"Xiaogui, I heard that something happened to you today. I'm telling you, it's all fine. You're still young and haven't experienced many things. I'm telling you, don't be afraid of losing face. Face is nothing. ah."
Lao Liu said expressionlessly.
"Money is the most important thing in life, and face is worthless... That uncle has chopped the firewood for you, just go and boil the water."
"Yeah, yeah, thank you, Uncle Liu."
Lao Liu's name and origin are unknown, and he is responsible for repair work in Yihongyuan.
Everyone in Yihongyuan calls him Lao Liu, but Duan Gui calls him Uncle Liu. He is very cold, and always seems to be wearing a human skin mask on his face. He is not close to anyone and rarely talks to anyone. I can have a few words with Duan Gui.
Because he is too cold, many people dare not mess with him.
"Teach you carpentry and masonry work. Remember to practice hard. It will be a way out in the future. You don't have any skills and are thin-skinned these days. How can you survive in the future?"
Old Liu gritted his teeth, and the muscles on his black face twitched.
"Uncle, I understand, I'm practicing."
The muscles on Duan Gui's face also trembled. He avoided Lao Liu's gaze and did not dare to look at the man's face, because he knew that the so-called technology that Lao Liu mentioned had something else to say.
"go Go."
Duan Gui hurriedly walked to the back kitchen to boil water. There was a large stove there with more than twenty brass teapots on it, which would be used later.
In this way, Duan Gui worked in Yihongyuan until midnight. Because there was a curfew in the middle of the night, everyone who had to leave left, and the guests who didn't plan to leave stayed overnight.
Duan Gui packed up and left Yihongyuan to go home.
Finally, the night was uneventful and peaceful, much better than during the day.
The moon was sparse and the night was bright. The summer breeze blew through Duan Gui's clothes, which made him feel comfortable. He simply unbuttoned his buttons and started running on the bluestone road.
It was only at this time every day that he could get a moment of peace. As soon as it dawned, he would start to worry about how to fill his stomach again.
Time!
Shen Lang had just run out a few steps when suddenly a black shadow rose from the woods in front of him, and a smell of blood rushed towards him instantly.
With his years of experience as a special forces king, he knew someone was injured.
"Whoosh, whoosh."
Several arrows shot through the air and flew past Duan Gui's body, followed by another wailing sound from the woods, and the black shadow rose and fell several times in succession before arriving in front of Shen Lang.
The distance between takeoff and landing is more than one foot each time.
But he still couldn't escape from the bow and arrow.
After this person was injured, he still had such skills. He was definitely a master.
"Catch him, catch him, catch Redbeard and reward fifty taels of silver. Catch him, don't let him run away. Brothers, chase him quickly."
"Master Lu——"
As soon as Duan Gui heard the voice, he knew it was from Lu Zhao, and he was also familiar with the reputation of Red Beard. This man was a thief who was rampant in the world. He stole all the treasury in Chang'an County last month.
Lu Zhao was very troubled by this, fearing that one day he would lose his head like the Chang'an County Magistrate.
Several meetings have been held, asking everyone to cheer up and take strict precautions.
Soon after, the dark figure had already arrived in front of Shen Duangui. He was dressed in black, with a black scarf covering his face, covering his chest, and looking at Duan Gui blankly.
There are also several carved feather arrows stuck behind him.
"Redbeard——"
Duan Gui gasped subconsciously. Although he was no longer the Duan Gui he was before, his body was too weak and his meridians still had hidden diseases.
And this Jiangyang thief was not only a master of internal martial arts but also a desperado. If he suddenly rushed towards him, I really didn't know if he would be able to withstand it.
So he immediately concentrated his legs and tried to infuse his arms with a breath of Qi. Suddenly, there was an unbearable pain in his meridians.
There was sweat on my forehead.
I thought to myself, this is going to be bad.
"Xiaogui——"
Unexpectedly, at this time, Red Beard made a sound that was very familiar to him. He was so familiar that they had chatted with him a few hours ago.
"Uncle Liu——"
"Um."
While Duan Gui was shocked, Lao Liu had already staggered to the opposite side of him, reached out and took out a box, and quickly stuffed it into his chest.
"Xiaogui, remember my uncle's words. Face and friendship are the most useless things in this world. Poor child, if you want to survive, you must not lose face, be dark-hearted, and be ruthless——"
"Uncle, I will take you away -"
Duan Gui didn't want anything to happen to Lao Liu. Although he was the wanted criminal Red Beard, Duan Gui still didn't want to arrest him because he had always regarded Lao Liu as a relative.
"It's too late, uncle. We were ambushed and killed!"
As Lao Liu said this, he suddenly weakly threw himself on Duan Gui and directly pushed Duan Gui to the ground.
"Uncle, uncle, what's wrong with you?"
Duan Gui felt something hard hit his chest. He reached out and touched a dagger, which pierced Lao Liu's heart.
The tip of the knife protruded from his back.
"Uncle, what are you—"
Before Duan Gui had time to feel sad, a group of people suddenly caught up behind him. They held torches and lanterns in their hands, illuminating the ground with a radius of two feet as bright as day.
"Red Beard is down, someone come over and take a look." came Lu Zhao's excited voice.
The detectives in the county government looked at me, and no one dared to go there. Although everyone wanted to get the reward of fifty taels of silver, Red Beard was too powerful.
Fifty taels of silver is not as important as life.
In the chase just now, they had already lost one policeman and three county government soldiers. If it hadn't been for the invited master to take charge, they would have dispersed long ago.
"Whoosh."
A white shadow chased up from behind and landed next to Lu Zhao. He was also seen covering his chest with his hands and a painful expression on his face.
"Damn, Red Beard is really cunning. His hidden weapon has poison on it. He plotted against me."
"Mr. Bai, you have worked hard. Now Redbeard has fallen. This, this, would you like to go over and have a look-" Lu Zhao said hesitantly.
"this--"
Mr. Bai is wearing white clothes and looks like a cultured man, but the skin on his square face is rough and dark, and there is a two-inch long scar on the left side of his face.
In comparison, he is more like a gangster than Lao Liu.
"This - this thief is the most cunning and vicious person, he can't be a swindler -"
Mr. Bai himself was also seriously injured, and he felt that even if he was not injured, he was still no match for Red Beard. What if the thief tried to trick him?
"Okay, I'll go over and take a look."
Mr. Bai had no choice but to save his face because so many people were watching, so he had no choice but to come here, but secretly he had gathered all his strength.
I was still praying in my heart that nothing would happen.
When he was three steps away, he didn't dare to go forward.
Redbeard is so cunning and powerful.
