Gongsun dealt with the thieves neatly and beautifully, then sat down to continue eating.
Zane Zhao sat opposite them and watched them stupidly. He felt quite full at first but now he seemed not too full, so he ordered another bowl of noodles... Gongsun and Ethan Xiao both looked up at him with a little surprise. That look was definitely that of a glutton!
Zane Zhao scratched his nose and shouted, "Hey, I want a big bowl!"
Gongsun opened the bunny bun for Ethan Xiao, removed half of the bean paste filling, and let him eat it. Ethan Xiao ate it happily and looked at Gongsun, "Daddy, how far is it to Kaifeng?"
Zane Zhao's heart moved...Why are they going to Kaifeng too?
Gongsun thought for a moment and said, "It will probably take another six or seven days."
"Oh." Ethan Xiao nodded.
"What's wrong?" Gongsun asked Ethan Xiao when he saw that he seemed to be worried.
Little Sizi looked up at Gongsun and said, "Didn't Daddy say that there is an imperial palace in Kaifeng City, and the imperial palace eats people, so there are monsters that eat people in Kaifeng City. Will Little Sizi be eaten if he goes there?"
Gongsun couldn't help laughing, and said, "So you should stay away from those government offices and the imperial palace."
"Yeah." Ethan Xiao nodded seriously.
Zane Zhao raised his eyebrows...This scholar is really interesting.
Finally the meal was over, Gongsun paid the bill, called the waiter and asked for a room upstairs.
The waiter led Gongsun upstairs.
Zane Zhao looked at the half bowl of noodles left in front of him and wondered whether he should stay another night or just hit the road.
While I was hesitating, I suddenly heard two people talking in low voices at a table near the corner.
"did you see?"
"Um."
"That scholar is quite good. I will go in later in the evening and taste him, and then I will steal the baby and sell it."
"Hey, are you in the mood again? But that baby is so cute, it should be able to sell for a lot of money."
"That's right. It's so hard to come across such a good thing. It would be a pity to miss it."
Zane Zhao had very good hearing, so he heard it clearly. He looked over and saw two men sitting at the table in the corner. They were dressed quite decently, but they had pointed mouths and monkey cheeks, and it was obvious that they were not serious people.
After thinking about it, Zane Zhao called the waiter and asked for a room upstairs to rest for the night... When he went upstairs, he found that the room was right next to Gongsun and Ethan Xiao's room.
Zane Zhao heaved a sigh of relief and thought, it was fate that we met, so he might as well help you. After all, that kid named Ethan Xiao was so adorable, and he would not be able to bear it if something happened to him.
After thinking about it, Zane Zhao subconsciously looked inside the door.
Gongsun just came out to close the door. Seeing Zane Zhao looking in, he thought Zane Zhao had bad intentions, glared at him fiercely, and slammed the door shut.
The corners of Zane Zhao's mouth twitched, and he felt his right eyelid twitching. He walked straight into the room and sat on the edge of the bed sulking. This scholar is so unreasonable!
Soon, it got dark. Zane Zhao was lying on the bed resting, listening to the sounds next door... Hearing the sound of water, Zane Zhao raised his eyebrows and leaned over to listen with his ear against the wall...
The walls of the inn were indeed thin enough, and the voices from the next door came through clearly. Zane Zhao raised the corners of his mouth and smiled, and listened patiently. As for why he had to eavesdrop in this furtive way... Zane Zhao didn't think too much about it, anyway, eavesdropping was quite interesting.
In the next room, Gongsun and Ethan Xiao were soaking their feet.
Gongsun used two wooden basins, filled them with hot water, put some licorice in them, sat on the edge of the bed, and Ethan Xiao sat on a small stool. They both soaked their feet in the wooden basins... and let out a breath of comfortably.
Zane Zhao next door heard Gongsun's breath, which was neither light nor heavy... He touched his chest... and wondered why his heart was beating faster?
Gongsun soaked his feet in the wooden tub and said to Ethan Xiao, "Jin'er, go to bed early today. We will get up early tomorrow morning."
Little Sizi looked up at Gongsun and asked, "Dad, didn't you say it's okay to walk slowly?"
Gongsun frowned and said, "That gangster next door is pretty annoying. Let's not go with him. It's better for us to leave earlier than him."
Zane Zhao's eyelids twitched even more as he listened. He thought, "Did I provoke you? Why do you call me a hooligan?" He continued to eavesdrop while lying on his stomach.
"Daddy, what is a hooligan?" asked Little Four.
Gongsun thought for a moment and said seriously, "Little Fourth Son, a hooligan is someone whose appearance and character are both disgusting!"
Little Sizi looked up at Gongsun and listened attentively to his father's explanation, "What kind of appearance and character make people hate you?"
"It's the kind that looks wretched." Gongsun touched his chin and said, "It's very unpleasant."
Zane Zhao's teeth were grinding, and he reached out to pick up a bronze mirror beside him and looked at himself for a long time - how am I vulgar? ! I don't know how many girls at the border dream about me every night, you stinky scholar don't know what's good!
"Daddy, what is obscene?" Little Four continued to ask.
"Well, 'Sc*mbag' means that just by looking at his appearance, you can tell that he is a very low-class and vulgar person." Gongsun replied.
Zane Zhao reached out and pressed his right eyelid to stop it from twitching.
"What is low-level and obscene?" Ethan Xiao became more and more confused as he listened.
Gongsun couldn't figure it out, so he said, "Anyway, it looks like the guy next door!"
Little Sizi blinked his eyes and said, "Daddy, I know. The uncle next door in black clothes is a low-level, vulgar, and filthy hooligan."
Gongsun clapped his hands and said, "Little Fourth, you can draw inferences from one example. You are so smart!"
Ethan Xiao smiled happily, touched the back of his head and said, "Really? I also think I seem to be a little smarter recently."
Gongsun stretched out his hand and pinched his cheek as if to reward him, and said, "Little Fourth, if anyone dares to call you stupid again, you should slap him in the face!"
Little Sizi tilted his head in confusion, "Why do you have to slap with your backhand?"
"Because it hurts more when you hit me in the backhand!" Gongsun said seriously, "If anyone dares to look at you for a second, forget about women, just ignore them. But if it's a man who dares to say you're pretty or cute, you should just raise your leg and kick him hard between his legs. Do you hear me?"
Little Sizi blinked and nodded, "Yes, I remember it. Daddy's is called kicking the gangster, right?"
Gongsun nodded with satisfaction.
"The guy living next door is a hooligan. Should we kick him?" asked Ethan Xiao.
Zane Zhao next door took a breath and wondered how this scholar taught his son.
Gongsun shook his head and said, "No, he is too big, we probably can't beat him."
"What should we do then?" asked Ethan Xiao.
Gongsun Dao said, "When he's not paying attention, sprinkle powder in his eyes, then sprinkle itching powder on his body, then use a poison needle to poke him between his legs, and turn him into a eunuch from now on! He will never be able to hurt anyone again, you must be ruthless!"
"Yeah." Ethan Xiao nodded seriously.
Zane Zhao reached out and tightened his belt, thinking... maybe he didn't need to stay to protect the father and son... They were much more powerful than he had imagined, and he began to worry about his own safety.
That night, after Ethan Xiao and Gongsun finished soaking their feet, Ethan Xiao poured out the water, and Gongsun walked to the door, lowered the bolt, and then took out two small boxes from his bag.
One was a white box, which Gongsun placed next to the pillow. It was a medicine box, and the other was a black box, which was a self-defense box.
Gongsun carried the black box and walked to the door. Ethan Xiao brought him a stool and helped him hold on, saying, "Daddy, be careful."
Gongsun stepped carefully onto the stool and used a rope to tie a small black piece of wood to the door frame. Then he got off the stool, put some clay on the door latch, and took out dozens of steel needles. These needles were all glowing blue, and Gongsun carefully inserted the needles with the tips facing upwards into the clay, and also put some on the windowsill.
Then, Gongsun took out a small incense burner with gold thread, put a piece of black spice in it, and lit it. A faint white smoke came out of the incense burner, but there was no smell. Gongsun took out a small gourd, walked to the door frame, and sprinkled the silver powder inside, little by little, into a line that connected to the bed. Then he put the black box next to the bed and opened the lid on one side. A row of mechanical things came out from inside, filled with blue sleeve arrows on top, with a thin rope and a small firecracker tied to the bottom, hanging down to the ground, touching the silver powder.
Everything was ready. Gongsun clapped his hands, carried Little Sizi to the bed, carefully covered him with a blanket, then covered him with the quilt, hugged him, and fell asleep peacefully.
"Daddy, are you cold?" Little Four rubbed against Gongsun's arms.
Gongsun reached out and touched his ear, saying, "It's not cold, how about you?"
"It's not cold." Little Sizi snuggled into Gongsun's arms again and fell into a deep sleep.
Gongsun did not put out the candle, but wrapped Little Fourth Child in his arms and fell into a light sleep.
Zane Zhao, who was in the next room, heard that there was no movement from the two people here, so he rubbed his sore neck, stretched, and went to bed.
It was late at night. Occasionally, there were the sounds of insects chirping outside and wolves howling in the distant valley. The entire town also stopped its noise and fell silent.
After lying down for about an hour, Zane Zhao vaguely heard a slight sound of footsteps... He turned over and sat up, frowning... Is he coming?
Standing up, Zane Zhao quietly slipped behind the door. The light in his room was off, so he could see the faint candlelight coming from next door.
"Alas," said one in a low voice, "the light is still on."
The two of them leaned over the door and listened.
"There's no sound." Someone said, "Maybe he went to bed without turning off the lights."
"That's even better. It's more interesting to admire a beauty under the lamp." Another one laughed obscenely. Zane Zhao curled his lips and thought... this guy is a hooligan!
Then, a strange sound was heard.
Zane Zhao quietly opened the door a crack and looked out. He saw the two people who were sitting in the corner when he was having dinner just now. They were holding a bamboo pole and sending smoke inside.
Zane Zhao frowned slightly and thought, these two little thieves.
However, the smoke was blown into the room and did not spread out. Instead, it seemed to be attracted and floated towards the incense burner on the table. A slight "click" sound came from the incense burner.
Gongsun was very alert in his sleep. When he heard the sound, he slowly opened his eyes. He turned around and saw that the smoke coming out of the incense burner had changed from white to black. He frowned and looked at the door again, where he saw a bamboo pole sending smoke inside.
Gongsun gritted his teeth and thought, Great, this little thief is looking for death! Thinking of this, he reached out from the little pillow next to Ethan Xiao, took out two furry earplugs, and carefully plugged Ethan Xiao's ears.
Little Fourth was fast asleep, like a little pig. No matter how Gongsun fiddled with him, he wouldn't wake up. His little face was rosy and he was snoring in his sleep.
Gongsun covered Ethan Xiao with a blanket, turned over and sat up, took out a foot-long awl from the white medicine box, opened a bottle of medicine, and dipped the awl into the medicine. He also took out a soft white snakeskin whip from his bag, sat on the bed, lowered the bed curtain, and waited quietly.
After a while, the bamboo pole was pulled back, and then a small dagger was pushed in from the crack in the door and gently pushed the bolt.
The bolt was lifted, and then the door was slowly pushed open a little bit... A hand reached in, grabbed the bolt, and tried to open the door... But...
"Ah!" The man grabbed the poison needle that was stuck upside down on the door bolt and screamed in pain.
Zane Zhao saw that the man just put in one hand, and then started screaming like a pig being slaughtered, and he was also shocked.
The man wanted to shake off the poison needles on his hand due to the pain, but those needles were as thin as cow hairs. After being inserted, his whole hand swelled up to three times its original size and was full of water... as if the flesh inside had turned into water. The man in pain fell into the gate all of a sudden.
"What's going on?" The man behind him was also surprised, but at the same time, the door had already opened...
The small piece of wood hanging on the door frame was quite loose, and it fell off immediately after being hit by the door, and landed in the silver powder. Then... there was a "crackling" sound, and a flame jumped up.
At this time, Zane Zhao also came out and saw that the silver powder line on the ground suddenly caught fire and burned to the side of the bed with almost a "whoosh".
Gongsun raised his hands to cover Ethan Xiao's ears, and then he heard a deafening "bang" sound, like a loud cannon.
Suddenly there was a "crunch" sound.
Zane Zhao walked behind the two men and looked inside. He was shocked to see a hidden arrow box placed beside the bed. After a sound, the mechanism was triggered and dozens of blue lights shot out.
Zane Zhao gasped and dodged quickly. Thanks to his great kung fu skills, he dodged by turning sideways. However, the two people who wanted to launch a sneak attack were not able to avoid it and were shot by several sleeve arrows.
The arrows were poisonous, and the places on their bodies that were shot had swellings as big as several apples. The pain was so severe that the two men immediately fell to the ground and rolled over, shouting, "Oh, my God, it hurts so much, it hurts so much!"
At this time, the bed curtain was lifted, and Gongsun rushed out with an awl in one hand and a whip in the other, cursing, "You shameless little thieves, I will destroy you today, and see if you can hurt others again!"
As he spoke, Gongsun was quick-witted and took the awl and hit the two men's vital points with it... Puff Puff twice.
"Ahhh..." The two men screamed instantly. Gongsun whipped them twice, causing them to roll on the ground. The blisters on their bodies were broken and blood flowed out. The two men screamed in pain and begged, "Grandpa, please spare us. We won't dare to do it again. Please spare us!"
Gongsun looked up suddenly and saw Zane Zhao standing there with his eyes wide open and a look of horror on his face. His mouth was so big that at least two eggs could fit in it.
"Are you in cahoots with them?" Gongsun glared at Zane Zhao.
"Uh... no!" Zane Zhao waved his hands quickly, "I came out because I heard the noise."
Gongsun seemed unconvinced. He held the whip and awl, squinted at Zane Zhao, and looked at him with suspicion. "Really?!"
"Really, really!" Zane Zhao nodded quickly, trying to make his expression as sincere as possible, but Gongsun still didn't believe it.
At this time, there was a sound of footsteps on the stairs. It turned out that the waiter and the shopkeeper in the building heard the noise and rushed over. When they saw the two people rolling on the ground, they were frightened and looked at Gongsun with wide eyes, "Uh... sir, this is..."
Gongsun put away the whip and said, "These two little thieves, in the middle of the night, tried to break into our room with knives and smoke to do something illegal. I caught them and sent them to the government. The poison in their bodies will be enough to make them suffer for 49 days. Also, they will be impotent for at least three years. See if they dare to do bad things again!"
"Heh..." The waiter and the shopkeeper both gasped and quickly carried the two unfortunate rapists away.
Gongsun glanced at Zane Zhao, as if to say - did you see that? If you dare to mess around, this day next year will be your anniversary!
Zane Zhao nodded quickly, went back into the room with a whoosh, closed the door and bolted it.
Gongsun looked around, went back, closed the door, quickly rearranged the mechanism, and went back to bed. Seeing that Ethan Xiao was still half asleep, Gongsun put away the whip, lay down, and continued to sleep with his arms around Ethan Xiao.
In the next room, Zane Zhao was sitting on the edge of the bed and saw two equally stunned shadow guards squatting at the window.
Zane Zhao waved his hand and said, "Go to sleep, go to sleep..."
Chi Ying asked, "Your Highness...what is the name of that scholar?"
Zane Zhao turned to look at him, "What? Where can I find out?"
Red Shadow and Purple Shadow looked at each other and said, "Please ask around when you have time. We should avoid him if we run into him next time... My God, he is more terrifying than the Liao army of 100,000 soldiers."
Zane Zhao's mouth twitched, and he kicked out the two shadow guards who were watching the fun. He fell on the bed and looked up at the carved ceiling... Oops, my eyelids were twitching.
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