The young man asked solemnly: "What do you want me to do?"
Seeing that it was in Qin Xianqing's hands, she "succumbed".
The waiter clasped his fists and said: "A few days ago, Greedy Wolf took away half of the assassins in the Northern Sui Dynasty, and Wanshui City was among them. Now there is a delegation that really can't find the manpower. I hope the young master can help. Don't worry, this delegation It’s an extremely easy job, and it will only take up to four or five days at most.”
"Say." The Xingxiu Cult's task seems easy, but in fact it takes a lot of effort. If it were an easy job, the employer would not spend a lot of money to hire the Xingxiu Cult to complete it.
"There is a wealthy family named Chen in Wanshui City. Miss Chen's family was kidnapped by kidnappers last month. The Chen family hired experts to rescue her with great difficulty. Who would have thought that during the time when Miss Chen's family was kidnapped, she actually fell in love with her? She fell in love with the leader of the kidnappers, and now she is deeply in love with her, threatening that if the Chen family doesn’t find the leader of the kidnappers to marry her, they will starve to death in front of her parents.”
"Ah? Our Xingxiu Sect accepts such a ridiculous thing? It really ruins our prestige." Shen Li sneered.
Shen Li felt very angry that Wanshui City's Xingxiu Sect Branch Helmsman accepted such a bullshit relationship. It was an insult to dedicated killers like us!
"Young master, you don't know. The Chen family has paid seven hundred taels of silver, and there is no need to kill people. We only need to bring the kidnapper leader to the Chen family. The rest has nothing to do with the Xingxiu Sect."
When he heard that a trivial matter was worth seven hundred taels, the young man immediately lost his temper.
"Do you have seven hundred taels of silver in your hands?"
"Going back to the Young Master, the Chen family paid a deposit of two hundred taels, and the remaining five hundred taels will be settled after everything is done."
"How to divide it? How much will you give me?"
"Fifty-five cents, we will keep three hundred and fifty taels of silver as expenses, and the young master will receive three hundred and fifty taels as reward."
In an instant, he beamed with joy and held the waiter's hand: "I told you earlier, since I am from the Xingxiu Sect, the affairs within the sect are my business! It's not about money, not to mention three hundred and fifty taels, even if it's ten taels Yinzi, for the reputation that Xingxiu Sect has worked so hard to build, I have to roll up my sleeves and do my best!"
The waiter was stunned. He stared blankly at Shen Li, who was smiling as brightly as he could in front of him, and asked in a low voice: "Young Master is short of money?"
“The more the merrier.”
"That's right. The young master has made great contributions to the Xingxiu Sect in Nanwu, and the two leaders will definitely reward him greatly."
Shen Li rolled his eyes at him. If he couldn't speak, he could just shut up. There was no need to open his mouth.
The waiter thought to himself: "The head of the Chen family is called Chen Qifeng. He was a Jinshi fifteen years ago, but was later demoted for making mistakes. Chen Qifeng loves his only daughter Chen Wanyue very much. He has held it in his hands since he was a child for fear of falling, and held it in his mouth. The fear melted away in his mouth and he developed a savage temperament."
He also talked about some information about the kidnappers, but there was very little information. The exact information that the Xingxiu Cult sub-rudder had was that the kidnapper leader's surname was Zhang, and he often traveled to Wanshui in a painting boat.
"That's all?" the young man asked in disbelief.
The waiter said with shame: "This group of kidnappers really come and go like the wind. The master of martial arts that Chen Qifeng hired found Chen Wanyue's sachet by chance and caught the clues to find her."
"Only brought back Chen Wanyue? Didn't you kill the leader of the kidnappers?"
"Chen Qifeng said that the kidnapper leader is very skilled in martial arts and is not inferior to the masters he invited."
"How many grades?"
The waiter shook his head: "I don't know."
"..." Shen Li wanted to knock the waiter's head to see if it was empty, "Who is the master Chen Qifeng invited?"
"I don't know."
"Why not ask."
"Oh, I asked, but Chen Qifeng didn't say anything."
Shen Li rubbed his chin: "It's interesting. He can pay us seven hundred taels to catch the kidnapper leader. He must be a very high-level person. Chen Qifeng was afraid that we wouldn't accept him, so he deliberately kept the information vague."
"We also speculate like this, but for the young master, it may be a trivial matter."
"There are people at the helm, squatting on the Wanshui painting boat. As soon as there is news, notify me immediately."
The waiter said in embarrassment: "I don't dare to deceive you, sir. There are only eight people left in Wanshui City at the helm. The eight of us have to open an inn, so we really can't escape."
Shen Li had heard about the placement of Xingxiu Sect personnel in the Northern Sui Dynasty. Most of them were concentrated in Luojing and Qifeng City. Important towns like Wanshui City did not have many personnel.
"Where's the innkeeper?" he asked.
The waiter sighed: "I was transferred to Nanwu and I haven't come back yet. At the moment, we let another person temporarily act as the shopkeeper and take charge of daily affairs."
The inn is the property of the Xingxiu Sect. It doesn't matter if anyone is gone. At worst, we will have to re-employ people.
Shen Li still approves of the system of Xingxiu Sect, it is effective!
After understanding the situation of the inn, I asked the waiter to get busy.
The waiter is neither a martial artist nor a Qi practitioner, but just an ordinary person. There are many like him in the Xingxiu Sect, and most of them are responsible for the operation of the industry.
Lying back on the bed, I carefully considered this seemingly easy and pleasant little job, and thought to myself, Wanshui City is named after Wanshui, and there are countless boats painted on the water. It really takes some luck to find the kidnapper leader. It's better to take Zhu Hongni on a boat trip and look for suspicious targets.
He slept until three o'clock in the morning.
Yawning, I got out of bed and stretched.
After washing up for a while, he opened the door to Zhu Hongni's room. After hearing that there was no movement at all, he asked, "Miss Zhu, are you awake?"
"Blessings girl?"
"Congratulations girl!!"
"Blessings Hong Ni!!!"
She weakly replied: "Who is it?"
"Who else could it be? It's me."
"Master Shen, come in."
"Huh? That's not good. Men and women can't be intimate with each other."
"It doesn't matter, I'm already dressed."
open the door.
She hadn't even finished getting dressed. She should have gone back to her room and lay down to sleep until now.
Opening the window for a change of fresh air, the various sounds of hawking on the street suddenly came in.
"Shut it! Shut it! It's so noisy." Zhu Hongni covered her ears and shouted.
"Miss Zhu, do you know why Wanshui City is called this name?"
"Of course I know. Wanshui City is named after Wanshui, and the city's business is prosperous. The reputation of Wanshui Painted Boats has long been known to the world."
After saying that, her eyes widened: "You mean we go to the boat to play?"
Shen Li smiled and said: "I heard that Wanshui Painting Boat has many talented people and beautiful women, and holds poetry gatherings from time to time. How can we not go and join in the fun?"
"You can compose poetry?" Zhu Hongni looked at him suspiciously.
Shen Li was not happy about this, and thought to himself, I have hundreds of poems in my belly, and if I randomly pick out a famous poem that has been tested over time, I will scare you to death!
"Is it possible that if you can't compose poetry, you can't just watch the fun?"
"Let's go! I like the excitement the most. Let's go now."
"I wish the girl to be calm and calm. Wanshui is not very interesting during the day. It is only at night that it is decorated with lights and colorful and lively! Let's... eat braised noodles now!"
The noodle shop was in the east of the city, and the inn where they stayed was in the west. The young man was already impatient to go there and have a feast.
There are only two people running that shop, the grandfather and the granddaughter. The grandfather keeps a straight face every day and is stoic, but the granddaughter is cheerful and smiles before she speaks, which makes her feel happy.
Shen Li suddenly regretted that he had never asked the girl's name. The girl had the sweetest smile among all the women he had ever seen, as if nothing in the world could bother her.
Zhu Hongni slowly got out of bed like an old man, "Turn your head away! I'll put on my shoes!"
"Miss Zhu, I've already entered your room, are you still worried that I'll see you putting on your shoes?"
"Oh, this time and that time."
The young man sighed silently, Mr. Jingjie was so right, the woman at the foot of the mountain was both a tiger and a fox, which made people scratch their heads and scratch their heads in vain, unable to figure it out.
"Let's go! Do I look good today?" Zhu Hongni asked playfully.
“It looks as good as yesterday and tomorrow.”
"Haha... I guess you can talk."
Even Song Wanru, who was accustomed to hearing his sweet words, still couldn't resist him, so how could he talk about Zhu Hongni, who had only been with him for a few days.
Both Song Wanru and Zhang Wanyue have the same character as Wan. Sister Song's appearance is like a fish and a goose, but what about Zhang Wanyue?
The two rode through the streets on horseback. Shen Li led the way with his excellent memory. Zhu Hongni followed, looking left and right. Comparing Wanshui City with Luojing, they finally came to the conclusion that Wanshui City's wealth and prosperity was only better than other towns. It was far better. Not as good as Luo Jing, not even Qifeng City.
"Master Shen..."
"Um?"
"I want to eat candied haws!"
Shen Li rode on his horse and asked the old man selling candied haws on a stick: "How much does one bunch cost?"
"Two cents! How many strings does your guest want?"
"Two strings, I'll give you four cents."
He stuffed a bunch into his mouth, turned around and handed it to Zhu Hongni.
"Is it sweet?" he asked.
Zhu Hongni kept nodding her head: "Sweet. The last time I ate candied haws on a stick was two months ago. It's so delicious. I'll never get tired of eating it."
Afraid that she would say something out of the blue, "Sweet, like you," and then the young man would wonder if they came from a distant hometown.
There was an endless stream of pedestrians, and naughty children grabbed the adults' hands and ran forward. He carefully avoided the children.
Zhu Hongni pointed out: "Look, there are so many people gathered together! Let's go over and take a look."
A hundred steps ahead, the three floors inside and outside were filled with water, and everyone was shouting and hooting.
Shen Li's curiosity aroused. As soon as he walked to the side, he took a look on the horse and saw that there was a stage set up on the street, and a pretty woman was throwing embroidered balls.
Zhu Hongni clapped her hands and said with a smile: "I like watching Hydrangea choose a husband!"
They were the only ones riding horses, who were particularly conspicuous. The pretty woman's eyes fell on Shen Li inadvertently, and she could no longer look away. The young man has a handsome appearance and a tall and straight figure. Although he may not look very old, he has his own elegant charm and unparalleled chicness.
Zhu Hongni's face suddenly turned cold. She held the reins with her left hand and grabbed Shen Li with her right hand: "I won't watch anymore. It's boring. I'm hungry. I want to eat the Braised Noodles you praise so much."
The pretty woman on the stage saw the young man being taken away and hurriedly threw the hydrangea away.
Zhu Hongni kept sneering. She didn't know where she got the strength. She stood up from her horse and accurately caught the hydrangea thrown towards her, then threw it back with her backhand.
The pretty woman looked at the hydrangeas rolling down the table and stamped her feet angrily.
It's fine if a man grabs the hydrangea, but if a woman catches it, it doesn't count according to the rules.
When she bent down to pick the hydrangea, Zhu Hongni grabbed Shen Li, and the two rode away.
The pretty woman said angrily: "We won't play today, let's talk about it another day."
The two slaves bowed their heads and asked respectfully: "Miss, are you going to the general's mansion or returning home?"
"Look for my brother! Ask my brother to send someone to find out who that boy is!"
"As commanded."
