The beloved baby has a space

Chapter 377 Yuanzhi Arrives at the Wang Family

Before dawn, Ouyang Changjing urged Ouyang Pei, Ye Yuncang, and the others to hurry down the mountain to visit the Wang family in Nanhe Town.

The intelligence received late at night indicated that the Wang family was a kind-hearted family who had found the little child in the snowy night.

Instead of abandoning their child, they devoted all their family's resources to raising the child.

It's funny, really. The people Ouyang Changjing sent to investigate were all well-known secret guards in Xifeng Kingdom, and their interrogation skills were top-notch.

The people they sent to Hujia Village didn't get anything out of them and were almost arrested by the villagers.

The people in that village were exceptionally united, and even the surrounding villages couldn't find out anything of value from them.

They should have returned empty-handed, treating Xiao Ayu as a native child of the Wang family.

This was also the result of arrangements made jointly by Zhang Zhan and Madam Qin.

But then they ran into Ye Yuncang. When Liu went to Puji Temple to pray for peace, she briefly mentioned Ayu's birthday, and Ye Yuncang remembered it.

By integrating all the information, Ye Yuncang figured out where Ayu came from.

That birth date and time indicated that the birthplace was Xiefu in the neighboring county to the east.

"Logically speaking, this person's birth chart should indicate an ordinary life of wealth and prosperity, a peaceful and uneventful life, and perhaps even encounters a benefactor." Ye Yuncang looked at the results of his calculations with a moment of bewilderment.

This looks a bit like that child, but not quite.

“Given Ruan Ruan’s personality, she would never let her child wander off to another place, unless she encounters some insurmountable difficulty,” Ouyang Changjing said. “You didn’t even know whether Ruan Ruan is alive or dead, did you? Maybe the calculation results are wrong.”

"You can insult my character, but you can't insult my divination skills." For this divination, he even became a bald monk for many years!
Ouyang Pei: "Do you think it's possible that Ruan Ruan stayed at the Xie family mansion for a while due to some reason, and then, by some twist of fate, gave birth to her child there and was adopted by the concubine there?"

This has happened before; in the inner quarters of many wealthy families in the West, there have been both overt and covert struggles.

As far as Ouyang Pei knew, there were women in the inner quarters who, because they were unable to conceive and wanted to consolidate their position, would seek out men outside the home and claim the children born to them as their own.

Perhaps, Ruan Ruan's child is the same.

However, that concubine was not very capable, and in the end she was defeated and died in despair, and her child was unfortunately driven out.

Although they hadn't officially confirmed that the little girl was Ruan Ruan's child, the sight of her golden-patterned eyes alone was enough to ascertain that the child was at least a member of the royal family of Xifeng Kingdom.

"Anyone who dares to bully the royal family of our Western Wind Kingdom should be prepared to face retaliation." Ouyang Changjing spoke with an extremely gentle smile and a nonchalant tone.

The servant beside Ouyang Changjing reminded him, "Young master, the master instructed us not to be too arrogant outside."

"A general in the field may disobey orders." Ouyang Pei replied, drawing his broadsword from his waist and cleaving the wooden table beside him in two with a single stroke. "If anyone dares to bully Ruan Ruan's child, even if it's the son of this old man, the Emperor of Dachang, who has committed a crime, I'll still chop him down without hesitation!"

"Oh my goodness, it was made of the finest rosewood and sandalwood! It cost 800 taels of silver to make, and I was just about to use it as a Buddhist altar!" Yunzhi suddenly appeared out of nowhere, looking at the wooden table lying on the ground with a pained expression.

As he spoke, he turned to Ye Yuncang and said, "Junior brother, you can talk business as you please, but how can you casually damage these precious and expensive things?"

They even emphasized the word "expensive" very much.

"I'm really sorry," Ye Yuncang said with a smile.

Yunzhi: "It's nothing. We're laymen, after all. We're proud. We can understand. We'll compensate you for the price."

"It's not that I'm sorry about," Ye Yuncang pointed behind Yun Zhi, "it's this."

Almost instantly, Yun Zhi rolled to the side, dodging Ouyang Pei's vicious slash.

Yun Zhi glared: "What is the meaning of this, benefactor?!"

"No need to answer questions from a dead man!" Ouyang Pei frowned and quickly slashed twice more, but Yun Zhi dodged both of them.

Finally, unable to bear it any longer, he grabbed Ouyang Pei's longsword with one hand, uttered "Amitabha," and snapped the heavy blade in two.

Seeing the dumbfounded Ouyang Pei, Yun Zhi put his hands together and said, "Amitabha, please calm down, benefactor. Why get so angry?"

Ouyang Pei, with a blank expression, turned to look at Ye Yuncang.

Ye Yuncang: "Guess why I call him Senior Brother?"

Of course, it was because when he first joined the sect, he realized he couldn't beat his opponent, so he couldn't take the title of senior brother. Later, he used his intelligence to steal the title of senior brother from Yuanzhi, for which Yuanzhi held a grudge for many years.

As soon as he returned the official seal, Yuanzhi couldn't wait to restore his senior brother's title.

The moment Ye Yuncang opened his mouth upon meeting, he knew that Yuan Zhi would definitely seek revenge for him.

Ouyang Pei: "..."

“Benefactor, what about this high-grade rosewood and sandalwood Buddha table that you damaged…” Yun Zhi looked at Ouyang Pei.

Ouyang Pei: "...I'll compensate you."

Yunzhi's smile grew even more benevolent: "In that case, this humble monk accidentally broke the owner's toy, this—"

He emphasized the word "poor" in "poor monk" very heavily.

Ouyang Pei: "This is the last work of the late master blacksmith Zhang Dadao, which cost five thousand three hundred and forty-two taels and three mace."

Yunzhi's smile faded: "Oh?"

Ouyang Pei: "Zhang Dadao's family saw my sincerity and gave me a discount. In the end, we settled on 42.3 taels."

Ouyang Changjing: "..."

Ye Yuncang: "..."

This might have resulted in a fracture.

After the commotion that night, Ouyang Changjing and the others temporarily abandoned their idea of ​​causing trouble for the Xie family.

I'm afraid of encountering a hidden master like Yunzhi.

We need to inquire from various sources and make a long-term plan.

The group went to sleep with heavy hearts, and set off before dawn, arriving at Old Wang's house after daybreak.

Leading the way was Yunzhi.

Tangyuan greeted the monk at the door. Looking at the monk in front of him, Tangyuan put his hands together in prayer, but did not let him in: "May I ask this master, do you have something to discuss with our master?"

Yunzhi returned the greeting with a Buddhist bow: "Please trouble this young benefactor to convey my message that Abbot Yunzhi of Puji Temple has come to bother you. Your esteemed lady may remember me."

Previously, after hearing Liu mention the unusual situation at Puji Temple, Old Mrs. Wang made a special trip there, where she was received by Yunzhi.

After Tangyuan went to announce the arrival, Old Mrs. Wang came to the door to greet him personally.

But they discovered that it wasn't just Yunzhi who had come; there were also several other people who didn't look like locals.

Their features were more defined, and their eyes were rounder and brighter; they did not look like people from the Great Chang Kingdom.

Especially the eyes.

Grandma Wang remained calm and instructed Tangyuan, "Go tell the third branch of the family to brew hot tea. It's getting late at the private school, so don't delay them."

Tangyuan immediately understood; did this mean she was to take her little master away first?
Are these people here to kidnap children?
At this moment, Liu, who had pretended to go out to buy cloth, realized that she still had to go to class today, so she hurriedly bought two bolts of cloth and turned to go home.

She happened to see a group of people standing at her doorstep, and there was one person who caught her attention.

Ye Yuncang sensed a different gaze and turned his head to see Liu Shi.

He smiled slightly and nodded towards Liu from afar.

Liu was so frightened that she sat down on the ground.

"It's him?!"

But didn't my mother-in-law say that he had already passed away?

Is this a zombie coming back to life?!
(End of this chapter)