Chapter 4 The Wolf Has Come

  A slightly sharp questioning voice came out of the broken courtyard, and it can be said that people have not arrived yet. When someone walked over, it was a girl in her early twenties, with a tall figure and a beautiful face. The coarse linen dress couldn't hide her slender figure and seductive curves, and the two sections of jade-like arms exposed outside the short sleeves were astonishingly white. Such a beautiful girl should have been charming, but the ferocity on her face that seemed to want to bite people destroyed everything.

  With a "fourteen-style" knife sheath on his back, Wu Fan's empty hands quickly shifted his eyes to the girl, and he pretended to be stupid and confused.

  "Hey, you Wu Laoda! Are you deaf or heartless? Huh? The rice jar at home is almost empty! The girl was extremely angry, with one hand on her waist and the other pointing at Wu Fan, scolding him nonstop: "You're fine outside, no worries about food or drink, but what about me? I'm drinking northwest wind! It's not even the season for that yet! And it's not enough to fill my stomach! I really don't understand what my dad was thinking when he promised me to you, this rascal! You look honest and kind, but your heart is cruel! This is before we're even married... if we were already married..."

  Wu Fan rubbed his nose and hesitated for a moment before interrupting the girl, saying: "I'm telling you, little sister, it's like this..."

  "Get out of my sight! I'm your wife, not some little sister! What's with the 'little sister' nonsense?", the girl suddenly raised her voice, pointing angrily at the broken door that had been smashed to the ground, "What kind of sin did I commit in my past life? It's like I've brought a curse upon myself for eight lifetimes, marrying into this broken-down family! Look! Just look! You may be dressed up all fancy, but take a good look at this house! It's not even as spacious as a pigsty!"

  Got it! At this speed, we can't keep up with each other!

  Wu Fan secretly sighed, cautiously stepped into the house, then furtively pulled out a silver note from his sleeve and chuckled: "I'm so excited, I forgot to buy it! Come, take a look at this!"

  "One... one hundred and two?"

  The girl's accusations and scolding suddenly stopped, her eyes shining with a fierce light, her hands moving even faster than before, snatching the silver ticket from Wu Fan's hand in an instant. She looked left and right, seemingly more delighted than if she had seen her own father.

  "Has the salary been issued?", The girl slipped the silver ticket into her bosom without leaving any marks, then looked at Wu Fan with a full stomach of doubts: "You only have ten taels of salary per month, where did you get so much silver?"

  Wu Fan raised an eyebrow and smiled: "What's it to you? You're so petty! Go buy some wine and dishes, we're in a good mood today, heh heh!"

  The girl carefully examined Wu Fan's face, she always felt that this month, her future husband had changed a bit, but where exactly, she couldn't quite put her finger on. Thinking about it, she also knew that the hundred taels of silver were ill-gotten gains, so she didn't continue to ask questions and directly went out to buy wine and dishes... However, according to Wu Fan's understanding of her, he estimated that she wouldn't be able to bring back much, at most half a catty of wine and half a catty of meat, then come back and pull up some Chinese cabbage from the ground to stew a pot... enough for two or three days.

  Looking at the girl Mali's quick footsteps, Wu Fan sat on the threshold of the broken house, took down "Fourteen" from his back and put it aside, starting to stare blankly or reminisce... reminiscing about his childhood wife Tong Rui who had not yet passed the gate.

  Tong Rui's father was originally a fellow with Wu Fan's old man, also an Eagle Guard. However, the difference lies in that Tong Rui's father died early, and Tong Rui's mother had been ill since childhood, so her brother and sister-in-law were not willing to bring up this burden. Wu Fan's old man took advantage of the situation. At that time, Wu Fan's old man thought to himself, "I only have one son, and my family has spent all our money on his martial arts training. It will be difficult for me to find a daughter-in-law in the future!" Tong Rui was indeed a beautiful girl, so it would be good to prepare her as a future wife for his son from an early age! Therefore, Wu Fan's old man had great foresight and brought Tong Rui over to live with Wu Fan since childhood, under the guise of being a "tong yang xi" (a type of adopted daughter-in-law). What Wu Fan's old man probably never expected was that although Tong Rui was beautiful, her petty and arrogant personality really made it difficult for Wu Fan to handle!

  "Honk honk!"

  The sudden noise woke Wu Fan up.

  "What's wrong with you! Hurry up and fix this door! You're always going out at night, leaving me alone at home, are you at ease?!", Tong Rui held a small piece of pork and some scattered wine, quickly came back, kicked the broken wooden door on the ground with her foot, frowned and said: "It's all been eaten by insects! Damn insects! You come and fix it, I'll go cook!"

  With your temper? What's there to worry about? Who dares to take advantage of you?!

  Wu Fan rolled his eyes and walked over, squatting on the ground to examine the wooden door. His hands moved mechanically, but with a bit too much force, and with a "crack", another corner of the broken wooden door fell off.

  Looking at the corner door panel in his hand being gnawed empty by insects, Wu Fan sighed and said: "Flowing water does not rot, and the door hinge does not have maggots!"

  Actually? Still because he's a poor devil, can't bear to change the door for decades.

  "Boom! Boom! Boom!"

  The sound of footsteps came from afar, prompting Wu Fan to look up and see his superior, General Qian Rui, approaching with four or five Eagle Guards behind him. Wu Fan's eyebrows twitched as he pretended not to notice them, turning his head towards the door while gripping his weapon "Fourteen Styles" in his hand.

  So cautious, Wu Fan was very vigilant, thinking in his heart: [These people haven't come to the door for three or five months, and this time they came so hastily, could it be that Deputy Commander Zhao Xi has sold himself out, and the matter of embezzling the family silver of "Yi Shui Hou" has been exposed? Or is it that the fabrication of the Maitreya sect's emergence, and the killing of Bai Hu Chen Yu's case has been exposed?]

  "Huff...huff......!"

  Zong Qi Rui rushed over, panting heavily, and before entering Wu Fan's house, he said directly: "Wu Xiaoqi, someone has discovered the tracks of the Maitreya Sect's demonic person, let's go!"

  Wu Fan let out a sigh of relief, but in his heart, he had another thought... He had just made up the story about Maitreya teachings, and unexpectedly they really appeared. Is this not a real-life version of "The Boy Who Cried Wolf"?

  "Wife! I'm going out on a mission! You eat at home by yourself!", he shouted towards the house, Wu Fan quickly walked outside and asked along the way: "What's going on?"

  Qian Rui panted and said, "Didn't you say earlier that the Maitreya cult's demon was in the ancient temple outside Luodu City? But when we went there, it was empty?"

  Wu Fan nodded and said, "That's right! I discovered the tracks of the Maitreya cultists and followed them to the ancient temple. That's how I found out it was their meeting place."

  "You're absolutely right! That's their meeting spot!", Qian Rui shouted to Wu Fan and his men as they ran, "But somehow these people got the news ahead of time and hid. Today, the Eagle Guards from Chang'an arrived in Luoyang to deliver a letter, and it just so happened that they discovered them meeting there. Following the trail, ha! This group of demons had actually snuck into Luoyang over a month ago! They've been disguising themselves as bandits on the road, almost escaping detection! The Thousand Households' leader is furious, and has summoned all the Eagle Guards in Luoyang to prepare for a massive arrest!"

  Wu Fan's tongue is still not done, and he feels... egg pain.

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