Courtyard House: Wudang Disciple Sweeps Through the Compound

He handed her the sheet music: "I prepared the sheet music a long time ago."

Immediately afterwards, he stood beside Hua Youlin and taught her to play "The Wizard of Oz" on the piano.

Under Chen Wenqi's patient and meticulous guidance, Hua Youlin's minor flaws in her performance were quickly and perfectly corrected.

She felt that Chen Wenqi taught with exceptional seriousness, even more meticulously and patiently than her own professional teachers.

The two guards, who had been standing guard outside the pavilion and keeping a high level of vigilance towards the two individuals, were originally on guard.

Seeing that the young couple were simply dating and practicing their instruments there without doing anything unusual, my tense nerves gradually relaxed.

Time slipped away quietly amidst the melodious piano music; I don't know how much time had passed.

By the time Hua Youlin was finally able to play out a complete melody, albeit haltingly, the two elderly men in the pavilion and the two guards had already quietly left Xianglu Peak.

Chen Wenqi raised his hand to look at the watch on his wrist and realized that it was almost noon and the sun was getting increasingly scorching.

He put away his violin, took out two insulated lunch boxes from his backpack, and said to Hua Youlin with a smile.

"This is lunch I made especially this morning. It's been kept in an insulated bag and it's still warm."

As he spoke, he took out another water bottle and handed it to her: "I also brought a water bottle with your favorite honey water in it. Try it and see if it's sweet."

"Mmm, it smells so good!" Hua Youlin opened the lunchbox, and a rich aroma of food wafted out.

The enticing aroma made her stomach rumble softly.

The two lunchboxes contained different dishes, but all were exquisite and delicious.

Besides the soft, sticky, and sweet white rice, there is also braised pork with a bright red color, twice-cooked pork with a fragrant aroma, and spicy and sour cabbage.

And there's also tender and juicy scrambled eggs with tomatoes, refreshing and light stir-fried greens, and flavorful spiced tofu.

As for the beverage, it was honey water made by brewing honey from a secret location specially prepared by Chen Wenqi with sweet and refreshing spring water.

It tastes sweet but not cloying, and is exceptionally refreshing.

The two sat on a large blue stone, feeding each other bites of food.

The warm sunshine felt wonderful on my skin, and the air was filled with a sweet fragrance.

After the meal, the two rested for a while on the mountaintop. Seeing that it was getting late, they began to pack their things and prepare to go down the mountain.

"Are you tired after walking for so long?" Chen Wenqi asked Hua Youlin softly.

"How about I carry you down the mountain?"

"Okay." Hua Youlin agreed without hesitation, even though she wasn't too tired at the moment.

She simply cherished the feeling of being carried on Chen Wenqi's back; that feeling filled her with a deep sense of security.

"Bang! Bang!"

Just as Chen Wenqi was carrying Hua Youlin on his back, slowly walking down the winding stone steps.

Two sharp gunshots suddenly rang out in the silent mountain forest, breaking the tranquility of the mountains.

Chen Wenqi's expression changed instantly. He immediately stopped and carefully put Hua Youlin down from his back.

At the same time, he quickly deployed his mental energy to investigate the direction from which the gunshots came.

Unfortunately, his mental perception range was limited, and after searching around, he did not find any suspicious figures.

He dared not be negligent in the slightest, quickly shielding Hua Youlin behind him and cautiously surveying the surroundings.

"What happened? What was that sound?" Hua Youlin was so frightened by the sudden gunshot that her face turned pale.

She gripped Chen Wenqi's clothes tightly and asked in a panic.

"It was gunshots," Chen Wenqi whispered in her ear, lowering his voice to avoid causing any unnecessary trouble.

"Ah...why is there a gunshot? What happened?" Hua Youlin's voice trembled noticeably, and her body shook slightly.

"I'm not sure either," Chen Wenqi said gently, patting her back softly.

"Don't be afraid, stay close to me, and never leave my side."

Hua Youlin nodded vigorously, clutching his clothes tightly, her heart pounding.

She never imagined that a trip to Fragrant Hills would turn into such a terrible shooting incident.

Chen Wenqi dared not relax in the slightest and released his mental power with all his might.

He could keep a firm grip on all the movements within a radius of thirty or forty meters, keeping them firmly within his perception range.

The two walked carefully for a while, and after turning a corner, Chen Wenqi suddenly stopped.

His gaze instantly locked onto the scene ahead—an old man lying on the cold stone steps, with a shocking pool of blood beneath him.

Another elderly man was tightly protected behind a guard.

The guard held a pistol in his hand, scanning his surroundings warily, with wisps of smoke rising from the muzzle.

The other guard who had been with the old man was nowhere to be found.

The guard protecting the old man's face changed drastically when he saw Chen Wenqi and Hua Youlin walking down from above.

He immediately raised his gun and aimed it at the two men.

"Don't shoot! We're not bad guys!" Upon seeing this, Chen Wenqi quickly raised his hands and shouted a warning.

He was afraid that the other party might accidentally hurt him and Hua Youlin in the heat of the moment.

"Who are you? Why are you here?" The guard's voice was as cold and hard as iron, and his eyes were as sharp as an eagle's.

He kept a close eye on the two of them, never letting his guard down.

"Brother, we just met on the mountaintop," Chen Wenqi quickly explained, his tone sincere.

"We are just ordinary students who came to Fragrant Hills for sightseeing; we are not bad people."

"Stop! Don't go any further!" the guard shouted sternly, his hand gripping the gun as steady as a rock, unwavering in the slightest.

Just then, a series of hurried footsteps came from the nearby woods.

The missing guard rushed out, his face grave, and reported, "One assassin has been killed. Two others have fled down the mountain."

"Quick, get the leader to the hospital!" the elderly man, who was being protected behind him, shouted urgently.

His gaze fell on his companion lying in a pool of blood, his eyes filled with anxiety.

Upon seeing this, Chen Wenqi instantly understood—these elderly people must have been ambushed by assassins on their way down the mountain.

The elderly man who fell to the ground was unfortunately shot and injured.

Without the slightest hesitation, he immediately activated his divine sense to probe the old man lying on the ground.

A moment later, his expression turned extremely grave—the bullet had struck the old man's vital organs.

The elderly man was suffering from severe blood loss and his breathing was becoming increasingly weak. If he did not receive timely treatment, he might not be able to make it to the hospital.

Thinking of this, Chen Wenqi immediately said, "I have studied medicine and know some first aid methods. Maybe I can help stop the bleeding."

"If this drags on any longer, the elderly man's life may be in danger."

The two guards exchanged a glance, their faces full of hesitation, clearly not daring to easily believe the words of a stranger.

The old man being protected behind him looked up at Chen Wenqi and scrutinized him sharply.

He asked in a deep voice, "Young man, do you really know medicine?"

Chen Wenqi met the old man's gaze, nodded solemnly, and answered firmly.

"I have been learning medicine from my elders since I was a child, and I know a little about how to stop bleeding and save lives. Please believe me."

"Alright, young man, then I'll leave it to you."

After a moment of contemplation, the old man gritted his teeth and made a decisive final decision.

"Commander..."

Upon hearing this, the guard felt a pang of anxiety and hurriedly tried to step forward to dissuade him.

"No need to say more."

The old man raised his hand to interrupt him, his gaze still fixed on Chen Wenqi, his tone firm, "I see that this young man has a clear and upright look in his eyes and a calm demeanor; he is definitely not the kind of wicked person with ill intentions."

Don't they hope that all the people in the country can live a prosperous, stable, happy and healthy life?

However, achieving this ambitious goal requires a step-by-step, gradual process, and a long period of transition.

After all, given the current basic national conditions in China, more than 95 percent of the population still live in poverty.

You, who make up only 5% of the total population, firmly control 95% of the wealth in society.

The sharp contradictions arising from this extreme wealth gap have always existed in contemporary society.

However, the current social situation is relatively stable, and these latent sharp contradictions are just lacking a trigger to completely erupt.

Once this conflict caused by the gap between the rich and the poor fully erupts, the entire social order will fall into a state of complete chaos, and the situation will become uncontrollable.

At that time, not only will you not be able to keep the wealth you hold in your hands, but even your own lives will be a huge unknown.

Because those powerful and treacherous ambitious individuals are likely to target wealthy people like you first, in order to divert social conflicts.

Even if you are all patriotic businessmen with a strong sense of national responsibility, when the crisis comes, you might still be labeled as "evil capitalists" and become the target of everyone's hatred.

Chen Wenqi's earth-shattering words,

Hua Zhongqun immediately turned to look at him with a look of astonishment.

He frowned, pondering the deeper meaning behind Chen Wenqi's words.

The more I thought about it, the more I realized that the terrible scenario the other person described was not impossible.

But he still managed to suppress the turmoil surging within him.

Composing himself, he looked solemnly at Chen Wenqi and asked in a deep voice:

"If what you say is true,

Then what makes you think you can protect my daughter?

"To protect the safety of our entire Hua family?"