Chapter 5: The Blacksmith's Shop
"Ahh Still comfy in bed"
After tonight's incident, Yuyi and Nianxi also went home, and Yuyi couldn't wait to lie on the bed, ready to sleep beautifully and fill the vacancy tonight.
Day 2.
Yu Yi still got up early, and went to meditate and practice as usual, Grandpa Qing has already left the town, and he will only rely on himself to cultivate in the future, this year's Luohua Sect entry trial Yu Yi did not pass, but next year he must enter the Luohua Sect, this is Yu Yi's promise to Nianxi.
Besides, joining the sect and having the guidance of a teacher can quickly improve his strength, and Brother Yuchen's talent is beyond the reach of Yuyi, but as long as you work hard the day after tomorrow, I believe you will catch up sooner or later.
Among the Yuan League, Shangguan Zhun counted the granary overnight last night, and took people to Yancheng early this morning to purchase and repair the loss, plus Yu Yi's father Yu Qing and Bai Cheng went to Wayao Town, and they have not come back yet, Yuan League seems to be much more deserted at the moment.
Yu Yi came to the main hall of the Yuan League, looked at it, but there was no one, and turned to the back door, behind the Yuan League was a huge martial arts arena, where the disciples of the Yuan League were all cultivating.
The disciples of the Yuan League are basically from small towns, of course, there are also some refugees who have fled, helpless and scattered cultivators, and their general qualifications are all deviated. And those with slightly better qualifications have all gone out, walked out of the town, and thought of joining the big sect.
Yuanmeng is also a small sect, and there are some Xuanshi among the disciples, but their strength is not high, only the greedy Xuanjing Realm, but they are already masters in this barren town and are admired.
The martial arts arena is very large, divided into multiple levels, different teaching methods, and the deacon of the Yuan League who takes the lead in training is also responsible for other big and small things in addition to training. Yu Yi was actually appointed by Yu Qing to become one of the deacons, but he was free by nature and didn't like to manage, so he didn't stay with them.
A young man who was taking the lead in the drill saw Yu Yi, and he hurriedly stopped and waved to Yu Yi.
"Arin, why are you here? It's not good for you to come here on weekdays! ”
Looking at this young man who was only in his twenties, Yu Yi smiled awkwardly, and said casually: "Brother Wang Yao, don't make fun of me, I've been idle lately, come here to find something to do, otherwise my father will come back and scold me again!" ”
"Haha! You're getting slippery, boy."
"But you're just in time, I'm looking for you! It's a lot of time."
Yu Yi was also a little surprised, and she didn't know if the other party could find her.
"Brother Wang Yao, what are you looking for me?"
"Early this morning, Shangguan Deputy Alliance Master went to Yancheng in a hurry, you must know this, but before leaving, he asked me to go to Uncle Menglei's house to take a look, there is a batch of scheduled goods in the alliance, it has long exceeded the agreed time, but Uncle Menglei did not send it, and according to the townspeople, he has not been open for almost a week, and the store is closed, which is very strange."
"The deputy alliance leader means that I want to go and have a look, understand the situation, and if I encounter any difficulties, I can help. But how can I have this time, I have to deal with a lot of affairs every day, and more importantly, as a deacon, I have to guide my disciples to cultivate! So I want to ask you to go and see it on my behalf, after all, you have a close relationship with Uncle Meng Lei, he has taken care of you as a relative since you were a child, and he is very willing to listen to your words, which is very convenient for communication, how about it? Just beg you, my big brother! ”
As he spoke, he hugged Yuyi with one hand, and didn't forget to throw a wink!
Yu Yi finally understood what Brother Wang Yao meant at this time, and Yu Yi agreed to this request without the slightest hesitation. Not only to help each other, but also to their own wishful thinking.
However, to Yuyi's surprise, Uncle Meng Lei has been closing the shop for nearly a week, and according to his temperament, this would not have been the case.
Uncle Meng Lei is a blacksmith in the town of Daosi, opened a blacksmith shop on the edge of the town, the iron-making technology is first-class, most of the iron tools in the town are from him, and he is also deeply respected by the townspeople, but he is introverted, does not like to deal with people, basically after taking the job, he works alone, and even the shop is opened on the edge of the town.
It is said that he originally had a daughter, but he was killed in an accident, which led to his introverted personality. And Yuyi loved to hang out when she was a child, and Uncle Menglei's family was no exception, back and forth, the two of them became familiar, probably because of the loss of their daughter in their early years, so Uncle Menglei took special care of Yuyi, and gave Yuyi any new things, and only when he was with Yuyi, he would show a long-lost smile, and the relationship between the two was like a relative.
On weekdays, Uncle Meng Lei is also a "workaholic", basically there is no time when the store is closed, and there is never an overdue situation, which is exactly what Yuyi is puzzled about.
In addition, he hadn't seen Uncle Meng Lei for more than a week, and now that he has the opportunity, he naturally wants to take a trip to see if the other party is really in trouble.
Uncle Meng Lei's shop is at the edge of the town, it is very remote, it is late autumn, the high forest around the store is towering, the leaves on the trees are yellow in the green, and the yellow is red, under the blowing of the autumn wind, scattered and scattered falling, the scene in front of you is extremely bleak. Except for those who came specifically to ask him to build things, basically no one will pass by here, and a lonely house is located here, which is quite consistent with his character.
Yuyi walked for an hour to come here, and unlike usual, today there is less of the smell of fireworks, and it is deserted. There is no "thump" sound when the iron is struck, and it is very quiet.
Walking into his shop, there was only a pile of iron and many iron tools in the courtyard, and the fire in the forge was almost extinguished, as if no one had managed it for a long time.
"Uncle Monray, I'm coming to see you! Are you at home? ”
After a long time, but no one responded, Yu Yi couldn't help but be a little surprised, at this time period, Uncle Meng Lei should be in the blacksmith shop!
"Uncle Meng Lei, I'm Yuyi! Is it okay to open the door? ”
Yuyi shouted again and politely knocked on the door of the inner room, but this time there was no response either. After careful inspection, he found that the door was not locked, and out of curiosity, Yuyi pushed the door open and walked in.
Walking into the house, it surprised Yuyi, Uncle Meng Lei was not at home in the house, the room was chaotic, swept at will, the ground was full of desolation, a mess, what was more suspicious was that there were many blood stains on the floor around the wall, and there was a foul smell on the face, accompanied by the evil breath constantly wafting, which provoked Yuyi to hurriedly cover his mouth and nose, but he didn't dare to slack off, judging from this scene, Uncle Meng Lei had an accident.
A bad omen poured into her heart, her nerves were like an electric shock, she was short of breath, and many bloody scenes appeared in her mind, and she was stunned for a while, and after a short period of thought, she finally reacted.
"Uncle Monray, where are you?"
Yuyi couldn't help but shout loudly, while pushing aside the debris on the ground and surveying the surroundings. At this time, Yu Yi was extremely frightened in her heart, if Uncle Meng Lei really had an accident, she didn't know how to face it.
Yu Yi flew to look for it, and kept calling Uncle Menglei's name, hoping for a response. After searching in the house to no avail, Yuyi withdrew into the inner room to check, but still did not, so she had no choice but to enter the warehouse with a fluke mentality.
Uncle Monray's house is connected to his bedroom and storehouse on both sides, and on weekdays it is also for convenience and time-saving, and the storehouse is full of all kinds of iron tools, most of which are townspeople who have not yet been sent to everyone. According to the usual, Uncle Meng Lei basically smelts iron by the furnace and rarely stays in the warehouse, but Yu Yi does not miss any corners, so it is still necessary to go in and have a look.
Entering the warehouse, it was also chaotic, all kinds of knives, swords, and even farm tools were uneven, scattered all over the place, Yuyi carefully cleared a way, groped forward in the dim candlelight, looked around, extremely gloomy, after taking a sip of saliva, Yuyi once again called out the name of Uncle Menglei.
The treasury is still quite large, and there are echoes after shouting, but there is still no response, which makes Yu Yi very disappointed, and the worry in her heart is a little more, "It seems that you can only inform Yuan Meng first, please look for it together, maybe there will be some clues" Yu Yi thought silently in her heart, her heart was so anxious that she couldn't help but increase her pace and wanted to exit the warehouse.
Suddenly, as if tripping over something, one almost fell to the ground without paying attention, looked down, and suddenly retreated in fright, and did not recover for a long time.
There were several corpses lying on the ground, and Yu Yi's attention was looking for Uncle Meng Lei just now, and the lights were dim, so she didn't see them for a while. After calming down, Yu Yi stepped forward to take a closer look, he had not seen dead people, and even those thieves and rogues had killed some, but this sudden scene still scared Yu Yi.
After checking, Yu Yi found that there were still blood stains around the corpse that had not dried, it seemed that the time of death was not long, but the death was extremely miserable, and it was directly drained of the essence of blood and turned into a dry corpse, Yu Yi kept looking, fortunately there was no figure of Uncle Meng Lei in it, so he breathed a sigh of relief and quickly wiped the cold sweat on his forehead.
However, the body of the missing shopkeeper was found inside, and like the others, he had been drained of his blood and died.
"What the hell is going on here, who is responsible for such cruel and evil methods? And Uncle Monray, what happened to him? ”
Yu Yi was shocked in his heart, he knew that this matter must not be simple, so he had to hurriedly tell Uncle Shangguan and send someone to investigate. As he spoke, he was about to get up and leave.
But after taking a few steps, Yu Yi felt a sense of uneasiness around her, the aura around her was eerie and terrifying, and there seemed to be a wail in her ears, Yu Yi sensed that something was wrong, and coherently pulled out the short sword on her waist, and looked back vigilantly.
Suddenly, a fierce aura struck from the roof of the storehouse, stirring around, and in the blink of an eye, a burst of blood filled the surroundings of Yuyi, and there seemed to be resentful spirits floating in the blood mist, and there were many wails. Just when he was frightened and puzzled, a masked blood-clothed man suddenly emerged from the blood mist and blocked Yuyi's way, Yuyi was stunned, stunned in place, looking at the other party uneasily, not daring to act rashly!
Everything seemed so sudden and unguarded. The other party's scarlet eyes stared at Yuyi in a daze, like an abyss!