Stealing the Pen: Kirin's Primordial Lotus

The next day, Zhang Qishan and Zhang Xishan were already dressed in casual clothes, riding on tall horses, waiting in the suburbs.

"Isn't it possible that Master Ba was afraid, so he didn't come?"

"Old Eight won't. He probably plans to delay so that we can go back and not have to investigate."

Jingle bell, jingle bell~

Zhang Qishan and Zhang Xishan turned around and saw Mr. Qi Ba, dressed as a fortune teller, leading his donkey with a bell hanging on it and holding a Feng Shui flag in his hand.

"Master Ba, aren't you dressed too ostentatiously?"

Zhang Xishan dismounted and walked to Mr. Qi Ba, looking him over.

"What do you mean by ostentatious? This is how you dress normally. If you dress like this, you'll be noticed before you even get close."

"I think you should take down your bell, Master Ba. Your bell can be heard within a five-kilometer radius."

Zhang Xishan held the bell on the donkey's neck and looked at Master Qi.

"Have you ever seen a fortune teller dressed like this? Or the donkey in that house doesn't have a bell around its neck."

Mr. Qi drove Zhang Tingshan away from his donkey, turned his back to Zhang Tingshan and muttered a few words.

"Okay, now that everyone is here, let's go."

Zhang Qishan looked at the two people who were arguing, stopped their childish quarrel, pulled the reins and walked towards the outskirts of the city.

The three of them rode their own mounts, swaying around and looking around.

Soon, Zhang Xishan discovered a railway track hidden by weeds.

"Master Ba, it seems that your compass is not working very well."

"I say, Adjutant, if my compass hadn't been pointing in this direction, could you have found this track?"

Zhang Qishan looked at the two people who were arguing again, shook his head, and continued walking along the railway track.

The two people who were arguing watched Zhang Qishan leave and hurriedly followed him.

The three followed the railroad tracks to a remote village.

The village was dilapidated and deserted.

Zhang Qishan, Baye and Zhang Xishan were walking inside when a woman with a child bumped into them.

"This..." Before she could finish the word "Auntie", the woman hid away like a mouse seeing a cat.

"Oh, Master Buddha, look at what I said. The way you look is so easy to scare people." Master Qi Ba looked at the woman who was frightened by the Master Buddha and ran to hide under the eaves of a distant house.

"It's better to look at mine, Master Ba."

As he said this, he took out a few small-denomination silver bills from Zhang Xishan's pocket next to him and approached the mother and son.

"Hey, Master Buddha, look at Master Ba. He's taking this from me." Zhang Xishan stared in amazement at Master Ba who was taking money out of his pocket, then turned to Master Buddha and said aggrievedly.

"Is there anyone else who can take something out of your pocket? I guess it's only Old Eight. I may not even be able to take anything out of your pocket." Zhang Qishan was also surprised that Old Eight could actually take something out of the pocket of Zhang Qishan, his childhood friend.

After all, this adjutant has been a stingy person since he was a child.

It was impossible to take a single penny out of his pocket, but his family had never lacked food and drink since he was a child, so no one knew where this disease came from.

Mr. Qi Ba came back with a smiling face.

"Master Buddha, guess what I found out?"

"I don't care what you find out, just give me the money back first."

"What? Where did the money come from? I'm not using your money." Mr. Qi looked at Zhang Xishan in surprise as he asked him for money.

"Okay, when you guys go back, I'll give you double the money." Zhang Qishan stopped the two of them in time and said with a headache, "Eighth Master, what did you find out?"

"I..." Master Qi turned his head left and right.

"Master Buddha, this is not the place to talk. Let's find a place where there is no one."

Zhang Qishan looked around and saw that there was no one around, but considering Mr. Qi Ba's expression just now, he agreed to Mr. Qi Ba's proposal.

The three of them found an empty house, checked around and made sure there was no one there, then they listened to the news that Mr. Ba had just found out with peace of mind.

"Master Buddha, I just heard from that woman that this village was occupied by the Sakura people because it was remote. Many young and middle-aged people in the village were taken away to mine."

"A few weeks ago, the mine was gone and no one was released. People in the village said that they were killed because they didn't dig up what those people wanted."

"So some of them moved away one after another, and those who helped the Sakura Country suddenly died overnight."

"It seems that the train on the platform departs from here. The coffins on the train should also have been dug out from the mine."

Zhang Qishan listened to the news from Master Qi Ba, frowned and thought, "However, the information given by Master Er is at least ten or twenty years old. It's impossible that the people from that time haven't left yet and are still here?"

"Master Buddha, no matter whether the person has left or not, we are here now. Why don't we go in and investigate and we will know?" Zhang Xishan felt that it would be better to go in and investigate than to guess here. Then he would know everything.

"Master Buddha, why don't we not go? You see, none of those who went in have come out, and we also know that the train comes out from here. We can come back in a few days." When Master Qi heard that they had to continue the investigation, he had to persuade Master Buddha to go back.

"Besides, it's getting late now. Do we have any dry food with us? Let's come back in a few days when we are fully prepared."

"Okay, Master Ba. This village looks sparsely populated, so there are probably still some elderly people here. While we can still see the road clearly, let's go ask if we can stay the night."

After Zhang Qishan finished speaking, he opened the door and walked out. Zhang Xishan followed Zhang Qishan out. After Mr. Qi Baye shouted, he looked at the dark house and had no choice but to follow Zhang Qishan out.