The courtyard in Changliu Lane.

Wei Qing looked at his brother who suddenly barged in, and slowly placed a chess piece on the chessboard: "What secret does Su Xuan have? How would I know?"

"How could you not know?" Wei Ting glanced at his chessboard. "He is only close to you and always plays chess with you, as if you are close friends regardless of age."

Wei Qing glared at his brother: "Are you saying he's too young, or are you saying I'm too old?"

Wei Qing is only eight years older than Su Xuan.

Wei Ting used to be sullen, but now he has let himself go. He deserves a beating just like Wei Liulang.

Wei Ting stared at his second brother: "You and I haven't played chess much, but I'm not bad at it."

This is true. Wei Ting was raised as a scholar since he was young, and he is proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting.

If he was a little dumber, he wouldn't have been the top scorer in high school at the age of seventeen.

But Wei Qing really didn't like playing chess with Wei Ting.

Wei Qing said, "We just played a few rounds of chess, and didn't talk much."

Wei Ting said seriously: "I don't believe it."

Wei Qing casually placed a piece down: "Believe it or not."

Wei Ting narrowed his eyes dangerously: "Second brother, are you sure you don't want to tell me?"

Wei Qing didn't even look at him: "No comment."

"Brother, you forced me to do this."

Wei Ting rolled up his sleeves, opened the door and launched a big move: "Dad! Second brother bullied second sister-in-law! He said he wanted to divorce second sister-in-law--"

Wei Qing threw the teacup in his hand over and said, "Shut up!"

Wei Ting easily held the teacup and caught all the splashing water drops.

Wei Ting smiled: "He also hid his private property from his second sister-in-law——"

Wei Qing gritted his teeth and said, "Do you still want to hear about Su Xuan?!"

Wei Ting closed the door quickly, and then he came to sit in front of Wei Qing: "I'm all ears!"

Wei Qing wanted to beat this stinky brother to death.

He glared at Wei Ting: "Is there anyone like you who talks nonsense?"

Wei Ting sat on the stool with his legs crossed, his hands on the edge of the stool, with an innocent look on his face: "Second brother is too strong, I can't control him unless I stab him hard."

Wei Qing: “…”

Wei Qing found that his two younger brothers were becoming more and more backward as time went by, and were often extremely childish.

But when he thought about the hardships they had endured in the past few years, he lost his temper again.

Wei Qing said, "I only recently guessed that Su Xuan was the Jade-faced Rakshasa. I didn't know beforehand that he had murderous intentions towards my father."

Wei Ting nodded: "I believe this."

There is no way my second brother would let my father be in danger.

If the second brother had known that Su Xuan had murderous intentions towards his father, he would have been on guard against him in advance, and might even have tried to find a way to get rid of him.

Wei Qing's expression was a bit complicated. "I have heard a little about Jade Face Rakshasa in the Western Jin Dynasty. He is a killer from the Killer Alliance. The two most mysterious sects in the martial arts world are the Hundred Flowers Palace and the Killer Alliance. The Hundred Flowers Palace has been in seclusion for many years, and there have been no rumors about them in the martial arts world for a long time. I don't know much about them. But the Killer Alliance has always had business in various countries."

"And then?" Wei Ting motioned for his second brother to continue.

Wei Ting hummed: "I understand, otherwise Yuchi Xiu wouldn't be ranked second."

Wei Qing said: "The leader of the Assassin's Alliance has a total of ten disciples, and Jade-faced Rakshasa is the ninth."

Wei Ting asked, "Is it arranged according to the time of entry?"

Wei Qing said: "Yes."

Wei Ting was not surprised: "That's right, with that guy's martial arts, he should be ranked in the top three."

Wei Qing said, "The leader of the Assassin's Alliance likes to travel around the world. If he comes across a top talent, he will bring him back to the Assassin's Alliance. After they pass the test, they become his personal disciples. It doesn't sound like anything special. If there is anything special, it's that he started practicing martial arts at the age of ten, which is actually a bit late."

Wei Ting nodded again: "I remember my brothers started doing horse stance when they were three years old."

Wei Qing's expression became more complicated: "This is not the point. If you knew Su Xuan's past, you would find that everything is weird."

Wei Ting frowned: "Su Xuan's past?"

Wei Qing said, "When he was five years old, he fell into the water. After he was rescued, he had a high fever for three days and three nights. His bones were damaged and he will never be able to practice martial arts again in this life. The Killer Alliance has a secret technique that can reshape one's bones. I don't know the details, but I know that one will experience the pain of broken bones and tendons all over the body. It's not once, but once a year, and it takes five years to succeed. Jade-faced Rakshasa was accepted as the leader's disciple at the age of ten. The Killer Alliance leader would never accept a useless person. In other words, he must have been completely healed when he was ten years old."

"In that case, he has been... since he was six years old..."

Wei Ting couldn't believe it! Wei Qing looked at the scar on his wrist: "That's right, it's hard for an adult to endure the pain of broken bones and tendons, let alone a six-year-old child? He went through it five times. I suspect that the only one who has truly succeeded in that secret technique so far is Jade Face Rakshasa. The leader of the Killer Alliance saw the terrible will in this child and made an exception to accept the ten-year-old as his personal disciple.

"The leader of the Killer Alliance undoubtedly favors him and even allows him to become famous."

Wei Qing shook his head: "It's just... I still can't figure it out."

Wei Ting speculated, "Could it be that he was forced by the leader of the Assassin's Alliance? The leader of the Assassin's Alliance just wanted to find a child to test his secret technique, and Su Xuan was unlucky and was accidentally chosen."

Wei Qing thought about it and nodded slightly: "This is the most reasonable guess."

Otherwise, who would dare to believe that a six-year-old child would voluntarily endure the pain of broken bones and tendons?

Wei Ting seemed to have an epiphany: "No wonder he has always been in poor health... He went to his maternal grandfather's house to recuperate after he turned ten, and that's when he started practicing martial arts. He is twenty years old this year, and it took him ten years to reach his current level... Isn't that a bit too much?"

Wei Qing looked out the window at the blood-red sunset and murmured, "Who knows what price he paid?"

…

Princess Hui'an came out of Su Xuan's room angrily.

Su Li walked around on the ground, and after the numbness in her feet eased, she lay back down and continued to eat rice cakes.

Princess Hui'an hesitated for a few seconds, came up to him, and asked coldly, "Do I look like... I like your fourth brother?"

Su Li gave her a strange look and nodded: "Yeah."

Princess Hui'an wanted to refute, but hesitated. She bit her lip and pointed to Su Xuan's room: "Doesn't he look like he would have any thoughts about me?"

Su Li nodded again: "Yeah."

Princess Hui'an was so angry that she stomped her feet, snatched the half-eaten rice cake from Su Li's hand, threw it into the plate, and then took all the rice cakes and pastries back to her room!

"Hey, hey, hey! What does my fourth brother's lovelessness have to do with me? Why are you stealing my food?"

Su Li quickly stood up to get it, and her other foot became numb again.

He limped and stomped his leg on the spot: "Ouch, it's numb! It's numb!"

It’s the last day of the month, everyone remember to clear your tickets, the double bonus is about to end, there are only ten hours left.

(End of this chapter)