Chapter 178: Mutual Suspicion
The original idea of the demon cultivator was very vicious, asking himself to pretend to be people in the mine valley, planning to rob and kill Fan Yongjie and others under this name, and after robbing the money, he only left a living mouth, and he could splash this basin of dirty water on the people in the mine valley, and he had both money and black the mine valley, which could be described as killing two birds with one stone, but he didn't expect Kong Rui to suddenly intervene, and the situation was immediately reversed, and he was seriously injured, but fortunately, it seems that everyone still thinks that they are from the mine valley at the moment, and they don't say anything at the moment, just thinking about how to escape.
After looking for it, Kong Rui has not found anything that may prove their identity, and he also knows that simple objects such as weapons cannot explain anything, after all, the armed forces in this mine valley have been fighting with the people for many years, and it is normal to have some things that are suspicious of people.
That demon cultivator's heart was shocked, how could this person even know his identity?
Kong Rui naturally knew that he couldn't get anything he wanted from these demon cultivators, so it was better to force him to commit suicide, after all, this was the most common trick used by the Demon Cultivators.
When Fan Yongjie and the others saw this, they couldn't help but be stunned.
Fan Fu and the Qi Refiner bodyguard were well-informed, and they immediately became suspicious, thinking that if they were bandits in the Mine Valley, there were very few people like those people just now who were not afraid of death and fought to the death, most of them were rabble who could not be defeated, but these people were obviously well-trained;
Seeing this, Fan Yongjie and another bodyguard couldn't tell the difference, and secretly admired these people, thinking that it was no wonder that Zhao Er and the others in the mine valley could hold on for so long under the encirclement and suppression of the stingers, and these people were indeed bloody. But after all, these people killed two of their companions, and they had to hold a grudge.
Fan Yongjie saw that two bodyguards had died before he arrived in Qingshui Town, and that they were the hands of possible business partners, so he immediately planned to retreat, so he asked Fan Fudao: "Uncle Fu, what should we do next?
Fan Fu naturally knew his thoughts, of course, he also cared about Kong Rui's presence, but he still said his thoughts first, and said: "It's getting late now, and we can only settle down in Qingshui Town in front, let's talk about the rest of the things when we get there." ”
The other two bodyguards took off the things of their dead companions, dug a pit on the side of the road, and buried the two of them there for the time being, planning to wait for the next day to deal with them at dawn, so they followed Fan Yongjie and Fan Fu.
Kong Rui put the corpse of the demon cultivator into the storage bag and took it with him, and said to Fan Yongjie: "I am also going to Qingshui Town, how about I go the same way?"
Seeing that Kong Rui had saved them and had no malicious intent, everyone immediately said: "If we have this intention, then there will be Lao Xiantu." They thought that this Kong Rui was very powerful, and it would naturally be safer if they could go with him, but Kong Rui had smeared the image of the people in the mine valley because of those scheming people, and wanted to expose the conspiracy of the stingers for them, so he pulled a horse and went on the road with them.
On the way, Kong Rui saw that one of Fan Yongjie's bodyguards was a middle-level qi refiner, who must have some strength; and at this time, when this kind of person came to the vicinity of the mining valley, it must be related to the business of iron ore and pig iron, and he also guessed his identity to some extent, but he still wanted to lead the topic to them in order to help Zhao Er and the others in the mining valley, so he asked Fan Yongjie: "Brother Fan, what is the matter with your trip to Qingshui Town?"
Fan Yongjie looked at Fan Fu and saw that he didn't react, so he said: "I heard that the regulations near the mine valley have been relaxed a lot, and even the trading of iron ore and pig iron has been liberalized, so I will wait to see if there is any opportunity to make money." Fan Fu naturally knew that there was no need to hide this matter, everyone could guess it, so he let Fan Yongjie say it.
Kong Rui said: "But brother looked at the Tao just now someone said that he was a person from the mine valley and wanted to rob and kill you, how can you do this business?"
Fan Yongjie was stunned for a moment, and only listened to Fan Fudao: "This matter is easy to say, as long as the iron ore comes out to Qingshui Town, we will think of other ways, so we will go to Qingshui Town to have a look." ”
It turned out that this Fan Fucheng Mansion was much deeper, so naturally he would not show his hole cards, and Kong Rui heard them say this, and he also knew that this was not the result that Zhao Er and the others wanted. After all, what Zhao Er and the others wanted was not only to sell the iron ore, but also how to buy salt, cloth and other scarce materials; if the iron ore was sold only near Qingshui Town, where could these people in the vicinity be able to buy a large amount of salt and cloth? And this person in front of him was obviously a powerful person, if they could be directly connected with the people in the mining valley, it would definitely be a win-win result.
It's a pity that Kong Rui is obviously not as good as Fan Fu and doesn't know Fan Fu's true thoughts, but he still thinks that they may still have some grudges now, after all, they think that it was the people in the mine valley who robbed and killed their people, and it is normal for them to be reluctant to contact the mine valley directly for the time being, and his current priority is to prove that the person who robbed them is a scheming person and not a person in the mine valley. Thinking of this, Kong Rui said, "Oh, I see. It's just that now the inns in Qingshui Town are full, and I have a good place to go in Qingshui Town, I don't know if you would like to go together?"
Fan Yongjie didn't answer, just waiting for Fan Fu to call the shots; Fan Fu thought that this Kong Rui was extraordinary, if he wanted to kill them in a secluded place just now, he could do it, and there was no need to go to the town to talk about it; the other party said it politely, and it was not good to disagree with his wishes; and he had been to Qingshui Town before, and he probably knew about the situation in the town, and he came from afar, no better than those nearby merchants, and the inn in the town might be full as Kong Rui said, so he had to nod and agree: "Then I will disturb Brother Lin." ”
Kong Rui directly took Fan Yongjie and the others to the courtyard where he saw the demon cultivators come out, he just wanted to clarify the matter of robbing Fan Yongjie and them as soon as possible, so he brought them here, and also wanted to see what kind of person the stationmaster was.
Fan Yongjie and the others thought that Kong Rui and the owner of this courtyard were acquaintances, and they didn't mind, so they followed behind him.
Kong Rui walked closer, first released his divine sense to investigate the situation in the courtyard, but he didn't want it to be empty, he didn't know what was happening, so that the people in this house disappeared, and he didn't know how to start his plan to clarify the matter of the guiser impersonating him as soon as possible, so he immediately turned his mind and turned back to Fan Yongjie and the others: "Brother Fan is really sorry, this friend of my brother is not at home, so we have to try our luck in the inn." ”
That Fan Yongjie and Fan Fu originally wanted to go to the inn, but when they saw this situation, they naturally had no opinion, so Kong Rui had no choice but to lead them to the inn where he was staying.
The innkeeper couldn't help frowning when he saw that Kong Rui was back and brought a few more guests, but he quickly greeted him with a smile on his face and said, "The guest officer is back." Who are these people?"
Kong Rui ignored him and asked, "Is there any room left?"
When the shopkeeper heard this, he hurriedly smiled and said, "I'm really sorry, the room in the small shop is a little nervous these days, and there is really no extra room." ”
When Fan Fu saw the innkeeper greeting Kong Rui like this, he immediately guessed that Kong Rui was living in this inn, but he hadn't mentioned it before, but led them directly to the compound, and he didn't know what kind of heart he had, and he was somewhat suspicious in his heart, so he stepped forward and said, "Then thank the shopkeeper, let's go to other inns to have a look." ”
The shopkeeper said: "Don't hide it from the guest officer, the inn is full these days, and the guest officer would be better if he came in the morning." ”
Fan Fu still felt strange, so he asked, "Shopkeeper, why is the business of this inn so good?"
The shopkeeper did not hide it, and said: "The guest officer does not know, just recently, the Qiqian people suddenly relaxed the control of this area, and there are many guests around, but there are not many inns opened; ”
Fan Fu nodded and said, "I see." Can the shopkeeper help us figure out a way, and we are willing to pay more. ”
As soon as the shopkeeper heard that the other party was going to pay more money, he immediately opened his eyebrows and said to Fan Fu: "There are a few guests who often have private rooms who don't know if they will come back tonight, so I'll give you a look." ”