Chapter 004 The Four

Yanggu Town is a famous medicinal material production area in Jizhou. The lianxia and honeysuckle here not only grow very well, but also have top medicinal effects.

Especially in the past two years, every herb farm has had a good harvest, and the quality of each one is top-notch. Every time the herb is harvested, there are so many merchants coming here to buy that the herb farmers can't stop smiling, and the money they earn from buying the herb has to be put in bags.

Now is the season when medicinal herbs are harvested in abundance in the town.

A plain and somewhat old horse-drawn carriage came to a halt in front of a stone tablet a mile outside the town. The lush green grass beside the stone tablet attracted the old horse pulling the carriage, and it simply kicked its horse back and refused to move, allowing the two young men in charge of driving the carriage to use both soft and hard tactics, but the old horse remained completely unmoved and continued to eat grass leisurely.

Finally, the two men were left with no other options but to report to their master that the horses needed to eat grass and that they would have to wait for some time before they could continue walking.

Tarona, who was sitting in the carriage, was very happy. If Wuqing was not also in the carriage, the smile on her face would have been too brilliant.

Tarona is a person with a high sense of humor, but at the same time, she will smile at some very ordinary little things. Her friends say that this is a manifestation of her ability to discover the beauty and truth in life.

Let’s not discuss whether he is good at it for now, it is true that Tarona is in a good mood at the moment.

As soon as the rain stopped this morning, Wuqing took the initiative to ask her where she lived without her having to bring up the subject, looking like a kind-hearted person willing to help her to the end.

He even carefully instructed Jin Jian to soften the dry food so that it could serve as temporary food for the child.

The chief of the Four Famous Detectives was not just his title for nothing; with just a few casual glances, he ruthlessly concluded that the blind woman was not the child's mother, nor was she even a relative of the child.

Gaine, they don't look alike at all.

Sometimes being too good-looking is also a flaw.

The Great Witch sighed in her heart again, "She is worthy of being the child of destiny." The next second, she adopted a weak posture that made me feel pitiful, and the sobbing sound came without any trace, and it sounded genuine.

Tarona cut short the beginning of the speech he had prepared last night and burst into tears as he told lies that were more plausible than the truth.

She said that she came to Yangzhou with her husband to do some medicinal herb business, but she never expected to encounter bandits who robbed houses on the way. The men in the caravan went to deal with the bandits so that the women, who had little strength, could find a place to hide in time.

Unfortunately, the bandits came to kill her. In the panic, the maidservant who was accompanying her handed her child to her and covered her while she escaped.

In order to save her life, she could only stumble into the forest holding her child.

She only remembered that she wanted to escape, so she ran all the way into the mountains and forests without stopping. When she finally lost her strength and stopped, she didn't know where she had escaped to.

Later, it began to rain heavily. She was holding her child, feeling panic and fear. However, as she could not see, she could only suppress her fear and groped her way forward in the dark rainy night. She fell many times along the way.

Hearing this, Wuqing lowered his eyes slightly and looked at the child who was in the owner's arms and was sleeping soundly after eating.

She fell down badly, but she still took good care of her child...

When it is Hui Xinyan's condition.

The beautiful woman in plain clothes paused, as if trying to calm herself down. She had been forced into a desperate situation when she entered the cave last night. Under normal circumstances, no woman would be in the same place with three strange men, not to mention that she couldn't see and could only rely on her ears to barely distinguish the truth from the lies.

Fortunately, God finally had mercy on her this time. These three gentlemen were all good men, but they were strangers after all. She was also a sensible person. The fact that they took her and her child in to shelter from the rain in this dangerous forest was a favor that she had to repay. How could she ask for more?

The beauty in plain clothes sat beside the extinguished bonfire with her head slightly lowered. The sunlight shining in from the cave entrance sprinkled on her jade-like face, making her look hazy and ethereal, as if she were a deity.

A beautiful woman is gentle and soft, she has no one to rely on but she is considerate. This attitude is the most touching, and even a saint cannot be completely immune to it.

What's more, Wuqing is not a saint. He is a person who seems ruthless but actually has a soft heart.

It was simply not something he could do to abandon innocent people in this dangerous forest, especially since these two people were unarmed women and children.

When she heard that her benefactor was going to escort her to the county town, the lady who claimed that her husband's surname was Luo immediately burst into tears of gratitude and wanted to stand up and pay her respects to the benefactor. However, she had unexpectedly been badly bumped last night. It would be fine if she didn't move, but as soon as she moved, her ankle would be in severe pain.

The man with the silver sword was swift and quick. He rushed forward in one step and grabbed hold of Lady Luo's arm. The young man was strong enough and held her and the child steadily.

What followed was Ms. Luo's awkward apology and repeated thanks. It was obvious that she had never experienced anything like this before. She was extremely panicked and had been at a loss since yesterday.

Wuqing knew that as a woman, what she was most worried about at this moment was her husband, so he comforted her and promised to help her find out the news along the way, and received repeated thanks from Mrs. Luo.

Because Ms. Luo had an injury on her foot and had difficulty walking, Wuqing asked Jin Jian to go back along the same route they came yesterday. He remembered that there was a post station on the side of the road.

Jin Jian went and came back in less than an hour in a carriage, which was this one.

All creatures have spirits, and animals have sharper intuition than humans. Even though Tarona had tried her best to suppress the inhuman aura of the Blood Nun, her synchronization rate with the vest card was only 19%. The old horse, which could no longer run, still sensed her danger and refused to come forward for a long time.

What's so scary about a weak, pitiful and powerless woman?

Wuqing and the two sword boys all thought it was their own fault. People who practiced martial arts all had a bit of murderous aura, and timid animals generally wouldn't approach humans with blood on their hands.

Originally, it was inconvenient for a single man and a single woman to be in the same place, but Wuqing was weak and did not have much internal strength. Last night he had been staying at the cave entrance which could barely shelter him from the wind and rain. It was windy all night, and even though the golden sword and the silver sword blocked some of the wind for him, he still felt a little dizzy when he opened his eyes this morning.

Tarona, whose physical strength can withstand a nuclear bomb:...

Tsk, this is just a small problem of being too nice and having too high a sense of morality.

After all, it was because of her own fault. Tarona couldn't just pretend that she was blind after seeing it. The rain had stopped now, but the temperature was still very low. This man gave her and the child the emergency pills he had with him. If they continued to be blown all the way without any protection, they would probably fall ill on the spot.

So, with some singing, reciting, acting and fighting, Tarona easily "forced" Wuqing onto the carriage.

One of them is blind, the other has crippled legs, and there is a child less than one year old sandwiched between them. It doesn't seem so impolite for them to be together like this.

While waiting for Lao Ma to finish his meal, Wuqing leaned against the wall of the car with his eyes closed, like a breathing statue, looking as if he was catching up on sleep.

Tarona was weak, pitiful and helpless, and she had nothing to say to the child of destiny. The child just fell asleep after eating, and the carriage was so quiet that it could lull people to sleep.

【Good morning, Miss Ta. 】

At this time, Theseus spoke up to save Tarona, who was so bored that he wanted to play with his third eye: [The search results for the big bird are out. ]

The Great Witch patted the smacking-lipped child gently: [It seems the search results are very interesting. ]

Otherwise it wouldn't take so much time.

Theseus remained noncommittal: [You are still as sharp as ever.]

As he said this, he sent the search results to his partner.

The search results only took up two panels, but the amount of information inside made Tarona raise his eyebrows slightly: [Oh. 】

The big bird seems to be a stitch monster.

Oh, the special term used by the Space-Time Balance Bureau for this is - mutant.

Its appearance is 77% similar to the Yokai Crow, and 23% similar to the Sentinel Bird in Hell. After the death of the host, the blood will infect the environment and actively seek a host, which is consistent with the characteristics of most parasitic species.

This is where things get interesting.

【Based on its behavior of catching babies, the database and I have temporarily determined that it is a bird of prey.】

Tarona suddenly understood, and she said that she had heard of catching children before, and it turned out that it was a captured bird.

However...

【It's obvious at first glance that this one is just a minion. 】

Too fragile, she just swung the sword very simply, like cutting tofu, so crispy that it was unbearable to watch. If only all abnormalities were this crispy, she could complete ten missions in a month.

This bird is indeed abnormal, but *, it is just an abnormal little tail.

Since it's just a small tail, it's not coming for Wuqing. The fragile little tail doesn't have the strength to hunt the Child of Destiny. It's just catching the child.

But whether it is the captured bird among the monsters or the sentinel bird in hell, they do not have the habit of torturing and killing prey or eating carrion. If she had gone a little later last night, the child would have been gone.

In summary, it is most likely not hunting, but executing some kind of command.

and……

Tarona thought: [There was no light in the bird's eyes, it seemed to have only a little consciousness, which was enough to support it to move.]

This is another questionable point. Even if it is just a fragile little tail, it shouldn't look so lifeless. Aren't abnormal little tails supposed to be brave cannon fodder that is not afraid of death?

Theseus shrugged, took off his glasses without prescription, wiped them gently with a soft cloth, and said: "This is indeed very suspicious, but there are thousands of anomalies. Maybe this is a brand new anomaly?"

Tarona snorted: [Brand new? No, I think it's more like a stitched monster.]

Theseus nodded and said, "Want to take a chance?"

This is an old custom between them.

Things are interesting, so let's make them more interesting without affecting the mission.

No matter how many times, Tarona is always enthusiastic and confident: "I stick to my ideas."

Theseus was no less confident: "I stick to my guess."

One person, one system, all say in unison: [The loser will treat us to a meal! ]

Neither party had any objection, and a new small contract was established.

…

After eating grass for a quarter of an hour, the old horse took less than half an hour to reach Yanggu Town. The town entrance was very busy with people coming and going, and most of them seemed to be merchants who came to buy medicinal herbs.

Golden Sword and Silver Sword stopped the carriage. They helped Wuqing down from the carriage first, then held out the scabbard for Lady Luo to hold, and carefully led the man down from the carriage.

As the beautiful woman in plain clothes got out of the car, she immediately attracted a lot of attention.

Miss Luo's beauty is rare even in Bian Jing. At first glance, many people were stunned.

Golden Sword and Silver Sword frowned slightly, stepped forward and blocked Miss Luo who knew nothing about this.

He glanced around mercilessly, and his already cold expression became even colder. Everyone who met his eyes looked away timidly. But when he spoke, his expression was calm and gentle, which was completely different from his expression: "Madam Luo, it's getting late. It's still half a day's journey from here to Jizhou Prefecture. Why don't you rest here today? You and the child need to see a doctor. You were caught in the rain for so long last night. Don't let them get sick."

After hearing this, Luo, who had seemed a little flustered when she entered the crowd, felt her anxiety calmed down. She bit her lower lip unconsciously, bowed slightly towards Wuqing, and said in a voice as gentle as a spring: "Thank you, Master... I will obey you."

The frail, blind beauty fled alone with her child, and must have felt extremely helpless. At this moment of confusion and fear, Wuqing, who took her in to shelter from the rain and was willing to send her to Jizhou to report to the authorities, turned into a powerful hero sent from heaven. She was naturally willing to follow his arrangements.

If it were another man, he would have been very proud of himself, but this man was ruthless.

He just nodded lightly, and with a normal expression told Golden Sword to drive the carriage and follow slowly. Silver Sword pushed him past the vehicle carrying medicinal herbs into the town, and Lady Luo, holding the child, followed closely beside him.

After the wheelchair was pushed out for more than ten steps, Wuqing suddenly signaled Yinjian to stop. He took out a folding fan as long as his forearm from his wide sleeves, held the fan in his left hand, and tapped Lady Luo's wrist with it, saying, "Lady Luo, please hand the child over to Yinjian for the time being. There are many people on the road, so please hold on to the fan and watch your step."

"...Thank you, sir!"

Being treated so attentively, Madam Luo was deeply moved. She handed the child to Silver Sword, who said loudly, "I am strong and will never drop the child." Then she felt around her with her right hand and grasped the fan that Wuqing handed to her.

Someone led her forward, and the plain-clothed beauty visibly relaxed a lot. She lowered her head slightly, pursed her red lips, and looked a little shy.

Perhaps he felt that he was causing too much trouble to the three kind officials.

But in reality——

The Great Witch looked at the dark clouds of resentment covering the sky above Yanggu Town and asked for help from outside the venue: [Theseus, you say... can magic drive away the Eastern ghosts? ]

Theseus: ...

Sometimes being a system partner can be quite helpless.

When asking this question, do you want to look at what you are now?