Mo Lan walked on the road, feeling a little desolate in her heart. She turned to look at Lu Wu, who was following behind him with dull eyes.
She took out the dagger and put it back after repeated forbearance. The yellow-brown formation lit up, and Mo Lan took him to the small courtyard in the south of the city.
She discovered a few days ago that this earth-based formation was more secretive than the light-based teleportation formation on the ground, and its activation time was shorter.
It seems that injecting different spiritual powers into different formations can achieve twice the result with half the effort. No wonder it is said that "Red Abyss Formation" can be learned even if it is not the light system.
Feeling the fluctuation, Wanggui hurried over, "Master, what is this?"
"You arrange for someone to go to No. 46 Jiqing Street. There is an old woman there. Watch her and don't let her go out. No matter what you do, just keep her alive in the yard."
Mo Lan looked at Lu Wu in front of him with a cold expression, without even raising his head to look at Wanggui.
"yes."
He glanced at Lu Wu again, feeling somewhat familiar.
"Little mushroom, control his mind and make him tell the truth."
The two little mushrooms who were lying in the space soaking in the hot spring jumped out when they heard this.
"Who did you go to see with your book today? What did you do?"
"A woman asked me to steal the book and give it to her, and she gave me twenty thousand taels of silver."
"What does it look like?"
"I don't know. She is wearing a white hood and a gauze hat on her head. I can't see her."
Mo Lan's fingers tapped on the table rhythmically. Twenty thousand taels was enough for mother and son to leave the Mo family and live a good life.
"How do you know her?"
"About half a year ago, I found someone paying money to inquire about the old lady. I told them that I knew where the old lady was. Someone brought me to the woman. I told her that the old lady went to Jiangnan and got two hundred Later, something happened to the old lady, and she gave me another thousand taels and asked me to find someone to dig the old lady's grave and find a box. Last month, she asked me to find a book and promised to give me two taels after the incident was completed. Ten thousand taels of silver."
Mo Lan closed her eyes and took a deep breath, "Does your mother know about this?"
Lu Wu's eyes were still dull, staring ahead and answering mechanically, "I don't know, but she told me about the old lady, including the fact that she is Gu Zhili."
Mo Lan stood up and took out the traction pills to feed him in order to control him more easily.
The hyphae retained by the golden needles will be automatically expelled from the body over time and can be retained after being mixed with traction pills.
"Master, the old woman wanted to come out to find her son, but she has been controlled by our people."
Wanggui held a piece of paper in his hand, which explained the situation.
Mo Lan didn't expect him to move so quickly, "How did you find these people?"
"Back to the master, I went to the slave market and specially selected some easy-to-control slaves, as well as some orphans near the capital, and provided them with shelter and food. Those who stayed to serve the master have sworn an oath of heaven, so the master can rest assured."
Mo Lan suddenly felt tired, "Just take care of it. Also, let Mu Yu and Hua Yu go to the military camp on the outskirts of Beijing tomorrow morning and sign up to join the army."
Wanggui was a little stunned, "Then when you go to the academy in a few days, there will be no one around to follow you."
"It doesn't matter. By the way, why isn't Wenli here?"
"She couldn't stay idle. In the past two days, she paid 10,000 taels of silver from Xin Yi to buy a half-dead brothel."
Mo Lan rubbed his eyebrows and said, "While I'm away, you all follow Xin Yi's arrangements. I'm a little tired, so I'm going home first."
Three days later, early in the morning, Ai Xiang knocked on the door, "Miss, my aunt is here and is making a fuss at the gate."
Mo Lan, who was repeatedly refining medicine in the space, opened his eyes, thought for a moment and said, "Bring people into the front yard, and call all the servants in the house."
"Miss, everyone?"
"Everyone."
The old woman was lying at the door, unwilling to come in. Many people had gathered around the Mo family.
"Auntie, come in."
When the old woman saw Mo Lan, she stood up and followed her into the yard.
"Miss, what kind of medicine are you selling in this gourd? You asked me to come and make a big fuss. I haven't seen my son yet."
"Huh, you'll see him soon."
Song Fuyue sat on the main seat, and Mo Lan stood on the steps in the courtyard, looking at the people gathered with sharp eyes.
"When the old lady was attending the funeral, I once said that provoking the Mo family would lead to death. Bring her here!"
Yu Ming brought Lu Wu out of the corner. His body was covered with scars, blood hung from the corner of his mouth, and he was half dead.
"What did you do to my son?"
The old woman rushed forward, crying until her nose and tears ran down her face.
"A few days ago, something was lost at home, a wooden box. I placed a ban on it. No matter who takes it, it will leave a trace. Auntie, your son stole something, and everyone got the stolen goods!"
The old woman started acting up and crying, causing people outside to poke their heads forward again.
"You are the master, and my son is just a slave in your family. He is what you say he is? How can a poor person have the right to redress his grievances?"
Mo Lan saw a few guilty-minded people and smiled sarcastically. She didn't care about a few petty thieves.
"Lu Wu, you say it yourself."
Lu Wu was lying on the ground. He was already breathing out more and taking in less air. "I stole the eldest lady's things."
"Even if this is the case, you can just report it to the official. If you abuse lynching like this, I will sue you!"
The old woman fiercely protected her son behind her, and the people outside the door began to point fingers, and even the servants began to feel angry.
"Lu Wu, continue."
"I was still obsessed with telling outsiders about the old lady, which caused her to be poisoned and died."
After Lu Wu finished speaking, he lay on the ground and cried loudly. The moment he saw his mother, he began to be afraid.
Song Fuyue stood up from her seat and looked at him in disbelief, "Is what you said true?"
"It's me, I'm obsessed, but my mother doesn't know anything. Please mistress, let her go."
The old woman guarded him tightly, "Don't forget, if my family hadn't given Mo Tu a bowl of rice, he would have starved to death, and you wouldn't be enjoying the happiness here!"
Mo Lan took out a stack of paper, which was full of words, "This is the oral account of the people who are still alive in Yehao Village. Your Lu family has been the Mo family's farmhands from the beginning. You have used all means to obtain the Mo family's land and property. You gave it to my grandfather." Food? What a joke! When he came to Beijing to take the exam, he only had a few torn books with him, a pair of shoes with holes, and two copper coins. You are not an ordinary thick-skinned person!"
"So what! Our Lu family has always raised him!"
"Fifteen years ago, you took your son to join my father. Over the years, the house, land, food and clothing, the Mo family has treated you badly. It is worth killing my grandmother! What's more, the Lu family has not been robbed by bandits at all. It was your husband who killed someone and you were kicked out!"
"Everyone, please listen to me. I, the Mo family, cannot afford to use anyone who is disloyal! I have asked you all to come here today for only one purpose. Those who want to stay, make an oath of heaven and never betray. Accordingly, I We will provide you with training resources. Our Mo family has no habit of forcing people to change their surnames. Anyone who joins our clan can keep their own names."
The servants looked at each other, no one dared to move.
Lan Die stepped forward, "I am an old man of the Mo family, I will set an example first."
She formed a seal with her hands, and the formation of heaven and earth fell, "I, Landie, once again made an oath to heaven. I will be loyal to the Mohist family in this life, fulfill my duties faithfully, and never betray. If there is any violation, heaven and earth will not tolerate it, and both body and soul will be destroyed!"
The formation shrank into a beam of light and fell into the center of her eyebrows.
Mo Lan moved a chair and sat in the middle of the courtyard. "I'll give you one day. Those who have made up their mind can come to me one by one and swear an oath. Those who don't want to leave before dark. Those who refuse to leave, just leave." Treat him like a spy."
After saying that, the dagger in his hand flew out and stabbed directly into Lu Wu's chest, and he fell to the ground.
The old woman struggled wildly and was held tightly by Ye Ming.
When it got dark, there were more than twenty people left. Mo Lan smiled happily, luckily, half of them stayed.
"Tomorrow, I will post your duty schedule. You will change your duties in shifts. Each person will be on duty for four hours a day. Afterwards, you can concentrate on practicing."
"Yes, Miss!"
It wasn't until everyone left and the door was closed that Mo Lan stood up, walked to Lu Wu and kicked him.
"stand up!"
The old woman looked in a daze. When she saw her son come back from the dead, she crawled back a short distance, then rushed forward, hugging him and crying.
"Your mother is right. The Lu family has always allowed my grandfather to grow up. I think my father is not willing to see the blood of your mother and son spilled on the Mo family. He will take your mother away in the future and don't let me see you again. , if you have any objections again, I will kill your mother as well!"
Lu Wu was tied with a rope and knocked his head heavily to the ground, again and again, "Thank you, Miss, for not killing me. Thank you, Miss. Thank you..."
Mo Lan waved her hand and asked Ye Ming and Yu Ming to take their mother and son away.
Song Fuyue shook her head and walked to Mo Lan, "You are older now. You have the final say in matters at home. You handled today's affairs well. Your father will not let you kill them. Now they have driven away , nothing happened, mother will go back to the room first."
In the middle of the night, Mo Lan sat by the bed and listened to Ye Ming's report. They followed Lu Wu and her son quietly after they sent them out of the city.
Not long after, they were shot to death with flying arrows. Because they did not use spiritual power, they could not detect the opponent's strength.
"You guys go and rest."
