Chapter 19 (2/2)
Her being like this, Long San also didn’t knohat to do, and could only say: “Then I’, be obedient”
Feng Ning nodded, Long San looked at her again a few ti after he walked out, Feng Ning suddenly ca San……”
Long San halted his footsteps, turned around and walked over, Feng Ning said: “I’ve thought it through, the longer I stay, the more I don’t want to leave” She bit her lips, lowered her head looking at the tips of her shoes Long San’s heart sank, listening to her continue: “This time after you finish this matter and return, just send o it’s the sainally when I awoke here, didn’t I also not know anything? Staying for a long ti to my parents’ home, who knows, they may care for me more ah”
Long San was speechless, Feng Ning spoke again: “If I think of anything, or inquire about so, I rite to you I’ll also be able to better understand exactly what the situation on , and I can try to persuade them
Long San looked at her, and could only say after a while: “Wait for me to return”
Feng Ning fiercely nodded her head: “You must come back quickly ah,This really made me very hesitant, so it is still better to quickly cut the knot [4] and get it over with”
Long San nodded, turned and left, that’s right ah, quickly cut the knot, if even she canabout
Behind hi San, you must come back quickly ah, I’ll wait for you” She watched as his quickly disappearing figure waved his hands Suddenly she felt the ri for hi to separate from him
Feng Ning suddenly felt regretful, why did she have to be so impulsive and say those words ah? He was clearly about to leave, she could have just waited for him to come back and then talk to him properly, at least this way there was still more time to think it over, as the point of her quick mouth
But she was afraid, she was always afraid, she was afraid of being alone, afraid of going hungry, afraid that she was a bad person, afraid of drowning She was evenwhere everyone knows, but she herself does not
Feng Ning was the type of person to act on her thoughts, so she told Yu Ma to her parents’ home and Huzhou Yu Ma Feng Ning taking the initiative to request to leave, she felt satisfied, and so infor she knew, and the two actually peacefully passed two days
On the third day in the , for so her stoht listened, listened, and suddenly realized, it wasn’t a night froer!
She sat up suddenly and ran to the edge of the door barefoot This time she heard it clearly, there was a loud shout outside: soht on fire Every inch of her body was alert, the Long House rules are extremely strict, the inventory shall not be out-of-place, and there are also specially assigned night patrols These last few days there has been moist weather, how could it easily catch on fire?
And it just happened to catch fire while the masters of the house were out?
Feng Ning rapidly turned around, flew over to the bedside and pushed Yu Maer” As she pushed the person awake, she sirabbed her clothes, Yu Ma what the matter hen suddenly there came a quiet muffled shout from outside
Mama was also someone who experienced many situations before, and immediately understood She quickly put on her clothes, loudly calling for the maid Xiao Si, but the response she received fro It seeuards
Feng Ning ran to theside, opened it, and looked out, but at once a short fire arroith a “whoosh” Feng Ning subconsciously dodged and hid, but remembered behind her was Yu Mama In a moment of desperation she could only use her hand to swat the arrow, scalding her hand for a ently closing the
The noise and shouts fro “hurry put out the fire!”, Feng Ning turned around and said to Yu Mao out and take a look, then come back immediately and take you”
She opened and closed the rooht speed, took one look, and only saw a few flaher, this side and the linking servants’ quarters in Yu Mama’s courtyard have all been hit [5]
The assassins were clad in nocturnal gar a pair of eyes, one of theuard fighting hi Ning
Feng Ning gave a shout, raised her hand, and forged ahead, her figure skillful, flying fast and graceful, she landed in front of the assassin in a blink of an eye, avoiding the broadsword, and with her palm struck him in the stomach
That person was shocked, and had still to react when Feng Ning once again closed in on hirabbed his wrist, struck his ribs, kicked behind his knees, that person only felt a jolt of pain and nu been seized
Feng Ning ruthlessly kicked hirunt, he fell into a dead faint With her martial art skills so powerful, and her actions so fierce, the assassins and Long fa with a siht into a tree on an elevated plane, an archer made a sound and toppled over
Feng Ning shouted loudly: “Everyone don’t panic, and by no means scatter, line up into four rows of troops, and force them out of the courtyard” In the uards could care less aboutleapt and landed in front of two maids, and with three strokes, forced the assassins atte: “Those who don’t know o to Yu Maether before the fire burns through”
The head assassin shouted: “Leaving won’t be that easy Today is the death of you Long Jia [7]”
Feng Ning jumped with the tips of her feet, with a short blade in her hand, burst forward into the battle with the intent to kill, she and that assassin exchanged ten blows, actually cutting doo people, and also forced that overconfident person to retreat to the courtyard gate
The two sides actually cahtly narrowed his eyes sizing up Feng Ning Feng Ning raised her head up high, with an iuards, pointed the sword tip at that assassin: “You scoundrels, overesti Jia to be useless?”
[1] 三夫人San Furen – Third Madam, third lady of the house ie wife of the third son/lord
[2] 三爷San Ye – Third lord
[3] 三少San Shao – Third young lord/young master
[4] 快刀斩乱麻kuài dāo zhǎn luàn led hemp; an idiom that means to take decisive action in a co the Gordian knot
[5] 这厢与余嬷嬷的小院连着的仆人大院里，均是打成了一片。– sorry I don’t know if it’s because I’ure out how to translate the last part, unless it is meant literally, in which case, call me an idiot
[6] 夜行衣Yèxíng yī – Nocturnal clothing/ night clothes (not paja up most of the face to help blend in the dark Think of ninjas if you will
[7] 龙家Lóng jiā —Basically I’ve been replacingHouse” “Long Mansion”, etc Because the ters, and so the translation changes in English under different contexts I guess the closest translation to the reference above would be “you Longs”, but I just thought that looked and sounded funny, and more importantly, doesn’t incorporate the entire house of servants and guards that serve the actual ‘Longs’