What a lucky world!

Chapter 43: The Blessing Bag

Zhang Mu stopped the sword in his hand and looked at Zhou Yuanguang in confusion.

Zhou Yuanguang nodded apologetically towards Zhang Mu and walked up to Paihuazi. "You just said you came to Wan'an County to look at some goods. What goods did you look at?"

Paihuazi was stunned and swallowed: "Look... look at some fabrics."

"Swish!" Zhang Mu shook his wrist, and suddenly one of his ears flew up. The beggar covered his ear and wailed loudly.

"Go ahead and shout! There's a dog market outside. No matter how loud you shout, others will just think you're barking..." Zhang Mu said coldly, "Your previous answer was wrong. Answer again..."

As he said that, Zhang Mu placed the sword on Paihuazi's other ear.

"It's a person! It's a person!" the beggar said quickly, "Girls, children, all of them, all of them..."

"It's not easy to sell these people locally, so Master Liu asked me to take them away and sell them elsewhere..."

"Where is the person?" Zhang Mu asked with a serious expression.

"Can you let me go if I tell you?" asked Pahuazi.

Zhang Mu said nothing, and the beggar immediately said, "Then kill me."

"Anyway, those dozen women and children have nothing to do with you, right?"

"Once they are transported out of the county, those with better luck will be bought by wealthy families to become maids and servants. Those with worse luck will be sent to brothels, while the men will be forced to perform genital mutilation and beg on the streets."

"They won't know that they could have been saved, but it was because you didn't want to let me go..."

"This hero..." Zhou Yuanguang also looked at Zhang Mu. Zhang Mu nodded reluctantly: "Okay, tell me, I won't kill you."

"you promise!"

"I promise!"

"you swear!"

"I swear!"

"A gentleman's word!"

"If you say another word, I'll cut off your other ear right away!"

The beggar looked at Zhang Mu, hesitated for a moment, and said, "There's a tunnel behind the rockery at No. 6, Changwu Lane. Those people are imprisoned in the cellar below."

Zhang Mu and Zhou Yuanguang exchanged glances, and Zhou Yuanguang asked, "Do you dare to report to the authorities and testify?"

Hearing Zhou Yuanguang's words, Paihuazi suddenly became excited: "You'd better kill me!"

"For those of us in my profession, if we're caught by the government, we'll be tortured to death."

"Besides, who is Mr. Liu? He's the younger brother of Liu Zhubu. Even the county magistrate has to give him some respect. There's no way we can sue him."

"I advise you to mind your own business."

"If you release me now, I will leave Wan'an County immediately. It will be better for everyone."

Zhang Mu glanced at the four burly men lying on the ground. The beggar understood what he meant and immediately said, "They are all thugs I brought from Changwen County. They are not locals and will definitely not leak any information."

At this time, Zhang Mu said faintly, "Who said they would let you go?"

"Will you be allowed to harm others again?"

Paihuazi's eyes widened as he stared at Zhang Mu: "You...you promised me just now..."

Zhang Mu nodded: "Well, I'm sorry, I broke my promise."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Mu shook his wrist, and the tip of the sword pierced into Pahuazi's heart. Pahuazi did not die immediately, but fell to the ground, staring at Zhang Mu, and died after a while.

Looking at the corpse, Zhang Mu felt no emotion.

Zhang Mu felt no guilt for killing a human trafficker. This kind of crime should be punishable by death in any era.

"Thank you for your help, hero." Zhou Yuanguang also came back to his senses at this time and bowed to Zhang Mu in thanks. "I will take care of the rest. Don't worry about it, hero."

Zhang Mu heard this and knew Zhou Yuanguang was talking about dealing with Pai Huazi's body. He looked at the four unconscious thugs and said, "Where are they?"

Zhou Yuanguang hesitated for a moment, then a fierce look flashed in his eyes. He reverted to his usual ruffian ways and said, "These thugs aren't good people either. They rape women, abuse children, and have killed many people. I'll handle it. There's no need to dirty your hands."

Zhang Mu didn't say anything, just nodded, which was considered as his agreement.

"Right!" Zhou Yuanguang suddenly thought of something and ran over to the beggar's body to search around. He found a palm-sized embroidered purse on its waist. Zhou Yuanguang took a look inside and then walked over to Zhang Mu, handing the bag to him and saying, "Hero, please accept this."

Zhang Mu looked at the embroidered purse and knew that this must be the ninth-grade opportunity mentioned in the Tianji List, but he still asked curiously, "What is this?" Zhou Yuanguang explained, "It's called a Fuyuan Bag."

"Blessing Bag?"

"My hero, you may not know that these beggars, knowing that they have committed serious sins, often spend large sums of money to buy some precious items, hoping to use the items to support others and redeem themselves."

"Love bids farewell to the heartless, and the treasure is given to the destined one. Although this beggar is a scum, this treasure should not be left in the dust."

"I cannot repay your life-saving grace, so I can only offer you this gift. I hope you will not refuse."

Zhang Mu smiled, reached out to take the Fuyuan bag, and took a look inside.

Inside is a small gray pill, about the size of a cherry. The moment you open the bag, you can smell a faint fragrance.

"Thank you, I'll take it." Zhang Mu didn't act pretentiously. He directly put the Fuyuan bag into his arms and suddenly asked, "What do you think of those people he just mentioned?"

What Zhang Mu was referring to was naturally the person who was abducted and sold as Paihuazi had told him to.

Hearing Zhang Mu's words, Zhou Yuanguang smiled bitterly and said, "Don't worry about being laughed at, my first thought was to report it to the police."

"But since it involves the brother of the Master, then what Paihuazi said is correct. We can't sue him."

Zhou Yuanguang looked at Zhang Mu and sighed, "If it were three or five years ago, I would still have the courage to take the plunge."

"but now……"

"I have my father-in-law and mother-in-law to serve above me, and my wife and unborn child below me..."

"I can't control this matter..."

"The world is like this, what can I, an ordinary person, do?"

Zhang Mu nodded, patted Zhou Yuanguang on the shoulder, turned and left the alley.

……

After exiting the alley, Zhang Mu suppressed his worries and did not return directly to the escort agency. Instead, he walked towards the city wall.

He is going to find Xuan Ji.

The opportunity he had just obtained was most likely a pill. Although it was an opportunity, Zhang Mu didn't dare to take it carelessly, so he planned to go find Xuan Ji to identify it.

It just so happened that I was going to Captain Li's banquet in the evening, so I told Xuan Ji about it so that she wouldn't go there too early and wait in vain.

This was the first time that Zhang Mu took the initiative to visit Xuan Ji, and he specially spent some money to buy a few fish as a gift.

After walking for about half an hour, Zhang Mu saw a small forest, in which was hidden a slightly deserted small temple.

Zhang Mu walked to the front of the temple and knocked on the door. After a moment, the door opened.

"Uncle Ya, I'm here to find Xuan Ji." Seeing Uncle Ya opening the door, Zhang Mu showed the fish in his hand and said to Uncle Ya with a smile.

Uncle Ya seemed very happy to see Zhang Mu. He quickly invited Zhang Mu in and walked with him inside, asking Zhang Mu with gestures as they walked if he was feeling better.

"It's all completely healed." As Zhang Mu spoke, he saw that the rats in the temple were busy. Some were mopping the floor, some were wiping the tables, and some were even repairing the beams and windows with special small hammers. It looked like a bustling production team.

Uncle Ya took Zhang Mu into the main hall of the temple, motioned Zhang Mu to wait, and ran out.

After a while, several mice came in, some holding teacups, some holding teapots, and they cooperated with each other to pour a cup of hot water for Zhang Mu.

Looking at the teacup pushed by the two mice together, Zhang Mu took it with some surprise. Just as he was about to take a sip, he heard Xuan Ji's smoky voice.

"Meow-"

Zhang Mu turned his head and saw Xuan Ji shaking off her hair, walking in front of Zhang Mu and jumping onto the chair next to her.

"How did you come?"

"I got a pill here and want to ask you to identify what it is." As he said that, Zhang Mu took out the pill from his Fuyuan bag and handed it to Xuan Ji.

Xuan Ji sniffed and shook her head: "There is a layer of fake elixir outside~"

As she spoke, Xuan Ji slapped the pill with her claws, breaking it into pieces. As expected, a pill the size of a little finger was revealed. The pill was half white and half black, and the black and white colors seemed to be constantly flowing. As the outer layer of the pill was broken, a rich fragrance was emitted.

"Meow?" Xuan Ji's pupils shrank slightly. She sniffed again, then used her claws to pick up a little, put it in her mouth and tasted it. Then, with a human-like surprise on her face, she looked at Zhang Mu——

"Where did you get that, meow?"

(End of this chapter)