Chapter 323 Fake Fight

Qu Le was kicked away along with his sword. After landing, he took several steps back before he stabilized his body.

As soon as he raised his head, countless feet kicked towards his face. Qu Le could only raise his hands to block them and retreat quickly. He retreated a long way and was finally kicked away.

This time he was really kicked and flew backwards and hit the ground with a thud. He didn't get up for a long time.

The villagers carrying hoes, shovels and sticks shouted and took two steps back, curious but also away from the battle.

Qu Le looked up and saw that it was Pan Yun. He was so angry that he half sat on the ground and was about to point at her and scold her. Pan Yun said with a serious face: "Little thief, I chased you from Kaifeng to Guangxin Prefecture, but I didn't expect you to hide here. Look, I'm going to catch you!"

Pan Jun opened his hands and prepared for the attack. He sent a message to him, "I'll give you three seconds. If you don't run, I'll throw you into the crowd of villagers and let them beat you up!"

Qu Le gnashed his teeth, with a lot to say, but Pan Yun had already whispered in his ear: "One, two..."

Seeing that she was about to count to the third time, Qu Le jumped up and used his Qinggong to run away, shouting unwillingly: "Pan Sanzhu, I will be back, just wait!"

Pan Yun turned his head and said to the villagers with a serious face: "This thief specializes in stealing property. If we can't catch him, I'm afraid he will come back for revenge. Let's go catch the thief first. I hope we can meet again."

After saying that, he called Miaozhen and chased in the direction of Qu Le.

After the three of them had run away, the villagers finally realized, "Why did they all run away? Who were those two little Taoist priests?"

"I haven't seen them. They came out of our village. When did they go in?"

A daughter-in-law who was washing clothes by the river replied: "The little Taoist priest who came to beg for alms was taken home by Dachun's daughter-in-law. I didn't expect that he looked so young but was so powerful."

Dachun, who was carrying the hoe and doing the most work, was stunned. "Take my wife back home?"

"Yes, he came out to beg for food at such a young age. Your wife is kind-hearted. She took him home and gave him a bowl of water. Dachun, your family has made friends with a capable person. I think she is good at martial arts. If she is loyal, she may find him back in the future."

This revealed Dachun's thoughts. He blushed and said, "It's just a bowl of water. How can you expect people to remember it? Do good things without asking for anything in return."

The villagers just smiled. If it were Dachun's mother and Zhou Wan's mother, they would indeed do good deeds without asking for anything in return. But as for Dachun, a passing chicken bit two bugs in front of his house, and he would complain twice.

Because Pan Yun and Miao Zhen ran after the thieves, the villagers only checked along the edge of the village and did not find any strangers, so they went home.

But because of Qu Le, the villagers are more wary of strangers, especially men. Even if it is a male mosquito flying over, it will be stared at twice.

Pan Yun and Miao Zhen found Qu Le lying on the ground more than five miles away from the village.

Qu Le's chest was rising and falling rapidly, and he was panting. Seeing Pan Yun and Miao Zhen, he barely raised his hands and waved them, saying breathlessly, "Don't, don't chase me. I can't run anymore. I really can't run anymore."

Pan Yun walked up to him, found a soft patch of grass that looked comfortable to sit on, and sat down. He asked, "Why are you going into the village?"

Miaozhen held Pan Xiaohei and sat down beside her, and turned to look at Qu Le.

Qu Le: "I want to help you..."

Pan Yun's face was grim. "You want to steal our bounty."

Qu Le: "...You have such a vicious heart and think so badly of others. I just want to help, not to steal your bounty."

"If you don't get so embarrassed, I'll believe it." Pan Yun said calmly, "Didn't I tell you not to enter the village? If you ruin my business, I won't let you go."

Qu Le: "...You can all enter the village, why can't I?"

Pan Yun: "Because you are a man!"

Miao Zhen: "The flower thief is a man!"

Pan Yun: "You are wearing night clothes in broad daylight. Are you sick?"

Miaozhen: "You can tell at first glance that he's not a good person."

Pan Yun: "Let alone the simple and kind villagers, even if I know your background, I would suspect you have bad intentions when I see you like this."

"Too stupid, Junior Uncle-Master, you should quickly give up the idea of ​​accepting him into the temple. Miaohe is not very smart either, but Miaohe knows himself, while he is stupid and unaware of himself, which hurts the people around him too much."

Miao Zhen said: "Our luck in Sanqing Mountain is already bad, we always lose money. If we accept him, it will make us lose more money, right?"

Qu Le: "You are talking nonsense. You are a Taoist priest. Do you know how to tell fortunes? I am a fortune-bringing boy. My grandfather said that my family became prosperous after I was born. Therefore, I will bring prosperity to the family."

Pan Yun looked at his face carefully, and sighed after a while, "Sure enough, God is fair. When he closes a window for a person, he will open a door for him."

Miaozhen stopped talking too.

Qu Le struggled to get up from the ground and asked, "Have you found any clues? Hua Buliu is a man of the underworld, unlike Chang Mingwei. He travels around the underworld. How about I ask my friends in the underworld to see if I can find any information about him?"

Pan Jun: "Okay, go ahead and ask."

Qu Le hesitated for a moment and then said, "Then can you help me find Chang Mingwei?"

Pan Yun glanced at him and said, "You should ask your friend about Hua Buliu first. Don't wait until we catch the person before you find out about him. That would be meaningless."

Qu Le said angrily, "Who are you looking down on? If those villagers hadn't stopped me from entering the village to investigate, I might have gotten the clues faster than you guys."

Pan Yun: "Do you know why you can't enter the village?"

Qu Le: "Because flowers don't bloom..."

"Because Hua Bulius kidnapped the victim in broad daylight, in full view of everyone, and he pretended to be a passerby at the time," Pan Yun said, "Otherwise, why do you think Zhou Wanniang would report the case?" Because it was already known to everyone, it was better to report the case and catch the man.

Unexpectedly, the government office failed to catch the person, and Zhou Wanniang found out that there were many victims besides her. She was completely desperate and wanted to leave this place and start over.

Pan Yun said, "They didn't beat you to death for approaching the village dressed like that, so they are good people."

Qu Le was silent for a moment, "Hua Buliu is so arrogant?"

Pan Jun snorted.

Qu Le stood up from the grass and said with a sullen face: "This man is extremely vicious. I will help you catch... find him!"

Qu Le met Pan Yun's gaze and felt that he was not necessary in this matter of arresting people.

Qu Le said: "Wait for me, I will go get the money and then go to Qianxi Tower."

Pan Jun's eyes lit up, "Qianxi Tower?"

"Yes, Qianxi Tower must have news about Hua Buliu."

Pan Yun: "Where is the nearest Qianxi Tower?"

She had heard the name of Qianxi Tower mentioned several times by those gangsters in Quanzhou. From the tone of their voices, it seemed like an information distribution center, similar to an intelligence agency.

Pan Jun was curious about one thing: was the news from Qianxi Tower only known to the martial arts world, or did it also include the imperial court?

"The nearest one is probably in Guangxin Prefecture City," Qu Le said, "I wouldn't say there's one in every city, but there are some in important prefectures."

Pan Yun became more and more suspicious. "It seems that Qianxilou's business is very prosperous. Will the court and the royal family be willing to expand it to such a large scale?"

Qu Le lowered his voice and said, "I heard that Qianxi Tower is the royal family's business."

Pan Jun suddenly realized, "So that's how it is~~"

This is only reasonable.

Otherwise, with Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di being so tyrannical, they would have seized the Qianxi Tower long ago, right?
Pan Yun also stood up: "Wait, we will go to Qianxi Tower with you after we tell a fortune."

"What's the fortune?"

Pan Yun took out a handkerchief from his sleeve and opened it. Inside was a bunch of hair, most of which had roots.

After taking a look, Qu Le felt a little pain on his scalp. He shuddered and asked, "What is this hair..."

"Hey, I'll ask the hexagram to see if I can figure out where he is."

Pan Yun took out the copper coins and began to cast spells for divination. Miao Zhen also took out a tortoise shell, held it in her hand, closed her eyes and prayed.

When Pan Yun finished her calculation, she opened her eyes, took three strands of hair from the handkerchief, entwined them together, and rolled them around the tortoise shell. She silently chanted a spell and dropped it. The tortoise shell cracked, and Miao Zhen's eyes swept across the cracks...

For a moment, Qu Le seemed to see a golden light in her eyes. Just as he was about to take a closer look, he felt a pain in his eyes and tears started to flow.

Qu Le quickly turned his head away and dared not look again.

Pan Jun glanced at him, lowered her eyes and waited. As she calculated the result of the divination, the smile on the corners of her mouth became colder and colder.

Miao Zhen suddenly opened his eyes and frowned, "Master, I actually calculated that Hua Bului is not far from us in the north, but that is not a village..."

Pan Yun sneered and said, "Be more confident in yourself. Coincidentally, I also figured out where he is."

Pan Yun stood up and said, "Let's go. There's no need to go to Qianxi Tower to ask for information. We can sell some information to Qianxi Tower."

Qu Le quickly followed up, "Is this useful? Can this be calculated?"

Pan Yun: "You want to ask us about cultivation and divination, which means you believe in our ability to seek immortality and divination. Why don't you believe it now?"

Qu Le: "I believe in your ability to fly..."

Seeing Pan Yun and Miao Zhen walking back towards the village, he quickly followed them, "This is too magical... Can you figure it out just by calculating?"

The three men did not go back into the village, but instead circled around the outskirts of the village without showing their faces. They searched every place they could hide, including trees, grass, ditches, and even corners of houses.

But they found nothing unusual.

Pan Yun frowned: "It's been more than half a year since the incident, why did he come back here again?"

Miao Zhen: "I read in a book that some murderers would come back to check on the crime scene after a while, to express their pride and to admire their own masterpiece."

Pan Yun thought of the four huge words "committed suicide" on the three pieces of paper, and his face suddenly changed. "He came back to see if Zhou Wanniang was dead or not. If she wasn't dead, he would probably force her to death."

Miao Zhen's face turned even colder, and Qu Le couldn't help but curse in a low voice: "Isn't this too perverted? Are there other victims?"

Pan Yun said coldly: "If I were him, and wanted to check the situation in the village, that would be..."

Her eyes were looking straight at a hillside.

(End of this chapter)