Feng Yu Jiu Tian - Volume 11 - Chapter 8

Chapter 8

This tower in front of them even issued a loud laughter, yelling out, “Brother, sister-in-law, so both of you are alright. It was really strange. I saw strange guards outside the residence, their clothing were different and they closed off the gates tightly. I even thought that Yue Zhong was overtaken by some bad people.”

That man was about half a head taller than Rong Tian. Chiu Lan, Chiu Yue forgot about Little Autumn for a moment as they both stared with wide eyes at the giant man in front of them.

Feng Ming looked at him in surprised and asked Lie Zhong Liu, “Prime Minister, this person is...”

Lie Zhong Liu patted that man on the shoulders, “This is my little brother, Lie Zhong Shi.”

“Your little brother?” Feng Ming never knew that Lie Zhong Liu had a little brother.

Anyhow, if he could make a lieutenant wife magically appear, then he could make a tall, huge little brother jump out from inside the room.

It seemed that the entire family of Lie Zhong Liu was not composed of common people. “Zhong Shi, come over here, this person is Xi Lei Duke Ming, and this here is Xi Lei King.”

Although Lie Zhong Shi was a big person, he had a good temperament. Listening to Lie Zhong Liu’s words, he took two to three steps to walk over, “Greetings Duke Ming! Greetings Xi Lei King!” He gave an unsuspecting brilliant smile towards Duke Ming and the others.

Chiu Yue turned her head and whispered to Chiu Xing, “This should be Prime Minister’s cousin, right?”

They were not judging, but by the appearance alone, looking from top to bottom, Lie Zhong Shi and Lie Zhong Liu didn’t have any similar features. Even though Lie Zhong Liu has many eccentric qualities, like for example – crying occasionally, but when discussing about his appearance, he was considered to be quite handsome. Lie Zhong Shi on the other hand, looked completely different, big and tall with a sturdy frame, straight forward mannerism, and a super honest look.

Unexpectedly, it so happened that Wei Chiu Niang was standing behind them and overheard their conversation. She replied coldly, “It is indeed his younger brother. The Lie family only has these two brothers.”

“No, that’s not right!” She was not like Chiu Lan who was soft speaking. Lie Zhong Shi heard them and shook his head, “Other than me and my older brother, there is also Dou Dou and Little Autumn.”

Lie Zhong Shi picked up Little Autumn and introduced it to everyone, but they all meet the marten earlier so Feng Ming asked Zhong Shi where Dou Dou was.

Zhong Shi just realized that Dou Dou was missing, so he shouted out loudly, ordering Dou Dou to come out from his hiding spot. Everyone had to take a step back away from him.

Rong Tian was never interested in these types of matter. After realizing that the situation within the city was unchanged and not worth mentioning, he became a bit impatient. However, seeing Feng Ming’s curiosity towards Little Autumn and Dou Dou, he could not bear to ruin Feng Ming’s moment of enthusiasm, so he stood aside patiently accompanying Feng Ming.

“Dou Dou is our servant, his name is Lie Dou, but Zhong Shi gave that nickname to him. He grew up together with Zhong Shi and the two of them are inseparable.” Lie Zhong Liu explained to Feng Ming.

ZY: Prime Minister, earlier, when a report of an enemy suddenly appearing in the city, could it have been your younger brother and his servant?”

Lie Zhong Liu nodded his head.

QL: Then I’ll head out for a bit and ordered the guards to stop their pursuit to avoid unnecessary panic within the city.

ZY: Let me handle this situation, I still want to personally inspect the area one more round before I can rest assured.

QL: Go ahead. Remember to send a team of guards to station at the Lieutenant’s residence since it’s dangerous to leave the place unattended.

ZY: Understood. No need to for you to ask. (Zi Yan smiled before leaving). Lie Zhong Shi was still calling out for his servant, Dou Dou.

Everyone thought that “Dou Dou” should be in the vicinity and would appear when his name was called out, but even after a half an hour of yelling out, not a single trace of him was seen.

Lie Zhong Shi was anxious and drenched in sweat as he desperately scratched his head, “Oh no! Not good! Where is Dou Dou? What should we do? What should we do?” He continued walking around in a circle while muttering, “I shouldn’t have left him. I shouldn’t have...” At a loss, he even tried to pull his ears as a punishment until they turned red.

The kind-hearted Chiu Lan couldn’t bear to see a tall grown man acting like a child, so she softly comforted him, “You don’t need to worry, even if he’s lost, then he would still be within the city of Yue Zhong. The good-hearted Duke Ming will help send some people to look for him for you.”

However, comforting Lie Zhong Shi was useless.

After listening to Chiu Lan, he shook his head, “You don’t understand, Dou Dou is very stupid. Once he’s lost, you can’t find him. Dou Dou...Dou Dou is very stupid....”

Before he could finished, a loud voice burst out from somewhere, “Who’s stupid? You’re the stupid one! Lie Zhong Shi is the stupid one!”

Following the voice that called out, a figure appeared from behind entrance hall of the rocky road in front. He was wearing a red, baggy outfit secured with a belt. When he stood up straight, he was like a living King Kong.

He scolded at Lie Zhong Liu, calling him “stupid” while walking angrily into the entrance hall. With each heavy footstep, it seemed as if the entire room shook with it.

Everyone was suddenly shocked and had not fully recovered from it. This person was even astounding than the “gigantic” Lie Zhong Shi.

This man was actually taller than Lie Zhong Shi, he had the same sturdy frame and a hairy black beard reaching from mouth to ears.

Feng Ming stared at the man with his mouth wide opened. Oh my, was this “Dou Dou?”

When Lie Zhong Shi saw Dou Dou, he was so excited he charged towards him and held him up, “Dou Dou, so you didn’t get lost, that’s so great! That’s so great!” Just a little bit more, they could have been dancing together.

Dou Dou pushed him away and pointed at his nose as he continued to scold, “Lie Zhong Shi, you fool! What’s wrong with you? You dare say that I’m stupid?”

Being pushed away fiercely by Dou Dou, Lie Zhong Shi was a bit stunned, “What do you mean? If you’re not stupid then why didn’t you come out when I was calling you?”

“Obviously you said, Lieutenant’s residence is very dangerous at the moment, one person have to be out in the open and the other in the dark. You also didn’t give any signal, so how can I come out?”

“But I called you for a whole half an hour!”

“But you didn’t give any signal!”

“Since I didn’t give any signal, then why did you suddenly come out?” “How can I not? You were scolding me!”

“I wasn’t scolding at you!”

“Then were you cursing at me?”

“I wasn’t. I was just saying that you were stupid. I wasn’t cursing you.” “That is cursing me! I want an apology!”

“It’s not cursing!”

“It is so!”

“It’s just a saying.”

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For two oversized grown men, they continued to debate about this matter for half the day, causing everyone’s eardrums to buzz nonstop, even the dust on the beams rustled down below.

All the people standing next to them, including Lie Zhong Liu, the brother; Wei Chiu Niang, the sister-in-law, were all completely ignored.

“So are you going to be reasonable and apologize?”

“How am I not reasonable?”

“If you don’t want to apologize, then you’re stupid!”

“I am the Master, you’re a servant. How can a servant call his master stupid?!” “I am the servant, you’re the Master. How can a Master call his servant stupid?!” “The Master is not stupid, the servant is stupid.”

“If the servant is stupid, then the Master is certainly more stupid.” “Who said that?”

“I did!”

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Seeing them arguing endlessly, even Rong Tian was frowning and telling Lie Zhong Liu, “Prime Minister, please persuade them a bit so they could stop with their arguing.”

Lie Zhong Liu hesitantly smiled, “They grew up quarreling and can’t talk without arguing with each other. Also, when they are arguing, they would not listen to anyone’s advice.” Seeing everyone furrowing their eyebrows, he revealed a bright smile, “Don’t worry, even though they won’t listen to any advice, but there is a method to stop them from bickering.”

Feng Ming quickly asked, “What method?”

Lie Zhong Liu brought back Little Autumn and held it on his palm, he unfathomably said, “As long as Lie Er pet Little Autumn, then it will be done.”

What kind of strange method is this?....

Chiu Lan was very puzzled, “What does your brother and Dou Dou’s quarrel have to do with Lie Er petting Little Autumn?”

Lie Er didn’t see anything wrong with it so he replied, “If it’s touching it then it’s fine. If Prime Minister’s method is not effective, then you have to compensate me.” Adjusting his belt, Lie Er went over and tried to pet Little Autumn’s furry head.

Little Autumn was obediently laying in Lie Zhong Liu’s palm so when Lie Er’s hand reached out over it, the little marten suddenly jumped up into a fighting stance. Like a lightning bolt, Lie Er’s hand was in the jaws of death.

Lie Er yelled out in pain, “Aiya!~” He quickly pulled his hand away, which was now marked with small teeth marks. Although it was small in size, its really sharp teeth caused Lie Er’s white hand to quickly drip in blood red.

Chiu Lan and the maids screamed out in fright, while Feng Ming was shocked at the outcome.

The calm Lie Zhong Liu was chuckling, “Don’t worry, Little Autumn’s teeth are not poisonous. Awhile ago, you tried to capture it and slice it so it still hold a grudge on you. One bite should resolve its hatred so it shouldn’t take the opportunity to attack you anymore.”

Lie Er was angry.

Lie Zhong Liu knew that Little Autumn was holding a grudge on him and yet he even called him over to pet Little Autumn.

Qian Lin was familiar with bloodshed on the battlefield so with a small injury like that, he did not think it was serious. Instead, he was curious as to how Lie Zhong Liu will stop the endless argument that was happening. “Prime Minister, didn’t you said that as long as Lie Er pet Little Autumn, those two will stop arguing?”

“Of course.” Lie Zhong Liu took Little Autumn who just finished taking its revenge, back inside his sleeves. He grabbed Lie Er’s wrist and leisurely walked over to Lie Zhong Shi, “Zhong Shi, don’t argue anymore.”

Lie Zhong Shi was still in the midst of arguing with Dou Dou and didn’t pay attention to his brother’s words, “What are you so angry about? You dare say that I’m stupid? I am not stupid, in fact, I’m very smart. My brother said that I’m smart, sister-in-law said that I’m smart, they all said that I’m smart. No one had ever said that I was stupid.”

“Well, I say that you’re stupid.” Lie Dou shouted loudly.

Even though he was a servant of Lie Zhong Shi, he was not afraid of his master. His two eyes stared at Lie Zhong Shi as if they were in a staring contest.

Chiu Xing shook her head as she watched them arguing, she whispered to Chiu Lan and Chiu Yue secretly, “No wonder people said that even a talented person cannot manage his family members. Just take a look at our Prime Minister, no matter how amazing he is, he didn’t have a method to deal with his wife. Maybe even this matter with his younger brother and servant; he also has no way of resolving it.”

Lie Zhong Liu was not angry at the comment about him, he was still smiling, “Zhong Shi, take a look.” “Look at what?” Lie Zhong Shi absent mindedly answered, but his eyes were still staring at Dou Dou. Lie Zhong Liu sighed as he picked up Lie Er’s bloody palm and waved it across Zhong Shi’s face.

“You’re the stupid one, why did you have to say that I’m stupid like you. I’m telling you, I...” Lie Zhong Shi only spoke halfway, when he noticed a bloody hand appearing within his sight. He suddenly stopped mid-sentence, fell silent, his two eyes closed tightly as he stumbled forward a few steps before collapsing.

Lie Dou was in a staring battle with him so when he saw him stumbling forward towards him, he quickly reached out his hands to help him and cried out in shock, “Master, master!”

“Oh no!” Feng Ming was anxious that he wanted to charge forward to help, but Rong Tian pulled him back, smiled at him while shaking his head, telling him not act rashly.

Wei Chiu Niang was standing on the side, enjoying the scene.

Lie Zhong Liu let go of Lie Er’s wrist, he laughed while explaining, “My little brother is afraid of blood, if he sees blood, he will faint. Once he is unconscious, he won’t be able to argue anymore.”

So that’s the reason.

Can’t believe that such a tall grown man would be like that, like a young lady and faint at the sight of blood.

Everyone looked at Lie Zhong Liu strangely and then over at the pale-faced Lie Zhong Shi who had just fainted.

Lie Zhong Liu sure was a very strange brother. In order to stop his younger brother from arguing with his servant, he would handle the situation by needing some blood.

At this time, Zi Yan returned to report to Rong Tian, “Your Majesty, the two groups of guards that was guarding this place are still currently unconscious. Some of them were hidden inside the room, some were stuffed behind rocks. I have already ordered another group of guards to be stationed here.”

He turned and smiled helplessly at Lie Zhong Liu, “I didn’t expect that Young Master Lie and his servant have amazing martial arts. These two groups of guards, I personally selected from elite soldiers and yet they were knocked unconscious before alerting others.”

Lie Zhong Liu smiled, “Hiding their traces, doing sneak attacks is a talent of younger brother.”

Wei Chiu Niang scoffed, “This type of sly, sneaky technique, didn’t he learn it from his older brother?”

Lie Zhong Liu was obedient with his wife so he kindly replied, “You’re right, My Lady. I’m the one at fault, leading my brother astray, teaching him bad things.”

Wei Chiu Niang was helpless with his cheekiness; she turned her head and gently snorted, “I didn’t say that you hadn’t taught him well.”