Li Fenglan asked: "Does Sister Mu know the identities of those gangsters?"
Mu Zi shook his head: "I don't know... and I don't want to know anymore. Before dad died, he didn't want me to take revenge. He just wanted me to find grandpa."
Li Fenglan suddenly hesitated. Master Jiu was old. If he now knew that his children and grandchildren were dead, what kind of blow would it cause to the old man. Mu Zi should have been a strong woman before, but she probably became disheartened after the blow, so much so that she didn't even want to avenge her family's destruction.
Finally, Li Fenglan made up her mind and took out a bell from her arms. Last time Peregrine Falcon brought two, both of them were somewhat damaged. She handed the bell to Mu Zi and said, "You just go to Chaolan Valley and give this thing to them. They will believe you. I will also send a letter to Sister Mu... There is nothing good in the valley. But if you want to live in peace in the valley, Changfeng Tower will still meet your requirements."
A bitter smile appeared on Mu Zi's face, and there seemed to be tears in her eyes. She whispered, "Thank you, Miss Li... It's getting late, so I won't disturb you."
"Sister Mu," Li Fenglan said, "we are all family members, so we don't need to see outsiders like this. You can stay here as long as you want. You can come with us in two days. We have to return to Luoyang, so it would be nice to have someone on the way. Take care of."
Mu Zi shook his head: "No need... I'm not used to being with others."
Mu Zi left, and Feicui asked Li Fenglan in a low voice: "Isn't this Sister Mu a little strange?"
Li Fenglan nodded: "Yes...she has lost her soul."
Although he still looks like a human being, he is already empty inside. He has no ideals and no beliefs, just like a walking zombie. Li Fenglan understood that revenge must be retaliated. No matter how heroic you are, you cannot force those who have suffered a huge blow to take revenge. In this world, people can always remember those who endured humiliation, endured hardships, and finally succeeded in revenge, but few people know about those who did not choose revenge.
Mu Zi's choice is not the choice of most people.
Jade suddenly said: "People have to have an outlet. If you keep holding it in, I'm afraid it will break."
Li Fenglan said: "I know what you are thinking...but Jade, we have the courage to take revenge, not because of how powerful you and Amber are, nor because of how smart I am, but because of Changfeng Tower, Shaolin, and Qingfeng behind us." The disciples scattered outside the Temple, Thorn Gate, Changfeng Tower, Bai Family, Li Fengyao, and even Yaoxian Valley. Sister Mu is alone, which is too difficult for her. She may have had the temper of a young lady before, but her family has been She was massacred, abandoned by her own people, and disfigured, so she had to change her character. It is not easy for her to still have the courage to live."
Jade sighed, said: "You should go to bed early." and left the room. Read the book
Li Fenglan stared at the direction Mu Zi left, a little lost. So many people were killed, and who among the people who had fled into the valley over the years had not experienced the pain of family destruction and death.
She said to herself: "What is Lao Mo capable of? Let these people follow him even if their wives and children are separated..."
…
The next day was the day of the finals, and the gambling outside the court had reached fever pitch.
Originally, there were many people who were against the agarwood branch, but after the fight between jade and amber yesterday, it turns out that jade has a higher odds now.
When Li Fenglan went out this time, she brought more than one hundred taels of silver, all of which were spent on jade.
Li Fenglan was not the only one who spent money. Although Xu Qingchen is an upright person, he does not have much money. Although I worked at Yao's house for half a year and saved a lot of money, I took some scattered silver with me when I came out. I spent almost all of it along the way.
Zhang Yuan and his wife still had a lot of money in their hands, so Xu Qingchen encouraged them to buy jade.
Under the ring, Zhang Yuan said worriedly: "Brother Qingchen, are you sure?"
Xu Qingchen smiled and said, "Believe me, I'm right...Brother Zhang, you are a very generous person, why are you so worried about everything now?"
Zhang Yuan spread his hands and said, "Your sister-in-law is obsessed with money. When I was my brother, we had a big business. I took your sister-in-law around all these years, and I have been sitting on nothing for a long time. Now I can't wait to break a penny in half and spend it."
Xu Qingchen laughed: "Brother Zhang, no
No matter what, you can win everything back. If it's smashed inside, I'll find a way to get it back for you. "
Zhang Yuan sighed and said resignedly: "Okay, it's up to you... I won't blame you if you can't get it back. I'll take it from Linghan's dowry."
During this time, Zhang Yuan and his wife played matchmaker to Xu Qingchen when they had nothing to do. They kept talking about how good their junior sisters were, and Xu Qingchen's ears were about to grow calluses. After listening for a long time, Xu Qingchen wanted to meet this girl Ayana.
Xu Qingchen joked, "What? Brother Zhang also paid for your junior sister's dowry?"
Zhang Yuan shook his head and said, "It's okay. The little girl saved her own money and deposited it with me. It must be several hundred taels."
Xu Qingchen frowned and asked, "Brother Zhang, you took out more than 700 taels when we were placing bets last night. Could it be..."
"Yes, Ayana's trousseau is also in it. Don't tell your sister-in-law."
Xu Qingchen spread his hands and said to himself: If she loses, Linghan's dowry will be gone, so what else will she need to do?
While the two were talking, Jade Cui and Shen Xiangzhi were already in their stance on the ring. Li Fenglan told Jade last night that due to Mu Zi's abandonment of the game, there were new rules in the off-site gambling: if the game didn't start, it would be considered a tie if it conceded defeat. So she asked Jade and Shen Xiangzhi to fight for a while longer, at least to look good. Besides, if the finals end in a careless manner, then Changfeng Tower will no longer be able to compete in the arena, and their spines will be broken.
When the competition started, neither of them was vague, there was no sloppiness, and it was hard work.
The audience in the audience was extremely nervous. They wanted to see who was more powerful among these two new masters who had just emerged.
Jade knows: Agarwood is even more powerful, her internal strength is too overbearing.
Although Chen Wu had said before that the internal power of agarwood branches was probably stimulated by drugs, but even if her internal power were doubled, it was not something Jade could compete with. When competing with others in the valley, except for the valley owner Mo Changfeng, no one could make her arms numb, but Agarwood did it. As for the fairy swordsmanship, she couldn't use it at all.
Agarwood's steel umbrella has a unique shape and can be used both offensively and defensively. Jadeite tried several times but couldn't break through. The fights these days have been very relaxed and enjoyable. Even in the fight with Amber yesterday, Jade didn't take it too seriously. But now, even though I have worked hard, I still can't shake the agarwood branch.
Agarwood was also surprised. On the day they first entered the valley, Agarwood had a fight with Jade. At that time, Jade's internal energy had dried up and its offensive power was greatly reduced. But even so, Agarwood never imagined that Jade in its full state would have such high combat power. If it were anyone else in front of him, his internal organs would have been shocked by her internal power, but Jade seemed to be able to do so with ease.
If he really puts it off like this, after two hundred moves, maybe Jade will win. If Jade and Amber had been full of internal energy that day, he would definitely not be able to defeat the two of them - or in other words, no one in this martial arts world could defeat two little girls working together. Of course, except those like Taotie and Zhen, where one plus one is greater than two.
The fight was a lively one, and after one hundred and twenty moves, everyone could see that Jade was at a disadvantage and there was no chance of a comeback.
Zhang Yuan squeezed Xu Qingchen's shoulders tightly, not out of jealousy, but out of worry. He always wanted to find something to squeeze, completely subconsciously. This was very painful for Xu Qingchen, who practiced boxing at Tianquan Sect. Zhang Yuan's palm force was so heavy that he almost crushed Xu Qingchen's shoulder.
Zhang Yuan was still muttering in a low voice: "It's over, it's over...the money is gone...Linghan's dowry...brother Qingchen...will you marry my junior sister without a dowry? We won't accept the betrothal gift." …It’s over, it’s over…”
Then, something unexpected happened. After Shen Xiangzhi forced Jade back with an umbrella, she suddenly closed her umbrella and said to Jade expressionlessly: "I give up."
The audience was completely silent, and even the four referees were a little dumbfounded.
What do you mean?
As Agarwood jumped off the ring, the audience burst into cheers and wails. Those who cheered naturally won money, and those who mourned need not say more.
Zhang Yuan almost jumped up with joy, shook Xu Qingchen's shoulders and said, "Win! Win! Linghan's dowry has been saved! According to the rules of the world, betrothal gifts cannot be omitted!"
The audience around them said anything.
.
"Tonight at Zuixianlou! I'm treating you!"
"I have enough money to get a wife!"
"Is Yaoxian Tower high? Can it kill someone if it falls?"
"Brother, go upstairs and hold a seat for me."
Since they didn’t admit defeat at the beginning, it was hard for the audience to say anything. Besides, Chen Xiangzhi lost the competition, but won the sparring match. Everyone knew that she didn't give in, she just gave up. Now, most of the world knows that there is something fishy between the Thorns Sect and Changfeng Tower. This Master of the Shen Sect might be the gunman hired by Changfeng Tower to snatch Snow Lotus.
The happiest person was Li Fenglan. Ever since she robbed the Songshan Sect last time, Li Fenglan had a soft spot for money. She deeply realized that in this world, big things cannot be done without money.
Chen Wu said disdainfully: "Why are you so happy? The odds of Jade are only five points. If you win, you will make a net profit of fifty taels of silver."
Li Fenglan chuckled: "I pressed down the lease on the house in Xianrentang, and I can earn almost three hundred taels this time."
Amber's eyes widened: "If Sister Jade loses, where will we live in the future?"
"If you lose, just take it back. Where will you and Jade stop? Who dares to touch you?"
Zhu Mingyu just wanted to slap himself in the face. He had saved some money during this period, so he had to put it all in.
Li Fenglan said to Zhu Mingyu, "Taoist Master Zhu, go and invite Master Shen to come to the small courtyard for a gathering."
Zhu Mingyu went downstairs to look for agarwood branches, but turned around and couldn't find them. When he asked the boy from Yaoxian Valley, the boy said that Master Shen had left. Zhu Mingyu was depressed and said in her heart: Master Shen is really resolute and does things without any sloppiness.
Just as he was about to go back to the courtyard to talk to Li Fenglan, he saw his second senior brother. Kang Taichang walked towards Zhu Mingyu with a bright face and said with a smile: "Old Qi, hahaha, this jade girl is really amazing."
Zhu Mingyu frowned: "No, Second Senior Brother, can't you see that jade can't beat agarwood branches?"
"I can tell, but the Emerald Girl won."
"You... also participated in the gambling game?"
"Hey, don't tell Master...Senior brother, I haven't seen any meat in half a year."
"It's okay if you don't let me tell you. Bring it."
"What?"
"money."
"What do you mean, Lao Qi?"
"We don't want more, senior brother, you mean it."
"What do you mean?"
"That's what it means."
"Old Qi, you are not interesting enough."
"I don't tell the master, it's already interesting enough."
"Tsk," Kang Taichang smacked his lips, "It's so boring." After saying that, he took out a purse and threw it to Zhu Mingyu, saying, "It's time to save money and spend money. Especially for the girl."
Zhu Mingyu squinted and said, "Senior brother, you are becoming more and more immoral."
"I'm afraid of being poor... Where will you go from now on?"
"Follow the girls back to Luoyang. Where are you, senior brother?"
"Yunyou."
"Who is watching now?"
"As for the senior brother, I don't know if the master has returned."
Zhu Mingyu made a Taoist priest and said respectfully: "Second senior brother, I am blessed with infinite blessings."
Kang Taichang returned the greeting: "Seventh Junior Brother, I am blessed with infinite blessings."
