Rebirth of the best emperor

Chapter 787 Come With Us

The shop owner is a middle-aged man who looks quite honest and honest at first glance. Before Wang Mang came in, he kept his head down on the desk and read a book. Even when Wang Mang arrived at the counter, he didn't move at all until Wang Mang stretched out five fingers.

"Where is the honored guest?" The shopkeeper raised his head and said calmly.

"Come here to buy rice." Wang Mang said.

"There is no rice to buy in the small shop, so you can go to other places to ask for valuable customers." The shop owner said seriously.

"If there is no rice, then buy noodles." Wang Mang said lightly.

The shopkeeper's expression changed, he looked at Wang Mang with some doubts, and then said to the shop assistant who was cleaning, "Niu Er, go to the back and ask your sister-in-law what she has for lunch."

"Yes." Niu Er, who was cleaning, turned around and went back.

The shopkeeper watched Niu Er leave completely, and then said to Wang Mang, "Heavenly King Gaidihu!"

"The pagoda suppresses the river monster!" Wang Mang wanted to laugh a little. This is a code he made up himself, and it is always strange to say it now.

When the code was matched, the shopkeeper's expression didn't change at all, he just bowed slightly and said, "Niu Gen has seen the distinguished guest, but I don't know why the distinguished guest is here, what do you need me to do?"

"Just asking about the situation in the city." Wang Mang said: "You people were sent here many years ago, and you were not given any missions. After so many years, I never thought of using you. There are too many changes on the grassland, and the court is a little worried, so I want you to pay attention to the movements on the grassland, especially the city of God, as for the other things, there is nothing you need to do."

Niu Gen slowly took out a book from the drawer under him, handed it in front of Wang Mang, and said, "This Grassland Gossip is some essays from my life in the grassland these years, and I gave it to the distinguished guests."

Wang Mang noticed that this book was the one Niu Gen was reading when he came in, and he couldn't help being surprised: "You put such an important thing on the case?"

"The most dangerous place is the safest place. Firstly, it's hard to detect when it's dark under the lights, and secondly, it's easy to destroy if something really happens." Niu Gen said.

Wang Mang nodded, took the book, flipped through it casually, and found that Niu Gen knew quite a lot about the grassland, especially Shencheng. Although it did not involve the internal affairs of the temple, some recent changes in Shencheng were clearly recorded. , Wang Mang read it and returned to Niu Gendao: "I'll return it to you. I can record it in more detail. Take a chance and send it back. I also understand the situation here. It's really monotonous and boring. If you want to go back, you can go back." Go back."

"Thank you." Niu Gen took the book back with his expression unchanged.

"Officer, who is here? It's Niu Er asking me what I have for lunch. Is there a distinguished guest here? Do you want extra food?"

At this moment, a woman's voice came from behind, and a woman with a rough face but a good foundation turned in from behind, followed by Niu Er with a nervous and nervous face. Dazed, then smiled and said: "Who is this distinguished guest?"

"We don't have any shoppers here, and I'm telling him where to buy them." Niu Gen's pupils shrank, and then he said as if nothing had happened: "Let Niu Er ask you, but I'm inexplicably happy today and want to drink two cup, so I want to ask if you might prepare two more good dishes."

"I see." The woman said, "I just don't know if you want to eat buns or dumplings?"

As soon as the woman finished speaking, Niu Gen's complexion changed drastically. Niu Er pulled up the woman almost without hesitation and was about to drag her back. As for Niu Gen, he stood in front of the woman and looked at Wang Mang vigilantly.

Wang Mang's expression didn't change at all, he looked at Niu Gen's position, and he saw clearly that this position was not for protection, but for holding the woman behind him at any time, Wang Mang said indifferently: "Why?"

"Why?" Niu Gen asked back.

"Why did you betray?" Wang Mang said.

"What betrayal? I don't understand what you're talking about." Niu Gen pointed at the door and said, "The things you want are not here, so you go out quickly, or I will call you a temple knight."

"Calling the Knights of the Temple?" Wang Mang said with a smile, "You try calling out?"

"Okay... you wait." Niu Gen didn't expect that Wang Mang didn't care that he wanted to call someone, but when Wang Mang came in, his small shop had already been closed by Wang Mang. Unless his cultivation can reach the realm of transforming gods, his voice will not be heard at all.

After shouting for a while, Niu Gen also realized that he must have been tampered with here, and couldn't help turning pale, and grabbed the woman as soon as he turned around, took out a knife and put it on the woman's neck, looked at Wang Mang and said: "If you don't go out, I will kill her."

"Who is she?" Wang Mang asked.

"My wife." Niu Gen said.

"You threaten me with your wife's life?" Wang Mang looked at Niu Gen like a fool.

"My lord, don't worry about me, that bastard Niu Gen has already betrayed the imperial court, he deserves to die!" The woman shouted, "The little lady's name is Jin Lian. She was originally the daughter of a merchant in Yunzhong City. Niu Gen came to the city of God. After all these years, this bastard has already forgotten the favor of the court. He not only betrayed the court, but also wanted to use the head of the lord as a testament to gain the trust of the temple. Never want to be a traitor."

Wang Mang looked at the pale Niu Gen, and said, "Is what she said true?"

"What about the real one, and what about the fake one?" Niu Gen said.

"It's still the same question, why did you betray?" Wang Mang said: "The imperial court put you here because they valued you. They usually don't ask much questions just to protect you, but the imperial court always remembers your credit. With so many years of qualifications in Shencheng, if you go back, you can immediately enjoy the treatment that only ordinary titles in the imperial court have. If you don’t want to go back, although this small shop is not big, it is enough for you to live and work here in peace and contentment. I don’t understand why you To betray?"

"Did the imperial court forget us? Does the so-called not forgetting mean ignoring us for more than ten or twenty years?" Niu Gen exclaimed: "When I left Yunzhong City, I only had a few thousand taels of silver from the imperial court as a starting point. Funds, among other things, this small shop is worth millions of silver. Can the court want to take this shop back with a single sentence? Why do you come here for no other purpose than to come here to see? Who is it? I have ignored you for more than ten years, and now come to have a look? This reason is almost a lie to a three-year-old child. The purpose of your coming here is nothing more than to collect the store. Do you pretend that I don’t know?”

"This is your reasoning? Do you think the imperial court will lack your shop?" Wang Mang said.

"Isn't there a shortage?" Niu Gen said: "Qin is a notoriously poor country among other countries. Its annual finances are only several million silver, and my small shop can catch up with Qin's income for several months. Is it so Is the big benefit not enough for the court to take action against me?"

"Do you think the court is short of money?" Wang Mang said.

"Of course." Niu Gen said: "It is well known that Qin Emperor Wang Mang went to the Shangyuan Palace to beg a woman for a mere 20 taels of silver, but he wanted the emperor's head for a mere 20 taels Isn’t it enough to prove that the court is poor? It’s a joke to return me to the days when I will be rich when I go back. As poor as Qin is, can you give me 100 taels or 1000 taels of silver?”

Wang Mang looked deeply at Niu Gen, never expecting that this seemingly honest and honest man would fall for money. In his eyes, there was no so-called idea of ​​dedicating to the country, all he had was money, and what he gave The reason for this is also very ridiculous. The poor in the imperial court have no money, and the idea is because he, Wang Mang, went to Shangyuan Palace to pass three passes for 20 taels of silver. What is going on?Self-made sin?
With a wave of Wang Mang's hand, the knife in Niu Gen's hand exploded in the air and turned into dust. As for Niu Gen and Niu Er, they were directly suppressed by a powerful breath and knelt on the ground. Jin Lian saw Niu Gen being suppressed on the ground , was startled, looked at Wang Mang and said: "My lord, you can't give him a good time. After all, he has made contributions to the court all these years, so don't torture him."

"Bitch!" Niu Gen looked at Jin Lian coldly. If it wasn't for this damned woman, how could he have fallen into the hands of the people sent by the court so easily, but his message should have been sent, and the temple knights will soon It will appear, when Niu Gen will completely leave the Qin State, this shop will definitely become his own, and there will be no future troubles.

"Has the news spread?" Wang Mang suddenly looked at Niu Er and asked. When Niu Er was sent to the backyard by Niu Gen, Wang Mang didn't feel anything. Looking back on the scene now, it seems that Niu Gen and Niu Er had some A strange look.

Niu Er didn't expect Wang Mang to ask him suddenly. He knelt on the ground with a trembling face, not daring to say a word. How dare he admit that he had activated the mechanism in the backyard and passed on the news that there was something abnormal in this store. go out.

"It seems to have spread." Wang Mang said to himself, and then he casually pointed at Niu Eryi's finger. A sword aura emanated from his fingertips and passed directly through Niu Er's forehead. Niu Gen's forehead was struck by the sword aura He pierced through, and then fell directly to the ground without making a sound. The place where he fell was facing Niu Gen, and a pair of eyes stared at Niu Gen. Niu Gen only felt chills in his heart. : "How dare you kill people in Shencheng?"

"Why not?" Wang Mang said, "Since you dared to betray the imperial court, didn't you ever think that you would die if the incident happened?"

"But this is the city of God. This is the closest place to the temple and the closest to God. Everything in this city is under the gaze of God. Everyone is a citizen of God. Without God's permission, whoever You can’t kill God’s people without authorization.” Niu Gen said anxiously: “If you kill people in the city of God, you are killing God’s people, and you will be spurned by God, and you will be discovered by God and then sentenced to death.”

"God?" Wang Mang looked at Niu Gen in astonishment, and suddenly said: "You won't stay in Shencheng for a long time, do you believe in the God of Grassland?"

"Why don't you believe it?" Niu Gen looked at Wang Mang and said, "The power of the God of the Grassland covers the earth. Under the embrace of the God of the Grassland, all believers will have eternal life. An envoy in the world, enjoying the glory and wealth of the whole life, is better than me working for the imperial court and being a precarious secret spy!"

Wang Mang looked at the pious Niu Gen, and finally understood how this guy betrayed. He was too lazy to ask why he betrayed. He had already got the answer at this moment. He didn't expect the temple's brainwashing ability to be so strong. The city has actually been cut off by the temple, but all the people in this city have been brainwashed by the propaganda of the temple. Wang Mang even thought of the shopkeeper he saw when he first entered the city. Are you a believer in God?
The City of God, the City of God, the City of God, the city where God's devout believers live, is well-deserved of its reputation!

Wang Mang casually shot Niu Gen to death, then looked at Jin Lian and said, "What do you think?"

"He's dead, so what's the point of me being alive." Looking at Niu Gen's body lying on the ground without a sound, Jin Lian said, "Our husband and I set off from Yunzhong City back then, and went all the way to Shencheng. We are living in precarious times, because we are worried that one day we will be sent by the court to do missions, and we will not come back. After all these years, we don’t even have children, and the elders in the family think we are dead. It can be said that we have nothing to worry about in this world. No idea."

Jin Lian slowly approached Niu Gen, and suddenly her expression changed, Wang Mang quickly stepped forward to support her, and said, "What did you do?"

"As a secret spy, in order to prevent leaking identity information because of being unable to bear the torture after being caught, Niu Gen has already forgotten about it, but I have always remembered it." Jin Lian said lightly: "My lord, The house deed of this shop is hidden in the pages of the book that Niu Gen usually flips through. This small shop was able to open thanks to the capital of several thousand silver given by the court at that time, and now it has been returned to the court. As for I myself don't have any requirements, I just hope that if you have the opportunity to go back to Yunzhong City, you can bring back the ashes of my husband and wife.

Wang Mang looked at Jinlian, didn't speak or nodded, he already knew that when Jinlian finished speaking, his life would come to an end, he didn't expect that Jinlian would hide poison in his mouth, but he didn't notice it for a while, but let this woman commit suicide. When he found out, the internal organs of this woman had been completely corroded by the strong poison, and she was no longer alive.

With a wave of his hand, a flame flew over the bodies of Niu Gen and Jin Lian, and the two of them instantly turned into ashes. Wang Mang grabbed a bottle from the cabinet in the store, and then sucked the bottle towards the ground, and all the ashes were wiped out. After entering the bottle, Wang Mang said at this moment: "The fallen leaves return to their roots, I promise you!"

After putting away the bottle, Wang Mang stepped out of the shop. The market outside was full of temple knights at the moment, and all the shops were closed. Outside this shop, a group of dozens of temple knights were surrounding the shop. Knights with spears Holding it high, it aimed at the main entrance of the store. When Wang Mang walked out, the leading knight asked the people beside him, "But this person?"

"it's him."

Wang Mang looked up, but saw that the person who identified him was none other than the shopkeeper who was very enthusiastic to talk to him when he first came to Fangshi.

"Outsider, someone has reported that you are trying to commit crimes in the city of God. Come with us now!" the temple knight pointed a gun at Wang Mang and said.

(End of this chapter)