Young Master, Don't Show Off - Chapter 196

[Chapter 196 Murong Mingzhu]

Jiangnan Prefecture, Murong Family.

As one of the prominent families in Jiangnan, the Murong family has a status second only to the Zhang family in Jiangnan. Even though the Zhang family has a monopoly in Jiangnan, they will give the Murong family some face.

The reason is simple. Although the Murong family has not been as good as before in recent years, because the eldest daughter of the family is a concubine in the palace, no one dares to provoke them.

At this time, in the Murong Mansion, Murong Chong, the head of the Murong family, was drinking tea in the back hall. After a while, a middle-aged man walked in from outside. Murong Chong asked, “Why is there such a mess outside?”

The middle-aged man said, “Father, the Zhang father and son, and the Wang father and son who disappeared yesterday were tied up and thrown on the street this morning. When the Zhang family and the constables from the government office found them, they were already dead. People outside are talking about this matter now.”

Murong Chong asked, “Did the people from the Tiandao League kill them?”

The middle-aged man said, “No, it is said that when someone first found them, they were still alive. Later, more and more people gathered to watch, and the scene became more and more chaotic. By the time the Zhang family arrived, the crowd had dispersed, and the four were dead.”

Murong Chong put down the teacup and said, “This is all their own fault. They deserve it.”

Pause. After a pause, he asked again: “How is Yu’er’s practice going?”

The middle-aged man said: “She has made great progress these days, but she should still be some distance away from the Earth Level.”

Murong Chong slowly breathed a sigh of relief and said: “If it weren’t for the old man stopping her, with Yu’er’s talent, it would be easy for her to enter the Yishu Academy, and it would not be impossible for her to be ranked in the Tianzi Academy. Maybe she has already reached the Earth Level. It was the old man who delayed her.”

The middle-aged man shook his head and said: “This is not my father’s fault. My sister… She doesn’t want to have anything to do with the Murong family, and I’m afraid she doesn’t want to see anyone from my Murong family in the capital.”

Murong Chong was silent for a moment and said: “But this is unfair to Yu’er. The world is big, and she shouldn’t stay in this small Jiangnan for her whole life. Let her participate in this small competition…”

The two talked in the room and didn’t know that outside the room, an invisible figure was floating in the air in the courtyard.

Before coming to Jiangnan, the imperial concubine was worried about Lin Xiu and gave him a jade token, asking him to come to the Murong family if he encountered something he couldn’t solve.

But the imperial concubine didn’t know his strength, and the Murong family couldn’t solve the things he couldn’t solve.

Before returning to the capital, Lin Xiu wanted to visit Murong’s house and see where the Imperial Concubine grew up.

The old man in the room should be the Imperial Concubine’s father, and the middle-aged man should be her brother. It is not difficult to hear from their words that the Imperial Concubine and the family seem to have some kind of irreconcilable conflict.

This has led to the fact that the people of the Murong family have not appeared in Kyoto in recent years, and the Imperial Concubine has never returned to Jiangnan.

Lin Xiu was still wondering before. Even if the concubines in the palace could not go out casually, they would not be allowed to return to their parents’ home for so many years.

It seems that his previous idea was simply impossible to achieve.

Even if he secretly brought the Imperial Concubine back to Jiangnan and back to Murong Mansion, she might not be happy.

But, what is the conflict between her and her family?

Force her to enter the palace and become a concubine?

Her relationship with Emperor Xia is indeed a bit strange to say that they are husband and wife. Lin Xiu knows Emperor Xia’s harem very well. Perhaps only the Imperial Concubine Shu looks like a couple with him, and now there is another pretty widow.

But their relationship was definitely not bad. If it weren’t for the Imperial Concubine, his pretty widow would have been eliminated by the Queen when choosing concubines.

Lin Xiu strolled around the Murong Mansion. As a wealthy family in Jiangnan, the Murong Mansion was not luxurious compared to the top families in the capital, but the environment was very good. There were mountains and water in the house, a typical garden style.

The Imperial Concubine and the family had an irreconcilable conflict for more than ten years. Because she was worried about him, she made an exception, which made Lin Xiu even more moved.

He slowly floated in the Murong Mansion, remembering every room, every tree, and every rockery.

In a certain courtyard, there were bursts of breaking wind.

Lin Xiu slowly flew over and saw a girl of seventeen or eighteen years old practicing sword in the courtyard. He watched for a while and was secretly surprised.

The girl was about the same age as Minghe Lingyin, but her martial arts skills were really good. The younger generation in the martial arts academy might not be her opponents. Lingyin and Princess Minghe were even worse than her in martial arts.

The Murong family actually had such a genius.

Lin Xiu was only slightly surprised. Just when he was about to look elsewhere, the woman who was practicing sword in the courtyard suddenly changed her expression. She looked in the direction of Lin Xiu and said vigilantly, “Who!”

Before she finished speaking, she had turned into a residual shadow and stabbed in the direction of Lin Xiu with her sword.

Lin Xiu was really shocked this time. Even earth-level warriors couldn’t find his current concealment skills, and she was obviously not yet earth-level, but she found his direction accurately.

Soon, Lin Xiu knew the reason.

Her flying movements were light and elegant, as if she was riding the wind. Ordinary earth-level warriors couldn’t do this. Before her sword stabbed, several sharp wind blades arrived first.

It turned out to be the wind skill.

Among the heaven-level skills, wind, thunder, and ice are more rare than the five elements.

If it was the ability of the wind, it would not be surprising to sense his presence.

His concealment only meant that he disappeared from people’s sight, not really disappeared. When he moved, he would still cause the air to flow, forming a breeze, which naturally could not be hidden from the perception of wind-based abilities.

The wind blade was extremely sharp, not inferior to the sharpness of a sword or a knife, and it was also extremely fast. Even a ground-level warrior would find it difficult to dodge it at a distance of several feet, but no matter how fast he was, he could not be faster than Lin Xiu.

He easily dodged several wind blades, and the girl’s sword also stabbed into the air.

A look of surprise appeared on her face, as if she had thought of something, and asked: “It was you who killed the Zhang family father and son and Jiangnan Yin’s people. What are you doing in our house?”

Soon, a magnetic voice came from the void: “Just passing by.”

The girl made a sword flower, put away the long sword in her hand, and said: “These people have done so many bad things. Killing them is also a good thing for the people.”

She put the sword on the stone table in the yard, walked into the room, took out a jar of wine, and asked: “Would you like a drink?”

Lin Xiu found that the logo on the jar was actually Hongniju.

She opened the wine seal, and a strong aroma came to her face. Then she poured two bowls of wine and said: “This wine is very expensive, two hundred taels of silver per jar, and you can’t buy it even if you have silver.” Hongniju is

only available in Wangdu. Those sold in other places are either fake or resold by scalpers.

Lin Xiu smelled that this wine was real, but she must have been made a profit by the middleman. The wine she bought for two hundred taels per jar was only sold for thirty or forty taels in Wangdu, which can only be considered medium-grade.

Lin Xiu did not drink with her, saying, “I can’t drink.”

He really couldn’t drink much. With this alcohol content, he would get drunk with just one bowl.

The girl said, “It’s good that you don’t drink. I was a little reluctant to drink.”

This girl was quite bold like a northern girl, not like a Jiangnan girl at all.

But it could also be a genetic problem of the Murong family.

The Imperial Concubine was also known as a tigress in the palace, and she was not as gentle as a Jiangnan girl.

Lin Xiu floated in the air and asked, “What’s your name?”

The girl said, “Murong Yu, what about you?”

Lin Xiu said, “My name is not important. I want to ask you a question. What’s your aunt’s name?”

The girl looked into the void and frowned, saying, “Why are you asking my aunt’s name?”

Lin Xiu said, “Curious. It is said that the Imperial Concubine is the most beautiful woman in the harem. I am curious about what kind of name such a beauty would have.”

The girl shook her head and said, “No comment.”

There was a whisper in the void.

Then, a jar of wine appeared out of thin air in the void. After the wine seal was opened by itself, the fragrance quickly spread out, which was even more tempting than the jar of wine she drank.

The girl was surprised. There were more than one person in Murong’s house at the moment. At least they had the ability to hide, fly, and use space. No wonder the Zhang family father and son fell into their hands so easily.

Then, her eyes were fixed on the jar of wine, and her throat could not help but move.

But the jar of wine disappeared the next moment.

After the fourth awakening, Lin Xiu’s portable space was already very large. Most of the area was not used, so he used it as a warehouse. He stored a lot of the strongest wines in Hongniju there, so that he could get the ability he wanted after getting the other party drunk.

I didn’t expect it to be useful today.

He smiled at the girl and said, “It’s just a name. I can find out by asking around. I just don’t want to make trouble. Tell me the name of the imperial concubine, and I’ll give you this jar of wine. How about it?”

The girl said without hesitation, “Murong Mingzhu.” As

soon as she finished speaking, the jar of wine flew to her side.

Lin Xiu repeated the name several times in her mind and asked, “You didn’t just make up a name to trick me, did you?”

The girl curled her lips and said, “Aunt was not born as a concubine. Many people around here know her name. Why should I lie to you?”

Lin Xiu dispelled her doubts and asked again, “I heard that the relationship between the concubine and your Murong family is not very good. Is it true?”

The girl protected the jar of wine and said, “This is our Murong family’s family affairs and has nothing to do with you.”

Another jar of wine appeared in the void, but this time, no matter how Lin Xiu tempted, the girl did not say a word.

In the end, Lin Xiu gave her another jar of wine and said, “If you don’t want to say it, forget it. We’re leaving and will meet again.”

After that, there was no more sound around.

Murong Yu closed her eyes, and the wind blew from all directions. There was no obstacle in the void, which meant that those people had left.

She was puzzled. Why were the people from the Tiandao League so interested in her aunt’s affairs?

(End of this chapter)