Night without Borders

Chapter 79
Qin Ming let out a breath, thinking about the past, it seemed like a fantasy life.

But those were real experiences. He felt a tightness in his chest and all kinds of thoughts were churning violently. He clenched the mutton-fat jade iron knife to calm himself down.

"Calm down." He sat down again and kept himself calm. Although it has been less than twenty years since his childhood, his past has been tortuous and complicated enough.

If it were an ordinary teenager, he might have been tormented to the point of collapse.

Qin Ming once again thought about the details of the past. In order to avoid future risks, he wanted to study the characters and methods of those people.

Because these things have not yet ended, not long ago, Cui's father and mother wanted to keep him in a remote place.

"Master Cui Wu always smiled. It was he who persuaded me to stick to the silk book practice and not try other new techniques. Now it seems to be beneficial to me, but at that time it was blocking my path to advancement."

Qin Ming remembered that he had also asked Cui's father and mother for their opinions, and both of them agreed with what Master Cui Wu said.

However, when Cui Chongxuan was jealous of the silk book and wanted to practice it, Cui's father scolded him, saying that it was enough for one person to practice this method, and promised to find him the equally terrifying "Six Imperial Heart Sutra".

Qin Ming also wanted to see the Six Imperial Heart Sutra, but Cui's father watched calmly and asked him, don't you have confidence in yourself and the silk book?
"When Cui Chongxuan was nearly thirteen years old, he had already experienced three rebirths under the encouragement of his elders, and began to take the three-color flower and integrate the four kinds of Tianguang Jing."

Qin Ming looked back and realized that he had actually noticed all kinds of abnormalities at that time, but after living together for many years, he did not want to assume malicious intent about his relatives.

Everything was foreshadowed. Since he was a child, the Cui family had always praised him, which had led to many attacks.

Qin Ming clearly remembered that every time the Cui family dealt with a master who approached him, their first reaction was not to worry about him, but to be extremely happy.

Cui's father and mother were both very calm. They did not get nervous or scared about his thrilling experiences. After each incident, they would praise the masters who contributed and hoped to eliminate as many people who had malicious intentions towards the Cui family as possible.

……

Obviously, the Cui family is like a huge mountain towering into the clouds to Qin Ming.

"The silk book that belongs to me is still there." Regardless of anything else, he must get the book back.

This is not only the only item left by his grandfather, but also concerns his future path.

The silk book is incomplete, as most of it was burned, but some emotions must remain on it, as it carries the fruits of the hard work of several predecessors.

Qin Ming can obtain the complete silk book through resonance.

He was destined to be unable to avoid the Cui family and had to go to Qinghe City. Just to get the silk book back, he didn't know how much more trouble it would cause.

"Two years ago, the Cui family and the Li family had a big clash. The Cui family must have been hurt, but they should be able to recover soon."

Obviously, the Li family suffered greater losses.

Because, the Cui family mainly sent out some old men, who would not live for many years. They were all fearless and targeted the young and strong people with potential in the Li family. They were willing to risk their lives to destroy the future of the Li family.

Qin Ming had witnessed with his own eyes how crazy those old men were, from which one could also see their sense of identification with the Cui family.

He couldn't help but sigh, this was the foundation of a thousand-year-old family, which was difficult to shake.

Especially, in that foreign land, many masters are from aristocratic families.

Even if a thousand-year-old family declines, it is difficult for it to fall completely unless all their clansmen in the foreign lands also "collapse".

"In the past, there were bloody lessons that shocked all the major royal courts." After Qin Ming recovered his memory, he was naturally not unfamiliar with the affairs of the aristocratic families.

A long time ago, a thousand-year-old family was destroyed by an extremely prosperous dynasty. However, someone eventually came out from the outside world and rebuilt the family. In the end, that dynasty fell into decline for unknown reasons and finally came to an end.

Qin Ming suddenly realized that not only the Cui family was dangerous to him, but there was also an extremely powerful Li family that could challenge the status of the thousand-year-old family.

At this moment, he felt chest tightness again. This should be the enemy of the Cui family. It was none of his business, but he was passively involved.

The feathered young man Li Qingxu almost killed him, so this matter would definitely not end well.

In fact, based on what Qin Ming knew about Li Qingxu's character, the other party would definitely not let him go.

"He has a lot of hostility towards me. When did it start?" Qin Ming frowned and thought.

After careful consideration, he thought it must be related to the engagement of the Wang family's eldest daughter. Li Qingxu seemed to have known that noble lady for a long time.

"In the past ten years of my life, could it be any more unlucky? Life is all fake. I was abandoned, dying, taking the blame, and finally being forced to live in a remote place, not allowed to embark on a new life..."

Qin Ming took a deep breath, and then forcefully exhaled a large amount of depressed air.

What did it have to do with him to be engaged to the eldest daughter of the Wang family? This was a marriage between the Cui family and the Wang family. His impression of the girl was only that she was very beautiful and loved to laugh, and he had never really gotten to know her in depth.

The eldest daughter of the Wang family was indeed very smart and capable. This was the feeling Qin Ming had during their only trip together.

But afterwards he was severely reprimanded by Cui's father, who warned him to be polite and avoid suspicion and not to have any private contact again.

There is no doubt that Li Qingxu was extremely hostile to him because of the so-called "love and hatred", coupled with the confrontation between the two major families, and perhaps he also wanted to eliminate his future competitors in Fangwai as soon as possible.

"You should go find the real Cui Chonghe!" At this moment, Qin Ming wanted to imitate Xu Sheng's generous female friend Zhou Lin and continue to speak sweet words.

After a long time, he calmed down. What he was most worried about now was his grandfather. More than ten years had passed. What happened to him?
Qin Ming frowned. When the Cui family was looking for "Cui Chonghe", they must have carefully selected him and thought he was the most suitable. After all, someone in the mansion said that the two of them were somewhat similar.

His grandfather was just an ordinary man. If the Cui family took a fancy to him, the old man would not be able to resist no matter what.

Now the Cui family forbids him to set foot in Qinghe City again, and he can no longer return to his original circle.

He wanted to know about his grandfather, but it was impossible for him to ask the Cui family directly, so he had to find out through other channels.

Qin Ming stood up and walked out of the inn. He had not originally planned to go to the City Lord's Mansion, but now he had to go.

The new city lord Meng Xinghai once said that you can find him when you come to Chixia City.

In the early morning, the whole city is bright. The glow of fire dispels the black fog, and the streets and alleys seem to be steaming with morning glow, giving people a feeling of warmth, brightness and hope.

It was still early, so Qin Ming found a restaurant to have breakfast.

"Huh?!" When he paid the bill and prepared to leave, he saw a scene that made his heart skip a beat.

The old lady of the Sun family carefully took out money from her pocket, bought a meat pie, and handed it to her three-year-old grandson. A smile appeared on her wrinkled old face, and the depression she once had seemed to have dissipated.

Two men suddenly approached, and one of them said viciously: "You have money to buy bread, but no money to pay the debt?"

The old man was stunned and said, "I don't owe you money."

"You are really senile and confused. You borrowed money from me before, and now you want to default on your debt?" A man pushed her, and the old woman suddenly lost her balance and almost fell to the ground.

Another man grabbed her and prevented her from falling, but he didn't try to help her either. Instead, he reached directly into her pocket.

"Okay, you have a good life and even have some money!" He took away all the copper coins from the old man.

"Don't bully my grandma, let him go." the child shouted.

"Get out of the way, little brat!" One of the men tried to pull the child away with his hands. If an adult attacked a young child, the child would obviously fall to the ground and most likely break his teeth.

However, his hand was unable to touch the child as he was grabbed by Qin Ming who suddenly appeared and he immediately cried out in pain.

"What a sin! Why do they always keep targeting the Sun family? It's pitiful enough for the old lady to raise her grandson alone." "Who is that young man? He actually stopped the people from Xinyi Hall."

There were people talking about it nearby, so I didn't dare to do anything about it.

"Who are you and why are you stopping us?" the people from Xinyi Hall asked coldly.

"It's pitiful enough that the grandparents and grandchildren depend on each other for survival. Don't bully them too much." Qin Ming said. He already knew their origins from other people's discussions. Wasn't it the Xinyi Hall that tried to steal the Sun family's secret book? Now they are still doing evil.

He felt deeply touched, because the existence of the silk book in his home showed that his ancestors had once been very powerful. But now, not only had their fortunes fallen on hard times, they could be said to have been completely ruined.

If you think about it carefully, his situation is not as good as Wu Zheng's, but similar to that of the Sun family.

Qin Ming originally wanted to go to the City Lord's Mansion because of his grandfather's matter. Now seeing this scene, he felt so deeply in his heart that he could not help but use the Yellow Mud Palm for the second time, and then the third time.

The two men were almost unconscious and were pushed out. In fact, they would cough up blood in a few days and it would be difficult for them to survive.

"Young man, please leave quickly..." The old man from the Sun family opened his mouth to say something. He was worried about him and hoped that he would leave quickly.

Qin Ming said: "It's okay. The new city lord is here. Haven't you heard? He destroyed Jinjiling with his own hands and is now dealing with some evildoers. If some people don't know how to live or die, they will definitely not have a good end."

He handed the little boy with tears on his face and a meat pie in his little hands to the old man.

"Stop bullying!" The two men from Xinyi Hall looked fierce but were actually weak.

"You still don't believe me? Come on, let's go to the City Lord's Mansion to argue and see if you can save your lives!" Qin Ming shouted sternly.

"You..." The two men stepped back.

Qin Ming said: "Old man, you can take the child back. Don't worry about anything. I have something else to do now. I need to go to the City Lord's Mansion."

His words were not empty talk, nor was he just taking advantage of the situation. If he met Meng Xinghai, he would definitely mention the things happening in the city. It seemed that the new city lord would be eager to stir up trouble after taking office.

The two people from Xinyi Hall were skeptical and followed him secretly. It turned out that he really went to the City Lord's Mansion. Their faces suddenly turned pale.

At first, although the guards of the City Lord's Mansion were a little suspicious, seeing that Qin Ming was calm and composed and had an extraordinary temperament, they did not dare to delay and helped him report.

After more than twenty days, Qin Ming met City Lord Meng again.

"I thought you went to other cities. Well, you look good. It's been a while since we last met. I see that although you look reserved, your energy and spirit should be much more abundant than before." Meng Xinghai looked at him.

"Hello, Uncle Meng. I was injured before, and I just recovered recently. I seem to be in better spirits." Qin Ming greeted him as a junior.

The living room is large, but it is not decorated with carved beams and painted buildings. It is rather simple and rustic, with some antiques such as porcelain jars and bronze wares, and some calligraphy and paintings hanging on the walls.

Meng Xinghai was dressed in blue, and looked to be about thirty-seven or thirty-eight years old. He looked like a scholar, but in fact he was very strong, and his swordsmanship was extremely sharp.

"You are indeed an extraordinary kid. You set me on fire as soon as you came up, and you conquered Jinji Ridge on your own."

Qin Ming could not refute or cover up because Li Qingyue had seen him that night.

"I'm sorry to trouble Uncle Meng."

"Sit down. It's okay. The former city lord Ling Xu and I actually wanted to clean up that place, but we just wanted to fish out the gold first."

After Qin Ming sat down, he said, "I was impulsive and disrupted Uncle Meng's arrangements."

Meng Xinghai smiled and said, "It's a good thing to have a passion. It's rare that you have such a heart. There are other ways to catch the gold thief. I really hope you can keep this heart and not be like some of the younger generations who, although they are extremely talented,... Alas!"

"Since Uncle Meng said so, I will definitely live up to your expectations. Well, just now..." Qin Ming spoke directly and told what he saw on the way.

Meng Xinghai had not expected that he was really pure and innocent enough to keep his word, but after thinking about it carefully, even if he was just an abandoned child, after being influenced by the Cui family's big dye vat, it was impossible for him to be simple again.

He even realized that this boy was very mature and did not seem like a naive teenager.

"Since you have this intention, then help me do something, check the situation, and take action if necessary. I will give you the authority." Meng Xinghai threw him a token, which was quite straightforward.

Then he asked again: "Tell me, what do you want to see me about?"

"I came here to thank Uncle Meng for his help at the edge of the desert last time." Qin Ming said.

"Are you thanking me alone?"

"And Qingyue, I know she will definitely speak for me." Qin Ming said sincerely.

"Well, you can guess it." Meng Xinghai nodded.

Qin Ming said, "I would like to trouble Uncle Meng again this time to ask for some information."

Meng Xinghai listened quietly, and then felt surprised. He was not asking about the Cui family's affairs, but just wanted to know where his grandfather had gone.

Meng Xinghai said: "You really make it difficult for me. Even if I ask for you, I'm afraid the Cui family won't tell me the real news. Unless I meet Cui Laoqi, but now there is probably no way to contact him, he is already in a foreign land."

"Don't you have any doubts about your experience in the Cui family?" Meng Xinghai couldn't help asking.

Qin Ming sighed, "There was one before, but now I've figured it out. There should be a real Cui Chonghe, and he's going to come to the front."

Meng Xinghai was surprised and said, "No wonder some people in the Cui family are worried about you. They are afraid that you have extraordinary talents. If you rise up, you will be resentful of them after knowing the whole story and cause some trouble. I really didn't underestimate you."

He showed a strange look and said, "You are in the middle of the situation, you know very little, and you are blocked by the fog, but you can still see most of the truth. It is really amazing."

"Are there some parts that I guessed wrong?" Qin Ming asked.

"It's not wrong, you just don't understand." Meng Xinghai did not hide anything and explained the situation while drinking tea.

Cui Chonghe did not want to come out on his own initiative, but was discovered to be abnormal by people in a secluded place. As he grew older, he looked more and more like Cui's father.

The most crucial thing is that someone noticed that he was secretly exchanging letters with the Cui family.

"So, our looks are very different when we grow up, we just looked a little similar when we were young." Qin Ming said to himself.

"In addition, Cui Chonghe's teacher has come out of retreat. Even though the forces in the outer world are intertwined, no one dares to touch the Cui family's son."

"Is his teacher very powerful?" Qin Ming couldn't help but ask.

"Well, it is said that Cui Chonghe's eldest senior brother was the master's disciple before, and the old senior has been in seclusion. Now he has successfully taken half a step forward, and his level of cultivation is hard to guess. He has officially accepted Cui Chonghe as his last disciple and will not accept anyone else in the future. He treats him like a treasure."

Qin Ming was silent after hearing this, as people's circumstances vary greatly.

"The Cui family didn't allow you to return to Qinghe City, nor did they allow you to go to Qianxing City. They even wanted to cut off your new life. It was indeed because the real master was exposed."

Meng Xinghai told him that the Wang family in Qianxing City was very angry and extremely dissatisfied. The Cui Chonghe he had met before turned out to be a fake, and even they were kept in the dark.

Qin Ming smiled bitterly. Could it be that the Wang family also had a grudge against him?
"Cui Chonghe himself was somewhat dissatisfied after learning that you and the daughter of the Wang family were traveling together. Well, someone from the outside world saw it, and he got angry during that period."

Qin Ming really wanted to draw his sword now. Why? All parties reached a settlement, and in the end it became his problem alone, bearing all the suffering.

(End of this chapter)