Chapter 31 Soulmate Contrac (2/2)

Tong felt like he had lift a mountain away from his heart after he decided to form the contract, which was guaranteed that Hua Shi wouldn't betray him in the future. Thus he could trust her a little bit more.

”Keep an eye out. I'll be going now.”

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”Excuse me, have you seen a group of rowdy soldiers passing through here?”

”Soldiers? There's militia guards all over the place. Who are you searching for?”

”No, not the militias but a group of 20 men that wore leather armors.”

”… No, no idea.”

Sima Xin asked around the villagers but he still had no clues.

The only hint he had was that they had gone to Zhang Resident. But those 20 men didn't show up next morning.

'Where the hell had they gone to!?'

'How did they suddenly disappear?'

Sima Xin was baffled. Those 20 men were arrogant and eye-catching. They should have left a trace behind if they went somewhere.

But they didn't seem to leave the Zhang Resident after they went in. Moreover, Sima Xin hadn't paid attention to them after they entered the village. He was busy trying to figure out how he could complete his quest.

He had to change the direction of the investigation, Sima Xin changed his questions.

”One more question, please. Who is the owner of that manor?”

Sima Xin pointed at Zhang Manor.

”Oh! That's our great teacher's house. Do you know him?”

”Umm, no. What is his name?”

”Huh? You don't know him? He's famous you know?”

”Famous?”

”Yes, very famous. He's our town's doctor. His name is Zhang Jiao.”

Sima Xin frown. He heard of this name somewhere before but he couldn't exactly recall where he had heard it.

Sima Xin was a mercenary and a veteran soldier in his previous life. He didn't pay much attention to the history class of the foreign countries. He couldn't remember the entire history timeline of the Three Kingdom period.

”Thank you very much uncle. I'm leaving now.”

Sima Xin bid farewell to the villager. He wanted to investigate or sneak inside Zhang Manor, but he abandoned the thought.

Sima Xin had to finish his current quest as soon as possible. Therefore, this investigation matter would have to wait.

'Where can I find the ex-bandits system mentioned?'

'Well, if I can't search for it, why don't I bait them?'

Sima Xin walked into a cloth shop and bought a luxurious looking set of clothes for him to wear. Since he was a child from the noble family of Sima, he had carried a sum of pocket money with him.

After he stepped out of the shop, he looked like a wealthy young master from a noble family or a wealthy merchant's child.

Then he strolled around the street and walked past several taverns while flaunting his money bag and intentionally showed what inside was.

Within 10 minutes of strolling aimlessly, seven street thugs stalked Sima Xin in secret.

'Got seven of them hook the bait. Time to reel in the net.'

Sima Xin strolled into a lone alley and took out a knife from his cloth, getting ready for action.

Within a minute, two thugs rushed at Sima Xin, aiming to knock him out in one punch.

'These two are just ordinary thugs. They didn't use a weapon.'

Although Sima Xin assumed that the two weren't ex-bandits he had been looking for, he still charged at them.

The rich looking teen ducked down and dodged the punch of the nearest thug. He countered with a stabbed from his knife, piecing the thug's left chest.

Sima Xin twisted the knife and pulled it out in an instant. Using the momentum of the pulled knife, he rotated his body, leaped forward and slashed the neck of the other thug. The entire counter attacks ended in two seconds.

Two thugs dropped on the ground without being able to utter a sound.