Jade Girl nodded and apologized: "I'm sorry, I have to further examine your ability to see how high your real strength is, so that I can decide whether you should accept the current task. You really did not disappoint me."
"You are wrong!" Todasan said, "I will let you down, because from this moment on, I will withdraw from you!"
"Ah?" Jade Girl called softly, "You want to quit us?"
"You heard me right! - You won't stop it, will you?"
"Of course not, as I said..." Yunu smiled bitterly, "Aren't you going to accept the gold coin task too?"
"I didn't plan to take it in the first place!" Todasan said, "I just wanted to know what kind of person the person who wanted to kill me was. Now I have roughly guessed what kind of person he is."
"Then do you accept this task?"
"No answer!"
"Why?"
"I don't want to be used as a weapon by you, and I don't want to be plotted by you anymore. Otherwise, I won't know how I died, just like today! Farewell!" After saying that, Todayama turned around and left.
"You can't kill him without us!"
"With you, I will die faster!" Todayama drifted away without looking back.
Jade Girl stared at him blankly, as if looking at a misty cloud that she could not grasp.
The next morning.
Todayama got up, washed up, called his master, and asked: "After the New Year, it's time for spring plowing. In previous years, during spring plowing in Dongcheng, did the people encounter any difficulties?"
"Of course we have. There are many difficulties." The master said, "The biggest difficulty is the cattle. We people are very poor. Only a few large households in a village have cattle, and other villagers cannot afford them."
“What about farming every year?”
"Common people help each other, hand in hand and shoulder to shoulder."
"Then I'm afraid the effect won't be good, right?"
"Not only is the effect ineffective, because humans are far less powerful than oxen, so the speed is much slower and very tiring. Many farmers are unable to plow the land."
"What should we do?"
“We can only do slash-and-burn farming.”
"Slash and burn farming?!" Although Todayama is not familiar with farming, he also knows that this is the most primitive and backward farming method. That is, you make a hole in the ground, put the seeds in, and then don't worry about it. You can grow whatever you want.
What has it become?
Todayama thought for a while and asked, "How much does a farm cow cost?"
"The price is different at different times. Spring plowing is coming soon, and the price is the highest. After spring plowing, the price will drop."
“How much does a cow cost now?”
"An average farm ox should cost about five gold coins."
In the game, ten strings are equivalent to ten thousand copper coins, which is equal to ten silver coins and one gold coin.
Todayama asked again: "Is our government's granary sufficient to replenish food every year?"
"Where is enough?" the master said. "According to the regulations, each county is said to be one thousand five hundred shi. Even if this number is full, it is not enough for the people to eat. What's more, the food in the warehouse has never been full. The most
It’s only half the time.”
"Alas! There are too many things that need to be done." Todasan said.
After the Master and the others left, the Nine Gates Duwei Yamen sent Zaoli to take the captain's greeting card and invite Todasan to go to the Yamen for a banquet. Todasan was a little strange. He had just eaten yesterday. Why did he want to eat again today? So he took it with him.
Following Momoe Yamaguchi and others, they arrived at the Yamen.
Liu Juan naturally followed behind. The sheep hadn't appeared yet, so it was hard for Liu Juan to take action.
This time it was a private banquet organized by the captain, and Todayama was the only one. In addition, Yamaguchi Momoe was invited to attend.
After three rounds of wine and five tastes of food, Todayama saw that the captain was hesitating and seemed to have something to do, which was a bit strange. However, he didn't ask and just lowered his head to eat the food and drink.
Finally, the captain said: "Sir, there is something I have to say."
"Sir, please speak." Todayama said with cupped hands.
"It's like this," the captain glanced at him and then at Yamaguchi Momoe, "an urgent document came from the capital, saying that there was urgent official business and that the two Yamaguchi Momoe sisters and other detectives needed to be transferred back to the capital to handle it.
So..., haha, your security and defense can only be left to your Yamen policemen."
Todayama was a little stunned, thinking to himself, wasn't Yamaguchi Momoe sent by the empress to protect him? Why did Kyoto also transfer them back? Obviously, this official document is a cover, and the real reason is definitely not like this. However, this is not the case.
It was easy to tell the captain, then he cupped his hands and said with a smile: "That's right. Originally, a small captain with a humble position would not dare to work as a guard for the imperial palace in the capital. This is all because of the grace of the transfer envoy and the imperial master.
Let the humble ministers enjoy such honors, and now they are recalled. It is a matter of course that the humble ministers will obey the arrangements of the adults, without any hesitation."
A smile appeared on the captain's face, he twirled his beard and nodded, saying: "In that case, let them return today. For the arresters and others you left behind in the Yamen, I also ordered them to rush directly to the capital to recover. Okay.
Come with a police officer to follow you, and there are police officers in Dongcheng, so you can make arrangements according to your needs."
Early the next morning, Todayama and his wife got up together and went to the kitchen to boil water, wash their faces, and prepare breakfast. The woman was busy on the stove, and Todayama stood at the door and watched, paying careful attention to the surrounding situation.
At this moment, Todayama heard a few slight noises, like the sound of something falling to the ground. He immediately hugged the woman, put her behind the water tank, and whispered: "It seems like the assassin is coming!"
The woman was holding a spatula in her hand. When she heard this, she turned pale with fright and grabbed Todayama's hand: "Where are you going, sir?"
"Don't worry! Listen to the officials!" Todayama patted his arm and said, "We have weapons, we can't just sit back and wait for death! You hide!"
The woman suddenly woke up, quickly let go of Todayama, huddled behind the water tank, clutched the spatula tightly, and looked at the corner of the stove, thinking, if the official died, she would be killed by a headlong collision, and she would never survive alone! More
Don't let your reputation fall into the hands of thieves!
Todayama closed the kitchen door and walked to the corridor. He saw three people looking at him and slowly walking over. At the same time, two people came around from both sides of the back room, both holding weapons and sneering.
Tian Shan gathered around him. Judging from his figure and steps, his martial arts were all top-notch. His heart sank.
Then, he heard the back window of the kitchen being pushed open with a bang, someone climbed over the wall and entered the kitchen, and then heard a woman's scream. Todayama heard that the sound was not pain but panic, which meant that she was not hurt.
Todayama must be determined not to care, so that the assassins can mistakenly think that the woman who turned into an old woman wearing a mask is just an ordinary servant, so that he will not hurt her. Only then can he concentrate on dealing with these assassins.
Sure enough, the assassin in the kitchen glanced at the woman huddled behind the water tank and saw that it was an old woman holding a spatula in her hand. She must be the cook. He ignored him, opened the kitchen door and came out, blocking Todayama's escape route.
.
Todayama ran across the patio in panic and was blocked by an assassin. He backed away in horror and leaned against the pillar in the corridor next to him. He was away from the kitchen to avoid hurting the woman. He looked at the six assassins who had gathered around him and stammered.
: "You, what are you going to do?"
The leader was a burly man, looking at Mount Toda with cold eyes, and said slowly: "Tell me! Where is the thing?"
"What?"
"Are you still pretending?" The sturdy man raised his sword in his hand, "If you don't tell me, I will kill you with one knife right away!"
Todayama waved his hands wildly and said, "Wait! I'll say it, I'll say it!"
The sturdy man then put down his knife and looked at him.
"I don't have the things here! Didn't you see that all the police officers who had been guarding me in the six gates of the capital left yesterday?"
The burly man frowned and glanced at the thin man next to him.
The thin man said: "We already know about this matter, otherwise we wouldn't come in openly to look for you. However, this is really a bit strange. If the things are still here with Guan'er, how could the Queen's people evacuate them?"
Todayama's heart was moved. These people actually knew accurately that Yamaguchi Momoe and the others were the queen's people, which meant that this group of people was probably related to the emperor's relatives!
The sturdy man glared at him: "Can you put a lock on your mother's mouth?"
The thin man said: "It's okay. We are going to kill this official anyway. It doesn't matter whether he knows or not."
"That's true." The sturdy man said to Todasan, "Where is the thing?"
"I said it wasn't with me, otherwise they wouldn't have returned to the capital." Todayama said with a bitter face, "Please don't kill me, I don't want to die!"
"You have to die even if you don't want to! - Where is your wife? Where is she? Find her, and I will allow you to die together. Is that righteous enough? Hehehehe."
"Hahaha" several other assassins laughed, and two of them said: "Let's go find that little lady. I heard that she looks pretty good. Before she dies, she can serve us...
"
Whoosh!
A sword of the heart was shot out from under Todayama's arm. It hit the assassin's throat right in the throat! The handle was missing! He fell on his back and died.
At the same time, Todayama turned his arm and swish! He shot out the nine heart swords in succession!
These assassins did not expect Leng Yi to have such a skill. Due to the close distance and being caught off guard, these assassins had no time to dodge, and three more assassins fell to the sword!
Todayama took action and killed four people in a row!
The remaining two reacted quite quickly, knocking away the throwing knives thrown by Todashan, and rushed forward screaming wildly.
Todayama was merciless in his attack. After several encounters, there were only two assassins left. One of them was stabbed in the throat and fell to the ground. He died. The other one, the burly man, was stabbed in the stomach, and at the same time he stabbed Todasan with a single sword.
Tian Shan took it away and lay on the ground, groaning in pain.
Todayama left this person alive just to find out who was behind the scenes. He kicked his legs off with two kicks, making it impossible for him to stand up. Then he ran back to the kitchen and said: "Mei Niang!"
When Mei Niang heard that the shouts of killing outside had stopped, she stood up in a panic and was about to go out to check when she heard the officer calling. Her heart felt like it would burst with joy, so she called out, "Officer!" She opened the door and rushed in.
He walked into Toda-san's arms. Then he quickly broke away and looked at Toda-san up and down. Seeing blood on his body, he said in a trembling voice: "The officer is injured?"
"No! This is their blood." Todasan said, waving his arm, "This thing really works."
The woman glanced into the yard and saw several corpses lying on the ground, and she trembled with fear.
Todasan said: "You go inside and continue cooking. Don't come out. I want to interrogate these assassins to find out who made them kill me."
The woman nodded quickly and said, "The officer must be careful!"
"Don't worry, only one is alive, the others are dead. The living ones are also seriously injured, so they can't hurt anyone anymore."
The woman took a closer look at the corpses of the assassins, and sure enough, only one was still lying groaning. Then she believed it, opened the door, entered the house, and continued cooking.
Todayama first checked around the yard to make sure there were no more assassins. Then he returned to the leading burly man in the yard, squatted down, grabbed his fingers, and twisted one off.
The sturdy man let out a scream.
Todayama broke three of his fingers in succession, and then asked: "Who sent you here?"
The sturdy man laughed miserably and said: "Don't worry, I won't say it. Because if I say it, all my family members will die!"
"If you don't tell me, you will die now! You will die in pain while you are still alive!"
"bring it on!"
Click!
Todayama broke one of his fingers again. This time, the tough man didn't even say a word.
Sure enough, Todayama twisted all his fingers off, and the tall man didn't say a word except screaming.
Toda-san said: "If you are not afraid of pain, are you not afraid of death? If the injury on your stomach is not treated in time, you will die soon!"
"Go ahead and lie to the devil! This injury cannot be saved. I am dead." The sturdy man gasped.
"Then you die!" Todayama stabbed a knife into his neck coldly.
Todayama searched these assassins, and it was obvious that these assassins had taken precautions and did not have anything on them that could lead to their identity.
Todayama returned to the kitchen and said to the woman: "These assassins are all dead. I want to dispose of their bodies. You just cook in the kitchen. Don't come out until I tell you."
The woman said: "Don't the officials report this to the official? Oh no, don't the officials tell the chief clerk and the others about this?"
"You can't tell!" Todasan said, "The origins of these assassins are unknown. If they are told, the people who paid them to assassinate officials will know that I killed them and will send more killers to kill me. That will be troublesome.
Well, if we bury their bodies quietly, then the mastermind behind the scenes will not know that I killed them, and may think that they ran away. The most important thing is that the mastermind behind the scenes sent many people this time, but they
I didn't know that these people were already dead, so I thought they were trying to find a way to complete the assassination mission, so that they wouldn't send people to assassinate again in a short time. We would have buffer time. When the envoy knows that the thing is not actually with us,
Then they won’t send people to kill us again.”
Only then did the woman understand and nodded: "It's the official's idea that's good! That concubine is helping the official..." She glanced at the corpse on the ground, couldn't help but shuddered, and continued: "I'm helping the official..."
Let’s deal with these corpses together, shall we?”
"No! I can handle it by myself. You go and prepare the meal. After the meal is ready, just pick up a few buckets of water and wash away the blood on the ground."
"OK."
Todayama took a hoe and dug a deep pit in a corner of the back garden. Then he moved the body to the edge of the pit and punched the body so hard that the skull and face of the body were shattered and deformed beyond recognition. Then he was stripped naked.
The clothes were thrown into the pit and the body was buried.
Originally, it was not a good idea to bury the body in the yamen, but he was worried that there were assassins outside monitoring him. If the body was transported out of the city, it would be discovered. Once the body was tracked and found, the whole plan would be ruined. It would be better to bury it in the yamen.
It's safer in the yamen.
Normal monsters don't do this. They usually eat these corpses, but Lu Li cultivates the immortal way and cannot eat humans.
After he was buried, the woman on the other side also washed away all the blood on the ground. The two of them changed all their clothes and burned them in the stove together with the bloody clothes of the assassins.
Liu Juan looked at the woman named Mei Niang and couldn't tell that she was a monster. However, Liu Juan thought that these monsters were cultivating immortality, and since he didn't have a perfect eye, he might not be able to tell.
After cleaning up and seeing that the yard had returned to its original appearance, Todayama and his two men breathed a sigh of relief and sat down to eat.
That night, the woman nestled in Todayama's arms. Thinking of what happened during the day, she couldn't help but feel a little scared, and whispered: "Guardian, will these people come to kill us again?"
"It won't happen anymore." Todayama said with relief, "Go to sleep peacefully."
