The chivalrous spirit is fickle

"Thirty taels of gold is all you need to buy a dragon bone. Do you think I'm stupid or you are stupid?"

Li Ran gritted his teeth and spoke word by word.

"It's a deposit!"

Shi Gu flipped his palm and took out a gold ingot, which he held in his hand and played with carefully.

"A deposit is not enough. You can't afford it, but it can buy a life."

Li Ran's face changed slightly when he heard this, as if he realized something, and asked.

"How long have I slept?"

Shigu thought for a while and said softly

"Four days."

Li Ran frowned slightly, lowered his voice and asked.

"She is coming?"

Shi Gu held the gold ingot, handed it to Li Ran, and said lightly.

"Yes, he is here. He hangs around my theater every day but doesn't buy any wine to drink. He is very stingy."

Li Ran remained silent and did not accept the gold ingot handed to him by Shi Gu. He looked dazed, lowered his head slightly, and replied in a low voice.

"I have to go."

After saying that, Li Ran jumped off the stool, no longer asking for his lost money, and strode out the door, but heard the sound of Shi Gu ringing slowly.

"I am not a profiteer. If I say it's a life, then it's just a life."

"It could be your sister, or it could be her little apprentice."

Hearing this, Li Ran's expression changed and he turned to look at Shi Gu. Shi Gu also sat up straight, looked at Li Ran calmly, and spoke slowly.

"What a pity, there are two of them."

A black flying bird, like a pair of scissors, flew through the eaves and landed on Shi Gu's shoulder. Its pupils were red, weird and dangerous.

Li Ran frowned, looked at the black bird on Shi Gu's shoulder, and said softly.

"I don't remember you being a man who kills innocent people indiscriminately."

Shi Gu stretched out a finger and gently placed it on the bird's body, sliding it from top to bottom, as if he was stroking the black bird, like stroking a cat.

"She came to steal my apprentice's things, which is no different from a robber. How can she be considered innocent?"

"And her apprentice knew all this, but still followed her and reaped the benefits. He can also be considered a bad person."

Li Ran was choked when he heard this, unable to think of any rebuttal. If he thought about it carefully, this was indeed no different from what a robber would do.

It’s just that the involvement with that disciple is a bit far-fetched.

But Shi Gu is not a reasonable person.

"You have to protect your own sister yourself. What's the point of counting on me?"

Li Ran's eyes twitched and his brows furrowed even tighter. He turned around, strode to Shi Gu, sat on the high stool again, and squeezed out a few gritted words from his lips.

"Your uncle's."

He was not a fool and knew that Shi Gu said this just to force him to stay. Even though he knew he didn't want to, he didn't dare to see the sister to whom he owed so much.

"I can't figure it out, why did you keep me here?"

Shi Gu smiled when he heard this and spoke very frankly.

"I'm a lazy guy and don't want to get involved in the affairs between you two siblings. If you want to compensate her, then do it yourself."

"It's unreasonable for me, an outsider, to get involved."

Li Ran smiled slightly, stretched out his hand as if to catch a ray of spring breeze, and sighed.

"so troublesome."

"If I had known you were so lazy, I should have brought the Demon Cult leader with me."

Hearing this, Shi Gu's expression changed slightly. He looked at Li Ran warily and said nervously.

"You kid, you won't tell others about my being here, right?"

Li Ran shook his head slightly and said with some annoyance.

"I only knew that person was you after I came here, otherwise would I dare to come alone?"

Shi Gu's expression relaxed a little, but before he could breathe a sigh of relief, Li Ran raised his eyebrows and spoke slowly.

"However, the two tough guys, Yu Di Shu Sheng and Feng Dao Shan Jian, will definitely come. Although they will be here for a few days at night, these two people also know you."

Shi Gu suddenly became nervous, his thoughts raced, and he began to consider whether he should take his two disciples out to hide.

It’s not that Shi Gu was afraid of those two people, but he was afraid that after they recognized him, they would spread the news that he was in Lin’an City, and things would inevitably get out of control afterwards.

Those people he doesn't want to meet now will come all at once, and he can't deal with those difficult guys now.

As if he could see what Shi Gu was thinking, Li Ran let out a crisp laugh. This childlike laughter was mixed with a bit of mockery, which made Shi Gu feel a little flustered.

"why are you laughing?"

Shi Gu asked, Li Ran glanced at him and mocked him slightly.

"Don't worry, those two guys will never reveal the news that you are here."

Shi Gu was puzzled and asked.

"why?"

Hearing this, the mockery on Li Ran's lips became even stronger, and there was even more gloating in his bright eyes.

"You underestimate yourself and how annoying you are."

"In the martial arts world, no matter who discovers you first, the news will be blocked immediately."

"Do you know why?"

Shi Gu became even more confused, frowned, and asked.

"why?"

Li Ran snapped his fingers lightly and spoke slowly.

"Because everyone is afraid that someone else will come and take your life, they all want to monopolize the news and secretly kill you."

"How can I let anyone know about you and let someone else take your head?"

Shi Gu's eyelids twitched wildly, then he shook his head slightly and sighed.

"That's nonsense. My head isn't that valuable. If you think about it carefully, I haven't caused so many... troubles in the martial arts world..."

After saying this, Shi Gu himself felt very unconfident, and his voice became smaller and smaller, until in the end, it was completely silent.

Seeing this, Li Ran counted on his fingers, one by one.

"Yulin League, Qingjue Mountain City, Chaotian Sect, Demon Sect."

"The White Deer Temple in the north and the Wuqing Temple in the south."

"The East Sword by the sea will not return, and the Heaven Sword in the mountain is alone."

"Which of these sects and schools have you not stolen from? Which of those famous figures have you not provoked and teased?"

"Some people hate you to the core, some people are disgusted by your glory, and there are also the romantic debts you have caused..."

Shi Gu had been listening quietly, and the more he listened, the more guilty he felt. But at the end, his face changed and he interrupted Li Ran forcefully.

"I admit everything else, but I definitely won't admit to any romantic debts. I've been in the martial arts world for so many years, and I've never done anything vulgar like stealing jade or stealing beauty."

Li Ran's expression remained unchanged. He just raised his eyebrows slightly and spoke lightly.

"Rumor has it that you peeked at the Holy Maiden of Dahe bathing."

"Nonsense, how can you say it's peeping? I clearly volunteered."

"...Listen to what you are saying, is this human language?"

Shi Gu felt a headache and thought of the saint who was always veiled and her group of fanatical followers.

Li Ran glanced at him and continued with a strange look in his eyes.

"It's fine if you're the Saint of Dahe. We're friends, but you actually went to flirt with Xiaojiu and then ran away."

Shi Gu felt even more headache after hearing this. He slapped his thigh in regret and said.

"I always thought Xiaojiu was a boy. Since she was young, I took better care of her. Who would have thought she was a girl?"

"Bullshit, when did Xiaojiu say she was a man?"

"But she didn't say she was a woman."

"You are really making a fuss. If she were a man, why would she always sleep in the same room with A-Liu and the others?"

"I thought she was being lecherous..."

“She’s a monk!”

"I thought she was a lecherous fake monk."

"She's a nun, you bastard!"

"How would I know? She was bald in the beginning."

"Are all the bald men in your family monks? At least check their gender!"

"She didn't tell me, how would I know she was a nun?"

"Are you fucking blind?"

As Shi Gu and Li Ran talked, they became more and more excited and started quarreling. Their faces turned red and their voices reached the ears of Shen Yue and Su Xue.

Shen Yue stopped the long sword in her hand, and Su Xue sheathed her knife. After looking at each other tacitly, they began to listen carefully to what the two were arguing about.

After listening for a while, Shen Yueming realized something, turned to look at Su Xue and said.

"I didn't quite understand what they were arguing about, but at least I understood one very important thing."

Su Xue raised her eyebrows and asked.

"what's up?"

Shen Yue came close to Su Xue and spoke mysteriously.

"When you travel the world in the future, never mention the name of your master."

After saying that, Shen Yue changed her mind and added in a low voice.

"He will be beaten to death."

At the same time, Li Ran also stared at Shi Gu and said very sincerely.

"Xiao Jiu spent five years sharpening his sword in front of the Guanyin Temple. His hair has grown to the ground."

"You're done."

Hearing this, Shi Gu's face turned pale, his body trembled slightly, and he asked in a hoarse voice.

“…Isn’t she…a monk?”

Li Ran looked at Shi Gu as if he were an idiot and said.

"Stupid, she left the secular world a long time ago."

……

On the stage, the Hua Dan was wearing a red dress, waving her sleeves, and her figure, stage steps, and singing were all top-notch. However, under the stage, there were very few audience members.

There was applause, but it was not thunderous because there were too few people in the audience.

The Huadan has completely lost herself in the performance and doesn't care whether there are people cheering in the audience or not. She just sings and walks away like a madman.

In a room on the second floor, Qing'er was looking at the actresses on the stage. Her two hands were already red from clapping. She loved the show very much, but was too shy to cheer loudly.

"Master, this play is so good, why are there so few people?"

Li Qing was leaning against the window, holding a cup of hot tea. Hearing this, he raised his eyebrows slightly, smiled slightly, and answered a question that was not related to the question.

"The people of Lin'an City are martial artists, but none of them are real men. After all, they are just like most people in this world, with high aspirations but low skills."