Chapter 107 The Sword Saint's Troubles

The Sword Saint's sword has recovered.

Zheng Boye wasn't too surprised, because he had already guessed this and was even psychologically prepared.

In this world, there are always some people who shine like stars. Even a brief dormancy is just a slight covering by dark clouds. When the sky is clear and the clouds are light, you will find that they are still there, continuing their brilliance.

He habitually reached out and touched the pixiu that he had almost used as a backrest, expressing a little guilt.

Then,

Zheng Boye raised his head again and looked at the masked man surrounded by his armored soldiers.

When he realized that the knife in his hand had lost its former sharpness, he began to use his mouth, trying to replace the effect of the knife.

The Sword Saint didn't draw his sword again, but stood there quietly. He didn't bother to explain, or perhaps he felt that in this situation, no amount of argument could change the heart of a dying man.

The Sword Saint remembered when his master was still alive, he had said something like this to him:

In this world, there are two kinds of people you can't reason with, no matter how well you explain, they won't really listen.

One kind is the person your sword can't kill;

The other kind is the person your sword can kill immediately.

Master, Master,

You were both my teacher and my father,

The Sword Saint kept many of his master's words in his heart, but he had never been able to understand this sentence for many years.

In the past two years,

He understood a little,

He understood not the sentence itself, but the artistic conception within it.

Yu Huaping is already dead.

He died the moment he pierced the heart of the Old Grand Tutor's family head with his sword,

He died that night in the outskirts of the Jin capital when he fought Tian Wujing,

He died that day in front of Snowdrift Pass when he single-handedly cut down a thousand riders.

Jin Sword Saint, Jin Sword Saint,

He was clearly just a Sword Saint,

But for the sake of those two words before Sword Saint, he did too much and sacrificed too much.

He is now just a woman's husband, a child's father, and the owner of a flock of old hens.

The Sword Saint held his sword,

And began to walk forward.

Zheng Boye was slightly surprised. He had originally planned to order his armored soldiers to swarm up and kill the masked assassin. He didn't want the Sword Saint to take action.

The masked man was already surrounded by his soldiers, and the crossbows were already aimed at him. The first round of arrows would be difficult for him to withstand with his own qi and blood. If the remaining soldiers put simultaneous pressure on him, even if he could stir up a little wave, it would be very limited.

After all, strong people like Jingnan Marquis and the Sword Saint are rare.

And the masked man, not to mention comparing him to them, but when he assassinated earlier, Zheng Boye had a feeling that if he reacted properly, he probably wouldn't die under his knife, at most, be injured.

This was even without considering the magic pill's intervention.

Zheng Boye roughly divides the strong people in this world into two types: one is those who can kill him with one move when they get close, and the other is those who can't kill him.

Obviously, the other party belongs to the latter.

If you can't even kill me instantly, what kind of strong person are you?

The masked man is a master, but, he's just a master.

But Zheng Boye has always taken great care of the Sword Saint's physical and mental health. He didn't want the Sword Saint to add any psychological burden. Good steel should be used on the blade.

However,

The Sword Saint kept moving forward,

And with his firm steps,

The soldiers on this side had no choice but to take the initiative to open the encirclement a little, letting the Sword Saint in.

These soldiers knew who this white robe represented.

The masked man watched the Sword Saint continue to walk towards him,

And laughed loudly:

"What, are you, Yu Huaping, planning to kill me in front of your master to curry favor with him?"

The Sword Saint sighed,

And said:

"No."

"No? Then what do you mean? Don't tell me, you want to plead for me, to save me? Hehehehe."

The Sword Saint shook his head,

And said:

"I don't know you, how can I plead for you?"

"..." The masked man.

Many people know the Sword Saint, because he is the focus wherever he goes;

But the Sword Saint doesn't know many people, because there aren't many people in this world worthy of him knowing.

These words are hurtful, especially when said with such a serious attitude, they are even more hurtful.

You accused me,

You criticized me,

I didn't refute, didn't explain,

But asked very seriously,

Who are you?

"What, exactly, do you want?" The masked man roared.

The Sword Saint continued to walk forward,

Continuing to close the distance,

While continuing to say seriously:

"I won't kill you to curry favor with him."

"Could it be, you want to let me go? Let me go, and preserve your Sword Saint's integrity? Good name?

Yu Huaping, do you think you can still clear your name!"

The Sword Saint still shook his head,

And said:

"I myself, simply want to kill you."

"What's the difference?" The masked man smiled, his laughter carrying a hint of sarcasm.

"Because what you said makes me uncomfortable."

"Yu Huaping, you did it yourself, are you afraid of others saying it?"

The Sword Saint nodded,

And said:

"It's not fear, it's discomfort."

"You still have a sense of shame?"

The Sword Saint shook his head,

This wasn't him admitting that he had no sense of shame, but rather believing that he and the person in front of him simply couldn't talk to each other. The two sides were completely talking at cross purposes.

Since that was the case,

There was no need to talk.

At this moment,

The distance between the Sword Saint and the masked man was less than two zhang.

Walking the martial world,

Or rather,

Those with some martial world experience all know,

When a swordsman is very close to you, it often means that danger has come to your face.

Not talking about sparring and stopping at the right moment, the so-called competitions and厮killings, those that involve fighting for several days and nights, are extremely rare.

Even the Sword Saint's great battle with Li Liangshen that was known throughout the martial world for "three days and three nights,"

The reason was because Li Liangshen had military affairs in the middle, which delayed him for two days, and he continued fighting after returning.

So,

The Sword Saint drew his sword,

Then,

A hole appeared in the masked man's chest.

"You..."

"Clang."

The broken knife fell to the ground,

The masked man raised his hand with difficulty, pointing at the Sword Saint in front of him. He never expected that the dignified Sword Saint would actually launch a sneak attack.

This wasn't the ending he wanted,

Even if he died in the hands of the Sword Saint, it shouldn't be this way of dying. His knife hadn't even been swung yet;

Most importantly,

Although the Sword Saint said he didn't know him, he hadn't had time to introduce himself.

But the Sword Saint shook his head, looking at the tottering masked man,

And said:

"I didn't sneak attack."

I stopped your sword,

I walked step by step in front of you,

I clearly told you that I was going to kill you,

But you kept watching me walk over, without even raising your blade.

"You... despicable..."

The Sword Saint shook his head again,

Still answering very seriously:

"Anyway, you can't beat me."

"..." The masked man.

Regardless of whether it was a sneak attack or not, even if everyone cleared the arena, burned incense, and bathed, the outcome of this competition was already doomed.

No suspense, not even a bit.

Since that was the case, there was no need to care about whether it was a sneak attack or not.

"Thump..."

The masked man fell to the ground, finally losing his breath.

Zheng Boye, sitting on the pixiu, witnessed the scene in front of him and then ordered to the left and right:

"Don't take off the mask, behead him, and throw him into the fire."

You like wearing a mask, don't you?

Alright,

Then I won't even look at your face.

Immediately, a soldier stepped forward to do it. Zheng Boye then rode the pixiu to the Sword Saint's side and said:

"Feeling uncomfortable?"

The Sword Saint shook his head, wiping the blood-stained Longyuan on the pixiu's fur.

"..." The pixiu.

Under Zheng Boye's influence, the pixiu, in addition to occasionally licking the blood on the ground in secret, usually pays great attention to grooming its fur.

But,

It also knew,

How terrifying the person in white in front of it and its sword were.

Zheng Boye opened his mouth and said:

"What the common people want is to live and work in peace and contentment. They will destroy the situation that has finally stabilized."

Zheng Boye is an expert in psychological massage.

The Sword Saint smiled,

And said:

"If you die, Snowdrift Pass will be in chaos, and my courtyard will be unstable."

Zheng Fan nodded when he heard this and said nothing more.

When the Sword Saint was young and learning the sword, he lived for youthful vigor;

After the Sword Saint's swordsmanship was perfected, he lived for the sake of fame;

After the Sword Saint's success, he lived for the sake of national righteousness;

Now,

He just wants to live for his own little family.

He doesn't care what others say or how others look at him.

The heart of a swordsman is not simply cold, but rather, single-minded.

The small episode ended just like that. On the way to the Sun residence next, nothing unexpected happened.

Arriving at the entrance of the Sun residence,

He saw that the gate of the Sun residence was wide open, and a group of servants and maids were kneeling on both sides behind the gate, shivering.

Behind the servants was Sun Ying, sitting on the ground.

Standing beside Sun Ying was Sun Liang, with a face as pale as death.

They already knew what had happened,

In fact,

When the news that the Yan army had rushed into Sun Ying's residence and was fighting with the rebels was transmitted to the Sun family's main residence, things immediately became clear.

Sun Youdao and Sun Liang, who had been kept in the dark, immediately understood that all of this stemmed from Sun Ying.

This kind of thing,

Is something Sun Ying could do, and something he would do.

Although they hadn't thought of it before, after the event occurred, it wouldn't seem too strange to attribute it to him.

Zheng Boye didn't rush into the residence, but had his armored soldiers enter first and escort all the Sun family's servants out.

Then,

Zheng Boye got off the pixiu and stood there.

He stood there for quite a while.

On the left and right sides of the Sun family's residence, the plaque on the right side read "Loyal to the Country," and the plaque on the left side read "Sun and Moon, Bright Mirror."

They were all written by Situ Lei himself. "Bright Mirror" refers to Sun Youdao's frequent admonitions to Situ Lei to abandon pride and extravagance and care for the common people.

Because Situ Lei left behind a will to submit to the Yan kingdom before his death, Situ Lei's calligraphy, even now, is not considered taboo.

The Sword Saint opened his mouth and said:

"Is the calligraphy very good?"

If it wasn't good-looking,

Why would you stop here for so long?

Zheng Fan shook his head and said, "Waiting for you to go in first."

The Sword Saint smiled and said:

"You could have said so earlier."

Zheng Boye shook his head and said, "I have to save face too."

"Alright."

The Sword Saint stepped into the Sun residence, followed closely by Zheng Boye, and after that, the Wild Man King.

And Sun Ying and Sun Liang were already surrounded by a group of armored soldiers.

At the same time, the Sun residence, inside and out, was guarded by Zheng Boye's personal guards.

Sun Youdao himself was reported by his subordinates to be sitting in the hall.

Sun Ying, who was disabled and sitting on the ground, although somewhat embarrassed, had a light shining in his eyes when he saw Zheng Fan walk in.

And his younger brother, Sun Liang, was kneeling on the ground.

He didn't beg for mercy,

Because Sun Liang knew,

At this time, begging for mercy was meaningless.

Even if he wanted to beg for mercy, he didn't have the qualification. His father had to beg.

"Ying has admired 平野伯爷 (Pingye Marquis) for a long time. Seeing you today, you are indeed heroic and extraordinary."

Every time he heard a Jin man say words like "admire," "respect," and "yearn," Zheng Boye felt a strange feeling in his heart.

Zheng Fan ignored Sun Ying and first looked at Sun Liang, who was kneeling aside, and said:

"This Marquis thought you would tie Sun Ying up."

On the way here, the Wild Man King gave Zheng Fan a detailed introduction to the Sun family.

Since the Wild Man King discovered the matter, and he was the one who exposed it, he naturally had a great say in the matter.

For example, the Wild Man King believed that Sun Youdao was not involved in this matter.

Because with Sun Youdao's influence and planning ability, it wouldn't be as simple as a flash in the pan in Yingdu.

After all, the old man had helped Situ Lei at Zhennan Pass, planning and defeating the Chu army several times;

And he had also helped Situ Lei repel Gou Moli before his death.

But,

How should I put it?

In the face of treason,

It's difficult to get away with it.

Sun Ying smiled and said:

"Marquis, Ying is just a disabled person, a scholar with no power to restrain a chicken. What's the difference between tying me up or not?

Tying me up may fool others, but in front of you, what is there to fool?"

"Oh, you're quite talkative."

"Alas, now that things have come to this, I originally wanted to commit suicide, but I was afraid that if I died so simply, it would make the Marquis unhappy, and make the Marquis feel uncomfortable and unfulfilled.

So,

Ying has deliberately kept his life for you to dispose of, Marquis. Calm your anger."

"So considerate?"

"It should be."

"Alright, seeing that you're so sensible, this Marquis will spare the lives of Sun Ying's children."

Sun Ying seemed to not expect Zheng Fan to be so easy to talk to,

And was about to bow and salute, while saying:

"Thank you, Pingye..."

"The males will be castrated and sent to the palace, and the females will be sent to the Jiaofang Division (state-run brothel)."

"..." Sun Ying.

Zheng Fan sighed and said:

"Alas, this Marquis just can't change this softhearted habit."

Zheng Boye looked at the Sword Saint beside him,

The Sword Saint's expression was calm,

Helplessly,

Having not received a response and a compliment, Zheng Boye could only turn his head and look at the Wild Man King again,

The Wild Man King immediately clapped his hands,

And said:

"That's right, Marquis, you have the heart of a Bodhisattva."

Sun Ying's smile also faded from his face at this time, and he said freely:

"The winner is king, the loser is bandit. Please, Zheng Marquis, give me some dignity."

"Dignity? Why should this Marquis give you dignity? Since you wanted this dignity, why didn't you think about it before?"

"Everything I did was for Great Jin."

"The Three Families Dividing Jin has been many years."

"But I am a Jin person! The affairs of Jin should be decided by us Jin people, not you Yan people."

Hearing these words,

Zheng Boye laughed,

And said:

"It was the Wild Men who attacked the shores of Wangjiang. It was you who took the initiative to submit to my Great Yan and requested my Great Yan to help you drive out the Wild Men."

"What about the Helian and Wenren families? Did they also invite you Yan people? The Yan people's hearts are known to all!"

"Hehe, that's even more wrong. My Great Yan's army attacked the Qian kingdom because the Helian and Wenren families' allied forces took the initiative to cross the Matishan Mountains and violate my Great Yan;

What,

Are you only allowed to attack me, but not allowed to fight back?

Fighting is only interesting when you come and go, but who would have thought that the Helian and Wenren families were so vulnerable? They disappeared as soon as they were attacked, tsk tsk."

"I Jin people..."

"Pa!"

Zheng Boye slapped Sun Ying in the face, directly knocking out two of Sun Ying's teeth, and blood flowed from his mouth.

"This Marquis is really fed up with people like you, who are clearly disabled, so they are more eager to make a career to prove that they are not useless;

You are clearly still greedy for the glory of your Sun family when the former Dacheng Kingdom was around,

What for Jin?

What for the Jin people?

What for the Jin people to decide the affairs of Jin themselves?

When the Jin Emperor was still in the capital,

Why didn't I see you and your father going to defect to the orthodox imperial family of Jin, but instead colluding with traitors like Situ Lei here!

What kind of bullshit orthodoxy is his Situ family!

They are nothing more than rebellious officials who commit crimes against their superiors, coerce the monarch, and harbor evil intentions!

You,

Are you worthy of talking about loyalty with this Marquis?

Are you worthy of shouting about orthodoxy with this Marquis!"

"Dacheng Kingdom was founded by the virtuous, in accordance with the will of heaven and the will of the people..."

"Then good, according to you, your Dacheng Kingdom almost perished last year, doesn't that mean that the will of heaven is no longer on your side, and the will of the people is no longer on your side?

Now that my Great Yan controls Jin, isn't that the will of heaven and the will of the people is on my Great Yan?

Hey,

This Marquis really finds it strange,

Do whatever you want, but you have to pretend to be doing it for the country, for the people, and for the sake of the world's creatures. You can go out and ask the Jin people inside and outside Yingdu, ask them if they want to have another war like the one from last year, when they were in constant fear!"

After scolding,

Zheng Boye put his hands on his hips,

And shouted into the hall:

"Is Grand Tutor Sun disdainful to see this Marquis? Alright, then this Marquis will leave. When the Sun family is raided and exterminated in the future, this Marquis will come back to pick and choose, to see if there are any beautiful female relatives who can be selected to take home."

The implication is,

You won't talk, right?

Alright,

Then let's handle this according to the rules.

At this time,

Sun Youdao's voice came from the hall:

"Marquis, please wait. This old man is looking for a headdress for his old concubine, so that we can send it to Zheng Marquis together."

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There won't be any tonight. I'm adjusting my routine today. I'll go to sleep in a while. I've been turning day and night upside down for many days in a row, and I can't handle it anymore. Good night everyone.