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It was night, and lanterns were hung high in front of the mansion of Guo Shouyi, a wealthy Yuyi businessman. The traffic was quiet, and everything seemed to be business as usual. Therefore, most of the house servants and loyal dogs who guard the door tonight are half asleep thinking about what to eat tomorrow, instead of focusing on the ten-mile long street in front of them, examining whether there is any danger lurking in the darkness.
The habit of laziness is engraved into the bones of the bones, making these servants' ears and eyes dull and their limbs useless.
Even if they have a sharp blade in their hands, they will only use it to drive away mosquitoes and flies; they have a strong and young body, but they cannot use it for more purposes; they covet property that does not belong to them in their hearts, and the movement of their limbs is also limited for this, and their vision It is limited to the single-plank bridge in front of me.
They just stand there, repeating tasks without a sense of mission every day. Inspiration is fading, their body and mind are exhausted, and now they don't even notice someone greeting them from a few feet away.
"Brother, brother?"
"Uh?" The guard slurred and muttered incomprehensibly, but the guard dog beside him yelled first: "Woof, woof, woof!"
This is a yellow native dog, not big in size, but its barking is very scary.
"Who... is coming to the house in the middle of the night?" After the gatekeeper finished speaking, he opened one eye slightly and looked over. He saw a young swordsman and a woman wearing a gauze standing not far away, and again He said: "Why are you two again? You were here during the day, and the master gave me a lesson for no reason."
"Hehehe, brother, I am Bai Feng. I have been ordered by Mr. Zhao to present a song." The young swordsman laughed, cleared the way and welcomed the pipa girl beside him up the steps.
Murong Yan wore a green and white hood and cloak, held a pipa in her hand and bowed in greeting, saying: "I heard that Mr. Guo loves music, so I went back to my house to prepare the pipa, and then came back to present the music."
"This...this, I have to go in and report first." The gatekeeper knew that the visitor had other intentions, and he suddenly had doubts in his heart. At this time, he finally remembered to open his other eye, picked up the lantern and ran towards the courtyard.
The guard dog that had been abandoned by its owner saw that there was no one to rely on anymore, so he immediately hid away with his tail between his legs.
After a while, Guo Shouyi hurried over and bowed his hands to Bai Feng and Murong Yan, saying, "You two, if you are far away from us, please come quickly, please come quickly."
The three of them strolled to the living room, and after a while, all three tables of banquets were served. They exchanged cups for three rounds, each offering a glass of wine to the other. After one after another greeting each other, Murong Yan immediately started playing the pipa with her fingers.
The arpeggios in the first act meander and stretch like a moonlit night over a spring river.
The arpeggios of the second act and the shadows of snakes and cups are like hidden murderous intentions.
The arpeggios of the third act are ambush from all sides, like cavalry with swords and spears.
Guo Shouyi was still laughing and laughing at first, but for a moment, he was so frightened that he dropped his wine glass and froze in place.
"Mr. Guo, you are so loyal. Thank you for telling others the news of your arrival in time..." As soon as Bai Feng finished speaking, Guo Shouyi collapsed from his seat and looked at Bai Feng with fear in his eyes. .
"Young Master Bai, what do you want to do!" Guo Shouyi said: "My Guo family has no grievances against you, let alone the Zhao family and Yuyi Academy. Please let us go! Quan is my beg. is you……"
Seeing Guo Shouyi kneeling on the ground in front of many servants and maids, Bai Feng didn't care about his face at all. He didn't feel any compassion in his heart and replied coldly: "The person you are asking for is not me, but yourself."
After finishing speaking, the young swordsman continued to raise his glass and toast, and let Murong Yan continue to play the music in a relaxed and comfortable manner.
Guo Shouyi colluded with the underground gang Money Rats internally and contacted Wuchuan and other six-town coalition forces externally. He often betrayed military intelligence in exchange for reputation and money. He knew full well that he was responsible for this crime. If the people of Yuyi Town knew about it, the whole family might be implicated. .
For this reason, he could only try his best to slander and flatter Bai Feng in front of Bai Feng.
"Whatever you want, I can give you anything!"
"Did the Zhao family give you any golden treasure?"
"Still, you like beauties."
Bai Feng was unmoved and nodded towards Murong Yan with a look of affection. The two had a perfect tacit understanding, and the pipa music changed instantaneously. Murong Yan strummed the strings with her fingers, and the clanging pipa sound shocked Guo Shouyi again.
"Don't, don't, don't kill me!"
This time, Bai Feng seemed to be showing great kindness and waved to Murong Yan to put down the pipa. However, both of them remained silent for a long time, making the banquet instantly dim.
After a while, a green figure passed by the door. The little head was swaying outside. He walked outside the house three times before finding the living room. When he saw Bai Fengju sitting as a guest, he immediately stepped forward and bowed his hands to each other, saying: "Senior Brother Bai! Xia Houlin and Li Changan have already packed up." The belongings are ready to leave the city."
"Oh?" Bai Feng said confidently, "These two have already made their choice. I believe God will favor them."
"Wha...what?" Guo Shouyi said, "They actually left first?"
But after a moment, another young man came from outside the house.
"Senior brother! Ma Shitu and Cui Yan were just about to leave the city, but I intercepted them on the way." The young man was very heroic and his body was covered with dust: "Ma Shitu knew that this trip was a self-inflicted trap, so he quickly returned to the original route. We turned back; Cui Yan is old and stubborn and will not listen to good advice, so I had no choice but to fight with him."
After hearing this, Bai Feng was overjoyed and said: "Okay, Ah Jing, please explain clearly to Mr. Guo what the consequences will be for people who want to escape from the city at night."
"The guard you bribed has actually betrayed you to others long ago." Jingji said: "Those who escape at night, even if they can escape to the city gate, will be immediately imprisoned and taken to prison!"
"I...I, I don't know these things!" After Guo Shouyi said this, he murmured and cursed: "These bastards actually left me here alone!"
Seeing that Jingjia was highly praised, Yue Qingling felt jealous, and then walked up to Bai Feng to ask for credit, saying, "Senior Brother Bai, it was clear that I was the one who came first. Senior Brother Jingji came so late, why didn't you blame him? Do you want to praise him instead?"
"Junior Sister Yue's contribution is not small, I will definitely reward her in the future." After Bai Feng said that, he immediately stood up and walked to Guo Shouyi.
Yue Qingling, who had been left out in the cold, was still fussing over it in her heart, and said angrily: "My Qinggong is much better than that of Senior Brother Jingji, why can he follow Senior Brother Bai and Senior Sister Murong!"
Before she finished speaking, Yue Qingling wanted to bully Bai Feng into asking for an explanation, but was blocked by Murong Yan.
Seeing that this junior sister was so rude, Jingji had no choice but to accept the debt for Bai Feng. He comforted her and said, "Junior sister Yue, my Qinggong is naturally not as good as yours. I only hope that I can have the opportunity to ask junior sister for advice in the future."
"Humph, of course!" Yue Qingling accepted the kindness and gave up the idea of continuing to pester Bai Feng.
When Guo Shouyi saw that everyone in Yuyi Academy had already inquired about his every move, he quickly gave up any illusions. He sat on the same spot and explained his accomplices in detail.
