The Legend of the Condor Heroes: I became one of the Five Great Masters by drawing cards

Chapter 71 Yang Kang Disappears
The place where Yang Tiexin and his wife lived in seclusion was called Lingyuan Village, on the west side of the foot of Mount Zhongnan, more than ten miles away from the village where Gu Ping'an and his friends fostered their horses, separated by a small river.

On their way down the mountain, they met Han Baoju who was coming towards them.

"Brother Han, what are you doing?"

Seeing that he was walking in a hurry and looked anxious, Qiu Chuji asked quickly.

When Han Baoju saw Qiu Chuji, he didn't even bother to greet Gu Ping'an and the others, and spoke hurriedly.

"Master Qiu, I was just about to go up the mountain to look for you. Come with me! That kid Yang Kang is missing!"

Missing?
Qiu Chuji raised his eyebrows in disbelief.

"Maybe he went somewhere to practice and forgot to tell you?"

Han Baoju wiped the sweat from his face and shook his head, saying, "Impossible! He didn't come back last night. Brother Yang and the six of us have searched the area thoroughly, but there's still no trace of him."

"Let's go and have a look!"

The four of them did not dare to delay and quickened their pace. They reached the foot of the mountain in just half an hour.

In Lingyuan Village, there was a small house with its door open, from which came the sound of a woman crying.

The person was Yang Kang's biological mother, Bao Xiruo. Her eyes were red and swollen from crying, and she was still sobbing.

Yang Tiexin's face was filled with worry, and he paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back.

Ke Zhenwu, who was sitting nearby, slammed his demon-subduing staff to the ground and said angrily, "I've always said that guy didn't seem to be truly repentant, but you insisted that he wasn't a bad person at heart. Now look what happens, he's gone. Who knows, the Jin soldiers might come looking for us one day!"

"Brother! Just stop talking! Brother Yang and his wife are already very anxious, why are you adding to the chaos?"

The person who spoke was Han Xiaoying. She was originally holding Bao Xiruo's hand and comforting her softly, but when she heard what Ke Zhenwu said, which was really unpleasant, she couldn't help but turn around and scold him.

"What a scoundrel!" Yang Tiexin sighed deeply. "Brother Ke was right. I was blind and was deceived by that unfilial son!"

"Brother Tie. Kang'er is not that kind." Bao Xiruo cried, "It's all my fault. I didn't teach him well."

There were only four of them in the room. Zhu Cong and the others must still be searching and had not returned yet.

"Brother Yang, Taoist Priest Qiu is here!" Han Baoju arrived at the door and shouted in a loud voice like a loud speaker, "And your daughter is back too!"

"father!"

Girls have shallow eyes and are most likely to cry. When Mu Nianci saw the familiar figure in the room, she immediately burst into tears.

Ever since her biological parents passed away when she was young, she had been dependent on Yang Tiexin until she grew up. This was the first time she had been separated from her adoptive father for such a long time.

Yang Tiexin looked up when he heard the voice, and suddenly saw his adopted daughter whom he hadn't seen for several months. Tears streamed down his face.

"Brother Yang, let's save the father-daughter relationship for later."

Qiu Chuji was known for his impatient temper and couldn't help but interrupt.

"I just heard Brother Han give me a general idea on the way. Can you tell me what's going on with Kang'er?"

"This happened too suddenly. Kang'er has been very well behaved these past few days since he came back. He's not only filial to his mother, but also respectful and polite to me and Brother Ke, without any arrogance. We all thought he had learned right from wrong and turned over a new leaf."

Yang Tiexin's face was also full of confusion.

"Yesterday we were chatting happily when he suddenly wanted to go buy some wine, saying he was celebrating his new life. But he never came back after that."

Han Xiaoying added, "We've searched the area several times. It doesn't look like an accident. It seems like he escaped overnight."

Now that things have been said, no matter how straightforward Qiu Chuji is, he should have figured out the truth.

"This brat," he said, his eyes widening in anger, "can't even let go of that bullshit 'little prince' identity!"

Gu Ping'an felt helpless as his suspicions were finally confirmed. If Yang Kang had known his past since childhood, he wouldn't have ended up like this. But Qiu Chuji was too lazy to explain, and Bao Xiruo was only concerned with doting and protecting him.

Now that we have embarked on this path, it is difficult to turn back.

"If I'm not mistaken, the reason Yang Kang came here was probably just to confirm whether Aunt Yang is still alive." Gu Ping'an thought for a while and said in a low voice.

"You also think that he had no intention of repenting from the beginning?" When Ke Zhenwu found that someone agreed with his opinion, his eyes suddenly "lit up".

"He has been known as the 'Little Prince of Zhao's Palace' since he was young," Gu Ping'an said slowly. "Now if he were to suddenly tell him that he is from the Song Dynasty, no one would be able to accept it easily, right?"

Qiu Chuji's temper was as hot as fire, and he immediately shouted angrily, "Young Master Gu, there's no need to make excuses for that traitor!"

Gu Pingan glanced at him with a light tone.

"If someone suddenly told me today that I am not from the Song Dynasty but a descendant of a Jin prince, what would I do?"

These words were quite "treasonous". Qiu Chuji glared at him and was about to get angry, but he seemed to suddenly realize something and was stunned for a moment.

There is some truth in the saying "judge others by yourself".

The atmosphere in the room was a bit awkward, luckily Zhu Cong and others came back at this time.

"We've searched several nearby villages, but haven't found any trace of him. If my guess is correct, he must have started preparing long ago."

"Where can Kang'er go now?" Bao Xiruo still had a distressed look on her face and kept crying.

"Of course I'm going back to Zhongdu to be his little prince!"

Ever since Quan Jinfa learned about the past of Niujia Village, he thought this woman was stupid. He was tired from searching today and just said it casually.

"That's not necessarily the case. Yang Kang now knows that Aunt Yang is still alive, so he will probably pass the news on to Wanyan Honglie."

Gu Ping'an shook his head in objection and analyzed the situation for everyone.

"Even if Wanyan Honglie failed to kill the Mongol envoy in his southward expedition, he will not give up on Wu Mu's will. If Yang Kang wanted to find him, he wouldn't just return to Zhongdu."

"Lin'an Prefecture!"

Qiu Chuji slammed the table and immediately reacted.

"Without further delay, I will set off for Lin'an to intercept this traitor and prevent Prince Yue's relics from falling into the hands of the Jin thieves!"

"Master Qiu is right. The Seven Freaks of Jiangnan will go with you!"

When talking about family and national affairs, Ke Zhenwu immediately became excited and slammed the demon-subduing staff in his hand to the ground again.

"By the way, Young Master Gu, do you know where Jing'er went?"

They still didn't know what had happened since they parted at Lujiazhuang. Gu Ping'an recounted how they, Cheng Yaojia, Li Sheng and others from the Beggar Gang plotted against Ouyang Ke, hunted down Wanyan Honglie, and were stopped by Ouyang Feng.

"'West Poison' Ouyang Feng?!"

The old poisoner has been famous for twenty or thirty years and is notorious for his viciousness. Although he has disappeared in recent years, people in the underworld are still afraid of him when they hear his name.

"Back then, my master used the One Yang Finger to break this man's Toad Skill. Who would have thought that twenty years later, he would reappear and wreak havoc in the martial arts world, even becoming the Golden Man's hawk."

Qiu Chuji's face darkened slightly, and he looked worried.

"This man's martial arts skills are unfathomable. Young Master Gu, how did you escape?"

"It's Mr. Qigong."

　I feel a little better today, so I quickly got up and wrote two chapters, then went back to lie down
　　
　
(End of this chapter)