Chapter 205: How about doing business?
Lin Xiaoyue took a deep breath, calmed herself down and said, "Laiyu, I didn't lie to you! How about this, I'll accompany you to see your sister now!"
Gu Mian quickly stopped Lin Xiaoyue and persuaded her, "Don't go alone! Jing Yao and I will accompany you later!"
Lin Xiaoyue gave Gu Mian a soothing look and said, "It's okay! What could happen to him, a little kid? Don't worry!"
Gu Mian still refused to let Lin Xiaoyue leave. He patted his chest and said, "I'll go! You'd better not run around as a girl."
Lai Yu grabbed Lin Xiaoyue's hand, looked at Gu Mian with hostility, and refused: "No! I like my elder sister to accompany me!"
If Gu Mian hadn't considered the crowd, he would have wanted to slap him. How could a little beggar have so many problems? He was simply a spy in the beggars' den!
He forcibly picked Lai Yu up, suppressed his temper, and coaxed her gently, "Lai Yu, look at all the brothers here, don't be so angry, the minority obeys the majority. Let's send these brothers to eat and rest, and then take you to find your sister, okay? Otherwise, it would be embarrassing for you as a younger brother to see so many people hungry, right?"
Lai Yu was very smart. Even though Gu Mian forcibly picked him up, he still clung to Lin Xiaoyue and cried regardless, "No, I want my sister! You are a bad guy! I don't talk to bad guys!"
Gu Mian was so angry that his hair was about to explode, but more and more people gathered around, most of whom thought that Gu Mian had really bullied Lai Yu, and pointed and talked, making it almost impossible for Gu Mian to suppress the anger in his heart!
Lin Xiaoyue's hand hurt from being pulled, so she held Gu Mian's shoulder and said, "Don't worry, we'll be there soon! I'll let Xue Shichang take them there. Brother Liang will understand when he sees them!"
Although Gu Mian was worried, there was nothing he could do. He couldn't really let Lin Xiaoyue take the risk alone!
"Alright then! Xue Shichang, come here!"
Xue Shichang was called by name. He pushed through the crowd and asked, "I'm here! What do you want to talk to me about?"
Gu Mian said to Lin Xiaoyue: "You should speak first!"
Lin Xiaoyue nodded, pulled Xue Shichang around and said, "Take them to the city gate to find a man named Liang Jingyao, and tell him that it was Lin Xiaoyue who asked you to go. If he asks where we went, just say I was in the ruined temple in the city."
Xue Shichang knew that Lin Xiaoyue was helpless because of the crying little beggar, but he had never led so many people before, so he said hesitantly: "I can do it, but what if they don't believe me? How about we accompany you to the dilapidated temple first? It's not far."
Lin Xiaoyue turned around and pulled out a fan from Gu Mian's waist, handed it to Xue Shichang, and said, "You can just take this, Liang Jingyao recognizes this fan! Let's go quickly, everyone is hungry after waiting for so long! We will be back after helping Lai Yu's sister pick her up!"
Xue Shichang held a fan in his hand, feeling unsure. However, he had no other choice. He nodded and agreed, "Okay! We'll wait for you at the city gate!"
As he spoke, Xue Shichang led more than 200 people to continue their journey towards the city gate, while Gu Mian and Lin Xiaoyue took Lai Yu to the ruined temple.
At this time in the dilapidated temple, everyone gathered together to keep warm, and only the crackling sound of the burning fire could be heard.
Seeing that Lai Yu was reluctant to go in, Lin Xiaoyue asked curiously, "Lai Yu, what are you daydreaming about? Didn't you say you were going to pick up your sister?"
After a while, Lai Yu lowered his head and let out a sinister laugh of "Hahaha". He tore off the human skin-like mask on his face, revealing his original face.
"Come out, everyone, and arrest this woman and this man!" There was not a single piece of intact skin on Lai Yu's extremely distorted face, and his hoarse voice was like a dry desert.
Lin Xiaoyue stepped back cautiously, and then she took the wooden hairpin in her hand. "You finally revealed your true identity! Tell me, who sent you here?"
Lai Yu licked the hand that had just held Lin Xiaoyue's and said with emotion: "Such a beauty, I really can't bear to kill her! Unfortunately, someone has already bought your lives, you must die today!"
Lin Xiaoyue frowned and asked, "Who bought our lives? I can buy your information with money!"
Lai Yu, who never missed a penny, asked with great interest, "How much silver are you offering?"
Lin Xiaoyue said without hesitation: "How much money the other party spends, I will give you that much, how about that? I can finally say it this way, right?"
"Hahaha!" Lai Yu laughed loudly and said, "Very good! We are Jianghu Order's men. The current emperor gave us 10,000 taels of gold to buy your lives. I've already told you, now pay!"
Lin Xiaoyue couldn't believe Jianghu Ling's crookedness. Big Brother Liang asked them to save someone, but they refused! Now the dog emperor wants them to kill someone, and they actually agreed! And they only accepted 10,000 taels of gold!
"The dog emperor is too contemptuous. Not to mention the two of us, even Master Gu, the eldest son of the Dongsui Kingdom's number one imperial merchant, has earned more than ten thousand taels of gold! Are you the dog emperor's lackeys? You came here for such a small amount of money, and you are even going to lose your lives!"
As she spoke, the wooden hairpin in Lin Xiaoyue's hand had already rolled a circle, and four silver needles flew towards Lai Yu in unison.
Lai Yu moved to the side swiftly, but was still stabbed!
The silver needles were highly toxic. Although a single one wouldn't kill him, Lai Yu felt his internal organs being eroded, and he spat out a mouthful of black blood. The blood spread throughout his body. He raised his hand and pressed a few acupoints on his body to stop the toxin from spreading further.
"Ugh! Damn it! You vicious woman! How dare you lie to me! I'm going to kill you!"
Seeing that Lai Yu was about to punch Lin Xiaoyue with great momentum, Gu Mian pulled Lin Xiaoyue over and raised his fist to collide head-on with Lai Yu's fist.
In the end, because Lai Yu had suffered internal injuries beforehand, he fell to the ground.
Everyone in the dilapidated temple took off their disguise masks, protected Lai Yu behind them, and attacked Gu Mian in no particular order.
Gu Mian was overwhelmed by the attack of dozens of people. "Ms. Lin, leave me alone. Run away! Let Jing Yao bring people to rescue me!"
"Okay! Hold on!" Lin Xiaoyue saw the people who kept attacking her. She almost shot out all the silver needles in the wooden hairpin before she finally ran out.
However, there were a few people who followed and chased her on the road. Lin Xiaoyue took out the poison powder hidden in her sleeves and threw it out as if it were free.
Despite this, Lin Xiaoyue still had a sword held against her throat.
Lin Xiaoyue swallowed nervously and cursed in her heart, "Damn it! So many poison powders can't kill this guy. The Jianghu Order are really capable people!"
"Don't move! Good man! How about we do business? Do you want to make money? I can give you more money than ten thousand taels of gold. Anyway, there are only you and me here. God, the earth, you and I know it. As long as you let me go, you can make a fortune!" Lin Xiaoyue slowly took out a stack of silver bills from her arms and counted them one by one.
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