Yu Ren followed Liu Qiang over one mountain and then to another. After passing through a dense forest, I suddenly saw a courtyard in front of me. This compound is located in a dense forest, and if you don't get close, you can't find it at all. The courtyard wall is very high, and because it is night, I can't see how big the courtyard is.

Seeing the courtyard, Yu Ren's mood also became excited. Could this be Li Yu's home? But why did her family build it in such a mountain? Although it is not far from the city, it must be inaccessible. Generally, those built in this kind of place are mostly temples and Taoist temples. Looking at the scale of this courtyard, Li Yu's identity must be extraordinary. What are they doing in the end? Is it a high-ranking official? Is it super-rich? It doesn't seem to be quite like that.

Yu Ren speculated while following Liu Qiang towards the gate.

The gatehouse of the courtyard is very high, and there is a wind lantern hanging on each side, on which are written three big words "Wentao Temple". Two sturdy young men stood by the door, with knives at their waists. Seeing Liu Qiang coming, one of the young men greeted Liu Qiang, "Brother Qiang is on duty to patrol the mountain today!" ”

Liu Qiang nodded to him. "Is Mr. Qu back?"

"It's back. Didn't you go out with Mr. Qu? Why do you want to come back separately? ”

"Oh! I had something to do in the back, so I took a step slower. ”

The young man guarding the door nodded, and suddenly saw Yu Ren behind Liu Qiang. "Who is this......?"

"He is a good friend that the eldest lady has recently made in Fujian. When we were just patrolling the mountains, we happened to meet. So I invited him to come back with me. Liu Qiang took care of Yu Ren's face this time, and did not say anything about him being hung up on the mountain.

After Liu Qiang finished speaking, he took Yu Ren into the courtyard. Then he walked around for a while, and then came to the front of a room. Liu Qiang slapped the door. After a while, a fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy came and opened the door rubbing his worried eyes.

"Brother Qiang, you're back!"

"Hmmm! You go and tidy up the room in the backyard and give it to Yu Xianggong to live in. After speaking, Liu Qiang led Yu Ren to the main hall and sat down.

"I'll go see if Mr. Liu is asleep in a moment. If he didn't sleep, I would invite him to take the pulse of Yu Xianggong. Liu Qiang said as he untied his waist knife and hung it on the wall.

"It's fine. After walking for a while, I feel much better now, and I should just rest for a day or two. It's so late today, so don't bother Mr. Liu! ”

While the two were talking, they heard a commotion outside. Liu Qiang glanced outside the door, and his face became solemn. He said to Yu Ren, "Yu Xianggong, sit here for a while." I'm going to see what's going on. ”

After speaking, Liu Qiang hurried out.

Yu Ren sat alone in the living room. Only then did he slowly look into the room. This is a two-room house, the front room is the main one, there is a small courtyard in the back, and there is a two-room room in it. In addition, there is a kitchenette.

The furnishings in the house are simple. Except for a set of tables and chairs, there is nothing. There was a waist knife hanging on the wall, and there was a shelf in the corner of the wall, on which were the two giant axes that Liu Qiang was holding in his hand that Yu Ren saw outside Fuzhou City that day. These two axes are half the size of a basin, and Yu Ren estimates that this axe will cost forty catties to say the least.

Yu Ren stepped forward, gently picked up two axes, tried them in his hands, and waved them a few times. It feels pretty good. "It seems that I also have to find a weapon like this, so that I can make full use of my strong arms." Yu Ren secretly thought in his heart.

However, this kind of weapon can only be used on the battlefield. It's really inconvenient to carry such a bulky thing on your body.

Yu Ren was playing with the two axes in his hand when there was a noise outside. Yu Ren put down the giant axe in his hand and walked out in search of the sound.

As soon as he went out, Yu Ren saw a group of more than a dozen people passing by the door. Each of these men carried a stretcher in his hand, on which were the wounded. Yu Ren counted them, and there were six stretchers in total. These people on the stretcher all seemed to be seriously injured and were carried on the stretcher, but the sound of ** was rarely heard.

Yu Ren was secretly strange. What's going on? What kind of place is this Wentao Courtyard, and if it is Li Yu's home, why did so many wounded people suddenly appear. If not, why do Liu Qiang and Mr. Qu live here? What do they do? Last time, I heard Li Yu say that this Liu Qiang is their buddy, but now it doesn't look like it.

A series of questions made Yu Ren even more confused. Because he is a living person, it is naturally not good to come forward and ask people directly, these questions with serious privacy. He didn't even dare to let these people discover themselves, lest they be mistaken for snooping on their privacy.

Yu Ren was hidden in the corner of the wall, and when he saw this group of people walking over and was about to come out, he saw two people wearing strong suits and carrying knives behind him. One of them looked very young, only seventeen or eighteen years old, and the other was about forty years old. Seeing that their bodies were covered with dust, Yu Ren concluded that these two people were probably the same as the wounded in front, and they should have just been withdrawn from some battlefield or something.

The two of them walked and whispered while talking.

"This time, the eldest lady is really angry. Since she came back from the Wa Kingdom, she has never suffered such a loss. Today we not only lost two large ships, but also wounded more than 50 brothers. Now, Zhong Laosan is good-looking. The young man said.

"So what! Didn't you look at today's battle? We don't have a chance at all! Even if the eldest lady is angry again and can't attack the island, what can she do to Zhong Laosan? The middle-aged man next to him is humane.

"That's not necessarily, our eldest lady's heart, that's what he can't match with 10,000 Zhong Laosan. Although the artillery fire on their island is at stake. I think the eldest lady will definitely find a way to attack the island. It's just a matter of time. The young man said confidently.

The two walked past Yu Ren, and Yu Ren heard what they said that seemed to be a war, so he hurriedly followed behind the two quietly. Although from the words of these two people, Yu Ren couldn't figure out what happened for a while. But he already had a preliminary understanding. These people are all Li Yu's subordinates, and they really just fought. Listening to the words of these two people, it seems that it is still a naval battle.

This made Yu Ren even more confused. What did Li Yu do? Why does it sound like she's not a businessman as she says she is, but a naval general?

The overheard conversation between these two people not only did not help Yu Ren to make the situation clearer, but instead confused his mind even more. He was determined to follow the two men and see if he could overhear any more useful information.

Yu Ren quietly followed behind the two soldier-looking men, who turned a few corners and came to a hut. This room is much smaller than Liu Qiang's, and there is no chain on the door. The two of them pushed the door open. Yu Ren didn't pay attention to the two of them, and quickly hid in the corner.

The two soldiers entered the house, lit the lamp, and closed the door again. Only then did Yu Ren dare to touch the eaves lightly and squat down to eavesdrop. There was a pile of straw in front of the house, which could help cover up the body. Yu Ren squatted by the straw and continued to eavesdrop.

When the two soldiers entered the house, they began to fetch water and wash themselves, but they stopped talking about the topic. This made Yu Ren a little anxious. However, it was easy to hear a little bit of information about Li Yu, and he was not willing to give up easily.

In this way, Yu Ren squatted on the edge of the haystack for most of the hour, and then heard the two people in the room mention the topic of Fang Cai again.

"You said that this Zhong Laosan used to be docile like a dog to our Li family. Why did you suddenly have such a big courage to openly go against our Li family? The young man's voice sounded a little angry.

"You don't understand this, do you? I heard others say that in fact, this Zhong Laosan was secretly supported by our Second Master Xu before he dared to openly argue with the eldest lady. What do you think, what kind of thing is he, Zhong Laosan, with only three or five broken boats and one hundred and eighty brothers. Just by him, do you dare to do it against our Li family? Our Li family doesn't dare to say it on land, if it is on the sea, this southeast half of the sea is Westerners, so they have to go around us. If you want to beat him Zhong Laosan, it is as easy as stepping on an ant. The middle-aged man said calmly.

"That's right. However, why should Second Master Xu be embarrassed by the eldest lady? Aren't he and the master brothers in life and death? Why does he have to embarrass our Xu family? ”