After performing Qinggong, Lu Jing and Xia Huai quickly got rid of the group of people who wanted to follow and continue to watch the fun.
Then the two of them headed all the way to the north of the city.
Xunzi Jinjia finally stopped in front of a blacksmith shop, then spread his wings and flew in through the crack in the door.
Lu Jing didn't call the door, but directly kicked the wooden door, which immediately let out a squeaking cry and then fell apart.
When the smoke and sawdust dispersed, Lu Jing walked into the blacksmith shop first.
A boy who looked like an apprentice heard the noise and ran out of the back room. He looked frightened and said, "You... who are you and what do you want to do?"
Lu Jing ignored him and just called him casually.
The boy felt his body fly up, and he was about to hit the iron stove. But the next moment, he tossed in the air for half a week, but landed on the ground safely.
Lu Jing and Xia Huai had also bypassed the bellows in front of them and continued walking inside.
As soon as the door curtain was opened, a fat mouse almost as big as a rabbit jumped down from the beam and pounced on Lu Jing's head.
Unfortunately, its movements are still too slow for martial arts masters.
Before it could fall completely, Lu Jing kicked it out again as if he were playing Cuju, and then said to the little girl who was climbing out of the window, "Don't go!"
Not only did the little girl not stop when she heard Lu Jing's words, she moved even faster and stretched out her other leg.
Lu Jing hesitated for a moment, but in the end he didn't have the heart to let go of the sword. Instead, he said, "Hey, what about you? You can't run away."
The little girl didn't hear anything and jumped out from the window sill.
Lu Jing kicked away a few more mice that were trying to delay him, and then rushed to the big hole in the center of the room. Scarab beetles were buzzing at the entrance.
Lu Jing looked over and saw the stolen iron box in the cave.
So he also breathed a sigh of relief and said to Xia Huai, "You can see how to open this box here. I'll chase them and ask what's going on."
However, before he finished speaking, he heard a sharp voice coming from behind, "Stop! I won't let you hurt my sister!"
Lu Jing turned around and saw that the boy he had pushed away before was rushing over again, holding a wooden ladle in his hand, which contained the water he had just scooped.
Lu Jing was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized, "It turned out that you started the weird fire at Taiping Bank."
The boy bit his lip and did not answer.
He just poured the water from the wooden ladle onto Lu and Xia.
However, Xia Huai, who had been prepared for a long time, just waved his hand, and the scattered water droplets reunited into a water ball.
But at the next moment, the water ball roared and turned into a blazing flame.
"You have good abilities." Lu Jing praised.
"If you know you're scared, leave quickly. There's plenty of water in my house, and none of you can belong to me!" Although the boy was very scared, he still tried hard not to tremble and threatened him at the same time.
Unfortunately, before he finished speaking, the fireball was extinguished by Lu Jing with the lamp oil on the side.
Then his whole body was held in Lu Jing's hands, "It's not a good habit to set fire randomly."
The boy still wanted to resist, but was knocked unconscious by Lu Jing and thrown to Xia Huai.
"I'll go get his sister back too."
"Okay, be careful."
"There's nothing to be careful about, he's just a kid."
Lu Jingdao, he really didn't take the little girl to heart. She was only about eight or nine years old, and her ability was also exposed, that is, she could control the rats.
To Lu Jing, who had already mastered the fifth level of Fire Lin Armor, he was not as threatening as the boy's ability to make fire with water.
So Lu Jing didn't waste any time and immediately chased after him.
However, after he left the blacksmith shop and glanced around, he didn't see the girl.
With the latter's legs and feet, he shouldn't have run too far in such a short time, unless... Lu Jing lowered his head and saw dense rat footprints on the ground.
Was this carried away by the rats?
Lu Jing followed the footprints left by the rats and chased them.
Finally, he came to a fragrant medicine shop not far away, where Lu Jing saw the figure of the little girl.
She was standing with a man. She seemed a little scared when she saw Lu Jing and took half a step back. However, the man patted her on the head and made her look more relaxed.
Lu Jing frowned and stopped.
The man's appearance was very ordinary. Although he was not ugly, he could not be said to be handsome. He was neither tall nor short, neither fat nor thin. He was dressed very casually. The gown on his body was already a little white from washing. , but it still looks very clean.
In short, he looks no different from the ordinary people who can be seen on any street in any city.
But for some reason, Lu Jing felt a warning sign in his heart when he saw him for the first time.
This warning sign was so strong that the hair on Lu Jing’s body stood up!
"Who are you? What is your relationship with her?"
The man did not answer Lu Jing's question immediately. Instead, he bent down and said to the little girl beside him, "Have you made your choice? Which fragrant medicine you like, I'll give it to you."
The little girl first glanced at Lu Jing nervously, then pointed to a vial on the table.
The man looked in the direction she pointed, "The four seasons are fresh and fragrant. You have a good taste. There are borneol, nard, sandalwood, chicken tongue, Lingling, fennel... they can ward off evil and relieve filth. The former ones are It was quite popular in the capital at that time."
As he spoke, he put his hand into his clothes, but after touching it for a long time, a look of embarrassment appeared on his face.
"It's over. I went out in a hurry and didn't bring any money."
"Then...then I don't want it for now." The little girl was quite considerate and said timidly, "I'm too young, so I don't really need the fragrance."
"That's not okay. When we meet for the first time, I have to give you a gift." The man shook his head.
He looked around, and finally his eyes fell on Lu Jing. He rubbed his hands and said, "Here... can you lend me a tael of silver first? Don't worry, I will definitely pay it back."
Lu Jing didn't say anything when he heard this. He took out a tael of silver from his purse and threw it to the other side.
"Thank you." The man said politely, took the broken silver and placed it on the counter. Then he picked up the bottle of Four Seasons Fresh Fragrance and placed it in the little girl's hand.
Then he turned around and faced Lu Jingdao again, "You are Lu Jing, right, even though you are wearing a human skin mask."
"That's right." Lu Jing didn't hide anything, "Your Excellency is..."
"My name is Ji Jian, but few people call me that directly. Everyone seems to be more accustomed to calling me Mr. Ji." The man smiled.
