Chapter 23: The Iron Shoes Are Done

  Iron Shoe Great Thief reveals his true form. It turns out that the Song God Doctor is actually Iron Shoe Great Thief. He speaks of the events from back then. Originally, he was willing to risk his life for the sake of the Peacock Prince's mother.

  Li Yunfei asked: "You committed several major crimes in one night back then, you must have been with your brother, right?"

  The Iron Shoe Thief said, "That's right. In the past, in order to deceive people, my brother and I wore the same mask and rushed to different places overnight to commit crimes, creating an illusion of being elusive. It earned her a lot of money."

  "Hua Rulian said: 'The theft of the Hanhai Jade Buddha was also her order.'"

  "Not bad, she wanted to be the queen of the Hanhai country, but she didn't think we'd put in so much effort, only to fall into your hands." The Iron Shoe Thief said with some excitement. He continued: "Not bad, I blinded your son's eyes, but you killed my brother. You killed my own brother!"

  Hua Rulan said: "So, it was the two of you who came to steal the treasure back then."

  Iron Shoe Great Thief nodded and said: "Not bad, it's us two. Over the years, I have been cultivating my daughter with great care, she has grown up well. After that woman died, I sent her to the Western Regions. She won the favor of Prince Peacock, and became a princess. It won't be long before Prince Peacock ascends to the throne."

  Li Yunfei said coldly: "All you need is a jade Buddha, right?"

  "Not bad, but now nothing is missing." Iron Shoe Thief said as he moved out a box.

  The box was opened, and a jade Buddha sat upright inside. He looked very excited and proud.

  At this time, Jin Jiuling said: "Song Wencao, you are already a turtle in the urn, what are you still arrogant about!"

  Tie Xue Da Dao hummed, took out a Huo Yun Pi Li Dan and said: "That damned Zhu Ting may not be willing to say the way out of the secret room. But I've been prepared, I'm going to blow open the door of this secret room."

  Jin Jiulian shouted excitedly: "Song Wengcao, if you do this, everyone will be finished."

  Song asked the grass way: "Wrong, you are dead, don't forget that I am from Du Long Island, I can use the closed breath method, wear iron shoes, and step by step walk up to the riverbed of Meng River. When I arrive at Hanhai State, I will be the father-in-law of the country, and I will enjoy wealth and glory, while you are already feeding fish and shrimp!"

  Li Yunfei laughed and said, "Song Shen Yi, oh no, now it's Tie Xie, don't be so proud, look behind you." Tie Xie turned around to take a look, and Hua Man Lou was standing right behind him. Tie Xie was so scared that he kept backing away.

  Iron Shoe pointed at the flower-filled corridor: "Don't come any closer, or I'll smash this jade Buddha to pieces. No one will get it."

  "Hua Manlou said gently: 'I'd like to ask you a question, your medical skills are so remarkable. You should be saving lives and practicing medicine, why do you insist on doing evil instead?'"

  "Ha! How can you understand the joy of playing with someone's life in the palm of your hand? You've been blind for so many years, it must be quite a taste."

  Hua Man Lou said softly: "Blind my eyes, how have you felt all these years."

  "It doesn't feel bad," said Tie Xie.

  The flower-filled building pulled out a treasured sword and placed it on the neck of the Iron Shoe Great Thief. The Iron Shoe was shocked, suddenly bursting into a nervous laughter: "Kill me, kill me! Why won't you take action? Come on! Let me perish together with this Jade Buddha."

  "Come on, kill me, you've gone soft. You must not have killed anyone before. The feeling is wonderful, you'll definitely fall in love with it. Once you've killed someone, it's easy afterwards. Ha... ha... ha. Kill me."

  Yuan Daxia shouted from this side: "Lou'er, kill him, kill him."

  "Kill me, kill me quickly, killing me will cure your heart disease. What are you waiting for? But there's one thing you won't change, you'll be blind for a lifetime. Spend the rest of your life in darkness."

  At this time, the Eagle Eye Old Seven and others behind him all angrily shouted: "Kill him, kill him."

  Tie Xie said: "You kill me, you coward, you don't have the guts to kill someone."

  At this time, Hua Manlou thrust his sword forward, but did not kill Tie Xue, only knocking the thief's * down. Then he lightly laughed and said: "The one who has been hiding in the dark all his life is you, not me, you're the coward."

  Iron shoes with a face full of resentment, eyes wide open. Looking at Huamanlou, one face is not convinced.

  Hua Manlou stretched out his hand and said softly: "The sea of bitterness is boundless, but turning back is the shore. Come on, give me the Thunderbolt."

  At this moment, Li Yunfei felt a thrilling feeling. He thought that Hua Manlou was a truly perfect person. Li Yunfei knew he himself was a vengeful person who would repay grudges and hold onto resentments. But seeing someone like Hua Manlou, he felt some emotion in his heart.

  But the iron shoe suddenly moved and he was just about to strike when Hua Man Lou kicked him away with one foot.

  Iron shoes bite, eyes open, and the fire cloud thunderbolt flies towards everyone's place. Li Yunfei watches as the fire cloud thunderbolt flashes before his eyes, he can't catch it at all. At this moment, Lu Xiaofeng makes a flying leap, bringing up several residual shadows, using Ling Xi's finger, and instantly clamps down on that thunderbolt.

  Kuizhen Zen Master still took out a Buddhist rosary and knocked the iron-shoeed thief unconscious.

  Li Yunfei smiled and said: "This matter is finally over. Lu Xiaofeng, you must have a way to get out of here, right?"

  Hua Ruolan said: "Lu Xiaofeng, what can you do?"

  Li Yunfei said: "That bottle of vinegar, is it."

  Lu Xiaofeng burst out laughing: "You can see right through everything, yes, I'm jealous."

  "Jealous?" Huarong asked in puzzlement.

  "Not bad, vinegar, this is the vinegar that Zhu Ting gave me." Lu Xiaofeng took out the bottle of vinegar that Zhu Ting had given him and said: "My friend here is naturally good at making traps, and he won't just send us in and then ignore us. So, I held my nose and drank the whole bottle of vinegar, because I was sure there was something fishy about this vinegar gourd..."

  Li Yunfei laughed and said: "You won't even spill the vinegar, you still drank it! What did you find out? Don't sell me short, speak up!"

  Luk Siu-fung smiled and said: "Not bad, there is a line of words engraved on the bottom of this bottle, the way out is in Buddha's hands."

  Hua Ruleng looked at the many Buddha statues around him and said to Suffering Wisdom Chan Master, "Master, you've come. This can be considered as fulfilling your wish. Besides, a true Jade Buddha will only be recognized by someone with discerning eyes."

  Ku Zhi began searching for the real Jade Buddha among many muddy statues. Finally, the Jade Buddha was identified. The Jade Buddha had a key in its hand, which was the key to leave the secret room. Everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief.

  Ten miles outside Taohua Castle, at the edge of Peach Blossom Village, Li Yunfei, Lu Xiaofeng, Hua Manlou and Jin Jiuling stood at the village entrance.

  Jin Jiuling asked: "Lu Xiaofeng, how did you know that the boss's wife was locked up here?"

  Li Yunfei smiled and said, "Jin Tou, have you forgotten what Guan Tai said before he died? The word 'apricot' - this is the only place within a radius of twenty miles that starts with the character for apricot, Apricot Flower Village."

  Lu Xiaofeng said, "The mud seal on the bottle of wine that Zhu Ting sent me is also a mark of this Apricot Flower Village. The Iron Shoe Thief must have a base near Peach Blossom Fortress to commit a crime. I also asked Hua Ping what places around here are called 'Apricot something', and Hua Ping told us about this place."

  Jin Jiuling said with a strange tone: "So it was just luck that Lu Xiaofeng caught the real culprit, you won't have such good luck in the future."

  At noon, villagers were having lunch, but the private school in Apricot Village was still in class. At the entrance, there was an old man sweeping the floor.

  Li Yunfei and Lu Xiaofeng exchanged a smile without saying a word, they left the private school, that old man entered the private school, after a while he and the teacher carried someone out.

  Just as those two men were about to kill the person they had carried out, a stone flew over and knocked the knife out of his hand.

  Li Yunfei smiled and said: "Lu Xiaofeng, when have you ever seen such obedient children? Even I can smell the fragrance of food, they must be able to smell it too."

  Lu Xiaofeng smiled and said: "Maybe the kids here are more well-behaved."

  Li Yunfei laughed and said: "You're looking at this teacher, his body is so thin and small, he looks like a woman."

  Lu Xiaofeng also smiled and said, "I don't think that's necessarily true. Teachers are usually very weak. Take a look at this old man, he's very suspicious. He's too strong."

  Those two people rushed over, Li Yunfei and Lu Xiaofeng started fighting with them. These two people's martial arts were very poor, Li Yunfei didn't even draw his sword before subduing them. The Iron Shoe Thief case was finally closed. Everyone let out a sigh of relief.