and he slapped a palm on Nong Yingjie's heart.
That Nong Yingjie didn't have a chance to talk nonsense, so he snorted and fell heavily on the tree-lined path.
This time, He Rongzhi was so frightened that her face was pale.
She shuddered her jaw and said, "You...... Kill him?"
The man in black quickly supported Nong Yingjie's feet and pulled him into the grass.
The grass here grows to half a man's height. It was dense again, and it was easy to see Nong Yingjie's body lying inside.
He Rongzhi saw that the man in black suddenly killed the killer, and her heart hurt as if she had been stabbed alive.
She was originally going to find her husband Qiu Songhe, but she didn't have a long sword on her body.
Now her heart was full of sorrow, and her right hand involuntarily grasped the hilt of the sword at her waist.
But that place was empty, and He Rongzhi could neither fight with her opponent, nor could she commit suicide immediately.
Two lines of tears came down from the corners of his eyes.
The man in black looked up and saw He Rongzhi's appearance, but he was stunned.
In fact, this man in black is none other than Fang Zhongjin in disguise.
He originally wanted to use the handle of the lady in charge to deceive the Zixia lock in the lady's house.
But he didn't expect that this lady in charge of the sect would be so affectionate to the elders in the sect.
Fang Zhongjin said vaguely: "He can't die yet."
You go back alone to get the money. It doesn't matter where I am. I'll wake him up when you get back.
If he comes late, he won't faint for a long time, and his brain will be damaged!"
When He Rongzhi heard this, she was overjoyed and surprised.
The good thing is that Nong Yingjie didn't die. The surprise is that if the fainting is long, it will still damage his body.
He Rongzhi glared at Fang Zhongjin. I stopped talking nonsense with him, and left this tree-lined path in a panic.
Fang Zhongjin added behind her: "Remember it's fifty thousand taels, if the things you bring are not enough for this number, I won't wake him up!"
saw He Rongzhi's back for a moment, and continued to rush forward.
She thought that Nong Yingjie's health was safe, so she didn't say hello to anyone all the way, but hurriedly ran towards the yard where she lived.
When they arrived outside the courtyard gate, the two female disciples saw her swollen face, crying and red eyes, and came in a hurry.
Both of them were stunned, and shouted hesitantly: "Master." ”
He Rongzhi waved her hand at them and said, "I'm fine." You don't have to be on duty today, so let's go back and rest. ”
When the two female disciples saw this situation, they said to themselves, did the master quarrel with the master?
This kind of thing is really embarrassing on the side, so I took my life and went lazy.
He Rongzhi saw that the two female disciples were really gone. So he hurriedly went into his room.
First spread a large cotton cloth on the bed, and then took out all the cash in his box.
There are a total of 1,500 taels on the left and right. It's too far from the figure of 50,000 taels.
He Rongzhi poured all her makeup on the cotton cloth again.
More than a dozen hairpins and two sets of gem heads made a crunch sound, squeezing into a pile.
He Rongzhi was afraid that these things would not be worth 50,000 taels in the eyes of the man in black.
came and went, but delayed the time to treat Nong Yingjie.
She wiped the tears from her face and looked up to see some cultural toys on the treasure shelf.
This house was originally occupied by his parents.
After Qiu Songhe took over as the head, the couple moved in.
It wasn't until a few years later that Qiu Songhe said that it was to facilitate the retreat and practice, so he moved out alone.
The furnishings in this house have not changed over the years.
And the ornaments on the treasure shelves were also left by his father.
Although I don't know the origin of these literary toys, the treasures of the head of Huashan are naturally extraordinary.
He Rongzhi hurriedly took down all the few literary toys on the shelf, hugged them in her arms, and then put them in the cotton cloth on the bed.
When I looked back, I saw a black metal box on the shelf.
The box looked old and had a keyhole on it. The box is engraved with patterns of mountains and rivers around it, and if you look closely, you can find that it is the whole picture of Huashan.
He Rongzhi didn't know what kind of treasure this box was. But seeing that the things on the cotton cloth were obviously not enough for 50,000 taels.
She didn't think much of it, and reached for the metal box.
Unexpectedly, this metal box seemed to be hooked by some thread.
He Rongzhi opened the bottom of the box suspiciously, and sure enough, a cotton thread was sticked.
I don't know how long the thread has been glued there, and it has turned black and yellow.
Anyway, He Rongzhi lives in this house every day and has never found anything wrong with this box.
But she didn't have time to care about so much. He Rongzhi broke the thread and put the box into the cotton cloth.
Seeing that all the things on the treasure shelves had been looted, He Rongzhi continued to rummage through the cabinets to find valuable things in the house.
While she was busy with her work, she suddenly heard the door behind her be slammed open.
The panicked He Rongzhi looked back and saw a person who had slammed open the door and was wrapped in a black coat.
When He Rongzhi saw his appearance, a strong fear surged in her heart.
The pupils of his eyes dilated suddenly, and his face turned pale.
I only heard He Rongzhi tremble and asked, "Are you Qiu Songhe?"
The man wrapped in the big clump said coldly, "Who do you want me to be?"
He ignored He Rongzhi and strode into the house. Suddenly, I saw a lot of valuable things on the bed.
Qiu Songhe looked back at He Rongzhi suddenly, and said with strong anger in his tone: "Okay, I'm already going to elope!"