"What? You're saying that Taoist Nun is the one who took Li Yi away from the capital?"
The king of Shu stood up abruptly from his chair and asked, "Where is he now?"
"I haven't seen Uncle Li. He should be hidden by them." Jiang Zian said guiltily, "I'm incompetent and failed to save Uncle Li from those people …"
"Where's Taoist Nun?" the king of Shu asked again.
"He disappeared last night," Jiang Zian said with his head down.
"Find him!"
The king of Shu slammed the table and said, "Find him for me!"
A moment later, Jiang Zian walked out of the mansion of the king of Shu and let out a long sigh of relief.
Although almost a night had passed, the feeling in his heart was still a little complicated.
He waved his hand and said to a constable beside him, "Pass down my order. All government runners and civilians are to search every village. Report to me immediately if you find any news of those people!"
At this time, in a village not far from Yong County, dozens of figures were waiting respectfully outside a courtyard.
In the courtyard, the man in purple bowed and said, "Lady, I've sent people to check the small bamboo forest mentioned by that man, but they didn't find the protector."
The middle-aged Taoist nun leaned against the headboard, her hair slightly messy and her face pale. She waved her hand and said, "Continue to search in the city. In addition, send more people to look for those two people …"
"Yes!"
The man in purple answered and walked out of the door. Not long after, the dozens of people in blue and yellow outside changed their clothes and dispersed.
In a dry well in Yong County, the man surnamed Fang was pale. His acupoints had been sealed, so he couldn't run his Genuine Qi. He looked up at the sky at the mouth of the well with despair on his face.
…
…
Outside Yong County, deep in a mountain forest.
The bald man leaned against a tree with a dull expression. His eyes were lifeless, and he also looked up at the sky.
"How much time do I have?"
After an unknown period of time, his lips moved with difficulty.
A bandit beside him looked at the sky and sighed, saying, "Less than an hour."
The bald man put his hands behind his head and said, "After today, you can go back."
"Big Brother …"
The bald man waved his hand and said, "Go back and farm well. Although the days are a little hard, you won't starve to death. It's better than hanging your head on a belt …"
"Half-step Mental Disorder with a Smile … If I can't help but laugh later, give me a quick death. Then, dig a hole and bury me. Don't pile up dirt, don't erect a monument, don't do anything." A bitter smile appeared on the bald man's face. "Bleeding from all seven apertures and exploding to death. It's too unsightly …"
A bandit gritted his teeth and stood up, saying, "Big Brother, I'll go get the antidote!"
"It's too late." The bald bandit waved his hand and said, "Go back and help me pass a message to your sister-in-law."
"Tell her that I don't regret marrying her in this life."
…
"It's all my fault. I shouldn't have advised Big Brother!" One of the bandits gritted his teeth, stood up, and slashed the tree with his sword.
"The one in front, do you see a young man with a girl …"
A voice came from behind. The bandit impatiently waved his hand and said, "Scram, scram, scram. I'm annoyed. What are you yelling for? I'll kill you if you yell again!"
Thump!
As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly felt a pain in the crook of his leg. His legs gave way and he knelt on the ground.
"What did you just say?"
An old man with messy hair walked up from behind and looked at him.
The eyes of the bandits suddenly widened and they couldn't help but shiver.
"S-Senior …" The fear in their hearts increased to the extreme. Thinking of the terrifying scene from a few days ago, a few of them immediately knelt on the ground.
"It's you guys again!" The old man's face also revealed a surprised expression. He remembered that the bald man was the leader of the group. He walked over and asked, "Hey, have you seen a young man with a … a beautiful girl with a young man?"
The bald man leaned against the tree with an emotionless expression. He glanced at the old man and didn't answer.
The old man narrowed his eyes and said coldly, "I'm asking you a question!"
The bald man glanced at him again. His eyes were indifferent and didn't contain any emotion.
The old man grabbed him by the neck and lifted him up against the tree trunk. He said, "Aren't you afraid that I'll kill you?"
The bald man looked at him coldly and said, "Don't talk nonsense. If you want to kill me, then kill me. Don't be so wishy-washy like a woman!"
The cold expression on the old man's face disappeared and he looked at him in surprise. "You want to die?"
The bald man said indifferently, "In any case, the poison will take effect in an hour. Just kill me and give me a quick death."
The old man grabbed his wrist and felt it. He said in surprise, "You're not poisoned …"
The big man said coldly, "Hmph! That 'Laughing Half-step Madness' is a rare poison in the world. If there's no antidote, I'll laugh non-stop in an hour. My whole body will fester, my meridians will break, and I'll explode and die … "
The old man was even more surprised. He said, "I've roamed the martial world for decades, but I've never heard of such a strange poison."
"That's because you're ignorant." The bald man looked at him and said, "If you want to kill me, then kill me. Stop talking nonsense. If you don't kill me, I'll find someone else to kill me!"
The old man didn't get angry. Instead, he laughed and said, "I'm called 'Monster Xu' in the martial world. I didn't expect you to be even weirder than me. You're actually begging someone to kill you …"
"Big brother, big brother!" At this time, a figure ran out from a house not far away. He waved the paper in his hand and said happily, "Big brother, I found this in the room. That person said that it wasn't poison. It was all a lie!"
"Really?" The big man was shocked. He took the paper from his hand. After looking at it, he gave it to another person beside him and said, "Ergou, you've also studied for two years. Look at what's written here!"
That person hurriedly looked at the paper and slapped his thigh. He said, "Big brother, it's true. That person left a letter saying that it wasn't poison!"
The big man's face revealed an ecstatic expression. He murmured, "So, I don't have to die?"
"No, no, no …"
The old man indifferently glanced at him and shook his head. "I've thought about it seriously just now. Since you want to die, why don't I fulfill your wish? In the future, it will be a story that I'm happy to help others."
The smile on the bald man's face froze.
Plop!
He knelt on the ground and hugged the old man's thigh. With tears and snot, he said, "Senior, I was wrong. I don't want to die. Don't you want to find someone? Let's talk about finding someone!"
"You really don't want to reconsider?" The old man looked at him and said, "When others asked me to help, the reward was 100,000 taels of silver. I'm in a good mood today, so I won't take a penny. You've made a big profit!"
"No, I won't!" The bald man shook his head and said, "Senior, you shouldn't help with less than 100,000 taels of silver. I can't let you suffer a loss!"
The old man took out a portrait from his chest and asked, "Tell me, have you seen this person?"
"No." The big man shook his head. Although the person in the portrait gave him a very familiar feeling, he had indeed never seen him before.
The old man frowned and seemed to have thought of something. He said, "Think about it again. That person is about this tall, and there should be a girl beside him. No, a young man dressed like an inn's manservant. He should be carrying a sword with him …"
The bald bandit was stunned for a moment before he nodded and said, "I think I've seen him before …"
… …
"Ten hours ago, they went down this path …" The bald bandit had a flattering expression on his face as he pointed to a mountain path.
"That's right." The sloppy old man nodded and took out an item from his chest. He threw it to the bandit.
"This is for you!"
The bald man watched as the old man threw a milky white square object into his mouth. He looked at the exact same object in his hand and also put it in his mouth.
In the next moment, his eyes suddenly widened.
"This taste …"
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