Chapter 56

  Shan Zheng also saw Lu Xiao Feng, but he seemed to ignore her like air, and even ignored the angry Xi, directly carrying his small package, finding a corner to sit down against the wall.

  Xiaohe tugged gently on Miss's sleeve, using his eyes to express his confusion.

  Lu Xiaofeng shook his head at her.

  Dan Zheng is actually a very complex and contradictory person. His anger towards the world is forced by life, it's an alternative manifestation of being a rebellious youth. He uses his own way to express his outrage towards the irrationality and unfairness of this era, unfortunately, he took a wrong path, that's why it ended in tragedy.

  "Miss, let's hurry up and go." Xiao He thought it was better to slip away before that person had a big outbreak of anger.

  Lu Xiaofeng still shook his head at her.

  "Miss——" Xiao He was getting anxious, this wasn't the time for being stubborn.

  Lu Xiaofeng's gaze turned to the girl named Xiao Xi, she thought to herself that she could understand why Shan Zheng didn't attack her with his sword at first sight, it must be because of the mistress of this place, Xiao Xi.

  Love is sometimes really beautiful!

  Xiaohe felt somewhat bewildered.

  Lu Xiaofeng didn't explain anything to her and instead said to the servant of the Feng family, "Li Shu, bring down some rice flour from the carriage and make something to eat."

  "Yes."

  Feng Si helped his wife with household chores, such as starting a fire and watching the stove.

  Feng Si's wife, Li Shu, quickly picked vegetables and cooked dinner.

  Before long, wisps of smoke and appetizing cooking smells wafted out from the abandoned mountain temple.

  Xiao Xi took the initiative to clean up a table.

  Xiaohe helped put the dishes on the table.

  "Hey, you who's been silent as a dead man, come and eat!" Xiao Xi called out to the person sitting in the corner with their eyes closed.

  Xiaohe and Feng Si's couple subconsciously looked at their own daughter, but found that their daughter's face was expressionless.

  Under this eerie atmosphere, Xiao He didn't dare leave Miss's side for half a step, fearing some sudden change would occur.

  Lu Xiaofeng calmly finished his meal under Xiaohe's nervous service and then sat down to rest.

  Xiaohe and Feng's couple finished eating last, then put all the cooking utensils and tableware back in order and returned to the car, and sat around their own young lady.

  Actually, it wasn't that Lu Xiaofeng didn't want to leave. It was just that she was uncertain whether Shan Zheng would catch up and kill them if they left the abandoned Mountain God Temple.

  Lu Xiaofeng did not want to take risks before things were clear.

  It is often said that it's better to be still than to act rashly. At this moment and in this situation, the best strategy is to conserve one's strength and wait for an opportunity to strike.

  Among a group of people, only Xiaoxi was the most carefree and had no idea about the complicated relationships between the two groups of people around her.

  The rain started heavily and gradually became lighter, but it still kept drizzling until midnight.

  The next morning, Shan Zheng was nowhere to be found.

  "Miss, let's go." Xiao He felt a great relief in his heart.

  "Little Xi girl, sorry for disturbing you yesterday, see you later."

  "Goodbye."

  Feng Si drove the carriage as fast as he could, fearing that something unexpected would happen along the way and he wouldn't be able to return to explain to Tai Shi.

  But that's how things are in this world, the more you fear something, the more it will come.

  A man in black clothes stood alone in the middle of the road, holding a knife in his hand and staring coldly at Feng Si as he drove his horse carriage towards him.

  "Halt!" Feng Si promptly pulled tight on the reins, otherwise San Zheng's knife would have chopped off the horse's head.

  He didn't wait for his horse to steady itself before he leapt up and with a knife in hand, chopped down towards Feng Si.

  "Where is Shan Ping? Don't you want to know?"

  When this sentence was heard in the carriage, Shan Zheng's knife was cut off from Feng Si's ear.

  Feng Si's face turned white in an instant, his cheek was cut by the knife wind and felt a sharp pain, he felt a hot flow flowing down from the side of his face, but he couldn't even lift his hand to wipe away the blood stain.

  A cold and detached voice revealed a hint of suppressed excitement, "Do you know Pingdi?"

  "I know." Lu Xiaofeng's reply was very certain.

  "Get off the bus."

  Xiaohe tightly grasped Miss's sleeve and refused to let her go take risks.

  Lu Xiaofeng gently patted Xiao He's hand, comforting her frightened emotions, then pushed open the car door and jumped out.

  Although it rained yesterday, the road was not muddy due to the recent hot and dry weather, so Lu Xiaofeng's pale pink skirt did not get stained with mud.

  "How did you know Pingdi?"

  Lu Xiaofeng didn't answer and instead asked: "If I can meet you, why can't I meet your twin brother?"

  Dan Zheng's expression changed slightly, "How did you know?" They were a pair of twin brothers?

  Lu Xiaofeng would certainly not tell him the true answer, because even if he did, no one would believe it.

  "Shan Zheng, have you already killed Xin Hongyuan?"

  "How did you know all this?" Zhēng's eyes turned sharp and fierce.

  Lu Xiaofeng, however, pretended not to see him and said: "If you've already killed Xin Hongyuan, then now would be a good time for you to hurry to the county yamen where the crime took place, because your younger brother should have already taken the fall for you."

  With a single stroke of his sword, he made a false slash at her neck, but found that she didn't even bat an eyelash. "Aren't you afraid of death?"

  "I'm scared, but I think you won't kill me now." Fear can't solve the problem, so I'll just have to grit my teeth and bear it.

  All tomboys are forced out by reality like this!

  "Why?"

  "Because you have too many questions that can't be answered."

  "Do you know about our family's feud with Xin Hongyuan?" Shan Zheng asked tentatively.

  "Even if Xin Hongyuan made a mistake in the case back then, your father would not have hanged himself in prison at the critical moment if he had not been driven by his own character, which was also one of the causes of the tragedy."

  How can you give up lightly when things have not reached the critical point?

  "If the truth had been revealed at that critical moment, would your father have lost his life in vain?"

  "It was that corrupt official who was too incompetent."

  "At that time, both human testimony and material evidence were unfavorable to your father. Xin Hongyuan detained your father based on the evidence at the time, which cannot be considered a miscarriage of justice. At most, it can only be said that the investigation was not thorough, and there is a fault of neglect."

  "How can you be so clear about these things?" Zhēnzhèng after all was not a foolish person, he very keenly sensed the difference in this girl before his eyes.

  "Because Gong Sun Ce of Kaifeng Prefecture reviewed the relevant files from your father's time, and I happened to take a look, I was fortunate enough to have some discussion with Lord Bao about this case."

  He stared at her in shock and suspicion.

  Lu Xiaofeng's face was calm and composed, but in fact his palms were already sweating.

  Damn it!

  This is a matter of life and death...

  The single blade slowly moved away from her neck, staring at her for a moment, "No matter what you say now, if it wasn't for Xin Hongyuan back then, our family wouldn't have been torn apart and I wouldn't have become the Shan Zheng I am today."

  "It's hard to predict what will happen in the world, just like how Sixth Master probably didn't expect to die at the hands of his own disciple either."

  His expression suddenly changed, "You know quite a lot."

  "It's easy to say, but it's just an inference." Life is short, and occasionally doing something wrong is also a common human emotion, amen.

  "Guess?" Zhēng Yǒu was somewhat skeptical.

  Lu Xiaofeng smiled calmly, "Yes, inference. Case analysis relies on inference, then find evidence to prove that one's inference is true, form a complete chain of evidence, and the case will naturally be solved."

  "Who are you?" This was completely unlike a young lady from a noble family who had been raised in the inner chambers, and instead seemed to have some of the mannerisms of an official.

  "She is the phoenix girl of Dongchen state."

  "Zhan Zhao!"

  At the same time as the single note of the low call, a figure had flashed over like lightning, and the Dragon Spring sword was already out of its scabbard in mid-air, its dazzling cold light rushing towards him.

  Zhan Zhao struck once but did not pursue, instead he drew back his sword flowers and held the sword in front of Lu Xiaofeng.

  "Single righteousness, Zhan Zhao is ordered to arrest you and bring you back."

  "Hmph, that depends on your abilities—" Jian Zheng said this while lightly tapping his foot and flying off to the side. He remembered what Miss Pang had said earlier, that she was in a hurry to go to Xianping County to rescue her brother who was trapped in prison.

  "Zhan Zhao, aren't you going to chase after her?" Lu Xiao Feng asked with some doubt.

  Zhan Zhao's hand shook and the long sword returned to its scabbard with a "clang". He turned around to look at her, "Fortunately, Zhan arrived in time. Miss, it was too dangerous."

  "You didn't arrive in time." Little Phoenix Maiden said disapprovingly, speaking with conviction, "If I hadn't been quick-witted, you would probably only see my corpse now."

  Zhan Zhao's face changed color.

  "Don't change your face, I'm just telling the truth."

  "Lu Niang——" Zhan Zhao was getting a headache.

  "Why did you follow me here, or should I ask what brings you this way?"

  "The clever girl, Zhan Zhao was ordered to go and escort the assassin who killed Xianping County Magistrate and Xin Hongyuan to Kaifeng Prefecture for trial."

  "Is it just you?"

  "Zhang Long and Zhao Hu will arrive soon."

  "Have you met Little Xi?"

  Zhan Zhao nodded.

  When she saw Zhang Long and Zhao Hu, Little Phoenix suddenly remembered what someone had joked about before: Bao's aesthetic sense was very correct. Every time he would send Zhang Long and Zhao Hu, who were of the same color system as Zhan Zhao, to accompany Zhan Zhao on official business, while keeping Wang Chao and Ma Han, who were of the same color system as himself, by his side to listen and use.

  In fact, the real Kaifeng Fu school uniforms are of the same color system and do not have different color systems like some TV dramas or operas.

  However, the comedic effect of the color system was indeed teased out by the common people.

  "Lu's daughter."

  Except for Bao Da, others called Xiao Feng "Land" when Tai Shi was not present, but only Bao Gong called her "Pang" from start to finish.

  As expected, only her family's idol has principles!

  Little Phoenix Maiden slightly pale and haggard.

  "It's better for girls to be more careful with their belongings in the future."

  Lu Xiaofeng looked at the phoenix-headed hairpin handed over by Zhan Zhao and his eyes widened, "Is this mine?" It looked very familiar, as if she had such a pin.

  Xiaohe stretched out her hand to receive it for the young lady of their own house, "Thank you, Master Zhan." Then she said to the young lady who had no concept of her own jewelry, "This is a slave's collection in the jewelry box, I suppose it was lost."

  "No," Lu Xiaofeng shook his head thoughtfully, "it was Xiao Xi." This clever trick of empty hands was also a condition for Xiao Xi's survival in this world.

  Zhan Zhao nodded, "It's her."

  "It's just a hairpin, after all. I might as well have given it to her. Why did she take it back? Anyway, she doesn't really care about these trinkets; whatever Xiaohe puts on her, she wears."

  "If it weren't for this hairpin, I'm afraid Zhang would not have been able to catch up with the young lady in time."

  Lu Xiaofeng didn't know what to say anymore.

  Xiaohe carefully inserted the hairpin into Miss's hairdo and said, "Miss looks great with this hairpin. It would be a pity if it were really lost. Fortunately, Master Xuan found it back."

  "Thank you." Little Phoenix was a polite and well-behaved child, immediately expressing her gratitude to the cat.

  "Zhan Zhao still has to rush to Xianping County, why don't you go together?"

  Lu Xiaofeng felt a little guilty, she was really too embarrassed to tell San Mao that under her hint, he had already taken the lead in rescuing Shan Ping.

  Although it's embarrassing, but based on the principle of seeking truth from facts, Little Phoenix still said, "Zhan Zhao, Shan Zheng has already taken a step ahead to rescue Shan Ping."

  "Are you saying that the one who killed Xin Hongyuan is Shan Zheng's younger brother Shan Ping?"

  "No, Xin Hongyuan is the real killer, and Shan Ping just took the blame for his brother." Lu Xiaofeng corrected a certain cat.

  "Like this—"

  "You all go to Xianping County first." Hurry up and leave, as soon as you're gone, I'll also turn around and leave, don't want to get involved in those unit series cases.

  Zhan Zhao suddenly reached out and grabbed Lu Xiao Feng's wrist, saying in a low voice: "Let's go, get on the horse."

  "Ah......" Little Phoenix was stunned.

  Zhan Zhao, however, paid no heed to her astonishment and helped her onto the horse. He then mounted himself, placing her in front of him, and said to Xiao He, "I'll go ahead with your young mistress; you can follow later."

  "Alright, Mr. Zhan."

  Xiaohe, whose maid are you actually?

  The maid of Taishi Fu is a cat lover, this is a very dangerous thing...

  "Let's go!" Zhan Zhao pulled the reins and galloped forward on his horse.

  Zhang Long and Zhao Hu also followed afterwards.

  Xiaohe sent off three horses galloping away, and heaved a sigh of relief. With Da Ren watching over her, the safety of his family's young lady was no longer a concern.

  But Xiaohe, your family's young lady will have a big problem with her reputation. Haven't you thought about this?