After Gao Yuan took the money, he headed towards the address given by Li Fenglan. Li Fenglan saw him walking into the woods nearby. After a while, he pulled out a donkey, got on the donkey and left.
Han Lu squinted her eyes and asked, "Is this Zhu Mingyu's donkey?"
Li Fenglan sighed and said, "I thought I met the three of you almost at the same time, but I didn't expect that you and Donkey would be the only ones still with me in the end."
Han Lu was a little unhappy: "Don't compare me to a donkey... Hey... Amber got married, and Jade will get married too in the future. In the end, I will be the only one by your side."
"Where's the donkey?"
"Get off the pot."
Li Fenglan rolled her eyes at him: "Eat quickly, let's go to Lu'an after eating."
The two of them had eaten, packed some food, and hurriedly set out on the road.
Although the speed of the two of them was not slow, it still took them two days to reach Lu'an. After asking many questions along the way, I learned about the story of the Feidao Sect’s destruction.
Feidaomen is a small sect that plays with hidden weapons. I was very wealthy many years ago, but unfortunately it has been declining over the years, and none of my disciples have reached sixty. A few days ago, Feidaomen was practicing in the wilderness outside Lu'an and met the Jade Fairy from Changfeng Tower. The Jade Fairy didn't say a word, she just came up and beat her. She slaughtered the entire Feidaomen, and even the corpses were cleaned up with the help of the surrounding villagers.
Li Fenglan didn't believe this rhetoric at all. No matter how high Jade's martial arts skills were, she was still a person. It wasn't that she couldn't kill so many people by herself, but - if they didn't want to be disadvantageous to Jade, they wouldn't fight Jade at all. If They wanted to escape, but Jade couldn't catch up with so many people by himself.
To put it bluntly, they wanted to kill Jade, but Jade killed them in return.
The door to the Flying Knife Gate was locked, and there was no one inside.
Han Lu looked at Li Fenglan and asked, "What should we do now?"
Li Fenglan didn't say anything. She turned around and walked to a beggar at the corner of the street. She threw a piece of silver into the beggar's bowl and said, "I want to see your elder?"
The beggar picked up the silver and flipped it around, smiling happily: "Okay, but who is this lady's name?"
"Xianrentang, Li Fenglan."
Hearing this, the beggar hurriedly dropped the broken silver and waved his hands repeatedly: "Miss, please find someone else, we won't do your business."
Li Fenglan said with a cold face: "The rules of the beggar gang are that you cannot take the money back after it has passed your hands. Taking it back is considered robbery. Do you hope that this lady will offend your beggar gang?"
The beggar had a bitter look on his face and begged: "Miss Li, please do a good job. We in the beggar gang are all miserable people, and it is not easy to stay alive. There is a turmoil in the world now, and there may be a big chaos at some point. I beg you Don’t involve us.”
Li Fenglan frowned and said, "I just want to ask your elders about something. Why is it involved or not? My situation two years ago was not as good as it is now. Why don't you still take money to do things?"
The beggar really had no choice but to say, "Okay, please go to the ruined temple outside the city and wait."
Li Fenglan nodded, pulled Han Lu and turned around to leave. When passing an elm tree, he secretly threw a handful of coins into the hole of the tree. This action was seen by the beggar.
The beggar had to hand over the money he got, and then the local elders would reward him based on his merit, so the piece of silver was not considered his. But Li Fenglan's throwing the money into the tree hole had a different meaning. What he picked up was his own.
The two of them waited all day at the ruined temple outside the city. At nightfall, they finally saw a dozen figures in tattered clothes surrounding the ruined temple.
Li Fenglan asked: "Who is the elder of the Beggar Clan here?"
A young man's voice sounded: "That's right."
Although this young man's clothes were patched, they were very clean. They were completely different from those of his men. However, this young man's steps were frivolous and he didn't look like he knew martial arts. On the contrary, he was so angry that all the beggars seemed to be good at practicing foreign martial arts.
With a friendly smile on his face, the young man asked, "I wonder what Miss Li does for me?"
Li Fenglan asked: "I want to know why Feidaomen attacked Jade."
The young elder chuckled: "Attack? It would be better to say that your fairy attacked Feidaomen."
"No way. If Emerald attacks them, they will run away if they can't be defeated. Emerald cannot catch up with so many by himself."
"Miss Li is very smart, and your guess is reasonable, but... our Beggar Clan doesn't get involved in these messy things, so naturally we won't take sides. It's up to Miss Li whether you believe what I'm going to say next."
"Speaking."
"The actions of Feidaomen that day were indeed a bit strange. Normally, they would not go to the wilderness outside the city. It looked like they were going to ambush the Jade Fairy. But the Jade Fairy's actions were also very strange. Originally, she was heading towards Huangzhou. But suddenly we turned a corner and came to Lu’an.”
Li Fenglan frowned: "Huangzhou?"
"That's right."
"Why?"
"We don't know about this, Miss Li," the young elder said sternly, "I have told you everything I know. Your money was not wasted. If there are no other problems, please leave as soon as possible."
Li Fenglan nodded and walked out of the ruined temple with a cold expression. But after taking only two steps, she heard the young elder say something.
"Please stay, there is something else that comes to mind."
Li Fenglan stopped, turned around and asked, "What's the matter?"
The young elder threw something towards Li Fenglan, but Han Lu caught it in his hand and found that it was a piece of broken silver, which was exactly the piece that Li Fenglan gave to the beggar.
Li Fenglan was puzzled: "What do you mean?"
"I also have something to ask Miss Li." Kanshu La
"What do you want to ask?"
"More than ten years ago...I have forgotten the exact year, a tragedy occurred in our Hangzhou branch of the Beggar Gang. The local elders were usurped by his subordinates. We paid Ye Yu Xiaozhu to go over and quell the rebellion. After the incident was over, They took a child away. We have been looking for this child all these years. If he is still alive, he must be in his early twenties."
Li Fenglan became even more confused: "I don't understand what you mean."
The young elder explained patiently: "Yeyu Xiaozhu only kills people and rarely takes away people. We guess that this child is not dead, and he still has a certain status in Yeyu Xiaozhu. Miss Yeyu Xiaozhu killed him in Luzhou years ago. Zhu, I want to ask you if you have ever met such a person."
Li Fenglan shook his head: "What you said is too broad. I have no friends in Yeyu Xiaozhu."
The elder looked a little disappointed: "His surname is Gao. If Miss knows his whereabouts, please let me know."
Li Fenglan suddenly had an idea and asked, "My surname is Gao?"
The elder thought there was a way, his eyes lit up, and he asked eagerly: "Have you heard of this person, Miss?"
Li Fenglan thought about Gao Yuan. Although he didn't know Gao Yuan's exact life experience, he probably knew a few things. For example, he was indeed captured by the big leader to be Si Ye's substitute.
Li Fenglan asked, "I should know him, but I have to know why you are looking for him first."
The young elder said excitedly: "My surname is also Gao! My name is Gao Xin! I am his brother! When there was a plague in our hometown, my parents died, and I took him to escape. Unfortunately, we were separated. I am living as a beggar. Gang, after so many years of messing around, he finally became an elder. After asking around, he found out his whereabouts. But I only knew that he was taken away by Ye Yu Xiaozhu. Miss Li! Do you really know him?! Is he still alive?!"
What Gao Xin said was sincere and it didn't look like he was acting.
Li Fenglan suddenly smiled: "I can tell you, but this piece of silver is not enough as a reward."
"How much does Miss Li want?"
"I'm not interested in money, do me a favor."
"Although the gang prohibits contact with you, if Miss Li is willing to help me find my brother-in-law, even if it means going through fire and water, I will do it for you."
"Help me find the whereabouts of Jade, and I will naturally reunite your brothers in two months."
"Ms. Li, the ugly words are ahead. If you break your promise..."
"I understand the rules."
Later, Li Fenglan learned from the Lu'an Beggar Gang that Jade went to
Went to Anqing. The two people did not dare to neglect and rushed to Anqing.
Jade now makes Li Fenglan terrified. As long as he hears news about her, she has killed so and so, and the death toll always starts at ten. In just two months, Jade has killed as many people as Amber has killed so far.
…
In the noisy streets of Songjiang Prefecture, a mansion of relatively low standard welcomed its new owner, a mother and son.
The woman is in her fifties, and her son is in his twenties. He is pretty good-looking and has been dressed as a scholar for many years. I heard his name is Ye Jing.
The mother and son took several servants and worked hard all day, and finally got the house in order. Since the kitchen had just been cleaned and they had not yet bought firewood, rice, oil and salt, they ordered this meal from a restaurant outside.
After dinner, mother and son sat in the courtyard chatting.
As his mother talked about things that happened more than 20 years ago, Ye Jing listened quietly, with a smile on his face and did not interrupt.
"At that time, the family was prosperous, and there were many children of your generation."
Seeing that his mother still wanted to talk, Ye Jing interrupted her with a smile: "Mom, it's getting late. It's time for you to rest. Let's talk tomorrow."
"Okay, okay, it's time to rest... Jing'er, we have stabilized now, it's time for you to find a wife."
Ye Jing laughed: "After Xuan'er dies, I don't want to renew my relationship. Let's wait for another two years. Who knows if they are still thinking about us now."
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a young man's voice coming from the gate.
"The eldest son is right, we should wait until things stabilize before we start a family and start a career."
Ye Jing's heart tightened, and he stood up to protect his mother. He saw a young man dressed as a young gentleman walking into the yard holding a folding fan, as if he was in a deserted place.
Ye Jing frowned: "You call me eldest son...are you...Chen Zijue?"
Chen Zijue bowed deeply and said, "My eldest son, I came down in time."
"Don't talk about subordinates, we have nothing to do with Ye Yu Xiaozhu anymore."
Chen Zijue shook his head: "Whether it matters or not, it's not up to you... just come with me."
Ye Jing also shook his head: "We are not going anywhere, just here."
Mother grabbed Ye Jing's hand and said worriedly, "Son, don't mess with them."
"Old madam, you misunderstood," Chen Zijue said, "I have no ill intentions in coming here this time. I am here to protect you two. Time is running out, so come with me. The people who came to kill you are about to enter the city. "
Ye Jing frowned: "Aren't you here to kill us?"
"The big leader is kind to me, how could I do anything bad to you?"
As he spoke, a burly man in a black cloak walked up behind Chen Zijue and whispered something. Chen Zijue frowned, a little incredulous: "So many? Li Fengyao is such a big hand."
Then he said to Ye Jing's mother and son: "Let's stop being pretentious and leave as soon as possible. The people I brought are not enough to deal with them."
