#338 - Give me back the pills!

Regarding the group of bandits who "escorted" Old Zhang Tou out of the desert, Wei Changtian did not cause them any trouble, and even generously rewarded them with three thousand taels of silver.

After all, regardless of their purpose, they safely brought Old Zhang Tou out and took good care of him with good food and drink.

For this contribution alone, it's not excessive to reward them with some money.

As for their previous killings and robberies, what does that have to do with me?

Upholding justice?

Sorry, I don't have the time for that.

Wei Changtian originally thought this matter should be settled, but he didn't expect that someone would want to join him.

Actually, similar things had happened before, but Chu Xianping handled them at that time.

If the person was valuable, they would be absorbed into the Freemasons for gradual observation.

If they were worthless, they would be rejected with some excuse.

So, does this person have any value?

"Ahem, this brother, please get up."

Stepping forward and helping the young man up from the ground, Wei Changtian also took the first serious look at him.

About the same height as himself, but always slightly hunched over, maintaining a difference of half a head shorter than himself.

His appearance was relatively ordinary, belonging to the kind that disappears in a crowd, but not the kind of ordinary like Xiao Feng that makes people immediately see that "this person is unusual."

His skin was not as dark as most bandits, but it certainly couldn't be considered fair.

In short, he was an ordinary person.

Or rather, an ordinary bandit who had just joined the ranks not long ago.

"This brother, I'm a straightforward person, I hope you don't take it to heart."

Smiling, Wei Changtian directly got to the point: "You are willing to join me, which is a sign of respect for me."

"However, I already have a lot of people under my command. If I give you an ordinary job, I'm afraid it would be a waste of your talent."

"So . . ."

"Young Master Wei."

Suddenly, the young man interrupted: "May I say a few more words?"

"Speak," Wei Changtian nodded with an unchanged expression.

"Good."

The young man paused slightly, then asked seriously: "I heard from Senior Zhang that he was assassinated in the Western Desert Gobi. I wonder if you have tracked down the whereabouts of the贼人?"

"No," Wei Changtian narrowed his eyes.

"Then I wonder if you can give me a chance?"

"I can, I'll give you one night."

Wei Changtian replied very simply: "If you can find out where these assassins are before Chen Shi tomorrow morning, then you can follow me from now on."

" . . ."

One night to find out the whereabouts of a group of assassins who have obviously received "professional training" is undoubtedly as difficult as ascending to heaven. I'm afraid even Chu Xianping wouldn't be able to do it.

And the young man probably knew that he had no room for bargaining, so he agreed without hesitation.

"Okay, Young Master, but I need to borrow fifty government yamen runners."

"No problem."

Taking a deep look at the man in front of him, Wei Changtian finally left a sentence and turned to leave.

"If you can do it, I guarantee you will have a meteoric rise afterwards."

"Da da da, da da da . . ."

Half a quarter of an hour later, a series of rapid hoofbeats gradually faded away and soon disappeared into the night.

Among this group of people was the reluctant Old Zhang Tou.

Wei Changtian wasn't too worried about his safety.

After all, the fifty government yamen runners accompanying him were all experts, and their primary task was to protect Old Zhang Tou, so even if they really encountered the group of assassins again, they wouldn't be afraid.

As for the transaction with the bandit . . . Wei Changtian didn't think the other party could do it.

"Creak ~"

Withdrawing his gaze, he slowly closed the wooden window.

Wei Changtian turned his head and looked at Li Wutong, who had followed him into the house all the way, and asked with a smile: "Princess, what are you doing? Could it be that you want to sleep with me in the same bed?"

" . . ."

Although Li Wutong was already used to Wei Changtian saying some out-of-tune words from time to time, "sleep in the same bed" was really too vulgar, which made her blush for a long time before spitting:

"Bah! Shameless!"

"Well, I've always been shameless."

Wei Changtian nodded "shamelessly taking pride in it" and sat down at the table: "Princess, what do you want to do?"

"This . . ."

Li Wutong's cheeks were even redder. She walked closer hesitantly and slowly spread her right hand in front of Wei Changtian.

"Gi-, give it to me . . ."

????

If Li Wutong said "Give me" at this time, then Wei Changtian probably would have already started daydreaming.

But since she said "Give it to me," it means that Li Wutong is indeed asking him for something.

"Give you what?" Wei Changtian was confused.

"The, the Tianyuan Pill . . ."

Li Wutong was a little embarrassed: "You, you don't need it, so give it back to me."

"Oh, I thought it was something else."

Wei Changtian spread his hands: "Princess, you have already given me the Tianyuan Pill, there is no reason to take it back, right?"

"But, but you tricked it away from me!"

Seeing Wei Changtian playing rogue, Li Wutong became anxious: "If it were other pills, it would be fine, but this Tianyuan Pill is extremely precious. Father only gave me one. If . . ."

"Stop, stop, stop!"

Wei Changtian had no interest in listening to Li Wutong's complaints. He interrupted with a stern face: "Princess, I don't like to hear you say that. When have I ever tricked you?"

"I thought you were injured, so I took out the Tianyuan Pill!"

Li Wutong became more and more angry: "But you were obviously not injured, but you still took the pill away. Isn't that tricking me?!"

"Princess, first of all, I said at the time that I was fine, but you didn't believe it yourself."

Facing Li Wutong's questioning, Wei Changtian just calmly replied: "Secondly, I also said at the time that I would take this Tianyuan Pill later . . ."

"But you haven't taken it now!" Li Wutong shouted.

"The future I said is not now."

Wei Changtian continued to fool her: "Princess, although I wasn't injured this time, people like me have so many enemies, I might be in danger someday."

"When I take this Tianyuan Pill then, won't it have the same effect?"

"Since your original intention in taking out the Tianyuan Pill was to heal me, then what's the difference between healing the current injury or the future injury?"

"This . . ."

After listening to Wei Changtian's "analysis," Li Wutong suddenly didn't know how to answer.

How does it sound . . . quite reasonable?

My original intention was indeed to heal him.

So, if that's the case, it seems I really shouldn't ask for the Tianyuan Pill back.

"I, I see. Then you can keep the Tianyuan Pill . . ."

The more Li Wutong thought about it, the more she felt that she was so stingy. She wanted to turn around and run away after saying a word.

However, Wei Changtian suddenly stopped her at this time.

"Princess, I think since you wronged me, then shouldn't you . . ."

"So-, sorry!"

"Bang!"

Along with a sudden apology, the door was slammed shut.

Listening to the rapid footsteps outside the house getting smaller and smaller, a smile suddenly appeared on the corner of Wei Changtian's mouth unconsciously, but then this smile suddenly stopped and froze on his face.

Damn! Did I just think Li Wutong was a little cute just now???