Peerless ( Meng Xi Shi )

Of course, Su Xing would not entertain Feng Xiao with his nonsense, and he did not have the mood to fight with him and compare their abilities as martial artists. To him, the most important thing now is to escape, everything else can be seconded.

He hid in the Lu family for so many years, yet his skills were not dulled. Compared to that year when he left Goguryeo, his skills were even better than before. When an animal is cornered, he would only throw away everything and fight to the death, so Su Xing is the animal, with every move he wanted to force Feng Xiao to take a step back.

Pei Jingzhe tossed the long sword in his hand towards Feng Xiao, to which the latter caught it in a light and smooth motion and countered the sword that Su Xing sent flying towards him. As the swords clashed, Su Xing felt a little shaken, his wrist went numb, and the soft sword in his hand vibrated slightly and swayed.

As he saw that the situation is not to his favour, he immediately turned to leap into the air, his figure was like light feather floating into the air, and it was really a sight to be seen. Even Qiao Xiao could not help but said suddenly, "His foundation in qinggong is solid, unlike a Goguryeon!"

"How do Goguryeons practice their qinggong?" Pei Jingzhe asked.

Qiao Xian's face looked like an iceberg, and she shut her mouth, refusing to say anything.

Pei Jingzhe twitched his lips and felt a little guilty, in his heart, he said: The one who poisoned your Commander is not me, the one who tied him up and brought him everywhere is not me either. It's all my Lord, I am only listening to his orders, why do you keep targeting me?

Yet the one who responded to him was Cui Buqu, "Goguryeons and Fusang people are close relatives, the way of their martial arts are also similar. They emphasize on sneak attacking and stealth, either lurk in the dark, or take their target's life with a single attack, or act quick and swift to overcome their enemies. Few of them would use these sort of methods. Most of the time, only women would practice these type of qinggong."

Pei Jingzhe looked taken aback, "Could it be that Qin Miaoyu was the one who taught him? But he sold her off!"

Qiao Xian lets out a cold laugh.

Even though she didn't say anything, but Pei Jingzhe could feel what she wanted to express: That all the men in the world are cold-hearted and that they forget sentiment easily.

Pei Jingzhe couldn't help saying, "They were both originally on the same boat. Qin Miaoyu deceived Su Xing, took the jade for herself, now Su Xing betrayed her, isn't this a dog eat dog!?"

Qiao Xian said coldly, "Qin Miaoyu is not a good woman. Towards Lady Lu, Su Xing could repay her with such treatment, so what is selling off Qin Miaoyu mean to him?"

As Lady Lu was mentioned, Pei Jingzhe turned towards the coffin and immediately shut his mouth.

After these few sentences were spoken, Su Xing leaped into the air and left the Lu manor, far away from reach.

He suddenly found it strange that he did not feel a pursuit behind him, but as he thought about that, someone flashed before his eyes, he felt his shoulder pricked with pain and his entire person suddenly fell to the ground. Even if he was holding a sword now, he might also not have won.

The moment he fell to the ground, his energy gates were suddenly sealed by someone. Su Xing watch Feng Xiao land in front of him and blinked.

"If you want to kill, then kill me! I only beg for a swift death!"

Feng Xiao, "My seal."

Pei Jingzhe knew what he should do. He walked towards and took the seal from Su Xing's pocket, presenting it back to Feng Xiao.

Feng Xiao, "Master Daoist Cui's words are equivalent to my own, I shall keep his word. If she could be found in the places you've given, the Jiejian Bureau will keep its promise and lighten your sentence."

Su Xing looked up in disbelief, as if he did not expect that Feng Xiao would keep to his promise. On the other side, Lu Ti could care less that his neck was still bleeding, he rushed over to send a fitting slap over Su Xing's face. His face immediately swung to the side, and one side of his face was swollen.

"Return my daughter back to me!" Lu Ti grinded his teeth, his face twisted in fury, all he wanted was to strangle the man to death, but he was pulled away by Pei Jingzhe, "You, don't stop me!"

"It's best if you take care of Lady Lu's funeral. This man will be taken care of by the Jiejian Bureau." Pei Jingzhe said before aiming an elbow towards the back of Lu Ti's neck, putting him into a sleep and allowed the Lu servants to take him away.

This matter is over, but the same could not be said for the case.

"I have assisted Lord Feng to solve the Lu family's case, and aided you in capturing Su Xing. May I also know when is the Lord Feng going to fulfil his part of the deal, bring Fo Er's head before me?" Cui Buqu did not invest in beating around the bush and went straight to the point.

Feng Xiao tapped forehead, as if he had just thought of something, "Forget to tell you, when I was on my way here, I saw Fo Er from a distance, he seemed like he was heading towards your residence. If I did not remember wrongly, Khan Apa's ambassador, is currently living there?"

The colour on Qiao Xian's face changed, "Why didn't you say so just now!"

Feng Xiao said innocently, "You did not ask just now, and wasn't I busy trying to pin down Su Xing, for a moment it slipped past me, but if you head over now, you might still make it!"

Cui Buqu gave Qiao Xian a look, the latter acknowledged it immediately, without saying another word, she turned and ran.

"Lord Feng, are you really planning to go back on your promise?" Cui Buqu laughed.

Feng Xiao smiled happily, "I said I would help you kill Fo Er, but I did not promise when. To kill him now, or in future, is the same. The fault lies in you who did not make it clear, if we added new requirements now, do we not need to discuss the deal again?"

Cui Buqu, "Your requirement."

Feng Xiao, "The discussion of terms with the Khan's ambassador, I want half of it. Half the contribution and half the honour."

Cui Buqu said without even thinking twice, "No way!"

"There's no other way, then." Feng Xiao sighed regrettably, "You heard it. Cui Buqu is the man you want, this time don't go for the wrong person."

Cui Buqu: ???

As Feng Xiao's voice dissipated, someone appeared on the roof.

The other leaped onto the ground, a knife appearing as quickly as wind, and ran towards Cui Buqu!

Of the two people by his side, Zhangsun Bodhi was already sent away by him, and Qian Xiao had ran after Fo Er, at that time, there was no one to defend him.

He only heard Feng Xiao cackling at the side, "This is Fo Er's disciple, Song Ji. Although his abilities are not extraordinary, it is all he needs to kill you."

As he spoke, the knife was a hair's out of reach from its target. Pei Jingzhe's expression changed. He wasn't as cold-blooded as Feng Xiao, but from his distance, it was impossible. The only one who can rescue Cui Buqu was Feng Xiao.

At that moment, Cui Buqu shouted loudly, "The discussion, you can have half!"

"Isn't it better to agree earlier?" Feng Xiao smiled, and moved along with his voice, appearing by Cui Buqu in the blink of an eye.

His robes fluttered, effortless as Song Ji felt a rush of energy towards him, and he couldn't help but fall backwards, hands pinned against his back by Pei Jingzhe.

This man was originally the youngest disciple of Fo Er, he was latest to join his sect and his martial arts was the lowest among everyone, yet Fo Er loved him the most. This time Fo Er came to the Central Plains to kill Khan Apa's ambassador, he brought his littlest disciple along, wanted to allow him to be exposed to a new environment and train his martial arts while in the Central Plains. At first, he only made him stay at a distance away to spy on Khan Apa's ambassador so he wouldn't be put in a dangerous position, but Song Ji was young and brimming with desire to prove himself. Although his tutor ordered him to stay hidden, when he listened to Feng Xiao and Cui Buqu's conversation, he could not help but leaped out, wanting to take Cui Buqu.

Who knew that Feng Xiao keep switching sides. A moment ago he was still glaring at Cui Buqu, as if he wanted him dead, in the next he was helping him. Song Ji grinded his teeth, he lost a chance to take Cui Buqu, in fact he was taken himself.

In Feng Xiao's eyes, Song Ji was nothing to him, so he snickered and laughed mockingly, "The gentleman's word is as if as a whipped horse, QuQu, you are the great Zuoyue Bureau Commander, better not foil this matter."

That means, if you play dirty, I can play dirty too, so we can both dig pits for each other, but neither could take advantage of or use the other.

Cui Buqu, "I am not a gentleman, but I will honour my word, though one ought to help the other until the end. Qiao Xian is not Fo Er's match, you need to follow me back, kill Fo Er for me."

Feng Xiao smiled cheekily, "Just now I was just speaking nonsense. I have not seen Fo Er at all. If you want to know where he is, no harm in asking his disciple, with this man in hand, there's no need to worry that the tutor himself wouldn't show up."

Cui Buqu, …...

Feng Xiao, "You've pitted me a few times, so let us consider that we are even now. We ought to shake hands and be allies instead."

Cui Buqu said in his heart: Shake your goddamn hand. However, on the outside, he agreed and nodded his head, "Correct. We are even."

Both of them shot each other a glare, with smiled that looked like daggers and make one's skin tingle.

Pei Jingzhe's lips twitched: …..This really is enough!

Feng Xiao, "Right now, I am going to search for the whereabouts of Qin Miaoyu, QuQu do you want to come with me?"

Cui Buqu, "Tonight I will be discussing with Khan Apa's ambassador, if Lord Feng desires to be involved, you may partake the discussion as well."

Feng Xiao listened and knew that Cui Buqu really decided to keep his word and work together, he felt a little surprised, "I thought that you would recalculate the benefits before agreeing to it."

Cui Buqu gave a sharp laugh, "Do I look like someone who procrastinates?"

Feng Xiao smiled submissively, "In that case, it is my fault for thinking poorly of you."

The Lady of the Lu family's death being unravelled, too the Lu couple, is that their daughter was murdered by a Goguryeon that masqueraded as a family members for years. They did not feel better towards their daughter's passing compared to when they assumed Lady Lu had drowned herself. Madam Lu woke up from her unconsciousness, and when everything came pouring back, she felt incredibly regrettable. However, Lady Lu is already sleeping in the coffin, everything was too late.

In the other world, it was unknown whether Lady Lu Si felt regret for choosing the wrong person.

The most painful thing in the world is that time cannot turn back, broken mirrors cannot be fixed, and water that has been poured out cannot be gathered back.

The Lu family were all in a despairing situation. Feng Xiao and Cui Buqu have no business remaining there for too long, so they went their separate paths after leaving the Lu manor.

Cui Buqu suddenly remembered something and called Feng Xiao, "Ah, I just recalled something related to you, but I am unsure whether I should tell you."

Feng Xiao saw how badly Cui Buqu was pretending to look troubled, he felt his instincts tingling like a bad omen, "Then don't say it."

Cui Buqu said it anyways. "Just now when I was inspecting the corpse, I put my fingers into Lu Si's mouth and touched the green bean cakes that she ate. After that I've forgotten to wash my hands before taking the seal from Pei Jingzhe. I recall you are a person of cleanliness? I am absolutely sorry."

Feng Xiao: ...

Pei Jingzhe did not look 'sorry' like Cui Buqu, but he could see that Feng Xiao's face had turned green in colour.

Cui Buqu did not wait for Feng Xiao to take his revenge, he vanished shortly after he confessed at the speed of light, as if he wasn't ill or sickly the same way he was coughing just that morning.

Pei Jingzhe stared at the colour on Feng Xiao's face, and said carefully, "My Lord, then should we, search for Qin Miaoyu first, or... return and take a shower?"

"Search. Qin Miaoyu." Two words seethed through Feng Xiao's teeth.

Pei Jingzhe suspect that Qin Miaoyu is going to be a very unlucky victim.

Author's Note:

A short scene unrelated to the story.

Feng Xiao: We agreed not to pit each other.

Cui Buqu: No problem.

As they both turn around to walk, they fell into the pits dug by each other for themselves.

Energy gates: Operating on traditional Chinese concepts of Qigong, energy gates are spots in the body where the Qi (energy) flows through. To seal them usually prevents a person from using the energy (Qi) in their body to perform martial arts until those energy gates were released. One can seal an energy gate by tapping on the exact spots on the body.

The gentleman's word is as if a whipped horse: A Chinese proverb. It doesn't make much sense translated, but you just need to know that Feng Xiao is trying to tell Cui Buqu to keep his word since he's said it, even if the latter is reluctant.