Chapter 306: Greedy
"My subordinates dare not!"

Bao Dachu, Qin Weibang and Sang Sanniang once again brought out the same excuse and put all the blame on the Four Friends of Meizhuang.

After hearing this, Yang Lianting asked calmly, "Are the Four Friends of Plum Manor really as powerful as you say?"

"Yes."

Bao Dachu recounted the battle between Huang Zhonggong and Xiang Wentian in detail, but replaced Xiang Wentian with the four of them, and Wang Cheng was killed directly in the battle.

Yang Lianting's martial arts skills were mediocre and he could not hear any flaws in them. He just felt that the four friends from Meizhuang were quite skilled but a little stubborn.

He stroked his beard and said calmly, "It would be easier if such a stubborn person died."

Sang Sanniang took a step forward and said softly, "Manager Yang, we found something in the secret room under Plum Manor in Hangzhou."

"What?" Yang Lianting looked up at Sang Sanniang with a cold gaze.

Seeing this, Sang Sanniang stopped approaching and took out a book from her bosom, saying slowly: "This is what we copied down, Ren Woxing's magical skill "Star Absorbing Technique"!"

Yang Lianting paused, and was delighted at first, then he said coldly: "Will Ren Woxing leave the "Star Absorbing Art" at the bottom of the West Lake?"

Qin Weibang bowed and said, "To reply to Manager Yang, Ren Woxing carved the "Star Absorbing Technique" on the iron bed. Judging from the content, he carved it because he felt that there was no hope for him to escape."

This reason was reasonable, but Yang Lianting did not relax his vigilance, but continued to ask: "Why don't you practice?"

“We don’t dare to practice!”

Sang Sanniang smiled bitterly and explained, "The first sentence of the "Star Absorbing Art" requires us to disperse our internal energy and cultivate again. We have been practicing Qi for decades to have the strength we have today. Along the way, we have made many friends and offended many people. If we disperse our internal energy and fail to cultivate, we will be courting death."

After hearing this, Yang Lianting was overjoyed. He felt that this "Star Absorbing Technique" was a magical skill tailor-made for him!

The people he offended could be lined up from Heimu Cliff to Shaoshi Mountain, but so what?
Who dares to seek revenge on him?

As for internal strength, he practiced it procrastinatingly for several years but didn't see any results, so he just gave up!
Thinking of this, he said in a calm tone: "Show it to me."

"Yes!" Sang Sanniang responded, and walked up to Yang Lianting with the secret book in both hands.

After Yang Lianting took it, he shook it to make sure there was no drug powder inside, then nodded and said, "You three are good. I will make a suggestion to the leader to pardon your crime of dereliction of duty."

"Thank you, Manager Yang!" The three of them showed pleasantly surprised expressions and bowed to express their gratitude.

"Heh" Yang Lianting smiled casually, opened the secret book and started reading. The handwriting was a little sloppy, but it was recognizable, and even had a faint scent of ink.

After just looking at it for a while, Yang Lianting felt a little sleepy, "Could it be that I exercised too much last night?"

As he was thinking, his head fell on the desk.

"Butler Yang? Butler Yang!"

Sang Sanniang moved closer and pushed him. After confirming that he had fallen asleep, she breathed a sigh of relief: "This drug is dissolved in ink. It is indeed the most secretive."

"Stop talking nonsense and take action!" Qin Weibang said as he took off his clothes.

Bao Dachu was not idle either, he took off Yang Lianting's clothes and changed him into Qin Weibang's clothes. When the three of them took off their pants, they were all stunned. Sang Sanniang smiled and said, "No wonder Dongfang Sect Leader loves him so much. I would like him too."

"Come and help!" Bao Dachu reminded unhappily.

After changing clothes, they shaved Yang Lianting's beard and covered his face with his hair.

Then Bao Dachu and Sang Sanniang looked at each other, and carried the unconscious Yang Lianting on their left and right, pretending to be panicked and leaving the back hall, while saying, "Thank you, Manager Yang, for your kindness. We will go down the mountain and capture Xiang Wentian!"

The four purple-robed messengers looked at the three people who left in embarrassment and laughed casually. They had seen this kind of situation many times in the past two years and were no longer surprised.

The two men carried Yang Lianting onto the bamboo basket in a panic, and returned to Xingxing Beach along the same route.

After changing the carriage, the group rushed towards Henan. As for Qin Weibang, who stayed in Heimu Cliff, he changed into ordinary servant's clothes and mingled with the most inconspicuous team of sweepers.

In the elegant little house on Heimu Cliff, Dongfang Bubai was embroidering flowers. Over the years, she had embroidered flowers from plum, orchid, bamboo, chrysanthemum to tangerine, pear, peach, and apricot. Finally, she found that only peony was to her liking the most.

Under his needle and thread, the king of flowers is gorgeous and beautiful, and when the wind blows the silk, the flower sways gently like a real thing.

After completing this most satisfying work, Dongfang Bubai took out a ruler and carefully cut it into a cloak.

When I came to my senses, I realized that Yang Lianting hadn't come to see me for two days.

Dongfang Bubai frowned slightly. This situation rarely happened.

Taking advantage of the night, he put on a peony cloak and floated out of the elegant little house silently like a ghost and came to the Wencheng Hall.

At this moment, the old man pretending to be Dongfang Bubai was packing up his gold and silver and preparing to run away.

Just as she turned around, she saw a humanoid figure wearing white clothes and a red robe with thick foundation on her face suddenly appearing at the door. She was so scared that her whole body froze, and she opened her mouth wide, but couldn't make a sound.

"Where is Brother Lian?" Dongfang Bubai asked indifferently.

The old man heard the strange voice and stammered, "Are you a human or a ghost?"

"Ah"

Dongfang Bubai laughed, then left in a flash.

The old man was still celebrating his escape when he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his heart. He looked down and found that an embroidery needle had pierced his heart, leaving only a small part outside.
The night was as dark as ink, the moonlight was dim, and the disciples of the Divine Religion were on patrol as usual. Suddenly, everyone saw a flash before their eyes. A ghost with a white background and red stripes shuttled between the pillars at an incredible speed, leaving behind an afterimage before quickly disappearing.

Then, an extremely strange call echoed in the air.

The voice was neither male nor female, like a desperate wail, but also like an affectionate moan, mournful and lingering, penetrating the heart: "Brother Lian... where are you..."

"Ghost!!!"

A shrill cry came out from the patrolling disciples, like a thunderclap, instantly breaking the tranquility of Blackwood Cliff. A large number of disciples were awakened, picked up their weapons, and rushed out of their rooms in single clothes. Some were eager to find the ghost and fight, while others were so scared that they huddled up, fearing that they would be haunted by the ghost.

Dongfang Bubai paused. Although he was also interested in ghosts, the more important thing now was to find his brother Lian.
(End of this chapter)