"After this adventure, do you feel that the people in the demon sect are not all monsters and monsters, and there are even some righteous people among them?" Qi Yunke said in a gentle tone.
Cai Zhao nodded.
"Do you still remember the story of 'Painted Skin' that Pingshu told you when you were a child?"
Cai Zhao nodded again and said, "That is a kind of flesh-and-blood, faceless demon that likes to eat the livers and livers of living people. It is accustomed to wearing human skin to confuse the world."
Qi Yunke said: "Painted-skinned monsters in human skin are no different from ordinary people. They can also listen to plays, taste wine, joke with you, and read story books. They will also express admiration when they see something they understand. When they encounter absurd things, You are even more indignant than you, and will even wait outside Yipin Pavilion for two hours just to buy a freshly baked pigeon to satisfy your craving."
Cai Zhao's eyes widened and his mouth opened.
Qi Yunke continued: "After getting along for a long time, it will even tell you its true identity. So, you can't help but secretly feel sorry for it - it was born to be a monster, it is not its own wish, how can you hate it indiscriminately? .”
Ning Xiaofeng's eyes widened when she heard this, and Cai Pingchun slowly straightened up.
"Before revealing its bloody fangs, it is even more considerate than a real person, making people feel like a spring breeze."
Qi Yunke's eyes turned red, "But it will eventually show its fangs, and it will eventually eat people."
"The painted-skin demon may not have the intention to do evil, but its existence itself is 'evil'. If it doesn't eat the heart and liver, it will die. But human-monsters have different paths. We are human after all. Zhaozhao, are you willing to let this demon eat your relatives and friends? My friend’s sweetheart?”
Cai Zhao knew what Qi Yunke meant. She held back tears and shook her head desperately, "Master, I will never see him again!"
Qi Yunke smiled tiredly but gratifiedly: "Zhao Zhao has been very good since he was a child. Remember Master's words - it will eventually eat people." After saying this, he asked Cai Zhao to go back and rest.
After watching his sobbing daughter leave, Ning Xiaofeng glanced at her husband. Cai Pingchun understood, and he carefully considered: "Brother Yunke, back then..."
"Don't ask me." Qi Yunke covered his face with his hands and whispered, "Xiaochun, don't ask me. I don't know anything, so don't ask anything." Suddenly, he realized that the spring outside the window had darkened, and he raised his head in confusion, " It's this time again, and Pingshu likes this season the most. The cold winter is gone, and she can pack up her bags and go traveling again."
Seeing his appearance, Mr. and Mrs. Cai couldn't bear to ask any more questions, so they stood up and left.
Before going out, Qi Yunke stopped them again, "Only a few of us know about Zhao Zhao and the demon sect thief. I'll tell Yu Zhi. I promised Ping Shu that I would make Zhao Zhao happy and healthy for the rest of his life. So, Zhao Zhao must not be criticized by others."
Seeing the pain all over his body, Ning Xiaofeng slumped and couldn't help but choked with sobs: "Brother Yunke, Sister Pingshu has been gone for three years. You, don't feel too uncomfortable..."
"Don't worry, it's already uncomfortable." Qi Yunke waved his hand, "You guys should go back and rest."
Cai Pingchun and Ning Xiaofeng looked at each other and sighed, then silently returned to their homes hand in hand. Unexpectedly, as soon as they arrived in front of the door, the door opened on its own, and two white hands stretched out from inside, dragging the couple in without any explanation. Fortunately, Cai Pingchun recognized his daughter's claws, otherwise he would have twisted them off with his hands.
"What? You know that your fault is very serious, so you came here specifically to apologize!" Cai Pingchun asked his wife to sit down with a straight face.
Cai Zhao opened his eyes wide: "If I plead guilty and apologize, dad, won't you punish me according to the family rules?"
"What a beautiful idea!" Cai Pingchun slammed the table.
Cai Zhao apologized and smiled: "Yes, I also know that you will be punished anyway. What's the point of asking for forgiveness? Of course I won't do that. Dad, you really misunderstood me."
"..." Cai Pingchun, "Then what are you doing here?"
Ning Xiaofeng said coolly: "I guess I came to ask about sister Pingshu."
Cai Zhao raised his thumb, "Mom, you are really clever!"
With a silly smile, she picked up the hot teapot she had just brought and made a cup of tea for each of her parents, "Father, mother, you also heard what the master said just now. The master's eyes were red just now, I think that the painted-skinned demon The story must not have been told by Master in plain words, there must be a story behind it!"
She put down the hot teapot and sat on the small teapot beside her. "Father, mother, tell me, did my aunt... uh, meet the Painted Skin Demon?"
Cai Pingchun frowned: "It's about elders, how can we..."
"Even if the parents refuse to tell, the daughter can ask from the sidelines." Cai Zhao kept smiling.
"Forget it, let's talk about it. Brother Xiaochun doesn't want to think about who raised Zhaozhao. How many times have you ever seen sister Pingshu want to know something that she couldn't find out?" Ning Xiaofeng knows her daughter's nature very well, " actually……"
Cai Zhao stretched his head forward slightly and listened.
"Actually, we don't know very well either." Ning Xiaofeng said.
"mother!"
Cai Pingchun: "Your mother really doesn't know what you are yelling about. But..." He glanced at his wife, "Your aunt traveled widely and took your mother with her wherever she went. Later, she used the excuse that the place she went was too risky. But, I won’t let your mother follow you.”
"At first I thought Sister Pingshu had met another sister outside, so I dragged your father all over the world to find your aunt!" Ning Xiaofeng still feels angry thinking about it, "But later I felt it was not the same. Pingshu The person my sister met outside should be a man."
"Mom, how did you know it was a boy?"
"This is not simple. When Sister Pingshu is with me, she will find me the most beautiful beads and flowers, the most fragrant powder, the most flattering clothes... Oh, who told Sister Pingshu to love me? , I can't help it, I can't push it away." Ning Xiaofeng was very proud, a faint blush appeared on her jade-white cheeks, as if she suddenly looked ten years younger.
Cai Zhao turned around: "Dad, look at mom."
Cai Pingchun said with a straight face: "What are you looking at? What is wrong with what your mother said? What did you say wrong?"
Cai Zhao: Okay, I shut up.
"But in those two years, your aunt never looked for Pearl Flower Rouge or anything else. Instead, she asked the Shi family brothers to give her a pair of black iron armor wrist guards. From the size of the wrist guards, they should be for men. "Ning Xiaofeng recalled.
Cai Zhao straightened up, "So, aunt, she is really out there..." Could it be that Mu Qingyan really guessed it!
"I don't know what the truth is." Ning Xiaofeng spread her hands, "You also know your aunt's temper. If she doesn't want to say anything, no one can test her out."
Cai Zhao was stunned for a long time: "...Uncle Zhou must have been wronged." Although she loved her aunt, she couldn't bear the thought of Zhou Zhizhen's emotional emptiness. "My aunt passed away three years ago, and Uncle Zhou even vomited blood."
Ning Xiaofeng sighed: "Who says it's not the case?"
Everyone knows that Cai Pingshu never misses the holidays and has been suffering from severe illness for several years. Everyone also knows that her end is approaching. However, the moment Cai Pingshu lost his pulse, Zhou Zhizhen was still unable to control his grief. He stumbled out and vomited several mouthfuls of blood.
"I think..." Cai Pingchun suddenly said, "Brother Zhou knew about this to some extent back then."
"Ah?!" Ning Xiaofeng and Cai Zhao's mother and daughter exclaimed together.
Cai Pingchun said: "Although no one knows what my sister did outside alone in those two years, I think Brother Zhou was vaguely aware of it. Otherwise, he would not have married and had children so quickly."
Ning Xiaofeng was puzzled: "What do you mean?"
Cai Zhao felt a slight pain in his heart, "Uncle Zhou knew that my aunt loved someone else, and he also knew that my aunt felt sorry for him. In order to prevent his aunt from continuing to apologize to him, he followed his aunt's advice and went back to marry a wife and have children."
Cai Pingchun sighed and nodded: "Zhaozhao is right." He looked taciturn and blunt, but in fact he was very careful. He had secretly guessed this secret affair more than ten years ago, so he never complained about Zhou Zhizhen's involvement in Cai Pingshu's body. After being decommissioned, he quickly married another man.
"So that's the case." Ning Xiaofeng suddenly realized, "No wonder I never felt that Brother Zhou could not feel sorry for Sister Pingshu."
Although she is not as observant as her husband, she is naturally intuitive. She was vaguely aware of the attitude of Cai Pingshu and his brother towards Zhou Zhizhen, so she was particularly kind to Zhou Zhizhen.
"Who is that person? Is he not good to my aunt?" Cai Zhao felt uncomfortable.
Ning Xiaofeng: "Qi Yunke even called that person a painted-skin demon. He must not be a good person - but just now your master said that he didn't know clearly. From what I saw, he didn't look like he was prevaricating us. I guess he only knew a little bit." .”
"Is that person still alive now? I wonder where he is." - Cai Zhao thought to himself.
"Zhaozhao." Cai Pingchun said, "Have you listened to what your master said?"
Cai Zhao looked up and saw her father's clear eyes. She lowered her head and said, "My daughter has listened."
"Yes!" Ning Xiaofeng emphasized, "Although your master is indecisive and irresponsible, his love for you is genuine. Don't do anything to make your parents sad and disappointed."
Cai Zhao felt as if he was carrying hundreds of kilograms of shackles, and he was depressed and dejected.
Cai Pingchun spoke earnestly: "Zhao Zhao, you have been smart since you were a child. When you were only two or three years old, you would never step on the place where you fell in the yard a second time; when you were less than four years old, we told you that the dogwood from Sichuan is very choking. You refuse to taste even half of it."
Ning Xiaofeng sighed: "Yes, your aunt was particularly happy at that time, saying that Zhao Zhao was not a good boy looking for trouble, and he would definitely live a smooth and peaceful life."
"Father, mother, you don't need to talk anymore." Cai Zhao raised his head, "I will gradually forget the past few months. If it doesn't work for one day, it will be two days, if it doesn't work for two days, it will be one month or one year. I still want to stay in Qinghai Que Zong has been here for three years, and I can always forget everything."
Cai Pingchun looked at his daughter's sensible look and sighed in his heart: "I heard that the Demon Cult Master has saved you many times. It would be best if this kindness is..."
Cai Zhao interrupted neatly: "Since we plan to break it off with a clean slate, we should break it off completely. Don't say anything about kindness or unkindness. Let's repay it when we have the opportunity in the future."
"What if there is no chance?" Ning Xiaofeng couldn't help but ask.
"Then let it go."
The face of the young and beautiful girl, who always smiled, revealed an almost cold determination.
Ning Xiaofeng's heart skipped a beat as she suddenly remembered the night before Cai Pingshu decided to kill Nie Hengcheng.
The rain was pouring and the stars and moon were dim. She cried and begged Cai Pingshu to find more helpers and never go alone.
Cai Pingshu smiled miserably and asked: "Who can I ask for help? Brother Meng Chao was hacked to death with knives, Miao Jianshi was pierced through the heart by thousands of arrows, more than a dozen members of Zhuge Lie's family died without a burial place, and not one of the five heroes of the You family was left alive. , the Shi family brothers were seriously injured and have not recovered, let alone those brothers who died at the hands of the Demon Cult before..."
"Then there's Brother Qi, there's Brother Zhou, there's Brother Xiaochun and I..." Ning Xiaofeng cried incoherently.
"Old Villa Master Zhou has an old injury and can't even get off the bed. How can Brother Zhou leave Peiqiong Villa? Xiaochun also has to guard Luoying Valley to prevent the demon sect's thieves from taking advantage of it. As for Yun Ke..." Cai Pingshu smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Forget it, what if I spare one more person? After Nie Hengcheng is executed, the righteous path of martial arts cannot be without its successors."
"Then what should you do? Are you going to die! No, no, I won't agree! Let's hide, Old Thief Nie is getting old, let's hide in the deep mountains and old forests, and wait until he dies of old age before coming out, okay?" Ning Xiaofeng's face was red and wrinkled from crying.
"Nie Hengcheng has already announced that he will kill every sect in the world who dare not obey his orders. Let him live for one more day, and many innocent people in the world will die in vain." Cai Pingshu comforted him softly, " Don’t worry, Xiaofeng, my life is very precious, I won’t die if I don’t take Nie Hengcheng away.”
"Is there really no one else who can help you?" Ning Xiaofeng refused to give up and sought medical treatment in a hurry. "Well, where is the person you gave him the black iron wristband?"
Cai Pingshu's calm expression seemed to have a thin crack. After a long time, she said: "That person no longer exists in the world."
Ning Xiaofeng remembered clearly that Cai Pingshu's face at that time had such an almost cold determination.
Chapter 91
Three days later, Song Yuzhi recovered from his injury and came out of the house.
The medicine house is almost healed.
During the three days of recovery, Song Shijun stayed at the medicine house and never left. Every two hours, he would pull Lei Xiuming through the crack in the window to observe whether his son's face was correct while he was meditating. He was picky about every bowl of Qi-boosting soup that was served. The medicinal materials inside are not valuable enough.
Lei Xiuming didn't bother him much, and complained to Qi Yunke many times to no avail. He was so angry that he almost resigned and returned home. Fortunately, after three days, Song Yuzhi came out of the meditation room by himself.
Song Shijun was overjoyed and immediately planned a banquet for guests. He also wanted to invite seventy, eighty or ninety singers and dancers to vigorously promote the customs industry in Qingque Town. However, Qi Yunke persuaded him to change the banquet to a small one.
"Don't be impatient for a moment. Yu Zhi has only recovered his previous skills, but has not fully recovered!" Qi Yunke said earnestly.
Song Shijun: "What, since it has recovered, how can it be called 'not completely recovered'!"
Ning Xiaofeng complained at the side: "The ice jade is not the purple jade golden sunflower after all. It broke into pieces before you finally exerted your strength. Brother Xiaochun said, the last ray of coldness in Yuzhi Dantian has not been cleared yet - in your own heart There’s no number at all!”
Song Shijun felt dizzy for a while.
While treating his son's injuries, he found that the cold air in his son's Dantian was faintly dispersed, like a few strands of silk mixed into a pile of linen, which was extremely difficult to get rid of in one go. He, Qi Yunke and Cai Pingchun worked together, with the help of ice jade, to slowly dispel the cold air. When he was about to finish, he did faintly catch a hint of cold air floating in his son's Dantian.
However, at this moment, the ice jade shattered.
Qi Yunke said: "Yuzhi has indeed recovered at this time, but what about the future? With Yuzhi's qualifications and according to the original progress, within ten years his achievements will not be inferior to those of you and me. But now that the coldness in his Dantian has not been eradicated, in the future Your practice will definitely yield twice the result with half the effort."
"Then, what should we do?" Song Shijun was anxious.
Song Yuzhi was very calm, "Father, don't worry. As long as the purple jade golden sunflower is still in the world, your son can always find it. There is no perfect way, even if there is no purple jade golden sunflower, I believe there are other ways in the world."
After being hit hard by cruel fate, Song Shijun lost his joyful thoughts, and finally the small banquet was changed to a family banquet.
