Chapter 228: Diao Chan’s Growth
Sometimes Qin Hao feels that ignorance is the greatest happiness for people, because the more you know, the more you have to bear.
Five years ago, Guiguzi personally came to Xianyang to accept Qin Hao as his disciple, and took Qin Hao to travel around the world. The first stop for the master and apprentice was Bingzhou.
When the master and apprentice traveled to the border of Jinyang, they met a mother and daughter who were being hunted. The young woman was Dongfang Xuege, the wife of Ren Kang, the magistrate of Jingling County, Taiyuan, and the girl was Ren Hongchang.
The situation at that time was extremely dangerous. Dongfang Xuege protected her daughter with a sword and fled all the way. Behind her, seven or eight men in black with swords pursued her.
Guiguzi seemed to know Dongfang Xuege, and when he saw that he was under siege, he immediately came to rescue him, but unfortunately it was too late in the end.
Dongfang Xuege was seriously injured and eventually died. However, before his death, he told the truth about the ruin of his family and entrusted Ren Hongchang to Guiguzi.
It turns out that Dongfang Xuege is a descendant of Dongfang Shuo. Both his father and brother died in Da Shehe's pursuit, and Dongfang Xuege became the last bloodline of the Dongfang family.
Dongfang Xuege was just a weak woman. She didn't want or have the ability to take revenge. She just wanted to stay away from disputes and live a peaceful life, so she hid her identity and married Ren Kang, a small official in Taiyuan.
Ren Kang was a student of Wang Yun, a famous scholar in Bingzhou. With Wang Yun as his backer and his own ability, Ren Kang was promoted to the magistrate of Jingling County by virtue of his own ability shortly after marrying Dongfang Xuege.
Ren Kang has an open career, a loving wife, a virtuous wife, and a smart young daughter. It can be said that his family is happy.
However, this happiness was completely destroyed by the arrival of a person, the leader of the Taiping Religion.
At that time, the Taiping Religion was first established. Zhang Jiao went to Bingzhou to preach, but he did not expect to offend the local forces. All his disciples were killed. Zhang Jiao himself went into exile in Jingling County, where he was rescued by Ren Kang.
Zhang Jiao and Ren Kang were from the same hometown. Both of them were from Julu, Jizhou, and both came from poor families. However, Ren Kang had better luck. He became a disciple of Wang Yun, successfully became an official, and was promoted to the county magistrate.
Zhang Jiao did not have such good luck. He wasted many years but achieved nothing. He eventually changed his career and became a Taoist priest, wandering around the world, hanging pots to help the world, and treating poor people everywhere who could not afford medical treatment.
After a heart-to-heart talk, Ren Kang discovered that Zhang Jiao was full of knowledge and his original idea of "first the people, then the king" shocked Ren Kang.
Ren Kang was impressed by Zhang Jiao's erudition and conduct, and the two became opposite-sex brothers. If he hadn't been reluctant to part with the position of Jingling County Magistrate, Ren Kang might have gone with Zhang Jiao to develop the Taiping Sect.
The sworn sworn relationship between Ren Kang and Zhang Jiao also paved the way for future troubles. Ren Kang saved Zhang Jiao, and naturally offended the people who were chasing Zhang Jiao.
Ren Kang is the magistrate of Jingling County, and he has his teacher Wang Yun as his backer. The group of people dare not touch Ren Kang lightly, so they can only investigate his background first.
Once Ren Kang is found guilty of corruption, bribery, or other stains, Ren Kang's career will come to an end.
After several years of investigation, the group did not find any stain on Ren Kang's evidence, but they found out the identity of Ren Kang's wife Dongfang Xuege, after the empire rebelled against the Dongfang family.
This news finally reached Luoyang. Who would have done anything after hearing the news? Liu Hong personally ordered that for the rebellion of the empire, he would rather kill a hundred by mistake than let one go.
Zhang Jiao got the news in advance and immediately sent a message to his adopted brother. However, Ren Kang learned Wang Yun's foolish loyalty and stubbornness and did not believe that the court would kill his family just because of a possibility.
Because of Ren Kang's stubbornness, the Ren family missed the best time to escape. The whole family was massacred by everyone, and he himself could not rest in peace.
Who has laid a dragnet, but still underestimated Dongfang Xuege. Dongfang Xuege carries the inheritance of "Yue Nv Sword", and he protects his daughter and fights his way out of the siege with a sword.
Dongfang Xuege originally wanted to entrust her daughter to her husband's teacher Wang Yun, but unexpectedly she met Gui Guzi halfway, so she handed her daughter over to Gui Guzi.
The ancestor of the Dongfang family, Dongfang Shuo, is also a descendant of Guigu, and Guiguzi and the father of Dongfang Xuege are also old friends, so they will naturally not ignore Ren Hongchang.
Guiguzi originally wanted to entrust Ren Hongchang to his old friend Cai Yong to raise him. After all, the Guigu sect had no precedent of accepting female disciples. Guiguzi also wanted to teach Qin Hao, so he had no time to take care of Ren Hongchang.
But Ren Hongchang witnessed the death of his father and mother with his own eyes, and his heart was full of hatred for the Han Dynasty. He was determined to avenge Liu Hong with his own hands. He insisted on worshiping Guiguzi as his teacher and learning the skills of revenge.
Guiguzi was in a dilemma. Although he had promised Dongfang Xuege to take care of his daughter, Guigu's disciple could only accept two disciples. He still had a disciple in Langya, so he could not accept this female disciple.
Just when Gui Guzi was in a dilemma, Qin Hao stood up and urged Gui Guzi, hoping to make the master change his mind.
The reason why Qin Hao helped Ren Hongchang speak was because he knew that Ren Hongchang was none other than Diao Chan, one of the four beauties.
Xi Shi, Wang Zhaojun, Diao Chan and Yang Yuhuan are known as the four beauties in ancient China, and Diao Chan's original name was Ren Hongchang.
Diao Chan is a strange girl, with an all-powerful beauty. In order to repay her adoptive father Wang Yun for raising her, she is willing to sacrifice herself to complete the serial plan, lingering between two men with her own body, just to kill the national traitor.
For such a strange woman, Qin Hao only has admiration and pity in his heart. Now that he has encountered her, Qin Hao must not ignore her.
Of course, Qin Hao also has selfish motives. Diao Chan is only one year older than Qin Hao, but she is already so beautiful that her eyes are shining. What if she grows up?
Qin Hao admitted that he fell in love with Diao Chan at first sight. Naturally, Qin Hao would help the girl he liked. At the same time, Qin Hao was also looking forward to how far Diao Chan, who had been trained by Gui Guzi, would grow.
Regarding Qin Hao's persuasion, Guiguzi thought over and over again, but finally did not agree to accept Hongchang as his disciple.
But Guiguzi agreed that when he was teaching, Ren Hongchang could 'listen in' and teach in disguise.
As a result, Diao Chan managed to get the second spot for the 'Ghost Valley' skill that originally belonged to Zhuge Liang.
Ren Hongchang also knew that Qin Hao helped him win his place as an 'auditor', and he was very grateful to Qin Hao.
However, under Qin Hao's aggressive attack, Loli Diao Chan, who only had hatred in her heart, finally opened her heart to Qin Hao. A ten-year-old boy and an eleven-year-old girl became a pair of young lovers.
In the next two years, the relationship between the two also heated up rapidly. Qin Hao and Ren Hongchang practiced literature and martial arts together, traveled all over the country, and watched the changing world.
Two years later, Ren Hongchang was completely transformed. Ren Hongchang's own talent was not low, and with the blessing of 'Ghost Valley', he grew extremely rapidly in all aspects, especially his achievements in swordsmanship, which even Qin Hao could not compare to.
Ren Hongchang is a swordsman genius who is rare to encounter in a thousand years. In just two years, he practiced the "Yue Nu Sword" left behind by his mother to a great level. He even trained Guigu swordsmanship to a minor level.
