Chapter 76 Night Beauty
Not to mention the two of them, Lantian was also caught off guard and didn't know what to do for a moment. At this moment, he heard Bai Zhijing yelling, "Stop right there!"
Wu Mian and others, including Wang Quan and Xu Yan, were startled. They turned their heads and saw that Tang Tang did not pause for a second. Instead, she walked to a taxi, opened the door and said to Lan Tian, "Do you want to go?"
Lantian's forehead was covered with sweat. He didn't know what was wrong with this girl named Tang Tang. It didn't seem like a good idea to have a quarrel with the elders of the sect like this.
At this time, Bai Zhijing said coldly: "Who said we won't go? You have no respect for your elders!"
Lantian was stunned for a moment, and then he came to his senses, and was surprised and happy, and hurriedly invited Bai Zhijing to get in the car. Wang Quan, Xu Yan and other four disciples didn't understand, but since the master had spoken, they could only follow.
There were exactly two taxis, and there were seven of them in them.
Lantian, Bai Zhijing and Xu Yan took one car, and the other four took another.
Lantian was very grateful to Bai Zhijing for his help. He thought that Master Bai was worthy of being a master of Tianshi Mansion and he could still distinguish things clearly at the critical moment.
"Where are we going?" Bai Zhijing sat in the back seat with his eyes half closed.
"I think we should go to Pei's house first. I'm afraid something might happen there." This was the conclusion Lantian came to after thinking it over.
Wu Qingyang and Pei Ji have been friends for many years. Tonight, he suddenly risked a falling out with Chongxu Temple and abducted Pei Xueqing. Something big must have happened.
Judging from what happened to him, Wu Qingyang was extremely vicious and the Pei family is probably in great danger.
This reminded him of a tragic incident that happened many years ago. At that time, a wealthy family named Zheng in Linchuan offended a magician. As a result, the entire family was wiped out overnight, and no one survived, including more than a dozen people.
Because the mage's methods were too extreme, the entire sect joined forces to hunt him down, and he eventually committed suicide.
When the incident happened, he was only a teenage apprentice who had not even touched the threshold of a wizard. However, the tragedy of the incident left a very deep impression on him.
The reason why he was so nervous was that he was afraid that Wu Qingyang would repeat the tragedy of that year.
Ever since he experienced the previous encounter, he always felt very nervous, fearing that something big would happen, so he came so eagerly to seek help from Bai Zhijing and others.
However, he didn't know where Pei Xueqing was taken, so he could only go to Pei's house first to see.
"Then go ahead." Bai Zhijing said calmly, his expression calm.
Lantian breathed a sigh of relief, and then heard Master Bai beside him ask again: "You have been in Jiangning City for many years. What is the relationship between Chongxu Temple and the Pei family?"
"It's very ordinary, hardly a friendship at all." Lantian said after thinking for a while.
"Is it that you look down on the Pei family and don't want to make friends with them?" Bai Zhijing asked.
Lan Tian's heart tightened when he heard this, and he quickly explained: "Although the Pei family cannot compare with the top families in Jiangning City, they are also very powerful. But this Pei Ji is a little strange. He only interacts with Wu Qingyang, and never interacts with other mages."
As the person in charge of Chongxu Temple in Jiangning City, Lantian has dealt with most of the prominent people in Jiangning City. Even if he is not very familiar with some of them, he can still be an acquaintance.
But he had never met Pei Ji. Firstly, Pei Ji was a low-key person who lived in seclusion and rarely went out, so it was difficult to see him in public occasions. Secondly, he would not take the initiative to make friends with some mages.
Over the years, Wu Qingyang was the only person who had a very close relationship with Pei Ji.
"Then we can take this opportunity to establish a relationship with the Pei family." Bai Zhijing said calmly.
Lantian was stunned when he heard this, and for a moment he was puzzled. Was Master Bai agreeing to help out of moral principles or out of profit calculations, trying to use this to build a connection between Chongxu Temple and the Pei family?
Ever since the martial arts sects began to gradually enter the secular world in order to survive, all the big and small sects have successively supported and made friends with some potential families, such as Chongxu Temple and the Lin family. Although Lantian and Lin Guoxin have really become friends after so many years, when the two first came into contact, it was also for the benefit of both parties. Everyone shared what they had and took what they needed.
There is nothing wrong with this, but when Lantian heard Bai Zhijing say it so directly, he still felt it was a little unnatural.
"I understand." Lantian nodded, and the wound moved, causing him to cough again.
"Are your meridians injured?" Bai Zhijing glanced at him .
Lantian said yes and recounted the details of his fight with the man suspected to be Wu Qingyang.
"Dragon Paper? Rotten Bone Flower?" Bai Zhijing sneered, "I want to see how bold this Wu is to challenge the Tianshi Mansion!"
Lantian was silent. He had not felt it much before because he was in a hurry to get on the road. But when he sat down now, he felt a tightness in his chest. He took a deep breath slowly and closed his eyes to recuperate.
The car drove all the way and soon arrived near Xinye. The buildings here are not as dense as those in the urban area, and it is backed by a large wetland with lush greenery and humid water vapor. As soon as we arrived here, we felt that the temperature was a few degrees lower.
Lantian took a deep breath, forced himself to be alert, and looked out the window. At this time, he heard his cell phone ringing. When he picked up the phone, it was Gao Xiang calling.
"Mr. Lantian, have you found the great god?" Gao Xiang turned on the speakerphone. He and Sun Muyu were waiting anxiously at Zijin Garden, but they still couldn't contact Xu Lai.
When Gao Xiang and Sun Muyu heard Lantian say no, they were greatly disappointed.
Sun Muyu paced back and forth for a few steps, and couldn't help but interrupt and ask, "Mr. Lantian, where are you going now?"
"I'm going to the Pei family. I'm almost there, so I won't tell you yet." Lantian said this and hung up the phone.
Gao Xiang and Sun Muyu looked at each other, both a little surprised. Why did Mr. Lantian suddenly go to the Pei family, and from his tone, it seemed quite urgent.
"Why don't we rush over to take a look?" Sun Muyu suggested. After all, Pei Xueyi was a very important person and was involved in the murder of Zhao Wenjun. He was already impatient.
When I heard that Mr. Lantian had passed away, I felt more confident.
"Okay!" Gao Xiang didn't waste any words. The two of them got in the car and headed towards Pei's house.
The distance from Zijinyuan to Xinye is quite far. Although Gao Xiang stepped on the accelerator all the way, it would take him more than half an hour to finish the journey.
"Do you think we should look for someone from Section 9?" Gao Xiang suggested while driving.
"Can you contact them?" Sun Muyu said unhappily.
Gao Xiang was silent. The ninth section was very mysterious. Only the great god got the phone number from somewhere and talked to that person from time to time.
"Besides, that kid named Pei was able to escape. I don't know what the ninth department is doing. I think they are just useless!" Sun Muyu has been brooding over Pei Xueyi's escape.
"I think it's hard to say." Gao Xiang didn't think so.
"What's so embarrassing about this? If he can't even keep an eye on one person, what else can he be but a good-for-nothing?" Sun Muyu said in annoyance.
Gao Xiang pointed and headed right, saying, "Don't forget the head of the ninth section, the one called Huang Shaotang. I think he is probably from the Huang Clan. I'm afraid no one from such a big family is a fool."
Sun Muyu heard him say that and heard some other meaning: "You mean, the guy surnamed Pei slipped out, maybe it was intentional by Section 9?"
"I can't say for sure, but there is such a possibility." Gao Xiang said, turning the steering wheel and driving the car westward. In a while, they would be near Fanghua Garden.
Sun Muyu thought about it carefully and had to admit that Gao Xiang's guess made sense. After all, when they met Pei Xueyi, he looked very strange and didn't look like someone who sneaked out.
"Don't think about it, let's go and take a look first." Gao Xiang found a place to park the car, and the two of them walked to Fanghua Garden.
He saw two guards talking in the gate booth. Gao Xiang glanced at Sun Muyu. They were used to having a tacit understanding and knew what the other meant without saying anything.
"Two big brothers, you are still on duty." Sun Muyu stepped forward to greet them.
The two security guards looked up at him after hearing the voice. As long as they were security guards, especially those working in places like Fanghua Garden, they would see a lot of people coming and going, and their eyesight was extraordinary. They could tell at a glance that Sun Muyu's clothes were not cheap, and he was probably a rich young man.
Hearing him call the two of them "big brother", he couldn't help but feel happy and said with a smile: "It's work, there's nothing I can do."
Sun Muyu asked with a smile: "I want to ask the two brothers something. Did anything happen in Fanghua Garden tonight?"
The two security guards were a little confused and shook their heads, saying, "Is everything okay?" They had been on duty here since the afternoon and had not heard any big noise inside.
"Has anyone been in there before?" Sun Muyu asked again, "Except the residents inside."
The two security guards thought about it and said that today was not the weekend, and there were not many people coming here. They all knew each other, and no one else had been in.
Sun Muyu greeted the two of them, then stepped out and went aside to discuss things with Gao Xiang.
"It's possible that we're not taking the right path." Gao Xiang said, and he and Sun Muyu climbed over the wall together. The so-called not taking the right path refers to this.
