746 Mausoleum (1/2)

Having been in the martial arts world for so many years, Deng Yuanlei had been wounded before. But never once had he been like this: feeble, a sword stuck in his shoulder, and left unattended for such a long time.

”Miss Han,” he yelled. Yet Miss Han was busy sticking her tongue out and smiling at the Dragon King as if she didn't hear him. So he yelled out another four or five times consecutively.

Finally Han Fen turned around and asked, ”Were you calling me?”

”Yeah…”

”But let me tell you something. Everybody in the Waning Moon Hall is called Miss Han, so I don't know who you're talking to.”

Deng Yuanlei didn't dare to say that there was only one disciple of the Waning Moon Hall here, and after pondering for a while he cautiously said, ”Miss Fen?”

Facing Gu Shenwei, Han Fen said, ”Dragon King, you're so smart. I knew that I couldn't keep that from you for long. I even had a bet with myself that you would undoubtedly guess it by the next midnight at the latest. Haha, it's not even dawn yet and you've already…”

Deng Yuanlei felt that his back was slick with some liquid, and he could indistinctly tell that his shoulder was still bleeding, so he yelled out again, ”Miss Fen!”

”Were you calling me again?”

”Yes. And I think there's only one 'Miss Fen' in all of Waning Moon Hall, and that's you, right?”

”Well, there's no 'Miss Fen' in the Waning Moon Hall. I haven't been a Miss since my teenage years.”

”So… how should I address you?”

”You know already, don't you?”

”I do?”

”You do! My name is Han Fen. What else could it be?”

”…”

With Lu Mian as their main go-between, Deng Yuanlei hadn't had much contact with the Waning Moon Hall. Upon hearing Han Fen's words, he became furious, and yet he had to put on a smiling face. ”Han Fen, Sect Leader Lu and I are friends of the Waning Moon Hall. Could you please give us the antidote so that we can treat our wounds?”

Carrying the lamp in one hand, Han Fen patted the front and rear side of her dress with the other hand. ”I've already told you all. I don't have any more antidotes. The Master Commander's very strict about distributing antidotes.”

Deng Yuanlei kept suppressing his indignation. ”Then, for the Master Commander's sake, could you please pull the swor– ”

Before he could finish his sentence, Han Fen pulled out the sword. Deng Yuanlei had no time to prepare himself, and with a shrill scream, he instantly fell into too much pain to speak anymore.

Han Fen gave two light swings. ”The sword of the Dragon King feels pretty good.” After looking at it from left to right, she tossed the sword onto the ground, picked up the Dragon King with one hand, dragged him to the foot of the wall, and put him down by Old Man Mu. Looking at the two, a tall one and a short one, Han Fen was very pleased.

Bottles and pills were strewn everywhere, but she didn't care much. After a careful search, she picked up a few important ones, put them away close to her chest, and asked Old Man Mu, ”Did you touch me?”

”What?” Old Man Mu acted dumb. He knew the temperaments of the Waning Moon Hall's disciples very well. The more friendly they seemed, the more cruel they actually were.

Gu Shenwei dismissed that topic for Old Man Mu by asking, ”Where did Lotus go?”

”Well, take another guess.” Han Fen was animated.

”She returned to the Western Regions.”

”Wow!” Han Fen gave a heartfelt compliment and clapped her hands, the lamp swinging around.

”Has she recovered from her injury?”

”Not completely, but the Master Commander has to leave. Dragon King, that palm attack you gave was so heavy. Eek, why do I feel that there's an icy rat running around in my body? It's interesting, but I'm also a little afraid.”

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Deng Yuanlei groaned consecutively, this time asking, ”Stop the bleeding… Han Fen… Help me stop the bleeding.”

Han Fen raised the lamp to illuminate her face and asked in a low tone, ”This guy's so annoying. Should I help him?”

”Don't do that,” Old Man Mu replied immediately, but he couldn't find a good reason to back up his answer, so he changed the subject. ”What is this place? It's so dramatic. How on earth did you find it?”

Han Fen was self-satisfied, ”It's amazing, isn't it? This is a trap right outside the Khan's mausoleum and it was build many years ago. It's said that they would kill all the craftsmen and replace them with another batch every year. I've been trying to find their bones for a long time but still haven't succeeded. I wonder where they were buried.”

”So this place is connected to a mausoleum?” Old Man Mu asked happily.

”Yeah, and it's a huge mausoleum…”

”It has exits, right?”

”Yes.”

”Then get us out of here.”

”I can't.”

”Why? You and the Dragon King… aren't you friends?”

”But I have to follow the Master Commander's order, and she ordered me to capture the Dragon King.”

”And then what?”

”And then leave him in the mausoleum. I've prepared food and water. Enough for a month.”

Old Man Mu turned and asked the Dragon King, ”What kind of trick is the Waning Moon Hall playing?”

”They want to announce my missing status to King Shengri, split Shulitu's army, and let the Court Attendants Army continue killing.”

After pondering for a while, Old Man Mu realized that if the Dragon King went missing, the consequences would turn out exactly like that. ”Sly, so sly. However… you came here without any prior planning, so how did Lotus know that you would be tricked?”

Of course Lotus knew, as she had almost anticipated Gu Shenwei's every move. She told Han Fen to stay, tricked the Dragon King into believing that she was still in the Royal Court, and then lured him to this improvised camp with a simple tactic.

”Lotus taught Lu Mian some simple moves of the Gu Family kung fu. She knew that I would fall for it.”

Lotus was the first one to know the Gu Shenwei's true identity – although she was no longer the only one, she knew the most details and was also the most interested in it. Having dug into Marshal Yang's previous experience in the Central Plains, she was now able to using it to captivate the Dragon King's interest.