zChapter 854 - The Impudent Teng Family (2/2)

Investigating Ji An Prefecture at night really was a nighttime investigation. Just before midnight, Feng Yu Heng got out of bed through Xiang Rong’s resentment. Xiang Rong rubbed her eyes and helplessly said: “If I knew some martial arts, I would definitely go with second sister.” After saying this, she fell back in bed and went back to sleep.

Feng Yu Heng smiled bitterly. In the end, she was still a child. A 13-year-old child needed sleep. No matter how early she matured, she could not cross this boundary of the age.

Changing her clothes, she deliberately did not choose black clothes. She just chose a dark-blue dress to wear. Bringing along her two maidservants and Ban Zou, the four quickly left the courtyard and headed toward Ji An Prefecture.

Ji An Prefecture was just outside of the outskirts of Yu Zhou. It was just at the end of a small path. Calculating it more accurately, it was no more than three li away. When they arrived, it was deep in the night, and it was a time when the ancient people were usually in a deep sleep. During ancient times, there was not much entertainment nor shops. Once night came, the only sources of light were candles and moonlight. This night was cloudy, starless and moonless. It was as though the entirety of Ji An Prefecture was trapped in a cage of darkness that was just placed there. This gave everyone a feeling of pressure.

Ban Zou quietly said: “A perfectly nice place was turned into this. The Teng family ought to be killed.”

“How is it?” Huang Quan raised an eyebrow, “As I see it, this is better. It makes it easier to move around.”

Wang Chuan also had her own opinion. Leaping onto the top of a building, she said: “The Teng family placed all of its money making businesses in Yu Zhou. This place is just a giant sleeping area. There is also the personal army with nearly one thousand troops that are gathered here. It would not be unexpected for it to feel a bit more suffocating.”

“Look, there really are quite a few shops on the main street.” Feng Yu Heng pointed at the street ahead and said, “Those should be the merchants that Teng Ping attracted, right? Hehe, the land was gifted? What deeds does the Teng family have to give out? Every inch of Ji An Prefecture belongs to this imperial daughter. The deeds for all lands are still in this imperial daughter’s hands. But this is quite good. These people had built buildings for free. When we move into this place in the future, it will save us quite a bit of hassle.” While she spoke, she looked over the two sides of the road. Pointing at one of the two-story shops, she asked: “Look, looking at this shop from the outside, does it look like Hundred Herb Hall? If the shops on the sides can be opened up, it should be roughly the same size as the Hundred Herb Hall in the capital.”

Ban Zou nodded, “That’s quite good. How about just choosing this place!”

“Alright!” Feng Yu Heng very happily agreed. It was as though all of the shops on the road had been taken in without any reservations. She really did not need to be reserved. The merchants that had been invited in by the Teng family were mostly thinking of getting some benefit. Everyone wanted to enjoy some benefits, and she wanted even more to earn the most.

The group walked along the streets and would occasionally pay attention for any patrolling troops; however, who knew that after walking through two streets, they finally saw a couple of soldiers holding a lantern in front of a residential building. The two, however, were not patrolling soldiers. Instead, they stood in front of the door and seemed to be standing guard.

The group took a look and could not help but feel confused. The so-called residential building was just a small courtyard, and there were three rooms inside. It looked very shabby, and they could not understand. What was there to guard here?

Feng Yu Heng gestured for the three to use their qinggong to take a look inside. Only by looking did they find out that there was another space inside the room. There was an old woman sleeping in one of the rooms, and there was a young woman in the other. In the room with the young woman, there was a man in brocade clothes that sat on the other side of the bed. The man was short and fat, but his skin was fair and clear. One of his eyes was large and the other was small. It was clear that it was a deformity. At this moment, he had an indecent smile on his face that scared the young woman into moving back on her bed.

But the more she avoided the man, the happier he became. While smiling, he said: “Just keep dodging. This one likes this sort of thing. The more you avoid, the more this one enjoys it. I say, pretty lady! Let’s just get it on. It’s not the first time. What are you being bashful for?”

Feng Yu Heng heard this while laying on the wall and rolled her eyes. Could it be that it was adultery? That was not really worth seeing.

Who knew that the young woman would begin to quietly cry. While crying, she pleaded: “Just let me go. Last time, it was you that forcefully took me. I should not have lived, but you threatened me. You said that if I died, my man, who is working for the prefecture guards will also be killed. There’s also my mother-in-law. You wouldn’t pardon her either. What do you want me to do?” The young woman’s voice was kept very quiet. It was clear that she was afraid of waking her mother-in-law in the other room, but she did not know that the old woman had already been given a sleeping drug. She would not wake up.

The man in brocade let out a laugh, “It’s good as long as you know. Just be obedient and listen. Let this one get comfortable. As long as you listen, I will guarantee that your man will not suffer any bullying in the prefecture guard. You also know that I am the nephew of Prefect Guard Teng. He treats me even better than his own son.” As he spoke, he had already reached his paws over. The young woman had nowhere else to evade. Her family was being threatened, and she could only watch him grab her undergarments and move to tear them off.

Who knew that before the clothes could be torn off, the man in brocade’s eyes would close and suddenly fall on top of her. At first, she believed that this person could no longer wait and dove on her, but after waiting for a while, she found that this was not the case. It was as though the man had died. He did not move in the slightest. While she was puzzled, she also began to feel dizzy then fainted in a daze…