Chapter 64 Disguise Chapter 64 Disguise...
Chapter Sixty-Four: Disguise
Huang Yaoshi originally wanted to spend more time with Ling Hao so he could have a chance to spar with her. However, he had to take care of Feng Heng; at least, he couldn't abandon her, as she was practically all alone.
Helpless, Huang Yaoshi had no choice but to bid farewell to Feng Heng and Ling Hao. He needed to settle Feng Heng in first before dealing with anything else. As for the bandits who had ambushed Feng Heng, well, with his and Ling Hao's combined efforts, they had already wiped out all the bandit strongholds in the vicinity, which was already revenge.
Watching Huang Yaoshi leave, Ling Hao thought to herself, "Maybe next time we meet, they'll be a couple." A rescuer in distress, utterly alone and helpless, exceptionally talented, and breathtakingly beautiful. Wow, this is practically the perfect version of a hero saving a damsel in distress!
"What does Ah Hao think of Huang Yaoshi?" Gongzi Yu, who was standing next to Ling Hao, suddenly asked.
"Very good." Ling Hao said without thinking when he heard this. Putting aside the fact that most of his martial arts skills were self-created, and his appearance and talent, just the fact that he stayed with his daughter after his wife passed away and even prepared to be buried with his wife is something that many people can't even dream of.
I had a neighbor, an auntie, whose mother had only passed away a month ago. Her father had already remarried, claiming he was lonely and needed companionship. Lonely my foot! His last wife had only been dead a month ago, not ten years. Nonsense. Besides, how could someone in their sixties or seventies, still have the energy to cause trouble, possibly be lonely?
During that time, my neighbor and her father argued every day; they were practically at odds. About two months later, they stopped arguing. It wasn't because my neighbor had a change of heart, but because she moved—she and her child moved abroad and never came back. As for her father's care in his old age, my neighbor thought it could be left to his beloved new son.
Later, Linghao observed from various angles and found that there were almost only widows around her, but no widowers. So Huang Yaoshi was truly a rare find, and of course she would say he was very good.
Unbeknownst to her, those three words made Gongzi Yu feel as if several buckets of vinegar had been spilled in his heart, making him extremely sour. But he had no right to be jealous, so he could only suppress it, almost driving himself crazy.
Well, although he wasn't exactly normal at first either.
After the county magistrate was replaced, Ling Hao set off again towards the capital. Gongzi Yu continued to follow beside her.
This journey was much better than before, at least for Gongzi Yu. Before, Ling Hao would ignore him. But this time, they could interact like friends, chatting and laughing together.
Gongzi Yu thought to himself, perhaps things will soon be different between them. Ha, so what if it's someone else he met first? He's the one who beat him to it, and that's enough.
However, his joy did not last long, not because Ling Hao's attitude changed, but because they were stopped and someone wanted to ambush them.
At first, there were only five or six men in black who attacked them without saying a word. They were only five or six people, and the men easily defeated them in a few moves. Later, the number increased to a dozen, then twenty, and eventually forty or fifty. Then, the number decreased, but the newcomers became much more skilled in martial arts.
Nevertheless, this was not a problem for Ling Hao at all. When she was in front of the Fuwei Escort Agency, she faced far more and more formidable people. Those people, in terms of both martial arts skills and numbers, were far superior to these people. It was just that this constant stream of people was incredibly annoying.
Although Linghao thought she could get to know Mingyue's whereabouts by building a good relationship with Gongzi Yu, he would change the subject every time she mentioned Mingyue. She knew that the possibility of that was very small, so the only option left was to go to the capital.
Now that her speed is being constantly slowed down, how could Ling Hao not be annoyed? What's most annoying is that these people are like NPCs who can't understand human speech. All they know is to shout things like handing over martial arts manuals, and then they all rush in to kill, completely ignoring everything else.
One wave after another, she had completely lost her patience, and her attacks became increasingly brutal, almost crippling all of them. Despite this, the number of people coming to ambush her did not stop, and Linghao had truly run out of patience.
"Have you found out the truth?" Ling Hao asked with a stern face.
Gongzi Yu's expression was also not good. "We have news from the poetry and poetry department that someone in the martial arts world has spread the word that you have other martial arts manuals that enabled you to develop such skills. They all believe that you are so powerful so early in your career because you have some kind of unparalleled martial arts manual."
How could his face possibly look good? These foolish martial arts practitioners always get excited about so-called martial arts manuals, divine weapons, and martial arts treasures, regardless of whether they are true or false. They all rush in as if they would suffer a loss if they were a step behind.
Originally, Gongzi Yu scoffed at this and didn't mind using these excuses to stir up trouble and achieve his own goals. But now that Ling Hao was the one facing this situation, he couldn't accept it.
"Are those people crazy?" Hearing this, Ling Hao was so angry she jumped up and down. "They're stupid, dumb, and dumb. They can't practice martial arts, and they're brainless. They've practiced martial arts for decades and can only be third-rate idiots, and then they start doubting other people's abilities? I'm just good at my own thing, I have the ability, not some kind of unparalleled martial arts secret!"
She was truly furious. It was only because those people weren't in front of her right now that they were, otherwise she would definitely have drawn her sword to teach them a lesson and show them what was what.
"It's no use explaining now. Those brainless idiots won't believe it." Gongzi Yu suppressed his anger. "They'll only calm down when the storm has passed or something new happens in the martial arts world."
He said this, but in reality, he was already plotting how to stir up trouble in the martial arts world. He decided to use Chai Yuguan's name and claim that there were clues to the treasure he left behind. Back then, Chai Yuguan had harmed so many people in the martial arts world; whether it was martial arts skills, weapons, or the gold and silver he had plundered, everything had disappeared with his death.
Since that's the case, then let's use this news to cover up Ling Hao's affair. Even before the thought had formed, Gongzi Yu had already devised a plan: how to spread the news, how to manipulate public opinion, and how to completely conceal Ling Hao's situation. At the same time, he also planned how to find the true culprit behind spreading the rumor that Ling Hao possessed a peerless martial arts manual.
He didn't believe it was just a coincidence; someone must be pulling the strings behind the scenes. If he found that person… Gongzi Yu's eyes turned cold. He would tear that person apart; only then could he vent his hatred.
But right now, their most important task is to get to Kyoto safely.
"Pretend to be a newlywed couple?" Ling Hao asked incredulously.
A note from the author:
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Someone overseas heard the news: Huh? My dead father can still come out and stir up trouble?
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