Chenzhou

was so small compared to Beiding city it was pathetic, the people were timid

not having seen major situations and encountered such matters, and were

indifferent to that great earth moving bout of explosion resounding in the sky,

only on the next day at dawn did people then one after the other came over to

stand around and look.

Before

daybreak w.a.n.g Yun Feng had stayed at a nearby inn, sitting behind the muslin

curtain at the window watching the movement at the w.a.n.g residence.

He was a

detailed thinker, good at planning before making a move, he knew under this

sort of chaotic situation he could easily miss Xia Ling Mei’s message therefore

he did not go far, firstly reorganising the troops he had secretly arranged in

the last few months, before a.s.signing people to go look for clues.

The

information that Xia Ling Mei escaped through the tunnel was automatically

placed on his table, allowing his constant worry to be placed on other matters.

So long as she’s alive, he would use all his energy to find her.

w.a.n.g Yun

Feng was considerably confident in this. What he found strange was, there

wasn’t actually the slightest movement from the neighbouring Gu family, Gu Lang

was clearly determined to win Xia Ling Mei, he knew Xia Ling Mei lived in the

w.a.n.g residence, with regards to his residence’s explosion, the other person

decided to avoid it and not look at it, doesn’t this clearly show Gu Lang is

someone who is a coward and afraid of getting involved?

With the

pa.s.sing of time, the secret guards gathered more and more information, using

his dog like nose Xiao Bai smelled out the secret signal Hei Zi had left.

At noon, he

already knew Xia Ling Mei was on the outskirts a hundred li

away from him, her destination… unexpectedly was the Xian Yun manor belonging

to the leader of the martial arts.

Bai Yan

tilted his head to look at that piece of information: “Master, the mistress

must have dismissed your martial arts strength as being not being very good,

not able to protect her safety, that’s why she all-out hurried to the arms of

strongest man in the Jianghu.”

`Pi`, w.a.n.g

Yun Feng snapped the writing brush he was writing with in half.

Juan Shu

tearfully said: “As expected scholars are good for nothing, right now, the

mistress is really abandoning the master. Brother Bai, sooner or later you will

abandon me this lover who cannot take up burdens or able to move anything,

isn’t that right?”

Bai Yan in

distain: “When did you become my lover?”

Juan Shu

fell to the ground, bursting into tears: “You have such a cruel heart---- na,

na, na, na…”

“Shut up!” without

the slightest hesitation he threw the the broken writing brush at the two

scoundrels. Why can’t they empathise with his pot hole filled little heart from

being hit?

w.a.n.g Yun

Feng rubbed his forehead sighing, opening the window, another Eurasian Hobby

precisely without mistake flew in, lifting its leg towards w.a.n.g Yun Feng’s head

scratching it as it pa.s.sed, and behind the Eurasian Hobby a blur of shadow

followed, with its back towards the sunlight as if it was a legendary giant

bird spreading its wings calling out as it landed beside the window, both arms

placed on the window frame, stretching out its head, a pair of beast like eyes

quick-wittedly sized up everything in the room.

“Who are

you?” Bai Yan reacted first, coming over, grabbing the back of w.a.n.g Yun Feng’s

collar and flinging him into a seat, Juan Shu stupidly blanked sprawled on the

floor, and Bai Yan faced the one tall, one short holding onto the edge of the

window----a child?!

At first

glance he only looked five or six years old, wearing a close fitting maroon

short garment, a small bronze coloured knife at his waist, his entire person

crouching like a feral leopard waiting for an opportunity to move, looking at

the three adults in the room with alertness and aggressiveness.

The small

child did not reply, he examined for a while, first he sized up Bai Yan once, curling

his lip, before sweeping over to Juan Shu, tilting his head to look, a sneering

noise seemingly appearing from his mouth, finally he then looked towards the

only one who didn’t move like a mountain w.a.n.g Yun Feng. The boy’s motions

seemed to halt for a bit, his eyes narrowing into a slit, nose reddened, the

corner of his mouth pursed in a straight line, with a kind of stubborn and

grave feeling.

Much like

the two people, Bai Yan stared at the other person, very soon he discovered the

pattern on the boy’s waist ornament. A summer lotus, five flower buds, he was a

child of the fifth wife of the Xia family’s, Xia Xiang Min, General Xia’s.

Bai Yan

didn’t dare to relax too much, since the Zhao Princess had left, the Xia family

had not sent news that anyone else would come to see the master. Looking from

the view of the past seven years, the Xia family were adept at acting friendly

belying ill-intentions, the younger they were the more daring they were, his

family’s master did suffer a lot under the hands of the younger generation. As

he thought of those times, the young boy jumped up onto the window sill with a

`shua`, again squatting, as before looking as if he could attack at any time.

Bai Yan

opened his mouth: “Little boy. You’re a relative of Xia family’s fifth master?”

He hadn’t

heard Xia family’s fifth master had an outside mistress, to the extent that his

son was already so old.

The young

boy deliberately ignore him, his pair of black eyes unblinkingly looked at w.a.n.g

Yun Feng, jumping once, jumping again, Bai Yan did not have enough time to stop

him, the other person had already jumped onto the armrest of the chair w.a.n.g Yun

Feng was sitting on.

A child

aged five or six, although he had a young but not young posture, his entire

body was curled up like a black ball standing one legged on the armrest, the

other leg crossed over his arm placed on his shoulder, his head extending out

from between his arms, his eyes meeting w.a.n.g Yun Feng’s. The same black pupils,

the older person’s contained a tranquil coldness, the younger one held the

blood thirst and callousness of a wild beast, the tips of their noses could

touch with only a millimetre apart.

Bai Yan was

even more nervous, Juan Shu had already scuttled up, both hands pulling the

boy’s arm, unable to move him, he went to pick him up by the waist, he couldn’t

lift him up! 

Both his hands gathered around the other’s neck using all his

strength twisting it back, unable to move him! Juan Shu used his hands and

feet, proceeding with gritted teeth, ferociously and madly wanting to move the

other person a little bit, panting with weariness, the other person’s nose was

only a millimetre away from w.a.n.g Yun Feng.

Juan Shu

tearfully looked at Bai Yan, Bai Yan turned his head, this stupid person still

didn’t understand, the young boy’s martial art clearly was pretty good, the qian jin zhu

was to the point of perfection, what can such a foolish person who cannot take

up burdens or able to move anything do to him?

While

everyone was mulling over the little boy’s aim, the other person suddenly took

out and opened up a painting from within his lapel. There was a man in the

painting, with straight eyebrows, cold eyes, wearing a blue garment, both hands

behind his back standing haughtily, from head to toe giving off a don’t come

close and don’t disturb aura, beside the man a small completely black with gold

spots leopard was drawn.

The young

boy took the portrait comparing it to w.a.n.g Yun Feng for a while, at last saying

a sentence: “Do you eat mouse?”

w.a.n.g Yun

Feng raised his eyebrow, his tone more set apart than the other person: “No.”

The boy

again asked: “Do you play wars.h.i.+p?”

w.a.n.g Yun

Feng: “No.”

“Cannon?”

“No.”

The boy

like an older child stroked his jaw unnecessarily: “What do you know?”

w.a.n.g Yun

Feng leaned on the back of his chair, completely relaxed: “And what do you 

know?”

“I’m asking

you.”

“And I’m

asking you.”

“…” The two

were silent, looking at each other, eyebrows raised, the boy’s temper in the

end jumped alive, or maybe it’s because he had stared at someone for too long,

losing interest, leaning his head back, `clicking his tongue`: “Dull old man.”

w.a.n.g Yun

Feng coldly said: “An ignorant child who shows no respect to elders and

superiors.”

The young

boy suddenly turned his head back, bearing his teeth, biting w.a.n.g Yun Feng’s

neck.

“Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahah----“

Juan Shu shrieked, covering his own neck and jumping up and down in the room.

Bai Yan

like lightening rushed at the boy’s acupuncture point, his fingertips barely

touching the other’s back, the young boy had already jumped away, spitting out

a mouthful, he spat out a piece of b.l.o.o.d.y flesh. He went as far as to

deliberately bite a hole out of w.a.n.g Yun Feng’s neck, as a victim, w.a.n.g Yun

Feng did not frown at all, allowing blood to bubble out of that hole.

Outside the

room the secret guards who heard the sound of activity kicked the door open and

charged in, still not quick enough to see the boy’s appearance, suddenly ten

more secret guards appeared from the window and roof as well as the corridor

outside. Inside the room, the young boy had already been lifted on to the

shoulder of an extremely tall, coa.r.s.e and wild appearing, st.u.r.dy great man

reeking of a fishy seawater smell from head to toe.

Bai Yan

loudly said: “Who exactly are you?”

A sharp

laugh sounded from behind that great man: “A misunderstanding, purely a

misunderstanding.” A short and small, red lips, white teeth youngster stepped

out, bowing to 

w.a.n.g Yun Feng: “We are the Xia family’s fifth master, General

Xia’s subordinates, Kong Xian has met Imperial Censor w.a.n.g before, regards to

Lord w.a.n.g.”

w.a.n.g Yun

Feng seemed to also know the other person’s ident.i.ty, after all the design of

the Xia family’s coat of arms on the bare smooth head of that robust man had

long ago made 

clear of his origins.

w.a.n.g Yun

Feng pointed at the young boy on the robust man’s shoulder: “Who is he?”

“Oh, this

large person is General Xia’s competent and capable Wu Sheng.” Kong Xian

slapped the robust man’s back, a peal of flesh pitter-pattered: “Wu Sheng,

quickly come greet Lord w.a.n.g, he is indeed the second lady’s old paramour, you

cannot rashly offend him.”

These words

were said crudely, the people of the w.a.n.g family all stopped with

understanding. The second lady, naturally is Xia Ling Mei the second oldest of

the current third generation of the Xia family. Old paramour, this sort of

saying if looked in a good way was an old lover, in not a good way was an

outsider, unable to go from the main room to enter the inner chamber, and

adequately make known that person’s position. Cannot rashly offend, if he

really did offend him, then he can be ruthlessly hostile.

w.a.n.g Yun

Feng has been an imperial censor for so many years, what winds and waves has he

not seen before. So long as it’s not Xia Ling Mei, whatever business of anyone

could hardly make him concerned in the slightest.

Kong Xian

watched w.a.n.g Yun Feng’s zombie face become more and more immortal like,

suddenly realising he was pointing to the boy on Wu Sheng’s shoulder: “This is

Xia Fen, the eighth master in the younger generation of the Xia family.” Kong

Xian did not say who his parents were, w.a.n.g Yun Feng also did not ask.

So long as

it’s a child of the Xia family, even if w.a.n.g Yun Feng was bitten full of holes

he would only endure it.

“This

person is very weak.” Xia Fen with his legs crossed coldly said.

Kong Xian

clearly very much agreed, looking at w.a.n.g Yun Feng’s b.l.o.o.d.y neck he shrugged

his shoulders: “Young master Fen, did your teeth itch again?”

Xia Feng

innocently said: “I saw him and just wanted to bite him. Maybe, I’m nearly

growing permanent teeth?”

The people

of the w.a.n.g family remained silent, when you grow permanent teeth you like to

bite human flesh? Who taught this child, like a wild leopard, obstinate and

unruly.

Kong Xian

naturally did not come to find w.a.n.g Yun Feng for a chat, after saying a few

unrelated words he got straight to the point: “The w.a.n.g residence has been

burnt down, where is the second lady?”

w.a.n.g Yun

Feng let Juan Shu apply medicine and fastened a bandage on the b.l.o.o.d.y hole: 

“You

need her for something?”

“General

Xia has asked us to escort young master Fen to the second lady. A few days ago

young master Fen had continuously communicated with the second lady, we rushed

over with great difficulty, unexpectedly the w.a.n.g residence no longer exists, it

was too much.”

The people

of the w.a.n.g family silently fumed, what sort of rubbish was he saying.

Bai Yan

crossed one leg over the other reminding them: “Our mistress’ handiwork, is

naturally outstanding.”

“Oh, the

second mistress made someone blow it up? Not bad, not bad, she is a great

expert on explosives, cannons, firearms and so on.”

Juan Shu

rolled his eyes.

“Where is

she? Don’t tell us, you’ve lost the second lady! It doesn’t matter if you

really have lost her, we’ll look for her ourselves. Hey, since that w.a.n.g

residence has been destroyed for half a day, why is there still no news from

the second lady, what are the subordinates doing.”

Xiao Bai

who had rushed through the doors just now heard most of it and angrily said:

“Who says we haven’t found the mistress, I will take you to her.”

Bai Yan

shook his head, stupid, stupid, Hei Zi you deliberately turned Bai Zi into a

Xiao Bai? This is indirect revenge!

As the most

intelligent person besides the w.a.n.g family’s master, Bai Yan felt a lot of

pressure.