Chapter 56: Mantis Catches Cicada

  After the introduction, I learned that Golden Glasses' real name was Wang Jinsong, an auditor at the Audit Bureau. As we spoke, Wang Jinsong's wife brought out the dishes and Wang Jinsong took out a bottle of white wine from the cabinet, opened it with his teeth, and poured a large cup for both me and him. Wang Jinsong smiled and said: "Normally I don't drink much, but today let's get drunk together."

  Wang Jinsheng's wife asked curiously: "When did you two get to know each other?"

  Wang Jinseng patted me on the shoulder: "This is the brother I told you about, who helped me find my wallet on the bus."

  Wang Jinsheng's wife said: "Is that you? Jinsheng came back that night and kept mentioning it to me, and in the past few days, he has been talking about you every three or two days."

  I smiled and asked: "What did Wang Ge say about me?"

  Wang Jinsheng's wife said, "He told me everything that happened that day. When he came back, he kept saying how regretful he was and felt sorry for you, saying that at the time he should have fought with that thief."

  I was greatly surprised, I didn't expect Wang Jinshe to tell his wife about this kind of thing. As a big man, isn't he afraid that his wife will look down on him?

  "In short, what happened that day can be summed up in four words: losing face and spoiling the fun."

  "I hastily said: 'It can't be said that way, Wang Ge is a good man who knows shame and then courage.'"

  Wang Jinsong smiled and raised his cup, saying: "Nothing else to say, let's drink!" He downed the wine in one gulp, then poured himself another. His smiling face suddenly turned red like a cat had scratched it, apparently he couldn't hold his liquor well. Wang Jinsong raised his cup again, "I'm a timid person who fears trouble, I wasn't good at socializing before, and I've definitely done my fair share of harming others for personal gain. But strangely, after meeting you that day, it's as if I've found my conscience."

  I flattered him by saying: "It shows that Brother Wang is not a bad person at heart. If it were someone else, they might not be able to change even if they wanted to."

  Wang Jinsong said, "You really can't say that I've always wanted to be a great hero since I was young and have also helped people out of trouble several times. Unfortunately, my body is as weak as a small chicken's, and I'm often beaten by others. The other day, I finally figured it out - what's the point of being afraid if you can't win a fight? As long as you have the guts to do it, that's all that matters! What did Guo Jing say? 'The greatest hero is one who fights for the country and the people!'"

  It turns out that Wang Jinsong is the Buddha's Palm in Stephen Chow's "Kung Fu", and it's unknown whether he was peed on his face when he first gave someone a head start, leaving a shadow...

  Wang Jinsong said with a flourish, and then drank the wine in his cup in one gulp. After that, he fell onto the sofa with a thud...

  I looked at Wang Jinsheng and his wife apologetically said: "Sorry, sister-in-law, I didn't know Brother Wang couldn't drink."

  Wang Jinsheng's wife sighed and said: "This is still his first time drinking with others like this, but to be honest I quite like him being like this."

  "Ah?" I said unexpectedly.

  Wang Jinsheng's wife blushed: "He has become more masculine, you don't know what he was like before. He used to be timid and afraid of things, with a narrow mind. When he encountered setbacks at work, he could only go home and vent. Now he has completely changed." She worried, "It's just unknown how long this can last, who knows if he's been stimulated by something and is temporarily going crazy?"

  "I said hastily: 'Can't can't.'"

  Su Jing pulled me and gave me a look, since we've achieved our goal, it's time for us to leave.

  Wang Jinsheng was already sleeping soundly, we bid farewell to his wife. As soon as I walked out the door, I sighed: "I didn't expect that being struck by lightning would actually improve someone else's marital relationship. These three points of sword energy, I'd rather not have them."

  Su Jing was very satisfied with the gains of this trip, and suddenly asked me: "Who is Guo Jing? The words 'for the country and for the people, chivalrous and great' are really well said."

  "The fictional characters you made up, and then say that the Xiangyang City guarded by Guo Jing is his own country and his own people, don't think about fooling around with stupid people."

  Su Jingdao said: "If Guo Jing were facing your current situation, what would he do?"

  I rolled my eyes and said, "Who knows, 'The Archer' is not 'The Mix'."

  Experience has taught us that blindly sticking up for others often results in being spat on, and the cases of Star Master and Wang Jinsheng are a warning to us all!

  At this time, my phone rang. I looked at the number and it was Erzi. I picked up the call without speaking, and Erzi said in a very small voice: "Long Ge, the person you are looking for has news!"

  I exclaimed in surprise: "So soon?"

  Erzi said: "It's also unintentional, there are a few workers on our construction site who found someone in the rental house who looks like a mole, they were discussing whether to report it or not, I'll let you know first."

  "Where?"

  "There is a warehouse for storing fertilizers in the western suburbs, and there is a row of civilian rental houses..."

  After inquiring about the specific location, I settled the two children: "Don't tell anyone else about this matter for now, and it's up to you to decide how to reward those workers."

  "Don't worry, I know what to do."

  "Hung up the phone, I muttered: 'Really better than the police!'"

  "Found the mole?"

  I nodded: "Shall we tell the police before we go?"

  Su Jing shook her head and said, "They can't help us with anything and will only get in the way. We'll go ourselves."

  I hailed a taxi and gave him the address, on the taxi was already posted a wanted notice for Groundhog...

  Arrived at the destination and got off the bus, in the distance was a large area of wheat fields. Right in front of us was indeed a very large fertilizer warehouse, and next to it were several rows of flat houses built by farmers, which are mostly rented out to migrant workers from other places. At this time, it wasn't yet the end of work hours, so the surrounding area seemed quiet.

  I asked Su Jing: "Do you have any feeling?"

  Su Jing signaled me not to speak, and after a moment of concentration, he said: "Yes, very strong, he must be nearby!" Su Jing walked forward slowly with his head down, following his intuition. I joked: "You're like a hunting dog!"

  At this time, Su Jing stood in front of a wooden plank door bungalow, with a serious expression pointing to the door and mouthed to me: "Inside..."

  At the same time, the mouse seemed to have sensed our arrival and suddenly shouted, "Who?" Su Jing and I didn't say a word. After a moment, the mouse sneered, "Looks like it's not the police, or they would have rushed in already."

  "You took our things!"

  The groundhog sneered: "Is Jinlv Yuyi yours?"

  Su Jingdao said: "In addition to the golden silk clothes, there is something else on your body that belongs to us."

  "What's that?"

  Su Jingyi pushed the door open with a loud bang, and the mouse in the room was sitting on the edge of the bed, with a package in its hand. The mouse looked at me and Su Jingyi with disdain and said: "Do you know how many police officers watched me slip away from under their noses? You think you two can catch me?"

  "So you don't want to know why you can suddenly run so fast?"

  The groundhog's face changed and he said: "What kind of person are you?"

  "We're your creditors."

  The mole was completely bewildered, he no longer recognized me.

  Su Jingdao said: "Even if you've already done something wrong, it's all because of us. How about this? We'll help you return the golden silk and jade clothes to the government, and you come with us. When you return the power on your body to us, we can send you far away. Is that fair?"

  She said something that sounded like nonsense to him, he raised an eyebrow and lazily said: "You guys just want to cheat each other, right? Well, you have to be capable of catching me first!"

  "Good!" Su Jing didn't waste any words, pointing his finger and a strong sword energy shot past my cheek, stabbing straight at the ground mouse. The ground mouse was originally sitting with its legs crossed, but now it seemed to have sensed something unusual, and its body subconsciously dodged. The wall behind it was pierced with a small hole. The ground mouse was shocked, and in an instant it disappeared from view, only to reappear on the other side of the tea table. In another flash, it appeared at the corner of the room, and finally, as if it had mastered the art of splitting itself into multiple bodies, its shadow was everywhere in the room.

  Su Jing didn't dare to be careless, no matter how the ground mouse struggled, she just steadily blocked the door, and the sword energy in her hand shot out from time to time. Before long, this room had been poked full of holes by her. As long as they continued to fight like this, the ground mouse would have nowhere to escape, and the final victory would definitely be theirs.

  However, the mouse was not a fool. Seeing that things were not going well, he suddenly sprang up and stuck to the right wall, slipping through a ventilation opening about two bricks in size. This house had no windows, and the ventilation opening was almost as small as two bricks. It wasn't our carelessness this time, but we really couldn't have imagined that the mouse could escape from there - his short stature saved his life.

  Su Jing originally had the upper hand, but suddenly encountered an unexpected event, got angry and stomped his foot, but without hesitation also rushed out, leaving behind only one sentence: "Wait for me right here."

  Two figures, one in front and one behind, flashed across the empty land like two bolts of lightning. In front was an endless expanse of cornfield, and I had thought that the groundhog would burrow into it, which was the usual escape tactic. But unexpectedly, he leapt up and stood on a corn stalk, running forward as if his feet were firmly planted on the ground. Su Jing followed suit, stepping on the corn stalks to give chase, constantly emitting sword energy, but the groundhog dodged left and right, creating a distance of over ten strides between them in just a few bounds. I quickly realized that relying solely on speed, Su Jing seemed unable to catch up to him; if he were to burrow into the cornfield, the risk would be even greater.

  Two people were both light-footed and disappeared in the blink of an eye. I couldn't help, so I slowly walked into the house, and suddenly my eyes lit up: I found that the mouse had forgotten to bring away the package that was originally placed by its side in its hurry. I rushed over to open it and couldn't help but be overjoyed - the golden silk jade garment that had captivated countless people's dreams was actually lying quietly inside.

  I rummaged through the package, and a treasure with golden threads wrapped around it and jade stones as ornaments was intact in my hands. It's hard to believe that such an ancient artifact has only minor damage after so many years, and the emerald jade woven with golden threads is not missing a single piece!

  Just as I was overjoyed, I didn't notice that the door had been blocked by someone. The person also smiled and said: "Sword God, I have been waiting for you for a long time."

  I looked up in shock and saw a thin old man with white hair grasping a long knife, staring at me with a sarcastic smile - Lu Renjia.

  Division line

  Yesterday was missing a chapter, it must be supplemented before going on sale. Spoiler alert: Long Yangyang will soon make his first journey through time and space.