Chapter 145: Why Didn't Senior Brother Come Back? (5000-word chapter)
Choosing three, Jiang Beiran looked at A Niu and said, "No, Brother A Niu, we are not going to the town."
"Why!" Mu Yao and Kong Qianqian shouted at the same time.
Jiang Beiran glanced at the two of them and said: "We are here to do business, not to travel around. Reaching Jiangbei as quickly as possible is what we should do now."
After hearing this, Mu Yao immediately shouted: "I just went to the town to find an inn to rest, what does it have to do with it."
"No." Jiang Beiran refused expressionlessly.
After two days, Jiang Beiran has completely become the leader of the team. Mu Yao, who has eaten, drank and sang, just put up a symbolic struggle and then turned her head and said: "Huh, if you don't want to go, I won't go. First."
I said yes, not because I listened to you, but because I think it is really important to do business."
Although Kong Qianqian really wanted to play, she didn't dare to do anything except look at Jiang Beiran with pitiful eyes.
However, Kong Qianqian, who kept looking until her eyes were sore and didn't get any response, had no choice but to continue to give the world a squeeze.
Seeing that the three people's suggestions were unanimous, A Niu smiled and pulled on his clothes and continued on his way.
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On the other side, in Tinglan Waterside Pavilion, Shi Fenglan and Xiao Duo stood on the door together and looked at the streets with people coming and going outside, but no matter how they waited, they could not wait for the person they were waiting for.
"Are you sure Xiao Beiran and the others are back?" Shi Fenglan looked at Xiao Duo and asked.
Xiaoduo nodded vigorously: "I'm sure, I just saw the sect leader getting off the car with my own eyes before I came back to report it."
"Then why hasn't Xiao Beiran come yet?" Shi Fenglan pouted and muttered in a low voice: "You clearly promised to come and play with me as soon as you come back. You are a big liar, just like dad."
Until the evening, Shi Fenglan, who was still unwilling to give up, was sitting on a small bench in the garden waiting. Xiao Duo beside her was about to persuade her to eat something first when she heard a knock on the door.
"I'll drive it!"
As she spoke, Shi Fenglan moved to the front door instantly and opened the two iron doors.
But looking at the person behind the door, Shi Fenglan's expression instantly changed from surprise to disappointment.
Seeing Shi Fenglan's "face-changing" skill, Yu Manwen said in a dumbfounded voice: "Why, you don't want to see me so much."
"No, I..."
"Okay, okay, no need to explain, I know who you are waiting for."
After hearing this, Shi Fenglan kicked a pebble away from her feet and said, "Who is waiting for anyone? I'll just sit at the door and look at the flowers."
After hearing this, Yu Manwen chuckled lightly and said, "I just went to the meeting hall. The sect leader specially named a few disciples and praised them, including Jiang Beiran."
"So is he still with the sect leader?"
"No." Yu Manwen shook his head, "The sect leader didn't say anything. Later I went to Hall Master Zhang and asked, and he said that the sect leader only told him that Jiang Beiran had to do something, so he would come back later."
Hearing that Jiang Beiran had not returned to the clan, Shi Fenglan's expression suddenly became much brighter.
"It's really strange that he didn't follow the crowd this time."
"Yes." Yu Manwen nodded, "I also find it strange. He usually avoids this kind of thing, so why was he chosen this time."
"Then what did he go to do?"
"Hall Master Zhang said he didn't know, he just said he shouldn't be back soon."
"Ah~" Shi Fenglan drawled a long voice, "It's true that the sect master has been out for so long, why are you still calling people around? I'll go talk to him."
"Hey, hey, hey." Yu Manwen quickly grabbed Shi Fenglan, "Go and tell the sect leader about this. If Jiang Beiran finds out, I'm afraid he will never come here again."
"That's right." Shi Fenglan sighed after finishing speaking.
Seeing Shi Fenglan's very disappointed look, Yu Manwen suddenly thought that the sect leader had not said anything about this, but she could ask the disciples who participated in the Youth Association, so she patted Shi Fenglan and said: "Wait for me for a while, I will be back soon.
"
After saying that, he left Tinglan Waterside Pavilion.
At this time, in Liu Zijin's room, Fang Qiuyao and the three sisters of the Yu family were all here, and they were discussing how to find Yu Manwen to become an apprentice. As soon as they made the plan, they heard a knock on the door from outside.
"Who?" Liu Zijin asked.
"it's me."
Hearing Yu Manwen's voice, the five of them looked at each other in confusion, their faces full of surprise.
'What a coincidence.'
However, he was surprised, so Liu Zijin immediately stood up and ran over to open the door.
"Meet the protector." Liu Zijin shouted with cupped hands.
"No need to be polite."
At this time, Fang Qiuyao and the others also ran over to Yu Manwen and said, "Meet Yu Manwen."
"Oh? You are all here."
Yu Manwen looked at it and couldn't help laughing. Ever since Jiang Beiran acted as their iron seal last time, although Jiang Beiran and them had nothing to do with each other, these five people have become inseparable.
"Dragon protector Yu, please come in first." Liu Zijin said, making way.
"Okay." Yu Manwen said as he walked inside: "I came to you today because I have something to ask."
"Just ask the protector, and we will definitely tell you everything we know."
"I heard that Jiang Beiran didn't come back with you this time?"
Liu Zijin and the other five people looked at each other for a while after hearing this. In fact, they didn't know until the motorcade set off that their senior brother really wasn't going with them, but they didn't know what happened.
Finally, Liu Zijin nodded and replied: "Well, Senior Brother Jiang did not come back with us."
"Did...what happened?" Yu Manwen asked, sitting at the square table.
This question seemed to prick Liu Zijin's excitement point, and they all rushed to say it.
"Protector Yu, senior brother is in the limelight this time!"
"On the day of Sect Leader Guan's birthday party, many people from the Demon Sect suddenly showed up. The leader of the Linglong Sect, Yin Jianghong, was also promoted to Xuan Emperor! We thought there would be a fight."
"But who knew that the purpose of that leader Yin's coming was actually to let the disciples of the Demon Cult attend the youth meeting with us. After that..."
Yu Manwen also heard about the demon sect during the meeting, but neither the sect leader nor the incense master elaborated on it, so she didn't know exactly what happened later.
So seeing Fang Qiuyao hesitating to speak, Yu Manwen hurriedly asked: "What happened after that?"
This is when Yu Guishui continued: "After that, our decent disciples lost miserably... Whether it was a martial arts competition or a literary competition, we were one step behind those demon sect disciples." After Yu Guishui finished speaking, he added: "Xiang Master asked us
Don't talk about this matter in detail, so please protect me..."
"Is that so?" Yu Manwen was a little surprised, "I only heard from the sect leader that Wu Qingce of Luan Xing Hall won the competition leader, and I thought..."
Speaking of this, Yu Manwen understood that the sect master seemed to be reporting good news but not bad news again.
Nodding, Yu Manwen said: "I understand, what happened next?"
"Later, when the disciples of the Demon Sect won several competitions in a row, Senior Brother Jiang stood up and defeated an extremely powerful disciple of the Demon Sect with Go. Everyone cheered for a long time."
‘Jiang Beiran!?’
‘Exhibition!?’
Yu Manwen was shocked, feeling that the Jiang Beiran mentioned by these five people and the one she knew were not the same person at all.
Then several other people immediately added.
"Their senior brother was so handsome at that time, and he even played blind chess with Mu Jiuri, the genius from the Demon Sect."
"It happened so fast that even the referee didn't have time to remember it."
"Mu Jiuri was very confident at first, but it didn't take long before he was sweating profusely from his senior brother."
When it was Yu Guimiao's turn, she felt as if she had finished speaking, so she shouted: "Yes, yes! Senior brother won so impressively!"
Then the five people took turns describing what happened next, until they talked about the match between Wu Qingce and Mu Yao.
"At that time, everyone was engrossed in watching the game and working hard to cheer for Senior Brother Wu, but who knew that at this time..." Yu Guituo glanced at his sister halfway through his words, and when he saw her nodding, he continued:
"Who would have thought that at this time, a thief at the level of the Great Mystic Master suddenly hit my sister with a palm. We didn't react at all at the time, only our senior brother!"
Speaking of this, Yu Guituan started dancing excitedly, and even specially dragged Yu Guishui to reenact the scene.
"At that time, I just heard my senior brother yell, 'Be careful!', and I turned around without hesitation to protect my sister in my arms."
When Yu Guishui, who was held in Yu Guituan's arms, heard this, his pretty face suddenly turned red, and all the memories of his senior brother at that time suddenly appeared in his mind.
'Strong arms, thick chest, and that firm voice...'
While Yu Guituan was performing the performance attentively, Yu Manwen's expression was extremely surprised.
‘I was slapped by the Great Mystic Master!?’
This made Yu Manwen instantly think of the fairy feather suit given to her by the hall master.
Seeing that Yu Manwen seemed very surprised, Yu Guituo immediately became energetic and continued quickly: "We were all frightened at that time. Senior brother vomited a lot of blood, and his breath slowly disappeared, but who knew that just when the sect leader wanted to
When I was avenging my senior brother, my senior brother suddenly came back to life!"
Seeing that he would have no chance to speak if he didn't say anything, Yu Guimiao quickly grabbed the conversation and continued: "Later, everyone said that if the senior brother hadn't died, the decent sect and the demon sect would definitely fight, and maybe they would form a deadly feud, so
It’s okay to say that senior brother saved the entire Fengzhou.”
"Then Jiang Beiran was hit by the Great Mystic Master and survived, doesn't anyone think it's strange?"
Although Yu Manwen knew that Jiang Beiran was fine because of the immortal feather suit for body protection, she didn't know if other people also knew about it. If Hall Master Shi was involved, she would have to make some preparations.
.
"Of course everyone was surprised, but later Guan Zongzong of the Hidden Moon Sect explained that he was worried that his senior brother's capture of the leader of Go would lead to plots from other demon sects, so he gave him a treasured armor. This
Only then did I save my senior brother’s life.”
"I see..." Yu Manwen nodded slowly.
But she soon fell into deep thought, because she was very curious about why Jiang Beiran participated in this youth meeting from the beginning. This was completely inconsistent with his behavior.
As a result, such a big thing happened in the Hidden Moon Sect this time. Is this really...a bit of a coincidence?
In addition, she found it strange that Jiang Beiran would ask the hall master for a magic weapon, but now he actually relied on this magic weapon to resolve a huge crisis, although it seemed very logical.
'But isn't it too much of a coincidence?'
'This Jiang Beiran...is really not an ordinary registered disciple.'
Seeing Protector Yu stunned, Yu Guimiao asked: "Protector Yu, do you also think that Senior Brother is very pushy this time?"
"Well...it's quite impressive."
After finishing talking about the senior brother, the five of them were no longer interested in continuing to talk about what happened next. At this time, Fang Qiuyao's eyes suddenly lit up, she came behind Yu Manwen and pinched her shoulders and said: "Dragon Protector Yu, you are really alone.
He is very discerning and brought our senior brother to us to make the iron seal before he was in the limelight."
Hearing this, Yu Manwen chuckled and replied: "I remember you were very unhappy at the time."
Fang Qiuyao couldn't help but blush a little after hearing this, but she quickly flattered him and said: "I was not sensible at that time, but now I fully understand your painstaking efforts."
Closing his eyes and enjoying Fang Qiuyao's massage, Yu Manwen shook his head and said, "But I'm not the one with the most discerning eyes." After saying that, Yu Manwen opened his eyes and glanced at Liu Zijin.
‘Yes.’ At this moment, Fang Qiuyao suddenly remembered that the first person to discover her senior brother was Sister Zijin.
Liu Zijin didn't say anything after hearing this. He changed the subject and said, "Why did Protector Yu suddenly come to ask about this? Did something happen to my senior brother?"
"Oh, no." Yu Manwen shook his head, "I was just a little surprised why Jiang Beiran didn't come back. Now after listening to what you said, I almost understand."
"Hey!?" Five pretty faces suddenly came together in front of Yu Manwen, "Does Protector Yu know why senior brother didn't come back with us?"
"I'm just guessing." Looking at the five curious faces, Yu Manwen sighed softly: "Just think about it, there are a lot of big shots here to celebrate Sect Leader Guan's birthday this time, right?"
"Yeah." The five girls nodded in unison.
"The fact that Jiang Beiran, as a Qi-training disciple, is so prominent will definitely attract the attention of some big shots. It is very likely that they have also discovered Jiang Beiran's special qualities, and maybe they are secretly training him somewhere right now.
"
"Oh~"
The five women made a long sound at the same time, feeling that what Protector Yu said was very reasonable.
"So you don't have to worry, he will be fine for sure." Yu Manwen stood up after saying that, "Then you can continue talking, I will leave first."
But as soon as Yu Manwen turned around, she found Fang Qiuyao kneeling down in front of her.
"Qiu Yao, what are you doing?" Yu Manwen asked.
"Defender, through this youth meeting, we have deeply felt our shortcomings, so we want to worship you as our teacher and practice the exercises well."
Liu Zijin and the others reacted immediately after hearing this. They quickly ran to Yu Manwen and knelt down together and said, "I beg the protector to accept us as his disciples."
Looking at the five pairs of sincere eyes, Yu Manwen smiled and said, "You want me to accept you as my disciples, that's fine, but you have to agree to one condition."
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"Mr. Jiang, not far ahead is the border of Jiangbei. Which town do you think we should go to first?"
In Min Niu's car, Ah Niu opened his curtains and asked.
Jiang Beiran thought for a while and replied: "Let's go to Suitong County first. Does Brother Aniu know the way?"
"I'm really not familiar with Jiangbei. Let me think about it..."
Seeing A Niu's hesitation, Jiang Beiran took out a map from the Qiankun Ring, spread it out and pointed at it, saying: "We should be at this location now. Suitong County is at this location. If we walk ten miles northwest, there should be a map.
Just follow the official road."
"My dear..." Aniu took the map from Jiang Beiran's hand, "Your map of Jiangbei is so beautiful. This road is so easy to recognize."
Hearing A Niu's excited compliment about how beautiful the map was, Kong Qianqian, who was sitting in the back, quickly ran over and took a look at the map in A Niu's hand.
"Wow! This isn't a map at all. It's a masterpiece's painting." After Kong Qianqian finished speaking, she waved to Mu Yao: "Senior sister, senior sister, come and take a look, this map is so beautiful."
"It's just a map, how beautiful it can be."
"Come and see! It's really beautiful!"
"There's really nothing we can do about you." Mu Yao sighed, slowly walked over and took a look at the map.
Seeing the senior sister stunned, Kong Qianqian pulled her skirt inexplicably proudly and said, "Doesn't it look good? Doesn't it look good?"
"It's not bad." Mu Yao nodded.
"Hehe." Kong Qianqian laughed innocently, looked at Jiang Beiran again and asked, "Sir, did you draw this?"
"Yeah." Jiang Beiran nodded.
"Wow!" Kong Qianqian's eyes suddenly flashed with two stars, "Sir, can you still draw?"
Along the way, Kong Qianqian had witnessed so many great things about Jiang Beiran, but she didn't expect that there were still others that she hadn't discovered yet.
"Sir, you are really awesome, just accept me as your disciple."
After Kong Qianqian finished speaking, he was about to kneel down, but was caught by Jiang Beiran and Mu Yao at the same time.
After working together to lift her up, Mu Yao scolded Kong Qianqian and said, "I have told you several times that you are from the Demon Sect! How can you worship an upright person as your teacher, and you are still a young disciple!"
"It's okay. If Mr. Jiang doesn't tell, if Senior Sister doesn't tell, and if Brother A Niu doesn't tell, no one will know." After saying that, she looked at A Niu as if to confirm and asked, "Brother A Niu, you won't tell others, right?"
?”
A Niu, who was looking at the map, smiled and replied: "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone else."
"Hehe." Kong Qianqian smiled naively, looked at Mu Yao and said, "Sister, listen, it's no problem."
"When did I promise you not to tell others? That's not right! You are not allowed to become your teacher!"
Ignoring their daily "double play", Jiang Beiran looked at A Niu and asked: "Brother A Niu, do you know the way now?"
"Don't worry, just take a look." After saying this, A Niu pulled up his clothes again and concentrated on driving the cart.
Just when Kong Qianqian wanted to beg Jiang Beiran one more time, Mu Yao grabbed her ears and sat back down. She could only express her desire to become a disciple to Jiang Beiran with her eyes aggrievedly.
Jiang Beiran, on the other hand, was considering a plan to investigate the Yellow Gang.
There was no reason why Jiang Beiran chose to go to Suitong County first. When he asked Qing Huan to investigate before, he had already initially grasped the scope of the Yellow Gang's influence, and Suitong County was the most remote place, and he was stationed there.
There are not many members of the Yellow Gang.
Because he already knew that the background of the Yellow Gang was very complicated, Jiang Beiran couldn't let Wu Qingce or Gu Qinghuan investigate in depth, otherwise, if he alerted the big shots behind him, one of his right and left arms would be broken off.
So in the end he decided to investigate on his own. He would stop when he found that the system kept popping up dangerous options. Anyway, he had not established a military order with the two giants that he would definitely find out. He just needed to find some information that was enough to explain.
Fortunately, he has almost tamed Mu Yao along the way. Basically, whenever he speaks, she will only symbolically disobey him, but she will eventually agree.
After all, eaters have a soft mouth and eaters have short hands. Mu Yao ate a lot of his delicious food along the way, and even ate and took some of it later, saying that she wanted to take it back to her eldest father to taste it.
'I hope that when we get to the Yellow Gang's territory...she will be so obedient.'