Please follow the script of cultivating immortals

Chapter 9 Assassination
When Jiang Li walked out of the room, the sun outside was almost due south.

Only then did she take a good look at the cottage where she was.She was brought here in a daze yesterday.

When she first came in, she only saw the road and hall of the cottage, which should be where the queen of the cottage lived.

The place where Jiang Li was located seemed very secluded. She didn't see anyone after she walked out, but there were many rooms here, which could probably accommodate a dozen people.If there is any problem, it is that the dust here is very thick and it looks like it has not been cleaned up for a long time.

Walking outside, Jiang Li saw busy people.Of course, what was more conspicuous than the people was the giant python that was originally at the bottom of the mountain.

Seven or eight people were cutting the python from its body with knives.There was someone inside who looked familiar to Jiang Li. It was the guard Xiaoliu who went up the mountain to report yesterday.

Xiao Liu also saw Jiang Li and said hello to Jiang Li.

"Hello, Commander."

"Yeah. Did you bring this up today?"

"Yes. I originally wanted to trouble the military advisor, but since you were still drunk, the boss asked the brothers to move up first and take care of all the skin and flesh."

"Where is the master?"

"In Huwei Hall."

Xiao Liu pointed to the hall where Jiang Li went yesterday. Jiang Li nodded and stretched.

"Okay, you guys are busy first."

After walking to the lobby, Jiang Li saw that the configuration here was different from yesterday.Yesterday there were two rows of people standing neatly here, and now there are two rows of people busy making lanterns and wrapping yuanxiao.

This made Jiang Li confirm that they had rehearsed yesterday.

The third master, Flying Legs, was directing patrols in the crowd at this time to ensure that no one was slacking off. The second master, the one-eyed dragon, was not there, and the first master, Jade Faced Yama, was sitting on a chair watching and saw Jiang Li's arrival.

"The military advisor is awake?"

"Ah."

With that said, Jiang Li walked up and asked the boss.

"Master, do I have any tasks today?"

"Today... none."

"Military advisor is just a sinecure. I thought you knew that, so I chose this."

The sound of the third master's flying legs came from behind. Jiang Li turned around and looked at him, and he also walked over.

"Don't tell me you don't know what a military advisor does?"

"There was no military advisor where I was before. I just read from the script that military advisors are responsible for directing wars."

"War? Then just wait. Our offerings to the city lord this year are pretty good. It would be unjust if he sends troops to suppress the bandits again."

"worship?"

Jiang Li was a little surprised when he heard this.In "Water Margin", she only saw Liangshan heroes going down to attack the city, but never saw them going down to bribe the city lord.

A sneer appeared on a minion holding a lantern.He stood up and looked at Jiang Li.

"It seems you don't understand anything."

This man was probably in his 50s, short, stooped, and looked a bit bookish.

There is also an obvious bump on his forehead.

Just when he was about to say something, Jiang Li turned around, picked up a cup and threw it at his head.

"The waves behind the Yangtze River drive the waves ahead!"

Jiang Li shouted.You don't need to guess to know that this person is the former military advisor, and she will never give her military advisor's position back again.

The cup hit the person behind the military advisor, bounced off and hit another person, and finally got stuck in the paste that was used to paste the lantern.

The military advisor touched his face to make sure he was not injured.

Everyone looked at Jiang Li, who swallowed.

"I was just trying to scare him. You see, I hit three of them."

The Third Master waved his hand and everyone continued working, including the former military advisor.

"Second brother, please take the military advisor out for a walk, and introduce the military advisor's mission by the way."

"it is good."

With that said, the Third Master took Jiang Li out.

Jiang Li listened to the clicking sound of wooden legs walking on the stone road and asked the third master.

"What's wrong with your leg?"

"Did I ask you, what is your life experience like?"

"No."

"Did I ask you, what is your real purpose in coming to the village?"

"No."

"Then why are you asking me?"

"Don't you martial arts guys talk nicely?"

Jiang Li complained for a moment, knowing that if he continued to ask questions, he would be asking for trouble.

The Third Master did not continue this topic and just introduced it to Jiang Li.

"The one just now is the Huwei Hall. All big and small things in the village are done there. I want to ask the big boss for an explanation. The structure of the village is not complicated. You have met all three heads, and then they are divided into chores, guards, soldiers, and generals. Of course, The position of general on the mountain is currently vacant, and the second-in-command is busy training troops. If you are interested, you can also work as a general part-time."

"Forget it, I'm not a green onion."

Green onions fighting against generals, this is what Jiang Li was thinking about.

But the Third Master obviously didn't understand this and could only continue talking to Jiang Li.

"There are now more than 30 people in the village and one cow. The usual thing is to stay in the village and grab people who pass by. If there is an escort, they usually don't grab it. But if you have nothing to do, you can go and make trouble. You have to spend money to hire an escort. People feel that the money spent is worth it. If they really don’t have enough money, they go down the mountain to rob people, kidnap a few and ask for ransom. It’s totally fine for a wealthy family to spend a few hundred taels. There is also a piece of land behind, with an eight-acre plot of land. Well, the land on the mountain is not fertile enough to cultivate so much."

"Are you still farming? I thought you were just going down the mountain to rob it."

"You cultivators are truly unworldly."

The Third Master stopped and said to Jiang Li.

"What do you think is most important to ordinary people?"

"……food?"

"Yes. So in good years, it's okay for us to grab some. But if the harvest is not good, we still go to grab, just to kill them. The people are the easiest to fool. As long as they can still live, they will endure it, but you can't If we let them live, they will have to drag us to death.”

Hearing this, Jiang Li nodded.

At this time, they had already walked outside the village and saw the reclaimed land there.

One acre of land, equivalent to the value Jiang Li saw in modern times, was about 667 square meters.What is this concept?Jiang Li didn't know it clearly before, but now that she actually saw the eight acres of land, she felt that there seemed to be not as much as she had guessed.

"Are these lands enough to feed the village?"

"Ha ha ha ha."

The Third Master laughed after listening to Jiang Li's question.

Then, he asked Jiang Li. "There are a total of 35 people in the village, and each person needs to eat at least two taels of grain a day. Last year, eight acres of land produced a total of seven stones of grain. Can you calculate it?"

Jiang Li originally planned to blurt out the calculation results, but then remembered that he didn't know the measurement units of this world, so he just said the results.

"Not enough to eat."

"Two taels is still the minimum. If you want to work, train soldiers, and grab money, you have to eat more. So you have to grab. But the good thing is that we don't need to pay taxes. There are a few people in the village who pay too heavy taxes. No, they came to seek refuge with us. They are also planting that land."

"That's it."

Jiang Li muttered to himself.She had to admit that she knew too little.

The Third Master stretched his arms.

"This is our Niutou Village. We are the only bandits on Niutou Mountain. To be precise, we are the only bandits in the entire Sifang City."

Jiang Li looked down the mountain. Sifang City was not far down the mountain, and it didn't look too small.

The emotion could be put aside later, but she still had to ask the third master about the military advisor first.

"What is the third boss, the military advisor, responsible for?"

"Didn't I say it? I am idle. Unless I hear some news, someone is escorting a batch of relatively large treasures, or they are coming to suppress bandits, then you will make suggestions."

"Oh. How did the former military advisor do?"

"He, he...you can ask yourself later."

Regarding this issue, the Third Master didn’t say much.

He just pointed at the cultivated land over there and said to Jiang Li.

"Do you want to see the land over there? I'll take you to see it. There are still some cabbages in the field."

"Okay, let's take a look."

The two people walked that way.

The land is relatively hidden. There is a circle of shrubs planted around it. You can clearly see the whole picture from top to bottom, but it is difficult to find it from bottom to top.Even if you see them, you will think they are all bushes.

Jiang Li was walking forward when he suddenly saw blue words appearing in front of him again.

"It has been detected that someone nearby is hostile to the host."

new function?
Jiang Li thought to himself that there was no such reminder when he encountered the giant python before.

At this time, two people suddenly jumped out from behind the bushes.Both men had their faces covered, and they were holding knives in their hands, with the tip pointed at Jiang Li.

Immediately afterwards, two people came down from the trees on both sides, also masked and armed with knives.

Six people surrounded Jiang Li.

Jiang Li looked at the Third Master.

"Your show?"

Before the Third Master could speak, another person came out from behind the bushes.

The second boss is a one-eyed dragon.

He put his hands behind his back and sneered.

"The boss says you are useful, but I don't think so. You have too many problems, too big. So even if the boss is angry, I have to kill you here."

"That's none of my business, right?"

The Third Master said while stepping back.After exiting the encirclement, he immediately hid behind the tree.

Jiang Li was the only one left in the encirclement.

Jiang Li looked at these people and asked coldly.

"Aren't you afraid of me?"

"The knife is poisoned. Since you can be drunk, you must also be poisoned."

"Not bad."

Jiang Li applauded the second master.

But this looks like clapping to the second boss.Usually they clap their hands to let the ambush person out.

The second master quickly looked around, and felt relieved that nothing unusual had happened.

"Your back-up plan failed?"

"what's that?"

"That's it...you just have to die!"

The second master didn't intend to explain anything and signaled for all his subordinates to take action.

It was too late, it was too soon, Jiang Li shouted.

"Wait a moment!"

Six people stopped.This is the rule. If someone says wait a moment, you have to wait a moment.

The second boss asked Jiang Li curiously.

"what happened?"

"Why are you masked?"

"...Just to prevent being recognized."

"But since you're not masked, don't I know that these are your men?"

"But if you die here, you won't have a chance to tell."

"Two. One, the one over there is still alive."

Jiang Li pointed at the innocent Third Leader.

Before they could say anything, Jiang Li continued.

"Second, since I'm definitely going to die, what's the point of covering your face? If I can't die, wouldn't it be pointless if you don't cover your face?"

The second boss was stunned.

It's not that he doesn't want to cover his face, it's just that the fabric is too expensive and he's not willing to tear off another piece of cloth.

When he was speechless, Jiang Li continued to speak.

"Let's not leave the plot behind. I'm too tired today. Please take me back to meet the boss."

"what?"

The second master thought he heard wrongly, but heard Jiang Li continue speaking.

"The plot. It must be that the boss doesn't trust me and thinks I have other secrets, so he asked you to assassinate me. In fact, he wants me to expose the secret. So skip the plot and come to the result directly. Let's go."

Jiang Li said, turned around and walked towards the mountain stronghold.

The two masters and six minions were all at a loss where they were.

After half an hour of hard planning, it’s over like this?So what are they planning?
(End of this chapter)