Chapter One Hundred and Eighty Three
Yujiang Village is a very small fishing village, located beside the Pearl River, with only a few dozen families. People in the village make a living from fishing and fish farming. It is not far from the official city, but it seems to be in another world.
Not long after it got dark, an electric car with black and white patterns arrived at the entrance of the village.
Ning Tao stopped the Tiandao e-car, and he took out his cell phone to take a look. It was only 7:32, 28 minutes earlier than the agreed meeting time. He put away his phone and said, "Qing Zhui, you stay here and watch the car, I'll go into the village to have a look."
Qing Zhui got out of the car obediently, and asked, "Don't you want me to go with you?"
Ning Tao said: "No, the other party invites me to meet in this way. If they see you, they might not show up."
"Alright then, I'll wait for you here." Qing Zhui said.
When Ning Tao entered the village, he smelled a faint smell of salted fish. Every household here pickles salted fish, so that the air is filled with a smell of salted fish. The Pearl River is right next to the village, and the river flows slowly into the distance. Several motorized fishing boats were driving on the river, heading towards the official city, probably to sell the fish they caught at the fish market at the wharf.
For the vast majority of people, life is like this. They are not interested in how many secrets there are in this world.
Ning Tao entered the village with a small medicine box slung across his shoulders, walking slowly, and fanned the indestructible fan in his hand. Many people looked at him curiously, and a dog ran after him, but didn't bark at him.
Ning Tao passed through the village, observing the people he saw along the way, but unfortunately, he didn't find any suspicious "targets". He has also been wondering who would invite him to meet in this kind of place, but he has no idea after much deliberation.
More than 20 minutes passed in a blink of an eye, and when Ning Tao was about to leave the village, a grey-haired grandmother just came out of a yard, looked him up, and asked, "Brother Xi, what are you looking for? people?"
Ning Tao stopped in his tracks and said politely, "Grandma, please speak Mandarin, I don't quite understand what you are saying."
At this time, another woman's voice came from the yard, "Qigu, just tie her up, please come in."
The voice was a little familiar, but Ning Tao couldn't remember where he heard it before. But this sentence is not complicated, he can barely understand it, the woman in the courtyard asked this grandma to invite him in.
Sure enough, Grandma beckoned, "Brother Xiao,
please come in. "
Ning Tao nodded, walked towards Grandma, and then walked through the door beside her.
Grandma stepped back, stretched out her hand to close the courtyard door, and said, "Brother Xi, please come with Ya."
Ning Tao didn't bother to analyze what she meant, and when he followed her, he awakened the state of seeing and hearing in his eyes and nose. Just looking and smelling, he grasped the situation of this fisherman's house. There was only one room that released the smell of human body. From the half-closed door, he also saw the colorful innate qi field released by the living body.
Moreover, he also saw the internal force energy that a true internal master would have from the grandma's innate energy field. That energy is different from the aura of a cultivator, but it is also very powerful. This result surprised him, this granny looked very weak, but he did not expect to be a real master. But what is even stronger is her ability to pretend, she even mistook him!
Grandma went to the half-covered door first, stretched out her hand and pushed the door open, then stood at the door and did not leave.
Ning Tao came to the door, and the lights in the room suddenly turned on. The dim incandescent light dispelled the darkness in the room, and a woman came into his sight when the light was on, and he was stunned for a moment when he saw her face clearly.
The person who invited him to meet him in this remote fishing village was Xin Zhiyu's mother, Zhu Hongqin.
No wonder when he heard her voice just now, he felt a little bit like he had heard it before. It turned out that he had heard her voice in Ronghua Mansion.
Zhu Hongqin sat in front of an old square table with two teacups and a kettle filled with water. Ning Tao entered the room without saying hello, and went straight to sit opposite her.
Zhu Hongqin picked up the kettle and made a cup of tea for Ning Tao, and then said: "Doctor Ning, I'm sorry that I asked you to meet in this kind of place without explaining in advance."
Ning Tao said: "I'm sorry, there's no need, just tell me the reason why you asked me to meet here."
Zhu Hongqin said, "Can you please give me two minutes to get ready?"
Ning Tao said, "Of course."
Zhu Hongqin stood up from the seat, and then walked to the window.
Ning Tao moved his eyes to look at her, guessing her purpose in his heart. He couldn't help but think of the spirit tablet enshrined in the Xin Family Ancestral Hall with "Vermilion Jade" engraved on the back, wondering how he should ask about the secret of that spirit tablet later.
But at this moment, a strong wind suddenly came from the ear.
A sense of crisis suddenly arose in Ning Tao's heart, and the spiritual energy airbag was activated at that moment. At the same time, his arm was raised subconsciously, ready to block.
Boom!
As soon as Ning Tao raised his arm, a foot landed on his shoulder.
The one who shot him was the grandma who was guarding the door, but this was not what surprised him. What surprised him was that this grandma was so agile and fast!
"What are you doing?" Ning Tao was startled and angry in his heart. He exerted strength with his feet, and when he pushed his body up, he pushed his grandma who was sneaking up on him with a push from his shoulders.
The seemingly old and thin grandmother twisted her waist in the air, and her right leg that was pushed away fell down, and her left leg suddenly pulled towards Ning Tao's head with the force of the twist.
Whip legs!
How old can you still make this kind of attacking action!
Is it over yet?
Ning Tao didn't hide at all.
Boom!
Grandma's left leg slammed on Ning Tao's head fiercely, but Ning Tao's fist was also blasted out at that time.
Grandma was taken aback, seeing that Ning Tao's fist was about to hit her heart, but she no longer had the ability to twist her waist to dodge, the change of move just now was her limit.
However, Ning Tao's fist stopped at the moment it was about to hit Grandma's heart.
Grandma's right foot landed on the ground.
Ning Tao took a step back.
Grandma's left foot came back to the ground from mid-air. Her eyes were full of surprise. After a brief moment of daze, she suddenly bowed to Ning Tao and clasped her fists, "Brother Xi, I'm sorry." Then she said to Ning Tao again. Zhu Hongqin said: "Miss, Ya is not my opponent, Mr. Ning has shown mercy."
Zhu Hongqin said: "Qi Gu, you can go out."
Grandma hugged Ning Tao again, then turned and left the room.
Ning Tao looked at Zhu Hongqin, and said calmly: "If I didn't think of my age, I would have been rude. And you, you invited me to this kind of place just to try my skills Skill? If you don't give me a reasonable explanation, I will be rude to you."
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhu Hongqin suddenly bent her legs and fell to her knees on the ground with a plop.
"You..." Ning Tao didn't know what to say.
Zhu Hongqin pleaded, "Doctor Ning, please help my son!"
Ning Tao suddenly understood. What happened just now was just that Zhu Hongqin wanted to test his ability. If he was defeated by that grandma, Zhu Hongqin would not say that, let alone kneel down to him. She knelt down and opened the mouth, everything was based on the fact that Grandma opened her mouth to admit defeat.
"Aunt Zhu, get up and talk." Ning Tao said.
But Zhu Hongqin didn't get up, "I'll get up if you promise me, and I won't get up if you don't promise me."
Ning Tao had a headache, and smiled wryly, "Aunt Zhu, even if I promise you, I may not be able to do it. If I don't promise you, I may help you solve the problem. This kind of thing is out of the question now, so you It's better to get up and talk, if you don't get up, I will leave."
Zhu Hongqin hesitated for a moment, then stood up from the ground.
Ning Tao sat back on the chair, "Sit down, I want to hear from you that your son is healthy and pain-free, and your husband is a well-known entrepreneur in Guancheng with a high social status. Even the man standing outside the door Granny's bodyguard, she is also a real martial arts master. How can I make a rich lady like you kneel down and beg?"
Zhu Hongqin sat back to her original position, and after a moment of silence, she said: "You are not an ordinary doctor, you are a practitioner of cultivation, only you can save my son."
Ning Tao was a little surprised, but after thinking about it, he didn't think it was strange. The brand of Zhu Hongyu is enshrined in the ancestral hall of the Xin family, and Zhu Hongyu's skull is engraved with the prescription of Xunzu Pill. The Zhu Hongqin in front of her is related to Zhu Hongyu, so it is not surprising that she knows that there are practitioners in this world.
Zhu Hongqin went on to say: "That day you borrowed the ancestral hall from my house to cure Mr. Barnes, so I guessed that you were a practitioner of cultivation. When you entered my ancestral hall, apart from needing a place to treat Mr. Barnes, I'm afraid there are other things. A purpose?"
Ning Tao said: "You have talked about this for the sake of it. If I deny it again, or change the subject, it will appear hypocritical. Well, let me just say it straight. I am very interested in the story of your family. I am looking for an ancient Dan recipe related to her. I didn’t intend to enter your family’s ancestral hall that day, but your name reminded me of some associations, so I borrowed it from Ba The opportunity of Mr. Ensi's medical treatment entered your family's ancestral hall."
"I'm afraid there is one more person?" Zhu Hongqin said.
Ning Tao knew who she was talking about, Bai Jing.
"She also wants what you want." Zhu Hongqin said again, "but she is a demon, she not only wants to take things, she also wants to kill our whole family. I know them, so I came here to beg You. I can tell you everything I know, and I can give you that, but I have one condition."
Ning Tao calmly said: "What conditions?"
Zhu Hongqin paused every word, "Killed———Bai——Jing!"
Ning Tao was stunned on the spot, he never thought that Zhu Hongqin's offer would be such a condition.
Thinking carefully, I was terrified, thinking back to that day, the woman in front of me was talking and laughing with Bai Jing, as if a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were in harmony. Unexpectedly, in the blink of an eye, she would kill Bai Jing in this way at the cost of secrets!
The Zhu Hongqin in front of me is completely different from the Zhu Hongqin that day, but this scheming and frightening woman is the real Zhu Hongqin. Not only is she not simple, she is even scary!
Ning Tao was silent for a while before saying: "Since you know Bai Jing's identity, why don't you stop your son from dating him?"
"Hmph!" Zhu Hongqin snorted coldly, "A demon is a demon. The crisis my family is facing can be solved if I stop my son from interacting with Bai Jing. Will I still come here to beg you?"
With Bai Sheng's means and his greed, it's really useless.
Ning Tao was silent for a while before saying: "Give me some time, this is not an easy decision, I need to think about it."
Zhu Hongqin said: "I'll give you three days. If you don't agree to me after three days, I'll ask others to help."
Ning Tao nodded, "Okay, just three days, I will give you an answer in three days."
Zhu Hongqin said, "Qi Gu, see off the guests."
"No need to send it off, I can go by myself." Ning Tao got up and left.
Qigu bowed slightly to Ning Tao, showing great respect.
Inside the door, a strange light flashed in Zhu Hongqin's eyes...