Chapter 76

76. Chapter 76: The village of sin, murderous intent suddenly arises!

Time ticked by, and Lu Qing remained lurking in the tree.

Meanwhile, Ma Gu was overcome with anxiety.

“How’s it going? Haven’t you found Little Brother Lu yet?”

“No. Dashan and I have circled the area several times and haven’t found any trace of Little Brother Lu,” Xiaotian replied.

“How could that be? Could it be that we’re just a little too late, and Little Brother Lu has already broken in and been captured?” Ma Gu asked anxiously.

“That shouldn’t be the case,” Xiaotian said hesitantly. “We’ve been here for so long, and we haven’t seen any signs of unrest in Happy Village. If Little Brother Lu had broken in, it wouldn’t be so peaceful.”

“I think Little Brother Lu is hiding somewhere, waiting for the right moment to strike.”

Ma Gu thought about it and agreed.

Lu Qing was a Qi and Blood Realm warrior. If he had broken in, Happy Village couldn’t have eliminated him without a sound.

The more likely scenario was that, as Xiaotian suggested, Lu Qing was lurking somewhere, waiting for an opportunity to strike.

“Then we’ll just keep waiting. We absolutely can’t let anything happen to Brother Lu,” Ma Gu said, suppressing his anxiety.

Xiaotian and Dashan exchanged a glance.

If it were the usual Master Ma, he would definitely not have thought of such a problem.

It seemed that Master Ma really valued that young Master Lu, to the point that he even lost his usual composure.

Lu Qing didn’t know that Ma Gu had brought people with him, waiting for him on the other side of the mountain.

He had been lurking in the trees, waiting for night to fall.

Finally, as time passed, dusk arrived, and the sky gradually darkened.

At this time, lights began to be lit in Happy Village, gradually becoming brightly lit.

Lu Qing, who had been resting his eyes for the entire afternoon, also opened his eyes.

“Alright, cheer up, guests are coming soon!”

The two guards below were no longer slouched, and they stood up straight.

Lu Qing then realized that Happy Village was actually open at night.

No wonder he had been lurking there for so long without seeing anyone enter.

The lights came on, and after a while, Lu Qing finally saw people coming.

And there were quite a few people.

There were villagers who were dressed simply and were walking, and there were also landlords who were dressed in silk and satin and were sitting in sedan chairs.

Lu Qing even saw an old man wearing patched clothes and with a wretched face.

I really don’t know where these people got the money to spend in this den of extravagance.

Just when Lu Qing was about to take action while the opposite side was receiving guests.

Suddenly, a burst of crying and scolding came from outside, from far away, and soon came to the gate of the village.

Lu Qing looked and saw that it was a man in his forties who was struggling with a young girl.

The crying sound came from the young girl, and she was seen pulling the man’s hand and begging bitterly.

“Dad, please, you can’t gamble with this money anymore. This is the money I earned by embroidering silk for a long time. It’s the money for my mother’s medical treatment!”

“Bullshit! Your money is mine. I’m short of money, so what’s wrong with using it!” The man cursed, “Your mother’s illness is not serious. Let her endure it and she will be fine. Besides, as long as I make a profit, I will have money for everything. Then you can hire as many doctors as you want for your mother, and buy as much medicine as you want!”

“Dad, I really can’t do this. Mother coughed up blood yesterday. If you don’t see a doctor and get medicine, I really can’t bear it anymore!”

The girl was still unwilling to let go of the man’s hand and cried bitterly.

“What do you mean by ‘can’t bear it’? I saw her this morning, she was fine. Just two more days of lying down will give her all right!” the man said impatiently. “Will you let go? If you don’t, I’ll kick you .”

“Dad, please, Mom really needs money for medicine. Otherwise, she’ll die, she’ll die!”

Tears streamed down the girl’s face as she clutched the man’s arm tightly.

“Then let her die!” The man kicked his daughter away. “It’s just right that I don’t have to work so hard. I can earn money to buy her medicine!”

Hearing this, the girl, who had fallen to the ground, suddenly opened her eyes, as if she couldn’t believe her father would say such a thing.

However, seeing her father about to head back to the village, she rushed forward and hugged his legs.

“Dad, stop gambling. Give me back my money…”

“Let go!”

The man, unable to move again, was furious and raised his hand to hit her.

At the village gate, a crowd of onlookers had gathered, most of them visitors to Happy Village seeking entertainment.

Far from pitying them, they watched the scene with rapt interest.

The two guards at the gate couldn’t help but laugh when they saw that the man was being carried and couldn’t move.

The first guard shouted: “Zhao Laosan, are you capable? You can’t even take care of your own daughter. If you can’t do it, why not let our village take care of her for you? We promise to train her into a well-behaved girl!”

The man was already annoyed, but his eyes lit up when he heard this.

“Master Chen, are you serious? Are you willing to take her in?”

The first guard was stunned. He just wanted to make a joke, but he never thought that Zhao Laosan actually took it seriously.

He looked at the girl and found that she was indeed pretty.

“Think about it carefully. If she enters our village, it will be difficult for you to redeem her in the future.” The guard reminded him.

“It doesn’t matter. Anyway, this is a money-losing item. It’s her blessing to be able to enter the village. Master Chen, just tell me how much she is worth?”

The man named Zhao Laosan said indifferently, as he just felt that the money he had was too little and not enough for him to make a profit.

“I can’t make the decision on this, but I can go in and call someone out to estimate the price for you,” said the first guard.

“Then I’ll trouble you, Master Chen!” Zhao Laosan nodded and bowed.

“Dad!” The girl’s face was full of disbelief when she heard this conversation.

Seeing that the guard actually went into the village to call for help, she was terrified. She quickly got up from the ground and wanted to run outside.

“Want to run?!”

But this time, she wanted to leave but couldn’t.

Zhao Laosan grabbed her and dragged her back.

“I told you to go back just now, but you didn’t. So don’t go back now. Just stay in the village and make money for me!”

“Dad, no, I’m your daughter, how can you sell me?!”

The girl cried, feeling extremely terrified.

“I’m doing this for your own good. It’s much better to enjoy a good life in the village than to embroider at home every day. Don’t you want to buy medicine for your mother? As long as you make money in there, your mother’s illness can be cured.”

Zhao Laosan ignored his daughter’s struggle and dragged her back to the village gate.

At this moment, the guard also called out the people in the village.

Under the desperate look of the girl, the two sides signed the contract.

Zhao Laosan received a sum of silver, and the girl was dragged in crying.

After receiving the silver, Zhao Laosan ignored his daughter’s crying and happily took out a piece of silver and looked at it.

Now, his gambling capital has become huge, and he will definitely be able to make a comeback this time!

Someone nearby saw him like this and couldn’t help but sneer, “Zhao Laosan, you’re truly ruthless! You even sold your own daughter! Aren’t you afraid your wife will kill you when you get home?”

“She dares!” Zhao Laosan glared. “Besides, what right do you have to criticize me, Bald Head? Didn’t you also sell your widowed sister-in-law into prison? She raised you when you were a child!”

Bald Head was so choked up that he simply stopped talking.

“Zhao Laosan, is your daughter still married?”

a well-dressed, pot-bellied man asked.

Zhao Laosan was stunned. “Yes, she’s only sixteen. How can she be married?”

“I didn’t expect a new girl to arrive in Happy Village today. I’m going to have to try her out.” The pot-bellied man patted Zhao Laosan’s shoulder and said, “Don’t worry, Zhao Laosan, I’ll treat your daughter well!”

“Master Wang, then you have to call Zhao Laosan father-in-law?” someone else said.

“Go to hell, can you even talk? What kind of a jerk is he? He’s my father-in-law! I’d even hate him for being my grandson,” the fat man cursed.

The village gate was suddenly filled with laughter, though Zhao Laosan’s face was livid.

Lu Qing had already stood up from the tree. His

face was obscured by the darkness

, but the icy aura emanating from him made Xiao Li, who was standing beside him, bristle.

Standing in the tree for a while, gazing at the scum in front of the village, Lu Qing finally restrained himself and resisted any impulse.

It wasn’t the right time yet.

Quietly descending from the tree, and using the cover of darkness to circle around, Lu Qing found a corner of the village and gently climbed inside.

Xiao Li stood on his shoulder, steadying himself.

Once inside, Lu Qing began to survey the village.

The village was quite large, with numerous buildings, and a tall wooden building in the center was particularly eye-catching.

That was Lu Qing’s target.

Lu Qing moved swiftly through the village, using the shadows cast by the various buildings.

Xiao Li possessed a special sensory ability that alerted him to the presence of others.

Thus, Lu Qing weaved between the various buildings, undetected.

Just as he neared the main building, he heard shouting and cursing.

Turning a corner, he saw a middle-aged woman in garish attire approaching with two men.

Behind her followed a young woman, the same one Lu Qing had seen at the village gate.

Her hands were bound and held by a rope, and even the slightest slowness would draw scolding.

Seeing the girl’s despair, Lu Qing hesitated for a moment, then quietly followed.

Soon, he saw three men forcing the girl into a room in the corner of the village.

Lu Qing followed, observing that it was unguarded, and quietly approached.

Arriving at the room, he noticed that it was different from the others: it was built of stone.

“Lock this little girl in there first. Starve her for three days and she’ll be quiet.” A sharp, harsh voice came from inside the house. “And all of you little girls, if you still don’t behave, I’ll throw you all into the mountains to be eaten by wolves!”

Lu Qing slowly peered into the house. When he saw what was inside clearly, his pupils suddenly contracted.

At the same time, the murderous intent that had been suppressed in his heart for so long could no longer be suppressed.

(End of this chapter)