Chapter 166 Let Out the Secret
Seeing the young man left, Chen Gong was relieved and turned around. Su Li pretended to be curious. Chen Gong couldn’t help warning, “It is hard to deal with the man. If you encounter him in the future, don’t be noticed by him.”
“Who is that childe?”
Su Li had already guessed who the childe was, but she pretended to be confused and asked.
“Ma Jintian!”
Chen Gong said seriously, “Su Li, although you are the lecturer of the Affiliated School, you can’t provoke two playboys in Yunjing. The first is Ling Li of the Ling Family and the second is… Ma Jintian!”
Chen Gong thought that he should tell Su Li in detail in order to convince her. So, he sat down and said, “Ling Li, Tang Lei and Ma Jintian are ‘Three Playboys in Yunjing’ and are also called ‘Three Useless Persons in Yunjing’. Ling Li lost his legs. Tang Lei is weak and incompetent. It is easy to deal with both of them. But Ma Jintian… pretends to be incompetent! He isn’t as unruly as Ling Li, but his means is as insidious as Ling Li’s! He is really interested in attractive women. If you cause offence to him, even I can’t save you. Do you understand?”
Su Li’s face was pale as if she was scared. But she smiled sweetly and replied, “Thanks for Lord Chen’s concern. You are the second person who really treats me well except my Eldest Brother.”
Chen Gong was stunned when he saw Su Li’s innocent smile. He turned around embarra.s.sedly and stood up. Then he pretended to be calm and said, “I will go to a place today, but it isn’t convenient for you to follow. Stay here quietly.”
Then he took his clothes and walked out before Su Li could say a word. It seemed that he was a little embarra.s.sed.
Su Li was a little surprised. Chen Gong let her investigate the case with him just now, but why did he change his idea after seeing Ma Jintian?
“That’s okay! It is a good opportunity for me to take actions alone.” Su Li thought.
Then Su Li pulled her cap lower to cover her face. She left the Ministry of Penalty easily with the ident.i.ty of a jailer of the Ministry of Penalty. When pa.s.sing by a clothes store, Su Li took several clothes to disguise her as a slim man with scars on face.
If Su Huanli had been here, he would have been sure that the man was the extraordinary person with special abilities in Jianghu. The man extorted from him hundreds of thousands of taels of silver in the Dasu Town.
Su Li mussed her clothes and broke a bottle of wine. She spilled the wine in her clothes and staggered to b.u.mp into Ma Jintian who walked towards her!
“Bang!”
Ma Jintian was thinking something with a cold expression. An overpowering smell of alcohol a.s.sailed his nostrils. He brought his thoughts back but couldn’t react in time. Then he was. .h.i.t by Su Li and fell to the ground on a.s.s.
Su Li, who was staggering just now, disappeared instantly at the street corner.
Ma Jintian touched his waist and found that his wallet was stolen. He was stunned and extremely angry. But he laughed ironically.
The thief should steal his wallet. Didn’t the thief want to live in the world?
“Uncle Ya, catch him! I must cut his hands personally.” Ma Jintian ordered coldly.
Then the man in black behind Ma Jintian smiled coldly and flew away instantly. Ma Jintian should also fly towards the dark alley to which Su Li escaped.
It was rumored that Ma Jintian knew little about Xuangong. But from the cultivation he showed at this moment, his cultivation had already reached to the acquired eighth hurdle.
The middle-aged man in black, known as Uncle Ya, flew into the dark alley with a cold expression. He was responsible for Ma Jintian’s safety. He thought just now that the drunken thief was just an ordinary person and couldn’t hurt the master. But the drunkard should steal the master’s wallet.
The man in black chose to do what Ma Jintian ordered furiously.
He stamped his feet and then flew like an eagle. Seeing the valley to which Su Li flew, he immediately sped up to follow and reached out his right hand to grab the drunkard’s clothes.
But at this time!
Whoosh—
A black shadow rushed towards him at an extremely fast speed. The sound caused by the force made Uncle Ya really surprised. Uncle Ya turned around in the sky and avoided the black shadow. Then he fell to the ground on his feet to keep a distance from the drunkard. His heart pounded heavily.
The drunkard wasn’t an ordinary but a senior!
Uncle Ya backed up for a few steps and stepped on the “secret weapon” the drunkard used just now. He looked down and saw the wallet of the master. But the cloth on the surface was broken and the gold and silver were exposed.
“Uncle Ya, what’s wrong? Catch him quickly.” Ma Jintian ordered impatiently.
Ma Jintian didn’t see what happened just now. He only saw that Uncle Ya and the drunkard were fighting against each other. Seeing that Ma Jintian wanted to rush towards the drunkard, Uncle Ya pulled Ma Jintian behind him to protect him.
At this moment, Ma Jintian felt something strange. He showed a serious expression immediately and stared at the drunkard who stood at the other side. He asked politely, “You are good at martial arts and should be a warrior in the martial arts circle. Right? But why do you lead me here?”
Su Li made a little hoa.r.s.e laughter. It made the middle-aged man in black extremely frightened. The genuine energy in the voice of the drunkard… The drunkard was a strong senior above the inborn sixth hurdle. He just reached the inborn second hurdle. If he fought with…
“Master, if you feel dangerous later, escape immediately! I am no match for a man with such power!”
Hearing that, Ma Jintian was quite flurried. He swore quietly, “Why am I so unlucky today to be attacked by such a senior? Is it because I didn’t look at the lunar calendar?”
“Master Ma, don’t worry. If I want to kill you, you are dead just now.”
Su Li said calmly, which made Ma Jintian tremble. There was cold sweat on Ma Jintian’s forehead, but he was relieved now. He was sure that the drunkard wouldn’t kill him now.
“Rumors can’t be believed all. Master Ma, you are quite young but your cultivation has already reached to the acquired eighth hurdle. You should be a young talent, but you are called the “Three Useless Persons in Yunjing” with two other truly useless men. I am very puzzled. Alas…”
At this moment, Ma Jintian was unhurried. He smiled and said, “You overestimate me. The outstanding usually bear the brunt of attack. I am just a coward and have no other choice. I am less talented than those in the National Academy.”
Su Li smiled and said coldly, “Does Master Ma think that I am a fool? You have such a high cultivation and in addition, there is an inborn warrior protecting you. It isn’t a good habit for you to tell lies.”
Hearing that, Ma Jintian showed a stiff expression. He was just modest just now, but the drunkard should take it seriously. He thought that the drunkard was quite strange.
“Oh, I almost forget. I come with a command from my lord and send word to you. I think Master Ma and the person behind you are bored by the matter of the Ma Family, aren’t you?”
Su Li, who disguised herself as a drunkard, patted her head as if she really just remembered that.
Ma Jintian was stunned and showed a frightened expression. The drunkard knew him so well and should know the person behind him. Ma Jintian observed the infiltration of people in the martial arts circle into Yunjing, but he knew nothing about the drunkard in front of him.
From the drunkard’s tone, Ma Jintian could also guess that the drunkard was also in the martial arts circle like the Lians.h.i.+ Cult. Thinking of the scene he fought with the Lians.h.i.+ Cult, Ma Jintian was overcome with awe.
Only the sect above the ninth grade in the martial arts circle could sneak into Yunjing. The forces behind the drunkard weren’t worse than Lians.h.i.+ Cult at all.
“You are fairly clever, so I will tell you the truth. The poison of Ma Ling is the Deadly Powder of the Hehuan Sect!”
Then Su Li fled into the crossroad and disappeared. Ma Jintian took a deep breath and returned to the mansion with his guard, Uncle Ya. Yunjing was a dangerous place now!
Ma Jintian made up his mind that if there were no important things recently, he would never go out!
“d.a.m.n it! The auction will be held after more than three months. Will I always stay at home?”
Ma Jintian cursed while he opened the door. He had never forgotten what Su Li told him. He ran to his father’s study and shouted, “Dad, I get some clues!”
Ma De was drinking tea in the study. He was almost choked by the shouts of Ma Jintian.
“The scamp…”
Ma De was about to lecture Ma Jintian, but he showed a grave expression when he heard Ma Jintian’s experience in the daytime.
“I said that it was strange. No matter how the Third Prince is worried, he won’t take actions in such an uncertain situation. The poison of the Hehuan Sect is mysterious and has never been pa.s.sed on others. So… No, I must tell the lord as soon as possible!”
Ma De whipped out a piece of writing paper anxiously and wrote a confidential letter. Then he conveyed the letter to his confidant and ordered,
“Send this letter to the lord before tonight!”
“Yes!”
“…”
Chen Gong changed into ordinary clothes and came to a remote street outside the city. People trembled with fear on hearing his name, but few saw what he was like. At this moment, he was just an ordinary pedestrian.
“Well? Is there a new shop next to the winery of Brother Xuan?”
Chen Gong stopped and was in a daze when he saw the tall building under construction beside the Zhouyue Winery. But he didn’t take it to heart and strode into the Zhouyue Winery. There were few guests like before. He laughed and shouted, “Brother Xuan, I come again. Is there wine?”
“There is nothing else except wine!”
A hearty laughter came from the back hall. Then a shabby middle-aged scholar walked out. Seeing Chen Gong, the scholar put his arm around Chen Gong’s shoulder and said, “Come here! You haven’t come here for a long time. Your sister-in-law goes to the green grocery. Go in and drink with me.”
Chen Gong was quite helpless. Brother Xuan was still afraid of his wife.
The wine had gone around three times and the shabby scholar’s wife hadn’t come back yet. The shabby scholar shouted, “Great!” Then he complained helplessly, “You don’t understand how miserable I am. That old hen is more presumptuous than before. She actually prevents me from drinking wine. She really goes too far!”
Hearing the shabby scholar’s complaint, Chen Gong was very jealous of him and persuaded him, “Sister-in-law is for your own good. The business of the winery is bad, so you shouldn’t drink so much like before.”
The shabby scholar showed an unhappy expression and replied sadly, “Brother, you have changed! You never said that before, but now you speak in the same tone with that old hen. I am really unlucky!”
Then the shabby scholar began to weep. It seemed that he would cry later.
Chen Gong didn’t know how to persuade him and interrupted helplessly, “Brother, don’t be joking. I come to talk business. You and sister-in-law are well informed. Have you ever heard of a strange poison which is mixed by three poisons?”
“Puff!”
Hearing that, the shabby scholar squirted the wine to Chen Gong’s face. The wine cup also dropped to the ground and was broken into two pieces.