Chapter 31: Meeting Sikong Zhaixing Again

Wuyang City.

Noon, the sun is brilliant.

The streets are crowded with pedestrians, traffic flows like water, and on both sides are all kinds of shops, inns, taverns...

Wuyang City was originally a place where hidden dragons and crouching tigers reside, and with the Embroidered Bandit case stirring things up, it is even more turbulent.

The Nanwang Mansion, which had eighteen hu of pearls stolen, is right here in Wuyang City; the peerless swordsman Ye Gucheng is the master of the Prince of the Nanwang Mansion, Hua Manlou is also a guest at the Nanwang Mansion, plus the Six Fan School's number one divine catcher Jin Jiuling and Lu Xiaofeng and Xue Bing, who rushed over to investigate the case not long ago...

Wuyang City is truly extremely lively.

So Yu Liancheng also couldn't help but come over to join in the excitement.

"This is Wuyang City?" His half-disciple Shangguan Xueer also followed behind Yu Liancheng like a tail; originally, he had wanted to dismiss this girl casually. But she was very persistent and had her own set of twisted logic.

"I am your half-disciple; if I haven't learned half of your skills, how could I have the face to finish my apprenticeship?"

"Besides, our Shangguan Clan's assets have all been handed over to you, so naturally, you must be responsible for us."

Fortunately, this is a very clever girl; although she is sometimes a bit annoying with her chattering, having her around can relieve boredom and she can help out with chores, so Yu Liancheng did not refuse.

"Not bad, this is indeed Wuyang City." Yu Liancheng nodded.

"I heard the food here is the most famous."

"Have you eaten it before?"

"I haven't, but I heard my sister say that there are a few things here that are the most delicious."

"Tell me about them?"

"Dashanyuan's shark fin, Wenyuan's Hundred Flower Chicken, Xiyuan's Dinghu Vegetarian Dish, Nanyuan's blanched snail slices..."

Shangguan Xueer had only said three or four items before she couldn't go on, because her saliva was already about to flow out. Although she is of the Golden Peng Dynasty royal family, the Golden Peng Dynasty has already fallen, and her life since childhood has not been wealthy.

Yu Liancheng smiled and said: "Good, today we shall eat to our heart's content."

Without a doubt, he is also a person who likes to eat.

First-class delicacies are always impossible to refuse.

Fortunately, he is a wealthy man; no matter what he wants to eat, even the imperial meals in the Imperial Palace, he can easily obtain.

Shangguan Xueer is a child after all; before she could eat the shark fin, chicken, Dinghu Vegetarian Dish, or blanched snail slices, she had already been attracted by the people performing monkey shows.

Children all like to watch this kind of monkey show; when the person performing the monkey show knocked on the gongs and drums, all the children on the street gathered around.

A white-haired old man, leaning on a cane, walked staggeringly from a pharmacy and was almost knocked down by two children.

Although Yu Liancheng is not considered a good person, he would not refuse to help someone if he could just reach out a hand; he immediately supported the old man and smiled: "Old sir, walk carefully."

The white-haired old man bent his waist and panted. Suddenly, he looked up at Yu Liancheng, winked, stuck out his tongue, and made a funny face, which almost stunned Yu Liancheng.

Although there is no shortage of playful old men with childlike hearts in the world, the person before him was clearly not one of them.

Yu Liancheng had already recognized him.

—Sikong Zhaixing!

This old man was originally disguised by the "King of Thieves" Sikong Zhaixing.

Yu Liancheng reached out with a probe, swift as a lightning bolt, and had already grabbed his shoulder: "Good lad, you certainly have patience, coming to steal my jade tablet again."

Sikong Zhaixing nodded, then shook his head.

Yu Liancheng said: "What do you mean by nodding and shaking your head?"

Sikong Zhaixing said: "My meaning is that you only got half of it right."

Yu Liancheng said: "Oh?"

Sikong Zhaixing said: "I did indeed come to steal your tablet, but the reason was for your own good."

Yu Liancheng became a little interested: "For my own good?"

"Indeed!" Sikong Zhaixing nodded and said earnestly: "Little Yu, you cracked the Golden Peng Dynasty case, defeated Ximen Chuixue, and shaved Lu Xiaofeng's beard; having accomplished several major events in a row, you must be extremely proud. And the prouder a person is, the easier it is to suffer a loss. I stole your tablet to let you fall into a trap and suffer a setback, so you won't be arrogant and conceited, and thus you won't suffer a loss."

Yu Liancheng was almost laughed into anger: "I didn't expect that after not seeing you for a while, your ability to spout nonsense has become quite impressive."

Sikong Zhaixing shook his head and said: "Because I was actually telling the truth."

Yu Liancheng said: "But your theft plan this time is a bit too simple, just disguising yourself as an old man and coming up."

Sikong Zhaixing said: "The previous two plans to steal the jade tablet failed, which made me realize one thing. The more plans, the more loopholes, so my plan this time was very simple, and naturally there were no loopholes."

"Not bad, such sudden occurrences are often the most unexpected." Yu Liancheng nodded in deep agreement: "But why did you deliberately reveal yourself at the end?"

Sikong Zhaixing said: "I said, this time it wasn't to steal your jade tablet, just to keep you from being complacent; now that I have reminded you, there is naturally no need to steal your jade tablet again."

"So you really were doing it for my own good." Yu Liancheng's hand had involuntarily loosened a little.

"Of course..." Sikong Zhaixing suddenly broke free from Yu Liancheng's hand, did three somersaults in a row, and had already leaped onto the roof ridge: "I was lying to you."

After saying this, he waved at Yu Liancheng, holding a jade tablet in his hand, and flashed away, disappearing as if performing a magic trick.

"Half-master, who was that just now?" Seeing that the situation was not right, Xue'er had already come over.

Yu Liancheng smiled faintly: "A thief who steals jade tablets."

"Sikong Zhaixing? Did he steal your tablet?" Shangguan Xueer immediately reacted; Sikong Zhaixing losing to Yu Liancheng twice was already no secret in the pugilistic world.

Yu Liancheng nodded: "He stole it."

Shangguan Xueer hurriedly said: "Then why don't we go after him?"

"No rush, no rush." Yu Liancheng smiled: "That lad fell into my hands twice before; coming up openly this time, he must have made perfect preparations to escape. Even if we could catch him, I'm afraid it would take a lot of effort and waste time for nothing. What's more, although he stole the jade tablet, he didn't truly steal it."

"Ah?" Shangguan Xueer blinked her eyes, her little head completely failing to understand what her half-master meant.

Yu Liancheng said: "Are you still watching the monkey show?"

Shangguan Xueer shook her head: "Not watching anymore, monkey shows in the world are all about the same, it's boring to watch too many."

"Indeed, the tricks in this world are actually just that many, and playing them over and over is truly boring." Yu Liancheng turned and walked away: "With this time, it's better to go taste Dashanyuan's shark fin."

"Okay!" Shangguan Xueer hopped and skipped behind Yu Liancheng's backside.

She was full of confidence in her half-master; since he didn't care at all about the jade tablet being stolen, it proved that he either had a way to easily retrieve the Rakshasa Tablet, or it proved that the Rakshasa Tablet... was fake.