"Tie Zhu! Get up and have breakfast! The kitchen made preserved egg and lean meat porridge today! After dinner, I will go with you to the northeast corner of the city to find your relatives!"
Early the next morning, Mei Qing came to Wang Tiezhu's door and asked him to come out for breakfast.
However, when he knocked on the door, the door suddenly opened!
"Um?"
Mei Qing was stunned for a moment, then opened the door and walked in.
The room was very tidy, with the window open and the bedding neatly stacked together, but there was no sign of Wang Tiezhu.
"This is?"
Noticing a letter on the tea table, Mei Qing walked over quickly, picked it up and read it in a low voice.
"Brother Mei Qing, please forgive me for leaving without saying goodbye. Last night in the city, I met my former enemies. They are also looking for my relatives. In order to avoid getting you implicated, I decided to go and search alone. Please take care of me, brother Mei Qing."
If you have the chance, come and taste my elder brother’s plum wine again, Tiezhu would like to offer my best…”
After reading this letter, Mei Qing was silent for a long time, and finally let out a long sigh.
Although he wanted to help Wang Tiezhu, he also understood that Wang Tiezhu was not an ordinary person, and the enemy that made him feel troublesome must also be very powerful. As a mortal, it was better to be less involved.
"Tie Zhu, you must take care of yourself! Big brother's plum wine has been reserved for you..."
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In the southeast corner of Meiyu City, there is a slightly dilapidated courtyard.
Although this is also a residential area, neither the environment nor the houses are as good as the southwest corner of the city. Therefore, some poor people and beggars often gather here.
From a half-collapsed house, a figure wearing a bamboo hat and a robe walked out.
After this figure walked out of the house, he reached out and lifted the front edge of the bamboo hat, revealing a sharp-edged face, officially Wang Tiezhu.
Worried that the other three Feng Zhang Mai Hunters would find Gao Xuan and the others first, he left the Meiqing Inn before dawn and came to the northeast corner of Meiyu City alone.
However, after arriving here, he was completely dumbfounded.
He thought that this place was just like the residential houses in the southwest, neat and orderly, with beautiful scenery, but he didn't expect that it was a mess, extremely messy, and the composition of the population was also very complex. Petty theft was very common here, at least when he first arrived here.
Being stared at by more than ten pairs of eyes.
In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, he found an opportunity to reveal some of his abilities. The eyes in the shadows disappeared instantly, and he began to search in this area with confidence.
But people in this area are very wary of outsiders.
As soon as he heard that he was looking for someone, he chose to avoid it. In desperation, he had to search the buildings one by one. Until now, he still found nothing.
As soon as he walked out of the house, Wang Tiezhu noticed a few looks. He thought they were those gangsters who coveted his money. He frowned and turned around, but was slightly stunned.
I saw a few small heads exposed behind a low wall. Although their faces were dirty, their eyes were very pure, and they were looking at him with curious eyes.
"Is he a kid who lives nearby?"
Wang Tiezhu thought silently in his heart, but did not step forward to chase them away, and walked towards the next building on his own.
When the children saw him leaving, they timidly came out from behind the low wall.
They were wearing linen clothes with patches sewn on them and straw sandals woven with straw ropes on their feet. They looked at Wang Tiezhu's leaving figure with eyes full of curiosity.
After hesitating for a moment, the group of children quietly followed him and walked forward.
After searching a few more houses, Wang Tiezhu, who still found nothing, couldn't help but feel worried.
"Have they already left Meiyu City?"
When he thought of this possibility, Wang Tiezhu couldn't help but feel a little upset. He finally got clues about the hanging people. If he couldn't find them this time, who knows when there will be clues next time?
At this moment, he suddenly heard whispers behind him. When he turned around, he realized that the children just now were still following him, quietly sizing him up.
"Are they hungry?"
After thinking about it, he took out a few pieces of Mai Yuan, squatted down, and waved to the children.
"Kids, come on! Take this and buy some food!"
The children realized that they were exposed and hid quickly. After hearing his words, they poked their heads out one after another.
Although Wang Tiezhu tried his best to make his smile look kind, these children seemed to be more afraid of him. They stared at him for a long time and did not come over.
Just when he was about to give up, a child with short hair and a dirty face walked out and came to him.
Seeing a child coming over, he squatted down again and said with a smile.
"You guys have been following me for so long, so you must be hungry. Go buy some delicious food!"
The short-haired kid looked at the pulse element in his hand and shook his head.
"Uncle, I can't ask for your money!"
"oh?"
Wang Tiezhu was stunned for a moment, "Why is this?"
The child said seriously: "My parents told me that although our family is poor, we are not beggars and we cannot ask for other people's money for no reason!"
This sentence caused ripples in Wang Tiezhu's heart, and he couldn't help but sigh secretly.
"In the same environment, some people are willing to degenerate and do some things like chickens and dogs! Some people are clean and self-sufficient, emerging from the mud and not stained. It is really a variety of things in the world!"
He thought for a while and said to the child in front of him.
"Well, I'm looking for someone. If you can help me find someone, the money will be regarded as a reward for you. In this way, it won't be considered for nothing, how about it?"
"Well……"
The child tilted his head and thought for a while, then finally nodded.
"Uncle, what does the person you are looking for look like?"
Afterwards, Wang Tiezhu described the appearance of Gao Xuan and the others. After listening, the child nodded, trotted to his companions, and repeated the story seriously.
Looking at the children gathered together, their serious expressions made Wang Tiezhu smile, thinking of Bai Xi from Xuanxuan Continent and Yun Rui from Xuantian Realm.
After a discussion among the helpers, the short-haired kid came over with a fat kid and said excitedly to Wang Tiezhu.
"Uncle! Xiaoxiang said he has met the people you mentioned!"
Hearing this, Wang Tiezhu was startled and quickly looked at the fat kid, "Really? Where did you see him?"
The fat kid sniffed his nose and said slowly, "I saw him near the Earth Temple."
"The Earth Temple? Where is that?"
Wang Tiezhu frowned and thought back, realizing that he had not seen any temples along the way.
"Uncle, come with us! We'll be there!"
The short-haired kid chuckled and ran in one direction with his little friend. Wang Tiezhu saw this and quickly followed behind.