Chapter 70

  Lu Zhen left after a month, and Lu Xiaofeng finally bid farewell to Wu Xiongdi.

  Xiaohe and Feng's couple added a carriage specially made by Taishi for her, which was Xiao Feng's standard equipment for traveling around. She finally started walking on the path she wanted to take.

  "Miss, it's snowing!" Xiao He pointed at the window outside where the fine snow was drifting and said with great delight.

  Lu Xiaofeng covered his fox fur coat and smiled: "Yes, when we left Trap Island it was autumn, now it's already winter."

  The little millet leaned on the car window and looked out, "Miss, are we going to continue like this? The weather will get colder and colder, won't we find a place to settle down for the winter?"

  Lu Xiaofeng fell silent for a moment, "Should we find a place to spend the winter?" This was a question she had never really thought about.

  However, since Xiao He asked, she also happened to consider it. Rushing on the road in winter is indeed hard for Feng Si. Why not find a place to temporarily settle down and continue the journey when spring arrives?

  "Let's move on for now, and we'll stay wherever we find a suitable place to spend the winter."

  "Really?"

  "Of course."

  "In this way, I can re-sew some clothes for Miss and also help Miss take good care of the child."

  "I'm not that fragile."

  Xiaohe disagreed, "Always traveling in the wind and rain like this, when it's time to return to Beijing and see Master and Madam, I won't be able to explain myself."

  Little Phoenix Maiden suddenly became silent as gold.

  On a short winter day, as soon as it got dark, Feng Si drove his car to a small town and stopped for the night.

  In the town found a large inn to stay in, asked for a separate small yard.

  Even when they were out and about, Xiao He and the others would never dare to humiliate their family's young lady.

  After entering the small courtyard, Xiao He went to serve Miss Yu's bath and change clothes, while Feng Si and his wife went to the small kitchen in the yard to cook.

  Lu Xiaofeng had everything ready, and then Feng Si's family also set out four dishes and a soup on the table, waiting for Miss to have her meal.

  "You all go down and have dinner too."

  "Yes."

  Mr. and Mrs. Feng went down to have their meal, while Xiao He chose to stay behind to attend to the young lady.

  "Xiaohe, you come and eat with me too."

  "The servant will wait for the young lady to eat first."

  If Xiaohuo said so, then Lu Xiaofeng knew that there was no way to change her mind, so he simply hurried up and ate, in order to let Xiaohuo go down and have dinner early.

  Lu Xiaofeng finished his meal, Xiaohe cleaned up the leftovers and went to the kitchen to eat his own meal.

  Lu Xiaofeng began practicing calligraphy in his room.

  Xiaohe went to eat, at this time it was Feng Si's family serving on one side.

  Little Phoenix Maiden was practicing her third character when a commotion outside the inn disturbed her, causing the ink on her brush to fall onto the paper, rendering this character useless.

  "What's going on outside?"

  "Old slave go out and take a look, young lady just stay in the room."

  "Good."

  Feng Si's family went out to take a look, and Xiao He also hurried back to the house at this time. The two of them happened to make an intersection.

  Lu Xiaofeng emerged from behind his desk and walked into the outer room.

  Xiaohe helped her lift up the curtain in front of her.

  The master and servant stood under the eaves of the house, at this time it seemed that the sound of swords and soldiers came from outside, and the two of them exchanged a glance.

  "Miss, let's go inside."

  "It doesn't matter, let's talk about it when Li's mother comes back."

  Feng Si's family quickly returned to the small courtyard, saw their own young lady standing under the eaves, and went over to respond, "It was the constable catching a fugitive."

  "Listen carefully, it's very important."

  "The young lady is right. I overheard the guests in the outer hall talking about it, and it seems that the person the constables are trying to catch is a heroic thief named Yan Wushuang."

  "Righteous bandit?" The righteous bandit ultimately also occupies the word "bandit", however, under this legal situation in ancient times, such a righteous bandit actually has its reasonable existence.

  Feng Si's family way: "The old slave looks at those officials and they don't seem to be a match for Yan Wushuang." More than a dozen people surrounded one person, but no one saw the winning side.

  Lu Xiaofeng smiled but didn't speak, sometimes the power of the official was indeed something that could only be laughed at.

  "They've broken in..." A cry of alarm from the Feng family.

  Lu Xiaofeng and Xiao He also saw the person being chased by the government officer - a tall and sturdy big man, with a bit of stubble on his face, having a few hints of Jianghu decadence.

  He wielded a large long-handled knife in his hand, making it look good, and forced a group of constables to be unable to get close.

  Feng Si had also arrived in front of his own young mistress by this time, with a vigilant expression as he stared at the people who had rushed into the courtyard.

  Yan Wusong swept away the crowd with a single stroke, sending all the captives tumbling to the ground. He turned his head and took a look at the girl standing under the eaves, and couldn't help but feel a little surprised. She seemed not to be startled by the fight between the government soldiers and the bandits in front of her, but instead had a look of relishing the scene with great interest.

  Swallow No. 2 was about to finish off the officials on the ground with a single knife when a clear voice came, "If you are really a heroic thief, it would be enough to hurt these officials, why do you want to take their lives? The capture of thieves by government soldiers is a matter of course, they are just doing their duty, and without their official uniforms, they are just ordinary people."

  The giant blade that was about to take the life of Yan Wang suddenly stopped in front of a government official's chest, and Yan Wushuang's long knife turned around, looking at the girl under the eaves, "This little girl does have some guts."

  "I don't dare."

  "Spare your lives today for the sake of this young girl, but if you continue to bother us, we will not forgive you." Yan Wushuang stuck her long knife into the ground and glared at the officials with a fierce expression.

  The wounded officer stood with the help of his colleagues, but could only glare at him in indignation, yet felt somewhat helpless.

  "Yan Wushuang, that girl is right, we are the authorities and you are a thief. Capturing you is our duty, even if we're not capable enough, there's no reason for us to retreat."

  Lu Xiaofeng looked at the attire of the speaker and knew that this was a famous bounty hunter. The words spoken were also quite bold.

  Yan Wusong sneered, "I'm in a good mood today, so I'll spare your lives for the sake of this girl. But you people are so garrulous and ungrateful, it's better to just finish you off." As he spoke, his long knife made another horizontal slash.

  "Not being his enemy, preserving oneself for future opportunities is what a wise person would do. To attack the stone with an egg is truly a foolish strategy."

  The catcher looked at the girl who was speaking and gave her a fist bump, "Thank you, miss."

  "Haven't you left yet?" This was Lu Xiaofeng's question.

  Na Bu Tou looked at Yan Wushuang again.

  Swallow's Twin Blades stood upright, saying: "I will not harm this young lady."

  "Let's go." The catcher finally led his men away.

  Yan Wushuang watched those officers and captors leave quickly, shouldered his knife and walked towards Lu Xiaofeng.

  Feng Si and his wife immediately became tense, as did Xiao He.

  "Hey, you said earlier that you wouldn't lay a hand on our young mistress."

  Lu Xiaofeng looked at Yan Wushuang who was walking over and said: "May I ask what advice you have for me?"

  "You're a girl unlike any other, seeing officials and bandits fighting not only aren't you afraid, but also dare to speak out to help those officials. What's there to sympathize with or pity about the imperial court's sharp claws and teeth?"

  Lu Xiaofeng smiled slightly, "A constable is a legitimate profession after all, and I think most constables are good. The safety of ordinary people still relies on their maintenance."

  Yan Wushuang seemed stunned for a moment, then couldn't help but rub his head and say: "I think I understand what you mean, and it makes some sense."

  "That household is wanted by the authorities for a crime, why aren't you afraid?"

  Lu Xiaofeng said calmly: "Because I think that thieves also have their own code of conduct, let alone you having a 'righteousness' character."

  Yan Wusong heard this and burst out laughing, "This girl has insight, I like her."

  Xiaohe's face changed slightly.

  Yan Wushuang glared and said: "What's with this expression on your face, little maid? Our family likes the personality of your family's young lady, and we won't do anything to her."

  "Thank you." Lu Xiaofeng replied calmly.

  "A certain household was overjoyed today and left." Amidst the loud laughter, the great thief Yan Wushuang flew onto the roof and left on his own.

  Xiaohe patted her chest, still a bit frightened and couldn't help but complain, "Miss, you're really something. We shouldn't have come out to watch in such a dangerous situation." Watching was one thing, but she even dared to speak up casually, Miss's heart was almost scared to death.

  "Xiaohe, you're so timid, you can't even make it in the jianghu."

  "It won't work like this either. None of us are skilled in martial arts, what if something happens?" Xiao He's expression turned very serious.

  Lu Xiaofeng said disapprovingly: "Do you know what 'making a show of force' means?"

  "Huh?"

  Lu Xiaofeng turned around and walked into the house, while Feng Si's family hurriedly lifted the door curtain. As he walked, he said: "People who travel the world know one thing."

  "What's going on?" Xiao He was really curious.

  Lu Xiaofeng did not hesitate to help Yiniang dispel her doubts, saying: "Monks, Taoists, old men, women and children, these types of people are not to be trifled with, because among them are often some of the most troublesome eccentrics in the jianghu."

  Xiaohe understood, "So, the more calm and composed the young lady is, as if she's floating on cloud nine, those people will be even more unable to grasp her true intentions and dare not make any rash moves."

  "A child can be taught." Little Phoenix couldn't help but praise her.

  "Anyway, Miss, you always have something to say," Xiao He paused for a moment, then remembered something and looked at his own miss, "Miss, didn't Old Man Bai give you several ink jade black cicada stones?"

  "What's going on?"

  "If you had taken this thing out just now, wouldn't there be no problem?"

  Lu Xiaofeng smiled, "Xiaohe, before you understand the other party's bottom line, don't reveal your own trump card easily. That will put yourself in a disadvantageous position. The Five Rats of Trap Island may have some prestige on the Jianghu, but they also have their own enemies. It's not necessarily a good thing to reveal that object so lightly."

  Xiaohe finally understood this time and truly admired his own young lady, who was extremely intelligent and outstanding in all aspects except for matters of love.

  Because of what happened with Yan Wushuang, at night when it was time to rest, Xiaohe and the Feng family were all in Lu Xiaofeng's room, sleeping on the floor and keeping watch for her.

  Although Lu Xiaofeng did not agree with their ideas and actions, he was also grateful in his heart, knowing that it would be useless to say anything, so he let them be.

  It is said that "a peck of rice feeds a favor, a bushel of rice feeds an enemy", she was in the Northern Song Dynasty and had to follow some rules of this era, otherwise it would be hard for her to get along with herself.

  When one cannot change the times, then he must adapt to the times.

  This principle is universally applicable in any era.

  The next day, when getting up and dressing.

  Lu Xiaofeng said to Xiaohe: "Try to choose some inconspicuous jewelry to wear."

  Xiaohe looked at the phoenix hairpin with a thumb-sized Dongzhu inlaid on her hand, nodded, put it back in the makeup box, and then picked up a branch of biyu hairpin and inserted it into the young lady's hair bun.

  When preparing outer garments, Xiao He also chose relatively ordinary fabrics.

  They had originally planned to stay here for a few more days, but due to yesterday's events, they decided on the spur of the moment to continue their journey and talk about it in the next town or village.

  Feng Si went to inquire about the news and came back to say that this place has already entered the territory of Shezhou, and going forward for one or two hundred miles will be able to enter Xin'an County.

  Little Phoenix didn't know what Xin'an County was, but Feng Four said that Xin'an and Wuyuan's She inkstones were both famous, so she knew that this should be the later Shexian, which is also known as Huizhou.

  It's just right, she can go to Xin'an County to pick a few good stone mills.