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Chapter 296 Sound East
Zhong Taicheng has been in a very turbulent state lately.

It's not that the ground is riddled with holes every now and then, nor that it's that the ground is full of pits and craters. Rather, it's that there have been a series of murders recently. First, there was a notorious womanizer who raped and plundered everywhere, and then there was a bandit who broke into the government office and almost harmed the prefect.

Sure enough, wanted posters for the two thieves were plastered all over the streets and alleys. Looking out from the room, one of them had his head wrapped in white cloth, acting suspiciously and furtively. The other was a short-haired Taoist priest with a shifty face and a suspicious look.

Meanwhile, Aunt Sun, who was working at the inn, looked at the two portraits as if trying to figure out what they were all about, but in the end, she could only sigh and hang them back up.

Because of those two uninvited guests who stayed at her place a while ago, she's been suffering terribly these past few days. Not only have officials come to her door every few days, but each time it costs her a lot of money. Even the prefect himself came to inquire about her situation.

Fortunately, unlike those scoundrels who only knew how to extort and take bribes, the prefect was a reasonable man. He knew that she had always been honest and upright and would never collude with that thief, so he let her go. He even suggested that as compensation for this period of time, he would take her daughter to stay at the government office for a few days.

—This is terrible!

Grandma Sun was nearly scared to death at the time, and hastily refused the prefect's kind offer. After the prefect left with a face full of regret, she closed her shop for several days before daring to reopen it today.

"How did two perfectly normal people, who seemed so upright, suddenly become thieves?"

Grandma Sun sighed as she finished posting the notice. Just as she was about to go and rest, a bowl of cold tea was handed to her.

"Mom, have some water."

Looking at that pretty face, Aunt Sun felt a little better.

—What did I tell you? Your own daughter is the best.

But soon, Granny Sun remembered the Taoist priest who had lived there before.

That guy seemed honest and decent enough, and she found him quite pleasing to the eye. If it weren't for this incident, she had originally planned to take him into her family as her son-in-law—after all, judging from his appearance, he was just a fake Taoist priest and shouldn't be averse to marriage. Who would have thought that this would happen?

Why.
Just as Aunt Sun felt that her injuries from a few days ago were getting better and was about to get up and continue working, the wind chimes hanging in front of the door suddenly rang.

Looking up, I happened to see two guests, one fat and one thin, come in.

The fat one was a Buddhist monk with a face full of fleshy muscles, yet he always had a smile on his face, making him look particularly strange. The thin one was a sallow-faced man who looked decent, but not exactly handsome.

The sallow-faced man rushed in and began shouting anxiously.

"Shopkeeper, please bring us a pot of wine. We two brothers have some urgent business to attend to, and we need to get going after we finish this drink."

Aunt Sun glanced at him and, although she felt that the monk looked somewhat familiar for some reason, she looked at him for a while and saw nothing strange. So she went back to the counter and poured a bowl of wine for each of the two men.

But before she could collect the money, the phone rang again.

When Granny Sun looked up, her face instantly fell – this time it wasn't a guest, but an official from the yamen.

And each time the constables came to the door...
As expected, the official demanded three coins of silver upon arrival, threatening to thoroughly investigate the inn and search for the thieves otherwise. Despite her brute strength, Granny Sun was powerless against the official. After much pleading and haggling, she finally managed to reduce the tribute from silver to several dozen coins.

After finally seeing the old man off, I looked back and saw that the other two guests had also left sometime earlier.

"Hey, did you collect the money from those two customers for their drinks?"

Her daughter timidly emerged from behind the counter.

"I accepted it, but only put down one bag. Seeing the monk's fierce face, I didn't dare to open it and count the contents."

Hearing the timid voice, Aunt Sun wanted to scold him, but in the end she shook her head.

"Oh well, two bowls of wine don't cost much, so let's just leave it at that."

As she spoke, Granny Sun had already picked up the cloth bag—but she suddenly paused, realizing the weight was off; compared to the copper coins, this thing was quite heavy.

—No, if you're going to default on your debt, then default. But why use a stone as a substitute?
Having seen this kind of situation many times before, Granny Sun, both amused and exasperated, opened the bag.

The result is the next moment.

The golden light dazzled my eyes.

It took several dozen breaths before Aunt Sun finally came to her senses.

—His pocket was filled with gold, several pieces of it, heavy gold!
Grandma Sun clutched her pocket tightly and rushed out the door, wanting to find the two people.

Looking around, all that could be seen was a vast sea of ​​people; where was that person now?
At that moment, the ascetic and the sallow-faced man were walking down the street.

I don't know what's wrong with these two. Instead of taking the main road, they insisted on going into those dark alleys. After going around in circles for a long time, they finally emerged from the other side of the city.

Seeing that no one was watching, the sallow-faced man yawned forcefully and then spoke lazily.

“I say, Master, it was already quite difficult for us to sneak back, why did we have to cause more trouble and go to that inn? When those two constables came just now, I thought we were almost exposed.”

The ascetic—who was naturally Zhou You disguised as a mirage pearl—sighed softly.

“After all, she was implicated because of us, and her daughter had been targeted before. I happen to have some money on hand, so I'll take care of her if I can.”

Tao Le'an, who had disguised himself as a sallow-faced man, laughed.

"Master, you are truly kind-hearted. You didn't seem to know it when you were killing those thieves."

Hearing those teasing words, Zhou You simply shook his head.

"It's not exactly kindness, just a matter of peace of mind—by the way, how's your appearance? Although your transformation skills are quite good, I feel that it can't fool someone with a discerning eye after all."

Tao Le'an tugged at his sallow face and sighed.

"In the end, they still can't compare to the cavalry who specialize in this, but they can fool people for a while."

There was no further conversation, and the two fell into a brief silence.

After a while, Zhou You spoke again.

"Hey Lao Tao, your feint was brilliant, but what's next? Do you have some idea on how to storm the mansion and kill that guy under cover of night?"

Tao Le'an gave a wry smile.

"Master, you are joking. This Prefect Song may seem to have mediocre cultivation, but the followers of the Thick Earth Sect in his family are quite skilled. Not to mention, the city's troops are stationed outside the city. If we delay any longer, we will easily get bogged down in the sea of ​​people."

"Then what do you think we should do?"

"Master, do you remember what I told you on my first day in the city?"

"You mean"

At that moment, Tao Le'an suddenly revealed a mischievous expression.

"Come, Taoist priest, I'll treat you to a brothel today."

(End of this chapter)