Chapter 52: A Chance Encounter with the Dead
Just when Wu Zheng walked to the door of a teahouse, he wandered and lowered his head to think, what reason should he find to enter the teahouse to inquire about the iron thread girl, not wanting to almost crash into the arms of an oncoming person.
When they looked up, the two of them were surprised almost at the same time.
"Sir?!"
"Qiu Zheng?!"
"Why did Mr. come to Shuntianfu?"
Wu Zheng, who was surprised, saluted Zhen Qingyi and asked respectfully. From the other party's dress, Wu Zheng had already guessed that Mr. Zhen Qingyi should have also participated in the county exam last month, and he was admitted to Xiucai.
Unexpectedly, Zhen Qingyi, who was still surprised just now, immediately returned to his normal expression, and said to Wu Zheng a little indifferently:
"Oh, our family came here a few years ago to join Qinglian's second uncle. Qiu Zheng, I just made an appointment with a few people in the same year to talk to the teahouse, and I don't have time to talk to you. Another day, I have time to sit at the house. ”
After speaking, Zhen Qingyi turned around and walked into the teahouse with his feet raised.
Leaving Wu Zheng stunned in the local area for a long time, he finally chose to leave the door of this teahouse.
Is the gentleman complaining that he didn't say goodbye at the beginning?
But why not give yourself a chance to explain?
Even from the gentleman's eyes, I saw a trace of contempt, and there was no enthusiasm at all when I was in Houpo Village.
Since he said that he would let him sit at the house in a few days, why didn't he even tell himself the address?
In Wu Zheng's mind, Mr. Zhen Qingyi is not the kind of careless person. Especially Mr.'s facial expressions that changed very quickly just now, Wu Zheng couldn't help but wonder if Mr. was because he was a talent show and went to Qinglian's second uncle's mansion, so the tide rose and he no longer looked down on his wandering orphan.
Despite his humble background, Wu Zheng is not the kind of person who welcomes sycophants, and of course he will not annoy people by following him with his face.
For no reason, four words suddenly popped out of Wu Zheng's mind - the world is hot and cold.
Soon, Wu Zheng erased the scene of meeting Mr. Zhen Qingyi from his mind just now, adjusted his mentality, and continued to wander around the city for a while. In the end, at lunch, I walked into a fairly stylish tavern for the first time in my life.
The oncoming shopkeeper saw a young man who was obviously dressed in the countryside walk in, looked up behind Wu Zheng, and didn't find anyone else, so he immediately stopped Wu Zheng.
"Brother looking for someone?"
"Don't look for anyone. ”
"Is that coming in and waiting for someone?"
"Do you have to find someone and someone to come in?"
Wu Zheng, who was already in a bad mood, also knew that it was the shopkeeper who looked down on him, so he didn't want to let himself in. So he casually took out the silver cake that had been flattened, shook it in front of the shopkeeper's eyes, and walked to a table at random and sat down.
After seeing the silver in Wu Zheng's hand, the shopkeeper smiled and asked enthusiastically:
"What do you want to eat?"
Just returned to the little brother, and immediately became a son, Wu Zheng didn't care about him, and casually ordered two side dishes, a plate of beef, and a big bowl of rice.
When the shopkeeper brought all the food ordered by Wu Zheng, the diners in the tavern were almost full.
From the noisy voice, Wu Zheng finally heard the word "Iron Thread Niang" vaguely mentioned in a very low voice. Wu Zheng didn't turn his head to look, and from the direction from which the voice came, he could tell that it should be the four people who came in just now, three men and one woman. They are all around 30 years old, around 40. And they are all dressed in strong clothes, not to mention, and they also carry weapons. The four of them were all carrying a long sword with a sheath on their backs, so as soon as they walked into the tavern, Wu Zheng had already noticed it.
Trying his best to block out other chaotic voices, Wu Zheng focused all his attention on listening to the conversation of the three men and one woman.
Although the table where the four people sat was only three or five steps away from Wu Zheng, the voices of the four people were very low, so Wu Zheng could only hear a rough idea.
"Third Senior Brother, before leaving, the master repeatedly instructed him to go down the mountain this time, and he must not ask about the senior sister. You can't even mention the name of the senior sister, why did you forget it again?"
"Hehe, I lost my mouth for a while, junior sister forgive me. Don't mention it, drink. ”
From the conversation between a man and a woman just now, it is not difficult to judge that Tie Lian Niang should be the senior sister of these three men and one woman.
Although the four of them never mentioned a word of iron thread or senior sister again, Wu Zheng already had a plan in his heart. Since the iron thread girl in his father's mouth is the senior sister of these three men and one woman, it is not difficult to find out what sect these four people are from. Therefore, Wu Zheng decided to follow these three men and one woman next to see what they wanted to do when they came to Shuntianfu City. I hope to get the information I want from the actions of the four people.
Wu Zheng, who left the tavern behind the four people, didn't dare to be careless, although he didn't know how the other party's cultivation was, judging only from his age, he must have been immersed in martial arts for more than ten or twenty years, and if he was not careful, he would probably be discovered by the other party.
Sure enough, Wu Zheng, who had never been watched, was quickly discovered by the four of them.
When Wu Zheng followed closely behind the four people, walked to a street corner, and saw that the four people turned around and disappeared, Wu Zheng was worried that he would lose it, so he hurriedly walked a few steps, and was surrounded by the four people as soon as he turned around.
"Why did you follow us all the way out of the tavern?"
The four of them did not show a fierce expression, but the third senior brother in the woman's mouth asked Wu Zheng in a flat tone.
Now that it was discovered, Wu Zheng no longer concealed it, after all, listening to the conversation they had just now, they were from the same door as Tie Xianniang, so they didn't regard the four of them as enemies.
"Three uncles, aunts, I have indeed been following you since I came out of the tavern. ”
Seeing that the three of them were waiting for their words, Wu Zheng also said truthfully:
"I'm originally from Causeway City, and I came here to join Aunt Tie Xianniang, but I didn't expect it to ....... ”
"Did you just eavesdrop on our conversation in the tavern?"
"Auntie, it's not eavesdropping, it's overheard. ”
"Who asked you to come to the Iron ......? ”
"Third Senior Brother, let's talk in a different place. ”
After speaking, he glanced at Wu Zheng and asked tentatively:
"Do you dare to come with us?"
Wu Zheng didn't hesitate, thinking that as long as the other party wanted to take him away, even if he didn't want to go, it would be impossible, so after nodding, he took the lead and walked forward.
As the four of them went out of the city directly from the east gate of Shuntian City, turned off the road, and came to a remote grove in the wilderness, the three men and one woman stopped, turned to face Wu Zheng, and the third senior brother spoke first:
"Okay, now we can tell us what your name is, where you come from, and who instructed you to come to Clema. ”