Liaozhai Great Sage

Chapter 149 Ambush
Hearing Mother Wei's crying stopped, Li Xiuyuan felt better.

"Eldest young master, the whereabouts of Mr. Chutian and Chu have not been found, and the younger one has also asked the old soldier guarding the city. The second young master of the Chu family, Chutian, has not returned to the residence."

At this time, a guard came over and said with cupped hands.

"I didn't find Chutian, and didn't he go back to the city?" The sadness in Li Xiuyuan's heart subsided, and his face turned slightly cold.

"Do you want me to guard near the city gate, and I will shoot him as soon as he comes?" Xing Shan said with a suppressed voice.

Li Xiuyuan said: "It's a little risky to do this, and it's easy to expose yourself. It's not worthwhile to take the life of this Chutian. However, if this person is kept, it will definitely be a disaster in the future."

He pondered for a while and said, "Forget it, try this one last time. You are going to guard near the city gate, looking for opportunities, and see if you can guard that Chutian back. It is impossible for him, a rich man, to spend the night outside the city." , but you have to remember not to reveal your whereabouts and appearance."

"Yes, young master, the subordinates know."

Xing Shan cupped his hands, didn't say much, and strode away immediately.

After waiting to leave, Li Xiuyuan ordered the two guards on the left and right: "You also go and look at Xing Shan to see if he can succeed. If he succeeds, take Xing Shan to Wang Chuanshan to find Wu Fei to avoid the limelight. If you succeed, come back together and play by ear, I reckon the Chu family will also send someone to look for that Chutian at this time, it is impossible for the Chu family not to care about Chutian's safety, so you still need to be careful."

"Yes." The two guards responded and left quickly.

Li Xiuyuan said again: "The others are also tired today, so go back and rest. By the way, tomorrow you two will hire a carriage to send Wei Hu's mother to Guobei County, and let Wei's mother go to Guobei County to retire. I promised Wei Hu."

"I wrote it down, little one." Two of them responded.

Li Xiuyuan waved his hand and said: "There is nothing else, let's go."

Back in the backyard.

Xiaodie and Du Chunhua seemed to have heard the sound of their young master's return, and they were already waiting in the backyard.

Seeing Li Xiuyuan striding forward, the two of them greeted him again full of joy.

"Young master, why did you come back so late after going out for fun today? Let the servants wait." Xiaodie said.

Du Chunhua also asked softly: "Young Master, have you eaten your dinner yet, will the servants go to the Young Master?"

Li Xiuyuan couldn't help feeling a little better when he saw the two maids around him. He smiled and said, "I haven't eaten dinner yet, Chunhua, go and cook me a bowl of noodles. By the way, Xiaodie, help me find it." Yellow paper, copper basin, I can use it."

"Yes, sir."

After the two servant girls heard the order, they left happily again, and began to busy themselves with the things their young master ordered.

However this time.

The Chu Mansion in Guobei City is not peaceful anymore.

The guards, servants, and servants in the Chu Mansion were all mobilized at this moment. Holding torches and lanterns, this group left the city.

"Hurry up, catch up quickly, the second young master has not come back yet, the second young master must be found tonight, who can find the second young master's whereabouts, the master said, reward ten taels of silver, whoever finds the second young master first, will reward the second young master." One hundred taels." A guard on horseback shouted.

It has to be said that the speed of this ancient news transmission is too slow.

It was only now that the Chu family received the news of what happened in the afternoon and sent someone to look for it.

Soon, all the guards, servants, and servants of the Chu family headed out of the city.

According to the previous rules, the gate of Guobei City has been closed at this time, but the Chu family is a local tycoon and the family of officials, so the soldiers guarding the gate will naturally make an exception and open it without giving the Chu family face. city ​​gate.

"Yes, members of the Chu family, they went out of the city to find Chutian."

Not far from the city gate, next to a closed tea shop, several men hid there and did not leave for a long time.

"We are guarding here. If Chutian comes back, he will definitely pass by here."

Xing Shan was holding a pair of big bows, leaning against the side, closing his eyes and meditating, not in a hurry.

A man next to him smiled and said, "Xing Shan, do you have any grudges against that Chutian? Why do you always want to kill him? The young master has already said before that if Chutian can kill him, he will kill him naturally. This Chutian is also a son of a wealthy local family, and killing him will cause a lot of trouble."

"I don't know if there is any trouble. I only know that I have just entered the Li family and need to make a contribution. Chutian is a potential trouble for the young master. If I can solve it, the young master will naturally not look down on me, and even if If something really happened, I won't implicate the young master." Xing Shan said.

The two men were stunned for a moment, and then praised: "You are a loyal person, if Tieshan is still there, he will definitely treat you to a drink."

"People from the Chu family are here, let's be quiet." Xing Shan said suddenly.

He saw hundreds of people coming out of the city with lanterns in the direction of the city gate, and then dispersed along various roads.

About one or two hours later, the members of the Chu family were also clever, and they searched with hunting dogs, and finally found Chu Tian in a ruined temple outside the city.

But when they found Chutian, he was already unconscious, and his whole body was in a mess, his body turned blue, and he seemed to have signs of poisoning. It looked like he had been poisoned for some time, and now he was a little angry, and he probably wouldn't live long. up.

"It's not good, the second son was bitten by a poisonous snake."

A guard saw that Chu Tian's foot was swollen with the bite marks of a poisonous snake, and immediately turned pale with fright.

There were many colored insects, rats and ants in the mountains. During the daytime, Chutian was frightened by the black tiger. He was so frightened that he ran around and escaped everywhere, so that he was accidentally bitten by a poisonous snake. At first it was fine, but later it became poisonous , and passed out in this ruined temple. If he is not found today, he will be a corpse tomorrow.

"Hurry up, take Second Young Master back to the city to find the doctor."

The guards of the Chu family immediately lifted the unconscious Chu Tian, ​​and rode towards the city.

A group of people rushed back to the city with Chu Tian in a coma, but when they were about to reach the gate of the city, they immediately caught Xing Shan's attention.

"People from the Chu family found Chu Tian and brought them back now."

Xing Shan suddenly opened his eyes, facing the moonlight, he saw the disheveled and unconscious rich man crouching on the horse's back.

"Do you want to do it?" The man next to him also said with a suppressed voice.

"of course."

Xing Shan's eyes were fixed, and he came out from the darkness. He lifted the big bow in his hand, and the bowstring of the four-stone bow was tense, making a creaking sound. It was hard to imagine that this thin man could have such strength to pull such a bow. A big bow.

"Hey~!"

An arrow flew through the air in an instant, but the sound was covered by the sound of horseshoes, making it almost inaudible.

"Pfft~!"

The arrow instantly landed on the unconscious Chu Tian on the horse's back. Even the good horse that the guard of the Chu family was sitting on was pierced by the arrow. On the ground, the horse let out a mournful cry, lost its balance and fell directly to the ground.

"Whoa, what's going on?"

The other guards of the Chu family quickly stopped their horses and asked.

"Be careful, someone is shooting an arrow in the back. Quickly, take the Second Young Master away. Don't look for the archer. He is a master. You are not his match."

The guard who fell to the ground shouted hurriedly, seeing the arrow that sank deeply into the ground, cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

This is a few stone bows, the strength of the bow is so terrible.

Moreover, as the guard of the Chu family, he naturally knew that the Chu family was powerful in Guo Beicheng. Although the family was powerful, they had provoked many enemies.

"Walk."

The others gritted their teeth and didn't care who was shooting arrows in secret, they just grabbed Chu Tian who was unconscious on the ground, and quickly left.

Xing Shan frowned and wanted to shoot another arrow.

However, the Chu family's guards were also quite experienced, so they scattered their horses and protected Chu Tian in the middle.

"Did you hit it?" the man next to him whispered.

Xing Shan said: "I hit it, but the horse was startled and avoided the vital point. I'm afraid I won't die."

"It's enough, the young master said, no matter what happens or not, we have to retreat, so as not to put ourselves in it, since we shot, then our mission is complete, let's go, the young master has made arrangements, let us go Look for Wu Fei at Wangchuan Mountain, and stay there for a while to avoid the limelight."

Said a man next to him.

"That's all it takes."

Xing Shan put down the big bow in his hand, and quickly left with the other two without saying a word.

He felt that since his arrow had hit, even if he avoided the vital point, this Chu Tian would most likely die.

"Drive, drive~!"

The guards of the Chu family galloped on the street on horseback, and took the injured and unconscious Chu Tian straight to the Chu mansion.

Listening to the faint sound of iron hooves in the distance.

In the study, Li Xiuyuan, who was making paper, moved his eyes slightly, and looked up out of the window: "Is he from the Chu family? It seems that he has found Chu Tian after coming back so early, but the iron hooves of the guards of the Chu family are very hurried. It seems that there is something wrong with Chutian. Could it be that Xing Shan and the others have already got it? If so, it will solve one of my worries."

After speaking, he picked up the main pen next to him, and drew on the clothes made of folded yellow paper,
After a while, a yellow paper dress was made.

"Xiaodie, put this thing in a copper basin and put it in the yard." Li Xiuyuan ordered.

"Okay, sir."

Xiaodie yawned and left with the copper basin.

"Okay, go back to sleep."

After finishing his work, Li Xiuyuan stretched his waist and took the two maids back to the room to rest.

Just before falling asleep on the bed, suddenly, there was a thunder in the sky at night.

A thunder light flickered outside the courtyard, and a burst of light burst out, but it disappeared quickly.

Xiaodie was startled, and shrank into her young master's arms: "Master, why did a thunder suddenly fall in the yard."

Du Chunhua next to her also trembled, frightened.

"It's okay, go to sleep at ease." Li Xiuyuan patted their heads, signaling them not to be afraid.

He knew that it was Thunder God Swallowing Ghosts who was taking the clothes.

In this way, the matter of agreeing to Swallow Ghost Thunder God is also completed.

(End of this chapter)