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Chapter 401: A Confident Lu Xiaofeng and the Fake Rakshasa Token
Chapter 401: A Confident Lu Xiaofeng and the Fake Rakshasa Token
"What are you all doing here?"
As Lu Xiaofeng entered the quiet room and saw Su Shaoying and the others, he was so surprised that his jaw almost dropped.
Xue Bing stood up and walked over to Lu Xiaofeng, pinching him hard on the ribs, "Talk. On this trip, how many women did you sleep with?"
"I'm innocent!" Lu Xiaofeng cried out in defense, raising his hands, "These past two months, I've endured great hardships. I traveled through wind, frost, snow, and rain, all the way to the banks of the Songhua River."
"The Songhua River?" Xue Bing was surprised, "That far?"
Lu Xiaofeng nodded solemnly, "Yes! These two months, I've done nothing but rush from place to place. When would I have had time to chase women?"
Xue Bing took two steps back and sized up Lu Xiaofeng, shaking her head, "I can't tell."
Lu Xiaofeng couldn't help but feel a bit regretful. He shouldn't have gone to take a bath and change his clothes as soon as he returned to town. Otherwise, he might have been able to gain some sympathy from Xue Bing.
Why am I trying to gain her sympathy?
"Serves you right!" Xue Bing showed no sympathy, and coldly smiled, "How was the taste of that tigress from Shandong?"
Lu Xiaofeng turned to Ouyang Qing, who smiled, "Don't look at me. Eighth Sister's sources of information are no less than mine these days."
Lu Xiaofeng was speechless. He then wrapped his arms around Xue Bing's waist and planted a kiss on her cheek.
Xue Bing immediately stopped talking and jumped out of Lu Xiaofeng's embrace, giving him a disdainful look, "We're not done with this!"
Lu Xiaofeng laughed and walked over to sit with the others, "If it's not done, then it's not done. If you have the ability, let's settle it for a lifetime."
Xue Bing's cheeks turned red, and she couldn't help but seek help from Ouyang Qing. The two women whispered to each other, seemingly unbothered by the tense atmosphere.
They had this confidence because with Lu Xiaofeng, Hua Manlou, and Su Shaoying together, it didn't matter who their opponent was!
However, the Three Friends of Cold Seasons did not hold Lu Xiaofeng and his companions in high regard. They were famous in the martial arts world forty years ago, and they naturally looked down on these newcomers who seemed unreliable.
Gu Song spoke to Lu Xiaofeng, "Blue Beard is already here. You can hand over the Rakshasa token now."
In the original novel, although Lu Xiaofeng obtained one of the Rakshasa tokens, he insisted on giving it to Blue Beard. At that time, he had already established trust with Gu Song, who agreed to this condition.
Now that they were back at the Silver Hook Gambling House, it was naturally time for Lu Xiaofeng to fulfill his promise.
But Lu Xiaofeng said, "I don't have it."
The eyes of the Three Friends of Cold Seasons changed, and Gu Song's eyes narrowed, "What do you mean, you don't have it?"
"I don't have it." Lu Xiaofeng replied calmly, "The Rakshasa token is not on me at the moment."
"You're asking for death!" Han Mei stood up and shouted.
Kuzhu glanced at Su Shaoying and Hua Manlou, a cold smile on his face, "Do you think these two assistants of yours can stop us?"
"You've misunderstood," Lu Xiaofeng said with a smile, "What I mean is that although the Rakshasa token is not with me right now, I can get it back at any time."
"What?" Gu Song asked, "What do you mean?"
"Exactly what I said," Lu Xiaofeng replied nonchalantly, "But I advise you not to look for it. Once you get it back, you'll only be angrier!"
"Why?" Gu Song asked.
"Because that Rakshasa token is also a fake," Lu Xiaofeng said.
Blue Beard's eyes shifted, and Gu Song raised his hand, ready to strike.
"Was it Chu Chu and Jia Leshan's three subordinates?" Su Shaoying asked.
"How did you know?" Lu Xiaofeng exclaimed, "This matter had nothing to do with them originally. How did you guess?"
"Because I met four women in Zhangjiakou in early September, and they had met Chu Chu," Su Shaoying explained, then turned to Fang Yfei with a slight smile, "Fang Yfei was also there at the time."
Fang Yfei's face changed, and he smiled bitterly, "They had already been divorced by my brother-in-law at the time, and I didn't know they had stolen the Rakshasa token, so how could I dare to greet them?"
Su Shaoying nodded and smiled, "What you said makes sense!"
Everyone turned to Lu Xiaofeng again.
Lu Xiaofeng then began to explain, briefly describing what had happened to him on the banks of the Songhua River, from his arrival in Halasu to the final retrieval of the token from the frozen river.
Through a series of clues, Lu Xiaofeng deduced that Lan Huzi's ex-wife, Li Xia, had hidden the Rakshasa token under the ice river, so he used explosives to break the ice and retrieve the token, obtaining the "Ice River Token."
However, this "Ice River Token" was actually a fake, switched by Chen Jingjing, so Lu Xiaofeng used his horsewhip to snatch the "Horsewhip Token," the real token, from the fleeing Second Mistress Chen Jingjing.
Gu Song said, "This is the Rakshasa token that Li Xia stole from Lan Huzi. It can't possibly be fake."
"But it is," Lu Xiaofeng insisted.
"How did you figure that out?" Gu Song asked.
"Because I happen to have a friend named Zhu Ting, and the God Whip Token is also his handiwork, a counterfeit!" Lu Xiaofeng explained.
"I don't believe it," Ku Zhu said coldly.
"I know you don't believe me, so I can bring out the Rakshasa token and let you see it," Lu Xiaofeng offered.
"How can we examine it?" Kuzhu asked.
"Examine its craftsmanship," Lu Xiaofeng smiled. "I'll blow out the lights, recite an incantation, and when the lights come back on, the Rakshasa token will appear."
Hearing Lu Xiaofeng's words, everyone laughed.
So, Lu Xiaofeng blew out the lights, recited an incantation, and when the lights came back on, a smooth and delicate jade token lay quietly in the center of the table in the quiet room.
"What's going on?"
Not only were the Three Friends of Cold Seasons surprised, but even Ouyang Qing and Xue Bing were astonished.
However, Hua Manlou laughed, his smile filled with hidden meaning. Based on Lu Xiaofeng's previous narrative, he had already figured everything out.
Su Shaoying said to Hua Manlou, "The environment just now was too advantageous for you."
Hua Manlou smiled, "Do you want to try? With your talent, you could do what I did in three years or less."
Su Shaoying was speechless, "Thanks a lot!"
The two of them teased each other as if no one else was present, but amidst Lu Xiaofeng's pride, there was a hint of gloom. The happiness he had felt upon seeing the two of them earlier had diminished by a third, "Aren't you two surprised at all?"
Su Shaoying smiled, "As you said, this jade token is also a fake. What's so surprising about that?"
Everyone turned to Gu Song, who gazed silently at the jade token, finally sighing, "Although the carving on this jade token is extremely lifelike, it is indeed the work of Zhu Ting. But the quality of the jade is far inferior, and it is indeed a fake."
(End of Chapter)
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