Lu Zheng was taken aback, his hand holding the chopsticks paused mid-air.
Lu Zheng thought the Jade Seal only had the function of taking him through the two worlds, but now why did five rays of Light of Fortune suddenly appear?
Where did they come from?
What are they used for?
The Jade Seal didn’t give Lu Zheng an answer, so he suppressed his doubts, mechanically ate and drank, while rapidly thinking in his mind.
However, by the time he finished the meal, Lu Zheng still hadn’t figured out what was happening.
"Young Master, the old beggar at the door finished eating and wants to thank you personally."
"No need." Lu Zheng shook his head.
"Young Master, the old beggar has something to say to you!" The old beggar’s voice shouted from the doorway.
"Huh?" Lu Zheng’s expression changed slightly.
He had just said "no need," speaking softly, yet the old beggar at the door quickly responded. If it wasn’t a coincidence, it meant he had heard what Lu Zheng said.
At this time, Lu Zheng was at least a dozen meters away from the door, separated by a Screen Wall and a large door; an ordinary person wouldn’t have such ability.
Thinking about the Light of Fortune he just obtained, Lu Zheng suddenly had an idea.
Could it be a reward for doing good deeds?
But shouldn’t that be called merit?
However, this old beggar must be someone special.
Suspicious, Lu Zheng stood up quickly, walked through the front yard, bypassed the Screen Wall, and walked out of his small courtyard.
At this moment, the old beggar was looking up, finishing the last drop of wine in his cup.
"Good steamed chicken, good dishes, just the wine was a bit lacking," the old beggar sighed.
Though his clothes were shabby, his demeanor was natural and unrestrained, without the slightest sense of poverty.
Recalling scenes from various novels, Lu Zheng thought to himself: Could this old beggar really be a hermit with great skills?
In the ancient world... with cold weapons... could there be martial arts in this world?
Lu Zheng’s eyes lit up, it seemed he didn’t know much about the Great Jing Dynasty yet.
After all, he had only been here eighteen days, and Tonglin County was just one of the six counties under Yizhou of Lingbei Dao in the Great Jing Dynasty. How could he know the real depths of this world?
"Does the old sir have something to say to me?"
"I don’t deserve to be called ’sir.’ I just received the favor of a meal and wine, and seeing that the young master is about to face a small disaster, I couldn’t bear it, so I came to relieve your worries."
"You old beggar, what nonsense are you spouting!" Uncle Li wouldn’t have it, shouted angrily at the old beggar, and then said to Lu Zheng, "Young Master, you’ve mistaken the wrong person. This old thing is just using false words to frighten and deceive, trying to cheat for food and drink. I’ve seen many of these swindlers, don’t fall for it!"
After speaking, Uncle Li turned and waved his hand to chase the old beggar away, "Hand it over, get going, get going!"
The old beggar choked for a moment, and seeing Uncle Li’s broom about to sweep down, he hurriedly jumped up, swiftly stuffed the wine cup into Lu Zheng’s hand, and ran off while shouting, "Keep the wine cup by your side at night, and it will resolve your misfortune."
Before Lu Zheng could say anything, the old beggar had fled.
"Old swindler, ptooey!"
Uncle Li spat in the direction of the old beggar with the broom in his hand.
"You see, young master, he was just an old swindler!"
Lu Zheng snapped back to reality and looked at Uncle Li helplessly, then raised the wine cup to his eye, looking it over, yet saw nothing different about it.
"Young master, what are you looking at? That’s just an old swindler. He looks one way but reveals himself as soon as he acts," Uncle Li reached out to take the wine cup from Lu Zheng’s hand, "I’ll take it to my wife and have her wash it several times."
"Don’t rush!" Lu Zheng dodged Uncle Li’s hand.
The five strands of Light of Fortune couldn’t be fake, and Lu Zheng thought it over and over, besides giving the old beggar some food, nothing else had happened, and the old beggar did indeed have extraordinary hearing...
If the old beggar isn’t a swindler, with such mysticism, he must be...
"Better to believe it exists than not; if nothing else, keeping the wine cup in my room overnight wouldn’t hurt, would it?"
Lu Zheng’s heart pounded wildly.
First, Lu Zheng sent Uncle Li and Aunt Liu to bed, washed up, and placed the wine cup on the table in his room, lit the oil lamp, and sat back on his bed.
Then, Lu Zheng decisively changed back to the modern world, put on a stab-proof vest, hid a stun baton in his sleeve, applied some menthol balm under his nose, and then returned to the ancient world, tucked into the quilt.
Took out his phone, fingerprint unlocked!
Gaming was out of the question, but Lu Zheng had already downloaded several movies and novels, enough to pass the night.
In the meantime, Lu Zheng allocated a portion of his attention to listen for any sounds at the door and windows, while communicating with the Mind Jade Seal, always prepared.
"If the old beggar is a swindler, then nothing will happen tonight."
"If the old beggar truly has skills, then this wine cup might actually be useful."
"Even if there’s a one in ten thousand chance, I can always escape to the modern world. And if anything supernatural really happens, by daylight it should all be over... right?"
"As for an excuse... just say I’m young and fast!"
At midnight, all was silent.
"Puff!" A soft sound, and the oil lamp went out.
Lu Zheng lay quietly under the quilt, his phone with a privacy screen couldn’t be seen lighting up from the side.
A sharp light shone in Lu Zheng’s eyes.
Because a dagger suddenly slipped through the crack of the door.
The dagger picked lightly, the latch moved slightly, and moments later, the door to the bedroom was quietly pushed open, a figure dressed in night clothes silently slipped inside.
Lu Zheng’s eyes flickered, his thumb already pressed on the stun baton switch.
Just as the figure passed the table and approached the bed, the wine cup on the table suddenly shone brilliantly.
The bedroom suddenly seemed to have an extra small sun.
A cry of pain, the Night Traveler was blinded by the light, instinctively raising hands to cover their eyes.
The next moment, the wine cup, as if intelligent, suddenly "whooshed" up like lightning, smashing straight into the Night Traveler’s forehead.
The Night Traveler groaned, collapsed to the floor, and though not unconscious, was unable to get up, groaning weakly.
A worried shout came from the front yard, followed by urgent footsteps.
Uncle Li and Aunt Liu, both in their underclothes, hurried over.
Lu Zheng by now had already got up, watching the earthenware wine cup roll around on the floor, undamaged despite its coarse material, prone to chipping if knocked.
Lu Zheng’s gaze, however, grew brighter.
"Uncle Li, grab some hemp rope, tie him up first, then take him to the officials!"
When Lu Zheng and Uncle Li took the Night Traveler to the County Government Office overnight, another strand of Light of Fortune appeared in Lu Zheng’s Mind Jade Seal.