Yu Ren followed Liu Qiang to climb a mountain and then to another mountain. After passing through a dense forest, he suddenly saw a courtyard appearing in front of him. This courtyard is located in a dense forest. If you didn’t get close, you wouldn’t be able to find it. The courtyard wall of the courtyard is very high, because it was because of the night, you can’t see how big the yard is.

When Yu Ren saw the yard, he became excited. Is this Li Yu's home? But why did her family build it in such a mountain? Although it is not far from the city, the transportation is inconvenient. Generally, those built in such places are mostly temples and Taoist temples. Judging from the size of the courtyard, Li Yu's identity must be extraordinary. What exactly does their family do? Are they a high-ranking official? They are rich? They don't seem to be very similar.

While speculating, Yu Ren followed Liu Qiang toward the gate.

The gatehouse of the yard is very high, with a wind lamp hanging on each side, with three big words "Wentaoyuan" written on it. Two strong young men stood by the door, with a knife on their waists. Seeing Liu Qiang coming, one of the young men greeted Liu Qiang, "Brother Qiang is on duty today!"

Liu Qiang nodded to him. "Is Mr. Qu back?"

"I'm back. Didn't you go out with Mr. Qu? Why did you have to come back separately?"

"Oh! I'm having something to do behind, so I'm one step slower."

The young man guarding the gate nodded and suddenly saw Yu Ren behind Liu Qiang. "Is this one..."

"He is a good friend the young lady recently met in Fujian. We just patrolled the mountain and happened to meet him. So we invited him to come back with me." Liu Qiang took good care of Yu Ren's face this time and did not say that he was hung up on the mountain.

After Liu Qiang finished speaking, he took Yu Ren into the yard. Then he walked around for a while before he arrived in front of a room. Liu Qiang patted the door. After a while, he saw a 14 or 15-year-old boy rubbing his sleepy eyes and opening the door.

"Brother Qiang, you are back!"

"Well! Go and tidy up a room in the backyard and let Mr. Yu live there." After saying that, Liu Qiang led Yu Ren to the main hall and sit down.

"I'll go and see if Mr. Liu is asleep later. If he doesn't sleep, I'll invite him to take his pulse for Mr. Yu." Liu Qiang said, while untiing his waist knife on his body and hanging it on the wall.

"It's okay. I walked for a while and I feel much better now. I should have a day or two off. It's so late today, so don't bother Mr. Liu!"

As the two were talking, they heard a noise outside. Liu Qiang glanced outside the door and his face became solemn. He said to Yu Ren, "Grandpa Yu, sit here for a while. I'll go see what's going on."

After saying that, Liu Qiang hurried out.

Yu Ren sat alone in the living room. Then he slowly looked at the room. It was a two-in-one house, with the front house as the main one, and a small courtyard behind it, and a two-in-one house inside. In addition, there is a small kitchen.

The furnishings in the house are very simple. Apart from a set of tables and chairs, there is nothing left. A waist knife was hung on the wall, and a shelf was placed on it, which was the two giant axes that Yu Ren saw outside Fuzhou City that day. The two axes were half the size of a washbasin. Yu Ren estimated that this axe would cost at least forty kilograms.

Yu Ren walked forward, gently picked up two axes, tried them in his hand, and waved them a few times. It felt pretty good. "It seems that I have to find such a weapon, so that I can fully utilize my advantage of great arm strength." Yu Ren was thinking in his heart.

However, this kind of weapon can only be used on the battlefield. It is really inconvenient to carry such a bulky thing on your body.

Yu Ren was playing with the two axes in his hand, and another noise came from outside. Yu Ren put down the giant axe in his hand and walked out in a hurry to find the sound.

As soon as he left the door, Yu Ren saw a team of more than a dozen people passing by. Each of these people was carrying a stretcher in his hand, and there were wounded people lying on it. Yu Ren counted and found a total of six stretchers. The people on the stretcher seemed to be seriously injured and were carried on the stretcher, but they rarely heard the sound of the **.

Yu Ren was secretly wondering. What's going on? Where is Wentao Courtyard? If it was Li Yu's home, why did so many wounded people suddenly appear? If not, why did Liu Qiang and Mr. Qu live here again? What are they doing? Last time I heard from Li Yu that Liu Qiang was their friend, but now it doesn't look like him.

A series of questions made Yu Ren even more confused. Because he was a stranger, it was naturally difficult to go forward and ask people directly about these serious privacy issues. He didn't even dare to let these people find themselves, so as not to be mistaken for being spy on their privacy.

Yu Ren was invisible in the corner. Seeing this group of people walking over and about to come out, he saw two people wearing strong clothes and knives coming from behind. One of them looked very young, only seventeen or eighteen years old, and the other was about forty. Seeing that their bodies were covered with dust, Yu Ren concluded that these two people were probably the same as the wounded in front of them, and they had just been removed from some battlefield or something.

The two of them were still talking in a low voice while walking.

"This time, the young lady was really angry. She has never suffered such a loss since she came back from Japan. Today, we not only lost two big ships, but also injured more than fifty brothers. Now, Zhong Laosan is so beautiful." The young man said.

"So what? Haven't you seen today's battle situation? We don't have any chance at all! Even if the young lady is angry and can't attack the island, how can she do to Zhong Laosan?" said the middle-aged man next to her.

"That's not necessarily. Our young lady's mind is that even he, Zhong Laosan, could not match. Although the fire on their island is beneficial, I think the young lady can definitely find a way to attack the island. This is just a matter of time." The young man said confidently.

The two walked past Yu Ren. When Yu Ren heard what they were talking about seemed to be a war, he quickly followed behind them quietly. Although Yu Ren couldn't figure out what happened from the words of these two people for a while, he had already had a preliminary understanding. These people were all under Li Yu's subordinates, and they had indeed just fought a war. It seemed that it was still a naval battle when they heard these two people's words.

This made Yu Ren even more confused. What exactly does Li Yu do? Why does it sound like she is not a businessman like she said, but a navy general?

The conversations between the two people that were eavesdropped not only did not help Yu Ren to make the situation clearer, but instead made his mind even more confused. He was determined to follow these two people to see if he could eavesdrop on some useful information.

Yu Ren quietly followed the two soldiers-like men. The two turned a few turns and came to the front of a small house. This room was much smaller than Liu Qiang's room, and there was no chain on the door. The two of them pushed open the door casually. Yu Ren hid quickly in the corner when they were not paying attention.

The two soldiers entered the house, lit the light, and closed the door again. Only then did Yu Ren dare to touch the eaves gently, squat down and eavesdrop. It happened that there was a pile of straw in front of the house, which could help cover up his body. Yu Ren squatted beside the straw and continued eavesdropping.

The two soldiers entered the house and began to wash their bodies with water, but stopped talking about the topic just now. This made Yu Ren a little anxious. However, after finally hearing some information about Li Yu, he was unwilling to give up easily.

In this way, Yu Ren squatted on the edge of the haystack for more than half an hour before he heard the two people in the room mention the topic just now again.

"You said that Zhong Laosan used to treat our Li family as gentle as a dog. Why did he suddenly have such a courage to be so brave that he dared to openly fight our Li family?" The young man's voice sounded a little angry.

"You don't understand this! I heard from others that Zhong Laosan was actually the secret support of our Second Master Xu, and he dared to challenge the eldest lady publicly. Think about it, what is Zhong Laosan? He is only three or five broken ships and 180 brothers. Just by him, would he dare to do the right thing with our Li family? Our Li family dare not say on land. If we are on the sea, even if we are Westerners in the southeastern waters, we have to walk around us. To hit him, Zhong Laosan is as easy as stepping on an ant to death." The middle-aged man said calmly.

"That's right. But why did Mr. Xu make things difficult for the eldest lady? Aren't he and the master's brothers who are willing to be a disciple? Why did he make things difficult for our Xu family?"
Chapter completed!