The journey was uneventful, and Zhao Mingyuan soon arrived at the bank of Taihu Lake and in the city of Suzhou.
Zhao Mingyuan knew that Taihu Lake was a vast area of water, and all of it was accessible by water.
Whether it is the Yanziwu Shenhe Villa of the Murong family or the Mantuo Villa of the Wang family, they are just small islands in Taihu Lake.
Without the guidance of someone who is familiar with the route, it would be an exaggeration to say that it would take ten or eight years to find it, but it is indeed not easy to find the right place.
Moreover, both the Murong family and the Wang family have hidden their identities, and ordinary people have no idea who they are. Even on the shores of Taihu Lake, many people have never heard of Shenhe Village, so how can they find it?
Naturally, Zhao Mingyuan would not barge in. Although he was not ignorant of water, he would not go there recklessly, so he was prepared to inquire about the situation first.
If you want to get information, you naturally have to look for local snakes, and the best choice is naturally the beggar gang.
Zhao Mingyuan was wandering around Suzhou City, and soon he targeted a beggar on the street.
The beggar looked to be about thirty or forty years old, with many patches on his body. He was lying on the street corner basking in the sun.
However, what attracted Zhao Mingyuan were the three peculiar pockets he carried on his back. It seems that this is still the Three Bags disciple of the Beggar Clan.
The disciples of Sanbao are already considered the backbone of a branch, and they must know a lot about the situation.
Zhao Mingyuan has already noticed that he has martial arts skills. Presumably, even if he doesn't know about Mantuo Villa, he should know the location of Shenhe Villa.
Zhao Mingyuan placed a piece of silver in front of him and said, "My friend, I want to ask about something."
Looking at the silver in front of him, the beggar who was still lazily basking in the sun immediately became energetic and glanced at Zhao Mingyuan up and down with greedy eyes. Seeing that he was dressed in rich clothes, the beggar's eyes became brighter and brighter until he saw With the sword on his waist, Zhao Mingyuan's eyes narrowed a little. However, the gorgeous decoration on the sword confused his mind.
Just listen to the beggar say: "You can ask whatever you want, but it's not convenient because there are so many people coming and going."
Zhao Mingyuan has realized something, but is he afraid? Anyway, he would not be the one to suffer, so he followed the beggar to a secluded place.
Before the beggar could make a move, Zhao Mingyuan glanced at him. With just one glance, under the magical effect of seducing the soul and seducing the mind, the beggar had already poured out everything about him. Zhao Mingyuan asked briefly and found out what he wanted to know.
Sure enough, whether it was Shenhe Villa or Mantuo Villa, their positions were under the control of the Beggar Clan.
After all, no matter how secretive the Murong family and the Wang family are, they still need to purchase various daily necessities. Naturally, it is difficult to hide this from the Beggars Gang.
Through this beggar, Zhao Mingyuan already knew where to find the boatman and take him into Mantuo Villa.
"In that case, you can die." Zhao Mingyuan said coldly.
"Yes. The villain will die now." The beggar actually grabbed his own throat with both hands and strangled himself to death.
The terrifying power of this method of seducing the soul and seducing the mind can also be seen.
However, although this martial arts was terrifying, Zhao Mingyuan was not afraid of the news that he asked about this beggar, or that the news of knowing this kind of martial arts would spread. Of course, he did not want to kill the beggar because of this.
But, the beggar just talked too much and told some disgusting things he had done, so he would have to die.
Zhao Mingyuan is naturally not a saint, nor does he like to punish evil and promote good. However, since the crime is in your own hands, it is also what you should do if you do it casually.
When he arrived at the place mentioned by the beggar, Zhao Mingyuan realized that the person who could take him to Mantuo Villa was not the boatman, but the boat girl, a teenage girl.
I think so. If there are men who really go up to Mantuo Villa, they will all become manure. How can they let the boatman go up?
Even so, the little girl still refused to take Zhao Mingyuan.
It's not that Zhao Mingyuan didn't give enough money, but that any stranger, especially a man, who came close to Mantuo Villa would be buried as fertilizer.
Even a boat girl like her who takes people there will be in trouble, maybe her hands will be chopped off?
In short, Mantuo Villa has long been a taboo place that cannot be approached by boatmen like them. The reason why they know where it is is because it is a forbidden place that cannot be accessed. Everyone has told it by word of mouth, but no one dares to approach it.
Therefore, no matter how much money Zhao Mingyuan offered, the little girl refused to agree.
Helpless, Zhao Mingyuan had no choice but to use the magic of seducing the soul and seducing the heart again. Fortunately, it wouldn't be a big deal if it just slightly changed the little girl's thoughts.
However, the evil reputation of Mantuo Villa is indeed powerful. This greatly reduced Zhao Mingyuan's impression of Mrs. Wang, that is, Li Qingluo.
Originally, seeing that the jade statue had such an appearance, Li Qingluo's appearance was quite good. After all, whatever is described in the book is only what is written in the book. It wasn't until I actually heard the cruel deeds nearby that I realized that she was indeed famous in this regard.
Now that he is here, Zhao Mingyuan will definitely stop such a thing.
Taking this little girl's boat, along some invisible waterway, it gradually sailed towards Mantuo Villa.
In Zhao Mingyuan's opinion, the lotus leaves and reeds in the lake are all the same, and they change unpredictable as a breeze blows. But in the eyes of this little girl, everything is a criss-crossing waterway composed of marks and road signs.
Even though the little girl didn't hide anything from Zhao Mingyuan and pointed out every road sign, in Zhao Mingyuan's view, there was no difference.
Even though Zhao Mingyuan carried a simple compass in his storage ring, it was still difficult to distinguish the path among the chessboard-like crisscrossing waterways.
It seems that there is knowledge everywhere in life.
He couldn't learn it all at once, so Zhao Mingyuan didn't force it.
This Taihu Lake is definitely not small. The little girl paddled for almost a long time before they saw a clump of flowers and trees by the water from a distance, reflecting the water's surface, shining like clouds.
Zhao Mingyuan had seen a lot of them in Dali, and he recognized that they were Dali's camellias, also known as jade tea, and also called datura flowers. Presumably that is Mantuo Villa.
Sure enough, the little girl paddled the wooden oar and headed towards the camellia trees.
As we get closer and closer to the shore, we can see the colorful red and white camellias as far as the eye can see.
The little girl sailed the boat on the shore and said with fear in her eyes: "Master, just take a look around here. It is best not to go ashore. Otherwise, if you are discovered, you will really be arrested."
Seeing how kind-hearted the little girl was, Zhao Mingyuan was not stingy. He left two silver ingots and jumped ashore. Ask her to leave immediately, don't tell others about it, and just pretend that nothing happened.
Seeing that the little girl still had something to say, Zhao Mingyuan simply used the method of seducing the soul again to make her leave and forget about it. All she could remember was that he once took a guest and gave her some money.
This little girl is too verbose, but knowing too much is definitely not a good thing.
There were camellia trees all along the shore. Zhao Mingyuan walked forward along the path among the flowers and trees, and slowly he saw pavilions and pavilions.
Zhao Mingyuan did not distinguish one by one, but flew directly towards the tallest building using Qinggong.
There was a woman admiring flowers in front of the window in the attic. Naturally, the flowers she was admiring were camellias, also known as datura flowers.
Zhao Mingyuan entered through the window, startled her, and then raised her head.
Zhao Mingyuan immediately recognized that this was Li Qingluo. After all, her appearance is so similar to that of the jade statue, no, I should say exactly the same, but the temperament is slightly different.
Should we say that their Li family's genes are too strong? After three generations, their appearance is not much different.
"Who are you?" Li Qingluo was not afraid at all when she saw a man breaking into her room. Instead, she was very angry, as if she didn't care whether this man would be harmful to her.
This made Zhao Mingyuan very funny. Maybe she's used to showing off her power in the Taihu Lake area and hasn't met any masters, right?
However, let’s stick to the plan first.
Zhao Mingyuan hesitated and said: "This lady must be named Li Qingluo, right?"
"Who is you?"
Now Li Qingluo started to feel a little surprised.
Not many people know this name. Most people in Mantuo Villa only know her as Mrs. Wang, and at most they know her surname is Li. There are definitely not many people who know her name.
Zhao Mingyuan said: "I, Zhao Mingyuan, am a disciple of Xiaoyao Sect..."
Before he could continue, Li Qingluo shouted, "Get out!"
Zhao Mingyuan didn't know whether she relied on her father to be the head of the Xiaoyao Sect and thought Zhao Mingyuan didn't dare to do anything to her; or because her parents abandoned her, so she hated the Xiaoyao Sect; or maybe she was just so arrogant. Used to it.
In short, since she had this attitude, Zhao Mingyuan would not get used to her, so he said directly: "I am here for the collection of books in Langhuan Paradise."
At this time, Li Qingluo lost her temper and shouted one after another, which attracted the attention of people around her. Soon, there was a knock on the door, and then someone asked: "Madam, do you need a slave to come in and serve you?"
But Li Qingluo said directly: "Come in quickly and chop him into meat paste for me to make flower fertilizer."
Immediately, the door opened, and several old women came in and rushed towards Zhao Mingyuan with weapons.
Thinking that he might have to live here for a while, Zhao Mingyuan did not hold back in order to reduce trouble in the future.
Zhao Mingyuan was seen stepping lightly on the waves, and no matter how many old women swung their swords, they couldn't hurt him at all, and Zhao Mingyuan always dodged him by a hair's breadth.
And Zhao Mingyuan strolled past several people, randomly punching and palming them, and all of them were knocked to the ground. After a while, they fell to the ground.
After knocking down everyone one by one, Zhao Mingyuan came to Li Qingluo again.
Li Qingluo's eyes widened, as if she couldn't believe that the experts in her family who had always been successful didn't work, and she said: "Lingbo Weibu? It turns out that you are really a disciple of Xiaoyao Sect."
Zhao Mingyuan waved his fist in front of her and said with a smile: "Mrs. Wang, don't change the subject. You won't forget what happened just now, right?"
(End of chapter)
