Chapter 25: Lu Xiaofeng Without a Single Eyebrow

"It really is him." Lu Xiaofeng's gaze flickered, and suddenly his body darted, appearing beside Shangguan Xueer. He grabbed her braid and laughed, "Little Aunt, your lightness skill is still not enough to look at in front of me."

"I've only been learning for a few days, so of course I'm no match for you. You'd better let me go now, otherwise, once I've learned half of my master's sword techniques, I'll poke three holes in you, so that whenever you drink wine, it'll just leak right out."

Xue'er pouted: "But if you let go of my braid now, not only will I not poke three holes in you, I'll even treat you to three steamed buns."

"The number of holes I have on my body right now is just right, neither too many nor too few, so you absolutely must not poke any. My stomach also happens to be a bit hungry, so hurry up and bring the buns." Lu Xiaofeng had already released the little braid.

Xue'er giggled and, as if performing a magic trick, produced three steamed buns.

Lu Xiaofeng ate a bun in one bite and complained, "Last time you treated me to roast chicken, but this time it's only three steamed buns. Little Aunt, you really are getting stingier and stingier."

"Stingy?" Xue'er widened her eyes: "You just ate at least three thousand taels of silver from me, yet you still say I'm stingy."

Lu Xiaofeng opened his eyes wide, almost jumping up: "Three thousand taels of silver?! You don't mean to say that your three steamed buns cost three thousand taels of silver?"

Xue'er blinked her eyes and said very seriously: "That is correct."

Lu Xiaofeng said: "Even if these buns of yours were made of gold, they would absolutely not be worth that much money."

"I can testify that three thousand taels of silver is definitely not much. I bought three steamed buns and a bowl of soy milk, and it cost a full five thousand taels of silver in total." Huo Xiu had already finished eating the buns and drinking the soy milk, still licking the grease off his fingers, revealing an expression of enjoyment.

No one could have imagined that the World's Number One Wealthy Person would be so easily satisfied.

Lu Xiaofeng was speechless; he understood the current situation less and less.

Hua Manlou suddenly said: "For someone with an empty stomach, no matter how expensive the price, as long as the bun can fill the stomach, it is acceptable."

Huo Xiu looked at Lu Xiaofeng: "Lu Xiaofeng, are we friends?"

Lu Xiaofeng nodded.

Huo Xiu said: "Then next time you come to see a friend, you must remember to bring a gift. It's best if it's food; I'm not picky, whether it's steamed buns or mantou, either is fine."

Lu Xiaofeng smiled bitterly: "Fine, I promise you."

Up to this point, he was still completely confused and naturally would not act rashly. Furthermore, he could see that the iron cage was unbreakable, and wanting to rescue Huo Xiu would not be a simple matter.

Just at this moment, the door on the other side pushed open, and a young girl walked in. When Lu Xiaofeng saw this girl, his brows furrowed slightly; he felt she looked somewhat familiar.

Hua Manlou was stunned and blurted out: "Feiyan?"

The girl smiled sweetly: "Although you are a blind man, you are truly not blind at all."

Lu Xiaofeng frowned: "Are you Shangguan Feiyan, or Shangguan Danfeng?"

"Lu Xiaofeng, do you really want to know all of this?" Shangguan Feiyan said.

"Of course." Lu Xiaofeng nodded.

Shangguan Feiyan said: "Since that's the case, you should first shave off your beard, every last bit of it."

Lu Xiaofeng was stunned, completely stunned.

Shangguan Feiyan laughed: "Young Master Yu is inside waiting for you. If you shave your beard, he will be willing to tell you everything."

Young Master Yu? Yu Liancheng!

It must be this brat.

Lu Xiaofeng gritted his teeth; he had already thought of what Yu Liancheng had once said at a village tavern.

"I have already seen Lu Xiaofeng with four eyebrows and Lu Xiaofeng with two eyebrows, but I am very curious about a Lu Xiaofeng with no eyebrows. If you wish to ask me, remember to shave the eyebrows above clean as well."

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Lu Xiaofeng is a person who likes to show off.

He likes others to fix their gaze upon him, whether it be envy, jealousy, or resentment; all of it proves that he is the one and only Lu Xiaofeng in heaven and on earth.

But now, including that blind man Hua Manlou, the few people in the room had all fixed their gazes on Lu Xiaofeng, yet he wished he could find a rat hole to crawl into.

Lu Xiaofeng was not Lu Xiaofeng; he was a comical clown, a mischievous monkey. Aside from making people laugh, he had no extra value.

Hua Manlou sighed: "You know I have never felt miserable because I cannot see, but recently I have felt miserable twice. Once was when you had two eyebrows left, and once was when you had no eyebrows at all."

Lu Xiaofeng kept a straight face: "No matter how many whiskers I have left, I am still very young and very handsome."

Hua Manlou laughed: "Then why did you keep a beard before?"

Lu Xiaofeng said indignantly: "Because I am already handsome enough, and I fear that all the women in the world would be charmed to death by me one by one."

Off to the side, Xue'er looked at Lu Xiaofeng and giggled: "But if they saw you like this now, I fear they would be laughed to death."

"Yu Liancheng, you can tell me the truth now." Lu Xiaofeng simply ignored Shangguan Xueer and looked directly at Yu Liancheng.

"Of course." Sitting above, Yu Liancheng carried a faint smile: "The Jinpeng Dynasty case was all planned by the Green Clothes Tower Master, and the Green Clothes Tower Master is Huo Xiu. It's just that he didn't know that while the mantis stalks the cicada, the oriole is behind, and in the end, I was the one who snatched the fruits of his labor."

He was concise and comprehensive, explaining everything that had happened recently in two sentences.

Lu Xiaofeng was shocked: "You say Huo Xiu is the Green Clothes Tower Master; what proof do you have?"

Yu Liancheng said indifferently: "In reality, Lu Xiaofeng is not a stupid person, but rather first-rate intelligent. You can figure these things out yourself, why ask me?"

"I don't understand." Lu Xiaofeng's expression turned solemn, but it was a pity that he didn't have a single eyebrow on his face, making him look simply hilarious.

"The Green Clothes Tower has a total of one hundred and eight towers, with one hundred and eight people in each tower; this is an organization with over ten thousand people. For such a massive organization, just the food, clothing, housing, and transportation would cost a huge amount of money, not to mention keeping it fully operational."

Yu Liancheng said indifferently: "And among the famous wealthy people or powers in the world, the Hua Family of Jiangnan and Wanmei Villa are all involved, but they have no motive at all. The only one who can truly profit behind all of this is Huo Xiu alone."

Lu Xiaofeng's expression changed.

In truth, how could he not understand this logic? But he valued friendship and loyalty above all else; without key evidence, he was unwilling to suspect a friend.

It was precisely for this reason that several subsequent major cases were inseparable from his friends.

Lu Xiaofeng treated others as friends, but in the eyes of others, he was just a tool not too stupid to use.

Yu Liancheng said indifferently: "If you want evidence, I can also find plenty for you. After all, I have already taken over half of the Green Clothes Tower."

Lu Xiaofeng's expression was icy, his eyes shining like the edge of a blade: "But no matter what, since so many people have died in this matter, someone must pay the price."