Chapter 40 The Little Boy
The two continued to drink bitterly, as if they were not drunk and did not return. But since they were all already masters of the martial spirit realm, they didn't fall unconscious until midnight. Finally, when the two of them were almost drunk and were about to go home, Qin Ming suddenly remembered Lin Yushi's news.
"I know that you and Lin Yushi had a lot of disagreements before, I heard that she went directly to Lingcheng to take refuge in Lingyun Tower after leaving the Shenwu Palace today, it seems that she has already had the intention of betraying. If you meet her in Lingcheng in the future, you'd better be careful!"
His tone was very solemn, obviously feeling that he had underestimated Lin Yushi before.
"Don't worry, I know what to do!"
A trace of coldness flashed in Ye Ye's eyes after hearing this, and he nodded gratefully at Qin Ming, and then turned around and walked towards the Ye family.
The next morning, Ye Ye handed over the Divine Martial Order to Ye Tian, and after carefully instructing him on how to use the Red Flame Array in the courtyard, he rode quickly towards the Mausoleum City.
He believed that with the Divine Martial Order, not many people in the town would dare to make a move on the Ye family easily. Even if there was a case, as long as Ye Tian made full use of the Red Flame Array in his courtyard, it would be enough to deal with most threats, so Ye Tian had nothing to worry about.
After a day of galloping on horseback, Ye Ye finally arrived at the majestic ancient mausoleum city at nightfall.
At the beginning of the lanterns, the night of the mausoleum is much more lively than the closed town. The lights of thousands of homes are like stars in the sky, setting off this ancient city as if it were daytime.
Although it was not the first time to come, Ye Ye was still attracted by the prosperity and prosperity of Lingcheng. Thinking that he would be living and practicing in Lingcheng for a long time in the future, Ye Ye couldn't help but show a look of anticipation on his face.
He walked to the store according to the address given to him by Xiaoyu, but because the Lingcheng was so big, Ye Ye quickly lost his way and didn't know where he was.
"This boy, are you lost, do you need me to take you there?"
Just when Ye Ye was leading the horse and walking on the street blankly, studying the map with the help of the lights on both sides of the street, a dirty-dressed teenager suddenly came to Ye Ye and asked.
The boy looked no more than fifteen years old, with a small face that was delicate and handsome, but because he hadn't washed his face for a long time, he looked extremely sloppy. Behind him was a battered carriage parked that seemed to be waiting specifically for guests at this intersection.
"If it's convenient, can you tell me how to get to this address?"
After Ye Ye glanced at the young man, he pointed to the location on the map and asked politely.
The young man seemed to be familiar with this, and after glancing at the location on the map, he said to Ye Ye: "I can drive you over, but you have to give me some silver tickets as a reward." ”
Ye Ye nodded, and said to the young man happily: "As long as you take me to the destination, the reward is negotiable!"
"Okay, get in the carriage now, and I'll tie you the horses to the back of the carriage!"
The young man thought that Ye Ye would bargain, but he didn't expect him to be so happy, so he glanced at Ye Ye in surprise. Then he took the initiative to tie Ye Ye's horse to the back of his tattered carriage, and when Ye Ye entered the carriage, he immediately drove forward, looking confident and calm.
But Ye Ye saw a trace of hidden guilt in the depths of his eyes, as if inviting Ye Ye to get in the car was a last resort. Ye Ye had a trace of vigilance in his heart, but he didn't debunk it, planning to see where the young man wanted to take him.
"Childe, are you coming to Lingcheng for the first time?
On the way to drive Ye Ye forward, the young man handed Ye Ye a pot of drinking water and asked Ye Ye lightly.
Ye Ye hesitated for a moment after taking the kettle, but he still quickly drank a sip of water, and replied to the young man as if he didn't know anything: "Yes, I plan to live in Lingcheng in the future." ”
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a thud in the carriage. The young man lifted the curtain of the carriage and saw that Ye Ye was already unconscious, and he was falling asleep on the carriage.
"I'm sorry, I was forced too!"
The young man said to Ye Ye with some guilt, then lowered the curtain and drove forward.
Not long after, the boy drove into a dimly lit alley in the city of Lingcheng in a tattered carriage. There were no lights in the entire alley, and he could only see his surroundings a little by the moonlight, but the boy seemed to be very familiar with the place.
He drove to the door of a mansion deep in the alley, picked up the knocker on the door and gently buckled it three times. After a while, a lean old man in his fifties opened the door, and there was no surprise when he saw the young man.
"Boy, how many people did you bring over today?"
The old man's attitude towards the teenager was a little condescending, as if he looked down on this young man who was at the bottom of the society and was dirty.
"There was only one person. ”
The young man seemed to be a little afraid of the old man, and immediately lowered his head after answering the other party's question, and a look of helplessness and struggle flashed in his eyes.
In order to treat his mother's illness, the young man once borrowed a large amount of usury from the old man. Later, his mother died of illness, but the young man had to work for the old man to pay off his debts.
The old man's request to the young man was to abduct a few people from Lingcheng to him every day, so that he could sell them to the mines to work as coolies and earn high profits from them. In such a big place as Lingcheng, the disappearance of a few people every day will not cause any notice at all.
Although the young man also thought about resisting, he owed the old man a huge debt, and if he didn't comply, he would be beaten to pieces. He had his own reason why he had to stay in Lingcheng, so he could only endure the humiliation and continue to survive under the old man's hands.
"It's just useless! At your current pace, you don't even want to pay off your debts in this life!"
The old man heard the young man say that there was only one person in the carriage, and his face showed dissatisfaction. But he also knew in his heart that the boy couldn't really do his best for him, so he didn't bother to teach the other party a lesson, and stepped forward to lift the curtain and prepare to tie people up first.
"Huh, what about people?"
But when the old man lifted the curtain, he found that there was nothing in the carriage. He thought that he had been tricked by the boy, so he turned around and slapped the boy in the face.
Syllable!
The young man was slapped by the old man, and he grinned in pain. But he was in no mood to pay attention, and hurriedly got up and looked inside the carriage, but there was really no one.
"How is that possible?"
Ye Ye, who was still asleep in the carriage just now, seemed to disappear out of thin air, and disappeared inexplicably, seeing the young man at a loss.
"Hmph, I know you have a grudge against me, but if you don't pay off your debts, you'll have to die under my hands. It's useless to play these little tricks, now go and get me someone to come over immediately, or else you will look good!"
The old man kicked the boy in the chest, knocking him to the ground again. His face was full of anger, and he pointed in the direction of the alley and kept yelling at the young man.
The young man hurriedly got up and drove the carriage to the entrance of the alley, for fear that he would be beaten by the old man if he took a step too slowly.
"Damn!"
His eyes were full of humiliation, and if it weren't for the fact that he wanted to survive to fulfill his mother's last wish, the young man would even want to die with the old man.
At the same time, he was also very puzzled in his heart, he couldn't figure out how Ye Ye disappeared, and even suspected that he had met a ghost, and his face turned pale.
The so-called don't do bad things during the day and are not afraid of ghosts knocking on the door in the middle of the night, just because the young man knows that he is helping to abuse the sin is serious, so he is even more afraid that the ghost will find him.
After driving away from the alley, the boy didn't know whether he should continue to complete the task given to him by the old man, or immediately change his mind and flee the mausoleum as fast as possible. Just as he was hesitating and struggling in his heart, he suddenly felt a trace of movement in the carriage behind him.
"Who's in there?"
The boy was startled, immediately grabbed the reins and jumped out of the carriage, turning to look at the carriage with a frightened expression.
The curtain of the carriage was lifted, and Ye Ye walked out of the carriage stretching his waist.
"Where are we?"
As if nothing had happened, he still spoke to the boy in a relaxed tone.
"Who are you, a human or a ghost?"
The young man was frightened by Ye Ye's reappearance, and his legs trembled. If he hadn't wanted to reclaim his carriage, he might have fled in a panic by now.
Just now, the young man searched the entire carriage very carefully, and he couldn't find the slightest trace of Ye Ye at all, but now Ye Ye actually appeared in the carriage without warning, which made him suspect that he had encountered a ghost or a non-human.
Ye Ye showed a playful smile on his face, as if he didn't want to continue to tease the other party, so he changed the topic and asked the young man curiously: "When he beat you just now, why didn't you dare to fight back?"
When Ye Ye noticed that the water given to him by the young man was drugged, he had already quietly used Yuan Li to force the drug out. With his cultivation in the martial spirit realm, there was no difficulty in dealing with mere drugs at all.
However, Ye Ye did not take down the young man on the spot and ask for the crime, but pretended to be stunned, planning to see what the young man wanted to do with himself. When the carriage drove into the alley and stopped, Ye Ye directly took out the invisibility cloak to cover himself, so they couldn't find any clues.
After Ye Ye's observation just now, the old man in the alley also did not awaken the martial spirit, if the young man rose up to resist, it was still unknown who would win and who would lose. But the young man unilaterally allowed the old man to bully, without any intention of resisting, Ye Ye was curious to ask.
"How do you know? Did you just be there all along?"
The young man couldn't help but feel his scalp tingle at the thought of such a possibility. Because he had never heard of anyone who could be invisible under the noses of others, Ye Ye's ability was beyond the scope of what he could imagine.
However, hearing Ye Ye's question, the young man involuntarily clenched his fists, as if his heart was full of depression.
"If there's anything hard to say, don't answer me! I'm not very interested anyway!"
After Ye Ye saw the young man's face, he immediately changed his attitude, revealing a lazy appearance that he didn't want to make extraneous things.
Then he immediately jumped out of the carriage and, without saying a word, went to the back of the carriage and took out his horse, intending to leave the place directly.