Chapter 9: Making Money! Start your performance

After hearing what Tian Shisan said, Shen Lang laughed and said, "Brother Thirteen, I'm going to sleep. Are you going to keep watching me?"

Tian Shisan said, "In two days, if you don't have a thousand gold coins, I will kill your whole family."

Then, he walked out directly.

Shen Lang lay comfortably on the bed. His family was very poor, with parts of the roof leaking. His parents and younger brother lived in one room, while Shen Lang had a room to himself.

Not only that, his bed was very large and soft, and even the thin quilt was new.

Although his family was very poor, they gave him the best of everything. In rural families, many children may not even have new clothes for the New Year. Shen Lang's family was even poorer, but he had three new sets of clothes each year, regardless of the family's difficulties. His parents would always provide for him.

One set for summer, one for autumn, and one for the New Year. Meanwhile, his younger brother, Shen Jian, had never had new clothes and always wore Shen Lang's old clothes.

He really didn't understand why his parents favored him so much. There was no reason for it.

Shen Jian was a good-for-nothing, loafing around outside every day. But compared to the old Shen Lang, he had improved a lot. Apart from being handsome, Shen Lang was completely useless. If it weren't for the fact that he had transmigrated to this world, with his low intelligence, he wouldn't be able to take care of himself, let alone support his parents in their old age. He would need his younger brother to take care of them, and then support them.

"Worthless Shen Lang, I will repay what you owe to our parents and your brother. I will spend my whole life repaying it."

Shen Lang silently vowed to himself that he would make sure his parents had a good life and that his brother would marry and have a successful career.

The most urgent task at hand was to get through the current crisis!

Tian Hang had given him three days to raise a thousand gold coins, and now there were only two days left.

What would happen if Shen Lang couldn't come up with a thousand gold coins when the time was up?

Tian Hang would carry out his threat to kill his whole family, as he always did.

Could he earn a thousand gold coins within two days?

...

The next morning, after Shen Lang got up, he brewed medicine for his father and brother, washed up, and had breakfast.

"Bang, bang, bang..."

There was a knocking at the door, and his mother looked uneasy as she went to open it.

"I'll go." Shen Lang said.

After opening the door, it turned out to be Thirteen and Fourteen, Tian Hang's men.

"Time is running out, go make some money," Tian Shisan said directly, his tone still casual and indifferent.

"Mother, what's wrong?" Shen Lang asked.

"Son, it's nothing, just two of my friends," Shen Lang said.

His mother warmly said, "They are your friends, come in and have some porridge."

"No need, we've already eaten, thank you, ma'am," Tian Shisan said with a warm smile, completely concealing the fact that he was a killer, and looking just like a good young man.

Shen Lang calmly finished the bowl of rice porridge, but his mother insisted on giving him an egg. "Eat it quickly."

He instinctively wanted to give the egg to his father.

"Go ahead and eat it," his mother said firmly, then she peeled another egg and gave half to his father and half to his brother.

"Okay, I'll eat it," Shen Lang said.

Seeing him finish the egg, his mother smiled with relief.

"Mother, I'm going to the city with my friends. A very powerful teacher came to the school today," Shen Lang said.

His mother immediately became nervous, "Son, will you come back for lunch?"

"I definitely won't be able to make it back for lunch, but I'll try to come home for dinner," Shen Lang said.

Tian Shisan warmly said, "Ma'am, my house is in town, I won't let Shen Lang go hungry."

"Thank you, and please come to our house for eggs in the future," his mother said.

"Okay," Tian Shisan's smile became even more sincere.

Then, Shen Lang left home to make money, with Tian Shisan and Tian Shisi following closely behind.

A thousand gold coins was an astronomical figure for his family.

...

Four hours later, Shen Lang had walked more than thirty miles and was almost at Xuanwu City.

Ahead, there were two men walking in a hurry, cursing as they walked. They seemed to be a father and son, the father in his forties and the son in his twenties.

Tian Shisan stepped forward and warmly said, "Uncle Li, Big Lu, long time no see!"

The father and son stopped and, seeing Tian Shisan, their expressions were somewhat embarrassed, but they quickly put on a smile and said, "Oh, it's Thirteen, it's been a while."

Tian Shisan warmly said, "Uncle, why haven't you been to our house lately? My father misses you. He was talking about how you haven't been over for tea. Although you owe our family a little money, don't be a stranger. You and my father are like brothers."

The middle-aged man said, "I'll go tomorrow, I'll go tomorrow."

Tian Shisan stepped forward, hugged the father and son, and walked into the depths of the rice fields and into the woods.

"Uncle, you haven't been to our house for a while. The good wine my father specially brewed has gone bad. He asked me to bring some meat to your house, but I didn't expect to run into you today!"

After entering the woods, Tian Shisan became even more affectionate, as if he were a close relative.

"By the way, Uncle!" Tian Shisan said to the middle-aged man, "My father said you don't need to repay the money you owe our family."

The middle-aged man said, "That's really not necessary, really not necessary..."

Tian Shisan said, "You and my father have been friends for over ten years. What's a little money between brothers? I used to come to your house for dinner all the time when I was a kid."

The middle-aged man said, "Then, then I'll slaughter a pig's head tomorrow and go see your father, and we'll have a drink together."

"Okay..." Tian Shisan said.

Then, he quickly drew a sharp knife.

"Splurt..."

Like a flash of lightning, it pierced the hearts of the father and son, the movement was so fast that Shen Lang could barely see it.

There were no screams, no wails, the father and son died instantly, and it wasn't until a while later that blood gushed out from the wounds.

"Fourteen, go get the brothers to take care of these two bodies," Tian Thirteen ordered.

"Yes, boss!" Tian Fourteen replied.

Tian Thirteen wiped the dagger clean with a handkerchief, then carefully tucked it into his chest, meticulously checked himself and his sleeves to make sure there was no bloodstain, and then said to Shen Lang, "Sorry for the delay, we can continue on our way now that we've seen some familiar faces."

"Okay," Shen Lang replied.

Throughout the whole ordeal, Tian Thirteen's expression remained unchanged, always wearing a smile, even when committing murder.

The two continued on their way towards Xuanwu City.

Suddenly, Shen Lang asked, "Tian Thirteen, was that middle-aged man your uncle?"

Tian Thirteen nodded, "Yes, he came with my father to escape, we've known each other for over ten years, he used to carry me when I was a child."

Shen Lang asked, "How much money did he owe?"

"Three gold coins, because we're acquaintances, the interest is lower, but after compounding, it's twenty-five gold coins," Tian Thirteen said, "He can't repay it, and yesterday the father and son went to the gambling den and owed a few more gold coins in gambling debts."

Tian Thirteen didn't hesitate to kill the father and son, despite their long-standing relationship, for twenty-five gold coins.

Meanwhile, Shen Lang owed a thousand gold coins.

Tian Thirteen said, "Shen Lang, I know you're just stalling for time. It's impossible for you to earn a thousand gold coins in two days, so tell me now if you can't do it, and I'll give you a quick death, don't waste my time for two days, how about it?"

Then, he took out a sharp little knife and wiped it over and over again. As long as Shen Lang nodded, he would immediately kill him at the fastest speed.

A thousand gold coins could be the savings of hundreds of households over several decades, it was truly a huge sum, and for a poor boy like Shen Lang, it was impossible to earn a thousand gold coins in two days.

Shen Lang looked at Tian Thirteen and said seriously, "I don't need two days, I can do it today!"

Tian Thirteen was astonished, "Really?"

Shen Lang said, "I'll earn the thousand gold coins within three hours."

Tian Thirteen's eyes widened in disbelief, "Three hours?"

It was completely unbelievable.

Shen Lang said, "Yes, within three hours."

...

Shen Lang and Tian Thirteen entered Xuanwu City.

Xuanwu City was one of the eight cities in the Nujiang Prefecture, with twenty-five towns under its jurisdiction and a total population of over twenty-five thousand, with over three thousand people in the city alone.

Shen Lang noticed that the city wall of Xuanwu City was over twelve meters high, with a circumference of nearly ten miles.

In many ancient Chinese provincial capitals, the city walls were not necessarily twelve meters high, which could only prove one thing, that the martial strength of this world far exceeded that of ancient China, hence the need for higher city walls for defense.

Most of the soldiers on the city wall were wearing leather armor, and the officers were wearing plate armor, numbering over several hundred.

After entering the city, the streets were bustling with people, and the shops were more prosperous than imagined.

Shen Lang stopped in front of a three-story building with a sign that read "Jinxiuge".

He not only had to make a lot of money here, but also to take revenge on the Xu family.

Taking a deep breath, Shen Lang walked into the magnificent Jinxiuge.

Let the show begin!

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