Zongwu: Eavesdropping on the inner voices, the female warriors have become strange

In the original novel of "The Sentimental Swordsman," Long Xiaoyun is known for his loyalty and righteousness, often attracting numerous guild masters who come to "Xingyun Manor" to ask for money. To maintain these connections and his image of loyalty, Long Xiaoyun incurs enormous annual expenses for "Xingyun Manor." Even when Li Xunhuan gives him all the Li family's assets in Baoding, he still can't cover his expenses, leaving him with more money than he earns. He joins the "Plum Blossom Bandits" and partners with Lin Xian'er because "Xingyun Manor" is broke.

In fact, many heroes in martial arts novels are both great knights and also powerful villains or bandits. For example, Weng Tianjie, the eldest of the Eight Righteous Men of the Central Plains in "The Sentimental Swordsman and the Ruthless Sword," is renowned in the martial arts world for his "unparalleled righteousness" and his chivalrous spirit is highly praised. However, this very righteousness leads to enormous expenses, and without a stable source of income, what can he do? He turns to banditry.

While investigating a theft case, Tie Chuanjia's friend discovered Weng Tianjie and asked him for help. He discovered that Weng Tianjie was indeed responsible for the theft and, to conceal his guilt, set fire to the house to destroy the evidence. This incident directly led to Weng Tianjie's death and the destruction of his estate. This led to Tie Chuanjia's eighteen-year exile outside the Great Wall, and the Eight Righteous Men of the Central Plains were determined to track him down.

Of course, Lin Xian'er's desire to remain a widow wasn't so simple. Li Xunhuan demanded that she not remarry for ten years. He was kind enough not to confine Lin Xian'er to being Long Xiaoyun's widow for the rest of her life. She only needed to remain a widow for ten years for his elder brother, and in return, she would receive the deed to the Li Garden, the shops, and the land. With such a significant benefit, Lin Xian'er naturally couldn't refuse. It's just a widow, no problem. I have so much money, why would I marry? If I want a man, I can just keep a few handsome concubines. Chenliu is a good choice.

After seducing Li Xunhuan twice and realizing he was truly uninterested, Lin Xian'er, filled with resentment, set her sights on Chen Liu. After all, how could a weak woman like her, possessing such a vast fortune, hold onto it? She needed a respectable man to protect her, or else countless others would descend upon her and tear her apart. Even if she could initially leverage Li Xunhuan's reputation to hold her own for a while, it would eventually become apparent.

Chen Liu is not only handsome, but also looks very capable. Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many beautiful women willing to follow him. Such a handsome and capable man is just right to be her lover!

In Lin Xian'er's opinion, Chen Liu was not a wooden man like Li Xunhuan. There were many beauties around Chen Liu, and they were all as beautiful as fairies, especially Wang Yuyan, Huang Rong, and Lin Shiyin...

Oh! Lin Shiyin seems to be Li Xunhuan's fiancée. Even she abandoned him and followed Chen Liu. So, Li Xunhuan is absolutely incompetent and useless. Otherwise, why would his fiancée abandon him? As for why he'd spent the night at a brothel before, that's simple enough. It was simply to cover up his incompetence.

Lin Xian'er, believing she had guessed the truth, naturally stopped wasting her energy on the "useless waste" Li Xunhuan and instead set out to seduce Chen Liu. As for the numerous beauties surrounding Chen Liu, what did that matter? She believed she was the most beautiful, and compared to Huang Rong and Wang Yuyan, she had a better figure. At such a young age, she already had a womanly figure. Chen Liu would surely be unable to resist her allure.

Of course, even if he wanted to seduce her, he would have to wait until that dead ghost Long Xiaoyun was buried and Li Xunhuan left, but he could give him some hints first.

While Lin Xian'er was thinking about how to seduce Chen Liu, Huang Rong took advantage of Li Xunhuan's rest and took the lead to arrive at Long Xiaoyun's mourning hall.

"You..." Huang Rong was about to ask Lin Xian'er, who was feigning grief, if she could hear Chen Liu's inner thoughts when she felt a wave of panic. Huang Rong suddenly understood: Lin Xian'er truly couldn't hear Chen Liu's inner thoughts. This was a sure thing; Chen Liu's favorability was also a criterion.

"Alas! Miss Xian'er, why are you doing this?" Huang Rong couldn't help but laugh inwardly. "You haven't married Hero Long yet. We don't even have a marriage certificate, only a verbal engagement. There's really no need for you to consider yourself his widow. It's a sin! You're still so young, and yet you're being widowed, never even having tasted a man's pleasure. What a pity!"

Lin Xianer: ...

Are you here to comfort me or to criticize me?

Lin Xian'er almost bit her silver teeth to pieces.

"Oh, oh, oh..." Although Lin Xian'er hated him to death in her heart, she had to pretend to be affectionate and loyal on the surface. She said, "Miss Rong'er, please don't say that. Although my engagement with Master Long is only verbal, it is an engagement after all. Therefore, I am actually Master Long's widow. Xian'er is not a shameless woman. I have to accept the engagement, even if it is just verbal."

Of course, if it weren't for the Li Garden and the Li family's shops and land that Li Xunhuan promised, who would be willing to be a widow to this sickly ghost? Humph! I'll let you laugh at me. Wait until I seduce your man and make him abandon you. You'll have your day to cry.

Not long after Huang Rong arrived, Chen Liu, Wang Yuyan, Lin Shiyin and other girls came to burn incense for Long Xiaoyun.

When the master was thanking her, Lin Xian'er deliberately showed her slim waist and round buttocks to Chen Liu, and Chen Liu glanced at Lin Xian'er.

If you want to look coquettish, you should wear mourning clothes. Lin Xian'er is already beautiful, and now with the widow's attire, any man who sees her will want to hug her in his arms and ravage her.

Lin Xian'er quietly straightened her huge bear again, looked at Chen Liu with tears in her eyes, and stammered her thanks, which made her look even more seductive.

[Tsk! No way? Is this Lin Xian'er trying to seduce me?]

Chapter 192 Li Xunhuan's Revenge

"Brother Chen Liu, isn't Lin Xian'er pretty?"

"Very handsome."

"Want to play?"

"In no mood!"

"We won't blame you."

"In no mood!"

"As long as you, Brother Chenliu, play with her and then cruelly abandon her, we won't blame you. Don't you really want to?"

"In no mood!"

Chen Liu really didn't want to have anything to do with Lin Xian'er. She was a very perverted woman, and even if Lin Xian'er was still a virgin, he didn't want to have anything to do with her.

Chen Liu didn't want anything to do with her, but Lin Xian'er did! Every time she saw Chen Liu, she would quietly show him her most seductive figure, her eyes almost piercing, and her words were full of teasing and hints. Of course, that was when no one was around. When someone was around, Lin Xian'er always acted like she and Long Xiaoyun were deeply in love...

What a ghost!

"I'm leaving tomorrow!" After Long Xiaoyun was buried, Li Xunhuan went to Chen Liu to drink, and he seemed a little lonely.

Li Xun Huan also knew that there was something fishy about Long Xiao Yun's death, but he couldn't find any evidence. And since Long Xiao Yun had plotted against him like that, didn't he have any complaints in his heart?

In the original novel, because Long Xiaoyun married Lin Shiyin, and Li Xunhuan loved Lin Shiyin very much, Li Xunhuan would not argue too much with Long Xiaoyun for Lin Shiyin's sake, because he did not want to break up Lin Shiyin's family. But now that Lin Shiyin did not marry Long Xiaoyun, there is naturally a difference.

Originally, Li Xunhuan planned to marry Long Xiaoyun to a beautiful wife and then give him his property, and then he and Long Xiaoyun would be even. However, he did not expect that Long Xiaoyun would be so unlucky, or perhaps he did not expect that Lin Xian'er would be so cruel.

"Where are you going?" Chen Liu poured a glass of wine for Li Xunhuan.

"Didn't you calculate it?" Li Xunhuan picked up the wine glass and spun it with his fingers for a while, as if he was playing with it, or as if he was thinking about something. After a moment, he put the glass to his lips, tilted his head back, and drank the wine in the glass.

"Outside the pass?"

"Ok!"

"Actually, you could have asked Shiyin to stay."

"Even if a broken mirror is barely put back together, can it still be intact?"

Chen Liu looked up at Li Xunhuan in surprise. He didn't expect that Li Xunhuan was such a perfectionist.

Li Xunhuan had once wanted to marry Lin Shiyin to Long Xiaoyun, and even though this attempt failed due to Chenliu, it still left a deep scar in Lin Shiyin's heart. Even if he could have begged Lin Shiyin to stay, and Lin Shiyin did stay for him, the traces of what had been done could not be erased, and the feelings between them were no longer as pure as before. This is why Li Xunhuan did not ask Lin Shiyin to reconcile.

But this doesn't seem surprising. If Li Xunhuan was not a perfectionist, his flying knife would not be so pure and would not become a causal magic sword that transcends the laws of physics.

The Li family is full of perfectionists. Li Xunhuan's father, Li Chongshao, was also a perfectionist. After achieving the third place in the imperial examination, he was dissatisfied and determined to train a champion. However, his eldest son also achieved the third place after taking the imperial examination, so he placed all his hopes on Li Xunhuan. However, although Li Chongshao wanted Li Xunhuan to achieve the first place, the emperor did not want to do so. He felt that a father and son with three third places would make a better story. Therefore, regardless of Li Xunhuan's talent, as long as he could pass the imperial examination, he would definitely be the third place.

Li Chongshao was furious. Li Xunhuan was a top scholar, and the emperor had bestowed upon his family a plaque commemorating seven Jinshi (Jinshi) scholars from the same family, with father and son achieving three Tanhua (Tanhua) awards. For a perfectionist like Li Chongshao, obsessed with nurturing a top scholar, this plaque was a profound irony. How could he not be furious? He died of rage.

"Be nicer to Shiyin." Li Xunhuan pursed his lips. He originally wanted to say that he would not let Chen Liu go or something, but then he thought about it and felt that he had no right to say this now. After all, he was the one who hurt Lin Shiyin the most.

"Don't worry." Lin Shiyin had already made up her mind to go with him, and Li Xunhuan had no intention of trying to persuade her to go back. Since things had already come to this, Chen Liu naturally stopped being pretentious and poured Li Xunhuan another glass of wine, saying, "At least I don't have a hobby of giving women away."

Li Xunhuan paused as he lifted his wine glass, a bitter feeling welling up in his heart. Through his observations over this period, Li Xunhuan had discovered that Chen Liu might be a bit fickle, but he was genuinely good with women. While he couldn't always balance his passions, he always tried his best to consider the feelings of every woman around him. In this respect alone, Chen Liu was better than him.

Li Xun Huan drank the wine in his glass in one gulp. Perhaps because he drank too quickly, he suddenly started coughing violently.

Chen Liu recalled that Li Xunhuan in the original novel was a consumptive alcoholic. His poor health was largely due to his drinking, so he said, "You should drink less in the future, otherwise you will be ruined by drinking."

"You're a good person." Li Xun Huan sighed, "But sometimes when you hurt people, it's a little scary."

"I'm harming people?" Chen Liu showed a puzzled look on his face.

"Lin Xian'er, you told me this on purpose, right?" If Li Xunhuan had not specially sent people to investigate Lin Xian'er's background after Long Xiaoyun's death, and carefully checked everything that had happened to her since she was a child, he really would not have realized that Lin Xian'er was such a vicious and femme fatale.

A person's character and habits are formed from childhood. The Li family is still the largest aristocratic family in Baoding City, so it's not easy to investigate a woman with no real connections. From the many small details and incidents surrounding Lin Xian'er, Li Xunhuan was able to deduce her personality and principles, thus becoming even more certain that Lin Xian'er had murdered his elder brother, Long Xiaoyun.

Chen Liu had definitely had ulterior motives in introducing Lin Xian'er to him and asking him to marry her to Long Xiaoyun. Even if Lin Xian'er didn't kill Long Xiaoyun this time, given her personality, Long Xiaoyun wouldn't be any better in the future and would definitely be killed by Lin Xian'er.

However, Li Xunhuan had no intention of killing Lin Xian'er to avenge Long Xiaoyun. Instead, he allowed Lin Xian'er to remain his widow for ten years. After that, he would send someone to remove the flying knife he intended to hang on the gate of Li Garden. This would then make it clear that Li Garden was no longer under his protection. Without the intimidating power of his flying knife, how could Lin Xian'er, a fragile woman, resist the wolves who coveted her and her property?

This is the revenge Li Xunhuan is going to take on Lin Xian'er.

However, Li Xun Huan seemed to have oversimplified Lin Xian Er. However, that was none of Chen Liu's business. Li Xun Huan was leaving, and he was also preparing to go to the capital.

"I've checked Lin Xian'er's past. This woman is no ordinary woman!"

Chen Liu felt a little embarrassed, so he changed the subject and said, "By the way, you can't carve Shiyin's statue every day. After all, it seems a bit immoral to carve Shiyin's statue all day long. It will also be easy for people to misunderstand that I stole your cousin, and Shiyin might also be misunderstood as a heartless person. If you really don't have anything to carve, why don't you carve a dragon roaring cloud?"

Li Xunhuan: ...

Lin Shiyin: ...

Lin Shiyin, who was about to enter the yard, stopped when she heard Chen Liu's words and quietly hid outside the door to eavesdrop.

Li Xunhuan felt a mixture of laughter and tears. What the hell was that Diaolong Xiaoyun?

Chapter 193 Widow

Li Xun Huan left, leaving in a very elegant manner. When Chen Liu woke up the next morning, he heard that Li Xun Huan had left. He had not even said goodbye to Lin Shiyin. Or perhaps he did say goodbye, but Lin Shiyin didn't know.

"This is what my cousin left for me. When I woke up this morning, I found a stack of banknotes next to my pillow." Lin Shiyin handed a large stack of banknotes to Chen Liu. Chen Liu flipped through it and found that it was a lot of money, a full million taels.

Apart from the Li Garden, seven or eight shops and more than two thousand acres of land that Li Xunhuan left to Lin Xian'er, he secretly sold all the other properties and left all the money to Lin Shiyin.

This was precisely why Li Xunhuan asked Lin Shiyin to stay and attend Long Xiaoyun's funeral. After all, selling property took time. Even if it was a bargain, it still required finding a buyer, negotiating a price, transferring ownership, and depositing money.

Li Xunhuan was probably worried that Lin Shiyin would not accept it, so he quietly left the money to her before leaving.

"Since it's left for you, then take it." Chen Liu handed the banknote back to Lin Shiyin. He couldn't help but complain in his heart that Li Xunhuan seemed to still love Lin Shiyin very much, but fate had played a trick on him, making him recognize a shameless elder brother, which ruined his marriage with Lin Shiyin.

Lin Shiyin was very satisfied. At least Chen Liu wasn't a greedy person. Even if a million taels of silver were placed in front of him, he wouldn't be tempted. Lin Shiyin didn't reach out and said, "You should take it. I'm a weak woman. What do I need so much money for? I don't spend much."

"If you are weak, learn more martial arts." Chen Liu said.

"Why learn martial arts?" Lin Shiyin's face was full of disgust. After all, her cousin was being hunted down and she was pushed to Long Xiaoyun by her cousin, all because of the martial arts world, so she instinctively hated martial arts.

"There are many benefits!" Chen Liu grabbed Lin Shiyin's hand.

Lin Shiyin's face turned slightly red, and she pulled her hand back as if frightened, but Chen Liu's hand was very strong, and although he didn't hold it hard, she couldn't pull it back.

Chen Liu opened Lin Shiyin's hand, which had become stiff with nervousness, and placed the banknote in her palm. He said, "For example, our family's Xiao Wuxiang Gong, if you practice it well and reach a high level, even if you are in your eighties or nineties, you can still look like someone in their twenties or thirties."

Upon hearing this, Lin Shiyin's eyes immediately burst into a fiery light. She quickly grabbed Chen Liu's hand, her nails almost digging into Chen Liu's flesh, and asked excitedly, "Are you serious?"

No woman is immune to aging, which is why countless women spend so much money on cosmetics. Lin Shiyin is no exception; she fears the day her appearance will fade. Now, hearing that Xiao Wuxiang Gong can allow practitioners to maintain a youthful appearance even into their eighties and nineties, how could she not be thrilled?

"Of course it's true." Chen Liu said with a smile.

"I'll learn it." Learning martial arts doesn't necessarily mean she has to fight. Can't she just use it for beauty and skin care?

"Then go ask Yuyan."

Lin Shiyin turned around and ran away.

When it was time to have breakfast, Lin Shiyin's face was a little red, and she would occasionally steal a glance at Chen Liu.

Lin Xian'er also took the initiative to go to Lin Shiyin's yard to have breakfast with Chen Liu.

Li Xunhuan was gone, and Lin Xian'er had truly become the new owner of Li Garden, which made her quietly relieved. After all, it was she who had killed Long Xiaoyun, and although she had done it perfectly, she was also afraid that Li Xunhuan would find out!

However, Lin Xian'er didn't rush to change her name, not even to Li Yuan's style. Li Xunhuan's intimidation was still quite strong. Lin Xian'er was just a weak woman now, and she couldn't protect Li Yuan and the property left to her by Li Xunhuan. So she needed to use Li Xunhuan's name to deter those who had ill intentions towards her and her property.

Of course, after she captured Chen Liu and made him her slave, she could reform Li Yuan according to her own wishes.

"Brother Chenliu, Brother Li is gone. Can you stay and protect me for a while? I'm scared! I'm just a weak woman. Li Yuan has such a big business, I'm worried that I can't manage it all by myself." Lin Xian'er looked pitiful, and her voice was full of temptation and suggestion.

The corners of Huang Rong's mouth curled up slightly, and she looked at Chen Liu with a smile, then at Lin Xian'er.

Mu Wanqing glanced at Lin Xian'er coldly and snorted.