The man seemed to turn a deaf ear to Shao Xi's words and continued to drink and eat beef.
When Shao Xi saw that the other party did not speak to him, he did not feel embarrassed. Instead, he continued to ask: "Your Excellency, you don't look like a businessman. You carry a knife with you and you are so good at it. You still have to go out of confinement with a woman from the Western Region by your side." of.
"This woman has shackles on her feet. She is obviously not your woman. It seems that you were entrusted by someone to search for the person inside the customs. After finding her, she would be sent outside the customs to collect the reward. You must be a righteous man."
The so-called "righteous man" in Shao Xi's mouth translates as bounty hunter. This kind of person is responsible for receiving rewards from the government or being entrusted by private individuals. They either help the government capture important criminals or search for people and things on behalf of others.
No matter which one it is, as long as you find the person or item you are looking for, you can receive the corresponding reward. There are many people in the world who make a living from this.
This line of work is not easy to do, and not everyone can do it.
Whether you are helping the government capture important criminals, or searching for people or items on behalf of others, you must successfully deliver the person or item to the person who has placed the reward, and only after your identity is verified can you receive the reward.
As the saying goes, peers are enemies. In this industry, there is also fierce competition among peers, and things like robbing people or killing people to get goods often happen.
Therefore, in order to gain a firm foothold in this industry, the prerequisite is to have good martial arts skills. Not only can you catch the people you want to catch, but you must also have the ability to protect the results you have achieved.
Until the moment they finally get the reward, no one can guarantee whether their transaction will be completed smoothly.
This kind of person usually keeps a low profile when going out, trying to be as unobtrusive as possible.
After catching the person they want to arrest, most people will choose to use drugs to stun the person, put them in a wooden box and hire a carriage, so as to prevent the person in their hands from violently resisting and escaping on the way, and also to avoid attracting the attention of their peers. Start robbing people.
The man in front of him was taking a woman from the Western Regions to the outside of the pass, which meant that he received the reward outside the pass, came to the pass to find the woman, and then took her outside the pass to receive the reward.
Maybe this woman is an escaped slave from a certain family, or a concubine from a certain family, or she may have committed something and is wanted by the government outside the customs. Otherwise, there is no need to shackle her.
However, this woman seemed very quiet and had no intention of struggling to escape. I don't know what methods the man used on the woman.
When the man heard what Shao Xi said, he couldn't help but raise his eyes and glance at Shao Xi, and said calmly: "You don't look like a businessman either."
Shao Xi asked with great interest: "Oh? What should I say? How can you tell that I am not a businessman?"
"Here, businessmen will not talk to strangers casually, let alone meddle in other people's business."
"Then who do you think I am?"
The man turned his head and glanced at Old Wu and Sun Lichang who were sitting not far away. He still said in a calm tone: "I can't tell that one of the people traveling with you must be a businessman, and that old man must be a man in the world of martial arts." Man, that strong man must also be a member of the military, at least he once was.
"That big fat man is not from the north at first glance. He looks very much like he came from Nanling. It's just that his figure is a bit special. As for you, you look like a scholar and a person from the world, but you also have a bit of official air, so I can't see it."
Shao Xi had to admire the vicious eyes of the man in front of him. Except for Shao Xi himself, everyone else in the group was looked at closely by him.
Sun Lichang was dressed as a shopkeeper, and his identity was not difficult to guess. Old Wu had a wretched look. It was just a polite way of saying that he was a charlatan, and it would have been nice if they did not directly say that he was a thief.
It was not difficult for Fu Biao to guess that military men who had fought on the battlefield had a certain aura about them, and people who often walked outside could see it at a glance.
Wu Qiu'er is neither a Jianghu person nor a soldier. Although he grew up in Fu Zuoliang's military camp, he basically grew up free-range and has no military aura at all.
However, the facial features were typical of southerners, so it was not surprising that the man guessed that Wu Qiu'er was from Nanling.
It's just that Shao Xi himself makes him a little confused.
Indeed, Shao Xi has some martial arts aura in his body but it is not obvious. Years of practicing essays make him look a bit bookish.
Maybe it was because he came into contact with more and more officials after becoming an inspector, and he unconsciously gained some official aura, but this man only thought that Shao Xi was not a businessman.
Because in Shao Xi, I don't see the cautious and cautious feeling of a businessman.
It's no wonder that although Shao Xi has made such a big business, he has always been generous and not stingy. Although he often weighs the pros and cons, he does not always put interests first.
Moreover, it has only been developing industries on a large scale, leaving specific matters to Taihe Commercial Bank to take care of, so naturally it does not have the temperament of those who do business.
Shao Xi looked at the man in front of him, smiled mysteriously, and whispered: "To be honest with you, I am really a businessman. Speaking of which, I am also a person who gets paid to do things for others."
When the man heard what Shao Xi said, a look of surprise flashed across his face, and his eyes showed some vigilance unconsciously.
Shao Xi's words could indeed easily cause him to misunderstand. If you use money to do things for others, wouldn't that be the same as yourself? Now that you have come to talk to me, what do you want? Could it be that he wants to take away the business from his hands?
In fact, what Shao Xi said about using money to do things for others meant that he took Xiao Changyi's royal funds, ran errands for him to make money, and had to listen to his orders from time to time to go out and do things for him. It didn't sound like that man. ?
But at this moment, the man seemed to have misunderstood the meaning of Shao Xi's words, and actually became wary of Shao Xi.
While he was picking up the wine bowl and drinking, his other hand was already unknowingly resting on the handle of the ring-headed knife on the table.
"If you plan to rob someone, I advise you to give up this idea as soon as possible. The last person who thought so has been eaten up by the wolves in the Gobi."
Shao Xi glanced at his hand on the handle of the knife and grinned.
"You must have misunderstood. Your business of licking blood with a knife is not suitable for me. I like to sit at home and let others send money to my hands. I just need to count the money slowly."
When the man heard what Shao Xi said, he seemed to think that he was bragging, and asked with a little disdain, "In that case, why did you come to this remote place all the way?
"Did you know that beyond Jade Dragon Pass, you will reach the boundless Gobi Desert? How can a rich person like you bear the suffering of wind, sand and sun? Why come here to ask for trouble if you don't have to worry about money?"
Shao Xi asked the waiter to bring him a bowl of beef, grabbed a piece and chewed it, and said: "I like money very much, but money is just a need for me but not important. What I am looking for in the Western Regions can be You can’t buy it with money.”
As soon as Shao Xi said these words, the man sneered.
"You say this because you have never been short of money, and you have never experienced the feeling of having no money and being unable to move forward."
The man's words seemed to touch a certain pain point in Shao Xi's heart. He was chewing beef and suddenly stopped.
He raised his eyebrows, glanced sideways at the man, and couldn't help but snorted.
"How do you know that I haven't felt that way? Just because I'm rich now doesn't necessarily mean I was rich before. How do you know that I haven't experienced that feeling of having no money and no way to ask for help?"
Shao Xi's words stunned the man for a moment, and he couldn't help but ask: "In that case, why do you think money is not important?"
"Because I did not become a slave of money, but made money become my slave. I will risk my life for many things, but I will not risk my life for money. This is the difference between you and me."
At this moment, it seemed that the man was poked by Shao Xi again, and he was speechless for a moment, not knowing how to reply to Shao Xi's words.
While he was dazed, the strong men behind him seemed to have recovered their breath and got up from the ground one after another. The strong men outside the door also squeezed in through the door.
More than a dozen people, some rubbing their legs, some rubbing their faces, some rubbing their butts, although they looked very embarrassed, were still unwilling to accept it, and surrounded the man again.
The man had already heard the movement behind him, but he remained unmoved. He just treated the person behind him as if he were nothing, and continued to calmly drink the sorghum wine in the bowl.
The dozen or so strong men were about to take action again when they saw Shao Xi raising his hand and pointing at them.
"This person is my friend. I advise you not to do anything again. No one will laugh at you even if you cut off your hands and feet as a soldier on the battlefield, but it would be really embarrassing if you were repaired over and over again here. ”
The leading strong man was furious. Originally facing the man alone, the dozen or so men were already feeling aggrieved at the loss. They didn't expect another one to show up now.
Although he felt a little weak in his heart, he still spoke hard.
"Which one are you? Why did you come out to join in the fun? Don't worry, I'll be angry and I'll deal with you too."
With that said, he took a step forward to take action again.
At this time, Fu Biao, who was not far away, couldn't sit still anymore and stood up with a "snap" with the knife in his hand.
"As a member of the military, instead of guarding the border and ensuring peace of the people, you come out to extort money. Don't you feel ashamed?"
"Disgraceful? I've been guarding Yulong Pass here with my fucking brothers for several years. Now the officials in the court don't even pay their mother's salary. Are you going to let me drink from the northwest wind? I can't have enough to eat. You can’t even lift the knife, but you still defend your mother’s side?”
"okay!"
Shao Xi's low shout was not only from Fu Biao, but also the leading strong man seemed to feel the pressure emanating from Shao Xi, and they all closed their mouths in unison and stared at Shao Xi.
Shao Xi reached out and took out a piece of silver from his bag and threw it to the strong man.
"That's it for today. Take the money, take your people and go to a bar somewhere else!"
The strong man caught the silver and lowered his head to see that it was a whole collar, as many as five taels. He was stunned on the spot for a moment.
I thought to myself, which God of Wealth is so generous?
"What's the matter? Isn't that enough? Why don't you just take the money and leave quickly?"
The strong man smiled awkwardly, raised his hand to Shao Xi, turned around and glared at the man in gray robe, and then he led his men out of the tavern obediently, leaving the man in gray robe with a surprised look on his face. Looking at Shao Xi.
Shao Xi poured wine into his bowl and said, "I said, money is just a need for me, but it is not important. What matters is what I use the money for."
