Chapter 877

"How long have you been following Snake Staff Weng?" Chen Wuji asked.

He felt somewhat irritated, and suddenly really wanted a cigarette.

This world even has things like A Furong, and there are places where tobacco grows; we need to send someone to find out.

After all this time, the habit seems not to have been kicked; when I'm in a bad mood I just want one.

Snake Staff Weng isn't exactly a formidable opponent, but he's slippery and impossible to catch.

Such an opponent, clearly in a weak position yet constantly causing trouble like a fly, really messes with one's mindset. If you don't treat him as an opponent, he'll occasionally pop up and bite you; but if you do treat him as a proper opponent, pouring manpower and resources at him just hits thin air—you can't even find him.

Snake Staff Weng has obviously been operating for years in Nan Jun and Yan Zhou; this guy is also a waste, his true strength hasn't been developed much, but his escape routes are clearly extensive.

"The duration is actually quite long—I was taken in by Snake Staff Weng at eleven, and it lasted until last year." Chen Ruoshui said, "But since being taken in, I've had few chances to see him."

"At first, we were in a remote valley where few people went, practicing killing techniques all day, like raising gu poison; although we didn't kill many, each day aside from training we were just capturing opponents to fight."

"I still don't know where that valley is; when we entered we rode in a completely sealed carriage, like a coffin, and without the driver opening the door we couldn't get out. However, the place is in Longyun County, just not exactly where in Longyun County."

"After that we were sent to Nan Jun, trying to make contact with the local powerful figures; at that time Snake Staff Weng didn't come often, only about once every one or two months."

Chen Wuji nodded, "Did you mention these things before, as I recall?"

"Yes, I've said everything I needed to; it's just that the lord may have been too busy and forgot some things." Chen Ruoshui glanced at Chen Wuji, "Actually… apart from the few who have earned Snake Staff Weng's deep trust, most of us adopted orphans don't really know his background."

"The driver the Deputy General just mentioned is one of them. I remember his appearance very clearly; if I ever get a chance to go to Longyun County, even if I have to search person by person in a crowd, I will definitely find him!"

Chen Wuji felt a stir in his heart, suddenly somewhat regretful, "How did I overlook this? The person you understand might have been drawn by someone close to the Snake Staff."

People leave names when they pass, geese leave traces when they fly; the Snake Staff has cultivated one side, even multiple forces, so there will surely be countless people around him, and anyone who interacts with them will inevitably leave traces.

No matter how careful the Snake Staff is alone, it's impossible for others to be so meticulous as to leave no trace at all; even if it's like searching for a needle in the sea, one will surely fish out a useful hair.

"Exactly, Deputy General will take care of this right away!" Chen Ruoshui also reacted sharply, "Deputy General is not skilled at painting; I'll go to the army to see if there's anyone good at copying drawings."

Go ahead.

Yes!

After Chen Ruoshui left, Chen Wuji summoned the family heads of the Xu and Lin families.

Facing Chen Wuji, this absolute big shot, the two were nearly driven mad with nervousness.

Especially, Chen Wuji's reputation outside is not good.

In the Zhongyuan region, all that is spread is his infamous reputation.

As they stepped through the door, each had already imagined their own deaths tens of thousands of times in their minds, even envisioning what would happen at home after they died.

But it was only a panic-stricken speculation.

Facing Chen Wuji, they could do nothing.

But the result after entering the house far exceeded their expectations—Chen Wuji, that rumored madman who kills without blinking and loves building memorial mounds, actually apologized to them.

The family heads of the Xu and Lin families had blank minds throughout; Chen Wuji asked a question and they mechanically answered, and by the end they didn't even know how to walk out the door, only aware that they had survived.

That madman did not take their lives.

Compared to the situation of the Xu and Lin family heads, Kong Fang's current predicament can hardly be called anything but miserable.

He was in the pigpen, his mouth having just been forcibly stuffed with a large handful of medicine.

A drug that could excite a mule for half a day!

The amount Qian Fugui used was still several times the dosage for livestock.

At first, Kong Fang was extremely disdainful; he didn't regard such lowly tactics, believing his willpower alone could withstand it.

But when his whole body burned hot, and he felt even the pigs looked handsome and delicate, he instantly sensed something was wrong, as if he were about to suffer.

"Let me go, you bunch of petty scoundrels, I submit, I submit! I'm willing to be Chen Jieshuai's lackey; I swear, hurry up and get me out, give me water!" Kong Fang, taking advantage of his still somewhat clear consciousness, shouted at the top of his lungs.

He didn't want to leave offspring with this bunch of fat white pigs.

If by chance a pig resembling him were born, the Kong family's ancestors would surely leap from their graves to strangle him, then grind his bones and scatter his ashes, his soul and spirit vanishing.

Even if he died, he would surely not find peace; by then he wouldn't even deserve a memorial tablet, likely becoming the family's disgrace, scorned by descendants.

Qian Fugui leaned against the pigpen wall, pinching his nose and chuckling, "Kong Brother, no need to be polite—why say this now? Hurry up and enjoy it; your beloved consorts can't wait."

No!!!

Kong Fang roared ferociously, also with a hint of pleading, "I truly submit, completely submit; if Chen Jieshuai wants to know anything, I'll tell it all; from now on I will be Chen Jieshuai's most loyal lackey, I swear. If I violate this oath, may heaven strike me with thunder and lightning, may I die a bad death."

Hurry, hurry get me out, I can't take it, I really can't!

Qian Fugui remained unmoved, smiling lewdly, "Don't say such mood-killing things when having fun; hurry up and take off your clothes, quick."

"I don't want to!" Kong Fang bellowed in despair, "What exactly does Chen Jieshuai want me to do? No matter what, I'll do it; don't mess with me like this. This is a pig, not a person—if offspring are produced, would it be human or pig? That would be unethical, don't you know?"

"Precisely because we don't know, that's why I want you to help test it—hurry up!" Qian Fugui smiled lasciviously.

He actually was somewhat curious.

If it weren't for the lord's order prohibiting going that far, he would be impatient to help Kong Fang.

This will surely be a peerless feast.

"Ah... you bastards, just kill me, let me die!" Kong Fang collapsed completely.

Kong Fang shook his head, "No way! My lord ordered it, you can only do it now, you don't deserve to die—do you understand my words? Hurry up, what's a big man hemming and hawing for?"

"If you can, you come!" Kong Fang roared ferociously.

"I can't, I admit I'm chicken about this; you do it." Qian Fugui laughed.