You cultivate immortality, I cultivate merit

Chapter 337 Just That Once

At night, Shi Xiaoliu and the other two went down the mountain from the back. After they left, Qi Yuan Zhenren's brothers also left the room.

Qi Cheng Zhenren said with uneasiness: "The three of them originally planned to check the situation during the day tomorrow."

Qi Yuan Zhenren glanced at him and said, "Tell Yu'er that people usually like to speak their mind at night."

Qi Cheng Zhenren sighed and said, "Don't I just want to not tell them about the Northern Wilderness?"

"In fact, it can be said that Jiuzhou is too stable, which makes them less aware of the crisis."

"Brother, you are Yu'er's biological father, you are telling Yu'er and the others those ridiculous things."

"Brother, shouldn't I be preparing for seclusion?

After I'm in seclusion, you can tell them more about what's happening outside. People's minds are unpredictable, so they should be on guard."

"Brother, when are you going to tell Yu'er and the other two that you are going to retreat here?"

"There's no rush now. I'll watch them for a few more days."

"Brother, you should also pay more attention to Sister Lan's affairs.

I think the Sect Master still hopes that Sister Lan can break the curse herself."

“The person who did this will never break the curse for her. He cannot afford the consequences of what happened.

Lan Jie'er is still young, I think she has some luck, and she will break the curse one day."

Shi Xiaoliu and the other two had already gone down the mountain by now, and they avoided the people stationed along the official road.

After they walked for a while, Shi Xiaoliu said to Shi Zelan and Xia Yu, "Let's save some energy. We will have a lot of things to do when we enter the city."

The three of them arrived at the foot of the city very quickly. They looked up at the people patrolling on the city wall and could only stay close to the wall and wait silently for their opportunity.

"Boss, look down below the city. I seem to be dazzled. I saw three shadows running under the city wall."

The patrolmen all lowered their heads and looked down. Shi Xiaoliu and the other two were now sticking directly to the shadow of the city wall.

"No, let's go."

"Yes, it's probably the shadow of the tree. You are seeing things wrong."

After the soldiers passed this area, Shi Xiaoliu spread the word, "Go, hurry up."

Three figures flashed up the city wall, then quickly got down, and they headed straight south.

Someone on the city wall looked back and saw only shadows cast by the moonlight on the wall.

At this time of year, there were still people walking on the streets of the city. Shi Xiaoliu told Shi Zelan and Xia Yu, "Let's go to the scholar's home first."

The three of them walked towards the homes of the scholars. When they were getting closer, they heard the sound of children reading aloud from each house.

The three of them stopped at the entrance of the alley. After a while, they heard a woman in a nearby yard say, "That woman looks simple and kind, how could she have such a bad heart?"

“Stop talking, it’s already over.

Her family is reluctant to take her life, but they don’t dare to keep such a person at home.”

"Alas, if her family had helped her, there wouldn't have been such a disaster."

Shi Xiaoliu walked forward and came to a house at the end of the alley.

He turned directly towards the backyard, with Shi Zelan and Xia Yu following behind him.

After a while, they stood at the dilapidated back door and listened, without even having to climb over the wall to hear what was going on inside.

They also saw people hiding in several corners who wanted to eavesdrop on the secret.

Shi Zelan sent a message to Shi Xiaoliu and Xia Yu: "Do the people in this courtyard know that people in the city are very concerned about their recent situation?"

Shi Xiaoliu sighed and said, "We heard the news and rushed here in the dark.

Others, I'm afraid, have been guarding the front and back yards of this family for the past few days, listening carefully to the movements inside. "Xia Yu was about to listen to the words, but heard footsteps coming from inside.

"Third brother, I have divorced the evil woman. Tell my parents not to give the girl to her mother. She will have no way to survive."

"Brother, I didn't send her to the government because I thought that you would remember our relationship as husband and wife."

"She and I don't have any marital relationship. If she had any regard for the kindness our family has shown her, she wouldn't have done something that would ruin someone's future."

"Brother, it's time to get married. After a while, no one in the city will talk about this anymore. Dad and Mom will find a good wife for you."

“Third brother, I am afraid of virtuous women now.

She used to behave so virtuously in our home that people in the alley all said she was a rare virtuous woman.

"Alas, brother, if that man hadn't seduced her, she might have remained virtuous all her life."

The footsteps of the two people walked forward. Shi Xiaoliu sent a message to Shi Zelan and Xia Yu: "Do you want to continue listening to the news here?"

"No, let's go to the woman's parents' home."

The three of them quickly left through the back door, and after a while, two or three more people left.

Shi Xiaoliu and the other two had not thought of using the invisibility talisman, but they had not thought of acting too ostentatiously either.

They arrived at the woman's parents' home and turned to the back door, where they saw five or six people standing in the dark.

Shi Xiaoliu sighed and said, "Let's flip in from the side."

The wall of the woman's house was not high, and the three of them quickly climbed over it.

"Woo, woo, woo."

There was a sound of crying coming from the corner of the backyard.

Shi Xiaoliu and the other two went straight to that place. When they heard footsteps coming from the front yard, they quickly hid behind a tree in the yard.

Shi Zelan looked out and saw an old woman holding a package in her hand. She looked around and walked to a small house in the corner.

"Squeak." The door opened, and someone was kneeling in the middle of the room.

"Cry, cry, cry, you still have the nerve to cry, your eldest niece's engagement has been broken off."

"Mother, he told me that he just wanted to clear my brother-in-law's stomach and didn't intend to kill anyone."

“Does he dare to kill people?
If you get a piece of silver from him, you will treat it as a treasure.

You know, he got fifty taels of silver from someone else. "

"Woo, woo, woo, mother, he didn't mean it. He found a way to talk to me. He wanted me to run away with him."

"You damned woman, have you ever thought about running away with him?"

"Don't hit me, mother, I didn't do that. I wanted to help him this time and live a good life with Niu'er's father in the future.

Wuu, wuu, wuu, mother, I want to bring Niu'er here, she can't stay in that man's house anymore."

The three people behind the tree looked at each other, feeling that they were about to hear some great news.

"Why can't I keep her? No, no, no, tell me, is Niu'er your son-in-law's child?"

The old woman pinched her daughter's neck and shook her several times, then she quickly let go.

The old woman lowered her voice and cried sadly, then quickly stopped.

“Cough, cough, cough.

Mother, I didn't want to do that either. After I got married, he came to find me and asked me if I wanted to go with him.

Woo, woo, woo, I didn’t go with him, but I and he couldn’t hold back, just that once.”