raknovel Chapter 40 Capturing the Flying Thief
Chapter 40 Capturing the Flying Thief
Back at the inn, Sheng Wansong placed the returned pastries on the offering table, lit three incense sticks, and the wisps of smoke rose and drifted toward the paper fan behind him. The figure in the paper fan smiled, her eyes crinkling, "It's been years since I've enjoyed such delicious food."
"But... there's something strange about the taste?"
Sheng Wansong picked up a piece of cake, smelled it, and laughed, "It's a sleeping potion."
"Beneath the prosperity of Suzhou lies a filthy and corrupt place, no different from the outside world."
As the saying goes, wealth should not be flaunted. Sheng Wansong's group not only revealed their wealth but also gave others an opportunity to take advantage of them, so naturally, some bad people would have wicked ideas.
"I wonder if it was the child? The shopkeeper? Or someone else?"
Knowing that the pastries were drugged, Nie Xiaoqian still inhaled the smoke and savored the taste of the pastries.
If a ghost, who doesn't know what dreams are, can be drugged by this sleeping potion, it would actually be a novel experience.
Nie Xiaoqian ultimately failed to be drugged by the sleeping potion.
She remained conscious, gazing at the doors and windows in the painting, waiting for the person who had drugged her to visit late at night.
Whoever administered the drug will definitely come to collect their profits that very night.
As the moon shone brightly and the stars were few, a dark figure quietly climbed up to the third floor and opened the window of a guest room.
She leaped into the room and the first thing she saw was the pastries offered on the table, and she couldn't help but curse inwardly.
It's for the dead!
Fortunately, her professional habits made her instinctively lower her voice, otherwise she would have woken the person from their dream.
The thief glanced at the man sleeping soundly on the bed and walked past him.
She was a thief.
With no need to harm anyone, the female thief went straight to where the luggage was kept.
Behind the thief, Nie Xiaoqian emerged from her fan and quietly blew out a gust of cold wind.
The thief had just touched the luggage when a bamboo viper crawled out, wrapped around her fingers, and began to climb upwards, its red tongue hissing and its touch icy cold.
The thief was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat and dared not move. Just as he saw the small snake crawl across the back of his hand and move towards his smooth forearm...
The red ribbon tied around her wrist suddenly burst into red light.
The green snake vanished in an instant, turning into ghostly energy that dissipated.
"Illusion?!"
She reacted very quickly, immediately turning her back and seeing Nie Xiaoqian behind her.
Without any hesitation, the female thief took out an ancient bronze coin from her waist and threw it at Nie Xiaoqian.
The copper coin spun rapidly in the air, heating up and turning red, seemingly possessing the power to ward off evil.
The situation suddenly reversed, and Nie Xiaoqian, pale with fright, had no time to dodge.
At the critical moment, Sheng Wansong instantly appeared in front of Nie Xiaoqian, holding the copper coin in one hand.
The copper coin returned to its original bluish-yellow color in his hand.
Sheng Wansong looked down and saw that the copper plate had five poisonous creatures on the left: a centipede, a scorpion, a snake, a toad, and a gecko. On the right was a pattern of Zhong Kui holding a sword, and the words "Imperial Edict" were engraved above the square hole.
It was a copper coin depicting Zhong Kui warding off the five poisonous creatures.
It feels heavy in the hand, and has a patina, suggesting it's several hundred years old.
He couldn't help but shake his head and chuckle. "These days, even petty thieves need to know a couple of exorcism techniques?"
The female thief in front of me was dressed in a black bodysuit, her shapely figure accentuated, and she remained silent.
Nie Xiaoqian was rescued again and bowed respectfully to Sheng Wansong, saying, "Thank you for your help once again, young master."
The female thief was filled with doubt and suspicion, and blurted out a name that Sheng Wansong had never heard of.
"A demon tamer?!"
Although I've never heard of it, I know from the meaning that it refers to raising ghosts.
Now that the female thief had been exposed, she lost all will to fight and ran towards the window, trying to jump out and escape.
The speed wasn't slow, but it was nowhere near the level of a martial arts master.
Sheng Wansong waited for her to run to the window and jump out.
Just as a way out was in sight, Sheng Wansong raised his right hand into a claw shape. A tremendous suction force was generated out of nowhere, directly pulling the flying thief in the air back into his hand.
As the thief approached, Sheng Wansong grabbed her short hair and threw her to the ground.
There's no need to treat such evil and heretical people with courtesy.
"Gurgle!"
The female thief cried out in pain.
An'an brought a hemp rope and tied her up.
"You thief, do you have any accomplices?"
"This old lady isn't some petty thief, she's a master thief who travels thousands of miles alone!"
The thief's answer left Sheng Wansong speechless. "If he were a master thief, would he need to go into the market to steal some travel expenses?"
"Since you're rich, it's no big deal for me to take some money and give it to the poor!"
His self-righteous attitude left Sheng Wansong speechless with a laugh.
He shook his head, removed her veil, crumpled it into a ball, and stuffed it into her mouth.
After silencing the other person, Sheng Wansong said to Nie Xiaoqian:
"Xiaoqian, you don't need to sleep at night anyway."
"I tickled her all night long, and I'll take her to the yamen tomorrow."
Ugh!
Waaah!
Waaaaah!
The female thief wanted to say something, but her mouth was gagged and she couldn't say anything.
Nie Xiaoqian smiled and stepped forward gracefully, gently taking off the thief's shoes. In the latter's despairing eyes, she pulled a goose feather from the pillow and began her punishment game.
"Waaaaaah!"
Katsu Mansong has always slept very well; he can sleep whenever he wants and wake up whenever he wants.
He slept better than usual tonight because of the music playing in his ears.
The next day at dawn.
The female thief had a blank stare, flushed cheeks, disheveled clothes, and the veil in her mouth had slipped down. Saliva was dripping down her face, wetting her clothes, and there were still water stains on her chin.
As the sun rose during the day, Xiaoqian had already retreated back into the paper fan to hide.
It's hard to believe that Xiaoqian, despite being from a well-to-do family, has a mischievous streak.
They continued to toy with the thief until dawn, when they could no longer continue.
Sheng Wansong carefully examined the flying thief and thought to himself that the model was not bad.
However, Sheng Wansong has always been a law-abiding citizen and would not have any bad thoughts about the other party just because of their appearance.
Mutual consent is the key.
"Let's go, let's go to the government office."
After a night of torment, the female thief had lost her arrogance and stood up quite consciously, only to lose her balance and fall to the ground again.
Sheng Wansong did not help her up, watching as she struggled to stand up after repeating the process three or four times.
He picked up the rope that had bound the thief again and led her to the yamen.
A beautiful young woman with a rope around her neck was being led and pushed forward by a man.
Passersby stopped to watch.
People are always prejudiced, and the discussion continued. More than one group of people came forward to inquire about the situation, thinking that Sheng Wansong was bullying the weak and humiliating the woman.
Some busybodies even tried to force Sheng Wansong to release the female thief, but Sheng Wansong, of course, explained the situation and refused them one by one.
Anyone who dares to make a move will be dealt with by An Lan.
Defeated by a little girl, these self-proclaimed dashing heroes all blushed with shame and left, covering their faces.
Upon arriving at the yamen, Sheng Wansong handed the female thief over to the constables.
"Han Lingsha, do you plead guilty?"
"This humble woman knows her crime."
The latter spoke obediently, readily admitting his crimes, yet his eyes darted around, as if he had already devised a way to escape.
Sheng Wansong remained unmoved.
He has already treated the other party as they deserve.
If Han Lingsha escapes the trial using her own methods and reappears before Sheng Wansong, then he can't blame her for using ruthless methods.