Chapter 425: First Time Entering the Jianghu 2
Lianyi and Wang Zhenzhen hid behind the inn's counter and had no intention of taking action. As long as they were not affected, it would be fine.
The innkeeper, who was also hiding under the counter, had an indescribable look on his face. He smiled awkwardly at Lianyi and the other person. That smile was uglier than crying.
"Boss, does this happen often here?"
Lianyi asked proactively.
"It happens occasionally, but they are all minor incidents, never this serious. I'm afraid this time it will alert the government, and my inn will probably be demolished."
The innkeeper looked miserable.
Just as he finished speaking, a wooden table hit the edge of the counter. The loud noise scared the boss so much that he trembled and held his head and lowered his body even lower.
The sounds of fighting in the entire inn gradually died down, and it was estimated that the fight was about to come to an end.
"You...you don't come over here! Do you know who I am? I am from the Longxi Wang family! If anything happens to me, the Wang family will hunt you down to the ends of the earth!"
The young man who had wanted to recruit Lian Yi and Wang Zhenzhen before, seeing that he was at a disadvantage and the guards around him falling one after another, he finally became a little anxious and immediately moved out his backstage.
"Humph! I'm going to kill you!"
A shirtless man said cruelly.
Then he leaped up, and using the momentum of his fall, chopped down a guard with a heavy blow, knocking him to the ground, and rushed again towards the young man who was protected in the middle.
Lian Yi and Wang Zhenzhen looked at each other and saw confusion in each other's eyes.
"Aunt Zhen, have you seen this person?"
“No impression.”
"But he is under the banner of the Wang family, and he doesn't look like my uncle in age."
"He is not Wang Yaohui, his age does not match, and although he looks somewhat familiar, I can't remember him at the moment."
"So will you save him?"
"Save him first and then ask him in detail."
"Okay, let's wait and make our move at the critical moment so that he will be grateful to us."
Ripple said with a smile.
The two of them communicated in secret, exchanged glances, and came up with a plan of action for the next step.
"A Biao, you... you don't die!"
The young man howled and tried to hold on to the fallen guard, but his small body was useless and he fell down with him. The guard loyally blocked the young man behind him and then stabbed him in the heart with a long sword.
With a muffled groan, Guard A Biao fainted completely.
"A Biao!!!"
This shrill cry made the killer who was hacking at the young man's hands tremble.
With a "clang", the knife in the killer's hand was chopped off. He immediately turned around and saw a long sword flying in the air, cutting across his companion's neck, and finally returning to the hands of a woman in red.
Wang Zhenzhen did not give the shirtless man a chance to react. She stabbed him in the chest with a sword from behind, killing the last killer.
Lianyi then stepped over the corpses on the ground, walked towards the frightened young man, and asked with a smile:
"Excuse me, sir. We will be traveling together soon. Should we exchange names?"
While speaking, Lianyi sheathed the sword with a "clatter", and the threat was clearly expressed.
"My name is Wang Yaozu, and I am from the Longxi Wang family. The current head of the Wang family is my eldest brother, a relative!"
Wang Yaozu looked at the two people in front of him and regretted so much that he almost slapped himself twice. How could he have made such a mistake and mistook the Piranha plant for a small white flower? He even wanted others to serve him tea and water. He really thought his life was too long.
"Aunt Zhen, why do I have another uncle out of nowhere?"
"No wonder I felt this man looked familiar, especially his eyes. He looks 80% like your grandfather's Aunt Ling."
After the two exchanged a few words in secret, Lianyi turned around to look at her new uncle, walked around Wang Yaozu who was sitting on the ground and couldn't get up, and then said:
"Master Wang, our acquaintance is fate, not to mention that we saved your life. Tell me, shouldn't we repay this life-saving favor with gratitude?"
"Little heroine, how do you want me to repay you?"
Wang Yaozu asked in a low voice, completely lacking his previous arrogance.
"Isn't your Longxi Wang family rich enough to rival a country? How much do you think your life is worth?"
Lianyi picked up the folding fan that Wang Yaozu had dropped on the ground, closed the fan, and handed it back to him with a smile.
Wang Yaozu raised his eyes and quickly glanced at the two of them, then carefully and respectfully took the folding fan, and after thinking for a moment, he said:
"Our family is rich, but I have been studying away from home and don't have much money with me. I can only wait until I return to Longxi and meet my eldest brother. I can let my eldest brother pay you whatever money you want."
"What you said is inappropriate, it's like we are bartering with your life."
Lianyi glanced at the corpses on the ground and said meaningfully.
"Miss, what do you want?"
Wang Yaozu was not stupid, and immediately changed the topic.
"Although my sister and I are new to the martial arts world, we believe that we are highly skilled in martial arts and can easily protect a few people. Besides, your guards are either dead or injured. This place is still a long way from Longxi. Without their protection, you will probably have a hard time on the road ahead.
The people who came to kill you have failed in their mission, and there will definitely be another wave. If you want to return safely to the Longxi Wang family, you must have strong guards. My sister and I are also going to Longxi to gain some experience, and we don’t want to threaten you with my life-saving grace, so I will reluctantly accept the task of escorting you home. What do you think?"
"Really? Really?"
Wang Yaozu also saw the fighting power of the two and asked somewhat flattered.
"Of course, the escort fee and the reward for saving our lives will be counted together. Just pay us 5,000 taels of gold!"
"Five thousand taels? Gold?"
Wang Yaozu exclaimed with his mouth wide open.
"Do you think I'm underpaying you? You're right. You're the young master of the Longxi Wang family. This price doesn't reflect your status and worth. Let's round it up to ten thousand taels of gold."
Lianyi looked at her and said, "I definitely don't mean to look down on you," and immediately doubled the price.
"Come, let's sign a document so that we won't have any ambiguity in the future."
Lianyi came to the counter and knocked on it. The boss then poked his head out from behind the counter and asked stutteringly:
"What do you want, lady chivalrous?"
"Take out the pen, ink, paper and inkstone and use them."
"yes!"
When the innkeeper heard this, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief, took out a brush, white paper and inkstone from under the counter and placed them neatly on the counter.
Lianyi picked up the pen and wrote the escort contract, then blew the ink dry and waved to Wang Yaozu who had already stood up:
"Master Wang, come here! Sign your name, and our employment relationship will be officially established."
Wang Yaozu carefully stepped over the obstacles in the hall and came to the counter. He read the contents of the contract, signed his name spinelessly, and then was pulled by Lianyi to press the red handprint.
"Here, make two copies, one for you and one for me. I hope you can follow my instructions along the way and survive until you return to the Wang family in Longxi."
(End of this chapter)
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