Chapter 343: Old Friend from Nanyang
Zhao Yushu was a little embarrassed.
Lan Rong stared at him, then drank water from time to time without saying a word. This situation had lasted for half an hour, and the tea had been changed several times. If it continued like this, he would definitely go to the toilet first.
Originally, after entering Nanyang City, he wanted to go to Nanyang Academy to find classmate Xiao Wang first, but Old Chen ran over like a mad dog and invited him to the government office.
Then Lan Rong met him in the living room, but both of them stopped talking as soon as they were about to speak, and had no idea how to start a conversation.
"Ahem, these two monkeys..." Zhao Yushu was young after all, so he couldn't help but pointed at the bodies on the ground: "Uh, they should be Yuan Xiang's brothers. I killed three of them, but I didn't keep the body of one of them. The one wearing silver armor is Yuan Ba, and this knife is also his. As for this one, I'm not sure who Yuan Ji is."
Lan Rong's eyebrows jumped. This kid was quite fierce. He, who was at the seventh level, fought against three of them but only one was left. He was only at the fifth level, and facing six, he managed to kill half of them?
"Well, I also fought with Yuan Xiang, also known as Yuan Er, yesterday. His methods were strange. I was busy saving people, so I only left this."
Lan Rong waved his hand and a water ball floated out from behind him. A dying little monkey opened his eyes and saw Zhao Yushu. He immediately tried to cheer up and bared his teeth at Zhao Yushu.
"Are you Yuanji?" Zhao Yushu took a closer look. He had never seen this little monkey before.
"I am Yuan Si, Zhao Yushu, you killed my brother, we will cut you into pieces one day!"
"Ha, you can kill me, but I can't kill you. What kind of logic is that? You are a monkey after all. Even though you can speak human language, you are still a beast at heart. Ahem, um, Lan, sir, if everything is ok, I will go to the academy first to pay my respects to Dean Wang."
Lan Rong's mouth twitched: "How about we have lunch together at noon, and ask Dean Wang to come along."
Old Zhao wanted to refuse, but he didn't dare to, so he just laughed dryly and said, "Okay, it's still early, I'll go tell Dean Wang."
Lan Rong nodded, and Zhao Yushu hurriedly stood up and bowed, then turned around and ran out of the government office. Then he wiped the sweat from his forehead fiercely. Sitting alone with Lan Rong was more tiring than fighting with Qi Chongtian.
After Zhao Yushu left, Lan Rong slapped his thigh and said, "Why did you forget to ask him about Ling'er?"
It was class time at Nanyang Academy, and after telling the doorman his purpose, Wang Buzhi hurried over soon.
"Brother Zhao! It's really you!" Wang Buzhi grabbed Zhao Yushu's arm and said, "You have made a great name for yourself in the Southeast. It was only then that I realized that Brother Zhao was the new Sixth Master of the Academy. You really kept it a secret from me!"
"Haha, I'm not hiding it on purpose. I was only officially accepted as a disciple by the teacher on my way to Jiangning."
"Hurry in, dad is giving a lesson, let's wait over there!"
When good friends meet, they inevitably have a lot to talk about, but it was mainly Wang Buzhi who asked questions and Zhao Yushu who answered. When they talked about the wonderful things along the way, Wang Buzhi clapped and cheered. When they talked about the hardships and troubles, Wang Buzhi stroked the table and sighed.
"Brother Zhao's journey has surpassed others' in their entire lives. It's a pity that Wang is just a scholar and is not even a fraction as good as Brother Zhao."
Zhao Yushu raised his hand: "Why are you saying that again? I remember that when we separated, Brother Wang was also full of confidence."
Wang Buzhi sighed again: "The world is divided into three parts, Nanyang is wavering. I have a special status, so I am afraid I won't be able to take the entrance exam for the academy next year."
"Then follow the old dean and study. What's the difference?"
"That's true, but I'm also thinking, should I follow Brother Zhao's example and go out for a walk? Maybe that's better than just studying."
Old Zhao immediately agreed, saying that reading thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of miles.
The two chatted casually for a while, and Dean Wang finished his class and hurried over.
"How dare you come here, kid? There are bounties on you everywhere. Why don't you stay in Dongdu and run here?"
As soon as Dean Wang entered the room, he scolded Zhao Yushu without saying a word of courtesy.
"Hey, hey, hey, stop hitting me. I only found out about this halfway through the journey. When did you find out?"
Dean Wang was suddenly speechless. He had only found out about this in the past two days.
"Anyway, pack up and hurry back to Dongdu. If there's anything, ask your lazy master to help you. Once the situation is settled, you can go wherever you want."
Zhao Yushu spread his hands and said, "If I can't handle this little thing myself, he won't care."
Dean Wang was stunned when he heard this. The old man really is that kind of person.
Seeing that the old dean wanted to say something else, Zhao Yushu quickly interrupted: "Grandmaster Lan invited me to dinner at noon, and he specially asked me to come and call you."
"Have you met Lan Rong?"
Zhao Yushu told everyone what had happened along the way. He couldn't understand why Lan Rong had come to fight with Yuan Xiang and even caught one of his monkeys.
"Last night, Zhu Yuan, the boss behind the Daji Casino, went crazy and led his men to attack the government office."
Zhao Yushu spat out the tea. Who was this Zhu Yuan? How powerful was he to dare to attack the government office?
Dean Wang looked at the water stains on the ground sprayed by Zhao Yushu with disdain and said, "Then he was killed on the spot by Captain Chen and his troops. However, several monks who were staying in Nanyang also died."
Zhao Yushu quickly went over the information in his mind and soon guessed that this daring Zhu Yuan was most likely the local tyrant that Yuan Xiang had found to cooperate with. They mistakenly thought that he was in the government office, and then Yuan Xiang was responsible for leading Lan Rong away, while Zhu Yuan went to kill him.
Just two earth-level treasures and these people went crazy. Have they always been so brave?
Zhao Yushu possessed five magical weapons and had personally destroyed a top-level heavenly treasure. He instinctively thought that the earth-level treasure was nothing special. However, if the magical weapons were not counted, Old Zhao did not have a single earth-level treasure on his person.
"Yushu, listen to my advice. Even if your teacher doesn't want you to do anything, you should not go south any further. You can turn east or west. If you must go somewhere, why not go south after passing this boundary?"
Zhao Yushu was touched: "The boy listened to the dean and will not go south for the time being."
The old dean had just breathed a sigh of relief when Zhao Yushu scratched his head. "I heard from Governor Lan today that although Yuan Xiang escaped, the warning array did not respond, so he should still be in the city. The three monkeys I killed are all top-notch masters. If they risk everything and fight to the death, Governor Lan may not be able to handle it alone. I want to stay and help him first."
Yuan Da stood on a mound west of Nanyang City, with his hands on his back, looking towards the city not far away.
"Ape Master, without Ape Six and Ape Seven, we can't avoid the formation. We will be discovered as soon as we enter the city. What should we do?"
The ape exhaled, "One more day."
"What are you waiting for?"
"Wait for news from Yuan Er. He will definitely find a way to send the message out. If there is no news within one day, we will rush into the city together as soon as it gets dark tomorrow and kill him to the ground!"