The light of the sword is like the moon reflecting on Kyushu

As Chang'an and Nongyu were traveling, they suddenly noticed a caravan of carriages ahead.

The carriage was filled with mahogany boxes, each bearing the large character "柳" (Liu) written on it!

Seeing that the people escorting the car were all thugs from the Heaven on Earth nightclub, Chang'an instinctively stepped forward to greet them. But just as he was about to lift his leg, a sudden thought struck him, and the words of Young Master Long seemed to still ring in his ears: "Tonight I have already sent people to clear out the Liu family. Even if the collateral branches of the Liu family go tonight, they will only get an empty shell!"

These people... weren't they arranged by Young Master Long?

Why should I go up and say hello? Wouldn't that ruin his plan?
He grabbed Nongyu's sleeve and hid in the shadows!

Wei Qiang, perched on the roof ridge, let out a long breath. The Zhuge Repeating Crossbow was no longer locked onto He Chang'an; it was gently placed on the tile.

Zhu Wu and Jian Nu were hiding in a private residence, which Zhu Wu had secretly purchased. His beloved, Xiang Nu, lived there!
Xiangnu followed him all the way north, traveling thousands of miles without complaint or regret.

She knew his purpose in marrying into the Liu family was to make a comeback! So she felt no jealousy at all!

This is why Zhu Wu likes Xiang Nu the most!
Xiangnu is discerning, open-minded, knows what she wants, and knows how to get to it!
She even knew that Liu Ruyan's maid was seducing him!
Xiangnu wasn't angry at all. She actually told Zhu Wu that capturing Miss Liu's maid would be more beneficial to the entire operation! They could use the maid to uncover more secrets about Liu Ruyan and even the Liu family!

Zhu Wu once said to his men, who were hiding in the shadows, "What is vision? This is vision!" Xiang Nu's vision even surpasses that of those old guys!
The moment the door opened, the sword slave discovered that the person who opened it was an absolutely stunning beauty!
Sword Slave frowned: "Who is she?"

Zhu Wu said, "She is my old..."

Xiangnu immediately interrupted, greeting him with a smile: "I am his cousin from his hometown. My name is Xiangnu. Who are you?"

Instinct tells Jiannu that this Xiangnu is definitely not Zhu Wu's cousin!

She laughed and said, "What a coincidence! My name is Jiannu, and yours is Xiangnu. We're quite destined for each other, aren't we?"

Xiangnu clearly saw the wariness and rejection in Jiannu's eyes, and she knew perfectly well that this Jiannu had truly fallen for Zhu Wu! She smiled and said, "Please come inside!"

Sword Slave looked around and saw that the courtyard was not large, but it was very exquisite. The layout was obviously in the southern style, probably the Lingnan style.

"Young master, I never imagined you had a mistress outside your own household. Aren't you afraid that Miss will suspect you're keeping a secret lover?"

Xiangnu smiled and said, "I am your son-in-law's sister, how could Miss Liu possibly doubt me?"

Sword Slave said, "The young master and young lady have been married for almost a year, but this is the first time I've known about this courtyard, and also the first time I've known about you. If I were our young lady, I would definitely be suspicious!"

Xiangnu laughed and said, "If I told you that I bought this courtyard less than three days ago, and that I've only been here for less than two days, would you believe me?"

Sword Slave was taken aback. "What a coincidence? Do you think I'd believe that?"

Xiangnu smiled and said, "Come on, have some hot tea first!"

The three entered the house, and Xiangnu laid out tea sets and pastries. She boiled a pot of water on a small charcoal stove next to her and prepared tea leaves, waiting for the water to boil. "Try this pastry first, it's lychee flavored!"

Jiannu was initially planning to refuse, but she had never even heard of lychee-flavored candied fruit before, and her cravings instantly kicked in! What girl doesn't love desserts? Especially lychee-flavored ones! Even though she wasn't actually eating lychee, tasting the flavor of lychee was something to brag about!
"Lychee flavor? Is it?" Her gaze was fixed on the candied fruit and she couldn't take it off!
Xiangnu and Zhu Wu exchanged a quick glance, both revealing subtle smiles!
This sword slave may seem cunning and difficult, but she is ultimately just a naive girl with little experience in the martial world. She has lived under the protection of Miss Liu since childhood and has only learned her temper, but not her wisdom. A small lychee-flavored candied fruit was enough to make her lower all her guard!

"Here, have a taste. I made all of these myself, and they taste great!" Xiangnu picked up a piece and handed it to Jiannu!
Jiannu took it, put it in his mouth, chewed a few times, and immediately showed a look of intoxication. "Oh, it's so delicious! It's a pity that lychees grow in the south and not in the north. I guess there aren't many of these candied fruits left, are there?"

Xiangnu smiled and said, "I have an ice chest here, which has been used to freeze a lot of lychees. Would you like to try some?"

Sword Slave's eyes lit up immediately. "You have lychees here? Really?"

Xiangnu laughed and said, "Of course it's true!"

The sword slave asked, "What is an ice chest?"

Xiangnu said, "It's a container used to hold ice and put food in during the hot summer."

The sword slave asked, "Why haven't we heard of such a thing in our family? Where can we buy it?"

Xiangnu laughed and said, "Ordinary people can't buy this! I got this ice chest from a retired high-ranking official. He was our neighbor. When he died, his family was poor and he couldn't afford to be buried, so we helped him. His grandson had no way to repay us, so he gave me this ice chest that the emperor had bestowed upon him!"

"So it's a royal item! No wonder our Liu family doesn't have one!"

"Sword Slave, please sit down for a while. I'll go get you some lychees!"

The sword slave immediately blushed, "Then...how could I possibly..."

Feng Jiuxiao said:
Xiangnu smiled and said, "It's alright, just wait, I'll be right away!" With that, she turned and left.

Seeing Xiangnu's figure disappear into the distance, Jiannu immediately grabbed Zhu Wu's arm and excitedly said, "Is this Xiangnu sister so amazing? She actually knows how to use an ice chest to refrigerate fruit!"

Zhu Wu laughed and said, "You can stay here tonight!"

Sword Slave immediately said shyly, "Fragrant Slave is still here..."

Zhu Wu laughed and said, "What are you thinking? You're sleeping with her!"

Sword Slave let out an "Ah!" and his cheeks immediately turned red!

Before long, Xiangnu brought up a fruit platter with a jade bowl filled with lychees. Since the lychees had just been taken out of the ice chest, a layer of white frost had formed on them!
"Come on, peel it!"

Just then, someone outside the door said, "Young master, you're back?"

Zhu Wu glanced at Xiang Nu and said, "I'm going out for a bit. You stay with her."

Xiangnu nodded.

Sword Slave was peeling shells when he saw Zhu Wu about to go out, so he asked, "Where are you going?"

Zhu Wu said, "I have something to take care of, I'll be right back."

Sword Slave said, "Hurry up!"

Zhu Wu smiled and said, "Okay!"

He came to the courtyard and saw three masked men standing in the shadows in the corner. He walked over to them.

The three immediately bowed in respect.

"Alright, we're all brothers. How's the investigation going?"

One person said, "Feng Jiuxiao has taken over Heaven and Earth! He killed Yang Wanli and installed a new manager named Chu Tiankuo! Now they are taking over the Liu family's businesses together with Liu Quan!" His voice was a little hoarse.

Zhu Wu frowned and said, "They haven't stopped all night?"

The masked man with a hoarse voice said, "No! You could say we've been on non-stop!"

Zhu Wu frowned deeply!

The second person said, "The entire Liu Mubai family of five is dead. Mr. Yao, the Six Fiends of the Azure Dragon, and the divine physician Xue Yufeng are also dead. Only Li Xiuyuan and his daughter Li Chan'er are still alive. They have returned to the inn and joined Zeng Yong, Yuan Zishan, and the others!" His voice was somewhat low.

Zhu Wu said, "They're all dead! He's as ruthless as ever!"

The masked man spoke in a deep voice, "It seems the entire Liu family died at the hands of their own people!" Zhu Wu was taken aback, then said, "Impressive tactics! They managed to create a situation of infighting and absolve themselves of all responsibility!"

The third person said, "Wei Qiang, the owner of Wei's Silk Shop, has hired a lot of people to carry silver out of the Liu family's house!" His voice was rather soft and gentle, clearly with a Lingnan accent!

Zhu Wu raised an eyebrow, a murderous glint flashing in his eyes: "What?"

A soft, feminine voice came from the masked man: "Someone is carrying silver out of the Liu family's house!"

Zhu Wu's eyes flashed with a cold light. "That bastard Feng Jiuxiao, he's afraid I'll take advantage of the Liu family!"

He suddenly calmed down and muttered to himself, "Given Feng Jiuxiao's personality, he shouldn't be in such a hurry. Is he in a rush to get somewhere? If so, he should leave tomorrow! Then I just need to stay calm, wait a bit, and act after he leaves to take back everything from the Liu family!"

He looked at the three of them and said in a deep voice, "Immediately find out where the silver went. Don't alert them. Just find out where the silver was finally stored. They can run away, but they can't hide! Once Feng Jiuxiao leaves Diexi, this place will be ours!"

The three masked men said in unison, "Wishing you boundless good fortune, young master!" Then the three figures disappeared into the darkness!

At this moment, Feng Jiuxiao, Pang Shiwu, and Liu Quan headed towards Yuelai Inn!
Feng Jiuxiao asked, "Liu Quan, are you willing to stay?"

Liu Quan chuckled, "If you don't mind, young master, I am willing to serve you like a dog or a horse!"

Feng Jiuxiao said, "Although I, Liu Mubai, am dead, the Liu family branch still exists. Your loyalty to me means severing all ties with them, becoming strangers from now on, or even turning into enemies. Can you accept that?"

Liu Quan said, "A wise man submits to circumstances! If Liu Mubai were alive, it would be very difficult for me to be his enemy! But now, my mentor, my benefactor, Liu Mubai, is dead, so I can let go!"

Feng Jiuxiao said, "Well said, 'You're good at letting go!' He couldn't help but look at Liu Quan with newfound respect!"
The three of them slowly walked onto an arched bridge. Feng Jiuxiao said, "Your biggest pressure doesn't come from the Liu clan members, but from Zhu Wu, your son-in-law!"

Liu Quan said, "I saw long ago that this guy's purpose in approaching the young lady was impure. Moreover, he clearly knows martial arts, but he pretends not to. This guy is hiding his true colors so well; he's obviously no good!"

Feng Jiuxiao said, "I plan to leave here tomorrow morning, so Zhu Wu will definitely take advantage of my departure to seize control of the Liu family! He must also know that I moved the silver from the treasury, and he will definitely send people to monitor the flow and final destination of this silver!"

Liu Quan looked worried. "Young master, if you leave and Zhu Wu takes the money back and takes the shop back, then all our work tonight will have been for nothing."

Feng Jiuxiao said, "He dares not approach the place where the silver is! So he can forget about taking back the silver from the treasury! As for those shops, they are a problem! If he tries to rob them, none of you can stop him!"

Liu Quan said, "What if I send more people to guard against it?"

Feng Jiuxiao said, "He seems to have reached the third level of the Glazed Realm now. No matter how many more people you add, they are all ants in his eyes!"

"What should I do?"

"We have no choice but to deal with it ruthlessly!"

"What do you mean?"

"Send someone to the county government tomorrow morning to report that the last emperor of the Southern Han Dynasty is here, and request the court to send troops to reinforce him immediately!"

"What? Zhu Wu is the emperor of the Southern Han?"

"It used to be!"

"I never imagined that Zhu Wu had such an identity! He always acted like a kept man, but I never thought he was once so unapproachable!"

"He has another identity, and this identity is very dangerous for you. You must pay attention to it!"

"What identity?"

"The undisputed leader of the martial arts world in Lingnan, the Eight-Character Dragon Head!"

"The dragon's head in the shape of eight characters?"

"We'll grant your requests, but we won't bother you unnecessarily!"

"Holy crap, those eight words are pretty badass! How many people would dare to be so openly and ostentatiously bold?"

"Don't be fooled by his nickname 'Eight-Character Dragon Head,' that's just for show. He'll take any kind of money!"

"I can tell! He's been swindling a lot of money from the young lady lately!"

"Didn't Liu Mubai notice anything suspicious about this son-in-law?"

"Of course I found out, but unfortunately the young lady has a willful and capricious temper. Once she gets stuck on something, not even nine oxen could pull her back! So the master can only observe in secret and resolutely forbid her from interfering in the Liu family's business! I estimate that even now, Zhu Wu doesn't know exactly how many businesses the Liu family owns!"

"Aren't you scared? What if he comes to you tomorrow and forces you to give in? What will you do then?"

Liu Quan was somewhat embarrassed and remained silent for a long while!

If he said he would never reveal the Liu family's secret, not only would Young Master Long not believe him, but even he himself wouldn't believe it!
But if you say that you can't resist if the other party uses force and you have no choice but to confess honestly, then you'll seem too damn cowardly!
Feng Jiuxiao laughed and said, "Didn't I tell you? Tomorrow you go to the Maozhou County government office and tell the magistrate that there are remnants of the Southern Han here. Not only will you be out of danger, but you'll also have done a great service! Double happiness!"

Liu Quan said, "But I have no proof, will the magistrate believe me?"

Feng Jiuxiao took out a piece of paper from his bosom, on which was a rubbing of a pattern. Liu Quan stared at it and immediately exclaimed, "A rubbing of the gold medal bestowed by the Great Song Dynasty?" The pattern was in two parts, representing the front and back of the gold medal. The front had a raised "圣" (Saint) character surrounded by dragon patterns and auspicious clouds. Because it was a rubbing, the raised areas were left blank, while the incised areas were black lines! The other side, the back, had the eight characters "先斩后报，如朕身临" (Execute first, report later; as if the Emperor were personally present).

There is a cursive "phoenix" character in the lower right corner of the design!

Although Liu Quan didn't know whether "Feng" was a surname or a given name, the magistrate must have recognized the owner of this gold medal! There were definitely no more than ten gold medals like this, they were extremely rare, so the magistrate must have known the owner of the gold medal!
"Alright! I'll go to the county government office first thing tomorrow morning!"

"It's almost dawn, you should get some rest, or you won't have the energy for tomorrow!"

"Yes! Gentlemen, I shall take my leave!"

"Wait a minute. If you need to contact me in the future, go to Wei Qiang. He can pass on your message. Of course, if I want to contact you, I will also go through Wei Qiang. Don't worry, Wei Qiang is just a bridge for communication; he has no right to interfere with your duties as a housekeeper!"

"Thank you for your guidance, young master!"

Outside Jinyang City. Zhao Guangyi's eyes flashed as he said, "Since a direct assault won't work, let's try a different approach!"

Lin Yongpeng asked, "What's the approach?"

Looking at the brightly lit city of Jinyang, Zhao Guangyi said quietly, "Draw water to flood the city!"

Lin Yongpeng was startled: "Does the Emperor intend to flood Jinyang?"

Zhao Guangyi said, "What? Feeling wronged on behalf of the people in the city?"

"no!"

Do you know why the late emperor attacked the Northern Han three times without success?

"This one……"

"It's because the people of Jinyang City are all soldiers! They've all been mobilized. Those with money contribute money, and those with strength contribute strength. They're united like never before! So the enemy our Song soldiers face isn't just the Han army, but the entire population of Jinyang City! Every single person in Jinyang is an enemy of our Song Dynasty! To be merciful to the enemy is to be cruel to our Song soldiers! Do you still think I'm cruel?"

"I wouldn't dare!" Lin Yongpeng's forehead instantly broke out in a sweat! (End of Chapter)