This is one thing that Dongfang Shuo suddenly realized on the way here.

Su He's father got into trouble because he treated the old city lord, so Dongfang Shuo's focus naturally fell on the matter of curing the disease.

Because of this, Dongfang Shuo also ignored the disease itself.

Why did the old lord suddenly get sick, why no one could cure it, and the only one who was cured was punished and died.

In the past ten years, the previous city lord has been criticized for not doing anything, let alone thoroughly investigating to prove his innocence. It is strange that those old doctors who have seen the disease can't find anything out of them. After all, if there is no force behind it, then you should always be able to know something from the mouths of these old doctors.

And ten years ago, precisely ten years ago, the imperial city was stormy, and the power in the center of the empire was reshuffled.

The old lord of the city went to the imperial city once at that time, and when he returned, he became ill.

Will there be any connection between these two things, this is what Dongfang Shuo suddenly thought of on the way here.

Because of this, Dongfang Shuo used two things that needed to be investigated, and ordered one person to do it.

But at the same time, Dongfang Shuo is also ready.

Because these three people are all Xu Changsheng's people after all, it is almost impossible not to be known by Xu Changsheng when he entrusts that person to go to the imperial city to do business.

Therefore, Dongfang Shuo can only hope that Xu Changsheng has nothing to do with that matter.

"Their roots are not here, and it should take some time to investigate thoroughly. After the three of them left, Dongfang Shuo turned to look at the hidden courtyard gate and muttered to himself, "And before that, I should go and see someone." ”

A person who saw Su He's father heal with his own eyes ten years ago.

At the same time, he was the only one who witnessed the incident alive.

......

To the west of the city is a rolling low mountain, which from a distance looks like a small dirt bag rising from the hills.

These hills are covered with greenery, and surrounded by mountains, a small stream flows quietly.

After crossing the two low hills closest to the city, there was a simple wooden fence enclosing a field by the tinkling stream, and in the fence was covered with a meadow that looked inconspicuous, and a few apricot trees were planted in the front yard.

It was late autumn, and the flowers and leaves of the apricot tree had already fallen, leaving only a few lonely dead branches coiled in front of the eaves.

After staying in the spiritual realm for so long, Dongfang Shuo seems to have forgotten the changes of the years, and when he sees the scene of autumn now, he will remember that the years are coming to an end, and it will be winter soon.

This should be Dongfang Shuo's first winter outside of Qingzhou.

In other words, this was the first time he had stayed away from the Heaven Dou Sect for the winter.

"Excuse me, is Old Man Wen at home?"

After a while, Dongfang Shuo came to his senses, and while pushing open the fence door, he called in the direction of the grass house.

Soon after the words fell, he had just stepped into the courtyard and stood still, when an old man with a slender figure walked out of the grass house.

The old man staggered to the front yard on crutches.

But looking at this old man, before he could speak, Dongfang Shuo's eyes showed a look of surprise.

"Are you...... Old Man Wen?"

Oriental Shuo Road.

"Yes, on the edge of this creek, there is only me as an old man surnamed Wen. The old man nodded.

At this time, Dongfang Shuo quietly moved and took a few steps closer.

When he stood in front of this old man about a foot in front of him, his face frowned slightly.

A sentence swirled in his mouth, and after hesitating for a while, he finally began to ask, "Old Man Wen, are you ...... Blind?"

At this time, in front of the old man's eyes, a long black cloth was tied, and the long cloth was wrapped around his head, covering only his eyes.

But despite this, the action he just paced out was not the slightest rustiness at all, this is not something that can be pretended, it must be that he has not been able to see things for many years, so that he can walk in front of Dongfang Shuo so skillfully with experience.

"Why did the young man come to me, that he did not know that I was born blind?"

The old man said, smiled, and didn't wait for Dongfang Shuo to say more, he took the initiative to turn around and make way for Dongfang Shuo, pointed to the house, and said, "Go in first, everyone who comes is a guest." ”

Looking at the rickety old man in front of him, Dongfang Shuo's eyes couldn't help but be a little solemn.

But after his heart sank, he still answered, and then walked into the grass house with the old man.

The furnishings in the cottage are very simple, except for the usual tables and chairs and a bed against the wall, and there is hardly anything superfluous.

"Old man Wen, you live here alone all year round?"

After being asked by the old man to sit down, looking at the old man walking towards the table by the wall, Dongfang Shuo asked.

The old man didn't look back, but walked to the edge of the table and stopped, put the cane aside, and kept fiddling with something.

"Yes, don't you know that?" replied the old man.

Dongfang Shuo said: "I'm sorry, I just heard your name, so I'm here to take a look." ”

And the old man turned his back to Dongfang Shuo, smiled again, and said, "What is there to apologize for, the young people nowadays are really too humble." It's just that young man, since you don't know anything about me, you shouldn't have come to me for my business, so you should have some questions to ask me when you came from afar, right?"

As the old man spoke, his hands were still fiddling with something.

Dongfang Shuo looked at the old man who kept moving, and listened to the words that kept coming out of his mouth, and his eyes narrowed slightly.

"Yes, I do have some questions that I don't understand, and I want to ask you, Mr. Wen. He said bluntly.

And after getting such an answer, Old Man Wen did not continue to speak.

After a few moments, he turned around.

In his hand, he carried a wooden saucer with two cups of hot tea on it.

The cup is pure white, without any carved texture, although slightly old, but also simple and clean.

When he placed the wooden plate on the table in front of Dongfang Shuo, he also sat down opposite Dongfang Shuo.

At this time, Dongfang Shuo turned his head to look at the crutches that he still left on the side of the table, and his eyes immediately showed a little doubt, and he was a little vigilant.

However, the old man didn't seem to notice, but he still reached out and took a cup of tea and handed it to Dongfang Shuo.

"I should be thirsty all the way, if there is any problem, wait until I drink tea and ask, and I am not in a hurry to meet for a while. The old man smiled as he spoke, but he was very amiable.

While he was talking, Dongfang Shuo lowered his head and glanced at the cup of tea in front of him.

There are no tea leaves in the cup, and the color of the tea is very light, almost like a cup of boiling water.

Dongfang Shuo picked it up, and at this time, the spiritual power poured into the teacup, but he didn't find anything unusual, there was nothing in the cup except tea.

So, without hesitation, he drank the tea in one gulp.

(End of chapter)