Chapter 110: Qian Tong's Fear

  After returning to Yao Wang's hut, Hua Lang told everyone about today's events. After listening, they all sighed over the entanglement between Ye Feng Luo and the red-clothed woman.

  But things have passed, and people always look forward.

  So the next day, they bid farewell to Murong Changqing and set off for Tianchang County.

  All the way, everyone was talking and laughing, extremely happy, after all, it's a done deal, happiness is inevitable.

  The horse carriage drove all the way and stopped at a mountain villa at noon. The mountain villa was surrounded by no other houses, but Hu Lang and others were hungry again, so they thought of going to the mountain villa to ask for some food to eat. After all, it wasn't until evening that they could arrive in Tianchang County.

  The mountain villa was very large, with a plaque hanging on the gate of the Qian family's mountain villa, painted with gold powder, looking very luxurious. The flower boy arrived at the door and knocked several times. After a while, a steward-like person came running over and asked politely: "What can I do for you?"

  The young man also returned the courtesy and said, "We are a few people passing through this place. It's already past noon and we still haven't found an inn, so I was wondering if it would be possible to have some vegetarian food at your esteemed residence?"

  Although these words were spoken with great humility and courtesy, asking others for food was somewhat embarrassing, but everyone was very hungry, so Hua Lang put aside his pride.

  Fortunately, the old man did not show any disdain and politely said: "If you gentlemen don't mind, please follow me inside!"

  Everyone was overjoyed, so they followed the old man into the mountain villa. However, after entering the mountain villa, they found it very strange. The servants here were all in a hurry, constantly moving things back and forth. Huā Láng felt puzzled, but didn't dare to ask casually, so he could only follow the old man to the living room.

  Before long, the old man brought some dishes over, although they weren't very good, but quite complete. The old man urged everyone to eat, and Hua Lang and the others didn't stand on ceremony, picking up their chopsticks and eating. However, just as they were about to finish, the master of the mountain villa still hadn't appeared. This made Hua Lang feel very strange - when guests came to the house, although they weren't noble guests, shouldn't the master of the mountain villa come out to take a look at who it was?

  What if he's a bad guy?

  Just as Hua Lang found it strange, a lavishly dressed, somewhat stout man hastily walked in. He first bowed to Hua Lang and the others, then said with some embarrassment: "There are many things going on in the mansion, I'm afraid I've kept you all waiting, please don't mind!"

  The old steward hastily explained: "This is our master Qian Tong."

  Learning that the man before him was the master of the estate, Hua Lang hastily stood up and said: "Master Qian is being polite, it's we who are intruding, where is there any neglect?"

  Hualang and the others were already satisfied, but Qiantong's expression was still flustered, as if something was wrong. Hualang saw this and was about to ask when Qiantong suddenly said: "If you gentlemen have finished eating, please leave quickly!"

  After hearing Qian Tong's words, everyone was shocked. They had thought that Qian Tong was such a good person, but now he was actually giving the order to drive away the guests?

  This made Yin Wuchuang and Wen Meng feel somewhat disrespected. As Jianghu people, they valued loyalty above all else; when someone treated them to a meal, it was as if the other person was doing them a favor.

  So after Qian Tong finished speaking, Wen Meng suddenly stood up, took out a silver ingot from his body and threw it on the table, saying: "Since the master of the money house doesn't welcome us, then we'll leave. These silvers should be enough for this meal, right?"

  Wen Meng's movements were very handsome, but as soon as she finished speaking, Hua Lang pulled her aside and bowed to Qian Tong: "My friend is a bit reckless, please don't blame him, Master Qian. You asked us to leave so quickly, is there something you can't say?"

  From the moment Hualang walked into this mountain villa, he felt something was strange. Seeing Qiantong's flustered expression and his previous order to expel guests, Hualang became even more certain that something was going to happen in this mountain villa.

  Qian Tong saw Hua Lang and asked, letting out a long sigh, saying: "To be honest with you, we are preparing to leave the mountain villa to avoid disaster, all goods have been packed up, once you gentlemen leave, we will also depart!"

  Everyone was even more surprised after hearing Qian Tong's words, and Hua Lang hurriedly asked: "I don't know what happened on the Zhuangzi, why are you leaving in such a hurry?"

  Everyone looked at Qian Tong, Qian Tong helplessly said: "In the past few days, a group of mountain bandits appeared here. They robbed and looted, doing all sorts of evil. All the wealthy families nearby have been affected by them. Now only my Qian family's mountain villa is left. There's no other way, to avoid my family being humiliated by the mountain bandits, I can only take everyone away."

  After hearing Qian Tong's words, Yin Wu angrily said: "How can this be, under the bright sky and in broad daylight, there are such evil thieves, they really need to be taught a lesson."

  Qian Tong shook his head: "Who has the ability to teach them a lesson? I heard we have forty or fifty people, and each of us has high martial arts skills. It's not something we can handle."

  Yin Mou didn't make a mistake, but just as he was about to say something, Gong Sun Ce suddenly interrupted: "There are mountain bandits appearing here, why don't you go to the government office to report it? Today, County Magistrate Bao Zheng of Changzhou loves his people like his children, and he will definitely send someone to eliminate those mountain bandits."

  Qian Tong shook his head: "We've also heard of Lord Bao's reputation, but this place is half a day's journey from Tianchang County. If the mountain bandits find out we want to report to the authorities, they'll surely fly into a rage and kill us before we even reach Tianchang County."

  Qian Tong finished speaking, and Wen Meng could no longer suppress his anger, saying: "This mountain bandit is detestable, actually making the common people afraid to report to the authorities. Since that's the case, we'll stay here and fight it out with those bandits."

  Wen Meng said with a heroic spirit, not losing to the whiskers at all. But at this time, Qian Tong shook his head repeatedly and said: "No, no, they have many people, you are just a few, don't force it, if you can hide, hurry up and hide, everyone has eaten well, let's leave quickly, don't provoke trouble."

  Qian Tong was so afraid of trouble, but Hua Lang just smiled lightly: "Why should Master Qian be so afraid? They have many people, how can we not be afraid? We are all highly skilled martial artists, why should we fear a few dozen bandits? Moreover, this Mr. Gong Sun is under the command of Lord Bao, as an official in the imperial court, he cannot ignore this matter. Master Qian, rest assured, we will write a letter to Lord Bao and ask him to send someone to support us, and we must capture these mountain bandits."

  After listening to Hualang's words, Qian Tong nodded slightly. If there was a way, he would not have left his own home. Now that Hualang and the others were willing to help capture the mountain bandits, why didn't they stay behind and confront the bandits together? In any case, there were still more than ten family guards in his mansion who could be used.