The female shopkeeper of the Chamber of Commerce was about to cry and said in fear: "I paid all the money for the goods, and I let them take it all away."
Gu Shengchao took a step back and said proudly: "Isn't that the end? It's not good to have to make a very simple thing so complicated and make everyone unhappy."
"Yes, yes." The female shopkeeper nodded repeatedly. She was frightened by Gu Shengchao's ferocity and did not dare to disobey his orders.
Gu Shengchao turned around, and Amiao and Amei stood there staring at him stupidly, unable to believe the facts in front of them. Gu Shengchao deliberately lowered his voice to make it hoarse and said, "How much payment do they owe Qixingya?"
"Seventy-six taels of silver." Amiao took a step forward and said.
Gu Shengchao nodded and said: "It's not much. It's just a hundred taels of silver to cause so many things. It's not worth it."
The female shopkeeper of the Chamber of Commerce was stunned and whispered: "This strong man, I heard it right, it's seventy-six taels!"
Gu Shengchao once again approached the female shopkeeper, leaned into her pink face and whispered: "Isn't there no interest after two months of delay? They came all the way to ask for the account. Isn't it free to stay in a hotel, eat, drink and have sex on the way? If you don't want to Here, do you want to stay with me tonight?"
"I'll give it, I'll give it." The female shopkeeper was so frightened that her face turned pale, tears welling up in her eyes and almost falling down. She took out the key and opened the cabinet with trembling hands and took out the silver. Gu Shengchao asked Ah Miao to count it once to confirm that it was correct, and then asked the two of them to take the silver and leave quickly.
Amiao and Amei were so frightened that they loaded up their money, mounted their horses and ran away. Gu Shengchao was worried about being chased by the Chamber of Commerce. He sat down calmly and called to the female shopkeeper: "As the saying goes, you don't know each other until you fight. Let's sit down and have a cup of tea to relieve our boredom."
The female shopkeeper did not dare to refuse and sat down to drink tea with Gu Shengchao. She glanced outside the room from time to time, hoping that someone could rescue them. However, these strong men are the backbone of the Chamber of Commerce, so how can anyone else dare to come here? Gu Shengchao only asked the woman's name, and when he learned that her name was Chen Qi, he said no more. When it was time to light the lanterns, it was estimated that Amiao and Amei had already run away, so they slowly walked out of the chamber of commerce with their hands behind their backs.
Gu Shengchao turned into a secluded street and saw no one following him. He jumped up on the roof and quietly returned to the Chamber of Commerce in the dark of night.
At this moment, the Chamber of Commerce is making a mess, and there is no time to follow Gu Shengchao. Several injured strong men had broken arms and legs. Because Gu Shengchao deliberately delayed the treatment, they were already dying. Everyone was busy carrying them into the car and rushed to the doctor for treatment. The female shopkeeper Chen Qi was even more resentful about paying too much money, so she threw all the tea sets to the ground in the room and smashed them into pieces.
A man with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks knocked on the open door outside the house and whispered: "Shopkeeper, calm down, maybe there is a way to get the money back."
"roll."
A stool was thrown at him, and the man was so frightened that he turned around and ran away. He just ran a few steps when Chen Qi shouted: "Come back."
"Oh." The man agreed and walked over carefully, but he didn't dare to enter the house.
Chen Qi sat down on the table angrily, beckoning: "Come in, if you fart, hurry up."
The man walked a few steps into the house and said with a smile: "The fastest way to leave Serang Country from here is to take a boat down the river. Now the dock is full of our people. I asked about the two people who ran away on horseback. .”
"So what, don't look at how long the delay has been. Can you catch up?" Chen Qi was still angry.
"Yes." The man nodded affirmatively: "They foreigners only know the main road. I know a small road. I can definitely rob them before dark tomorrow."
Chen Qi slammed the table anxiously: "A bunch of trash, why don't you hurry up and go if you know."
"Okay." The man turned and left, and Chen Qi ordered loudly from behind: "The county government is listening to us. Go there to find some helpers, and be sure to catch those two girls back to me." After she finished speaking, she was still gritting her teeth.
Gu Shengchao snickered and quietly followed the man.
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Amiao and Amei stayed up almost all night. They just passed by the bushes and took a nap before continuing on their way, for fear of being overtaken by people from the Chamber of Commerce. They didn't stop during the day. It was getting late, and they took a break by the ditch when they were tired and exhausted. The two of them ate some dry food and let the horses drink water and eat grass to replenish their strength. When the moon came over the treetops, the two mounted their horses again and galloped away under the darkness of night.
In order to avoid the inspection at the border gate of Sireng State, the two had to stay away from the main road and tried to return to the Dawu Dynasty through mountain paths. The closer they got to the border, the more rugged the mountain road became.
Amiao pointed to the mountains ahead and said: "Over there is the boundary of the Dawu Dynasty. I have walked this road once. I can reach it after tonight, and we will be safe."
The two of them were riding forward, when suddenly dust started flying on the hillside next to them, and something came closer from far away, causing the ground to tremble. In the hazy night, many black shadows fell on the hillside. The two men hurriedly reined in their horses, turned their horses' heads and retreated. The huge boulder rolled and fell from the front. The two of them were frightened and heard the sound of horse hooves. There were more than ten horsemen in front and behind them who stopped the two of them.
"It's not that easy to run away. I will let you know the consequences of provoking our Chamber of Commerce tonight." A man with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks came over on horseback first, and his high-pitched voice in the night made his heart palpitate.
Amiao's sword was unsheathed and held in the palm of his hand: "What do you want to do?"
The man laughed and threatened: "Don't you understand what we are going to do? Those who know the current affairs are heroes. Throw away your sword and follow us back. I will protect you from the pain of your flesh and blood. If you don't obey, we will kidnap you back. Then don’t blame us for being rude, we will make sure that you two can’t live or die, and the feeling of life being worse than death is really unpleasant!”
"Wishful thinking." Amiao and Amei looked at each other. The two of them raised their swords while riding on their horses, ready for a fight to the death.
"You have personality, I like it." The man with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks applauded. He took out a long stick from behind and directed everyone: "Come together, we will reward you for catching these two girls." He rushed over first, and the others Everyone followed with weapons in hand to kill.
"Whoosh!"
There was a faint sound of something breaking out of the sky in the night.
"oops!"
The man with the sharp mouth and monkey cheeks who bore the brunt was hit on the head by something. He fell from his horse and rolled into the grass nearby. The two people behind him got off their horses and helped him up. "Brother Qi, how did you fall off the horse so easily?"
Brother Qi's head hurt and he raised his hand and felt something was wrong. He stretched out his palm to look at it. Under the weak moonlight, his palm was covered with blood stains. Only then did he feel scared: "Blood, I'm bleeding. Who hurt me with a hidden weapon just now?" Looking around, he could see no figure in the darkness. He searched on the ground, but he didn't know where the long stick was thrown.
Hearing that there was a sneak attack, everyone stepped up their guard, including Amiao and Amei, and uneasily scanned their surroundings for possible hiding places.
After waiting for a while, there was no movement around. Someone suspected Brother Qi: "Don't make such a fuss. Could it be that you fell off the horse yourself and hit your head on a stone and got bruised?"
Brother Qi glared at the man: "How is that possible? Something obviously flew over and hit me." But looking around, he couldn't see anything suspicious at all, and he began to doubt himself.
Amiao and Amei tried to take advantage of the chaos to escape, but a few people behind them stopped them. Someone teased: "Don't run away, we are in the wilderness, and we are at ease."
"Whoosh!"
Another thing flew over and hit the forehead of the person who just spoke. The person fell on his back with an "Oops" and blood oozed from his forehead. A sharp-edged stone rolled on the ground and fell into the grass beside the road.
Everyone could see clearly this time that the stone was thrown from a dense tree nearby, and the crown of the tree shook slightly due to the force.
"Who, come down!" Several people rode over and gathered around the tree from a distance, fearing that another concealed weapon would be thrown, so they all covered their faces with their swords.
The crown of the tree swayed slightly, and a person flew down and stood in the middle of the road. It was Gu Shengchao with a beard on his cheek. He stretched and said, "It's quite lively. What are you doing here, disturbing my sweet dream?"
Several people gathered around and prepared to take action, but Brother Qi remembered him and backed away in fear. Someone asked him in a low voice: "Brother Qi, where are you going?" Brother Qi replied in a low voice: "I lost my stick just now, go and look for it."
Someone struck Gu Shengchao head-on with a knife. Gu Shengchao turned sideways and punched forward at the same time, hitting the man in the face and flying backwards with a "click". It was only after the man fell to the ground that he realized that the bridge of his nose was broken. Sour, sweet, and salty smells filled his nasal cavity. Only then did the man feel pain. He covered his nose and rolled on the ground in pain.
Two other people stabbed at them with their swords at the same time. The ancient sage jumped up and kicked out with his legs. The two people flew out to both sides like paper kites and fainted immediately.
The remaining few people swarmed forward, trying to take advantage of the crowd and chop Gu Sheng Chao to death with random blades. However, Gu Sheng Chao's body skills were erratic, and he knocked down several people one by one without using any superior kung fu. Seeing that he was outmatched, Brother Qi mounted his horse and was about to flee. Gu Shengchao picked up a stone and threw it, hitting Brother Qi in the back of the head. He fell down and fell unconscious.
Amiao and Amei were horrified. Seeing that everyone fell to the ground, they quickly dismounted and came to Gu Shengchao to salute: "Thank you so much for saving me, may I ask your benefactor's name?"
Gu Shengchao didn't want to talk to them anymore and waved his hands: "It doesn't matter, you guys hurry up and get on your way!"
Amiao was frightened: "My benefactor doesn't want to say anything. We won't be able to explain to the boss after we go back. Please leave your name for us to remember."
Gu Shengchao sighed and said: "It doesn't matter, you know Miss Ding Ying, right?"
"Of course I know." Amiao said quickly: "She is an abandoned disciple of our Qixingya. She imitated her master and betrayed the master by following a wild man."
Amei had already heard the meaning of Gu Shengchao's words and pulled hard on Amiao's clothes. Unexpectedly, Amiao was used to being domineering, so why would he pay attention to Amiao's kindness.
After Ah Miao finished speaking, she felt that she was being abrupt and asked cautiously: "Does my benefactor know Ding Ying?"
Gu Shengchao turned his back to the people lying on the ground, pulled off the fake beard on his cheeks, and said solemnly: "I am the wild man you call me."
Amiao and Amei finally recognized Gu Shengchao, and their mouths were opened wide in astonishment and speechless, "You, you..." Amiao's mind was in a mess and she didn't know what to say.
"You have all been poisoned by the sect. There are no absolute good guys and bad guys in this world. They are all illusions seen from their own standpoints. Good or bad, it just involves your own interests. What you see from yourself It's just a small piece of sky at the entrance of the well. When I help you, I'm actually helping Ding Ying. I don't want to see her sect sisters being bullied." The ancient sage pinched his beard and glued it back together, raised his whip and drove away the remaining horses. Only Amiao and Amei's mounts were left.
Amiao and Amei both had mixed feelings and silently mounted their horses and left.
Gu Shengchao sat and waited for a while, and saw that the two men were running far away on horseback, and it was impossible for others to catch up. Then he returned to the hillside to find the horse that he had stolen from the Chamber of Commerce with Brother Qi, and rode away.
