Chapter 285: First Release "Speak! Where are the people!"...
His voice was obviously sour and resentful, and even Wen Yu and Yu Chang could hear it from a distance.
Wen Yu raised her eyebrows slightly and glanced at Yu Chang, both of them looking at each other with a look of excitement.
It's better to let him suffer a little, so that he won't always be so ignorant. You must know that there are always people better than you, and even gods and monsters are no exception.
"Ali? Awai?" Dan Qing looked at Zhao Banban in disbelief, not quite agreeing with what he said.
This doesn't look like a person's name at all.
Tai Hao watched the farce in front of him calmly, not knowing when it would end.
He even felt extremely tortured at the moment. After all, the person standing beside Wen Yujun just a moment ago was not this moody evil spirit—
But him.
Ah Li ignored the comments of the people around her, including Zhao Banpan's provocative look. She just looked at Zhao Buwen with bright eyes, "It's sweet."
Zhao Buwen naturally understood. This was what she had said when she named Ah Li that day. She just didn't expect that he still remembered it so clearly after all this time.
"Yes, it's sweet wine." Zhao Buwen nodded in response.
"Is half a tree branch worthy of your attention?" The more Zhao Banpan thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong. He stepped directly between the two of them, raised his hand and waved it in front of Zhao Buwen's eyes.
He had already recognized this Ah Li as the Hovenia dulcis tree in the front yard. A few days ago, he had gone there to ask for some fruit, so he was kind enough to accept the favor.
But, could he expect to win Ah Wen's attention with just a few fruits? That was simply wishful thinking!
"I'll set him on fire and be done with it." As time went on, he even started to speak without thinking.
"Azhao! Stop talking nonsense!" Zhao Buwen frowned and looked at Zhuzhao with disapproval.
This time she did not call him Banban as affectionately as she did in the previous times.
"Awen, you..." Zhu Zhao seemed to have been stimulated by something, and looked at Zhao Buwen in disbelief, "You actually..."
"Azhao..." Zhao Buwen's voice softened.
She didn't really want to scold Banban, but he always spoke without restraint. It was fine in the Temple of the God of Wealth, but now that they were out of the territory of Zhaogong Mountain, why was he still so careless with his words?
Seeing that the situation was not good, Wen Yu rubbed his brows and spoke slowly but took the opportunity to say: "Okay, let's put aside the other things for now. Since the matter of Jiang Yang is just a misunderstanding, let's make it clear."
Bu Wenjun went to great lengths to apologize by fishing and to save the damsel in distress. I guess he didn't come here to quarrel with Zhu Shiming.
Don't let the rift between them get worse because of Ah Li's appearance.
After hearing this, Ah Li, who had realized it belatedly, turned around and asked, "Auntie, are you okay?"
Wen Yu raised her hand and waved her sleeves to indicate that she was fine, and pretended not to notice the suspicious blush on Ah Li's face.
By the time he remembered to ask, she had already fought with Zhu Shiming eight hundred times.
"Wen Yujun is right." Zhao Buwen took a quick breath and walked down the stairs swiftly. "Banpan, you must answer well."
Zhao Banpan snorted reluctantly and finally stopped being angry.
He left home in anger and wandered in the mountains in late spring for several days. It was not until Ah Wen came to find him that he finally saw him.
If you mess up because of a momentary impulsiveness, you will only shoot yourself in the foot. As for this tree branch in front of you...
He will clean up slowly later.
Seeing his eyes full of brilliance but not very smart, Wen Yu's forehead veins throbbed, and he suppressed his anger and asked, "Zhu Shiming, there are many courtyards in Xianchun Village, why don't you choose one?
He happened to be discharged from the hospital on the day Song Linsheng was staying.
Really... what a good vision!
It was impossible to say that he had no resentment at all. Wen Yu was furious and wanted to tear Zhu Shiming's facade to pieces to see what he was so proud of.
"You crazy woman, who do you think you are talking to?" Zhu Zhao was not a pushover either. Except for obeying Zhao Buwen's orders, he seemed to have no good face towards others.
Zhao Buwen's expression remained unchanged, and it was obvious that he had expected this.
She held the back of his neck with one hand and advised with a smile: "Answer honestly and don't embarrass yourself."
Zhu Zhao shrank back, becoming extremely sensitive. For some reason, the furry ears that had disappeared before reappeared.
Everyone was used to it, but Ah Li, who had just arrived, looked at the cat-eared human with a hint of surprise...
Perhaps fearing he would lose his dignity in front of Wen Yu and the others, Zhu Zhao quickly covered his ears with his hands and subdued his previous arrogance. "I've passed by here before, but this time... this time I'm just... on a whim, so I'm staying for a few days."
It's barely consistent.
Half-believing and half-doubting, Wen Yu turned his gaze to Bu Wenjun who was standing beside him.
Zhao Buwen and Wenyu nodded. Banpan was not lying. Where else could he go besides the Temple of the God of Wealth? Naturally, it could only be Houchun Mountain, which he had been to before.
Reasonable.
"I'll just let you live here." Wen Yu didn't bother with that. Pointing at the closed door, she questioned, "But why did you randomly arrest people in Jiangyang? And even locked up this whole room?"
"Arresting people? I didn't arrest anyone!" Zhu Zhao's anger turned into doubt, as if he had heard something extraordinary. "I was saving people, okay?"
This is not something I say casually; it concerns the truth behind the Jiangyang Rebellion.
Wen Yu was naturally very cautious, and with Bu Wenjun in charge here, she was not afraid that Zhu Shiming would tell lies.
"Save him?" But Wen Yu still couldn't believe Zhu Shiming so easily and pressed on, "Why didn't you release him home after rescuing him, but instead detained him in Xianchun Cottage?"
"I definitely don't have nowhere to go!" As soon as he said this, he wanted to bite off his tongue.
What was the question being asked? What was his answer? If he answered irrelevantly, wouldn't that be admitting guilt?
But now that it has come to this...
Zhu Zhao couldn't help but feel a little guilty, and couldn't help but steal a glance at Zhao Buwen's expression.
"But when we reached Jiangyang, we saw that demons were rampant and the people were displaced, so we stayed in the mountains for a while."
Wen Yu's eyes moved back and forth between Bu Wenjun and Zhu Shiming.
One of them braved the north wind and snow at the foot of the mountain to plan a reunion, while the other was afraid of not being found so he deliberately chose a place he had been to before.
They are really a perfect match.
But Wen Yu had no mood to tease the two of them at the moment. Zhu Shiming's half-sentence was enough to give her a headache.
"And then?" Wen Yu gritted his teeth and tried his best to endure.
Zhu Zhao finally managed to press his ears back, and just as he was feeling relieved, Wen Yu asked him something. He angrily continued, "Jiangyang Prefecture is a mess. All sorts of little monsters want to carve out a piece of their own territory."
This was almost the same as what Zhizhi had said. Wen Yu remained calm and gestured for him to continue.
"What's more, you actually want to rule the Houchun Mountains and become the king?" Zhuzhao snorted disdainfully.
Seeking immortality and asking for the truth, instead of taking the right path, thinking about devouring one's own kind or bullying mortals is truly despicable.
Zhu Zhao glanced at Wen Yu and recalled what he had said to her during the meal. "I went to see the mountain temple here. It's your master, Lord Ju Mang."
He had probably heard Awen mention the matter of Ju Mangjun and Wen Yu a few times. It was nothing more than the commotion when Ju Mangjun accepted a disciple. As for what happened afterwards, he was not very clear.
When Ju Mang was mentioned, Wen Yu's reaction was obviously unusual. He looked over with sharp eyes, unwilling to miss any clue.
Feeling uneasy at her stare, Zhu Zhao unconsciously leaned towards Zhao Buwen.
“I don’t know why he was so careless that he couldn’t even manage his own cave.”
When saying this, Zhuzhao was like a paper tiger, and he couldn't help feeling weak in his heart, fearing that Wen Yu would pounce on him and punch him twice.
"I had nothing to do in the mountains anyway, so I took care of those bastards." He had nothing to do anyway, so he considered it as payment for staying in the mountains, "but I have nowhere to put the people I rescued..."
"Resettlement?" Wen Yu frowned disapprovingly and retorted to Zhu Shiming, "Why do you need to resettle them? The proper thing to do is to send them back home and reunite with their family and friends."
Otherwise, it would be like what it is now, with Jiangyang Prefecture turned upside down and people in panic.
"What are you so anxious about?" Zhu Zhao interrupted Wen Yu impatiently, giving her a sidelong glance as if she were an idiot. "If I let him go home like you said, I'm afraid he'd be captured by another monster before he even entered the city."
"It's better to take shelter in the mountains first." Zhao Buwen patted the back of Banban's neck and spoke soothingly.
Zhu Zhao really enjoyed it, his expression softened, and even his voice became much gentler, "That's right, not to mention——"
"I didn't treat them badly. I provided them with delicious food and drinks. Didn't you and your little husband drink the chicken soup?" But when he turned around, he looked at Wen Yu as if he was interrogating her.
While he was speaking, his eyes were not idle, moving back and forth between Wen Yu and Tai Hao with a joking look on his face.
Wen Yu had just entered the mountain with the Emperor, but now he was standing with that stinky long worm Yu Chang. They spoke and acted in close harmony, but he ignored the former as if he didn't know him.
How strange! How strange!
For certain things, he is not interested in anything that is legitimate, but he regards something that seems to exist but does not exist as... a fairy product.
It seemed that he was very satisfied with his own speculation and Zhu Zhao couldn't help but let out a "tsk--" sound.
Wen Yu frowned and said nothing, looking at the big tabby cat in front of him with a serious look that was becoming more and more presumptuous.
Yu Chang was right, Zhu Shiming really needed to be punished.
"How is it? How is my cooking skill?" Zhu Zhao became more and more excited as he spoke, seemingly forgetting that neither of the two people in front of him was easy to mess with.
Dan Qing saw his mockery and immediately scolded him, "Who allowed you to talk nonsense? You're offending the Emperor!"
"Hey! It's not me!" Zhao Buwen seemed to smile, but there was no hint of blame in his words. Instead, it seemed as if he was guaranteeing Zhao Banban. "Banban, don't offend the Emperor."
"You--" Dan Qing was furious, but he didn't know how to argue with Zhao Buwen.
However, Taihao, the victim, simply ignored Zhuzhao's provocation.
He and Wen Yu were not completely without tacit understanding. One remained silent while the other changed the subject.
"Where are those little demons who caused trouble now?" Wen Yu gave all his patience of eight hundred lifetimes to Zhu Shiming alone at this moment.
"I was locked up in your master's Wutong ancestral temple and made to sweep the courtyard." Zhuzhao raised his eyebrows, looking extremely proud. "How is it? Do you think I am kind enough?"
Wen Yu's eyebrows twitched, and she was too lazy to argue with Zhu Zhao.
Wutong Ancestral Temple is the master's temple, not the place where he imprisons evil spirits. It seems that she still needs to go up the mountain.
Zhu Zhao, however, was relentless, demanding an answer from Wen Yu. "The ashes on the incense table in your master's Wutong ancestral temple are almost as tall as me. It's only out of kindness that I sent those little demons to clean it up."
"It would be fine if you didn't thank me, but you actually swung your fan and hit me?" Zhu Zhao pouted, huddled close to Zhao Buwen in grievance. "She's simply ungrateful and overbearing!"
Wen Yu ignored Zhu Zhao's complaints. She was curious because Zhu Zhao had just said that the Wutong Ancestral Temple was no longer effective, and now he was saying that the ash on the incense table was half a person's height...
Did something really happen at the Wutong Ancestral Temple? Could it be related to the fifth part of Master's consciousness that had been dispersed?
Wen Yu's mind was in a mess as his thoughts raced.
She couldn't delay any longer and had to deal with the affairs of Zhongzhou as soon as possible and return to report, so that she could find out why her master was avoiding her.
Now that we know where the little demons are going, and where the people in the house came from, the only thing left is...
"Wen Bao and Zhao Qiying are not here." Wen Yu suddenly raised his head and looked at Zhu Shiming with a sharp gaze, "Tell me! Where are they?"
Seeing that she was angry, Yu Chang frowned and was about to fight with Zhu Zhao. He wanted to see how long this famous central wealth god Zhao Buwen could protect Zhu Zhao.
Zhuzhao was not someone who was easy to get along with either. His temper was like a firecracker, and he could not stand Wen Yu's questioning.
"Who are you? You come to ask me?" He answered Wen Yu's question hastily, rolled up his sleeves and rushed forward, determined to argue with Yu Chang and see who was better.
This time Wen Yu no longer stopped Yu Chang, but watched coldly as the two men fought with bare hands. Gradually, Zhu Shiming lost the upper hand.
Although no one knew why they used their magic power, everyone deserved a lesson. Zhao Buwen secretly breathed a sigh of relief, feeling somewhat gloating.
Wen Yu closed his eyes and pressed his throbbing eyebrows. "Where are the little girl and the boy who looked not much older than her who went up the mountain today?"
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