Traveling through various miniature worlds with a small restaurant

Jiang Shuang looked warily toward the direction from which the dart had come, narrowed her eyes, and picked up her rifle to aim at the sparse grove of trees.

Seeing this, Su Hezhou said in a low voice, "Miss Jiang, please be careful."

Jiang Shuang did not respond, but stared intently ahead, her finger already on the trigger, ready to fire at any moment.

The next second, a group of men in black flew out of the woods, their target Jiang Shuang.

Su Hezhou shouted, "Protect Miss Jiang!"

Then a signal flare was launched into the sky.

Sikong Zhenyue instantly drew his sword and charged at the man in black.

Jiang Shuang remained calm in the face of danger and decisively pulled the trigger. With a "bang," the man in black at the front screamed and fell to the ground.

Seeing this, the other men in black slowed their attack slightly, but still continued to pounce without flinching.

Jiang Shuang fired shots while searching for weaknesses in the man in black.

Her gaze was calm and resolute, and every shot she fired accurately struck the target's head or heart.

Even without a scope, she could hit her target with the naked eye.

With Jiang Shuang's firepower support, Su Hezhou and Sikong Zhenyue gradually stabilized their position.

But the men in black kept coming, as if they wouldn't give up until they achieved their goal.

As Jiang Shuang's gun dwindled, her brow furrowed slightly. She hadn't taken out many bullets because today was a demonstration of firearms to Su Hezhou and his group.

She does have a lot of bullets in her storage space, but the question is how to get them out?

Fortunately, the city wasn't far away, and reinforcements from Suhe Prefecture arrived quickly.

Seeing that Su Hezhou's reinforcements had arrived, the men in black knew they were unlikely to succeed and quickly withdrew.

Jiang Shuang finally breathed a sigh of relief and put down the rifle in her hand.

Sikong Zhenyue walked to the side of the dead men in black, pulled off their masks, and found a lotus tattoo on their necks.

He said to Su Hezhou and Jiang Shuang in a solemn tone, "It's Lotus Pavilion."

Jiang Shuang looked at the two of them, completely bewildered.

Su Hezhou frowned slightly as he looked at her and explained, "Lotus Pavilion is the number one assassin organization in the martial arts world. The assassins there are highly skilled and command extremely high prices, with the minimum charge being one thousand taels of silver per life. It seems someone wants to buy your life."

Jiang Shuang smirked: "So my life is quite valuable, huh?"

Su Hezhou guessed, "It must have come with us earlier."

"Oh no! Xiao Qian!" Jiang Shuang slapped her forehead and shouted.

Su Hezhou's expression changed: "This is bad, get back to the city quickly!"

The three of them didn't linger any longer and rushed towards the city.

Along the way, Jiang Shuang was extremely anxious and secretly prayed that Lin Xiaoqian would not get into trouble.

Jiang Shuang only breathed a sigh of relief when she saw a pile of unconscious men in black stacked at the store entrance, almost forgetting that the system could protect Xiao Qian.

Lin Xiaoqian was throwing a man in black out of the room when she saw Jiang Shuang and greeted her with a smile: "Sister Shuang, you're back!"

Su Hezhou and Sikong Zhenyue were dumbfounded and stood there stunned. These two girls were quite strange.

Jiang Shuang quickly stepped forward, looked Lin Xiaoqian up and down, and asked with concern, "Xiaoqian, are you alright?"

Lin Xiaoqian dusted herself off and said with a smile, "Sister Shuang, what could possibly happen to me? You know these guys can't even get close to me."

After saying that, he winked at her.

The old beggar behind her also threw out a man in black, saying, "Little girl, this man only has two taels of silver on him."

Lin Xiaoqian gave the man in black a disdainful look: "So poor. Old man, didn't you say they would buy a life for a thousand taels of silver?"

Jiang Shuang greeted the old beggar with a smile: "Grandpa, you're here too."

The old beggar touched his nose: "Hehe, I was just passing by."

He thought someone was causing trouble again and wanted to come and help.

It turned out that he was completely useless; the group collapsed as soon as they entered the store, convulsing as if they had a seizure.

Lin Xiaoqian pulled Jiang Shuang into the shop, proudly displaying the gold and silver treasures she had looted from the men in black, along with more than a dozen large silver notes, which she had taken from them.

"Sister Shuang, look, the other men in black are quite wealthy."

Su Hezhou had come to his senses and walked in, explaining, "These are all outlaws. They earned money and felt it wasn't safe to keep it anywhere, so they carried all their belongings with them. As for those who didn't have any money, they probably spent it all."

This explains why some assassins are rich while others are poor.

Lin Xiaoqian shrugged, picked up the silver note, and asked, "I don't like silver notes, I only like shiny gold and silver. Where is a money exchange? I'd like to exchange it."

Su Hezhou now admired the two girls immensely and wanted to befriend them, so he volunteered, "If you trust me, you can give me the silver notes, and I will exchange them for you."

Lin Xiaoqian hesitated for a moment, glancing at Su Hezhou before looking at Jiang Shuang.

After a moment's thought, Jiang Shuang said, "Then I'll have to trouble you, Lord Su."

Su Hezhou quickly cupped his hands in greeting: "Miss Jiang, you are too kind. I will certainly not fail in my mission."

Lin Xiaoqian handed the silver note to Su Hezhou and said, "Thank you for your trouble, Lord Su."

Su Hezhou carefully put away the silver notes and nodded solemnly: "Don't worry, young lady."

Sikong Zhenyue had already arranged for his subordinates to tie up the man in black and take him away. He then came in to report back to Su Hezhou.

"My lord, all the assassins from Lotus Pavilion have been tied up and sent to the Imperial Guard."

Su Hezhou nodded slightly, then cupped his hands to Jiang Shuang and Lin Xiaoqian: "Miss Lin, Miss Jiang, I have some important matters to attend to later. As for the transaction we discussed earlier, I will certainly give you both a satisfactory answer. Farewell."

Jiang Shuang clasped her hands in a fist and said, "Please go ahead, Lord Su."

Lin Xiaoqian also said, "Lord Su, please continue with your work."

Su Hezhou turned and left with Sikong Zhenyue.

Lin Xiaoqian picked up the largest silver ingot from the table and stuffed it into the old beggar's hand: "Old man, thank you for helping me move those men in black."

The old beggar took one look and saw that the silver ingot was a full fifty taels. He quickly stuffed it back into the ingot, saying, "Young lady, I haven't done anything, so I can't take your silver."

Lin Xiaoqian pushed the silver ingot back and said with a smile, "Take it, old man. Consider it your reward for helping me throw those people out."

The old beggar still refused: "Young lady, I can't accept something for nothing. If you really want to thank me, just give this old beggar a bowl of pig's feet rice and a pot of fine wine, and this old beggar will be satisfied."

Lin Xiaoqian laughed heartily: "That's easy. As long as I keep the shop here, there's plenty of pork trotter rice. Please wait a moment, and I'll serve you some pork trotter rice right away."

Lin Xiaoqian genuinely believed that the old beggar was helping her. Whether it was telling her the news that someone had come to cause trouble before, or this time about the identity of the man in black, it was all the old beggar who told her.

Lin Xiaoqian thought to herself, "I should secretly leave some silver for the old beggar before I leave."