In Wu Lai's memory of the previous world, the crabapple flower is known as the "national beauty" for its delicate beauty, graceful posture and brocade-like blooming. It is known as the "fairy among flowers", "noble flowers" and the elegant name of "flowers that can speak". Some literati and poets have praised it with their words: "The snow-covered pond and the rosy clouds spread over the water, occupying the most romantic colors of spring", "a sweet smile between the bamboo fences, the peach and plum trees on the mountain are always vulgar"...

Wu Lai loves flowers. Whether it is the last memory or now, whether it is the White Stone Building or the Green Building, there is always a shortage of flowers.

After driving for forty miles, they entered the territory of Haitang Town. Wu Lai, who was taking a nap with his eyes closed, was awakened by Irene's soft cheers. He saw that the curtain of the carriage had been lifted, and there was indeed a long forest of crabapple trees on the roadside outside the curtain. The flowers were in full bloom, pink, bright red, and tender purple. There were also clusters of flowers that were red on the outside and pink on the inside, redder than apricot blossoms and pinker than peach blossoms. The stamens were tender yellow, of moderate shade, and small and exquisite, which was pleasing to the eye.

Looking further into the distance, I saw clusters of pink and red colors among the undulating mountains, which dotted the large expanse of green into a gorgeous picture.

"It's really a great place." Wu Lai couldn't help but praise.

"Father, go another four miles and go around the big bend ahead, and you will reach Haitang Town." Dawei rode his horse to the car window and said. He was processing the development procedures these days, and he could not officially start until the procedures were completed, so he was temporarily idle for the past few days. After experiencing the ups and downs of human nature, he was too lazy to make friends like before, so he simply hid in reading books all day to pass the time. Wu Lai simply called him along.

"I see." Wu Lai nodded. At first, he felt a little awkward when he heard David call him father, but after a few days, he got used to it. He even unconsciously used the tone of an elder when talking to David.

However, David was quite happy about it, because in his mind, Wu Lai was no less famous than Rini except for his fame on the battlefield, and he even surpassed Rini in other aspects. Being recognized as an adopted son by a strong man like Wu Lai and entrusted with important tasks, he should naturally be humble, cautious and do his best.

"Iles, when we get to the town entrance, I'll go take a walk in the crabapple forest. David will take you home. Don't stay too long, as we have to get back to Assyrian City before dusk." Wu Lai said to Iles.

"Okay, sir." Elise hugged Wu Lai's arm with gratitude.

Wu Lai smiled slightly and let her hug him. Although he had not slept with Ilei in the past two days, he had gotten used to her company. Besides, he knew that if he sent Ilei home, she would be sold again by her family. Knowing this, Wu Lai was unwilling to show such mercy that would harm others.

At least for now, the Green Building is the best destination for Elise...

When the carriage stopped at the entrance of the town, Elise jumped out of the carriage excitedly. After looking around, she turned around and waved to Wu Lai: "Master, I'll go home and take a look first."

Seeing her so happy, Wu Lai smiled slightly and made a gesture to David. David immediately nodded and dismounted. After untying the saddle, he took the big oil paper bag that had been tied to his horse along the way in his hand and quickly followed Irene.

After watching the two men enter the town, Wu Lai fished out a cigarette box from his pocket, slowly took out a cigarette, lit it, and took a puff with relish.

"...He has a second brother, the Marquis of Han Shou Ting, who worries all gods and ghosts. He was at Baima Slope and Yanjinkou, where he killed Yan Liang and Wen Chou..." Wu Lai, smoking a cigarette with a smile, hummed the lines of the opera, and walked into a crabapple forest under the driver's envious, curious and suspicious gaze...

When the familiar courtyard gate and low wall in her memory appeared before her eyes, Iress was stunned. Her parents had counted gold coins in front of her while she was sobbing and told her that the money would be used to build a new house, because the current house was built more than a hundred years ago and it would be uninhabitable if it was not rebuilt. Of course, there would be a little money left after the house was renovated, but you still have two older brothers and a younger brother, and the expenses when they start their own families will definitely be huge.

It has been almost a year since Elise left home, but everything in front of her is no different from when she left. No, it seems even more shabby.

At this moment, the courtyard gate was just more than ten steps in front of her. It seemed that someone was arguing in the courtyard. Although they were speaking fast, their voices were not loud enough to be heard clearly.

Elise suddenly felt uncomfortable. After hesitating and stopping, she turned to David and said, "My house is just ahead."

David nodded and handed the oil paper bag in his hand to Irese with a smile: "These are the pickled venison that father ordered to be prepared for your family."

Iris accepted it with gratitude, but didn't know what to say. David was Wu Lai's adopted son and naturally a noble. How could she be qualified to invite a noble to her home with her status? Even a courtesy could be interpreted as an offense because her home was so shabby.

David saw what Irene was thinking, so he smiled again and said, "I'll be waiting for you at the entrance of the alley. You can stay with your family for a while, as long as you don't delay your father's return to the city."

After saying that, David turned around and left. Although he didn't quite understand why Wu Lai was so kind to a girl like Elise, David felt that Wu Lai came to Haitang Town on the pretext of appreciating flowers and gave Elise a chance to reunite with her family, which showed that Elise still had a certain weight in Wu Lai's heart.

In this case, David would naturally choose to wait seriously instead of leaving to find Wu Lai or do something else.

After watching David's back, Elise struggled to carry the heavy oil-paper bag and knocked on the gate...

David didn't have Wu Lai's hobby of appreciating flowers and watching water. Besides, Haitang Town really had no other special features except the crabapples, so David simply sat down on a stone bench at the entrance of the alley and took out a small wooden box from his arms. This was a gift from Wu Lai last night. He also told him that the thing in the box was called cigarettes, which could refresh and relieve fatigue, but could also harm the body.

Although he didn't understand why Wu Lai knew that this thing would harm his body, but still "enjoyed" it every day and even gave it to him, David felt that based on Wu Lai's kindness to him, he couldn't not try it just because it would "harm his body"...

After carefully taking out a cigarette and putting it close to his nose and sniffing it for a while, David felt that he seemed to have adapted to the spicy smell. Then, he took out a fire starter and lit it. Then, he followed the method Wu Lai told him last night and took a deep breath. He choked and felt dizzy, his whole body trembling, and even his pupils contracted.

David was choking violently while shaking his head to stay awake. At this moment, he felt as if he was possessed by a nightmare. His back was instantly soaked with sweat, his whole body was hot, and his limbs were shaking uncontrollably. Even the corners of his mouth were drooling...

"How can my father handle something like this so easily?" David hurriedly reached for the handkerchief with trembling hands. Before he could take it out, he heard whimpering sounds and footsteps behind him.

David turned his head and saw Iris running towards him crying, with two or three people chasing after her.

What's going on? As soon as David was confused, Ilesi ran to his side and hid behind him like a frightened deer. She pointed at the people chasing them and said to David, "Stop them quickly."

Although David was still dizzy at the moment, he subconsciously took a step towards the person who came and stretched out his arms...

When the three people who were chasing saw that David was blocking their way, they simply stopped, smiled at each other, and slowly walked towards David.

The leader looked to be about thirty years old and had a handsome appearance, but there was an evil look between his brows that made people feel disgusted at first sight.

David glanced at the man, his eyes paused briefly on the identity badge on his waist, and then left.

How could Elise have offended a citizen? David wondered.

"Who are you? Why are you blocking the way?" The leading man walked straight up to David and asked with his head raised.

"Who are you?" David asked back.

The leader laughed when he heard this, turned his head and waved to the person next to him: "Go, tell this guy who I am."

"As you wish." The man who received the order stood in front of David with his hands on his hips and said arrogantly, "Our young master is called Akavasili, and our master is the governor of Haitang Town."

After all, David had seen the world, so he would not be intimidated by the title of a town governor. He smiled and said, "So what? Can you bully others just because your father is a town governor?"

“Bullying?” A-Ka frowned and looked David up and down. Seeing that David was wearing luxurious clothes but had no identity badge, he looked down on him even more. “You are just a commoner, and you dare to teach me a lesson?”

David was stunned for a moment, then he understood why the other party treated him as a civilian - he had only been a member of the Greendo family for a few days, and the identity plate was still in the process of being made. It was no wonder that this guy was so arrogant when he saw that he had nothing.

"It's not a lesson, I just want to give you a warning. You are not qualified to bully Elise." David said.

"Hmph, Ilesi, Ilesi, do you think you can make the decision for her? Let me tell you, her parents owe me more than 300 gold coins in gambling debts. Ilesi has been kicked out now, so it's just right for her to be my maid to offset the interest." After Aka said this, he stepped forward and reached out to grab her.

"Take your dog paws away." David waved his arm coldly, "If you do this again, I will not be polite!"

“Hey, you still dare to stop me?” A-Ka was startled. He thought to himself, how dare a sickly fellow like you, with red ears and pale face, dare to stop my good deeds? Is this still Haitang Town? He immediately waved his hand and said, “Go, beat this guy up!”

The two followers were used to showing off their power in the town with Aka, and they had been waiting on the side ready to fight. As soon as Aka said the word "beat", the two men jumped up and subdued David in a few moves - in fact, it couldn't be blamed on David's incompetence, it could only be said that the opponent was too strong.

"Ilace, go to the town entrance to find my father." David knew he couldn't break free, so he simply hugged the two of them tightly and shouted loudly.

Elise did not hesitate. She responded, lifted her skirt and ran towards the town entrance.

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In the end, Aka's body was hollowed out by alcohol, sex, money and anger. After chasing for a few steps, he was out of breath and saw that Iles had run far away, so he simply went back to the alley. He thought that since he had this guy in his hand, the girl might fall into his trap soon.

Although David had been pinned to the ground by two men, he still raised his head and cursed loudly.

“You still dare to curse? Don’t you see where we are? Let me tell you, I won’t even bother to bury you even if I beat you to death.” Seeing that more and more people were stopping nearby to watch the fun, A-Ka was unwilling to miss this opportunity to “show off”. He squatted down, untied the nameplate from his waist and grasped it. He pressed David’s neck with his left hand, raised his right hand, and hit David’s head hard…

David only felt a pain at the back of his head, followed by a severe dizziness and spurting of blood.

"Aka, I'll remember you!" David cursed as he twisted desperately to break free from control.

"I want you to remember me, I want you to remember me..." Aka said as he kept hitting David's head and neck with the nameplate. Blood soon splattered all over his hands. At first, David was still struggling and yelling, but gradually, his voice became weaker and weaker, and his body slowly softened.

After a moment of shock, one of the followers quickly stopped A-Ka from hitting him again: “Master, stop hitting him. It looks like he’s been beaten to death by you.”

"Beaten to death? Died so easily?" Aka was also a little shocked. Beating and injuring people happened frequently, but he still had some sense of propriety. This was the first time he was so reckless as today.

"Master, what should we do now?" asked another follower.

“Don’t panic, don’t panic. Let me think about it…” A-Ka rolled his eyes a few times and lowered his voice and said, “Carry him home. If anyone says something on the way, they will say he is a runaway slave…”

The two men nodded immediately.

"When we get home, you two will chop him up and feed him to 'Da Zhuang'. No matter who asks you in the future, you must insist that you have never seen this guy. I will take responsibility for everything." After Aka said this, he stood up and scolded those who were watching the fun. Seeing him like this, everyone dispersed.

"Master, what should we do with Iris?" a subordinate asked as he carried David on his shoulder.

"Don't worry. Go home and harness a horse. There will be nothing we can't catch up with. She's just a little girl. Where can she run to?" Aka asked back.

"But young master, I just heard this guy asking Iress to find his father." another subordinate reminded.

“Father, hahahaha.” A-Ka laughed, “This guy is a civilian. Could his father be a citizen?”

…

When he saw the bloodstains at the entrance of the alley, Wu Lai's heart sank, and he frowned and said, "Elise, take me to the Haitang Town Residence immediately."

Iris was already sweating and panting from running, but now she knew the situation was urgent, so she didn't hesitate, nodded, and ran towards the town's official residence holding Wu Lai's hand. Since Akavasili was the son of the town governor, he should naturally live in the official residence. As long as they found Akavasili, they would be able to find David.

Aka was really in the official residence. Just as Wu Lai and Iress were striding towards the official residence, he was drinking to calm himself down and thinking about how to deal with David who had just woken up.

"This bastard is really tough." Aka took a big gulp and said angrily.

In Aka's opinion, it would be much easier to deal with David if he was already dead. He could just chop him into pieces and feed him to the big black dog at home. But David was not dead at the moment. Killing a living person and feeding him to the dog would seem to be a big psychological trauma.

Therefore, Aka was very hesitant, and the two attendants who had been accompanying him were also very nervous, because when David woke up, he smiled at them, and not only smiled, but also said one sentence - "You two are dead."

For some reason, when they heard David's words, they both felt that David's curse was not a simple one, so they simply tied David's hands and feet, gagged him, and threw him in the corner of the yard outside the door.

"Master, what should we do with that guy?" one of the subordinates asked tentatively.

“Why are you rushing me? Let me have a couple of drinks first.” A-Ka frowned fiercely. What he hated most was when others asked him to make decisions when he had no idea, although such moments were usually rare.

Still drinking? You've already had nearly twenty cups, the two men said inwardly.

"You two go to the yard and keep an eye on that bastard." Aka suddenly felt that the two followers standing next to him were a bit annoying, so he waved his hand and drove them away.

"Okay, young master." The two of them had just bowed and answered when there was a sudden rapid knock on the bolted courtyard door.

A-Ka’s hands trembled: “Who is it?!”