This year's Spring Festival is not easy for Wujiabao and Liulinbao.

First of all, the two families put all their energy on searching for Wu Zheng, the cowherd, and sent a large number of disciples, while Wu Jiabao took advantage of the emptiness of Liulin Fort to avenge the burning of the family ancestral hall.

With the life-and-death battle between Wu Jixue and Liu Chaofeng, it naturally affected the children of the two families who participated in the war. Although no one was killed, more than a dozen disciples were injured.

Especially the children of the two families who went out to look for Wu Zheng, because they all got hints from the clan before leaving, they also fought and killed all the way. Fortunately, no trace of Wu Zheng was found, and the two sides were quite restrained. Even so, after all, the sword has no eyes, and it still hurts a lot of people.

Therefore, the clansmen of the Wu and Liu families in Wujiabao and Liulin Fort can be said to be full of complaints.

Since August 16, along the east, west, and north directions, Wu Zheng has not been found in the county seat of Jue County, and Wu Jizong and Liu Chaofeng's eyes naturally turned to Shannan.

It's just that this time it was Wujiabao's disciples who took the lead, and the Liulinbao disciples instead followed behind.

After first finding Wu Zheng and escaping to Shannan, the old man who exchanged the hare for two steamed buns was Wu Gang, the little overlord of Wujiabao.

This day was the end of the morning of the twenty-fifth day of the lunar month, and the little overlord Wu Gang took Wu Mingzhi and the two of them along the winding sheep intestine path by the stream to a small mountain village with only thirty or forty households.

With the skills of the little overlord Wu Gang, he naturally wouldn't let the dog bite him, and he raised his foot and kicked it according to the black dog's heart between dodging. It's just that a sudden angry rebuke called the big black dog back, and the kick kicked out by the little overlord Wu Gang naturally failed.

"Big Black is back!"

Seeing that it was an elderly man staggering over, Wu Mingzhi, who was hiding behind the little overlord Wu Gang, took a few steps forward and asked the old man:

"Grandpa, we want to inquire about individuals. ”

"Who's the inquiry?"

"Recently, or in the last three or four months, has Grandpa ever seen a boy slightly younger than me pass by?"

"In three or four months, I remember things so far ago. ”

As soon as he said this, the old man suddenly paused, and then recalled:

"Don't say it, in August 10, it seems that there is such a thin teenager who came to the house early in the morning to beg for water. ”

When Xiaobawang heard this, he immediately asked:

"Old man, what does that young man look like, didn't he say where his home is?"

"It's quite good-looking, but it's a little thinner. It seems to have been said that it was the people of Wujiabao who went into the mountains to hunt and got lost. Why, hasn't he gone back yet?"

This can't be wrong, the little overlord Wu Gang and Wu Mingzhi glanced at each other, and they were all happy in their hearts.

"Old man, did he say what his name was?"

The old man thought about it carefully and said:

"No, I forgot to ask at the time. After eating two steamed buns at home, I left in a panic. I haven't been back for so long, so there won't be any accidents, right? There are wolves in this mountain. ”

"The old man can rest assured, it shouldn't be, maybe he was lost and couldn't find his way home for a while. ”

After thanking the old man, Wu Gang, the little overlord, did not continue to march south with Wu Mingzhi, but turned around and returned to the mountains and forests where he came. I found a small courtyard with a stone wall where I could see the old man's house, and squatted down.

"Fourth brother, why don't you continue to inquire and stop here?"

The little overlord Wu Gang was very conflicted, and once vowed to let Wu Zheng go to repay the rescue when he was challenged by Wu Meng and the three last time. However, not only did he follow Wu Mingzhi by his side, but the old man's home was at the edge of the village, if it was later, whether it was Wujiabao or Liulinbao who came to look for Wu Zheng's disciple and passed by here, it would be easy to hear Wu Zheng's news from the old man's mouth.

What to do?

Thinking about it, if you want to fulfill the promise in your heart, there is only one choice, and that is to kill people.

It's easy to kill that old man, what should Wu Mingzhi do here?

For Wu Zheng to kill Wu Mingzhi, the little overlord Wu Gang really couldn't do it. If it is revealed afterwards, wouldn't it not not only violate the order of the clan to capture Wu Zheng alive, but also commit the felony of cannibalism?

"Mingzhi, at the beginning of the summer, do you know who killed the weapons in Wu Yi and Wu Fan's hands and saved me?"

"Fourth brother, who in the clan doesn't know now?"

"Then do you know why the clan must capture Wu Zheng alive?"

"I heard that it seems to be related to the hole that appeared next to the ancestral grave. ”

"Anything else?"

"I've only heard about it, and some people speculate that Wu Zheng most likely wrote down all the handwriting that appeared on the gravel chips in the pit. ”

What Wu Mingzhi heard, Wu Gang, the little overlord, also heard it. Even more than Wu Mingzhi heard.

"Mingzhi, there is a saying that kindness is not repaid by a gentleman, if Wu Zheng didn't make a move last time, can you imagine what I would be like now?"

"Fourth brother, you, you don't want to disobey the orders of the clan, do you?"

Wu Mingzhi looked at the little overlord Wu Gang in great surprise, was stunned for a while, and suddenly his face changed greatly, and he involuntarily took a step back.

"Mingzhi, don't worry, no matter how you say it, Wu Zheng is just a distant branch of the Wu family, and it is very likely that he is not the biological son of Uncle Wu Lipeng. ”

Wu Mingzhi had also heard similar rumors. However, he was still full of vigilance in his heart for Wu Gang's idea of wanting to repay Wu Zheng for saving him, worried that he would kill people.

"What does the fourth brother want to do?"

"I want to discuss with you, I only need to conceal the news I heard today for a month, and after that, I, Wu Gang, will definitely repay my brother's great kindness. ”

With Wu Gang's idea, give Wu Zheng another month, and by the end of the first month after the year, there will be more than five months, which is enough time for Wu Zheng to hide far away. If he is still caught by Wu Jiabao or Liulin Fort, he can only blame Wu Zheng for his bad luck.

"Fourth brother, do you want to kill the old man just now?"

Seeing that Wu Gang nodded, Wu Mingzhi reminded Wu Gang instead:

"Didn't the fourth brother think about it, if he really killed that old man, would it be easier to arouse the suspicion of others behind?"

"That's why I'm going to stay here, secretly observe for a long time, and wait until the night to do it. Afterwards, I hid the corpse in the mountains, and I didn't know it, who would suspect anything? I just wanted to buy Wu Zheng an extra month. It can be regarded as repaying the grace of saving each other that day, and since then it has been cleared. ”

Whether it is background, age, or martial arts, Wu Mingzhi is not on the same level as the little overlord Wu Gang. Therefore, there is no other choice than obeying Wu Gang's arrangement.

After pondering for a while, Wu Mingzhi said:

"It won't be known to the people, will it?"

"If you don't say it, if I don't say it, who will know? But I still want to remind you that once this matter is done, it is almost the same as concealing it for a day as well as concealing it for a month, so I hope you don't have a fluke mentality. ”

How could Wu Mingzhi not understand the meaning of Wu Gang's words, and hurriedly nodded his hair and swore:

"If I, Wu Mingzhi, leak a few words in advance, I won't be able to die with five thunders in the sky. ”