Chapter 67

  Zhan Zhao and his two companions successfully returned to the government inn.

  Lu Xiaofeng asked the postal officer to find medicine to bandage his wound and also wrote a prescription for him to fill.

  Little Phoenix Maiden was very professional and serious when helping Beixiaoyang Chun bandage his wound.

  However, when she helped a certain cat bandage its wound, although still very professional, it was slightly less serious and not as solemn.

  Bei Xia looked at Zhan Zhao's bandage that was tied into a bow and really wanted to laugh.

  Zhan Zhao was just helpless, she was angry with herself for accidentally getting hurt and coming back like this, her concern for others sometimes also showed a clumsy and lovely side.

  Lü Xiao Feng admired his handiwork and couldn't help but say, "A kitten should indeed wear a little bell, it doesn't look particularly good with a bow tie."

  Bei Xiaoyang Chun finally couldn't bear it and burst out laughing.

  "Lu girl, you'd better stop playing around. This time, the exhibition brother was very careful, but the nine-tailed fox was too cunning and got caught. He didn't want to get hurt either."

  "No, Ouyang Daxia guessed wrong, I'm not angry because Zhan Zhao let himself get hurt."

  "Why is that?"

  "I'm mad at him for bringing trouble to my doorstep by letting that nine-tailed fox come after me. A man should keep his troubles outside the home, no matter how fiercely he battles on the outside; if he can't even manage that, then he shouldn't let someone he cares about enter the enemy's line of sight."

  "Sorry."

  Lu Xiaofeng slapped a palm on Zhan Zhao's injured left arm, ignoring his slightly furrowed eyebrows, and said: "Zhan Zhao, your intention to protect me from behind is good, but the fact has also proven that this is not foolproof. Your maintenance, in the end, only led me into an even greater crisis."

  Zhan Zhao gazed at her with an unreadable expression.

  Ouyang Chun's expression changed slightly.

  "Zhan Zhao, I am not an ordinary citizen, nor an ordinary woman. I am a Ti Xing Guan appointed by the Emperor himself to oversee and correct various judicial cases. Although I need protection from others, I am not a useless person. Do you understand?"

  "Zhan Zhao was wrong." He cared too much about her, afraid that she would get hurt, but...

  Lu Xiao Feng's expression suddenly changed, a smile spreading across his face, and his voice turned gentle as water. "Zhan Zhao, is your wound all right? I think I hit you a bit hard just now."

  Ouyang Chun: "......" Women's hearts are like needles at the bottom of the ocean. Zhan brothers, you're on your own now.

  Zhan Zhao said: "Nothing's wrong." Always speaking like this, his temperament was half sea water and half flames, making people laugh and cry at the same time.

  "Do you have a way to make the nine-tailed fox fall into our trap?"

  "Oh, you finally asked?" Lu Xiaofeng didn't seem very serious.

  "Really, is there a way?"

  Lu Xiaofeng shook his head, "Foxes are the most cunning, I admit I'm not as cunning as her."

  Zhan Zhao shook his head.

  "What's with the headshake?" Little Phoenix Maiden glared.

  Zhan Zhao lowered his head and covered his lips, saying nothing.

  Ouyang Chun understood, this Feng girl was probably already plotting something, so Zhan brothers didn't dare to say anything, otherwise it would be equivalent to saying that she was even more cunning than a fox.

  The way they get along is truly beyond words and leaves a deep impression on outsiders.

  Lu Xiaofeng helped Zhan Zhao back to his room to rest. As she was about to leave, Zhan Zhao called out: "Xiaofeng."

  "What's wrong?"

  "Zhan Zhao said in a low voice: 'Don't take risks.'"

  Lu Xiaofeng turned around and pounced back in front of him, jokingly saying: "Don't worry, I absolutely won't end up like you."

  Zhan Zhao watched her pull the wound on her neck due to excessive movement, take a cold breath, and walk out with a slightly distorted expression, unable to help but lower her head and laugh.

  She's so mischievous that she's gotten herself into trouble, it's really hard to find anything good to say about her.

  Lu Xiaofeng went out and called over a postal officer, instructing him thus.

  Then she went back to her room and fell asleep.

  Jiang Taigong sat steadily on the fishing platform, just to see if that fox would bite the bait. However, judging from her emotions revealed to Sha Qianli, she would jump into the net herself this time.

  Caught Sha Qianli and then returned him, is there such a cheap thing?

  They are the ones who kidnapped girls and trafficked them illegally, in short, they are human traffickers. Those girls who were trafficked illegally also knew where they ended up, so... their crimes are unforgivable!

  Sha Qianli's body was manipulated with skillful hands and feet, done neatly without leaving any traces. The doctor's technique was so good that it seemed like a knife had not even touched the skin.

  The next morning, the nine-tailed fox brought Sha Qianli, who was vomiting blood nonstop, to the front of the government inn.

  She saw Lu Xiaofeng in a official uniform.

  "Are you an official?" The nine-tailed fox asked with some incredulity.

  Lu Xiaofeng fanned himself with the fan in his hand, saying lightly: "Yes, you kidnapped an official of the imperial court, your crime is even more serious."

  "What exactly did you do to my junior brother?"

  Lu Xiaofeng made a thoughtful expression, "This, yesterday I was shocked and frightened, in the midst of panic and confusion, I mistakenly did something that I really can't remember for the time being."

  Standing beside Lu Xiaofeng with a sword in hand guarding him, Beixiaoyang Ouyang Chun really wanted to lift his head and look at the sky.

  "It's not me who said that, Fox Sister. The grudges between you and Xian Xiao Mao, why do they have to involve an innocent bystander like me? Look, now we're in trouble!"

  I am a woman, you are a woman, everyone is a woman. There's an old saying that goes: "Why do women make life difficult for other women?" Only women truly understand how troublesome women can be, right?

  The nine-tailed fox glared at him with anger in her eyes, "What's the point of saying so much nonsense? What exactly did you do to my junior brother?"

  Lu Xiaofeng didn't answer her question, instead saying: "Then Nine-tailed Fox, why did you willingly jump into the net?"

  The nine-tailed fox looked at his vomiting blood and couldn't stop, with an unfathomable pain and deep affection in his eyes. "I can't just watch him die like this."

  "Sister Fox, if San Qi's life is a life, then isn't someone else's life also a life?"

  "The world is just where the weak are preyed upon by the strong."

  "Well said, now it's your turn to interrogate me? Survival of the fittest." Lu Xiaofeng lightly and swiftly stabbed a knife into the heart of Jiuweihu.

  "Can you be considered strong too?"

  Lu Xiaofeng opened his folding fan to cover his face and smiled lightly, "Can't make someone like Hu Lisi, a Jianghu figure, bow her head to me? Am I not considered strong?"

  "You are a despicable sneak attacker."

  "Oh no, it's not good to scold yourself like this."

  "How could I scold myself?"

  "I heard that Fox Sister and Sha Qianli are also involved in the sinister plot of kidnapping and selling young girls, it's really a despicable sneak attack."

  Ouyang Chun sincerely believed that the tongue could kill people. This Phoenix girl's three-inch-long poisonous tongue was bloody word by word, and every sentence was hurtful.

  The nine-tailed fox was left speechless, looking at her constantly bleeding junior brother, then glancing at the person fanning himself slowly with a feathered fan, she gritted her teeth in hatred, "What do you want in exchange for saving my junior brother?"

  "What right do you have to ask me to save him?" Lu Xiaofeng asked her, "I am an official, he is a bandit. You once kidnapped this official because of him. In both public and private matters, I couldn't possibly save him."

  The nine-tailed fox said: "You are an official, so you just want us to plead guilty and accept punishment. As long as you stop him from vomiting blood, we will surrender."

  Ouyang Chun looked at Lu Xiaofeng with a surprised sidelong glance, was this her goal and means?

  Hit the human heart seven inches, making it bow its head and stick its ears.

  Brilliant!

  Lu Xiaofeng said: "In that case, aren't you still going to die? And also lose Fox Sister's life in the process, is it worth it?"

  Ouyang Chun: Can't you just accept it when things are going well?

  "Even if it's the same death, the way of dying is a choice."

  "Well said." Lu Xiaofeng closed his fan and applauded with a smile.

  "Did you promise?" The nine-tailed fox's face showed a joyful expression.

  "This official has no reason to refuse, it's just that Sister Fox also needs to show her own sincerity."

  The nine-tailed fox smiled wryly and stretched out his hand to seal the hole.

  Lu Xiaofeng held a fan and walked towards her, when he got close, the fan was transferred to his left hand, and between his right fingers, a silver needle flashed slightly, pinching a silver needle on several of her acupoints.

  It's good to trust others, but to be on the safe side, it's better to trust yourself a bit more.

  Then she turned to Sha Qianli on the ground, with her hands hidden in her sleeves, and used a magnetic stone to press his pulse and walk around to absorb the needle from his body.

  The nine-tailed fox saw her stand up and withdraw her hand, and his junior brother stopped vomiting blood, feeling both sorrow and joy.

  But then, when looking at her again, his gaze also became a few points more cautious.

  Underestimating one's enemy is indeed a path to self-destruction!

  The two brothers only paid attention to the martial arts and cleverness of Nan Xia and Bei Xia, but overlooked this person who seemed to be the least threatening, so they ended up failing, with no one to blame.

  Three days later, the nine-tailed fox was beheaded at the mouth of the Sand Thousand Li Market.

  The missing girl's kidnapping case has been solved and closed. As for the rescue of the kidnapped girl, that is now someone else's responsibility.

  Zhan Zhao's hometown ancestral worship trip can finally continue.

  He took the antidote he got from Nine-tailed Fox and the remaining poison in his body has been cleared, now he just needs to recover from his internal and external injuries.

  Bei Xiaoyang Chun also parted ways with them.

  Zhan Zhao originally wanted to invite Bei Xiaolong to travel together, but was refused by Bei Xiaolong.

  "Dear brother, when you get married, I will definitely come to congratulate you. Now, however, forget it. I won't be one of those who don't know what's proper."

  Zhan Zhao's face turned slightly red, "Then Zhan Mou bid farewell to Ouyang brother here."

  "Alright, alright."

  Bei Xia continues his chivalrous journey in Jianghu.

  Zhan Zhao and his men also set out on their return journey.

  They then arrived safely at Zhang's home in Changzhou.

  Seeing the young master of their own house return, Zhan Zhong and others were overjoyed.

  What delighted them even more was that the young master personally confirmed her identity as their future mistress and led her to pay respects at the ancestral tomb.

  One night, Zhan Zhong went to the study as instructed to see Young Master.

  Young Master.

  "Uncle Zhong."

  "Is there anything you'd like to instruct me, your humble servant?"

  Zhan Zhao said, "Zhong Shu, due to certain reasons, I and Xiao Feng cannot get married for the time being, but no matter what happens in the future, the position of the mistress of the Zhan family will not belong to anyone else. If anything unexpected happens to me, you must take good care of her on my behalf. The deeds of the land have been changed, but this matter does not need to be known to her."

  Young Master

  "Zhong Shu, I'm just preparing for a rainy day, after all, it's hard to predict the future."

  "Yes, I understand."

  "I and Xiaofeng will set out soon for Trap Island, I have entrusted all matters at home to Zhong Shu."

  "This is what an old slave like me should do."

  "Go quickly, Uncle Zhong."

  "The old slave bids farewell."

  After Zhan Zhong left, Zhan Zhao went to the courtyard where Lu Xiaofeng was.

  It's actually just his own yard, but he set aside a room as a guest room.

  Zhan Zhao walked in and found Lu Xiaofeng sitting at a table reading a book of strange tales with great interest.

  Little Phoenix

  "Sit down, Zhan Zhao." Lu Xiao Feng's eyes never left the book, he just casually called out.

  Zhan Zhao smiled and sat down beside her, "Is the book so interesting?"

  "It's very interesting." When reading, it is necessary to convert classical Chinese into vernacular Chinese for digestion, which is very suitable for exercising comprehension ability.

  "After resting for two more days, we will head towards Trap Island."

  "Good."

  Zhan Zhao saw her so infatuated with the book that he couldn't help but reach out and pull her into his arms, "Are you going to ignore me like this?"

  Xiao Feng finally gave him a glance, smiling ambiguously as she said: "Zhan Xiao Mao, this is your home, aren't you going to maintain your image?"

  Zhan Zhao lost his smile, "What image?"

  "Restrain yourself and be polite." She teased him.

  "That doesn't apply to you."

  "Is it because I'm too frivolous?" she asked him with a hint of seriousness and jest.

  Zhan Zhao shook his head and said seriously, "The affair of that day was something I couldn't help, and I don't regret it. However, this matter is indeed damaging to your reputation, so we should settle the engagement as soon as possible."

  "I'll follow you back to your hometown to pay respects to our ancestors, and that's when I'll acknowledge this reality. However, as for the matter of our marriage engagement, it's not something that can be easily accomplished, there will inevitably be some twists and turns."

  "As long as you're not so careless and slow, it's much easier."

  "This is really easy to talk about while standing, can my adoptive father be so easily dealt with?"

  Zhan Zhao couldn't help but reach out and pinch the bridge of her upturned nose, laughing: "You're the most troublesome one, Taishi is now not worth worrying about."

  "Hah, Zhan Xiaomao, you dare say that at that time you didn't have any ulterior motives?"

  "So what?"

  "Sly and ruthless cat." She made an evaluation of him.

  Zhan Zhao hugged her and smiled, whispering in her ear: "I'm not leaving tonight."

  Lu Xiaofeng slightly frowned and pulled his face, saying: "Now it's really a complete destruction of the three views, and all integrity is shattered."

  Zhan Zhao chuckled softly.

  "Can't you be more restrained? I don't want to get pregnant before marriage, it doesn't look good." In this era, there's no emergency contraceptive pill, and she didn't like drinking those bitter medicinal liquids, what a hassle.

  "I'd better go..." He had been trying his best to hold back, but sometimes it was really hard to help himself.

  "Never mind, since I'm at the exhibition house, I'll make some medicinal pills to carry with me. You can't keep enduring like this." She was always swaying in front of him, and he had tasted it before, which was indeed a great challenge for his physical and mental health.

  Little Phoenix

  "Don't be so excited, you go buy the medicine, I won't go." The first two times were also him buying medicine, she decocted it for drinking. This time was naturally a matter of one master not bothering two masters, her face skin was thick again, but it was still made of flesh and blood, after all, there was no steel plate or cowhide on top.

  "This is natural."

  As a result, Master Cat changed his appearance and went back with a pile of medicinal materials under the guise of selling medicine pills.

  Of course, when the medicine was transported back, it wasn't under the name of medicine.

  To deceive heaven and cross the sea, to steal the beams and change the pillars.