To Hold One’s Joy

  Chapter 43 Suspicious

  The seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy, with blood all over his head and face, looked embarrassed and pitiful.

   "Cousin is injured?" Luo Sheng asked.

   Sheng Saburo shook his head: "I'm fine. Cousin, you... how do you know that there are not many people on the other side? Is there someone hiding outside?"

  Luo Sheng glanced outside the temple gate.

  The gate of the temple was wide open, and there was an endless rain curtain outside, and it was dark even before noon.

   "If the opponent has many people, there is no need to hide in the dark and attack."

  Sheng Sanlang breathed a sigh of relief, but Luo Sheng changed his tone: "But it's hard to say whether someone will come after these two after they miss."

  Sheng Saburo was furious: "I didn't expect the world to become so chaotic, bandits crop after crop like cutting leeks!"

  How long had it been since they met bandits who robbed Elbow, and they unexpectedly encountered a group of even more vicious ones.

  Before at home, he envied those who could travel all over the world, but he never thought that he would risk his life.

  Luo Sheng stared down at the corpse not far away.

   That was one of the two gangsters, a young man with a straight face.

  Luo Sheng suddenly blessed Sheng Sanlang: "I've got my cousin involved."

  Sheng Saburo hurriedly avoided: "Cousin, what are you talking about? It's because our family didn't think carefully. We should have hired a team of bodyguards if we knew that there was such a mess outside. What does it have to do with my cousin?"

  Luo Sheng shook his head: "It should be inseparable from me."

  Sheng Saburo was startled: "Cousin, what do you mean?"

  Luo Sheng said in a deep voice: "The villain I met this time should be targeting me specifically."

  Sheng Saburo was shocked: "Why?"

  Luo Sheng looked at the corpse lying on the ground again, with a complicated expression: "I don't know why."

  She has been a little strange for a long time.

  Although Jinsha is just an ordinary county seat, the Jinling Mansion that governs Jinsha should be stationed by Governor Luo. Even if these people don't pay attention to Dudu Luo's two children in Jinsha every day, they should pay attention to them.

  She left the Sheng family and returned to Beijing. Even if those people got the news, even if they didn't know that she had forged Governor Luo's letter and didn't show up, they would send someone to protect her secretly.

  Ten thousand steps back and none of these things, why would someone chase and kill Miss Luo?

  Luo Sheng couldn't figure it out for a while, but he knew that it might be very difficult to reach the capital smoothly.

   This time there are only two people on the other side, what about next time?

  She still has many things to do, and she is very afraid of death.

  Luo Sheng, who regretted his life very much, remained calm on the face: "Cousin, let's bury our people together."

   Sheng Saburo answered in a deep voice.

   There are a total of four guards on our side, and now only one survives, and the other three have become cold corpses.

  A heavy rain made the soil soft, and several people dug three holes together, allowing the three guards to burrow into the soil.

  Luo Sheng stood in front of the slightly raised soil bag, and said softly: "When I return to the capital, I will send someone to invite your remains to be sent to Jinsha, and I will let you return to your roots."

  Sheng Sanlang felt more and more heavy when he heard that, he raised his hand to pat Luo Sheng on the shoulder, and finally put it down quietly: "Cousin, your clothes are soaked, go into the temple."

   Several people returned to the temple.

  The pile of firewood was still burning, and the smell of blood still lingered.

  Sheng Saburo glanced at the two corpses lying on the spot, and hesitated, "Why don't you bury them too?"

  Luo Sheng sat by the fire to warm himself up, and said coldly: "If you don't bury them, let them die in the wilderness."

   Sheng Saburo was stunned.

  He was actually torn between burying or not burying. He didn't expect Cousin Luo to be so straightforward.

  Hongdou rubbed her waist and spat: "Damn it! Girl, do you want your servant to take a look at what valuables they are wearing?"

  The villain who killed Qiandao kicked her so much that she still hurts now, this kind of villain should be stripped and thrown outside.

  Sheng Saburo couldn't help but stop him: "Forget it, it's not appropriate to take off the clothes of the dead—"

   "I want to take a look." Luo Sheng got up and walked over, leaning over and lifting the hem of a corpse.

  Sheng Saburo's expression twisted for a while, and he said dryly: "Cousin, if you are short of money, I have—"

  Hong Dou pouted: "We girls don't like to get something for nothing."

  Looking at Luo Sheng who was focused on examining the corpse, Sheng Sanlang twitched his lips.

   I beg Cousin Luo to get something for nothing!

  Luo Sheng dug out something, held it in his hand and looked at it carefully.

   "Girl, what is this?" Hong Dou stuffed the found soft goods into her purse, and leaned over to ask.

   "An ax pendant made of peach wood." Luo Sheng stared at the peach wood ax in his hand, which was no longer than three inches long, thoughtfully.

  Sheng Saburo glanced at it and said: "It's nothing unusual, there isn't even a word on this mahogany axe."

   "It's nothing unusual." Luo Sheng walked to another corpse and searched carefully again.

  Saburo Sheng: "..."

   Not long after, Luo Sheng dug out another mahogany talisman from the arms of the second corpse, also in the shape of an axe.

  The two mahogany axes have the same appearance, except for some differences in patterns.

  Wearing peace talismans is the fashion of the time. There is no word on these two mahogany axes, and they are usually seen as ordinary peace talismans.

   But from Luo Sheng's point of view, it was a bit strange to find a peach wood ax on both corpses.

  Luo Sheng carefully put away the two mahogany axes.

  Seeing his cousin and the little maid accidentally turned over the corpse, Sheng Sanlang heaved a sigh of relief, but then his heart became heavy again: "Cousin, you said those people came after you, will there be some bad guys coming after you soon?"

   There was thunder outside, and the downpour could wash away almost all traces.

  Luo Sheng withdrew his gaze: "As usual, it will not be so fast. These two are outstanding, and it is not a problem to complete the task. It will take some time for the other party to confirm that the two have missed."

  Sheng Saburo let go of his hanging heart temporarily: "So, we are safe for the time being."

   "The pursuer will come sooner or later." Luo Sheng said calmly.

  Sheng Saburo didn't know whether to put his heart down or lift it up, he could only pat his chest and said: "Cousin, don't worry, those villains want to hurt you, they should step on my dead body first!"

  Luo Sheng was silent, and said: "We can hire a team of bodyguards in the next town, calculate the time and distance, and won't stay in the wilderness in the future."

   She can't guarantee absolute safety in exchange for this, but right now she can't let the people who follow her break down first.

  Sheng Saburo blinked in embarrassment: "My cousin is right."

   It's because he's stupid, my cousin has plenty of money, she can take over the whole bodyguard agency, why does she have to step on his dead body.

  The rain finally stopped. Because of the lack of three guards, Sheng Sanlang abandoned his horse and became a coachman. The group finally arrived at the next town before dark.

  The inn clerk was not surprised by the embarrassment of the few people, but it was strange that they were not in such a heavy rain on the road.

   "Guest officers, please, we have prepared hot water."

  Oh, the little lady supported by the maid looks so delicate, so don't get sick.

  (end of this chapter)