Chapter 246 - Chapter 246: Chapter 239: Women Eventually Leave Their Mothersl (1/2)

Chapter 246: Chapter 239: Women Eventually Leave Their Mothersl

However, the criminal who killed Lord Song Zan remained at large, never captured by the Nine Insect Gang.

This was tantamount to slapping rhe faces of all rhe high-ranking members of the Nine Insect Gang.

Even the assassination of Song Zan put the Nine Insect Gang’s surprise attack plan on the Black Tiger Gang on hold.

Now that the silver notes Song Zan had left behind were being exchanged and used in Seven-Star City, the Nine Insect Gang was determined to dig three feet into the ground if necessary to find the person responsible.

Regrettably, their opponent was Qin Niu, a youth who was extremely cautious.

Having exchanged the silver notes and gold notes, he took flight the very same day, leaving Seven-Star City behind.

Needless to say, the high-level officials of rhe Nine Insect Gang mobilized a large number of soldiers to search for the suspected assassin. They arrested hundreds of people, yet failed to find the real culprit.

At this moment, Qin Niu had already reached the border between the Nine Insect Gang and the Shennong Sect.

Since both sects were in rhe honeymoon phase of an alliance, crossing the border between them was extremely easy.

There wasn’t even a need to smuggle himself across; after paying seven Wen Money, he was let through.

The border-crossing fee was cheaper than the fee to enter rhe city, which was also a result of the mutual friendly signals between the two gangs.

Once inside the territory of the Shennong Sect, Qin Niu didn’t hurry on his way.

Instead, he found an inn to stay in.

Then he bought two sets of local clothes to change into, also adopting the guise of an ordinary farmer from the Shennong Sect.

Looking at himself in the copper mirror, he saw no difference from the local people and only then did he pick up his basket and continue on his way.

“Hey, young man, need a ride?”

A horse-drawn cart loaded with cargo sped past; seeing Qin Niu carrying a large basket on the road, the cart slowly came to a stop.

Qin Niu glanced at the wagon.

It was an open-type, simple wagon.

Very similar to the carriages of modern tricycles.

Surrounded by wood planks to prevent the cargo from falling off.

Inside the cart seemed to be grain, somewhat resembling millet.

The driver, an uncle in his forties, had a forehead etched with deep wrinkles, his skin tanned dark, and his head wrapped in a turban.

The uncle was dressed in a black short robe.

It was one of the favorite attire of many farmers.

He had a quite honest-looking face.

“Uncle, may 1 ask where you are headed?”

“I’m off to Mai City to deliver a few bags of millet and wheat. Isn’t the frontline preparing for war? Now that the government is requisitioning grain, 1 hear the price is quite good. I’ll take a few bags over to check the market.”

The uncle obviously mistook him for a subject of the Shennong Sect.

It felt like the majority of Shennong Sect’s common people were very simple and honest.

Much easier to deal with than the barbarians of the Nine Insect Gang.

“Would it be convenient for me to hop on with so much grain you’re pulling?”

Upon hearing that the destination was Mai City, Qin Niu found it was on his way as well.

The Shennong Sect and the Black Tiger Gang were currently in conflict, so the Black River banks would definitely be under tight surveillance.

Taking this route from Mai City through Tian Shui, then crossing the border by boat, should be a relatively safe path.

Throughout his journey, he took countless risks and finally managed to accumulate more than ninety thousand Silver Money. As long as he safely returned to the Black Tiger Gang’s territory, he would instantly become a wealthy man at the top of the hierarchy.

Seizing the opportunity of the Black Tiger Gang’s wartime chaos and insect infestation, with the low cost of land, he could buy up big and never worry about the future again.

“Convenient, very convenient! If you don’t mind, you can sit on top of the grain.”

The uncle got busy, hopped off the cart, climbed into the back wagon, and moved the grain around to create a safe seat’ for Qin Niu to sit on.

“Here, you can sit in here, and the basket can be placed next to you; there will be no problem at all.”

The uncle parted the sack of grain.

These coarse hemp sacks could hold up to a hundred fifty or sixty catties of grain at most.