Chapter Twenty-Four: The Road Meets the Old Man
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Left Ear is afraid of the wood ghost, but he is even more uneasy about hiding the wood ghost from Shaolan.
"Master, the villain's ability to think of wood ghosts may be stronger than the ability of Momiji Wind."
Hearing this, Shaolan stopped, "What do you mean?" โ
Enduring the tense heart beating violently, the left ear, which was dry from nervousness, swallowed saliva.
"I saw a private soldier talking to a wood ghost in the training ground, and his expression was quite strange, like a marionette."
Hearing this, Shaolan was taken aback.
"But the next day, there was nothing abnormal about this private soldier, maybe I was wrong." Left ear added.
Looking at the left ear who looked a little uncomfortable, Shaolan immediately reacted, and the left ear added that he didn't want the wood ghost to know, and he revealed it.
The left ear has no foundation, that is, he wants to please Shaolan, the leader, and he is afraid of offending the colleague of the wood ghost.
"I see." Shaolan nodded, "At present, you will focus your work on rebuilding houses and building pig farms and fish ponds to improve your abilities. โ
"Yes." Left ear commanded.
Walking out of the construction site, Shaolan frowned, and the words of his left ear made him realize that the wood ghost was definitely not simple.
At the beginning, the wooden ghost said that he had killed dozens of people, maybe it was true.
It's just that the things reported by the left ear are not easy to verify.
Go straight to the Wood Ghost? Normally, a wood ghost would never admit it.
If the wood ghost is sensitive, he will run away without saying a word.
Arrange for someone to watch? It's even harder, if the wood ghost is really extraordinary, it's definitely the watcher who is exposed.
After thinking about it, Shaolan didn't think of a good verification method, so he could only put this matter aside for the time being.
The most important thing these days is to make money.
Only by stabilizing the red leaf inflammation at the same time, starting an industry to continue to make money, and then constantly expanding their small forces, so that they have a stronger ability to protect themselves.
On the way home, an old man with a bamboo cane suddenly appeared in front of Shaolan.
Shaolan avoided it, and the old man also avoided it, but he always blocked Shaolan's way.
"Dead old man, still don't get out of the way?"
The guards behind Shaolan stepped forward to drive people away.
"Huh." Shaolan stopped, "Get out of the way." โ
Shaolan and the guards got out of the way.
The old man trembled with his cane, moving step by step.
When the old man was about to walk in front of Shao Lan, the old man suddenly turned his head to look at Shao Lan.
"What are you looking at, why don't you get out of here?"
The guards were unhappy to make way for a ragged old man at the bottom of society.
Shaolan took half a step back, he was used to keeping a safe distance from strangers.
"Your Excellency is the son of Mu Lan?"
The old man's voice was low and hoarse.
Shaolan looked at the old man vigilantly, "Who are you?" โ
Shaolan's guards immediately drew their swords and surrounded the old man.
"Ahem, ahem." The old man coughed and smiled contemptuously at the four guards who surrounded him, "The little guy who can't even hold a sword can dare to hold a sword against people." โ
The four guards were young and vigorous, how could they stand this, the guards standing behind the old man didn't say a word, and stabbed the old man in the back of the heart.
The old man's eyes were suddenly sharp, Shaolan didn't see what was going on at all, and the old man's bamboo cane penetrated the neck of the guard behind him.
"It's not just the sword that kills."
The other three guards were taken aback, but they were not slow to attack, and immediately attacked.
"Don't." Shaolan blurted out, but it was too late, and in a few breaths, the other three guards were all killed.
The old man shot too fast, and Shaolan didn't even see how the other party made a move.
When the old man looked at Shao Lan, Shao Lan hurriedly raised his hands, "If you have something to say, you can say it well." โ
The words begging for mercy almost blurted out.
"Kill, kill." Pedestrians on the street fled in panic.
"You're scared?" The old man looked at Shaolan unhurriedly.
"Who is not afraid in the face of death." Shaolan's mouth was dry and her heart was racing.
"I wonder what you're stopping me all the time?"
Shaolan wanted to find out the other party's requirements and prescribe the right medicine.
"What do you think of my killing skills?"
The old man did not answer the rhetorical question.
Glancing at the guards on the ground who were bleeding from their wounds, Shaolan felt her feet weak, "Very strong." โ
"Do you want my killing skills?"
The old man smiled, but his wrinkled face was indescribably ugly.
"I don't think I can learn." Practicing martial arts is a chore, practicing Sanjiu in winter and Sanfu in summer, Shaolan asked himself if he couldn't endure this hardship.
"Don't worry, I won't hurt you." The old man looked at Shaolan seriously, wanting to say something, but he wanted to say a lot of things, and he didn't know what to say for a while.
"With my killing skills, am I qualified to be your bodyguard?"
Shaolan doesn't know how to answer well, if she doesn't answer enough, it will definitely not work, and if she answers enough, the other party will still be dissatisfied.
For the sake of his own life, Shaolan decided to lick a wave.
"Your Excellency's killing skills are enough to become the guest of any prince."
The old man shook his head, "I don't care to be the guest of honor of the princes, I'll be your bodyguard, right?" โ
"Why?"
Shaolan was stunned and deeply absurd, this old man appeared in front of him and killed all his guards, just to be his own guard?
"Childe wants to talk to the old man on the street? The old man has been gone for a long time, but he is a little tired. โ
Shaolan hurriedly said, "Please come with me, how about going to my residence?" โ
"Okay."
The old man nodded.
Shaolan breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, she could return to her residence, there were so many guards in the mansion, and she didn't believe that she couldn't deal with an old man.
Provided, of course, that is, a safe return to the residence.
Shaolan, who was walking in front and leading the way, leaned sideways slightly, lest the old man suddenly come to a heart-piercing pole, which was really heart-piercing.
After walking dozens of meters, suddenly a rush of footsteps sounded.
But it was Hongye Yan who received the news and rushed to the rescue with the palace guards.
"Mu Lan, are you alright?" Hongye Yan breathed a sigh of relief, but after seeing the old man behind Shaolan, he stopped approaching and waved his hand to surround him.
Shaolan was startled, the old man was behind him, only three feet away from him, what if these guards surrounded him?
If the old man wants to kill himself, it is just a heart-piercing rod, and no one has time to rescue.
"Stop, don't be impulsive, misunderstanding, it's all misunderstanding."
In order to protect herself, Shaolan had to say things against her will.
The guards really stopped the encirclement, and looked at Shaolan suspiciously, waiting for Red Leaf Inflammation's order.
Hongye Yan's face was full of suspicion, but when he saw the distance between Shaolan and the old man, he suddenly reacted.
"It turned out to be a misunderstanding, that's good, scare me a lot, go, go back to the house to set up a banquet."
Red Leaf Inflammation paid attention to keeping his distance, but what made Red Leaf Inflammation extremely dissatisfied was that he and the palace guards had no eyesight to see.
After hearing his own words, there was no one to be on guard.
Angry in his heart, Hongye Yan didn't dare to look at the old man, lest his uncontrollable expression and eyes reveal his true thoughts.
The old man glanced contemptuously at the unruly guards around him, and walked leisurely.