Zhutian: My skills are not serious

Chapter 586 In the end, I, the Sea King, still love you

"That makes sense." You Chuhong said, "Are you the leader of the Xieji Sect now?"

"Yes."

"Then do you know how the righteous martial arts world treats you now?"

Chu Pingsheng said with a half-smile: "Well, at least those people haven't blocked the door of Chai Mansion and shouted for fighting and killing."

"That's almost it."

You Chuhong raised her head, her cloudy eyes gradually shone with coldness: "As far as I know, the junior brother of Demon Marshal Zhao Deyan, Liang Shidu, who has the background of the Shuofang Yingyang School, and Liu Wuzhou have formed an alliance with the Li family with the support of DTZ Jie Li Khan. They will soon march south through Shanxi and attack Luoyang. Yu Wenzhi and Li Mi have also formed a strategic alliance. The former's army has already entered Xuchang, forming a pincer attack with the Wagang army stationed in Xingyang, waiting for an opportunity to attack the Eastern Capital in one go. Dou Jiande and Du Fuwei have frequently sent people to contact Li Mi, and the three parties seem to have signed a ceasefire agreement."

Maybe because she was talking too long and her lung capacity was insufficient, she paused to take a breath and then continued, "You shouldn't offend DTZ and Zhengdao at the same time."

Chu Pingsheng shrugged his shoulders with an indifferent attitude, which made Dugu Feng beside the old lady want to strangle him to death. It was already this late and he was still not in a hurry at all.

You Chuhong said, "I know you have formed an alliance with Zhu Yuyan and can get help from some separatist forces, but...even though Xiao Xin, who is entrenched in Hunan, is the cousin of the Empress Dowager, I am sure that he will never help in this matter. Lin Shihong in Jiangxi is restrained by the Lingnan Song clan and is also powerless. Only Zhu Can can help Luoyang, but his reputation is too bad. If the world knows that the Sui court has formed an alliance with him, the reputation of Emperor Huangtai will be ruined."

You Chuhong was here to help him analyze the situation, but Chu Pingsheng just laughed and said, "Very good."

pretty good?
It's a matter of life and death, and you're still doing fine?

Dugu Feng looked at the old lady and said nothing.

Dugu Feng kept winking at him, asking him to be serious.

You Chuhong raised her jade staff and pounded it on the ground: "If I were the Empress Dowager, even if I didn't hand you over, I would banish the Chai family from the East Capital."

"Too bad you're not."

His nonchalant expression fully illustrates what it means to be fearless.

Outsiders did not know the truth about Wang Shichong's rebellion and thought that the Chai father and son were able to be reinstated because Chai Shao's actions in Chang'an demonstrated the Chai family's loyalty and his ability. However, Dugu Feng and his daughter and You Chuhong knew very well that the Chai father and son's earlier dismissal was just a show performed by them and the Empress Dowager to establish the latter's prestige.

"Can you guarantee that the Empress Dowager will not sacrifice the Chai family at the critical moment?"

"..."

Chu Pingsheng smiled and said nothing.

You Chuhong continued, "Feng'er told me that you hired those blacksmiths from the Dongming faction. Officials from the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of War are working overtime to manufacture weapons and equipment and to raise food and horses. But do you really think that Luoyang alone can resist the separatist forces in Hebei? What's more, your men killed Song Que's son and brother."

Chu Pingsheng drooped his eyelids and twirled his fingertips lightly: "Old lady, has someone contacted you to let the Dugu family be an insider and lend a helping hand at a critical moment?"

"..."

"They...are not Yuwenshang and Li Mi's men, are they?"

You Chuhong tightened her grip on the jade staff, and her dim old eyes flashed with two rays of light: "How did you know?"

Chu Pingsheng said calmly, "Within 300 miles of Luoyang City, I think the only person who can seriously injure you is Yuwen Shang."

"You know this too?!"

Because You Chuhong was too excited, her face turned red again. She turned her head to the side and coughed violently. Dugu Feng hurriedly took out a handkerchief and handed it to her, watching her grandmother cough up a ball of blood.

On the day that Yuwen Shang and Wang Bodang sneaked into Dugu Mansion, she and Dugu Feng went to Henei County in the north to inspect the military situation. When the father and daughter came back after receiving the news, You Chuhong had already been in seclusion. It took her two full months to suppress her injuries and recover to 80% of her previous combat effectiveness. The first outsider the old lady met after coming out of seclusion was Chai Shao.

"It's just a routine operation before a siege. Anyone with a little common sense can figure it out. Alas, with such a good opportunity, they didn't go to Chai Mansion to cause trouble."

Chu Pingsheng looked regretful when he said this.

Dugu Feng thought to himself that by then you and Chai Shen had already been stripped of your official positions, leaving only your titles. Yuwen Shang and Wang Bodang were not fools, so what good would it be for them to cause trouble at Chai's mansion?
"Since the person who hurt you was Yuwen Shang, I believe you have already made your choice."

"good."

You Chuhong looked at him with scorching eyes: "Since you and the Empress Dowager have made up their minds to fight them to the end, then my Dugu family can only sacrifice our lives to accompany you. I just hope that you will not bring the Dugu family to a situation from which there is no recovery... cough cough cough... cough cough cough..."

After saying that, he burst into violent coughing again.

Chu Pingsheng looked at Dugu Feng, then at the worried Dugu Feng, and laughed: "Old lady, do you want revenge?"

"What do you mean?"

You Chuhong clenched the blood-stained handkerchief into her palm.

"Kill Yuwen Shang."

She shook her head, a silver thread falling into the dust: "I am no match for him."

Chu Pingsheng took out a white porcelain bottle from his arms and placed it on the coffee table next to him: "There are three pills in it. The white one treats internal injuries, the red one dredges the meridians, and the black one strengthens the body. Take one pill every three days in order. I guarantee that when you see Yuwen Shang again, you will kill him with one blow of your stick."

"This is impossible……"

You Chuhong didn't believe it. In order to repair the damaged meridians caused by practicing martial arts when she was young, the entire family had tried every possible way for more than 20 years but all ended in failure. She was seriously injured by Yu Wen a few days ago, adding insult to injury. If it weren't for her strong internal strength that could suppress the injuries, an ordinary person would have died long ago.

Now Chai Shao held three pills and told her that she would be cured after taking them. This was a scene that only happened in dreams.

"Okay, let's stop here today. When you recover, hold a banquet to entertain relatives and friends. Don't forget to invite me to the banquet." Chu Pingsheng stood up, opened his folding fan, and strode out.

"Mom, look at this boy...what's his attitude?"

Dugu Feng was so angry that he was fuming. Although Dugu Feng had not yet married into the Chai family, he was definitely her future father-in-law, but how did that guy treat him? He just patted his butt and left?

You Chuhong ignored him and looked at Dugu Feng and said, "Why are you still standing there? Send him away."

"Oh, yes." This female swordsman, who looked heroic and as brave as any man in front of outsiders, became a completely different person in front of her grandmother. She ran out of the small hall with her aqua skirt with a blue ribbon fluttering in the wind, and walked along the corridor to chase her fiancé.

When the two of them arrived at the door, Dugu Feng wanted to walk a little further, but Tuan, panting all the way, wiped his sweat and came over. He looked up and bumped into the two of them. He was stunned: "Young Master?"

"No hurries?"

"Yes... yes, the master of the family."

"My dad? What happened to him?"

"The head of the family said...told you to return home quickly...something...something big happened at home."

"What's the big deal?"

"The master didn't... didn't say anything, so he asked me to call you... back."

Dugu Feng said: "Then let's go quickly, hey..."

Seeing the master and servant take two steps forward, she shouted to stop from behind.

"what happened?"

"Nothing... nothing..." She clenched her pink fist on her chest, turned around and went back home.

Tuan turned back and asked with a puzzled look on his face: "Sir... why is she... so hesitant? Is it because I'm too much of a hindrance?"

"No, she's just a little mentally unbalanced."

"Imbalanced mentality?"

"If you have always protected someone, and one day you suddenly find that you are not as good as him, how would you feel?"

Tuan scratched his head, not knowing how to answer this question.

"Sir, wait... wait for me..."

……

After an incense stick of time, the two returned to Chai's house. Just as they passed the screen wall and walked into the courtyard, they saw Chai Shen walking back and forth under the eaves with his hands behind his back from afar. The warm light of the setting sun shining on his face could not melt the gloom.

"Shao'er, you're back."

"What happened? Why are you in such a hurry?"

Chai Shen glanced at Tu An, who understood what he meant. He pointed to the corridor leading to the backyard and slipped away.

"follow me."

Chai Shen took Chu Pingsheng into the front hall, walked around the screen, and entered the small room next to it.

There was a man leaning on the couch, his gray-white robe had a bunch of dust spots on it, which must be dried blood.

Chu Pingsheng took a closer look and recognized the person's identity, and couldn't help but frowned.

"Lu Miaozi?"

No wonder Chai Shen hurriedly asked Tuan to go to Dugu Mansion to find him. It turned out that it was his cheap father-in-law who came to the house, and it seemed that he had suffered serious internal injuries.

"Chai Shao..."

Hearing his voice, the pale old man opened his eyes and struggled to straighten his dry body. Just this movement caused him to gasp for a long time.

Chu Pingsheng took out a white porcelain bottle from his bosom, poured out a pill and stuffed it into Lu Miaozi's mouth, then used his true qi to help the medicine dissolve, then stood up and said, "Who hurt you like this?"

Lu Miaozi's complexion had visibly improved. He stared at the small bottle in his hand with a slightly dull look, as if it was difficult for him to understand why he, who was known as the world's best all-rounder who was proficient in medicine, architecture, astronomy, and mechanics, could only control his internal injuries from getting worse, while the effect of his pill was so immediate after he took it.

"This medicine..."

Chu Pingsheng simply threw the white porcelain bottle to the old man.

Lu Miaozi opened the lid wrapped in red silk cloth and smelled it, with a puzzled look on her face.

Chai Shen couldn't understand his behavior: "Brother Lu, Shao'er is asking you a question."

"what?"

Only then did he free himself from the countless questions in his mind, looked at the Chai family father and son and said, "It's Li Yuan and his third son."

Chai Shen frowned and asked, "Li Yuan and Li Yuanji? How did Brother Lu come into conflict with them?"

Lu Miaozi sighed and looked at Chu Pingsheng with a strange face: "After the news of what happened in Yang Gong's treasury reached Pegasus Ranch, Shang Peng and Shang He were worried about Xiuxun's safety, so they went to the valley where I lived in seclusion and asked me to go to Chang'an to pick her up and bring her back to Pegasus Ranch. After I arrived in Chang'an, Li Shimin told me that Xiuxun and Song Yuzhi went to Lingnan as guests. I thought something was wrong. Xiuxun was already more than five months pregnant. How could she travel such a long distance from Chang'an to Lingnan?"

At this point, he slowed down and continued, "I thought Li Shimin was deliberately making things difficult for me because of Yang Gong's treasure house, so I searched the Tang Palace at night, but I didn't find anyone. Instead, I heard the conversation between Li Yuan and his two sons. I just learned that the Li family had escorted Xiuxun to Lingnan in order to gain the support of the Lingnan Song clan, and Song Zhi's purpose was simple, to force you to bring the murderer who killed your nephew Song Shidao and your second brother Song Lu to the south to atone for your sins."

(End of this chapter)