Chapter 3: How Much Water

Zhu Xiaohan, a woman of virtue, was intimidated by Liu Lin's glare and instinctively took two steps back, her face filled with fear. "All the people in our escort agency are dead. Where can we find the goods?"

Liu Lin's face was cold. "Can't find them? Hmph, let me tell you, since the goods were entrusted to your escort agency, even if the sky falls, you must compensate me! Otherwise..."

Three guards behind him walked forward with a sneer.

Zhu Xiaohan's face turned cold, and she bit her lip. "I understand. Since our Da Li Escort Agency took the job, no matter what happens, we will definitely compensate for the goods. The contract states that the value of your goods is 2000 taels of silver. I can't afford the silver, but... I can only give you this house and the land behind it."

"Smart of you. Hand over the deeds to the land and the house."

Liu Lin extended his hand, a smile forming in his heart.

The young master is truly clever.

Without any effort, he has secured this prime piece of real estate.

Zhu Xiaohan handed over the deeds, and Liu Lin, after taking them, looked at her graceful figure and suddenly smiled. "This isn't enough; there's still a thousand taels missing."

Zhu Xiaohan's expression changed. "What do you mean?"

"Can't you understand? Liu Lin said that the silver isn't enough, and you still owe a thousand taels. Pay up quickly!"

The strongest guard stepped forward, his eyes lingering on Zhu Xiaohan's graceful figure, and he couldn't help but swallow.

What a fine woman!

Before they came, Liu Lin had already told them.

After securing the deeds to the land and the house, they must also take Zhu Xiaohan.

Since her husband is dead and she has no one to rely on, such a woman is easy to bully.

Later, after he has his fun, he will let them have a taste.

"Our contract clearly states that if the goods are lost, we will compensate with the deeds to the land and the house. How can you still demand more? This is wrong, and I will report it to the authorities!"

Zhu Xiaohan was suddenly in a panic.

She wasn't stupid and could see that Liu Lin had ulterior motives.

"Report it to the authorities? The county magistrate is my master's sworn brother. Do you think he will help you or me? Here's a way out for you. If you serve me well, I'll waive the thousand taels, and not only that, I'll take you out for a good meal."

Liu Lin licked his lips, finally revealing his true intentions.

"I think you're extorting me."

Wang Ping'an walked over.

Although he didn't have much affection for his elder brother, Zhu Xiaohan was his sister-in-law, and she had always been kind to him.

If he let others bully her now, he would have wasted his martial arts training.

He stepped forward and shouted, "The contract clearly states that if the goods are lost, we will compensate with the deeds to the land and the house. You can't just demand a thousand taels!"

He turned to Zhu Xiaohan and said, "Sister-in-law, go pack your things. We're leaving now."

Wang Ping'an's intervention seemed to give Zhu Xiaohan a sense of direction.

She nodded forcefully and was about to leave when Liu Lin coldly snorted, "Leave? Where to? Do you think you can just leave now?"

He gave a signal to his subordinates.

They understood and immediately turned to close the door.

The other two guards slowly approached Wang Ping'an.

One of them drew a knife from his waist, his face cruel. "If you don't pay, you'll have to give us something else."

"I... I'll report it to the authorities!"

Zhu Xiaohan was in a panic and quickly said.

"Haha! Report it to the authorities?" Liu Lin laughed, his eyes darting around as he gave orders. "Kill him and say he was robbing us! Take the woman directly."

The three subordinates' eyes lit up.

Seeing the three men approaching, Zhu Xiaohan's eyes filled with despair.

She knew Wang Ping'an's strength; he was only a Ninth Rank, and he was no match for these men.

These three men were also Ninth Rank, and they were steadily approaching Wang Ping'an.

Suddenly, Wang Ping'an made his move.

"Swish!"

He decisively activated the Flying Stream Knife Technique, sweeping his knife horizontally.

The man at the front felt a chill on his neck and muttered, "How much water?"

He instinctively touched his neck, feeling a warm sensation.

"Blood, your neck is bleeding."

The guard beside him widened his eyes, not knowing what had happened.

"Your neck is bleeding too!"

After saying this, the two men felt their strength being drained, and they collapsed, barely breathing.

This scene left Liu Lin with his mouth agape.

He looked up and saw the head of another guard rolling off.

"Thud!"

Liu Lin's eyes widened, immediately realizing Wang Ping'an's strength. He fell to his knees, sobbing, "Sir, it's a misunderstanding! Here, take the deeds to the land and the house. I have silver, I can give it all to you, everything..."

He frantically pulled out the silver notes.

"Thud!"

Wang Ping'an didn't waste words, directly slashing with his knife, picking up the silver notes, and frowning, "Killing you, these are mine too."

Liu Lin's silver notes were not much, only thirty taels.

The other three men only had some loose silver.

"Ping'an..."

Zhu Xiaohan looked at Wang Ping'an with fear, feeling that the Wang Ping'an before her was different from before.

After Wang Ping'an had a high fever a while ago, his personality changed drastically.

And now, his martial arts skills were suddenly so powerful, which was unbelievable.

"Sister-in-law, if we don't kill these men, we won't be able to leave tonight!" Wang Ping'an said.

Zhu Xiaohan naturally understood this. She sighed, "But what do we do now?"

"I'll bury my brother's body, throw these bodies into the well, and then we'll leave. We should go to a place where no one knows us."

Although the Da Li Dynasty was in its declining phase, with lax laws and rampant looting and killing,

he and Zhu Xiaohan had no background. If it were known that they had killed people, the consequences would be dire.

Especially since these men were from the Sun family!

The Sun family was powerful in this area and not easy to deal with.

Thinking of leaving, Zhu Xiaohan nodded repeatedly, "I know a place where no one knows us, and there's a house there."

Wang Ping'an's eyes lit up, "Good, Sister-in-law, go prepare quickly."

Zhu Xiaohan quickly packed her luggage.

Wang Ping'an buried Wang Da Hu in the pit he had dug earlier, threw the four bodies into the well in the yard, and covered them with soil and stones.

When he was done, he saw Zhu Xiaohan carrying large and small bags, as well as many gold and silver ornaments.

Wang Ping'an frowned and walked over, "Sister-in-law, that's too much. We don't have a cart."

"I know, but these gold and silver ornaments are worth a lot of silver..."

"Throw away the clothes, only take the gold and silver ornaments, and some food."

Wang Ping'an decided.

In the end, Zhu Xiaohan could only follow Wang Ping'an's advice and only take two bags.

Wang Ping'an carried food and water on his back.

After they were done, it was already late at night.

The two of them, in the dark, came to the city gate, paid the exit fee, and left Luoshui City.

Unfortunately, they hadn't walked far when Zhu Xiaohan couldn't go any further.

"Ping'an, I can't walk anymore." Zhu Xiaohan's eyes welled up, "I'm holding you back, Sister-in-law is sorry."

Wang Ping'an had no choice but to walk over and carry her, "I'll carry you!"

Now, he was at the Eighth Rank, and carrying a woman was no problem.

Zhu Xiaohan felt a bit embarrassed.

Deeply influenced by the concept of chastity, when had she ever been so intimate with anyone other than her husband?

And the person was her younger brother-in-law.

However, she had no choice.

She was just a weak, ordinary woman. Walking from the escort agency to here was already her limit. Her feet felt like they were filled with stones, heavy and sore!

"Ping'an, you've worked hard."

Zhu Xiaohan said.

Wang Ping'an smiled, "Sister-in-law, I'm at the Eighth Rank now, no problem!"

Just as he finished speaking, Wang Ping'an felt a movement and said, "By the way, Sister-in-law, don't hide buns in your chest, or they'll get squished and the filling will come out."

He clearly felt two large, soft buns on his back.

Considering that food was their most important resource, even more important than silver,

he didn't want the buns to be ruined, as they wouldn't be tasty then.

Hearing this, Zhu Xiaohan's face turned red, and she said in a small voice, "I'm not hiding buns in my chest."

"Oh, then..."

Wang Ping'an was taken aback and then realized what he had misunderstood.

He thought about it and understood that his sister-in-law's chest was indeed large. He had misunderstood.

He didn't know what to say and could only speed up.

For a moment, both of them were silent.

However, Wang Ping'an soon noticed something was wrong.

After a while of carrying Zhu Xiaohan, the jade pendant in his mind suddenly reacted.

Then, Zhu Xiaohan's information appeared.

[Da Li Dynasty citizen: Zhu Xiaohan.]

[Cultivation: None.]

[Goodwill: 29 (Quite fond).]

[Desire 1: Wants to rest and sleep.]

[Desire 2: Very hungry, wants to eat buns.]

[Desire 3: Hopes to escape to the destination safely with you.]