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Chapter 524 Extra: I only wish your heart is like mine, I will never let you down, I miss you (Part )

Linghu Qin walked up to Yue Lingfeng and asked coquettishly, "Uncle, why don't you come to see me recently?"

A trace of melancholy flashed across Yue Lingfeng's expression, and he turned his head and said, "My father is sick, and I have to take care of him."

"Oh!" Linghu Qin nodded and asked, "Do you need my help? By the way, I also learned Miao medicine from Master Lan for a while!"

“No need,” Yue Lingfeng shook his head and said, “Lang Xuan is here, I can just learn from him.”

"Is Lang Xuan very powerful?" Linghu Qin asked curiously.

“Well, he was a Jinshi last year, and he is the chief judge of the Imperial Medical Bureau. He is proficient in hundreds of schools of thought.” Yue Lingfeng nodded, with a bit of pride in his words.

"Then is the fourth young master who came today more powerful?" Linghu Qin continued to ask.

Yue Lingfeng smiled and introduced, "You are talking about Crested Ibis, right? He is indeed more powerful. He was selected by His Majesty as the third place winner in the imperial examination last year and is now an editor in the Imperial Academy. In addition to his literary talent, he is also an excellent martial artist. At a young age, he has already mastered the essence of several sword techniques of my brother-in-law."

"Oh, that's really admirable! But in my heart, my uncle is still the most amazing!" Linghu Qin looked at Yue Lingfeng, with a gleam in her eyes and a sweet smile on her lips.

Upon hearing this, Yue Lingfeng couldn't help but tilt his head, a bitter feeling spreading in his heart: "How can I be compared with them..."

"But in my eyes, little uncle, your bravery, sincerity, and deep friendship are all precious qualities!"

Linghu Qin stared at Yue Lingfeng, her tone sincere and firm: "So, little uncle, don't underestimate yourself, and don't belittle yourself!"

When Yue Lingfeng heard this, he was even more moved. Ever since he could remember, his father had always had very high expectations of him. He had said many times that as an elder, he couldn't be worse than the younger generation, right?
But who are his juniors?
He was Ou Qing, the deputy governor of the Central Military Governor's Office and the governor of the Five Military Camps. He was a ruthless man who led cavalry to fight in Liaodong at the age of 18 and dared to fight a war to destroy a country at the age of 21.

He was Ou Yue, an editor of the Hanlin Academy and the director of the Water Conservancy Department of the Ministry of Works. He was the top scholar in Huguang at the age of 18 and the third place in the imperial examination at the age of 21.

He was Ou Qu, a Hanlin Academy scholar and the director of the Imperial Medical Service. He was a juren at the age of seventeen and a jinshi at the age of twenty.

Perhaps because there are so many geniuses in the family, my father-in-law has the illusion that his son can do it too.

In fact, Yue Lingfeng started to take part in the provincial examinations at the age of sixteen. He secretly went back to take part twice and failed three times in total, but he did not dare to tell Lao Yue.

At this moment in the yard, Chen Buyi found an opportunity to continue to learn sword skills from Ou Yue. At Linghu Xiao's suggestion, the two decided to make friends through martial arts and have a competition.

The two men each broke off a piece of branch, and after they stood still, neither side was in a hurry to attack. Seeing this, Ou Yue slowly approached using footwork. Chen Buyi was calm and not affected at all.

Just when everyone thought that this would be a protracted battle of wits, Ou Yue's body shape suddenly changed, like a tiger descending from a mountain, and he slashed through the air, catching Chen Buyi off guard. However, he only managed to barely block this fierce attack in a flash.

Just as he was about to turn defense into offense, Ou Yue changed his body shape again, took a cross step and swung his sword, making a clever counter-attack, taking advantage of the difference in terrain, and went straight to Chen Buyi's face, forcing the opponent to continue on the defensive, which was exactly the trap that Ou Yue had carefully laid out.

His body moved freely, and his cross stance turned into a bow stance in an instant. The tree branches followed him like a shadow and chopped him down horizontally. Chen Buyi responded hastily and had no time to catch his breath.

Just as Chen Buyi was trying to resist, Ou Yue's body suddenly straightened up, and the branches fell down like a waterfall.

Then, he squatted and slashed horizontally, leaped upward and swept the sword, a series of attacks like flowing water, forcing Chen Buyi to retreat step by step in danger.

After finally finding a chance to catch his breath, Ou Yue was relentless and thrust forward with a horse stance, like a dragon emerging from the sea, chasing after him relentlessly.

At the critical moment, Chen Buyi caught a glimpse of the possibility of victory, so he cleverly performed a move of immortal guidance between blocking, intending to reverse the situation.

However, Ou Yue had expected this. He leaped forward and swept across. The branch was like a sharp blade, passing close to Chen Buyi's throat, which was extremely dangerous.

Chen Buyi was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat. If the other party hadn't used a branch and hadn't held back on the final blow, he would probably have fallen down.

Linghu Xiao was also surprised. He had seen Chen Buyi practice the "Floating Light and Leaping Gold Sword Technique" before. The sword moves were indeed exquisite, but he was still confident that he could break it.

But in Ou Yue's hands, this sword technique combined elegance, coldness, and arrogance. Even if he could think of a way to deal with it, he would be suppressed by the opponent like Chen Buyi and unable to display his skills.

"Concession!"

Ou Yue finished his move, put the branch aside, and said calmly: "Brother Chen has memorized the moves, so the next step is to try to forget the moves and turn to understanding."

"forget?"

"Yes," Ou Yue nodded and continued, "My mother should have told you that the Floating Light and Leaping Gold Sword Technique was created by my father based on the Hengshan School's Hundred Changes and Thousand Illusions Cloud and Mist Thirteen Styles. In fact, the one that really inspired my father was Master Fan's Yueyang Tower, where the long smoke cleared, the bright moon shone thousands of miles away, the floating light leaped gold, and the still shadow sank into the jade."

"You might as well imagine that the smoke on the lake surface dissipates in an instant, and the moonlight shines down, illuminating thousands of miles, and the light jumps and sparkles on the water surface, as dazzling as gold."

"The four phrases are independent of each other and complement each other, with a combination of movement and stillness, light and dark, and a full moon and clear water."

"This is the essence of the Floating Light and Leaping Gold Sword Technique!"

After hearing this, Chen Buyi tried hard to imagine the scene described by Ou Yue in his mind. Although he had never seen Dongting Lake, he had seen Shen Shui. With the association, his imagination became more vivid.

Linghu Xiao looked at Chen Buyi who was lost in thought, and secretly approached Ou Qu and asked, "Ou Divine Doctor, is Tanhualang the strongest swordsman in your family?"

"Of course not." Ou Qu glanced at Linghu Xiao and said, "Fourth brother probably got 50% of my father's true teachings!"

"Oh!" Linghu Xiao then realized that their family had a world-class swordsman.

It seems to make sense why Tanhualang is so strong.

He then asked another question: "Then he should be the most powerful among you brothers, right?"

"Not really, the eldest brother is the most powerful one."

Linghu Xiao almost slapped himself. How could he have forgotten the most romantic man in the Ming Dynasty?
On the second day, Ou Zanghua not only had a good rest himself, but also comforted his wife.

He dressed neatly and went to see Yue Buqun again.

Under Ou Qu's careful treatment, Lao Yue recovered a lot and no longer had to stay in bed.

Lao Yue had a lot to say to Ou Zanghua, and Ou Zanghua was happy to talk to him.

After the father-in-law and son-in-law sat down, Old Yue sighed and said slowly: "I still remember that 25 years ago, Zang Hua said that there would be a person who could master both the sword and qi martial arts. I scoffed at that time. In the end, I still lost to Zang Hua. Ling Song is very good. Let him take over Huashan. Senior Brother Feng and I are relieved."

Ou Zanghua smiled. He was the one who personally treated and taught Lingsong. No one in the world knew Lingsong's talent better than himself.

In fact, Lingsong did not waste his talent.

In the beginning, Lingsong, Lingming, Lingyue, Lingjian and Lingqing were collectively known as the "Five Spirits of Mount Huashan".

But over time, Lingsong's reputation grew as a person of integrity and generosity, and he also got another nickname in the underworld: 'Huashan Red Heart'.

Nowadays, when people mention Huashan in the martial arts world, the first thing that comes to everyone’s mind is ‘The Five Spirits of Huashan are the most kindhearted’.

Lingsong made use of Huashan’s resources and also made it onto the Heavenly Ranking, ranking eighth.

This person's swordsmanship, internal strength, and character are all top-notch, so Yue Buqun's passing of the position of the head to Lingsong was what everyone expected.

Yue Buqun became interested, so he said to Ou Zanghua: "By the way, now there are rumors that there is the fifth swordsman in the world. One of them is Yi Yangzi, the head of the Dian Cang Sect. After Liu Yizi, the beauty of Erhai, returned to Yunnan from Hengshan County, he devoted himself to improving the sect's swordsmanship. Ten years later, he finally created the Dian Cang sect's swordsmanship "Moyun Thirty-Six Moves". And Yi Yangzi was the one who got the true teachings from Liu Yizi!"

"The second one is Yu Qingfeng, the head of Songfeng Temple of Qingcheng Sect. Before Yu Canghai's corpse was released, he passed down the "Sword of Ultimate Bliss". Yu Qingfeng is the successor of the "Sword of Ultimate Bliss."

Ou Zanghua was stunned. He remembered that twelve years ago, a young Taoist priest came to the Ou Mansion in a dusty state and asked for Yu Canghai's sword.

The little Taoist priest with bright eyes and a slightly frail appearance had grown to this point after so many years.

"The third one is Hong Shengyi, the son of the Shenlong hero Hong Qitian. This man has learned his father's unique skill, the Dream Locking Sword Technique. His sword technique is extremely strange!"

"I have heard of the name Hong Qitian, but I don't know where he came from." Ou Zanghua asked curiously.

Yue Buqun introduced: "Well, this man came to Liaodong more than 20 years ago. After arriving, he began to recruit disciples and called himself 'Shenlong Hero'. He became the first person to establish a sect in Gaizhou. The Shenlong Sect was founded by him. This man possesses three amazing and unique skills, namely 'Dream Locking Sword Technique', 'Three Heroic Moves', and 'Soul Transfer Technique'."

"Linghu Chong once fought with him and said frankly that this man's sword and palm techniques are unique and difficult to deal with. His internal energy is even more bizarre, and when he uses it, it makes people feel drowsy."

Ou Zanghua of the "Shenlong Sect" has a somewhat strange look on his face. Has the plot of "The Deer and the Cauldron" been advanced?
Next, Yue Buqun mentioned a few more people, including Huashan Sect’s Taibai Sword·Lingjian, Hengshan Sect’s Wanhua Sword Spirit·Yan Chanjuan and others.

It's a pity that Ou Zanghua has been away from the martial arts world for too long and has no idea about these new generations. So when Yue Buqun asked him about his opinion, he could only say that the new generation is always stronger than the old one, and he believes that these young people will surpass him sooner or later.

Yue Buqun couldn't help but burst into laughter when he heard this, and pointed at Ou Zanghua and said, "You are the swordsman who is recognized by Dongfang Bubai himself as the best in the world. If these young people want to surpass you, they must first pass Lin Pingzhi, Cheng Baiyu, and Linghu Chong! Oh, and Brother Zuo, from what I know about him, if someone in the martial arts world disrespects you, he will ride over on horseback and teach them a lesson even if he is 90 years old."

Ou Zanghua thought of Zuo Lengchan's tyranny and felt that he could really do such a thing, so he smiled and said, "You are all over seventy years old, you should just take good care of yourself, instead of making a fuss."

Nowadays, the older generation of the Five Mountains Sword Sect, Hengshan Sanding and Mo Da have really gone to retire, and ordinary people can't find them at all.

Taoist Priest Tianmen led the Taishan Sect and built the Ming Royal Academy of Arithmetic in the capital city, recruiting mathematical talents from all over the world. The Taishan Sect gradually began to transform into an academic clique.

Zuo Lengchan retired from the post of Commander-in-Chief of Liaodong ten years ago. He lived in the capital for several years before returning to Songshan to teach his disciples martial arts again. He would occasionally return to the capital to live and attend various court conferences.

Yue Buqun first traveled between Huashan and Xi'an, and later Yue Lingfeng came to Liaodong. He cursed them harshly, but in action he brought the Four Spirits of Huashan to Shenyang and stayed there for four years. Linghu Chong was moved by this behavior, and thought that his master saw his contribution to the martial arts world and finally chose to forgive him, so he came to greet him every month, and never forgot to give his master and his wife a portion of any good things he had, and also brought Linghu Xiao and Linghu Qin for his master and his wife to see.

Ou Zanghua looked at Yue Buqun's helpless expression and wanted to laugh, but he finally held it back and asked, "What does father-in-law think about the matter between Lingfeng and Miss Linghu?"

"Ugh"

Yue Buqun sighed, with a somewhat depressed look on his face: "Zanghua, I won't lie to you about this. I have raised Linghu Chong as my son for more than ten years, and now my son is going to marry his daughter. What will Chong'er call me in the future? Father-in-law? This is simply... outrageous!"

Speaking of this, Yue Buqun's old face turned red.

Ou Zanghua now understood Yue Buqun's mentality. The key point was that Linghu Chong would really do such a thing.

His master became his father-in-law, and he had raised his family for nothing and was promoted to the elder of Mount Hua. Linghu Chong must have grinned with his teeth bared.

"Canghua, tell me, what should I do?" Yue Buqun asked, suppressing his anger.

"This." Ou Zanghua turned his head away. Why was he asking him such a question?

In fact, from a historical perspective, this is not a big deal.

Emperor Hui of the Western Han Dynasty, Liu Ying, married his niece, Empress Zhang.

Emperor Cheng of Han, Liu Ao, had an original wife, the deposed Queen Xu, who was the cousin of his father, Emperor Yuan of Han, Liu Shi. In order to take care of his mother, Xu Pingjun's family, Liu Shi betrothed his cousin to Crown Prince Liu Ao. The cousin married her nephew, forming an aunt-nephew marriage.

Emperor Xianzong of Tang, Li Chun, and his first wife, Empress Yi'an, Guo, were also in an aunt-niece marriage.

Empress Yi'an, Guo, was the granddaughter of Guo Ziyi, the mainstay of the Tang Dynasty. Her father was Guo Yan and her mother was Princess Shengping, the heroine of The Drunken Princess and the daughter of Emperor Daizong Li Chu.

Therefore, Guo was the granddaughter of Daizong and the cousin of Xianzong.

There are also Song Duzong Zhao Xie and Queen Quan. Queen Quan's father Quan Zhaosun is the cousin of Song Lizong Zhao Yun.

Therefore, Queen Quan was the cousin of Emperor Lizong and the cousin aunt of Emperor Duzong.

However, these behaviors have never happened in the Ming Dynasty, but isn't this "having laws to follow"?

For the sake of the good and evil in the martial arts world and the great cause of Yong'an, Yue Lingfeng married the little princess of the Sun and Moon Sect, which seemed to make perfect sense.
Yue Buqun complained for a while, and then sighed. He felt that Linghu Chong was simply the nemesis of Huashan. Not only was he his nemesis, but now he was also his son's nemesis.

Ou Zanghua picked up the teacup and drank the tea silently, not daring to tell Yue Buqun that Linghu Chong's illegitimate daughter was also having an affair with your grandson.

If Old Yue knew about this, he would probably pick up his sword and fight Linghu Chong to the death.

Ou Zanghua himself is open-minded about this. As long as they are not relatives within the five degrees of mourning, and both parties have good character, similar values, and truly love each other, it will be fine.

Life is short, love is beautiful, there is no need to create difficulties artificially.

If Ou Qing and Princess Yong'an, Ou Heng and Prince Sheng had not liked each other, he would not have agreed to these two marriages.

After working together for so many years, Ou Zanghua and Emperor Zhengde had already become both a teacher and a friend. He rebelled against the imperial orders no less times than Yang Tinghe. The difference was that while resisting, Ou Zanghua gave Emperor Zhengde enough face and did not embarrass the big boss.

Compared with Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Di, Zhu Zhanji, Zhu Qiyu and Zhu Jianshen, Zhu Houzhao is much easier to please.

In fact, if Ou Zanghua had not appeared, Yang Tinghe would have been able to serve until the Jiajing period and then kill himself.

Although Old Yang has not entered the cabinet now, he is doing his best to train the Crown Prince Zhu Zaiyao.

The fact that the prince now enjoys such a high reputation among the literati is inseparable from the help of Yang Tinghe.

Another day passed, the weather was very clear, so Ou Zanghua took Yue Lingshan, Ou Yue and Ou Hua to visit a waterfall outside Shenyang.

Yue Lingshan was originally very happy, and even felt a little emotional before leaving. She wished Ling'er and Shan'er were there too.

The last time they traveled together was five years ago when they went to Huashan to celebrate Yue Buqun's birthday.

At that time, Ou Yue was still studying in the southwest, and he also rushed all the way to Huashan, reunited with everyone, and then went up the mountain.

Afterwards, Ou Hua went to Huguang to meet up with Ou Qu and take part in the provincial examination together.

"Bring some preserved fruits, dried meats, and fruit wine, too. And a blanket." Yue Lingshan directed the maids to pack their luggage, and they happily went out in the carriage.

Arriving at the destination, as soon as she got off the car, she heard a slightly surprised voice: "Huh? Why do I feel like you look familiar?"

Ou Zanghua looked in the direction of the voice and saw Lan Qi following closely beside Ou Hua, looking at him carefully with a bit of curiosity in his eyes.

Seeing this, Ou Hua hurriedly stepped forward and introduced, "Dad, this is Miss Lan Qilan. She helped and saved my life."

"I see!"

Ou Zanghua suddenly realized, then smiled and looked at Lan Qi, and continued, "Miss Lan, have you forgotten? Before, you used a silver ingot to buy the fish I caught with my own hands, and I specially read your fortune for you! Speaking of which, Miss Lan and Bai Hong... Oh!"

Lan Qi was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then a trace of nervousness flashed in his eyes. He asked softly: "You...you are Xiao Qi's father?"

"Yes, you should call me uncle." Ou Zanghua nodded with a smile, his tone full of affection.

Lan Qi came back to his senses and immediately bowed and greeted them generously: "Hello, uncle, hello, aunt too!"

Yue Lingshan smiled awkwardly as a response.

Ou Zanghua nodded and said, "Let's go! Today's weather is nice, perfect for a walk."

The group walked slowly along the winding path into the lush forest.

Lan Qi joyfully described the scenery along the way to Ou Zanghua and Yue Lingshan, and excitedly told them that the waterfall was not far away, and she also knew of a secret viewing platform, which was the best place to view the waterfall and take in the magnificent scenery of the waterfall.

After hearing this, Ou Zanghua was also happy to go and take a look, so he asked Lan Qi to lead the way.

The little girl was immediately very happy. She led the way and said that the trip would definitely be worthwhile for them.

Only the four guards following Ou Zanghua showed bitter smiles. They had already walked the original outing route in advance. Now they had to change the route temporarily. They didn't know if they would encounter any threats.

One of them quietly retreated, then turned and left, apparently to mobilize other guards.

Only Ou Hua and Lan Qi did not notice these little episodes. Ou Hua followed Lan Qi closely, listening to her clear, pleasant and eloquent words, occasionally interjecting a few words, or cleverly taking over the girl's words. The smile on his face never faded from beginning to end, just like the warm sunshine in spring.

Ou Zanghua held Yue Lingshan's hand and walked leisurely behind them.

He watched the various interactions between the two people in front of him, and a warm feeling surged in his heart. He could not help but lean close to Yue Lingshan's ear and whispered softly: "Lingshan, when you look at Bai Hong and Miss Lan, do they look like the way I look at you?"

Upon hearing this, Yue Lingshan looked over and discovered that the way her son looked at the girl was almost thread-like, exactly the same as when she looked at her husband.

She was stunned at first, then the corners of her mouth unconsciously raised, revealing a knowing smile.

Ou Zanghua continued: "Family background is certainly a factor worth considering when choosing a marriage. It can reflect a person's upbringing and education, but it can never be the only criterion for measuring whether a relationship is suitable."

"What is important is the spiritual connection between two people, complementary personalities and mutual support."

"Look at Bai Hong and Miss Lan. They get along naturally and harmoniously. When their eyes meet, they are filled with trust and admiration. This kind of tacit understanding is hard to achieve with any external things. I believe that the two of them must be deeply in love and will go hand in hand. Even if there are all kinds of difficulties and obstacles ahead, they will be able to overcome them together and accompany each other."

"This kind of partner is the one we should recognize!"

After hearing this, Yue Lingshan fell into deep thought and felt that what her husband said made sense.

Ou Yue who was standing aside looked at his younger brother with some envy. This kid was quite lucky. He was able to find a satisfactory wife after getting lost once. How come he had never met one after traveling all over the place?
Just at this moment, more than ten figures suddenly appeared in front, all wearing uniform grey robes and carrying two swords on their backs. When they saw Ou Zanghua and his party appear, they were stunned at first, and then their faces showed alertness.

The leader had a shriveled body, a thin face, and sharp eyes. When he saw Ou Zanghua, his expression changed drastically. A flash of fear first flashed in his eyes, and then turned into a fierce look in an instant: "Master Ou, have you come here specially to look for me?!"

Before he finished speaking, another group of people came out of the woods. These people were dressed in Mongolian clothes. When their leader saw Ou Zanghua and his group, he was surprised at first, then he glared at the skinny man and shouted, "Hong Qitian, you actually invited others to help you privately. You really have ulterior motives!"

Hong Qitian was furious, pointing at the leader on the opposite side and cursing back: "Hai Taiji, how the hell can you tell that I am in the same group with them?!"

Haitaiji asked back: "Who are they then?! How did they know that we would have a secret meeting here?!"

Hong Qitian was speechless. Not only was this place sparsely populated, it was also the secret meeting place he proposed. How did Lord Ou know about it?

Could it be that there was a traitor among his confidants? !
Lan Qi's face was solemn. He quietly retreated to the side of Ou Zanghua and Yue Lingshan and whispered, "Arrow God Hai Taiji is fourth on the Heavenly Ranking. Dragon Hero Hong Qitian is ninth on the Heavenly Ranking! We can't handle these two. Uncle and aunt, don't say anything. Just follow my gestures. If a fight breaks out, you run first and I'll stay behind to cover your retreat!"

Ou Zanghua stroked his beard and thought that this wife was good and worthy of his choice.

Yue Lingshan looked at the serious-looking girl with some surprise. At least her sense of responsibility was no less than hers back then.

(End of this chapter)