Chapter Eighteen: Be Frugal

  There's a saying that goes "good or bad, it's all because of you". If we say it in a more profound and meaningful way, it would be "success is due to Xiao He, failure is also due to Xiao He". This statement makes perfect sense, and it's exactly what Wu Fan wants to tell his own adopted daughter. Because he touched her breasts, Wu Fan had a stroke of good luck and drew the powerful general Hu Che Er worth 330,000 evil points in the system. But also because of her ferocity, she actually scared him away!

  Even now, Wu Fan still can't quite react, it's hard to describe... It's like a husky waiting stupidly for dinner, when suddenly a little wild cat appears, and the husky gets beaten up and runs away with its tail between its legs! Anyway, that's roughly the situation.

  The nearly secured position of the hundred households was gone, and the free trump card was nowhere to be found. He still had the knife wound left by Guo Yan at dawn on his body. Under the scorching sun, he had to pretend to be majestic and patrol the streets. Who could bear it? But this is the Eagle Guard, this is the duty of the Eagle Guard, "to patrol and capture" in "patrol, capture and escort", whether you want to or not, you have to do it.

  With a sigh, Wu Fan raised the sunshade on his head and gazed out at the bustling streets that seemed to stretch on forever, his expression gloomy and discontent.

  With a sly smile, Wu turned his head and slipped away to take a break, entering a tea house to order a bowl of iced tea and rest for a while before continuing.

  A cool tea made from licorice, dates and maltose, with a reddish-brown color and a sweet yet bitter taste, is perfect for relieving the summer heat. Wu Fan downed half a bowl in one gulp, pulled at the collar of his Flying Eagle suit, let out a long sigh, and closed his eyes in satisfaction, feeling refreshed. But then he heard a sentence from the next table that made him... feel chilled to the bone.

  "You really have nothing better to do!"

  A very familiar voice came from behind Wu Fan.

  Wu Fan swallowed hard, his neck stiffly twisting like a wooden mechanism, almost making a cracking sound, as he turned his head back to look.

  "Don't call me Holy Girl from now on, call me... call me by my real name Yu Xiang Nü, the rain of the rainy day."

  When Wu Fan completely turned around, he indeed saw the scar-faced saintess dressed as a man! His pale face was knotted for a long time, and Wu Fan let out a long sigh to the sky!

  What's going on? Didn't we agree to meet once a month?

  Lowering his voice, Wu Fan showed a very impatient look and said: "Are you crazy! Don't you see where this is? This is Luoyang City! It's the eastern capital of the empire! Not Nanliang! What do you want to do?"

  Scar-faced Holy Maiden, or rather, Yu Xiang Nu slowly sipped her cold tea and said: "Eastern Capital? Perhaps it will soon become the Imperial Capital!"

  "Huh?"

  Wu Fan didn't quite hear it clearly and couldn't help but ask.

  Yu Xiangnuo shook her head and said, "Nothing, I just want you to investigate something..."

  Wu Fan cut off the other's words and said hastily: "Didn't we agree to meet once a month, exchange antidotes and intelligence? What do you mean by this? If I'm used up by you like this, then I'm done for, right? Rather than that, I'd rather take you down with me! After all, my life is worthless, not comparable to your noble Saint Girl!"

  The more Wu Fan spoke, the more agitated he became, his entire face looking ferocious. He had no choice but to give the other party a warning, showing a harder side, otherwise they would really treat him as their own wallet, taking and giving as they pleased.

  Yu Xiangnu stared into Wu Fan's eyes for a long time, only to find that Wu Fan's eyes were filled with viciousness. She remained calm and said, "This time is different, just this once, and then we'll continue as agreed."

  Is it true? If something happens for the first time, I'm afraid there will be a second time.

  Some words Wu Fan hid in his heart and didn't say out loud, but he already understood that he had to think of a way to get the other party to reveal what they were fed, then detoxify through the system, and finally silence them completely. Otherwise, for the rest of his life, he would probably be entangled with these Maitreya cultists, unable to extricate himself.

  Taking a deep breath, Wu Fan said impatiently: "Speak up! What is it!"

  Yu Xiangnu hesitated for a moment, then said: "Three days later, a big shot will come from Chang'an to Luoyang. According to his identity, you Eagle Guards will probably all be surrounding him. I want you to investigate something related to him, no matter what it is, the more detailed the better."

  Wu Fan rolled his eyes, licked his lips and said: "People who can be called big shots by you guys are probably not simple, right? You want me to do this kind of thing... Heh heh! If one day I get rid of the poison on my body, I'll definitely kill all your money, especially yours! You must be the first to be eliminated!"

  Yu Xiang smiled and said, "You can't solve it because this poison is...", she suddenly stopped and looked at Wu Fan's eyes full of obscure hope, saying: "I won't tell you! Hehehe... Want to compete with me? Go learn some more! Remember, that person will arrive in three days, and you will definitely be dispatched there. Then... come see me once every day at this time."

  She tossed down a few copper coins and Rain Fragrance was about to leave.

  "Wait!"

  Wu Fan suddenly called out to her in a low voice, rubbing his hands together with a flattering smile on his face, as if hinting at something, where was the look of wanting to devour each other from before?

  Yu Xiangnu remained silent for a long time, slowly counted six large coins from her purse, and handed them to Wu Fan with a pained expression, saying... "Be frugal!"

  Wu Fan: "......", can't you give me a bit of awareness as an anti-hero? There are many benefits to it!

  Seeing Wu Fan's dissatisfied look, Yu Xiang decided to ignore him, quickly picked up the money bag, put on her sun hat and disappeared from Wu Fan's sight in the blink of an eye.

  "Alas!"

  There's actually a woman in this world who is even more petty than Tong Rui!

  Another long sigh, Wu Fan drained the bowl of cool tea in one gulp, flipped over the six copper coins in his hand and threw them on the table, continuing his patrol.

  But Wu Fan's leisure didn't last long, as Qian Rui from the Bai Hu Suo came running to report to Wu Fan with a complex expression, telling him to gather his troops and return to the Bai Hu Suo immediately.

  Qian Rui's complex emotions were due to two reasons: one was that Wu Fan had killed Guo Ye, and the other was... the new hundred households leader wasn't him!

  "Who?"

  Following Qian Rui's rapid pace, Wu Fan suddenly heard what Qian Rui said and couldn't help but call out.

  Qian Rui let out a soft sigh and repeated what he had just said to Wu Fan, saying: "The new hundred households arranged by Commander Zong are Xiu."

  Wu Fan's eyebrows furrowed instantly, saying: "Isn't that rascal serving as a hundred households in another hundred households? What's going on?"

  It's all because of you!

  Qian Rui glanced at Wu Fan, with a lot of discontent in his heart, but said on the surface: "Heaven knows! Alas! Let's hurry up and go! That guy has a bad temper!"

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