Chapter 13: Still breathing
"Damn it! Where are the people?"
Yang Rang was so angry that he kicked the tree next to him. He clearly saw Geng Hao running this way. Why did the traces break here?
Holding the knife in one hand and holding the horse in the other, he searched a large circle around him and stabbed all the places where people could hide, but he could not find any trace of Geng Hao.
This is weird, can that guy fly?
Yang Rang was so annoyed that he struck the ground with his knife several times, but he had to accept the fact that he had really lost the man.
The sound of horse hooves gradually faded away. Shang Wan was carrying Geng Hao, while the cat remained motionless on the tree.
The next second, the faint sound of crushing dead leaves was heard, and Yang Rang held the knife and shot back.
If Shang Wan had really jumped from the tree just now, he would definitely have caught him.
Yang Rang walked around without giving up, but still found no trace of Geng Hao, so he reluctantly left.
Shang Wan listened carefully, and after confirming that Yang Rang had really left, he jumped down from the tree with the man on his back.
That is to say, the forest here is dense and the light is not good, and she is hidden high, otherwise she would have been discovered by Yang Rang who looked up.
Shang Wan put Geng Hao down, neatly put the joints of his limbs back into place, and said with a smile: "If you move just now, we will all be discovered. I think you should be able to understand, right?"
Geng Hao: "..."
Does he dare to say no? How can anyone come up and tear apart a person’s bones?
"I will help you reattach your jaw now." Shang Wan stared at Geng Hao's frightened eyes, "I don't like people yelling in front of me, understand?"
Geng Hao nodded repeatedly.
Shang Wan reached out and skillfully helped him return his chin.
"I saved your life just now, and you must repay this life-saving grace." Shang Wan crossed his arms and squinted at Geng Hao, "I don't need you to be a bully for me in this life, you just need to Just answer me a few questions. Is this a good deal?"
How dare he say no?
Geng Hao mentally scolded his mother for her cute face, moved his sore chin and said, "Excuse me."
"Why did Tian Sheng send someone to kill you to silence you? What did you do for him?"
Hearing these two questions, Geng Hao's heart suddenly tightened. Who is this woman? Why do you know so much?
He thought for a few times, and as soon as he opened his mouth, Shang Wan said leisurely: "I can definitely break bones faster than you can lie. Do you want to try it?"
Geng Hao, who really planned to make up lies: "..."
Not at all, thank you!
Shang Wan looked at the person sitting on the ground, "Tian Shengdu has sent people to kill you. If he is unkind, you can be unjust, so why bother to hide it for him?"
"I..." Geng Hao pursed his lips, his expression hesitant.
"I don't have much patience." Shang Wan knelt down and looked directly at him, "I'll kill you if I don't."
He was clearly talking about murder, but his tone was as light as breaking a branch on the roadside.
A chill penetrated Geng Hao's heart through his ears. Only now did he realize that the woman in front of him was not only not a good person, but perhaps even scarier than Tian Sheng.
Whichever is the lesser of two evils.
"I can say," Geng Hao unconsciously grasped the weeds on the ground, his voice tight, "but after I say it, no matter what you want to do, you must ensure that I can live."
Yang Rang failed to take his life, so he would definitely go back and report to Tian Sheng, and Tian Sheng would not let him go.
The woman in front of him was investigating Tian Sheng, and she was obviously not on the same side as Tian Sheng. With this woman's strength, she would definitely be able to protect Tian Sheng from Tian Sheng's hands if she was willing.
Shang Wan curled his lips, "Do you think you have the qualifications to bargain with me?"
"I have never done anything harmful to Tian Sheng." Geng Hao argued for himself, "I just want to live well."
Shang Wan stared at him for a long time, then reached out and took off the green leaves on his shoulders, "First tell me what you did for Tian Sheng." Geng Hao noticed that her tone softened, and felt happy. He didn't dare to take Qiao anymore, and told everything he knew The bamboo tube was poured clean like beans.
As he said, what he did for Tian Sheng was indeed not harmful.
He just helped arrest the mother and brother of Niu Baoqing, a clerk at Fuyuan Inn, and then deliberately let the situation slip during the interrogation of Niu Baoqing after the poisoning incident at the inn, just to go through the motions.
Two effortless things, but he could earn five hundred taels of silver. Geng Hao was naturally happy to make a fortune.
He was not stupid either. After a little thought after the incident, he knew that the poisoning of the county magistrate must be related to Tian Sheng. But it was too late to regret it. He had already boarded Tian Sheng's pirate ship, so he had to pretend to be confused and wait to take the money and run away.
Shang Wan understood and asked, "Is Niu Baoqing still alive?"
"Alive." Geng Hao nodded, "His family is also doing well."
Shang Wan was a little surprised. Tian Sheng could order Yang Rang to kill Geng Hao. How could he let Niu Baoqing live?
She frowned and thought for a moment, and figured out the key.
Tian Sheng probably felt that the sudden death of Niu Baoqing, a man involved in the case, was a bit unexpected, and wanted to wait for the case to be settled and the limelight to pass before killing him and silencing him.
However, Yang Rang failed to kill Geng Hao tonight, and there was a risk that the poisoning of the county magistrate would be exposed. There was no guarantee that Tian Sheng would not take the risk and send someone to kill Niu Baoqing first.
Thinking of this, Shang Wan's face darkened, he blocked Geng Hao's mouth, threw it over his shoulder, and rushed towards the city gate.
Under Geng Hao's guidance, Shang Wan arrived at Niu's house in Tieshu Hutong. As soon as he entered, he smelled a faint smell of blood.
Oops!
Shang Wan followed the smell of blood to the dark kitchen, and relied on his excellent eyesight to see clearly the three people lying staggered in a pool of blood.
An elderly woman, a young man, and a boy less than ten years old.
Both the woman and the boy were stabbed in the chest and killed with one stab. The two men were still bleeding from their wounds, and they had obviously been killed not long ago.
The man had two stab wounds on his stomach. Shang Wan knelt down to check the pulse on his neck and found that there was still a slight beating.
Feeling slightly relieved, she opened the man's closed mouth and fed ten drops of spiritual spring water into it, and by the way, dropped one drop on each of the incisions on his stomach.
Fortunately, the spiritual spring water in the space is growing every day, otherwise it would not be enough.
Niu Baoqing is the key to identifying Tian Sheng's murder of Li Wenhua and the key to rescuing Lu Chengjing. He cannot die now.
Geng Hao had just adapted to the darkness now, and could barely see what was going on in the room clearly through the dim moonlight through the window. His heart suddenly beat wildly, and he touched his neck fearfully.
If Shang Wan hadn't saved him, he would be a dead body now.
Just in case, Shang Wan called Geng Hao, "Come here and see if he is Niu Baoqing?"
Geng Hao walked over, squatted down and brushed away the messy hair from the man's face, looked at it carefully for a moment with wide eyes, and nodded, "It's him."
He looked at Shang Wan's movement of feeling for his pulse and asked in surprise: "Is he still alive?"
Shang Wan hummed, "I still have one breath left."
"Fate is so great." Geng Hao sighed, stretched out his hand to close the wide-open eyes of the woman and boy, and secretly cursed Tian Sheng for being cruel, not even sparing the elderly and children.
Realizing that the spiritual spring water was starting to take effect, Shang Wan picked him up and put him on Geng Hao's back, "Go to the medical center."
Geng Hao suddenly felt heavier: "..."
There's a curfew. Where can I find a medical clinic that's open?
(End of this chapter)