Chapter 126 Becoming an Orphan
Yi Zhuofeng and Shi Ruge returned to the beach restaurant one after another. At this time, they happened to meet Gong Ziqi again.
Gong Ziqi's mental outlook looked much better than yesterday. And now he is very busy, busy arranging his men to transport a lot of supplies to the giant ship "Tiandi" in the north.
However, when he saw Yi Zhuofeng and Shi Ruge, he still took time to walk towards them.
Yi Zhuofeng seemed to be arrogant, and he walked forward with a cold breath around his body. He knew that Gong Ziqi was going to say hello to him, but he was too lazy to pay attention to it, too lazy to stop, so he went straight upstairs.
Seeing that Gong Ziqi came over, Shi Ruge stopped a little. Then Gong Ziqi stopped in front of her, took the initiative to say hello to her, and said with a gentle expression: "Sister Ruge, it's early."
Shi Ruge responded to him of course and said softly: "As early..." Although Gong Ziqi had a bad attitude towards her yesterday afternoon, she didn't want to care about it at all.
"Where are you going early in the morning? Brother Jin and Taoist Master He, where are they going?" Gong Ziqi asked her again.
Shi Ruge pursed his lips again and replied, "Let's go out to buy something. As for Jin Ge and my master, they have gone to do things."
"Oh..." Gong Ziqi looked at a sudden enlightenment and stopped asking.
At this time, Shi Ruge felt that her lower body was bleeding more and more, and she had to use hygiene to carry it. She tilted her head and said to Gong Ziqi: "I'll go back to the room first, I won't chat." After that, she stepped away again, and was in a hurry, without waiting for Gong Ziqi to respond.
In this way, Gong Ziqi thought Shi Ruge was despising him and hostile to him, so he was impatient with him. Therefore, when Shi Ruge went upstairs, his figure disappeared, and he was still standing there, with his lips twitching very high and his smile was extremely dark.
"Hmph, Shi Ruge, Shi Ruge, why are you arrogant? You group of people will soon die on the sea, and no one will remain..." Gong Ziqi said cruelly in his heart...
To the south of the beach restaurant, there is a treacherous and vast forest.
Jin Ge and He Qianxing were almost shoulder to shoulder, walking slowly in the center of the woods.
While walking slowly, Jin Ge observed the changes in the life-reverse compass in his hand.
Today they finally discovered that there was a formation of a world of war in the woods. The directions were rotated from time to time and turned upside down, so that many people could no longer find the direction they could go out after they came in.
And now they have brought the Compass of the Destiny, so it is easy for them to distinguish the direction.
"It seems that this forest is one of the weapons of the black shadow man killing people... Taoist priest, today we have to find a way to make the universe here turn around and no longer appear..." As he walked, Jin Ge said to He Qianxing again.
He Qianxing didn't think about it and immediately responded to Jin Ge and said, "Well. Otherwise, more and more people will be innocently killed because they walked into this place."
After walking several steps, Jin Ge remembered another thing, so he told He Qianxing again, "There is another strange thing. I remember that Ruge said yesterday that she was Yi Zhuofeng who saved her in this woods. How could Taoist Master, why did Yi Zhuofeng know how to break the universe and fight formation?"
He Qianxing couldn't figure this out, and sighed and said, "I also think this is strange. But I don't think Yi Zhuofeng will kill Xu Zhilan or Zhou Tao. Because he has no motivation."
"Yes, and we have no definite evidence at the moment. We cannot doubt him just because he used his sword, and because he hadn't seen anyone for a long time last night." Jin Ge said while walking again, thinking.
He Qianxing nodded again, expressing his agreement with Jin Ge's words, but he didn't say anything more.
They continued walking, holding their breath at the same time, widening their eyes, raising their ears, observing the surrounding scenery, looking for something wrong.
Suddenly, a very light sob of the children came and reached their ears.
Then, they stopped quickly, looking at you, and I looked at me.
"Master, there is a child crying, in the southwest!" Jin Ge immediately made an accurate judgment, his tone as cold as ever.
He Qianxing also felt that the child's sob came from the southwest.
"Let's go!" he said to Jin Ge. After that, he flew up and headed southwest.
Jin Ge naturally flew up quickly, following closely behind He Qianxing.
After flying southwest for about half a mile, they saw a boy.
At this time, they landed from the air one after another, standing a few feet in front of the boy, stepping on the thick dead leaves on the ground, and watching the boy's every move.
The boy was about twelve years old, with black hair tied with a brown ribbon and a gray satin. He was tied with a long white silk ribbon around his waist and a piece of white mutton fat on top. His facial features were handsome and fair skin.
He knelt on the ground, beside a female corpse.
"Mom, Mom, Mom..." He kept sobbing, while raising his hand to wipe his tears with his sleeve.
Moreover, the boy was dressed gorgeously and did not look like an ordinary child at all. The dead woman he called "Mother" also had gorgeous clothes.
Jin Ge and He Qianxing couldn't help but look at each other again. Then, Jin Ge didn't say anything, and ran directly to the boy.
"Children, why are you here? How did your mother die?" Jin Ge asked him anxiously and puzzledly. After asking, he squatted beside him and held his shoulder with one hand.
He Qianxing also began to step again, frowned and slowly approached them.
The boy was still sobbing, crying heart-wrenchingly. His thin body continued to twitch.
Because Jin Ge came over, he looked at Jin Ge and told Jin Ge in a foggy way, "Several days ago, someone grabbed my mother and me here. Then today, he said he would let us go home. But just now, a strong wind blew, and the woods became impossible to see anything, and he fell down with my mother..."
"You were arrested several days ago... You are... " Then, Jin Ge guessed the boy's identity again. A helpless sneer appeared on his handsome face.
He Qianxing also guessed it. In order to be sure, He Qianxing directly asked the boy, "That child, what's your name? Where are you living?"
The boy looked up at He Qianxing in front of him again. Perhaps because He Qianxing was wearing a Taoist uniform, holding a whisk in his hand, and had a kind face, he was not prepared for it.
"My name is Zhou Kangcheng, healthy Kang, honest Cheng. To be honest, I am the son of Zhou Tao, the county magistrate Zhou Tao," he replied to He Qianxing. At this moment, his sobs were not that powerful. But his eyes became particularly cold again, as if there was endless hatred and killing.
"It's true that he is Lord Zhou's family." Jin Ge, who was standing beside him, sighed again with a very light emotion.
When he turned his head and looked at Jin Ge again, Zhou Kangcheng's expression was a little relieved. He asked, "Brother, do you know my father?"
Jin Ge sighed silently again, nodded at him again, "Yes."
"Did my father ask you to come and find us?" Zhou Kangcheng asked again quickly.
Jin Ge still nodded at him. But suddenly, he stopped looking at Zhou Kangcheng.
Because there seemed to be a deep thought hidden between Jin Ge's slightly frowning eyebrows, Zhou Kangcheng also frowned and asked him carefully, "What? This big brother, my father... is it okay?"
He looked at Zhou Kangcheng again, and Jin Ge's eyes were so dim. He did not hide it from Zhou Kangcheng and told him frankly, "Last evening, your father was killed."
At first, Zhou Kangcheng's body stiffened and he seemed to be out of consciousness.
"Kang Cheng!" Jin Ge called him again and stared at him firmly.
However, he didn't hear it at all. After rolling his eyes unconsciously, his head leaned back and fainted.
Three hours later, it was already afternoon. The funeral of Zhou Tao and his wife behind the county government was being held.
After a long sleep, Zhou Kangcheng finally woke up and sat on the bed, his eyes were dull, listless, and silent.
Jin Ge and He Qianxing stood in his room and accompanied him for a while. At this time, they turned around and came outside.
Jin Ge asked the housekeeper in the mansion, "Mr. Zhou's murder has been reported to the prefect of the prefect, right?"
The housekeeper also looked sad and unstoppable. He nodded very lightly and replied, "I'm reporting."
Jin Ge asked again: "What did the prefect say?"
The housekeeper said: "Within seven days, a new county magistrate will take office. As for the cause of Lord Zhou's death, he will apply to his superiors and appoint a special person to investigate it secretly."
After hearing this, Jin Ge nodded on his own. Because he felt that the prefect's idea was very appropriate, it would be better to investigate secretly than to investigate openly.
He Qianxing always frowned and his face was covered with sorrow. Suddenly, he also asked the butler, "Well, Kang Cheng? At present, Lord Zhou and his wife have left. Kang Cheng has no parents and has become an orphan. What should the butler think he should do in the future?"
Because He Qianxing asked Zhou Kangcheng this question, the housekeeper calmed down again and frowned and thought for a long time.
Then he said, "This is also a tiring thing for me. I remembered that Lord Zhou treated me well before his death, so I had an idea. I didn't know if the young master was willing or not."
"What's your thought?" He Qianxing looked curious again.
Jin Ge was also stunned, listening more seriously, and his deep eyes were filled with peace and wisdom.
The housekeeper said: "Mr. Zhou has gone, and I have no intention of serving the second master again. I plan to go back to my hometown in the mountains and make a living by farming. I will take the young master back and raise my son."
Jin Ge and He Qianxing nodded again, and they both thought the butler had a good idea.
He Qianxing was about to speak, saying a few words to praise the butler. Unexpectedly, Zhou Kangcheng suddenly came out and stood at the door of his room.
Zhou Kangcheng looked childish and resentful, and his eyes were inadvertently revealed, and he said to the butler: "Uncle Zheng, thank you for your kindness. It's just me, I have other plans." After that, he looked at He Qianxing first, and then at Jin Ge.
"Oh? What are the plans? Young Master, you..." The housekeeper asked him in surprise and questioned him, staring at him in a daze, as if he was worried about him.
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