380 Yun Zhi Arriving at the Wang Family
Before dawn, Ouyang Changjing urged Ouyang Pei, Ye Yunzhong, and the others to quickly go down the mountain to visit Old man Wang’s family in Nanhe Town.
The information he received late at night showed that the Wang Family was a kind family. Back then, they had picked up a small child in the snow.
Not only did they not abandon the child, but they even used the entire family’s strength to raise the child.
It was funny. The people Ouyang Changjing sent to investigate were all famous secret guards in West Wind Nation, and their interrogation skills were top-notch.
Originally, the people they sent to Hu Family Village did not tell them anything and they were even almost captured by the villagers.
The people in that village were especially united. Even when they asked around the few villages around the village, they couldn’t find anything valuable.
They almost returned empty-handed and treated Little Ah Yu as a child born and raised in the Wang Family.
This was also the result of Zhang Zhan and Madam Qin’s arrangements.
However, they happened to meet Ye Yuncang. When Liu Shi went to Puji Temple to ask for a talisman, she had also briefly mentioned Ah Yu’s birthday. Ye Yuncang remembered it all.
After integrating all kinds of information, Ye Yuncang figured out where Ah Yu came from.
That person’s birth date, and place of birth was at the Xie Manor in Dongling County.
“Logically speaking, this birth characters should point to an ordinary life of wealth. It should be a peaceful life without any twists and turns. You might even encounter a benefactor.” Ye Yuncang looked at the results of his calculations with a blank expression.
This looked a little like the child, but not really.
“According to Ruan Ruan’s personality, she will never let her child wander around unless she encounters some unsolvable problem,” Ouyang Changjing said. “Weren’t you unable to predict whether Ruan Ruan is dead or alive? Perhaps there’s a problem with the results.”
“You can insult my personality, but you can’t insult my divination ability.” For this divination, he had been a bald monk for many years!
Ouyang Pei: “Do you think that’s the case? Ruan Ruan stayed in the Xie Manor for a period of time back then for some reason. Later on, she gave birth there by a freak combination of factors and was adopted by the aunts there.”
This was not unheard of. In West Wind Nation, there had been some open and hidden struggles in the backyards of many large families.
As far as Ouyang Pei knew, the women who were unable to give birth and wanted to consolidate her status, would look for someone outside to bear the child and treat the child she gave birth to as her own.
Perhaps it was the same for Ruan Ruan’s child.
However, that concubine’s methods were still a little lacking. In the end, she was defeated and died of depression. The child was unfortunately chased out.
Although they were not officially sure that the little girl was Ruan Ruan’s child, just from the golden-patterned eyes they saw, they could confirm that the child must at least be from the West Wind Nation’s royal family.
“If you have the guts to bully the royal family of our West Wind Kingdom, you have to be prepared to be retaliated against.” Ouyang Changjing had an extremely gentle smile on his lips and his words were light.
The servant beside Ouyang Changjing reminded him, “Young Master, when we left, Master instructed us not to be too arrogant outside.”
“When a general is outside, he has to obey military orders.” Ouyang Pei took out the large saber at his waist and cut the wooden table beside him into two. “How dare they bully Ruan Ruan’s child? Even if it’s the son of the Great Chang Emperor who committed the crime, I’ll still cut him down!”
“AH! My top-notch rosewood table! I spent 800 taels of silver to make it and was about to use it as a Buddhist platform!” Yun Zhi crawled out from somewhere and looked at the wooden table that had fallen to the ground with a pained expression.
As he spoke, he turned around and looked at Ye Yuncang. “Junior Brother, how can you casually destroy these precious and expensive things?”
He even specially emphasized the word expensive.
“I’m really sorry.” Ye Yuncang chuckled.
Yun Zhi: “It’s fine. We’re just ordinary monks. It’s understandable that there are still some attachments in our hearts. Just compensate according to the price.”
“I’m not sorry about this.” Ye Yuncang pointed behind Yun Zhi. “It’s this.”
Almost instantly, Yun Zhi rolled to the side and dodged Ouyang Pei’s ruthless slash.
Yun Zhi glared. “Benefactor, why are you doing this?!”
“There’s no need to answer the question of the dead!” Ouyang Pei frowned and quickly slashed twice more, but Yun Zhi dodged both times.
In the end, he could not take it anymore. He grabbed Ouyang Pei’s long saber with his palm and chanted Amitabha. He directly snapped the heavy blade in half.
Looking at the dumbfounded Ouyang Pei, Yun Zhi pressed his palms together. “Amitabha. Benefactor, calm down. Why are you so angry?”
Ouyang Pei’s expression was wooden as he turned to look at Ye Yuncang.
Ye Yuncang: “Guess why I called him Senior Brother?”
Of course, it was because when he entered the sect, he realized that he could not defeat the other party, so he could not snatch the status of the Senior Brother.
Later on, he relied on his intelligence to snatch the title of Eldest Senior Brother. For this, he was even remembered by Yuan Zhi for many years.
As soon as he returned to preside over the seal, Yuan Zhi could not wait to restore his name as the Senior Brother.
The moment they met and spoke, Ye Yuncang knew that Yuan Zhi would definitely make things difficult for him.
Ouyang Pei: “…”
“Benefactor, about this high-grade rosewood Buddhist table that you damaged…” Yun Zhi looked at Ouyang Pei.
Ouyang Pei: “…I’ll compensate.”
Yun Zhi’s smile became even kinder. “In that case, this poor monk accidentally broke the owner’s toy. This—”
He emphasized on the word poor.
Ouyang Pei: “This is the last work of the late master blacksmith, Zhang Dadao. It cost 5,342 taels.”
Yun Zhi’s smile collapsed. “Oh?”
Ouyang Pei: “Zhang Dadao’s family saw my sincerity and gave me a discount. The final price was 42 to 30 yuan.”
Ouyang Changjing: “…”
Ye Yuncang: “…”
What kind of discount was that?
After such a commotion at night, Ouyang Changjing and the others temporarily gave up the thought of looking for trouble with the Xie Manor.
They were afraid that they would encounter a hidden monk like Yun Zhi.
They still had to ask around and think about it at length.
The few of them fell asleep with a heavy heart. They set off before dawn and arrived at Old man Wang’s house after dawn.
Yun Zhi was walking at the front.
Tang Yuan welcomed him at the door. Looking at the monk in front of her, Tang Yuan pressed her palms together in front of her, but she did not let him in. “May I ask if you’re looking for our master?”
Yun Zhi returned a Buddhist bow. “May I trouble this young benefactor to pass on the message that the abbot of Puji Temple, Yun Zhi, has come to disturb you? The Matriarch of your family might have an impression of me.”
Previously, when Old Madam Wang heard Liu Shi mention the abnormality of Puji Temple, she specially went to Puji Temple. At that time, the person who received her was Yun Zhi.
After Tang Yuan went to pass the message, Old Madam Wang personally came to the door to receive him.
However, she realized that it was not only Yun Zhi. There were also a few people who did not look like locals.
Their facial features were deep, and their eyes were rounder and brighter. They did not look like people from the Great Chang Kingdom.
Especially their eyes.
Old Madam Wang remained calm and instructed Tang Yuan, “Go and tell the third branch to boil some hot tea. It’s almost time to pick up the children. Don’t delay the time.”
Tang Yuan understood at once. Was she asking her to take the Little Master away first?
Could these people be here to abduct children?
At this moment, Liu Shi, who was pretending to go out to buy cloth, also reacted. She still had class today. She hurriedly bought two bolts of cloth and turned around to go home.
Coincidentally, she saw someone she cared about especially among the group of people standing at her door.
Ye Yuncang felt a different gaze and turned to see Liu Shi.
He smiled and nodded at Liu Shi from afar.
Liu Shi was so frightened that she sat on the ground.
“It’s him?!”
But didn’t Grandma say that he had already passed away?
Was this a zombie?!!