Chapter 41 The Mysterious Owner
"How could we possibly let a tiger follow us?"
Luo Qing gritted his teeth and refused what Luo Hao said.
"Why don't you go and persuade the tiger to go back to the mountain?"
Luo Qing: ...
Damn it, what's going on with this escort mission?!
The exile group already had a troublesome member from the Gao family, and now a volatile, tall guy who could tear chains apart with his bare hands had appeared.
Now, even tigers have appeared alongside them!
If you want him dead, just say so sooner!
"Big brother, what do we do now?"
The officials asked with concern.
"What can we do but go and settle accounts with that old bastard Du Xi!"
Luo Qing was furious, and now he could only vent his anger on Village Chief Du.
The roar of a tiger echoed through the night, keeping the villagers of Dujia Village awake all night. They grabbed their farm tools and stood ready to prevent the tiger from entering the village.
"Bang bang bang!"
The Du family huddled together, startled by the sound of knocking on the door.
"Du Xi! Open the door for me!"
Recognizing Luo Qing's voice, Du Xi hurriedly went to open the door.
"Lord Luo?"
He rushed to open the door.
As soon as the door opened, Luo Qing led his men inside.
He grabbed Du Xi by the collar, threw him to the ground, and his expression was fierce.
"Old man, are you out of your mind to let us live in the yard where tigers come in?"
"Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, it's all a misunderstanding!"
Du Xi shouted in terror.
"Misunderstanding? How could there be a misunderstanding? The tiger almost swallowed us whole! Do you know the consequences of killing someone from the imperial court?"
Seeing the increasingly terrified expressions on Du Xi's and his family's faces, Luo Qing chuckled inwardly.
"If you don't come up with something to apologize, how am I supposed to explain this to the brothers?"
Upon hearing this, Du Xi finally understood.
Luo Qing's mobilization of such a large force is clearly for the purpose of obtaining benefits!
Every time their escort team passed through a village, they would ask for lodging without paying any money.
After all, they would give them some money when they replenished their necessities in the village.
But this time, they actually tried to extort money from the villagers!
Madam Du hurriedly knelt down, begging for mercy in a panic.
"Sir, as you know, this year's harvest was poor, and it's only early spring now. We really don't have much food left!"
"Take as many as you can, otherwise don't blame us for reporting this to the imperial court!"
In the past two years, more and more officials have been exiled, and the officials in charge naturally want to take the opportunity to earn some extra money.
Luo Qing had long planned to take advantage of the villagers, and the tiger entering the yard gave them an even better reason.
Watching Luo Qing leave, Yun Zhao leaned on Xu Yifei's shoulder and whispered, "Uncle, where are they going?"
"Uncle doesn't know either. Here, Zhaozhao, let's have some jerky!"
Since I can't sleep anyway, I might as well feed my niece!
Yun Zhao opened his mouth and took a big bite, chewing the jerky while his eyes darted around, seemingly landing on Lu Xun and Wei Jingchen.
She hadn't forgotten that Wei Jingchen was clearly a 12-year-old student.
Yet, he was able to grab the tiger's neck just in time as it was running, and hold on tightly to the tiger even under such turbulent conditions.
Be the only one who follows her every step of the way.
What surprised her even more was that Lu Xun seemed to have no doubts about what Wei Jingchen said and carried it out directly.
In his previous life, Lu Xun was clearly a member of Tingyu Pavilion, which made its fortune in Lingnan.
Could it be that Wei Jingchen is the mysterious owner of Tingyu Pavilion?
Otherwise, how can we explain how the son of a poor family who became an official in the capital would know Lu Xun from the Northwest?
Her gaze kept shifting between the two, but she couldn't find any further interaction between them for a long time.
Gradually, Yun Zhao leaned against the tiger's back and fell into a deep sleep.
She's currently in the body of a five-year-old child, and she's been exhausted these past few days.
The tigress's tail tip patted her belly lightly, intermittently.
Yun Zhao slept more comfortably.
When Luo Qing returned, he brought back a cart full of grain.
They even stole a mule from Dujia Village that was pulling a wooden cart. It's utterly shameless!
As dawn broke, when the officials called for everyone to get up, they discovered that Old Madam Xu was missing.
"Where has that old hag gone?"
Luo Qing was so angry he had a headache. This old woman was always causing trouble!
Just as Luo Qing was about to grab Xu Qingshi for questioning, he heard the old woman's scream coming from the backyard.
"backyard?"
Luo Qing led his men quickly to the backyard, then his expression froze.
"Ugh! Ugh—"
The officer beside him couldn't hold it in and, leaning against the wall, vomited violently.
The gossipy Xu Yinan followed with Yun Zhao, only to find Xu Yiyuan, who had been unearthed, standing right in front of them!
Xu Yiyuan died from massive bleeding after being stabbed in the neck.
His body, still reeking of blood, was dug up by a tigress that had come down from the mountain in search of food.
The body was mutilated, its internal organs were ripped out and scattered around, it was a bloody mess.
Xu Yinan suppressed the urge to vomit and quickly covered Yun Zhao's eyes.
"Damn tiger, give me back my son's whole body!"
Old Madam Xu cried so heartbreakingly that it was quite distressing to hear.
It seems she wanted to secretly take her son's body away, or find a better place to rebury it.
Little did she know that what had lured the tiger into the yard was actually her son's corpse!
Luo Qing suppressed the urge to vomit and directed people to drag her away.
"I won't leave! Oh, my son! My poor son!"
Old Madam Xu, with a strength she didn't know she possessed, struggled to break free of her restraints and threw herself onto Xu Yiyuan's corpse, getting covered in blood.
Luo Qing roared angrily, "Drag him away!"
"yes!"
Several men stepped forward and abruptly lifted Madam Xu up, leaving her with no strength to struggle.
Just as they dragged her back into the yard, the tigress who had been resting suddenly raised her head.
The people nearby were startled, and Wei Jingchen instinctively stepped in front of Wei Mingde.
"It smelled blood."
Wei Jingchen frowned when he saw the bloodstains on Old Madam Xu's body.
Upon hearing this, the officers immediately threw her down.
"Waaah!"
The tigress was particularly excited by the sight of blood and gave a low warning.
Yun Zhao quickly pried Xu Yinan's hand away and saw the tigress with her front paws on the ground and her buttocks raised, assuming an attack posture.
Yun Zhao was startled and shouted sternly, "No!"
But it was too late. The tiger pounced out with lightning speed and knocked Old Madam Xu down!
"Ahhhh—"
Madam Xu let out a terrible scream.
Yun Zhao rushed over, only to find that the tiger was merely licking the blood off her body.
Yun Zhao looked disgusted and then changed his tone to that of a child.
"Tiger Tiger, you're too dirty! Come here, I'll give you some jerky!"
The tigress paused, then turned to look at her.
Yun Zhao rummaged around in his small pocket, and "finally" found the dried meat.
"Come quick!"
Overjoyed, the tigress dismounted from Old Madam Xu and leaped over to Yun Zhao's side.
Yun Zhao fed it jerky with his bare hands, which horrified the Xu siblings.
The tigress wasn't hungry to begin with, and after eating the jerky, she happily nuzzled Yun Zhao with her head.
Luo Qing stared at the fangs in its mouth, his throat tightening as he swallowed nervously a few times.
"You're not dead, are you?"
He looked at Madam Xu.
"No, he's not dead, he just... passed out."
"Xu family, take these people away!"
Luo Qing looked at Xu Yifei and said.
"It's none of my business, we've already separated!"
Xu Yifei immediately spread his hands, indicating that he could not help.
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