Xuanyuan Jue

Chapter 13: The Wall Has Ears (2)
"But... but these calligraphy and paintings, master..." Feng Quan pointed to the ground and said distressedly.

"It's fake," Feng Shen smiled slightly, "I got it from Liulichang, and it's not worth a lot of money! Well, go and call Xia Zhu and Shuang Xing to come over and clean it up, and let Chang Ma prepare the meal."

Hearing what Feng Shen said, Feng Quan had no choice but to obey orders and retreat.

When Feng Quan walked away, Feng Shen picked up a folding fan that had been torn into several sections from the ground, looked at the vigorous cursive on the fan surface, and sighed: "Oh...it's a pity that Liu Shi'an's fan..."

Not long after, two girls who looked like maids came slowly.Feng Shen didn't say anything, and after ordering the two to tidy up the house, he went to the living room for dinner.

The Feng family was originally a great cause, but since the death of Mr. Feng, the family situation began to decline.Feng Shen has a big heart, so he naturally disdains to dabble in farming, and only relies on the few fields and houses left by his ancestors to collect rent money to survive.

Due to insufficient funds, Feng Shen resigned most of the other servants, leaving only the housekeeper Feng Quan and an old lady who took care of the house.The Third Master Zeng and the Feng family were acquainted. Seeing Feng Shen's downfall, he sent two maids to take care of Feng Shen's daily life.Seeing that the two maids were cute, Feng Shen readily accepted them and named them "Xia Zhu" and "Shuang Xing".

Feng Shen is easy-going by nature, he doesn't care about the distinction of superiority and inferiority.Therefore, the number of masters and servants get along harmoniously.

After dinner, Feng Shen drank some tea and went back to his room alone.After going to bed, the scene in Shuntian Mansion during the day reappeared in Feng Shen's mind. He tossed and turned on the bed, unable to sleep.

Really unable to fall asleep, Feng Shen simply got up.Taking advantage of no one in the middle of the night, he quietly pushed open the courtyard door and came to the street.

The snow on the ground has not yet completely melted, and when the cold air of the night is forced, it has all formed into fragments of ice balls, stepping on them, and the soles of the shoes make a "creaking" sound.

Although there were few pedestrians, Feng Shen was still very cautious.From time to time, he would stop and look back to make sure no one was following him before moving on.

A mynah hid in the dark, looked at it with sharp eyes for a while, then shook its wings lightly, spread its shape and flew quickly, hiding in the boundless night.

After walking for a stick of incense, Feng Shen unexpectedly came to the outside of the Yuelai Inn.Because of the tragic disaster that had just happened, the door of Yuelai Inn was covered with black gauze couplets, which looked chilling.

Feng Shen sighed, bypassed the front door, and turned to the backyard.He thought for a long time, and then he took a deep breath, jumped up, put his body on the low wall of the backyard, and climbed onto the top of the wall in one fell swoop.

Looking around on the wall for a while, seeing the darkness and silence in the courtyard, Feng Shen jumped off and landed lightly on the ground in the courtyard.

When he came to the courtyard, Feng Shen didn't touch the ground, avoided the front hall, and went straight into the wing room.That wing room is the one where the Wang family's wife is waiting to give birth.Since the accident at Yuelai Inn, everyone in the inn stayed away from this room and walked around it during the day, let alone at night?

Therefore, without much effort, Feng Shen pushed the door open and entered.He first moved a few chairs and stools and stacked them together.After trying it, it was still safe, so Feng Shen stepped on the stool and climbed up to the girder of the roof.

After climbing along the girder for a while, Feng Shen knocked on the middle section, and after hearing a hollow sound coming from inside, he hurriedly scratched on the wooden beam with his fingertips.

With a soft "click", a piece of wood veneer was pulled off by Feng Shen, and a square hole was suddenly exposed on the thick wooden beam.Feng Shen was overjoyed, and hurriedly stretched out his hand to probe inside.

When he retracted his hand, a small bamboo tube was already in Feng Shen's palm.

After Feng Shen took the tube in his hand, he turned over and got off the beam.Taking advantage of the moonlight shining through the window, Feng Shen stroked the spider silk dust off the bamboo tube and opened it.

After the bamboo tube was opened, a roll of leather-like things was exposed.Seeing that the things in the tube were still there, Feng Shen breathed a sigh of relief.So Feng Shen resealed the lid and put the bamboo tube in his arms.

"Alas..." Touching the bamboo tube in his arms, Feng Shen couldn't help sighing, "For you... I lost several lives..."

Sighing, Feng Shen then put the chairs and stools in the room back to their original positions, followed the way he came, and quietly left the backyard of the inn.

Taking advantage of no one noticing, Feng Shen took the bamboo tube and planned to go home and hide it elsewhere.But just a few steps away, I saw two watchmen in cotton jackets, carrying gongs and clatters, walking along the crossing.

"Boom—boom! Boom! Boom!" The one holding the gong struck slowly, and the one holding the gong struck three times. "The fourth watch arrives, it's freezing cold, guard the door from theft! The fourth watch arrives, it's freezing cold, guard the door from theft..."

Fearing that the two watchmen would bump into him, Feng Shen hurriedly walked into an alley.He planned to wait for them to walk away before reappearing.

"Boom—boom! Boom! Boom! The gate is closed, the backyard is tied, and the window is opened by a thief...Boom—boom! Boom! Boom! The lamp head is broken, the incense candle is twisted, and there is no need to smoke on the kang..."

The two watchmen yelled and beat the gongs and clappers, and walked slowly into the distance.

"This watch is really interesting..." Seeing the watchman walking away, Feng Shen smiled lightly and said to himself, "It's a good joke..."

Before the words fell to the ground, Feng Shen suddenly heard a cold voice from behind: "Mr. Feng is really very elegant. He didn't sleep in the middle of the night, but hid here to watch people fight!"

Hearing these words, Feng Shen trembled all over.He hurriedly jumped a few steps, turned around abruptly, and saw a masked man in a night suit standing not far behind him.

"Who?!" Feng Shen was horrified, cold sweat streaming down his back all of a sudden.The masked man was so close that he didn't notice it.

"Hey," the masked man sneered, "Don't be nervous, Mr. Feng, I just ask for the scriptures, and I don't want to hurt anyone!"

"What... what scripture?" Feng Shen subconsciously clutched his arms and took a few steps back.

"Mr. Feng! Everyone understands, so why pretend to be confused?" As soon as the words fell, the masked man flickered.Before Feng Shen could react, he was already in front of Feng Shen.

Seeing that the masked man moved like a ghost, Feng Shen knew that his skills were several times stronger than his own, so he raised his palm with luck, planning to attack first.

Unexpectedly, the masked man would not dodge or evade, he let Feng Shen attack him.Feng Shen hit the masked man's chest with his palm, like hitting a ball of cotton wool.Before he could withdraw his move and strike again, a huge force suddenly bounced from his palm, which shocked Feng Shensheng several steps back!

Feng Shen only felt dizzy, tinnitus, qi and blood surging, his throat was fishy, ​​and a mouthful of blood was about to be spit out.After Feng Shen stood still, his arms were empty, and the bamboo tube hidden inside had already fallen into the masked man's hands.

"Come again!" Seeing that the things were taken away, Feng Shen became anxious, and rushed towards the masked man again, regardless of his staggering feet.He lunged left and right, tried his best, and pressed the masked man's vitals with his palm.

The masked man was calm and calm, with his right hand holding the bamboo tube behind his back, he only stretched out his left hand to deal with Feng Shen.Seeing Feng Shen's palm wind following him, the masked man turned his body to one side, bent his finger, and lightly flicked Feng Shen on the back of his hand.

This seemingly casual flick turned out to be as heavy as a thousand jun, Feng Shen only felt a numbness on the back of his palm, and he couldn't lift his whole arm anymore.

The masked man turned his wrist and grabbed Feng Shen's front again.With just a slight push, Feng Shen fell back and fell three zhang away. He fell completely!
"You...you..." Feng Shen's mouth was stained with blood, and he struggled on the ground for a long time before he knelt up with difficulty.

(End of this chapter)