Chapter 27 Misunderstanding

  The same words were said twice, the first one was deceitful, what about the second one?

  No matter what others believed, Zhongxiu didn't believe it, so he was knocked down. He was easily ambushed and had his spine broken by the ghostly Rain Xiangnu. Perhaps she also deliberately killed a chicken to scare the monkey, Rain Xiangnu's hands were very heavy and cruel.

  Looking at Zhong Xiu who was lying on the ground, wailing in pain but unable to move, Yu Xiangnu clapped her hands and said: "I've also prepared things for you, they're placed over there, the rest is up to you to handle, don't forget our agreement!"

  Wu Fan waved his two normal arms, tore off a piece of cloth to bandage the tiger's mouth on his hand, and smiled, not even looking at Yu Xiangnu. Now he only cared about Zhongxiu!

  Slowly, from three zhang away, Wu Fan sheathed the fine steel treasured sword into its scabbard. He pondered for a moment, picked up Zhong Xiu's sword, raised an eyebrow, and smiled wickedly.

  "Damn it... damn it! Aaah!"

  Zhong Xiu was very tough, even with a broken spine, he was in so much pain that he couldn't get up, but when facing Wu Fan who had ill intentions towards him, he still scolded him repeatedly.

  "Waaaah~~~~"

  He reached out and covered Zhong Xiu's mouth with a handful of coarse grass, Wu Fan tapped his ear and let out a long sigh, as if to say - it's much quieter now.

  He looked up at the moon and then lowered his head, Wu Fan said with a smile: "Hundred House Lord, I think the feng shui here is not bad, it's very suitable for you to be buried here! What do you say? Hehehe!", laughing and shaking his head, he suddenly became furious and kicked Zhong Xiu violently, shouting word by word: "Never! Has! Anyone! Dared! To be so! Disrespectful! Disrespectful! Disrespectful!"

  "Hoo—!"

  Wu Fan let out a long sigh and pulled back his legs, wiping the sweat from his forehead and smoothing out his disheveled hair. The exertion of those few moments had left him feeling quite tired.

  Wu Fan seriously said: "Lord Bai Hu, can you be a bit more polite when speaking?"

  "One day you will leave before me... Waaahhh..."

  Cover Zhong Xiu's mouth again.

  "Looks like I need to teach you a lesson!", Wu Fan slowly said, taking down the Fourteen Postures Knife sheath from behind his back: "Today, I will definitely make you learn what it means to speak properly and understand etiquette! My mother always says that when being a person, the most important thing is to have propriety!"

  Inside the fourteen-sided knife case, there were large knives and daggers used as weapons, as well as small knives, spikes, and steel needles used for torture. One by one, Wu Fan laid them out, bathed in moonlight that emitted a clear and cold glow.

  "Hmm... yeah..."

  Zhong Xiu struggled desperately, like a boneless snake trying to slither away on the ground. As a result - he was soon tied up by Wu Fan to a big tree.

  Very excitedly looking at the fine needle in his hand, carefully wiping and wiping again, Wu Fan's face, which looked pale to begin with, now appeared even more sickly, sending shivers down one's spine!

  "It's often said that 'the ten fingers are connected to the heart, and any one of them hurts', I don't know if this saying makes sense, but today I want to see it for myself!" Wu Fan burst out laughing, at the same time grabbing Zhong Xiu's hand, "Lord Baihu, do you mind?"

  "Delicious!"

  A sound that makes people's teeth ache has risen, it is the sound of steel needles rubbing against fingernails!

  "Waaaahhhhhh!!!!!!"

  Zhong Xiu's mouth, stuffed with grass, could only let out muffled and painful whimpers. His forehead and entire body were covered in sweat due to the pain, drenched from head to toe!

  He patted his hand, looking at the steel needle stuck in Zhong Xiu's fingernail seam, Wu Fan somewhat reluctantly took out the grass from Zhong Xiu's mouth and said: "Now, Lord Bai Hu can understand the importance of politeness?"

  "Someone is going to get it... Waaahhh..."

  Wu Fan then took out four needles and nailed them into the gaps between Zhong Xiu's left hand fingers.

  "Hmph...!"

  Zhong Xiu's struggles and screams grew fainter, leaving only weak and labored breathing.

  After a while, he took out all the steel needles from Zhong Xiu's fingernails, and Wu Fan stared at Zhong Xiu's eyes, sincerely saying: "Lord Bai Hu! Etiquette is very important! Isn't it? Isn't it?"

  "Mmm... Waaah..."

  At this moment, Zhong Xiudian's tears were streaming down her face as she nodded, having already collapsed. Just a moment ago, he seemed to have seen hell!!!

  "Bang! Bang!"

  He patted Zhong Xiu's cheek, and Wu Fan smiled lightly: "This is the way! Manners are really important! If you don't yield, I'm afraid I'll have to serve you in a more...inhuman way! For example...I'll cut off your lower body with a sharp knife, slice by slice, then roast it over an open flame and feed it to you. This is called the famous dish 'Roasted Money Meat'. Or maybe I'll shatter your teeth and use steel needles to poke at your dental nerves? I reckon you don't quite understand, in short..."

  The topic suddenly changed, Wu Fan narrowed his eyes and said in a sinister tone: "I ask what you answer, don't say an extra word, or I'll let you experience the taste of being worse off than dead!"

  "Mmm-hmmm~~~"

  Zhong Xiuzhen was really scared, scared to death, hastily nodding his head. When Wu Fan took out the grass stuffed in his mouth, he didn't even dare to say a word of apology!

  Wu Fan looked up at the moon and said, "Are you under Wu Yuanhao's orders to make sure I don't see tomorrow's sun?"

  Zhong Xiu was stunned, and after a long time, he shook his head and said: "Absolutely not, the Commander only asked me to find an appropriate opportunity...", seeing Wu Fan's face change, he wanted to cover his own mouth, Zhong Xiu was so scared that he cried: "Really! Really! The Commander never said that he would get rid of you today! I'm telling the truth... Don't torture me anymore, give me a quick death!"

  By now, Zhong Xiu no longer hoped to survive; he only wished for a quick and painless death.

  Wu Fan, however, fell into deep thought because of Zhong Xiu's words... [If Wu Yuanhao hadn't given such an order, then what was the truth about that letter? Was there someone else who wanted my life? Zhong Xiu was already scared, he absolutely wouldn't lie! What's going on?]

  With a gloomy expression, Wu Fan thought for a long time before asking: "I heard that a big shot returned to Chang'an in the past few days. Have you heard Wu Yuanhao say anything about it?"

  Zhong Xiuyi nodded and then shook his head, changing his tone to a comical one: "I heard Commander Zhang mention it when he was drunk, but he himself doesn't know much either. He only knows that the visitor is a eunuch, what's the reason, who is it, what they're doing... I don't know, and neither does he! Really! Every word I say is true!"

  Everything Wu Fan could think of and everything Zhong Xiu knew was asked in just a short moment.

  Finally—

  Wu Fan sighed, looking at Zhong Xiu: "I think... I may have misunderstood something. Alas! Things have come to this point and can't be undone. The only thing left is for Bai Hu to take the road. I'm really sorry!"

  Zhong Xiudun's eyes widened suddenly: "What? Misunderstanding... you... that day you..."

  "Whoosh!"

  The blade flashed by, and Zhong Xiu's head rolled on the ground non-stop. Those wide-open eyes represented how wronged he was in his death!

  He licked his tongue, wiped the blood off the knife with his hand, and then stuffed Zhong Xiu's official uniform, boots, and dagger into the scabbard of the Fourteenth Style, preparing to go home and destroy them. Wu Fan walked away with a long stride.

  As for Zhong Xiu's body... Wu Fan didn't need to worry at all. When he was interrogating Zhong Xiu, not far away, wild dogs with rumbling stomachs had already appeared in the mountains and forests, where carnivores were never lacking.

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