185 Military Counsellor (1/2)

Weapons as well as prostitution were banned in the North City. Strictly speaking, prostitutes were prohibited from entering North City, but occasionally, the guards at the city gates would not mind letting one or two of them get into the city. In the eyes of the guards, these girls posed no danger to public safety.

Recently, Slave Qing had acted upon Slave Huan's advice and tried to become Shangguan Fei's guide in South City. However, Master Fei worried that Tuo Nengya was waiting for a chance to assassinate him in South City and refused to go there. Every time someone invited him to go to South City, he would become suspicious of that person's intentions.

Fortunately, sometimes he would tell Slave Qing that he wanted to meet Xu Yanwei. Every time he made such a request, Slave Qing would hurriedly go out to bribe the guards to get the girl into North City.

After breaking into the back yard of Shangguan Fei's residence, Shangguan Ru happened to stand just outside Shangguan Fei's bedroom.

As Xu Yanwei and Shangguan Ru had only met once before, they failed to recognize each other's voice. Master Ru frowned upon hearing a woman in her brother's room questioning him.

Without knowing what her brother was doing in his room, Shangguan Ru dashed to the door and kicked it open.

”What're you doing here? Who allowed you to come in?” Shangguan Fei shouted grumpily as he hastily put on his clothes and walked out to block her entry into the room.

He sounded combative. His recent victory had greatly boosted his confidence.

”Who else is inside your room?” Shangguan Ru sounded aggressive as well.

”There's no one else inside my room... and it's none of your business.”

Shangguan Ru suddenly realized something. She turned around and walked out of the room, letting Shangguan Fei finish dressing. A moment later, she turned back and said, ”The Kun Society is mine. I forbid you to use that name.”

Shangguan Fei stepped out of the room and then closed the door behind him. He deliberately paused for a moment and then said to Shangguan Ru smilingly, ”My little sister, I can't agree to do that. This is like gambling; I won and you lost. Now the Kun Society is mine. You can't blame anyone for that matter.”

Shangguan Ru came to her brother's place more or less on a whim. She had not prepared herself for such a situation beforehand. Although she knew that she was being unreasonable at this moment, she still refused to back down. She suddenly stretched out her hand to tweak Shangguan Fei's ear.

Shangguan Fei's kung fu was quite good but weaker than his sister. He raised his hands to block Shangguan Ru's attack but failed. He then instinctively turned his head away, trying to dodge the attack. Unfortunately, he only managed to bump his head into the other hand of Shangguan Ru.

”Who told you that I'm gambling with you?” Shangguan Ru asked and twisted her brother's ear with much force, making him scream. ”You launched a surprise attack on me and succeeded. That's a nice move, but the issue is far from over. I haven't struck back.”

”Let me go! Can someone come here and help me?” Shangguan Fei was overcome with anger and shame.

Slave Qing came to the twins but had no idea what to do. He kept walking around them anxiously, while repeatedly imploring Master Ru to release Master Fei.

Shangguan Fei's killers also came out. They wanted to assist Master Fei, but they were afraid that once they came to blows they would accidentally hurt Master Ru. As a result, they just stood around the twins, not sure what to do.

”What an embarrassing situation,” Gu Shenwei thought to himself while shaking his head. He walked forward to the twins with Maid Lotus, planning to dissuade Master Ru from tweaking her brother's ear. However, before they said anything, Shangguan Ru suddenly released Shangguan Fei and said, ”Well, I shall let you go now. I've come here today to challenge you to a duel. I'll win my Kun Society back. Are you going to fight against me by yourself or send one of your killers to duel with me?”

Shangguan Fei was flushed with shame and anger. He rubbed his ear and screeched, ”I won't duel with you. I... I'm a leader. I'll only engage you in a battle of wits, not of physical might. The Kun Society is mine. You can't wrench it out of my hands. Shangguan Yushi is dead and no one will help you now.”

Upon hearing Master Yu's name, Shangguan Ru felt a sharp pain in her chest. She rushed back to Shangguan Fei, trying to tweak his ear again.

Shangguan Fei was prepared for that. He swiftly dodged behind Slave Qing. When Shangguan Ru went over to Slave Qing, he quickly rushed to hide behind the killers. Both Slave Qing and the killers stood still in the yard, observing the twins running about.

After Shangguan Fei escaped from Shangguan Ru's grasp several times in a row, Master Ru flared up and decided to play rough. She directly shoved two killlers who stood between her and her brother to the ground. Just as she was about to catch her brother, she bumped into a very tall and strong man who stood in her way.

Shangguan Ru felt as if she had run into a wall. She quickly took several steps backward and finally could see the man's face. He was in his early 20s and had thick eyebrows with narrow eyes. Although he was young, he looked very masculine and mature. ”Piss off,” Shangguan Ru shouted to the man.

The man bowed to Shangguan Ru and replied peacefully, ”Master Ru, nice to meet you. I'm Guan Houlin. 'Hou' as in profundity, and 'Lin' as in a legendary unicorn...”

”Who cares if you're a unicorn or a bug. Just get out of my way,” said Shangguan Ru, grumpily.

Shangguan Fei felt very secure hiding behind this tall and strong man. He grabbed the man's belt to stop him from leaving the place and then stuck his head out to say, ”He's my military counsellor and only takes orders from me.”

Upon hearing the words ”military counsellor”, Shangguan Ru thought of her own military counsellor, Shangguan Yushi. She felt heartache again, her face grim. She rushed to Guan Houlin, pretending to launch an attack. Deceived by the feint, the young man raised his right arm to block her. In the blink of an eye, Shangguan Ru caught hold of the meridian points in his right hand and got behind him.

She raised his right hand up high, forcing the man to bend down.

Upon seeing that, Shangguan Fei instantly ran to the front of the man and squatted under him as cover.

”Look at your military counsellor. He's stupid, and his kung fu sucks,” Shangguan Ru said.

Guan Houlin's face turned red upon hearing her taunts. He groaned and suddenly stood up, dislocating his right shoulder in the process.

Shangguan Ru was stunned and immediately released the man's hand. She had never expected him to be so tough. ”Why did you do that?” she exclaimed.

”I'm sorry, Master Ru. I can't back down. I have to protect my master.”