Chapter 80, Second Update...
Chapter 80, Second Update
The rain stopped abruptly, just as unexpectedly as it had come. The night was as dark as ink, concealing the actions of those with ulterior motives.
A shadow, almost blending into the night, had crossed the front yard and entered the backyard, where there was a house with a light still on inside. The shadow lay prone on the roof, becoming one with it.
"Young master, please rest early." Shici withdrew from the room and carefully closed the door.
A maid was waiting at the door for Shici. Seeing her arrive, she quickly followed. They walked some distance before she spoke, "Sister, did the young master have any instructions?"
"I just gave them the menu for tomorrow and told them to prepare it well."
"Okay, sister."
Once the two figures were far away and the candlelight inside had gone out, the shadow floated lightly to the ground and then approached the house. The shadow crouched down, took out a bamboo-like tube from its robes, opened it through the crack in the door, and a puff of smoke escaped. The shadow gently blew on it, and the smoke seeped into the crack.
After a while, Shadow put away the bamboo tube, got up, and tentatively pushed open the door. There was no movement inside, so the person inside must be completely dead. Shadow tiptoed to the bedside, where his target was lying.
The shadowy figure pulled out a bundle of hemp rope from behind, preparing to tie the person up and take them away. But the next moment, the person who should have been lying on the bed, their life hanging in the balance, opened their eyes.
They'd been tricked! Shadow turned to run, but Gongzi Yu leaped in front of him and kicked him in a vital spot.
Unexpectedly, the other party pulled out something, threw it, and a puff of smoke blocked the space between the two sticks, obscuring Gongzi Yu's view. "A Japanese?" His face immediately darkened, and he flashed after the person.
The shadow leaped and tumbled, creating chaos for those behind it, trying to escape. But the moment its hand touched the door, it suddenly felt a chill on its shoulder. Looking down, it saw its shoulder had been pierced.
Danger! Shadow immediately prepared to abandon his right hand and escape, but he didn't expect that Gongzi Yu's movements were even faster than his. Before he could react, he was already immobilized and unable to move an inch.
Gongzi Yu stood before Shadow, took out a handkerchief from his pocket, and slowly wiped his hands. His gaze was fixed on Shadow's hands, but his words sent a chill down Shadow's spine: "Do you know how many bones a person has in total?"
The shadow could not speak, but its body seemed to be trembling slightly, because Gongzi Yu gave people a sinister feeling as if they were in the deepest level of hell.
“A person usually has two hundred and six bones.” Gongzi Yu raised his eyes and glanced lightly at the shadow. “How many bones do you think you have?”
Shadow's body was trembling uncontrollably. He couldn't move, yet he was still shaking. This feeling was terrible.
"Let's give it a try." At this moment, the clouds parted and the moon appeared, shining down on Gongzi Yu, but it did not bring him any coldness or holiness, but only made people feel cold all over.
He was like a demon crawling out of the depths of hell, beautiful yet eerie, as if he were about to tear people apart at any moment.
Fortunately, she was dreaming, though she didn't know what she was dreaming about—it was all a jumbled mess. When she woke up, her head was throbbing. Ugh, she hated these weird dreams the most. Thankfully, she didn't remember any of it, otherwise it would have been even worse.
She immediately sat cross-legged on the bed and meditated, circulating her internal energy through a small cycle. The drowsy feeling vanished instantly. Ling Hao nodded in satisfaction. Sometimes, internal energy really was a cheat code; in the past, she would have felt uncomfortable for a whole morning.
Linghao got out of bed, washed up and changed her clothes. When she opened the door and walked out, she felt refreshed again.
"Good morning, Ah Hao." A person stood outside the courtyard gate, and when he saw Ling Hao, he showed a kind smile. The sunlight behind him was bright and dazzling.
"Good morning." Ling Hao walked up to Gongzi Yu and greeted him with a smile. But the next moment, she looked at him with a strange expression.
"What's wrong?" Gongzi Yu looked down at himself. Was it because his clothes today were too flashy? He should have known better than to wear this gold-embroidered dress and instead choose the silver-embroidered one.
“I just feel like there’s something about you…” Ling Hao moved closer to Gongzi Yu and sniffed, “I feel like there’s a bloody smell about you.” Actually, she only smelled a faint fragrance, which should be the incense on the clothes.
Both Gongzi Yu and Mingyue would scent their clothes before wearing them. They used the same fragrance, which Linghao couldn't quite identify, let alone what it was made of. She just knew it smelled wonderful—not pungent or unpleasant, but subtle and lingering.
Although it was the same fragrance, Ling Hao felt it emanated differently from Gongzi Yu and Mingyue. It seemed cooler on Gongzi Yu and warmer on Mingyue. It was precisely because of this, along with their height and eyesight, that she hadn't realized they were the same person before.
She smelled a fragrance on Gongzi Yu today, but for some reason, she sensed a metallic scent mixed in with it. It wasn't from his clothes; it seemed to emanate from him. Strange, was it just her imagination?
Gongzi Yu's lips tightened for a moment. He knew Ling Hao's senses were always very sharp, but he hadn't realized they were this sharp. He had clearly already bathed and changed clothes, yet she could still smell blood?
“Last night, someone broke into the villa and tried to kidnap me. So I subdued him and questioned him. During the questioning, some physical altercations occurred, which is why I have some smell on my skin.” Gongzi Yu didn’t lie to Ling Hao; he simply spoke casually, as if the matter was unimportant.
It was precisely because of his attitude that Ling Hao misunderstood, thinking he had only hit the other party a few times. "Who is it?" She wondered where this person came from, so blind as to try to kidnap Gongzi Yu. Tsk tsk tsk, they really have the guts of a bear and the courage of a leopard; this person is not to be trifled with at all.
He's highly skilled in martial arts, intelligent, powerful, and has many subordinates. Anyone who offends him is better off offending the King of Hell himself. At least if you offend the King of Hell, you're unlikely to die unless your fate calls. But if you offend Gongzi Yu, you might die a horrible death, or you might not even know how you died.
Even so, Linghao wouldn't suggest letting the kidnapper go. She wasn't out of her mind to let someone who had kidnapped her friend go. She was a normal person, and like most normal people, she had her share of favoritism. She was just genuinely curious about who had the audacity to do that.
“People from Fusang,” Gongzi Yu said.
"Fusang?" Upon hearing this, Ling Hao's expression changed. "What's going on? What are they trying to do? Are they planning to cause trouble again? Kill them!"
Gongzi Yu hadn't expected Ling Hao's reaction to be so intense. He immediately smiled and said, "I'm fine. Look, I'm right here." He thought she was just overly concerned about him, which was why she was so agitated, and at that moment, he felt a warmth in his heart.
He watched as Ling Hao's gaze softened, thinking that even if he couldn't compare to Ming Yue, he was still very important to her. One day, she would definitely care about him more; she definitely would.
"What exactly do they want?" Ling Hao was somewhat agitated and didn't notice that Gongzi Yu's gaze was different from usual. Actually, it wasn't that it was different, but rather that it was more obvious.
Gongzi Yu didn't expect her to find out now, so he wasn't disappointed. "According to that person, he wanted to take me away so he could use me to negotiate with the imperial court."
"You?" Ling Hao suddenly remembered what they had done yesterday. "Was it when you used the token to send someone over yesterday that was seen?"
“It was used by Mingyue, not by me,” Gongzi Yu emphasized.
Ling Hao: "..."
Why emphasize this now? "Okay, okay, it's for Mingyue, not you." In terms of childishness, they're truly the same person, haha.
Gongzi Yu said, "That person didn't see my token clearly. He only saw that the Ministry of Justice and the Court of Judicial Review treated me with great respect, and he also learned from some yamen runners that the token belonged to the royal family. That's why he prepared to tie me up."
Almost everyone in the Great Zhou Dynasty knew that the emperor was not kind to the imperial clan—no, not just kind, but extremely kind. After all, the vast majority of the imperial clan had been sent to the underworld by the emperor, and there was no way they could recover. Now, only a few scattered members of the imperial clan remained, either those who were law-abiding and without fault, or those whom the emperor truly cared about.
The fact that Gongzi Yu's token could command the obedience of the Ministry of Justice and the Court of Judicial Review naturally demonstrated his importance. The Japanese man happened to be nearby and witnessed this scene, which sparked his interest. After inquiring at the Ministry of Justice and the Court of Judicial Review and confirming Gongzi Yu's importance, he used the cover of night to arrest him.
The Japanese man knew, of course, that Ling Hao was skilled in martial arts, but her room was some distance from Gongzi Yu's, and he couldn't tell that Gongzi Yu possessed martial arts skills; he simply assumed he was a wealthy young master. After evading the guards and maids, he thought he could take her away.
To his surprise, not only did he fail to take Gongzi Yu away, but he also fell into Gongzi Yu's hands. At this moment, if the Japanese man in the dark room had the strength, he might have ended his own life on the spot. After a night of torture, he thought that death was better than life.
Unfortunately, he is now completely paralyzed and his acupoints have been acupunctured, so he can't even move a finger, let alone end his own life.
"A Japanese person who happens to be nearby?" A name suddenly flashed through Ling Hao's mind. She thought it was unlikely, but she couldn't help but suspect it. Wu Hua disappeared from Shaolin Temple, but Nangong Ling was still there, so Nangong Ling must also have an older brother.
The absence of the identity of Wuhua does not mean that Nangong Ling's brother does not exist, right? It is very possible that he is simply not in Shaolin Temple, and therefore he is not Wuhua.
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