Achieve Rivers and Mountains - C199

“My little hoodlum is suffering.” Dan Rong Ning held her and rubbed her shoulder, “Qingfeng, I won’t let you live a life of misery in the future. Qingfeng will treat you well and let you live the life of a normal person.”

Qin Xiaozui shook his head, “From the day Master saved me, I was destined to never live a normal life. I learned kung fu from my master and studied books. Other girls learn to knit women’s red, and a lady’s girl can only learn a few pieces of zither, chess, calligraphy, and painting. And I, with my sword and my stick, even read history. Ever since I was young, I was smart and had studied for a long time. My master said, “If my girl is a man, she will definitely be a material for the top scholar in the future.” Look, I really won the top scholar. Not only did I win the top scholar, I even married a princess. Until I was ten years old and my master brought me to see my foster father. At that time, my foster father was still a scholar and was supporting the crown prince. I was ten years old and still looked like a child. I gave him a set of boxing moves, and my foster father liked me very much. He held me in his arms and kissed me on the cheek. Master dotes on me, but she teaches me very strictly, and I am afraid of her sometimes. My foster father, on the other hand, had always been a kind person. He knew that my body might not grow any longer, and he had invited many famous doctors to treat me. That was why I was so tall. I usually stay with my master, except for practicing martial arts and studying. Occasionally, my master would take me to meet my foster father, who would be very happy to see me. He would always ask the kitchen to make me delicious food, saying that I was too skinny. But ever since I took that pill, it’s been like this no matter how much I mend it. Even though godfather has his own children, he treats me like they do. If I cause trouble with my other brothers and sisters, he will punish me equally. I know that if he favors me, he will treat me like an outsider. However, he never brought me to an outsider, nor did he allow me to reveal my identity. I thought that my foster father was afraid that my identity would tarnish him, so I found out afterwards. In fact, it was to protect me. My foster father always said that I was a girl. It was truly a pity. Otherwise, I would have been a genius from the heavens. My master said that I was a girl, and that I was destined to walk a more difficult and arduous path than a man. After that, I put on my men’s clothes. That day, I secretly heard them discussing it. Master said that if I were to find a wife in the middle court, there would be many rules and regulations within the Zhu Clan, and I would definitely not be able to stand doing whatever I wanted since I was young. But if I find a civilian, then I have been wronged. I immediately rushed in. I want to travel through the martial arts world to gain some experience. I don’t want to be bullied like my mother, who would serve a man all her life. Master said that I have always been kept in the mansion, so it’s a good thing for me to go out and gain some experience. He took out a piece of jade Zhang and placed it in my hands, and just like how I used to when I was young, he picked me up and caressed my head, saying, “My son, father is currently on thin ice, so it’s a good thing for you to go out. Father was confused when he was young, and he was having a good time with a fisherman’s girl. He gave birth to a baby boy, and Father had promised to bring her to the house, but he was always held back by matters. When he went back later, the neighbor said that the girl’s family had forced her to sell her son and remarry. She left home with her son, saying that she was going to look for their father. After that, Father searched everywhere in the capital, and finally the Emperor did not disappoint those who had worked hard for him. I called for Father to find your pitiful brother this year, but now that Mother has passed away, she still hasn’t been able to see me. Right now, the imperial court was in a state of turmoil, so your father didn’t dare to bring him back to the clan. Your Martial Uncle was being taught by your master, and he was taking him on a tour of the martial arts world. This Yu Zhang was originally a complete piece of Gui. After being split into two pieces by father, the other piece was on your poor brother who was three or four years older than you, and now father has betrothed you to him. If the heavens love you, let us be safe and sound, then you and your brother will marry and live a happy life. If it was — Forget it, forget it. Daddy shouldn’t have said so much to you. Although my godfather didn’t finish his sentence, I understood that he wasn’t doing well in court. Later on, after I saw Shang Lianshui’s martial arts, I knew that it was my Uncle-Master’s secret technique. That’s why I suspected that he was my foster father’s illegitimate child. But how could a foster father become a girl when he clearly said that he was a son? I thought she was just like me, dressed up as a woman. It was strange that only after going to her residence and probing it, did I find out that it was an honest woman! After that, I went on a solo adventure and got to know Master Liu. I became friends with him despite the passage of time, and that old man took me into the gang. How could those unskilled subordinates be as many as me? I was promoted all the way, but the sect members were not convinced, saying that I had a secret relationship with Master Liu. You said that there was such a huge age difference between me and Master Liu, how is that possible? Eventually, Master Liu’s enemies came to him for revenge, and they challenged him by name. Of the ten cups of wine, two of them took turns drinking the poison from one of them. This was a gamble to the death, how could he have any skills? If that person were to speak, he would either admit defeat and drink to his heart’s content. He’s all alone, dying is not a pity, but Master Liu is the soul of us people, how can we do without him? At that time, there was nothing in the world that could frighten me, I was completely inexperienced, and I didn’t fear the tigers. At that time, I went out to fight for Master Liu, but that person said that I wasn’t allowed to do anything. I took his acupuncture points, drank all ten cups of wine on the table and beat him down. That person was so frightened that he no longer spoke nonsense. I begged for mercy and spared his life. That person immediately bowed his head and admitted defeat. There was no more nonsense to be said. Master used all of her energy to protect my heart veins and sealed the poison in me. Only after searching for a famous doctor did foster father temporarily suppress the poison in my body. Unfortunately, it only flared up once every seven to forty-nine days. After that, no one in the gang dared to talk nonsense with me. Everyone was respectful towards me, and Master Liu pulled me up to be the second person to sit on the throne, above everyone else. ”

“I originally thought that your poison was from fighting someone or being left behind by a sneak attack. I didn’t think that it would be like this. Girl, you are truly bold.”

“That’s right, it’s just that the older I get, the faster my body grows. Although I don’t have a chest, I don’t have a Adam’s apple, and my voice is very soft. So I went home to have my foster father stitch a set of flowery embroidery on my body.” Every day was a mess. No one doubted my identity. I was able to enjoy life at Master Chen’s place, but I didn’t expect my master to be sick. Master said that when he was young and fought against others, his injuries had already left behind hidden dangers. When he used all his energy to prolong my life, he was already dead. When I was mourning for my master, my foster father came to see me and told me that if anything happened to him, I would not come to my rescue. When the limelight had passed and I went to find an old man selling wontons, he would tell me everything. He even warned me to find my brother, marry him, or help him take revenge! As expected, not long after, his foster father was executed for a heinous crime. Because he was an old official of the imperial court, his family was elected as an official. The emperor had opened up a net and had not sentenced him to death, beheading everyone along with his family. That day, I was standing in the middle of the crowd. One of my little cousins who was only three years old had her chin taken off by them. They could only scream like a wild beast on its deathbed. I thought of the little rabbit that I had escaped and bought when I was six years old. The rabbit wouldn’t scream, but I could almost hear it crying for help. The old dog bought the executioner, and my godfather cut his head off three times. When my little cousin’s head was chopped off, her little body still rolled a few times on the ground. ” When she said this, her not-so-large pair of eyes stared blankly at the door. Her colleagues continuously shrunk, as if that scene was right in front of them right now. After the execution, it started to snow, and the spectators all dispersed. Some people were muttering that it was not that Ling Chi did not see the light of day, while others were saying that their foster father must have been wronged. Otherwise, why would it suddenly snow? I didn’t move, my hands twisting my thighs until they were black and purple, and I didn’t dare move until I followed the crowd. The bodies of the godfather and his family were not allowed to be buried, and their heads were all hung up for a month. I went back to Master Liu and said nothing. I only said that I would wash my hands in a golden bowl. Master Liu didn’t ask me and promised me everything. When I left, he only told me to come back whenever I wanted. All I could think about was that I could not be involved with him. I was a child with a father, but not as good as I was a child with a father; my master was tender to me, and I had always treated him as my own father, but he had died because of me; my godfather had been framed and killed, and I had finally become a child without a father. What was there to be afraid of? That night, I didn’t listen to my foster father and sold my Little Treasure to another family. Those bastards really were lying in ambush. Although I wasn’t afraid of death, I was afraid that if I revealed my martial arts, it would implicate Elder Liu. Thus, I didn’t use my blade. Otherwise, how could those trash do anything to me? It was also thanks to the fact that they wanted me alive and didn’t dare to kill me. That’s why they told me to bring my foster father’s head and escape. I was chased to the point where I had nowhere to hide. My weapon was too conspicuous. Unable to bear it any longer, I found a beggar to help me stow away the Dual Bladed Canon and escaped into the forest. In his heart, he thought that since his foster father’s corpse had already been buried, it didn’t matter whether I lived or died. Fortunately, the snow had covered up my tracks, and I thought that the heavens had treated me well. If I could die in this pure white snow, I would die cleanly. However, when I thought about the mission that my foster father gave me, I couldn’t help but feel that I can’t die, so I kept fighting. I don’t know if it was two or three days when I wandered around the forest, but I couldn’t hold on any longer and fainted. “