Hou Diankui glanced at his little apprentice who appeared at the door and said irritably, "What can we do but wait for you, you brat? Hurry up, pack your things, let's go."
Chunming was still a little confused. "Master, whose car is that at the gate?"
Hou Diankui was speechless at the sight of his apprentice; the kid was just too honest and simple.
She glared at Chunming and said, "Whose could it be? Jiang Qiao borrowed it. Stop talking nonsense. Hurry up and help me carry the things."
Jiang Qiao had packed all the medicinal herbs she could in her bag, along with some food. She didn't really need to bring anything. But Hou Diankui was different. The old man was going to visit his junior brother and had prepared a lot of things. Jiang Qiao didn't even know where he got them from.
Hou Diankui saw Jiang Qiao's expression and smiled happily, "What, you want to buy some too? Let me tell you, I can buy some clearance items at low prices."
Jiang Qiao shook her head. "There are only a few of us in my family. We don't need so many things. If you really need them, I won't stand on ceremony with you. Let's go."
Seeing Jiang Qiao driving, Chunming was completely dumbfounded. "My God, Qiao'er, when did you learn to drive? How come I didn't know?"
Hou Diankui ruffled his little apprentice's short hair. "There are many things you don't know. Jiang Qiao has a father, right? Her father taught her, do you need to guess? I'm telling you, when will you be able to think a little smarter? Then I, as your master, will feel much more at ease."
Chunming chuckled to himself, "Master, if I were like Zhao Jianjun, I doubt you would even be interested in me."
Hou Diankui rolled his eyes. "I don't even give someone like that a chance to get close to me."
Jiang Qiao ignored the bickering between the master and apprentice, drove straight to the place Hou Diankui had mentioned. She wasn't familiar with the road, but she had a guide behind her.
Speaking of which, Hou Diankui's junior brother lives in a neighboring county, but the place is rather remote; he doesn't live in the county town.
On the way, Jiang Qiao learned why his junior brother didn't live in the county town: he was hiding from his debts.
"His unlucky son even swindled his parents out of a huge debt on his deathbed. Tell me, isn't that a death sentence? By the time I found out, they had already broken his legs."
I found someone to treat me, but it turned out to be all talk and no action. My injury healed, but I can't walk anymore.
However, those people didn't get away with it either. I treated them all one by one. Girl, this time, you can't let me down. You have to make sure they can walk properly.
Chunming looked at Hou Diankui in surprise, "Master, how could this be? Isn't Uncle-Master quite powerful?"
Hou Diankui gave a bitter smile. "He's just an ordinary feng shui master. He didn't learn anything else. Otherwise, how could he have suffered such a huge loss?"
However, those who learn our line of work inevitably have some flaws and shortcomings. He has fulfilled that saying: his son died of illness, he is old and there is no one to take care of him in his old age, and all the money he saved in his life was squandered by that beast. "Sigh, it would have been better if he hadn't had children and had taken on an apprentice like Chunming."
Chunming put his arm around the old man's shoulder reassuringly and said, "Master, you'll have me from now on. I'll take care of you in your old age and see you off when you die."
Hou Diankui gave a wry smile, "You brat—"
Jiang Qiao had heard Chunming mention Hou Diankui's situation before. It was true that he had a son, but he was away from home for many years and didn't seem to have a deep relationship with the old man. In particular, the old man was not satisfied with his daughter-in-law. So, with the daughter-in-law's encouragement, over time, the son was no longer considered his own son.
The old man glanced at Jiang Qiao, but the little girl didn't react at all.
"Jiang Qiao, don't you want to know what happened to those people?"
Jiang Qiao smiled and said casually, "If it were me, I would also make them wish they were dead, living in pain and fear every day. It's just that I don't have your ability, Master Hou, to do it without anyone noticing."
Chunming sat up straight in surprise. "Master, is learning this really so powerful? It can kill people without them even realizing it?"
Hou Diankui patted his apprentice on the shoulder, not knowing why he cared so much about the little girl's opinion.
"That's why I took you, such a kind-hearted person, as my disciple. If someone of bad character were to learn from you, it would only increase the sins of killing."
As Jiang Qiao drove, she said, "That's right. Who is my brother Chunming? I know him very well after all these years. He took care of me when I was a child and helped me when I grew up. He's such a good person. He's the perfect person to learn this."
Jiang Qiao's praise made even Chunming feel embarrassed; the young man blushed, making Hou Diankui want to laugh.
Compared to the young girl, his apprentice is still quite inexperienced.
After Jiang Qiao and the others left, Song Shutian received a message from his subordinates saying that Teacher Gong's family had boarded a long-distance bus to a neighboring county, and his people had followed them.
"Boss, should we ask the people over there to cooperate?"
Song Shutian shook his head. "No need for now. As long as our tracking personnel are not exposed, there shouldn't be any problems."
No sooner had he finished speaking than the person next door brought over a newly intercepted telegram. "This has already been deciphered by the experts above, Section Chief. I have a feeling they're about to take action."
"Any news from the school?"
"No, Milan seems completely unaffected, showing no unusual behavior whatsoever."
Song Shutian nodded. "Keep a close eye on her. She can't possibly be completely useless here. Perhaps, this woman is the most crucial one. Have you found out where the telegram was sent?"
The subordinate shook his head. "Not yet. We will step up our investigation in the next couple of days."
Song Shutian tapped his fingers lightly on the table, pondered for a moment, and said, "Have someone go to the prison to interrogate the former prisoners..."
After making the arrangements, Song Shutian got up and went to the Public Security Bureau, where he unexpectedly saw Song Zhi.
"Is your leg better?"
Song Zhi smiled and said, "As long as we don't use too much force, there shouldn't be any problem. I can't afford to waste any more time right now; we haven't captured so many enemies yet. What's wrong, you guys don't want to make a move?"
"Wait a little longer and see if we can pull out the radish along with some mud. It's easy to catch them, but if we don't catch them all, there will be endless troubles. We might as well take this opportunity to catch all the small fry and big fish in the county town."
By the way, Jiang Qiao took some people to look for a place today.
Song Zhi looked at Song Shutian in surprise, his voice rising eight octaves, "You dragged Jiang Qiao in here?"
His voice was full of dissatisfaction. Song Shutian also felt that he had let Jiang Qiao and Song Zhi down, since the two of them trusted him a lot.
"Old Song, there's nothing I can do. Jiang Qiao is probably more suitable to handle this than us."
Song Zhi didn't care about any of this. "Bullshit! How old is Jiang Qiao? Why are you leaving so many adults here to find a little girl? Do you know what will happen to Gu Zhengfeng and his wife if something happens to Jiang Qiao? Do you want them to die?"
Besides, she's just a child; she doesn't know anyone. How is she supposed to find anyone? You're just being ridiculous! You have so many professionals here, and you're letting a child help us? Aren't you ashamed?"
Song Zhi was furious. What had he come here for? Just to take care of this family. But look what happened! He'd been sick for two days, and this guy had even started plotting against his niece. No wonder he was unhappy about it.
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