Chapter 185: Same Hatred
The gray-clothed man heard Zhuang Zhou shout his name, and the half-cut knife in his hand could no longer hold it, and fell to the ground with a thud.
He shuddered as he removed the hat that covered most of his face, and looked up, the muscles of his face contorted, and his eyes were more of fear and despair than anger.
Under the firelight, Zhuang Zhou could clearly see that this person was Li Chaowen who escaped from Yunmeng Mountain and disappeared!
The moment Li Chaowen raised his head, Ma Tianhu behind Zhuang Zhou couldn't help but exclaim: "You...... You are...... Senior Brother Chaowen!"
Li Chaowen smiled miserably and said, "What senior brother! Now it's just a piece of meat on your board......
Zhuang Zhou looked at Li Chaowen coldly and said, "I should have thought that after you escaped from Yunmeng Mountain, how could you suddenly disappear without a trace? It turned out that you were hiding in Feimeng Mountain!"
Li Chaowen suddenly disappeared that day, and Zhuang Zhou once sent people to search for him within a hundred miles of Yunmeng Mountain, but found nothing. Although he had doubts in his heart, he also pointed the spearhead of his suspicion at Feimeng Mountain, but at that time, the chaos in Yunmeng Mountain was initially decided, and he was really flawless, and he didn't dare to search for Feimeng Mountain. Later, he encountered Gong Dingren's rebellion, and he was busy mining ore, so he was delayed.
In fact, Zhuang Zhou faintly has a knot in his heart, that is, Liu Ling. Liu Ling, like Li Chaowen, disappeared inexplicably, and when he thought that Li Chaowen might be hiding in Feimeng Mountain, he naturally thought of Liu Ling. However, he was a little afraid of seeing Liu Ling, and he even subconsciously had this thought: Liu Ling's disappearance like this was the best result, avoiding his embarrassment and uneasiness when he saw her, and also avoiding the hatred and anger when she saw him......
When he saw that Li Chaowen was really hiding in Feimeng Mountain, Zhuang Zhou at this moment wanted to ask: "Where is Liu Ling?" But he didn't ask, or, didn't dare to ask.
At this time, Li Li had already led people to escort down the more than 100 people who had surrendered.
Soon, above and below the high wall, only Zhuang Zhou, who was silent, Li Chaowen, whose face was like ashes, Zhou Bonian, who was injured and fell to the ground, Ma Tianhu who was full of surprise, and the circle of strong men with bows and arrows on the high wall. Their expressions were still nervous, because they knew that the person who collapsed in the courtyard was a "big worm" of the entire Dream Hunter Clan. So. They always pay attention to even the slightest abnormality of this person, and as long as they find something unusual, they will unceremoniously fire a thousand arrows.
Zhuang Zhou looked at Zhou Bonian, who was paralyzed in the hospital, and said, "Bring him up too!"
The two strong men quickly rushed to Zhou Bonian's side, and left without saying a word. And Zhou Bonian also seemed to have completely lost his fighting spirit, allowing the strong man to drag him onto the high wall, and was thrown on the bluestone ground not far from Zhuang Zhou's feet.
At the same time, dozens of strong men turned around with a bang, and the swords were on Zhou Bonian's neck together.
Soon another person brought three Taishi chairs. They were placed in front of Zhuang Zhou, Zhou Bonian, and Li Chaowen. Zhuang Zhou sat down and motioned to a few people next to him. Those few people immediately understood, and regardless of whether Zhou Bonian and Li Chaowen were willing or not, they pressed the two of them to the Taishi chair.
One is the grandmaster of the dream-making realm, and the other is at least the leader of the dream-making Xiaocheng. At this moment, he has completely become a captive at the mercy of others, with no power to resist, and is dragged around by others!
The so-called real collapse of people is by no means **, but spiritual. Zhou and Li came this time with the determination to set foot on Yunmeng Mountain, but they didn't expect to enter the trap that Zhuang Zhou had already set up, and they were completely disintegrated before they could resist. This contrast even a veteran of the rivers and lakes with a strong heart like Zhou Bonian is terrified, not to mention the already fragile Li Chaowen!
Zhuang Zhou looked at the two elders sitting opposite, the enemy, and finally slowly spoke: "Senior Uncle Zhou, Senior Brother Li, what else do you have to say?"
Zhou Bonian's hair was messy. With a sigh, he said: "Zhuang Zhou, my biggest mistake is to underestimate you, you were originally more insidious and ...... than your master Liu Canglong Ambitious!"
Zhuang Zhou said: "To be honest, I didn't expect such a small trick to let you be fooled by Uncle Zhou...... That's all it can say. Uncle Zhou is too interested in this Xiaomeng jade pendant!" he said, took out the palm-sized jade pendant from his arms, and slowly lifted it. The jade pendant shone with a strange light under the firelight.
Zhou Bonian's eyes suddenly widened, his eyes were full of light reflected from the jade pendant, his chest rose and fell, obviously excited, his mouth opened, but he didn't say anything after all.
Zhuang Zhou shook his head and said: "Uncle Shi is the old man of the Dream Hunting Clan, not only in this isolated Yunmeng Mountain Range, I am afraid that he has also been in the secular world for many years, how can he be superstitious about such a jade pendant?
Zhou Bonian snorted coldly in his nose: "That's because you don't know the huge secret hidden in this jade pendant......" As soon as he said this, he immediately regretted it and hurriedly shut up. knew that with Zhuang Zhou's alertness, he would definitely be able to find something from his half-sentence.
Sure enough, Zhuang Zhou's eyes flashed and he asked, "Secret?"
Zhou Bonian had already lowered his head, closed his eyes, and stopped talking.
Zhuang Zhou knew that Zhou Bonian had taken precautions, and he categorically couldn't ask anything new about this jade pendant, so he simply didn't ask anymore, changed the topic, and asked, "Does Uncle Shi know how I made Wutong get into the scheme?"
Zhou Bonian's face trembled, and he said: "Hmph, isn't it just to set up a dream for the two of them, so that they can believe that the sneak attack in their dream is something that happened in the real world...... It's just a small skill of carving insects, and it doesn't go into the stream at all......"
Zhuang Zhou laughed and said: "Of course, this trick can't get into the eyes of your old man, but then again, this unsightly trick actually fooled Uncle Shi!"
Zhou Bonian was extremely depressed and blurted out: "It's not that I heard that Yu Pei is here, and I was anxious for a while...... Alas, it's useless to say anything at this time!" As he spoke, his eyes looked at Li Chaowen, who was slumped in a chair not far away.
Zhuang Zhou's heart moved, and said: "Speaking of which, Zhuang Zhou also admires his uncle very much, this jade pendant is in the hands of a cold ghost, and I also got it unintentionally." Shi Boyuan is in Feimeng Mountain, and he has injuries on his body, how do you know?"
A hint of pride flashed in Zhou Bonian's eyes, and he said: "If I don't know about the big and small things in the radius of Yunmeng Mountain, I'm afraid it will be difficult to ......."
Zhuang Zhou said: "Oh, I don't know about other things, but the matter of Yu Pei should have been told to you by Senior Brother Chaowen!"
As soon as these words came out, Zhou Bonian and Li Chaowen were stunned, especially Li Chaowen, who was surprised and "huh". Zhuang Zhou listened to it and knew that he had not guessed wrong.
Zhuang Zhou said lightly: "Many years ago, Senior Brother Chaowen came from this village to the mountain...... I went to your old house the other day, and it was in ruins...... It is conceivable that the senior brother's family was also the prosperous home of this Qixia Village, and I heard that the old man of Jinxi was kind and charitable, and he was a great good person, but it was a pity that a fire and everything came to naught, alas......"
Zhuang Zhou said slowly, but Li Chaowen suddenly trembled when he heard it, and he was about to fall off the chair. His heart was obviously quite excited, and he suddenly roared: "All this, all this, is caused by Liu Canglong!"
Zhuang Zhou was taken aback, although he had vaguely guessed that Li Chaowen already knew something about the events of the year, but when he heard him say it with his own ears, his heart was still shocked. It turned out that everything Li Chaowen did, including colluding with outsiders and murdering Liu Canglong, was not only jealous of Zhuang Zhou and coveting the position of patriarch, but also a sea of blood and hatred......
In this way, Li Chaowen is actually the same as himself, a victim of Liu Canglong, but he is more lucky...... Perhaps, he still has some culpability for Li Chaowen, because it may not only be Liu Canglong who participated in the arson back then, but also his father Zhuang Tianyang......
Thinking of this, Zhuang Zhou was chilled!
It's just that when did Li Chaowen know all this?
At this moment, Li Chaowen, because of Zhuang Zhou's words, has completely evoked the painful memories in his heart, and without Zhuang Zhou's interrogation, he is already muttering: "I will never forget that day in my life, that day, the weather was so good...... Li's mother handed me over to Liu Canglong, who was in charge of taking the selected teenagers up the mountain. I was so excited at that time, my father and mother were honest vegetable farmers, not even hunters, how I wished I could become a cultivator! However, the moment my mother saw Liu Canglong, her face was suddenly very surprised and frightened, and she was not at all as happy as she was at the beginning. The fear and anger on her face I will remember for the rest of my life...... Of course I felt very strange, I asked my mother what was wrong, but she didn't say anything...... I went up the mountain with this question in mind. Later, until the year my mother died, that is, three years ago, I went back to see her for the last time, she was already dying, took my hand and said, 'Wen'er, do you know why I was so scared when I saw your master that year?' I have forgotten about that incident, and as soon as my mother said it, I remembered. The mother said, 'Actually, you are not my own son, I am just your wet nurse. Your father's name is Li Jinxi, and he is a good person, but unfortunately, a fire destroyed everything...... That fire was so big, so terrifying. A few days before the fire, I saw your master come to your house many times, each time at night, looking very fierce, as if he was asking your father something. Until a few hours before the fire, I saw your master leave through the back door with a fierce face......"
Li Chaowen was talking as if no one was around, completely immersed in painful memories, and Zhuang Zhou knew how many thrilling secrets there were!
Li Chaowen sighed and continued to talk to himself: "Hey, do you know, when I heard my mother say this, how shocked and surprised was my heart? I felt that the whole world was beginning to collapse, it was completely collapsed! This is ridiculous, my mother is not my own mother, my master is my enemy! Haha, is there a more terrible fact in the world than this? My heart is full of hatred, and I can't wait to break Liu Canglong's body into ten thousand pieces! However, I was afraid, in fact, it was more of a panic, Master is actually very kind to me on weekdays, how can I be ruthless to kill him? However, when I see him every day, I can't help but think of my mother's words...... It's tormenting!"
Li Chaowen said as he burst into tears. Zhuang Zhou listened, but felt a strong resonance, how could he not be wandering and struggling in hatred and self-blame!