The man glanced around, his eyes moving away from Xiao Qingran and Luo Jiuyan. He looked at the woman in front of him and lowered his voice, "I'm telling you, when the Zhou family rises, I'll be promoted to the chief steward of the outer sect. Will your expenses be reduced? Don't be so superficial and keep making a fuss. Take this small change first. When you go back, take good care of our son and don't run around. I'll come find you next time."
As the man spoke, he stuffed a handful of change into the woman's hand, warned her, then dropped his chopsticks and stood up.
"After you finish eating, go and pay the bill. I'm leaving first."
The man wiped his mouth, turned around and walked out of the noodle shop.
Xiao Qingran and Luo Jiuyan looked at each other, quickly finished the noodles in their bowls, and quietly followed the man.
What the two of them didn't expect was that after strolling around the street, the man went to a rouge shop and bought some rouge. He also bought a hairpin from a roadside stall.
He took the two things and came to a dilapidated old alley. He stopped in front of a thatched house, carefully tidied his clothes, and then knocked on the dilapidated and rotten wooden door.
"Xiu'er, open the door quickly and see what I brought you."
After a long while, a girl of about seventeen or eighteen came to the door, opened it, and looked at the man in horror.
"Zhou, Brother Zhou, why are you here at this time? Didn't you say that you would send the betrothal gifts after some time?"
The girl turned pale with fear when she saw the man had nothing in his hands, fearing that he would snatch her away without giving her anything.
"I'm just passing by, came to see you, and will be leaving soon."
As the man spoke, he stuffed the rouge and hairpin hidden in his sleeves into the girl's hands.
"This is for you. Please keep it for now. After a while, I will definitely present you with thirty-six loads of betrothal gifts in a grand manner."
The girl's face turned even paler. Suddenly, she heard a cough from inside the room. She mustered up the courage to push the man out the door and said, "You, you better leave!"
The man snorted coldly when he heard this.
"Please go! I beg you. I have already promised to marry you."
The girl suppressed her fear and pushed the man out with all her strength, then she closed the door shut.
The man cursed, looked at the dilapidated courtyard, and walked away.
Xiao Qingran and Luo Jiuyan looked at each other and continued to follow the man.
The man wandered around the streets and alleys, stayed outside for nearly half an hour, and then returned to Zhou's house through the back door.
Xiao Qingran estimated that the Zhou residence was about four blocks away from the Ping residence. Therefore, the Wang family residence shouldn't be too far away either.
The two used invisibility talismans to follow the man into Zhou's mansion.
Xiao Qingran didn't expect to see Wu Qiao and his group again in Zhou Mansion.
These people were surrounding an old man with a Taoist look and talking about something in the yard.
Xiao Qingran and Luo Jiuyan did not follow the man anymore, but walked towards Wu Qiao and others.
"Master, is the news reliable? Is he really coming?"
Wu Qiao's eyes were shining with excitement.
"Now, except for Jindu City, all cities have been sealed. They can only come here in the end."
The old man stroked his beard, looking very proud that everything was under control.
"Then we will ambush at the gate of Jindu City starting tomorrow. Once they show up, we will kill them all."
Wu Qiao held the hilt of the sword hanging at his waist, his eyes full of fighting spirit.
The old man waved his hand dismissively: "You don't need to take action against a few low-ranking people from the secular world."
Wu Qiao let go of his hand in disappointment.
"Alright, spend the next two days strolling around Jindu City. All expenses will be charged to the Zhou family. We'll probably be able to leave Jindu and return to the sect in two days. If you want to buy anything, hurry up and buy it."
Everyone was overjoyed when they heard this and hurried to thank the old man.
"It seems that it is still necessary for our Sword Sect to show up occasionally."
Seeing how happy the disciples below were, the old man suddenly admired the sect leader's decision even more.
Xiao Qingran pulled Luo Jiuyan out of Zhou Mansion. After removing the invisibility talisman, they looked at each other.
Xiao Qingran sneered: "Looking at the old man's stupid look, I almost couldn't hold back my laughter just now."
Luo Jiuyan's eyes were filled with a doting smile: "Not being well-informed is the biggest disadvantage for people in the ancient martial arts world."
"How much more can you store in your storage space?"
Xiao Qingran touched his chin, his eyes shining like stars.
"There are still fifteen cubes left."
Luo Jiuyan stroked the storage ring on his ring finger and looked at Xiao Qingran with a smile. He had already guessed what she was going to do.
"Once we rescue Pingshuang's family tonight, we'll secretly empty the Wang and Zhou families' warehouses."
With such a cheating device, I don’t think they can cheat the Wang and Zhou families.
If you want to take advantage of her, you should also think about the consequences.
And there are the people from the Sword Sect.
Now that you're out, there's no need to go back.
Zhou Wu always said that there were few people in Xuanmen.
Then she would add more people to Xuanmen to strengthen the sect.
Finally it was night.
As soon as it got dark, Xiao Qingran and Luo Jiuyan sneaked into Ping Mansion without even using an invisibility talisman.
He arrived at the room where Pingshuang was imprisoned with ease.
"Sister Ran, you're finally here!"
Pingshuang cried with joy.
Xiao Qingran glanced at the big chain and was about to ask who had the key.
Suddenly, a ball of fire appeared in Luo Jiuyan's palm.
The huge iron chain, as thick as a baby's fist, was melted by the flames in just one minute.
Xiao Qingran raised her eyebrows in surprise.
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