Infinite Puzzle City

Chapter 207 Dangerous Jianghu
"Fourth brother!!"

When Xiao Ran came back in the evening, he saw Sun Miao squatting at the door.

"Why are you here? Don't you usually let Fengchui come?"

"Feng Chui is going to take care of other things. My brother asked me to come to you and tell you that the matter of Wuxiantang has been completed. That Liu Sanxiang is more powerful than we thought. He has actually gathered a lot of people to join. Conservatively speaking, our Changchun Association will have at least 20 to 30 people this time!"

When Li Qing said this, his face flushed and he felt his blood boiling.

This is no wonder. In the eyes of adults, these little brats usually just do small things, but now the Changchun Society they have formed is expanding rapidly at an alarming speed.

This inevitably made Li Qing feel happy that he had grown up and was able to support his family.

"Shanlong is faster than I thought! He agreed so readily. I think he has seen through the backgrounds of Zhao Qingming and his brothers."

Xiao Ran thought to himself that this was a good thing for the brothers. The stronger Changchun became, the better they could protect themselves in future turmoil.

"Besides this, what else do you have to say?"

"Oh, my brother asked me to tell you something. The day after tomorrow at 7pm, at the City God Temple, the stage there is big, so we can ask a chef to make a big pot of food, so that it will be convenient for everyone to get together."

"okay, I get it."

Xiao Ran nodded, then remembered something: "Oh, I have something on hand that I want to exchange for some cash, is there any way?"

"Cash... Fourth Brother, if you are short of money, we brothers can lend you some. We can help you make up the difference, but if you want to exchange it for cash... it's not easy."

In this day and age, money is limited. If you want to exchange money, you can only go through the black market, which is not an easy route.

After all, although they are all local bosses, they have few interactions with the white and black worlds.

It’s not that I’m afraid of them, but I just don’t want to deal with these gangsters.

"I have a big shortage, so it's not appropriate to ask you to help me. I have something ready-made, so I don't need to bother you. Besides, this is a good time to sell the stolen goods. Even if I reveal my true identity in the future, it will not be easy to track me down."

After hearing what Xiao Ran said, Sun Miao knew that they might not be able to find this match. He thought for a moment and said, "Fourth Brother, you should go find Mao Si for this matter."

"Cat Four!"

Xiao Ran understood as soon as he heard it. The Mao family were tomb robbers. They knew the most about the underworld. As for how to sell the stolen goods, how could they not know it if others didn't?

"Row!"

Xiao Ran nodded: "I will definitely go when the time comes!"

After seeing Li Qing off, Xiao Ran was too lazy to go into the house and went straight to look for Mao Si. In order to extend the old man's life, a large amount of glutinous rice was needed. Glutinous rice is refined rice and much more expensive than ordinary rice.

If you don’t have money, you can’t just rob people.

I have a lot of gold, silver and treasures in my hands. It would be fine in another era, but not in this era.

It's hard to sell your gold nugget.

Mao Sijia is actually not far away. When people were burying people in Beimang Mountain, they passed by the door of Mao Sijia on the way down the mountain. Xiao Ran remembered the house number at that time.

There was no one around at night, and Xiao Ran ran very fast. It only took him about ten minutes to reach Mao Si's house.

It was an inconspicuous bungalow with a locked door, but you could see that the lights were still on inside.

Xiao Ran knocked on the door, and soon heard someone inside shouting, "Who is it?"

"I, Xiao Zhenye, am looking for Cat Four!"

There was silence in the room for a moment, and after a while, footsteps were heard.

"Om!!"

A small hole was opened on the door, and Mao Si peeked out from inside. After seeing Xiao Ran, he quickly opened the door: "Fourth brother, why are you here?"

"It's a small matter, I want to ask you for help."

"Hey, we are all brothers, so why not help me? Just tell me." Mao Si said and turned to walk inside: "I'll get the stuff, and we'll be off."

"Hey, hey, hey, no burying this time."

My goodness, this guy is addicted to digging holes. He even thought that Xiao Ran and the others would come here to ask him to dig holes and bury people. Xiao Ran hurriedly pulled him back and took out a gold nugget that he had prepared long ago from his pocket.

"I have something on hand and I need cash urgently. Please give me a ladder."

After hearing about Xiao Ran, Mao Si's face was filled with disappointment that was hard to conceal. Obviously, compared to this, he would rather dig a hole and bury people.

But it was the right person to come to for this matter. His family said that they had retired from the underworld, but the situation on the road was very clear. He immediately said, "This is not difficult. Let's go now."

"Now?"

"Well, they don't open the door during the day."

Xiao Ran agreed with this when he heard it.

The two of them didn't waste any time and just walked down the mountain towards the old town.

In this world, there are almost no street lights on the road at night. It is pitch black. Occasionally, you can see two or three faint lights on in people's houses in the distance.

In order to save electricity, most people at home don't turn on the lights. The light from candles and oil lamps is also very poor, so it is impossible to rely on these lights to illuminate the road.

Fortunately, Xiao Ran's eyes were as sharp as lightning and he could see clearly even at night. Mao Si almost stepped on empty air and fell into the pit several times, but was pulled back by Xiao Ran every time.

"Fourth brother, your eyes are probably the flaming eyes of Sun Wukong, how can you see so clearly on such a dark road?"

"If you have good eyesight, just do more eye exercises."

"Eye exercises? I've never heard of them."

"I'll teach you some other time when I'm free."

"Okay, thank you Fourth Brother." Mao Si couldn't stop smiling. Both of them were young, and they walked and ran forward until they passed the Drum Tower. Mao Si then pulled Xiao Ran to the alley on the left.

After exiting the alley, there is an alley with lights on and stalls selling goods on both sides.

This is the so-called ghost market. It is not that mysterious and is just like Panjiayuan in the capital.

To be honest, there are ghost markets in many places, but nowadays, the ghost market in Los Angeles is the most developed. Why? Because tomb robbing is prevalent, and many funerary objects cannot be seen in the light. They can only be sold if they are displayed in the dark.

After the sale, the buyer wanted to report it, but it was dark and he couldn’t see the other person’s face clearly. You can’t just shine a flashlight into someone’s face.

If you dare to do this, people might stab you with a knife.

"Fourth brother, this way!"

Mao Si took Xiao Ran into an inconspicuous corner and there was a guard at the door.

At this point, Mao Si stopped going inside.

"Guests are not allowed to bring guests, Fourth Brother, you know the rules, I can only send you here, I will wait for you outside."

Mao Si was right. The place in front was where the stolen goods were sold. If Mao Si took Xiao Ran in, he would become a guarantor between the two families. After the transaction, Xiao Ran would have to give Mao Si at least 30% of the profit.

And if there is a problem with this thing in the future, the other party can follow the clues to find Cat Four.

So for this kind of thing, it would be most appropriate to let Xiao Ran go in alone.

After all, he had no idea what this fourth brother wanted to be, and of course he didn't want to know.

"it is good!"

Xiao Ran patted Mao Si's shoulder and said, "It's still early, go slowly on your way back. When I'm done with this, we brothers can get together and have a drink."

Although Xiao Ran didn't say thank you, this sentence made Mao Si feel relieved: "Okay, Brother Si, you go ahead and do your work. I'm leaving now."

Mao Si walked away cleanly and neatly. After he walked away, Xiao Ran walked towards the door.

The two men guarding the door saw this and immediately stepped forward to stop Xiao Ran: "Hey, hey, hey, what are you doing?"

"I have some big stuff on hand, so I came here to exchange it for some soft stuff."

Upon hearing this, the two men looked Xiao Ran up and down.

The so-called big goods refer to dirty goods, and soft goods refer to cash. As soon as Xiao Ran uttered this jargon, the two knew that they were here to do business, but that alone was not enough to let Xiao Ran in.

The man on the left asked, "Local goods, or yellow goods? We don't accept smoked goods here."

Local goods are dug out from tomb robbers, yellow goods are antiques, and smoked goods are fake antiques.

"Can you please take the roller (gold) that's pressing your hand?"

"Of course! Please come in!" Upon hearing Xiao Ran's words, the two men immediately smiled, opened the door and let Xiao Ran in. As soon as one foot was in the door, the two men immediately closed the door.

The yard was not big, and there was a bald man sitting in a rocking chair, drinking wine and eating peanuts.

The man was big and strong, with his bare chest showing off his tattoos.

Seeing Xiao Ran coming in, he just narrowed his eyes and asked: "What do you want to see?"

Xiao Ran took out a gold nugget from his pocket and placed it on the table.

Seeing the gold nugget on the table, the man's eyes lit up. He reached out and picked up the thing and took a bite. After confirming that it was the real thing, he glanced at Xiao Ran and looked him up and down: "Hey, where did this gold nugget come from?"

"Dig it out of the soil."

"Hey, okay, this thing is good. Others pay twenty, how about I give you twenty-five?"

The man narrowed his eyes like a bear staring at someone. If an ordinary person was stared at like this, he would be scared. However, Xiao Ran walked up to him and asked, "Twenty-five per gram is fine."

"One gram?" The man was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said, "I mean, twenty-five, not even one gram!"

Xiao Ran sighed. This was clearly bullying. If he had brought Mao Si with him, the other party would have recognized Mao Si and would definitely not give him this price. But he came alone, and the other party was obviously trying to make trouble for him.

If you are not convinced, just tell the other party your number and they will consider whether the person is someone they know or someone they cannot afford to offend.

But if Xiao Ran doesn't report his number, then I'm sorry, the bullying will be directed at you, what can you do? ?

This is why it was said in the previous article that when traveling in the world, one should focus on friendship and not morality.

If you want to get rich, you have to rob your fellow thieves. After all, how much money do ordinary people have? You can't afford to offend the big landlords, and the small landlords hide in the city, so robbing your fellow thieves is a common thing.

"Boss, your price is too low. Please raise it."

Xiao Ran didn't want to cause trouble, so he used jargon to communicate, with the subliminal meaning that he hoped the other party would be cautious.

But when the other party saw Xiao Ran didn't report his number, he simply stuffed the gold into his pocket, then took out ten yuan and slammed it on the table: "Get lost!"

As they were talking, a few more people came out of the room, holding weapons in their hands, staring at Xiao Ran ferociously.

Seeing this, Xiao Ran sighed and reached out to take the ten yuan.

However, as soon as he stretched out his hand, the other party covered the money with his hand and turned around to continue cracking melon seeds.

Seeing this, Xiao Ran took a step back helplessly, turned around and walked out without saying a word.

"and many more!!"

Seeing Xiao Ran was about to leave, the fat man immediately winked at him, and several people immediately surrounded him: "Brother, I was just joking with you, 25 per gram is 25 per gram, we are serious businessmen, we don't do anything to cheat people, let's go, let's go inside, I'll get you the money."

"Can I wait outside?"

Xiao Ran asked with a smile.

"No, it's such a large sum of money, I feel uneasy if you don't keep an eye on it."

As the fat man said this, he made a gesture of invitation.

Xiao Ran scratched his head. He originally wanted to go out and kill the two gatekeepers outside the door first, so that they would not hear any noise and run away.

But now this fat guy has obviously tasted the sweetness and has no intention of letting me go, so I have no choice but to change my plan.

"Okay, let's go inside and talk."

Xiao Ran looked very reluctant and followed him into the house.

Seeing this, the fat man's smile became even more intense. He was not afraid of Xiao Ran causing trouble. He kept pushing his feet on the ground just to see how capable this boy was.

Seeing that the boy was about to leave, the fat man became alert.

Just imagine, if an ordinary person picked up this piece of gold, and was not paid a penny for it, or was beaten, he would definitely not leave today.

But this kid turned around and walked out, so there are only two possibilities.

The first one is that this guy picked up more than one piece of gold, and there is no need to get beaten here for a piece of gold.

Another possibility is that this kid has a backer behind him. At this time, a brave man would not suffer a loss and would just turn around and leave. I'm afraid he would have to call for help when he goes out.

Therefore, no one in this underworld is a good person.

No matter which one it is, the fat man cannot let this kid go today. The former is related to his wealth in this life, and the latter is his life. Since he has decided to rob the thieves, there can be no mistakes.

The fat man followed Xiao Ran and the others into the house and closed the door.

It only takes less than a cup of tea.

The lights in the room suddenly dimmed, followed by a scream. Blood splattered on the window, dripping down.

The scream didn't even last twice before it stopped abruptly.

The two people who were still guarding the gate outside the yard just looked back and didn't take it seriously.

After all, there were eight people inside. In their impression, a young boy entering there would be like a mouse entering a cat's nest, and would not be able to cause any trouble.

It only takes a moment.

The door to the room was opened, and someone shouted from inside: "Come in, both of you!"

Hearing the familiar shout, the two pushed open the gate, locked it and walked into the house. As soon as they reached the door, they suddenly smelled a bloody smell and thought to themselves, "The boss is too cruel. That kid is probably finished."

But as soon as they entered the room, they saw Xiao Ran sitting on a chair with his legs crossed, playing with a dagger in his hand, staring at the two of them with a playful look on his face.

There was a huge head on the table beside them, with its eyes wide open, staring at the two of them with empty eyes, and shouting with its mouth: "What are you looking at? Come in quickly!!"

"hiss!!!"

The two men looked at the head on the table in front of them, their heads buzzing, and their whole body felt light from head to toe. They had seen many cases of murder and arson.

But I've never seen a dead head that could speak.

What's more, it was their boss's brain. The amount of information was too much at once. The blood in their heads ran cold, their legs went weak, and they were about to fall to the ground.

But they didn't expect that at this moment two hands grabbed their collars from behind.

The two men looked back and saw a man standing behind them. They couldn't see his face clearly, but they could see that this man had four arms and was waving two big swords in his hands.

"Oh!"

The man on the left shouted, and then he saw the big knife chopping down from the left and right.

With a "puff" sound, the head rolled off the neck.

The whole yard suddenly became quiet.

Xiao Ran just turned his head and poked the man's head on the table with his finger. Wisps of gray corpse gas flowed out from Xiao Ran's fingertips like poisonous snakes and continuously drilled into the man's head.

The Finger of Resurrection was something Xiao Ran had just learned today from the [Record of Corpse Removal]. It could be used on people who had died not long ago. It could use the corpse qi to allow the other person to regain consciousness briefly.

However, when you regain consciousness, you will also feel that your body is dying. This process is not something that most people can endure.

As the corpse gas poured in, the stiff expression on the man's face began to become lively, and his eyes gradually became clear again, but his face showed a look of pain. He opened his mouth and wanted to scream, but only his head was left, and he couldn't make a sound. The pain was like a drowning and suffocating person.

Xiao Ran looked at the man's painful expression and said, "I just came here to exchange some money for spending, not to steal your money. Why are you doing this?"

The man widened his eyes and looked at Xiao Ran pleadingly.

It was then that Xiao Ran noticed that the man's eyes were quite big, and she immediately said unhappily, "Your eyes are so big, and you just squinted at me? You scared me. Is it okay to give me some mental comfort money now?"

The bald man blinked desperately and kept looking at the cabinet beside the bed, indicating that Xiao Ran's money was in the closet.

"The money is in the closet?"

Xiao Ran looked back and his eyes were looking at his black swan brooch. He saw the eyes of the black swan on the brooch were flashing red light slightly, and he knew what was going on.

So he stood up and walked to the closet, thought for a moment, walked around the closet, and then carefully moved a corner of the closet.

He reached out and tore open the thin partition at the back of the wardrobe.

I squinted my eyes and took a look inside. Wow, I saw a grenade hanging in the air in the closet with two wires hooked on the closet door. If the closet was opened, the grenade would explode on the spot, and I would be crippled if not killed.

When he turned around to look at the head on the table, he saw that the head's eyes were staring at him viciously like a poisonous snake, as if it wished to tear him into pieces.

But when he saw Xiao Ran didn't fall for it, and a look of despair appeared on his face, he couldn't even die...

(End of this chapter)