Chapter 55: Mantuo Villa
"Mantuo Villa? Are you crazy? Young man, beauties are everywhere, don't be so pessimistic... It's not a matter of money, I won't go, I won't go!" The boatman shook his head repeatedly.
Chu Lu Ren was also helpless. They had already arrived at the Taihu Lake ferry in Gusu, but no boatman dared to go to that haunted place of Mantuo Villa...
It is said that this is because "Mrs. Wang" hates men very much. Unless they have a good relationship with her, if an ordinary man goes there... he will most likely become fertilizer for the flowers!
They even often do some confusing things, such as sending a few cruel old women to bring justice to the original wife - yes, when they encounter emotional disagreements caused by the mistress, they must stand up to the mistress and force the man to divorce or even kill his original wife before they will give up.
However, Mantuo Villa has been very well behaved recently. After all, Hua Wuque from Yihua Palace is active in the Jiangnan area.
Although Hua Wuque would not attack women, Mantuo Villa should not go too far and do something contrary to the "correctness of Yihua Palace".
"How about this, you just need to take me to a place where I can see Mantuo Villa from afar. As long as you agree, you can take the ten taels of silver." Chu Lu Ren had no choice but to use more of the small fund for robbing the rich and helping the poor.
The boatman saw that Chu Lu Ren was generous and had a sword with him. Although the suona on his waist looked out of place, he knew that he must be a wanderer. If he was only seen from a distance, there shouldn't be any problem. After all, Mantuo Villa was not a den of demons, so they wouldn't chase him out. The most important thing was... he gave so much!
"Sir, have you ever been on the Chivalrous List before?" the boatman asked with gritted teeth.
"I have been in, I have been in, and I'm still on the list. Look..." Chu Lu Ren said, and took out the page of paper with number 71 on the Earth List from his arms.
Well, the top seventy-one is a little torn.
Seeing that Chu Lu Ren was indeed on the chivalrous list, the boatman decided to take a risk - since he was on the chivalrous list, he basically couldn't be a bandit, and the risk he took was just to get closer to Mantuo Villa.
After Chu Lu Ren got on the boat, he didn't have to wait for others. After all, few people were willing to seek death.
The boatman rowed the boat alone, and after half a day, they could see a small island with a villa in the distance. On the plaque on the gate were the words "Mantuo Villa".
"Sir, it's just ahead... Just take a look. I can wait for you to take a longer look, but we have to go back before dark." The boatman was reluctant to get too close, especially when he saw that there were female guards in front of the villa, and the island was still nearly twenty or thirty feet away!
Chu Lu Ren calculated the distance and said to the boatman, "No need. The boatman has worked hard. You can just go back directly."
Then Chu Lu Ren used his Qing Kung to leap up, took advantage of the water surface for a few times, and tapped a few points, then he crossed a distance of more than twenty feet and arrived in front of Mantuo Villa!
Kunyouxukong’s focus is on body movement, but his lightness skill is also among the best.
If it was Yun Zhonghe, his posture would be even more graceful, but... Chu Luren definitely has the advantage in terms of appearance!
Unfortunately, most of the women in Mantuo Villa are man-hating. When they saw Chu Lu Ren, they did not appreciate his beauty. Instead, they surrounded Chu Lu Ren!
"How dare you! Where did this wild man come from? Does he not know where this place is? Do you want to stay and be used as fertilizer for the flowers? Ha, these boatmen have also forgotten the reputation of our Mantuo Villa... Liu'er, go on the speedboat and bring him back!" An old woman shouted to Chu Lu Ren in a shrill voice.
"Granny Yan, the boatman hasn't come yet..." The woman next to her seemed to have some martial arts skills, but she looked very afraid of Granny Yan.
"kindness?"
Granny Yan glared at her, and the woman had no choice but to take a few steps toward the bow of her own boat.
The boatman actually didn't need to be taught. As soon as Chu Lu Ren performed his Qinggong, he quickly rowed the boat back...
Chu Lu Ren frowned when he saw this and said, "How dare you! I'll slap you in the face!" Then he casually pointed out with his finger.
It seemed that Granny Yan had some martial arts skills, or iron claw skills or something like that, but on the one hand, she was far inferior to Chu Lu Ren at the moment, and on the other hand, she was unintentional and did not expect that Chu Lu Ren could use his finger force to poke at her from several feet away, and she was hit directly!
At first there was no big reaction, but before Granny Yan could yell at Chu Lu Ren for being weak, he suddenly felt the internal force running through the meridians in his right arm, causing his entire arm to jump, and an awkward slap landed on his face.
Having had experience before, Chu Lu Ren was familiar with this so this time his "slap in the face" was very successful and solid.
Seeing that Chu Lu Ren just said "slap", Granny Yan was really hit. The women around her were also horrified and did not dare to move for a while. The woman who had boarded the ship before also stood there on guard.
Granny Yan usually only obeys the orders of "Mrs. Wang", or Li Qingluo, in the villa. In her eyes, other people are just ants. In the original work, she even dares to attack Wang Yuyan.
After all, these "mothers-in-law" were originally taught by Li Qiushui to take care of Li Qingluo. All of them were young and emotionally hurt. Their obedience to Li Qingluo was partly the reason why they led Li Qingluo to become more and more biased.
Now that he was suddenly taught a lesson by an outsider, he felt half angry and half horrified - Chu Lu Ren's "Pulse Summoning" was still very scary if one didn't understand the reason!
"Tell Madam Li that an old friend is visiting!" Chu Lu Ren said as he threw the silk scroll of "Northern Divine Art" with the "Hand-painted Version of Li Qiu Shui's Welfare" painted on it to Grandma Yan.
Of course, it is wrapped to avoid misunderstanding.
When Granny Yan heard Chu Lu Ren calling Madam Wang by her family name, her face turned uncertain for a moment. However, because she had overestimated Chu Lu Ren and... Chu Lu Ren really showed him the token, Granny Yan did not dare to ignore him.
In fact, Chu Lu Ren had another "token" on him, which was a letter from Duan Zhengchun.
But Chu Lu Ren didn't know whether the unreliable guy would do something bad, so he would deal with it according to Li Qiu Shui's "last will" first, and whether to take Duan Zhengchun's letter would depend on the situation.
"I'll go inform the madam, you guys keep an eye on him!" Granny Yan said and walked back, but left a few young maids here to "keep an eye" on Chu Lu Ren.
Chu Luren just sneered at this...
He did not make things difficult for others, but instead asked the woman who had just tried to dissuade Granny Yan from chasing the boatman, "What's your name?"
The other party didn't dare to speak, and Chu Luren didn't force it. He asked instead, "Has anyone from Murong Villa come here recently?"
The other party still didn't speak, as if he was on guard and didn't dare to reveal anything, so Chu Lu Ren had to change the way he asked: "I have a friend who is with the maid of Murong Villa . He is a man... Has he been here?"
"Except for my cousin, no man has come here ." The young maid answered in a low voice.
Chu Lu Ren nodded when he heard this. "Cousin" should be referring to Murong Fu... He was also a little worried, wondering whether Duan Yu had escaped.
Not long after, accompanied by a burst of dense footsteps, a group of women walked out of the wide-open door, and in the middle was a woman in palace dress who was surrounded by stars like the moon.
Although there is a mature charm between her eyebrows, her facial features appear to be three points younger than Dao Baifeng at first glance, and...she looks about 70% similar to the jade statue and the "model" of Bei Ming Divine Art!
Chu Lu Ren was immediately certain that this person must be Li Qingluo.
"Madam, it's this boy..."
"Shut up." Li Qingluo interrupted Grandma Yan rudely.
Li Qingluo had some misogynistic reaction towards young men like Chu Luren for a while, but she still forced herself to ask, "Sir, where did you get this...letter? Do you have any news about the owner of the letter?" She looked three parts misogynistic, six parts expectant, and one part shy.
Chu Luren immediately realized that Li Qingluo probably still missed her mother who had disappeared without a trace.
As for the embarrassment, it's needless to say - the Bei Ming Divine Art, but Li Qiushui herself was the model, it was less than the Heart of the Ocean, and there were thirty-six postures...
It just so happens that Li Qingluo and Li Qiu Shui are very similar!
Of course, Chu Lu Ren didn’t have so many messy thoughts. Before, he was just learning the Bei Ming Divine Art in a very ordinary way.
