Volume 1 The Butterfly That Can't Fly Over the Sea Chapter 44 Ah Cheng
May 27.
Outside Wupan City, once known as the Monkey and Fox Forest, has now collapsed into a ruined wasteland, and from time to time you can see strange people with strange whereabouts, or groups of three or five, or walking alone. They stopped and walked or looked around, as if looking for something.
A young man dressed in sackcloth suddenly appeared out of thin air behind a mound raised by a pile of fallen grass and trees, he turned his head to look around, and after making sure that no one around was aware of his presence, he shook off his feet and ran in the direction of Wupan City.
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Three days had passed, and Luo Xiangwu and Cang Yuwei had also disappeared for three days, and Wei Lai could not predict what kind of changes such an accident would bring to Wupan City, so he chose to take the path home, avoiding all possible ears and eyes.
There was a foul smell on his body, and in the past three days, except for eating, Wei Lai had spent all his time cultivating.
It's hard work, but it's rewarding enough.
Wei Lai thought about the seven Wuyang Divine Blood that had been condensed in his dantian, and the corners of his mouth not only outlined a smile.
This is not the credit of Wei Lai alone, the role played by Guan Shanqi in this process is also very important - self-funded cultivation is actually a very dangerous thing, a little carelessness will hurt his foundation, the reason why Wei Lai strongly asked Luo Xiangwu to wait for him for four days, the injury to be raised is not actually the seemingly terrifying one on the chest, but in fact, there is no knife wound that hurts the vital point at all. It is the internal instability and damage to the meridians brought about by the abandonment of cultivation.
But regarding the existence of the mountain lance, he could use his cultivation to protect Wei Lai's heart and vital points, so that Wei Lai could no longer have any worries about refining and destroying the Wuyang Divine Blood in his body.
Of course, he can't stay there forever, after all, if he has been away for too long, it is easy to provoke the speculation of others, he wants to save Guan Shanqi, before turning it into his own protective Dao Yin God, in order to prevent those who have a heart from finding the location of Guan Shanqi Temple, he also has to inquire about the news, just in case. Moreover, the cultivation of one mind, in Guan Shanqi's words, often does more harm than good.
Wei Lai entered Wupan City from the path west of the city, and then passed through an alley and walked into Ruilong Street. At this moment, it is noon, the sun is shining, and the restaurants on both sides of Ruilong Street should be doing business at this time on weekdays. But today, there are many people and diners are rare. Wei Lai was a little puzzled and a little uneasy.
What made him even more disturbing was that when he appeared on the street, the small number of diners in the restaurant and the bored proprietors all threw strange glances at him and pointed at him for a while.
Wei Lai secretly said that there was something wrong, but after thinking about it, Luo Xiangwu originally wanted to monopolize the inheritance in the Guanshan Lance Temple, and there were many people from all walks of life entrenched in Wupan City, so he would definitely not leak the news, so the matter of him following Wei Lai to find the temple was naturally only known to him and his subordinates, and the group of Cangyu Guards had already died in Wei Lai's hands, and the corpses were also burned to ashes by Guan Shan Lance. There is certainly no possibility of this matter being spread, so the strange eyes of these people have something else......
Wei Lai thought about these things and felt a little at ease, but also dispelled the idea of immediately turning around and fleeing, he lowered his head and hurried away, thinking about returning to the old house and asking that Liu Jiejie what had happened in the past three days.
But when he walked to the old house and watched the door of the old house open from a distance, Wei Lai felt that something was wrong, and was about to walk forward quickly. But in the shadow of the corner of the old house, two figures, one large and one small, suddenly appeared.
"Ahh
"Brother Alai, Grandpa Liu has been captured by those bad guys!, go and save him!" and beside the woman, a little girl with two sky-high mustaches also eagerly echoed.
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Since Wei Lai followed his father and mother to Wupan City at the age of six, he has never left this small city located on the border of Dayan, and he can be regarded as half of Wupan City.
Although others said that he was a fool, they also said that his father and mother had offended the Wupan Dragon King and did not want to be close to him. But people's hearts are flesh and blood, and Wei Shou has been loved by the people in the past few years in Wupan City. The people of Wupan City do not have a big heart of sacrificing themselves, but they are by no means hard-hearted wicked people.
Although no one dared to take over Wei Lai, who was lonely back then, it was common for them to give him some food or old clothes from time to time. And the woman in front of her was one of the few city residents who treated Wei Lai very well before Lu Guanshan arrived - she was also the owner of Liu Jiejie's favorite bun shop, Aunt Zhang.
Aunt Zhang's steamed bun shop has no name, but it has also been open in Wupan City for several years, and it is rumored that Aunt Zhang's husband's family has relied on this steamed bun shop for several generations to make a living in Wupan City. Aunt Zhang was also one of the best beauties in Wupan City back then, but her man left early, alone with her daughter and running the shop left by the man, these years are aging very fast, but Rao is so easy to see some beautiful silhouettes on her face.
Wei Lai was very surprised by the arrival of their mother and son, and Wei Lai was even more surprised by what they said.
Seeing the anxious looks of Aunt Zhang and the little girl, thinking that they had been waiting here for a long time, Wei Lai didn't have the heart to investigate in detail when Liu Jiejie became familiar with the mother and daughter to such a point, nor did he have the heart to think about why the mother and daughter thought of the "bad idea" of finding a fool to save people. His face sank, and he said comfortingly: "Aunt Zhang, don't worry, can you tell me what's going on?"
Since the man left, the half-old who have been guarding themselves like jade, but at this moment they forgot about the big defense of men and women, reached out and pulled up Wei Lai's sleeves, and said with a worried face: "Let's talk while walking, if we delay for too long, it will be too late." β
Wei Lai didn't doubt that the woman would deceive him, so he simply complied with her wishes.
"This morning, Mr. Liu came to my shop to buy steamed buns as usual, but out of nowhere, a group of officers came and kidnapped him without saying anything. β
"I specially went to the magistrate's mansion to inquire, and said that there was a big official in the city yesterday, much older than that Lord Luo, who was investigating the affairs of Lu Zhixian. Then I didn't know where I heard about the old man Liu, and felt that his origin was unknown, so I kidnapped him and interrogated him. β
"I think since he is a relative of yours, you must be able to prove it for him. Aunt Zhang led the little girl to hurry ahead, and said breathlessly.
"I also heard that those officials like to torture people to confess the most, we have to go faster, Old Man Liu's age, I can't stand a few hits!"
As he was talking, the three of them walked briskly to the Luoguxiang where the county magistrate was located.
The prefect of the county and the former Lu Mansion live next to each other, and it is not a prosperous gongguxiang, but at this moment there is a crowd of people, a large number of people in Wupan City surrounded in front of the prefect of the county mansion, and before they approached, Wei Lai heard Liu Jiejie's wail from a distance.
Aunt Zhang, a woman, had never heard such a terrible voice, her face turned pale at the moment, and she almost couldn't stand steadily, but the little girl next to her, although her body was a little trembling, she reached out to support her mother's body.
"Aunt Zhang, don't panic, I'll take a look. Wei Lai hurriedly reassured, and was about to walk forward.
But one foot was just hanging in the air, and at the entrance of the alley in front of him, a figure suddenly walked out and turned to face Wei Lai.
Wei Lai subconsciously stopped and looked at the man, but at that time, the young man who thought he had a good heart was stunned.
It was a woman, a very beautiful woman to be exact.
She wore a white dress with an orange cardigan at the knee-length corners, no powder on her face, and her hair was combed into a ponytail and tied with a red ribbon. The whole person looks heroic, but he does not lose his daughter's beauty.
Such an outfit with her appearance was very impactful, which made Wei Lai stunned, and secretly said that he didn't seem to know such a woman.
"Girl Orange. β
"Sister Ah Cheng. β
Just as she was confused, Aunt Zhang's mother and daughter behind her let out a soft cry.
Wei Lai looked back and saw that the eyes of the two fell on the woman over him, and he reacted that the woman did not know him, but the two behind him.
Wei Lai frowned, and he didn't care about the matter between this woman and Aunt Zhang's mother and daughter, so he simply stepped forward quickly alone, walked in front of the crowd, lined up the dense crowd, and squeezed into it.
"This is the helper you are looking for?" asked the orange-clothed woman named Ah Cheng, who glanced at Wei Lai, who was leaving, and looked at Aunt Zhang's mother and daughter.
"yes. Sister Ah Cheng, Grandpa Liu is a relative of Brother Wei Lai, as long as Brother Wei Lai can prove it to the officials. Grandpa will be fine. The little girl beside Aunt Zhang said seriously.
Ah Cheng was noncommittal about the little girl's naΓ―ve thoughts, she stared at Aunt Zhang and asked, "Isn't that old man one of your diners, very important to you?"
Aunt Zhang's face was difficult, as if there was something unspeakable, and she was a little hesitant in the face of the woman's question.
"Of course, he is ......" But the little girl on the side didn't have such thoughts, and opened her mouth to say something, but unfortunately her mother covered her mouth before she could say anything.
"It's nothing important, it's just that they are all fellow villagers, and if they can help, they are a handful. Aunt Zhang was very clumsy and wanted to cover up her daughter's gaffes. But the panic on the face of the woman, who has never seen much of the world, has vividly interpreted the four words of wanting to cover up.
The woman in orange saw some clues, but she didn't tear down the woman, she just glanced at the other party deeply, and then turned around: "Then let's go and take a look." β
"Ah!!h
Aunt Zhang's face became more and more pale, her body trembled and she could barely stand, and her steps stopped immediately.
The woman walking in front felt something strange behind her, she turned her head, glanced at the pale mother and daughter, and said calmly.
"Don't worry, I've seen it. β
"I can't die. β