Chapter 14 - Bamboo Smell (1/2)
In his study, Lei Ming summoned a guard and sent a letter to the Head of Fengfu City Guards, Zang Wei, to check on the animals in the city for any unusual behavior.
When Zang Wei received it, he scratched his head. What could have possibly happened on the Governor's wedding night why he sent this letter right after? He should spend this day with his wife and not snooping on animal behavior.
He closed his eyes, recalling the governor. ”He was fine during the banquet, although there were no other rituals happened. Hmm,” he played with his beard, puzzled with this new and young governor.
”Don't tell me, the governor was busy studying animals and forget about his wife waiting for him in bed? Or he was so energized after his exercise in bed that he still have extra energy left and spent the rest of his time studying the animals within his vicinity. But still… it makes little sense when he is talking about an alarm signal number one.”
Zang Wei sighed. ”I could be wrong. Maybe the governor is so happy with his new wife and she loves animals.” His eyes lit up with the thought and snap a finger. ”Yes, the wife loves animals that he wanted the animals checked for abnormalities...” But stopped short. His brows knitted and scratched his head again. ”It doesn't add up. Alarm signal #1 means to be given second priority.”
Zang Wei shook his head. ”What could have happened with the governor and his wife for him to send an alarm about observing animal behavior?”
Zang Wei sighed again and pinned the warning letter on the Alarm #1 bulletin board in the City Guards Headquarters and wrote a letter A on top of the paper. He expected the guards would ask him, so he wrote a short note under the letter, ”Don't ask. Just do it.”
In Fengfu, because of its diversity of land formations within its area of responsibility, they had this different alarm signal according to the severity of the situation and where it occurred.
#1 was given a second priority for attention.
#2 was for top priority.
#3 was for a lockdown to take place.
Letters signified the area, like A was for the city, B for the villages, C for the riversides and mountains, and D for the mines.
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Lei Ming had no inkling what transpired after the guards saw the letter. The Fairy lady preoccupied his mind.
He tried to recall what he saw that night. The woman was n.a.k.e.d, but he couldn't see well because it was very dark and the moonlight reflected on his eyes. What he saw was only her body's silhouette. But he admitted that she had a great body figure. No doubt about it and the skin exposed against the moonlight was glowing white. She had long hair up to her waist.
Her face? He closed his eyes trying to make a mental image of her face after he stopped her. However, the only part visible to him was her nose and lips. The rest was covered by her hair. Her nose was long and her lips were a cupid-bow shape. Her voice? No clear recollection.
His mind went to her height. She was tall compared to the average height of girls. Probably, only a finger shorter than him. ”Quite tall, indeed. She couldn't be from these parts with that height.”