Anguo, Qinjia Village.
He found a random thatched cottage to rest, and Jingting leaned on the edge of the millstone, counting the silver pieces piece by piece.
Ten taels, twenty taels, thirty taels, forty taels, gone...
The only people in the entire caravan who were deceived were Qian Zhao, Yu Shisan, Sun Lang, and Yuan Lu. Seeing Yuan Lu's pitiful appearance after being deceived, Jingting returned the money.
"Forty taels should be enough."
Forty taels is a large amount of silver. Jingting has never seen so much silver.
"Not enough~"
Yu Shisan walked to Jingting with a water ladle in his hand: "When a princess gets married, she can't get more than a hundred taels of anything. It's still far from enough."
"Then do you want to do another fortune telling?"
"Taoist Master... you... why are you targeting just a few of us?"
"Others are not familiar with Pindao and can't do anything. Do you count?"
"It doesn't count."
Yu Shisan picked up the water ladle and took a sip.
"The water is poisonous."
"Ugh~"
The water was indeed poisonous, and a dead rat was floating peacefully in the well, exuding a foul stench.
From the gap in the thatched cottage, a boy wearing mourning clothes walked out. He grabbed a stone, raised it, and aimed at Yang Ying. Jingting teleported and appeared next to Yang Ying.
The boy was stunned when he saw Jingting, dropped the stone in his hand, turned around and ran away.
"What's wrong?"
Ren Ruyi looked at Jingting's slightly dull expression.
"That's Xizi's son."
"What Xizi?"
"You even ate the pheasant that someone shot."
Ren Ruyi pursed her lips. She had already remembered the boiling aroma in the Tianmen Village Inn five years ago.
"Not long after you left, his wife became pregnant. Xizi felt that Tianmen Village was not safe, so he wanted to move closer to the Central Plains. Taking advantage of the fact that his wife was just pregnant and it was easy to move, he dragged his family and left. to Tianmen Village.
When his child got a little older and learned to walk, he brought it back to the village to show me that the little guy's body was as strong as his father's. "
Stretching out a finger and tapping Yang Ying's head, Jingting greeted Ning Yuanzhou. The delegation was not welcome here and it was time to hit the road.
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Anguo, return to Deyuan.
Deng Zhu was going crazy. The master of Zhu Yiwei gave an order, and countless Zhu Yiwei spies sneaked into Wudu. They spent countless money and manpower, but only got one piece of news.
This Taoist priest named Jingting emerged from Wudu out of thin air. He stayed for a short time and left nothing behind.
"My lord, this is the only thing."
Zhu Yiwei in front of him was kneeling on the ground, holding a scroll in his hand: "He went to Wudu to find someone. He was looking for someone with the scroll while telling fortunes. His subordinates asked the painters in the guard office to find someone based on who had seen the scroll. The person described is probably like this when painted.”
Deng Zhu opened the scroll and his pupils shrank sharply. There was a woman on the scroll. She was very beautiful. Deng Zhu trembled when he saw it. Fear rushed into Deng Zhu's brain and was suppressed by force.
After taking several deep breaths, Deng Xiao held down his still trembling hands and opened his eyes wide.
"Prepare the carriage, I want to see His Majesty! No! Wait... go to the Changqing Marquis Mansion."
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"This Jinsha Tower is the Emperor's No. 1 gold-selling kiln..."
In the Caicheng Inn, Yu Shisan beamed at everyone: "The most beautiful beauties and the best wine are all in Jinsha Tower. I heard that they also paid a lot of money to hire pipa musicians from Xisai. That ditty~ Tsk tsk~”
There was no news from the Andu branch of Liudaotang. Ning Yuanzhou suggested to go to the Jinsha Gang to find out the news. The Jinsha Gang is a salt gang with tens of thousands of members. It also does business in buying and selling information. There are two subordinates. Organizations, one is Jinbaozhan, and the other is Jinsha Tower. When mentioning Jinsha Tower, one comes to Yu Shisan's field.
He stood up excitedly and walked around everyone. Except for the young Yuan Lu, no one showed excitement.
"Beauties are like clouds, and fine wine is like the sea, Taoist priest." Yu Shisan patted Jingting's shoulder hard.
Ren Ruyi's gaze was like a knife, cutting across the Taoist priest in Qingyi who was sitting upright.
"Ahem... I already have a beautiful girl, Pindao, who boasts that there is no more beautiful girl in the world than I wish. As for fine wine, Pindao doesn't like to drink these external things."
Without any hesitation, Jingting straightened her back.
"The sound of dominoes is so loud, dice, dominoes, kettle-throwing... everything you have played and things you have never played before!"
Jingtingting stood up.
Ning Yuanzhou gave him a vague tug, and Jingting sat down, letting Ruyi's fair and slender hands rest lightly on the Taoist's shoulders.
"Ahem...that...Pindao doesn't want to go."
"Let's get down to business. Let's get down to business. The most urgent thing is to get news about Andu."
Ning Yuan Zhou pointed his finger on the table, raised his head and asked Yu Shisan: "Where is the nearest Jinsha Tower?"
"It's in Jingcheng, seventy miles away from here. I'll pass by tomorrow." Yuanlu spoke quickly.
A glimmer of light flashed in Jingting's eyes.
"I'm going to Jinsha Tower tomorrow. Which of you will come with me?" Ning Yuanzhou glanced at everyone present.
Yuanlu raised his hand quietly.
Snapped!
Qian Zhao patted his head.
"I want to go. It's been so long since I've been there that I'm suffocated." Yu Shisan was the first to speak.
"You are not allowed to go, stay and guard the mission."
Ning Yuanzhou ruthlessly rejected Yu Shisan's request: "Old Qian, come with me."
"Yes." Qian Zhao nodded.
"Taoist priest?"
Ning Yuanzhou looked at Jingting who was sitting next to him again. Ren Ruyi's hand moved up two inches at some point, to his neck, and he looked at the two of them with half-smiling eyes.
"Ahem...cough."
Jingting smiled awkwardly and moved her fingers vaguely.
"Then let me and Lao Qian go. When we arrive in Jingcheng tomorrow, the mission will have a rest."
Ning Yuanzhou waved his hand to signal everyone to disperse.
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The next day, Jingcheng, Jinsha Tower.
Taking off their bamboo hats and putting on plain clothes, Ning Yuanzhou and Qian Zhao stepped into the world's best gold-selling kiln.
"Taoist Priest, you are more likely to be discovered if you are so sneaky."
Throwing a small ingot of silver to the welcoming beauty, Ning Yuanzhou hugged Jingting's neck. The Taoist priest did not wear a Taoist robe today, but borrowed a moon-white outfit from Yu Shisan, who was as handsome as the breeze. The young man is like a young man traveling in troubled times.
"Pindao and you guys, why don't you come out secretly like this..."
"Why didn't you feel bad when I made the gesture yesterday? It's still too late for you to go back now."
"You're all here. You can do your business and don't worry about me. I'm just here to have fun."
"Don't worry. I've made arrangements for you in the mission. Just say that there are many refugees in Jingcheng. If you go out to donate medicine, you won't reveal your secret to Miss Ren."
Ning Ningzhou patted Jingting's shoulder, took out a small bag from his arms and put it into Jingting's hand: "Go through the hall and go forward. Turn left and go downstairs to the gambling house. I only have this fifty taels of silver on me. Okay, take it easy."
"Thank you brother!"
"If you want to find us, just go to the private room on the second floor and ask the maid to find the money shopkeeper. You can play in peace and we will call you when you want to leave.
I'm not talking about you Jingting, you need to change your henpecked habits. What do you say now? You are also famous in the world. It's not good for this to spread, it will damage your image. "Yu Shisan stepped forward and interrupted.
"Pindao, this is henpecking! This is...respect!"
“Cut~~”
