A moment later, Yang Chengye floated down to the ground and patted the dust off his body.
"Old, old big, is it you? Am I seeing things?"
After a while, Niu Meng finally came back to his senses and muttered.
Yang Chengye sprang up and gave Niu Meng a slap, saying discontentedly: "I'm starving to death! Hurry up and get me something to eat!"
Upon hearing this, Niu Man hastily took out several oil-paper bags, which were opened to reveal roasted duck, braised beef, and other meat dishes, along with a jar of old wine.
"Boss, look at these, I bought them all for you, it's been three days and three nights!"
The cow demon said proudly to Yang Chengyi.
Yang Chengye was really hungry, and he didn't care if his hands were dirty or not. He grabbed the braised beef and started eating it, then tore off a chicken leg and ate it with big mouthfuls, occasionally taking a sip of wine. At the same time, he muttered to himself: "Damn, this is so satisfying!"
"Big brother, what kind of kung fu were you using just now? How did you run away and then come back, and can even fly up. Can you teach me?"
A moment later, Yang Chengye let out a satisfied belch, leaned against the wall with a full stomach, picked his teeth and asked: "Do you want to learn?"
"Mmm"
Niu Ma hurriedly nodded and said: "I want to learn, Big Brother, teach me!"
Yang Chengye stood up and said: "Teaching you is not impossible, but I need to test your potential first."
"How can we detect it?"
Yang Chengye thought for a moment and said, "Just now on my way back, I saw an old yellow cow and a little calf eating grass. If you can carry the little calf back here within a minute, I'll teach you how."
"Whoosh"
As soon as Yang Chengye's voice fell, Niu Meng kicked his legs and rushed out of the temple gate in a flash.
"Hey, I'm not finished yet! You're also too impatient!"
Yang Chengye looked at Niu Meng's running back and muttered: "There are two people watching, you can't hurt anyone!"
At this time, Niu Meng had already run two miles away and couldn't hear Yang Chengye's words at all.
Yang Chengye didn't bother with Niu Meng anymore, picked up the leftover food and went to the six graves to pay his respects.
These six tombs are Wu Song, Dai Zong, Lin Chong, Lu Zhishen, and also Dai Zhicheng and Shi Cong.
The first four were all good men of Liangshan Po, respected by Yang Cheng, and the last two, although not very famous, also indirectly obtained the secret books from them, which benefited Yang Cheng greatly, and it was only natural that he should bid farewell.
Half an hour later, there were suddenly loud noises and running sounds outside the temple gate, as well as shouting and scolding.
Yang Chengye heard the whisper: "This is not good, it must be Niu Er getting into trouble again."
Yang Chengye rushed out and, as expected, saw Niu Mengzi carrying a small calf in front of him running wildly, with a group of farmers carrying hoes and shoulder poles chasing after him from behind, making a big fuss.
The cow panted and came to the temple gate, threw the calf in front of Yang Chengye and said: "Boss, I've brought the calf back for you!"
Yang Chengye's face turned cold as he scolded: "What are you doing? This is clearly theft!"
"I'm just carrying their cattle for them, how can you say I'm stealing?"
As they were saying this, those farmers had already run over, all panting and gasping for breath.
"It was him, he stole our family's calf! Everyone help me catch him!"
One of them pointed at the cow and shouted: "Look, the calf is still there!"
After hearing what he said, the rest of the people also raised their hoes and shouted: "Catch him, catch him, send him to the government office."
The farmers' shouts were loud and deafening, causing Yang Chengye's eardrums to "buzz" continuously.
Yang Chengye glared at Niu Mengzi, took a deep breath, and said in a loud voice: "Everyone, quiet down and listen to what I have to say!"
Yang Chengye's shout instantly drowned out all the voices of the farmers, and for a moment the scene fell silent.
All the farmers looked at Yang Chengye, this half-grown child, and couldn't understand why this kid's voice was so loud, like thunder.
Yang Chengye stood on the steps of the temple gate, clasped his fists and said: "Everyone, just now carrying the cow was my brother, he's a bit mentally challenged, he was just being playful and didn't mean to steal the cow, please forgive him."
The farmer stepped forward and said, "This young master is already so big, how can he be greedy for play? You are clearly just making excuses."
Yang Chengye shouted at Niu Meng: "Don't you apologize to him?"
"I'm not you..."
The cow muttered and refused to come forward to apologize.
Yang Chengye's face turned cold and he said, "Still don't hurry up and go!"
Seeing Yang Chengye's change in expression, Niu Man had no choice but to reluctantly step forward and cup his fists in apology: "I was wrong earlier, I shouldn't have carried your cow away, sorry!"
"No, just apologizing is enough? We must report to the authorities!" The man said stubbornly.
Yang Chengye smiled wryly and took out two taels of silver, saying: "This big brother, just now was indeed my younger brother's fault."
"Let this be compensation for you as an apology!"
That man saw the silver in Yang Chengye's hand and his eyes widened immediately, almost drooling.
Money?
He had only seen copper coins before, and they were all single coins. How could he have ever seen such a large amount of silver?
It seems that there are more than 20 taels of silver, enough to buy a cow and have plenty left over for their family's expenses for the whole year.
That man hastily took the silver from Yang Chengye's hand and said, "Since you're also a familiar face, I'll let this matter slide for your sake. You'd better discipline that brother of yours properly in the future."
He finished speaking, pulled the calf and waved to the others: "Since the cow has been found back, and this young man has apologized in person, I think this matter is over, let's go back!"
Now that the host has spoken, there is no need for others to continue making a fuss, and the crowd dispersed with their hoes and carrying poles.
After everyone dispersed, Yang Chengye glared at Niu Meng and scolded: "Really doesn't let people worry!"
"Boss, I've brought back the calf, can you teach me now?"
Yang Chengye scolded, "I told you to bring back the calf within an hour. Look how long it took you! And now you've caused such a big commotion. Do you still have the face to ask for martial arts training?"
Upon hearing this, Niu Man suddenly looked down and said: "Boss, I was wrong. I shouldn't have hastily taken the cow and run away. I should have told them first."
"But you gave too little time, I'm afraid explaining to them will delay our schedule, so..."
"Oh?"
Yang Chengye said with a bad tone: "After messing around for half a day, it's still my fault?"
"No, no!"
"Old Big can't be wrong! It's my fault, it's my fault!"
Seeing Niu Meng's silly and honest appearance, Yang Chengye finally couldn't bear to scold him anymore, and led the horse into the city.