Dragon Flies Phoenix Dances《龙飞凤舞》Long Fei Feng Wu
Dragon Flies Phoenix Dances, Chapter 21: The Wandering Fleeing Third Master Long's Mistress...
Feng Ning’s fall stunned the people that two more guards rushed up from downstairs, and the assassins turned back to fight with the guards, and Feng Ning took a breath in between.
The black-robed man came at her with a hasty sword. Feng Ning gritted her teeth and dodged, and out of the corner of her eye, she saw one of the Long Family's guards fall to the ground with his sword, and another person was forced to the door of the stairs. At this moment, a man in black rushed up from downstairs, the Long Family guard had to turn around and fend off, the situation on Feng Ning's side instantly became one against three.
Feng Ning's body was stiff at this moment, and she had no confidence at all. She had a strong enemy in front of her, but there was no way on her back, and she just felt in a desperate situation for a while. She stepped back, her back against the window sill. The three black-clad men in front of her raised their swords to stop her, Feng Ning stared at them, her mind going blank.
"Hand over the stuff.” The recognized voice said coldly to Feng Ning.
Feng Ning stared into his eyes, not speaking. The other black-clothed man next to him looked at the big lake outside the window nervously, they didn't push forward for fear that Feng Ning would jump into the lake in a hurry, if the stuff sank, it would be a big trouble.
Feng Ning was expressionless and took a few deep breaths, she tried hard not to think about the view outside the window, she thought about the Third Master Long's expression when he said to her, "I trust you", his gaze at that time was so sincere.
The black-clothed man narrowed his eyes and couldn't stand it any longer, then he stabbed at Feng Ning with a lightning reflexes.
Feng Ning's leap not only made the three black-clad men jump in shock, but her own heart stopped a few beats. As soon as she jumped out of the window, she closed her eyes tightly, she could no longer see in both eyes, she could only act on her perception and intuition, she dropped down to the window sill, her hands narrowly clapped on the window frame, and with this force her body barreled and went straight upwards and she leapt onto the roof.
She could not see, her hands were not in the right position to apply force, she almost missed the roof, fingertips were rubbed, fingers were also twisted, raw and painful, but now she could not care about these, as soon as the feet touched the roof she opened both eyes. Her feet were unsteady, her body shook a few times and she almost fell down, she tried hard to calm down and steady her balance, she couldn't help but be grateful for her life.
The lake was behind her, and Feng Ning was frozen in place, so she dared not look back, so she drew her legs and ran forward, and was about to leap down to join the others, when she saw two black-clad men under the building pointing swords at her and screaming, thinking they had found her and were warning the others loudly. At this time, the three black-clothed men behind them also chased after them, Feng Ning had no time to hesitate anymore, so he had to change direction and leap towards the top of a large tree on one side.
The black-clothed men were in hot pursuit, Feng Ning was unarmed and without reinforcements, and she was running scared all the way.
The first time she ran away, the tall wall of the Long Mansion was in front of her, and when Feng Ning looked back, six or seven men in black were behind him, thinking that they had given up everything for the locket in her arms.
The streets were cold and clear, Feng Ning ran in the wrong direction, the opposite of the officials who came to the Long Mansion for support and the Jinyi guards, she did not encounter any help and there was nowhere to go in the large city, the black-clad men behind her were clinging to her, she had to run frantically, turning left and right, dodging around the city in circles, then ducking into the grass of a ruined mansion, she was able to catch her breath.
Feng Ning thought to herself, it was almost dawn, those black-clothed men were so dressed up that they couldn't go around in the daytime, they had to spread out and change, she had a chance to send her thing back safely. But on second thought, what are they going to do when we send this thing back? The Second Master Long and the Third Master Long are not here either. The guards have suffered a lot of casualties this night, and the assassins have dared to attack the family residence at the heart of the imperial capital at night.
Their goal was clear, they knew the location of the locket, they knew Madam Yu's identity and status, and they were familiar with the layout of the Long Mansion, so to say that there was no inside spy, Feng Ning would not believe it even if she was threatened with death. She thought of Xia'er, she was afraid that Xia'er was one of the inside men, right? But she was mistakenly thrown out of the house, and now the house is still hiding some mischievous people, if she sent something back like this, what if it was taken away?
Feng Ning nestled in the stinky haystack thinking that it was best for her to hide and wait for the Second Master Long the Third Master Long to come back and hand it over to them personally.
She calculated and miscalculated and decided not to go back to her home for now, planning to sneak out of the city and spend two days on the outskirts of the city until the Third Master Long and their return.
The day was dragging on, so Feng Ning listened to her ears and crawled out quietly when he could no longer hear the footsteps of someone searching the patrol. This remote place, no one is around, Feng Ning looks at herself, blood and mud, last night's hair was uncombed, unkempt, and socks were not worn, this look is not much better than wearing black clothes at night.
So Feng Ning decided to take care of herself first. She peeked into a farmhouse, where there was no one inside, thinking they were all out for farm work. She found a mirror on the table and took a good look at it, which startled herself; her face was so dirty and her hair so messy, it was a miserable sight.
She cleaned her face and washed her hands with the water from the small tank next to the farmhouse, went through the clothes of her daughter's house, combed her hair, found a wide belt, wrapped the locket around her body, and put on her clothes outside.
She said to the empty room, "I have no choice but to steal your clothes, and I will return them tenfold in the future. Turning around to leave, he just stepped out of the door and felt hungry, thought about it, turned back to the air in the room and said, "So what, do you want to lend me some more money?"
When borrowed, Feng Ning rummaged through the small cabinet in his home, and finally found two strings of copper plates in a small earthen jar. Feng Ning said that she was really suitable for being a thief, and she could turn it out so well. She clapped her hands together and thanked the can, and was about to leave, when she turned around and thought to herself, "That person will be hungry too, right? Thinking of the guilt, turned back again, put the string of copper plates back, thought again, this family is relatively large, she was only one person, she hesitated, counted and counted, one string of copper plates would be enough to buy a few buns. With a final bite, she put back another half-string.
She put the small earthen jar back in its place and said, "When the Third Master Long comes back, I'll ask him for silver and I'll be sure to pay you back ten times, don't blame me." After saying that, she carefully took half a string of copper plates and left.
Feng Ning was dressed in coarse cloth and looked like a village girl with little money, and couldn't afford to eat meat buns.
As she swallowed the last bite of the bun, she muttered in her mind, “Third Master Long, I'm starving, make sure you buy me a nice meal when you come back." Just after they finished muttering, they saw that there were two green-clothed men by the city gate who were very suspicious, but they stood at the gate and looked around. That look in those eyes, but it wasn't kind.
Feng Ning panicked, steadied her mind, and took two quick steps to walk over to the man who was carrying a heavy bag. A child was following him, holding a rope, everyone would be thinking it was the child of the man, Feng Ning was next to the child and smiled down at him, the child was not afraid of the strange lady... Blame it on the newborn calf not being scared of the lion, the young lady smiled and the child smiled back, Feng Ning was walking next to him, while gently stroking his head, this far away, like a family of three.
Feng Ning just walked past the guard people in this way and smoothly exited the city gate. She was just about to breathe a sigh of relief when a village woman, who was waiting outside the city gates, loudly said to the man beside her, ''Child, father, you have finally come. Huh, who is she?"
The village woman's voice was so loud that she drew sidelong glances from the people around her, and Feng Ning secretly said that she would be in trouble.
Feng Ning did not know the way, so she had to run forward with all her might, and occasionally when she turned around, there were more than two people coming after her.
Feng Ning was chased all the way to the neighboring town, and before she could rest, she was chased and had to kill her way all the way to the next town, Feng Ning had no money, so she had to steal clothes and food, she was afraid of the river and the lake and the well, she could not wash for several days, so she only found an opportunity to stay in a farmhouse and used a basin to wash and scrub. It's not sad that she's been starving and sleeping like this.
One day she rushed to a restaurant kitchen to steal food, and heard a chat between a chef and a person running house, saying that the incurable problems of a certain family were cured in Baiqiao City. How prestigious. Feng Ning suddenly remembered that the Third Master Long said that the city owner Nie Chengyan was his best friend.
Feng Ning thought that day, why doesn't she go to Nie Chengyan and give him the box first, so that he can lead those who are after her away from her, so that she won't have to worry about the box falling into their hands.
The Long Family's guards asked her if she knew the gang of villains, and at that time she didn't think much about it, and she felt so aggrieved that she thought about it.
She took the things, but she didn't deliver them to the Long Family, but ran away with them, and she didn't remember the good things she did.
The more Feng Ning thought about it, the sadder she got, she could only console herself that things would soon be over, and as soon as she returned her things safely to the Long Family, the truth would all come out. She doesn't care what people think, but how much good she can do by trying. Besides, the Third Master Long will not leave her alone, the Third Master Long will believe her and will come looking for her.
She curled up under a big tree and leaned against the fire for warmth, praying that the wicked would let her rest and stop chasing, while thinking about where to find food tomorrow.
Before falling asleep, she mumbled to herself, “Third Master Long, I'm hungry, I have no clothes to change, I'm dirty and smelly, no one to talk to me, no one to pay attention to me... Third Master Long...I miss you....."
~ Dragon Flies Phoenix Dances ~
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