C730 We Leave in a Hurry
Seeing that Zhang Xiuyi was still unwilling to stop, Du Qi, who had already walked to the door, turned around and said faintly, "His martial arts has been crippled. Miss, if you still do not vent your hatred, then kill him with a sword!"
Hearing Du Qi's calm words, Faang Ziyu's heart sank. A wave of sadness and despair suddenly surged into his heart and he suddenly turned around. He crawled in front of Zhang Xiuyi's feet and said hoarsely, "Please, please, please kill me!" Zhang Xiuyi couldn't help but suck in a breath of cold air. She kicked Faang Ziyu back to where he originally stood. She did not know whether the decision she made to hate her brother was right or not, nor did she know whether it was a blessing or a curse to follow Du Qi. But because she had said it first, it was inconvenient for her now, and she didn't dare to offend him. She could only follow behind Du Qi unwillingly and quietly, to welcome that unknown fate.
Seeing Du Qi walking forward at a moderate pace, as if he had forgotten about her existence, Zhang Xiuyi could not help but hurriedly follow two steps and timidly said, "Benefactor, this little girl has a presumptuous request. I wonder if you can say it?"
Du Qi did not even turn his head and said, "I did not kill Faang Ziyu according to young lady's intention. There is no relationship between you and me, so young lady need not call me that. If there is anything, please speak frankly. Do not be polite!"
Zhang Xiuyi was stunned when she heard that and mustered her courage to say, "Please do a good deed and help this young lady bury my brother, alright?"
Du Qi said without thinking, "Of course, Miss, please!"
As he spoke, Du Qi led Zhang Xiuyi to find Zhang Tianxiang's head and corpse. Bury them. After that... It was almost noon when he returned to the inn. The three brothers of Mei family was anxiously waiting in the inn. When they saw Du Qi return, they were all overjoyed. When they saw Zhang Xiuyi... They could not help but reveal suspicious expressions.
Du Qi knew that he could not explain and could only allow them to make random guesses. However, he urgently ordered the Mei brothers to pack up their luggage and buy some dry food in town before leaving town in a hurry.
Outside the town, they abandoned the main road and walked east on all the desolate paths. After walking for about ten miles, they suddenly changed the path and headed north. They walked another twenty miles. Then they changed the direction to the east, and not long after, they changed the direction to the northeast. Seeing how much effort Du Qi had put in, Mei Xiaoren could not help but ask, "Fourth Younger Brother, what exactly happened that made you so careful?"
Du Qi said calmly, "I crippled Faang Ziyu's martial arts!"
Mei Xiaoren was shocked. "What? Fourth Younger Brother crippled Faang Ziyu's martial arts? No wonder Fourth Younger Brother wanted to escape in panic. If Faang Ziyu's accomplices came to find him, it would be a troublesome matter!"
Zhang Xiuyi said apologetically, "It was all for the sake of this little girl. I am so tired that my benefactor has no face left."
Seeing the puzzled faces of the Mei brothers, Du Qi could only briefly tell them that Zhang Tianxiang was killed by Faang Ziyu. Mei Xiaotian asked doubtfully," Why didn't Fourth Younger Brother kill that fellow, Faang Ziyu, and get rid of everything? "
Du Qi naturally would not tell the Mei brothers that it was because of Zhang Xiuyi's words that he did not kill Faang Ziyu. Instead, he let Zhang Xiuyi decide Faang Ziyu's life and death, because Du Qi understood. In Zhang Xiuyi's heart, there was only Xu Yang. Zhang Xiuyi was still following him, not to fulfill her promise. She was forced to. Perhaps she was more afraid that Du Qi had the same thoughts as Faang Ziyu. Now, she was alone, there was no way she could escape from Du Qi's evil palm, let alone fight him. Therefore, she didn't dare offend Du Qi. She could only pretend to follow him. If she had the chance to escape, it would be her luck. If she couldn't, then... Perhaps she could only accept her fate. As she was thinking, she heard Mei Xiaodi say, "Crippling that fellow's martial arts is indeed more relieving than directly killing that fellow!"
Du Qi sighed and said, "If not for that fellow being too evil, I would not have made such a heavy move. Sigh!"
Mei Xiaotian said, "Since the matter has already happened, Fourth Younger Brother doesn't need to worry about it. I just don't know what kind of sect Faang Ziyu belongs to. Will they come and find trouble for him?"
Mei Xiaodi said," When people are in the Pugilistic World, they can cause trouble at any time. As long as we are careful, we can prevent it from happening. Even if we encounter danger, it will turn into good fortune, and if we encounter danger, it will also become good fortune. "
Mei Xiaotian said, "Second Brother's words make sense! There seems to be someone ahead. It is late now. Let's go and see if we can stay for a night."
Everyone had long smelled the scent of burning branches and dry grass. Looking in the direction that Mei Xiaotian said, they saw a corner of the grass roof on the right side of the forest. There was a faint smoke rising from it.
When they saw it, they could not help but be overjoyed. They hurriedly ran forward to take a look. Where was the thatched cottage? It was clearly just a small thatched shed. It was so small that it could only fit one person to crawl out. It was obviously the temporary shelter of the mountain hunters. There was a fire on the side of a small piece of flat land in front of the shed. A small black pot was hanging on a triangular wooden frame, constantly emitting hot air. It emitted a tempting fragrance, and no one knew what was being cooked inside. However, there was no trace of him.
Looking around, Mei Xiaoren called out, "Is there anyone? Home, home, hey! Is there anyone there?"
Just as Mei Xiaoren finished speaking, he heard a weak voice reply, "Who is it?" Following the voice, an old man with a withered face and a thin body, who looked to be in his sixties last year, stuck his head out from behind the shed, his body trembling. He looked at Du Qi and the others in surprise and bewilderment.
Mei Xiaoren said, "We are passers-by. We can't find a place to stay because we are lost in the road. Can we stay here for a night?"
The nervous expression seemed to relax a little. The old man looked at the small shed. He looked at Du Qi and the others and said with difficulty, "I can only stay here for two people at most. There are so many of you. I can't live with you. I can't! Besides, you can live with me. What should I do? I can't let this old man sleep in the wild, can I? "
Mei Xiaotian said," Old man, we don't want to live in your house. We just want to rest outside for a night. Elder, don't worry. We are people who have passed by. We just want to borrow the light. We don't have any ill intentions. We will leave early tomorrow morning!"
The old man said suspiciously, "So that's how it is. There is a tree stump there. Sit down. Don't run around. There are poisonous snakes in the grass. Don't get too close to me. I'm afraid!"
Mei Xiaoren said, "Thank you! Old man, since you are afraid, why do you live here alone? Where are your family and where are they? Why don't you go home? "
The old man said," This is my home. I'm the only one in my family, no one else! "
Mei Xiaotian said apologetically, "My brother is rude and doesn't know what's good for him. Don't blame him."
The old man smiled indifferently and said, "It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter!"
While they were talking, Mei brothers, Du Qi and Zhang Xiuyi found a tree stump that they liked and sat down outside the fire. Mei Xiaoren was the closest to the fire. He stuck his head out and looked at the small pot. He seemed to be curious and asked, "Old man, what is in this pot? It smells so good. Is it food? "
Seeing that Mei Xiaoren seemed to want to take the pot, the old man hurriedly said, "Don't move. It's poison!"