Chapter 69

Before discussing the business, private detective Dabo Ensi asked one thing: "Madam, with your status and position, there are plenty of capable people to handle things for you. You don't have to ask me to handle these three things."

Seeing Zhuo Yuling was silent for a moment and replied: "I don't want others to know about the last two things, especially the Lu family."

Dabo Ensi laughed: "Reclaiming wasteland is for the Lu family, but that's just a cover. Saving people and killing people are for you, Madam?"

Seeing Zhuo Yuling frowned slightly: "I remember you didn't talk so much before. Just tell me the price."

Dabo Ensi pondered for a moment and offered a price for the three things Seeing Zhuo Yuling proposed:

"The first thing, reclaiming wasteland, there is a market price for this. That piece of land you want will cost 3,000 silver dollars; no need to say more."

Seeing Zhuo Yuling nodded and agreed.

Dabo Ensi continued: "The second thing, finding someone, this matter is very difficult, harder than finding a needle in a haystack.

A needle dropped into the sea won't run around by itself, but your daughter is currently avoiding the He family's pursuit. It's not easy to find her."

Hearing this, Seeing Zhuo Yuling was unhappy, but didn't show it on her face: "Who did you hear that the He family wants to kill my daughter? What did my daughter do to offend the He family?"

Dabo Ensi laughed: "Madam, there are no airtight walls in the world. This matter didn't come from me, and you don't need to lose your temper with me. I just want to tell you that this matter is not easy to do."

Seeing Zhuo Yuling extinguished her cigarette and didn't dwell on this topic anymore: "You just need to name a price; no need for other nonsense."

Dabo Ensi extended a finger: "10,000 silver dollars."

Seeing Zhuo Yuling asked: "Is the matter guaranteed?"

Dabo Ensi shook his head: "Not guaranteed, but if I can't find the person, I won't take your money."

Seeing Zhuo Yuling nodded: "Good, just the price you said."

"The third thing, killing, killing this Li Banfeng, and it's best to catch him alive..." Dabo Ensi pondered for a moment, "Alive, 20,000 silver dollars; dead, 10,000 silver dollars."

Seeing Zhuo Yuling picked up her teacup and took a sip, was silent for a moment, and asked: "Killing a bastard also costs 10,000 silver dollars? Do you think this is appropriate?"

She wanted to say that Li Banfeng's cheap life couldn't be compared with Lu Xiaolan's.

But she didn't say it.

She wouldn't compare Li Banfeng with her daughter.

In fact, according to the live-capture price offered by Dabo Ensi, Li Banfeng was more valuable than her daughter.

Dabo Ensi flipped through the information about Li Banfeng and said to Seeing Zhuo Yuling: "I don't know Li Banfeng's background, and your information is inaccurate, which means I have to take a big risk."

"Why do you say the information is inaccurate?" Seeing Zhuo Yuling frowned slightly.

Dabo Ensi was very patient: "Madam, your information says Li Banfeng has no cultivation, but as far as I know, he is a cultivator who has gained layers."

"Cultivator?" Seeing Zhuo Yuling didn't believe Dabo Ensi, "How do you know he is a cultivator?"

Dabo Ensi laughed: "I said I just saw him; do you believe me?"

"You saw him?" Seeing Zhuo Yuling smiled and shook her head.

She certainly wouldn't believe this kind of talk.

Dabo Ensi didn't know Li Banfeng at all, and it was impossible for him to have any dealings with Li Banfeng.

But Dabo Ensi thought the person he met on the road just now was Li Banfeng, that man dressed in a flamboyant way.

"Your price is too high," Seeing Zhuo Yuling shook her head again, "Li Banfeng is not worth so much money."

"Whether he is worth it or not, I don't care, but I am worth this price." Dabo Ensi adjusted his sunglasses.

Seeing Zhuo Yuling tried her best to control her emotions, maintaining a soft and lazy smile: "Da Binzi, I asked you to come because I remembered our acquaintance; don't be ignorant of advancement or retreat."

"Thank you for your appreciation, Madam," Dabo Ensi took off his top hat, bowed again, and then lowered his voice, "I call you Madam, which is also looking up to you. Little Lingzi, you've become a wealthy wife, why are you still so petty?"

Seeing Zhuo Yuling's eyes twitched, and cold light appeared in her eyes: "Spider Bin, watch your words."

Dabo Ensi laughed: "Gecko Ling, you watch your own sense of proportion. If you can afford the money, I'll handle things for you; if you can't, find someone else."

Seeing Zhuo Yuling's expression changed; the laziness and indifference disappeared, replaced by uncontrollable anger.

Dabo Ensi put on his top hat, his face still carrying a very gentlemanly smile.

Li Banfeng sat in the gatehouse of the Yu Family Village, chatting with Old Zhu, who was guarding the gate.

Li Banfeng said he was Yu Nan's friend, and Old Zhu believed him without any doubt.

"Boss Li, you look just like our young shopkeeper's friend; she is just like you, likes to wear men's clothes."

Wear men's clothes?

I am a man in the first place!

How can this old man...

Li Banfeng touched his face and felt a smoothness.

What is this?

Rouge?

Li Banfeng suddenly realized. No wonder the spider in the canyon called him a lady; that bitch who contained blood had painted his face with heavy makeup again.

When did she do it? Why didn't I notice?

"Old Mr. Zhu, please fetch me a basin of water; I want to wash my face."

Old Zhu was a long-term worker for the Yu family. He entered the Yu family at seventeen and had worked until today.

Now that he was old and couldn't do long-term work, Yu Nan didn't dismiss Old Zhu either. She gave him two rooms in the new land and let him help guard the Yu Family Village.

The so-called Yu Family Village was two rows of wooden houses, each row having seven or eight rooms.

These two rows of wooden houses were very special. All around was a vast and boundless forest, pitch black, and only the place where the wooden houses were was bright.

Li Banfeng looked up at the sky and found a halo in the night sky, projecting exactly onto this residence of the Yu family.

Where did this light source come from?

Falling to the ground, it didn't diverge excessively. According to Li Banfeng's understanding, there should be a light source with excellent performance and high precision in the high altitude.

But Old Zhu's understanding was not like this.

"The new land originally had no sky light; only after reclamation would the sky light shine in."

"Sky light!" Li Banfeng was nervous; he thought of the sky light he had shone.

Old Zhu waved his hand repeatedly: "Not that sky light; this is the light that should be there during the day."

Li Banfeng asked: "Was it pitch black here before?"

"That's for sure," Old Zhu sighed lightly, "It's not easy for the young shopkeeper to run the cloth shop. She saved more than a thousand silver dollars and spent them all on this piece of new land."

Li Banfeng didn't understand even more: "Is this land bought?"

"Bought? Where to buy?" Old Zhu smiled bitterly, "The young shopkeeper hired six people to reclaim wasteland. She gave two hundred silver dollars to each person. Six people died, and five died, before this piece of land was opened."

"Six people died, and five died? Can farming kill people?" Li Banfeng was astonished.

Old Zhu explained: "Reclaiming wasteland is not farming. It's living in the wasteland for three days. The owner first offers sacrifices and makes a covenant, then sends people in to reclaim the wasteland.

The day the reclamation people enter, three days later, whenever they come out, as long as there is light on the land, the owner will drop blood to leave a mark, and this piece of land will be opened."

What kind of process is this?

Li Banfeng was confused.

Old Zhu explained carefully, and Li Banfeng had some concept.

Yu Nan opened this piece of wasteland in three steps.

Step one, Yu Nan brings offerings, sacrifices to the gods in the wilderness, and makes a covenant with the gods. It is unknown which god she sacrificed to.

Step two, on the day the covenant is made, Yu Nan sends out reclamation people to live in the wasteland for three days and three nights, guarding the offering table. As long as one reclamation person can survive, the reclamation is successful.

Step three, Yu Nan returns to the wasteland and leaves her blood on the ground as a mark, and this piece of land becomes Yu Nan's.

In terms of process, Li Banfeng roughly understood.

But this process is unreasonable.

"Yu Nan hired six people, five died. The one who survived dropped his blood on the wasteland; wouldn't the wasteland become his?"

Old Zhu shook his head: "No, he didn't make a covenant with the gods on this piece of land."

"Making a covenant isn't simple? Just put up an offering?"

"Still no. Our young shopkeeper has already made a covenant with the gods of this piece of land. The gods won't accept other people's offerings within three days.

If he changes to another place to make a covenant, it's his own land. He has to pay for the reclamation people himself. Spending a thousand silver dollars to buy such a piece of wasteland, see if he is willing."

Li Banfeng still didn't understand: "Since the reclamation people are not willing to buy it themselves, why does Yu Nan spend a lot of money to buy this piece of land?"

Old Zhu sighed: "The young shopkeeper wants to leave a way out. No matter who persuades her, she won't listen."

Li Banfeng didn't ask any more questions. Compared to reclamation, he was more concerned about Yu Nan's itinerary.

"Old Zhu, when will your young shopkeeper be able to come?"

Old Zhu thought for a while and said: "You said before that they set off last night. It's estimated that they will arrive tomorrow night at the earliest."

"Walk for two days and two nights?"

Old Zhu nodded: "Two days and two nights is considered fast."

Li Banfeng came early.

He is a Traveling Cultivator and spent seven hours rushing to the new land.

But Yu Nan didn't have this ability. She also brought a group of subordinates without cultivation and a pile of heavy luggage. Two days is indeed considered fast.

Old Zhu stood up: "Boss Li, I've tidied up the room for you. You take a bath and rest for a while, and I'll prepare dinner."

When they first met, Li Banfeng only introduced himself simply. He didn't expect Old Zhu to have no suspicion of him at all.

"Aren't you afraid I'm a bad person?" Li Banfeng asked casually.

Old Zhu shook his head: "This is Yu Family Village, this is the young shopkeeper's territory. There are gods protecting the young shopkeeper; bad people don't dare to come here. As long as the young shopkeeper drops her blood in Yu Family Village, anyone who dares to break in will be smashed to pieces."

Li Banfeng was astonished: "There is such a thing?"

Yu Nan led the crowd, still trekking on the road.

This journey was slower than expected because there were too many wounded soldiers, plus a Qin Xiaopang, who ate and slept, almost never waking up.

A hundred miles away from Mount Jiangyue, Yu Nan received news that the old Yu residence had been burned.

Although it was expected, everyone was still so angry that their eyes were red. Wang Xuejiao cursed: "Geng Zhiwei, that bastard, must be chopped into pieces and fed to the dogs! Shopkeeper, let's not go; let's go find him and fight to the death!"

A group of people followed and shouted: "Go find them and fight to the death!"

"Can't spare that bastard Geng Zhiwei!"

Yu Nan bit her pipe hard and didn't make a sound.

Old warehouse keeper Zhang Shiquan persuaded: "A gentleman takes revenge, ten years is not too late. Let's listen to the shopkeeper and say less."

After walking another thirty miles, everyone rested by the roadside. A clerk ran over to deliver a letter, panting for a long time: "Shopkeeper, the Geng Family Pharmacy was burned down by someone. Geng Zhiwei's whereabouts are unknown; he should have been burned to death!"

Yu Nan was stunned and speechless.

The Geng Family Pharmacy was burned down?

Who did it?

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