mc-med Chapter 248 - 156: Hong Ye
Chapter 248 - 156: Hong Ye
Sell oneself to kill!?
This phrase sounds novel.
It’s usually selling oneself to bury one’s father, mother, grandfather... things like that.
With her head tilted, Chu Qing glanced twice and noticed that people around chose to ignore it.
Occasionally, a few would stop in front of the figure, only to shake their heads and leave with a sigh.
Seeing a wonton stand nearby, Chu Qing led Gentle to sit at an empty table.
He waved for the shopkeeper, ordering two bowls of wontons. When the shopkeeper served them, Chu Qing casually asked:
"What’s the situation over there?"
The shopkeeper, seeing someone ask, wasn’t surprised, and simply sighed:
"That girl is quite pitiful..."
"Girl?"
Chu Qing looked over again; she was curled up in such a way that it was hard to tell her gender.
"Isn’t she a girl?"
The shopkeeper said:
"She came to Dingxing City three days ago. No one knows where she came from or what she’s been through...
"Her body is in disarray, her face scratched, still alive but like a walking corpse.
"I heard she came to see our Iron Blood Hall’s Grand Hall Master, Tie Lingyun.
"Later, somehow, she couldn’t meet him.
"With the last bit of silver she had, she bought a sign and wrote ’sell oneself to kill’ on it.
"We ordinary people wouldn’t dare get involved with killing.
"Even those curious ones, upon seeing the girl’s appearance, retreat in fear.
"Passing martial world heroes who spoke with her soon departed after just a few words.
"To this day, we don’t know her name, where she’s from, or who she wants to kill...
"Just seeing her so pitiful, some would give her buns to stave off starvation.
"But these days, no one’s family has extra food.
"Once or twice is fine, but eventually, no one can keep helping... I reckon, in a couple of days, she’ll starve to death."
Chu Qing nodded upon hearing this and gave the shopkeeper a bit more silver.
He continued eating with Gentle.
After finishing, he didn’t approach the girl selling herself to kill, but instead turned to find a place to stay the night.
He finally chose an inn and rented two guest rooms for a temporary stay.
Later, Chu Qing bought some clothes and two felt hats, one for Gentle and one for himself.
After disguising themselves, even if Wen Fusheng were face to face, he probably wouldn’t recognize his own daughter in front of him.
In the afternoon, Chu Qing went out for a look around.
Mainly to inquire about Liu Yulai.
Among the people, this person had a good reputation, with no evil deeds in his life.
Yet it’s unclear who would want to kill him and for what reason...
Reflecting on the Lianshan Seven Strongholds incident, Chu Qing pondered that whoever wants Liu Yulai dead might not be acting out of personal vendetta; it might be related to the current situation in Dingxing City.
Especially since Chu Qing heard another piece of news.
Due to the Blazing Hall’s large-scale invasion, Dingxing City’s original official, Lu Zhiwei, is no longer there.
Dingxing City is temporarily under the management of Liu Yulai.
If Liu Yulai were to die now... the situation would likely become much more complicated.
Beneficiaries would include those eyeing Dingxing City, as well as Lu Zhiwei’s other two subordinates.
Chasing Star Sword Guo Wang and Flying Feather General Chun Hua.
Yet whether the initial information is reliable remains uncertain, more attention is needed on this matter.
Especially in the current situation, when the beggar sends news of ’Sword Ghost’ appearing back to the Mirror of Sin, investigators will surely come.
By then, they should start with Liu Yulai to lure out ’Sword Ghost’.
Moreover, to stabilize the situation in Dingxing City, Chu Qing knows Liu Yulai is currently recruiting manpower...
Chu Qing feels this approach is somewhat reckless.
Who knows if someone with ill intentions might seize this chance to infiltrate.
But since Lu Zhiwei dares to leave Dingxing City to Liu Yulai, this person shouldn’t be a fool; perhaps there’s more to it.
After roughly organizing the gathered information,
it was already midnight, and Gentle had rested early. Chu Qing thought for a moment, changed into night clothes, without wearing the Night Emperor’s iconic white mask, instead covering his face with a scarf.
He leapt out of the inn’s window.
Moving swiftly atop the rooftops, in a moment, he arrived at a destination.
From afar, he saw that figure on the street, covered with a straw mat, curling into a ball shivering from the cold.
Chu Qing stood watching for a while, then, like drifting smoke, reached the figure in the blink of an eye.
He reached out to grab her and, without landing, soared upwards like smoke.
The person in his grasp panicked, grabbing Chu Qing’s wrist.
She instinctively screamed, but immediately covered her mouth tightly.
With her in tow, Chu Qing sped to an unremarkable corner of Dingxing City.
He placed her on the ground and tossed an oiled paper package before her.
Yet frightened, the girl, upon seeing the oiled paper package, quickly grabbed and tore it open, finding roasted meat inside. Regardless of any potential issues with the meat, she stuffed it into her mouth.
Chewing and swallowing vigorously!
Chu Qing’s brow lifted:
"I heard you had a death wish, but now it seems you don’t quite want to die."