Chapter Twelve: Coincidence
It's black stone!
Three black pebbles are the symbol of Black Stone. Wherever they appear, it means "Black Stone is doing business, no idlers are allowed to enter" or "Black Stone is the murderer".
"Have you been too high-profile recently? First, you were targeted by Jin Yiwei, and now you have provoked Black Stone."
Li Shi put down the wooden box and opened the letter. The letter read: "I will see you on the mountain behind Jingjue Temple tomorrow at 3:00 pm."
Apart from these, there was no other text in the letter. It did not say what Blackstone was doing, and there were no threatening words. It was more like an order from a superior to a subordinate. There was an undeniable domineering quality between the lines.
"Huh, if you ask me to go, will I go?" Li Shi thought for a while, um, I have to go!
First of all, I definitely have no enmity with Blackstone now, and if Blackstone wants to kill me, he can just swarm him, there is no need to make it so complicated.
Instead, if you go to see Black Stone yourself, you might gain something else.
Li Shi put the letter back into the box, carried it and went downstairs. After leaving Gong Xi Fa Cai, Li Shi did not go back to the previous inn, but found a larger inn where it was easier to take care of the horses.
This night was spent practicing the sword technique to ward off evil spirits.
Early the next morning, Li Shi set out for Tongbao Bank again. The deposit check in his hand could be used as silver of equivalent value at "Gong Xi Fa Cai" or some other large shops, but some smaller shops did not have the ability to distinguish between genuine and fake.
, will not be accepted at all.
This time, Li Shi went first to the noodle stall he visited last time. Li Shi was impressed by the boss's face. Before Li Shi arrived at the noodle stall, the boss spotted him and greeted Li Shi warmly.
"My guest came at the right time. The noodles this time are the most satisfying I've ever had." Before Li Shi could sit down, the boss hurried to the pot to cook the noodles.
"Boss, give me a big meat noodle today, a big bowl, two bowls." Li Shi discovered that his appetite has been steadily increasing recently, and his body's basal metabolism has obviously increased a lot after being strengthened by the evil-fighting sword technique.
After a while, the boss brought out a bowl of big meat noodles, and then waited for Li Shi to taste it with anticipation, as if a man in his thirties was like a child.
Li Shi found it interesting. He first used the chopsticks in his hand to open up the fat and thin meat slices, which were stewed as red as jade. He took a large mouthful of noodles and shook it gently to let the soup evenly coat the noodles. Then he gently picked it up with his wrist.
Put the noodles into your mouth.
The noodles slid into Li Shi's mouth without any hindrance, and when he took a bite, they were indeed chewy.
Suck slip~suck slip~suck slip~
Li Shi didn't say a word. The boss had already gotten the answer he wanted and turned to order the second bowl of noodles.
After Li Shi finished two large bowls, the boss asked him, "How does it compare to the Gabonese noodles you mentioned?"
"It's indeed a lot chewier than the last time I had it, but compared to the noodles from Gansu, it's still a bit chewy."
"Is Peng Cao Hui that powerful?"
Li could tell that the boss seemed a little discouraged.
"Boss, you are already very good. The noodles you make are so chewy without adding anything. If one day you have fencao ash, wouldn't it be like a fish in water?"
"By the way, boss, I've also heard of a kind of noodle called 'mianfeimian'" Li Shi suddenly became playful.
As expected, the boss's curiosity was aroused. He pulled over the bench and sat next to Li Shi, "Oh, what is that? It feels very powerful."
"'Mian Fei Mian' literally means to use non-noodle ingredients to make food that looks like noodles. First, make catfish meat into a paste, and then squeeze it into long strips. Isn't the catfish meat not chewy? Then stuff it into catfish noodles.
Serve shredded squid and top it with cooked soup... Oh, boss, why are you leaving? You don't want to know what the soup is made from." Li was talking happily, but found that the boss had already stood up and left.
Already.
"What catfish, squid, all the bells and whistles are boring." The boss muttered and returned to the stove.
Being despised...the time traveler's rich knowledge was despised for being too fancy.
"Boss, look after the horse for me. I'll be back in a minute." Tongbao Bank was not far from here, so Li Shi walked over, but what greeted him was a closed door.
What's going on? It's been two days since we agreed, but why haven't we opened the door yet, and why is there not even a waiter at the door? Did it explode? Did he run away?
When Li approached the door, he realized something was wrong. He listened intently and heard the sound of heavy objects falling to the ground one after another.
Isn't it such a coincidence that Songyang Five Swords robbed Tongbao Bank now?
Songyang Five Swords thought that Zhang Dajing had hidden Rama's body in Tongbao Bank, so they organized today's operation, but unfortunately they happened to encounter Xiaoyu who had changed his appearance and used the pseudonym Zeng Jing.
In order to save her husband Zhang Asheng, Xiaoyu had no choice but to show off her martial arts skills and subdued the Five Swords of Songyang with her bare hands. This also led to the exposure of Xiaoyu's whereabouts.
Li Shi pulled the cloth bag to reveal the hilt of the sword, walked quickly to the outer wall, leaned over and listened closely to what was going on inside. The sound of heavy objects falling to the ground had stopped.
At this time, Songyang Wujian had already used acupoints to quickly subdue the clerks and customers in the bank.
Li was still a little excited, excited to finally participate in the main plot, but Li didn't plan to rush in right now, so he quietly retreated to a street corner not far away, but kept his eyes on the bank.
As soon as Li Shi found a position for observation, he saw a window on the second floor of the bank suddenly opened, and a man who looked like a clerk jumped out. He leaned against the window and hesitated for a long time before jumping out.
After getting up, he limped to the street and shouted in a trembling voice: "Someone is robbing the bank, some are robbing the bank, call the police quickly, call the Wucheng Soldiers and Horses Division."
As the waiter called for help, the whole street began to panic. Some people had the courage to help the waiter up, while others rushed to find the police. Some even knocked on the gong and shouted a warning.
Almost two minutes later, a side door in the corner of the bank opened, and two figures flashed out and turned into an alley. Li Shi happened to see this, and he immediately followed.
There was a man and a woman who came out of the bank. The woman was supporting a man who was a head taller than him, and could still walk quickly. This man and woman should be Zeng Jing and Jiang Asheng.
Zeng Jing walked very fast, passing by the police officers who came to inquire, but she never expected that Li Shi had been following behind. When passing by the noodle stall, Li Shi glanced at it and found that the noodle cook was replaced by
He went to the landlady, but the boss didn’t know where he was.
Li followed them all the way, but lost them after entering a residential area in the south of the city. Fortunately, he had good eyesight and could clearly see the general appearance of the couple.
"Master, are you looking for someone?"
Li Shi turned around and found that an old woman in her sixties was looking at him.
"I saw that the young master was running over there. Are you a little tired? Would you like to go to my tea stall to drink a cup of hot tea to quench your thirst?"
Li Shi looked in the direction of the old woman's finger, and there happened to be a small tea stall. An idea flashed, and Li Shi said: "Auntie, I just came to Nanjing a few days ago, and I was a little lost just now. May I ask where this is?
Where?"
"Oh, it turns out we are a guest from afar. Come on, come on. I'll treat you to a cup of tea. I won't charge you any money." After saying that, the aunt took Li Shi to the tea stall and immediately poured him tea.
"Going west from here, you will reach Dongshui Pass in a cup of tea's time."
"Oh, it turns out it's so close. By the way, ma'am, I originally wanted to rent a house near Dongshui Pass, but I got lost while wandering around. Do you know the Ya people of this generation?"
"Oh, the young master and I are really destined to be together. I am the most reputable fan of this generation."
"That's such a fate. I don't know what to call you, aunt."
"My husband's surname is Cai, and my neighbors all call me Cai Po."
Chapter completed!