Friends are friends, money is money, as the saying goes, brothers have to settle accounts openly. Neither A Lan nor Lu Hanjiang are typical Jianghu people. They have never valued manners and morality, so when talking about business, they both feel that no problem.
Seeing Lu Hanjiang calling for his entourage, and then taking out ten taels of silver from his backpack, Ah Lan suddenly sighed: "Sure enough, no matter whether it is the Beggar Clan or the Xiaoyao Sect, life is not easy now. Master Lu, thank you for your hard work."
The Beggar Clan has become a thing of the past, and the Xiaoyao Sect doesn't even know where the mountain gate is. Presumably, Lu Hanjiang, a disciple of the Xiaoyao Sect, will not be much better off than those who are scattered in the world.
With this in mind, Ah Lan silently exchanged half of the money when he took it.
Lu Hanjiang was stunned by A Lan's action. The sympathetic look in his eyes made him show a puzzled expression. In the silence, his hand became unsteady and two thousand-dollar banknotes fell out of his bag. After that, the scene felt a little awkward for a while.
Ah Lan's eyes widened, then glanced at Lu Hanjiang, and silently took back the exchanged silver.
"Ahem."
After the money and goods were settled, Lu Hanjiang coughed twice to break the embarrassment: "I wonder what Miss Alan has planned next? If we want to travel far, maybe we can go together?"
Lu Hanjiang didn't ask this casually. According to his estimation, if A Lan traveled from place to place, he would have enough money, at least not to sell the Moon Shadow Sword, although this thing is indeed of no use now.
Probably only when A-Lan has a clear destination and wants to travel far will there be a situation where the money is not enough and cash flow is needed.
Nowadays, the income of knights in the world is mostly divided into two categories. One is the support from the masters behind them. These powerful forces have their own mountains and industries and can maintain a stable income. The most famous sects in the world, Mostly so.
The other type is those who are scattered in the world like A Lan. They have no power behind them. They travel alone in the world and have to prepare their own food, drink, accommodation and transportation.
This kind of knight-errant knight generally does not have too much money, and there are many ways to make money, but due to many problems such as attitude and face, most of these people are unwilling to do it.
For example, the quickest way is to use the sea arrest documents posted by the imperial government and the news of the bandits released by the local government. These people are on the official black list, and each of their heads has a price. It is definitely a good idea to exchange them for money. A quick way to get rich.
However, except for the major demonic madmen in the sea arrest documents, most of the people listed in the righteous path are not regarded as villains by Jianghu people. Instead, they will be regarded as righteous people who are not afraid of power.
This strange view is not an exception in the world, but is common, which leads to the fact that most people cannot get money from the government.
But A-Lan doesn't have this worry. Although she doesn't do evil, she doesn't have a strong attachment to this level of righteousness.
In fact, after the death of San Liujian, A-Lan had to find ways to make money on her own while traveling around the world. Most of her current expenses are from the court's silver reward.
Even more, in addition to taking the official route, A-Lan also accepted many rewards from the world. When someone in Fengbo Tower offered a reward of one thousand gold for Chi Cangping's head, she traveled most of the world to chase him. over each other.
In A'lan's mind, the dividing line between good and evil is not so clear, so she is usually not short of money. There are many ways to get money, and there are few places to use money.
At this moment, Lu Hanjiang asked about this matter, and Ah Lan took the opportunity to explain what he wanted to do: "Master Lu, I plan to visit the countries in the Western Regions."
Lu Hanjiang was really surprised now. He looked at Allan in surprise and said, "Miss Alan, the trip to the Western Region is far and dangerous, not to mention the many dangers on the road. The journey of thousands of miles is no joke. Why would you want to go somewhere that far away?"
A Lan explained: "Those monks who captured me told me that they were descendants of the Zhong family. They must also know the things about my master's family. I plan to find their old nest and find out what happened. Maybe I can find some information about those years ago." clues."
Although A Lan did not recognize the appearance of those monks, which country or clan they came from, nor did he recognize the martial arts background of those monks, one thing was clear, they definitely did not belong to Central Plains Buddhism.
The Western Region is so vast that there are many Buddhist sects. A Lan once met some businessmen from the Western Region in the North and learned that there are many Buddhist sects with weird beliefs in the Western Region.
The tragedy in Liujia Village has always been a pain in A-Lan's heart. She traveled around the world not only to repay her teacher's kindness and kill her former enemies for Hongchen Guest, but also to find out what happened back then.
It's a pity that the people and forces related to Hongchen Ke either died early or withered. Now it's very difficult for her to even find someone who has met his master. This time she went to the Western Regions, which was a helpless move.
After listening to A Lan's words, Lu Hanjiang was silent for a long time, then took out another banknote from his backpack and handed it to him.
Ah Lan was stunned and felt a little moved, but still declined: "No need, Mr. Lu, I'm thinking about my expenses."
"Miss A Lan," Lu Hanjiang said seriously: "Take this money and go to the countries in the Western Regions. I have some specialties that I want very much. I will write you a list in a while. Please help me get more on your way. Be careful."
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Ah Lan gritted her teeth and accepted the bank note. The hateful Mr. Lu had blinded her emotions in vain.
Lu Hanjiang quickly prepared the list. The thick pile made Ah Lan frown. However, the reason why she frowned was not because the other party had added such a large amount of groceries to her, but——
"Mr. Lu, your handwriting seems to have always been unique." A Lan wanted to laugh but was holding back, which made Lu Hanjiang roll his eyes.
"Girl, please go ahead." Lu Hanjiang picked up the broken sword, turned around and returned to the convoy.
A-Lan hummed twice, and her mood suddenly improved a lot. She put her things away, said goodbye to him, and was about to leave for the Western Region.
After returning to the convoy, their goal of heading north had been achieved. Cui Yixiao originally thought that Mr. Wu in the Yamen was anxious, so they went back to Beijing on the way, but Lu Hanjiang had other ideas.
"Go and find out where the last remaining people in Zhujian Villa have gone." Lu Hanjiang came up and ordered.
"Zhujian Villa, are you asking about Huo Yunqi, the former young owner of the village?" Cui Yixiao said with some surprise: "If I remember correctly, the former young owner of the village is currently doing business in Dongdu."
"Business?" Lu Hanjiang was a little surprised.
"Yes," Cui Yixiao thought for a while and said: "The Huo family committed too many sins in the Wangjian Tower incident, but the fire burned everything, but most of the Huo family's debts were wiped out with the death of the person, but Huo Yun I think it may be a little difficult to continue walking in the world."
At first, everyone saw that the Huo family and Zhujian Villa were almost finished, so they did not kill them all. However, after all, there was a blood feud between them. If Huo Yunqi wanted to continue to hang out in the world as a knight, I am afraid there would be great resistance.
Therefore, turning to business may be a good choice. At least the Huo family has not offended the whole world, and the connections left by Zhujian Villa back then are still a useful asset.
"Dongdu, isn't that just on the way?" Lu Hanjiang patted Cui Yixiao on the shoulder and decided on the next place to go.
Cui Yixiao sighed and transferred to Dongdu. It seemed that the master would not want to return to Beijing in a short time.
(End of chapter)
