Tang Chen said that Chen Xin was handsome, proficient in medicine, and good at martial arts. He didn't look like someone from an ordinary family. "Bugui Peak is not the territory of the Jiang family. Are you and them?"
Chen Xin explained: "My last name is not Jiang. Although I have some blood relationship with the Jiang family, I am just an in-law."
"Then why would they..." Why did they hate him so much? Why did Chen Xin hide these things from them? Also, did Wang Yanzhou know about his connection with Bugui Peak?
Chen Xin didn't want to discuss the details. However, since Tang Chen had asked, she could share some secrets that weren't secrets: "My mother was Jiang Wangjiu's aunt. My father was a wandering doctor who my mother accidentally rescued while traveling."
Tang Chen said that she seemed to have done this question before: "So, could it be that your mother wanted to be with your father, but the Jiang family didn't agree. But they still fell in love and had you, and then the Jiang family kicked you out in anger?"
Although Tang Chen's imagination made perfect sense, unfortunately, their family's affairs were far more complicated than she had imagined. "Alas, it's all old news, and I don't want to talk about it anymore. In short, a lot of things happened after they got together. In the end, our family of three was expelled from the Peak of No Return. Not long after, they both died of illness."
Tang Chen was still confused, but he wasn't that curious, so he stopped asking: "After listening to you talk for so long, I still feel like I haven't figured out the reason. But it doesn't matter. If you don't want to talk about it, then don't talk about it. It's not a particularly important matter."
"So, to be on the safe side, let's wait for Jiang Wangjiu to come back."
After ten days of recuperation at Bugui Peak, Mo Yu's spirit and energy returned to normal. The others no longer mentioned the bloodthirsty insect, as if nothing had happened.
After Tang Chen inquired about Mo Yu's health as usual, he sat down beside him, chin in his hand, not even wanting to crack some sunflower seeds. "Oh, so boring! I don't know when Jiang Wangjiu will be back. It's only been a few days, but it feels like a century."
Li Xinzhai also said, "It's empty here, and there's nothing to do. If you really have nothing to do, just sit there and do nothing."
Tang Chen rested her chin on one hand and rubbed her belly with the other, lost in thought for a moment. Then, she looked down at her increasingly swollen calves and the shoes that seemed to be getting smaller and smaller, and fell into deep thought. Getting ugly wasn't a big deal; the key was that she didn't want to have to stop and watch herself get uglier. So, she suggested, "Hey, Senior Brother, tell us about Master Li Xinzhai's childhood!"
Mo Yu's originally depressed look disappeared instantly after hearing this. Li Xinzhai thought to himself that something was wrong and quickly said, "Hey, if you want to know, you can just ask me directly. Why ask him?"
Tang Chen narrowed his eyes and smiled, "Tsk, you will definitely do everything you can to distort the facts and beautify yourself. So, we have to listen to the truth. The eldest brother likes to tell the truth the most, so you can't go wrong by listening to him!"
Mo Yu looked at Tang Chen in disbelief and said, "This is the first time I've noticed that you're so accurate in judging people. Not bad, not bad, it's exactly what I want. Let me think about where to start."
From his slightly obscene smile, Li Xinzhai had already vaguely sensed that Mo Yu was thinking about something bad: "Hold it in, don't think about it!"
They were having a very happy time exposing each other's shortcomings in the courtyard, but the guards in Tianshu Tower who were originally responsible for guarding Tang Chen had stepped into the gates of hell.
Overnight, Tang Chen, who was supposed to stay in the house, disappeared. They had thought guarding a young woman who knew no martial arts was a good job, but who could have imagined the terrible fate that would await them after she disappeared.
After the guards in the villa suppressed the news that Tang Chen was missing, they immediately began to search the city non-stop, almost digging three feet into the ground.
In the evening, the people who were sent out came back one after another, but none of them brought back good news.
"How is it, did you find the person?"
The guards looked at each other, then lowered their heads and whispered, "We've searched everywhere in and out of the city, but no one says they've seen her..."
The captain of the guards slammed the table hard, then stood up and paced anxiously in the courtyard. "I'm really dead this time! It's all because of you thieves. All you do all day is drink and gamble. Now, Bai Bai Lianli will go to hell with you!"
Although everyone wanted to complain that the captain of the guards always led them and even forced them to play together, who dared to say: "Brother, if the Pavilion Master knew about this, wouldn't we all be beheaded?"
"nonsense!"
After some discussion, someone suggested, "Brother, why don't we just tell the Pavilion Master directly? Then, we can redeem ourselves and bring the person back."
The captain of the guards said that this idea sounded interesting at first, but after thinking about it, he realized that it was just courting death. "If you dare, go ahead. I warn you, as long as the Pavilion Master doesn't ask, no one is allowed to tell anyone about this. Leave some people to guard the villa, and the rest of you, follow me out to gather information. If there is really no result, then we can only..."
These guards searched the city for several days but could not find any clues about Tang Chen's whereabouts. In desperation, this group of people came up with an extremely shameful idea.
The captain of the guards asked someone to inquire about several poor families living in the suburbs and found an extremely suitable target.
A family of three once lived in the woods south of the city. Not long ago, the couple both fell seriously ill. Their family was in dire straits. Their only daughter, still unmarried, had become an old maid without support, and the family had no money left for medical care or medicine.
Not long ago, the couple passed away, leaving behind their daughter. Coincidentally, the daughter was about the same size and age as Tang Chen, and had no relatives or friends, making her a perfect target.
The captain of the guards personally brought his men and tied the girl up at her doorstep while she wasn't paying attention. When they were about to force the girl into a sack, a white-haired old lady came with a bundle on her back.
Seeing her granddaughter had met with a gang of thugs, the old woman instinctively picked up her cane and rushed forward: "Who are you? What are you doing in my house? Let my granddaughter go!"
After pushing the old woman aside, the captain of the guards angrily asked, "Didn't you say there was no one else? Where did this old woman come from?"
The rest of the people looked at each other, and each of them was like a mute, not daring to say a word.
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