Chapter 5 (1/2)
Chapter 5 The Evils
”My last na boy sat down, face dark; but even when his clothes were in tatters, the colors made it clear that they werea commoner would wear ”Zhou…”
He stopped, unsure how to address this beggar-looking man
”Just call ling tried to s at the ground inside the shrine that was covered in dust and overgroith grass, still in a state of shock The great tragedy cae, and hiswhispered, ”Zhang Chengling? Sounds kind of fa, lord of Na blurted out in surprise, ”You're Zhang Yusen's son?”
Doubt and 'How on earth does Zhang Yusen have such a useless offspring like this one' was evidently written on her face
Zhang Chengling must have seen it too, as his head dropped even lower, hands balled into fists by his side
Zhou Zishu had to swiftly interrupted Gu Xiang's spirit crushi+ng session Having realized earlier that this girl would just say whatever people hated hearing, he coughed, ”I hadn't known,him with questions ”Your father has quite a reputation, huh… A few days ago e arrived here, we got to hear about his glory days back when he was younger, and that the fa really well People said after getting successful he's settled here and half detached his were also said to house guests who are pretty decent at martial arts, so no one dared stir up troubles Who would hunt you dohen you have a father like that?”
Her voice carried a flippant attitude since the whole problehtest The old wonant as she stood up, ”My lord is the best well-doer you can find, the enerous; he will always help people even when he has no idea who they are…”
Gu Xiang only scoffed, tone enigood of a father this little one has already But does this honorable, generous father stop you two fro Yusen had only reached fifty not long ago, and it was not an exaggeration to dee a lot of jianghu business ever since he started building a farand event, it'd still be obligatory to send him an invitation Zhou Zishu felt the dead should at least deserve soht be unintentional, it was still ill-s He cut in, ”Just noas that person trying to kill you?”
Zhang Chengling went silent for a bit, then spoke under his breath, ”He's Xue Fang the Hanged Ghost”
”What did you say?”
”What did you say?”
Zhou Zishu and Gu Xiang both exclai, and on the latter's face was quaint surprise
Zhang Chengling repeated with eed Ghost, I heard so him that with my own ears…”
He took a deep breath suddenly, as if reht, the s - they all came back to him at once He stood up shakily, face pale, whole body twitching, not uttering a single word
Gu Xiang jerked, pointing at hi a seizure?”
Zhou Zishu's face was sole over the acupuncture point that would help hi turned soft and unconscious in his arhed, ”His ht Just let him rest for a while first”
He turned to the panicked wo fa in that state, she lost all will After many tears and snot, she finally recounted the exact events — at ht fire; then ca like hoards of de was that all the guests, those ”rass were unable to fight back and left without anyone knowing
There was only eccentric Old Li left He arrived at Suzhou five years ago, always protecting the Zhangs fros — he reasoned that to be able to have the Zhang's food, you had to be a guest; he was simply someone who came to pay a debt
It was that eccentricity that had helped save the Zhang bloodline, though just barely
After a while, Zhou Zishu sighed ”Old Brother Li was a special ain; she was only a servant, unable to understand everything ”Do you have any relatives?”
She nodded, ”I have a nephew living down south”
Zhou Zishu gave her a gold ingot ”Take this and go; you've been showing your ut e”
She took thein embarrassment once she realized what she did The tears had stopped, and she told hionna a burden for Young Master”
Practically, staying at a place where a dead body was buried and grass grew everywhere was not really a good idea either, so she left iht that she was just a servant, so it was unlikely that she would be chased after She showed her gratitude and walked ahile he watched her expressionlessly
It waspain in his chest right noas the Nails acting up It was not the kind of pain thatkind as seen with internal injuries, but one that felt like so his meridians apart one by one