Next to the Shenlin City Market, there is a human market.
The so-called human market is a place where helpers are hired and work hard.
Xu Zhiqiong pretended to be a burly man and walked into the market. A group of hard workers gathered around him looking for work.
"Sir, is it a big job or a small job? A carrying job or a dirt job? I'm here to take care of you."
This is the lingo of laborers. Small jobs refer to work that can be completed by one person. Large jobs require the hiring of several more hands. Carrying jobs refer to porters, moving, transporting goods, etc. Earth jobs refer to shoveling soil, and
For mud, loading and unloading, etc., carrying a tool means that the person has tools such as a shovel in his hand.
Xu Zhiqiong ignored these efforts and walked deeper into the market. He saw a middle-aged man sitting under a willow tree, not looking at anyone or looking for work. He had his eyes closed and seemed to be asleep.
Xu Zhiqiong squatted beside the man and said, "Are you going to work?"
The man closed his eyes and said, "What kind of work?"
"I bought ten pounds of bones, but I can't cut them. I need a good knife."
"To buy a knife, you have to go to the market."
"The knives in the market are useless."
This is the incision made by a hired knife. This man is the tooth man of the knife, that is, the intermediary. Xu Zhiqiong learned these rules from the locals.
Yalang opened his eyes, glanced at Xu Zhiqiong and said, "How many knives do I have? I wonder what quality the guest wants?"
"One knife will make five cuts, and you will see blood with each knife."
One sword with five cuts means that you are given five taels of silver a day, which means you need to hire a seventh-grade wandering sword.
The sword can see blood, which means that the sword must be able to fight.
When he heard that he was hiring a high-quality sword, Yalang stood up, cupped his fists at Xu Zhiqiong and said: "Master, one sword has five cuts. There are not many good swords like this. Master, please take a look with me. Is there any?"
Nothing agreeable."
Xu Zhiqiong followed Yalang into a deep alley and walked into a private house. There were five large and small rooms in the house. Yalang took Xu Zhiqiong into the main house.
The windows were closed and no lights were lit in the room. It was dark and a bit stuffy. There were several people sitting on the floor, all of them covering their faces with bamboo hats.
Just as Ya Lang was about to introduce him, Xu Zhiqiong quickly noticed a person sitting by the window.
This person is Ling Zhengzhe.
Xu Zhiqiong said to Yalang: "No need to ask, just find him."
Yalang stepped forward and said hello: "Master Ling, wake up, we're here for business."
Ling Zhengze opened his eyes, stretched, looked at Xu Zhiqiong, and suddenly said with a smile: "Turns out he is a regular customer."
This is the insight of the third-level killing method. Although Xu Zhiqiong was not wearing a mask today and had slightly changed his body shape, he was still recognized by Ling Zhengze.
He took out dozens of copper coins and gave them to Yalang. Then he walked up to Xu Zhiqiong and said, "Master, let's find a place to talk."
Ling Zheng took Xu Zhiqiong to another empty room and lowered his voice: "Is it still the same business as before?"
Xu Zhiqiong nodded: "That's the business, five taels a day, let's set off."
"My lord, you are joking," Ling Zhengze shook his head and said, "Is five taels a day appropriate for this business?"
"The last guest, didn't I just give you five taels a day? I didn't see you saying it was inappropriate!"
"It's because we didn't know the bottom line and fell into his trap. We even asked him for an extra two hundred taels of silver on the way."
"That's easy to say, I'll give you two hundred taels too."
Ling Zhengze shook his head and said with a smile: "Master, don't make fun of us. We are halfway through the journey and the price increase is a loss. We are embarrassed to care how much he wants.
Now we know all about this transaction, it is a life-threatening job, my life is worth some money, and the price you mentioned is definitely not enough!"
Xu Zhiqiong smiled and sealed the room with a magic circle to prevent anyone from eavesdropping: "Brother, let me make a price."
Ling Zhengze said: "Ten thousand silver, regardless of whether you can make money from this job, I will never bargain here."
Ten thousand silver is a high price, but reasonable.
This is to hire a third-grade killing method. Since Wu Xu ascended to the star, there are no third-grade killing methods in the entire Daxuan.
But Xu Zhiqiong knew that things were not that simple: "I agreed to ten thousand silver, and you only want the silver?"
A person of the third rank of Killing Dao, a master among men, would definitely not only want money.
Ling Zhengze smiled and said: "Except for the silver, you have to let me take a look at the things found there, whether they are magic weapons, weapons or books."
Xu Zhiqiong agreed.
Why do you have to go to him for this business?
Xu Zhiqiong took Jiang Shengqun and several high-quality judges with him. Isn't he nice?
First of all, this trip is very dangerous. Xu Zhiqiong has long been mentally prepared. If he takes more judges with him, there will inevitably be casualties. It is not worth the loss of energy for this matter.
Finding a suitable helper to get things done is undoubtedly a wise choice.
Moreover, Ling Zhengze's situation is very special. He knows Yuan Chengfeng's stronghold and there is something he wants in the stronghold.
On the surface, he doesn't know where the stronghold is, but the actual situation is hard to tell.
If Xu Zhiqiong fought all the way to the stronghold and was eventually intercepted and eaten by him, it would be a huge loss.
Rather than letting him hide in the dark, it would be better to bring it out in the open, negotiate the business, and get what everyone needs.
After a good discussion, the two set off immediately. Yuan Chengfeng's second stronghold was in Jizhou.
Jizhou is more than 1,300 miles away from Shenlin City, so walking there is naturally impossible. Ling Zhengze cannot go to the Punishment Department, nor can he use the Chengfeng Tower to get there.
Xu Zhiqiong had an idea. He asked Chen Zhengming to go to Jizhou last night and leave a magic circle in Anjin County, Jizhou.
Xu Zhiqiong used the magic circle in Anjin County as an anchor point, performed magic in Shenlin City, and took Ling Zhengze to Jizhou.
Although Xu Zhiqiong has the sixth level of Yin-Yang cultivation, he is not good at teleporting magic circles, and the distance is too far.
The two people stopped and walked, barely able to cover a hundred miles in an hour. After walking for a whole day and night, they finally arrived in Jizhou.
Ling Zhengze sighed and said: "Brother Liu, if you don't have the means, tell me as soon as possible, it will take me so long to fly!"
Brother Liu?
I almost forgot, here, my name is Liu De'an.
The fourth-level killing skill - like a tiger with wings, if Ling Zhengze wants to fly, he can really fly over.
The county seat of Anjin County is still far away. The place they are going to is Tieshuan Village, and it is not in the same direction as the county magistrate.
It was almost noon, and Xu Zhiqiong wanted to find a place to eat nearby.
Ling Zhengze was startled: "Do I have to eat?"
Both of them are at the third level of cultivation, so even if they were hungry for a year and a half, it wouldn't be a big problem.
But Xu Zhiqiong seems to have an obsession: "You have to eat what you should eat. There is a smell of smoke in your stomach and you feel at ease in your heart."
After entering a village and walking for a while, I saw a family.
There was smoke coming from this family's house. When I got closer, I saw a small courtyard with two houses, and a woman in her thirties was lighting a fire in the stove to cook.
Seeing two strange men entering the yard, the woman trembled and almost sat on the ground: "Who are you and what did you do?"
Ling Zhengze smiled and said: "Passers-by, come here to find someone who stutters."
When the woman heard this, she was stunned for a moment, rolled her eyes, and passed out.
Xu Zhiqiong frowned and said, "Why are you trying to scare people?"
Ling Zhengze said helplessly: "Who scared her? Isn't it easy to discuss this?"
The two men stepped forward to check, and the woman suddenly sat up and shouted loudly: "Who are you? What do you want to do? Our men are coming back, and my children are coming back too. Don't worry when you see them." Beat you to death!"
Xu Zhiqiong didn't know what to explain, but Ling Zheng shook his head and said, "Let's go, this woman has never seen a stranger."
Just as the two were about to leave, the woman's husband and child came back.
A skinny man picked up a hoe, and a ten-year-old child next to him picked up a sickle from the yard.
The woman shouted in a hoarse voice: "Master, these two are here to steal something!"
Xu Zhiqiong waved his hands repeatedly and said: "This big brother, the foreigner we passed by came here to stutter!"
After much talk and explanation, the man of the house finally understood: "Are you passing by? Do you need something to stutter? Damn it, please get some food."
There were two bowls of mushy porridge and two vegetable pancakes. Ling Zheng didn't eat a bite, but Xu Zhiqiong's food was still delicious.
Just as Ling Zhengze said, this woman has never seen a stranger, and this man pays food to the pavilion chief every year, so he is quite knowledgeable.
After dinner, Xu Zhiqiong asked: "How to get to Tieshuan Village?"
The man frowned and said, "What are you doing in that place? It's a haunted place."
The woman poked the man in the back and said, "If someone wants to go, just go. Are you going to show me the way? Why are you asking?"
In this meal, Xu Zhiqiong ate up the entire family.
The woman was feeling distressed and wished to send these two people away.
When the man thought about it, he realized the same thing: "You go east, climb over a mountain, and reach that ravine, where is the village. It's so close..."
What the man wanted to say was that since the journey lasted nearly a day, he asked them to bring some more food.
The woman poked the man again to tell him not to say more.
The man pursed his lips and said nothing.
Xu Zhiqiong thanked him and took out two pieces of silver and handed them to the man.
The man looked at the broken silver and was stunned for a while: "What is this? What is it for?"
Ling Zhengze smiled bitterly and said, "They have never seen silver."
None of the family had ever seen silver. Xu Zhiqiong smiled, collected the broken silver, took out a sling of copper coins, and stuffed it into the man's hand.
I recognized the copper coins, but I had never seen so many. The man was so frightened that he quickly returned the money: "What are you doing? Why did you give me so much money?"
"Keep it!" Xu Zhiqiong turned around and walked eastward with Ling Zheng.
The woman took the bunch of copper coins and her eyes shone brightly: "How much does this cost? I've seen several hundred. It's enough to get my child a wife."
The man took the money back, smacked his lips and said, "I can't take this money!"
He caught up with Xu Zhiqiong: "I said you two from other places, what are you doing with so much money?"
Xu Zhiqiong frowned: "It is only natural to give money to eat, don't do it again."
The man looked at the backs of the two of them and felt more and more uncomfortable. He stepped forward and reminded: "Listen to me, you can't go to Tieshuan Village. There are really ghosts in that village. The people in that village are seven or eight He died years ago, so it’s really hard to go to that place!”
"Brother, we are not afraid of ghosts. Thank you for your kindness!"
It's just haunted. This proves that we have come to the right place. Yuan Chengfeng has done something here.
The two of them headed east. For ordinary people, if they wanted to go to Tieshuan Village, it would really take a day's journey. With the speed of these two people, they walked around, had fun and chatted, and they arrived in less than an hour.
After crossing the hill and walking for more than ten miles, I really saw a village.
When they arrived at the entrance of the village, they saw several women chatting under a big tree. Xu Zhiqiong and Ling Zheng looked at each other, feeling very curious.
Didn’t it mean that everyone in this village was dead?
A woman greeted with a smile: "You are from out of town, are you here to find a place to stay? Come to my house! There are delicious food and drinks!"