Chapter 1388: Speak Badly Behind People's Backs

Five days later, he finally walked out of the black forest and saw the sun again.

Chen Guanlou let out a loud howl.

Freedom!

He hated Zhang Daohe for finding such a broken place. Even though he got the opportunity, he was still unhappy.

He wanted to go to the market town, to a place with people, and have a full meal.

With a cultist guide who was familiar with the local area, the subsequent journey was much faster.

Entering the town, washing and eating, and having a good sleep.

He wasn't sleepy, but he just wanted to sleep. Sleeping was like a ritual, meaning he returned to human society and started a normal life of working at sunrise and resting at sunset.

After resting, he continued to walk out of the Great Wilderness.

Returning to Julibao Town, he saw the long-lost Hongyun Inn proprietor.

The proprietor still remembered him, to be precise, he had a deep impression and would never forget it. The moment he saw him, his expression was like seeing a ghost.

"You, you are still alive?"

"Are you hoping I'm dead?" Chen Guanlou stared at the other party with a smile.

"I heard people say you entered the forest. You actually came out alive."

"Your news is quite well-informed, you actually know I entered the forest."

"Everyone in the Great Wilderness knows that an outsider entered the black forest." The proprietor said so.

Chen Guanlou frowned. "The Great Wilderness is big and desolate, sparsely populated, and news spreads so widely and quickly?" He just didn't believe it.

"Guest, you don't know. The Great Wilderness has various sizes of caravans, second-hand dealers. These people string together the Great Wilderness's news network. Besides, you didn't cover your tracks on the way to the forest. Villages along the way all recognize you. For such a long time, the Great Wilderness has only had you, a strange outsider, and once you are mentioned, everyone knows."

Chen Guanlou never expected that he was a celebrity in the Great Wilderness.

"Do you recognize them?"

Chen Guanlou pointed to the cultist guide who led the way, and Zhang Daohe who was sitting and drinking tea.

The proprietor nodded and shook his head. "They look familiar, I can't quite remember."

Chen Guanlou smiled in understanding. "Order the chef to prepare a table of top-grade wine and food for me. I'll eat in the lobby."

"Alright! Total 10 taels of silver, no cheating. You know the prices here, no distinction between locals and outsiders, all the same price."

Chen Guanlou sneered coldly, and the cultist guide hurriedly stepped forward to pay.

He sat opposite Zhang Daohe and poured himself a cup of tea.

"When I first entered the Great Wilderness, I couldn't find the way and wandered blindly for several days before finding this place. I stayed in this inn for three days, it's a black shop. They like to put sleeping pills in food."

Proprietor:...

When speaking badly about him, can you do it behind his back?

He had already learned his lesson, and from now on, he would never put sleeping pills in the Chen guest's food.

Zhang Daohe smiled upon hearing this. "Do you want to change the proprietor?"

"You are in charge?"

"In this place of the Great Wilderness, it's complicated if you say it's complicated, and simple if you say it's simple. After a little combing, all kinds of relationship networks are clear. The proprietor behind this inn has a slight friendship."

"No need!" Chen Guanlou raised his teacup and shook it at the proprietor. "The proprietor has already learned his lesson, I bet he doesn't dare to drug again."

Proprietor:...

Could only awkwardly apologize with a smile.

So aggrieved!

At this time, a woman came out from the backyard, holding a stack of account books in her hand.

The woman was very thin, thin like a dried corpse, her face cracked, dirty, and it seemed she hadn't washed her face for a long time. There were several knife scars on her hands, all defensive wounds. She looked to be in her thirties. However, it can be determined that her actual age is definitely not that old. Looking closely at her features, she was very good-looking. If she could gain some flesh on her face and wash her face clean, her appearance would definitely be extraordinary.

Behind the woman followed a little boy. The boy's expression was lewd, fawning, timid, and arrogant, very complicated.

Fawning and timid were aimed at the proprietor, lewd and arrogant were aimed at the woman.

The woman looked very weak, speaking softly, and at first glance, she was deficient in qi and blood.

"Proprietor, the account books are all calculated. This is the total account for the first half of the year, all registered. Please take a look."

The proprietor flipped through the account books and nodded, expressing satisfaction.

Then he took out a string of copper coins and handed them to the woman.

The woman had just taken the copper coins when they were snatched away by the little boy.

The woman had no expression, looking numb. Such a situation had clearly happened countless times.

The boy got the copper coins and ran out of the inn impatiently.

The woman followed slowly behind.

Chen Guanlou waved his hand and asked the proprietor to come over.

The proprietor was trembling. "Guest, I didn't drug."

"Not asking you about this. What's the situation with that woman just now? Literate, and can calculate accounts? Not a local."

"Guest, your eyes are like torches. That woman was bought by Zhao Laosan from a kidnapper, heard she was some official's daughter, learned to read and write since childhood, and her talent was comparable to a scholar."

Chen Guanlou sneered coldly. "Is that boy her son?"

"Yes!"

"Why is her son such a ghost, an ugly monster."

"Guest, you are joking. People in the mountains don't look good. Children look like their fathers, and at first glance, he is Zhao Laosan's seed. Zhao Laosan loves to hit people, and the child learns from him."

"You mean, Zhao Laosan relies on women to support the family?"

The proprietor nodded, indeed so.

"Why would you hire that woman to help with accounts?"

"Because in the whole town, no one has better learning than Su Niangzi, and she calculates accounts faster. She not only helps this inn calculate accounts, but she also concurrently serves as an accountant for several other shops."

"So capable, why is she thin like a dried corpse, does Zhao not give her food?"

The proprietor shook his head. "Not very clear about this."

The proprietor was actually very curious why Chen Guanlou was so interested in Su Niangzi. Su Niangzi was so ugly, ugly like a dried corpse. The proprietor completely forgot that when Su Niangzi was first kidnapped to this place, her beauty had shocked the whole town.

It's just that time has passed, everyone only remembers Su Niangzi who is now ugly like a dried corpse, and completely forgets the woman who was once beautiful enough to make people commit crimes.

Zhao Laosan had good luck, spending a lot of money to buy a woman who could both give birth to a son and earn money to support the family.

Chen Guanlou waved his hand to dismiss the proprietor.

Zhang Daohe asked: "Do you know that woman?"

"Not sure yet!" Chen Guanlou shook his head and asked casually: "Is kidnapping serious here?"

"Kidnapping is not serious here, but buying women is very serious. Most people can't marry a wife, they can only save money to buy from kidnappers. However, women kidnapped into the Great Wilderness are mostly village girls, very few are official daughters. This Su Niangzi, could it be from the capital?"

Chen Guanlou drank a cup of tea. "Do your Bai Lian care?"

"We are not the government."

Chen Guanlou sneered, mocking: "You opened a branch in the Great Wilderness, the women kidnapped here are the best believers. I don't believe you don't care."

Zhang Daohe did not deny it. "The road must be walked step by step, and rice must be eaten bite by bite. For the women and a small number of men who were kidnapped, I express deep sympathy. Later, after Bai Lian opens up the situation here, we will appropriately help them."

Chen Guanlou didn't commit.

Midnight!

Everything was silent!

Zhao's house!

"You are Su Yun, right?"

At night, a voice exploded in Su Niangzi's ear. ===== CHAPTER 1389 =====