Two days ago.
"Hey, have you heard? Lately, many brothers have died unnatural deaths. Everyone should be careful when going out. Never go alone."
"Yeah, and that golden-medal killer, the Flute Master, comes to cause trouble every now and then. Do you think it's really because the Lord is away that we're being bullied?"
"Didn't the Lord go to Leyang City? Why hasn't he come back yet?"
"I don't know. Should we continue the search operation in Lotus Town?"
"I think we should stop it for now. Let's wait until the Lord comes back."
"Okay."
The search operation they were talking about was, of course, to look for Ji Feiyu. After the dog emperor was stabbed and rescued by his guards, Ji Feiyu had run away before the others arrived. Ji Feiyu's elder sister was sure she was still nearby, so they were searching for her.
However, those searching for her would never have thought that the person they were looking for had changed her appearance. She had been causing trouble for them every day and was now lying on the roof, eavesdropping on their conversation in the secret base.
It had taken Ji Feiyu a long time to track down this place. Unexpectedly, on her first visit today, she had heard such explosive news.
So Ji Feiyu's elder sister had gone to Leyang City. That was why Ji Feiyu had been causing trouble, but her sister hadn't come out to protect her.
Leyang City and Lotus Town weren't very far apart. After thinking for a while, Ji Feiyu decided to go there herself and tell her sister to stop.
Just before she left, she received a letter from the Butterfly. At the same time, she sighed that the Butterfly was so irresponsible, joking about such a serious matter.
Then she went to Leyang City. After that, Yong Yaxuan sent people to spread the news in Lotus Town that the Butterfly was dying, trying to lure her out. But there was no response. The reason was that Ji Feiyu was no longer in Lotus Town. She hadn't received this news at all.
At this moment, Ji Feiyu was in Leyang City, staking out her sister's base. Unexpectedly, she had been waiting for a whole month.
She had roughly figured out when these people usually went out, when they came back, and when they changed shifts. She also had a general idea of how often her sister showed up. But she didn't understand why her sister, who was the queen of Liuyun, didn't deal with state affairs but came to Dayong to engage in intelligence and assassination. Had she been instigated by other countries and become their scapegoat?
Meanwhile, during this month, Yong Yaxuan's injury had healed. He began to prepare to return to the imperial city. Combining the information sent back by the secret agents before, he would personally investigate all the clues related to Ji Feiyu.
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Unrelated to love, the old acquaintance waves goodbye. Do you still remember the old days?
Ji Feiyu was sitting in the main hall of the Drunken Flower Pavilion, sipping a cup of wine leisurely. The aroma of the wine was intoxicating and long-lasting. She was quietly listening to the music of silk and bamboo, savoring the wine, when suddenly a crisp sound came.
In the elegant seat behind the bamboo mat, a woman crushed a jade cup with one hand.
"Shadow Three, go and see why Shadow Six hasn't come yet?"
A familiar voice came from afar. Ji Feiyu pursed her lips and smiled. Shadow Six wasn't coming.
Shadow Three lifted the bamboo mat and walked out. Ji Feiyu finished her cup of wine and shouted, "Waiter, where's my wine?"
She had secretly taken the voice-changing pill in the Butterfly's package. This pill could make her voice deep, just like a real man's voice. It seemed magical, but in fact, it was a method that damaged her vocal cords for a short time. The effect of the pill would last for about one or two months, and then her voice would gradually return to normal.
"Hey, sir, here it is!" The waiter was walking towards her with a tray of warm wine in his hand. Ji Feiyu calculated the time and suddenly stuck out her foot when he passed by.
At this moment, Shadow Three was walking in a hurry. He never expected that the waiter, who had been walking well just now, would suddenly fall on him with the wine.
The warm wine splashed all over him. He couldn't help frowning.
"Oops! I'm sorry, sir! I'm sorry!" The waiter panicked when he saw this. He quickly got up and picked up the towel on his shoulder to wipe it for him. But Shadow Three was furious. "Are you a scoundrel deliberately causing trouble for me?"
After saying that, he pushed the waiter hard. The waiter staggered and bumped into Ji Feiyu's table, making the wine on her table shake.
"This is my wine!" Ji Feiyu slapped the table and stood up with the pretense of being drunk. She steadied the waiter and blocked his way. "This young master knocked over my wine. Shouldn't he compensate me?"
"Where did this pretty boy come from? Get out of my way quickly!" He frowned and pushed towards Ji Feiyu. But Ji Feiyu dodged. She poked a jade flute at his Baihui acupoint and then hit him on the face with a stick. She sneered, "This young master has called me wrong. I, the Flute Master, am not a pretty boy."
The people in the private room stood up instantly. Ji Feiyu smiled leisurely. "What? It seems you have some helpers. No wonder you're so arrogant. But I, this young master, hate people like you the most!"
As soon as Ji Feiyu finished speaking, she lifted her knee and hit him in the groin, then slapped him away with one palm.
Well, since her martial arts were not good, she might as well be unexpected.
The man immediately fell to the ground, covering his groin and screaming in pain. Ji Feiyu's elder sister and the people in the private room all lifted the curtain and walked out.
Ji Feiyu casually flicked the corner of her clothes. "What? Do you want to fight? Then let's go to the backyard. This place is too small. It's really not satisfying."
Ji Feiyu's elder sister gave her a cold look and said sternly, "Are you the Flute Master who injured my subordinates in Lotus Town?"
Ji Feiyu wiped her flute. "Exactly."
"Good! Since there's no need for them to look for you, you've come to your own doom. Then let's settle all the old and new scores today!"
Ji Feiyu blew on the flute and wiped the body of the flute again. She smiled faintly. "Very good."
Today, with a musical instrument in her hand, would Ji Feiyu still be afraid of them?
...
The guests in the Drunken Flower Pavilion left in an instant, afraid of being accidentally injured. The shopkeeper and the waiter also hid under the table. They looked really pitiful. It seemed that after the fight, Ji Feiyu would have to clean up the mess.
Ji Feiyu sighed helplessly and went to the backyard of the Drunken Flower Pavilion with her elder sister.
The backyard was spacious and wouldn't attract attention like on the street. It was just right to settle private grudges without harming the innocent.
Since she had all the medicine powder ready, it seemed there would be a tough battle.
"Come on, attack!" As soon as her elder sister saw Ji Feiyu come in, she immediately commanded her subordinates, the Shadows, to launch a group attack on her, regardless of the preparations before the fight or the moral principles of the martial arts world.
Ji Feiyu sighed helplessly again and started to dodge among the crowd.
This time, Ji Feiyu mainly focused on defense and casually scattered the fine powder that would fall off her body from time to time.
Her sister was annoyed by her and snorted coldly. She aimed and shot a sleeve arrow.
Ji Feiyu heard the sound of the arrow breaking through the air. It was very difficult for her to bend down and avoid it in the group attack. She shouted that it was really close.
Seeing this, her sister felt that others were in the way. She said, "Get out of the way!"