Rebellious Contract Beast

Wu Sheng's voice suddenly drew everyone's attention to the carriage.

In terms of luxury, this carriage is far inferior to the carriage of the mistress of the Zhu family, but it is also not something that ordinary people can afford.

This indirectly proves that the owner of the carriage is no simple person.

Soon, the coachman made a "whoosh" sound, and the carriage began to slow down and stopped steadily on the side of the entrance road to the horse farm.

Then the coachman jumped down, walked quickly to the back of the carriage, pulled open the curtain and quickly crawled on the ground. The person sitting in the carriage soon appeared in everyone's sight.

Judging from his figure, it was a man wearing a light brown robe. He stepped on the coachman's back to get off the carriage, and there was another man behind him.

"Boss, Lao Zhang and I have seen that man before. He is the owner of the horse farm, Han Guishan." Wu Sheng pointed at the second person who appeared from the carriage and said to Wu Gong.

"Yeah." Wu Gong nodded and continued to stare at the direction of the entrance to the horse farm.

The people in the stable obviously knew the first man who came out of the carriage. When they saw him, they all came forward, bowing and saying something to each other.

When the man turned around, they could see clearly that he was wearing a white mask.

The mask is made of leather, with clear facial features on it. It is inlaid with gold wire and embellished with some jewels, and fits perfectly with the man's face. At first glance, it does not feel like a mask, but a very unique face that is different from ordinary people.

"It looks like it's him!" Wu Gong said.

People call killing people "death by nose". In fact, if a person really has no nose, it will smell very bad. Few people can accept that they have no nose. In order to cover up the fact that they have no nose, wearing a mask has become a very necessary thing in life.

"Master Gong, what should we do next?"

"Nothing to do, let's go back."

"We made such a big scene just to take a look at this person."

"Yes, it's enough to know what this person looks like. As for the rest, it all depends on what the little girl says."

"Who is this person?"

"I don't know either. Anyway, he is someone who is not good for us."

"Let's go, go back."

"Let's go! My legs are numb from standing for so long."

After confirming who the elder of the Lonely Alliance was, Wu Gong and the others did not stay for long and left quickly.

After passing through the densely packed market and entering the city, Ye Baocun said, "Boss, it's so late, how about eating something?"

"Yes, yes, yes! I... I'm hungry!" He Cong's eyes lit up when he heard the three words "eating", and he quickly touched his stomach and sighed.

After the two of them said this, Wu Gong also felt a little greedy. He thought that there would be nothing fun to do when he returned. Apart from playing cards with his brothers and gambling a little money, the rest would be going to bed. It was quite boring to think about it. He might as well go for a midnight snack and then go somewhere else to have some fun.

Thinking about this, Wu Gong simply said, "Okay, since we have nothing to do, let's go to the restaurant and order some good food and wine, and then we can go to Zui'anlou to have some fun."

"Boss is so generous!"

Hearing Wu Gong say this, everyone else's faces lit up with joy, as such opportunities are rare.

Seeing his brothers all happy, Wu Gong couldn't help but burst into laughter. Then he looked at Ye Baocun and asked, "Where are we going to eat? Can you recommend a good place?"

Ye Baocun also quickly said: "Master Gong, let's not go to those high-end restaurants. I will take you to a more special place."

"Where is it?" Wu Sheng asked curiously, and Ye Baocun smiled and continued, "It's a tavern in the west of the city. The food there is very good, and the cooking skills are no worse than those of the chef at Yu Shi Fang. The boss's daughter is especially beautiful. Let's go over there and enjoy the food while admiring the beauty. Isn't it fun?"

"Hey! I tell you, kid, eating is fake! Looking at beautiful women is real!"

"Hahahaha!"

"Okay! Let's go there as Brother Ye said. Is it far?"

"Not far, not far! I just say that because it's close. It's only a few steps away."

"Let's go!"

Wu Gong waved his hand, and just like that, more than a dozen people marched towards the west of the city.

Not long after, Ye Baocun brought them to the door of a pub.

This pub is not big and the decoration is not luxurious at all, but the layout inside gives people a very elegant feeling.

From this, it can be seen that the owner of this tavern may not be a very wealthy person, but he is definitely a very particular person.

It had been dark for some time now, and there were not many customers in the pub, only two or three. Some were chatting with each other in the light of the pub, some were drunk and muttered to someone to bring them wine, and some were sleeping soundly on the table.

"I want... I want wine! Why don't you bring it to me? I've told you so many times..."

"We're closing, stop drinking, or you won't be able to go back home."

"I don't care! I want to drink! Bring me some wine! Quick..."

"Okay, I'll be right there."

A young woman responded impatiently to a drunk man in the store, then turned around and walked to the other side of the counter to start pouring drinks.

Just at this moment, Wu Gong rushed in with a dozen people. When the young woman saw them, her face changed and her heart suddenly rose to her throat.

After all, Wu Gong and his friends don't look like good people, and it's hard not to wonder what they are doing in the store.

Fortunately, Wu Gong and his friends did not do anything. As soon as they entered the store, they found an empty seat and sat down. One of them shouted, "Boss, please serve all the specialties in your store. And bring some more wine."

"Oh! Oh! Ma...coming right up!"

Even though Wu Gong and the others had already taken their seats, the young woman still seemed a little flustered. She nodded twice and it was unclear whether she heard clearly what Ye Baocun said or not. Anyway, she hurriedly ran into the kitchen.

"Mom! Mom! There are a lot of guests outside!"

As she shouted, some of Wu Gong and his group who were sitting on the stools focused their eyes on her. Ye Baocun laughed twice and asked, "Master Gong, Brother Wu, Brother Duan, what do you think?"

"You have good taste!"

"She is really good-looking, no wonder you came here."

“…Of course.”

Wu Gong thought for a moment and nodded. The young woman's appearance was indeed unique. Nowadays, many girls from ordinary families would be sold to wealthy families as concubines or slaves as long as they were good-looking. Girls with such beauty were rare among the people.

I don't know why, but that girl looks strangely familiar.

strangeness……

"Well, it was worth the trip."

There is no need to mention the idle chatter of the few people afterwards. In the back kitchen of the tavern, an old lady greeted two young men and asked them to pile up the ingredients. Then she said to a woman not far away: "Xiao Nie, the food has been delivered to you and is placed here!" "Okay, old lady, I will pay you tomorrow."

"Just remember it, I'm leaving."

"Goodbye, Auntie."

Nie Yinhua wiped the sweat from her forehead and walked over with a smile. Only when she saw the old lady disappear from her sight did she start to pay attention to her daughter who had been calling her.

"Mother! Mother!"

"what happened?"

"A group of guests came outside. They looked ferocious and seemed to be from the Wrathful Wind Hall..."

"What? Why are they here again?"

"I... I don't know. Mom, you should go and take a look. If they really are from Nufeng's hall, it would be terrible if they smashed the store." The girl said anxiously.

After hearing what her daughter said, Nie Yinhua began to feel uneasy. The Nufengtang was a gang based in the west of the city. Although the gang was not big, it was not something that the mother and daughter could afford to offend.

Not long ago, her husband was forced to death by the people of the Wrath of Wind. The mother and daughter had no power and influence, and had nowhere to seek justice. They could only bear it. However, her daughter was very good-looking, and the people of the Wrath of Wind had also seen it. It was hard to guarantee that they would not target her daughter.

Nie Yinhua pursed her lips, took a deep breath, and said to her daughter, "Haoyu, go upstairs first. I'll go out and take a look. No matter what happens, you are not allowed to come down. Do you understand?"

"Mom! If they do anything to you..."

"Don't worry about me. Be good and go upstairs. Be obedient."

"Mother~"

"Go up."

After sending her daughter upstairs, Nie Yinhua quickly calmed herself down, then walked outside to the tavern and saw Wu Gong and others at a glance.

She came to them with a professional smile on her face and asked stiffly, "Dear guests, what would you like to eat?"

"Didn't I just tell you? Why are you asking again?"

"what?"

"Your daughter, didn't she tell you?"

"Ah! Maybe I forgot. I'm sorry, my guests. Why don't I cook a few of my specialties for you to enjoy. It's free."

"What is that?" Nie Yinhua's words stunned Ye Baocun and the others. They felt puzzled, but they were not fools. After all, they were gang members. They realized in an instant that the proprietress had misunderstood something and was afraid of them.

So Wu Gong said, "Boss, we brothers are here just to eat something, you don't have to..."

But before he could finish his words, he looked up and saw Nie Yinhua's face clearly, and he was stunned.

Nie Yinhua was also stunned, staring blankly at Wu Gong's face.

There was obviously something going on between the two of them. When Wu Gong suddenly stopped talking, Wu Sheng wanted to say something, but when he saw the two of them just staring at each other, he opened his mouth and then closed it again.

After a long time, Nie Yinhua seemed to come back to her senses and said in a halting voice, "Sir... Sir?"

Wu Gong's expression soon returned to normal, and he said, "We are just normal diners, you don't have to panic, serve all your signature dishes and get some wine, I want to drink with my brothers, here is the wine money."

As he spoke, Wu Gong placed a silver ingot on the table.

"Okay, sir!" Nie Yinhua nodded quickly, took the silver ingot and walked away, but when she turned around, there was a thoughtful look in her eyes.

I whispered to myself: "Such a familiar look..."

"Boss? What's wrong with you? Are you attracted to this lady boss?"

Watching Nie Yinhua enter the kitchen, the people at the table soon became noisy.

"Master Gong?"

"Love at first sight?"

"Boss, say something!"

"The two of them are flirting with each other. They must be attracted to each other!"

"Boss, this lady boss' husband died not long ago, and she's a widow now. If you really like her, the brothers can help you match her up, how about that?"

Wu Gong glanced at everyone, shook his hands and shouted, "Shut up, shut up, shut up, you always get involved in everything, get out of here!"

“Okay, okay, I won’t get involved. But if you can’t take it down, boss, the brothers will definitely help you with some advice, hahaha!”

Afterwards, the atmosphere at the table became particularly lively, but Wu Gong became a little dull. He poured glass after glass of wine into his mouth, and an event in his mind that had long become blurred was slowly becoming clear in his memory.

It was the early winter of one year. A good friend who had traveled the world with him was ambushed and died tragically. When Wu Gong learned about this, he was filled with resentment and wanted to avenge his dead friend. However, his cultivation was not high at that time, and he knew that he would only die if he forced his way in, so he found an opportunity to burn down the enemy's house, and in this way he rescued a young girl.

This girl seemed to be from a wealthy family. According to her, her father was the imperial chef in the palace and her sister was a concubine of the emperor. However, because her sister talked back to a high-ranking concubine, their family was affected by a palace fight. Her parents were missing and most likely dead. How could she survive alone when her family fell into poverty?

So before long she was forced to sell her body and was bought by a human trafficker to the home of Wu Gong's enemy.

After being accidentally rescued by Wu Gong, perhaps out of gratitude or because she was really homeless, she followed Wu Gong and kept showing her kindness to him in the hope that he would take her in.

But Wu Gong had no idea of ​​love at that time. He only hated that he was too weak and could not kill his enemies quickly and take revenge. So he had no feelings for this girl who was ten years younger than him. Seeing that she was beautiful, his only thought was to sell her to a human trafficker and get a lot of silver, which could allow him to take a boat to Changzhou to find his master.

The problem was that he didn't know any human traffickers, and it was the first time for him to buy and sell people. The woman followed him for two or three months, but not only did he not sell her, he also spent most of the money he had.

And she can't do anything right. For example, when asked to help keep an eye on someone, she doesn't speak until the person is right next to her. If she has any merits, it's that she's a good cook, but to Wu Gong, that's her only merit.

Until one day, the enemy whose house he had set on fire came to his door. In desperation, he let the woman run first and he stayed behind to cover their retreat.

Wu Gong was outnumbered and dealt with the situation calmly, but who would have thought that the woman, worried about his safety, turned back. Seeing her in danger, Wu Gong had to give up escaping. Although he succeeded in repelling the enemy in the end, he was also seriously injured.

That night the woman cried bitterly, but he thought she was noisy and scolded her for being a waste and a burden, and threatened to sell her to the human traffickers again.

She was stunned at that time, but said nothing. She just took good care of the injured Wu Gong.

The next year, spring passed and Wu Gong recovered from his injuries, but he never saw the woman again. She only left a letter and some silver on the bedside.

A sentence in the letter, "A zither with broken strings can no longer play a song, and the autumn rain keeps on falling without end" hurt him so much that he felt empty inside.

Wu Gong didn't know why this happened.

Anyway, every time I open the letter at night, I read it over and over again and feel full of regret.

...(End of chapter)