He had said before that he couldn't tell Lin Wu, but then he was about to slap her in the face. But he was the one who took the initiative to slap her in the face, so he didn't dare to refuse.
"Miss Lin is right. There is indeed a Zhangjia Village in our Thirty-Six Villages, which was later renamed Zhangjia Village." The village chief took a deep breath to calm his expression. "But they did not withdraw on their own. Instead, the Thirty-Six Villages discussed and unanimously decided to expel them from the Thirty-Six Villages!"
"Because..." In front of Mo Chuan, the village chief did not dare to hesitate and answered Lin Wu directly, "The former village chief of Zhangjia Village violated the taboo of the Thirty-Six Villages. He secretly entered that place without telling people from other villages, and caused the seal to become unstable and cause trouble. He almost harmed the Thirty-Six Villages!"
After these words were spoken, the expression on the face of the leader of Gugui Village turned much uglier.
The people behind him also looked gloomy.
“That place…”
Lin Wu paused and looked at Mo Chuan.
Mo Chuan sat back down at the table, tidied up his messy clothes, and explained to her, "It's what I just told you about, the trouble that the Thirty-Six Villages had encountered. Later, the Master sealed it off in a dangerous place. After discussion, the Thirty-Six Villages strictly prohibited anyone from approaching, so as to avoid causing trouble and causing more chaos."
Mochuan didn't know anything about what happened later, nor did he know anything about Zhangjia Village.
Because he later went into seclusion due to injury.
The village chief and others nearby looked at Mochuan in astonishment.
I didn't expect that the other party would tell the little girl such an important matter.
It seems that Master Mochuan is really not joking about accepting a disciple? That little girl is really...
Thinking of this, the village chief and others looked at Lin Wu with a little more subtle awe.
Lin Wu felt they were looking at him strangely, but he didn't want to ask further questions. He just sat down and asked, "Why did the people from Zhangjia Village sneak over there? What were they doing?"
The village chief looked behind him and saw a fat old man step forward and answer for him, "We don't know why either. In the past, Zhangjia Village was the most cautious village among the thirty-six villages and would not do anything out of the ordinary. On the day of the incident, our young village chief went to Zhangjia Village to discuss important matters with the other village chief and stayed overnight. He had decided to find the other village chief to discuss things and confirm everything was correct. Unexpectedly, he ran into the other party and some strange people plotting to take over that place!"
"After they found the young leader, they wanted to kill him, but he managed to escape! But Zhangjia Village did not let him go, and sent people to hunt him down. The young leader hid for several days, and finally managed to return to Gugui Village alive to report the incident!"
The leader of Gugui Village became angry when he mentioned this and slammed the ground hard with his walking stick.
"When my grandson came back, he was covered in wounds and barely alive. It took two whole days to save his life, and he even lay in bed for half a year!"
Lin Wu was not very interested in this and only asked: "What happened next?"
The leader of Gugui Village said in a serious tone, "After hearing the news about my grandson, I sent people to Zhangjia Village to investigate, but by then the leader and his family had already fled and disappeared completely. Fortunately, we were careful and quickly sent some good people to check that place."
"Luckily our people went there! When we got there, we found a lot of strange dead skeletons, obviously from outsiders. Going deeper, we found that the seal left by Lord Mochuan was already unstable, and there were many traces of outsiders inside. There was one person who was still alive. We rescued him and interrogated him, only to find out that it was all done by the village chief of Zhangjia Village. He cooperated with outsiders, and no one knew what he was planning, but he had been coveting that place for a long time!"
"We originally wanted to force them to tell us what they were doing, but before we knew it, the man bit his tongue and committed suicide! We had no more clues to investigate."
The village chief looked resentful. "We had no choice but to find a way to settle the place first. It took us a lot of effort to stabilize it and prevent a disaster. Zhangjia Village was really bold in this matter! But the village chief and his family have all fled, and the rest of the villagers are really unaware of it. For this reason, after discussion, we only expelled them from the Thirty-Six Villages and strictly forbade them to interfere in any affairs of the Thirty-Six Villages."
A man behind him snorted coldly: "They injured our young leader so badly and almost harmed the Thirty-Six Villages. Our Gugui Village did not vent its anger on the villagers because of the leader. We just drove them away. This is already very good!"
"That's right! If it were those vengeful women in Luohua Village, I would have to destroy the entire village to vent my anger!"
Seeing their angry expressions, Lin Wu suddenly asked, "Do the people of Zhangjia Village know why they were expelled?"
"I know." One person answered, "As the saying goes, if one prospers, all prosper, and if one suffers, all suffer. They are a whole, so of course they have the right to know what evil deeds their village leader has done! They should also know what kind of person they have chosen to be their village leader!"
The forest fog suddenly became clear.
No wonder the villagers of Zhangjia Village had such a negative reaction when asked why they withdrew from the Thirty-Six Villages.
So that's how it is.
"Did you find the escaped leader of Zhangjia Village later?" she asked.
Everyone shook their heads.
"Have you found out who is cooperating with the village chief?"
"Don't you have any clues in the past two or three years?"
Everyone nodded this time.
“………”
Lin Wu choked and couldn't help asking, "So what did you find out?"
Speaking of this, the crowd's expressions became serious and they turned to Mochuan.
"Lord Mochuan, we have sent people to patrol from time to time since then, and gradually we discovered several tunnels that were dug by unknown time and by unknown person! This means that someone has been secretly going in to do something. We did ambush them a few times, but they were too cunning. They either committed suicide after being caught or escaped quickly. As a result, we have never been able to figure out what is going on."
"Although few people dare to come here in the past two years, the situation there has become increasingly unstable. Now we are...almost unable to solve the problem. So we have been looking forward to your appearance. This is also the main purpose of our visit to you this time - to ask you to help us."
Mo Chuan paused slightly with his hand holding the teacup, and raised his eyelids slightly to look at Guguizhai and others.
"Has it reached the point where I need to go over there?"
The village chief and others nodded.
Lin Wu couldn't help but said, "No, isn't it said that there are many talented people in your Thirty-Six Villages? Don't you have any way to solve it yourself?"
“………”
The village chief looked at Lin Wu with a blank expression and said, "There were some ways to deal with it before. However, the seal at the back has become the magic of Lord Mochuan. We have no way to repair it, and Lord Mochuan has to do it himself. Otherwise, if we come, it may trigger a collapse if we are not careful, and then..."
It's not that they are useless, it's that they can't afford the risk! Why take the risk when the problem can be solved safely and smoothly?
But Mochuan never showed up. They were actually prepared to take the risk and risk their lives, but they never expected that Mochuan would show up at this time!
Of course, it would be safer for Mochuan to go himself! So the village chief quickly brought people here.
Lin Wu looked at Mo Chuan in surprise. She really didn't expect this.
The magic he left behind was so powerful that others could not do anything about it. It must be said that Lin Wu's interest in Mochuan had reached a new level.
The magic he used for sealing should not be among those passed on to her.
I really want to learn, I really want to learn, I really want to learn.
...But he will definitely bring up the matter of kowtowing and becoming a disciple.
The thought disappeared.
She can bear it! Mo Chuan put down the cup, looked at the village chief and others, and said lightly: "Go in two days."
The village chief and others immediately burst into tears.
This trip was the right one!
"Lord Mochuan, I will go back and prepare now!" said the leader of Gugui Village hurriedly.
Mo Chuan ignored him and looked at Lin Wu.
The village chief and the others looked at Lin Wu and asked politely, "Miss Lin, do you have anything else to ask?"
Lin Wu came back to his senses, "Yes, I want to ask one of you."
"Please go ahead."
"——Zhang Yuge."
(End of this chapter)