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"Those people may not be afraid of bandits, but they have no means to deal with ghosts." Jie Jia said calmly: "You only see the caravans that successfully returned. Those who didn't return can't be seen even if you want to."
Chen Mu's face suddenly turned ugly.
"Is there no safe channel?" Chen Mu didn't believe it.
Otherwise, how could County Magistrate Li send away the family’s direct descendants?
There is also Mr. Zhen, the owner of Miaohuafang, who also went to Nanyang Prefecture.
Jie Jia didn't say anything, but glanced at Chen Mu's right sleeve.
Chen Mu's face suddenly turned dark.
This old man is eyeing his wallet again!
The road is not safe, but you don’t have to be afraid as long as you find a reliable bodyguard.
Jie Jia is such a reliable bodyguard.
"Does Qingfeng Temple have a way to deal with ghosts and monsters?" Chen Mu asked with a hopeful look on his face.
"Yes." Jie Jia said calmly.
"But you can't afford the price of asking them for help." Jiejia said in a deliberately cold tone.
Chen Mu's face suddenly darkened.
Seeing Chen Mu's ugly look, Jie Jia's eyes flashed with a smile.
"Nanyang Prefecture has a large evil-repelling mirror, so evil incidents rarely occur. At the same time, several large families gather here, and they all have ways to restrain evil spirits." Jiejia slowed down his tone and persuaded others.
"Go ahead." Jie Jia said softly in a positive tone, "I can guarantee that I can get you there safely."
Chen Mu's face was serious: "You said Qingfeng Temple still has some skills?"
"What's wrong?" Jiejia nodded in confusion. Shouldn't he be asking about the price of the bodyguard?
"Then I won't go." Chen Mu nodded calmly: "You may not know that I have a very good relationship with Taoist Master Chengyi of Qingfeng Temple. Last time, I lived in the Taoist temple for more than half a month."
Jie Jia: “…”
"If you hadn't told me, I wouldn't have known there was such a safe area in Qingshan County." Chen Mu laughed.
"Thank you!"
Jiejia's face suddenly turned dark.
……
At night, next to the Zuo family mansion.
Chen Mu closed the doors and windows completely.
He didn't dare to light a lamp, and every move he made was silent, for fear that the noise was too loud and would attract ghosts.
He groped in the dark and took out a clay pot from under the bed.
Chen Mu sat at the square table in the room, poured out a pile of broken silver and copper coins from the pottery jar and began to count them.
He said it lightly during the day, but it was mainly to amuse Jiejia.
He and Chengyi have no friendship. It's good enough that they don't have an enmity.
After several contacts, I found that the bull nose didn't have a good attitude towards me.
If a crisis really comes, we might have to pay Jiejia to send him away.
One hundred and fifty-six taels of silver and nine hundred and sixty-seven copper coins.
“Not quite enough.”
To show how evil-hearted old man A is.
He was not sure if these could please the other party.
"The Bailang Gang is no longer good." Chen Mu looked dissatisfied.
These guys have become more and more savvy recently. They don't even have a penny on them.
Last time, his master Jia drank a gourd of wine, and as a result, only a few taels of silver were found on his body.
The leader of the three hall masters of the Bailang Gang only has one or two taels of silver on him, how damn cheap!
"I'm going to sell fish tomorrow, so I'll go talk to Boss Zhang on the way."
As the leader of a gang, you must be richer than the hall master, right?
……
The next day, in a private house in Dengjia Lane in the west of the city.
Several members of the Bailang Gang are on patrol.
"Don't leave after we break up this afternoon. Brother will take you to Anlefang to play." The leading leader waved his hand and said generously.
"Has anything good happened to sister-in-law? The monthly salary issued yesterday was not collected?" A gang member behind her asked teasingly.
"Go away! Why should I give my salary to her?" The little leader wiped his big bald head and said stubbornly with his neck stiff.
"Boss is tough!"
"Brother is mighty!"
"Ha ha……"
The little leader was not angry at being teased by his subordinates. He just smiled and said, "I told her that I'm going to buy her rouge from Xinghua House today."
"Then how dare you invite us to drink wine? If you don't have money to buy rouge, aren't you afraid that your sister-in-law will scratch you?"
"Ha ha……"
"The mountain man has a clever plan." The little leader looked smug.
"I was just saying that I ran into that drug dealer again today, and all my money was taken away, gone!"
All the gang members opened their mouths wide.
"Why didn't I think of that!" A short and fat gang member immediately slapped his head and stamped his feet with a look of regret.
"Hehe!" The little leader looked very proud, and his bald head couldn't help but shine a little.
The next moment, he suddenly felt dizzy and looked up to see that there were two suns in the sky.
A bad premonition suddenly came over me.
Turning around, he saw several of his men lying skillfully under the shade of a big tree.
He took just two steps before he fell to the ground with a thud.
This familiar feeling...
Hey!
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Chen Mu jumped into the courtyard wall and saw people lying on the ground under the tree.
There was only a big bald head lying in the sun, his scalp was tanned and shiny.
Chen Mu squatted down and fumbled for a while, and actually took out two taels of silver!
Good start!
He couldn't help but look expectantly at the group of minions under the tree.
As a result, not long after, Chen Mu walked towards the inner courtyard with a gloomy face.
After taking two steps I felt upset.
He turned around and dragged all the people under the tree out and threw them into the sun.
Then he put the big bald guy in the shade of the tree and put him in a comfortable position. After all, he was paid.
Then he strode into the inner courtyard.
There were minions lying all over the floor inside.
A quarter of an hour later.
Chen Mu left Dengjia Lane with a ghost-head sword in his hand, looking depressed.
The leader of a gang doesn't even have a penny? !
Not as good as my own minions!
He went to Jiejia to buy information and specifically found the residence of the Bailang Gang leader.
I wanted to make a fortune, but after working hard for a long time, I only got four taels of silver and dozens of copper coins.
"You still dare to call yourself a member of society?"
“I might as well sell fish!”
“Shame on you!”
Chen Mu was quite indignant.
The Bailang Gang’s monster spawning spot is finished.
What a waste of a gourd of incense.
"I hope this knife is worth something."
As the sword worn by the leader of a gang, it should... probably be quite precious.
It is difficult to give much confidence to a gang leader who doesn't have a single penny.
……
Inside the Zuo family mansion.
Zuo Quan, the head of the Zuo family, sat in the lobby with a gloomy face.
"Fifty thousand taels of silver for each family. That Taoist Qianshan is taking advantage of the situation to rob us." Zuo Sheng's face was not looking good either.
"It's taking advantage of the fire. But if the county doesn't have a magic weapon to suppress the evil, no one will sleep well." Zuo Quan sighed.