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26　　Chen Jie looked over and saw a 'Phoenix' descending from the sky.

　　No, it's a golden pheasant, but this golden pheasant is so beautiful, with colorful feathers on its body, a red belly, a emerald green back, and golden feathers on its wings.

　　Its claws also glowed with golden light, and its eyes in particular were bright red, as dazzling as rubies.

　　"Red-eyed pheasant!"

　　Chen Jie's eyes lit up, and then he saw the golden pheasant fluttering down from the sky. Chen Jie looked and saw that its wings were injured. It was exhausted after flying here and could not fly anymore.

　　With joy in his heart, he sneaked over quietly.

　　Then he saw the golden pheasant standing on the ground, looking around vigilantly. Chen Jie used the breathing method of Yangchun Jue to adjust his breathing very slowly. He approached slowly and when he got close, he swung a stick and smashed it down hard.

　　Before the golden pheasant could react, it turned around and saw a stick. If it was a person, it would definitely dodge it, but it couldn't dodge this club.

　　Bang! The golden pheasant was smashed to death before it could even scream.

　　Chen Jie breathed a sigh of relief, took out the sack he had brought with him, put it on, and held it in his hand to prepare to go down the mountain.

　　But at this moment, suddenly a sound came from a distance.

　　"Hurry, I see that golden pheasant is flying this way, hurry up and catch it, Master Yu will reward you."

　　After hearing this, Chen Jie was shocked. Oh my god, this golden pheasant was actually someone else's prey. No, he couldn't let this group of people see it.

　　They are so numerous and powerful that I cannot defeat them.

　　Thinking about this, Chen Jie looked around and finally saw a big locust tree not far away. It was very lush. Chen Jie walked over in a few steps, climbed up the tree, used the leaves to cover himself, and leaned his body against the trunk as much as possible.

　　He held his breath using the Yangchun Technique, and then he became one with the tree like a chameleon.

　　If you don't look carefully, you can't see him at all.

　　Chen Jie hid on a tree trunk, and soon a group of people dressed as servants rushed over and searched everywhere.

　　"That's weird, why isn't there anything?"

　　"Look carefully, I just saw it, it flew over here!"

　　A group of people were waving sticks in the bushes, searching, but after struggling for a long time, they still couldn't find the golden pheasant.

　　Chen Jie stayed on the tree at this time, holding his breath, not daring to breathe. He was now very glad that he acted quickly. If he wanted to catch it alive, the golden pheasant would have fluttered its wings or called out at this time.

　　Then you'd be exposed.

　　The crowd searched for a week but couldn't find it. Some people looked upwards, but Chen Jie's tree was indeed very dense, and if you didn't look closely, you really couldn't see anything.

　　At this time, someone asked, "Will it fly up into the tree?"

　　At this time, someone said something, followed by the other servants: "Let's go up the tree and take a look."

　　"Why!"

　　After hearing this, several servants immediately wanted to climb the tree, and one servant even came under Chen Jie's tree.

　　Chen Jie broke out in a cold sweat, fuck.

　　However, just as a few people were about to climb the tree to look for it, they suddenly heard the call of a pheasant in the ravine not far away, and then saw a very beautiful pheasant flying up.

　　The servants didn't know that the golden pheasant was in Chen Jie's hands. They thought that the pheasant was the golden pheasant and immediately shouted, "Where is it? Hurry, chase it, chase it!"

　　A group of people chased after him with sticks. Looking at the servant walking away, Chen Jie wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

　　He was almost exposed, so he waited on the tree for a while, then climbed down the tree and rushed down the mountain, trying to avoid people as much as possible on the way.

　　…

　　Early in the morning, Su Yunjin got up as usual to cook. She looked at the time and it was almost three quarters past three in the morning (four forty-five in the morning).

　　She got up and learned from yesterday's lesson. Today she dressed neatly and buttoned up her clothes before walking out of the inner room.

　　When I got to the outer room, I instinctively looked towards the bed, but there was no one there.

　　Hmm? Did you go to the bathroom?

　　Su Yunjin didn't care. He went out and when he looked down, he saw the firewood neatly arranged next to the stove. He was shocked. Is there someone entering the house?

　　No, was it my husband who did this?

　　Thinking of this, Su Yunjin was a little surprised. It was only the Yin hour. How early would he have to get up to chop firewood and arrange it?

　　Thinking about it, she looked towards the toilet, maybe she was going to the toilet.

　　Thinking of her filling a bowl of sorghum rice, she took a gourd-shaped ladle to fetch water from the water tank, thinking that the water had run out yesterday, and she would have to fetch some more water later, but the bucket was very heavy...

　　Just as she was thinking about it, she opened the water tank and found that it was full. Su Yunjin immediately covered her mouth. A warm current flowed through her heart and she was a little moved.

　　Did this man fetch water for himself before daybreak?

　　How come he is so good?

　　Thinking about this, she looked towards the toilet a few more times and continued to wash rice and cook. However, after waiting for a long time, Chen Jie still didn't come out, so she went to the toilet to check.

　　"Husband, husband?"

　　Standing outside the toilet, Su Yunjin called out twice, but there was no response.

　　"Husband, are you coming out? Can I go in?"

　　Still no response, Su Yunjin walked into the toilet with a red face, but the scene was not what she had imagined, it was empty!

　　Where are the people?

　　Su Yunjin ran out in a panic, how could the person be gone? Thinking of what happened to Ma Liu yesterday, she became even more panicked. She wanted to ask her uncle Erba for help, but retreated as soon as she reached the door.

　　She was going to go back and wake up Ruirui and ask her to look after the house.

　　When I returned to the house, I glanced at the table and saw a note.

　　I picked it up and saw that it said: I'm going out for a while, and I've brought back water and firewood for you. You just stay at home and wait for me to come back, don't worry!

　　Su Yunjin frowned, put down the note, and his face was full of worry. Where would he go before dawn?

　　How can I not worry about myself?

Chapter 36 The Shocked Bai Family

　　Early in the morning, the Bai family was having breakfast.

　　Bai drank porridge and ate steamed buns and said, "Hey, Dad, head of the family, have you heard?"

　　"Um?"

　　The two looked at Bai.

　　"I went out this morning and heard from Old Zhang's daughter-in-law that Jiu Si came home yesterday and encountered someone who wanted to collect his gambling debts."

　　Doctor Bai frowned and said in a cold voice, "He went to gamble again?"

　　"No, it was some time ago, about two months ago, I wrote an IOU to the old Yu family."

　　Doctor Bai then relaxed his expression and said, "Oh."

　　Before Chen Jie started learning martial arts, he told the Bai family about his past without reservation. Everyone knew about his gambling past, but no one paid much attention to it.

　　As long as you are not gambling now and are willing to turn over a new leaf, Doctor Bai will not look at you with tinted glasses.

　　Bai said, "No, I don't mean to say anything bad about Jiu Si. I mean, the old Yu family is evil. Two months ago, Jiu Si owed them an IOU for one tael of silver. Guess how much they asked for yesterday?"

　　After hearing this, Doctor Bai said, "Nine out and thirteen back, it should be less than two taels."

　　"What? Twenty-five taels!"

　　Bai gestured to the number twenty-five and said.

　　"How many?"

　　Doctor Bai and Wu Hong were both shocked, but Wu Zhong ate his meal calmly. As the manager of the fish pen of the fishing gang, he was familiar with the usury of the Cao Gang.

　　Moreover, this kind of thing is also common among the fishing gangs that specialize in lending money, where interest is compounded. They have seen it so many times that they have become accustomed to it.

　　"Twenty-five taels, more than twenty times."

　　Although Bai is the most noble woman in Xiantao Town, she still lives in the countryside and has the gossipy heart of a rural woman.

　　When she finished speaking, Wu Hong frowned and said, "Isn't this bullying?"

　　"Bullying someone, who are you bullying? They have the IOU, so they are right if I sue the officials."

　　Wu Zhong glanced at his son and said.

　　Doctor Bai stopped talking and continued to eat. It was hard to tell whether he was happy or angry. Mrs. Bai, who was standing beside him, sighed and said, "Jiu Si is also pitiful. He finally turned back, but now he has to deal with this."

　　"That Yunjin girl is even more pitiful. Her husband finally learned well, but now he has to deal with this trouble. Sigh... Head of the family."

　　"Um?"

　　Wu Zhong munched on a steamed bun and looked at Bai.

　　"See if you can help me with this matter. Jiu Si is not having an easy time either."

　　Wu Zhong looked at Doctor Bai without saying anything.

　　"Dad, what do you mean?"

　　Doctor Bai drank a mouthful of porridge, pondered for a moment and said, "Let's see if Jiu Si opens his mouth. If he does, I'll help him."

　　Wu Zhong said: "Okay, I know what to do."

　　After saying that, Wu Zhong continued eating.

　　Boom boom boom…

　　At this moment, there was a knock on the door. Bai stood up and asked, "Who is it?"

　　When I got to the door and opened it, I saw it was Chen Jie.

　　Chen Jie was carrying a large sack and a stick in his hand at this time. Bai looked at him and asked, "Where have you been?"

　　"Haha, I went up the mountain and got some good stuff. I brought it to Master."

　　After hearing this, Bai said, "Come in and tell me."