Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Hidden Bird
"Sanniang, I need an explanation. β
Lobby.
Only the two smiling masked people did not look at Shi Xiaofei and Duan Zongbi upstairs.
"What's the explanation for this, if you have the ability, you can kill them all. β
Leaning against the counter, the woman wearing a half-smiling mask held a cigarette stick in her hand, nonchalantly swallowing the clouds.
"Do you know who they are?"
A burly man in a smiling mask standing by the door stared intently at the woman, and asked in a very cold voice.
"The old lady doesn't care who they are, since they came to the old lady's shop, they are the old lady's guests after paying the money. β
The woman spat out a cloud of smoke at the other in disbelief.
"What? Are you suspicious of the old lady? Do you still want to do it with the old lady? If you have the ability, you can try it. β
"Kill them. β
The man was silent for a moment, then turned his head to look at Shi Xiaofei, who was facing a great enemy upstairs, and said coldly.
The voice fell.
The smiling masked people in the hall all took out their weapons from their bodies and attacked Shi Xiaofei and Duan Zongbi without saying a word.
"Senpai!"
Shi Xiaofei was next to Duan Zongbi, and his face showed a hint of caution and nervousness.
"They handed it over to you. β
said.
Duan Zongbi jumped violently and jumped straight to the smiling masked man on the side of the lobby door!
"I ......"
Shi Xiaofei was stunned for a moment, and even let the masked man who killed him attract attention.
He raised his knife and let out a low roar, turned and ran into the room.
"Huh?"
A masked man paused slightly, then rushed into the room without hesitation.
As a result, the masked man just stepped into the door.
A long knife suddenly stabbed the masked man in half.
"Fuck you. β
The long knife was drawn, and Shi Xiaofei struggled to kick the opponent's chest, directly kicking the masked man in front of him and behind him who couldn't dodge it.
"Ah......h
The next moment.
There was a scream in the corridor upstairs.
I saw Lu Shaoyang rush out of the door at some point, his face was covered with a white cloth, and his hands swayed a large white cloud of white smoke and dust towards the masked people who flocked to the second floor.
Caught off guard.
The masked man, who was contaminated with white smoke, fell to the ground in pain one after another, foaming at the white foam with convulsions, and lost his breath for a while.
Because the white smoke and dust that Lu Shaoyang volleyed out were not only poisonous, but also mixed with countless tiny long needles in the smoke.
"Brother Lu help me!"
Shi Xiaofei, who incarnated as the god of war in the guest room, guarded the door of the room, and when he came, he would kill one of them, and after he killed four or five masked people, the other masked people reacted and immediately smashed the window wall next to the door.
Shi Xiaofei, who was under siege, was under great pressure, and the long knife in his hand slashed left and right, dizzying to deal with the constant influx of masked people.
Lu Shaoyang, who heard Shi Xiaofei's call for help, hurriedly took out a fist-sized cloth bag from his arms, shook his hand and threw it at Shi Xiaofei's door.
Bang β
A masked man's eyes are quick to split the cloth bag.
But the cloth bag burst open the moment it touched the long knife, and a large amount of white dust burst out of the cloth bag.
"Ahem, ahemβ"
In an instant.
The masked people gathered in front of Shi Xiaofei's door coughed violently, and Shi Xiaofei, who got a chance to breathe, immediately took the opportunity to fight back, and he cut down the masked people around him in three or two strokes.
When he was trying to keep up the good work.
Suddenly, he coughed as well.
"Brother Lu, what the hell are you, even I have been tricked. β
As the cough intensified, the breath in Shi Xiaofei's body became disordered, and his breathing became heavier and heavier.
"I'm sorry Xiaofei, I forgot to remind you to cover your mouth and nose. β
Lu Shaoyang quickly dodged and killed Shi Xiaofei's house, he held Shi Xiaofei's shaking body, and casually took out a pill and stuffed it into his mouth.
"It's better to eat it. β
Shi Xiaofei didn't doubt him, and subconsciously swallowed the pill that Lu Shaoyang stuffed into his mouth.
Soon.
His cough began to subside, and his breathing was no longer uncomfortable.
Meanwhile.
Duan Zongbi had already exchanged hands with the leader of the masked people in the lobby.
The figures of the two kept flashing back and forth, and everywhere the fight stopped, causing great damage, and in a short moment, half of the inn was demolished.
But there was one place that remained unharmed.
Counter.
Because there was a casual woman leaning behind the counter, every time the confrontation between the two of them reached the counter, the woman would pick up the cigarette stick in her hand and wave it away, which directly eliminated the aftermath.
"Sanniang, aren't you going to make a move?"
Over time.
The leader of the masked people had obviously gradually fallen into disadvantage, and in the face of Duan Zongbi's surging attack, the leader of the masked people could no longer help but call for help to the woman at the counter.
"Shot? Is the old lady full of food and making trouble for herself?"
The woman said in a lazy tone.
"Don't forget, they won't let you go when they finish us off. β
The masked man leader gritted his teeth.
"Really, the old lady wants to see how they won't let the old lady go. β
The woman tapped her pipe and unhurriedly refilled it with tobacco.
"Sanniang, are you going to betray us?"
After realizing that it was impossible for the woman to make a move, the leader of the masked people in the precarious situation couldn't help but panic.
"Joke! When did the old lady admit that she was in the same league with you?"
The woman lit the tobacco in her pipe by the candle flame in front of the counter, and a mocking smile appeared on her face.
"You ......"
The leader of the masked men was about to speak.
Pity.
While he was wandering.
Duan Zongbi took the opportunity to seize the flaw and reprinted it on the opponent's chest with one palm.
The battered masked leader spurted a mouthful of blood from his mouth and slammed through the thick gate and flew out, just as he tried to get up and run away.
Duan Zongbi appeared in front of him silently, and with an expressionless face, he stabbed the Qi Sea Acupoint in the opponent's abdomen with a sword finger.
The leader of the masked people whose qi was broken was like a thunderbolt, and he instantly lost his strength and collapsed to the ground.
"The old man remembers you. β
Duan Zongbi took off the mask on the face of the leader of the masked people, and looked indifferently at the true face of the other party.
"Duan Zongbi!"
The other party turned pale, stared at Duan Zongbi with red eyes, and said with strong resentment in his voice.
Because Duan Zongbi not only broke his own Qi Sea Acupoint, but also abolished his martial arts, that is to say, he has now become a waste person without martial arts!
Duan Zongbi ignored the other party.
Reaching out and grabbing his hair, he dragged him into the inn.
At this moment.
The dust has settled on the inn.
Shi Xiaofei and Lu Shaoyang both worked together to solve the smiling masked people in the lobby one by one.
"Chu Hong?!"
When Lu Shaoyang saw the person Duan Zongbi carrying in the lobby, his eyes couldn't help but enlarge to reveal a look of surprise.
"Brother Lu, do you know him?"
Shi Xiaofei, who was panting beside him, was suddenly surprised.
"Of course, he was the one Liu Zhaoyi relied on the most in the Chishui Gang, and he was the one who attacked me and my junior ......sister in the first place," Lu Shaoyang said with a solemn expression. But he mysteriously disappeared afterwards, and I didn't expect him to appear here. β
"It's more than that. β
Duan Zongbi casually threw Chu Hong, who was like a dead dog, in the middle of the lobby.
"He used to be a jailer in the dungeon. β
"I kind of remember who he is......"
Shi Xiaofei stared thoughtfully at Chu Hongdao, who was dying on the ground.
In view of Lu Shaoyang and Duan Zongbi's reminders.
He couldn't help but recall the mysterious man who attacked him in Sangshui and stunned him in the dungeon to take him to torture.
"Da Da Da ......"
At this time.
An inopportune knock sounded, and everyone's eyes were subconsciously focused on the woman who was smoking a cigarette leisurely at the counter.
"What are you all looking at the old lady doing? what should you do, don't disturb the old lady to settle accounts. β
The woman unhurriedly played an abacus on the counter with one hand.
"Settle accounts?!"
Shi Xiaofei was stunned for a moment.
"Of course, it's to calculate the loss of the old lady!" the woman snorted coldly. "Broken tables and chairs in the lobby, walls, wooden doors, upstairs corridors, guest rooms...... Why? Do you still want to leave without compensation?"
"You're actually thinking about it?"
Shi Xiaofei said incredulously.
Come on!
Aren't we enemies?
"The old lady runs an inn, and she doesn't want to make money and open a fart inn. β
The woman said with dignity.
"Aren't you in the same league as them?"
Shi Xiaofei was stunned.
"Your eye sees that the old lady is in league with them!"
The woman deliberately lowered her plump chest towards Shi Xiaofei and said.
"This ......"
The corners of Shi Xiaofei's mouth twitched, and he stretched out his hand and pointed to the smiley human mask on her head.
"Oh, this?" said the woman, taking off her mask and throwing it away. "Not now. β
"Hehe......"
Shi Xiaofei said with a stiff face.
Are you kidding me?
"Dare to ask the shopkeeper's surname?"
Lu Shaoyang quietly arched his hand towards the woman.
"The old lady's surname is Fan, her name is Xiaohong, she is the third in the family, and everyone who knows the old lady generally calls me Fan Sanniang or Sanniang. β
The woman who called herself Fan Xiaohong said impatiently.
"Fan Xiaohong?!"
Lu Shaoyang silently recited the name in his heart, and his mind was quickly thinking about the memory of this name.
"What is the relationship between you and Fan Huiqing?"
Duan Zongbi suddenly stared at Shi Xiaohong Dao with burning eyes.
"Yo, it is worthy of Duan Zongbi, the great secretary who was in charge of the Zhenwu Division. Shi Xiaohong was still calmly making her own calculations. "That crazy woman is the old lady's mother. β
"This, Senior Duan, who are you talking about Fan Huiqing?"
Shi Xiaofei interjected in confusion.
"The owner of the contemporary thrush boat, a woman who has disappeared in the rivers and lakes for more than 20 years. β
Duan Zongbi said indifferently.
"Thrush?!"
Shi Xiaofei's eyes shrank when he heard this.
It was nothing more than that he suddenly remembered his adoptive father.
Since Xia Fan told Shi Xiaofei everything about his adoptive father, Shi Xiaofei kept the name Thrush Fang in his heart.
After all, the adoptive father would make a big mistake back then, and he had an inseparable relationship with the thrush.
"If you want to ask your mother about that crazy woman, you may be disappointed. Fan Xiaohong said lazily. "Because for more than 20 years, the old lady has already cut off relations with that crazy woman. β
"Why do you call your mother a madwoman? Don't you think it's a very unfilial thing?"
Shi Xiaofei glared at the woman and said.
"You little guy who doesn't have any hair knows how to fart!" Fan Xiaohong suddenly sneered. "Didn't your elders teach you to take care of other people's household affairs?"
"You ......"
Shi Xiaofei immediately became angry.
"Xiaofei, forget it!"
Lu Shaoyang, who was beside him, hurriedly grabbed him and comforted him.
"Why are you here?"
Duan Zongbi never took his eyes off Fan Xiaohong.
"Is the old lady obliged to answer you?" Fan Xiaohong said disdainfully. "Do you think you're still the original Duan Zongbi?"
"You're not afraid that I'll make a move on you?"
Duan Zongbi said coldly.
"Dead ghost! Someone wants to beat the old lady's idea!"
Who knew that Fan Xiaohong yelled directly at the inner hall.
"Damn! Who dares to fight the idea of Lao Tzu's mother-in-law!"
The next moment.
A bald man with a kitchen knife ran out of the inner hall in a hurry.
The other party glanced at the messy inn lobby with a fierce look, and finally looked at Duan Zongbi, who was staring at his mother-in-law.
"It's your old thing's idea to beat my mother-in-law?!"
As soon as the words came out.
The bald man exuded a strong bloody aura all over his body.
"Your Excellency misunderstood ......"
Feeling the heart-pounding momentum on the bald man's body, Duan Zongbi's face trembled slightly imperceptibly.
"Is what he said true?"
The bald man turned his head murderously to look at Fan Xiaohong at the counter.
"Alright, it's okay for you, go back to sleep. β
Fan Xiaohong waved her hand with a smile.
"Phew! Stinky woman is making fun of Lao Tzu again, wait until no one is there to see how Lao Tzu repairs you!"
The bald man snorted and turned around and left.
"The surname Duan, come, don't you want to make a move on the old lady?"
After the bald man left, Fan Xiaohong looked at Duan Zongbi with a smile on his cigarette stick and said with a smile on his face.
"It's the old man who is rude. β
Duan Zongbi arched towards Fan Xiaohong with a solemn expression.
No wonder she had no fear from beginning to end.
Dare is that she has a grandmaster-level man.
It's just that.
Her man's brain seemed to be a little out of sorts.
"Four thousand taels of silver. β
The woman smiled and picked up the abacus and shook it in front of Duan Zongbi.
"If you don't pay, you don't want to leave here. β
"Four thousand taels of silver?
Shi Xiaofei blurted out when he heard it.
"Five thousand taels!"
Fan Xiaohong turned her head to look at Shi Xiaofei upstairs, and deliberately teased him with her eyes.
"Don't worry, shopkeeper, we will compensate you a lot for five thousand taels of silver. β
Lu Shaoyang directly reached out to cover Shi Xiaofei's mouth and nose, and nodded towards Fan Xiaohong with a smile on his face.
"Not bad. β
Fan Xiaohong nodded slightly.
He shook his plump figure and walked slowly towards the inner hall.
"The old lady will go and rest for a while, and don't forget to clean up the corpses here for the old lady. β
"This old woman is so bad!"
After Fan Xiaohong disappeared from everyone's sight, Shi Xiaofei finally broke free from Lu Shaoyang's hands, and couldn't help but say a word of indignation.
"Xiaofei, you just don't say a word, if she wants to be against us, I'm afraid we will all be doomed tonight. β
Lu Shaoyang couldn't help but smile bitterly.
"But she doesn't mean anything towards us, does she?"
Shi Xiaofei restrained the look of anger on his face.
"You know?"
Lu Shaoyang said unexpectedly.
"I knew it from the moment she reminded us not to go out at night. Shi Xiaofei said softly. "Before, she deliberately put on an attitude of asking for money, obviously trying to use an excuse to drive us away. β
"Then how do you ......?"
Lu Shaoyang frowned and said puzzled.
"Sometimes it's always good to be stupid. β
Shi Xiaofei pouted.
"He's dead. β
In the lobby.
Duan Zongbi suddenly squatted on the ground and lifted the motionless Chu Hongdao.
"He's dead?"
Shi Xiaofei and Lu Shaoyang were stunned for a moment, and immediately came to the lobby to check on Chu Hong's situation.
"He died of poisoning, and the poison was hidden in his teeth. β
Lu Shaoyang opened Chu Hong's mouth and examined it.
"Is that the case again?"
Shi Xiaofei frowned.
He remembered that when he and Xia Fan's predecessors first broke into the Yin Shop, the leader of the mysterious masked man also committed suicide.
"It's the old man's carelessness. β
Duan Zongbi shook his head and sighed.
"The poison in him is a bit weird. β
Lu Shaoyang was still carefully examining Chu Hong's body.
"What's weird?"
Shi Xiaofei on the side said curiously.
"The poison in him should be Death-Killing San, don't look at the name of Life-Killing San, but in fact, as long as the life-killing powder the size of a grain of rice can kill a strong person in the Chaoyuan Realm in just a moment, the problem is ......"
Lu Shaoyang said with a heavy face.
"Lie in what?"
Shi Xiaofei asked.
"The problem is that the refining of the Killing Scatter is extremely difficult, and even the family teacher does not dare to guarantee that it can be successfully refined......" Lu Shaoyang took a deep breath and said. "Do you know who first invented the Deadly Scatter?"
"Brother Lu, don't sell it!"
Shi Xiaofei said eagerly.
"Fei Ren. β
Unexpectedly, before Lu Shaoyang could speak, Duan Zongbi slowly spit out a name.
"One of the six great princes canonized at the beginning of the founding of the Great Jin Dynasty, the public of Xinguo. β