Autumn, the eighteenth year of Yongtai.
Lanruo Temple is located on the island in the middle of the lake in Shihe River.
"Taoist Priest, I don't know how to ask Xie to come out alone. Do you have any advice?" When Xie Run followed Miaoyinzi to the courtyard, the rain outside had stopped, and there was still a bright moon hanging in the sky.
At this moment, Sun Yixie, Huang Donglai and Lei Buji were still rummaging through boxes and cabinets in the abbot's room, so they would not disturb them.
"Thank you, donor. Do you know what the 'escort' you took this time... is?" Miaoyinzi didn't mince words with him and asked directly.
Xie Run frowned slightly when he heard this.
Ordinarily, he shouldn't answer this kind of question. It's against the rules of the escort industry, but Miao Yinzi in front of him just saved his life. If he doesn't even answer such a question, it seems a bit inhumane. .
Besides... this Miaoyinzi is an expert outside of Huawai. If he covets Xie Run's things, there are many ways to get them, even if he robs them face to face, what can you, Xie Run, do?
Thinking of this, Xie Run became calm and replied: "To be honest with the Taoist priest, this is a treasure that Xie got from the north. However... Xie is not very talented and has little knowledge. He really doesn't know what this thing is called name."
"Hmm..." Mianyinzi nodded, "Then do you know where this thing came from?"
"This..." Xie Run hesitated again, but still said, "This thing was obtained by Xie from a Tatar in Huai'an County, but where did he get it..."
What he said was true.
More than two months ago, the General Bureau of Yiyong Escort Bureau received a letter saying that they needed to send an experienced and reliable escort to go north to Huai'an County alone to pick up the escort, and then escort a "thing" south to deliver it. Go to Lingnan Wujian Villa.
Packed in the envelope with the letter was a banknote of considerable denomination.
Part of this money is the deposit for the escort agency, and the other part is given to the contact person when picking up the escort.
As for why the other party only needs "one person", they also explained it in the letter, saying that this thing is not big and one person can easily carry it on the road. If there are more people to escort, it will be too showy and only increase the risk.
Someone may ask again, why can't it be two or three people? It wouldn't be unassuming if two or three people hit the road, right?
This... Anyway, they didn't write it in the letter, and there was no one from the escort agency to call and ask.
All in all, since people say they need one person, then just be alone... Escort agencies are still in the service industry after all, and what customers need is what they are willing to dedicate.
Who can be sent?
After much thought, they decided to let Mr. Xie take a trip.
After all, the income of this single escort is quite a lot, and the journey is far away. If you want to go alone, you must send someone with sufficient martial arts, courage, and experience in the world.
So Xie Run quickly packed his bags and headed north to Huai'an. According to the instructions in the letter, he found the Tatar who contacted him and got the "colorful glass glue" from the other party.
After that, Xie Run went south all the way until he came to Xinyang, and everything was fine; of course, he was also an old escort, so even if nothing happened, he would still stay vigilant.
Unexpectedly... Today, in Lanruo Temple above the Shihe River, he actually encountered Tian Wude, the doctor who was responsible for the robbery, and the monster "Tongchen Daojun" one after another.
But in fact, until the crisis passed, Xie Run still didn't know that his encounter with Tong Chen was just an accident, but his encounter with Tian Wude had been arranged by someone.
So who arranged it?
The spokesperson in our book here is none other than Xiao Zhun, the owner of Wujian Villa.
And the person who sent the letter to Yiyong Escort Bureau was naturally him.
So which song is Master Xiao singing? Why did he want to find someone to rob the escort he entrusted? And why do you want to find someone like Tian Wude?
Please listen to me slowly...
First of all, colorful glass glue can only be obtained in the North, and it is extremely rare.
How rare is it? It’s almost the same as your chance of encountering giant pandas or tigers when you go to the deep mountains and forests now.
This does not mean that you can buy it if you have money, but even if you have money, you have to wait... until the goods appear before you can buy it. It may be days, months, or even years...
It is impossible for Xiao Zhun to send his men to stay there for a long time and search slowly, because at that time, a Central Plains man ran to Beiyuan. Who knows what will happen after a long time... This person may die there. not coming.
Fortunately, there is a group of people who can help him solve such problems.
They were a group of vagrants living on the border between Dashu and Beiyuan. They were mixed descendants of Tatars and Central Plains people from the previous dynasty. They were neither accepted by the Zu people nor recognized by the Beiyuan, so they settled at the border between the two countries. In this place, they do some brokerage business.
You can regard them as the "comprador businessmen" of that era. Because they mastered both languages and took advantage of the unequal information between the two sides, their business was prosperous.
From livestock and agricultural products to antiques and weapons, from cultural and educational classics and martial arts secrets to slaves and beauties... there is almost nothing they can't get; as long as you can afford the money and have the patience to wait.
Xiao Zhun is not short of money, and he is also very patient.
So he found someone to pay the money, and then waited for a reply.
Don't be afraid that those brokers in the North won't do anything after taking the deposit. They are more trustworthy than the profiteers in the Central Plains. After receiving your money, they will definitely help you find it. If you can't find it, there is nothing you can do. I will never raise the price again. It will be whatever price was agreed upon at the beginning.
Just like that, after a period of time, there was a reply from the other side, which probably meant: The goods are now available. When will this customer send someone to pick them up?
Xiao Zhun thought about it... I can't trust these grandsons in the villa and the "foreign aid" I hired... It's okay to let them handle money or do some work of killing people and seizing swords. After all, the money is lost. It doesn’t matter, there are plenty of swordsmen’s swords, but this colorful glass glue is rare in the world. If it falls into their hands, if something happens, God knows when I will find the second piece?
After thinking about it, he decided to simply ask Yiyong Escort Agency to deliver it. Compared to his subordinates, they were more trustworthy.
Don't think he's a thief yet, his logic is actually correct.
Those disciples of Wujian Villa all "give up their swords" in order to "seek swords" before joining the Villa. They were not originally Xiao Zhun's disciples, they just exchanged swords for swords, and there was no friendship to talk about. Even if some of them are willing to be Xiao Zhun's subordinates and work for him, they just want to flatter him and learn more tricks... In terms of loyalty, these people may not be as loyal as Kang Haijiao, who was recently recruited by Xiao Zhun. As for the "foreign aid", Kang Haijiao was grateful to Xiao Zhun for giving him a chance to get ahead.
But the Yiyong Escort Bureau is different. They do not work for loyalty, but for money, and for the credibility of their own escort agency. Compared with the gang of people under Xiao Zhun, the reputation of this "Central Plains No. 1 Escort Agency" is obviously much more reliable. .
Moreover, according to the rules of the world, the escort agency is obliged to keep its clients confidential.
Once you accept this escort, then where you came from, where you ran to, who you took the escort from, who you gave it to, and who gave you the money... they all have to keep it secret; neither will Even if the information is passed on to others, they will not ask more questions from customers.
Therefore, it is not that easy to open an escort agency, and your money is really not in vain.
But Xiao Zhun... is quite suspicious. As you can see from the reasoning about Kang Haijiao in the previous article, this guy thinks "more" when things happen.
Even if he heard that the Yiyong Escort Bureau had sent Xie Run, the third boss, to personally escort the escort, he was still worried.
To be on the safe side, Xiao Zhun sent several teams out, including "clients" and "foreign aid". These people had been following Xie Run since they entered Huai'an County. The number of people in each team was not large, only two. The three of them followed each other for a short time, because they were afraid that they would arouse Mr. Xie's suspicion if they followed for a long time.
In addition to being responsible for helping Xie Run ward off ordinary thieves, these people were also ordered to "monitor several other teams at the same time" to guard against betrayal.
So can it be a coincidence that Xie Run was so peaceful all the way from Huai'an County to Xinyang? Everyone is well aware of the public security in Dashu. The number of thieves and bandits who have appeared in this book so far can hardly be counted on two hands... If it weren't for the secret operation of Master Xiao, would Xie Run's schedule be so comfortable?
However, Xiao Zhun also understood that if Xie Run was too comfortable, it would be a bit unreal, and he would have to be robbed at least once or twice to make it look natural.
So, he asked his "foreign aid" to come forward and hired Tian Wude, a third-rate gangster, and told him that the third boss of the Yiyong Escort Bureau was escorting a priceless treasure alone. If you kill him, you will not only seize the treasure and make a fortune, but also Can make a name for oneself.
Tian Wude didn't dare to do it at first. He was no match for Xie Run. But when Xiao Zhun's men told him the secret of Xie Run's "cover door location", Tian Wude felt that this was indeed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. You can give it a shot.
Lao Tian didn't know that Xiao Zhun deliberately gave him outdated information about the location of the cover. To put it bluntly... Xiao Zhun was trying to trick him into dying from the very beginning.
That day, when Xie Run met Tian Wude and Sun Yixie on the Shihe River, Xiao Zhun's men around him had already received the news and evacuated, in order to give Tian Wude a chance to strike.
To take a step back, even if he hadn't encountered something like Taojun Tongchen, Tian Wude would still be waiting for the opportunity. Of course... he would not succeed.
According to Xiao Zhun's plan, after Tian Wu's delivery is over, there will be one or two similar "dart robbers" in the future, but they all look dangerous, but are actually free... These scenes have been played out, Then it is quite real that Xie Run's escort left. For the rest of the trip, Master Xiao's men will continue to protect Xie Run's safety.
However, once the colorful glass glue was obtained... the situation was different again.
Although Xie Run didn't know what the things he was escorting were, and he didn't ask any more questions, he had seen the real thing after all. If he didn't die, Xiao Zhun wouldn't be relieved.
However, Xie Run must not die on the way to escort the escort, let alone in his Wujian Villa, or even in the near future...
His death must leave no trace, cannot be traced, and no one can connect it with this escort.
And "Stealing Life" can undoubtedly satisfy these.
Xiao Zhun himself naturally does not know how to use Taoism, but he has a "friend" who can. Who this friend is, we will tell you later.
In short, with the help of this friend, Master Xiao successfully used a bunch of copper coins mixed with other silver coins to cast a curse on Xie Run when he was settling the amount of money for the escort.
For a whole year after that, Xiao Zhun did not take action. It was not until now a year later that his work of collecting blood swords was basically completed and the "sword refining" plan was about to begin. Only then did he activate the "stealing life" "Yu" and wanted to remove Xie Run as a possible insider.
Take a look, does Mr. Xiao have a "nothing left to his name" attitude? No matter how we look at it from a third party's perspective, at least he thinks he is...
Now that the explanation is here, I think all the judges know the ins and outs of this matter, so let’s go back to Miao Yinzi and Xie Run.
After listening to Xie Run's answer, Miaoyinzi nodded and said, "Thank you, donor. It's not necessarily a bad thing if you don't know much." After he finished half of his sentence, he changed the topic again, "But you have to understand... …Sometimes, even if you do it unintentionally and unintentionally, you can’t stop others from being malicious towards you.”
Xie Run could hear that there was something in Miao Yinzi's words, as if he wanted to remind himself of something, so he quickly bowed respectfully and asked: "I am stupid, who is this 'other'? I hope the Taoist Master will tell me clearly."
"Hey~ Why am I telling you these nonsense if you can make it clear?" Miaoyinzi is also quick-tongued and speaks in a down-to-earth manner. "There are some things I can say, and some I can't. If I say clearly what I can't say, Old Taoist, I'm going to cause the consequences of my karma to burn myself... It's not worth it." He paused, "Today I also thank the benefactor for your integrity, and I thought of your future situation, so I gave you some advice. "
"Then..." Xie Run was confused, but he still lowered his head and said, "In any case, Xie thanked the Taoist priest."
"Don't be in a hurry to thank me, I haven't said the important thing yet." Miao Yinzi laughed dryly.
Xie Run continued: "The key thing is..."
"Listen carefully." Miaoyinzi said, "You are destined to have a great calamity, which is coming soon, but which day will this 'not-so-day' be... uh... to be honest, I can't be sure... "
He was telling the truth. Mianyinzi's ability to calculate calamities was obviously not as good as that of his senior brother Fuzi. Fuzi could calculate such things to a specific date every time, but Mianyinzi could only calculate things, not things. The date was right, so when he gave Sun Yixie the "Shou Po", he only said that it would be useful in the future, but did not say when.
"Anyway, you have to remember..." Miaoyinzi continued, "If you have passed that calamity, and someone comes to ask you about it and find out the root cause of this calamity, you should keep your escort from beginning to end. Tell them everything about your trip, and then the truth... will be revealed."
