Chapter 66: Game within a Game
At midnight, Fengshenyu appeared in Wanhua Tower on time.
Years ago, due to the problem of spies, Wanhua Tower was closed down and its owner Jin Mantang died, leaving the building ownerless.
Just over twenty days had passed, and the Wanhua Tower seemed to be covered with a layer of dust, showing a dilapidated look.
Just after midnight, the door of Wanhua Tower suddenly opened and a man in black came out.
Looking at the lone man outside the door, also wearing a black robe, holding a Xiangfei bamboo bone fan in his hand, and with an elegant demeanor, Feng Shenyu.
"My master invites you in."
Feng Shenyu stood still after hearing this, looking at the gate and said loudly:
"Since you have invited me here, and I have already arrived on time, why should you hide your true identity?"
Seeing that Feng Shenyu had no intention of going in, the man in black glanced towards the second floor.
After a while, the lights on the second floor suddenly lit up, and two big red lanterns were lit, illuminating the middle of the building.
There I saw a masked man in black, holding a girl hostage. From the dim light, I could see that the girl must be a stunning beauty.
“Feng Shenyu, the girl you have been looking for for ten years is now in my hands.
Come up here obediently, and I'll make a deal with you. If we make it, I'll give you this girl."
After Feng Shenyu heard what the man said, he sneered:
"He's wearing a nightgown and a mask in the middle of the night, hiding his head but showing his tail."
After a while, seeing that the man didn't say anything, he gently shook the folding fan in his hand twice:
"What if I don't go up?"
"Then don't blame me for killing this young lady."
The masked man in black threatened.
Feng Shenyu laughed and said, "From the first glance, I know this girl is not the one I'm looking for. If you want to kill her, go ahead. I don't care."
After hearing what Feng Shenyu said, the man burst into laughter.
"Feng Shenyu, do you think I would fall for such a low-level trick?
If I hadn't found the right person, why would you come to the appointment?"
Feng Shenyu shrugged and said, “If I were to say, I’m just simply curious.
I came to this appointment purely to see who you are, do you believe it?"
The masked man laughed and said:
"Fengshen Yudu says that you are the most infatuated lover in the capital. You have been searching for your beloved for ten years.
But now your lover is right in front of you, yet you are as timid as a mouse and hesitate to move forward.
You are no better than that.”
Feng Shenyu heard this and said, "I told you that the girl next to you is not the one I'm looking for, but you refused to believe me and even provoked me to go up.
I assume you have an ambush in this building, correct?"
The man did not answer whether there was an ambush, but said:
"This girl was found based on the portrait. There's no mistake. She's the one you're looking for."
"portrait?"
Feng Shenyu was stunned when he heard this.
After thinking about it, he realized that in his entire mansion, only the study had portraits hanging on the wall.
Suddenly I remembered that when Li Huaiyu went there two days ago, I took down Li Yueyao's portrait and replaced it with a picture of a maid and hung it in the study.
Are they looking for the person based on the painting of the lady?
Feng Shenyu felt a little scared. Fortunately, the portrait was changed, otherwise it would be Li Yueyao who was here today.
Thinking of this, Fengshenyu was furious and shouted behind him:
"Yu Zhan, shoot and kill."
As soon as he finished speaking, a burst of crossbow arrows shot towards the masked man.
The man quickly took the girl and squatted down, hiding in the darkness.
The man in black was annoyed when he saw Feng Shenyu was not playing by the rules.
Damn it, this right prime minister really does things based on his mood, and is both good and evil.
So he dodged while saying, "Feng Shenyu, you hypocrite, don't you even care about this girl's life?"
Yu Zhan heard the sound and shot a few arrows towards the source of the sound.
In the darkness, Feng Shenyu seemed to hear footsteps coming from the building.
Suddenly, the entire interior of Wanhua Tower was lit up, the door opened, and a group of men in black holding swords and knives rushed out.
The leading few people rushed towards Feng Shenyu, but Feng Shenyu did not retreat and directly engaged in a melee with these people.
Yu Zhan descended from the sky, stood in front of Feng Shenyu, and beat back everyone around him.
Feng Shenyu was waving the folding fan in his hand leisurely at this moment.
"The dagger is revealed?"
Then he looked at the masked man in black standing at the door and said:
“You set up this game very cleverly.
If I hadn't seen clearly in the darkness and thought this girl was the one I was looking for, she would probably be a corpse by now after entering the door."
"You even sent someone into my study, that's amazing!
If I'm not mistaken, do you have spies in my house?"
The masked man no longer pretended and raised his hand, saying:
"Go ahead and kill them."
The men in black followed the order and attacked together.
Suddenly, a group of people jumped down from the rooftops around and started fighting with the group of men in black.
Yu Zhan protected Feng Shenyu and fought while retreating. When he retreated to the back, Yu Zhan suddenly whistled.
Before long, the sound of orderly footsteps could be heard all around.
The masked man in black heard the sound and reacted by shouting:
"Not good, retreat quickly."
After hearing this, the man in black immediately put away his knife, turned around and prepared to retreat.
Feng Shenyu's teasing voice came: "If you want to leave, it's too late."
Just as he finished speaking, a man and a horse arrived in front of Wanhua Tower and said, "Right Prime Minister, I am late."
After that, he said to the people behind him: "Take them all."
The person who came was Huai Xiucheng, the General of the Left Jinwu Guard.
This Wenroufang is located to the east of Zhuque Street and is under the jurisdiction of the Zuo Jinwu Guard, so Feng Shenyu informed him in advance before he came.
At this moment, after Huai Xiucheng arrived, the situation on the scene was instantly reversed.
The men in black on the field fell one by one, and Feng Shenyu said:
"Leave the leader alive."
Finally, four or five people went up together and caught the masked man who was the leader.
The man was very skilled and four or five people couldn't get close to him. Then Yu Zhan saw this and joined them.
After a while, the masked man was successfully captured.
Yu Zhan was afraid that he had poison in his mouth, so he went straight up and cut off his jaw.
Later, the Jinwu Guards went in and brought the kidnapped woman out.
Feng Shenyu looked at the woman who was wearing a green skirt, a pomegranate red shawl, and a piece of cloth stuffed in her mouth.
She looked at Feng Shenyu with her messy hair, whimpering.
Yu Zhan stepped forward and took the cloth out of the woman's mouth, then shone the lantern on her face, and Feng Shenyu could see clearly now.
Damn, she's such a beauty.
"Sir, please save me. I don't know why I was kidnapped and brought here. Please save me, sir, please save me... cough cough..."
Seeing this, Feng Shenyu handed the person to Huai Xiucheng:
"Take him back for questioning first. If there's no problem, release him."
Huai Xiucheng heard this and said, "As you wish."
Feng Shenyu saw that the matter was settled and said:
"This man is their leader. I'll take him back for questioning. After all, he's coming for me.
I promise to return it to you with all my strength left."
As a subordinate, Huai Xiucheng did not dare to refute anything and could only watch Feng Shenyu take the person away.
After seeing the person walk away, he turned around and said to his Jinwu Guards:
"Take all these people away."
"Yes."
Feng Shenyu returned home with a murderous look on his face, rushed into the study and kicked the door open.
Yan Tai was almost asleep while sitting inside, when she was suddenly awakened by the sound of someone kicking the door. She was frightened to see her husband coming in with murderous intent.
All sleepiness disappeared immediately.
After Feng Shenyu came in, he first looked up at the portrait in the study. It was indeed very similar to the girl in Wanhua Tower just now.
Yan Tai hurried over and stood beside Feng Shenyu, also staring at the portrait.
"My dear, is there anything wrong with this portrait?"
Feng Shenyu said in a cold voice, "Go and find everyone who has entered this study in the past two days."
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