Although the life objective of the fourth apostle was to gather in the mountains and rebel, these bandits were not good people either.
Of course, in this chaotic world, it was not difficult to accept the idea of someone strong putting themselves above the law. One might go so far as to term him a “hero” who dared to stand up against the corrupted government officials.
Zhou Jing planned to observe for a while more. He still wanted to ponder over the personality and goal of apostle #004, thus he was unwilling to rush up the mountain to join Li Chun.
Wu Ju also knew that Liu Sanniang was looking at him. He smiled and said, “My master taught me how to make tea. He said that I’m impetuous and that making tea and copying scriptures are both meticulous work that can calm me down. While making tea, the first thing to do is wash the tea. After the tea is washed, it won’t taste bitter. The second thing to do is make the tea.”
Liu Sanniang looked at him calmly. From washing tea to making tea, Wu Ju was very meticulous, as if he was really just here to drink tea and chat with Liu Sanniang.
Wu Ju pushed the first cup of tea to Liu Sanniang and gestured for her to drink it.
Liu Sanniang picked up her teacup and took a sip.
Wu Ju smiled. “Is it good?”
Liu Sanniang said calmly, “I don’t like tea, so I can’t really tell.”
Wu Ju didn’t mind. He smiled. “People’s taste differs.”
Liu Sanniang cut to the chase. “Didn’t you want to discuss Buddhism with me?”
Wu Ju nodded. “I wanted to start with chit-chat, but you don’t seem to be into it. Then I’ll just get to the point.”
Wu Ju paused and looked at Liu Sanniang. Seeing her calm expression, he said, “Miss Liu, what do you think karma is?”
Liu Sanniang said calmly, “Everything in the world is karma.”
Wu Ju smiled. “What do you think of the three murder cases?”
Liu Sanniang did not speak. She looked at Wu Ju, who was no longer smiling. His eyes were like an endless dark abyss that was sucking Liu Sanniang in.
With a crisp sound, something seemed to be broken. Liu Sanniang turned around and saw Chu Yan standing not far from her with a cold expression.
Wu Ju smiled. “Miss Liu, have a good dream.”
Chu Yan walked over, grabbed Liu Sanniang’s hand, and walked out with her.
Liu Sanniang could only jog to keep up with his walking. She could feel that Chu Yan was angry. He was like a dark storm, ready to roar.
The fear in Liu Sanniang’s heart rose. Her voice trembled unconsciously. “Chu Yan, let go of me.”
Chu Yan suddenly stopped in his tracks. He pulled Liu Sanniang into his arms and hugged her tightly. Liu Sanniang was terrified. For some reason, she was very afraid of Chu Yan.
This young man had a strong physique, and his staff swept out with a whistling sound.
Seeing the manager arrive, the young man stopped what he was doing and casually placed the staff on the ground. He raised his chin and asked,
“Have you found the man who asked you to look for?”
This person was the second young master of the Wu Village, Wu Zhen.
The manager nodded and briefly explained the situation. He said helplessly, “It’s just that that man is drinking with someone and doesn’t want to follow me. He told us to wait.”
Wu Zhen frowned, seemingly impatient.
“A show-off from the martial world has quite a temper… Forget it, if he’s really capable, it’s fine to endure a little.”
After muttering a few words, Wu Zhen waved his hand and was about to chase the manager away, not wanting to disrupt his training further.
However, at this moment, he suddenly thought of something and stopped the manager.
“By the way, where did the Third Brother go? Why didn’t I see him today? Did you watch over him in the manor?”
The manager thought for a moment and remembered,
“Third Young Master brought some servants and went out early. It seems that Master instructed him to collect debts. When he passed away, Master often released debts to a few farmers and set up a loan agreement for them to use the land deed as collateral. Now that they can’t pay their debts, it’s time to collect the fields. Also, Master rented a few fields to the hired farmers at a low price a few years ago and asked them to hand over a sufficient amount of grain production. If they can’t complete it, they have to compensate. In recent years, the harvest hasn’t been good. Even if they can’t reach the amount, we have to get the required amount back.”
Wu Zhen was used to this. He nodded and asked, “Is my father still at home?”
“Master went out to look for a mistress. He’s not around.”
“Alright, go ahead. Call me when that showman comes.”
Hearing this, Wu Zhen waved his hand and got the manager to leave. He then took the staff up and continued to practice as if he had endless energy.