Book 3 - Chapter 6 – Escape froerous Spot (1/2)
Book 3 Chapter 6 – Escape froerous Spot
As the two boys stepped out of the restaurant, auturees Kou Zhong pulled Xu Ziling in the Yihong Yuan direction
After walking for about a dozen steps, he said in low voice, “Soht, those two men’s conversation seemed to be too tiet to Yihong Yuan and thus have to spell out everything clearly In my opinion, those two men must be Shen Luoyan’s people As she saw one trap failed, she ca at the hustle and bustle of horses and carriages struggling for the right of way on the street with his drunken eyes; hearing Kou Zhong, he was startled and said, “You are right Since Li Zhi could be Shen Luoyan’s people, those two o then? It would be best if we can find a place we can hide”
With unbearable itch in his heart Kou Zhong said, “If we don’t go to Yihong, we should go to Yilu [yi hong – relying/riding on red, yi lu – relying on green Yuan means ‘Courtyard’]”
Suddenly they ca respectfully asked, “ExcuseYuan, is there any other est nuirls?”
The person he stopped happened to be athe question, a look of disdain appeared on his face ‘Pei!’ he spat, and walked away
Xu Ziling roared in laughter, “Are you asking where to go to take i for a pleasure house, youes excessively in wine and wo around, he happened to see a splendid-looking carriage stopping behind thehted, followed by two attendants The young man looked to be around twenty-three, twenty-four; attractive and intelligent, but his face looked rather unhealthy, as if he was too weak to stand up to the wind He fit the exact criteria of the person Xu Ziling wanted to ‘ask’ for direction
Kou Zhong gave Xu Ziling a sharp push that he stu ainst the sword hilt with alert look on their eyes
Bracing hi cupped his fist and said respectfully, “Respected Gongzi, Zaixia has sozi please do not bla man looked at him up and doith interest; then he s [dear friend], please speak”
E took a step forward Afraid that other people ht hear him, he spoke in the lowest voice possible, “We, two brothers, want to know: around here, other than Yihong Yuan, which pleasure house is the best?”
The young reatly surprised I a ‘kindred spirit’; he sighed and said, “You have coht person My Ol’ Die opens a brothel, it’s at the next street, Hong Yuan Street, Cuibi Lou [both ‘cui’ and ‘bi’ ] In ter Yuan cannot catch up even if they spur their horse It’s just that right now it’s still too early, you can stroll around somewhere else, and come there after you hour [5-7p Yushan’s friends, I guarantee that nobody will dare to serve you not satisfactorily Renxiong, please I still have i Yushan left, the two boys felt as if they have obtained i the street with aring at the top of his lungs
All kinds of stores lined up both sides of the street, there were butcher shop, cake shop, dry goods store, clothing store, cosmetic store, fish shop, et cetera
Due to the alcohol in their belly, the two boys felt as if the entire world had becoh in the sky shi+ning down its light to the flagstone street, the sparkling reflection sees, the passer-by, the horses and carriages, see line between distinct realhed; half of his body was leaning ln Xu Ziling’s shoulder With a sigh of contentht now I don’t want to join any u, ill focus on earning oods, and e have free ti through this life happy, and that’s about it”
Xu Ziling did not drink asdid, so his brain was a bit clearer “Didn’t you often say that you want to acco in life?” he wondered, “Why all of a sudden you are thinking of being an unscrupulous businessman whogoods for speculation]?”
Kou Zhong giggled and said, “Even beco Shao, will become the best unscrupulous businessman When I see other people suffer hardshi+p, suffer cala stones at those who fell doell’? It’s just that honestly speaking, Beautiful shi+fu was right: based on virtue and ability right no can we take care of other people’s business? Hey! When our martial art skill has reached perfection, e finish training the Nine Mysteries Great Technique to the 108th level, then if we see anybody who is not pleasing to the eye, we can slaughter hi harhter Xu Ziling said, “How can there be such a sihter Yuwen Huaji, that treacherous bandit first”
Suddenly a shadow flashed in front of therant breeze wafted by The two boys took a closer look, turned out it was a rather good-lookingeyebrows and s Courtyard ate is over there We are just open for business If two Gongzi becoirls will definitely serve you will full attention”
Following her pointing finger, they saw the big signboard of Yihong Courtyard was precisely behind them, to their left They suddenly realized that in theirCourtyard’s ot panicked and blocked their way to solicit business
Since he was still a bit drunk, Kou Zhong leaned over tobreasts And then he winked and laughed, “Pretty woman, tell that devious woman Shen Luoyan that we fell into her trap once, on’t fall the second tiet that she’s a felon wanted by the imperial court!”
While the procuress was stunned, the two boys walked away staggeringly, swaying left and right
Kou Zhong shook Xu Ziling, as asleep on the bed, to wake him up In his exciteoing to be you hour soon, we et a 50 discount!”
Xu Ziling’s head was still heavy; he crawled out of bed and whined, “Drinking wine has this kind of after effect; if you are sent by that Shen wohed and said, “I a to keep watch for you? Just now there was a waiter co a lot of questions, I would not open the door for him Ha! Just several more sichen and that Shen woe’s fate?”
Xu Ziling took his saber, which he hid behind his pillow “Let’s go to the Eastern Gate to see if he left any secret mark there”
And then he added, “Also, we uy Li shi+et? Didn’t that rich guy say that Dong Ming flagshi+p wouldn’t be back froe of the fine tiht; let’s start without delay!”
Xu Ziling’s heart warzhou, e looked inside from outside a brothel’s door, people always drive us out like beggars But now even the brothel owner’s son recognizes us as shi+ning treasure But let uratively, first sexual encounter] I don’t want to pick rando, who ‘bite the hands that feeds her’, frorance] Courtyard”
Kou Zhong patted his h, “WithYushan’s support, whatever you, Ling Shao [young et it If the lord is not satisfied, can’t we stick up our butts out of bed?”
Xu Ziling raised his qi to lighten his body; he just wanted to show off soht that as soon as he rose up, he made a somersault and landed noiselessly on the floor?
The two boys were severely shocked; they looked at each other with an I-can’t-believe-that-just-happened look on their faces
“Heavens!” Kou Zhong was stunned, “How did you do that?” he asked, “Can you do it again? How could you fly out fro scratched his head, “I am afraid I cannot repeat it,” he said, “Why don’t you try it yourself?”
Previously, each tith to leap first, and borrowed the momentum to fly up But to raise their qi from a still position like this, it had never happened before
Kou Zhong stood still, his expression looked odd
“Don’t you want to hurry up to the brothel?” Xu Ziling urged hi’s face turned beet red; he said in embarrassment, “I have tried it more than a dozen ti was silent for half a day; finally he said dejectedly, “This tihtenreat shi+fu, so that e have a probleet a brilliantshook his head, “Doing obeisance to a shi+fu is a farting useless,” he said, “What we learn is the strange skill fro Life’, nobody in the world is proficient in it, we can only rely on ourselves to grope around Perhaps our proble cannot develop Only after we break it will our reat success Ha! It hed and scolded hi to leave?”
Kou Zhong doubled up in laughter, “I a, they walked toward the door But as they opened the door, a sharp cold wind assaulted their foreheads Without even thinking Kou Zhong raised his qi to lighten his body just like Xu Ziling did; his body flew backward
The person who launched the sneak attack apparently did not expect that the attack should fail “Huh?” he exclai he slipped into the roo did not have time to think, he halted his step, pulled his saber, and swiftly hacked down on the attacker’s head; all in one fluid ishness It was perhaps thesaber strike he had ever launched in all his life until today
‘Bing!’ The attacker used the long golden hairpin in his hand to block Xu Ziling’s unmatched fierce saber strike head on
For an instant both sides had to stop and were unable to launch any consecutivefell heavily on the bed, but he i! I did it!”
The attacker pulled the hairpin back and withdrew from the room, the sleeve of his clothes floated away, as beautiful as a fairy; who else but Li Mi’s ‘Pretty Junshi+’ Shen Luoyan?
Xu Ziling was shaken by her power and had to take two steps back Seeing the door was no longer blocked, Shen Luoyan abruptly turned around and entered the roo Xu Ziling But Kou Zhong already arrived; the flicker of his saber was like billoaves, coupled with the surging gust of wind from the blade, as he violently attacked her
Shen Luoyan cried out with her shrill voice as she rushed into the shadows of the saber, utilizing a close-combat technique Successively she blocked a dozen or soEach move was inco back
In the anize flags and drums] and joined the melee Without any choice Shen Luoyan was pushed back out of the roouard inside the door, but their hearts were like great waves rolling into the sky, with bitter thought raging endlessly They had never expected that such abrupt turn of events, they would be able to display the essence of ‘bloody Battle Ten Styles’ vividly and thoroughly, soThey only felt that their hands followed their hearts, their strength followed the saber technique, and everything was floithout any restrain
Shen Luoyan, on the other hand, was greatly shaken Her ‘Soul-snatching Hairpin’ was the ultieneration to generation, and ranked quite high in the Jianghu’s ‘A Skill Ultimate Art List’ In usual circu to capture the two boys in one fell swoop Who would have thought that these two boys were like ‘shedding their ed their bones’, that twice she attacked, twice she was repelled back? If this hu, it would be sufficient to propel the two boys’ na struck a pose and laughed aloud, “Beautiful Junshi+, come in quickly to have a taste of ly said, “Just remember that you must not harm half a strand of our hair; otherwise you will definitely lose”
Shen Luoyan nearly went hter she said, “The courtyard outside is a bit bigger; co of having yourexposed her scheme, “Ha! You should know that I can do lion’s roar; with a loud shout, I guarantee all the govern clearly”
Shen Luoyan’s pretty face turned cold, but instantly asmile reappeared as she said in tender voice, “How about this? If I can crash through your barrier and enter the room, I will be considered the winner, then the two of yousaid, “That er have the confidence to capture us alive; ergo, you already lose!”
Kou Zhong’s fighting spirit was aroused, his confidence soared; immensely proud of himself he said, “What are we afraid of, but we have to set time limit I will count to ten, and if you can’t pass, you lose”