Chapter 415: Swapping

POSTED ON JUNE 23, 2023 BY KEN

Liu Huzi shook his head and said in a deep voice,

“That man uses a javelin, very strong!”

“Big Four’s talent was mediocre at first, and he was lazy. Usually, he tried his best to slack off when there was a chance, so he won’t live 3 rounds under that bandit. I can only collect his corpse if I go now.”

Fang Linyan showed a proper look of fear and trepidation and said,

“Then… what to do then?”

Liu Huzi said coldly,

“What are you afraid of!? The 2 accomplices of the bandit were beheaded by the mystic art of my sect! He will die too if he comes.”

Fang Linyan swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said,

“That’s good.”

At this time, Liu Huzi suddenly said.

“Xiaoqi, come over.”

Fang Linyan said in astonishment,

“Huh? Okay.”

Liu Huzi returned half of the taels before and whispered to him,

“You have nothing to do now, so just run an errand for me. Luo Yong from our escort agency took Zhou Zhuo to Wang Laocai’s house in a neighboring county to collect debts. He would not be back until tomorrow.”

“Go to them now and tell them about the escort agency, then give this token to Luo Yong. Let him go to Taiyang Mansion to find the owner of Wanshun Silk and Satin Shop and say that something happened to the No. 27 back then. “

When Fang Linyan heard the word Zhou Zhuo, his heart moved immediately. He swallowed a mouthful of saliva, made a greedy look of seeing the silvers and an afraid look, and he gritted his teeth and said,

“Okay! I’ll go right away.”

After finishing speaking, he took the token in Liu Huzi’s hand and left.

But as soon as he turned around, he was called back by Liu Huzi, who repeatedly questioned him about the message he had to bring. After confirming that he had remembered them, Liu Huzi only let him go.

Then Liu Huzi asked his wife to close the door of the escort agency.

After Fang Linyan left the escort agency, he took out the token and looked at it. He found that it was actually a wooden token.

This wooden token was about the size of a palm. It had a peculiar pattern that looked like the pattern of a sword.

There was a ‘Kong’ carved on the front and a ‘Xu’ on the back. There were 2 small characters of “Shan Zhuang” in the small corner. (Xu Kong Shan Zhuang > Void Villa)

Fang Linyan let the [Mechanical Gyrfalcon] stay on the tree branch in the escort agency before, so he wanted to recall it back when leaving.

Unexpectedly, in the perspective of [Mechanical Gyrfalcon], as soon as Liu Huzi’s wife closed the door, Liu Huzi’s face changed drastically. He spurted out a big mouthful of blood!

Then, with a pale face, he collapsed on the ground clutching his chest. There were many purple-black blood clots mixed in the blood.

Seeing this, his wife immediately screamed and ran over crying. Liu Huzi grabbed her hand and said panting,

“Don’t, don’t cry. Don’t leak the news.”

Then he continued,

“Help me in.”

His wife was big and fat, so it was no problem to lift Liu Huzi up. She supported the man into the room crying.

Fang Linyan immediately controlled the [Mechanical Gyrfalcon] to fly on top of the roof and easily removed the thatch away with its claws. Immediately, he heard the intermittent voice of Liu Huzi inside,

“This time, these bandits are very powerful. I have never provoked such enemies when I was running the escorts.”

“It should be the trouble caused by my experience in the Void Villa!”

When Liu Huzi was talking, his wife was crying all the time. Liu Huzi was upset when he heard it, so he couldn’t help but curse,

“Cry, cry, cry, you know how to cry! Listen to my words.”

“Now that I have used up the last bamboo axe talisman that boss gave me, I will die when the enemy comes again!”

“I’ve let Fang Xiaoqi be the scapegoat for delivering the words. He will most likely attract the attention of the enemy.”

“Time is precious. You go to your own brother and ask him to bring this thing to the neighboring county to find Xie Laoer immediately. He has always wanted his son to worship a famous teacher, so after getting this token, he will surely come to help.”

Hearing this, Fang Linyan sneered.

Although he was racing with time, he still had some spare time.

Liu Huzi naively thought that I was still the boy I used to be, but he must have never imagined that Fang Xiaoqi has turned into a titmouse now.

Half an hour later, Fang Linyan had already found Liu Huzi’s brother-in-law. This guy seemed very honest. After hearing Liu Huzi’s wife’s explanation, he hurriedly set off.

After Fang Linyan followed him for 2 miles, he struck him unconscious from behind.

After searching his body carefully, he found a wooden box with a seal on it. After opening it, he found an iron token in it.

This iron token was exactly the same as the wooden token given to him by Liu Huzi. There was a ‘Kong’ in front and a ‘Xu’ at the back.

Originally, Fang Linyan thought that the wooden token was quite exquisitely carved, but when compared with the patterns on the iron token, it was completely obvious that it was a counterfeit version.

Therefore, it was not difficult to deduce that the wooden token should have been carved by Liu Huzi when he was free so that he could fool people in time of crisis.

After Fang Linyan pondered for a while, a hint of a smile appeared on his face.

Liu Huzi’s brother-in-law’s clothes were untied, his money was looted, and even his newly made coat was taken away, creating a robbery scene.

Then he trampled the wooden box containing the iron token, threw it in front of him, stuffed the wooden token into the box, and walked away.

As a result, when Liu Huzi’s brother-in-law woke up, he found that his coat and money had been taken away. The wooden box that his sister wanted to him to deliver was trampled and thrown in front of him.

He naturally thought that he was robbed.

But he hadn’t seen what was inside the wooden box before, so when he saw the exquisite wooden token inside, he didn’t expect that it had been swapped.

So when he secretly sighed about his bad luck, he also knew that the affairs of his brother-in-law’s family were very urgent, so he continued on his way.

Seeing this, Fang Linyan smiled, knowing that the other party had already taken the bait, then he went straight to his business.

***

When rushing, Fang Linyan was thinking about whether to open the 2 keys he got.

But after thinking about it, he held back the desire.

The reason was simple, now he only had 1 Bloody Value.

In this cruel world, Fang Linyan unfortunately became the mission objective of the pre-mission of the golden side mission…

That was to say, even if he didn’t trouble others, others would definitely trouble him.

This also meant that Bloody Value must be indispensable in the future.

Right now Fang Linyan was still in a state of having everything for the time being, so he should reserve these 2 keys until the Bloody Value was high.

He hurried for about 2 hours, then he saw a big river that was flowing rapidly.

After turning around the corner, the river surface looked wider and the water flow was quite slow. Therefore, people ferry here all year round.

Because there was an old pine tree next to the ferry here that had lived for unknown years, so it was called Big Pine River.

It took about half an hour for the ferry to go back and forth. During busy times, there were often many people waiting for the ferry.

So someone saw the business opportunities here and opened a tea stall here.

In addition to big bowls of herbal tea, they also sell boiled eggs, pancakes and other easy-to-carry foods, which could earn them some spare money.

According to Big Four, Luo Yong, the escort of the escort agency, who was with his target, Zhou Zhuo, would pass by here early in the morning. Luo Yong would drink a bowl of herbal tea made by his engaged girlfriend.

Then, after returning from collecting debts at Wang Laocai’s house in the neighboring county, he came here to help his engaged girlfriend to close the stall.

When Fang Linyan walked to the tea stall, he found that it was a young girl with freckles running the stall here. He paid a copper coin and said,

“I want a bowl of herbal tea.”

The girl immediately brought up a bowl of herbal tea, and Fang Linyan said,

“Hey, lady, I want to inquire about something. I passed Tianyang County’s escort agency today. The head of the escort, Liu Huzi, heard that I was going to a neighboring county on business, so he asked me to pass a message to Brother Luo Yong who left early.”

“I’ve heard Brother Luo say that his wife sells herbal tea at Big Pine River, is that you?”

Hearing Fang Linyan’s words, the girl’s face immediately turned red, but she still said openly,

“Yeah, Luo Yong is my man, but we are just engaged, not yet married.”

Then she returned the copper coin without thinking,

“You are his friend. A bowl of herbal tea doesn’t cost anything, so I can’t charge you money.”

Fang Linyan refused with a smile,

“That won’t work. Sis, you are doing this to support your family. By the way, I still have important things to do on my side, so I’m afraid I won’t have time to find Big Brother Luo after going to the neighboring county.”

“I just wanted to ask if Big Brother Luo said when he would be back in the morning? I was thinking about coming here to wait for him after finishing my work in the afternoon.”

Hearing Fang Linyan’s words, the girl said in surprise,

“I haven’t seen Luo Yong for several days, and I haven’t seen him this morning.”

Fang Linyan was shocked in his heart and said,

“Ah? Is it possible that you miss him?”

The girl said with certainty:

“No, I will come here to set up the stall at dawn. It takes 2 hours to ride a horse from Tianyang County to here, so I won’t miss it.”

Hearing what the girl said, Fang Linyan frowned deeply, nodded, and said,

“Ah? Why?”

Obviously, in this sudden event, someone must have a problem.

The first thing Fang Linyan suspected was the girl with freckles in front of him, because Fang Linyan had heard from 2 people that Luo Yong and Zhou Zhuo went to the neighboring county.

One was Big Four and the other was Liu Huzi.

The chances of both of them lying were slim.

However, there was another possibility.

After Luo Yong and Zhou Zhuo went out early in the morning, they encountered an accident on the road from Tianyang County to Big Pine River.

Just as Fang Linyan’s mind was thinking rapidly, a prompt popped up on his retinas:

“Warning: Contestant ZB419, there are only 42 remaining members of the Fang Clan living near the water in Tianyang County!”

“The survivors are less than 10%of the total population of the Fang Clan!”

TL: So fast? It’s time for Fang Linyan to run now…