"Uncle, just...what did you say?"
In an inn only a few dozen miles north of these two dragon ponds, He Nan, who was eating and drinking, heard the innkeeper chatting with someone. He took in the whispers word for word, but He Nan's meal But he couldn't eat anymore, so he got up and walked quickly to the shop owner to ask.
The shop owner had his back to He Nan when he spoke. As soon as he told others about the rumors about the death of the two Longtang Dazhai masters, someone questioned him from behind. His figure visibly froze. When he turned around, He Nan could even Seeing the frozen expression on the other side.
The shopkeeper slowly rolled his eyes and looked at He Nan, and also looked at Xiao Yu, who was sitting at the same table with him. He didn't stop for a moment until he felt that the other person's dress and demeanor didn't look like the thieves from Lianglongtang. He relaxed his spirit and said with a tentative smile: "Sir, did you hear correctly? I didn't say anything just now..."
"Uncle, you don't have to be nervous, we are not bandits." He Nan smiled with what he thought was a kind smile, "I just heard what you said, so I asked this question - just asking around casually. .”
"Then... why are you asking this?" It's not like this shopkeeper has never seen the evil spirits in the Two Dragon Ponds. It is indeed unlikely that the strange man and beauty in front of him would fall into the world of Two Dragon Ponds.
He Nan laughed loudly: "I have an old relationship with the leader of the village and the prisoner Wang Zheng. To be honest, the two of us came to Lianglongtang this time just for Zheng Qulai. But if he really He’s dead—then let’s go home!”
He Nan said it was old, but he didn't say whether it was good or bad. The sense of mystery was elusive, but the last sentence was a secret reassurance for the store owner - if he and Zheng Qulai were on good terms. Friends, no matter what, you have to go and express condolences.
However, the store owner did not necessarily believe all the words of congratulations. The lower body hidden behind the cash box had quietly turned around, and when the young man in front of him made a strange move, he ran away, but he still replied cautiously: "I heard that too." What passers-by say is true or false cannot be guaranteed..."
"A few days ago, someone was passing by the "Xia Ma Slope" of Lianglongtang, but he saw a long queue coming down the narrow road in the mountain from a distance. He thought it was bandits coming out to rob, so he hid aside quickly, but when he saw that The team marched quite slowly, and the people in the team were all dressed in plain clothes. Finally, when they heard the leader holding up a soul-drawing flag, they left and shouted the name of their village leader - the name of a living person was not something they wanted to shout. Bar? That means that the soul of Zheng Village Master has returned to the West. "
After hearing what the shopkeeper said, He Nan couldn't help but feel very happy - this passerby was so brave. Not only did he not avoid it, he actually dared to hide and listen. He is not afraid of being discovered and placed as a sacrifice in front of Zheng Qulai's grave. As for whether the name of a living person is happy to be shouted in front of the soul-inducing flag, you have to ask Guan Lingxiao about this. He has even slept in a coffin. Qiu Huai probably worked harder to call their leader's name than to call his eldest brother's soul.
"So, is Zheng Qulai really dead?" He Nan was not only asking the inn owner, but also himself.
Zheng Qulai died at this juncture, with extraneous branches and bone hyperplasia. It didn't look like a good death in any way. Let's not talk about how important the gathering of Yama Luo was to him. The reason for this letter may have followed Zheng Qulai slept forever and was buried deep underground...
He Nan, who originally planned to "sneak in" to threaten Zheng Qulai with his life, now had to be led by a dead man. It was really infuriating.
"It doesn't matter, I want to find out the news after all. It's better to choose a different day than to hit it. Now that I'm here..."
Lianglongtang is a shallow pond in a depression attached to a mountain barrier, and the first pass here is Xia Ma Slope. The terrain on both sides is very easy to hide and set up an ambush. It was at this time that He Nan and Wei Kui were intercepted by a group of bandits led by Zheng Qulai. The place.
There are prominent characters in Green Forest Road like Ten Palaces of Yama and Cheng Qingshu. The size of the village is definitely not just one village. Xiaoshan even has five camps in the southeast, northwest, middle and middle. No matter how useless Zheng Qulai is, he will inherit his father's legacy. Four passes have been preserved, and Xiamapo, as the first pass, naturally has a camp located here.
"Who are these people!" The men who came down from the horse slope to guard the stronghold saw the two men slowly breaking through the barrier. They couldn't help but raise their spears and shouted loudly.
According to the past, these two people were passing by each other.
In particular, there was a woman who had already swarmed her with friends, but his behavior at this time was more like shouting to embolden himself.
They are not stupid, and they also have something to say - look at us, do we have the same style of painting as the other side? The two guys opposite are a white-clothed Shengxue and a black-winded old demon. They look like standard heroes. They are not necessarily good at painting, but they can at least break into houses. Look at us here, all of them are casually hanging out on the sand with children. It looks like a simple drawing drawn out. Wouldn't it be dangerous to rush in like this and risk death?
But after hearing this, the black wind old demon raised his hands in the air and opened his throat to respond: "Your king and I are old acquaintances. Please inform the leader of the Zheng village and say hello to me!"
He Nan, this name sounds familiar. Could it be that the king was with him when he captured Wei Kui last year? The more I think about it, the more familiar it feels. It seems that the king has mentioned this name recently - but not to mention that the leader of the village has returned to the west. Even if he is alive, he is usually in the mountain stronghold, and this matter is not something he can decide, so he He just said "Just wait!" and hurriedly went to report.
Not long after, a middle-aged man with white linen on his forehead slowly walked out with the crowd. He Nan made a visual inspection and found that this battle was really not inferior to the scene when Zheng Lailai led the crowd to block the two of them.
"Well... I'm right." The man in the white turban muttered to himself, then cleared his throat and said: "I, Feng Lu, the deputy village leader of Lianglongtang, would you like to ask if you are visiting our village today? What are you doing?"
With a little bit of brainpower, one can figure out why He Nan came to Zheng Qulai, especially since He Nan also had an impression of Feng Lu. However, the other party pretended to be stupid and cooperated, saying with a smile: "Master Feng, we have also met him." Damn it, Chief Zheng sent me two letters in a row a few days ago, so I came here to tell you why Brother Zheng is so arrogant - I came all the way and he didn't even want to see me?"
Feng Lu pondered for a moment as if he had a stomachache. His gloomy eyes kept glancing back and forth at He Nan, who was smiling but not smiling. Finally, he sighed and said: "You're late... To be honest, our village leader has been here since the 10th. He passed away before."
"This..." He Nan and Xiao Yu performed better and better without revealing any flaws, "How could this happen? What exactly happened? Weren't you fine when you wrote the letter?"
He Nan emphasized the existence of the letter, hoping to find any abnormalities in the Feng Lu in front of him, but the other party did not reveal any flaws to him.
"Our village leader... was killed." Feng Lu narrowed his eyes and said.
"What about the murderer? Have you found it?" He Nan raised his eyebrows, "If you need to investigate, I may be able to help."
Even so, Feng Lu still refused He Nan: "There is no need to bother outsiders. Matters in our Green Forest will be handled by our Green Forest people."
He Nan suddenly realized the subtext in Feng Lu's words - the person who killed Zheng Qulai was their comrade.
Could it be...that it was really because Zheng Qulai noticed something was wrong with Rui Wuxun that King Chu Jiang took action? A layer of doubt suddenly filled He Nan's mind, but he quickly changed the subject: "So now, who is in charge of Lianglongtang?"
Feng Lu spread his hands and conveyed the meaning "Can't you see?"
For some reason, He Nan always felt that Feng Lu had some vague hostility towards him - how could you tell? Of course it's because of the look in the other person's eyes.
From the moment Feng Lu walked out of the cottage, his eyes almost always stayed on He Nan, and he almost regarded Xiao Yu as nothing - this was definitely not an ordinary thief. The person who could avoid being deceived by Xiao Yu must be a tyrant. Or a eunuch.
"Brother Feng, you don't have to blame me for being unkind and unable to chat for too long. I'll just say it straight away - He Nan came here this time precisely because the leader of Zheng Village sent two urgent letters. The letter and me, since you are also the deputy village leader, you must know the whole story of these two letters..."
Unexpectedly, Feng Lu suddenly interrupted He Nan at this moment: "I wanted to ask from the beginning. I only know that our village leader asked someone to send a letter..."
When he said this, Feng Lu's eyes turned stern and he said with no good intentions: "I really can't figure out why the leader of the village invited you to go to the Yama gathering together?"
He Nan didn't know whether the other party was hiding something about the second letter, but he still saw that Feng Lu was very concerned about the gathering of Yama and Luo - if Feng Lu wanted to replace Zheng Qulai so he secretly acted, maybe It’s not surprising either.
So he asked back: "So now that Zheng Zhai leader has passed away, do you two Longtang still have plans to participate in the Yama gathering? Although the cooperation between Zheng Zhai leader and I has been suspended, we can still talk about other things. .”
