The fat shopkeeper's greasy face was filled with murderous intent. "Hu Laosan, I'm not a man who wants to kill everyone. So, each of you cut off one arm before my eyes, and I'll forgive you for all the treacherous deeds you've done before."

Hu Laosan blurted out: "Boss, we are hunters. If you ask us to cripple our own arms, isn't that the same as making us the hunted?"

Human deaths have become a very common occurrence throughout Yishu Pass, all caused by hunters like them. They have accumulated many enemies in this line of work, and if they show signs of weakness, they will be killed and bled by their peers before they even leave the town, and their meat will be sold back to the market.

The fat shopkeeper did not explicitly want their lives, but this approach was much more cruel than taking their lives. Hu Laosan wanted to lead his men to resist, but the fat shopkeeper was a slick and profiteer businessman. The people he hired were more skilled than Hu Laosan. Once the two sides fought, they had no chance of winning.

What should I do? What should I do!

The hunters following Hu Laosan also looked at each other, and couldn't help but resent Hu Laosan in their hearts. Before they were sure of finding the next buyer, they were caught by the host, and they had to suffer this misfortune as well.

The fat shopkeeper smiled sinisterly: "Don't want to? Then I'll have to let someone else do it for you!"

At this moment, a hunter behind Hu Laosan came out and knelt down.

If Lin Rui was present, he would definitely find that he was the person who was walking at the end of Hu Laosan's team in the lobby of the inn and looking at him.

"Boss, boss, I have a piece of information worth a thousand gold. I wonder if you can buy one of our arms? Boss, please don't pursue this matter any further, okay?"

The fat shopkeeper rubbed his chin with both hands in consideration: "That depends on whether the information you provide is really that valuable."

The hunter behind Hu Laosan saw that this was a good thing and quickly told what he knew: "To be honest, boss, when I came from Yishu City, I saw the notice posted on the city wall by Xinyang Hou with my own eyes. It offered a reward of 100 gold to anyone who found the person who found the young general of Huangmo Pass."

The fat shopkeeper looked at him and said, "You mean you know the whereabouts of the Major General?"

The hunter shook his head. "It's not the Major General. It's one of the two ministers under the Major General who has a bounty on his head. I saw him in this inn with my own eyes."

"Who?" The fat innkeeper was puzzled. "The people coming and going in my inn are all familiar faces. It's impossible for a stranger to come and I won't..."

Before he could finish his words, he covered the small mirror on his waist with his hand, wait!

Isn't the owner of this mirror a stranger?

The place where they are located is not as bustling with trade as the north, so basically the people coming and going are permanent residents here, and the fat shopkeeper is very familiar with the interpersonal relationships here.

The only variable that appeared in the past two days was the stranger Lin Rui!

"Hiss!" The fat shopkeeper pulled out a beard from the corner of his mouth and gasped in pain. He had never experienced such overwhelming wealth in his entire life!

"Is what you said absolutely true?" The fat shopkeeper confirmed it carefully again.

The other party nodded rapidly. "Absolutely true. It's exactly the same as what I saw in Yishu City. This isn't the first time we've met him. When we were hunting the villagers of Shandong Village, he tried to divert us. But Boss Hu saw through his ruse and chose to attack from two different directions. He captured the other villagers but never found him."

"I originally thought he was a villager from the mountains, but then I realized something was amiss. The villagers in the caves were all skin and bones due to a lack of food, but he had the same physique as an ordinary person. He was so dirty in the forest that I couldn't see his true face. It wasn't until I came in and looked him in the hall just now that I was absolutely certain he was a minister under Major General Huang Moguan!"

The fat shopkeeper's eyes lit up surprisingly. His anger towards Boss Hu and the others for setting up their own business had completely disappeared. He paced excitedly in the backyard. Fifty taels of gold! This would be enough for him to run the inn business for many years. Now he had a road to wealth and prosperity before his eyes.

The man was still in his inn and didn't know that his identity had been exposed. He had to think carefully about how to catch the young man and take him to Yishu Pass to exchange for the reward gold.

"Whether this is the man or not, we have to capture him and send him to Yishu City to find out. How about this, Hu Laosan, I won't touch you for now. You stay in my villa for a while. If this can be exchanged for gold, you will definitely benefit from it!"

Hu Laosan breathed a sigh of relief, but regretted that the news about his companions was too sudden. If there had been signs earlier, he would not have had to rely on the fat shopkeeper to survive.

Lin Rui didn't know that he was being targeted. He watched the backyard for a long time but didn't notice any movement, so he thought the man didn't recognize him.

Indeed, I was unkempt before, but now I dress myself up like a young man. With such a huge difference in image, it should be... not easy to be discovered, right?

Thinking of this, he waited in the room of the inn for a while, but did not hear any sound of anyone approaching. He decided to go out for a walk. It was not good to always stay in a room with no information. It would take him forever to find the route back to Huangmo Pass.

As soon as he left the inn, the waiter immediately told the fat shopkeeper: "Shopkeeper, shopkeeper, he just left the inn."

The fat shopkeeper couldn't let go of the palm-sized mirror. The reflection was so clear that even the bumps on his face were visible.

He wanted to sell the mirror as a rare commodity, but the novelty had not worn off yet, so he liked to play with it in his hands. He had his own considerations for not arresting Lin Rui immediately. His position in this meat market was very important, and no one dared to provoke him easily. Letting Lin Rui walk here was like putting a fish in his pond. It was just a matter of his words when to catch the fish. He wanted to see what good things this minister of Huangmo Pass could come up with.

As for businessmen, they are best at squeezing every last bit of value out of their products and will never sell them at a lower price to others.

The same principle applies to Lin Rui now. I hope this product can bring him endless surprises.

Lin Rui had already left the inn. Having never learned reconnaissance or counter-reconnaissance, he naturally didn't realize that someone was following him. He thought he would be exposed, but he never expected to be exposed on the first day he came here.

Being unfamiliar with the place, all he could do was to go to the crowded and bustling places, especially the meat market where there were more people. Men and women were picking and choosing in front of the meat stalls. Some people whose prices were clearly marked were tied to wooden sticks like livestock, their bodies covered in blood.

Large pieces of meat were cut off from the hands, legs, and back. In order to prevent excessive bleeding, wood ash was applied to the wounds. Anyone who came to buy meat just had to gesture on the butcher's body, and the butcher would rub the knife and cut the meat skillfully.