Chapter 417: Ruffian

Mo Hua secretly told Situ Fang about his doubts.

Situ Fang was startled, then frowned, and realized that something was wrong. Recalling the scene at that time, he slowly said:

"Those big men were wearing the clothes of the miners, with rough hands and dark skin. I thought they were the family members of the missing miners, or at least relatives and friends."

"Before, they were all unreasonable and asked the Lu family for compensation."

"But now that the matter has settled, the Lu family has paid compensation, and they suddenly disappeared, not even showing up for the burial. This is very strange..."

Situ Fang considered: "I will ask the family members of the miners again."

Mo Hua shook his head, "They may not dare to say it."

Just now, looking at their appearance, they were submissive, and they must be afraid of retaliation and dare not say much.

Situ Fang said: "Then I will find the local miners and ask about their identities."

"The miners may not tell the truth." Mo Hua said.

After all, they don't have much good feelings towards Dao Tingsi.

"Then..."

Mo Hua's eyes flashed, and he said: "Leave this to me, Sister Situ, you draw the portraits of those big men..."

"Leave it to you?" Situ Fang was stunned.

"Yes." Mo Hua nodded, "I know who to find."

Situ Fang hesitated and said: "This is your first time in Nanyue City... How come you know so many cultivators?"

Mo Hua said modestly: "I have good relationships..."

Situ Fang couldn't refute for a while.

"Okay."

Situ Fang sighed, and drew the appearance of those big men according to her memory, but her brushwork was a little unfamiliar.

Mo Hua took it and polished it a few times according to what she said.

Situ Fang's eyes lit up: "That's right, you draw really well."

Mo Hua smiled.

Array masters deal with array patterns every day, so drawing some portraits is quite simple.

Mo Hua put away the portraits, then sneaked to the Lu family mine, hiding his body, sitting on a rock, waiting for the rabbit.

In the evening, the supervisor changed shifts.

A Lu family cultivator in the middle stage of Qi Refining came out of the mine with a haughty look.

Mo Hua shouted: "Lu Ming."

The Lu family cultivator named Lu Ming was slightly startled when he heard the words. He looked around and saw no one. He looked puzzled and muttered:

"Strange, who is calling my name..."

He continued to move forward.

After a few steps, he heard someone calling him again.

It was a young, crisp, child's voice.

Lu Ming was stunned and looked around. There was still no one.

The arrogant look on his face gradually faded, replaced by incomparable solemnity and tension.

"What the hell..."

All of them, the cultivators who guard the mine, know that the mine at night is dangerous and weird.

But it is still evening, not dark yet...

Could it be...

Lu Ming's back gradually seeped out of cold sweat.

He was so scared that he couldn't help but run, but after staggering for a few steps, he found himself suddenly frozen.

The blue water-shaped spiritual power chain tied him up and made him unable to move.

This feeling was very familiar, and Lu Ming understood it immediately.

He turned his head and found that a little monk was sitting leisurely on the big rock on the other side.

The little monk even waved his little hand at him.

Lu Ming wanted to cry but had no tears.

He was only in the middle stage of Qi Refining, while this little monk was already in the late stage of Qi Refining.

Not only that, this little monk also knew formations and magic, which was also very strange.

Lu Ming knew he couldn't escape, so he had to walk towards Mo Hua reluctantly. When he got in front of Mo Hua, he forced a smile and said:

"Little... little master, why are you here?"

Mo Hua said: "I came to see you."

Lu Ming's eyelids jumped, "Looking for me... for what?"

Mo Hua smiled and said:

"Did you tell your family master about me?"

Lu Ming's face turned pale, "No, I didn't!"

"Tell the truth."

Lu Ming didn't say anything.

"Tell the truth, I won't embarrass you." Mo Hua said.

Then he smiled sinisterly, "But if you lie, the things in this mine can give you a full meal tonight..."

Lu Ming shuddered when he thought of the deaths of the mine cultivators, and immediately said honestly:

"I don't want to say it, but the head of the family asked me, I... I dare not not say it..."

"What did you say?"

Lu Ming said weakly: "I just said that you know the formation, found the mine, and then found the bodies of the mine cultivators inside. I didn't say anything else..."

"I dare not say it..."

Because the other things are related to the Lu family.

These things were leaked by him.

If the head of the family knew that he leaked the news, especially the mine, he would definitely not let him go.

Mo Hua nodded.

He knows the formation, and it is hard to hide the discovery of the mine. It doesn't matter if the head of the Lu family knows it.

As long as he doesn't know, he is interested in the mine.

"Okay, let's talk business."

Mo Hua took out the portraits of the big men painted by Situ Fang and asked:

"Do you know these people?"

Lu Ming looked at all the portraits, shook his head and said:

"I don't know any of them."

Mo Hua's eyes narrowed slightly.

He picked out three portraits from the portraits and said to Lu Ming:

"You lied, you know these three portraits."

Lu Ming opened his mouth wide, "This... this..."

How did he see it?

Could this little monk read minds?

Mo Hua can't read minds.

It's just that when Lu Ming looked at these three portraits, although his expression was normal, his consciousness had slight fluctuations.

This fluctuation of consciousness could not escape Mo Hua's perception.

Expressions can deceive people, but consciousness cannot.

So Lu Ming must know these three people.

There was a hint of chill in Mo Hua's crisp voice, and he warned:

"Although I am young, I have a bad temper."

"You cheated me once, I will remember it first, if you cheat me again..."

Mo Hua smiled brightly, "I will make sure you never have the chance to cheat again!"

Mo Hua's smile was innocent, with a hint of evil.

He looked like a fairy child under the immortal's seat, and a ghost in the underworld...

Lu Ming shivered again with fear, and felt bitter in his heart:

What is the identity of this little ancestor?

Mo Hua patted the three portraits with her hands, "Tell me, who are these three people?"

Lu Ming sighed and said dejectedly, "They are mine cultivators..."

"Mine cultivators?"

"They are called... mine cultivators, but they are not mine cultivators..."

Lu Ming explained, "They are actually ruffians in the city. On weekdays, they either work as hangers-on for some children of aristocratic families and bully others; or extort some small vendors and exploit the locals; or rob people outside the city and get some spirit stones to spend..."

"When they have spirit stones, they spend money on wine and women, gambling and whoring."

"When they really have no spirit stones, they will go to the mines and dig for a day or two Mine..."

"So they are both mine cultivators and not mine cultivators..."

Mo Hua frowned, "Will they also help the mine cultivators who are in trouble to ask for spiritual stones?"

Lu Ming was a little surprised, "How do you know?"

Seeing that Mo Hua ignored him, Lu Ming had to explain himself:

"If a mine cultivator is in trouble, they will notify the mine cultivator's family, and then volunteer to ask for spiritual stones for them."

"They divide the majority of the spiritual stones they ask for, and the rest will go to the mine cultivator's family."

"Is there no one to take care of them?" Mo Hua asked.

"It's useless." Lu Ming said, "There are more of them, and they do things by any means. Once they are involved, they are like mangy dogs, and they can't get rid of them..."

"The cultivators above are too lazy to take care of them, and the mine cultivators at the bottom dare not speak out."

Mo Hua pondered for a while, and asked again:

"How do you know them?"

Lu Ming didn't dare to say.

Mo Hua said, "To be honest, I don't blame you."

Lu Ming then said hesitantly, "I took their spirit stones and gave them some conveniences here in the mine..."

Mo Hua's eyes narrowed slightly, "What conveniences?"

Lu Ming hurriedly said, "Nothing, they just come and go as they please, and if there is anything, I will just turn a blind eye..."

Mo Hua frowned, feeling a little confused.

These ruffians can't dig a few times, so why do they bribe like this?

What are they doing that requires the mine supervisor to "turn a blind eye"...

Mo Hua had a vague guess in his heart, and his eyes became cold.

Although the scattered cultivators in Tongxian City are poor, they help each other at the bottom.

But here in Nanyue City, some scattered cultivators are obviously at the bottom and weak, but they trample on the weaker ones at will.

"What are the names of these three cultivators?" Mo Hua said coldly.

Lu Ming said: "The tall one is called Wang Hu, the one with half of his hair burned off is called Tang Huzi..."

"The leader with a scar on his face is called Wang Lai, and everyone calls him 'Wang Laipi' in private..."