Li Xiuyuan felt better when he heard Mother Wei's crying stop.
"Young master, the whereabouts of Mr. Chu Tian and Mr. Chu have not been found. The younger one has also asked the old soldier guarding the city. The second young master of the Chu family, Chu Tian, has not returned home yet."
At this time, a guard came over, raised his hand and said.
"We didn't find Chutian. Didn't he return to the city?" Li Xiuyuan's sadness subsided and his face turned slightly cold.
"How about I go guard near the city gate? When he comes, I will kill him with one arrow." Xing Shan said in a suppressed voice.
Li Xiuyuan said: "It's a bit risky to do this, and it's easy to expose yourself. It's not worthwhile to risk Chu Tian's life... However, if this person is kept, he will definitely be a disaster in the future."
He pondered for a moment and said, "Forget it, let's try this one last time. You go and stand guard near the city gate, waiting for an opportunity to see if you can guard Chu Tian when he comes back. It's impossible for him, a rich young man, to spend the night outside the city.
, but you must remember not to expose your whereabouts and appearance."
"Yes, young master, my subordinates know."
Xing Shan cupped his hands and strode away immediately without saying much.
After waiting to leave, Li Xiuyuan ordered the two guards on the left and right: "You also go and watch Xing Shan to see if he can succeed. If he succeeds, take Xing Shan to Wangchuan Mountain to find Wu Fei to avoid the limelight. If not,
If we succeed, we will come back together and act according to the opportunity. I guess the Chu family will also send people to look for Chu Tian at this time. It is impossible that the Chu family does not care about Chu Tian's safety, so you still need to be more careful."
"Yes." The two guards responded and left quickly.
Li Xiuyuan added: "Everyone else is tired today, so go back and rest. By the way, tomorrow you two will hire a carriage to send Wei Hu's mother to Guobei County, so that Wei's mother can retire in Guobei County.
I promised Wei Hu."
"I've taken note of it," two of them responded.
Li Xiuyuan then waved his hand and said: "There's nothing else to do, let's all disperse."
Back to the backyard.
Xiaodie and Du Chunhua seemed to have heard the sound of their young master coming back a long time ago, and were already waiting in the backyard.
Seeing Li Xiuyuan striding towards him, the two of them greeted him happily.
"Master, why did you come back so late after going out for fun today? Let me wait." Xiaodie said.
Du Chunhua also asked softly: "Master, have you eaten dinner? I will go to the master to cook it now."
Li Xiuyuan couldn't help but feel a little better when he saw the two maids surrounding him. He smiled and said: "We haven't eaten dinner yet. Chunhua, go and cook me a bowl of noodles. By the way, Xiaodie, help me find them."
Yellow paper and copper basin, I can use them."
"Yes, Master."
After hearing the instructions, the two maids left happily and began to busy themselves with the things ordered by their young master.
But this time.
However, the people inside the Chu Mansion in Guobei City were not at peace anymore.
The guards, servants, and servants in the Chu Mansion were all dispatched at this moment. This group of people held torches and lanterns and left the city.
"Hurry, follow up quickly. The second young master hasn't come back yet. We must find him tonight. Whoever can discover his whereabouts has been rewarded by the master with ten taels of silver. Whoever finds the second young master first will be rewarded with silver."
One hundred taels." A mounted guard shouted loudly.
I have to say that the speed of message transmission in ancient times was too slow.
It was only now that the Chu family received news of what happened in the afternoon and sent people to look for it.
Soon, all the guards, servants, and servants of the Chu family headed out of the city.
According to past rules, the city gate of Guo Beicheng has been closed at this time. However, the Chu family is a local powerhouse and the home of officials. Naturally, the few soldiers guarding the city gate will not give the Chu family face and open it directly.
city gate.
"Yes, people from the Chu family, they went out of the city to look for Chu Tian."
Beside a closed tea shop not far outside the city gate, several men were hiding there and had not left.
"We are guarding here. If Chutian comes back, he will definitely pass by here."
Xing Shan held a big bow and sat next to him, closing his eyes and meditating, not anxious at all.
A man next to him smiled and said, "Xing Shan, do you have any grudge against Chu Tian? Why do you always think about killing him? The young master has said before that if Chu Tian can kill him, he will kill him naturally. If he can't kill him, he will give up. And
This Chutian is also a local wealthy man, and killing him will cause a lot of trouble."
"I don't know if there is any trouble. I only know that I have just joined the Li family and need to make a contribution. Chutian is a potential trouble for the eldest young master. If I can solve it, the eldest young master will naturally not look down on me, and even if
Even if something really happened, I won’t implicate the young master,” Xing Shan said.
The two men were stunned for a moment, then praised: "You are a loyal person. If Tieshan was still here, he would definitely treat you to a drink."
"The people from the Chu family are here, let's be quiet," Xing Shan said suddenly.
He saw hundreds of people carrying lanterns coming out of the city in the direction of the city gate, and then scattered along various roads.
About an hour or two later, the people of the Chu family were also smart and used hounds to search for traces. Finally, they found Chu Tian in a ruined temple outside the city.
But when they found Chu Tian, he was already unconscious, and he was in a mess. His body was blue, and he seemed to have signs of poisoning. He looked like he had been poisoned for some time, and now he was a little out of breath. He probably wouldn't live long.
Already.
"It's not good, the second young master was bitten by a poisonous snake."
One of the guards was horrified when he saw Chu Tian's swollen foot with bite marks from a poisonous snake.
The mountains were originally full of colorful insects, rats, rats, and ants. During the day, Chutian was frightened by the black tiger. He was so frightened that he ran away in all directions, and was accidentally bitten by a poisonous snake. At first, it was fine, but later he became poisonous.
, so he fainted in this ruined temple. If he is not found today, he will be a corpse tomorrow.
"Quick, take the second young master back to the city to find the doctor."
The guards of the Chu family immediately lifted up the unconscious Chu Tian and rode towards the city.
A group of people rushed back to the city with the unconscious Chu Tian, but when they were about to reach the city gate, they immediately attracted Xing Shan's attention.
"The people from the Chu family found Chu Tian and are now bringing them back."
Xing Shan suddenly opened his eyes, facing the moonlight, he saw the disheveled and unconscious rich man lying on the horse.
"Do you want to take action?" The man next to him also said in a lowered voice.
"certainly."
Xing Shan's eyes condensed and he walked out from the darkness. He raised the big bow in his hand. The strings of the four-stone bow were tightened and made a creaking sound. It was hard to imagine that this thin man could have such strength to draw such a long bow.
A big bow.
"Wha~!"
An arrow flew through the air instantly, but the sound was covered by the sound of horse hooves, making it almost inaudible.
"Pfft~!"
The arrow instantly fell on the unconscious Chu Tian on the horse. Even the good horse where the Chu family guard was sitting was penetrated by the arrow.
On the ground, the horse screamed and lost its balance and fell directly to the ground.
"Xu, what's going on?"
The other Chu family guards quickly grabbed their horses and asked.
"Be careful, someone is shooting hidden arrows. Quick, take the second young master away quickly. Don't look for the archer. He is a master. You are no match for him."
The guard who fell to the ground shouted hurriedly, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead when he looked at the arrow that was deeply embedded in the ground.
What a stone bow this is. The power of the bow is so terrifying.
And as the bodyguard of the Chu family, he naturally knew that the Chu family was a powerful force in Guo Beicheng. Although the family was powerful, it had made many enemies. Who knows which enemy might be looking for them at this time, waiting for an opportunity to take revenge.
"Walk."
The other people gritted their teeth and didn't care who was shooting arrows secretly. They just grabbed the unconscious Chu Tian on the ground and left quickly.
Xing Shan frowned and wanted to shoot another arrow.
However, the guards of the Chu family were also quite experienced, so they spread out on horseback to protect Chu Tian in the middle.
"Did you hit it?" the man next to him whispered.
Xing Shan said: "It was shot, but the horse was startled and avoided the vital point. I'm afraid I won't die."
"That's enough. The eldest young master said that no matter whether the matter succeeds or not, we must retreat to avoid getting ourselves involved. Now that we have been shot, our mission is completed. Let's go. The eldest young master has already made arrangements for us to go.
Look for Wu Fei at Wangchuan Mountain and stay there for a while to avoid the limelight."
A man next to me said.
"That's all it can do."
Xing Shan put down the big bow in his hand and left quickly with the other two people without saying a word.
He felt that since his arrow had hit the target, even if it avoided the vital point, Chu Tian would probably die.
"Drive, drive~!"
The guards of the Chu family rode wildly on the streets, taking Chu Tian, who was injured and unconscious, straight to the Chu Mansion.
Listening to the faint sound of iron hooves in the distance.
In the study, Li Xiuyuan, who was folding paper, moved his eyes slightly, looked up and looked out the window: "Are they from the Chu family? Come back so early, it seems that you have found Chu Tian, but the sound of the iron hooves of the guards of the Chu family is very urgent.
It seems that something is wrong with Chu Tian... Could it be that Xing Shan and the others have already got it? If so, it will solve one of my worries."
After saying that, he picked up the main pen next to him and sketched on the clothes folded from the yellow paper.
After a while, a yellow paper dress was made.
"Xiaodie, put this thing into a copper basin and put it in the yard." Li Xiuyuan ordered.
"Okay, Master."
Xiaodie yawned and left with the copper basin.
"Okay, let's go back to sleep."
After finishing his work, Li Xiuyuan stretched and took the two maids back to his room to rest.
I had just gone to bed and had yet to fall asleep, when suddenly, there was a thunder in the night sky.
A flash of lightning flashed outside the yard, bursting into a burst of light, but it quickly disappeared.
Xiaodie was startled and shrank into her young master's arms: "Master, why did a thunder suddenly fall in the yard?"
Du Chunhua next to her also trembled and was frightened.
"It's okay, sleep peacefully." Li Xiuyuan patted their heads and told them not to be afraid.
He knew that it was Lord Tungui Lei who was taking away the clothes.
In this way, the promise to swallow ghost thunder can be considered completed.