Chapter 8: The Knife in the Sleeve
Lu Changfeng accompanied her to play in the city for a day, and until evening, the sun had already set in the west. There is no curfew at night in Shengjing City, so the pedestrians on the street are not in a hurry, shuttling through the shouts of the hawkers, and Lu Changfeng and Manyue walk side by side.
"Is the county lord hungry?" He asked.
She touched her belly, "Sort of, do you want to invite me to dinner?" β
"Ahead is the largest restaurant in Shengjing City......
The largest restaurant, that must be very expensive, she thought for a while, it is better to invite him to dinner a few more times. When he owes more money, let him pay off his debts with his body, and it is logical to bring him back to Nanxu.
Manyue touched the money bag she had just filled, and held back her heartache: "It's better for me to invite you to dinner, it's a little more cost-effective." β
Xingyun Restaurant is the largest restaurant in Shengjing City, and the people who come in and out are high-ranking officials and magnates, and other idlers can't afford to eat. At this moment, there are a lot of people gathered in front of the door, and there are also some people dressed as small servants scolding, I don't know what happened.
Manyue walked a few quick steps, jumped up on the periphery of the crowd and looked inside, but couldn't see anything. She squeezed to the front, and a woman knelt on the ground wearing linen and filial piety, covered with a white cloth in front of her, and there was a deed of sale. Someone said: "This girl sold herself to bury her father, and she has been kneeling here for several days, and there is no kind person to donate generously......" The woman had a dark complexion, her facial features were quite standard, and her eyes were red and swollen from crying, which seemed to be really sad.
Lu Changfeng stood behind Manyue with an expressionless face, she pulled the corner of his clothes with her hand, and said, "Lu Changfeng, hurry." β
"Hurry what?" He asked.
"It is written in the story that once a girl sells herself to bury her father, a young man will fall from the sky, take out a silver ingot bigger than a fist to help, and say, 'The master gave it, don't look for it.'" Why don't you understand? Manyue said, rummaging through her money bag, since Lu Changfeng is not interested, let her, a woman, save people from fire and water.
Lu Changfeng straightened out the corners of her clothes that had just been torn by her, "It's a pity, I'm not a young man, and I won't fall from the sky, let alone a spindle bigger than a fist." More importantly, he didn't have that kindness.
Manyue fumbled for a long time, took out a small ingot of silver and handed it to the woman, the woman looked up stunned, and looked at Lu Changfeng who was following her with reddish eyes.
"Look at what he's doing, look at me." Manyue pointed to himself and said. But the woman's expression became fierce, and she reached out and pushed her hard, and she fell to the ground and screamed in pain. Changfeng went to pull her, but she was empty. The woman's wrist turned, and a sharp dagger glowing with cold light was held in her hand.
The dagger in the woman's hand stabbed straight into Lu Changfeng's heart, and Changfeng took a few steps back sharply and dodged sideways. When she saw that she couldn't strike a blow, she changed another move and waved her hand to stab, but someone was one step faster than her. Manyue reacted and kicked her wrist, and the woman was in pain, and as soon as her wrist went weak, the dagger fell to the ground with a clatter.
The woman's kung fu is not strong, and most of her skills are prairie wrestling. Manyue has been taught by famous teachers since she was a child, and every move and style is superior, and in a moment, she subdued the woman's hands by cutting her hands back.
The people around have already dispersed, and I don't know who reported to the official, and a team of city guards came quickly. The leader recognized Lu Changfeng's face, and he was busy making amends.
Lu Changfeng kept a straight face and didn't speak, looking like he was really angry, but his heart was very delicate. He went to the battlefield at sixteen, and now he is twenty-two, and he has experienced dozens of battles, large and small, and it is the first time that he has been rescued by a girl behind him.
The man couldn't be assassinated, and he was caught again, and he was unwilling to scold in a hurry, but what he said was not official language, and few people could understand it. Lu Changfeng didn't even bother to look at her, and walked towards Manyue, "Thank you Little County Lord for rescuing." β
The head of the barbarian moon was raised, and he was a little arrogant, and said: "I am very powerful, in the past, at home, except for those mountain kings, few people could beat me." Later, I was bullied, but I came to me. At the end, he added seriously, "I will protect you." β
The woman seemed to remember that they didn't understand, so she took a sip and scolded in unskilled official language: "Thief, you have harmed our tribe ......."
Lu Changfeng looked at her with a smile, as if this person was not here to kill him, but his friend for many years, he thought for a while and asked, "Are you from the Yeshu tribe?" The woman was enraged by his laughter and shouted, "You are not qualified to mention the name of the Great Khan!" β
The smile on his lips did not decrease, he picked up the dagger and handed it to her, but his words were like Ling Chi: "The winner is the king, and the loser is Kou." Are not your high kings also my sword? Reunite with your Great Khan. β
Lu Changfeng's skin is already superior, and his smile is even more clear and handsome, which has attracted the hearts of countless women in Shengjing. It's just that the smile doesn't reach the bottom of her eyes, and it falls in the eyes of the woman, like a demon crawling out of the underworld, with an unbearable stench of rotten skin and rotten flesh, and scarlet fangs under her eyes, as if she was about to bite her throat when she opened her mouth.
He threw the dagger in front of the woman's kneeling lap, got up and patted the dust on his robe, whispered a few words to the leader, and went away with the brute moon.
Manyue followed behind him, stepping on his shadow, absent-minded. The shadow that was swinging in front of him suddenly stopped and turned in a different direction: "If the county lord has anything to say, just say it." Lu Changfeng faded his usual smiling face, and his voice seemed to be chilling for no reason as the yin wind coming through the hall.
They had left the hustle and bustle of the market, standing on the empty street, not far away two stone lions showing their hideous claws, and the word "Lufu" on the plaque loomed in the light of the shaking lantern.
"Lu Changfeng, aren't you afraid?" Manyue asked softly.
Afraid? has been wandering between the iron blades of cold soldiers all year round, and he has long been afraid.
In the eyes of others, it seems that he was born as General Lu, and General Lu is not afraid of anything. For many years, only this naΓ―ve little county lord asked him if he was afraid? Walking on the edge of the cliff, if you are not afraid of breaking your bones, who wants to live a life of displacement.
It's not that he is not afraid, it's just that he has no retreat, Lu Changfeng shook his head and asked, "What about the county lord?" β
Manyue's eyes widened, "She's holding a knife to stab you to death!" You're not afraid? β
"Isn't the county lord afraid?"
Manyue patted her chest and said, "I'm naturally not afraid of being strong in martial arts, don't be afraid of you, I will protect you." β
Changfeng stood in the corner where there was no light, and one step forward was the full moonlight, and the girl in front of him stood in a place where there was light, and the dark sky above his head seemed to have a glimmer of light in the heavy clouds.
Seeing her so serious commitment, Lu Changfeng suddenly changed his mind, and followed her words: "With a backer like the county lord to protect you, you are naturally not afraid of anything." β
What went wrong, why did his reaction be different from what the book said, didn't the book say that after the hero saved the beauty, he told the beauty not to be afraid, he would protect her. Then the beauty should throw herself into her arms, crying and saying that the slave family is so scared?
This routine doesn't work in Lu Changfeng, although she saved Lu Changfeng here, but the general process hasn't changed. Lu Changfeng is a beauty, right...... Could it be that the shopkeeper lied to her! It must be, I'll settle accounts with him later.
Her face was not good, she was angry, Lu Changfeng didn't make much mistake in thinking about her words, why did she make her unhappy, "What's wrong with the county lord?" β
Manyue's emotions were mostly written on her face, her hands were on her stomach, sullen: "It's nothing, I'm hungry." β
"It's not early, the county lord might as well go to my house and finish eating before going back to the post house." He said.
Manyue nodded, agreeing very quickly, as if he was afraid that he would regret it.
King Mengzhao has a high position and power in his hands, but he has a daughter who is ignorant of the world, Lu Changfeng hooked the corners of his mouth, this thing is really interesting.
She came to Lu Mansion for dinner, and the happiest person was Steward Lu, because the son who was devoted to the government actually brought back a girl and said that he would keep someone for dinner.
The 10,000-year-old iron tree blooms, whether it is true or not, it is a great joy anyway. Although the little girl is not a native, her appearance is comparable to those well-known young ladies of the family, and the most rare thing is that the son likes it.
It was getting late, and Steward Lu had already ordered someone to take the lamp. As soon as he sat down, he asked people to remove the Shixin melons and fruits on the table, and the maid brought two cups of warm tea to rinse her mouth, and then asked someone to pass dishes on a plate. Manyue has a big appetite, and it is a newcomer, and she has never tasted the good taste of Shengjing, so she eats more.
The dishes prepared by the housekeeper are all small and fine, and I originally thought that with so many dishes, the two of them would definitely have a surplus. I didn't expect Manyue to be an accident, and after eating a table of dishes, I still couldn't get enough.
Lu Changfeng drank half a bowl of soup slowly and methodically before he asked someone to withdraw the meal, and the two walked all the way back to the post house with the idea of eliminating food, and Zi Xiu had already guarded the door of the post house.
As soon as Zixiu saw the two of them, he quickly stepped forward and pulled Manyue in front of her, "General Lu, it's so late, where did you go with your sister?" "He finally has some prestige as an elder brother now.
"It's just that he accompanied the county lord to walk around the city, which made the prince worried." Lu Changfeng's polite appearance is really infuriating.
Zixiu snorted coldly and called someone to bring Manyue in. "General Lu, my sister is stubborn, I will restrain her to stay away from the general. I also hope that the general will stay away from her, the water in Shengjing is too deep, so don't involve her. Today I was too impulsive, please forgive General Lu. After Zixiu finished speaking, he bowed and left without looking back.
Today's assassination in the market has already been reported. Lu Changfeng is indeed a good candidate for the county horse, but there are too many enemies, and he has to hide behind his sister in case of trouble, so he can't push his sister into the fire pit.