Sword from Songshan

Chapter 10: Iron Mouth Divination
Wang Tiandong had just turned sixteen years old. He was born in a small place and had never seen the world. Although he had read a few books, he still had no foundation.

The way he held the bag tightly and his evasive eyes made the habitual thieves in the market know that there were good things hidden in the bag.

How could we let go of such a young and tender little fat sheep?

It seems that the Ganoderma lucidum was stolen not long after the two of them entered the city.

"I remembered!"

After the shopkeeper’s reminder, Wang Tiandong suddenly remembered.

When he was entering the city, a man did bump into him. At the time, he was busy looking for a pharmacy and thought he was just not paying attention to the road, so he kept apologizing.

It must be that person!

"Damn thief!"

Wang Tiandong's face was filled with resentment. He rushed out of the pharmacy cursing and went to look for that man.

The owner of the drugstore shook his head slightly. It was already this late, how could he find it?

"Ahh~!"

This was indeed the case. Wang Tiandong turned back and searched on the street for more than an hour, constantly asking passers-by, but still found nothing.

Seeing that there were people everywhere around him, it was like looking for a needle in a haystack. He let out a wail and collapsed in the middle of the street.

"Oh~!"

Lu Nanxing stood by and also sighed.

Damn, I was so careless!

As a time traveler, he is superior to Wang Tiandong in both intelligence and knowledge.

Wang Tiandong's appearance was so obvious, but he didn't care!
All I can say is that the public security was too good in his previous life, so he lived for twenty or thirty years in vain and still didn’t understand how human nature is treacherous and how slippery the world is.

But it's already lost, what can I do?

Find it back?

Lu Nanxing pondered for a while and shook his head.

Maybe you can find it, but getting it back will be difficult and dangerous!

Thinking of this, Lu Nanxing took a step and walked towards the city gate.

"Where are you going!"

Wang Tiandong, who was still howling, saw Lu Nanxing was about to leave, so he quickly got up and chased after him and grabbed him.

"How can you leave when the Lingzhi hasn't been found yet? Don't forget, there's still one hundred taels of silver in there!"

"Silver is good, but it's not worth risking your life for."

Lu Nanxing pushed Wang Tiandong away and continued to give him some advice.

"It's already come to this, just accept your fate, it's better to go back early, otherwise it will be dark."

"What do you mean by accepting my fate? This is not my fate! How can I...wait!"

Wang Tiandong was about to go crazy, but suddenly he was stunned and stared at Lu Nanxing with wide eyes.

"You just said it's not worth risking your life? Instead of saying it can't be found, could it be that... you have a way to find the Ganoderma lucidum?"

"I have a stupid idea!"

Lu Nanxing frowned, then turned around and was about to leave.

"Nanxing! Nanxing!"

Lu Nanxing's reaction further confirmed Wang Tiandong's guess. How could he let Lu Nanxing go?

He held on tightly with both hands, as if grasping a life-saving straw, with a pleading look on his face.

"Since you have a way! Please, help me get the Lingzhi back!"

"I have no idea!"

"Twenty percent!"

Seeing Lu Nanxing's firm attitude, Wang Tiandong shouted hurriedly.

"As long as you can find it back, I'll give you 20% of the money from selling it!"

"Even if it's 30%, I don't want it!"

Lu Nanxing snorted coldly, shook off Wang Tiandong again, and strode towards the city gate.

Wang Tiandong stood there, hesitated for a moment, and shouted again.

"Four percent!"

Lu Nanxing paused slightly, but did not stop.

This continued until Lu Nanxing walked more than ten meters away. Wang Tiandong gritted his teeth and finally shouted.

"Fifty percent! We'll each take half after we sell the silver!"

"..."

When he heard this, Lu Nanxing couldn't help but stop.

After hesitating for a while, he turned around.

Fifty percent, that’s three or four hundred taels of silver!

Although it’s risky, as the saying goes, people die for money and birds die for food!
……

"Nanxing, what do you have in mind?"

On the street, Wang Tiandong followed Lu Nanxing closely and kept asking questions.

Lu Nanxing did not respond, as if he was looking for someone.

Wang Tiandong frowned. If he could find the thief in this way, he would have found him long ago. Why should he give up half of the silver?

As he was muttering to himself, Lu Nanxing's eyes suddenly lit up and he walked quickly towards a stall on the corner of the street.

I saw a skinny old man huddled there, with a cloth banner next to him that read "Iron Mouth, Divine Prediction, Face Reading, Character Interpretation, Bones Touching, Palm Reading".

"This……"

Wang Tiandong's eyes widened. Could it be that Lu Nanxing's solution was to find a charlatan to tell his fortune?

Before he could say anything, Lu Nanxing had already arrived at the fortune-telling stall.

"Little brother, your forehead is dark, you may have a bloody disaster recently."

Seeing a guest coming, the old man shook his head seriously, and then went to grab Lu Nanxing's hand. "Come on, let me, Li Tiezui, give you a thorough analysis. Maybe there is a way to crack it."

"The bloody disaster is not a big deal."

Lu Nanxing smiled and spoke directly.

"But I just lost something, it's very important."

"Throwing things..."

Li Tiezui, who was pretending to read Lu Nanxing's palm, couldn't help but stop, then let go of his hand, looked at Lu Nanxing with a smile, and asked a question leisurely.

"Where did you lose it?"

"North City Gate."

"Oh, North Gate, no wonder."

"No wonder! What do you know!"

Wang Tiandong, who had a look of disgust on his face just now, widened his eyes when he heard this and hurriedly came forward.

"Tell me quickly!"

"Humph."

Facing the anxious Wang Tiandong, Li Tiezui snorted and turned to Lu Nanxing.

"You, little brother, are ignorant."

"Please forgive me, sir."

Lu Nanxing said this, then took out ten cents from his pocket and put them on the fortune-telling stall.

"Please give me some advice, sir."

"Ah."

Li Tiezui took a glance and continued slowly.

"There are many big and small thieves in Kaifeng Prefecture, but each has its own territory. There are three gangs occupying this area of ​​the North Gate."

"Three..."

Lu Nanxing frowned. Does he have to search one by one?

This makes things difficult.

"but."

Just when he was in trouble, Li Tiezui spoke again.

"In order to avoid disputes, the three families agreed two years ago to take turns to take to the streets."

"Then who is going to the street today?"

Hearing this, Wang Tiandong's face was filled with anxiety again.

However, Li Tiezui did not say anything, but looked at Lu Nanxing with a smile.

Lu Nanxing sighed and turned to Wang Tiandong.

"money!"

"What money? Where does the money come from?"

"Do you still want to get your things back?"

"I……"

Wang Tiandong opened his mouth, but there was nothing he could do. He could only take out ten cents from his pocket and put it on the fortune-telling stall angrily.

"Now you can tell me!"

"not enough."

Unexpectedly, Li Tiezui glanced and looked at Wang Tiandong with a sneer.

"If it were you, my friend, that would be enough, but for you, it is not enough."

"you……"

"Shut up!"

Obviously, Wang Tiandong had offended the other party and was trying to teach him a lesson.

Lu Nanxing held Wang Tiandong down and took out five cents from his pocket.

"Sir, you have a keen eye and should be able to see that we brothers are all poor people. Please help us."

“That’s how you talk.”

Li Tiezui nodded and then spoke.

"The ones at the North Gate today are none other than the Dianjin Gang."

"The Golden Touch Gang..."

Lu Nanxing pondered for a moment. He had never heard of this name before.

Since I haven't heard of it, it shouldn't be a big gang.

Come to think of it, if it is a big gang, they will not look down on such a small profit from stealing.

However, Lu Nanxing knew nothing about the Jin Gang, so it was difficult for him to take action.

Thinking of this, Lu Nanxing quickly turned to Li Tiezui again.

"Stop!"

Unexpectedly, Li Tiezui took the twenty-five cents on the table and put it into his pocket and said directly.

"I don't want to cause any trouble, so that's all I can say."

"...Okay, thank you very much."

Lu Nanxing also understood that those of them who hang out on the streets all have to follow rules.

It would be fine to sell some ordinary information, but if you were to reveal the strengths and weaknesses of the Jin Gang in detail, it would be an offense.

"The Golden Touch Gang..."

In this case, what happens next will depend on themselves.

Lu Nanxing bit her nails gently, thinking about how to deal with this Midas Touch Gang.

(End of this chapter)