Chapter 232
"Brother Li? Are you okay?" Wu Feng, the second-in-command among the hunters, asked with concern.
"It's okay..." Li Qing said in a vague tone.
Wu Feng: ...It doesn't look like nothing's wrong_(:з」∠)_...
He turned his inquiring gaze to Cheng Hui - Cheng Hui smiled implicitly, raised his hand, and the moment the storage ring opened, wild boars of all sizes piled up into a small hill.
The other villagers, including Wu Feng, opened their mouths in surprise and couldn't close them for a long time.
Seeing their behavior, Li Qing calmly thought: It turns out I'm not the only one lacking experience...
Cheng Hui's punch, smashing a wild boar's skull, had terrified him. He'd seen beings from otherworldly realms before; the combined techniques of those beings and their battle formations were indeed formidable, but what about Cheng Hui? He was the only veteran nearby. He didn't even see the wild boar clearly. He saw it leap forward, landing with a light punch—
puff--
It's a bit like a watermelon falling to the ground.
Li Qing thought.
Then, he saw with his own eyes that the huge wild boar fell heavily to the ground, with a big hole on its head and red and white blood flowing all over the ground.
And then... he remained in that state of jaw-dropping shock, watching Cheng Hui smash the wild boars' skulls one by one.
At this time, the wild boar family, young and old, were all neatly laid out on the ground. Not only did they eliminate the threat to the village, but they also provided a lot of meat for everyone.
Cheng Hui disliked the fishy smell of wild boar meat, but they didn't. It was thousands of pounds of meat, enough for every household in their village to share hundreds of pounds.
That night, the aroma of meat wafted from every household in the village. The old woman, who was very good at managing her life, actually cooked a big pot of it for her family to enjoy.
Early the next morning, the villagers went up the mountain to chop firewood. They had to go because the firewood was all meat and could not be kept for long in this kind of weather. If they wanted to store it for a long time, they naturally had to process it.
In the afternoon, the man named Da Niu came to the door yesterday. He knew that Cheng Hui was an extraordinary person, so he didn't dare to talk to him. He kowtowed three times at the door to thank the other party for saving his life, and then left a large piece of bacon.
Cheng Hui gladly accepted the bacon. He didn't need a piece of meat, but he couldn't let others think that he was the kind of goody-goody who didn't ask for anything in return.
Even though these villagers appear to be very simple and honest, Cheng Hui will never underestimate their survival wisdom.
Simply put, we must not let them get ahead of others.
Sure enough, after he accepted the gift indifferently, the restless atmosphere in the village disappeared, which made Li Qing breathe a sigh of relief.
Some people are really too greedy. Seeing that Cheng Hui saved Da Niu's life, they even had the crazy idea of asking for the miracle medicine.
Li Qing was shocked at that time?
Isn't it good to be alive? Why would you actively seek death?
It’s their business if they have miracle drugs. You can’t think that you can get a share just because they have a lot of them, right?
He tried to stop them, but they still said they wanted to take it all for themselves, which almost pissed him off to death.
Fortunately, the village chief still had some sense and severely punished those whimsical fools, so he finally did not make a fool of himself in front of Cheng Hui.
Cheng Hui did not stay in the small village for long. He stayed there for two extra days mainly to listen to Li Qing introduce some things about the Zhennan Palace.
The King of Zhennan was not a member of the royal family of Fengyu Kingdom, but was crowned king for his military merits. It was said that during the Kaifeng period, the old King of Zhennan had conquered half of the country for the royal family of Fengyu Kingdom, and that was why he was crowned the King of Zhennan.
The Prince of Zhennan commands a group of well-trained soldiers, and it's said that even the imperial guards of the capital are no match for them. Being one of the Prince of Zhennan's personal guards is the proudest thing in Li Qing's life!
Cheng Hui was originally very happy to hear this, but after hearing this he felt something was wrong.
Even the emperor's personal guards were no match for the Zhennan Prince's personal guards, and this Zhennan Prince also held enormous prestige among the people...ah this...
He asked a few targeted questions, and Li Qing's answers were not beyond his expectations.
Well, it’s confirmed that Prince Zhennan is a thorn in the side of the Fengyu Kingdom’s royal family.
Only the fool Li Qing didn't realize that the royal family was deliberately weakening the power of the Prince of Zhennan, otherwise they would not have sent the Prince of Zhennan's subordinates to the bloody battlefield every time.
Cheng Hui had a headache. The attitude of the Fengyu Kingdom's upper class towards people from other worlds was that the opposition was dominant. If he joined the Zhennan Palace, which was feared by the royal family... Tsk, this was simply opening the door to trouble, it was too troublesome!
He didn't want to get involved in the love-hate relationship between the Fengyu Kingdom's royal family, nor did he have any interest in the power struggle between them and the Zhennan Palace.
The royal family of Fengyu Kingdom may not be kind, and the Zhennan Palace may not be innocent either, otherwise they would not have such a great reputation among the people.
When Cheng Hui left with Li Qing's letter of guarantee, he was still very hesitant.
With this letter of guarantee, he can have a very high starting point in the Prince of Zhennan's Mansion, but the price is that he may be targeted by the royal family.
Without this letter of guarantee, the first thing he had to consider was how to enter the bureaucratic system of Fengyu Country.
First of all, the bloody battlefield is not a place that anyone can enter. Even if he enters as a person from another world, he will be just a decoration without soldiers under his command.
But if he were to recruit soldiers on his own... not to mention whether he could do it, just the fact that he was doing such a thing within the territory of Fengyu Country, let alone the royal family, even the county governors would not agree.
It's... quite difficult.
Sanhe Village is quite far from the nearest town. Cheng Hui was thinking about his next move, so he didn't put too much emphasis on the journey.
At night, he found an open space by the river and set up his tent with a melancholy look. He had a house in his storage ring, but to enlarge it, he needed to use spiritual power, and he didn't want to be struck by lightning for such a small thing.
After dinner, he lay on the bed and fell asleep. At midnight, he suddenly sat up and listened to the noise coming from outside.
It seems... someone is fighting?
He folded up the tent and followed the direction of the sound. Not long after running, he saw a group of men in black besieging a team.
Most of the guards in that team were already lying on the ground, and the only three or four left were all injured and were on the verge of collapsing.
"That bitch Qi Yulan! Even if I become a ghost, I won't let him go!"
In an overturned carriage, a young man in his twenties covered his bleeding forehead and cursed.
He was badly wounded, with half of his face covered in blood. His legs seemed to be broken, but he managed to climb out of the overturned carriage by using his arms.
The martial arts skills of these men in black were not very high. At least in Cheng Hui's opinion, the strength of these men in black was only slightly stronger than that group of wild boars - mainly because they were more flexible.
The guards of that team were obviously stronger, but their condition was not right. Their breathing was intermittent and their faces were black. They looked like they were poisoned. It was very likely that they were framed by an insider.
Cheng Hui hesitated for a moment whether he should take action, after all, without knowing the cause and effect... uh... well, he knew now.
The young man was obviously seriously injured, but his voice was very loud. He cursed the woman named Qi Yulan and also cursed... his own father?
The corners of Cheng Hui's mouth twitched. So this is a story about having a stepmother and a stepfather?
Basically, the mother died early, and the father was blinded by the beauty of the stepmother, so the young man became a poor little boy?
Now his father is dying of illness and wants to see him before he dies. In order to survive, his stepmother makes a desperate attempt to kill him before the people from the Marquis' Mansion come to pick him up.
Although he was the only prince in the Marquis' Mansion who could inherit the title, Concubine Qi would rather have the title taken away than let her enemy succeed to the throne.
This young man was no pushover either. Concubine Qi had never had a child of her own, and it seemed he was responsible. Later, the two of them framed each other, each using their own unique tactics, making them both equally powerful.
Cheng Hui didn't intend to get involved in this matter. Just when he was about to go back, the men in black finally broke through the protection of the few remaining guards and came to the young man.
At this moment, the young man suddenly burst into energy. He lifted up the heavy carriage and smashed it hard at the men in black.
Those guards who seemed to have no strength left also cheered up and made a finishing blow, and unexpectedly they killed the seven men in black.
If it wasn't for the fact that he was afraid to reveal his body, Cheng Hui would have applauded them. What a great show, very exciting.
The guards were already seriously injured, and this wave of counterattack had pushed them to their limit. They staggered to the side of the men in black and groped their bodies.
Cheng Hui guessed they might be looking for an antidote, but after searching for quite a while, one of the guards angrily shouted, "These damn bastards didn't bring any antidote!"
After saying that, he fell down with a thud.
His words seemed to have sucked all the energy out of everyone, and the guards who were struggling to hold on collapsed, including the young man who had performed miracles with his great strength.
Cheng Hui: ...
Well, it happened quite suddenly...
He ran over silently. The young man died completely, with his eyes wide open, fully proving what it meant to die with eyes open.
Cheng Hui was silent for a moment, but still went to touch the corpse honestly. The man in black did not have anything on him, at most some change. The guards were also very poor, at most they had a little more silver than the man in black.
There was a guard who had a martial arts secret book in his arms. The words "Great Sun Treasure Book" were written on the cover. It looked very impressive, but after opening it, Cheng Hui threw the book aside.
Damn, this is insane! Why disguise pornographic pictures as secret manuals? Do you think it will make others embarrassed to look through them casually?
There was nothing on the young man's body to prove his identity, except for the delicate jade pendant on his waist, on which was an emerald green jade pendant with the word "Cheng" written on it.
What a coincidence! This man was from the same family as himself. Since they shared the same surname, Cheng Hui decided to bury him later.
They were attacked on the road, and the horses pulling the carriage had already run away. The remaining carriages were used as weapons by the young men to smash the men in black to death, and were completely shattered.
He walked over, rummaged through the debris of the carriage, found a brocade box, opened it, and saw some letters inside. There were only a few letters from the young man's father, which showed how irresponsible this father was.
The rest were communications with the young man's maternal uncle. Cheng Hui read a few of them and frowned.
What's wrong with this uncle? It's already bad enough for a child to encounter such a thing, but as an uncle, instead of comforting him, you add fuel to the fire. What's wrong with that?
The young man communicated with his uncle quite frequently, probably because he regarded his uncle as his spiritual support. Cheng Hui did not see much emotion in his uncle's letters, but he could see that his uncle regarded the young man as a weapon against his father. Over the years, the backyard of the Marquis' Mansion had been in turmoil, and the young man had contributed a lot, but his uncle was definitely the mastermind behind the scenes.
This uncle is not a good guy! Cheng Hui thought silently.
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