85 Acting (2/2)

Ning Fu resolved to himself that if Zhou Sheng still acted the same way ever again, he would teach him a painful lesson and turn his backside red.

Ah!

How embarrassing was it for a man who had already registered in the army to act in such a manner?

If this was seen by outsiders, wouldn't they laugh at the Ning clan?

However, before he could voice his thoughts and admonish the younger man, he was pulled along by Zhou Sheng outside of his courtyard.

Soon enough, they left the Ning Manor behind and just as he was about to ask Zhou Sheng as to where they were going, the boy stopped at a dark corner of a side-alley. Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click visiting.

Looking at his suspicious and sneaky behaviour, Ning Fu wondered if the boy had come across some trouble he couldn't counter and was thus, acting in such a different manner to his usual poise.

Since he already had the heart to get close to Zhou Sheng, he tried to probe, ”Why are you acting so sneakily? Are you in some trouble?”

Zhou Sheng gawked at the words coming out of Ning Fu's mouth.

For a second, he had the irrational urge to ask the other person as to why was he always cursing him with bad luck.

But looking at the genuine expression on the fool's face, he tried to suppress his irritation.

Before Ning Fu could pelt him with more inane questions, Zhou Sheng made a shushing motion and bending his body, he brought Ning Fu to squat down in a dark corner of the street.

The atmosphere also affected Ning Fu and he whispered, ”Why are we doing all this?”

Instead of answering him, Zhou Sheng asked, ”Do you still have that dagger that you had sent flying at me and the monarch that day?”

Ning Fu flushed in embarrassment as he was reminded of that incident and replied in the positive with a nod.

A quarter of an hour later, Ning Fu watched as someone who was dressed in all black - even covering his face, came from the same direction as they had arrived and whistled.

The whistle seemed to be some sort of signal because the next moment there was some sort of rustling noise and the masked person shifted a single paved tile on the floor and inserted a paper slip under it.

Afterwards, the person left.

By this point, Ning Fu had realised something. The figure of the man who had hidden that scrap of paper looked familiar.

In fact, extremely familiar and Ning Fu would bet his military tally that this person was one of his father's subordinate's son.

He had seen this man a few times around the manor and the barracks and his name was Xie Chu.

Xie Chu's father had been the Second-in-command of the army under Ning Fu's father and he had died protecting Old Master Ning on his last campaign.

Old Master Ning was thankful towards his subordinate.

Therefore, even though he had passed away and his son didn't seem to have the same military talent as his father, the son had been allowed to stay in the Ning Manor as an Outer Courtyard attendant.

Before Ning Fu could think further on it, he saw another masked man come out of another side alleyway and try to pick up the paved tile.

Ning Fu didn't need Zhou Sheng's reminder to know what to do.

He pulled his dagger out from his boots and sent it flying at the masked man and a loud thud was heard in the otherwise silent street.