Chapter 5 Unforeseen calamity
It took a blink of an eye to fall from heaven to h.e.l.l. Before the blink, it was still a lewd, ambiguous date in a boudoir; after the blink, it became a murderous, dangerous snare.
Being caught red-handed to be in the same room with prefect"s favorite concubine—she is even half-naked—is as if having dirt on the crotch, it would be stool even if it isn"t. The prefect"s brain is like humongous gra.s.sland, green and lively; but it wouldn"t be as a boundless plain in his heart. When the officer of Cheng An City is in bad mood, you will know the consequence.
Lee ChengFeng just froze for a moment, then he quickly grabbed Su ZhiXian"s wrist, he roared: "Why are you here!"
Su ZhiXian: "Ugggg……"
Lee ChengFeng just noticed and pulled out the cloth in her mouth, he then untie the ropes on her hands. Glaring, he said: "Speak now!!"
Su ZhiXian"s eyes were teary, she shook her head in panic: "I don"t know, I was here the moment I woke up. Who…… who are you?"
Lee ChengFeng was angry: "Who am I? Is that important? What"s important is, what will Prefect Zhang think of me? You say…… shall I tell him I went into the wrong room…… Bah, I was framed, will he buy it?"
Su ZhiXian stared at Lee ChengFeng, her tears rolled down her cheeks like avalanche—she looked so pity that everyone would have loved her upon the sight on her, she almost squall before Lee ChengFeng"s head grew big; "Alright, alright, stop crying! Stop crying!"
Su ZhiXian cried: "What should I do now?"
Immediately, a soft, stern male voice came from outside: "All surrounded?"
"Tightly surrounded, not even a fly could escape!"
"If anything goes wrong, you know the rules!"
"Yes, sir!"
Lee ChengFeng shivered as he heard them, carefully, he blocked the door using a bench and came to the bedside, he asked under his breath: "What is going on? Why such big troop for catching adultery? That"s unnecessary! Hey, are you seeing someone here?"
Su ZhiXian is still weeping: "You got me wrong! I was resting in the backyard in the afternoon, when I woke up I was here."
Lee ChengFeng was about to reply, then he heard the stern man giving order outside: "Search!!"
Lee ChengFeng was freaked out—just a careless mistake and that"s the end of my life?
Lee ChengFeng quickly yelled: "Stop!!"
The man outside was shocked, immediately ordered: "Stop!"
Lee ChengFeng could clearly hear the footsteps stopping outside, seems the order worked instantly.
The man outside yelled: "Who"s inside!"
Lee ChengFeng rolled his eyes: "Who"s outside?"
The man sneered: "Do you know who did you caught?"
Lee ChengFeng was trying to catch a glimpse of the condition outside through the window slit: "Do you know?"
The man got angry: "Do you know who are you talking to?"
Lee ChengFeng answered rascally: "Do you know?"
Apparently the man was annoyed, he drew a deep breath, held his anger and said: "Dear friend inside, release her now, I will a.s.sume nothing happened. Everyone will just go away, fine?"
Lee ChengFeng suddenly muttered to himself, Su ZhiXian stared at Lee ChengFeng aside, grabbed his arms and begged: "Please save me, master!"
Lee ChengFeng appeared juridical: "Don"t worry, I will not let them hurt you!"
Before Su ZhiXian could rejoice on his words and smile, Lee ChengFeng clutched her neck and dragged her to the side of the window; he hid himself at the corner and flashed Su ZhiXian"s face through the window, then yelled: "Prefect"s beloved concubine is here, don"t be rash!"
The man sneered: "Oh? Now is the prefect"s beloved concubine?" the men-in-black around him instantly aim their crossbows at Shu ZhiXian.
Through the window slit, Lee ChengFeng could see how refined their crossbows were, the serving part was small but it could fire two arrows simultaneously. Most important key is, these arrows were radiating a faint glow; barely, the blue runes on it could be seen.
Lee ChengFeng"s eyes were wide open: "It"s…… Runic Arrows!"
This is the imperial weapon! It is foldable and light-weight so that you can keep it in the sleeves or against the body— it"s undetectable. Besides, it"s easy-to-use—even a ten-year-old could easily fire it, and it deals a great damage which could penetrate heavy armors hundred steps away.
The most terrifying fact is: when it was combined with different runic arrows, it could become a dreadful ma.s.sacre weapon that easily reaps the souls, even capable of bringing down devils!
According to the military law of Mighty Qi, the maximum number of crossbows allocated to each county is three hundred; to use it, one must go through three levels of registration. The runic arrows were under even more stringent control. Any officer who unlawfully possesses these arrows up to thirty units will be punished of treason—the whole family and close friends would be sentenced to death!
Most of the people in the longstanding Mighty Qi have never seen ma.s.sacre weapon of this grade!
Who in the world could bring more than ten of these Runic Crossbows here?
Lee ChengFeng is thinking quick like lightning, suddenly the arrows left the barrel of one of the men"s crossbow, Lee ChengFeng subconsciously pulled Su ZhiXian away while the two arrows went right above her scalp like thunder, lifting up a bunch of hair.
The two dropped to the floor. They heard two thuds, and the runic arrows. .h.i.t Lady ZhiXi"s room"s pillar. The two arrows glowed, in just a moment, the st.u.r.dy pear wood started to crumble from the rotting region where the arrows. .h.i.t.
Lee ChengFeng watched in goose b.u.mps, he turned towards Su ZhiXian: "Who are you, who did you messed with?"
Su ZhiXian was so frightened like a cornered rabbit, she was trembling. Quavering, she said: "I… I don"t know! I am from Qing Shui, Dong Yang. My master went through my family tree and tribe before marrying me! How do I know who they are! There must be something wrong, sir!"
The man outside said: "Release her, otherwise, we"ll kill your whole family!"
Lee ChengFeng replied: "Bah! Do you know who am I? How dare you to speak like this?"
The man outside said: "I dare you to tell me!"
Lee ChengFeng broke out in laughter, said: "Listen carefully, I"m Sun BoRen, a monk from Mount Sacred Clan! Have you heard my name before!"
The man outside froze, his face changed. Though he never heard Sun BoRen, every single person knows about Mount Sacred Clan.
Lee ChengFeng realized his baloney actually worked, which means they are scrupulous against Mount Sacred Clan.
Lee ChengFeng was just about to talk to Su ZhiXian, but she looked at him in sorrow with her teary eyes: "Sir, I really didn"t lie. If sir could hold on for a little longer, we could be rescued after my master arrived save us!"
Lee ChengFeng got goose b.u.mps again: "Oh sister, a man and a woman staying in the same room; a gentleman must know how to avoid these awkward scenario—if I were found in this situation, I would never stay clear of the guilty!"
Su ZhiXian weeped: "Then… what should we do? Why it"s so unfortunate of me, I thought I could live well by marrying master, but who would expect disaster strikes even I just sat in home!" While speaking, she clenched Lee ChengFeng"s sleeve, cried: "Sir, please save me!"
Lee ChengFeng was getting a big head now, he swore in his heart: save your s.h.i.t, then who"s gonna save me!