C182 (2/2)

The next morning, a secret letter came from the innkeeper saying that he had found traces of Yao Fang's child. Yesterday evening, he had seen a child leaving the city. From the looks of it, it was very similar to the Yao Fang family's child.

Hearing this, Luo Lingwei and the rest did not wait for breakfast and headed straight for the location indicated by the informant. Not long after, they left Shuangjiang City.

Outside of Shuangjiang City, there were many temples on the mountain not far away from the dock. This place was rich in goods and resources, and two rivers had already built wharves. Therefore, in order to protect the families who had entered the water and the business of the wharves, many temples had been built here, among which were water gods of all kinds and shapes.

After they left the city, they were stupefied. They had originally thought that even though there was a pier outside the city, no matter how prosperous it was, it was impossible for it to compare to the city. However, he had forgotten that this was the Shuangjiang River. There were at least four or five docks on both sides of the river, and the people here were wealthy, so the bustling level of the docks was even more prosperous than in the city.

After leaving the city, they had already forgotten which road to take. People came and went, and he almost squeezed them to death. Helpless, they could only return back the way they came from. However, when he was halfway there, he saw a Daoist holding onto a child, pushing and shoving them towards the direction of the Water King's Temple.

From the scolding of the Daoist Priest, the few of them understood that this child was a thief. Last night, while there was no one in the temple, he had sneaked into the temple, first eating breakfast prepared for tomorrow's guests in the kitchen, then sneaking into the Wishing Pool and stealing the coin that the pilgrims had thrown down. Later on, he sneaked into the backyard and tried to steal a turtle from the pond, but the turtle bit his hand. This scream shocked the Daoist Priest in the temple.

Although the child was small, he was extremely nimble. With a quick leap, he slipped out of the temple door. Originally, the Daoist Priest in the temple had already given up. He stomped his feet towards the direction the child left and cursed for a while before returning to his bed. Unexpectedly, the Daoist who went out to buy things this morning saw someone selling turtles at the pier. He went up to take a look and was so angry that his nose was crooked. That turtle was really a turtle lost in the water king's temple.

In that case, why did the Daoist recognize the turtle? It turned out that the turtles in the Water King's Temple were all bought from a Pyncheon merchant. They looked very strange. In the entire Xichuan County, only the Water King's Temple had this kind of turtle. Therefore, they called these turtles Spirit Claw.

Hearing this, Luo Lingwei thought to herself that this child was truly mischievous. He couldn't help but take a few more glances at the child. However, he suddenly discovered that the child looked very similar to the person he was looking for.

At this time, Zhang Long and the others also realized that something was amiss. Without waiting for Luo Lingwei's order, they had already stopped that Taoist.

”This Taoist.” Zhang Long bowed to the Taoist.

The Daoist man suddenly noticed that there was a burly man blocking his way. He paused for a moment before asking, ”Benefactor, may I ask what you need to do to block this poor man's way?”

Zhang Long smiled and said, ”Dao leader, this little one has some connections with this little one. I hope you can forgive him this time. This little one will apologize to Dao leader on his behalf.”

Zhang Long said as he handed a piece of silver over to the Daoist. The Daoist man looked at the child, then looked at the silver in his hand, and immediately smiled at Zhang Long: ”Haha, Benefactor must be joking. Young Benefactor is a naughty person, I hope that you can discipline me. This Penniless Priest will take his leave. ”

After the Daoist left, Zhang Long held the child's arm tightly, afraid that the child would run away, and brought the child to Luo Lingwei's side.

Luo Lingwei looked at the child and saw traces of blood at the corners of his clothes. She thought to herself, This is the child. He immediately asked, ”Child, let me ask you, what is your relationship with Yao Fang?”