w.a.n.g ZiFeng walked around the house several times, touching the all around the walls,fragments of sand and stones with dried mud stuck to his hands, there was alittle pain like having been pin cushioned.
He liftedhis head to look at the roof, it was very high, it was somewhat difficult touse the walls to jump up there, this room was like an atrium, there was onlyone small window, the dark night penetrated through, no starlight could beseen, just like the future he was about to face, pitch-black without hope.
“And notknow whether or not he would survive.” w.a.n.g Zi Feng subconsciously mumbled.
There was no one else in the room, he simply did not know he was talking tohimself.
At noon hewas tied up and brought here, taken away from his dad’s severe and cold gaze.Before he left, he heard his dad say to that blind man who had suddenlyappeared: “None of you are allowed to touch a single hair on him.”
w.a.n.g ZiFeng had a dim impression of that blind man, he had seen him at Xian Yun manor,many people respected him. w.a.n.g Zi Feng at that time was fearless, and hadsought the other person out to compete in martial arts, he seems to be calledJiu Fang Xi?
w.a.n.g ZiFeng couldn’t remember much, but his father w.a.n.g Yun Feng was fairly afraid ofthe other person. Since when Jiu Fang Xi had suddenly appeared in theirrestaurant room, his dad no longer had any kind of emotion, like many, manyyears ago, the expression when the father and son first met.
Indifferent,estranged, not a single thought of his could be made out. But w.a.n.g Zi Feng knewrelying on his wild animal instincts, all the muscles in his father’s body wastensed like a drum, this thin and weak yet strong man used his own power tostop Jiu Fang Xi from sizing w.a.n.g Zi Feng up.
That blindman had no eyes, but his entire body emitted a feeling like it was his eyes,able to see clearly and distinctly everyone inside their room. w.a.n.g Zi Fengthought he could smell blood, this smell of blood was the aura of death ofsomeone who could only have rolled about in a pile of corpses all year round,this Jiu Fang Xi was a person who used the blood of living people to bathe,it’s reckoned those who act against him would become the corpse beneath hisfeet.
At thattime w.a.n.g Zi Feng’s blood vessels were immediately stimulated, something washidden inside him, blood-thirsty, a reckless ferocious animal tore at hisheart, wanting to rush out to decide who was superior with that Jiu Fang Xi.
His fatherwas blocked in by two people on his sides, noiselessly struggling with Jiu FangXi for a very long time, finally allowing w.a.n.g Zi Feng to leave the restaurantby himself.
w.a.n.g ZiFeng knew, this was a way of survival won by w.a.n.g Yun Feng for him. Even thoughit wasn’t necessary, what he needed was to charge in and recklessly behead theenemies, he was very unsatisfied.
Before heleft his hands clutched on to the door frame rigidly, staring at this father.
w.a.n.g YunFeng threw him the coldest glance, coldly saying: “Fen Er, leave here, killeveryone who stands in your way.”
w.a.n.g ZiFeng was eager: “You won’t scold me, won’t hit me.”
Thereappeared to be a trace of bitter smile at the corner of w.a.n.g Yun Feng’s mouth:“Son, remember, the necessary requirement for me to scold and hit you, you needto stay alive.”
w.a.n.g ZiFeng glanced at Jiu Fang Xi: “Then can I kill him?”
w.a.n.g YunFeng stood motionlessly on the spot.
The sun onthe Dragon Boat Festival was already very hot, coming through the horizontalbamboo hanging screen, cutting up the person’s body into numerous light anddark strips. The brightest strip in the room was on the blind person’s Jiu FangXi’s eyes, the darkest strip was on that little spot in the pit of w.a.n.g YunFeng’s stomach. With this sentence, the two people on the roof held theirbreaths, all the people outside also gasped for breathe deeply, a strugglecould happen at any moment.
w.a.n.g ZiFeng licked the corner of his lips, both hands hanging down, a kind of positionappearing to be doing nothing but in fact at any time could strike out. Underhis long gown, his pair of knees sunk down a little, one foot outside the door,one foot inside the door, his eyes sharp and slightly golden reflecting thesunshine, like a wild animal.
w.a.n.g YunFeng suddenly smiled, his face with the sun at his back became increasinglygloomy until it was at its gloomiest: “Foolish son, there’s no way of survivinghere for you. Go, don’t make dad say it twice, and don’t always be soincorrigible.”
w.a.n.g ZiFeng pursed his lips, seeing that blind man was unconcerned, then did he slowlywalk out.
The door,in a flash was closed.
Outside theroom, stood an upright and straightforward Zhuang Hei Zi.
w.a.n.g ZiFeng forgot to ask: “Killing mother’s old friend, is also not a problem?”
Sadly, w.a.n.gYun Feng would not give him an answer.
The beastinside w.a.n.g Zi Feng again hibernated after leaving the room, he calmed down,alone following Zhuang Hei Zi he left the restaurant, leaving the bustlingdragon boat compet.i.tion. He was too quiet, that’s why no one suspected.
Zhuang HeiZi knocked him unconscious half way, again waking up he was here in this oddlylofty, four blank walls room.
He had hitall around the walls, there was only an echo from one wall, indicating therewas a hidden room, or another room, only at this moment he could not find theswitch.
And notknowing when it was, that heavy metal door was opened, someone threw two plumpthings in, rumbling they rolled to his feet.
Thosethings got up, one was the crown prince Gu Qin Tian, one was the young princessShang Jin.
Threechildren, six eyes, looking at each other.
The crownprince raised his hand in greeting: “So you’re also here.”
The youngprincess had already patted her clothes and sorted out her clothes, setting herhair bun right: “There’s only three of us, is there anyone else?”
w.a.n.g ZiFeng asked: “How did you get here?”
“We weretied up.” The young princess said, already familiarly starting to look aroundtheir surroundings, in this dark place, the greatest source of light was thegold sparkling necklace on the young princess’s neck.
“Elderbrother invited us to watch the dragon boats, on the way we were separated. Onour way back we were besieged on, the forbidden guards are dead, we came here.”The crown prince finished speaking and shrugged his shoulders, “I wonder if mytwo brothers are still alive.”
The youngprincess smiled yet not a smile looking at him.
The crownprince spread out his hands: “Fine, maybe, this was all premeditated. My two elderbrothers may still be rampantly arrive, perhaps have returned to the palace atan earlier time, to complain to emperor father and empress mother, saying Ionly wanted to have fun and had disappeared.”
The youngprincess reached out her hand to poke the crown prince’s forehead with all herstrength, poking the crown prince so hard his head rocked back and forth, hiswhole body almost like a roly-poly toy.
w.a.n.g ZiFeng couldn’t put up with it any longer, suddenly helping the young princess bypushing him once, the crown prince hit the ground with a bang, crying outsorrowfully: “You bully me together! Seeing I’m on my own you think I’m easy tobully? Believe that if I die you will have a good life?”
w.a.n.g ZiFeng simply did not know where the unfathomable fury came from, the youngprincess actually knew, laughing she said: “You’re two elder brothers are verystupid, maybe they have been exploited by others.”
The crownprince smiled, with a trace of sinister evilness: “Maybe they are also usingsomeone to do their dirty work, eager for someone to kill us, they just sit togain from others work.” He thought about it, turning around he jumped up,patting the dust off his clothes: “Forget it, I’m used to it. It’s better forus to think about how to get out of here.”
As hespoke, that wall with an echo slowly lifted up, exposing a cage behind it. Thecage was somewhat familiar, the three children were even more familiar with thething inside the cage.
“It’s thelion.” The young princess’s eyes glowed, almost rushing head first over, thecrown prince had already held her back: “Slow down, something’s wrong”
The lionhad clearly been caged for a very long time, it was slightly lazy, lying insidethe cage weakly and without strength. When he saw the three children, that wildanimal actually got up, slowly walking to the cage opening. His head knockedagainst it, the cage door actually opened up just with that knock.
The crownprince pulled the two children back a few steps, watching the lion salivatingwith its b.l.o.o.d.y mouth wide open like a sacrificial bowl: “It must be hungry.”
“Moreoverits been starved for a very long time, exactly the same as when my Tibetanmastiff was starved for three days and three nights.” The young princess saidin hindsight, “it wants to eat us!”
The crownprince wordlessly rolled his eyes, w.a.n.g Zi Feng subconsciously searched aroundeverywhere, wanting to find a weapon close to hand, sadly there was nothinghere.
The lionwas completely aggressive staring at them, the sole of its paws soundlesslytouched the ground, heading drooping down slightly deep, this made the childrenshiver uncontrollably.
The youngprincess first showed her teeth: “I, I’m a beautiful girl, you, you need toprotect me.”
The crownprince look at her in disdain: “I’m still the heir to the throne, you firstfeed it until it’s satisfied, then it might not eat me.”
w.a.n.g ZiFeng tilted his head, deciding to also be a little selfish, muttering: “I’m theyoungest.”
The two bigand small children in front of him together turned their heads, `pei`:
“Shameless.”
w.a.n.g ZiFeng felt he had been treated unjustly, aren’t they the ones who are shameless,how did it become himself: “You are very hateful.”
“You’re themost hateful!” The two honourable incomparable big and small children also spatat him.
The threepeople unwittingly had withdrawn into the corner of the walls, the lion stoppedthree paces before them, as if considering which of the mischievous childrenout of luck would best to bite first.
The youngprincess was already trembling from head to toe: “What, what to do?”
The crownprince pulled on the jade pendent at his waist, with a light sound, there wasactually a secret box inside: “I only have five poison needles. It is too big,the toxicity may not be enough.”
The youngprincess clenched her teeth, pulling out the gold pin from her hair, pullingapart one of the p.r.o.ngs: “I have poison, antiaris toxicaria, but how do we makeit eat it?”
The crownprince said: “It can take a bite of you, we’ll throw it in.”
The youngprincess grinded her teeth: “Your flesh is the most tender, it’s best to eatyou.”
w.a.n.g ZiFeng had already noiseless drew out a flexible double-edged sword, this was agift his father had given him, he had always worn it next to his skin hangingfrom his waist.
Under a circ.u.mstance without a weapon, even though he didn’tlike the flexible sword it can face a struggle.
The crownprince handed the concealed weapon to the young princess, taking w.a.n.g Zi Feng’sflexible sword: “I’m better at the sword than you, I’ll do it.” Saying this heplaced w.a.n.g Zi Feng behind him.
w.a.n.g ZiFeng stared blankly, looking at the short figure in front of him. The youngprincess also stood by the crown prince’s side, figuring out the opportunity toattack with him
The lion’sfront paw scratched the ground in front of it, very impatient. It had indeedbeen starved for several days, it already didn’t have any trace of patience, italso did not have much strength, it directly leaped up, pouncing at the crownprince who looked the most delicious.
The youngprincess rolled from her spot, moving to the side. The crown prince resistedthe lion with the sword, w.a.n.g Zi Feng who was behind him simply jumped withoutthe slightest thought, directly flying over the back of the crown prince to behindthe lion, with one hand he grabbed its tail. The lion was angry, turning aroundto pounce on him.
The crownprince’s flexible sword was very good to use, the young princess was waitingfor the right time all along, two silver needles already wedged between herfingertips, w.a.n.g Zi Feng was very nimble, holding the lion’s tail he ran andleapt about, like a monkey bullying a lion.
The twoboys often competed with people in martial arts, regardless if it was at theXia residence or the palace, there would be a sparring partner, and on top ofthat the martial arts experts at the academy and amongst the people, the twochildren had ample experience in sparring. The young princess also did not havea delicate temper, when she was in her Prince father’s territory she wouldalready pick fights with people on the main streets, not scared of whoeveracting like an overlord, coming to the Imperial city, she also spent quite alot of time bullying people with the crown prince. Dragging it on for a fewmoments, the three children slowly had a mutual understanding, their formerexperience facing enemies also made them be a little bit less afraid, seeminglyif they rely on each other they will definitely survive.
The peopleoutside strained to hear the sound of activity in the room, once in a while thecry of fear from a child could be heard, as well as the loud roar of the lion,every person controlled their legs from weakening. Usually they were in chargeof the lion’s food and drink, they had a profound fear of the lion’s sharpteeth and sharp claws.
All of themwere certain, the three children would not survive.
The smellof blood gradually emitted from the room, those guarding outside the roomlistened against the wall for a while, each one rubbing the goose b.u.mps whichhad appeared on their bodies, looking at each other, everyone saw the alarmfrom each other’s eyes. However, they weren’t going to say anything, they werealready used to using the method of destroying the body and obliterating theevidence, numb, even if this time it was three innocent children inside…
When LuoLuo quietly came with a food basket, she appeared to be somewhat depressed.
Oneof the guards puzzled smiled and said: “Lady Luo why are you here?”
Luo Luolowered her head: “Everyone is very busy, I’m the only one idle, that’s why Iwant to help by doing something within my power.”
The guardtook the basket from her hands, there was a very uncommon chicken leg inside:
“There’s also wine!” Another guard called out, “Thank you for Lady Luo’s generosity,there’ll be extra food tonight.”
Luo Luosmiled drily, her eyes falling onto the key hanging on the guard’s waist,noncommittally she nodded: “Enjoy your meal, I still need to deliver food toother people.” She took two steps forward, seeming to hear the blood-curdlingscreech of a girl, he entire shoulders trembled: “Inside is there…someone?”
The guardsraised their heads from the chicken leg, looking at each other, one personlaughed heartily: “How can that be, the lion king is trapped inside, we justfed it, it must be very happy. You don’t know, when that wild animal chews onbones, the creaking noise is as scary as a ghost, not less people, even a tigerwould not dare to approach it.”
Luo Luodubiously looked at the st.u.r.dy wall, pulling at the corners of her mouth shereluctantly said “That’s true”, not saying any more, she walked round thecorner of the room, quietly standing where no one was motionless for quite awhile.
The sky wascompletely dark, starlight simply could not be seen, there wasn’t even wind.
Luo Luostood there soullessly for a while, again when she regained her senses she sawthat familiar figure walking over from the door. She was a little fl.u.s.tered, itwas not good to continue hiding, yet she didn’t dare to leave, she could onlypretend to have been pa.s.sing by, kneading her handkerchief she came out,calling out in a whisper: “Brother Hei Zi.”
Pausing, her mouth opened severaltimes, unable to spit out another word.
Not knowingsince when, she already did not know how to speak with Zhuang Hei Zi
properly,speaking loudly and laugh, act like a child openly and without fear. Most ofthe time she stood silently behind him or five steps beside him, watching hisbody shining with warm sunlight or starlight, her heart soured in distress.
Sadly,Zhuang Hei Zi was even more quiet, this was a maturity which saw through thismortal life. He only paused in front of her for a while: “What are you doinghere?”
Luo Luorelying on her feeling that something was wrong, tears hung on the corner ofher eyes unseen: “No, nothing.”
“Then don’tlinger here, go back to your room.”
Luo Luo wasstill not ready to move, Zhuang Hei Zi deeply `en-----` once, Luo Luo’sshoulders subconsciously trembled, leaving far away under the gaze of ZhuangHei Zi, returning to her own room.
Closing thedoor, the door opened again, more than an hour pa.s.sed, Luo Luo under the heavydarkness once again left. What she didn’t know was, the darkness was alsoalive, with a movement, those shadows also noiselessly drifted along, sometimesclose, sometimes far, like they were stuck onto her back.
The sidecourtyard was already completely quiet, the two guards at the door were lyingon the ground, the remaining wine in the wine pot also stained the ground, asticky puddle.
Luo Luo withthe tips of her fingers and standing on tiptoe took the key from the guard’swaist, several times she couldn’t open the lock. She irritably swung her hands,looking left and right, again trying once more, finally she opened it.
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T/N: Quite a long chapter but it"s building up to the final chapter tomorrow ^_^