"I can't see that your lying ability is really useful!"
At the entrance of a pawn shop in Yema City, Yue Jian happily counted the thick stack of banknotes in his hand, looking sideways at Chu Qingxiao and said.
In order to sell the martial soul seal in their hands at the most suitable price, the two went to a dozen pawn shops, but there were three or four that were willing to give them a price of about 1,500 taels.
Yue Jian was a little moved and wanted to take action, but was stopped by Chu Qingxiao.
Yue Jian originally thought that Chu Qingxiao didn't understand the market, so he and Chu Qingxiao had some disputes.
But Chu Qingxiao let Yue Jian go to this pawn shop alone. When the price was negotiated to 1,400 taels, he hurried in, pulled Yue Jian out, and said that he asked a question at another pawn shop. The price is one thousand eight hundred taels.
The pawnshop owner suddenly became anxious, stopped the two of them, and finally offered a high price of one thousand nine hundred and twenty taels.
A total of four hundred taels of silver were gained in one visit, which was not a small amount. No wonder Yue Jian was so happy.
"It's not a lie, it's just some necessary skills." Chu Qingxiao said with a smile. He was also happy for Yue Jian and Cangying Village from the bottom of his heart. With this money, Cangying Village could be used for a long time. No need to worry about making a living.
Yue Jian was smiling from ear to ear at this moment, holding the banknotes in his hand like a money addict, counting over and over again: "One, two, four, seven, six..."
Chu Qingxiao listened dumbfounded. With Yue Jian's counting method, even if she counted another day and night, she might not be able to figure out this confusing account.
At this moment, they had arrived on the street, where people were constantly coming and going. Chu Qingxiao was about to remind Yue Jian to put away the banknotes to avoid being targeted by interested people.
"How about I help Miss Yue Jian count!?" At this moment, a gloomy voice suddenly came.
Chu Qingxiao and Yue Jian, who were immersed in joy, were both shocked. When they looked up, they saw that Li Guanshui was returning with a large group of bandits under him!
Yue Jian's heart was already filled with thoughts, and she subconsciously wanted to hide the banknotes in her hand.
Li Guanshui noticed what she was doing, but did not stop her. He just stared at the two of them with a sneer, his eyes narrowed.
"You two put on a good show. If I didn't know Miss Yue Jian well enough, I would have been deceived by you." Li Guanshui said this, and his eyes fell on the banknote that had not been put away in Yue Jian's hand again. .
"After all these years, Miss Yue Jian still hasn't gotten over her lack of numeracy."
After hearing this, Chu Qingxiao and Chu Qingxiao, who had been secretly wondering how Li Guanshui could see through their plan, suddenly came to their senses.
After all, Li Guanshui had spent a lot of time in Gosying Village, and he was obviously aware of Yue Jian's problems, so he noticed something strange from the abnormality that Yue Jian had just realized he had noticed.
Thinking of this, Yue Jian felt annoyed and secretly vowed that from now on, she must get rid of this bad habit of not knowing how to count!
But although this determination is good, it cannot solve the immediate trouble.
At this moment, Li Guanshui stretched out his hand towards Yue Jian and said, "I'm afraid Miss Yue Jian doesn't know yet, right? There's a mix of dragons and snakes in Python City this night, and these shops have always been scummy. Take out your banknotes, Let me help you see if there is any fraud, lest you don’t know about it and give it to the people in our Guiya Village who collect the money as if it were real, so that the village owner thinks you intend to deceive. Your Gogying Village is in jeopardy!"
Li Guanshui's words were beautiful, but both Yue Jian and Chu Qingxiao understood that once the money was handed over to him, it would be like a meat bun beating a dog, and there would be no return.
Chu Qingxiao and Chu Qingxiao looked ugly, but did not respond to Li Guanshui's "kindness".
Li Guanshui narrowed his eyes: "Yue Jian, I need to remind you that my brothers are all kind-hearted people. If you are not willing to let us help, we can wait until you figure it out."
"Just wait at the pass of Bailu Forest. When Miss Yue Jian figures it out, you can come to find us. What do you think?"
After hearing this, Yue Jian's face changed, and anger surged between his brows.
The pass in Bailu Forest is the only way to go from Yemang City to Crescent Moon Peak.
Li Guanshui was obviously telling Yue Jian and Chu Qingxiao that if they didn't hand over the banknotes today, they would stop them there, and after leaving Yemang City, they would naturally not be where they are now. Like, just relying on one mouth to intimidate and induce.
Yue Jian's face became more and more ugly, and the anger surging between his eyebrows became more and more turbulent.
"Oh, there is one more thing, I have to remind you two." Li Guanshui suddenly slapped his forehead and added with a pretentious expression: "There are only three days until the end of the month. I have thought about it for too long. The people in Gosying Village I don’t know if the old, weak, sick and disabled can afford to wait. After all, our Ghost Crow Village is currently short of crow slaves, so we can choose some manpower from the Goshawk Village.”
"For example, that old blind man, who is old and blind, will be a burden if he stays in your Goshawk Village. How about..."
Li Guanshui obviously knew Yue Jian very well, and he hit Yue Jian's sore spot in just a few words.
"Li Guanshui! How dare you!" Yue Jian could no longer suppress the anger in her heart and was about to step forward.
But at this moment, Chu Qingxiao stretched out his hand and stopped her.
Yue Jian turned around and looked at Chu Qingxiao in confusion, only to see Chu Qingxiao calmly said to her: "Give them the banknote."
"But!" After hearing this, Yue Jian suddenly felt anxious and was about to say something, but before the words came out, she saw Chu Qingxiao shaking his head towards her with some dejection.
Yue Jian was stunned for a moment, and the next moment, the anger on her face disappeared instantly. She seemed to have been drained of all her strength and her whole body went limp.
Of course she wasn't willing to give in.
But Guiyazhai is the big mountain pressing on their heads.
She couldn't open it up, couldn't break through it, so she could only let him be his prey.
Any resistance will only lead to greater misfortune.
A huge feeling of powerlessness enveloped her...
In order to make a copycat, she had even sold the only thing he had left to her at a low price.
But this money, which was exchanged for only a little memory of him, was still inevitably taken away by Guiyazhai...
Thinking of this, Yue Jian's body trembled slightly.
She lowered her head and handed out the stack of banknotes in her hand.
Li Guanshui took the banknotes with a bright smile, pretended to pick them up one by one, looked at them carefully, and then said: "Tsk, tsk, tsk..."
"Look at what I'm saying. The shops in Yemang City are fake. Look, the ink on this one is blurry. It's fake at first glance."
His tone was exaggerated and unabashedly playful.
Every time he said this, he would deliberately wave the banknote in front of Chu Qingxiao and Yue Jian, and then put the banknote into his arms.
Immediately he picked up another banknote and continued his exaggerated acting: "Look, there is something wrong with this one too..."
Chu Qingxiao and Yue Jian naturally knew that Li Guanshui was just acting.
And Li Guanshui also knew that his poor acting skills could not deceive anyone.
He could just put these banknotes in his pocket, turn around and leave, and Chu Qingxiao and the others would never stop him.
After all, Chu Qingxiao and Chu Qingxiao had already accepted this result the moment they handed over the banknote.
But he still chose this unnecessary step.
This was certainly not a discovery of his conscience, and he wanted to make Chu Qingxiao and Yue Jian feel better.
He just wanted to see that no matter how outrageous his excuses were or how poor his acting skills, Chu Qingxiao and Yue Jian could only cooperate without daring to say even half a word.
He wanted to severely humiliate the girl in front of him. He wanted her to realize how stupid she was by not following his advice and driving him out of Goshawk Village. He wanted her to regret it!
When he thought of this, an almost morbid excitement appeared on Li Guanshui's face.
He performed his performance harder and harder, and watched the girl's lonely expression with excitement.
"Alas...it's such a pity that among so many banknotes, only this one is real." After a while, he finally decided to give his performance a wonderful ending. He said this, He picked out three 10-tael silver notes from the pile of banknotes and put them into Yue Jian's hand.
Yue Jian took the bank note numbly, but Li Guanshui suddenly seemed to remember something, reached out and patted his forehead, and said: "Oh, look at my memory, before Miss Yue Jian and Brother Chu Didn’t you ask me to help you manage the relationships up and down Mount Taixuan?”
"This banknote is just enough. I'll trouble Miss Yue Jian to make another trip then, right?" He said with a smile, and then with an insincere apology on his face, he stretched out his hand to take the last and only three coins from Yue Jian's hand. The banknote was taken back.
Yue Jian slowly raised her head at this moment, and she looked at Li Guanshui in front of her.
Li Guanshui also looked at her. He was waiting for the girl in front of him to fall into rage. She would probably curse at her or try to take action, but the former would just be an insignificant accusation against him, and if it was the latter, he wouldn't even need to take action. , the guards in Night Python City will make Yue Jian pay a heavy price.
Therefore, no matter what kind of reaction Yue Jian in front of him makes, for Li Guanshui, it is enough to achieve his purpose of revenge on Yue Jian.
He was looking forward to it, so much so that the light in his eyes became extremely eager at that time.
but……
What he didn't expect was that Yue Jian looked at him with less anger than he imagined.
She was exceptionally calm, so calm that her eyes were as calm as a pool of stagnant water. But if you must find something different in those eyes.
It's a little confusing.
With this confusion, the girl asked at that time: "Li Guanshui..."
"Why do you hate me so much?"
