AWDC Chapter 69
by Volare“Thank you, Young Master Lin.” The two guards thanked him in unison and quickly entered the house.
Lin Xi stood in the courtyard, his heart filled with panic. He learned from Mu Chuang that the two Taoists were somewhat skilled. He himself had transmigrated, and he wondered if they could see through his disguise.
The two Taoists chased after them to the outside of the rear office, but were stopped by the gatekeeper.
“Old Taoist, what’s the rush?” Guard A, holding a fire and water club, blocked the old Taoist who was trying to rush in. If it weren’t for the fact that this master and disciple had previously come to their county office to handle matters, he would have directly driven them away.
“Two suspicious people climbed over the wall here. I suspect they’ve done something bad, so I urgently need to go in and investigate to prevent them from continuing to harm people.” The old Taoist Xu Chengqian, with his thin mustache, had a gleam in his eyes when he spoke. He was thin but full of energy, and even ghosts would feel three parts fear when they saw him.
Guard A knew clearly that the two people he was looking for were Mu Master’s personal guards. Mu Master had instructed them in the afternoon to act according to circumstances in an emergency. Now that he knew they were back, he would naturally not admit it.
“We’ve been guarding here all the time, and we haven’t seen anyone come in. Old Taoist, are you seeing things?” Guard A lied without changing his expression. Guard B quickly echoed, “I haven’t even blinked my eyes here, and I definitely haven’t seen anyone come in. Old Taoist, you’re definitely seeing things. Please don’t talk nonsense here and affect our normal duty.”
Hearing this, the old Taoist became anxious with them, “I have been conscientious throughout my life, suppressing evil and eliminating grievances, and have never made a mistake. Please accommodate us and let me go in and search, otherwise the consequences will be serious.”
Who knew Guard A would reply, “We’re just gatekeepers, and we don’t have the right to let strangers in at will, let alone to look for someone. Please don’t make things difficult for us, Old Taoist.”
“That’s right,” Guard B interjected, “I can guarantee that no one came in, and I’m sure you saw wrong. You might as well go look elsewhere. If you delay here for too long, the bad guys might run far away.”
The old Taoist didn’t believe it. He had clearly seen those two figures dart in just now. He had been chasing them since the afternoon, and he hadn’t blinked his eyes. How could he have seen wrong?
“Master, if only you weren’t afraid of heights. You wouldn’t have learned this instant movement technique back then. Parkour would have been so much better, and you could have flipped in all at once, and you wouldn’t have to waste time with them.” At this time, the little Taoist added a sentence beside him. It was originally the truth, but someone in the dark heard it and felt relieved.
“So these two masters and disciples can’t fly, huh? Hehe!” Someone secretly rejoiced in their heart, “Their skills are good, but their shortcomings are also not small. No matter how fast they run on the ground, how can they compare to being unimpeded in the air? It seems that heaven still favors me.”
“Shut up!” The old Taoist’s whole demeanor changed at the mention of this matter, and his face instantly turned ugly, “You only say bad things. What’s wrong with the instant movement technique? It’s more than enough to catch a rat, let alone a person. You only know how to increase other people’s ambition and diminish your own prestige. You’re useless!”
The little Taoist immediately shut up, looking as if he had been taught a lesson.
The old Taoist then began to pester the two guards, “Such a big matter, are you really not planning to report it to Mu Master? If something really goes wrong, you won’t be able to bear the responsibility. I’m doing this for your own good.”
“Please go in and report, so as not to cause serious consequences,” he continued to add, and then instructed the little Taoist, “Go over there and block them, don’t let them run away by climbing over the wall.”
“Okay.” The little Taoist responded, and in the blink of an eye, he instantly moved several meters around the wall. Outsiders couldn’t see how his legs were moving at all.
After arranging for his apprentice, the old Taoist noticed that the two guards’ faces had changed, returning to their indifferent and serious expressions, as if they had decided to ignore his request.
“You…are you really not listening, or are you determined to protect them?” He finally realized what was going on and felt that the two people were from the yamen, “Could it be that those two people are related to you? Are you deliberately hiding them?”
As soon as these words came out, Guard A was furious, “Presumptuous! Open your eyes and see what place this is. The dignified Nanxi County Yamen, how can you slander it at will?”
“Since you’re afraid of slander, then why not let the old Taoist go in and search?” Xu Chengqian was not afraid of trouble either. After his master went into seclusion, he taught him that good always prevails over evil, and that he shouldn’t be afraid to sue in court if he was in the right. In these years of traveling the world, nothing had ever made him back down. Now, a small county yamen, he didn’t believe he couldn’t get in.
“Please report to Mu Master, I’ll be waiting here,” he said, stomping the yin-yang flag on the ground, with an attitude that he wouldn’t leave unless they let him in.
The two guards looked at each other, and finally exchanged a few words in each other’s ears. Then, Guard B hurriedly went in.
After a while, Mu Master came out, looking displeased that he had been disturbed from his rest, as if he knew nothing about it.
“Who is making noise here?” His voice was lazy, and he came to the back gate in casual clothes, pacing with official steps, stopping with an air of arrogance, as if he hadn’t noticed the old Taoist’s existence at all.
“Mu Master is too forgetful, does he not remember me?” Xu Chengqian stared at him with gleaming eyes, not intimidated by the other party’s identity at all, “I suspect that bad people have entered your yamen, so I’m here to search. Please don’t let me down, Mu Master, and cause unexpected consequences.”
Mu Master clenched his five fingers hidden in his sleeves, thought for a while, and replied with a trace of luck, “Since Taoist priest insists on searching, then please do so. However, I’ll say the ugly things first, there are many female *teng* in the backyard, don’t look at what you shouldn’t look at, otherwise you will be dealt with according to the law.”
“Okay.” Xu Chengqian replied without hesitation, “Then I’ll disturb you.”
After saying that, he squeezed in directly before the two guards could make way, and in the blink of an eye, he disappeared without a trace, feeling even more frightening than a ghost.
He searched all the big and small rooms in the rear office until he finally stopped in front of Lin Xi’s courtyard gate, only to be blocked by Mu Chuang.
At this time, Mu Chuang had already changed his clothes. In order to distinguish it from the color he wore in the afternoon, he deliberately changed into dark green and decided not to wear blue-purple in the future.
“Why are you blocking me, Young Master?” The old Taoist looked anxious, feeling that Mu Chuang was doing it on purpose.
He had already searched most of the rear office, and he firmly believed that the two people were still inside and had not gone out. Mu Chuang was blocking him here at this time, making him even more suspicious that the two were inside.
“Don’t you know who lives in here?” Mu Chuang asked the old Taoist rhetorically, looking a little angry, “He belongs exclusively to this young master. I hide him inside like a treasure every day, how can you just look at him casually?”