Chapter 147
Although he participated in the whole process, he had no idea how things would develop.
When Cheng Hui heard the news that the Hu family had disbanded, he couldn't stop smiling.
Although he participated in the whole process, he had no control over how things would develop.
The Hu family is now in a state of chaos, and once Mr. Hu falls, the family will be in chaos.
Young Master Hu was temporarily disabled, and before Third Young Master Hu could take over, he had an accident and fell off his horse. One of his legs was crushed by the frightened horse and could not be put back together, so it had to be amputated.
He is still lying in bed with a high fever. It is hard to say whether he can survive.
It was said that the eldest lady was behind the accident of the third young master Hu. Her move was like a spark falling into a frying pan, and the backyard of the Hu family exploded.
Everyone has seen the miserable plight of the Third Young Master Hu. Many people were complicit in the oppression of the Third Young Master Hu. Now that the Third Young Master Hu has fallen, how can the remaining people be safe?
The identity of the eldest lady is enough to make him invincible. These illegitimate sons have been suppressed by her for many years. Now it is obviously her own son who has made the mistake. Young Master Hu was only locked up, while the third young master who revealed the matter was almost killed. This is unacceptable to anyone.
So, no one knew who did it, but the eldest lady was poisoned and lay half-dead on the bed. The concubines and illegitimate children in the backyard also had their own plans and were clamoring to divide the family property.
The old lady couldn't control it, and there was no one who could take charge, so the Hu family... just fell apart.
"I really didn't expect the results to come out so quickly..." After Cheng Hui laughed, he felt a little emotional.
He thought that this matter would take at least a month to ferment before there would be any results, but he didn't expect that the Hu family would be gone in less than seven days.
"It can only be said that the Hu family has never been peaceful. The peace in the past was due to the suppression of Mr. Hu. All you have done is to lift their fig leaf, and they can solve the problem themselves." Aqiu said calmly.
He has seen too many things like this in the world of cultivation. No matter whether it is a sect or a family, wherever there are many people, various factions will appear.
Everyone has selfish desires, but resources are limited. If you have more, I will have less. Even if the qualifications are the same, those with more resources can cultivate to the Golden Elixir stage, while those with fewer resources can only build the foundation. Putting aside the strength between the two, the lifespan alone differs by two or three hundred years. What cultivators cultivate is immortality. Who would be willing to accept such a gap?
It's just that I have to accept it because of my strength.
This is still the right path. Those people have to consider their reputation and are reluctant to do anything shady. On the other hand, some demonic families may be more open to it, secretly refining talented offspring into puppets, or even peeling their bones and extracting their blood. However, the downside is that if such a family lets a gifted offspring escape, they may be retaliated by being slaughtered by others years later.
In Aqiu's eyes, the Hu family's affairs were nothing at all. Not even many people died, which shows how kind Cheng Hui is.
Cheng Hui: …???
I'm afraid you have some misunderstanding about the word kindness.
"So what's next... are we going to leave?" Cheng Hui thought of Liu's father and mother, and suddenly felt a little hesitant.
Logically speaking, they should leave as soon as possible. After all, they have less than two months to explore this world.
But emotionally... thinking of Father and Mother Liu who had lost their son before them, he felt a little reluctant.
Before Cheng Hui finished speaking, Lin Qingqiu understood what he was worried about. Her eyes flashed and she smiled, "You have to know that even if we postpone our departure, it will only be three months at most. By then, they will still be sad."
Cheng Hui also understood that what Aqiu said was the truth, he just... didn't know what reason to use to convince them to let them go.
They couldn't just quarrel with each other. If they learned about Liu Qing's death in the future, the quarrel before leaving might become the source of their guilt.
"Don't worry, leave it to me." Lin Qingqiu took on the job directly.
Cheng Hui nodded. Although Aqiu would tease him from time to time, he was still very reliable when it came to serious matters. There should be no problem leaving it to him.
So two days later, Lin Qingqiu terminated the employment contracts with the other bodyguards and came to Liu's father and mother with only Zhou Tong.
"What? You want to go out and learn skills from a master?" Liu's mother asked in shock.
Even Liu's father was shocked by this reason.
"Yes, mother, I have finally discovered that these days, a strong blacksmith must be strong himself. I was lucky this time and didn't die at the hands of the Hu family, but what if there is a next time?"
"How could there be a next time? The Hu family has fallen." Liu's mother said hurriedly.
"But who knows if there will still be a Zhao family or a Li family? Besides, having my eldest brother at home is enough. I'm thinking of traveling around while I'm still young. If I can really learn some martial arts, I can come back and protect my eldest brother."
Mother Liu looked at him worriedly. In her opinion, her youngest son was frightened. His elder brother's leg was broken alive, and he himself was in danger, so he wanted to learn martial arts.
"Nonsense!" Master Liu knocked his cane hard: "You are so old, why are you still so out of touch?"
"No, I didn't. Look, I even specially invited Zhou Tong here. Zhou Tong said that he once met an old man with a white beard. The old man only taught Zhou Tong for three days, but Zhou Tong already had kung fu that was not inferior to his uncle's. If I could pester that master to learn for half a year, maybe I could even fly and hide in the ground." Liu Qing puffed out his chest, as if if even Zhou Tong could learn it, there was no way he couldn't.
Mr. Liu was at a loss for words and said to Zhou Tong, "Zhou family kid, don't mind me. This kid is full of nonsense."
Zhou Tong glanced at the young master with a complicated expression. There was an old man with White Beard, and he did learn from him for three days, but the problem was... they had just met by chance at that time, and the old man didn't leave any name or address. Where could he find him now?
He told the young master all this, but he refused to listen and insisted on going to the place where they met before giving up. What else could he do? He could only pay for it...
Yes, he has such a strong professional ethics, and it is definitely not the reason why the young master tempted him with two hundred taels of silver.
After some persuasion from Liu's father and mother, Aqiu was determined to learn the skills. He even boasted that if the old man with white beard didn't teach him, he would go find other masters to learn from him.
Father Liu was helpless. Didn't he know his son's character? He was spoiled and pampered. He didn't believe he could be so cruel as to learn martial arts.
Forget it, just let him go out and play. Anyway, this kid knows what he is doing and knows that there shouldn’t be any big problems if he takes the kid from the Zhou family with him.
Father Liu actually also agreed that his youngest son should go out and travel more while he is young. As the saying goes, reading ten thousand books is not as good as traveling ten thousand miles. When he was young, he also wanted to travel around and see the world, but unfortunately he was trapped by the family business and never made it.
Now letting my son travel around can be regarded as fulfilling his dream when he was young.
Liu's mother wanted to object, but her youngest son insisted and her husband agreed, so she could only reluctantly pack her son's bags.
Before leaving, she glared at Liu's father fiercely. Liu's father was startled and thought to himself that this was not good and he might have to sleep in the study tonight.
Aqiu didn't want to delay too long, and had almost packed his luggage. Liu's mother took a look and felt that he brought too few things, so she stuffed a little here and a little there, and ended up making one bag into two suitcases.
Aqiu understood the mother's worries and accepted her arrangements with a smile all the way. Finally, he rode away from the Liu family on his horse under the other party's reluctant gaze.
Not long after walking out, Aqiu looked back and saw that Liu's father and mother were still standing at the gate, looking at him from afar.
Aqiu had an idea and waved at them. After receiving a response, he slowly rode away on his horse.
"What's wrong with you?" Cheng Hui keenly noticed the change in Aqiu's mood.
"Nothing." Qiu seemed to be in a good mood, with the corners of his mouth curled up. "I just suddenly realized that the saying 'don't travel far away when your parents are still alive' is true."
"Uh..." Cheng Hui was a little stuck. This sentence should be applicable to the vast majority of parents, but his parents happened to belong to that small minority.
Ah Qiu rarely saw Cheng Hui stuck, so he asked with interest, "Why are you suddenly silent?"
"Nothing." Cheng Hui shook his head. "Parents are different from each other. What you just said is indeed very appropriate, but...how should I put it..." He shrugged, "It doesn't quite fit my situation."
Aqiu immediately became interested. In the past, when he chatted with Cheng Hui, they rarely talked about each other's parents because he knew that both of his parents were dead. But now it seems... that's not the case?
Oh yes, he remembered the little thing in Ah Hui's sea of consciousness. He discovered the existence of the little thing when he was helping Ah Hui change his fate. In other words, the little thing also played an indispensable role in Ah Hui's success in changing his fate.
So he didn't know much about that little thing, and he knew even less about Cheng Hui's past.
He had guessed a long time ago that there was some secret hidden in Cheng Hui. At first he thought it was that little thing, but now it seems... not?
There are more and more mysteries surrounding Ah Hui.
But it doesn't matter.
It doesn’t matter who Ah Hui is, what matters is who he belongs to!
After leaving Wushan Town with Zhou Tong, Aqiu first went with him to the place where he met the old man with white beard.
As expected, nothing was found. Aqiu was not discouraged and took him to the places where the "hermit masters" were said to have appeared.
Wherever he went, he would bury some local specialties and ask someone to take them back home, along with a long and eloquent letter expressing how much he enjoyed himself outside and didn't want to go home.
In this way, he took Zhou Tong for a long time, emptied the food in Zhou Tong's stomach, and then he threw him away and slipped away stealthily.
He also left a letter for Zhou Tong, saying that he had met a master at night, who said he would take him to a secluded place to study, and that he might not be able to come back for a few years. He asked Zhou Tong to go home and tell him that he would come back after he finished his studies.
When Zhou Tong found out that Liu Qingren was missing, he was completely paralyzed. The young master of the Liu family disappeared in his hands. How could anything good happen if he went back?
Fortunately, he saw the letter left by the other party.
He believed that the second young master Liu had met a hermit master. After all, his strength was quite good. The other party was able to take away the young master who lived in the same room with him without him noticing. He must have extraordinary skills. It's just... you are too domineering. You are not allowed to leave the mountain until you have finished your training. Who knows when the young master will be able to go home.
No matter what, Zhou Tong took the letter back.
Although Liu's father and mother were very angry after reading the letter, they did not show any particular sadness.
After all, the child is still fine, just studying far away. With this thought in mind, they may just complain a few times when they miss their child, but they will not feel the sadness of seeing a young person die before them. This also fulfills Liu Qing's wish.
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