Peerless: Wushuang Vol. 1 by Meng Xi Shi

Author:Meng Xi Shi [Shi, Meng Xi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: light novel
Publisher: Seven Seas Entertainment
Published: 2024-06-05T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 23

LIUGONG CITY DIDN’T ENFORCE a curfew; the city merely shut its gates at night, preventing people from coming and going as they pleased. But small border counties weren’t like the unsleeping capital, where lamps were lit at all hours. This late, on nights this cold, only watchmen roamed the streets. Few respectable citizens skulked about in the small hours, and even fewer came looking for a meal.

The trio wandered for some time before finally fumbling their way into the rear kitchen of a restaurant. They slipped in from the back, and Pei Jingzhe went forward to tap the acupoints of the kitchen maid and servant on night watch, knocking them out. He found some firewood for the stove and rummaged through the shelves until he discovered some eggs and noodles, then boiled three portions.

This wasn’t because Feng Xiao’s treatment of Cui Buqu had suddenly improved, but because Feng Xiao himself was hungry.

Cui Buqu didn’t stand on courtesy either—the word courtesy didn’t exist in his personal dictionary, and that went doubly toward a man who’d poisoned him. When Pei Jingzhe brought the noodles, he grabbed the largest bowl and ducked his head to eat.

Feng Xiao clicked his tongue. “A-Cui, have you never heard the story of how Kong Rong gave up the pears to his brothers?”12

Cui Buqu didn’t raise his head. “Are you my brother?”

But he quickly discovered he had no reason to gloat. He chewed the mouthful of noodles for several long moments before finally choking them down. His brow was pinched. “Why is this so tasteless? Didn’t you add salt? Why are the noodles so tough? Did you only boil them for a second?”

Pei Jingzhe was indignant. “I’ve never cooked anything before.” What he meant was, they were lucky the noodles were remotely edible.

Feng Xiao snickered. “Why else did you think I chose the bowl with the most soup and least noodles? It’s impressive he managed to serve anything! Just take it and eat.”

The monk Yuxiu’s pace had seemed leisurely when he fled with Cui Buqu, but they’d still ended up in the far northwest corner of the city. Qiushan Manor was nearly opposite, in the southeast. Cui Buqu would have keeled over from hunger if they tried to return to the manor first, so the three had wandered half the night searching for a meal.

Pei Jingzhe was so full of questions he couldn’t focus on his noodles. He blurted, “Sir, did the jade truly shatter?”

“It did. Didn’t you see with your own eyes?”

“But what if that was the real jade?”

Feng Xiao set down his bowl. “There are at least two parties involved in the theft of the jade,” he drawled.

Pei Jingzhe was stunned. “How do you figure?”

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