Eternal Sword

Chapter 168 Lu Qianshan

Even Mrs. Lu seemed to have become a different person after returning to Yanyu Village.

Apart from being much prettier than the other village women, with natural beauty, she looked no different from the ordinary women in the village when chatting and greeting people, and talking about family matters.

At least they had never seen Mrs. Lu's methods, so Chen Tang and the other two couldn't see any flaws.

Everyone followed Mrs. Lu to a thatched cottage in the village, and just then a middle-aged man walked out of it. He was wearing a clean and simple Confucian robe, with a tall and straight figure, black hair tied up, smiling eyes, a kind face, and a very amiable appearance.

"father!"

Dugu Qingcheng shouted with joy when she saw the middle-aged man.

"You still know how to come back!"

The middle-aged man frowned and glared at her.

"Dad, Qing'er knows he was wrong."

Dugu Qingcheng pursed her lips, timidly came to the middle-aged man, tugged at his sleeve, and said, "Qing'er's friends are here, Daddy, please forgive me this time."

Chen Tang's eyes moved and he noticed that the sleeve of the middle-aged man's left arm was empty, which meant that his arm was broken.

"Greetings, senior."

Seeing the middle-aged man looking at them, Chen Tang and the other two calmed down and bowed.

The middle-aged man was slightly startled and looked at Mrs. Lu.

Madam Lu said casually, "Qing'er made some friends outside this time. She invited them to her house, so I brought them here."

The middle-aged man hesitated for a moment, smiled at Chen Tang and the other two, and said, "My name is Lu Qianshan. I am just a teacher in the village. I don't deserve the title of senior. Since you are Qing'er's friends, just call me Mr."

Dugu Qingcheng's real name is Lu Qing.

"makes sense."

Madam Lu said, "Don't call me senior in the village. You all call me old. Just call me Madam Lu like everyone else."

In a village like this, calling someone "senior" would indeed seem a bit unusual and arouse suspicion.

Lu Qianshan was quite talkative and started chatting with Chen Tang and the other two.

Mr. Lu's steps were unsteady and he didn't seem to know any martial arts.

Occasionally, children from the village would pass by and would be quite respectful to him, calling him "Sir".

According to him, his family has been in this misty village for ten years.

Mrs. Lu was busy running around, picking vegetables and cooking, and her hands and feet were very skillful.

If you hadn't seen it with your own eyes, those hands wouldn't look like hands holding a sword.

Chen Tang and the other two were full of doubts.

How could such a teacher who knew nothing about martial arts and had a broken arm be together with Mrs. Lu, a third-rank master?
Where did Mrs. Lu learn these skills?

How could she be willing to stay in this small village for ten years, in obscurity?

While chatting with Lu Qianshan, Chen Tang and the other two observed the villagers passing by.

Originally, they thought this village might be of some significance.

But after some observation, no one practicing martial arts was found in the village.

At most, there are some strong young people.

Yanyu Village looks like an extremely ordinary village.

The only one who is a little different may be the storyteller at the entrance of the village.

And there is Mrs. Lu.

Before long, Mrs. Lu prepared a large table of food by herself, which included both meat and vegetables and was extremely sumptuous.

At the gracious invitation of Lu Qianshan and his wife, Yuwen Heigou and Changsun Ming sat down with some trepidation. Looking at the large table of food, they began to murmur in their hearts.

They had been tricked by Lu Qing in that dilapidated temple before.

Now, Lu Qing’s mother has prepared a table full of dishes, who dares to pick up their chopsticks?
It's no wonder the two of them thought too much. Mrs. Lu had killed many people and had a strange mind. She had inexplicably intended to kill them before.

It is perfectly normal to put poison in the food.

"Please eat, you three. You're welcome."

Lu Qianshan nodded and started eating first. Madam Lu looked at Chen Tang and the other two and said with a smile, "Come and try my cooking."

Yuwen Heigou and Changsun Ming hesitated.

Chen Tang, on the other hand, didn't care about that. He said nonchalantly, "You've made me salivate. I won't be polite."

After saying that, Chen Tang picked up his chopsticks, tasted each dish, and praised them highly.

Every time he tasted a dish, he would close his eyes and feel it, as if he was savoring it carefully.

Mrs. Lu asked with a half-smile, "Aren't you afraid that the food is poisonous?"

"Ha ha!"

Chen Tang laughed loudly and said, "Such delicious food is worth it even if it is poisonous!"

There was a hint of appreciation in Mrs. Lu's eyes when she looked at Chen Tang.

Chang Sun Ming and Yu Wen Hei Gou secretly felt ashamed.

Chen Tang tasted every dish. It seemed that he was tasting Mrs. Lu's cooking skills, but in fact, he was taking a big risk to prove to the two of them that there was no problem with the dishes he had tasted.

They come, the security.

In fact, with Mrs. Lu's means, if she really wanted to deal with them, why would she poison them?

Compared to Chen Tang's frankness, the two of them seemed a little petty.

In fact, Chen Tang was not as good as Madam Lu and Chang Sun Ming thought.

The main reason why he dared to pick up his chopsticks was because he had the skill of sitting in meditation.

Once poisoned, he would enter the state of divine illumination and would be aware of it immediately.

There was nothing wrong with tasting these dishes.

Chen Tang felt relieved and ate his meal in big mouthfuls.

After having a good meal and a good drink, Lu Qianshan took the three of them to a thatched cottage not far away and said, "This house is a bit shabby and has been unused for many years. If you three don't mind, you can stay here for a while."

Chen Tang and the other two temporarily settled down in Yanyu Village.

……

into the night.

Seeing that Lu Qing was already asleep, Lu Qianshan called Madam Lu to the door and asked in a low voice, "What happened today?"

Madam Lu briefly recounted what happened in Bingzhou City and said, "The young man with the gun is from the Changsun family, and the one wearing the straw hat should be from the palace."

Hearing this, Lu Qianshan frowned.

Madam Lu added: "The sword technique used by the third young man is Qi Swallowing the Eight Desolations, and he has received the true teachings."

"Oh?"

Lu Qianshan's expression changed, and he asked, "People from the previous dynasty?"

Madam Lu said: "His master should be from the previous dynasty, and he held a high position in the army of the previous dynasty."

Lu Qianshan asked again: "Could it be related to the old man at the entrance of the village?"

"Hard to say."

Madam Lu said, "That old man must be a member of the army of the previous dynasty, otherwise he wouldn't know so much about the affairs of the previous dynasty."

Lu Qianshan suddenly said: "You originally wanted to kill the three of them, right?"

"Ah."

Mrs. Lu did not hide anything and said, "This is the simplest and safest way."

"never mind."

Lu Qianshan shook his head and said, "After all, they are the friends that Qing'er made when she first entered the martial arts world. I think the three of them have good character. Let them leave after a few days. At worst, we can just move away from here."

Madam Lu said, "We have settled here for ten years, I am afraid you will be reluctant to leave."

Lu Qianshan smiled and said softly: "As long as you and Qing'er are by my side, wherever I move to is home, there is nothing to be reluctant about."

They smiled at each other, sat in each other's arms, looking at the twinkling stars in the sky, enjoying the tranquility that belonged only to the two of them in this quiet and peaceful village.

(End of this chapter)