Bai Liming and Yuan Zhaoxi quietly returned to Qianshan County, preparing to join Zuo Sisi and Zhou Jiang.
When approaching the Tongfu Bang mansion, they saw the teahouse manager Wu sitting on his knees, holding tightly the clothes of Tongfu Bang master Liang Li with both hands, and begging bitterly:
"Master Liang, please, please let my Tong'er go. You promised not to hurt her. She is still a child."
Liang Li pulled off Shopkeeper Wu's clothes in disgust and kicked Shopkeeper Wu viciously in the stomach. The latter curled up into a ball in pain and kept wailing.
Liang Lipi said with a smile: "Old Wutou, don't accuse me first. Your daughter is missing. What does it have to do with me?"
Your dog saw that it was the Tongfu Gang who kidnapped your daughter? How dare you frame a good person in the world, and if you continue to pester me, I will drag you to the government to be punished."
He spat on the ground and said to the servant standing by:
"Throw him far away. If he dares to come again, he will be tied directly to the county government office." He said and left with a puff of sleeves.
Shopkeeper Wu looked at Liang Li walking away and the approaching servants, and could only sigh. After struggling to get up, he staggered away, leaving only bursts of mocking laughter from the servants behind him.
Bai Liming and Yuan Chaoxi glanced at each other, then hid themselves in a tacit understanding and followed Shopkeeper Wu.
Faced with the disappearance of his daughter, shopkeeper Wu had no intention of doing business. The teahouse had been closed for the past few days. At this time, he was sitting in the deserted teahouse sighing and feeling at a loss.
Suddenly a voice sounded from behind: "Shopkeeper Wu, I have something to ask you."
Shopkeeper Wu was suddenly startled. When he turned around and saw Bai Liming and Yuan Chaoxi, his heart calmed down and a blazing fire of hope arose.
He knelt down on the ground and begged: "I beg you two immortal masters, please save my girl."
Bai Liming stretched out his hand to help him up: "Shopkeeper Wu, please stand up. We are here just for Tong'er. Let me ask you, why are you so sure that the Tongfu Gang kidnapped Tong'er?"
After shopkeeper Wu got up and heard the question, Noono didn't know how to answer. After a long time, he sighed: "Oh, I deserve to die. It's all my fault that I was confused and weak for this disaster.
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It turns out that before shopkeeper Wu came to the county to open a teahouse, he had lived in a small village thirty miles away from the county for generations. The village was next to the official road, and there was a lot of traffic beside the official road, so a small market spontaneously formed.
Shopkeeper Wu opened a tea shop next to the official road, providing a place to rest for travelers coming from north to south. He lived a poor life but still had three meals a day.
Su Xia came here with her parents when she was young. She ran a grocery store and purchased some rare medicinal materials. Because she was as beautiful as a flower, many people came to propose marriage.
Shopkeeper Wu had an average family, average appearance, and was nearly ten years older than Su Xia. He didn't have high hopes when he proposed marriage. In the end, he didn't expect that Su Xia would choose to marry him, which shocked the neighbors and was considered a sensation in the small village.
For a while.
After getting married, the two fell in love with each other. A few years later, Wu Tong'er was born, and the family was happy. During this period, Su Xia'er's parents passed away due to illness.
Although shopkeeper Wu loves Su Xia deeply, he has a knot in his heart. It turns out that Su Xia is a descendant of the demon clan, and her bloodline characteristics are obvious. On every full day, a furry tail will grow from her body.
It will disappear after that.
In order not to get into trouble, Shopkeeper Wu had always kept his mouth shut, but one time Hefa drank too much and made a mistake and leaked it, and somehow the Tongfu Gang found out about it.
Master Liang tried to coerce and induce, but shopkeeper Wu did not dare to resist. He accepted a bag of money from the Tongfu Gang and secretly gave Su Xia the sweat medicine. She was abducted by the Tongfu Gang without anyone noticing.
When neighbors asked about Su Xia's childhood, he always excused her by saying that she was going back to her hometown to visit her relatives. After that, shopkeeper Wu went to the county town to open a teahouse, also to escape from the village and seek peace, but he never expected that he would end up in this situation.
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Both Bai Liming and Yuan Zhaoxi heard this, but they didn't show it. Bai Liming pondered for a moment and said: "Shopkeeper Wu, I already know your situation, and I promise you can save Wu Tong'er and even Su Xia."
Son, but you need to help us investigate a few things."
When Shopkeeper Wu heard this, he was surprised and said: "What the Immortal Master said is absolutely true? So, no matter what you arrange, Mr. Wu, I will go through fire and water and do my best."
Bai Liming waved his hand and said: "There is no need for you to go through fire and water. You can help us investigate whether the several disappearance cases are true. We are not familiar with the place where we live, so it is not convenient for us to investigate."
After saying that, he told the family addresses of several of the monsters who were kidnapped by the Tongfu Gang and turned into monsters, and asked shopkeeper Wu to verify the authenticity and missing details.
After that, the two quietly left, appeared in the county town, and returned to the Tongfu Gang.
Gong Mi was informed by her subordinates after they appeared. She then waited early at the gate and bowed to greet them. After some polite greetings, everyone came to the main hall.
After sitting down, Gong Mi asked impatiently: "I wonder if the two immortal masters can annihilate all the monsters this time?"
Bailiming shook his head with regret and said: "Those monsters are very cunning. After we followed them for more than ten miles, they seemed to have an internal strife. They broke up and ran away in all directions. For a moment, we didn't know which side to pursue.
, we had no choice but to return without success, but after thinking about it, after this heavy attack, they no longer have the courage to come to Qianshan County to cause trouble."
Gong Mi was a little disappointed when he heard this, but he didn't dare to show it on his face. He forced a smile and said: "Thank you for your hard work, two immortal masters. I don't think this group of monsters dare to come to Qianshan County to seek death again. We won't go to collect medicine again."
I feel relieved."
Bai Liming pretended to comfort him: "Master Gong will go to collect herbs again, and we will definitely protect the safety of the team, so please don't worry."
Gong Mi bowed to express his thanks, and Bai Liming excused himself as tired and left with Yuan Chaoxi.
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In the small courtyard of the Tongfu Gang, after Bai Liming set up the talisman formation to block prying eyes, the four members of the training team began to discuss the next plan.
Bai Liming first talked about what he saw and heard while chasing the group of monsters, his conversations with the group of monsters, and the statement made by shopkeeper Hou Wu. Everything pointed to something fishy at the helm of the Tongfu Gang in Qianshan County.
They actually refined the demon clan's heritage from the human race into demon clan to obtain profits. This is not allowed by the Taoist sect and the secular government, and there is even a bigger conspiracy hidden.
When Zuo Sisi and Zhou Jiang heard this, they had expressions of disbelief on their faces, but they believed that what Bai Liming said was true. Although they would not sympathize with the demon clan because of this, they also wanted to find out what was going on.
Yuan Zhaoxi said: "The key now is to find evidence. The disappearance cases arranged by Shopkeeper Wu to investigate are only to confirm that the Tongfu Gang is suspected and cannot be used as direct evidence. The rest still requires us to find the Tongfu Gang's incarcerated persons.
The secret place of the demon.”
Several people nodded in approval, and General Zhou said carelessly: "Let's just do nothing, just keep an eye on that Gong Mi. Sooner or later, the trap will be revealed."
Bailiming shook his head and said: "Gong Mi wants to monitor, but this person seems to be big-breasted and brainless, but in fact she has no leaks. Except for the last time she went to the mountains to collect medicine, she usually stayed in this sub-rudder and never left the door.
If the door is not opened, monitoring her will not be very effective."
Zuo Sisi teased: "General Zhou, why don't you sacrifice your appearance to trap Gong Mi? When she is in love, ask her where the place where the monsters are trained is, and you can be sure to catch her."
When Zhou Jiang heard this, he waved his hands quickly and said with a blush on his face: "Why does she have thoughts about me? You all got it wrong. Even if she did, I wouldn't agree. For example, she is just being passionate and wants to eat it.
Swan meat.”
Then he took the initiative to ask for help: "I can keep an eye on other people, and it's no problem if I work a little harder."
Bailiming smiled and scolded: "Zuo Si, don't scare General Zhou, business is more important." Then he explained his considerations.
In the end, everyone agreed not to alert the snake yet, but to just show off recently and actively cooperate with the Tongfu Gang to go into the mountains to collect herbs, so that they can relax their vigilance. Then they paid close attention to the few hall leaders of the Tongfu Gang who were rarely seen, and followed them to find them.
Secret place.
It's a pity that "ideals are full, but reality is skinny." More than half a month has passed, and Baili Ming and others have found nothing.