Chapter 359 A Gold Ingot
As the sun sets, the sky is covered with warm blue clouds, which roll and unfold one by one.
The streets and alleys of Ping'an Town are still bustling with hawkers, peddlers carrying loads on their shoulders, and prostitutes selling their smiles at the doorsteps. The air is filled with the smell of fireworks.
At this time, a few strange people were standing on an inconspicuous corner of the street.
The leader was a strong man in his forties, dressed in brocade clothes, with extraordinary temperament and a strong murderous aura.
Behind him followed two men dressed as servants, with bandages on their wrists and ankles and swords slung around their waists.
These three people are rare unfamiliar faces in the town, but they are not strange. In fact, the strange thing is a young man following this man.
He was wearing a black robe and a black veil on his face. Only his clear blue eyes were shining, revealing his vigorous vitality.
But the most eye-catching thing is the brightly colored scarf around his neck, which is silver and black, and the silver is dazzling.
The four of them walked on the street, attracting the attention of many passers-by.
The man seemed to be the leader. After walking a few steps, he stopped and turned into a small alley.
The alley is located in a remote area and there are only a few small shops in it.
There is a noodle shop, a rouge shop, and a tailor shop.
He stopped at the door of the tailor's shop.
The door of the tailor shop was open, and a skinny little girl of five or six years old was struggling to carry a basin of dirty water out and pour it out.
The man waited until she finished splashing the water, then went up to her and stopped her.
"Little girl."
The little girl paused while holding the wooden basin.
When I turned around and saw him, I subconsciously shrank back and took a few steps back.
The man stepped forward and grabbed her slender wrist: "I want to ask you something."
The little girl bit her lower lip and looked at him timidly.
"To give silver," the man said, "Do you recognize a little girl about your age? She's four or five years old, from Feishui Village. She's with a boy, about thirteen or fourteen, but he doesn't have the air of a villager."
The little girl's dark eyes rolled around, and then she nodded.
"Oh." The man responded, "Then do you know where they are?"
"They... are not in the village?" The little girl hesitated.
"Well, I've looked in the village, but I couldn't find it," said the man.
"What do you want with them?" the little girl looked alert.
The man raised his lip corner: "Personal grudge."
The little girl's dark eyes rolled around again, and she quickly said, "I don't know where they'll go, but they often go to Tiger Tooth Mountain behind the village."
"Okay, this is for you." After the man said that, he took out a gold ingot from his arms and stuffed it into her little hand.
Then, he left with the strange man in black and the two servants.
The little girl's eyes lit up, she put the gold in her mouth and bit it, then happily hid it in her arms.
"Chen Xiaojuan!"
Inside the shop, a woman's shrill voice rang out: "It takes so long to pour water, and there's so much work in the shop! Hurry up and get in!"
The little girl wiped her slightly wet hands on the hem of her clothes and shouted, "Hey! Here it comes!"
…
Deep in Huya Mountain, in the Peach Blossom Spring.
Baoya was in the back mountain, playing with Yunyue, Yun Chenglu and her two babbling little brothers.
The weather in Taohuayuan is as warm as spring all year round. In the vegetable garden of Nanxuan in the back mountain, all kinds of vegetables grow well and are lush and green.
Baoya and Yunyue were happily picking fresh cucumbers from the shelves. Each cucumber had flowers and thorns on it. They picked one, wiped it on their clothes and started eating it directly.
Yun Chenglu took a wooden stool and sat at the entrance of the vegetable garden. In front of him was a bamboo cradle with a chubby little baby in each side of the cradle.
He sat on a wooden bench, holding a book in both hands, reading seriously, then raised one foot and rocked the cradle slowly, coaxing his two little brothers who were not yet weaned.
He Chunxiu and Wang Cailian were busy in the small kitchen. Thinking that they were borrowing someone else's place after all, they decided to show off their cooking skills and cook a table full of delicious dishes.
Li Rongyue and Yun Erlang were watering the orchard and tending the fruit trees.
Yun Dalang and Yun Sanlang went out to chop wood, so Zhao Zhilan naturally couldn't sit idle. She cleaned and tidied up the small bamboo house by herself. She also picked a few beautiful peach blossoms from the peach forest outside, washed the vase, filled it with clean water, and put the flowers in it.
Smoke curled up from the kitchen. He Chunxiu came out with her sleeves rolled up and a smile on her face. She said to the two little girls who were running wild in the vegetable garden:
"Baoya, Yueya, pick me some green onions! And some green leafy vegetables, too!"
"Why!"
Baoya responded readily, quickly picked up a handful of tender green onions, nimbly bypassed the vegetables planted on the ground, and ran to He Chunxiu.
"Mom, this is for you!"
Yunyue quickly plucked a few fresh green leafy vegetables and ran over: "Aunt San, this is for you!"
"Okay, wait for Baoya's master and Senior Brother Xiaojing to come back, and Third Aunt will make you some fresh green onion and tofu soup!" He Chunxiu touched their heads with a smile.
The accident happened in an instant.
The first person to notice something was wrong was Yun Chenglu.
The foot that was rocking the cradle suddenly stopped, and then he threw the book in his hand and ran out.
He Chunxiu was startled by his sudden action and scolded him, "Why is this kid so jumpy?"
Baoya's little lips froze.
She opened her eyes wide in disbelief, then stuffed the bunch of green onions into He Chunxiu's arms and ran out after Yun Chenglu.
"Baoya?" He Chunxiu was a little confused. Looking at the two people hurriedly leaving, she smiled at Yunyue and said, "Could it be that their master and senior brother have returned?"
At the gate of the Peach Blossom Spring fenced courtyard, Yun Chenglu blocked Baoya behind him.
Outside the peach forest, there were several figures standing, not Jingzhen and Nanxuan.
The leading man narrowed his eyes and took a few steps forward: "A little girl of four or five years old, a handsome boy of thirteen or fourteen, not bad, not bad."
Baoya pursed her lips, staring at him with her clear eyes.
Yun Chenglu clenched the slingshot hidden in his sleeve and shot it at him quickly while he was laughing.
The round little stone came flying through the air, fast and hard, but the man just raised his hand, and with a ding sound, he actually bounced away the little stone that could penetrate the tree trunk.
Yun Chenglu's face darkened. He noticed that the black armor on the man's hands was not made of leather, but iron.
"Ha," the man sneered as the stone fell to the ground, "isn't it?"
While he was speaking, the young man in a black robe and a black veil covering his face began to twist the brightly colored scarf around his neck.
The silver and ink-black scarf shimmered, twisted, raised its head, and hissed.
It turned out to be a silver ring snake as thick as an arm!
Baoya's heart sank and she clenched the dragon beard noodles wrapped around her wrist.
“Back off!”
Yun Chenglu shouted almost hoarsely and pushed Baoya away.
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