Chapter 93 The Mandarin Duck Bath (Part 1)
Tu Wu pulled me aside and took out a thick stack of portraits from his arms. When I saw that the stack was a wanted order issued by the government. Each of them was a wanted criminal. Based on the degree of ferocity of the person and the degree of his crime, he provided an inequality bounty.
However, all the thieves who are qualified to be on the bounty list are dangerous people, and they do everything fiercely and cunningly. Therefore, the minimum limit for this kind of bounty wanted order is fifty taels of silver.
There are also this group of people who specialize in bounty. They wander in the government and the world, not recognized by the government, nor tolerated by the world. However, their rewards are generous. It is said that the minimum value of the top 100 thieves in the bounty list is 8,000 taels.
"You idiot, do you want to be a bounty hunter?" I gave him a thrill.
"Master, it's not me to go. But you go." The boy Tu Wu smiled strangely: "Master's martial arts skills are so good. It's too gratifying to be a guest star in the bounty hunter. We won't do much, so we will choose one or two valuables to do. At that time, we will open a big restaurant in the capital. Master, you are the boss, and I, Tu Wu, are the shopkeeper."
He was so excited about what he said. If he opened a big restaurant, he could reach the 180 taels required by Yingying every month. There was no need to identify things every day and make those meager profits.
I said with a slight relaxation: "It's a good idea, but most of the wanted guys are elusive and have a very high hiding level. How can we find his hiding place?"
"Master, if you weren't sure about your disciple, you wouldn't have mentioned this matter to your master." Tu Wushi said with confidence: "The disciple has not been in vain in the capital in the past few years. Who is not familiar with the gangster? The disciple has received news long ago that Zhang Dafu, a gambler who was wanted three years ago, lived in seclusion in the capital."
Tu Wu said, and a portrait of Zhang Dafu appeared from it, and handed it to me and said, "This Dafu is a true slaughter demon. In the past ten years, he has actually recited 531 items of life on hand. This is not the ones without evidence."
I took a look at the portrait of the rich. The guy didn't look like the flesh-faced look I imagined. He turned out to be a gentle white scholar. As expected, he should not behave like a person, and the sea water should not be weighed down. This guy ranks among the top 100 in the bounty order, ranking 73rd in tall place. The bounty amount has increased from 10,000 taels three years ago to 13,000 taels today.
Bounty Hunter is indeed a bounty industry. But after all, they are fighting each other with their own lives, and they will have nothing if they lose. It is normal to have a better reward. In addition, the top 100 guys are the most dangerous guys. Just look at how Zhang Dafu can still live well, you can know that killing him is definitely not an easy thing.
Seeing me frowned, Tu Wu couldn't help but ask, "Master, do you need to find a few weaker ones to try your skills?"
"No need." I said indifferently: "The 73rd place in the bounty list is really not taken seriously."
Tu Wu's eyes lit up and he hurriedly revealed the information he knew. It turned out that Zhang Dafu had been working as a teacher in the capital for the past three years. With his breath of scholars and his disguise, he was free in the capital for three years.
I found that guy was a gangster. Last time I was wandering around the street, I accidentally bumped into Zhang Dafu. The gangster was quite strong, but after this collision, he flew backwards more than ten feet away, but the thin and weak Zhang Dafu looked like a damn good person.
The gangster wanted to go up to blackmail, but was stared by Zhang Dafu, and was so scared that he was afraid to move by the murderous aura that flashed in Zhang Dafu's eyes. Later, the gangster noticed Zhang Dafu, and after careful comparison, he finally found that the man was really Zhang Dafu. He thought of Tu Wu, because Tu Wu was famous for being strong in their circle. In this way, he passed the news from Tu Wu.
"That guy will hide and understand the truth that it is hidden in the city." I smiled and said, "It's a pity that it has become the silver in our pockets this time."
I immediately went back to get the Wangyan Sword. Although I used my Wangpin martial arts to kill a person with more than 70-year-old bounty list, I was not ready to take advantage of it? But that guy was born with a sinister surname. Who knew he would do something? I would still take Wangyan to be prepared.
Wait until night, Tu Wuyi and I changed into a night-distance dress and rushed all the way to an ordinary house in Dongcheng.
I told Tu Wu to squat on the wall and look at the wind, but he jumped down. When he landed, he deliberately made a heavy step. Sure enough, a deep voice came from the room: "Who?" At the same time, several hidden weapons as big as cow hair broke out of the window and shot straight towards me.
That guy was indeed very vicious. When he found out about the enemy, he would say who he said. At this time, most people would be stunned. But at the same time, the hidden weapon had arrived. People with slightly worse martial arts could not avoid this secret move.
My martial arts skills have reached the level of the king, far from being comparable to that guy in the room. I stretched out my hand slightly and gently turned the sword sheath in front of me, and the few cow hair needles were knocked away.
The man in the room saw that he missed the blow and jumped out. He was dressed as a handsome young man and waved his folding fan. His face was extremely ugly and said, "From your demeanor, you have reached the level of a master in every move. I guess he is already a master of the king, right? Why don't you let me go, an ordinary man in the martial arts world?
What he said makes sense. Nowadays, it is rare to practice masters of the king level in the world. All of them take it as their mission to pursue the way of heaven. How could they care about a low-ranking master who is ranked 73 on the bounty list? Besides, it is very simple for a master of the king to get more than 10,000 taels of silver, so they don't need to be bounty hunters at all. Those first-class master bounty hunters are often conspired, and I guess it must be more than one move. But Zhang Dafu guessed that it was useless to me, so he put it away.
"Because, I'm short of money." I'm a person who can't be short of money no matter what, but now I'm short of money. Zhang Dafu encountered this kind of thing, so he could only say he was unlucky.
"If you are short of money," Zhang Dafu couldn't see through my age, so he said, "I still have tens of thousands of taels of silver on me, you can take it."
"This is not possible." I shook my head and said, "My wife said, no robbery is allowed." As she said that, she unsheathed Wangyan in her hand, slashed a sword through the air, and then put away the sword again. The whole process took less than a second.
"What?" Zhang Dafu was stunned and saw a beautiful and faint sword energy slashing through his throat.
"Tubing Wu, collecting the heads." I said lightly: "Go to the yamen to exchange for money."
Tu Wu jumped down from the wall and looked at Zhang Dafu incredibly, who was still fighting there. There was no chance of life in Dafu's eyes. Tu Wu was sure that Zhang Dafu was really dead. He never thought that his master's martial arts would be so high. A notorious demon who killed countless people could not even make a move under the master's sword.
Tu Wu was shocked, shivered, quickly took off the head and wrapped it in a lime box, and walked straight towards the yamen.
The government was quite satisfied with the cruelty and lustfulness of Zhang Dafu, so it immediately paid 513,000 taels of silver.
When Tu Wu handed the money to me, he couldn't help but ask: "Master, why don't you let me get the tens of thousands of taels of silver notes from Zhang Dafu's family? It's a waste of money to the government."
I said helplessly: "There is no way, my wife can only support the family with legitimate income. Although the bounty hunter is not very good, it is still the legitimate income allowed by the government." But I thought to myself, if it weren't for the word "just income", I wouldn't have enough money to support the family.
I have a net worth of more than 10,000 taels of silver for the time being, although I can spend five or six years at home. But if I use it to a restaurant and rely on my stable income, I don’t have to worry about the outside family anymore.
He kicked Tu Wu home first. He went straight back to the Tao Mansion, handed over more than 10,000 taels of silver to Yingying, and then explained the origin of the silver clearly.
Yingying pouted and said, "I originally wanted to give you more training, but who knew that it was so easy for people with good martial arts to make money. Forget it, you passed this time. Let Sister Liang open a restaurant in the capital. In the future, the expenses of the Tao Mansion will be released from this restaurant."
I breathed a sigh of relief. The more than 20-day money-making career made me feel endlessly. I tasted the ups and downs of it. However, after Yingying's training plan, my surname became much more calm again, which is a good thing.
After staying comfortably at the Tao family for a few days, Master Qin sent someone to find me secretly and said that there was something important to discuss.
I was excited. It seems that the matter about Goryeo and the Eastern Turks has been almost done. It is good to have a few capable ministers. As long as I arrange it, I don’t have to worry too much. As long as I reach a critical moment, I just need to give instructions.
Say goodbye to Eye'er and wait. All the way back to the palace, Taifu Qin and Duan Hong were already waiting for me in the Nan Study Room.
I stopped them from kneeling and smiled and said with a faint smile: "Forgive it, we are the three of us rulers and ministers here, so there is no need to pay too much attention. I will give you a seat to see tea."
"The emperor is full of energy. It seems that he has been relaxing outside for a month." Master Qin smiled and said, "It seems that when will the old minister ask for leave and go out to relax."
"If Master Taifu has this intention, there is a good place for Beiyi." Duan Hong smiled and said, "I heard that there is a new sauna and mandarin bath in Avon Pavilion. The taste is endless. No matter how tired you are during the day, after a shower, you will be full of strength."
Chapter completed!