The Eastern Continent Swordsman
CH. 52 – Someone Behind the Mask

In the afternoon, the streets in Maundo settlement are filled with people passing by with various activities of their own. The settlement is arguably too densely populated, where all the places in Maundo are always filled with human crowds. Similarly, houses were built close to each other because the available land seemed to be limited enough to accommodate the growing human population.

Reportedly, the Maundo settlement is a place to be addressed by former Caihong nobles who descended the caste or were issued their royal titles by the government. They are people who fail to pay tribute so they must be willing to be kicked out of the land of heaven that they previously occupied. It is not impossible if soon Maundo can no longer accommodate nobles who descend caste. If so, it is certain that someone must be willing to live on the slopes of wild cliffs.

Zhou Fu shook his head several times after making it out of the crowd at the afternoon market. He looked around, trying to find the place he was looking for was the Songho Guard Bureau. According to the information he got some time ago, the location of the Songgho Bureau of Guards was adjacent to the Maundo afternoon market.

“Ah, that's it!” Zhou Fu exclaimed after his eyes caught a large building with writing that he could not read. He was sure that was the place because his features were similar to those told by someone before.

“There can we help you, young master?” a servant asked as soon as Zhou Fu entered the bureau gate of Songho's bodyguard.

“I need horse with best quality, can I get it here?” replied Zhou Fu without further ado.

The servant slightly observed Zhou Fu from foot to head, from head to toe. Then, the maid also turned her head far behind Zhou Fu, trying to figure out what kind of bodyguard was accompanying her. When the servant became convinced that Zhou Fu had come alone without an escort, he began to ask him something.

“Sorry, young master doesn't seem to be a noble family. Sorry if I was wrong. The Songho Guards Bureau had many trained horses, but they were all priced…

“Is this still lacking?” Zhou Fu took out a black bundle from his waist, several gold and silver coins sticking out from it. Making the servant in front of him flabbergasted in disbelief. The waiter bowed repeatedly while apologizing as much as his mouth could say.

“I'm not in need of your apologies, I told you I need the best horse for a long trip!” grumbled Zhou Fu annoyed.

“Good... Good Young Master, come with me!” the servant led Zhou Fu to the right side of the building, where there was a stable of selected horses which was the best collection of the Songho Guard bureau.

It only took about ten minutes, Zhou Fu had already walked out of the bureau of Songho Guards by riding on the white horse which was the horse with the best body resistance. Not to forget too, Zhou Fu gave some silver coins to the servant in exchange for some information.

After stepping a few kilometers away from the Songho Guards Bureau, Zhou Fu began to exit the Maundo region. This is suspected by narrowing the road he went through, and at the same time the atmosphere became quite quiet and silent. Zhou Fu's horse broke the silence of the night on the narrow slopes that only sneezed the crescent moon.

“There is a strange, we are being stalked, Kuma!” zhou Fu said as he patted Kuma on the neck, his new white horse. Kuma then took a short step and stopped his steps while Zhou Fu was combing all the corners of the bush on the right and left side of the slope and also the trees there.

“There is a gloating human air flashing around us, just one, and always making the same distance,” Zhou Fu said in his heart, because it starts to put suspicion on someone who's somehow hiding where. As Zhou Fu sped up Kuma's pace, it also followed, as Kuma slowed down, the stalker's pace slowed down.

“Do not invite me to play hide and seek, I am in a bit of a hurry, come out and say what you want!” zhou Fu said in a loud voice.

Nothing happened for a few seconds, only after that there was the sound of rustling bushes being sown, then a masked person appeared in front of Kuma. The masked man was standing with his sword pointed at Zhou Fu, as if he did not want to mince words.

“I'll face your challenge, but at least explain first you mean!” zhou Fu said without remaining seated on Kuma's back.

A masked person was silent, he then darted off to launch an attack on Zhou Fu. Kuma neighed but Zhou Fu asked him to remain calm, Zhou Fu responded to the masked man's attack while still sitting in his place.

Whuss.. Whussss…

The masked man's swordplay was enough to attract Zhou Fu's attention so he also took out his Luzon sword for the attack. A sword fight ensued for a while before Zhou Fu finally slammed his sword into the enemy's sword until it broke into two pieces.

“You... Aren't you a Caihong port officer? What's your problem with me?” zhou Fu asked as he gripped the man right at the end of his neck.

“How can you know?” the man replied in disarray, wondering why the young man he attacked knew he was a port officer. As he remembered, they had only crossed paths once because the person was not the one in charge of escorting Zhou Fu and Zhao Yunlei.

“Jawab my question, what is your problem with me?” zhou Fu asked as he tightened his grip on the man until he coughed several times.

“Shen Yang, the woman you were with last afternoon mentioned that name! How do you know Miss Shen?” answer the person still stammeringly.

“Oh, so you're also hunting Shen Shen?” zhou Fu replied and was immediately given a shocked response by the person he was giggling with. The man turned his back and tried to shake Zhou Fu's hand which was gripping him.

“Shen Shen you said? Are you sister's friend.. I mean, are you a friend of Miss Shen?” answer the person in shock and a little stupid for throwing words that he does not need to say.

“Kakak??!” Zhou Fu loosened his grip, then switched to clutching the clothes of the person so that he remained in his control. Zhou Fu observed the face of the young man who attacked him.

Zhou Fu sharpened his gaze because the moonlight was not so illuminating. If observed truly, there was indeed some resemblance of that young man to Shen Yang. Starting from the circumference of the eyes, eyebrows, nose and lips are thin, everything looks a little the same. It was just that the young man's skin looked dark and dull.

However, Zhou Fu looked back at the skin on the young man's face, but the dullness on the young man's face was uneven. Zhou Fu rubbed the back of his hand against the young man's cheek, shaking his body in disbelief.

“You're posing as a man? So?” zhou Fu said without a sound. The young man he was holding was shocked to hear Zhou Fu's words.

The young man was silent for a while before finally nodding slowly. It was as if he had no chance of turning things around. Originally, he had intended to cripple Zhou Fu to be able to obtain information about Shen Shen's whereabouts. But it seems he chose the wrong enemy. He also looked down uncomfortably and hoped that the young man who grabbed him was not a bad person.

“Ah, I don't want to rush to believe. After all, your appearance is very much like a man. The clothes you wear are also men's. And yes, it.. There are no puffiness there, ahem..!” zhou Fu said with one index finger pointing to the part of the body where Shen Shen's property had a clumped shape on the right and left.

The young man wrapped his hands together to cover his chest. He then screamed and shouted that Zhou Fu had said disrespectfully to him. That time the young man shouted using a typical female voice, while before he seemed to speak in a heavy tone.

“So you're really a girl huh! It's quite interesting if you're really the Yang Zi that Shen Shen told you about. But don't expect me to believe it's that easy!” Zhou Fu then tied the body of someone claiming to be She Shen's sister using a rope.

The person claiming to be Yang Zi thrashed around trying to escape, but Zhou Fu immediately touched the nape of his neck and made him lose consciousness.

“Well, if silent like this it looks like it will be better!” Zhou Fu then tied the body of the mysterious woman to Kuma's back. After feeling everything was sorted out, Zhou Fu again told Kuma to go.

“Tomorrow when the day is bright, I can see and decide if you are Yang Zi or not!” zhou Fu said as he looked behind his back, towards the body of the woman who was losing consciousness.

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