Chapter 164: The Wind and Rain Are Coming (Part 1)
There is something called news in this world, and news always spreads very quickly.
In the borders of Nanfan Province, two pieces of news have been widely circulated in the world recently. The first news is that Zhao Zheng, a rising star who has obtained the Zichu Sword, is about to leave Zhujian Villa. The second news is that Qin Xing, who has a long history of evil, has fallen into
In the French Open, he was captured alive by Xiao Qingyi and Ye Zhiqiu.
In contrast, more people pay attention to the previous news, because the previous news is profitable for some people.
The underworld has already announced a bounty of 1.5 million taels of silver for the new magic weapon Zi Chu Jian, and the bounty amount is still increasing. It will surely increase to 160,000 taels in a few days.
Around one hundred thousand taels of silver. This astronomical figure is enough to make many people tempted.
Everyone wants to get a top-grade sword, but the person who finally gets it is a sixth-level heavenly martial artist. Logically speaking, a martial artist of this level is definitely not worthy of getting the Zichu Sword.
For the sixth-level heaven warriors, the top-grade sword is a hot potato, and it is really difficult to keep it.
In the rivers and lakes, there are many warriors who have surpassed the sixth level of heaven, and there are not a few who intend to snatch the Zichu sword. Among these people, there are two people, one is called Biyanjun. Ji Tiancheng, and the other is called Miaoshouweng.
. Lu Tao. These two people are not low in strength, but not famous. They like to do small and sneaky cases. In the world of martial arts, it is the last word to make a fortune quietly. It is not necessarily a good thing to have a reputation that is too loud.
People's hearts have always been full of grievances and the most difficult to satisfy. After getting a little sweetness, they want to get greater sweetness. Ji Tiancheng and Lu Tao are examples. They are no longer satisfied with the small cases they did before and plan to do a new one.
Write a huge case, and then retreat bravely and wash your hands in a golden basin.
The big case they are brewing is to poison Zhao Zheng and snatch Zi Chujian!
As long as this case is completed, the money earned will be enough for them to spend their whole life, and they will never commit crimes again.
With the strength of the two of them, it is more than enough to deal with Zhao Zheng, but it is absolutely impossible to deal with the Zhujian Villa. It is basically a waste. If they want to grab the Zichu Sword, they can only outsmart it, not the enemy.
Fortunately, they accidentally bought a piece of useful information from the underworld, which gave them a golden opportunity.
It is rumored that after Zhao Zheng leaves Zhujian Villa, he will go to the Taishan Sect and become a disciple of the Taishan Sect. No one is sure whether this news is true or not, but it is worth a try.
Ji Tiancheng and Lu Tao used this news to devise a plan. They decided to set up a roadside inn at the must-pass point between Zhujian Villa and Taishan Sect and turn it into a black shop. When Zhao Zheng and his party arrived at the inn
When they take a rest, they can take advantage of the inn to do some maneuvering.
In addition to martial arts, these two people also have another set of skills. Ji Tiancheng is good at poisoning, and his eyes are different from others, they are green, so he is nicknamed Biyanjun. Lu Tao is good at digging tunnels and setting up ambushes.
Therefore, they were nicknamed the Miaoshou Weng. With the skills of these two people, it only takes a few days to transform an ordinary inn into a murderous black shop!
Combining maps and on-site inspections, the two of them chose an inn on the way from Zhujian Villa to Taishan Sect. This inn was located exactly where they had to pass, and it had no village in front of it or any shops behind it. It stood alone on the road. It was really the best choice.
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This inn is called the Lujia Old Store, and it can indeed be called an old store. The store is very old, and it looks like it has been built for at least seven or eight years, making it look dusty.
On this day, the two of them entered the store with enough money to buy the old store, planning to take the first step in robbing the Zichu Sword. After buying the old Lu family store, the two of them would start rebuilding it.
This store has been renovated from the inside out.
The two of them had plenty of money and didn't beat around the bush. As soon as they entered the door, the waiter called the shopkeeper and expressed their intention to buy the store.
This shop is very small, and the shopkeeper himself has to help with the work and cannot be idle. His body smells of chopped green onions and the bloody and greasy smell of pork, which is very unpleasant.
The shopkeeper of the old Lu family shop was naturally named Lu. He was in his forties, had thick eyebrows and big eyes, and looked honest and honest. After hearing what Ji Tiancheng and Lu Tao said, he looked embarrassed and remained silent.
After hesitating for a long time, he stretched out his hand and said: "Two gentlemen,
You want to buy my store, which is just a trivial matter for you, but it is a big deal for me. I cannot make a hasty decision on such a big matter. If you sincerely want to buy my store,
Shop, just come to the house with me and talk."
This sounds reasonable, and it was said very politely. The older Lu Tao nodded and said, "Okay, shopkeeper, please go ahead. Let's sit down and talk slowly. There's no need to rush."
Shopkeeper Lu nodded and led the way, taking the two of them to the backyard of the inn, where the people in the inn lived. After passing through several doors, Shopkeeper Lu stood in front of a bedroom door and patted the door.
Sound.
"Bitch, you're not busy in the store in broad daylight, why are you coming back here?" A woman's voice came from the door.
"Madam, someone wants to spend money to buy our inn. This is not a trivial matter, so I will bring them over to show you, and we, the husband and wife, will discuss together what price is appropriate." Shopkeeper Lu said respectfully.
"Damn it, the sun is really shining in the west. There are people who care about such a shabby little shop. Bring them in and let me see who has such a big head and wants to buy our shop."
The woman seemed fierce and rude.
"Okay, I'll open the door right now." Shopkeeper Lu agreed.
When Ji and Lu heard each other calling them the wrongdoers, they looked at each other, and they were both a little angry, but they didn't want to get angry. They are not kind people, and they don't take the owner of a small inn seriously, but in order to avoid
To alert others, you still have to keep a low profile and try to avoid causing trouble.
It's best if you can spend money to buy this small inn. If you can't buy it, it's not too late to consider using force.
Shopkeeper Lu pushed open the door obediently and made an invitation gesture, inviting Ji and Lu into the room. The two suppressed their anger and stepped in one after another. When they looked up, there was only one person in the room, and it was him.
The woman who just spoke rudely.
This woman was tall and thick, and her body was as fat as a big ball of flesh. She was covered in fat and flesh. She was wearing a dirty floral dress that had not been washed for who knows how many years. She looked carefree.
Sitting on the edge of the bed, one leg was straddling the bed and the other was hanging on the ground. She was holding a handful of melon seeds in her hand and was eating them with gusto. Looking at the ground, she saw all the melon seed peels she had thrown away, a mess and a pile.
Ji and Lu both felt the same way and believed that only a blind man would marry such a woman.
The woman was also looking at Ji and Lu, looking up and down for a long time, and then asked slowly: "Are you two just trying to buy my inn?"
Ji and Lu were of different ages. Lu Tao was nicknamed "Miaoshou Weng". Since he had the character "Weng", he must be an old man. Old people are always calmer than young people. Lu Tao whispered to his companions not to be angry, and he would go up by himself.
Taking a step forward, he politely replied: "That's right. The two of us have taken a fancy to your inn and think it is a good place. We plan to pay for it. You and your wife can ask for the price."
"Bullshit, I've lived in this useless place for several years. Why don't I think this is a good place? Why don't you tell me what's so good about this place?" the woman rolled her eyes.
"The mountains and water here are good, and the location is excellent. Although the store is a bit old, it won't be a problem. It can be renovated and expanded."
"After listening to what you said, I discovered the benefits of this store. Since this place is so good, the price must be higher."
Lu Tao smiled slightly and said, "It doesn't matter, just make an offer."
The woman cracked a melon seed, rolled her eyes, thought for a while, and replied: "It must be five hundred thousand taels anyway."
As soon as these words came out, Ji and Lu were both shocked. For such a small old inn, selling it for ten thousand taels of silver was already a sky-high price. Five hundred thousand taels was simply a joke. Although these two people
His face changed greatly, but shopkeeper Lu, who was standing aside with his head bowed, showed no change, as if he agreed with the price offered by the lady.
Lu Tao suppressed his anger again and said with a smile: "Boss Boss, we are here to discuss business sincerely, not to joke with you. If you really want to sell this inn, it would be more practical to open one
The price should be some. Five hundred thousand taels is more than enough to buy such an inn or build a palace."
"Oh, just now you threw out the big words and asked me to raise the price. Now I have set the price too high, and you are too dissatisfied. There is no such thing in the world. After all, you don't seem to have much money in your pockets.
Ah." The woman snorted and said sarcastically.
"The money we have is indeed limited. We definitely won't be able to come up with 500,000 taels, but it won't be a problem to come up with 18,000 taels."
"You want to buy a nice inn like mine with only eighteen thousand taels?" the woman said haha.
"Isn't eight thousand taels too little to buy a shabby shop like yours? Don't be so shameless, bitch like you. Let me tell you clearly that we two are not easy to mess with. If you mess with us two today,
What a shame, I'm going to take over your inn, and I'm going to kill you two!" Ji Tiancheng, who was next to him, couldn't hold it in any longer, jumped forward and yelled angrily.
If an ordinary woman heard this shout, she would be frightened even if she was not frightened. But the fat woman sitting on the edge of the bed was not moved at all. Not only was she not afraid, she also giggled strangely.
: "Haha, in my opinion, the two of you are the ones to be shameless. My husband, are you right?"
"Yes, that's right. Madam, you were able to negotiate with the two of them, but they turned out to be rude. It's because they were shameless." Shopkeeper Lu agreed.
"What should we do with this kind of person?"
"Whatever needs to be done, just do it."
The couple said something to each other, as if they didn't take Ji and Lu seriously at all.
Both Ji and Lu were old men in the world, and they immediately felt something was wrong. They felt that this couple was not ordinary people. The two exchanged glances, and immediately wanted to open up a posture and take action, but it was a pity that they were a step too late.
As soon as Shopkeeper Lu said "Just do it", his men took action. He swayed in front of Ji Tiancheng and raised his hand. From his cuffs, an inch of blade flashed and struck with lightning speed.
Before he could cover his ears, he slit Ji Tiancheng's throat.
Before the blood in the wound splattered out, shopkeeper Lu raised his leg and kicked Ji Tiancheng into the wall. He then twisted his body and slashed at Lu Tao with another knife. However, this knife did not kill, but was steady.
It stopped firmly on Lu Tao's throat.
"Don't move, if you move, you will die!" Shopkeeper Lu threatened. The moment he drew the knife, his whole person had changed and he became a completely different person. Although his facial features had not changed, his temperament had.
It became majestic and murderous.
The knife in his hand is a scimitar, a short scimitar that can be hidden in his sleeve, making it hard to guard against.
Lu Tao's internal energy, which had just started to work, was so frightened that he suppressed it. He lowered his eyes and glanced at the scimitar on his neck, and then at the corpse lying next to the wall. There was a big smile on his old face.
beads of sweat.
"Who are you two? Can you give me a reward of ten thousand yuan so that I can figure it out?" Lu Tao asked in a trembling voice.
"Miaoshou Weng. Lu Tao, I am the one holding the knife on your neck right now. Even if I want to ask a question, I should ask you first." Shopkeeper Lu snorted coldly.
"You recognize me?"
"I didn't recognize you, but I recognized Mr. Biyan's green eyes. Since he is Mr. Biyan, you must be the mastermind who colluded with him."
The cold sweat on Lu Tao's body became more intense. They thought they kept a low profile on weekdays, but they didn't expect that they still made a big name and were recognized at a glance.
Shopkeeper Lu tightened the scimitar in his hand and sneered: "Okay, Lu Tao, you don't have to be evil. Your skills are not enough in front of our husband and wife. What should I ask next?
What do you answer? If you tell a lie, I will let you stay with Mr. Biyan."
"Okay, you ask, I answer, I won't hide anything." Lu Tao agreed with a cold sweat.
Shopkeeper Lu started asking questions, and the first thing he asked was Ji and Lu's real purpose in buying the inn.
Lu Tao was controlled by others and had no choice but to tell the truth.
After hearing this, shopkeeper Lu laughed and said: "You two unlucky guys, let me tell you what you are good at, you actually have your mind set on this store. This store doesn't need you to do anything, it is just a black store now, the store
There is poison in it, there is poison in it, and there is secret passage in secret passage. You
The two of you coming here are like a sheep entering a tiger's mouth. We really deserve this disaster. But I also have to thank you for bringing such important news. That first sword is priceless. How can we miss it?
When I pass by, I will definitely plan to rob him."
"Two masters, please be kind and spare my life. I am willing to help you two, and I am also willing to give you the money I have earned over the years." Lu Tao begged.
"Lu Tao, do you know why our husband and wife have been able to open a black shop without incident these years?" Shopkeeper Lu asked with a sneer.
"Why, why?" Lu Tao asked tremblingly.
"Madam, come and tell him." Shopkeeper Lu said.
"It's very simple, because we, as husband and wife, are doing things without leaving a living." The fat woman sitting on the edge of the bed sneered exactly like her husband. She looked at the shivering Lu Tao with a smile, and ate a new melon seed.
He threw the melon seed peels carelessly on the ground.
"Did you hear that? Our husband and wife never leave one alive." Shopkeeper Lu said that his men suddenly used force and cut Lu Tao's throat with a knife. The knife cut so deeply that he almost cut off Lu Tao's entire head.
Lu Tao died, fell to the ground, and became companions with Bi Yanjun on the Huangquan Road. Even to his death, he could not figure out the identities of the couple who owned the old Lu family store. If he knew the identities of these two people, he should be able to
He died with a peace of mind, because the reputation of this couple was much greater than that of him and Biyanjun.
Shopkeeper Lu took back the scimitar. There was no blood on the knife. Good knives are not stained with blood. He said easily: "Madam, clean it up."
The woman raised her feet and kicked twice seemingly casually on the head of the bed. Each kick landed on the wooden board at the head of the bed, touching an inconspicuous mechanism.
Just after hearing three crunching sounds, three large square bricks sank from the ground in the house, revealing a dark tunnel, and I don't know where it leads. The pool of melon seed peels on the ground happened to be located in one of the sinkholes, and they all fell.
Go down, no trace.
Shopkeeper Lu took a hand and pushed the two corpses into the other two dark pits. He also said hello inside and ordered people to check their bodies.
The room suddenly became much quieter, with only two pools of blood left unwashed.
"Madam, Zhao Zheng actually came here. It seems that God's will is to let the Zichu Sword fall into the hands of you and me. The two of us will plan carefully and see how to get this sword." Shopkeeper Lu said with a smile.
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"What else can we do? Just kill first and then rob." The woman cracked melon seeds again.
