Everywhere in Jianghu is Wonderful

Although Shen Qian Ling went out of the door with good sense, he still wanted to listen to his brother’s corner, so he leaned over the door and eavesdropped. The dark guard saw this from the roof and immediately lamented that Madam was so cute that his little round tail must be trembling nervously. Then he leapt up to the roof with him and helped to remove a small piece of tile!

You have to give me credit for being so thoughtful!

Shen Xiao Shou expressed his gratitude with his eyes, then held his breath and looked inside, only to see his brother stand up and walk out.

How could he have left? Shen Qian Ling was embarrassed, he couldn’t even say a few words this time, let alone do something else!

“What are you doing up there?” Shen Qian Feng frowned in the courtyard.

Shen Xiao Shou said calmly, “Look at the boundless starry sky.”

“Come down!” Shen Qian Feng reached out, “You’re not afraid of falling.”

Shen Qian Ling climbed down the ladder to the roof and asked, “Where’s the fur ball?”

“Inside the house.” Shen Qian Feng looked at his brother with a look that said, ‘Don’t you dare try to get one!’

Shen Xiao Shou immediately said, “Then let him sleep with Master Ye for the night.”

“You should also get some rest.” Shen Qian Feng turned around and went back to his room.

Shen Qian Ling followed him in.

“Something wrong?” Shen Qian Feng looked at him.

“If you really don’t want to be with Master Ye, don’t be so nice to him.” Shen Qian Ling said, “Otherwise things will only get worse.”

Shen Qian Feng sat at the table and poured a cup of tea, “Did he tell you to say that?”

“Of course not.” Shen Qian Ling said, “But Master Ye wanted to know why you didn’t say goodbye back then.”

Shen Qian Feng tilted his head and drank a cup of herbal tea, silent and did not say anything.

“There is a limit to how much you can avoid.” Shen Qian Ling felt bad for his sister-in-law, “If you go on like this, even I will not be able to stand it anymore, not to mention Master Ye.”

Shen Qian Feng still did not say a word.

Shen Qian Ling is going to worship him, what kind of lousy nature is this? I really want to throw the table! So he cleared his throat and said, “In matters between two people, like is like and dislike is dislike, it’s not as complicated as you think. What’s more, there’s hardly any fault to be found in Master Ye, except that he’s a bit quick-tempered, so what’s there to be upset about?”

The room was still very silent, and after a long time, Shen Qian Feng finally whispered hoarsely, “I have a child.”

“Cough ……” A bolt from the blue sky, Shen Xiao Shou had said he was thirsty and was drinking water, but he ended up contributing it all to the water current table.

What did his brother just say that was so great?

It must have been a hallucination!

“What did Xiao Jin say to you?” Shen Qian Feng looked at Shen Qian Ling.

This is what looks like…… Shen Xiao Shou nervously swallowed, “said you originally well, suddenly one day you did not say goodbye and leave, and then also everywhere with him against!”

“The reason I left without saying goodbye was that there was an incident at a pawnshop in Riyue Mountain Villa and I had to rush back to deal with it.” Shen Qian Feng said, “He was in the middle of refining his medicine and would not be able to leave until half a month later.”

Shen Qian Ling thoughtfully poured him a glass of water, because the story must be very long and he must be thirsty!

“I thought I would be back in ten days and a half months, so I didn’t say goodbye to him.” Shen Qian Feng said, “The business of the pawnshop was indeed finished very soon, and before we left, the local gentry threw a feast to bid us farewell, so I had a few more drinks.”

Shen Qian Ling was embarrassed in his heart, could it be that he had slept with a girl after drinking and had a big fat son as a result?

If that’s the case, he must be scum!

“After the banquet, I wanted to go to the river to sober up, but I felt someone was sneaking up behind me.” Shen Qian Feng said, “At that time, I thought it was the remnants of the demon sect, so I deliberately took him to a remote forest, only to find out that the other party was only a girl.”

Shen Qian Ling: ……

The rhythm of this trip is full of rhythm!

“I saw that she looked familiar, so I wanted to stop and ask who she was, but she kept on killing me and even said that she wanted me to suffer the pain of having a broken heart.” Shen Qian Feng sighed.

Shen Qian Ling narrowed his eyes, “You owe a debt of gratitude for the affair you had earlier, right?”

Shen Qian Feng smiled bitterly, “It was only after her curses that I finally remembered what was going on.”

Shen Qian Ling was ready to be splashed with the dog’s blood!

“When I was twenty years old, I was sent to the northwest by my father to help the imperial court pacify the chaos at the border.” Shen Qian Feng said, “At that time, I was so young and proud that I was not satisfied with all the military rules, so I often went to a wine shop in the desert to drink.

“She is the owner of the wine shop?” Shen Qian Ling asked.

Shen Qian Feng nodded, “Her parents died early and she and her brother and sister made a living together in a small wine shop.

Shen Qian Ling sighed in his heart, so this was probably the child’s mother.

“Later on, her elder brother went to the Central Plains with a merchant group. Some young gangsters in the desert bullied her for not having a backer, so they had some unwarranted thoughts. Once I went to drink, and when I pushed the door, I saw a dozen horse thieves laughing and forcing her to drink a whole altar of wine.”

Shen Qian Ling asked, “And then you couldn’t stand it and saved the girl?”

“No matter who saw it, they would not have stood by and watched a weak woman being bullied.” Shen Qian Feng said, “When I fought off the horse thief, Sanniang was so grateful that she cooked a few dishes and drank a jar of wine with me. Unfortunately, none of us cared, but the wine was on the horse thief’s table, and although it hadn’t been opened, it had been drugged.”

Shen Qian Ling dragged his cheeks and sighed, how could it be so wrong, not only was Master Ye unlucky, this girl was even worse!

“That night was so ridiculous, but the next morning, Sanniang said it didn’t matter, she just pretended that it had never happened.” I promised to take her back to Riyue Villa with me after the war was over.”

“And then what?” Shen Qian Ling asked.

“I was afraid that she would be bullied again after I left, so I took the initiative to close the wine shop and arranged for her to stay in a small village in the border town until I returned.” Shen Qian Feng said, “The battle was extremely difficult and it was more than a year before the border was pacified. When I returned, the first thing I did was to look for her, but unfortunately, I found that the village had long since become an empty shell, with spider webs and white bones all over it. Only after asking did I find out that a few months after I left, a band of bandits had come to burn and plunder the village. All the people of the village had been killed.”

Shen Qian Ling looked at his brother with sympathy.

“At that time, I thought she had also been killed, and in my grief and anger, I rushed to the desert alone, bloodied for seven days and seven nights, killing almost all the bandits and horse thieves.” Shen Qian Feng smiled bitterly, “I was depressed for a while, and it was only when I returned to Riyue Mountain Villa that my mind gradually calmed down.”

“And what happened? Did Sanniang die?” Shen Qian Ling asked, ‘She must be dead, otherwise, why would someone come to settle a score with his elder brother and a child appear for no reason?’

“The person who came to settle the debt with me was the sister of Sanniang, named Honggu, a young girl from the wine shop back then.” Shen Qian Feng said, “She said that when the Hu bandits sacked the village, the two sisters escaped. They both escaped from the village, but the original wine shop had been taken over by the bandits. She had no news of her elder brother and found out that her sister was pregnant, so she had no one to turn to, so she went south to join me at the Riyue Villa.”

Shen Qian Ling frowned, “But you didn’t even tell your parents about it beforehand.” I was so angry to hear that.

“So no one believed her at all.” Shen Qian Feng laughed at himself, “I can’t even protect a weak woman, how useless am I?”

Shen Qian Ling handed him a cup of tea, “You don’t have to blame yourself too much, no one would have thought it would be like this.”

“She couldn’t even enter Riyue Villa, she didn’t even see the housekeeper, and was driven out by the gatekeeper as if she was crazy.” Shen Qian Feng said, “Then, to save their lives, the two sisters had to endure the humiliation and live temporarily in a youth house.”

Shen Qian Ling: ……

“A month after she stayed at the youth house, Sanniang gave birth to her child and died a month later of a cold disease.” Shen Qian Feng said, “After sending her sister off, she took the baby and ran away from the house, and later, probably by mistake, she became a teacher of some lowly sect and wanted to learn martial arts to settle scores with me.”

“There is a reason why her sister wanted to kill you.” Shen Qian Ling said honestly, “Although you did nothing wrong from the beginning to the end, if I were in that position, I would have hated you to the bone.”

“That’s why I didn’t do anything to her either.” Shen Qian Feng said, “Sanniang is gone, so all I can do is take care of her family for her. But Honggu refused to listen to my explanations, and when she was leaving, she even gave me harsh words, telling me that I should also suffer the pain of waiting for Sanniang and not being able to get her.”

“What about the child?” Shen Qian Ling asked.

“She refused to give it to me, and said that she wanted me to be alone and miserable for the rest of my life too and that if she heard the wind saying that I was going to marry someone, she would kill that child.” Shen Qian Feng said.

Shen Qian Ling sucked in a mouthful of cold air, “That’s her nephew too!” That’s crazy!

“Although her martial arts skills are not high, her moves are sinister and cunning, not like a normal person could practice them. Shen Qian Feng said, “If I’m not wrong, she has already gone a little bit into the devil.”

“…… Maybe she lied to you?” Shen Qian Ling frowned.

“I also thought about it, so I rushed back at night, found the caretaker and asked her about it, and even went to the youth house.” Shen Qian Feng closed his eyes, “There was indeed a pair of sisters who were driven away, and the older sister was pregnant. The sister was pregnant and they did stay at the greenhouse for a month and gave birth to a son there, I even found the midwife who delivered the baby and according to her description, it was 100% Sanniang.”

Just listening to it, Shen Qian Ling already felt like he was going to faint, not to mention the fact that his brother was the one involved!

“I’ve already failed Sanniang, how can I ever do anything wrong to my child?” Shen Qian Feng’s expression was bitter.

Shen Qian Ling looked at him cautiously, “Is that why you are avoiding Master Ye?”

“He doesn’t need to be burdened by me.” Shen Qian Feng said, “Even if he hates me, it’s better than being tortured with me.”

Shen Qian Ling was helpless in his heart, “But you obviously can’t let him go.”

“So what.” Shen Qian Feng’s voice was hoarse, “Do you have a better way to deal with the situation?”

Shen Qian Ling: ……

Well, there really isn’t.

“What can I do if I tell him about it? It will only add to my heart.” Shen Qian Feng said, “I did that to him in the beginning so that he would give up on me.”

“In the end, the purpose was obviously not achieved, and it even broke someone’s heart.” Shen Qian Ling looked at him, “Master Ye really likes you.”

Shen Qian Feng sighed.

“Well, it’s always better to say it.” Shen Qian Ling patted him on the chest, “Don’t think about it, there is always a solution.”

Shen Qian Feng knocked him on the head, “Who did you learn from?”

“Get a good night’s sleep first.” Shen Qian Ling pushed him to the inner room, “We’ll talk about the rest in the morning!”

“What else is there to say?” Shen Qian Feng sat on the edge of the bed.

“Naturally, it’s what’s the next step to take.” Shen Qian Ling was very serious, “Master Ye is a good man, you can’t miss him.”

Shen Qian Feng shook his head and leaned back on the side of the bed, closing his eyes to rest.

“Sleep well.” Shen Qian Ling helped him shake off the blanket, and then turned around and left the door.

A line of guards stood in the courtyard, looking at him with glittering, expectant eyes!

Shen Qian Ling ran around them towards the bedroom.

Don’t do this! The guards were so rebellious that they dragged Madam up to his room!

Shen Qian Ling: ……

“Listen to the gossip together!” The dark guard was very serious.

“Just four!” The people next to him nodded in agreement.

“It’s your head.” Shen Qian Ling was speechless, “Are you, secret guards or paparazzi.”

“There’s nothing to do anyway!” Someone brought a plate of melon seeds and peanuts and cut a watermelon.

Shen Qian Ling cleared his throat and then quickly said, “When you weren’t here, I was often dragged up to the roof by the dark guards. No matter how much I cried and begged, they wouldn’t let me go down and wouldn’t let me sleep at midnight.”

The dark guards were suddenly very nervous, “What are you doing?”

Shen Qian Ling smiled cheekily, “To rehearse how to sue in the future.”

The guards took a breath of cold air, and then we will definitely be sent to clean the toilet!

“Do you still want to listen?” Shen Qian Ling’s expression was innocent.

Then he was picked up by the dark guards and shoved back into his bedroom as quickly as possible, with the covers shaken out to make the bed, and then turned around and ran as fast as they could!

Shen Xiao Shou lay on his back for a while, then got up, bathed and rinsed his mouth, and then continued to lie in bed in his little coat.

The window was open and he could see the entire starry sky, which was bright and shining.

It was a beautiful world, but too many bad things had to happen.

Shen Qian Ling sighed silently in his heart, Big brother is in a mess here, and I don’t know how things are going in Qianwu Water Cottage.

It’s only been two days since we parted, but it already seems like a long time has passed.

I really hope he will be safe and come back soon. ……

This night, Shen Qian Ling slept and woke up, almost tossing and turning all night. Qin Shao Yu inside the fortress did not rest much either. He quietly sneaked out of the courtyard and snooped towards the north side of the house, where the devil’s people had spoken the day before.

“If someone comes to check, there will be one less person ……” Zhang Dafu was very nervous.

Zhenren looked at him leisurely, “afraid?”

“A little nervous.” Zhang Dafu said honestly.

Zhenren was relieved.

Zhang Dafu was a bit puzzled, “Aren’t you afraid that he will be discovered?”

“Fear or not will not change the outcome of the matter, so why bother yourself?” Zhenren said.

“Besides, he’s so light and so dark that he’ll never be found.”

As soon as the words left his mouth, there was a loud noise outside the door, punctuated by “Who!” “Stop!” and so on.

Zhang Dafu instantly turned white with fear.

“Go back and lie down, if someone comes in, you can act as stupid as you like!” Zhenren pushed him back under the blanket.

Zhang Dafu shivered and closed his eyes, his hands clutching the blanket tightly.

He too lay back on the bed and listened to the sounds outside.

The noise soon faded away. Silence returned to the surroundings and Zhenren frowned slightly. He was just thinking about going out to check when a man tumbled in through the window.

Zhang Dafu’s eyes opened slightly as he saw who it was and was immediately surprised.

“Not after you?” Zhenren asked in a lowered voice.

Qin Shao Yu shook his head and sat back down on the bed, “I had just left the house when I encountered a group of men on patrol, so I hid among the trees to avoid them, but unexpectedly a man came running from a distance and fell down and scared the devil’s cult.”

“Could it have been a White Daoist who was imprisoned?” Zhenren asked.

“No, the figure looks like a child.” Qin Shao Yu said, “And it should be someone from within the Demon Cult. But then a woman rushed over and took him away after saying a few words.”

“I’m glad you’re all right.” Zhenren said, “After such an accident, the Demon Sect will probably step up their defences tonight, so you should not go out.”

Qin Shao Yu nodded his head and sighed as he lay on the bed. “Feng Jiuyi’s arrangement this time was a perfect one. I don’t know how long it will take for me to go out.”

“Don’t be anxious.” Zhenren patted him on the shoulder, “Never let haste create chaos in all matters.”

Qin Shao Yu nodded his head, “Thank you, Master, for your teaching.”

“Close your eyes and meditate.” Zhenren said, “I will teach you a mantra.”

Qin Shao Yu was slightly surprised.

“Even if you are following Ling-er, you have more or less called me Master.” Zhenren said, “I should have given you some kind of gift to meet you.”

Qin Shao Yu laughed, “Thank you, Master.”

“It’s been a long night, so there’s nothing to do after all.” He said, “Ling-er has no hope of learning martial arts, but you are a rare talent, but it is a pity that you had the wrong master.”

Qin Shao Yu: ……

“Can I learn?” Zhang Dafu was slightly envious when he heard this.

“Of course.” Zhenren was very generous and began to teach him the techniques word by word.

Zhang Dafu pricked up his ears and listened for a little over half a column before he fell asleep with his mouth wide open and breathing heavily.

It was so hypnotic that he could not understand it at all.

However, Qin Shao Yu practised all night long and the next day he felt even more refreshed as if his meridians were more open.

“This technique will help you to make your internal energy purer.” Zhen Ren said, “When the turbidity in your body has been cleared, I will teach you another set of sword techniques.”

“Thank you, Master.” Qin Shao Yu finished adjusting his internal breath and stood up to move his muscles.

“You haven’t slept all night?” Zhang Dafu asked in surprise.

Qin Shao Yu nodded his head.

“Not sleepy?” Zhang Dafu really found it hard to understand.

Qin Shao Yu smiled, “After practising, it will only make you more energetic.”

“Good.” Zhang Dafu sighed, “I’m glad I don’t practice kung fu without eating, otherwise the cook would be unable to live.”

The familiar ringing of the bell in the courtyard resumed, and the people in the compound began their daily routine of steaming buns and making thin rice for delivery to the swamps to the north.

Four large bamboo baskets of buns were packed, but they were still waiting for the delivery men. As Qin Shao Yu chopped wood stiffly in the courtyard, he secretly wondered what his next move would be.

“Why isn’t it coming?” After waiting for a while, Bai Lianhua looked a little impatient.

“Probably a runny stomach?” The subordinate guessed, “Someone bought some peanuts last night that wasn’t fresh and the toilet was almost bursting at night.”

“Useless stuff.” Bai Lianhua was impatient, “Tell some cooks to send them over.”

The servant had a problem with this, “Earlier, Granny Jin Shi had instructed that it was best not to let the compelled people wander around.”

“With you and me following, how can these logs cause any trouble?” Bai Lianhua took out his silver bell and shook it twice, then pointed at Qin Shao Yu, “Pick a bun, follow me!”

Qin Shao Yu was delighted. He dropped the axe in his hand and walked like a puppet to the bamboo basket and picked one of them up.

Bai Lianhua called the other two puppets and together they picked up the basket and headed north. As Qin Shao Yu watched, he saw that the whole fortress was filled with members of the Demon Cult, as well as some of the family members who could not stand the torture and had volunteered to be used by Feng Jiuyi.

Although the Demon Cult has been inactive over the past few years, it has never really caused too much of a stir. Strictly speaking, this is the first time that Feng Jiuyi has exposed his strength. With such a large number of followers, together with the Qiang Bone Gang and the Mourning Birds, it is no wonder that Feng Jiuyi is confident that he will be able to unify the world. If there was no chance of finding Phoenix, the consequences would have been unthinkable.

The further north the group went, the more closely guarded they became. Even Bai Lianhua, which is well known to all, requires a token to enter. From the entrance of the valley in the north to the final marsh pond, there are seven gates within a short distance, so it is clear that Feng Jiuyi has high regard for this place.

Even before he got close to the swamp, Qin Shao Yu could already smell a pungent miasma. When he finally reached the front, he could barely breathe, and it was a good thing the Demon Cult people could eat.

A large pit had been dug out of the huge swamp and there were several large cages full of poisonous snakes and toads under the rocks next to it, making it look creepy.

“Put it all down.” Bai Lianhua ordered, “Then follow me back!”

As soon as the words left his mouth, there was a neat “Greetings to the Godfather” from outside!

The Godfather is here? Bai Lianhua was shocked and rushed out to greet him. The rest of the group also bowed their heads and knelt on the ground, so that only Qin Shao Yu and the other two puppets were standing in the valley.

“How is it?” Feng Jiuyi covered his mouth and nose as he walked in, his face full of disgust.

“Master, it’s almost finished.” Bai Lianhua said. 

“The work was done last night. Bai Lianhua said, “There was a small incident last night, do you know anything about it?”

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