“Ha-ha-ho-hoh, Ciok Kam should be our maid. The letter he snatched away is very important and it seems you will be able to put it to good use my student. For this benefit let us drink to our heart's content!"
They gulped down the contents of the cup and quickly a beautiful maidservant, one of Suma Boan's concubines whom he trusted so much that he was allowed to attend this meeting, lifted the jar and filled the empty cups.
"Don't worry, Temperature. This letter declaring the alliance relationship between the Hou-han Kingdom and Nan-cao would certainly be brought to the king's city by the teecu (disciple). Of course the Emperor will be very happy and grateful to Teecu and Teecu will use that good moment to find a position. Let Hou-han and Nan-cao fuss with Sung, let the dogs fight over the bones, then we'll just have to beat them. Isn't that right, Master?"
“Ha-ha, you know better about that. I'm an old man how can I think about the country? If there's an opponent you can't handle, well, leave it to me. That's my part. Ha ha ha!"
“Who is the person in this world who can fight against Suhu? Presumably that person should be born first. Isn't that right, Ciok-twako?”
"Indeed, Ong-ya's intelligence is like a heavenly angel, relying on Ong-ya's help, there is no goal that cannot be achieved," replied the long-bearded man named Ciok Kam.
Meanwhile, three shadows flashed very fast on the roof tiles of the mansion. They are none other than Bu Sin, Sian Eng and Lin Lin. While deploying ginkang, they very carefully jump on the roof tiles. In the living room they heard people talking and laughing.
"Lin-moi, you guard here, me and your Cici are watching," said Bu Sin.
The brothers then used the In-liong-hoan-sin (Cloud Dragon Turning Body) trick, without making a sound the two of them had somersaulted back with their legs hanging from the end of the tile wall, their bodies hanging from their heads below like two bats. Lin Lin squatted on the roof tile, looking admiringly at the two older brothers. Meanwhile, Bu Sin and Sian Eng were hanging upside down and seeing the shadows of people from the window, the shadows of three men sitting drinking wine and laughing.
“Ha-ha-ha, little rats like that, what's the fuss about? If you don't remember a piece of silver money, they will become a corpse long ago."
This sound made Bu Sin and Sian Eng startled to death. May it be the voice of It-gan Kai-ong! And they came to the place instead, really like a snake approaching the beater!
“Suhu and Ciok-twako, sit down and continue drinking wine. My nose smells the scent of women, not to be missed. Temperature, may I?”
“Ho-ho-hah, if you see those two girls, you will surely salivate. I'm old, don't need it anymore. Go!"
Suddenly a tall, black silhouette leapt out of the room, hurtling toward the door. But it was in vain, Bu Sin and Sian Eng had already jumped and turned their bodies onto the roof again. They weren't surprised and worried when they didn't see Lin Lin who was squatting on the tile. Where's their sister?
But they didn't have time to wonder where Lin Lin had gone because at that moment, the shadow of the tall man who had come out of the room earlier had already shot up onto the roof tiles and suddenly in front of them stood a young man dressed in a dandy, tall body. tall and long nosed. A handsome face, but imagining cruelty. The man smiled mockingly as he saw Bu Sin and Sian Eng draw their swords. However, a pair of eyes shone when he looked at Sian Eng's face and his smile widened.
“Seeing your friend's face, I spare your life. Get out of here quickly and leave your friend to accompany me tonight," said the tall man who was none other than Suma Boan to Bu Sin.
You can imagine how angry Bu Sin and Sia Eng were when they heard these insulting words. However, being on top of people's houses and they felt they had broken the rules, he maintained his patience and said. “Hope you like to hold back your sassy mouth. Better let go of my little sister and we will get out of this place. We are not thieves, just earlier we were following a man with a long beard who had stolen people's things. Now then, if you are the host, forgive us and return my sister.”
Hearing the mention of men with beards seizing things, Suma Boan's playful attitude immediately disappeared. He no longer cared about what these two people said about his younger brother. “Good, you spies!” At the same time he lunged forward with a tremendous attack once.
Bu Sin and Sian Eng quickly dodged while jumping backwards and spinning their swords, but at that moment a fierce wind hit from the open window, which at the same time pushed them down onto the roof tiles! The sound of It-gan Kai-ong laughing was heard. May it be this grandfather who pushes his hand to send a long distance punch from the window onto the roof tiles! Seeing how two brilliant young people like Bu Sin and Sian Eng could collapse with a single blow from the wind, one can imagine how powerful the king of beggars was.
Bu Sin and Sian Eng were really surprised. Uncontrollably, their bodies were thrown under the roof tiles, and even though they could use the ginkgo to balance their bodies and prevent them from being thrown, at least they would have been injured had it not been for two people grabbing their bodies. When they looked, I thought it was the husband and wife who had been beaten up at the restaurant this morning to help them!
“My sister is still at the top...” Sian Eng said.
“Sssttt...!” the woman who had grabbed her body pulled Bu Sin's hand and Sian Eng took cover in the dark. They looked up and what they saw above made Bu Sin and Sian Eng suddenly pale, their hearts pounding with horror. What do they see?
Not only is Suma Boan standing on the roof, but there is a second image, the image of a terrifying creature, not a human, not an animal, but a skeleton wearing black clothes! The face of a white skull with a pair of big black eye holes and chaotically lined teeth was really very scary because of the light shining from the edge of the building, from above, lit by the stars in the sky.
Presumably Suma Boan was also surprised to see this creature. He could be heard shouting loudly, "The temperature... Hek-giam-lo here!"
But suddenly he fell backwards onto the tile and the image of the skull's face flashed out of it. Another shadow whose movement was like a demon grabbed from below, followed by It-gan Kai-ong's scream.
"Hek-giam-lo rotten corpse, don't run you!"
Suma Boan was not seriously injured. He crawled up and stood again on the tile, feeling his clothes and in an angry voice he shouted. “Woe...! Hek-giam-lo bastard, he took the letter...!”
"How about it, Concubine? What happened...?" now the shadow of the long beard rising on the roof.
"Damn, we were deceived!" said Suman Boan. “Earlier, the two boys accused us of arresting their sister. When they were dropped by Suhu, uh, suddenly Hek-giam-lo appeared. He didn't say anything, but I was pushed down. When Suhu appeared he ran away, now being chased by Suhu. However, the letter was no longer in my pocket. Look, my clothes are torn, who else can snatch them like this if not Hek-giam-lo?"
"Wow, really bad luck. But, don't worry, Kongcu. If Ong-ya has chased him, the future won't be able to take him back?”
“Not necessarily... not necessarily...!” Suman Boan shook his head. “He's very shrewd. I wonder, who were the two boys earlier? Are the Khitan's accomplices?”
While grumbling and swearing, Suma Boan jumped down and entered the building, followed by the long-bearded Ciok Kam. In a moment the servants greeted him, the situation became noisy because people heard about the enemy attack on the roof tiles.
However, Suma Boan snapped, "Nothing, everyone back off!" The maids, except for the concubine who was serving drinks, backed away in fear, returning to their places.
Husband and wife with Bu Sin and Sian Eng who were hiding saw all that. Bu Sin and her sister were very confused about Lin Lin, but the man said.
“Your sister is not in the building. We saw him run off by Seng-jin earlier. You better get out of here quickly, it's very dangerous here. We thank you that you have paid attention to our business. Even if you are the children of the Kam family, it is not for nothing that you are people from the Hou-han territory. Well, we split up here."
"Wait a minute...!" Bu Sin intervened. “Who is Seng-jin who brought our sister? And who are you guys? What business is causing all this commotion?”
The woman who answered now, smiled sadly, “It's useless to say, there's also no time. You won't understand, young man. About your sister, she was brought by Kim-lun Seng-jin, a strange magician. It's useless for you to look for it, it's impossible to follow in the footsteps of someone like Kim-lun Seng-jin. About Us...
hemmm, just enough for you to know that we are Hou-han people and work for the Hou-han Kingdom. Goodbye, don't stay here long, go quickly. Dangerous!" After saying that, the husband and wife flashed and disappeared into the dark.
Bu Sin and Sian Eng looked at each other. They were so confused thinking about Lin Lin herself. However, they also know that their intelligence is still far from enough to be able to find Lin Lin, who is said to have been taken away by Kim-lun Seng-jin. Meanwhile, facing the long bearded man and the tall young man in this building was already too much for them, especially when It-gan Kai-ong was there! There was no other way for Bu Sin and her sister except to quickly sneak away from that place, run out and sneak around in the darkness of the night.
With heavy and anxious hearts they returned to the inn's room and how surprised but also relieved their hearts were when they saw Lin Lin's writing on the table, written in a short folded paper.
Sin-ko and Eng-cici,
I was forced to go first parted with you. The bald old man who helped me forced me to go alone with him. But he was kind and said that he could take me to the place of our parents' killer.
see you later,
Lin Lin
Bu Sin took a deep breath, her heart relieved. Of course what was meant in the letter, what Lin Lin called 'bald grandpa' was Kim-lun Seng-jin who was told by the husband and wife from Hou-han. He smiled amusedly. The bald grandfather named Kim-lun Seng-jin may be called strange, but the grandfather will 'find his stone' when traveling with Lin Lin. This foster sister sometimes has extraordinary temperament, difficult to control, strange and of course the bald grandfather will be very dizzy by him.
“He was given a powerful man's clue about the traces of our great enemy, that's very good. I hope he succeeds and survives,” he said as he tore up the letter.
“What about us, Sin-ko? Where should we look for or follow Lin Lin?”
"If he's alone, how can we catch up with him, what's more now with a magician. We don't need to look for it, we continue our journey to the king's city. It might be better if we look for Big Brother Bu Song first, because as someone who has lived in the royal city for a long time, naturally he has a lot of experience and will be able to give us some pointers.”
Thus, the next day, early in the morning Bu Sin and Sian Eng left the city of An-sui heading to the city of the king.
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What happened to Lin Lin? This teenage girl experienced something very extraordinary. As we know, when Bu Sin and Sian Eng peeked into the room of the building by hanging their feet with their heads down, Lin Lin squatted on the tile while looking at his two brothers. He was shocked when he saw Bu Sin and Sian Eng jump up and then the two people fell under the roof tiles.
However, while he was confused and worried, suddenly a series of blows launched by It-gan Kai-ong attacked him, sending him flying and of course he would have fallen down had it not been for something very strange. He didn't know why or how, but his body that had been stretched out suddenly floated upwards, then his body was like being carried by the wind flying through the roof tiles, fast as hell. Of course he was very scared and tried to restore his body's balance so that if he fell down he wouldn't crash, but he couldn't move his limbs at all and he 'flyed' with his body on his back. If he didn't experience it himself, of course he wouldn't want to believe it even at that moment he thought that he was dreaming.
He didn't know how long he had been in this floating state, but he felt that his body was flying him. When his two feet hit the ground, he was already outside the city of An-sui!
"Heh-heh-heh, luckily you didn't fall victim to It-gan Kai-ong," a chuckling voice spoke.
Lin Lin turned his body, left and right, turning his body to look around him. However, there was no human in sight. The hairs on his neck were standing on end and his knees were shaking. She is a brave girl and facing anyone she will not back down, will not know fear. However, this incident made him believe that he was being disturbed by a demon and the tales about demons he had heard frightened him.
"Who are you?"
"Who am I? Who am I? Heh-heh, I myself don't know who I am or where I come from, what's more you're a snot-nosed kid. Heh-heh-heh! You and I are the same!”
The sound was right behind him, then as fast as lightning Lin Lin turned around with the Hek-yan-tiauw-wi (Swallowtail Tail Swallow) movement, the movement was unbelievably fast and he deliberately mobilized his ginkang. However, he only saw an empty space again, not a shadow, let alone a person!
The voice was still chuckling, “Heh-heh-heh, who am I? Who am I? Let's find and guess where and who I am, heh-heh-heh!” The voice giggled like a child playing cat and mouse.
Lin Lin's chest is also hot. He was sure now that the speaker must have been an ordinary human being, even if it was a human being with extraordinary intelligence. When I can't find you? So he thought with exasperation. Quickly he jumped again, spun and put out his skills to turn around here and there, running around like a fast wind. But never could he see the shadows around him, even though the voice kept ringing, laughing behind him, right and left!
“Heh-heh-heh! You're like a dog that's about to bite its tail. Heh-heh... funny... funny... again, Miss. Once again, really funny...!”
Of course Lin Lin didn't want to turn around anymore, instead she quickly stopped and slammed her feet. He almost cried. "Are you a demon or a human? If humans show themselves. If demons leave here, I don't need demons!” he snapped as he put his hands on his hips.
"Heh-heh, it's better to be a devil, even though he always does evil, but that's his duty, If you don't do bad things, where are you called satan? At least satan admits his crimes, on the other hand many humans pretend to be pure and clean, even though they are more evil and dirty than Satan himself. Heh-heh, Miss, I'm behind you, can't you see?” Lin Lin turned her body and... saw nothing.
"Are you playing cat and mouse? I don't want to play games with you."
"Why, I'm here, look carefully."
Lin Lin lowered her eyes and sure enough. In front of him stood an old man whose body was short, only as high as his chest and because the old man was squatting, of course he couldn't see it. Now this grandfather stood, his short legs bare, it looks funny. His body is rather fat, his head is round like a rubber ball, smooth and not a single hair either. But his eyebrows were very thick, and the hairs stood on end. Mustache and long beard flowing down to the chest. His two ears are wide like the ears of the Ji-lai-hud statue adorned with a pair of silver earrings. Strangely, seeing such a person Lin Lin couldn't help but laugh.
“Hi-hi-hik, what class are you from? Is it a puppet player?” Lin Lin laughed and covered her mouth.
“Indeed, the world is a puppet stage and we are the puppets. How it plays and what role we have to hold is up to the Director. Heh-heh-heh, and it seems that the Director wants me to play the role of helping you from the threat of It-gan Kai-ong the rotten beggar.”
“Short grandfather, how did you get me to fly? And how did you disappear? I've studied gingkang arts for many years but there is no black fingernail compared to your moves. Did you use magic?"
“Heh-heh, a naughty brat like you, just learned how to walk and dare to climb the mountain across the ocean! I bear it, with your intelligence that is only grade zero, you will always meet danger and eventually you will collapse! Your movement is still so stiff and slow, do you call it ginkgo? Ho-heh-hoh, so cute!”
Lin Lin's stomach was hot, her lips were pouting, her eyes were shining with anger. However, the old man was laughing, holding his stomach and prancing as if he could no longer hold back his amusement. "And that sword...
heh-heh-heh, carry around a sword like that for what? Is it for slicing onions or for slaughtering chickens? Heh-heh, for that it's not sharp enough, it's good to scare away rats. Heh-heh, you're scared of rats, right?”
Lin Lin slammed his feet. “Grandfather short, midget, bald hoe! Already old, toothless, still arrogant...!”
The grandfather suddenly grimaced, showing the contents of his mouth. Great! Her teeth were lined up as neatly as Lin Lin's own. “You see, who is toothless? My teeth are not inferior to yours? Come on, you wince, let's see whose teeth are whiter and shinier!”
Lin Lin's heart amused too. Indeed, this girl also has a strange character, easily angry, easily excited. Easy to cry easy to laugh. Seeing how the grandfather grinned showing his teeth, he couldn't help but laugh too. “Ahhhh, gross ah! Your teeth are so yellow!”
The grandfather was at a loss. “Really? Oh, how come? At least twice a day I rub with a brick. You are lying...!"
Seen by Lin Lin the grandpa reached out to him. She quickly stepped back, but suddenly the left hair bun, which was wrapped in silk, was released because the silver hairpin was already in the grandfather's hand. Why did the old man take his hairpin? To reflect! The silver flower on the hairpin was as big as a fingernail and the old man tried to look in the mirror and examine his teeth in the reflection of the starlight falling on the silver flower. Of course the results are in vain.
Lin Lin was secretly shocked. How could that old man grab his hairpin so quickly that he couldn't even notice it? It is clear that this grandfather has great supernatural powers. If only you would pass that cleverness on to him!
“Grandpa, why did you save me from the hands of It-gan Kai-ong? What do you want me to do here?”
The old man grumbled, "My teeth are white... not yellow...!"
"Why are you helping me?"
"Who said my teeth are yellow, embarrassing!" The grandfather grumbled.
Lin Lin was about to get angry, but seeing the old man's attitude like a sulking child, he laughed again. "Indeed your teeth are white, who said yellow?"
"You said it earlier!"
"And you believe it? Ih, stupid you yourself why believe. Your teeth are white like… like chalk.”
Grandpa looks happy. Chalk is indeed very white, so he was happy to hear this speech. His hand moved and a white light flashed towards Lin Lin's head. This girl didn't have time to dodge, when she touched the bun, the hairpin was in place again and she didn't feel it at all! More and more amazed.
“Grandpa, why are you helping me and what did you want me to come here for?”
"Because you're beautiful, like my daughter before."
A moment of emotion slipped in Lin Lin's heart. "Where's your son Grandpa?"
"Where? Where... where, huh? The director had long relieved him of his duties on the wayang stage. He's not playing anymore."
Lin Lin's heart moved even more. "Your child is dead?"
The old man didn't answer, but laughed again. "You're my nation's girl heh-heh, there's no mistake. That's why I like you, I help you and if you want, let me give you provisions so that no one dares to insult you in the future."
“I am your people? What nation Grandpa?”
"Look at your nose, try the same as mine? Also your teeth, same as mine. You are a Khitan, there's no mistake."
Automatically, affected by the words, Lin Lin looked at the tip of his nose. Of course, even if his eyes crossed all the way to the center, he still couldn't even look at his own nose. What else is looking at his teeth! After all, these words stabbed at his heart, making his heart pound tensely. He is clearly not a child of the Kam family because he is only an adopted child. His father or anyone else never told him who his true father and mother were. Because of this, he really wanted to meet Bu Song, the eldest daughter of his adoptive father, because he suspected that Bu Song would know about him. Now hearing this old man say that he is Khitan, even though he can't believe it and doesn't want to believe it, his heart flutters too. However, what excited him the most was the grandfather's statement that he wanted to give him intelligence.
"You really want to teach me intelligence, Grandpa? Wow, thanks in advance. I really need that, to defeat my great enemy.”
“Heh-heh, there is no greater enemy in this world than one's own lust. Who is your archenemy?"
"Honey, I don't know myself, Grandpa." Lin Lin shook her head. “My adoptive father and his family were killed by an unknown person. My foster mother left only the last words that the arch enemy was flute.”
Suddenly the old man jumped very high, disappeared from in front of Lin Lin. When Lin Lin looked up and was about to call out, the short body flew down from above and was already standing in front of him again. “Gold flute? The gold flute killed your parents? Who are your parents?"