Tang Chen was stunned. It seemed that the story suddenly had several more lines and became a little complicated.
Black Crow passed Wang Yanzhou and walked to Tang Chen's side. He didn't hesitate to put his hand on Tang Chen's shoulder. "It's a long story."
Tang Chen rolled his eyes at his hand and stepped back: "Then let's make it short."
"……All right".
As a retail trader, Black Crow rarely received orders as large as Tang Chen's. While the industry norm was to take the money and keep quiet, Black Crow, driven by curiosity, while tracking Tang Chen's whereabouts, also took the opportunity—literally, it was a coincidence—to investigate Tang Chen and the order. It was only then that they discovered a hidden story.
According to Black Crow's investigation, the story went something like this: his boss wasn't actually the one who hired the killer to kill Tang Chen; he was also hired by someone else. Put another way, according to gossip, the real boss secretly offered a reward of over a thousand gold leaves for Tang Chen's head. The killer who took the job first collected half of the reward, then spent another five hundred gold leaves to pass the job on. The killer who took the second boss's bounty took another cut, offering a total of two hundred and fifty gold leaves. Then, it was his turn.
In other words, after numerous rounds of subcontracting, the reward had dwindled from one thousand to one hundred by the time it reached Black Crow. After careful consideration, Black Crow chose the simplest method to complete the task. He and Tang Chen split the money and put on a grand show for their boss.
Besides his personal reasons for not wanting to attack Tang Chen, there was another factor: Wang Yanzhou. Although he was a somewhat well-known assassin, he wasn't completely sure of his chances against the Master of Qingliang Valley. Furthermore, he wouldn't risk his life for a deal, a deal that would cost him money but not his life.
After saying this, Black Crow suggested that Wang Yanzhou could retract the hidden blade that had been pointed at him since Tang Chen started explaining. It was very dangerous, and what if it accidentally fired and injured someone? "Now that I've explained it clearly, can I leave now?"
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