What a lucky world!

Chapter 45 Mysterious Plot

A moment of Xu.

The matter of rescuing people still needs to be thought about for a while, as Captain Li’s banquet is about to start.

Zhang Mu went straight to Jinzuilou, but did not go in. Instead, he stood at the door waiting.

After a while, a familiar carriage drove up and Zhang Mu hurried forward to greet it.

"How long have you been waiting?" Song Yuanqing got off the carriage and asked Zhang Mu with a smile.

Zhang Mu quickly said, "Just arrived a while ago."

Song Yuanqing nodded, looked at Zhang Mu again, and then patted him on the shoulder: "Come on, let's go up."

"Yeah!" Zhang Mu responded.

After entering Jinzuilou, Song Yuanqing told the waiter who came to greet him the name of a private room. The waiter immediately bowed and led Song Yuanqing and Zhang Mu to the second floor of Jinzuilou, and took Zhang Mu to the door of a private room.

Song Yuanqing knocked on the door, and it was immediately opened. Zhang Mu saw at a glance that many people were already sitting at the round table in the private room. The head seat was naturally Captain Li, whom he had met last time at Wang Bo's house. The others had not taken off their official uniforms yet, and they were all constables from the yamen.

"Hahahaha, Brother Song..." Captain Li stood up to greet him, then looked at Zhang Mu and said, "This must be Brother Zhang Mu, right?"

Zhang Mu followed Song Yuanqing and bowed, "I'm Zhang Mu, the escort from Yuanwei Escort Agency. Nice to meet Captain Li."

"You're welcome! Please take a seat." Captain Li said enthusiastically.

After Zhang Mu and Song Yuanqing took their seats, Captain Li began to introduce several other constables to Zhang Mu. Zhang Mu naturally agreed one by one until the last one.

"Brother Mu, this colleague's surname is Qiu, and his name is Yingdong. He's a rising star in our yamen. He's only a few years older than you. You two could get to know each other better!"

Qiu Yingdong!
Zhang Mu was shocked and quickly controlled his facial expression, looking at Qiu Yingdong carefully.

Qiu Yingdong looked no more than thirty years old, with a slightly plump figure. He looked more like a restaurant owner than a yamen runner. His eyes narrowed into a line with a smile as he said to Zhang Mu, "Brother Mu, the captain is right. I'm not very smart, but I like to deal with smart people."

"Let's visit each other more often in the future..."

Zhang Mu also smiled heartily: "Brother Qiu, you are too modest. I have heard people in the escort agency say that Brother Qiu is a genius in the government. Seeing him today, he is indeed young. If Brother Qiu doesn't mind me being annoying, I will certainly bother him in the future."

Both of them spoke with great sincerity, which made Captain Li very satisfied. He immediately called the waiter to start serving wine and food.

During the banquet, Qiu Yingdong approached Zhang Mu again, toasting repeatedly. If Zhang Mu hadn't known Qiu Yingdong's background, he might have thought this Constable Qiu was just being too late to meet him. But now that he knew, it was just a show.

Unfortunately, Qiu Yingdong didn't know that Zhang Mu knew his true identity, and thought that Zhang Mu was moved by his emotional offensive and became more enthusiastic.

Of course, Zhang Mu understood why Qiu Yingdong did this.

He simply wanted to gain his trust first, then set up a killing trap and let himself fall into it, so that he could kill him without revealing his identity as a demon servant.

After all, the hardest assassination to avoid is a backstab!
However, this is not a bad thing for Zhang Mu. At least it can paralyze Qiu Yingdong and prevent him from taking risks and assassinating him like Li Er did.

As for Qiu Yingdong's possible murder plan...

No appointment!
……

After having enough wine and food, the guests and hosts enjoy themselves.

On the way back to the escort agency, Song Yuanqing looked at Zhang Mu, whose eyes had been clear since he got on the car, and who showed no sign of being drunk before getting on the car. He smiled and said, "What's going on between you and that Qiu Yingdong?"

"Brother Song, did you figure it out?" Zhang Mu asked.

"Observing people's expressions is an essential skill for escorting," Song Yuanqing said. "I'm not blind. I can tell that Qiu Yingdong is deliberately trying to get to know you. He must have something to gain."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Mu almost told the story of the tiger demon, but he finally held back.

Firstly, the news came from Xuan Ji, who once told him not to mention its existence to others; secondly, what would be the harm in telling it?

Let Captain Song go to Captain Li to complain that he has a demon servant under his command?
To put it bluntly, Qiu Yingdong has been covering for the tiger demon in the past few years. It would be difficult for him to do it without someone's help.

After all, do you think other constables don’t need the benefits given by the tiger demon, whether it is natural treasures in the wild or food for qi and blood?

Even Captain Li might be involved.

Thinking of this, Zhang Mu shook his head: "I don't know what he wants to do."

"In short, if the enemy comes, we will fight with soldiers; if the water comes, we will block it with earth." Song Yuanqing looked at Zhang Mu meaningfully. Just now, he clearly saw that Zhang Mu was hesitant to speak. As for the following words, they were probably made up on the spot.

However, Song Yuanqing did not ask any further questions. After all, everyone has a secret. In his opinion, although Zhang Mu was young, he still had some ideas.

Smart people, no need to ask too many questions.

The carriage creaked to a stop at the entrance of the escort agency. Zhang Mu got off the carriage, said goodbye to Song Yuanqing, and went into the escort agency.

Silent all night.

……

The next day.

After practicing hard all night, Zhang Mu finally opened up the third acupoint.

As usual, he went to the escort hall to sign in, and then walked out of the escort agency.

Zhang Mu walked all the way and finally arrived at the door of Lixing Store.

Lixing Store was bustling at the moment. Zhang Mu saw Zhou Yuanguang busy at the counter, so he didn't disturb him. He ordered a bowl of noodles from the stall across the street and started eating.

Zhou Yuanguang was perceptive and soon spotted Zhang Mu, then quickly ran over.

"My benefactor, what a coincidence!" Zhou Yuanguang said with a smile.

"It's not a coincidence, I came here specifically to see you." Zhang Mu replied.

Zhou Yuanguang looked surprised: "What do you want from me, benefactor?"

Zhang Mu waved his hand, motioning Zhou Yuanguang to sit down: "You don't have to call me benefactor, just call me Brother Mu."

After that, he motioned Zhou Yuanguang to sit closer, lowered his voice, and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "Those people in Changwu Lane, do you want to save them?"

Zhou Yuanguang's pupils narrowed as he thought, "This is not the place to chat. Please follow me."

As he spoke, Zhou Yuanguang walked towards Lixing Store. Zhang Mu took out a dozen copper coins from his pocket, put them on the table, and followed Zhou Yuanguang.

Zhou Yuanguang led Zhang Mu into the shop and walked directly inside to a small, secluded room. He invited Zhang Mu in, lit an oil lamp, and then closed the door. He said, "This is where we store some valuable goods. It's quite secret."

Zhang Mu nodded and asked directly: "Do you want to save them?"

Zhou Yuanguang hesitated for a moment before saying, "My benefactor, I... I can't do it..."

After Zhou Yuanguang finished speaking, he sighed deeply and advised, "My benefactor, please forgive me for being frank. I see that you are not very old, and your martial arts cultivation should only be at the first or second level, right?"

"The man behind this is Liu Yi. Liu Yi's brother is Liu Zhubu. Not to mention the guards, even Constable Li is his subordinate. You can't win against him."

"In this world, everyone has their own life, and no one can save them."

"Don't worry about it."

Zhang Mu listened to Zhou Yuanguang's words and nodded: "Don't worry about you laughing at me. I didn't intend to care anyway."

"I know how much I weigh."

"However, if you can guarantee your own safety, will you save him?"

Zhou Yuanguang looked at Zhang Mu in confusion: Are you kidding me?

Zhang Mu directly gestured to Zhou Yuanguang to come closer and told him his plan one by one.

When Zhou Yuanguang listened to Zhang Mu's plan, his expression was first shocked, then suspicious, then excited, and finally worried.

"My benefactor, will this... work?"

"Just tell me whether you want to do this with me?" Zhang Mu asked.

Zhou Yuanguang fell silent again, muttering to himself, as if he was repeating Zhang Mu's plan. He didn't raise his head until he finished speaking.

"Do!"