Singing wild fungus (18)
As soon as the fungus spirit named 'Yingying' left, Qishui County returned to the calm before the storm. The case did not come to light. Wu Yong could not say that a goblin had harmed people. This was hard for others to believe, so it was left alone. Come down. Shan Ling knew that if this case was kept, it would be very detrimental to her son, so she made a wrong decision. In the dead of night, she turned into a monster and harmed Qishui County. When Qishui County was causing panic, she also made a mistake. The deaths of those women were a good excuse. Originally, Shan Ling thought that no one would know all this, but unexpectedly her trip made her son suspicious. One night, when Shan Ling came back from causing trouble, she opened her door and saw Wu sitting at the table. Yong, Wu Yong's face turned pale and he asked softly: "Mom, it's so late, where have you been?"
"Yong'er..." Shan Ling wanted to hide it from Wu Yong, but seeing Wu Yong's face, he already understood. He walked over and replied, "Mom, this is all for your sake."
Wu Yong turned his head, looked at Shan Ling, and asked: "Mom, for me, are you willing to kill so many innocent people?"
"Mom, isn't this also..."
"Stop talking, mother, I only want one thing from you, don't continue." After Wu Yong finished speaking, he walked out frustrated.
Looking at the back of her son as he walked out, Shan Ling finally understood the painstaking efforts of a mother in the world. She did everything for her son's sake, but in the end, it caused her son to misunderstand. Shan Ling breathed out, sat down by the bed, and looked at Staring at the flickering candlelight in a daze, she kept asking herself, is this wrong? Although those people were innocent, if they didn't do this, the son would not be able to solve the case, which would cause the current Holy Emperor's dissatisfaction, and everything in his life would be ruined. The mountain spirit thought about it again and again, and had a sleepless night.
When he woke up the next day, Wu Yong acted as if nothing had happened and came to ask Shan Ling to have breakfast. However, no one said anything at the dinner table and just ate dully. Shan Ling felt that this was not the solution and started to think. When asking his son how he planned to close the case, Mr. Huang walked in from outside.
"My lord, madam."
"Master Huang is here?" Wu Yong put down his chopsticks and looked at Master Huang.
Master Huang nodded and said with a smile: "Sir, there is an old woman outside the Yamen. She said she is acquainted with you and the old lady. I wonder if I should invite her in?"
"Know me?" Wu Yong didn't know who he knew in Qishui County, and was a little curious: "What does he look like?"
"I can't answer this." After Master Huang answered, he thought to himself, how should I answer this? I still don’t know the relationship between the old woman and the new county magistrate. If she makes the new county magistrate unhappy by describing others as ugly or bad, wouldn’t it be unnecessary? It was precisely because of this that Mr. Huang chose not to answer.
After hearing this, the mountain spirit asked excitedly: "Bring him in."
"Yes, old lady." After listening to Shan Ling's words, Master Huang turned around and walked out as if he had listened to the new county magistrate's words.
After a while, a middle-aged woman in tattered clothes walked in with small feet. When she saw the mountain spirit, she cried: "Wu Yong's mother... ugh..."
"Aunt Niu!" Wu Yong and Shan Ling recognized the woman in front of them and hurriedly took Aunt Niu inside. Shan Ling comforted Aunt Niu and asked, "Why did Aunt Niu come all the way here alone?"
"I...wu..." Aunt Niu said one word before she started crying again.
Wu Yong saw that Aunt Niu was dressed worse than when she was at home. He thought that Aunt Niu must have encountered some difficulties, so she came to seek refuge with him. He hurriedly said: "Aunt Niu, please tell me slowly if you have anything to do. If I can help, Wu Yong will do his best."
"Yes, Aunt Niu, you are about to cry. Tell Yong'er, what difficulties have you encountered?" Shanling took Aunt Niu's hand. I really didn't expect that Aunt Niu would become so depressed after this parting.
Aunt Niu cried twice, looked up at Wu Yong and Shan Ling, and replied: "I... something happened to our calf."
"Something happened? What happened?" Shan Ling was surprised. She had spent a lot of time with Aunt Niu's family. She had watched Xiao Niu'er grow up, and she didn't think Xiao Niu'er was a child who got into trouble.
Aunt Niu took Shan Ling's hand and replied: "He was captured."
"Captured? Who did it?" Wu Yong was as surprised as Shan Ling when he heard this.
Aunt Niu shook her head, and the tears on her face washed out two small grooves. "I don't know who caught him..."
"how so?"
"That evening, I asked Xiao Niu'er to collect the pickles that were drying in the yard. Who knew that he had been out for a long time without making any sound. I thought he was lazy, so I went out to the yard to take a look. As a result, I saw that the pickles had been knocked over. On the ground, the calf... is gone..." Aunt Niu said, wanting to cry. Her son just disappeared. How could the mother not be sad? She didn't know anyone else who could do something about it. , had no choice but to run to Qishui County to find Wu Yong.
When Wu Yong heard this, he knew that it must not be the work of the government. If the government took someone, they would definitely not do it secretly. Naturally, he wanted to beat the gongs and drums to let everyone know, so as to teach those who committed the crime a lesson. He could use such methods. Those who came to take away Xiao Niu'er must be people with power and background, but Xiao Niu'er had nothing to do with those people. How could he provoke those people to kidnap Xiao Niu'er? So...the most likely possibility...could it be...Wu Yong glanced at his mother. Shan Ling shook her head gently at Wu Yong, saying that she didn't know either. Although she, Shan Ling, said she would do such unreasonable things to help her son, she would never hurt Aunt Niu's family. Plus, she couldn't even return from Qishui County. It wasn't a short trip, she didn't have to do this.
Shanling didn't want to make Aunt Niu too sad, so he comforted him: "Aunt Niu, don't be too sad. Maybe the calf was just having fun and went out without telling you."
"It's impossible... Wu Yong's mother, you watched our calf grow up. He was so courageous when he was young.
It's not that big. How could he run so far without taking anything with him? "Aunt Niu looked at the mountain spirit with runny nose and tears.
Wu Yong nodded and hurriedly said to Master Huang: "Master Huang, see if you can send a letter to the county government in my hometown and ask if you can find the person?"
"It's not difficult." Master Huang agreed. Although the counties were different, they were all officials at the same level. The county magistrate over there would naturally give Wu Yong some face and go look for him. But after he heard what Aunt Niu said, Naturally, the disappearance of Aunt Niu's child was connected with the case in Qishui County. Master Huang only wanted to keep all this in his heart and did not dare to say it with his mouth. He hurriedly replied: "My lord, it's just that it takes a day for this letter to come back and forth. I don't know, lord." Can you wait?"
"There is no other way. Write a letter and send it over there." Wu Yong raised his head and motioned to Master Huang to do it.
After Mr. Huang left, Shan Ling persuaded Aunt Niu not to cry. At night, after watching Aunt Niu fall asleep, Shan Ling came to Wu Yong's room. The lights were on in Wu Yong's room. Shan Ling knew that Wu Yong was sleeping. He didn't sleep, so he walked in without knocking. When Wu Yong heard the voice, he knew it was the mountain spirit coming. He raised his head and asked hurriedly: "Mom, it's so late and you're not asleep yet?"
"Yong'er didn't sleep, how could mother sleep?" Shan Ling walked towards Wu Yong, only to find that Wu Yong was drawing a picture, and the painting turned out to be Qishui Mountain. Shan Ling was puzzled and asked: "Yong'er, What are you painting this for?"
"Mom, I'm wondering if the disappearance of Xiao Niu'er has anything to do with Yingying." Wu Yong put down his pen and looked at the mountain spirit. He knew that Xiao Niu'er must not have been taken away by his mother. Here, He only knew two goblins in the world, so he thought of Yingying about Xiao Niuer.
Shan Ling thought for a while and shook his head: "This mother doesn't know..."
"That's why I want to find Yingying and ask her clearly."
"Silly boy, you can't find her even if you search Qishui Mountain." Shanling sighed: "After that day, my mother went to Qishui Mountain, but she is no longer there."
Wu Yong looked at Shan Ling in confusion: "Mom, do you still want to kill her?"
"If mother had that ability, she would have killed her that day." The mountain spirit was eager to kill the goblin who almost ruined her son's future, but she knew that she was no match for him, so she carried her son to Qishui that day. Shan actually had other plans. The reason was that she couldn't tell Wu Yong. She was afraid that Wu Yong would be sad when he found out, and she was not sure. Although the goblin temporarily let Wu Yong go, she didn't know what the goblin would do later. What kind of idea is this? He is a monster. The mountain spirit knows very well that monsters are uncertain. If one day the monster fails to figure it out, he will definitely come back to harm his son. In any case, the mountain spirit does not want to harm himself. son.
Shan Ling's words made Wu Yong very curious, and he quickly asked: "Then... what are you going to do that day, mother?"
"Yong'er, what's important now is not what mother wants to do that day, but how to get Xiao Niu'er back." Shan Ling had to remind Wu Yong, fearing that Wu Yong would be distracted.
Wu Yong reached out and picked up the picture he had just drawn, picked it up, tore it up, crumpled it into a ball, and replied: "Mom, I also want to find Maverick as soon as possible, but I haven't received a reply from the other side yet, so I really can't do anything."
"Then do you have any clue now?" Shan Ling wanted to see what his son was thinking.
"Originally, I wanted to find Yingying and ask her if she had captured the calf..."
"What if?"
"If so, I would naturally persuade Yingying to let Xiao Niu'er go. After all, Xiao Niu'er is innocent."
"Yong'er, you are too naive, demons can lie to people."
"What about you? Mother." Wu Yong looked at the mountain spirit without blinking.
Shan Ling was stunned, never expecting his son to ask such a question, and replied: "Are you suspicious of me?"
"I don't dare, kid." Wu Yong replied quickly. He didn't want his mother to misunderstand, so he had to express his thoughts. "Mom, what I'm actually thinking about is, can I find where Xiao Niu'er is with my mother's magic power?"
"Do you want me to take action?"
"Now, if this matter is really not done by humans, I'm afraid only my mother can..." Wu Yong looked at the mountain spirit. He knew that if the calf was not captured by others, he would not be able to help.