Chapter 48

48 Found the Person

Luo Cheng frowned as his mind began to work out what was going on.

What exactly were they after?

Were they after the tiger bone in his hand?

Or were those men coming for him?

“Get up! You’ll be punished after he’s found.”

As Luo Cheng spoke, he placed the machete in front of Blackie’s nose and let him smell the scent of Li Shun on it.

Blackie sniffed for a moment, then barked towards a hill.

When Luo Cheng and the secret guard saw this, they immediately followed.

With Blackie leading the way, Luo Cheng and the secret guard quickly arrived at a place filled with weeds.

Blackie kept barking at a pile of weeds.

Luo Cheng and the shadow guard walked over carefully. The shadow guard cut a branch and walked in front of Luo Cheng while poking places with a wooden stick.

When the secret guard stabbed towards the east, he immediately felt that something was wrong.

“Sir, we have a situation here!”

Luo Cheng looked at the place where the secret guard was probing and gestured for him to poke it with a wooden stick.

Soon, a dark opening was revealed.

“Young Master, I’ll go down and take a look!” the secret guard said. He took off the rope he carried and tied one end to a nearby pine tree trunk and the other to his waist.

“Be careful when you go down. If anything happens, shout for help!” Luo Cheng instructed.

“Young Master, don’t worry! If Master Li is down there, I will definitely bring him up!”

With that, the secret guard jumped down.

The pit wasn’t deep, so the secret guard landed not long after jumping in.

He took out a shiny stone he was carrying and saw Li Shun lying unconscious at the bottom of the cave.

He took another rope and carefully checked Li Shun’s condition. After confirming that he hadn’t injured any bones, he tied him to his back. Then, he pulled the rope to bring Li Shun out.

Seeing that the secret guard had found him, Luo Cheng heaved a sigh of relief.

It was good as long as Li Shun was fine!

“What’s going on down there?”

“Young Master, someone threw Master Li to the bottom of the pit. I’ve checked. Master Li was only drugged and wasn’t injured, so I brought him out!” The secret guard directly explained the situation below.

Luo Cheng looked at him and said coldly, “Since you’ve found him, you’ve made up for your mistake. However, from this matter, it can be seen that you were careless. That’s why you were easily tricked. Go back and receive your punishment now! Learn more skills before coming back!”

“Yes, I accept my punishment!”

“Let’s go before anyone sees us!” Luo Cheng added.

The guard bowed, then disappeared from sight.

Luo Cheng looked at his father-in-law now. After some thought, he took out the porcelain bottle and waved it in front of his nose.

Li Shun slowly woke up. After seeing Luo Cheng’s face, memories rushed into his mind.

“Father-in-law, why were you in a cave on the mountain just now?! If it weren’t for Blackie’s sharp senses, I might not have been able to find you!”

“It was Li Zhan. Li Zhan dressed up as a woman and knocked me out!” Li Shun remembered what had happened before he pa.s.sed out. His expression turned ugly. “By the way, how did you find this place?”

“It’s like this! Business was good today. We sold all the noodles in the morning. When we came back from the stall, we heard from my mother-in-law that you went to cut bamboo and didn’t come back. Because you were out for too long, I brought Blackie to look for you. Who knew that when I arrived at the bamboo forest, I only saw bamboo and scimitars on the ground and didn’t see you? Fortunately, Blackie has a sharp nose and found this place by smelling you!” Luo Cheng said. He glanced at Li Shun and asked again, “Father-in-law, are you sure it was Li Zhan? After all, you were drugged before!”

When Li Shun heard Luo Cheng’s words, he explained, “My physique is a little different from that of ordinary people. Some of the medicine’s effects on me will be reduced. Li Zhan indeed drugged by me, but when he carried me up the mountain, I woke up a little. At that time, I heard Li Zhan say that he would find a place where others couldn’t find me and lock me up until I became obedient. At that time, he would ask me to bring him to find reishi mushroom!”

Speaking of this, Li Shun was also confused.

Take Li Zhan to find reishi mushroom?

He had no idea where to find a reishi mushroom! Where could he bring him to?

Just as Li Shun was feeling confused, something Li Zhan said suddenly reached his ears again.

“Hmph, my sister said that she overheard the two of you talking about finding the reishi mushroom. She even wanted to secretly go up the mountain to look for it alone, but her hand was cut. Fortunately, I was smart and saw that my sister was acting strangely these few days. I secretly followed her and learned such a big secret. After I find the reishi mushroom, I’ll sell it for money. I won’t have to come back to see those old farts’ expressions.”

“Son-in-law, tell me, is Li Zhan crazy?! If I had found reishi mushroom, I already would have brought it back to you to exchange for the tiger bone. With my previous filial piety to my parents, I definitely wouldn’t have kept it for myself!” Li Shun said angrily.

Luo Cheng glanced at Li Shun and nodded in agreement. “That’s right. With your personality, you would indeed do such a thing! Therefore, the suspicion is on Li Yan! This news was most likely fabricated by Li Yan to deceive Li Zhan. Other than that, I can’t think of any other possibility!”

Li Shun couldn’t figure it out either. He felt uncomfortable just thinking about it.

“It’s all right, Father-in-law. Let’s go home! The family is waiting!”

Li Shun nodded, then stood up.

Looking at Blackie, Li Shun said gratefully, “Blackie, thank you! If not for you, I don’t know how much I would have suffered!”

Blackie wagged his tail at Li Shun and grinned.

An hour later, Luo Cheng and Li Shun finally returned safely.

Seeing that both of them were fine, Li Xiaoran finally felt relieved.

“Husband, you’re finally back safely. Do you know that your sudden disappearance scared us?! If our son-in-law hadn’t gone out to look for you, we wouldn’t have known what to do!”

“I’m sorry! I didn’t mean it. I didn’t expect that brat Li Zhan to pretend to be an old lady to trick me. He even drugged me unconscious!” Li Shun explained.

“I knew it! It must be someone from Grandpa’s side! Look, I didn’t guess wrongly!” When Li Xiaoqing heard her father’s words, she was instantly furious.