"It's Wang Fu again!"

Ding Dusai asked, "Has the bad guy who killed your sister been caught?"

Feng Yinu shook her head. "No, my parents went to Kaifeng Prefecture to report the case the next day. Kaifeng Prefecture also sent people to our house to investigate, but in the end, nothing was done about it."

Zhang Shixun also asked, "Did you see the bad guy's face clearly at that time?"

"I saw it clearly." Feng Yinu gritted his teeth and said angrily, "That guy looks very fierce, and there is a bright scar on his chin."

"If you see him again, will you recognize him?"

"able!"

"Okay! If you see him in the future, tell me immediately." Zhang Shixun instructed.

"Um!"

Ding Dusai grabbed Feng Yinu's hand and said, "Yinu, there's a saying that goes, 'Heaven's net is vast and wide, and nothing can escape it.' I believe that evildoers will always be punished."

"I believe it too." Feng Yinu said, pulling out a dagger from under his pillow. "Just now when we went to bed, you asked me why I carried a dagger with me. Now I'll tell you, it's because of what happened to my sister. I carry it with me every day for self-defense. If I meet a bad guy, it's either him or me who will die!"

"Let me see your scalpel." Zhang Shixun stretched out his hand.

Feng Yinu handed him the knife, "This is the knife I bought for relieving myself at a cost of several dozen taels of silver. It's said to be made of top-quality, refined iron."

Zhang Shixun knew that the so-called "relief knife" had nothing to do with going to the toilet. Compared with later generations, it was just a large fruit knife.

The quality of Feng Yinu's katana is indeed good, with a sharp blade and a scabbard made of shark skin inlaid with jade.

"Madam Feng, do you know martial arts?" Zhang Shixun asked her while doing some tricks with the knife.

"Does untying a knife require martial arts?"

"Of course... Watch carefully." Zhang Shixun put the knife on his belt, stood at attention, and drew it out with a "swish". "This is called unsheathing the knife." He made another movement and said, "This is called bow step upward thrust."

"Horse stance stab!"

"Dodge and counter-stab!"

…

Zhang Shixun demonstrated each move to the two of them. These moves were all learned by Hei Wuchang in the shuttle.

Feng Yinu read it very carefully and said, "Mr. Zhang, can you teach me?"

"Of course." Zhang Shixun agreed, and then said to Ding Duchu: "You have to learn it too."

"I want to learn too?"

Zhang Shixun nodded solemnly: "I can't always be with you. If you encounter bad guys in the future and I'm not around, at least you have some basic self-defense skills."

Ding Dusai was very happy to see that he cared about him. He nodded and said, "If you let me learn, I will learn."

"So good!" Zhang Shixun blurted out.

Ding Dusai blushed.

Feng Yinu chuckled, "Saisai, Master Zhang cares about you so much, I'm really envious."

"Don't be envious, you can also find a lover who cares about you."

"That's easy to say, but it's hard to find a soulmate." Feng Yinu immediately stopped smiling and said quietly, "My sister and I are the same. The men we meet are either high-ranking officials or scoundrels. So far, we haven't met anyone we like. It's hard to find a soulmate."

This topic was difficult to continue, so Zhang Shixun returned the knife to her and said, "It's getting late, go to bed. I'll teach you how to use a knife when I have time another day."

Feng Yinu asked, "How about tomorrow?"

"Haha! Anyway, there's nothing to do during the New Year, so let's do it tomorrow."

After being busy for so long, Zhang Shixun also wanted to take a few days off.

"You two should sleep with the door closed. I'll sleep in the side room next door."

Although the ethics of the Northern Song Dynasty did not reach the peak of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it was still not allowed for unmarried men and women to live in the same room.

Once this is done, the reputation of the two women will be ruined.

Zhang Shixun was unwilling to do such a thing.

Ding Dusai looked at him reluctantly and said, "Sir, go ahead. We'll call you if we need anything."

Zhang Shixun nodded, turned around and walked out. When he reached the bedroom door, he suddenly remembered something and said, "There is a bathroom in this house. If you need to get up at night, you don't have to go out."

"Bathroom? What is that?" Ding Dusai was puzzled.

"Haha! It's the toilet."

"It's in the house?" Feng Yinu found it unbelievable. If the toilet is built in the house, wouldn't it be dirty?

Zhang Shixun pointed casually, "That's the small room. There's a toilet there, and next to it is a wooden bucket filled with water for flushing. Feel free to use it, it's very clean."

Ding Dusai blushed and said shyly, "But, I...we...are not used to it."

"Just use it as a clean bucket... I'm going to sleep. Saisai, bolt the door."

Ding Dusai got out of bed and followed him to the door in his slippers.

Zhang Shixun said, "Close the door and go to bed. I wish you two a good sleep."

As he said this, he couldn't help but kiss her forehead.

Ding Dusai was caught off guard and stood there in a daze.

Zhang Shixun chuckled and turned to walk out the door.

When he reached the door of the ear room, he faintly heard the voice of "bad guy", followed by the sound of the door being bolted.

Zhang Shixun walked into the ear room and cried out, "Oh no!" He forgot to take the fire starter.

I groped my way to the earthen kang in the dark, and it was also cold to the touch. There was no fire pit in the side room.

Fortunately, the kang was fully equipped with bedding, so I could sleep on it.

Zhang Shixun didn't take off his clothes, took off his shoes, got on the bed, and pulled the quilt over himself.

Hearing the faint whispers of Ding Dusai and the other man, Zhang Shixun smiled slightly, closed his eyes, and soon fell asleep.

He woke up from his dream just as daybreak was breaking.

I have been training with the First Army every day these days, and it has become a habit for me to wake up at this time every time.

He quickly got dressed, got up, and folded the quilt. He quietly opened the door and walked into the yard. He tilted his head back and let the snowflakes fall on his face. The slight chill dispelled the remaining sleepiness.

He was afraid of disturbing the two girls' sweet dreams, so he walked to the front yard and started exercising on the snow.

Gao Yanei and his two followers were still sleeping soundly, and their snoring could be faintly heard.

The snow on the ground was high enough to cover Zhang Shixun's calves. He lay in the snow and started doing push-ups. Almost half an hour had passed when sweat began to break out on his head.

Gao Yanei did not sleep well that night because the room was too cold. He usually kept a charcoal fire burning brightly at home. At night, the maids would put a hot water bottle into his quilt, and then his concubine would warm the bed. By the time he went to sleep, the quilt was already warm.

He lay on the cold kang with his clothes on, wrapped tightly in the quilt, and tucked his head in. Even so, his body was still shivering, and he barely fell asleep until the second half of the night.

I woke up once when it was bright, rolled my eyes and fell asleep again. When I woke up again, I was woken by laughter outside.

In the main room, Zhang Shixun and his two daughters were eating. The two daughters were enjoying the golden fried eggs and the hot millet porridge very much.