C408 Not for sale!

These words of these two people, one sentence after another, was completely heard and memorized by Shi Haowen. He had recently been in a tight spot and was trying to figure out how to get the money! Initially, they had hoped that Lu Baihuan's coquettish wife could earn some money, but unfortunately the price here was pushed too low, so eating with such a large group of people was still a problem.

Although the brothel that Lu Baihuan's wife sold him gave him a sum of money in one go, on average, it would only take them five days to get there to drink.

But just now, Shi Haowen had heard a way to earn money. If it worked well, they would definitely be able to make a huge profit. They might even have enough food for the next ten days or so to pay for the trip back.

"Did you hear what the two of you said just now?" Shi Haowen said in a low voice to the few guards of the Duke Palace who were seated at the same table.

"What does Master Shi mean is ??" One of the older guards asked in a low voice.

"Do you want to do it?" Shi Haowen revealed an evil smile, and lured the few of them.

"This ?" Wouldn't we be creating extra problems if we did that? I'm afraid captain will not agree! " A younger guard said noncommittally.

After this young guard finished speaking, the rest of the guards also fell into deep thought. That's right, their way of doing things would definitely encounter strong resistance and opposition from their captain. Even if they wanted to agree to it, wouldn't they listen to their captain's orders in the end?

Shi Haowen saw the hesitation in the few people's eyes, laughed coldly, and asked the few people in return, "If your captain does not agree, then will you all agree to go hungry?"

No one was a fool, unless he was a fool! Their remaining silver taels were not enough to sustain them. If they did not think of a way, they would have to continue to starve. However, would they wait until they truly starved to death before thinking of a way out? Besides, the emperor wasn't short on hungry soldiers, the brothers were all too hungry, who would be willing to follow an officer that made them starve?

"But ?" The younger guard asked worriedly.

"Alright, let me ask you. Do you want to do it or not? Don't talk so much nonsense! " Shi Haowen shouted at them in displeasure.

"F * ck!" The emperor does not lack hungry soldiers, just this little bit of money, in a few days we will run out of food! If we don't fight now, it will be hard for us to even be able to turn the situation around! " The old guard was the first to speak in agreement.

"Right, let's do it!" The others echoed him.

"Alright, we will go investigate the situation later. If the enemies are not enough, then we will go back and bring our brothers here. With the identity as a guard of the Duke Palace, we will snatch all those wild beasts over here! This kind of business, I presume you all must have done quite a few things back in the capital! " Seeing that all of them had agreed, Shi Haowen gave his orders in a low voice.

"We did, and it was all done by our brothers. But will this reveal our identities?" The senior guard reminded him.

Their current situation was not like other times, and they couldn't compare to their trump cards in the imperial city. Aside from the ones that were lost or robbed, the rest of the guards had their medallions with them. They didn't dare to casually hang them up for fear of exposing their whereabouts. Now that they had to openly reveal their identities, they couldn't help but feel a bit hesitant.

After all, using one's identity to steal from others and pretending to be bandits were two completely different concepts. If the former were to be discovered by others, it would bring about a calamity upon them. On the other hand, although the latter was a bit more troublesome, the danger was reduced by quite a bit.

"Hmph, they are just a group of villagers. As long as we do it cleanly, at most, only the few of them will know. After everything is done, we will kill them all. Will the dead betray our identity?" Shi Haowen snorted coldly, completely disregarding the old guard's words.

"Gao, Master Shi's technique is really good!" When the others saw Shi Haowen making the arrangements, they all praised him.

"Alright, have you finished eating? After eating, let's hurry over! " Although Shi Haowen was overjoyed at the praise, his face was still as normal as usual, as if nothing had happened, showing his depth. When he finished flattering, Shi Haowen said to the others.

"Everything is ready! Let's go now! "Finish it earlier and finish it earlier!" The others were anxious as well, no longer in the mood to eat. Thus, they all put down their bowls and chopsticks and answered.

"Haha, good, let's go!" Shi Haowen laughed out loud, patted his butt and led the few people away.

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The old tree, the crow, the old well, the running water.

With the obvious landmarks, it was very easy for Shi Haowen to find the shabby house that the two people mentioned.

"Master Shi is here?" A guard asked doubtfully. Not to mention that the guard didn't believe it, even the other people who came also didn't believe it. The old locust tree was really too old; it must have been withered and died for many years! And that old well, it seems that no one has been here for a long time to fetch water? The bricks around the ancient well had long since been corroded, and were now considered as antique.

"It should be right. The old locust tree and the well have all matched up, so this should be the place!" Shi Haowen's brows tightly knitted. After carefully sizing him up for a while, he nodded and said with certainty.

"Do you want me to take a look around?" "What if there are other similar places?" The guard was still unwilling to give up and suggested.

"No need, do you smell it?" Shi Haowen reminded them.

Since they had arrived, they could clearly smell an inexplicable smell in the air. However, most of them had been in the imperial city for many years and rarely had the chance to come in contact with this smell. So they couldn't figure out where it came from or where it came from.

"Smell what?" One of the guards asked.

"The air is filled with this beast's unique stench!" Shi Haowen answered.

"It's true!" That means it's most likely here! " The other people took a few deep breaths. After being reminded by Shi Haowen, they had really noticed it.

"Let's go and knock on the door!" Shi Haowen said, and then walked over.

The few of them arrived at the courtyard's gate and knocked on it noisily.

Not long after, a middle-aged man's voice was heard, "Who is it?"

The person who spoke did not walk out of the room, his voice had a cautious tone to it, this made Shi Haowen and the other few sly old fellows vaguely feel that something was amiss, but they could not put their finger on it, they were also unable to explain the strange actions of the person inside the room, for the time being, they would treat him as a weirdo!

"It's like this. We heard that our brothers have wild beasts for sale. We want to buy some!" Shi Haowen acted in a kind and honest manner, and said to the people inside the house through the courtyard door.

"You've found the wrong place. There are no wild beasts here!" The man in the room refused with a tone as though he was a thousand miles away.

"Brother, why are you hiding this from us? We sincerely want to buy it. According to the usual market price, we will definitely not treat you unfairly! " Shi Haowen did not give up and continued to ask, with the intention of not giving up until he had achieved his goal.

The room was silent for a long time. Suddenly, he asked, "How do you know we have wild beasts?"

"Oh, we overheard a couple of bystanders mention it. As for how they found out, we don't know!" Shi Haowen replied truthfully, he did not hide this fact, nor did he need to. He said that other reasons might attract the attention and suspicion of the person inside the house.

"The beasts here are not for sale! You can go now! " The people in the room were silent for a while, then replied in a clear voice. It was still the same 'a thousand miles away' tone.

"Can't you be more accommodating? We'll just buy some! " Shi Haowen continued to speak with great effort.

"Get lost!" The people in the room didn't have the cold tone from before. Instead, they cursed angrily.

"In that case, we will take our leave!" Shi Haowen rubbed the tip of his nose, and politely replied as before.

Shi Haowen flared up at the guards by his side, and then quietly retreated! Of course, they didn't leave completely. Rather, some of them turned around and left. They were probably going back to call for reinforcements! The others had found a place nearby where they could overlook the situation in the courtyard.

"My lord, can you confirm the situation inside?" The guard asked.

"This room is not big. I don't think there will be many people here. At most, there will only be five to six people inside!" We have more than thirty people, are we still afraid of them? " Shi Haowen smiled cruelly and replied to the guard.

The room was not big, even if it was crowded, it would probably not be more than 20 people. However, the probability of this happening was close to zero, so according to the general housing organization's analysis, the room would be full with at most five to six people.

"That's true! However, this person does not seem to be easy to talk to! " The guard nodded in agreement.

"Humph, there's no need for them to say anything. What we want are those things. Once we obtain the wild beasts, they will be useless!" Shi Haowen let out a disdainful snort, as if his memory of that 'scram' was still fresh. He was a vindictive person to begin with, but now that he was humiliated like this, how could he not be angry?

"The lord is really meticulous, we are all afraid at first glance!" The guards at the side praised one after another.

"Watch them carefully, don't let them escape!" Shi Haowen reminded. These people were the ducks that were about to be cooked. He couldn't let them fly away.

"Don't worry!"

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Within the room.

"Brother, who are they?"

"He's here to buy wild beasts!" The one called 'Big Bro' replied with a serious expression.

"Will there be any problems?" another man asked.

"I'm not sure!"

"Then how do they know we have wild beasts?"

"Maybe it's because every time we come back, we bring along quite a few wild beasts!"

"Then, will we be exposed?"

"The possibility isn't high. If the other party was really certain that our identities are suspicious, they would have long brought their men to kill us. How would they let us stay here for a few days?"

"Then what should we do now?"

"When Little Five returns, we will immediately evacuate this place. Even if those people are fine, we can't take the risk and gamble! "

"Yes, big brother, we will clean up now!"

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