Eighteen miles outside the city.
Lu Zheng fell from the sky and saw two men pushing carts on a small road, walking eastward step by step.
One of the men was wearing black clothes. He was tall and powerful. He was obviously a martial arts practitioner. Although he had not yet entered martial arts, if he really wanted to fight, twelve or three people would not be able to get close.
The other man was dressed in linen clothes, and he was just a middle-aged man, but his eyes flashed and his expression was alert. He should be a man with brains. However, his nose was bruised and his face was swollen, and coupled with his alert expression, it seemed a little funny inexplicably. .
Lu Zheng shook his head, showed his figure in front of the two people, and stood calmly in the middle of the road.
"Um?"
The two of them didn't notice how Lu Zheng appeared. When they looked up, they saw a scholar in Tsing Yi standing in front, blocking the road.
The man in sackcloth paused and shrank back, "What's going on?"
The strong man in black narrowed his eyes, kept walking, and whispered, "It's broad daylight, and it's not far from the official road. What are you afraid of?"
The two of them naturally approached Lu Zheng. The man in sackcloth smiled and nodded at Lu Zheng. Then they turned the cart to one side and prepared to pass by Lu Zheng.
but……
Lu Zheng moved his feet and stood in front of the two of them.
The man in sackcloth shrank his pupils, but the strong man in black suddenly stretched out his hand, pulled out a dagger from under the cart, and stabbed Lu Zheng in the heart.
"Ding!"
With a soft sound, Lu Zheng's finger flicked on the side of the dagger.
"Whoosh!"
The next moment, the strong man in black felt a sharp shock in his palm, and then the dagger flew out of his hand.
Master! Martial arts master!
Without saying a word, the strong man in black and the man in sackcloth immediately knelt down.
"Hero, spare your life!"
"The villains are both old and young, so I beg you, the hero, to show mercy!"
Without saying a word, take action immediately.
When you find yourself defeated, you decisively beg for mercy.
As expected of a seasoned veteran, Lu Zheng shook his head, but he had no sense of accomplishment...
With a wave of his hand, the thatch covering the cart was blown away, revealing the two sleeping little girls underneath.
The man in sackcloth and the strong man in black couldn't help but feel shocked, as expected.
"Speak for yourself." Lu Zheng said calmly.
"Back to heroes, we are just minions of Jin Juetang. We are completely following orders. We are also forced to have no choice but to do anything!" The man in sackcloth said in a sad voice, making those who heard it cry.
"Jin Juetang?" Lu Zheng blinked, the name was so familiar, "Yaozhou Jin Juetang?"
"Exactly... Exactly... Hero, have you heard of me, Jin Juetang?" The strong man in black raised his head, with a glimmer of hope in his eyes.
Lu Zheng narrowed his eyes and said, "I only knew that you were involved in making money, but I didn't expect that you were also involved in kidnapping children."
Jin Juetang, it's such a long time ago name, Lu Zheng almost forgot it.
Back then, when I first entered martial arts, I met three men who coveted Liu Qingyan. They had just robbed a tomb, and I got a cold-condensing spell from them, which helped me a lot in the early battles.
Later, after he destroyed the body and wiped out the traces, he never ran into the other party again to seek revenge. After that, Lu Zheng's cultivation level improved by leaps and bounds. The characters he came into contact with were either the Great Demon of Southern Xinjiang or the Princess of Dragon Palace. How could he still see Jin Juetang when he lowered his head?
Therefore, there was no more interaction with Jin Juetang.
Speaking of which, at that time, I didn't know that Liu Qingyan was a vixen.
Thinking of this, Lu Zheng felt an inexplicable sense of nostalgia, but in fact... it seemed like it was only three or four years...
"To touch gold, kidnap a child."
Lu Zheng said coldly, "I heard that the three masters of Jin Juetang are strangers, and you actually do such a low-level job?"
"No...that, we didn't kidnap children before, but..." the strong man in black said hesitantly.
The man in sackcloth immediately answered, "Only recently did the hall master give an order for us to abduct some little girls back to the main hall."
Next, the two men in linen clothes explained everything they knew.
The main hall of Jin Juetang is located in Qingyao County, Yaozhou. It has opened brothels and casinos in the county, but it has not done anything extremely criminal in the local area.
But in addition, he also does some sideline businesses, such as collecting protection fees from vendors, impersonating bandits from time to time, going to other places to find gold, and so on.
In addition, the three heads of the family are strangers, so their sphere of influence is relatively large and their names are relatively famous. Therefore, when Liu Laozhang is in Wanfu County, he will also hear the name Jin Juetang.
…
In fact, there is such a force in Tonglin County, but it is not led by a different person, and it is not as large as Jin Juetang. It also acts with a slight bottom line and rarely causes any casualties.
In addition, Lu Zheng did not go to casinos and brothels, and quickly became involved with officials such as the county magistrate and Liu Captou, so he was on the white list of these forces very early and did not interact with these people.
After all, modern small cities inevitably have dark sides. How could ancient counties not have such dark and gray forces?
It's just that in the world of Xianxia, there are not many powerful forces like Jin Juetang who have some scruples.
…
"I see, then why have you started kidnapping children again recently? Why, you don't have enough money?" Lu Zheng asked lightly.
"No...I don't know..."
Lu Zheng moved his eyes away from the strong man in black and looked at the man in sackcloth.
"Great...hero..." the man in sackcloth said tremblingly, "If you, you promise to spare our lives, I, I will..."
Lu Zheng smiled slightly, "I just think that searching for souls is more troublesome."
The two of them were shocked. They had thought that Lu Zheng was just a master of martial arts, but they didn't expect that he could also learn the evil soul-searching method!
"My hero, have mercy! My hero, have mercy! The master of the main hall has obtained a scripture and seems to need pure yin girls, so he asked us to go to various places to capture girls and send them back to the main hall." The man in sackcloth kowtowed in fright.
Lu Zheng understood clearly when he heard this. It was estimated that just like when he obtained the Cold Condensation Curse, the hall master also obtained an evil scripture and needed to use a pure yin girl.
"Humph, there is no way forward, so do you want to try your luck by robbing tombs?" Lu Zheng thought in his mind, "Or is he a tomb robber before, and he is lucky enough to be able to practice the technique, and then continue?"
But no matter what, if Lu Zheng is kidnapped, his luck has been exhausted.
Jin Juetang? Three strangers?
Is there a backend? Can it fly? How many magic weapons are there? How many great martial arts skills do you know?
"Da... hero..." the man in sackcloth said pitifully, "for the sake of us being so obedient, please spare our lives!"
"Do you want to live?"
"Think about it!"
Lu Zheng reached out and patted both of them twice on the shoulders.
"Go back to Tonglin County, help Capt. Liu send these two little girls home, and then accept the punishment and plead guilty yourself. Can you do that?"
The man in sackcloth and the strong man in black couldn't help but look at each other.
Lu Zheng raised his eyebrows, "Any comments?"
The man in sackcloth hurriedly said, "It's okay to plead guilty, but once we identify Jin Juetang..."
Lu Zheng said calmly, "Don't worry, there will be no more Jin Juetang soon."
