Chapter 216: A Step Late



On this day, early in the morning, we cleaned up and went to the primary school.

Chu Yaoyao was slacking off and dozing off right under the nose of the teacher (her uncle).

Looking at the listless host, the system decided to reveal a piece of gossip to cheer her up.

System: Host, Wen Niang was found by Shangguan Jin’s people last night.

[So fast?! ]

Chu Yaoyao's eyes suddenly widened, their eyes were bright and lively, no longer the drowsy look from before.

system:……

Sure enough, as long as it is not about studying, she can get interested.

[So, she is ready to return to Xiyue? ]

[Can I…?]

[I reasonably suspect that you are implying something about me! ]

It has now figured it out. What is the point of not doing its job? This host is too awesome. The task progress is rising rapidly. It must focus on both its main and side jobs. The best way is to save more money!

Chu Yaoyao's big eyes were always fixed on the table, with her mouth and eyes doing their own things.

[What about Shangguan Chang? Has he been caught? ]

“This thought…”

System: Host, do you want to know the whereabouts of Shangguan Chang?

Chu Yaoyao pursed her lips and wrinkled her nose.

System: Fortunately, Jinshu and your uncle’s people are here.

Li Wanming nodded slightly and nodded another word, "Next."

She pointed her chubby index finger at it and frowned, thinking hard.

[I am also impressed. With so many strokes, it is possible to write so small and straight without any connected or overlapped strokes! ]

[If he tells the hero, Wenniang and the others won't have a peaceful journey back to Xiyue! ]

System: That’s right.

Then put away the book in front of her.

[Was it the male protagonist's younger brother who did it? ]

Chu Yaoyao: ...

System: Someone broke into Hunter Liu’s house last night and wanted to kill them to silence them.

【want!】

"Knock, knock, knock!" Li Wanming knocked on the table several times with a ruler in a serious tone.

"If you don't learn, just keep reciting it."

System: Shangguan Chang is injured, your uncle has sent people to chase him, don’t worry, he can’t get far.

Li Wanming raised his eyebrows slightly, and with a stroke of his pen, he wrote down two words.

"How do you pronounce these two words?"

She hit her forehead on the table with a thud.

Looking at the two words on the paper, Chu Yaoyao's delicate little face wrinkled into a ball.

As she carried him on her back, she blinked, raised her head, and stared at him with her big eyes blinking.

Before she could finish, the system agreed.

[I think I've seen it before.]

The system happily deducted points, and Chu Yaoyao received a page of PDF and was about to open it.

As she stared, she began to feel dizzy.

Chu Yaoyao was a little worried.

It's becoming more and more materialistic!

[System, you have changed! ]

She looked at her uncle and asked tentatively, "Choose?"

Chu Yaoyao pursed her lips, and her chubby double chin trembled twice with the movement.

Chu Yaoyao stared at the other word with her eyes wide open.

"concentrate!"

"It is not right for a child not to learn. If a child does not learn when young, what will he do when he grows old..."

Something seems wrong? Chu Yaoyao stared at him angrily.

System: Of course, as long as you have the points and know the name, you can get any news you want!

Li Wanming's originally serious and cold face suddenly became a little flustered, and he was about to pick him up to check.

Are you really dizzy?

[If I am guilty, please let the law punish me instead of letting these traditional Chinese characters torture me! ]

It would be fine if she really was a native ancient child.

Now she is asked to forget most of the characters she has learned and replace them with traditional Chinese characters.

It would be better to be illiterate! Li Wanming shook his head and sighed, "Forget it, let's take a break."

Ah Shi calculated the time and walked in just in time with snacks and milk tea.

Chu Yaoyao took a big sip of the milk tea, then let out a long sigh and slumped down on the soft couch, squinting her eyes in enjoyment.

【This is life! 】

Seeing this, Li Wanming shook his head helplessly.

The teachings during this period really made him feel surprised and helpless.

Because Yaoyao's memory is... how should I put it? Good, but not good.

Take the Three Character Classic for example. After reading it several times, she could remember the general idea.

But if you pick out a few words alone, just like what happened just now, I don’t recognize them.

Oh, my heart is so tired!

After eating two pieces of dessert, Chu Yaoyao suddenly remembered that she had not yet done some important work, so she opened the information again.

As soon as he saw his expression, Li Wanming knew that he definitely didn't find the person.

[It turns out that Shangguan Chang is hiding in the dilapidated Taoist temple in the west of the city! ]

A childish cry rang in his ears, and almost at the same time, Han Qi lowered his head, a look of regret and self-blame on his face.

"Master, your subordinates are useless..."

"What?!"

Li Wanming suddenly raised his voice.

"You mean, we found traces of the assassin in the Taoist temple in the west of the city?!"

Han Qi was startled by his sudden voice and looked at him in confusion.

“Your subordinate…”

"alright!"

Li Wanming interrupted him directly, "Go and gather some people quickly, I'll go with you!"

Han Qi was dragged away in confusion.

Chu Yaoyao was stamping her feet in frustration in the room.

[Damn it, my points were wasted again! ]

In an abandoned Taoist temple in the west of the city.

Shangguan Chang slowly opened his eyes and looked at the spider web above his head. He was a little dazed for a moment.

He used his uninjured left arm to support himself and sat up. The wounds on his chest and right arm were torn, and the severe pain made him cry out in pain.

"hiss!"

Hearing the voice, Mo Ying hurried over and put the medicine in his hand on the stool.

"Sixth Prince, how do you feel?"

Shangguan Chang looked at her with a little surprise.

"Mo Ying, why are you here?"

Mo Ying helped him up, "The master has a mission for us."

As he spoke, he looked at him carefully, "Sixth Prince, why are you in Luozhou and so badly injured?"

When talking about this matter, Shangguan Chang felt a little guilty.

The fifth brother doesn’t know anything about the embroiderer, let alone the guards around him.

But we can't hide it any longer, we must kill the embroiderer and her family as soon as possible! "I came here to investigate the insider of the Yu Fei case, but when we arrived at the witness's house, a group of people showed up and stopped us."

"Yu Fei?!"

Hearing his words, Mo Ying's heart skipped a beat.

"But didn't you say that you had dealt with it?!"

Shangguan Chang patted his head, looking annoyed and regretful.

"I……"

"At first I handed the matter over to my trusted confidants, and these were all what they said. Later I found out that an embroiderer who was very close to Concubine Yu's personal maid had escaped from the palace."

"The key point is that she also went to look for Concubine Yu that day!"

Hearing the last sentence, Mo Ying gritted his teeth and clenched his fists, and couldn't help but blame Shangguan Chang in his heart.

But she knew very well that it was too late to say anything now and she had to kill the embroiderer as soon as possible.

"We are short of manpower, so we still need to report this matter to His Highness as soon as possible."

After saying that, she quickly ran out of the door, ready to deliver the message.

As soon as Shangguan Chang sat down, Mo Ying ran in hurriedly with four of his subordinates.

"Sixth Prince, a group of people is coming this way. We must evacuate as soon as possible!"

Shangguan Chang glanced at the guard lying on the ground, his face hesitant.

"But, my guards..."

Last night, these guards risked their lives to help him escape and brought him to a safe place.

How can we ignore them?

Mo Ying glanced at the ground, his eyes cold as he looked at the three guards who had obviously lost their fighting ability.

At this time, footsteps were faintly heard outside.

Mo Ying lowered his voice and yelled, "Go! It's too late!"

As she spoke, she pulled Shangguan Chang and two of her subordinates out through the side window.

Before leaving, she glanced at the three unconscious guards with a puzzled look, and gave a look to the two subordinates guarding the door.

When Li Wanming and his men broke in, there were only three corpses left on the ground.

Han Qi investigated for a while, and then his expression turned ugly.

"Dead."

Li Wanming's hand holding the sword suddenly tightened, and the protruding joints turned faintly white.

He looked around and finally his eyes fell on the fire that had gone out but was still faintly smoking.

He squatted down and stretched out his hand to feel it for a while, his expression changed.

"He hasn't gotten far. Separate and chase him!"

An hour later, Mo Ying, Shangguan Chang and three others stopped at the entrance of a small alley in the south of the city, while the other two subordinates were busy diverting the pursuers and had not caught up yet.

Shangguan Chang covered his wound and gasped heavily.

"Where are we going?"

Mo Ying thought for a moment and said firmly:

"Let's find a place to hide first. We'll go somewhere at night!"


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