Chapter 229 The journey of a thousand miles, without taking a single step
A quarter of an hour later, in a quiet room of Wantong Escort Agency.
Lu Jingyao was holding a cup of hot tea and sitting opposite Yun Lian.
If Wei Changtian were here at this moment, he would probably have already begun to think about whether to kill this son of heaven.
However, Lu Jingyao did not know that the soft and frail woman in front of her was actually a fish demon, nor did she know that her husband-in-law was not only dead, but also died because of Wei Changtian.
"Ma'am, here you go."
Qiuyun next to him rummaged through his luggage for a while and found a cloak of his own.
"Um."
Lu Jingyao took the cloak and placed it next to Yun Lian with a smile.
"Miss Yun, put it on quickly."
"No, no need."
Yun Lian hurriedly waved her hand and gently pushed the cloak back: "Sister Lu, I'm not cold..."
"How can you not be cold if you are wearing so little?"
Lu Jingyao said with a smile: "You can wear whatever you want, don't shirk it."
"..."
Yunlian lowered her head in embarrassment and did not refuse again.
"Thank you, thank you. I will definitely pay back the money for the escort fees and clothes in the future..."
"We'll talk about this later."
Watching Yun Lian put on her cloak, Lu Jingyao asked again: "Miss Yun, where are you from?"
"Qingzhou, Yuerdao."
Yunlian hesitated for a moment and added in a low voice: "It's a small island..."
"Fish Island?"
Of course, Lu Jingyao had never heard of this name, but she didn't care. She nodded and asked, "Then what does your husband do in Shuzhou?"
"I don't know, he, he hasn't been home for a long time..."
As if a certain nerve had been touched, tears overflowed from Yun Lian's eyes for a moment: "I, I found the capital all the way from Qingzhou. Some people said that he went to Shuzhou, so I wanted to go to Shuzhou to look for him again...
..."
"Um?"
Lu Jingyao was not stupid, and she immediately heard a lot of doubts from these words.
However, Yunlian didn't really look like a villain with ulterior motives, so she didn't ask further questions, thinking that she would get to know her better on the way to Shuzhou.
"Miss Yun, actually I also went to Shuzhou to find my husband-in-law."
Passing her handkerchief to Yun Lian, Lu Jingyao comforted her softly: "I may beg him to help you when the time comes."
"Really, is it true..."
When Yunlian heard that Lu Jingyao wanted to help her find her husband, she was so excited that she knelt down on the ground with a "pop".
"Lu, Sister Lu, I don't know how to repay you for your great kindness..."
"What are you doing? Get up quickly."
Lu Jingyao was startled by this sudden kneeling and hurriedly tried to help Yunlian.
But at this moment, one of the latter's tears happened to fall on the back of her hand.
"ah!"
Lu Jingyao subconsciously exclaimed and suddenly withdrew her arm.
"Madam, what's wrong?"
Qiuyun on the side immediately came over and nervously followed Lu Jingyao's line of sight.
I saw that a small patch on the white back of my hand had turned red, as if it had been burned by something.
"this......"
The two girls looked up at Yun Lian in shock, and the latter was of course aware of all this.
She hurriedly wiped the tears from her face, bit her fingertips, and knelt down to lift the bleeding fingers.
"Yes, I'm sorry...I, I didn't mean to..."
"Just, just put my blood on it!"
"Really, really!"
"..."
It is said that on the Wei River, a fish demon and a fisherman were in love. However, the fish demon could not stay on the shore for long and would eventually have to return to the river. Therefore, before leaving, he gave the fisherman a wing-shaped knot and kept a knot for himself.
A demon reunites after dating for ten years.
The fish demon returned to the Weishui River and practiced hard every day. After ten years, he finally achieved the great path and could stay on the land forever.
Returning to his old place, the fish demon searched hard for the fisherman's residence.
The fisherman was drying his net outside the house, with his wife and children standing beside him. The wife wore a wing-shaped knot on her skirt.
The fish demon returned to the Weishui River, and the next day, it used its demon power to stir up a huge flood.
After the flood, the fish demon found the corpses of several people and buried them in the soil. He also took back the knots he had given to the fishermen and hung them on the left side of his clothes, and hung his own knots on the right side of his clothes.
The pair of knotted ropes turned into wings and never entered the Weishui River again.
"The Classic of Mountains and Seas": Yingyu has a fish body and bird wings, and its sound is like a mandarin duck. When you see it, the city will be flooded.
East China Sea Fish Demon, Cloud Lotus, the Way of Disaster.
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Half an hour later, Wei Mansion.
"Master Wei, we have found Miss Lu's trace."
In the study, several spies from the Xuanjing Division's sticky pole bowed and reported: "Miss Lu and Miss Qiuyun are currently at the Wantong Escort Agency, preparing to go to Shuzhou."
"Humph! As expected!"
Wei Xianzhi snorted, but his expression finally relaxed.
Although there was indeed no one guarding the outside of the tunnel, the Wei family guards were not useless. They soon discovered that Lu Jingyao and Qiu Yun were missing, and reported them to him immediately.
How could someone like Lu Jingyao, who had no sense of counter-reconnaissance, conceal her whereabouts when she was at the sticky pole? Therefore, she was quickly traced.
"Master Wei, according to the guy from Wantong Escort Bureau, there is a woman named Yunlian traveling with Miss Lu."
"This woman said she was going to Shuzhou to meet her husband-in-law, but she didn't have enough money to pay for the escort. In the end, Miss Lu paid for her in advance..."
Soon, the spy told the story exactly what happened at Wantong Escort Agency.
"Yunlian?"
After hearing this, Wei Xianzhi frowned and thought for a while, ruling out the possibility that Yunlian was from the Liu family.
After all, there is no reason for the Liu family to know that Lu Jingyao ran away secretly.
Even if he really knew it, he would probably send experts to kidnap the person directly. Why would there be so many detours?
So it's most likely just a coincidence.
"Snapped!"
"Bring me back immediately!"
Putting the teacup in his hand on the table, Wei Xianzhi's tone was quite cold.
Although he can understand Lu Jingyao's thoughts, he has been in a high position for a long time, so he is very disgusted with this kind of "disobeying orders".
"yes!"
The spy at the sticky pole first stood up and answered, and then asked: "Sir, do you want to bring that Yun Lian back too?"
"Need not."
At this critical juncture, no matter who Yun Lian was, Wei Xianzhi would definitely not take the slightest risk of "leading the wolf into the house", so he immediately waved his hand.
"Just bring back Lu Jingyao and Qiu Yun."
"My subordinate understands!"
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Another hour later.
Lu Jingyao, who had "failed to escape", returned to her room dejectedly and looked at the blocked tunnel entrance in silence.
After Wei Xianzhi's merciless criticism and education, she now knows that she did something wrong, and her heart is full of guilt and self-blame.
My father-in-law is right, if something happens to him, it will definitely bring a lot of trouble to the Wei family.
My husband will definitely be heartbroken...
After some serious reflection, Lu Jingyao started writing to Wei Changtian again.
In addition to self-examination, the letter also included everything about Yunlian in detail.
Lu Jingyao just thought this was strange, so she wanted to share it with Wei Changtian.
If Wei Changzhen could read this letter in time, she would indeed have made a great contribution.
It's a pity that the former is currently on his way to Jizhou, and his communication with the capital has been cut off for at least ten days.
At this time, Yunlian was already sitting on the carriage of Wantong Escort Bureau, heading to Shuzhou.