Chapter 395 Two Swords Combining


    ?Ma Lu nodded, then shook his head, "I''m done there for the time being, but I have other things to do, so I can only stay in the city for half a day, and I have to go out again after half a day."


    "Huh?" Gu Qingyi was a little disappointed, but he quickly regained his composure, "It''s okay. It''ll be good if you can come to the appointment on time. I didn''t go outside the city to greet you. I hope you don''t blame me."


    “Did something happen?” Ma Lu asked.


    ? Gu Qingyi bit her lower lip, "Well... Let''s talk first. I''m going to tell you, but you can''t laugh at me."


    “Don’t worry, Brother Gu, we have been friends for a long time. How could I laugh at you?” Ma Lu said seriously.


    “Well, I’m actually not a man, and I ran away from home.”


    ? Gu Qingyi seemed to have made a lot of determination and confessed. However, after speaking, she found that Malu''s expression did not change much.


    “Hey, aren’t you surprised?”


    “This...to be honest, I have already made some guesses before.”


    "Ah?" Gu Qingyi was startled, "Is my disguise bad? No, it''s not right. You, like me, like to investigate cases and observe more carefully than others. No wonder you can see through my disguise so quickly."


    After deducing this conclusion, Gu Qingyi seemed to be relieved, and continued, "I also stole the arrest warrant. It originally belonged to an elder of mine, but my family has some connections with the Iron Clothes Sect, well... they shouldn''t We will pursue this matter.


    “It’s just that if the other gods from the Iron Gate find me here, I will have to be escorted home by them.


    “And there are now two magic arresters from the Iron Clothes Sect in Yuchang County. This is why I didn’t go out of the city to see you today. We have to be more careful in our actions in the future.”


    When Gu Qingyi finished speaking, Ma Lu pondered for a moment, and then said, "There''s nothing wrong with going home..."


    ??Gu Qingyi''s eyes widened, "I managed to escape and just investigated a case. How could I go back so soon?"


    "The main thing is that Jianghu is indeed quite dangerous." Ma Lu said, "Last time in the ruined temple, didn''t you almost die at the hands of Yan Wuji?"


    In fact, the real reason is that I heard that there are two arresters from the Tieyi Sect in Yuchang County, and the arrest warrant for the fake arrester in Gu Qingyi''s hands is probably not going to be used.


    ??Ma Lu doesn’t have to team up with her.


    However, Gu Qingyi patted him on the shoulder, "That''s why the two of us have to join forces. With my brain and your martial arts, our two swords will be perfect, and those young men in the world will no longer be our opponents."


    Well, Gu Qingyi really regarded him as Yuan Fang.


    ?And before waiting for Malu to agree, the girl had already pulled him to sit down at the wine table, looked around, and then lowered her voice and said excitedly.


    “You know, just three days ago, a shocking case happened in the city. It’s a great opportunity for us to show off our skills and become famous in the world!”


    “What big case?”


    "That day was originally the day for the Beggar Clan to elect a new leader. The martial arts comrades, several elders of the Beggar Clan, and the three gang leader candidates all arrived. But guess what, the Beggar Clan''s lotus bowl actually disappeared in full view of everyone. Fly away!


    “Lotus bowl, what is that?”


    “It’s a small bowl with a missing mouth. It’s actually not worth much, but it was left behind by the founder of the Beggar Clan, and it’s also a token of past leaders of the Beggar Clan.


    "If we can''t find this thing, then even if the Beggar Gang elects a new leader, he will still have a reputation that is not justifiable, and it will be difficult to convince the public, so it was already the last moment that day. Several elders of the Beggar Gang and the helmsman also I chose someone to support, but in the end it had to be invalidated.


    “The last three candidates agreed that whoever can retrieve the Lotus Bowl first will become the new leader of the Beggar Clan. Now the three of them and the supporters behind them are frantically searching for the whereabouts of the small bowl.


    "It''s just that there are not many clues at the moment. According to the law enforcement elder who took care of the lotus bowl before, he just checked the lotus bowl in the morning, and the small bowl was still in the wooden box at that time. "But later he opened it during the ceremony. The wooden box and lotus bowl are gone. "


    ?Gu Qingyi said with great interest, but Ma Lu beside him was not interested in this case.


    It is true that, as Gu Qingyi said, this case is indeed very big and can be said to be a sensation in the martial arts world, but it is just a theft case.


    No one dies, which means there is no chance to touch the corpse.


    ?However, seeing how excited Gu Qingyi was, Ma Lu couldn''t refuse her face to face, so he had to eat first. Fortunately, the Zabai duck recommended by Han Guangzhong tasted really good.


    Ma Lu estimated that according to the rating of the recipe, there should be ★★. There should be a secret medicine in it, otherwise it would not be sold at such an outrageous price of eight taels of silver each.


    ?After dinner, Malu excused himself as he didn''t have enough medicinal materials for cultivation, so he went to Baicaomen''s medicine shop in Yuchang County.


    ??He had on him a banknote found from Yan Wuji, worth 700 taels, and some broken silver picked up along the way, which added up to another 26,70 taels.


    ?Ma Lu took the money to the drug store and ended up buying less than 50 kilograms of secret medicine.


    ?Most of them are 1-star ingredients, and the only 2-star ingredients are red dogwood and bright-eyed honeysuckle.


    ??It''s not that Malu doesn''t want higher-star ingredients, it''s mainly because the secret medicine here is really expensive. The cheapest one with 2 stars or above costs one ingot of silver.


    When Ma Lu came in, he felt that he had a lot of money, but after asking the price, he fell silent.


    ?Han Guangzhong really didn’t lie to him. Even the most common blood-producing dandelion costs one hundred cents.


    As for the Qingyun Lotus Leaf that Malu wanted most, it cost two hundred coins a piece. No wonder the owner of the previous cart of medicinal materials asked for an **** to **** it, and he hired an expert like Shen Zhou.


    Even if all the money that Ma Lu had had was spent on Liangxue Dandelion, he would only be able to buy seventy kilograms of it. Besides, he also wanted to buy some Qingyun Lotus Leaves. In the end, he picked and scraped together forty kilograms of medicinal materials.


    ??For martial arts people who really rely on secret medicine to practice, this amount of medicinal materials is not too small, and the elixir can be enough for one person to use for three to five years.


    It''s just that Malu was going to take it back for cooking, so that was a bit unsatisfactory.


    ?No, I have to find a way to get more money, otherwise this trip will be too much of a loss.


    ?After going out, Malu threw the few packets of medicinal materials into the collection bag, and then thought about where he could get more money.


    In fact, making money is not difficult. The main reason is that he needs it urgently and the amount is not small, which makes it more troublesome.


    ?But he did find a way, and Ma Lu turned to look at Gu Qingyi again.


    “By the way, you said before that you would wait for the people from Zhengqi Academy in Yuchang County. Have their people arrived?”


    ? Gu Qingyi nodded, "Here we come, I have handed over Yan Wuji''s widow and daughter to them."


    “Did you get the reward?”


    "What?"


    “Didn’t Zhengqi Academy offer a reward to Yan Wuji before?”


    (End of this chapter)