Chapter 8: Murder (Below) Revised Edition

  When everyone was reciting the sacrificial texts, a slender and small black shadow quietly slipped into the An Yuan Tang's side hall.

  She looked around cautiously, then jumped down from the wall and landed silently.

  She crept quietly to the door of a house, stretched out her hand and pushed it open. The door creaked as it swung open, unlocked. A dark figure slipped inside and closed the door behind her. She took out a match from her pocket and struck it lightly, and a flame sprang up instantly.

  The room is not too big in size, but it's fully equipped and the furniture is quite new.

  A bed about half a person's height, with bedding laid out neatly. There is a desk by the window, but it is empty and bare.

  Heiying scratched his head, seemingly quite annoyed.

  "That damned little show-off, he goes out and shows off himself, but wants me to sneak around like a thief."

  "What's with all this emptiness in Laughing Tiger's room... Evidence, evidence, where would Laughing Tiger put the evidence?"

  She muttered to herself, searched the house thoroughly, and finally sat on the bed with a huff.

  "Xiao Xiuzai said, 'Laughing Tiger has come into contact with so many people, he must have left something behind. But it's impossible for him to carry everything on his body, so it must be hidden in his residence.' However, this house is just this big, where could it possibly be hidden? Doudou, think carefully, you must find it out, otherwise that Xiao Xiuzai will look down on us... It's not here, maybe..."

  She patted the quilt with her hand and was about to get up.

  She shuddered and suddenly turned around, looking at the quilt in her hand, hesitated for a moment, then shook it open.

  There's nothing inside!

  No, I clearly felt something hard just now, how can there be nothing?

  She bent down again, and after a long time of searching on the quilt, she let out a suppressed cry of joy. She took out a dagger from her bosom, lightly tore open a layer of the quilt, and flipped out a thin little book from inside.

  It must be this thing...

  She smiled lightly, "Finally found it, look at that little show-off later, dare to say I'm stupid?"

  She stuffed the booklet into her bosom and turned to leave.

  Just then, a faint sound of footsteps was heard, she was startled and quickly dodged to hide in the shadows.

  Just as I had barely hidden myself, I heard the door creak open with a groan, pushed by someone.

  Right behind him, a lean and robust man stepped into the room, his eyes scanning the house with a cold laugh.

  "Friend, come out!"

  The man said in a low voice: "I know you're inside the house. Just hand over the thing and I'll pretend nothing happened."

  By the moonlight shining into the room, it was clear that the man was Pei An, one of Zheng Chang's bodyguards.

  He wore a cold and serene smile on his face, with a small horizontal knife in his hand.

  The small horizontal knife is about half a meter long, with a handle of about 14 cm. The wooden guard is on the outside, and the blade is sheathed.

  With one sword in hand, a stream of murderous aura flowed out from Pei An Zhou's body.

  "If you don't come out now, don't blame me for taking action."

  Before the words had fallen, Pei An suddenly moved. With a loud dragon's roar, the horizontal knife came out of its scabbard. A flash of light like a flying sword broke through the air, carrying a fierce and sharp aura, slashing towards the person hiding in the dark. The knife's aura made a faint whistling sound, and the person hiding in the dark knew that their trail had been discovered, hastily rolling on the ground to dodge the horizontal knife.

  Then a carp jumped up and stood upright.

  A dagger lay across his chest, a tense expression on his face.

  Originally, there was still a veil on her face, but Pei An's knife aura was swift and fierce. Although she dodged past, she was still cut down to the ground. The moonlight shone on her face, and it turned out to be Duoduo.

  "Unexpectedly, this An Yuan Tang really hid dragons and slept tigers. A little girl can actually practice qigong and change her bones. I underestimated Zheng Da Shi."

  Pei An was also surprised, probably didn't expect that the one hiding in the house would be a blonde.

  He had never met Doudou, on the one hand because he originally didn't put his mind in Anyuandang, thinking that having Zheng Chang was enough; on the other hand, it was because Yanqing deliberately avoided letting Doudou and Pei An meet. After all, he practiced martial arts and could still make excuses, but Doudou was a girl who also practiced good martial arts, and it would be hard to make excuses for that.

  So, Pei An didn't know Duo Duo, but Duo Duo had seen Pei An before.

  I've long heard Xian Qing say that Pei An is a master...

  Who would have thought that they would meet in such a situation, and Duoduo suddenly became nervous.

  She and Yan Qing made an appointment, planning to take advantage of the sacrifice to the stove god, sneak into Wang Jingwen's room, and look for evidence. Because usually there are many people around, it's hard to find a good opportunity. The sacrifice ceremony was finally held, everyone had to participate, but unexpectedly Pei An suddenly returned. Her heart was racing, Dudu felt that her palms were all sweaty.

  She was just a martial artist who had only just reached the stage of refining her Qi and changing her bones, wanting to escape from a warrior's hands was clearly not very possible.

  Pei An was taken aback for a moment before relaxing.

  "Girl, hand over your things, I can make you die a little more comfortably."

  As he spoke, he took a step forward, with his sword held horizontally and the blade facing inward, the tip pointing downward, looking relaxed and casual.

  In Pei An's eyes, Duo Duo is a bird with clipped wings.

  He went into the house and saw that the quilt on the bed had been spread out, naturally clear, the secret was discovered. No matter if it's a man or a woman, an adult or a child, since his own secret has been discovered, no matter what, it's a dead end.

  "Me, me, me..."

  Duoduo made a fearful appearance and said: "Senior, if I hand it over, can you spare me?"

  "Haha, now that you're here, how could I let you leave alive?"

  "I'm a member of the Zheng family, you kill me and you won't be afraid..."

  Pei An couldn't help but laugh, and a rare smile appeared on that icy face, although it was full of sarcasm.

  "Little girl, judging from your clothes, you're just a servant of the Zheng family."

  Even if I killed you, as long as I claim to the outside world that you were trying to steal my belongings, who would stand up for you?

  Even if it were Zheng Dashen, he might not be able to protect you...

  It's a pity, if I had met you earlier, maybe I would have taken you in. But now, you don't have such an opportunity... You're looking for death!

  Pei An was talking eloquently when suddenly Duo Duo made a swift move, turning the dagger into a flying knife and hurling it at Pei An.

  Duoduo knew that this dagger was not to be underestimated by Pei An. But she wanted to try her luck, if she could delay for a moment, she would be able to escape. The buildings of Anyuan Hall were densely packed and the area was vast. Moreover, there was a ceremony going on outside, as long as she could escape into the crowd, Pei An would also have to be cautious. As for the investigation afterwards... Duoduo wasn't really afraid of that.

  However, Duo still underestimated the gap between Wu Sheng and Wu Shi.

  She threw out the flying knife, not only did it not hurt Pei An, but it didn't even have a delaying effect. Pei An simply dodged to one side and avoided the flying knife. With a swift movement, he sprang forward like a monkey, and in an instant, he was behind Doudou. He reached out and grabbed the collar of Doudou's clothes, flinging him backward with great force. A ripping sound was heard, and Doudou's clothes were torn open, revealing his smooth white back.

  Although she was only eight or nine years old, due to her martial arts training since childhood, during the time of tooth loss and hair growth, when her vital energy first emerged, Doudou's development far surpassed that of girls of the same age. After being thrown to the ground by Pei An, all the joints in Doudou's body seemed to have come apart, her collar was torn open, and the small booklet in her arms also fell to the ground, revealing the small flower buds on her chest that were yet to bloom.

  Pei An's eyes suddenly lit up.

  "Little girl, this is what you asked for... Hehe, I didn't expect An Yuantang to hide such a treasure. It seems like you haven't been ** yet, and it's a pity that you're so stubborn. Let me fulfill your wish, and you won't have any regrets."

  During the Wei and Jin dynasties, apart from the elegant and unconventional spirit, there were also many ugly things.

  As the son of a gatekeeper family, it's inevitable that some special hobbies will be born.

  Some like good Wushi powder, some love drinking... and others, they like raising castrated boys, and even more so, they like young girls.

  Bai An is a sadist with an extremely strong tendency to abuse, and he likes to bully young girls.

  Duoduo was originally born very beautiful, and although she was young, she had already shown signs of budding beauty. The fearful look on her delicate face greatly stirred up Pei An's beastly nature. He chuckled to himself as he walked towards Duoduo, unbuttoning his clothes as he went.

  "Go away, go away..."

  Duo Duo also knew that something was wrong.

  From Pei An's twisted and animalistic smile, she sensed something was off.

  Her joints seemed to have been shaken loose by Bai An's sudden toss. Her body was temporarily out of control, and she could only struggle to move backwards while covering her chest, almost in tears: "You dare touch me, I won't let you off."

  "Haha, then I'll take a closer look, why don't you let me off!"

  Pei An said, unable to suppress the beastly desire in his heart any longer, and pounced on Duo Duo.

  In Anyuan Hall, the bell rings, marking the end of the stove worship ceremony.

  The ceremony of sacrificing to the kitchen god ends, and there will be a lively wine feast and dance. The loud and shrill cries are drowned out by the sound of the bell.

  Just then, a small figure slipped into the room.

  He saw him pick up the dagger from the ground and walk quietly to Pei An's back.

  Pei An knelt on the couch, pinning Duo Duo under her body, and was using force to tear off Duo Duo's clothes.

  He was tearing and laughing lewdly. His upper garment had long been thrown aside, he tore off Duoduo's skirt, ready to take further action, when suddenly his body shook violently, a loud roar in his mouth, and with a backhand slap, he slapped a thin little body.

  A gleaming dagger was thrust into his back, up to the hilt.

  Pei An opened his eyes wide and turned around to look over.

  Just then, Zheng Yanqing spat out a mouthful of blood, struggled to get up, one hand clutching his chest, and his eyes seemed to be spewing fire as he stared at him.

  It's actually that little errand boy?

  Bai An never thought he would fall at the hands of a small miscellaneous character.

  He glared at Zheng Yanqing and roared: "You little bastard, I'll kill you!"

  Zheng Yanqing revealed a smile, "Old mixed breed, want to kill me? Wait for the next life... Duo Duo, take action!"

  A group of naked men stood behind Pei An.

  Her delicate face still bore tear stains, but her eyes were filled with a fierce killing intent. She grasped the dagger's hilt and suddenly pulled it out, a stream of hot blood instantly spraying onto her body. Fresh blood flowed down her pale, slender torso.

  The energy throughout his body seemed to be rapidly draining away with the flowing hot blood.

  Pei An's eyes widened in disbelief, as if he still couldn't believe that he would actually die at the hands of two little kids.

  Zheng Yanqing picked up the small horizontal knife that Pei An had dropped on the ground, stepped forward and thrust the blade of the knife deeply into Pei An's chest.

  "Bastard!"

  Yan Qing gritted his teeth and squeezed out two words from between them.