Mortal Mirror

Li Ergou would have never imagined that while he was chatting with the old blacksmith, the fat man had secretly swapped the box without him noticing.

The fat man was overjoyed at this moment, closed the lid, and then threw the item into a small bag at his waist. It turned out that this unremarkable fat man was actually a cultivator of the divine path, and that small bag was a Qiankun bag (a magical storage bag).

He quickly threw all the items in the room into the bag, and together with the old blacksmith, locked the door. While it was still quite bright, they led two good horses out from the backyard, and the father and son duo fled.

Li Ergou returned home, but as soon as he reached the entrance, he saw a familiar figure sitting in the courtyard, chatting and laughing with Mei'er.

This familiar figure was none other than Da Baixiang (Big White Elephant).

"Da Baixiang, is your injury completely healed?" Li Ergou asked in surprise.

Da Baixiang turned to look at Li Ergou, but said with a resentful expression: "Hey, Brother Gou, you are too dishonest. Sining and Zhuzhu just left, and you've already brought in another beautiful woman. You are really too promiscuous."

Li Ergou was speechless: "What nonsense are you talking about? She's just a maid I took in."

Da Baixiang immediately widened his eyes in disbelief: "Li Ergou, you... you... oh, what can I say? You've only been in the county for a short time, and you've already become so depraved that you're even using maids. Depraved, truly depraved."

He looked heartbroken, and while speaking, he secretly glanced at Mei'er, feeling that this girl was not much worse than Sining, hehe.

Li Ergou couldn't help but laugh at Da Baixiang's sneaky look, so he leaned close to Da Baixiang's ear and told him the truth about Mei'er. After hearing this, Da Baixiang was even more astonished: "My goodness, Li Ergou, you even let demons get away with it."

Li Ergou: "..."

The two chatted and joked for a while, and Da Baixiang finally noticed the thing Li Ergou had placed on the table and immediately asked curiously: "What is this thing?"

Hearing this, Li Ergou perked up. He thought, 'You've been here for so long, and you're only just noticing it now. I've been waiting for you to ask so I can show off.'

So he chuckled and said: "This is a good thing, it cost me a lot of money."

Da Baixiang said with a face full of disdain: "How much is a lot? Don't think I haven't seen the world."

Hearing this, Li Ergou wanted to tease him, so he said: "Not much, twenty stalks of Dao-hidden gold coins."

Hearing this, Da Baixiang immediately stood up with a whoosh, his voice trembling, and said in disbelief: "You... you didn't rob a merchant bank, did you? Twenty stalks of Dao-hidden gold coins, when did you become so rich? Where did you get it?"

Li Ergou smiled, thinking that he loved to see his unworldly appearance, and felt refreshed in his heart, with a proud face: "Do you think I'm a police chief for nothing? Naturally, I have my ways."

Da Baixiang looked envious and said excitedly: "Hey, it seems you still have to be an official. Ergou, I've decided, I have to take the exam next year, pass as a martial artist, and then follow you."

Li Ergou patted him on the shoulder and said triumphantly: "No problem, follow your brother, and I guarantee you'll have a good life, eating and drinking well, and even your farts will smell like eggs."

Da Baixiang laughed loudly: "Good, good, good, quickly open the box and let me see what treasure is so valuable, I'm so looking forward to it."

Li Ergou smiled, and deliberately teased him again: "This is a very powerful thing, and the name is also very domineering, it's called the Dragon Slaying Saber."

Da Baixiang couldn't help but get excited, wanting to see what the Dragon Slaying Saber looked like, and immediately said: "Okay, stop talking nonsense, hurry up, hurry up and open the box, let me see."

Seeing his expectant look, Li Ergou didn't hesitate any longer, and without saying a word, he opened the lid of the first layer, but as soon as he opened it, he felt something was wrong. The lid of this box seemed to have become much heavier.

He knocked on it in doubt, and it even made a metallic sound. His pupils shrank, feeling that something was wrong.

He hurriedly opened it downwards, iron, it was all iron. At this moment, his face became increasingly ugly, and he had a bad feeling in his heart. When he opened the last small box.

His eyes flashed with murderous intent, and the thing placed in the box was not the pig-slaughtering knife, but a broken kitchen knife, with mottled rust as if mocking him for being so stupid.

Da Baixiang looked at the broken kitchen knife inside and couldn't help but curl his lips: "Ergou, you're not saying that this is the Dragon Slaying Saber, are you? Although I'm stupid, you can't treat me like a fool, right?"

Li Ergou suddenly slammed his hand on the table, and said with an angry face: "Damn it, these two guys are really tired of living, they even dare to deceive the police chief of Daxia, they really don't know how many eyes Lord Ma has."

Seeing Li Ergou's angry expression at this moment, Da Baixiang immediately knew that he was not joking. Judging from the situation, he was probably deceived.

For a moment, he was also surprised, wondering who was so powerful, did they not want to hang out in Kushui County in the future?

He couldn't help but say: "Dare to deceive you, they are really tired of living, we have to deal with this matter."

Li Ergou gritted his teeth and said: "I knew that the old guy was not a good bird from the beginning, but I didn't expect him to really dare to deceive me, damn it, today I have to let him know why the flowers are so red."

Then, without saying a word, he took Da Baixiang, rode the black cat and the black-bearded goat, and headed towards the blacksmith shop. But when he arrived at the blacksmith shop, he was dumbfounded. It was deserted, there was nothing there, and the house was so clean that even a hair was taken away.

Li Ergou hated it. Recalling everything at this moment, he finally realized where something was wrong. Perhaps it was a scam from the beginning. The previous fat man deliberately said those words to arouse his curiosity. The old blacksmith's aggressive tactics, his greedy heart, and finally that damn offering, was the ultimate trick.

With this thought, he immediately came to the ancestral hall. He groped around the offering table and quickly found a mechanism, which was a small knob. He slightly rotated that place, and a stone strip on the stone tabletop sank, and a stone strip rose. From a distance, it was impossible to see such a trick.

They even swapped boxes of the same weight like this, which can be considered a waste of effort. But he was careless at the beginning, otherwise, he would not have been deceived.

Seeing Li Ergou's confused look, Da Baixiang couldn't help but pat him on the shoulder and said: "Forget it, Ergou, learn from your mistakes, and don't make such mistakes in the future."

Li Ergou gritted his teeth and said: "Big liars, you wait for me, if I find you one day, I will make you repay me twice what you cheated me, oh, no, ten times over."

Outside Kushui County, on the official road, Old Jia Tou only felt his ears burning, and couldn't help but sigh: "Hey, I've cheated too many people, and I don't know who is talking about me again. Damn it, if it really doesn't work, I'll stop after cheating a few more times, but there are so many fools, I really can't bear to give up this promising profession."

He sighed slightly, whipped his horse, and the horse under him kicked and galloped away. In the afterglow of the setting sun, the figure gradually blurred until it disappeared. I don't know if Li Ergou will have the opportunity to get back the money he worked so hard to earn.

Li Ergou was annoyed, but he was also helpless. In the end, to relieve his anger, he kicked the two wooden doors of the house to pieces, but he was seen by the landlord's wife, who shamelessly rolled around and blackmailed him for five taels of silver. He really wanted to cry but had no tears.

With tears of regret, Li Ergou could only pull Da Baixiang's hand and go home for the New Year.