Chapter Eighteen: The Treasure is Stolen

  In the dead of night, Lu Xiaofeng wore the treasured armor passed down through the Huo family, woven with snow silk and tempered steel from the Tian Shan mountains. Wearing it made him impervious to blades and bullets, while Li Yunfei and others waited indoors for the appointed time to arrive.

  Lü Xiao Feng was running on the rooftop when suddenly Li Yun Fei heard Hua Man Lou shouting: "Lü Xiao Feng, Li Yun Fei come quickly."

  Li Yunfei waited for a moment and then rushed out. Li Yunfei saw a black shadow flying over the roof, and Hua Manlou followed closely behind. The two chased each other on the rooftop. Li Yunfei followed closely behind in pursuit.

  At this time, a door opened, and Li Yunfei went to intercept Lu Xiaofeng according to the script. As soon as they fought, Li Yunfei knew that the treasure armor on Lu Xiaofeng was fake, and he would never let Lu Xiaofeng be killed by Hua Manlou.

  Lu Xiaofeng rushed into the house, Eagle Eye Old Seven and Huo Shifu were fighting together in the room. Lu Xiaofeng swayed back and forth, fending off their attacks. Li Yunfei also drew his sword and stabbed forward, with flashes of sword light appearing in the room. Hua Manlou also flew in.

  Lu Xiaofeng flashed out of the window, and Li Yunfei and Hua Manlou followed. At this time, Lu Xiaofeng flew to the rooftop, where Yuan Daxia was waiting, and upon seeing Lu Xiaofeng arrive, he picked up his own pair of butterfly knives and attacked him.

  Lu Xiaofeng flew down and rushed to Wu Zhangmen's room. Li Yunfei and Hua Manlou followed closely behind, also entering the room, which was in disarray. Things were scattered everywhere, with shards of broken bottles all over the floor. Wu Zhangmen lay on the ground, Lu Xiaofeng was taken aback for a moment, when Guan Daxia appeared, attacking Lu Xiaofeng without saying a word. Li Yunfei also joined in, and Hua Manlou entered as well. Just as the three were about to engage in combat, Lu Xiaofeng turned around and ran out, at which point Li Yunfei swung his sword towards Lu Xiaofeng's back, the blade grazing against Lu Xiaofeng's body.

  Lu Xiao Feng walked out of the room, and just as his body slowed down, Hua Man Lou's sword was about to pierce Lu Xiao Feng's back. At this moment, Li Yun Fei struck down Hua Man Lou's sword with one blow. Then, Song Shen Yi, Hua Ru Ling, Ku Zhi Chan Shi, and Ying Yan Lao Qi all walked over.

  Hua Manlou angrily asked: "Li Yunfei, what kind of joke are you playing?"

  Li Yunfei said, "Lu Xiaofeng, stop pretending." After that, Li Yunfei pulled the snow silk wrapping on Lu Xiaofeng's body with one pull, and the treasure armor known as "knife-proof" was torn apart.

  "If this is a joke, it's an overly big one."

  Lu Xiaofeng was shocked and angrily said: "What's going on here? If it wasn't for Li Yunfei's quick thinking, I would have already died under Hua Manlou's sword."

  Li Yunfei said: "Lu Xiaofeng, take off this treasure armor for me."

  Li Yunfei held up the precious armor that Lu Xiaofeng had taken off, pointing to the place on his back where the sword had torn through and said: "I just fought with him. In order not to arouse suspicion from Hua Manlou, I naturally used all my strength. Moreover, he was wearing this precious armor. When I stabbed him, I didn't hold back. But in one move, I tore through this precious armor. What do you think is going on? If I hadn't reacted quickly, Lu Xiaofeng would probably have become a dead phoenix."

  A group of people stood in stunned silence, no one speaking. The air was thick with an eerie stillness, a sense of pressure settling over the crowd.

  Luk Siu-fung led everyone into Wu Zangmen's room. Wu Zangmen was lying on the ground with a piece of paper on his body.

  "What's going on?" asked Hua Manlou.

  "Hua Rulan sighed and said, 'Lou Er, I really don't want you to be unhappy for the rest of your life. In order to get rid of this heart disease, I had no choice but to ask everyone to help me put on this show.'"

  "Hua Man Lou said: 'Dad, I didn't expect this was really your arrangement.'"

  Song Shen Yi interrupted, "Yes, this is our doing, but with so many things happening, no one expected that the soft armor had been switched."

  Li Yunfei sneered, "No matter how meticulous the plan is, once it's put into action, it's hard to avoid going awry. What I don't know is who else can get their hands on this soft armor besides you guys. And most importantly, only a handful of us know about this plan, so if something goes wrong, it must be one of us."

  Jin Jiuling squatted on the ground and opened the paper from Wuzhang Gate. As he took a look, it turned out to be a bloody footprint.

  "Hua Rulan exclaimed: 'Iron Shoes, this is the emblem of Iron Shoes!'"

  "Eagle Eye Old Seven cursed: 'Damn it, what's going on? Has Iron Shoe come back to life?'"

  Song Shen Yi said: "It's impossible. Everyone saw him being buried under the iron shoes with their own eyes. Could he have come back to life?"

  Hua Manlou said resolutely: "Tie Xue, he didn't die at all."

  Lu Xiaofeng said: "That's not necessarily true, that letter doesn't explain anything at all."

  At this time, Monk Kuang Zhi said: "I have been thinking for a long time that the Iron Shoe who was killed by Hua Da Xia might not be the real Iron Shoe."

  "Hua Rulian cried out: 'Wu brothers, I owe you an apology! If it weren't for me, you wouldn't have died either. I'm sorry to you!'"

  Jin Jiuling stopped Hua Rulian's self-blame and said, "Hua Da Xia, please calm down. Now the only thing to do is find a clue. Only by catching the murderer can we avenge Wu Da Xia."

  Li Yunfei said: "Everyone should be more careful in the future and not give the murderer a chance."

  At this time, a sound came from outside the door, and everyone rushed out. Seeing that all the guests were standing outside looking in.

  "Everyone, there's nothing going on here, let's all go back and rest, everything is fine."

  The handkerchief of that Western dancer fell off, Lu Xiaofeng saw something and quietly talked to the dancer.

  After persuading everyone to leave, a few people returned to the room. At this time, Guan Da Xia asked: "Lu Xiao Feng, when I came in, Wu Da Xia was lying here, what's going on?"

  "Hum, I know more than you think!"

  Jin Jiuyi also said: "Even if the murderer is not in Taohua Castle, he must have planted a mole. We can't be careless outside and disrupt our formation."

  Li Yunfei said: "An accident has occurred here. Before we catch the murderer, it's better to seal off this room and have us take turns keeping watch. Otherwise, we might lose some very important clues."

  This proposal was recognized by everyone, and Huo Shifu proposed to be the first class himself. Others went back to sleep. At this time, Guan Da Xia shouted: "No way, do you want Wu brother to die here?"

  Li Yunfei said: "What's most important for us now is to catch the murderer. If we can't catch him because of this, I'm afraid Wu Daxia's spirit in heaven won't be able to rest in peace."

  Jin Jiuling said: "Everyone go out now."

  Kuizhen Master said: "Let's go out first." After finishing speaking, he led the way and walked out.

  Only Jin Jiuling was left in the room, Lu Xiaofeng and Li Yunfei. Jin Jiuling looked at Li Yunfei and said: "Everyone else has gone out, why haven't you gone out?"

  Lu Xiaofeng said: "Li Yunfei still understands these things, he can find clues that we haven't found."

  Jin Jiuling nodded and began the autopsy. He turned over the body, revealing a single stab wound on its back. A swift and clean kill.

  Lu Xiaofeng said: "One knife killed him, no signs of struggle."

  Li Yunfei smiled lightly and said, "There are no ceramic shards under the body, but there are on the body. This shows that these messy things were disturbed by the murderer after Wu Zhangmen's death. In other words, the murderer was familiar with Wu Zhangmen, which means the murderer should be someone who could make Wu Zhangmen completely let his guard down."

  "It seems that tonight will be a sleepless night."

  Li Yunfei and Lu Xiaofeng parted ways, then returned to their own rooms. Li Yunfei saw that Hua Manlou's room was still lit up. Li Yunfei arrived at the door of Hua Manlou's room.

  As they entered the room, Hua Manlou was still sitting there. Li Yunfei comforted him, "Don't worry, we will definitely catch the murderer, and we don't even know if the murderer is Tie Xue or not! Don't be too anxious."

  "I also know, but he's in the dark and we're in the light, it's hard to guard against! However, I still have to thank you for knocking my sword away, otherwise, I would have killed Lu Xiaofeng. If Lu Xiaofeng became a dead phoenix, I wouldn't know what to do either."

  Li Yunfei modestly said: "It's nothing, if you consider me a friend, then don't say such polite words."

  "You can't just say that, you saved my life, this isn't something to be taken lightly." Lu Xiao Feng said as he pushed the door open and walked in.

  Li Yunfei said: "Lu Xiaofeng, where did you go? You came back so quickly. That dancer didn't give you face, huh. This time the lovable Lu Xiaofeng got rejected."

  Lu Xiaofeng shook his head and said: "That group of people from the State of Hanhai have secrets. They are very suspicious. Maybe they were not sent by the King of Hanhai."

  "What's been found."

  Lu Xiaofeng said: "It's hard to say."

  Hua Manlou smiled and said: "I should thank you guys, you took such a big risk for me."

  Li Yunfei said: "The one you should thank is Lu Xiaofeng, he's the real danger, I'm just a supporting actor, helping to kill people, that's all."

  Lu Xiaofeng patted Li Yunfei and Hua Manlou on the shoulder. Everyone exchanged a smile, and everything was understood without words. The room was filled with warmth. Very touching. Very wonderful.

  "Please come in, friends outside the door." Hua Manlou said suddenly. Hua Manlou's ears and nose were always much stronger than those of ordinary people.

  "I didn't hear anything at all!" It turned out that Jin Jiuling was standing outside the door.

  Hua Man Lou laughed and said: "It turns out that there's more than one person who likes to eavesdrop, not just Lu Xiao Feng!"

  Lu Xiaofeng wiped his nose and said: "After eavesdropping, you still don't leave? What a fool!"

  Everyone in the house was amused by Lu Xiaofeng. Just then, a servant rushed in and shouted: "Young master, young master, the old master has fainted."

  Several people followed the servant to the living room, where Hua Rulian sat in a chair sighing.

  "Hua Man Lou hurriedly asked: 'Father! What's going on?!'"

  "It's him, it really is him, Iron Shoe Thief. Can't be wrong. He came and that thing also disappeared."

  Li Yunfei asked: "Uncle Hua, what's missing?"

  "The Flower family's treasure has been stolen. After I let everyone return to their rooms to rest, I couldn't shake off the feeling of unease, so I made a round of inspections and indeed that treasure is nowhere to be found."

  Lu Xiaofeng said, "So that means the treasure was stolen while everyone was chasing me earlier. But I still don't understand, Uncle, where did you go on patrol and what treasure is missing?"

  Hua Rulang swallowed hard and didn't speak. At this time, Ku Zhi Dashi asked: "Isn't it that thing that's gone missing?"

  Hua Ruleng nodded slightly, and Suffering Wisdom Master's expression changed as he recited a Buddhist mantra.

  Eagle Eye Old Seven's impatient temper flared up, and with a face full of annoyance, he asked: "Old Flower Head, what riddle are you guys solving? It's really infuriating!"

  Hua Rulan shook her head and stopped talking.

  Today's second update.