Chapter 54: Evil
When Wu Zheng told the three men and one woman about his origins, who should be the brothers and sisters of Tie Lianniang, the four of them couldn't help but look at each other at that time.
"Third Senior Brother, Fifth Senior Brother, Sixth Senior Brother, have you ever heard Senior Sister mention the name 'Wu Lipeng'?"
Seeing that the three of them shook their heads together, the woman also said:
"Yes, why have I never heard of Senior Sister mention it?"
Then asked Wu Zheng again:
"Why did your father ask you to come to Senior Sister?"
Wu Zheng did not tell the father of the four in front of him, Wu Lipeng, that he was dead, otherwise he would have to tell the story of the last letter. In this way, not only will his true life experience be revealed, but his father will not be able to hide the only relic left by his mother, the jade diamond-shaped symbol, which is the only relic left by his mother.
"Daddy has something to do and doesn't know when he'll be back. That's why I came all the way to Aunt Tie Xianniang, and my father said that when he came back, he would come directly to Shuntianfu to find me. ”
Seeing that the four of them never mentioned why Tie Lianniang was imprisoned, Wu Zheng could only ask.
"Uncle, aunt, why is Aunt Tie Niang on death row?"
The three men and one woman glanced at each other again, and the third senior brother said to Wu Zheng:
"It stands to reason that I shouldn't tell you about this, but since your father and our senior sister are friends, let's reveal a little. Your Aunt Tie Niang was put on death row because she offended Liu Shiqing, the imperial master of the dynasty. ”
"Then aren't you going to rescue Aunt Tie?"
Wu Zheng's words suddenly made the three men and one woman in front of him fall into silence.
After a long time, the woman reluctantly explained:
"It's not that I don't want to, it's just that the entire martial arts is also under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, and Liu Shiqing is the imperial master again. I mean, you get the idea, don't you?"
How can you not understand, isn't it because you are afraid of the power of the imperial court and put the safety of your fellow disciples at risk?
After experiencing the scene of meeting Mr. Zhen Qingyi in the morning, Wu Zheng's mood is still a little lonely. Therefore, he didn't ask the four of them about their origins, names, etc., so they bowed, leaving the four of them to look at each other on the ground, and turned around to leave.
Wu Zheng did not return to Shuntian City directly, but walked along the grove where he was just now, towards the mountains in the northeast.
It's already noon now, and when he returns to the city, he may have to stay in a guest house again, which always feels a bit luxurious for Wu Zheng. So I still plan to go into the mountains to hunt a few hares and other small animals, so that I can exchange them for money, and Wu Zheng knows the truth of sitting and eating empty mountains. At the same time, Wu Zheng also wanted to find a place to make do for the night, so as to think about what to do next, whether to leave Suncheon City or continue to stay.
Almost as soon as Wu Zheng left, Zhang Qian and Zhao Ming, who had been inquiring about Zhang Qian and Zhao Ming in the city for a whole morning, finally learned that the homeless boy had lunch in the Zuixian Building first, and then followed the three men and one woman with a long sword on their backs and went out of the East City Gate together. So I pursued it all the way, and walked a short distance along the official road out of the city, and found three men and one woman who left the grove and walked onto the official road, carrying a long sword.
Without saying a word, Zhang Qian and Zhao Ming waved their hands, and more than a dozen catchers and more than 20 officials behind them surrounded the four of them in the official road.
"Official, why is that?"
The third senior brother looked at the catcher and the servant in front of him, and asked calmly.
"Don't you know? Tell me, where did the boy who went out of town with you go?"
This was something that the three men and one woman didn't expect, they didn't expect that the catcher and the official in front of them were coming for Wu Zheng.
So the third senior brother replied indifferently again:
"There was a young man who went out of the city with us, but when he got out of the city, he went on his own. ”
"Nonsense!"
"Official, why are you talking nonsense? The four of us don't know that young man because they are not related to him, so why hide anything for him?"
"Hugh is going to fool us with his rhetoric, tell me quickly, where did you hide that young man?"
Zhang Qian stopped Jiang Hai beside him and asked the third senior brother in a fairly gentle tone:
"Looking at the dress of the four, they must be from a certain martial arts sect, can you ask the four teachers about their origins?"
"Hehe, there's nothing to hide. We are the same brothers of the Iron Sword Gate. ”
"That is, the brother of the Iron Thread Niang?"
"Not bad. ”
"Then what do you want to do when you come to Suncheon City today?"
"I didn't want to do anything, I just went out a month ago on the order of my master, and now I want to return to the mountain gate, presumably this official should also know that Shuntian City is a place we must pass through. ”
"Yes, if you go north to the Iron Sword Gate, you will indeed have to pass through Suncheon City. It's just that why you didn't go out of the city through the north gate, but chose the east gate, and deliberately went far away?"
"This official really guessed correctly, thinking that the hour was still early, so he wanted to bring some game back to the mountain, so he chose the East City Gate. He was about to go into the mountains to hunt, but he was blocked by the official. ”
"It's a bunch of nonsense, the Iron Sword Gate is surrounded by deep mountains and dense forests, where you can't hunt, is it only here in Shuntian City?"
Zhao Ming, who has never spoken, is far from being as good at talking as Zhang Qian.
The third senior brother also knew that the excuse he was casually looking for was very far-fetched, and he was speechless in the face of Zhao Ming's questioning for a while, so he could only shrug his shoulders with his hands outstretched.
"Four, although there is a court in the Iron Sword Sect who wants to commit the Iron Thread Niang, but the other disciples in the door have always been law-abiding, if the four truthfully confess the whereabouts of the young man who went out of the city together, I, Zhang Qian, can guarantee that I will not worry about the four. ”
How can you say that the young Wu Zheng is the son of the senior sister's iron lady friend, and he came all the way to defect, so it doesn't matter if he can't help, even if it is inconvenient to ask about the catch to find Wu Zheng, but from the other party's menacing point of view, it will definitely not be a good thing, so how can they tell Wu Zheng's whereabouts to the catcher in front of them?
Therefore, it is inevitable that there will be a fight between the two sides next.
Wu Zheng, who had just walked out not far away, could no longer see the east gate of Shuntian City and the pipeline, but he could hear the sudden sound of fighting.
The sound of the clattering of weapons immediately attracted Wu Zheng's attention. I can guess that the invisible fight is very likely to be related to the three senior brothers and one junior sister of the iron thread, but I can't guess who it is with and why. After hesitating for a while, he climbed a small hill and planned to take a look from afar.
Wu Zheng, who was hiding in the trees on the mountain, found that the three men and one woman were surrounded by many catchers and officials on the official road, and the four of them had already shown the long swords on their backs, and they were resisting the siege of the catchers and officials back to back. After watching it for a while, Wu Zheng found that the four of them had been on the defensive all along, and had never taken the initiative to attack the catchers and servants who surrounded them, why was this?
Obviously, with the skills of four people, it is completely possible to repel the people besieging in front of them, so that they can retreat with their whole body, but they have been on the defensive, why should they do this?
Could it be that because he was afraid of the power of the government, he didn't dare to offend these arresters and officials?
Out of the anger of the four of them that the senior sister Tie Niang was indifferent to being put on death row, Wu Zheng, who was hidden in the bushes and woods, quietly approached a distance, until he estimated that the stone he threw could hit the officials and catchers who were fighting on the official road, and did not hesitate to shoot.
A succession of stones struck the face of the catcher and the servant, and if they hit either the nose or the eyes and mouth, four or five people immediately squatted on the ground with their faces covered.
Seeing that the fire had arrived, Wu Zheng hurriedly bent his waist and drilled into the depths of the mountain forest.
Yes, Wu Zheng is going to pull Tie Lian Niang's three junior brothers and one junior sister into the water, and see if they will be indifferent to the senior sister Tie Lian Niang who is on death row after they offend the government.