"Oh, really? Then this isn't your problem. Someone, bring Lin Bin up here!"
When Lin Da heard what I said, his expression softened, and the ferocity he had shown earlier was completely gone.
Soon, Lin Bin brought up the food, but he was followed by several servants.
After the food was served, the other party was subdued by the servants.
"Shut up and steal from the guests, this is your punishment!"
Without wasting words, Lin Da ordered his men to pry open Lin Bin's mouth and cut off his tongue with a knife.
Lin Bin's tongue fell to the ground, like a live fish.
I observed it, and the energy inside this tongue was extremely concentrated, basically equivalent to my copper coin.
I have a basic conversion of this energy. Simply put, an ordinary tongue is equivalent to one tael of silver, but someone like Wang Xu is worth about thirty or forty taels.
Lin Bin's was actually worth a copper coin. According to my estimate, a copper coin could be exchanged for a thousand taels of silver.
One tael of silver is estimated to be equivalent to one tael of gold.
This ratio is basically fine.
"Master Chen, alright, we've already set off. These items we found on him must be things Master Chen lost, right?"
After doing all that, Lin Da found a lot of things on Lin Bin's body. There were seven or eight pieces of silver and more than a dozen pieces of gold. I don't know how Lin Bin, with such a small body, managed to fit so much stuff in.
Lin Da simply threw these things onto my desk.
He turned and left.
"Mr. Chen, why did you say that just now? Wouldn't it be enough to just shift the blame to Lin Bin?"
Wu Xia hadn't spoken up until now, but she couldn't hold back any longer.
I glanced at Wu Xia, and all my goodwill towards her vanished.
Originally, I had a good impression of Wu Xia, but now it seems that Wu Xia is just a saint.
Or rather, she's a hypocrite.
"If I told you that the situation at the time was that if I didn't betray Lin Bin, I would only have to betray you, would you be willing?"
I asked a question in return.
After hearing this, Wu Xia finally shut her mouth.
Silence is the best answer. Wu Xia used silence to tell me that she was not willing.
"That's not how you say it!"
Wu Xia shut her mouth, but Zhang Ke came again. Clearly, Zhang Ke was also dissatisfied with what I had just done.
But that's the rule of survival. Being able to live is the best thing. I don't need to please everyone.
Zhang Ke wanted to say something more, but I glared at him fiercely, and he had no choice but to shut his mouth.
I looked at Ji Xinglan again: "You can understand why I did this, right?"
After asking this question, I felt a little anxious. I actually hoped that Ji Xinglan could understand what I had done.
As expected, Ji Xinglan did not disappoint me; she smiled slightly and nodded demurely.
"Of course I know, Uncle Chen, because the rules clearly state that we must do what is most advantageous!"
If we simply shift the blame to Lin Bin as they suggest, it won't do us much good!
The most advantageous thing is to take all the money from Lin Bin, so Uncle Chen's statement is correct!
Ji Xinglan seemed to be talking to me, but she was actually talking to the other two silly girls. Only after listening did the two silly girls understand.
"It's not that the uncle is cruel, it's just the law of the jungle. If Lin Bin isn't punished, then one of us will be the one punished!"
Ji Xinglan's clarity of thought made me feel ashamed. I haven't seen such a clear-headed girl in a long time; it was so clear that it felt a little unreal to me.
"We must be extra careful from now on. We were just one step away from death. Luckily, Uncle Cheng handled it well, otherwise we would have really been separated!"
Ji Xinglan touched her chest again, still feeling lingering fear.
At this point, I asked again, and Ji Xinglan asked him if he had found anything new in the booklet. Ji Xinglan quickly picked up the booklet and began to look through it.
"Got it! There's a new rule: if you have too much wealth, you must never expose it to outsiders, otherwise it will cause unnecessary trouble!"
Ji Xinglan discovered a new rule on the title page of the booklet and read it to me in a low voice.
I frowned and looked at all the things on the table.
Who knows how Lin Bin managed to put all that money into his body? It must have taken up at least one bag.
Actually, these things are manageable, but the biggest problem is the fear that the money will increase in the future.
By then, it will be extremely difficult to avoid being noticed.
Suddenly I thought of that mirror.
I tried throwing the gold and silver into the mirror, and to my surprise, it worked.
"Damn, Brother Chen, your mirror is now shaped like you! I remember that before, only marked items could be put in and taken out!"
Old Dao couldn't help but exclaim in surprise again.
Actually, I'm quite happy about it. Besides exorcising demons, the biggest function of this mirror is now storage space.
Many people have secretly longed for storage space.
"Alright, let's not talk about that anymore. The food is here, so hurry up and eat!"
I quickly distributed the freshly served food to everyone.
The food we just ate was bad and inedible, so this replacement should be fine.
Ji Xinglan told me that since they entered the compound, they hadn't eaten anything. They had been walking for a very long time and were starving.
Ji Xinglan brought her nose close to the food and took a deep sniff. Judging from Ji Xinglan's expression, the food couldn't be too bad.
I told Ji Xinglan to eat quickly so we could get through this.
Ji Xinglan nodded and began to wolf down her food. Only after seeing that Ji Xinglan was fine did I feel relieved and start eating my own meal.
At the same time, remind Lao Dao and the ants to eat some as well.
As for the remaining two girls, although I didn't really remind them, they were both quite sensible. They quickly abandoned all pretense of decorum and ate as much as they could.
Finally, we heard the sound of gongs and drums outside. We quickly put down our chopsticks, and by the time we came to our senses, everything had been removed.
"Uncle Chen, it's updated! It's updated! I've updated a new rule!"
At that moment, Ji Xinglan excitedly pinched my arm.
I didn't dare to delay and quickly went over to find another line of small red text on the title page.
"The groom and bride will soon be getting married. At that time, the groom will thank the guests, and the guests will have to give him some money for the drinks. It can't be too stingy!"
The red text indicates that the bride and groom will be arriving soon and that money needs to be paid for the drinks.
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