Chapter Seventy-Five: Shadows
"Don't think about it, let's eat quickly. He is truly your biological father, and he will not hurt you. ”
Touching Chen Lianhui's hair, Zhang sighed slightly.
Eating silently, a needle drop could be heard in the tent for a while, and even Chen Lianhui, who had always been the most interested in eating, couldn't eat it after two mouthfuls of food at random.
As soon as they had finished their meal as if chewing wax, a man in black walked in.
"Madam, Steward Zhang asks Madame to come over."
Respectfully bowed to Zhang, and said politely.
"Okay, I'll be right over."
Watching the man in black walk out of the room, Zhang turned his head to look at Chen Lianshu and Chen Lianhui, who were looking at her a little tremblingly.
"It's okay, you guys take a rest first, it's going to be off later, and there's still a long way to go."
After speaking, Zhang stood up and walked out of the room, the sunlight outside the room was just right, and the dazzling light made Zhang couldn't help but squint. She looked up at the bloodiest spot, then turned and walked to a house not far away.
This house is where Zhang Qishan rests, and when Zhang pushes the door open and enters, he is sitting on a chair looking at something.
Zhang Qishan raised his head when he heard the voice, and when he saw that it was Zhang who came in, he put the thing back in his arms.
"Cousin, let's rest for a while and set off to go back to the altar, you will work a little harder on the way, and you will have a good rest when you get to the altar."
"It's okay, cousin, we didn't work hard."
Walked over to Zhang Qishan and sat down. Zhang looked at his face.
"Cousin, you came to me to ask about the results of the investigation into that matter, right?"
"That's right, cousin, now that you and your daughters are safe, can you tell me what you've investigated?"
Looking at Zhang without blushing, Zhang Qishan asked with a natural expression.
"Hehe, you still haven't changed, no matter what, interests are always your first priority."
Looking at Zhang Qishan, Zhang smiled faintly.
"It's good that I'm the same person as you, but I also value my children. Rest assured. I'll tell you. ”
Picked up the coarse porcelain tea bowl and poured a glass of water. Zhang looked at the tea bowl in disgust and pursed the corners of his mouth.
"Didn't you keep asking me to check if there were any similar keys, tokens and other things in Liu Chunxue's relics, I finally found something similar. That is the jade pendant that has always been worn on her child, and I have seen it on Chen Lianyue. It is half of a complete jade pendant. ”
"I remember that the dead boy Chen Xuebo also had a jade pendant on him. Two jade pendants should be able to form a single piece. I guess it's the key you've been looking for. ”
"Now that kid has been dead for so many years, it's really difficult for you to find that half of the jade pendant!"
After saying it in one breath, Zhang took a sip of white water. His eyes looked at Zhang Qishan and he didn't speak again.
"I see, it seems that you are not wrong."
Nodding with satisfaction, Zhang Qishan showed a hint of a smile.
"We will start tracking Chen Lianyue's traces immediately, and we will definitely get the jade pendant back when the time comes, and as for the other half, it won't be able to escape from our palms."
Looking at Zhang Qishan, who was full of confidence, Zhang couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, and became even more curious about the master behind him.
As soon as noon passed, Zhang Qishan and the others began to pack up their things and put up the only ox cart in the small village.
Let's say that Chen Lianyue and her party have been away from Apocalypse City for three days, and everyone has been on the road for the past three days, so they have already walked a long way, and it is estimated that they will have to travel for about two more days to reach the vicinity of Tianyuan City.
It's almost 15 o'clock now, and the daylight hours are now shorter due to the solar terms. And there are no villages around, so it seems that tonight can only be camping, so Chen Lianyue and the others have begun to find a suitable location to set up a tent for the night.
The people came to the creek and set up three tents against a few large trees. Pillar lives in a small tent by himself, Mother Liu and Fluttershy live in a tent, and Lotus and Green Bamboo live in a tent.
And Chen Lianyue took Chen Tianmeng and Chen Lianyun and Aunt Zhao to live in two carriages.
After the tent was tied, Green Bamboo and Lotus picked up dry branches from the surrounding area, and the pillar lit the bonfire.
"Miss, let's go around and hunt some prey, everyone hasn't eaten well in the past two days, let's rest early today and eat something hot."
Hanging the short crossbow on his waist, the pillar picked up the long knife and said to Chen Lianyue, who was washing her hands at the water's edge.
"It's okay, Mother Liu is here to protect everyone, I'll go around with you."
Shaking off the drops of water in her hands, Chen Lianyue stood up and walked towards the pillar.
"Mother, I'm going too!"
Chen Tianmeng, who was sitting by the fire, immediately ran over, pulled Chen Lianyue's sleeve and didn't let go.
"Well, there doesn't seem to be any danger here, so let's go around with us."
Pinching Chen Tianmeng's little fleshy face, Chen Lianyue looked at the surrounding groves, and then said.
"Great, I'm going to hunt too!"
Jumping up happily, Chen Tianmeng hurriedly ran back to the carriage and took out the small crossbow that the pillar had given him.
"Miss, be careful. Pillar, you have to protect the little master! ”
Seeing that Chen Lianyue and the others were leaving, Liu's mother hurriedly stood up and admonished.
"Don't worry, Mother Liu, it's okay. By the way, I just saw a fish in the creek, why don't you catch a few fish, and when we come back from hunting, we will have fish and meat, haha! ”
Laughing, Chen Lianyue winked at Liu's mother, and happily pulled Chen Tianmeng away.
Seeing that Chen Lianyue's mother and son were so happy and optimistic, Chen Lianyun smiled enviously.
"Mother, let's go catch fish?"
"Okay, it's hard to come out, let's have fun."
Holding Chen Lianyun's hand, she could see her envy of Chen Lianyue's freedom and ease, Aunt Zhao patted the back of his hand and smiled at her.
"Mother hopes that my son can really let go of all his burdens and be truly happy."
Blushing slightly by Aunt Zhao's words, Chen Lianyun stood up, took the small basket handed over by Luzhu, supported Aunt Zhao with the other hand, and walked towards the river.
When Chen Lianyue and the pillar left the camp, a figure poked out slightly from among the branches and leaves on a tree some distance from the camp. After observing the small camp for a while, the man quickly left the grove and came to the meadow on the other side, where another man was waiting.
Taking out a pen and paper from his bosom and writing a few words, the person took out a small red letter bird from the bamboo basket behind the other person, stuffed the note into the bamboo tube on the letter bird's leg, and released the letter bird.
Seeing that the letter bird flew away, the man gestured to the other person, and the figures of the two people flashed and disappeared in place. (To be continued......)
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