Chapter 88 Shen Lao Er goes to Liuding Village
Ever since Shen Laosi came back under the pretext of going to the town to see a doctor, he has not appeared since. Feng has been in a coma due to excessive blood loss.
The Shen family also begged people to look for him everywhere.
Old Lady Shen sat slumped on the kang and told Old Second Shen, "Old Second, you've been to Liuding Village before. Go to Liuding Village today to see if your fourth brother has gone to Feng's family home. If he hasn't gone, ask around to see if something has happened to the fourth brother. How could this healthy person just disappear like that?"
Shen Lao Er did not dare to delay, as he had his own plans in mind. If he did not find Shen Lao Si, his family would have to pay off the huge debt owed by the fourth branch. That was fifteen taels of silver, and even if they sold the house it would not be enough to pay it back.
Shen Laoer went to Liuding Village early in the morning. After so many days of bright sunshine, the snow on the road had finally melted. The official road was dry, but it was still a little soft, which did not delay Shen Laoer's journey.
Shen Laoer finally arrived at Liuding Village at the end of the hour of Hai.
Liuding Village is even poorer than their Shizi Village, but the whole village is not poor, because there is a Guangyao Clan in the village. The Guangyao Clan has its own territory and also does some bandit activities. It can be said that they live a quite comfortable life.
The people around were suffering terribly, and many people starved to death every winter.
As soon as Shen Laoer arrived at the entrance of Liuding Village, he saw a few scoundrels sitting on the stone mill at the entrance of the village with their legs crossed, pipes in their mouths, and puffing smoke. They were the disciples of Guangyao Sect.
A few people were sitting lazily on the millstones, basking in the sun.
Seeing someone approaching Liuding Village, someone immediately climbed up from the millstone, supported the millstone with one hand, and jumped off the millstone steadily with a strong force.
He ran a few steps to Shen Laoer, stretched out his hand to stop him, stood sideways, looked at Shen Laoer with slanted eyes, his legs shaking, looking nonchalant.
"Whoever comes here, if you want to enter the village you must pay protection fees, otherwise you will be sent back to where you came from."
Shen Lao Er raised his hand and wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve. It was such a cold day, but he was sweating all over from all the traveling.
Shen Lao Er took a deep breath and said, "Brother, I am the in-law of your Guangyao Sect's deputy sect master's sister. I came here to see Deputy Sect Master Feng for an urgent matter. Can you help pass on the message?"
"Do you know our Deputy Sect Master Feng? Are you trying to sneak into our Liuding Village and steal by using our Deputy Sect Master Feng's reputation?"
Shen Laoer felt contempt in his heart. He was standing at the entrance of the village at this time, and the entire appearance of Liuding Village was clearly displayed in front of him.
The location of Liuding Village is more like a treasure bowl. The surrounding area is high and the village is low, so you can see the appearance of the entire village by standing on the small hill at the entrance of the village.
Shen Lao Er looked at the Liuding Village in front of him. There were low thatched houses everywhere. The best house was the sect of Guangyao Sect, but it was also a larger thatched house.
Moreover, the whole village was lifeless, with almost no pedestrians on the road. Faint cries could be heard, probably because someone in a family had starved to death again, but they had no money to bury the person.
If Shen Laoer didn't have so much debt in his family, he wouldn't have come to Liuding Village. He felt it was unlucky.
But now he urgently needed Feng Qing's help, so he endured the discomfort in his heart, looked at the visitor with a smile and said: "Brother, I am really a relative of your Deputy Sect Master Feng. Your Deputy Sect Master Feng's sister is in trouble. My mother specially asked me to come here. Human life is at stake. Please help pass on the message."
The visitor carefully observed that Shen Lao Er did not seem to be lying, so he said indifferently: "Okay, you wait here, I will go and verify it."
This man originally thought he could catch someone and make some money, but he didn't expect that the person was actually here to make friends. However, thinking of the deputy sect leader's ruthlessness, Niu San didn't dare to delay and turned around and walked towards the millstone.
Not long after, Niu San came trotting over.
"Come with me, I will take you to meet Deputy Sect Leader Feng." Niu San glanced at Shen Lao Er with a bad tone, then turned around and strode away.
Shen Laoer followed Niu San closely. When passing by the gate of a family's dilapidated courtyard, Shen Laoer heard bursts of suppressed and sad crying coming from inside. He stopped to look. Through the dilapidated fence and the broken wooden door, he saw a corpse lying on the floor of the main hall of the low thatched house, with several people kneeling beside it and crying.
Shen Laoer glanced at Niu San and found that he had already walked a long way away. He did not dare to delay any longer and immediately chased after him.
Shen Lao Er followed Niu San across most of the village before they came to a frame with a plaque.
There is a plaque across this simple door frame: Guangyao Gate.
This plaque is the dividing line between the villagers and Guangyaomen.
There were several guards standing below the plaque. When they saw Niu San and his men coming, they did not stop them and let them pass.
After Niu San brought Shen Lao Er into Guangyaomen's territory, the whole atmosphere changed.
The dead silence in the village formed a sharp contrast with the noise and cheers here.
Finally, in a spacious house, Shen Laoer met Feng Qing.
Feng Qing was leaning on the top wooden couch, smoking a pipe.
When Feng Qing saw Shen Laoer, he narrowed his eyes and felt that the man looked familiar. After all, the last time he saw Shen Laoer was five or six years ago. In the past few years, Shen Laoer has aged a lot.
However, Shen Lao Er recognized Feng Qing at a glance.
Five or six years ago, when Shen Lao Er brought Shen Lao Si to Liuding Village to propose marriage, Feng Qing was only in his teens. Now, Feng Qing, who is not even twenty years old, has no change on his face.
Shen Lao Er hurried forward to greet him without waiting for Niu San to introduce himself.
"Brother Feng, I am your brother-in-law's second brother. Do you still remember me?"
After Feng Qing slowly exhaled another puff of smoke, he sat up from the couch, placed the pipe on the low table, and walked down in his shoes.
Feng Qing was wearing a long grey cotton robe and a cotton hat on his head, and he looked quite wealthy. However, Shen Lao Er had already seen the elegance of Lu Changxin and his party, so when he looked at Feng Qing again, he couldn't help but make comparisons in his mind.
Shen Lao Er thought in his heart that looking at the way Feng Qing was dressed, it seemed that the Guangyao Sect was not doing well. However, Shen Lao Er only dared to complain in his heart and did not dare to really show any inappropriate expression.
Feng Qing came in front of Shen Laoer, looked at him up and down and said, "My sister, my brother-in-law didn't come, but asked you to come. What does that mean?"
Shen Lao Er was waiting for Feng Qing to say this, and immediately said, "Something happened to your sister and brother-in-law. I came here today to look for your brother-in-law. Five or six days ago, your sister was beaten by the new exiles from our village and has been unconscious ever since. Your brother-in-law said he would find a doctor for your sister, but he hasn't returned in five or six days. We have looked everywhere for him, but there is no trace of him, so your aunt asked me to come here to check."
When Feng Qing heard this, he immediately grabbed Shen Laoer's collar, stared at him fiercely, and said in a cold voice: "What did you say? My sister was beaten? Why didn't you say it earlier?"
When Shen Lao Er saw Feng Qing's murderous look, his heart jumped into his throat. The look of Feng Qing's glaring eyes was somewhat scary.
After all, Feng Qing has been involved in many murder cases, and at least thirty people have died at his hands. Otherwise, how could he have taken the position of deputy sect leader?
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