Chapter 90

Jiang Jinshi raised the long halberd in his hand and skillfully rested it against the other person's neck.

Xiao Hu walked out from the woods and stood beside Jiang Jinshi, staring fixedly at the other person.

"Good... good sir! I don't have any money!" Yu Heng's small face crumpled; he hadn't brought anything valuable when he left the Imperial Palace.

This resulted in him selling off his belongings all along the way just to keep moving; he had a horse at the beginning, but later he even sold the horse just to afford a meal.

"No money? That's not for you to decide; I'm going to search you." Jiang Jinshi wouldn't believe a single word this person said; everyone who got robbed said the same thing, it was completely unoriginal.

Yu Heng slowly raised his hands to let the other person search him, and feeling the coldness coming from his neck, he had to remind him with a mournful face.

"Good sir, be careful, don't slit my throat!"

After a search, apart from finding a few flatbreads and steamed buns in the other person's bundle, there was nothing else.

Seeing this, Jiang Jinshi withdrew his long halberd and asked with little interest: "There are so many mountain bandits here, why do you still dare to walk this path?"

Only when the crescent blade of the long halberd left Yu Heng's neck did he let out a heavy breath, inwardly cursing that the calendar saying today was "auspicious for travel" was clearly inaccurate!

Of course, on the surface, Yu Heng still answered Jiang Jinshi's question with a fearful expression.

"I checked the calendar today; it said it was auspicious for travel."

Jiang Jinshi became interested. "You calculate?"

Yu Heng didn't make a sound, nodding as a response.

Jiang Jinshi raised an eyebrow and said: "At such a young age, you already know a few tricks for swindling people!"

At this, Yu Heng couldn't hold his temper; you could scold him, but you couldn't say the things his master taught him were swindling tricks.

"It's not swindling, I really can do it!"

"Yo! You've got quite a temper." Jiang Jinshi looked at Yu Heng's huffy appearance and suddenly wanted to tease him. "In that case, calculate my fortune."

Yu Heng spoke with great seriousness: "I won't! Master said..."

The next moment, the tip of Jiang Jinshi's halberd was pointed right at Yu Heng. "What did your master say?"

"Master said, only those with fate can have their fortune told! So, you and I have fate." While speaking, Yu Heng carefully pinched the tip of the halberd with his fingers and moved it a few inches to the side.

"If we have fate, then calculate it!" The other person's ability to change his expression so quickly made Jiang Jinshi look at him with new eyes.

"Your birth date and time!" Since he couldn't avoid it, it meant the other person really did have fate with him, and Yu Heng wasn't prepared to fool him.

Jiang Jinshi thought for a moment and reported the original owner's birth date and time; mainly because he didn't even know his own birth date and time from his previous life!

Yu Heng raised his fingers as if it were a serious matter, muttering things in his mouth that Jiang Jinshi couldn't hear clearly, and soon his face crumpled into a ball.

"Eh! That's not right!"

Jiang Jinshi sighed: "Yo! Can't calculate it? You might as well admit you're a fraud!"

Yu Heng didn't care that the person in front of him was a mountain bandit and immediately started arguing.

"I'm not a fraud, the birth date you gave me is fake."

"I'm standing right here, why would I give you a fake birth date? If you can't calculate it, just say so! I won't make things difficult for you." Jiang Jinshi put away his long halberd, preparing to turn and leave with Xiao Hu.

Instead, Yu Heng wouldn't have it and hurriedly stated the result he had divined.

"According to this birth date, you should be a dead man right now! And you still say you didn't fake it?"

These words were like a thunderclap in Jiang Jinshi's ears. After adjusting his mindset, Jiang Jinshi turned around and said to Yu Heng.

"It seems you really do have some skill; this birth date belongs to a friend of mine. Tell me, what else did you divine?"

Yu Heng puffed out his chest proudly, his face full of smugness as he said: "According to this birth date, this friend of yours has been dead for some time, and in his life palace, there is neither official rank nor wealth, not even any marriage luck. Am I right?"

(Note: Plot setting, please do not engage in feudal superstition)

Jiang Jinshi pretended to be calm, but his heart was already churning.

He had given the original owner's birth date, so this person really did have some skill; before he transmigrated here, the original owner indeed had no wealth, no official rank, and no marriage luck.

Thinking of this, Jiang Jinshi's eyes rolled; what a pity to let such a talent go, he had to keep him in his mountain stronghold!

Thus, Jiang Jinshi turned his head and said to Xiao Hu: "Carry this person up the mountain for me."

The sudden turn of events left Yu Heng at a loss, and he hurriedly shouted: "Didn't you say you wouldn't make things difficult for me?"

Xiao Hu didn't care about that; he grabbed Yu Heng's clothes and hoisted him onto his shoulder.

Jiang Jinshi said with a grin: "That was then, this is now."

"You don't keep your word!"

"What need does a mountain bandit have for keeping his word!"

Yu Heng kept twisting his body on Xiao Hu's shoulder, attempting to use force to push away Xiao Hu's large hand and escape.

Unfortunately, while he might have some skill in divination, even if he were given another ten years, he could never be a match for Xiao Hu in terms of raw strength.

Jiang Jinshi carried his long halberd and hummed an unknown tune as he headed up the mountain.

His trip out wasn't entirely without gain; at least he had kidnapped someone to bring back.

On the way up the mountain, he happened to run into Luo Feng on patrol, who asked curiously, "What is the Chief doing?"

"Kidnapping someone back, a bandit never returns empty-handed!" Jiang Jinshi was in an exceptionally good mood, feeling as if he had picked up a treasure.

Luo Feng nodded as if it were a serious matter and took out a piece of paper from somewhere, which was densely recorded with Jiang Jinshi's quotes.

Seeing there was no pen nearby, he could only mutter silently: "A bandit never returns empty-handed! A bandit never returns empty-handed!"

He had to write it down as soon as he got back so he wouldn't forget, so that this spirit could spread throughout the entire Yangguangzhai.

Carrying Yu Heng all the way to the entrance of the dungeon, Jiang Jinshi finally asked: "Little brother, are you willing to become an outlaw and work for me?"

"Wuwuwu! I don't want to be a mountain bandit, I have things to do! Wuwuwu~ I need to find someone, good sir, please just let me go!" Yu Heng was completely terrified to tears, fearing he would be killed by the bandits and fail to complete his master's instructions.

Jiang Jinshi wasn't in a rush; he believed that given time, the other person would change his mind.

"Xiao Hu, lock him up."

Lazy Toad was still in the dungeon, which was just right for Yu Heng to keep him company.

Lying on the ground, Lazy Toad heard the dungeon door open and hurriedly got up.

Upon seeing that the person who arrived was Jiang Jinshi, Lazy Toad immediately put on a fawning smile.

"Jiang... Chief Jiang, is it my brother who has come to ransom me?"

Jiang Jinshi hadn't notified the County Magistrate of Lin City at all, so the other person should have no idea whether Lazy Toad was dead or alive.

"What's the rush? When someone comes to ransom you, I'll notify you."

Hearing this, Lazy Toad didn't dare to retort and could only bow to see Jiang Jinshi off.

Yu Heng lay by the edge of the dungeon, crying out at Jiang Jinshi's retreating back.

"Good sir, I really have very important things to do! Wuwu ah~ I need to save the common people!"

"You can't even save yourself! And you still want to save the common people? Stop dreaming!" Lazy Toad resumed his relaxed expression and slowly lay back down on the ground.

"You dead fatty, what do you know!" In a terrible mood, Yu Heng uncharacteristically let out a curse.

"Hey! Kid, do you know where this is?" Lazy Toad couldn't be bothered to argue with him and leisurely crossed his legs.

"Isn't this just a bandit den!"

"That's right! Once you've entered a bandit den, do you still think you can get out?"