The Elixir is for You, The Poison is for Me

#581 - misfortune

Lu Jing saw the clerk who had led him to find Master Wan earlier in the crowd, and quickly understood what had happened. Read more М

It was estimated that the boy's identity had been exposed.

Of course, the clerk himself certainly didn't have such sharp eyes, and the boy was originally at the bottom of the food chain in the village, a transparent figure, and probably wasn't registered with the government.

The reason he was discovered was probably because someone from the group of women who had been released earlier had reported him to the authorities.

This kind of thing is actually quite normal.

Before these women were abducted to the mountain, some were starving and about to die, but there were also young ladies who were living quite well.

As a result, when they encountered Ge Ping and his gang, their lives took a sharp turn for the worse, and it would be strange if they didn't harbor hatred in their hearts.

Some were grateful for Lu Jing's rescue and were glad that they could return home and see their families, not wanting to cause any further trouble, while others were filled with hatred and, after escaping, were consumed with revenge, even if it meant dragging Lu Jing down with them.

Lu Jing had actually anticipated this kind of thing happening, which is why he had never revealed his identity from beginning to end.

But troublesome as it was, he definitely had to release the boy.

He couldn't keep them suffering in the mountain寨 just because he was afraid of being retaliated against by these women.

Moreover, he was actually being held on the horse by a fat man who looked like a wealthy merchant, but he still endured the discomfort and shouted, "Stop, stop!"

And his words quickly worked.

The two runners who were holding down the boy looked at each other, and then released their hands one after another, and the group of runners who were rushing towards Lu Jing also stopped.

When the boy saw this, he hurriedly ran behind Lu Jing.

The horse also stopped, and the old man on the horse waved his hand and said, "What are you still doing? Disperse, disperse, go away, go do what you need to do."

The runners actually obediently dispersed when they heard this.

At this time, the fat man behind him also dismounted and came to Lu Jing, respectfully saying, "Excuse me, how about we talk somewhere else?"

"Okay, where do you want to go?" Lu Jing didn't care.

Anyway, he could fight his way out of the city no matter where he went.

However, Lu Jing's expression became strange after arriving at the place the fat man mentioned.

Because he was actually quite familiar with this place.

—Pavilion of Treasures

This place was like Lu Jing's later KFC, opened everywhere. Basically, as long as it was a county town that wasn't too remote, you could find a branch of Pavilion of Treasures inside.

After inviting Lu Jing upstairs and dismissing the others, the fat man immediately introduced himself, "Great Hero Lu, I am Zhou Yu, the manager of the Ju County branch of Pavilion of Treasures."

Too late to complain about the other party's name, Lu Jing asked, "How do you know who I am?"

He remembered that he didn't seem to have revealed his identity to anyone this time, and he had never met Zhou Yu before, so he was quite surprised that the other party could recognize him at a glance.

Zhou Yu seemed to have expected Lu Jing to ask this question, and explained with a smile, "Great Hero Lu may not know, but Big Boss Jin has already asked Xiao Yiqing, the number one painter in Kyushu, to draw your portrait, and then sent it to the managers of each branch.

"Instructing us that if we see you, we won't bother you if you're okay, but once you encounter trouble, whoever's territory it is, they must solve the trouble for you as soon as possible."

"But I haven't even met that Xiao Yiqing," Lu Jing raised his eyebrows.

"Oh, Painter Xiao's most powerful skill is painting to find people. People describe their appearance verbally, and then he starts to paint. The portraits he draws are often very accurate, it's truly magical. Of course, the price to ask him to paint a picture is also very magical.

"Especially now that he's getting older, he draws even less, but for our Big Boss Jin, anything that can be solved with money is not a problem."

Lu Jing nodded, he knew why Jin Duoduo wanted to spend a lot of money to have someone paint his portrait.

Because when the two met in Wenjia Village last time, Lu Jing found the murderer who killed Jiang Lei, which was equivalent to clearing Jin Duoduo of suspicion and restoring his innocence.

So this big boss of Pavilion of Treasures probably wanted to return the favor.

Since that was the case, Lu Jing didn't stand on ceremony anymore, and said to Zhou Yu, "Are you familiar with the local magistrate? Can you persuade him to let me build a dirt fort?"

Zhou Yu smiled when he heard this, "Great Hero Lu, you've come to the right person. The person on the horse just now is the magistrate of Ju County."

"What?" Lu Jing didn't expect that the person who looked more like a strategist than an official was the magistrate of Ju County. If you only looked at his appearance, his confidant Master Wan probably looked more like a magistrate than him.

But no wonder the runners all dispersed as soon as he opened his mouth.

Zhou Yu explained, "Magistrate Kong is actually one of us. He used to be a strategist for people in his early years, but later he got a chance to become an official by chance, but his original strategist was already gone.

"So his official career was also very bumpy. He worked diligently for more than thirty years, ups and downs, and in the end, he found that he was still standing in the same place, so later he took the initiative to find us.

"Big Boss Jin paid money to help him smooth out all the obstacles on the road to promotion, and he was able to sit in the position of magistrate now, so Great Hero Lu, if you want to do something, as long as it's not too outrageous, feel free to do it. Besides building a fort, Great Hero Lu, you can also tell me any other requirements you have."

"I also need a batch of materials for building the dirt fort, as well as necessary living supplies such as salt and oil, plus a batch of farm tools for about two hundred people. Oh, if there is any grain, it would be even better if you could sell me some grain," Lu Jing said.

He originally planned to purchase these things from the capital and then send them to Ju County through the well.

But it was quite troublesome to only be able to send one coffin at a time, especially things like stone materials. Lu Jing estimated that he would have to run a lot, and even if he pulled in Chen Hanqing as a tool person, it would probably be difficult to finish in a short time.

But if Pavilion of Treasures was willing to help, it would be much simpler.

Pavilion of Treasures originally did all kinds of business, and it was very convenient to raise supplies. In addition, with Manager Zhou's relationship in the officialdom of Ju County, no one would make things difficult or obstruct the transportation of this batch of supplies.

It would save Lu Jing a lot of trouble all at once, and he just had to wait to collect rent.