58: Chapter 58 Evil Meets Tyranny

Regarding the Flower-Picking Bees' behavior—one just died, and another immediately showed up—Meng Li considered it for a moment, thinking it was partly due to courage, but mostly due to an information gap.

Few people knew that the Flower-Picking Bees were a pair of brothers.

Under this premise, if one Flower-Picking Bee died, those unaware would assume the matter was resolved and thus let down their guard.

The remaining Flower-Picking Bee could then strike at this moment, greatly increasing the probability of success.

Of course, there might also have been some element of being blinded by lust.

These thoughts flashed by, and Meng Li directly opened the door.

Hearing the movement, the Flower-Picking Bee was instantly startled, turned, activated his Lightness Skill, vaulted over the railing, and prepared to jump off the building to escape.

However, Meng Li, who was already prepared, would not let him have his way.

Just as the man started to fall, Meng Li used a Transferring Flowers and Grafting Trees technique to exert strong remote control, pulling him back up and killing him with a palm strike.

Tie Xinlan noticed the commotion and went out to check.

Seeing the corpse on the ground, she asked, "Is this the other Flower-Picking Bee?"

Meng Li nodded.

He had told Tie Xinlan and the other two about the fact that there were two Flower-Picking Bees, just in case.

Therefore, Tie Xinlan hadn't been sleeping deeply either, waking up as soon as there was any noise.

Jiang Yuyan and Xiaoxiao, who were equally vigilant, also came out.

However, the latter two didn't possess Martial Arts like Meng Li and Tie Xinlan, and after remaining vigilant for so long, they were inevitably tired and couldn't help but yawn.

Meng Li dragged the Flower-Picking Bee's corpse to a corner to dispose of it. When he returned, he said, "It's fine now, go back to sleep."

Tie Xinlan nodded and took Xiaoxiao back to their room.

Meng Li also returned to his own room.

Jiang Yuyan's gaze shifted slightly, and she followed him.

Before Meng Li could speak, she threw herself into his arms, feigning fragility, and said, "Husband, I'm scared."

Meng Li was at a loss whether to laugh or cry: "Don't mess around. We have to travel tomorrow."

"Okay, I'll listen to Husband."

Jiang Yuyan agreed with a smile and indeed didn't cause trouble later, only cuddling with Meng Li while sleeping. It wasn't that she didn't want intimacy with Meng Li; it was because Meng Li had mentioned that the soundproofing in the Inn rooms was poor, and he didn't want their sounds and movements to be overheard.

As for restraining their movements? That was a bit difficult.

This was also one of the reasons they slept in separate rooms.

Furthermore, while sightseeing and having fun during the day was enjoyable, it was also tiring, especially since Jiang Yuyan had never practiced Martial Arts.

Therefore, throughout their journey, the group only engaged in intimacy when staying in independent courtyards.

Nothing happened in the latter half of the night.

The next day, the four packed up slightly and took a carriage to the next location.

...

On the other side, because Hua Wuchuan had won the Martial Arts championship, obstructing Jiang Biehe's path to becoming the Wulin Alliance Leader, he intended to deal with him. Thus, Jiang Biehe inquired with Little Red Leaf about Hua Wuchuan's specific background.

Unexpectedly, Little Red Leaf used the excuse that she had just taken over the Red Leaf Pavilion and couldn't recall so much data, leading Jiang Biehe to the Red Leaf Pavilion to meet Old Red Leaf.

Old Red Leaf informed Jiang Biehe of Hua Wuchuan's background, simultaneously exposing his identity as Jiang Qin, and demanded one million taels as hush money.

Jiang Biehe couldn't do anything about Old Red Leaf and Little Red Leaf, yet he was unwilling to pay the money just like that, so he proposed to exchange it for the whereabouts of the two children from that year—that is, Hua Wuchuan and Xiao Yuer.

As a result, Old Red Leaf also did not know the whereabouts of the other child from that year, who was Xiao Yuer.

Jiang Biehe used this as a reason, only paying five hundred thousand taels, and used the remaining five hundred thousand taels to urge the Red Leaf Pavilion to help find the whereabouts of the other child.

Old Red Leaf happily agreed.

Seeing that the deal was struck, Jiang Biehe had nothing else to do and left the Red Leaf Pavilion.

However, what he didn't know was that shortly after he left, Xiao Yuer and Hua Wuchuan arrived at the Red Leaf Pavilion.

Hearing from a Disciple that Xiao Yuer and Hua Wuchuan had arrived, Old Red Leaf and Little Red Leaf, who were busy frantically searching through data to earn the extra five hundred thousand taels from Jiang Biehe, were somewhat stunned.

Jiang Biehe's previous visit was something they had intentionally designed.

Xiao Yuer and Hua Wuchuan's arrival, however, was beyond their expectations.

Moreover, Jiang Biehe had just finished inquiring about Hua Wuchuan's affairs, and then the person himself showed up. It was truly too coincidental.

Soon, Old Red Leaf recovered, had someone tidy up a bit, and then went with Little Red Leaf to meet Xiao Yuer and Hua Wuchuan.

After a brief greeting, Old Red Leaf asked directly, "May I ask the reason for your visit?"

He had actually guessed a little about the purpose of the two's visit; they must be here for intelligence.

Because the main business of the Red Leaf Pavilion was intelligence.

Xiao Yuer said, "The two of us are here to investigate an incident from over a decade ago."

Upon hearing this, Old Red Leaf and Little Red Leaf both started, exchanging a glance, feeling a strange sensation—could it be...

The next second, they averted their gazes.

Old Red Leaf asked, "There are many things from over a decade ago. What incident are the two of you trying to investigate?"

Hua Wuchuan said, "The death of the Jade-Faced Swordsman, Jiang Feng."

Old Red Leaf and Little Red Leaf inwardly thought, 'As expected,' and then felt a sense of strangeness. They had just finished discussing this matter with Jiang Biehe, someone related to it, and then immediately encountered Hua Wuchuan, the other related party, investigating the same thing. This was too much of a coincidence!

Furthermore, Jiang Biehe investigated this matter to deal with Hua Wuchuan, so why was Hua Wuchuan investigating it?

Could it be that he already knew his own background?

While guessing internally, the two showed no change in expression.

Immediately, Old Red Leaf glanced at Little Red Leaf.

The latter understood and immediately fanned himself with a feather fan, smilingly saying, "May I ask why Young Hero Hua wants to investigate this matter?"

Xiao Yuer asked suspiciously, "Doesn't the Red Leaf Pavilion only collect and sell information? Why are you suddenly so keen on grilling your customers?"

Little Red Leaf's expression didn't change: "We deal in intelligence; it's inevitable that we are a bit curious. If the two of you don't wish to say, then forget it."

Casually dropping the subject, he changed the topic: "You two should know the rules of the Red Leaf Pavilion, right?"

As he spoke, he made a finger-rubbing gesture, asking for money.

Xiao Yuer asked, "How much?"

Little Red Leaf didn't speak and looked toward Old Red Leaf.

Old Red Leaf thought for a moment: "Ten thousand taels."

"A casual piece of information costs ten thousand taels. You people really know how to make money!" Xiao Yuer said with veiled sarcasm, then added helplessly, "But it's a pity, the two of us don't have that much money. How about we pay with our lives?"

Little Red Leaf said, "We deal in intelligence; why would we want your lives?"

Hua Wuchuan said coldly, "He means your lives."

As he finished speaking, he flashed forward, grabbed Little Red Leaf, and choked his throat.

Xiao Yuer looked at Old Red Leaf: "How about it? Is your nephew's life worth ten thousand taels?"

Old Red Leaf's face darkened: "You two are being too unreasonable!"

He had already considered that Hua Wuchuan and Xiao Yuer wouldn't be as easy to manipulate as Jiang Biehe, which is why he quoted one million taels for the same intelligence from the former, but only ten thousand taels from the latter. He never expected that these two wouldn't intend to pay a single cent—it was outrageous!

Xiao Yuer sneered, "Whether to follow the rules depends on the person."

"People like you, relying on your own capital to twist right and wrong, even reversing black and white, when have you ever truly followed any rules?"

Hua Wuchuan applied a little more pressure, making Little Red Leaf's face turn pale, then said, "Either tell us the truth, or he dies."

Xiao Yuer added, "Don't even think about making things up. We have ways to verify the truth."

Saying this, he pointed at Hua Wuchuan: "For example, we can have him go ask his two Masters."