His grab just now seemed like a casual grab, but it actually contained a hidden trick that an ordinary person would absolutely not be able to dodge. However, the woman in front of him dodged it with ease and grace, her movements were perfectly natural and without any disorder. Ordinary people would not be able to see the flaw at all. If Qi Fei himself had not experienced it firsthand, he would not have been able to see it either, and outsiders would have found it even more difficult to see.

“Young master, please have some self-respect…” the cold beauty said, bowing her head while holding her pipa.

Qi Fei’s eyes flashed, and he was about to grab again when Du Qingyuan shouted from the side, “You shameless scoundrel, how dare you be so disrespectful to the Cold Beauty! The Cold Beauty is the most beautiful courtesan in the capital, and even princes and nobles have some respect for her. You will surely become the public enemy of all the high-ranking officials in the capital!”

Qi Fei said, “Shut up! I’m already full, go pay the bill!”

“You…” Du Qingyuan gritted his teeth, wishing he could slap him away.

Qi Fei said, “Could it be that the disciples of the Danxia Sect are so untrustworthy?”

“Qi Fei, you just wait and see! Let’s go—”

Du Qingyuan turned around angrily and led a group of Danxia Sect disciples downstairs to settle the bill.

Qi Fei looked at the cold beauty in front of him and said, “Your name is Leng Ning?”

“Not bad.” The cold beauty kept her head down.

Qi Fei then asked, “Have you ever heard of the name ‘Leng Shuxue’?”

The moment those three words were uttered, the cold beauty trembled, and her expression beneath the veil changed.

Although she tried her best to restrain herself and quickly suppressed the change, Qi Fei still noticed it.

“Never heard of it.” The cold beauty’s tone was exactly the same as before, still calm and composed.

“Oh…” Qi Fei nodded. “She has been missing for many years. Her mother asked me to find her, but I haven’t been able to. I don’t know when I will be able to find her and reunite her with her mother.”

The cold beauty said, “If you, young master, do not wish to continue listening to the music, then this humble woman shall take her leave… Ah!”

Just then, Qi Fei made a sudden move, grabbing the cold beauty’s veil with one hand and gently tugging at it.

In that instant, a flawless and incomparably beautiful face appeared before Qi Fei’s eyes. It was dazzling and charming, with large eyes, curved eyebrows, a delicate nose, and pink lips. Her features were exquisite, and her face shape was somewhat similar to Mei’er’s, but she was younger and more beautiful.

Qi Fei noticed that the cold beauty had a small black mole on each of her earlobes, which was not very noticeable.

“You…” The cold beauty looked at Qi Fei angrily.

Qi Fei said, “Mid-Autumn Festival is just around the corner, and your mother misses you very much.”

The cold beauty’s chest heaved with anger, her full breasts moving alluringly as she said, “Young master, I don’t understand what you’re saying. I’m leaving!”

After saying that, he turned and left the private room.

Qi Fei watched her departing figure and sighed inwardly. He realized that this person was indeed Mei’er’s daughter, Leng Shuxue. He didn’t know when she had been sold here, but unfortunately, her heart had changed, and she was no longer the lovely daughter Mei’er’s family used to be.

After leaving Wanhualou, Qi Fei headed straight for the teahouse run by Diancang Sect.

The teahouse was small and not many customers; business was slow. After entering, Qi Fei found Li Lingyun in the inner room, took out the letter Gu Yinzhang had given him from his pocket, and handed it to him, saying, “Master, this is what my mistress asked me to give you. Please take a look.”

Li Lingyun had clearly not slept well last night and was somewhat exhausted. He glanced at Qi Fei, took the letter, opened it, and examined it carefully.

Qi Fei noticed that his expression began to change, and after reading it, his hands began to tremble.

He tore up the letter, looked at Qi Fei with a solemn expression, and after a long while said, “You should go back first and tell your master’s wife that I know everything. Tonight at midnight, I will lead all the disciples of the Diancang Sect to meet you at the gate of the Jia Mansion. We will leave the capital tonight!”

Qi Fei was overjoyed upon hearing this and said, “Master is wise!”

After leaving the teahouse, Qi Fei felt exceptionally relaxed and let out a heavy sigh of relief. “Hehe, things are finally done.”

Next, as long as I leave the capital smoothly, everything will be fine. Once I return to Diancang Mountain, I will be safe, and then I can slowly figure out how to find the Panlong Sword.

The streets were bustling with people, and the cries of vendors and laborers filled the air.

“Selling steamed buns! Hot, fluffy meat buns…”

“Mooncakes, freshly baked five-nut mooncakes…”

Looking at this prosperous and vibrant world, Qi Fei felt a surge of happiness, a sense of “life is so wonderful.”

“Fortune telling, fortune telling, no money if it’s inaccurate.”

As I passed a fortune-telling stall, a pleasant voice reached my ears.

Qi Fei was slightly taken aback and turned his head to look. He saw a young girl sitting behind the stall. She was wearing a purple gauze dress and her face was covered with a purple veil, revealing a pair of beautiful phoenix eyes with a faint smile. Beside her stood a long banner that read “The Immortal Points the Way”.

“How could there be a woman setting up a fortune-telling stall, and such a beautiful woman at that…” Qi Fei felt extremely strange.

Just as he was about to leave, the woman suddenly called out to him, “Hey, hey, you little dwarf, stop right there!”

Qi Fei was taken aback by her words, turned to look at her, and stared blankly, saying, “Young lady, are you talking about me?”

The woman squinted her phoenix eyes and smiled, “If it’s not you, then who is it? Is there anyone shorter than you around here?”

“I…” Qi Fei blushed, stepped forward, and said, “I will naturally grow taller in a few years. What’s there to be proud of? Sorry, I don’t do fortune telling.”

He was about to leave when he said that.

Unexpectedly, the woman grabbed his arm and said, “Little brother, I see your face is dark and gloomy, like a dark cloud hanging over your head. Tonight, you are likely to face great calamity. At best, you will suffer bloodshed; at worst, your entire family will be wiped out!”

“Nonsense!” Qi Fei’s expression changed. “How dare you curse me? What grudge do you have against me?”

The woman grabbed him, pressed his head against the stall, looked him up and down for a while, and said, “I’m not mistaken, you have indeed been having bad luck lately. If you don’t believe me… did you just come from a teahouse? Did you go to a brothel before?”

“This…” Qi Fei was taken aback upon hearing this. He looked at the woman and saw that her eyes were full of smiles and her face was full of confidence. He couldn’t help but feel a little uneasy. He said, “How did you know? Are you following me and trying to use fortune telling as a pretext to swindle money from me?”

The woman reached out a delicate hand and patted his face, saying, “Little brother, with your shabby appearance, how much money do you have? Why would I lie to you?”

Qi Fei thought about it and realized it made sense. He raised his head, straightened up, and asked, “Then what misfortune do you think I will face?”

“Disaster is imminent.”

Is there any way to resolve this?

The woman looked him up and down a few times, then spread her hands and said, “He’s dead, beyond saving.”

Qi Fei hurriedly asked, “Is it hopeless? It’s that serious?”

The woman looked at it again before saying, “It’s not that there’s no hope at all; it just depends on whether you’re sincere enough.”

Qi Fei asked, “What do you mean?”

The woman looked up at the white clouds in the sky, rubbed her fingers together, and said, “Here’s what we’ll do: if you give me a thousand or eight hundred taels of silver, I’ll make an exception and take you under my wing. You’ll leave this place with me and become my flute-playing boy, and I’ll guarantee your safety…”

“How much? You’re extorting me!” Qi Fei’s eyes widened. He only had a dozen or so taels of silver on him, let alone a thousand or eight hundred taels. What a joke.

The woman snorted coldly: “Since you’re not sincere, then there’s nothing I can do. Just wait to collect your corpse.”

Qi Fei said, “Do you think I’d believe you? I’m tough as nails! Go try to fool someone else.” Then he turned around.

“Hey, you brat! I was just trying to help you out of trouble, and you’re accusing me of lying? I’ll beat you to death!”

The woman rolled up her sleeves, grabbed his ear with one hand, and smacked him on the head several times with the other.

“Ouch, ouch, ouch…” Qi Fei hurriedly broke free and ran away.

He didn’t want to get entangled with this woman any longer. She was just a businesswoman, and although she was being a bit unreasonable, he couldn’t very well hit her, especially since she was so beautiful…

More importantly, Qi Fei always felt a strange sense of familiarity with this woman, which made him willing to be beaten up.

As the woman watched his departing figure, she took a note from the stall. It had four words written on it: “Diancang is in trouble.”

Then he took a pigeon from a bag, tied the note to the pigeon’s leg, and released the pigeon.

After a long while, a white dove flew down. The woman took a note from the dove’s leg, opened it, and saw four words on it: “Take him away.”

The woman got up and packed up her stall, her figure gradually disappearing at the end of the street.

…

Upon returning to the Jia residence, Qi Fei saw Gu Yinzhang having lunch with Jia Yue and others. Jia Yue invited Qi Fei to join them, but Qi Fei said he had already eaten.

He stood by and watched, then took the opportunity to wink at Gu Yinzhang, giving her a look that said, “Things are all settled.” Gu Yinzhang instantly understood and smiled.

In the afternoon, the group stayed with Jia Yue and strolled around the Jia residence again and again, admiring the flowers and watching the fish. Jia Yue seemed particularly satisfied with his residence, and even touched the artificial mountain made of Taihu stones every day.

Throughout this process, Qi Fei kept looking for an opportunity to be alone with Mei’er, but Jia Yue always brought Mei’er with him when he went out, making it impossible for him to find an opportunity.

When it was past dusk, Jia Yue patted his large belly and said, “I’m going to the outhouse. You all enjoy the garden. I had a famous designer from the capital personally design it; it’s very elaborate…”

After saying that, he left.

Qi Fei glanced at Mei’er, gave her a look, and then walked towards a corner of the corridor.

Taking advantage of the guards’ inattention, Mei’er quickly followed.

The two stood together, and Qi Fei, without wasting any words, said directly, “I’ve found your daughter.”

Upon hearing this, Mei’er’s body trembled, and she grabbed Qi Fei’s hand excitedly, saying, “Where is she? Where is she?”

Qi Fei asked, “Does she have a small black mole on either of her earlobes?”

“Yes, yes!” Mei’er’s eyes reddened, and she became even more excited. “She’s had them since she was little. The fortune teller said that having these two black moles meant she was naturally intelligent and could turn any misfortune into good fortune…”

Qi Fei said, “She’s now the top courtesan at Wan Hua Lou, the number one courtesan in the capital. She’s changed her name to ‘Leng Ning’ and is known as the ‘Cold Beauty’…”

“Brothels, famous courtesans…” Upon hearing this, Mei’er felt dizzy and almost fainted. With a sorrowful expression, she said, “She’s only eighteen years old, she’s only eighteen years old…”

An eighteen-year-old girl, by selling her body and being ridden by thousands, became a famous courtesan in a brothel. No mother could accept that.

Qi Fei quickly replied, “She’s a courtesan, she sells her art, not her body!”

“Ah!” Mei’er’s expression softened upon hearing this.

Qi Fei said, “It’s just that she’s unwilling to acknowledge her past identity now, so she might not recognize you. I think she must have gone through something; after all, so many years have passed, and people always change.”

Mei’er murmured, “It’s good that everyone’s alright, it’s good that everyone’s alright…”

Qi Fei said, “We plan to leave the Jia family and the capital tonight. Now you know where your daughter is and who she is. It’s just a pity that I can’t help her get away from there for the time being, nor can I take you to see her. So this matter is not completely over. Whether you stay or leave is up to you. If you stay in the capital, you will have a chance to see her. If you come with me, I will also find a way to let you see her in the future.”

Mei’er hurriedly said, “Now that I know where she is, there’s no need for me to stay at the Jia Mansion. I’ve wanted to escape that devil’s clutches for a long time, that beast!”

Qi Fei asked, “Do you know martial arts?”

Mei’er said, “I know a little bit, which is more than enough to deal with ordinary thieves.”

She came to the Qian Dynasty alone from the Kun Kingdom over the years, and she has some skills. Anyone who dares to venture into the martial world is not someone to be trifled with.

Qi Fei said, “That’s good.” He breathed a sigh of relief. It was good that he knew martial arts; at least he could protect himself. Otherwise, he would have become a burden.

Mei’er reminded him, “Is there anything else to explain? That fat pig is about to come out!”

Qi Fei said, “Get ready. My master will meet us at the Jia mansion gate at midnight tonight, and we’ll leave here together!”

Mei’er nodded, then lowered her head and walked along the corridor toward Gu Yinzhang and the others.

After a moment, Qi Fei heard Jia Yue’s voice: “Well? Have you all figured out the secret of my garden landscape?”

Qi Fei pretended to admire the beautiful scenery and walked over slowly, without arousing suspicion.

…

Night falls.

During dinner, Jia Yue seemed very happy and kept urging everyone to eat more and drink more. Qi Fei, Gu Yinzhang, and others said they couldn’t hold their liquor and just ate their food without drinking much.

After dinner, Qi Fei returned to his room. Li Yuyao suddenly walked in, covered Qi Fei’s eyes from behind, and said with a giggle, “My mother and I are all ready, and we’ve also asked Senior Brother Zhang Jian to get ready. We’ll set off as soon as midnight arrives.”

Qi Fei pulled her hand away and said, “I still need to take one more person with me.”

Li Yuyao said, “Is it that Madam Mei’er? My mother told me that she and you are having an affair.”

Qi Fei glared and said, “Nonsense, they were just trying to tip me off.”

Aren’t they all the same?

“no the same!”

“Same……”

After playfully wrestling for a while, the two rolled onto the bed in each other’s arms and kissed passionately. Since they still had plans for the night, they stopped there and didn’t undress for intercourse. After a few moments of tenderness, they separated.

Li Yuyao left the room, while Qi Fei sat cross-legged on the bed and entered a state of practicing martial arts.

The night was cool and still, and all was quiet.

Various sounds came from my ears, but everything seemed normal, with nothing unusual happening.

Before we knew it, it was almost midnight.

Qi Fei immediately got up from the bed, tied the prepared bag to his waist, hung up his sword, and then quietly pushed open the door. He looked around and listened carefully. It was dark and quiet outside, and there was no one around.

Soon they arrived at the covered walkway. After waiting for a moment, Qi Fei saw a voluptuous figure with a prominent bust and buttocks appear in his sight. It was Mei’er.

According to the plan, Mei’er would excuse herself to go to the restroom to leave Jia Yue’s room, and then rush here to meet Qi Fei as quickly as possible. By the time Jia Yue realized what was happening, she would already be far away.

Qi Fei grabbed Mei’er’s fair wrist, and soon the two of them tiptoed to the right wall of the Jia family mansion. As soon as they stood still, they saw two figures emerge from the darkness one after another. Upon closer inspection, they recognized Gu Yinzhang and Li Yuyao. After the four of them gathered together, they waited for a while before Zhang Jian arrived, and the five of them successfully reunited.

Gu Yinzhang made a gesture, and everyone nodded.

The next moment, Gu Yinzhang leaped up and easily cleared the high wall, reaching the other side.

The absence of any unexpected sounds indicates that it is safe outside.

Li Yuyao and Zhang Jian also used their lightness skills to leap over the high wall. Following closely behind, Qi Fei grabbed Mei’er and also jumped up, carrying her over the high wall. After leaving the Jia Mansion, the five of them met under the high wall and walked a few steps to the main street.

The hour of midnight has finally arrived.

“The weather is dry, be careful with fire…” The night watchman’s voice came from afar.

A cool breeze swept over them, and they all felt a slight chill, so they instinctively tightened their clothes.

At the entrance of the Jia family mansion, Qi Fei and Gu Yinzhang and the other four had not waited long when they saw a group of more than thirty people rushing over from the street. They were all very agile and had excellent lightness skills. They moved their feet without making a sound.

The leader was none other than Li Lingyun, the “Sword of Diancang”!

The members of the Diancang Sect were overjoyed to have successfully reunited.

Li Lingyun asked, “Are you all alright?”

Gu Yinzhang said, “Everything is normal.”

Li Lingyun nodded: “Then let’s go!”

Which way should we go?

Just as the group was about to leave, torches lit up the surrounding area, and figures emerged from the darkness. One of them stepped forward and spoke.

The people of Diancang changed their expressions and looked closely. They saw that the newcomer was short and stout, with a fat head and big ears, and narrow and small eyes. It was Jia Yue!