Volume 1: Spring in Wulong Town Chapter 162: The mantis stalks the beauty, unaware of the oriole behind
Ban Yilou gossiped for a long time about what Tang Zheng was going to do, but he didn't succeed in finding out.
As for Xu Qingyan, his curiosity was only "a little interested", which was not enough to make him go over to gossip about Tang Zheng.
Tang Zheng left Jubao Pavilion and returned to Tangjiabao, where he stayed directly at Xinglai Inn.
For two days in a row, he left early and returned late.
And he never went to the willow grove where Pan Yu had agreed to meet Hua Yingxiu again.
On the third day, Ban Yilou couldn't bear it any longer, so he closed the Jubao Pavilion and ran to the inn to find Tang Zheng: "Hua Yingxiu is ready, do you want to cooperate? Say something?"
"She? What is she preparing?" Tang Zheng was grinding a pill in his hand and looked up.
"Zhao Shanhe's brother has already explored the terrain near Liulin. On the day agreed by the evil thief, she will first make false arrangements with Pan Yu, and after getting your Red Spider Golden Silk, she will immediately release the Fire Signal... We can ambush in the distance, and when we see the Fire Signal, we will rush forward and capture Pan Yu directly!" Ban Yilou said while looking around, "Of course, it doesn't matter whether you go to the ambush or not, where is Xu Qingyan?"
"..." Tang Zheng was completely speechless after hearing this.
Hostages, bait, the Flying Tigers, all the elements are there...
What a rustic solution!
A three-star expert went straight ahead, and a group of three-star experts hid aside, and then, after getting the stuff, they started working right away!
If he were Pan Yu, he would wake up laughing in his dreams after hearing this plan!
"Hey, where's Xu Qingyan?" Ban Yilou was obviously more concerned about the three-star expert next to Tang Zheng.
"I feel a deep malice..." Tang Zheng lowered his head and ignored Ban Yiluo.
"I have no ill will towards Xu Qingyan." Ban Yilou rolled his eyes at Tang Zheng and said, "Hurry up and borrow it for a while."
"He has important things to do and doesn't have time to play house with you..." Tang Zheng smiled and spread his hands.
Tang Zheng was talking to Ban Yilou and there was no need to be polite.
The last time Pan Yu played tricks on a three-star beginner beauty alone, but this time, Ban Yilou was going to send a group of three-star warriors to be played tricks on. It was really hard to complain.
If Pan Yu really succeeds, he will become even more famous and it will be out of control!
The most important thing is that his Red Spider Golden Silk is probably nowhere to be found...
Ban Yilou's beard was puffing with anger. Just as he was about to speak, there was a series of rapid knocks on Tang Zheng's door.
Ban Yilou turned around in surprise: "Xu Qingyan?"
But, what time is it already?
It’s so late, why doesn’t Xu Qingyan go back to rest? Why is he coming to Tang Zheng’s place?
However, just when Ban Yilou's mind was full of borrowing Xu Qingyan, the voice that came from outside was not Xu Qingyan's voice.
Tang Xiaotang's voice accompanied the knock on the door, so urgent that it couldn't be any more urgent: "Master! Master, open the door quickly!!"
"Coming." Tang Zheng stretched and stood up.
"Something happened!" Tang Xiaotang came in, grabbed Tang Zheng's sleeve and said, "Something big happened!!"
"What...thing?" Ban Yiluo asked.
"Pan Yu... started taking action!" Tang Xuan, who ran in with Tang Xiaotang, said breathlessly.
Ban Yiluo looked like a cat with its fur standing on end.
Although Pan Yu attacked Hua Yingxiu and did not touch any of the goods in their Jubao Pavilion, the beautiful woman from the Yaoshan tribe was after all riding with him, and he would be embarrassed if such a thing happened.
Tang Zheng gave him a calm gesture, sat down and asked, "Oh, the daughter of Mr. Liu from South Street disappeared from home last night, right? This morning, the maid found her missing."
"Uh...Master, do you know?" Tang Xiaotang was stunned.
"A day has passed." Tang Zheng took a sip of tea and said slowly, "It's about time to come back."
"Then, let's..." Tang Xiaotang felt a little relieved when she saw that Tang Zheng really had the attitude of "a scholar should know everything in the world without leaving home". "Should we go to Liu's house now?"
"Are you familiar with that lady?" Tang Zheng asked.
"Uh... not familiar..." Tang Xiaotang replied: "But it shouldn't be difficult for me to go in and ask about the situation."
"Oh." Tang Zheng drank the teacup in his hand, "Then let's go!"
…
South Street is not very close to Xinglai Inn.
The group walked quickly and it took them nearly a quarter of an hour to finally arrive at the gate of Liu's mansion.
The gate of the Liu Mansion, where their daughter had been lost, was wide open, and members of the Liu family kept coming in and out. It seemed that they had never given up and had been searching around Wulong Town for a whole day and night.
Tang Zheng just stood at the gate of Liu's house, put his hand on his forehead, looked around, found a big tree, walked straight over, and sat down under the shade of the tree.
"Master? We're not going in?" Tang Xiaotang said.
"No, I'm right here, waiting for someone." Tang Zheng answered while staring at the entrance of Liu's house.
"Waiting for someone?" Tang Xiaotang looked around. Could it be that Tang Zheng thought that he could wait for Pan Yu to come out just by sitting back and waiting?
However, Tang Zheng didn't say much, so Tang Xiaotang, Tang Xuan, and Ban Yiluo had no choice but to follow him and squat under the shade of the tree to wait together.
Not long after, Tang Zheng stood up with a smile.
Tang Xiaotang followed Tang Zheng's gaze and saw that the people who got off the carriage were Hua Yingxiu and Zhao Shanhe.
"Uh... why are they here?" Tang Xiaotang realized that the person Tang Zheng was waiting for was not Pan Yu, but Hua Yingxiu and the others?
"Even we are here, why don't they come?" Tang Zheng smiled and waved at Xiaotang, then walked towards Hua Yingxiu and the others.
Hua Yingxiu was still wearing a snow-white long dress, a seven-color flower crown on her head, and a veil covering her face.
In the night, she stood tall and graceful like a lotus, so beautiful that nothing could compare to her.
Her strength has obviously reached the initial three-star level, but her gentle and graceful temperament still cannot change the impression that the women of the Yaoshan tribe are born with - in other words, she looks easy to bully!
"Since everyone is here, follow me." Tang Zheng dusted himself off and said to Hua Yingxiu and the others.
Hua Yingxiu looked at the door of Liu's mansion, then looked at Tang Zheng, who said a few words to the coachman and got directly into the carriage.
There were only seven people in total.
It is obvious that when Tang Zheng said that everyone was present, it included Hua Yingxiu and the others!
…
Ta-da-da, ta-da-da.
The carriage did not stop at the gate of Liu's house, but turned around directly.
Tang Zheng, Ban Yilou, Tang Xuan, Tang Xiaotang, Hua Yingxiu, and Zhao Shanhe and his wife, seven people in one car, seemed a little crowded.
"Why don't you go in and ask, Master Tang Zheng?"
"Where are we going? What are your plans, Master?"
Along the way, Zhao Shanhe and his wife and Tang Xiaotang and others were all full of doubts.
However, after walking for a while, Mrs. Zhao frowned: "Isn't this... the direction of my home?"
Tang Zheng praised without any hesitation: "Mrs. Zhao is indeed extremely intelligent."
I was almost at my doorstep when I realized that this was the direction of my home. It turns out that the saying “70% of women have poor directions” does have scientific basis!
However, the carriage made a detour through the alley at the side door of the Zhao residence and stopped in front of a teahouse opposite.
"Come on, everyone, don't be polite, take a seat. I have reserved the whole place for today!" Tang Zheng went straight to the second floor and asked Ban Yiluo and the others to take a seat. The waiter also skillfully prepared tea, brought up melon seeds and nuts to serve them without asking any questions.
Hua Yingxiu and the others were full of doubt, and sat down doubtfully...
Tea, side dishes and cakes were quickly served.
After about half a quarter of an hour of silence, everyone suddenly held their breath!
A short figure in gorgeous clothes appeared at the side door of the Zhao Mansion with an elegant gait. Just when Mrs. Zhao thought that a visitor might have arrived, the figure suddenly jumped high up and landed directly into the Zhao Mansion like a flying wild goose.
"..." Zhao Shanhe and Mrs. Zhao opened their mouths wide.
Although they really wanted to praise "what a handsome move", the man used such a handsome move to land in his own mansion!
Zhao Shanhe immediately picked up his weapon and stood up.
"No, eat when you should, drink when you should. The show has just begun, why would I watch if I startle the protagonist?" Tang Zheng saw everyone's reactions and lowered his hand to stop them.
"Mr. Tang, this person... is Pan Yu?!" Hua Yingxiu was the first to react.
The living Pan Yu!
Pan Yu, the famous flower thief in Xingyao Continent, just showed up... so casually... under their noses?
What a joke! How is this possible?!
"But, didn't Pan Yu just kidnap the Liu family's daughter yesterday? How come she suddenly appears in Brother Zhao's house now?" Hua Yingxiu frowned slightly.
"Of course it's the mantis stalking the beauty." Tang Zheng smiled.
"Does he know when I will come back?" Hua Yingxiu asked.
"No, haven't you returned home?" Tang Zheng said with a smile, pointing towards the Zhao family's yard.
Zhao Shanhe and his wife looked in the direction of Tang Zheng's finger and their eyes almost popped out.
Just below the teahouse, there was actually a woman who was also wearing a seven-color flower crown, a snow-white long skirt, and a veil covering her face. She followed the hidden place, directly crossed the high wall, and went towards Hua Yingxiu's residence in the backyard!
No one had any idea what Tang Zheng was up to.
"The one just now was Pan Yu...but this?! Who is this?" Mrs. Zhao had just sat down, but now she stood up again in shock.
Zhao Shanhe also accidentally crushed the teacup in his hand.
So weird!
This feels really weird.
In such a short period of time, I saw two people coming in and out of my house as if it were a vegetable garden, while I was just drinking tea and watching them. It was really an indescribable weird feeling.
"Oh! Damn it!" Tang Xiaotang suddenly shouted, "Pan Yu ran away!"
As soon as she finished speaking, everyone saw the man in fancy clothes who had just entered suddenly appear on the roof of the Zhao mansion.
Only this time, he was carrying someone on his back!
That person was the woman dressed in Yaoshan tribe costume who followed him over the wall!
Pan Yu's body movements were extremely fast. Even though he was carrying a person, he still moved as fast as the wind. He leaped all the way across the top of the Zhao family's mansion, and directly jumped onto the roof of another mansion, and continued forward...
And no one noticed him as he passed by!
