Chapter 70 Return to Fengtian (4)

  Zheng's deputy was about to shout loudly, when a sharp knife was already placed horizontally on his neck. The person holding the knife wore a short jacket and covered their face with black cloth, revealing only two eyes, and whispered: "Dare to shout and I'll kill you with one knife!"

  "General Zheng cowered in one corner and whispered: 'Spare his life, hero!'"

  This masked guest was actually Huo Xiaoxie. Huo Xiaoxie cursed in a low voice, "You can't be spared!" He was about to take action, but Huo Xiaoxie had never killed anyone before. When faced with the matter of taking someone's life, his heart still trembled slightly, and the tip of his knife quivered slightly.

  This Deputy Zheng, despite his current flustered appearance, is an old hand. Guessing that the person in front of him was probably a novice, he wrongly said: "Hero, at least give me a reason why I should die, and let me die with some understanding."

  "Go ask King Yama!" With a sudden movement, he closed his eyes and was about to pierce Zheng's throat. Killing people is not like killing chickens, one needs to be ruthless and quick. Fire Xiao Xie had already committed a taboo at this point.

  Zheng Fuquan, this rascal, was not a weak scholar. He had the ability to react quickly and think on his feet, which allowed him to become Zhang Zuolin's deputy officer. Seeing Huo Xiaoyi close her eyes, he seized the opportunity and struck Huo Xiaoyi's wrist with force. Huo Xiaoyi's knife didn't quite make it in, only leaving a bloody gash on Zheng Fuquan's neck.

  Zheng's deputy ordered him to stay down, not to care about anything else, and with a loud shout, he rolled away from the fire, shouting: "Someone is coming! There is an assassin!" He picked up the stool beside him and swung it around, making it impossible for Huo Xiao to get close.

  He cursed loudly, "Damn it!", but was unable to get close, so he shouted out in frustration: "Damn your grandma!" and turned around to run, jumping out of the window.

  Deputy Zheng's entourage soldiers heard Deputy Zheng yelling wildly in the toilet, and rushed in with their guns, only to see Deputy Zheng's disheveled appearance, and they were all stunned. Deputy Zheng cursed loudly: "Look at the chicken feathers! The assassin has escaped! Chase him for me! He ran out of that window!"

  The soldiers responded hastily, two of them climbed out through the window, and several others opened the toilet door to chase around.

  These soldiers chased for half a day, but couldn't see even half a shadow of a person. They had no choice but to return in dismay. The disturbance at Yue Lai wine house caused an uproar that shook the heavens and overturned the earth. Liu Guan's henchmen, Zheng Fu's soldiers, all the waiters, cooks, servants, accountants, etc. from Yue Lai wine house came out, grabbing all the customers who were still eating in the store, not letting a single one escape. This group of people was so furious that they wanted to turn Yue Lai wine house upside down, but except for finding some marks on the wall outside the toilet window, there was no other clue.

  Huoxiao Ye and Shuixiao Er had already settled the bill and left, disappearing from view shortly after Zheng Fu Guan sat down upstairs. It turned out that Shuixiao Er had secretly entered the kitchen, waiting for the right moment to come out and bump into Xiaosan, and in the blink of an eye, she had put a strong laxative into the butter jar held by Xiaosan. The head chef scooped it all up with one spoonful and put it into the dish to be presented to Zheng Fu Guan, truly without anyone noticing. This was also thanks to Shuixiao Er's excellent intelligence gathering, as she had determined that the head chef was busy preparing dishes for Zheng Fu Guan.

  The chef who cooked for Deputy Zheng was afraid to take responsibility for Deputy Zheng's diarrhea, and kept shouting that his cooking was absolutely fine, completely forgetting that an old man had once rushed into the kitchen looking for a toilet. This was exactly what Shui You'er had calculated.

  Shuiyao'er made all the arrangements and then pulled Huoxiao Xie to leave, circling around to the back courtyard of Yue Lai wine house from the outside. Together with Huoxiao Xie, they climbed over the wall and entered. Shuiyao'er told Huoxiao Xie that Zheng Fu Guan would definitely come to this outhouse after getting diarrhea, and all Huoxiao Xie had to do was find the right moment to sneak in and kill Zheng Fu Guan. Shuiyao'er worried that Huoxiao Xie would be reckless on his first time killing someone, so he carefully instructed him many times, telling Huoxiao Xie to quickly escape if he didn't succeed. Just as Shuiyao'er finished making all the arrangements, Zheng Fu Guan suddenly had a bout of diarrhea and rushed into the outhouse.

  Unfortunately, Huo Xiao Ye was a thief, not a killer, so he let Deputy Zheng escape with his life.

  In a nearby alley not far from Yue Lai Wine House, two water and fire spirits disguised as an old man and a young boy slowly walked out, blending into the crowd without anyone noticing them.

  The two of them walked far away, and Huo Xiao finally gritted his teeth and sighed: "This Zheng surname is really cunning."

  "Alright alright, at least you vented your anger, right? Just thinking about Deputy Zheng's expression back then makes me want to die from laughter."

  Huǒ Xiǎo Yè bowed his head and frowned, saying: "But I'm not reconciled, just hesitated for a moment."

  "It's fine if you can't kill him, you're a thief not a killer. Once you've killed someone and gotten blood on your hands, this lifetime will probably..." Water Goblin said up to here, but suddenly stopped speaking.

  Huǒ Xiǎo Yé asked: "Afraid of what?"

  The Water Fairy smiled lightly and said, "Killing people is never a good thing. Unless absolutely necessary, this method should not be used."

  Huǒ Xiǎo Yē silently nodded and asked again: "Grandpa... have you ever killed anyone?"

  Shui Yao'er stopped in her tracks and turned around to look at Huo Xiao Xie, making Huo Xiao Xie feel a bit uneasy.

  The Water Fairy said: "Do you want to hear the truth or a lie?"

  Huǒ Xiǎo Yē said with a smirk: "Do we still need to distinguish between true and false?"

  The water demon child slowly said with a thoughtful expression: "I've killed people... it was when I was very young... I've always regretted it, extremely regretted it... Alright, don't ask anymore! Let's go, let's go investigate around Zhang Siye's residence." As she spoke, she shifted her gaze and walked forward in silence.

  Huǒ Xiǎo Yè was stunned for a moment, and his nose suddenly felt sour. How did Shuǐ Yāo ér used to live? Was it the same as him, experiencing all the joys and sorrows of the world, and getting hurt in the process? Huǒ Xiǎo Yè looked at Shuǐ Yāo ér imitating Lǎo Tóu's hunched back, and it was truly lifelike. He couldn't easily tell what was real or fake, and his heart felt like he had knocked over a bottle of five flavors. He hurried to catch up with Shuǐ Yāo ér.

  "Son, Water Demon suddenly stretched out his hand and pulled Xiao Xie's sleeve, saying in a low and urgent voice: "Be careful, we're being watched! Don't look! The incoming person is a master of the thief path! Let's go quickly!"

  Huo Xiao's scalp suddenly felt numb with fright.

  Shuiyao'er said that in Fentian City, only three people, including Liu, were worthy of being called thieves. The others were not worth mentioning. Among them, Hei Sanbian, one of the four great thieves of the Northeast, was still somewhat acceptable to Shuiyao'er, which was why he had been used to steal the Yu Tai Pearl. However, Hei Sanbian had been caught by Zhang Siye and his fate was unknown. Zhang Siye and other skilled thief-catchers were chasing after Yan Jingtian and his gang as they left the city. As a result, this vast Fentian City had become Shuiyao'er's playground for her to do as she pleased.

  Shui Yao'er was even more shocked than Huo Xiao'ei at this time, staring at the person who was like a wisp of smoke, and could only feel the existence of this person, but had no shape or trace, and couldn't find out where he was.

  Shui Yao'er whispered in the dark alley: "How can there still be a master from one of the five great families? With such skills, I'm afraid he's intentionally letting me detect him, so that we can meet."

  Shuǐyāoér calmed down, quickened her pace with Huǒxiǎoxié. Although she was walking quickly, it wasn't a mad dash in the streets, but rather her footsteps were beating at a faster frequency. Huǒxiǎoxié saw Shuǐyāoér's tightly locked brows and silent rapid walk, didn't dare ask more questions, and just closely followed behind.

  Two people wandered around on the main street, gradually walking to a place where there were few people. The water demon saw a hill forest in front of her and quickly walked into the forest. Only then did she stop and turn around, shouting: "Sneaking behind us, do you want to lose face? If you have something to say, come out and speak."

  The forest is quiet and still, with no one answering.

  The little mermaid shouted a few more times, but still no one came out to meet her.

  The two stood in the forest for a good while, but still there was no movement. The Water Fairy couldn't help but click her tongue in surprise.

  Huǒ Xiǎo Yè said in a low voice: "Is it wrong?"

  The water demon child said quietly: "It won't be mistaken, the person who was staring at us has indeed come to this forest, but now it seems to have left. What does this mean? It doesn't seem like they're going to deal with us."

  Huǒ Xiǎo Yē said with a bit of tension: "That's indeed very strange."

  Shui Yao'er said, "This kind of stealth that even I couldn't detect, probably only the people from the five major families can achieve it. Moreover, at least someone of the level of Yan Jing Tian, the eldest brother of the Yan family."

  Huǒ Xiǎo Yé gripped his fingers: "Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth, the Five Elements' family lineage, will it... will it be like you, a person of the Water family?"

  Shui Yao'er said: "Of course there is such a possibility, it's just that people from the Shui family won't fail to come out and meet!"

  "What shall we do now?" said Huo Xiaoyu.

  "Fine, since he's hiding from us, let him stare. I'll see how long he can keep staring! What else does he want to do? Let's go!"