Chapter 22: The Iron Shoe Finally Reveals Its Form

  Just as Jin Jiuling was about to continue accusing Kuang Zhi Chan Shi, Li Yunfei interrupted him.

  "If Kuai Zhi Dashi is the Iron Shoe Thief, then he would have had many opportunities to approach the Hua family. Why didn't he come to steal earlier? Why did he choose to come now?"

  Jin Jiuling said, "Hui Zhishi, what did you do in the Kingdom of Huanhai a few days ago? Are you trying to help Prince Peacock usurp the throne? You'd make a great national teacher for the Kingdom of Huanhai!"

  Lu Xiaofeng couldn't help but burst out laughing. Jin Jiuling angrily said: "Lu Xiaofeng, what are you laughing at?"

  Lu Xiaofeng said, "Golden Catcher, this is just an inference and doesn't count as evidence! The government must have proof when arresting someone. Otherwise, everyone here is a suspect, and the Iron Shoe Thief could be Monk Sui Zhen, or Eagle Eye Old Seven, or even you."

  Jin Jiuling angrily said: "Lu Xiaofeng, what kind of joke are you playing? Don't you see what time it is?"

  Lu Xiaofeng smiled and said, "Alright, no more joking. Let me tell you something. Zhu Ting, the boss of Zhu's, is my best friend, but unfortunately, due to a small misunderstanding, he hasn't been in touch with me for a long time. However, strangely enough, just a few days ago, he suddenly sent someone to deliver a bottle of wine to me."

  Hua Man Lou said: "What's so mysterious about that? Maybe he wants to make amends with you, this is a gesture of reconciliation."

  "At first, I thought so too. But after I hastily took a sip of that wine, I immediately dispelled this idea, because what was in there wasn't wine at all, but vinegar."

  "Ha ha ha, Lu Xiaofeng, he's intentionally teasing you!"

  Li Yunfei said: "This is impossible, I and Zhu Ting are also good friends, he is not that kind of person."

  Lu Xiaofeng said: "No wonder, Zhu Ting is not interesting at all. So I went to find him to get to the bottom of it. But found that he was imprisoned."

  Li Yunfei said: "Why didn't Zhu Ting look for me?"

  Hua Man Lou said, "How did Zhu Ting know you were here? But everyone knows that Lu Xiao Feng comes to the Wind and Clouds Building in Beijing every year at this time to eat zongzi. Of course, he was found."

  Lu Xiaofeng interrupted Huamanlou's words and said: "Listen to me, Zhu Ting being imprisoned is one thing, but the boss's wife has also disappeared."

  Hua Ru Ling Dao said: "Lu Xiao Feng, what are you talking about? Hurry up and get to the point."

  Lu Xiaofeng smiled and said, "Alright, I won't beat around the bush. It's Iron Shoe who kidnapped the boss's wife. He wants to coerce Zhu into revealing the secret mechanism of Peach Blossom Fortress by threatening his life, but that won't work. However, using the boss's wife as leverage is very effective. But Zhu is a man of his word, so he'll only reveal half of the mechanism to Iron Shoe. Yet, he's worried about his wife's safety, so he has no choice but to ask me to come out of retirement. I'm ashamed, Uncle Hua, I didn't come specifically to celebrate your birthday."

  At this time, the poison on Yuan Daxia's arrow wound started to take effect. He coughed non-stop. Li Yunfei said: "Song Shen Yi, quickly get out the antidote powder!"

  Song Shen Yi said: "If there is, wouldn't I take it out?"

  At this time, the candle slowly became smaller and finally went out. Lu Xiaofeng asked: "What's going on?"

  "Here all around is airtight, air is getting less and less, soon will be used up. Not to mention the lamp will go out, people will also die."

  Li Yunfei said: "Actually, now is the best time to seize the iron shoes."

  Jin Jiuling said: "Li Yunfei, what do you mean? We can't see anything at all!"

  Li Yunfei said, "Don't believe your eyes, believe your own heart. Hua Manlou once told me and Lu Xiaofeng that he had seen Tie Xie's face before. A face he would never forget. If you want to know who is Tie Xie, it's simple, let Hua Manlou touch each of our faces one by one. If Tie Xie is among us, he will definitely not be able to escape."

  "Hua Rulan said: 'Lou Er, this is really true, I've never heard you mention it before.'"

  Yuan Daxia said: "Hua Xiaoxia, you were still young at that time. Now you really remember."

  "I remember that face and I will never forget it in my lifetime. Moreover, there is a clear mark on his left cheek."

  "Eagle Eye Old Seven said: 'I agree, stop nagging, come and touch me first.'"

  "Alright, let's do it this way," said Li Yunfei.

  Flowers filled the building, one by one passing over everyone's face. Li Yunfei asked: "How is it? Is there or not?"

  "Flowers full of corridors: 'Nothing?'"

  Lu Xiaofeng inserted and said: "Are you sure, really nothing."

  "There really isn't! I can be sure of it!"

  Jin Jiuling said: "Li Yunfei, what are you talking about now?"

  Li Yunfei smiled and said: "You're wrong, actually, the iron shoe has been found."

  Lu Xiaofeng also burst out laughing, then took out the torch and lit the candles in the secret room. He said: "This iron shoe didn't think of it, actually this secret room still has air."

  Li Yunfei also said: "Look at each other's faces." At this time, except for Song Shengyi, everyone else's face was dirty. Everyone looked at each other's faces and laughed.

  "Eagle Eye Old Seven said: 'You rascal, did you touch her?'"

  Li Yunfei said: "Song Shen Yi, you should confess now!"

  Song Shen Yi said: "You... what do you mean."

  "You're really a pity without a mirror. If you had one, you'd see that your expression is quite interesting."

  Song Shen Yi said: "Lu Xiao Feng, what are you two talking about? What nonsense are you spouting!"

  Li Yunfei said: "Song Shen Yi, this should be my question to you! You don't dare let Hua Man Lou touch your face, what are you really afraid of?!"

  Song Shen Yi said: "Li Yun Fei, you guys shouldn't spit blood at people. It was too dark just now and I didn't have time to come over."

  "No, you're afraid I'll touch that scar on your face, the one I can never forget for the rest of my life."

  Song Shen Yi said: "Nonsense! Everyone can be a witness, there's no wound on my face."

  Li Yunfei said, "The mask on your face should also be removed. You are the real Iron Shoe Thief. Just now, I deliberately asked you to take out the antidote to save people, but you said that the detoxification powder was used up. This is strange, a divine doctor who saves the world and rescues people, but there is no miraculous medicine in the medicine bag that he risked his life to get. What's inside? I guess there must be something in this medicine bag."

  "What thing?"

  Li Yunfei said: "Iron shoes, it's your only means of escape."

  "You're talking nonsense, this is utterly absurd."

  Li Yunfei said: "Then trouble you to open the medicine bag and let everyone take a look. Isn't it clear?"

  Song Shen Yi said: "Good, let you see." After finishing, he took out a medicine bag, opened the medicine bag, and instantly pulled out a Huanyuan Thunderbolt bomb and threw it to the ground.

  The crowd dispersed in a flash. Song Shengyi flew to the other side of the secret room in an instant, opened the mechanism, and a steel iron door fell down. Only Huamanlou took advantage of Tie Xie's carelessness and also slipped through.

  Just as everyone came to their senses, they heard the loud laughter of Song Shen Yi. Song Shen Yi said with a hint of resentment: "Li Yun Fei, Lu Xiao Feng, when did you two start suspecting me?"

  Li Yunfei said: "This has to be told by Lu Xiaofeng first, this is what he told me."

  Lu Xiaofeng sneered, "Song Shiyu, you've forgotten. When I disguised myself as Tie Xue, you handed me a token. At the time, I told you that Huamanlou couldn't see it, but you said no, maybe he could feel your face."

  Lu Xiaofeng smiled and continued, "Perhaps he will touch your face. This sentence is really interesting. Why can't Huamanlou touch the face of Tiexie Da Dao? I think it's simple. Because Huamanlou has seen the true face of Tiexie Da Dao before. If Huamanlou touches his face, the fake Tiexie Da Dao will be exposed."

  Li Yunfei looked at Tie Xue and said to Lu Xiaofeng, "The fact that Huamanlou saw the true face of Tie Xue is known only to me and Lu Xiaofeng. If anyone else knows, it would be Tie Xue himself."

  Jin Jiuling said: "Li Yunfei, just because of this sentence that seems to be true but is actually false, you are also guessing."

  Lu Xiaofeng inserted and said, "Of course, it's not just this sentence. I also noticed that when Song Shenyi put on the snow silk soft armor for me, at that time, I noticed that his way of robbing was a method commonly used by boatmen on the water. Of course, this is also speculation."

  Lu Xiaofeng thought for a moment and continued: "Later, I made another discovery. I found that the martial arts of the Peacock Princess were from the East Sea's Poisonous Dragon Island. And the Iron Shoe Thief was the master of Poisonous Dragon Island. I think this is not a coincidence."

  Jin Jiuling said: "So, Song Wencao has never left our sight all along, but the Jade Buddha was stolen, it seems that he had an accomplice."

  Li Yunfei said, "That's right, this is where he's clever. With sufficient evidence that he wasn't at the scene, no one suspected him. Didn't the Iron Shoe Thief commit multiple big cases in just one night back then?"

  Tie Xue Dao: "Even so, Peacock Princess might be in contact with someone else."

  Li Yunfei said, "You still remember that Huo Daxia, don't you? When we were interrogating him, before he died, when he said the word 'apricot', you immediately pulled us away. If you didn't have a guilty conscience, why would you be so cautious?"

  Lu Xiaofeng also said: "That Peacock Princess must have a very deep relationship with you."

  "Exactly, she is my daughter, the new queen of the Kingdom of Hanhai."

  "Then who was it that Hua Da Xia killed back then?"

  The Iron Shoe Thief suddenly became excited, shouting: "That's my brother, my own brother. People all over the world only know that the Iron Shoe Thief is a mysterious and elusive figure, but they don't know that the Iron Shoe Thief is actually a pair of twin brothers. My brother has excellent martial arts skills and is stationed on Poisonous Dragon Island. I have superb medical skills and am wandering around the edge of the sky. But those damn coastal guards actually threw my brother into the sea. I thought my brother was dead, and in a fit of rage, I killed them all. Later, a woman found me, it was she who rescued my brother from the sea. Afterwards, my brother and I began to risk our lives for this woman."

  "Who is this woman?"

  "He is the mother of Prince Peacock."