Help! I just woke up and was stabbed by a big kid

"Speak softly, they haven't gone far." Gu Yue said quickly.

Wuhuo and Wufeng laughed so hard that their faces turned sore.

Gu Xu was used to such scenes, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly: "Leave now?"

"There's no time to lose." Gu Yue rubbed his face, "I guess there will be more people coming later, let's go."

"Okay. Wu Feng stay at home and watch over the things, and we'll go find the village chief." Gu Xu said.

Taking the New Year gifts brought back from Luoyang, several people reopened the gate and sneaked out.

The journey was unobstructed, but Shi San and Wu Huo exuded murderous aura, so people who wanted to talk to them didn't dare to come forward.

When they arrived at the village chief's house, they saw Gu Dafeng and two other people coming out of the yard. When they saw Shi Sanwuhuo and the other two, the three of them hurriedly made way for them and followed them back to the yard without any hurry to go back.

Gu Yue carried the gift into the main room.

The village chief was drinking tea when he saw Gu Yue and two ferocious men coming in. He stood up in fear and said, "You, you, you... who are you?"

"I'm Dashi, the village chief. This is Xiao Xu." Gu Yue smiled and pulled Gu Xu's wrist, walked up to the village chief, and put down the gift in his hand.

It was a few rolls of the finest cloth and condiments, as well as some dried tea leaves, common New Year gifts.

"We came back to pay New Year's greetings and worship our ancestors." Gu Xu said.

The village chief squinted his eyes and looked at Gu Xu, then at Gu Yue, and finally recognized them: "Oh! It's you two. Dafeng told me just now, but I didn't believe it. Look at what you are wearing. Have you really been conferred a title?"

"Dafeng has also told you about the fiefdom, right? It's just an empty title, it sounds good." Gu Yue said, "We are a village, we don't care about this or that."

"Hey, it's better than farming in the village!" The village chief looked very pleased, "The two children of the old Gu family are doing well, and I am relieved."

The village chief asked everyone to sit down.

"To be honest, we came back this time to find out some things." Gu Yue said.

"What's the matter? Is there something bad going on in Luoyang? If you're not happy, just come back. The villagers will never dislike you." The village chief said kindly.

"Nothing is wrong." Gu Yue smiled, "I just want to ask about... my brother."

"Meng Liu? What's wrong?"

"Did he have any frequent contacts during his lifetime? Did he bring anyone back to the village, especially before and after Xiao Xu came home?" Gu Yue said, "I was young at the time and didn't care about anything. I don't remember anything."

The village chief frowned and thought for a while.

"You said someone you often interact with must be a business person, but people like that don't talk to us." The village chief said, "I have some impression of them..."

He thought for a long time and finally said, "Yes, there was. That year, Xiao Xu had just arrived in Gujia Village, and the Gu family held a banquet. At the banquet, Meng Liu asked Duoduo from our village to take care of Xiao Xu, and then I saw an unfamiliar man in your house."

"Oh?" Gu Yue's eyes lit up.

"It's a pity that we don't know him and few people have seen him. I always felt that he was the one who sent Xiao Xu here." said the village chief.

"Do you remember what characteristics that person had?" Gu Xu asked.

"I can't see clearly, but he's about the same height as Meng Liu. Oh, and he seems to be carrying a big knife."

In a flash, three clues suddenly connected in Gu Yue's mind.

Knife……

The man with a big scar on his face who called himself Uncle Fu and rescued them at the contact point at the pharmacy near Chang'an; the man with a knife who appeared at the Gu family banquet many years ago and seemed to be related to Gu Xu...

There is also the knife-wielding senior brother named Fu Dao, who was sent by Su Huaiyue to protect Gu Shen and later sent a letter to the Su family.

"Xiao Xu, that Uncle Fu in Chang'an, and the senior brother Fu Dao mentioned by Luo Dao...could it be him?" he asked hurriedly.

Gu Xu's eyes gradually brightened.

Gu Yue immediately felt a little annoyed: "At that time, I really didn't associate Uncle Fu and Fu Dao together... I just missed them like that! How can I find him now?"

Gu Xu spread his hands to Wu Huo. Wu Huo reached into his arms and quickly pulled out a portrait. Gu Yue looked closely and saw that it was the portrait of Fu Dao that Luo Dao had drawn when they parted at Tongshan Village.

This guy's drawing skills are pretty good, at least he has some basic skills, and it's not a child's simple drawing.

After the village chief looked at it, he said, "It seems very likely that it is this person... at least the facial shape is the same."

Gu Yue said, "The Uncle Fu I met that day had many scars on his face, and he was deliberately wearing a bamboo hat. Was he trying to hide his identity? Could it be that your not remembering the past was also his doing?"

Gu Xu nodded slightly: "That's right. Wuye looked at my condition, but he didn't see anything."

Gu Yue lowered his eyes and thought.

"I do know that there is a method of psychological suggestion called hypnosis, which can be used to treat some mental trauma." Gu Yue said, "Could it be that Fu Dao used hypnosis on you?"

"Hypnosis?" Wu Huo asked.

"Not literally. It means that you can use some medium to give people hints, making them forget something, or have emotions about something that they didn't originally have."

"Soul controlling technique?" Shi San suddenly asked.

"You know this?" Gu Xu raised his eyes.

"I have heard...something I have heard." Shi San can now speak idioms.

"This possibility is very high." Gu Xu said, "But the most urgent task is to find this hidden knife."

"Since he brought you to Gujia Village and reunited with you in Chang'an, why didn't he reveal his identity at that time?" Gu Yue asked.

"I'm probably not sure about my current situation yet." said Gu Xu.

"In Luoyang City, the news that the Su family's grandson is alive has spread. Logically, he should have shown up." Gu Yue said.

He suddenly remembered something: "You felt someone following you in the market that day, could it be this Fudao?"

Wuhuo blinked.

"That person had no ill intentions and was wearing a bamboo hat on his head." Wu Huo said, "It seems very likely."

Everyone in the room fell silent at the same time.

The village chief didn't understand what they were saying, so he just drank his tea. He was old, so he didn't want to get involved in things that he didn't need to.

"He must have some reason why he never showed up to tell me the truth." Gu Xu said, "I have reason to suspect that he is still following us."

Gu Yue nodded repeatedly, he thought so too.

"Then let's think of a way to lure him out." Gu Yue said.

"how do you want to do it?"

Gu Yue smiled mysteriously.

……

The plan to lure out the ambush has not been carried out yet, as they have to pay tribute to Gu Dashi's parents, brothers and sisters-in-law first.

I brought prepared paper money and offerings, burned incense according to local customs, and then kowtowed.

In fact, there is a local custom of inviting ancestors home before the New Year and sending them off after the New Year, but Gu Yue did not come back before the New Year, so the custom was simplified.

After worshipping the graves beside the withered woods devoutly, Gu Yue said in his heart:

"The truth of the past must be revealed. If I can, I will help you get revenge with my own hands."