Volume 1: Spring in Wulong Town Chapter 161: Chasing the Murderer A Thousand Miles Away and Returning in One Day
Xu Qingyan didn't say anything, just nodded, and followed Tang Zheng out of the room.
The two of them acted decisively, checked out of the room, mounted their Snow Region warhorses, and continued on their journey back along the route that Hua Yingxiu and the others had taken to Wulong Town.
"What have you found?" Xu Qingyan rode his horse to catch up with Tang Zheng, and seeing that he looked thoughtful, he asked.
"Yes, of course!" Tang Zheng smiled.
Xu Qingyan used his astrological talent but was unable to find any clues. What could Tang Zheng really discover?
Seeing Xu Qingyan frowning, Tang Zheng stretched out a finger and said, "After careful observation, I found that..."
"Hmm?" Xu Qingyan really looked like he was listening attentively.
"That room is elegantly decorated, with north-south ventilation, a big and soft bed, and a view of the mountains and rivers outside the window..."
"..."Xu Qingyan's hands trembled as he pulled the reins.
"The Yaoshan tribe is indeed a tribe that loves life!" Tang Zheng came to this conclusion that had nothing to do with Pan Yu. He shouted loudly again, increased his speed and rode into the night.
"..."Xu Qingyan stopped talking completely, quickened his pace to catch up, and concentrated on his journey.
One family, two families...
Following the route that Hua Yingxiu and the others took to Wulong Town, Tang Zheng and Xu Qingyan stayed in two inns in succession.
Before I knew it, it was already late at night.
Xu Qingyan's astrological talent could originally be invoked once every several hours, but now it was forcibly invoked in less than an hour. Although it was not tracking but only star power sensing , it was still gradually becoming a bit overwhelmed.
However, after visiting two consecutive inns, he still found nothing.
"Room No. 1 in the second inn is spacious and bright. The view outside the window is very attractive at night, and it must be even more beautiful during the day."
"..."Xu Qingyan was speechless.
"Well, the third house we visited just now, Room 6, had early lotus flowers blooming in the courtyard nearby. The fragrance could be smelled throughout the room."
"..." Although Xu Qingyan knew that time was urgent, the sense of urgency seemed to have dissipated inadvertently in Tang Zheng's attitude of sightseeing.
"Qingyan." Tang Zheng suddenly called Xu Qingyan.
"What?" Xu Qingyan replied calmly, his hands firmly on the reins.
"This is the fourth Yuelai Inn. If this one hasn't been found yet, let's take a rest here!" Tang Zheng's eyes swept across Xu Qingyan's forehead, which was covered with a layer of sweat.
It's almost dawn.
They rode their war horses at full speed, and in just one night they had covered a distance that would take two days to cover on an ordinary horse or four days to cover in a carriage.
As Xu Qingyan had to travel quickly in the night and constantly force himself to use his astrological talent, his face had become very pale.
The two men tied up their horses and walked into the Yuelai Inn.
There is a flower garden in front of Yuelai Inn. There is a spring flowing down from the rockery and winding into the flower fields, which creates a unique scene.
The early morning hours are when the inn has the fewest visitors.
The innkeeper was taking a nap in the rocking chair behind the counter.
Tang Zheng's shout woke him up from his sweet dream: "Shopkeeper, room number two."
As soon as Tang Zheng entered the room, he went straight to their target room.
"Room No. 2..." The shopkeeper rubbed his sleepy eyes and got up to look for the key, "Oh, my god..." He raised his head and looked at Tang Zheng with an apologetic smile, "Unfortunately, Room No. 2 has just been occupied. How about opening Room No. 1 for you?"
"Can you ask him to change it?" Tang Zheng insisted. He added two more Liuyin Tongbao coins and placed them on the counter.
"Uh..." The shopkeeper looked embarrassed, "At this time... I'm afraid the guests have gone to bed, so it's not very convenient."
Xu Qingyan glanced at Tang Zheng and was about to speak, but Tang Zheng sighed and said, "Okay, then open room number one for me."
Soon, the waiter led the two to the guest room.
When he arrived at Room 2, Tang Zheng suddenly went over and knocked on the door.
The waiter was startled at first, but it was too late to stop it...
"Who?" Fortunately, the people in the room were not asleep, and a young male voice came from inside.
"Room service!" Tang Zheng casually stuffed a few copper coins into the hands of the worried-looking waiter.
The door was pushed open with a creak.
A man in his early twenties dressed as a scholar looked at Tang Zheng puzzledly.
"Alas, brother, it is really rude to disturb you so late at night..." Tang Zheng quickly glanced at the man's clothes, sighed, and bowed to him.
Xu Qingyan stood aside without saying a word, but his eyes flashed.
Tang Zheng's painting style really changed a bit suddenly...
"No problem, what's the matter?" the scholar asked.
"Alas, several years ago... my wife and I met in this Yuelai Inn while traveling... that day, I stayed in room number two. She was wearing a light blue skirt and walked along the stone path under the window, her back to the setting sun..." Tang Zheng, with a miserable expression, told a lingering and sad story... a simplified version of the Legend of White Snake in another world.
Xu Qingyan's face was completely frozen.
Where did Tang Zheng's wife come from? And where had she been to Yuelai Inn?
besides……
Does his story have to be so tear-jerking?
Human, demon... falling in love, worldly... persisting, resisting, being separated forever... a string in Xu Qingyan's heart was plucked again and again.
"To be honest, today is the day I met her for three years. Although she has passed away, I have traveled thousands of miles to come to Yuelai Inn and stay in Room No. 2... I miss her so much that I can ease my longing." Tang Zheng bowed, "Could you please change rooms for me? I have already booked Room No. 1 next door..."
"My brother, please accept my condolences." The scholar sighed, "Since this is the case, I will do my best to help others."
Having said that, he went back to his room to pack up, consoled Tang Zheng with a few words, and then followed the waiter to Room No. 1 next door.
After Xu Qingyan entered the room, he looked at Tang Zhenghao deeply for a few times.
"What's wrong? What's the problem?" Tang Zheng leaned on the soft bed and squinted his eyes comfortably.
"I thought, with your style, you would just use the money to break the door open, and then use the money to drive the guests away..." Xu Qingyan stated the facts calmly.
"Ha, how is that possible?" Tang Zheng put his hands behind his head, "When you are out, don't show off your wealth! I am the 'seventh uncle' of the owner of Jubao Pavilion in Wulong Town, so of course I can handle things, but outside... my strength is not enough to support me to use money to get by!"
Xu Qingyan's lips slightly opened - isn't Tang Zheng a typical example of a bully at home?
He actually spoke so confidently and without any shame!
"Besides, didn't you see how he was dressed? He is a scholar, and scholars have feelings... Tsk, a scholar meets a fox at night... talented man and a beautiful woman, I love this routine." Of course, Tang Zheng also treated the person differently. If the person living inside was a butcher, then of course he would deal with it differently.
"..." Xu Qingyan stopped listening to his nonsense and raised the stars again...
This time, Xu Qingyan took longer.
After traveling all night and forcing himself to use his astrological talent all night, he was already a little overdrawn.
Tang Zheng started wandering around the room again.
The sweat on Xu Qingyan's forehead dripped down...
He opened his eyes and said, "Found it."
Tang Zheng's eyes lit up, but he said, "Take a break, and then we'll talk slowly."
Xu Qingyan did not try to show off. He closed his eyes and rested for a long time before opening them again: "In the room, there is a special star power fluctuation that is exactly the same as the star power remaining on the envelope in the Qiqiao Linglong box!"
"That is to say..."
"Pan Yu has been here!" Xu Qingyan replied, "However, it has been too long, and we still cannot track down the owner of this star power. Where is he now?"
"It doesn't matter." Tang Zheng stood up from his chair. "It's enough to know this!"
Tang Zheng asked Xu Qingyan to rest in the room while he went out.
Xu Qingyan didn't ask any more questions and started to recover his star power directly.
Tang Zheng left the room...
About a quarter of an hour later, he returned to the room with a satisfied look on his face.
"No need to go on. Rest for a night and go back to Wulong Town tomorrow." Tang Zheng left Xu Qingyan in the room and booked another guest room to rest.
No words were spoken that night.
After waking up at noon the next day, the two rode at full speed again and rushed straight back to Wulong Town.
Before entering the city, Tang Zheng took a trip to the willow forest outside the city.
However, Tang Zheng was obviously not interested in the place where Pan Yu had an appointment with Hua Yingxiu. He just looked at it from a distance, glanced at it casually, then left with a sneer and went straight back to Wulong Town.
After returning to Wulong Town, Tang Zheng went straight to Jubao Pavilion.
"Tang..." Ban Yilou raised his eyelids and saw that it was Tang Zheng. Before he could even open his mouth to call out, a purple gold Tongbao was slapped in front of him.
Xu Qingyan's eyes twitched again...
As expected, after returning to Wulong Town, Tang Zheng's style of doing things changed again.
As expected of a typical bully at home, he started using money to pave the way as soon as he entered Jubao Pavilion.
Tang Zheng watched Ban Yiluo start to collect purple gold without any hesitation, then he picked up the paper and pen on the counter and started writing his shopping list.
It didn't take him long.
With just a few strokes, a shopping list was turned and handed to Ban Yilou.
"Didn't you say that you couldn't stand Pan Yu using your stuff to pick up your girl? How can you still be in the mood to buy...Fuck!" Ban Yilou was still talking about Pan Yu in the first half of his sentence, but the second half of his sentence was distorted by Tang Zheng's shopping list, "Ecstasy Powder, Xin Chunxiang, Golden Gun Pills, I Love a Chai...Are you planning to change your career and follow Pan Yu?"
Xu Qingyan had been standing quietly on the side, not looking at what Tang Zheng was writing. When he heard Ban Yilou scream, he set his eyes on the shopping list that Tang Zheng had just written...
Even someone like him who had no idea what "curiosity" was, felt a little itchy in his heart because of this list.
What the hell does Tang Zheng want?
To sum it up, it’s a complete set of professional flower thief equipment!
