Mushroom Man

Chapter 9: A narrow escape, searching for inheritance

"Master Wu?"

"Why are you here?"

Wu Liang pretended to be surprised and looked in the direction of the sound.

A burly man walked out of the pass at the entrance of the town.

This person was none other than Wu Xingzhe, who was ordered to guard the town entrance and screen out the thieves behind the scenes.

Wu Xingzhe narrowed his eyes and spoke in a deep voice while looking at the stone team behind Wu Liang.

"I'm sure the culprit behind Sekong's murder will be unable to withstand the pressure and will try to escape from Zhaodi Town."

"So I stood guard here, hoping to see if any fish would take the bait."

"Oh, right……"

"The benefactor hasn't answered me yet, where are you going?"

When Wu Liang heard this, he immediately understood the hidden meaning of Wu Xingzhe's words.

Obviously, the fact that I went out at this time instead of earlier or later had aroused his suspicion.

However, Wu Liang had anticipated this and was not panicked at all.

He pointed at the stones carried by the slaves and then spoke.

"To be honest..."

"My younger sister fell seriously ill after jumping into the river that day and has been bedridden ever since. I'm in urgent need of money."

"I was forced to make a living, so I begged my uncle and aunt to find me a job in the clan transporting stone materials to build the giant Buddha."

"I guess the fish Master Wu is looking for has nothing to do with me, right?"

Wu Xingzhe did not comment. He walked to the pile of stones, looked around, but did not find anything wrong.

"So they're going to build a giant Buddha. I've heard of this before."

"It was Abbot Shanren who, in anticipation of the upcoming Pudu Dharma Assembly, specifically asked the people to build a Buddha statue as a token of their piety."

As he was speaking, he suddenly paused, as if he had thought of something.

"By the way, don't you still have the silver water that this poor monk gave you?"

"Although the silver water is not much, I think it should be more than enough to hire a doctor to treat the disease."

"If that's the case, why did you leave home and go out for such a job? Aren't you worried that your little sister will be left unattended?"

When Wu Liang heard this, his heart sank slightly.

This seemingly big and strong martial artist is actually very meticulous in his thinking and is not a fool who can be easily fooled.

His expression remained normal, and he gave a helpless smile.

"Master Wu, you don't know..."

"Our Wu family has clan rules. Any gains obtained by the clan members must be handed over unconditionally, and then distributed by the clan leader and elders."

"The silver water that Master Wu gave me that day has long been taken away by the clan leader."

"Otherwise, I wouldn't leave my little sister bedridden at home and go out to make a living..."

"Is there such a thing?" Wu Xingzhe frowned when he heard this.

"No wonder your Wu family has always had a bad reputation for exploitation and oppression in Zhaodi Town."

"So your Wu family is not only cruel to outsiders, but also to your own people, coming up with so many weird rules."

Wu Xingzhe shook his head, and there was a hint of pity in his eyes when he looked at Wu Liang.

Wu Liang smiled awkwardly and then looked at the sky.

"Master Wu, it's getting late. I still have to transport the stones to the nearby villages before sunset."

"If there's nothing else, I'll take my leave first..."

Upon hearing this, Wu Xingzhe waved his hand and let him go readily.

He had already checked the team and found that there was no Sekong hiding among them.

Even if Wu Liang is really the culprit behind the scenes and wants to take the opportunity to escape from Zhaodi Town, it will not have much impact.

Moreover, if Wu Liang really dared to run away, he would be admitting his guilt without being fought, which was exactly what he wanted.

At that time, he only needed to inform the Wu clan leader and have him activate the mushrooms in the basin, and he would naturally be able to capture him and bring him to justice. Wu Liang was on a tight schedule, and seeing that he had been released, he stopped chatting with him.

He took dozens of slaves with him and quickly disappeared from the sight of the warriors, leaving Zhaodi Town smoothly.

What Wu Xingzhe didn't notice was that when Wu Liang turned around and left, a large amount of blood oozed out of his eyes, ears, mouth and nose...

"cough!"

"Looks like I can't use the Fraud Mushroom any more lately..."

"Otherwise, given my current mental state, if I forcefully activate this rank five mushroom again, I'm afraid I'll quickly become an idiot."

"And it seems my life span is almost over."

"There's no way to increase my lifespan right now, so I have to be more frugal..."

Wu Liang shook his confused head, and a trace of fear flashed in his eyes.

However, he did not regret forcing the Fraud Mushroom to activate this time.

After all, if it weren't for the influence of the Fraud Mushroom, he might not be able to leave Zhaodi Town smoothly.

In a blink of an eye, it was noon.

It was a cloudless, sunny day, and the scorching sun shone down on the slaves.

They were already exhausted and panting, with beads of sweat dripping onto the ground and breaking into eight pieces.

Because Wu Liang needed to squeeze out enough time to explore the swamp and search for inheritance.

So along the way, he never let these slaves rest at all.

Under such circumstances, many slaves' bodies had reached their limits and they were complaining bitterly.

"finally reached."

Wu Liang looked at the swamp not far away, immediately grabbed the reins and stopped his horse.

He looked back at the slaves who could no longer walk and spoke immediately.

"Everyone, please find some shade nearby. I've brought you some rice porridge. Eat and drink your fill, and then we'll continue on our journey."

As soon as Wu Liang finished speaking, the slaves all looked happy.

They really didn't expect that there would be rice porridge to drink on this trip.

You have to know that usually when the Wu family mushroom masters order them around, they only feed them stuffed mushrooms, not real food.

Soon the slaves found a shady place, each holding a bowl of white rice porridge and drinking it happily.

After a while, after everyone had eaten and drunk their fill, they began to yawn uncontrollably, feeling extremely sleepy.

Just hear a "plop" sound!
Wu Liang fell off his horse, fell to the ground and fell asleep.

The slaves did the same and fell asleep one after another.

For a moment, only bursts of snoring echoed through the forest.

The atmosphere in the field suddenly became extremely strange, as if some invisible existence was plotting against everyone.

About half an hour later...

"It seems that Wu Xingzhe has been affected by the Fraud Mushroom and really didn't think of sending anyone to follow me and confirm my whereabouts..."

Wu Liang opened his eyes, jumped up and stood up from the ground.

He dusted himself off and then looked at the slaves who were sleeping soundly.

"These knockout drugs are enough for them to sleep for two hours."

"I hope that within these two hours, I can successfully find the inheritance."

Wu Liang drew a broadsword from his horse's back and used it as a means of self-defense, which was better than nothing.

Then he went alone to the swamp deep in the forest.

He walked carefully for a long time along the way.

During this period, there were several dangerous situations and he almost fell into the ubiquitous quagmire.

finally! Hard work pays off!

Wu Liang went deep into the swamp and finally found the so-called inheritance...

(End of this chapter)