Ever since Li Hu fell into the hands of the enemy, Yao Xu promoted Wang Shi, who ranked second in skill, to be the head of the secret guards.
Wang Shi is more ferocious and indifferent than Li Hu. Yao Xu believes that as long as the so-called thief falls into the net, he will not show mercy.
"So many people?" Jiang Zhen didn't expect Yao Xu to think so highly of them. "Could it be that they knew we were coming?"
"I'm not stupid. I will definitely take precautions after being robbed once." Ever since Jiang Da followed Qi Fu and became Song Wan's disciple, and then received various training in the back mountain, he has completely changed. His eyes alone have become much sharper.
"Everyone, my master invites you." Wang Shi held a cold sword in his hand, his expression solemn.
"Your master invited us?" Song Wan raised her eyebrows.
"Yes, everyone, please." The master asked him to use courtesy first and then force, and Wang Shi did so.
"Wait, we can go, but isn't there a step missing?" Song Wan picked up the golden whip wrapped around her waist and stroked it carefully in her palm. "We can't just meet anyone who wants to. We have to pay at least half of the appearance fee upfront. For eighteen people, ten taels of silver per person, so half is ninety taels."
Song Qi's eyes widened behind him, and the others were all shocked. Is this even possible?!
Only Gu Yanji remained calm, as if he was already used to it. He even agreed and added, "Ten taels of silver is enough to see the child, and the adults need twenty taels."
Song Wan didn't expect that Gu Yanji could extort more money than herself now. He was worthy of being the man she liked and had her style.
"He's right. We have three children and fifteen adults, so that's three hundred and thirty taels." Song Wan calculated carefully, "Rounding it off, I'll give you three hundred and fifty taels."
Is rounding still a trick like this? Song Qi and the others were truly impressed.
Seeing that they were refusing to accept his toast, Wang Shi lost his patience. He was about to raise his hand to signal others to come forward, but he found that he could not move his hands.
He stared at the woman who was only a few steps away from him, "Did you do this?"
Song Wan snorted, "Who told you not to listen?"
"You bunch of rebels, if you don't surrender now—" Before he could finish his words, Song Wan whipped him and threw him upside down.
Wang Shi’s red face was immersed in the night, “How, how did you do that!” Her whip clearly didn’t even touch him!
Seeing this, the other secret guards drew their swords and stabbed at the woman!
"Don't make any move." If Gu Yan made a move in a hurry, there wouldn't be enough heads to go around.
Song Wan turned around and said to Song Qi and the others who had been training for quite some time, "You each have three, and I have six. It's the same old rules!"
"Yes! Miss!"
"Yes! Master!"
After she finished speaking, she stood on tiptoe and leaned forward to fly towards the six people in one direction. The golden whip wrapped around her wrist, and with a slight movement, the sword body fell off. The six people were instantly kicked to the ground by Song Wan, and the tip of the sword just hit a certain place, without any error.
Song Qi and his men were not far behind, and they could easily defeat three of them with one.
Their reaction and speed were more than twice as fast as before. Jiang Shan and Qi Wu were not very talented, so they mainly practiced defensive techniques, which were simply various ways of escaping.
And they used every possible means, so the secret guards brought by Zhang Sheng saw such a scene of "chasing each other".
The few people who came with Zhang Sheng were here for the first time. When they first saw someone being chased, they wanted to pick up their swords and go forward to help, but Zhang Sheng stopped them in time.
"They can handle it. You guys should take a close look at the moves they use and see how they are different from the ones you used in the past." Zhang Sheng knew the reason why Song Qi and the others had changed so much.
So several men put away their swords and began to observe their moves. At first they didn't understand what was going on, but later they began to realize that something was wrong.
They can also make an afterimage with one move, but it is really shocking when every move they make leaves an afterimage.
Isn’t it said that only the eldest daughter of the Song family has innate supernatural powers? How come several secret guards also have them? Are innate supernatural powers so worthless these days?
Someone who was knocked to the ground tried to escape, but Song Wan kicked him, pressing the back of his head down, burying his face and mask in the ground, and he kept whimpering.
The golden whip that Gu Yan urgently sent was slightly improved by Song Wan. Three thin and short iron chains were added to the thinnest part of the whip head. The tips of the iron chains were thin and sharp, just like blades.
At this moment, this blade-like thing was slowly cutting through the hearts of several people. With just a little force, it would cause a piercing pain.
Song Wan casually picked up a sword and poked them one by one, sighing, "Can't you just pay the money properly? Why do you have to use force?"
At this time, Song Qi and others slowly stopped, and dozens more people were lying on the ground. All of them had their limbs tied up with the pig-binding gods they brought. The more they struggled, the tighter they were tied.
"You lost again, so the silver on them belongs to me!" Before coming, Song Wan made a bet with them that whoever ended the battle first would get the silver found from the enemy.
Song Qi and his companions were already numbed by the blow. They put away their swords and squatted skillfully to help Song Wan collect the silver.
Perhaps in order to capture them, these secret guards had nothing valuable on them, not even any silver. After searching for a long time, they only found two small-denomination silver notes of ten taels each on the chests of two of the secret guards.
The two secret guards, lying on the ground and completely stripped, saw that the money they were going to use to buy wine had been taken away. Their eyes widened, but they couldn't say anything.
The six people knocked down by Song Wan didn't even have a penny on them, which made her very angry. Beating people takes energy, but there was no pay at all.
There was one last person who had not been searched, and that was the head of the secret guards, Wang Shi, who had been knocked down by Song Wan at the very beginning.
Thinking of the more than one hundred taels of silver that he had previously searched from their former leader, Song Wan felt a little hope in his heart.
"I'll do this." Gu Yan was anxious to see that she was about to drop the sword, so he prepared to do it himself. If he let her do it, he couldn't guarantee that the sword would go astray.
"Okay, then you do it." Song Wan made way, maybe he would have better luck.
Song Wan prayed that she could find something on the person on the ground, otherwise all her efforts would have been in vain.
Gu Yan squatted down quickly, used the dagger he carried with him to pick open the coat of the leader of the secret guards, and then scratched all the pockets where the silver might be stored.
Not to mention silver, there is not even a copper coin.
Song Wan stood aside and watched him pick it up. She was immediately disappointed. "I should have known not to waste my time on these people."
If it weren't for the fact that these people had good kung fu skills and were just the right training ground for Song Qi and the others, Song Wan wouldn't have wasted so much time on them.
"Wait." Just when Gu Yanji thought that he would return empty-handed, two thin pieces of paper fell out from the inner compartment near his elbow.
One was a silver note with a face value of two hundred taels, and the other looked like a letter. Gu Yan didn't rush to open it, but glanced at the person on the ground first. When the other person saw that he had found the letter, he panicked and immediately struggled to get up.
"Silver notes!" Although in Song Wan's mind, silver notes are not as real as silver, and it is not easy to keep them on the wall, but it is better to have them than not. She will exchange the silver notes for silver when she returns.
"But where did the letter come from? It's hidden so secretly." Song Wan put it together with the silver. Could it be that it contained some shocking secrets, such as a list of sons who cheated on Yao Xu?
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