Chapter 328: Don’t Keep Idle People
Xiao Jingfan paused, thinking that Chen Xing might really be able to find something from the corpse, and nodded in agreement.
Chen Xing didn't even have time to eat lunch. After asking Lu Fei where the body was, he went back to his room, took his tools, and climbed out of the city through the window.
On the other side, Chu Liuzheng and his two companions, who had bought a lot of small things, were having dinner at the Donghe Restaurant.
There was a storyteller named Tea Master in the restaurant, who was telling the story of Wu Mian's resurrection from the dead and the abbot of Taoran Temple catching ghosts and demons.
When he talked about the exciting parts, Dr. Tea was spitting all over the place, especially when he talked about the scene where the master of Taoran Temple fought against the nine-headed ghost. He slammed the table and fanned himself, and his voice was so loud that his legs split. How excited he was!
The diners were so stunned by what they heard that they didn't even realize whether they had picked up any food with their chopsticks. Some even put air into their mouths.
At the second-floor fence, Chu Liuzheng gnawed on some spareribs and sighed, "The people still have such a rich imagination!"
"Something is wrong." Feng Jing looked down while chewing on the ribs.
Mitsuki put down the soup bowl and asked, "What's wrong?"
Feng Jing said, "How could a story be published so soon for something that just happened this morning? And it's told in such detail, as if they knew Wu Mian would die."
Hearing this, Chu Liuzheng also looked downstairs. As he looked, he said in surprise, "There is no storybook on the desk of this Tea Doctor."
If it was a truly new story, Dr. Tea would usually place the script on the table so he could glance at it when he forgot a line. Only for stories he knew by heart would he perform them on stage without the script.
However, the news that Wu Mian had died and resurrected and then died again came out in the morning. The bailiffs carried the body back to the county government office and reported to the magistrate. The coroner performed an autopsy in public and asked the abbot of Taoran Temple to perform a ritual to liberate the deceased's soul. Finally, Wu Mian was buried.
After finishing all these things, even if the person writing the storybook works very quickly, there won't be time for Dr. Tea to memorize the story by heart, right?
Unless, this story was prepared in advance.
Feng Jing and Si Yue also noticed what she said just now.
Siyue didn't know much about these, but Feng Jing cared about two things besides studying medicine. One was to resolve Qin Shu's knot left by her master, and the other was eating.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have dragged Chu Liuzheng and Siyue to the Donghe Restaurant for dinner as soon as he heard that the food there was good.
Restaurants often invite tea masters to tell stories to entertain diners, which is also a way to attract customers.
Feng Jing said: "Eat quickly, we will go ask this tea doctor later."
"Pah!" Dr. Tea folded his fan and said, "To know what happens next, please listen to the next chapter!"
The talk was interrupted just when I was enjoying it. The diners in the lobby started to make a commotion and asked Dr. Tea to continue.
"Let me rest my voice for a while. You can come back at dinner time. I will make sure you enjoy my performance then." Dr. Tea bowed and ordered the servant to collect the tips from the diners. He went to the counter and spoke to the shopkeeper before leaving with the servant.
Chu Liuzheng and the other two left the restaurant before him and followed the master and servant to a house three streets away.
The servant went forward and knocked on the door. The door opened and a round-faced woman in her forties welcomed the two of them in.
"I'll go take a look." Siyue retracted his head and said to Chu Liuzheng and the others, "Don't run around."
Chu Liuzheng and Feng Jing nodded together and watched her disappear around the corner.
Feng Jing touched his chin and asked Chu Liuzheng: "She is so skilled, so she must be of a high status, right?"
Chu Liuzheng looked up at the sky.
Don't ask her, she knows nothing.
Feng Jing guessed: "Secret Guard?"
Chu Liuzheng continued to look up at the sky.
"It seems so." Feng Jing looked at her, "Specially to protect you?"
"No." Chu Liuzheng shook her head quickly. How could she be so capable as to make the emperor send secret guards to protect her?
"No?" Feng Jing was surprised, "Then why do she and Chen Xing always follow you?" They are obviously bodyguards.
Chu Liuzheng felt that this was easy to understand. They were the only three women in the team and they knew each other well, so naturally they were often together.
"Is that so?" Feng Jing was convinced by her and was about to talk a few more words when Si Yue suddenly rushed over and grabbed one of them with each hand, "We've been discovered, run!"
The two of them didn't bother to ask any more questions and ran after her.
In order to avoid causing trouble to Xiao Jingfan and his group and exposing their identities, the three of them ran straight out of the city.
"Go this way." Chu Liuzheng saw in the system that Chen Xing and two secret guards were nearby, so he hurriedly pulled Si Yue.
Upon hearing this, Mitsuki pulled the two of them in the direction she pointed without hesitation.
"Someone is coming." In the woods not far away, Xiao San suddenly stood up from the stone and looked in the direction where the sound came from.
Xiao Shiwu listened attentively: "Three are running in front, and two are chasing behind."
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a loud shout: "Help!"
Chen Xing, who was dissecting a corpse nearby, looked up in surprise and exclaimed, "That's Sister Liu Zheng's voice."
Upon hearing this, Xiao San immediately leaped towards the direction where the sound came from.
Xiao Shiwu also hurriedly followed.
Seeing that both of them had left, Chen Xing calmed down and continued to study Wu Mian's body.
On the other side, Feng Jing's head was buzzing from Chu Liuzheng's shouting. He asked, "Who are you calling for help?"
"Just shout." Chu Liuzheng blinked, "What if there's someone I know nearby?"
Feng Jing was choked by this reason and looked at her with a puzzled expression: "No need for others to save you. You and Miyue cover your mouths and noses later, and I will deal with them."
He's full of poison, okay?
Absolutely true.
[No need, the reinforcements are here.]
Chu Liuzheng looked at the two black spots that were getting closer and closer in front of him, reached out and patted Miyue: "Someone is coming."
Mitsuki saw the two men's clothes before her and breathed a sigh of relief. He stopped running and turned to face the two people who were getting closer and closer.
The two people who were chasing him stopped five steps away. Judging from their appearance, one was the woman who opened the door, and the other was the tea master's servant.
"Who are you?" the woman asked with a frown.
Feng Jing folded his arms and said, "Do you understand the rules of the underworld? You have to introduce yourself before asking questions."
"Someone's coming." The servant noticed Xiao San and Xiao Shiwu flying over and said to the woman beside him, "Let's catch one and take him back first."
Upon hearing this, the woman formed a claw with one hand and flew towards Chu Liuzheng.
[Fuck! Why me?]
Chu Liuzheng was so frightened that he hid behind Feng Jing and shouted, "Hurry up and spread the poison powder!"
When the woman heard the word "poison powder", she paused slightly. In just a moment, Xiao San and Xiao Shiwu arrived and faced the woman and the servant head-on.
Si Yue, who was struggling with the servant, pulled himself aside to protect Chu Liuzheng and shouted to the two of them, "Leave them alive."
Xiao San and Xiao Shiwu slowed down their offensive and stopped aiming for fatal blows.
[Wow, no wonder Mitsuki is only a reserve guard. His martial arts skills are quite different. He needs to keep working hard.]
Chu Liuzheng was worried about seeing some brutal and bloody scene, so he only stuck half of his face out from behind Feng Jing and watched nervously.
It was rare for her to see such a flying fight, and she could hardly keep up.
[Tsk tsk, the tyrant really doesn't keep idle people around him. These two are being pinned to the ground by the secret guard.]
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