The Elixir is for You, The Poison is for Me

#751 - Do me a favor

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Xie Lili was overjoyed and said, "Okay, I'm ready here."

However, Lu Jing poured cold water on her.

"I'm not talking about you."

But Lu Jing didn't expect Kui to say, "Take her along. We can't easily mobilize the power of the Sitianjian right now. Her father is the Vice Minister of the Dali Temple, and he might be able to help when necessary."

"That's right, that's right." Xie Lili echoed repeatedly, nodding her head like a chick pecking rice.

"You can come along, but you have to listen to me. Do what I tell you to do." Lu Jing thought for a moment and took a step back.

"Okay." Xie Lili agreed without hesitation, and then patted her chest and said, "You won't regret it. You won't even need my father to come forward. I'm very familiar with the constables and yamen runners of the Dali Temple and the Ministry of Justice. I also have acquaintances in the Imperial City Division. If you really need manpower, just say the word.

"In addition, I also know many eccentric people in the city. They all possess unique skills, but you have to pay a price to get their help… In short, except for fighting, which I'm not good at, I'm top-notch in other aspects. You can come to me with any difficulties you encounter."

"Very good, I have something urgent that I need you to do right now," Lu Jing said.

"What is it, what is it?!" Xie Lili's constable spirit immediately began to burn.

If she could easily solve a problem that even the famous hero Lu Jing of the Jianghu found棘手, wouldn't that mean that she, Xie Lili, was exceptionally intelligent?

It was a pity that matters involving strange objects could not be shown off in front of her father, otherwise, she might be able to persuade her father to let her officially join the Dali Temple or the Ministry of Justice.

"It's very simple, shut your mouth and let me have some peace and quiet," Lu Jing said.

After speaking, he ignored Xie Lili and turned to Kui and said, "Lord Kui, let's go."

Kui nodded slightly, and then the three of them walked out of the Grand Tutor's mansion together.

Lu Jing relied on the candy chicken named Ooh Ooh to lead the way, but after only walking half a mile, he saw Kui's footsteps suddenly stop.

"Let's stop here. I'll leave the rest to you."

"Hmm, aren't you going with me?"

Kui didn't answer Lu Jing's question, but instead said something that seemed unrelated, "The biggest mistake that Mr. Ji made when he was captured was underestimating Guo Shaojian."

Lu Jing's expression changed when he heard this, "Are you saying that Guo Shaojian may have already calculated that those strange objects would come to the capital to save people?"

"It's not possible, it's certain," Kui said, "Based on my understanding of Guo Shaojian, he should have already prepared to take advantage of this rare opportunity to wipe out those strange objects in one fell swoop.

"This… are you going to come forward yourself?" Lu Jing was shocked.

What they planned to do tonight was obviously contrary to Guo Shouhuai's plan.

However, the reason why Lu Jing still dared to risk helping Cai Wuyang, besides the fact that they gave too much, the most important thing was that what he did was still from the perspective of saving millions of people in the capital.

Even if Guo Shouhuai found out in the end and was dissatisfied, he would at most give a warning and deduct some salary.

Guo Shouhuai wouldn't even be willing to demote him, after all, the Sitianjian has always been short-handed, and Guo Shouhuai still has to keep him to continue investigating the case.

But chasing the strange objects home is one thing, taking the initiative to make a commotion to divert the Sitianjian's attention is another. If caught, with Su Tixue's example, the consequences waiting for Kui are self-evident.

So Lu Jing advised, "You'd better not take this risk. This matter was caused by those strange objects. If you really want to divert attention, it should be their people who come forward."

"They can't do it," Kui said calmly, "I am the supervisor of the Sitianjian. Only I know how to escape from the Sitianjian's net, and I will be careful enough not to expose my identity."

"But is it really worth taking such a risk?"

"I said, there is someone among those strange objects that I must save."

"Your… lover?" Lu Jing asked tentatively.

"It's my sister's daughter," Kui said, "My sister gave birth to a daughter in the first year she was sold into a brothel. I only found out recently, and I have to take care of her for my sister."

"Okay."

Lu Jing was speechless when he heard this. This was Kui's family matter, and it was indeed difficult for outsiders to intervene.

"I will act carefully."

After Kui finished speaking, she walked in another direction, and soon her figure disappeared into the darkness.

Lu Jing sighed as he watched her leave, and only after a moment did he cheer up again and follow Ooh Ooh to a gambling house.

Lu Jing looked up and saw four golden characters on the plaque—Golden Hook Gambling House.

There are hundreds of gambling houses in the capital, and Lu Jing certainly couldn't recognize every one of them.

He didn't have much impression of this Golden Hook Gambling House, and after going in, Lu Jing quickly understood why he didn't have an impression of this place.

Because this is a gambling house that is neither too big nor too small, neither too old nor too new, and with neither too many nor too few customers.

In short, everything inside and outside the gambling house reveals the word 'ordinary'.

Even the bouncers at the door who were responsible for watching the place were the standard gambling house bouncers, with scary-looking muscles, but in reality, their martial arts were very mediocre, their footing was weak, and they had no internal strength at all.

Lu Jing glanced around at the people inside the gambling house, and then said to Xie Lili beside him, "Did Cai Wuyang tell you what the name of the leader this time is? What does he look like, what are his abilities?"

But after asking, there was no answer for a long time.

Lu Jing turned his head and saw Xie Lili looking at him with a puffed-up face. The girl reminded him, "My mouth is closed."

"It seems you don't know either," Lu Jing nodded, "I knew I couldn't count on you, I'll do it myself."

"Bastard, don't underestimate people. Without my help, I'd like to see how you find the strange object hidden in the gambling house." Xie Lili gritted her teeth in anger.

The original intention of her saying this was to make Lu Jing apologize to her, but she didn't expect Lu Jing to walk away on his own when he heard this.

Lu Jing had already seen who the person in charge of this gambling house was after looking around just now, and now Lu Jing was walking towards him.

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