Gu Long's World: Starting with the Legend of Chu Liuxiang

Chapter 154 Framing

Xue Bing's anger flared even more, and she sneered, "So, it turns out you all ganged up on me and made me run around in circles."

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She added, "None of you men are any good."

As soon as she finished speaking, Xue Bing walked out as if she had been wronged, ignoring the meaningful look Jiang Qingxia was giving her inside the room.

Lu Xiaofeng darted forward, stopping Xue Bing who was about to leave, and sighed, "Yes, yes, no man is any good, but could you please not be in such a hurry to leave?"

Xue Bing stopped and looked up at Lu Xiaofeng, sneering, "The genuine red satin has remained in your hands all along. What else do you have to say?"

Lu Xiaofeng said, "I only have one thing to say."

Xue Binghuan raised her hand, pursed her lips, and said, "You speak."

Lu Xiaofeng said, "Even if you gave away a fake piece of satin, to whom did you hand it over?"

Xue Bing smiled and said, "I've given it to Lü Dongbin."

Lu Xiaofeng asked in surprise, "Lü Dongbin?"

Xue Bing said, "Even Lü Dongbin doesn't know this, how did you manage to live to be thirty?"

Jiang Fengyue then realized that Lu Xiaofeng was already thirty years old. When he shaved his beard, he looked like a young man in his early twenties. Perhaps he had a habit of keeping a mustache, which, in addition to highlighting his personal style, also made him look more mature.

Lu Xiaofeng said, "But this Pure Yang Master wants the white peony; he wouldn't covet the black peony on the red satin."

Xue Bing shrugged and said, "Sikong Zhaixing didn't tell me to give the satin to anyone; he only told me to place it under the statue of Lü Dongbin."

Jiang Fengyue said, "You arrived here around the same time as us, so the statue must be somewhere not far from here?"

Xue Bing nodded and said, "The statue is in a small shrine in the back."

Sure enough, there was a small shrine in the bamboo grove of the nunnery, with an ever-burning lamp inside, allowing visitors to clearly see the ever-present smile on the face of the Pure Yang Immortal Lü Dongbin.

When Lu Xiaofeng arrived here in one breath, the fake red satin under the statue had not yet been taken away by anyone else.

Lu Xiaofeng frowned and said, "It's still here."

Xue Bing sneered, "Perhaps the person who came to take it discovered it was a fake, which is why they didn't take it to avoid causing more trouble."

Lu Xiaofeng sighed and said with a wry smile, "It's also possible that the person knew the items here were fake before they even had a chance to take them away."

Xue Bing asked in confusion, "How could that be?"

Lu Xiaofeng suddenly pointed at Jiang Qingxia, who had just arrived behind him, and said, "She is the one who made Sikong Zhaixing steal this piece of red satin."

Jiang Qingxia paused, pointed to herself, and said irritably, "Me?"

She added, "You doubt me? What use would I have for this red satin?"

Lu Xiaofeng said calmly, "I'd like to ask you that too."

Jiang Qingxia said, "Do you really think I'm that embroidered thief?"

Lu Xiaofeng nodded. He thought of the point that Sikong Zhaixing had made when he arrived here. Perhaps it wasn't just a random pointing, but had a deeper meaning.

Jiang Qingxia looked like she was about to faint from anger, and said, "You're very smart, and your reasoning isn't wrong, but don't forget one thing: I'm Jiang Chongwei's sister. How could I possibly blind him?"

She turned and walked back towards the nunnery, seemingly having no intention of paying any attention to Lu Xiaofeng.

Lu Xiaofeng said, "Wait a minute!"

Jiang Qingxia gave a fake smile and said, "Young Master Lu, is there anything else you want to say?"

Lu Xiaofeng said, "Just one sentence!"

Jiang Qingxia said, "Speak."

Lu Xiaofeng shouted, "Jiang Chongwei doesn't have a sister at all! And you don't even have the surname Jiang!"

Jiang Qingxia's expression changed drastically, and she exclaimed, "You—how did you know?"

Lu Xiaofeng smiled and said, "I didn't want to know these things, but fate insisted that I know. There's something else I know."

Jiang Qingxia stared coldly at Lu Xiaofeng and said, "What else do you know?"

Lu Xiaofeng slowly said, "I also know that you are Jiang Chongwei's betrothed wife. Later, I don't know why you became a nun. You pretended not to recognize me in front of him because you were afraid of upsetting him."

Jiang Fengyue thought to herself, according to rumors in the martial arts world, Lu Xiaofeng likes to spend time with other men's wives. Although this rumor has some exaggeration, it is not entirely false considering Lu Xiaofeng's experiences.

Jiang Qingxia gritted her teeth and said, "Stop talking! Yes, Jiang Chongwei and I were indeed engaged since childhood, but after meeting each other, we realized that we could never be together!"

Jiang Fengyue said, "So you came to this nunnery to become a nun."

Jiang Qingxia smiled sadly and said, "Later, I couldn't bear this loneliness anymore, so I went out into the martial arts world to make my way in the world. I met many men, including Lu Xiaofeng."

She continued, "If you think I blinded him because I didn't want him to know these things, or because I didn't want to marry Jiang Chongwei, then you're wrong! He—"

Jiang Qingxia suddenly stopped speaking, her eyes staring blankly out the window.

Another person entered through the door; it was Jiang Chongwei, who was blind. He was groping around with difficulty, and his face was very pale.

Jiang Chongwei said sadly, "It's not that she doesn't want to marry me, but that I can't marry her."

Lu Xiaofeng asked, "Why?"

Jiang Qingxia shouted, "Stop talking!"

Jiang Chongwei wore a miserable smile as he slowly said, "It's alright—this wasn't something that couldn't be said in the first place."

His expression grew increasingly pained, and he continued, "I cannot marry her because I have long since become a cripple, unable to be anyone's husband or father."

Upon hearing this, everyone present was speechless. The imposing steward of the Prince of Pingnan's mansion was actually a eunuch.

Jiang Fengyue sighed inwardly. This was one of the saddest things in the world: having a beautiful wife but being unable to have sex.

Jiang Qingxia helped Jiang Chongwei up and was about to leave.

Watching their departing figures, Lu Xiaofeng suddenly called out, "Wait a minute!"

Jiang Qingxia turned around and sneered, "What else haven't you finished saying?"

Lu Xiaofeng said, "I only find one thing strange."

Jiang Fengyue followed Lu Xiaofeng's gaze and looked down at the ground. Jiang Qingxia was wearing blue cloth shoes, which looked very mismatched with her purple clothes. This must be what aroused Lu Xiaofeng's suspicion.

Jiang Qingxia asked, "What are you wondering about?"

Lu Xiaofeng said, "I'm just wondering why there's a red trim sticking out of your shoe."

Upon hearing Lu Xiaofeng's words, Jiang Qingxia's expression suddenly changed. She tugged at her Taoist robe, trying to use it to cover her feet.

Lu Xiaofeng sighed, "It's a pity your Taoist robe isn't long enough to hide the pair of red shoes inside your blue cloth shoes."