The Angel's Descent Chapter 6

Mason ran to the largest restaurant by the West Lake, took out two silver dollars, and shouted: "My old man is dying, he just wants to listen to music, which girl plays the pipa best?"

The shop assistant looked at him with sympathy and said, "The central government is promoting the New Life Movement to boost the national spirit. Governor Yang Xiding issued an order this month to ban singing in restaurants. I think you should look for a brothel."

Mason: "No performing arts allowed, only body selling allowed, what kind of new life is this?"

Buddy: "Don't talk about state affairs."

Mason rushed to the largest brothel near the West Lake, took out five silver dollars and explained his purpose. The brothel attendant expressed deep sympathy and said, "It's a pity that you came a step late. Our best girl has already entered the room with the customer." Mason said, "... the second best one is also fine."

Waiter: "People who can play and sing are more likely to be favored by customers. Let me tell you this, anyone who is into music is not free."

Mason grabbed the waiter's arm and lifted him up halfway. The waiter was sweating from the pain, but he bit his lips tightly and tried not to make a sound. Mason put more strength, and the waiter spoke in a low voice: "I know you are powerful, and I admire you, but now we are promoting the New Life Movement. If I shout, it will be misunderstood as a fight, and the brothel will be closed down. Whatever you ask for, I will do it for you."

Mason: "Take me to find the girl who plays the best. I will discuss it with her guests."

The best girl is in the deepest courtyard. Walking through the bamboo path, the sound of the pipa gradually became clearer, like the sound of a spring, which made people's hearts flutter. Then the sound of the pipa suddenly became dense, and Mason suddenly felt that the void was filled with drawn bows and crossbows, and countless sharp arrows would shoot at him immediately.

The tension reached its extreme. The sound of the pipa slowed down again. The murderous aura disappeared. The world was at peace. Only the sound of dripping spring water remained. It lasted for four or five times and then stopped unconsciously.

Mason secretly praised and saw that the waiter was looking at him with a smug look on his face. He was obviously proud that his brothel had such a girl.

When I opened the door, I saw a woman in a turquoise cheongsam sitting at the door with her back to the door. She turned her head and her eyes were obsessed, still immersed in the music. The waiter said: "Miss Shen's pipa is really amazing. Even a rough man like me is fascinated by it."

The woman recovered, smiled, stood up, and faced the door. She didn't have a pipa in her hand. Mason walked in and looked sideways, and saw a figure sitting on a round porcelain stool in the back of the room.

This man was holding a pipa diagonally and wearing a light gray Zhongshan suit. He was the third generation genius of the Peng family.

Mason felt a tingling sensation on his neck, but he said firmly, "I want to take this pipa and this girl away." The young man sneered, "How dare you." He took off the tape on his fingers that was used to play the strings, raised his hand and threw it at Mason.

There was a loud bang in the air, and the soft tape made a strong sound like a bow and crossbow, coming towards him. Mason quickly turned his head to avoid it, but the tape hit his knee. It turned out that the loud sound was to confuse the enemy's judgment of direction.

Mason knelt on the ground with one leg. The young man said, "If I use more force, your knee will be broken. I spared your life last time, and I will spare your leg this time. The Peng family has given enough face to Jasper and Zhou Xiyu, so get out of here."

Mason felt a sharp pain in his leg, and he struggled to get up and turned to leave. But the young man stopped him again: "Even if you were brave enough, you wouldn't dare to offend me. What happened?"

Mason turned around and saw the young man approaching him with a pipa in his arms, so he explained the whole story in the simplest words.

The guy was so scared that he wet his pants and couldn't move his legs, but when Mason was talking, he kept nodding to prove that what Mason said was true.

The prostitute in the green cheongsam looked pale, but her eyes sparkled with a charming brilliance, and it was obvious that she admired the young man very much. After listening to Mason's words, the young man pondered for a moment, handed the pipa in his arms to the woman, and said: "You go with him. I'll wait for you to come back."

Suddenly two clouds of rosy clouds rose to the woman's cheeks. She nodded vigorously, hugged the pipa tightly, and stepped out of the door first. Mason: "Thank you." The young man: "According to my personality, I should play this last song for Mr. Zhou. But I can't play it because my two brothers will go to Yuewang Temple tonight."

The young man said to the woman outside the door: "Wait a moment." He closed the door and stared at Mason with a pair of deep-set eyes, which were chilling to the bone.

The young man failed to kill Mason and stayed in Hangzhou. Half a year ago, the Peng family secretly opened a restaurant in Hangzhou. The young man went to the restaurant to withdraw a sum of money and had no worries about food and clothing. Three days ago, the restaurant owner found him and said that the eldest and second sons of the Peng family were coming, because Nolan found out that Zhou Xiyu, a traitor of the previous generation of the Peng family, was in Hangzhou.

Young man: "Although Zhou Xiyu is still powerful, he is old after all. I can deal with him alone, but the two brothers insisted on coming. They didn't want to deal with Zhou Xiyu, but me. These two brothers have always been jealous of my talent."

The young man sighed and continued, "So, their plan tonight is to let me lead the charge, and then kill me after Zhou Xiyu and I are both injured... Maybe I won't die, but my tendons will be cut and I will be disabled forever."

Mason: "You should leave Hangzhou."

Young man: "My father never liked me, so let his favorite son kill me. I just envy Zhou Xiyu for being able to die of illness."

Mason stared at the young man in a daze. The young man smiled and said, "You are the one who should escape. My father will never let you go." Mason instantly felt a surge of strength in his chest, calming himself down, and said, "I am going to Yuewang Temple, and the old man still wants to listen to music."

The young man raised his head and laughed, praising: "You are so righteous! Very good, I guarantee you can get out of Yuewang Temple. You must live well and pass on my skills." The young man stretched out his left hand to Mason,   and his thumb, index finger, middle finger and little finger gradually became limp, while the ring finger stood out.

Young man: "My unique understanding of martial arts began from then on. Among the five fingers, the ring finger is the most sluggish and weak. It can only move with the middle finger and the little finger, as if it is a useless finger. But this useless finger is the key to practice. When practicing Tai Chi, the whole body is loose and soft, but there must be a little force. Only in this way can there be relaxation and tension, and achieve martial arts."

Mason: "On this ring finger!"

Young man: "Don't get excited. Even a fool can understand what I'm saying." Mason: "Then what?" Young man: "You don't need me to teach you. This finger will teach you."

The young man turned his head towards the house and waved back: "You go first, I'll follow."

Mason knew that there was no point in saying more, so he clasped his fists and bowed to the young man's back, opened the door, and left quickly with the woman.