As soon as the old Taoist priest heard the voice coming from behind, his expression changed. He no longer cared about what to say to Bu Xiaotian, picked up the canvas in his hand and was about to run away.
Unexpectedly, a big hand had already firmly grasped the bamboo pole on the canvas. He didn't pull the sail while running. His feet slipped and he sat down on the spot.
"You still want to run!"
The voice behind him sounded very angry.
Bu Xiaotian turned around and saw a fat middle-aged man clutching the sail tightly and glaring at the old Taoist priest.
This middle-aged man was taller than the old Taoist priest. He was well-dressed and did not look like an ordinary person.
When he saw this man for the first time, Bu Xiaotian could only think of the word "round".
There is a round head on the round body, and a pair of round eyes on the round face.
Judging from his appearance, he should be very kind, but I don't know how the old Taoist priest offended him.
At this time, he was sweating profusely and his face looked haggard. When he saw the old Taoist priest falling to the ground, he immediately let go of the bamboo pole in his hand, and rushed towards the old Taoist priest, pressing on him.
Bu Xiaotian's brows jumped when he saw this scene. This fat man seemed to weigh at least two hundred pounds. He was really afraid that the old Taoist priest would be crushed to death by this fat man.
However, he really didn't know what happened, so he didn't take action easily.
Bu Xiaotian's imagination of the fat man crushing the old Taoist priest did not happen after all. Although the middle-aged man was fat, he was very agile and did not really press on the old Taoist priest. He just grabbed the old Taoist priest's hands and at the same time He took out a rope from somewhere and tied it up in a short time.
Then the man stood up, turned the old Taoist priest around like a chicken, so that he faced him, and said viciously:
"Are you going to run again? Let's see how you run this time?"
"Butler Fu, what is the deep grudge between Pindao and you? Why do you want to pursue Pindao like this?"
The old Taoist priest knew he couldn't run away, so he asked with a cry, looking very innocent.
"You old liar, you stopped me three days ago and said you had a way to cure the young master's strange disease, and sold me a paper charm for ten taels of silver.
I will burn the talisman I took from you and give it to the young master as you asked.
Not only did the young master not get better, but he became unconscious after taking the ashes of the paper talisman. Even his breath was weak. He was about to die. How dare you say that we don't have any deep grudges? "
Having said this, the fat middle-aged man known as Guan Fu had a look of annoyance on his face:
"I was also deceived. I believed the words of you, an old liar, so easily, and even harmed my young master!"
Butler Fu burst into tears when he said this.
"This, this, this, this is none of my business!"
When the old Taoist priest heard this, he immediately panicked:
"Although the paper talisman I gave you cannot cure the young master's illness, it will definitely not cause any harm to the young master!"
"You are really lying to me!"
When Butler Fu heard that the talisman the old Taoist priest gave him was indeed fake, he didn't listen to the old Taoist priest's explanation at all. He pointed at the old Taoist priest and started to curse:
"You old liar, what grudge does our Wu family have against you? You want to trap our young master like this!
If the young master has any shortcomings, I will definitely ask you to save his life! "
As Butler Fu said this, he was about to drag the old Taoist priest towards the city.
When the old Taoist priest saw that Butler Fu was taking him away, he became even more panicked. When he saw Bu Xiaotian standing aside, he immediately shouted:
"Disciple, save me!"
Bu Xiaotian: "???"
Just when Bu Xiaotian looked at the old Taoist priest who asked for help with a blank expression, Butler Fu turned around again, stared at Bu Xiaotian closely and asked:
"Are you the apprentice of this old liar?"
"I'm not!"
Bu Xiaotian immediately understood the old Taoist priest's plan. This old guy was trying to drag him into trouble!
Seeing Butler Fu asking himself a question, he quickly shook his head in denial.
Before Butler Fu could speak, the old Taoist priest shouted angrily:
"You ungrateful boy! It's useless for me to support you and teach you my skills. You saw me in trouble today and you didn't even recognize me as master! I regret it so much!"
The old Taoist priest burst into tears as he spoke. Even the pedestrians who had gathered around to watch the excitement after hearing the commotion pointed at a few people and actually believed the old Taoist priest's nonsense.
"Isn't that Wu Fu, the chief steward of the Wu family? Butler Fu has always been good-tempered towards everyone, why does he look so angry? How did the old Taoist priest on the ground provoke him?"
Someone who knew Butler Fu quietly asked the people around him.
"You don't know yet?"
Another person replied,
"You know about the strange illness of the young master of the Wu family, right?"
"I know, the head of the Wu family is nearly forty but has no heirs. He finally got a son a few years ago.
Mrs. Wu of the Wu family died in childbirth when she gave birth to the young master. Mr. Wu naturally loved the child that his wife had sacrificed his life for as if he were a treasure. Mr. Wu had no intention of renewing their relationship in recent years, so the child naturally became the treasure of everyone in the Wu family. .
But for some unknown reason, the young master has been weak and sickly since he was born. Two years ago, he even contracted a strange disease. Every time he was born, he felt cold all over his body. His body was as cold as ice. The young master’s body became weaker and weaker. .
The Wu family has searched for famous doctors in Liaozhou City for the past two years, but no one can cure the young master's strange disease.
But the Wu family never gave up and still tried every means to cure the young master's strange disease.
But what does this have to do with the old Taoist priest? "
"I also heard that three days ago, an old Taoist priest appeared out of nowhere and stopped Butler Fu, saying that he had a way to cure the young master's strange disease, and sold Butler Fu a talisman for ten taels of silver. .
I don’t know if Butler Fu was in a hurry and sought medical treatment, but he actually believed the old Taoist priest’s words and actually gave the young master the talisman.
The little boy fell unconscious after taking the paper charm, his breath became weaker and weaker, and he looked like he might die at any time. "
"What? You're confused! What evil has happened to Butler Fu? How can you believe the words of a charlatan? Where are the rest of the Wu family? Isn't there anyone who can stop him?"
Someone couldn't help but ask after hearing this. It seemed that these people were somewhat close to the Wu family.
"I don't know about that. Maybe they really have no choice but to treat the dead horse as a living horse doctor!"
"Is this the old liar? He even deceived the Wu family, we must not let this old liar go!"
someone shouted angrily.
"Yes, we can't let him go!"
"The one holding the donkey is his apprentice. I just saw them talking together. Now that the master is in trouble, he wants to run away. We must not let him run away!"
Someone pointed at Bu Xiaotian and shouted.
"catch him!"
"catch him!"
The crowd was furious for a moment. Although with Bu Xiaotian's ability, even if these people came together, they could not do anything to him, but he did not want to hurt people's lives in vain. Fortunately, these people only caught him and did not attack him. No one disturbed the black donkey and the baggage. It seemed that the folk customs in Liaozhou City were relatively simple.
Butler Fu seemed to believe that Bu Xiaotian was the apprentice of the old Taoist priest. After everyone caught Bu Xiaotian, surrounded by everyone, he led two people and a donkey all the way into the Liaozhou city gate and went straight to the city.
Although Bu Xiaotian was tied up, he was not worried and looked at everything in Liaozhou City along the way.
Liaozhou City is very big. Looking from the city gate to the distance, only a thick line can be seen on the city wall dozens of feet high in the other direction.
There are many houses in the city, which are made of stone like the city walls.
Although there were many houses, they did not appear disorganized at all. The rows upon rows of houses were arranged neatly. A straight avenue led from the gate where they entered the city to the gate on the other side in the distance. It was at least dozens of miles long.
Looking at such a huge solid stone city, Bu Xiaotian believed the legend told by the old Taoist priest that when the Liaozhou City was built, a mountain several thousand feet high was leveled.
About half an hour later, Bu Xiaotian and the old Taoist priest were brought to a tall mansion.
This mansion looks no different from other houses except that it is larger than an ordinary house. There is a plaque hanging above the door with only a big word "武" on it.
Those people helped Butler Fu escort Bu Xiaotian to the door of the mansion and left. After Butler Fu thanked everyone, he took Bu Xiaotian, the old Taoist priest and Hei Donkey to knock on the door:
"Xiaogang open the door, I'm back!".
"Squeak——"
With a sound, the door opened. Two teenagers aged fourteen or fifteen stood behind the door, looking at Butler Fu and the two people behind him. One of the stronger teenagers said:
"Uncle Fu, you're back. Is this the old liar?"
"Well, Xiaogang, please take the black donkey to the barn first, and then notify the owner of the house. I will take them two to the central hall first."
Butler Fu nodded, and after speaking, he led Bu Xiaotian and the old Taoist priest inside.
"If you dare to harm the young master, you must not let them go!"
After letting a few people in, the two teenagers closed the door again. The young man named Xiaogang cursed fiercely and led the black donkey in the other direction.
Butler Fu didn't seem happy about catching Bu Xiaotian and the old Taoist priest. He didn't say anything more. He walked through the door and came to the middle hall. Then he stood in the hall without saying anything. Obviously he didn't want to say more to the two liars. What.
After a while, there was a sound of footsteps, and a tall figure walked out of the back hall, followed by the young man named Xiaogang.
It seems that this is the head of the Wu family.
The head of the Wu family was born with a high nose and wide mouth, a square face, eyebrows like knives, and eyes like torches. In addition, he was tall and powerful. At first glance, he looked like a person who practiced martial arts all year round. When he stood there, he had an intimidating aura.
But at this moment, his eyes were bloodshot, the messy beard on his face looked like it hadn't been groomed for a long time, and his whole person looked very haggard and tired.
"Wu Fu, were they the ones who sold the talismans to you?"
The head of the Wu family first looked at Bu Xiaotian and the old Taoist priest who were tied like rice dumplings, then turned to look at Butler Fu and asked.
"Master, it was this old Taoist priest who sold it to me, and this young man is his disciple."
Butler Fu knew that he had harmed the young master by listening to the old Taoist priest's words. He felt extremely guilty and did not dare to look at the head of the Wu family. He lowered his head as soon as the head of the Wu family came in.
"Let them loose!"
The head of the Wu family said, his voice was a little hoarse, and there was no emotion or anger.
"!"
When Butler Fu heard this, he suddenly looked up at the head of the Wu family, suspecting that he had heard wrongly.
