Chapter 277 – Ransom

Xu Qi’an sat on a large chair, holding a teacup, took a sip, and slowly said, “Tell me about it.”

Miss Rong Rong pursed her red lips and said, “Since Lord Xu has heard of my name, I’m sure he’s no stranger to the Thousand Faces Female Flying Thief’s either.”

“I’ve heard of it.” Xu Qi’an stroked his jaw and looked at her, “Are you saying that the one who stole my treasure was actually that Thousand-Faced Lady Flying Thief?

“Min Yinluo, get me the information on that female flyer.”

Min Shan turned to instruct the mandarin to find it, and after a tea time, the mandarin came over with a pamphlet, flipped open the corresponding page, and handed it to Xu Qi’an.

Thousand faces female flying thief’s information is not much, only recorded that the other party is an extremely powerful thief, alone, do not know the division and details, committed countless cases of all sizes, never caught.

This account gave Xu Qi’an two pieces of information: firstly, the other party was not an ordinary thief, and had never failed to commit a major crime in a row.

Secondly, the field of female flyers was limited to stealing, without much destructive power, so the few records of the night watchman Yamen were not taken seriously.

“A highly specialized flying thief ah.” Xu Qi’an closed the pamphlet and returned it to the mandarin, asking towards the five-tied Rong Rong girl:

“Why is the Thousand Faces female flyer disguised as you?”

Miss Rong Rong sneered, “Who knows, maybe she is jealous of this girl’s long sleeves.”

…….. It seemed like he had been torn up, so he was being retaliated against. Xu Qi’an grabbed his saber and hung it back on his waist, saying, “Min Yinluo, the person is in your hands, you can’t release the person before I give my consent, it’s useless for anyone to come.”

After the explanation, Xu Qi’an hurriedly left the courthouse, mounted his beloved filly, and galloped to the outer city with a clatter.

The only way to find the Golden Lotus Taoist Master personally, good thing he knew where the Golden Lotus Taoist Master lived, although he had never been there.

The sun is gradually moving to the west, after another hour will be the curfew, he has to hurry before the curfew to find the female thief, to retrieve the pieces of the book of the earth, or else he can only go back to the Yamen, beg Wei Yuan to sign the warrant for the search and arrest.

Taoist Master Jinlian lived in the North City, in a small courtyard facing the river, characterized by this tiny scarecrow standing on the roof of the main house.

Xu Qi’an arrived here and knocked on the courtyard door, but it was quiet inside and no one answered.

“The Taoist priest went out?”

Xu Qi’an climbed over the wall into the courtyard and pushed open the door of the main house, the house was clean and tidy, and on the bed, Daoist Master Jinlian was lying with a peaceful face, as if he had passed away.

Xu Qi’an shouted a few times “Taoist master”, see him sleeping, know that this old man again on the cat to go out for a stroll.

How did you suddenly develop such a strange habit ……. What should we do ah, the Taoist Master does not know when he will return …….. Xu Qi’an frowned and thought for a moment, having paid attention.

He walked faithfully to the edge of the bed and raised his hands, snapping and slapping the Taoist Master left and right.

Golden Lotus Taoist as a mature jianghu seniors, should know how to protect their own flesh, he must have left a backhand, as long as the flesh is harmed, he will be able to immediately perceive, and even …….

“Snap!”

The only sound left in the room was the slap.

After a long time, Xu Qi’an heard the unadulterated voice of Daoist Golden Lotus from the doorway, “What are you doing.”

The sound of slapping immediately stopped, and Xu Qi’an looked back in surprise at the doorway, saying, “Daoist, you’re back.”

An orange cat stood by the threshold, looking at him slyly.

Seeing that Daoist Master Jinlian did not speak, Xu Qi’an busily explained, “I had an urgent matter to look for you, but you weren’t in the courtyard, so I guessed that you must have left a backhand on your flesh, and could only come up with this plan.”

The orange cat’s voice remained unadulterated, “And did you guess that I sensed it the moment you entered the courtyard?”

Even Daoist Master Jinlian sensed that a guest was coming when I was admitted to the hospital …….. Xu Qi’an said blankly, “I don’t know.”

The orange cat nodded and entered the room with graceful cat steps, leaping onto the bed and asking, “What is it.”

“My Earthbook shard was stolen.”

At that moment, he told Daoist Master Jinlian how he had encountered the Thousand-Faced Lady Thief and how he had mistakenly captured Miss Rongrong.

“After the Earth Book Fragment recognizes its owner, outsiders will not be able to see the transmission, nor will they be able to retrieve what is inside. You can rest assured.” The orange cat was calm.

“Then it was ownerless when I got it from you?”

“The brand was erased by the Earth Sect Dao Head.”

Xu Qi’an nodded, he had known about these things for a long time, “It’s not too late, let’s go and recover the Earth Book fragments.”

“Follow me.”

The orange cat leapt off the bed and scurried out of the house, and when Xu Qi’an chased it out, he found it squatting on the back of the horse, its head turned sideways, quietly waiting for him.

Why doesn’t the Taoist priest go out in the flesh? Even if banging cats is a fetish, it’s time to get down to business …….. Is there no difference to him between going out in the flesh and going out in the spirit?

With doubts in mind, Xu Qi’an unhitched his horse and stroked the filly’s face, mentally saying that he was aggrieved to let another man ride him for once.

Ta-da-da-da ……

The filly galloped wildly through the spacious streets, pedestrians consciously backed away, no ungrateful ones blocking the middle of the road.

It was a time when people gave way to cars.

“Turn left!”

The orange cat suddenly said.

Xu Qi’an turned the horse’s head, controlling the filly to complete a beautiful drift and turn to the left.

Under Daoist Master Jinlian’s command, Xu Qi’an turned from the northern city to the eastern city and arrived outside an inn, where Daoist Master Jinlian said, “The Earth Book Fragment is inside.”

As he spoke, Xu Qi’an felt a bloodline-like sensation, metaphysical, clearly sensing the location of the Earth Book fragment.

The Earthbook shard and the host are in close proximity and can sympathize.

……….

In one of the rooms of the inn.

The woman who wore heavy makeup and had large almond eyes with soft eyes sat at the table, resting her cheeks in one hand and playing with a small jade mirror in the other.

“Why can’t I use this baby?”

The impostor Rong Rong girl examined the fragment of the earth book, it appeared plain at first glance, but as the only heir of the Thief Sect, she had a keen intuition for treasures.

Searching for treasures is the natural skill of the disciples of the Thief Sect.

Mirror surface has many strange patterns, boxes, silver tickets, military crossbow, silver ingots …….. With years of experience in “treasure hunting”, she quickly had a guess:

It was a magic treasure that had dropped blood to recognize its owner, and it came with a storage function.

“Rong Rong” girl heart immediately hot, I did not expect a net fishing up so many big fish, not only got a treasure, there is also a huge amount of wealth.

“How to get the contents out …….”

The impostor held the ground book fragment and clunked it against the desktop.

A magic treasure that required blood drops to recognize its owner was something she had never seen before, and there was nothing she could do about it. Of course, there was one principle that remained the same, but for any storage magic weapon, as long as the magic weapon was destroyed, the items stored within would automatically fall off.

But this was a magic treasure with blood dripping to recognize its owner, ah, its value was incalculable, surely we couldn’t do anything to kill the chicken to get the eggs.

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door.

“Who?”

“Rong Rong,” the girl asked with a frown, she hadn’t called out to the shopkeeper for hot water and the room was still full.

“Check the water framing.” The man’s voice came from outside.

Hearing this voice, “Rong Rong” girl’s face changed greatly, without thinking, grabbed the jade mirror in his pocket, got up and took a step, rushed to the window.

“Clang!”

She opened the window and was about to escape through it when she saw an orange cat crouching by the window, its amber pupils looking at her ghostly.

“Rong Rong,” the girl’s brain felt like it was embedded with steel nails, tearing her soul as she covered her head and sat down with a muffled grunt.

The door to the room was pushed open, and Xu Qi’an, who pressed the knife with one hand, entered the room with a six-fold stride.

The orange cat also leapt from the window into the house.

“Sure enough, it’s you!”

Xu Qi’an drew out his long black and gold sword and placed it at the neck of the “Rong Rong” girl, grunting, “Thousand-faced female thief.”

“What are you talking about, my lord?”

“Rong Rong,” the girl’s soulful eyes swiveled as she seemed to be thinking of a response.

Xu Qi’an explored his hand, gently grabbed it, and the pieces of the earth book flew out of the “Rong Rong” girl’s arms and automatically fell into his hand.

The “Rong Rong” girl let out a “yah” and reached out to stay, but a pain in her neck made her give up her intentions in frustration.

This man was strong in battle, ten of himself would not be enough for a slash.

After inspecting the fragments of the earth book and confirming that the items inside were not lost, Xu Qi’an breathed a sigh of relief, and the boulder in his heart fell with it.

The gold, silver and silver tickets in the mirror were all his belongings, which he had saved with great difficulty after coming to this world for half a year and going through wind and rain.

It’s all about the wife.

He retrieved the pieces of the ground book into his arms, then withdrew his knife, pulled a chair and sat down, examined the discouraged female flyer with a smile, and said:

“Huh, won’t you weasel out.”

“What’s so sophomoric about stolen goods.” The female flyer rolled her eyes and muttered:

“The old lady has been running across the nine states for many years, I did not expect to be planted in the capital city, it is worthy of being the first city in the world, it is not wrong …….”

The tone and demeanor of the speech, at a glance, is the old geezer, hobnailed meat. Very different from the green tea posture shown in the previous restaurant.

The tavern was a disguise, and now was her original temperament.

Xu Qi’an was like a cat that had caught a mouse, teasingly saying, “Slyly a little bit, maybe if the master’s heart is soft, he’ll let you off.”

The female flying thief said that she changed her face, revealing a mournful color and watering her eyes:

“The little girl is also a bitter life, three years old was sold by her parents to the green house, ten years old was forced to receive guests, fifteen years old was the master fancy accepted as a closed disciple, originally thought that the bitter days finally boiled over to the end, who knows that the master is also a human face and beastly heart, in a night dark and windy night, he, he …….. “

Perhaps the acting was too realistic, Xu Qi’an couldn’t judge the truth for a moment.

“Okay, okay, I sympathize with you, but the law does not tolerate ah, this official has a few questions to ask you, honestly answer in.”

Xu Qi’an said, “How did you manage to steal my treasure without realizing it.”

“This is my little girl’s watchword, and under the fourth rank, I can steal as much as I want.”

“And how was it disguised?” Xu Qi’an leaned over, cupped her chin, and carefully surveyed her, hey:

“It’s not a human skin mask, but the face certainly isn’t yours.”

“This is our Thief Sect’s unique secret technique called the Art of Concealing the Sky from the Sea, which is a true change of appearance, not comparable to ordinary disguise techniques.”

“Wait!”

Daoist Master Golden Lotus suddenly interrupted, her amber-colored pupils staring at the female flyer, “What did you just say, what sect are you guys from?”

The female flying thief who suddenly felt the overriding killing opportunity said weakly, “Thief door …….”

Daoist Master Golden Lotus looked toward Xu Qi’an and said coldly, “This female flyer, let’s cut her down.”

This is the most tragic time that the Dao Sect has been hacked ……. Xu Qi’an held back the corners of his mouth that kept rising and said seriously, “Do you know who this person in front of you is?”

The female flyer shook her head.

“The big man from the Taoist Earth Sect.”

“In the future, my Thief Sect will be changed to Divine Thief Sect.” The female flying thief had a strong desire to survive.

Sects were changed just by saying so? Xu Qi’an froze for a moment, and when he saw that Daoist Golden Lotus had stopped speaking, he continued where he left off, “Hand over the secret book.”

The female flying thief had a pitiful expression, “This is child’s kung fu, practiced since childhood, master taught by hand, no secret book. I started practicing it when I was four years old, and I practiced for more than ten years before I became a master.”

“Didn’t you just say that you entered a green house at the age of three, took on clients at ten, and became Master’s exclusive “mess with the wrong people” at fifteen.”

“……. Perhaps His Excellency misheard?”

Xu Qimin said, the words of this kind of old jianghu oilman really can’t be trusted with even a single punctuation mark.

“Hand over the secret of the Transfiguration Technique.”

The female flyer nodded in resignation, “The secret book is in the closet, I’ll go get it.”

Seeing Xu Qi’an nod, she got up and walked over to the closet, taking out a bundle and saying, “The secret book is inside.”

Xu Qi’an took the package, and the moment he opened it, a green aerosol gushed out, and caught off guard, he and Daoist Golden Lotus inhaled a few mouthfuls of it, and instantly fainted.

The female flyer, who had long ago held her breath in advance, took out a porcelain vial from her baggage and took the antidote inside, before breathing calmly and grunting:

“You’re not even close to fighting with Auntie.”

Saying that, venting his anger, he kicked Xu Qi’an a few times, reached into his arms, fumbled a few times, and the small jade mirror was lost and found.

Suddenly, she felt something hard against her hindquarters, and Xu Qi’an’s voice came from behind her, “Surely it’s better to kill it.”

“Rong Rong,” the girl looked down in horror, realizing that the silver gong she had been lying on before was gone.

She couldn’t even move, knowing there was a knife against her hindquarters.

“I’ve reminded you that this is a bigwig from the Taoist Earth Sect, you don’t even know when you’ve been hit by an illusion.” Xu Qi’an chuckled, “The ass is still quite perky.”

The female flyer was completely resigned to her fate.

“By the way, what’s your name?”

“Ge Xiaojing.”

………..

Xu Qi’an sealed the female flying thief Ge Xiaojing’s acupoints, tied them up, threw them on the back of the horse, and bid farewell to Daoist Master Jinlian.

The orange cat nodded slightly and instructed, “Be careful on your way.”

Leave with a graceful stride.

Xu Qi’an unlocked the horse’s reins and was about to mount his beloved mare, who knew that the mare suddenly went crazy, turned the horse’s head, spun around at a forty-five degree angle, and kicked Xu Qi’an out with a beautiful back kick.

It was followed by a long hiss and a long walk.

“???”

Xu Qi’an grimaced as he chased after it, rushing to subdue it before it charged the pedestrians, and it took a long time of pacifying the filly before it returned to its docility.

“Don’t you love me, little mare, do you love the new after you’ve been ridden by that awful old man, Golden Lotus.”

Xu Qi An sat on the back of the horse and said I will never play with my heart again, ginger is still old and hot.

…….

Returning to the night watchman’s yamen, Xu Qi’an escorted the female flyer into the brig, warning the jailer not to do anything extra, that this person was still of use to him.

At this point, the curfew had already begun two quarters of an hour ago, and it was dark. But to a silver gong, the curfew was nothing.

“Pin Hand Rong Rong can be released, but now curfew, can’t go out of the inner city, wait until tomorrow to deal with her ……”

The next day, Xu Qi’an rode to the night watchman yamen, there was a mandarin waiting at the door, saw him arrive, trotted to meet him, and said:

“Lord Xu, a group of jianghu people came to the Yamen to ransom the girl you brought back yesterday, and the person is at Min Yinluo’s place.”

You’re only here now to redeem me? If I were a womanizer who bullied men and women, the child s bedroom would have been filled several times ………… Xu Qi An gave a “tsk” sound:

“I know.”

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PS: Hahaha, Rong Rong’s name was bugged and didn’t match the previous post, I changed the previous post and tragically, no one seems to see it.

I suddenly have the feeling that I will be a bear, hahahaha.