From the end of the world

Chapter 128 Ying Lingyun 1
It seems that only Zhu Shi and his grandparents live in this huge Western-style villa. Now with Chang'an joining the family, there are only four people in total, so it is normal to have many empty rooms.

Now we came to one of the empty rooms, with only a wooden table in it. On the table was a towel, on which was clearly placed the head of the monster maker, and the towel was stained by the dirty blood flowing from the broken neck.

If a thief broke into the house, or if there were children nearby who really treated this place as a haunted house and went to explore it, and saw a head like this while exploring, I'm afraid they would feel like they were experiencing a horror story.

I didn't see Chang'an on the way here. I guess he was somewhere in the villa. He definitely didn't know that his biological father's head (although it was a possible clone) was under the same roof with him. And probably out of avoidance, Zhu Shi locked the door when he entered the room.

Mr. Zhu walked to the table, put his hands behind his back, and stared at the head without saying a word. As outsiders, Ma Zao and I couldn't take the initiative to take the head of the other party's son-in-law, so we could only stand behind and wait for the other party to hand it over. But he didn't move for the time being, just lowered his head as if he was thinking about a lot of things.

I was a little confused at first, but I quickly realized it. Unlike Zhu Shi and I, Mr. Zhu was probably convinced that Ying Lingyun was dead. After all, Ying Lingyun was his son-in-law and his daughter's husband. He couldn't help but be moved by the sight of the wreckage.

I realized that this might be a good opportunity. Zhu Shi knew very little about Ying Lingyun, but Mr. Zhu knew him inside and out. I could take this opportunity to ask Mr. Zhu about Ying Lingyun. The man might not be dead yet, so asking for information about him now is just in case.

Moreover, even if this point is excluded, I still have a strong curiosity about Ying Lingyun himself and want to know his past.

When Mr. Zhu heard me asking about Ying Lingyun, he turned his head in confusion.

"Are you interested in this kind of guy?" He pointed at the head on the wooden table unceremoniously.

It seems that he hates his son-in-law very much and even calls him "this kind of guy".

"Yes," I said, "When I first killed him, I didn't know he was Zhu Shi's father, so..."

"... Well, I see." Mr. Zhu nodded thoughtfully, "You don't have to feel sorry for killing this guy. But since you are curious, it doesn't hurt to tell you.

"As you can see, I'm an old man and I'll be talking for a long time. How about we talk somewhere else? We've already prepared refreshments for you here."

I had no objection, and then I left the room with Ma Zao and Zhu Shi. Mr. Zhu took us to the reception tea room and sat down. Zhu Shi's grandmother was waiting there, and she left after serving us hot tea and snacks. I guess the original arrangement was to take us to drink tea and chat, and then take the head away, but Mr. Zhu just skipped this step. I vaguely felt that he was different from his appearance, and seemed to be a person who didn't like red tape.

Looking at the white mist rising from the hot tea, Mr. Zhu showed a nostalgic mood and asked: "Where do you want to start?"

Being asked this question suddenly, I was a little confused. After thinking about it, I noticed a suspicious point and asked, "As far as I know, Ying Lingyun should have been an official in ordinary society in the past. Why did he become the son-in-law of the demon hunter family?"

"Oh, are you asking from this point..." He nodded, "Did my granddaughter tell you that I originally planned to lead the Zhu family to withdraw from the circle of demon hunters?"

"Yes," I said. Zhu Shi, who was sitting next to me, also nodded.

"The one who gave me this idea was none other than my daughter, Zhu Jiu."

Mr. Zhu told us the whole story.

Zhu Jiu is Zhu Shi's mother and Mr. Zhu's only daughter.

In fact, the Zhu family did not have the tradition of having only one child. On the contrary, they encouraged the expansion of their family. For example, Mr. Zhu, the eighth generation of Zhu, had several brothers and sisters, but they are all dead now.

The cause of death was none other than "forging the Yama Sword".

Although even the Zhu family themselves did not believe that the Sword of Forged Yama had the power of great impermanence, it was true that it contained great power. According to reliable records, the heir who fully released the power of the Sword of Forged Yama could gain power beyond the limits of the demon hunter. Therefore, around the inheritance of the Sword of Forged Yama, Zhu Ba and his brothers and sisters eventually turned against each other and an unprecedented fight broke out.

As the only survivor, Zhu Ba suffered a serious psychological trauma from the horrific fight. In order to prevent similar conflicts from happening again among his descendants, after his wife gave birth to a daughter, he no longer planned to have children. He simply named his daughter "Zhu Jiu" in the format of the family heir.

He had high hopes for his only daughter, hoping that she would become a great demon hunter, and he gave her an extremely strict education.

As the saying goes, raise sons in poverty and daughters in wealth, but he did the opposite. He made Zhu Jiu suffer and work hard. He was simply a devil who didn't know what kindness was.

That's not what I said, that's what he said.

However, slowly, he realized that his daughter was not suitable to be a witcher.

"Ajiu's aptitude as a demon hunter is very poor. She has no hope of becoming a demon hunter in her lifetime, and I'm afraid she won't even be able to stay in the realm. Moreover, her character is too kind and gentle, and she can't adapt to the cruel and weird world." Mr. Zhu said slowly, "Plus, the demon hunter aptitude of the Zhu family is getting worse with each generation. You know, before my generation, the Zhu family had never seen a bloody fight over an external object like the Yama Sword. So I think it's time for the Zhu family to withdraw from the demon hunter circle."

Who could have thought that the forging of the Yama Sword had such a bloody past? I glanced at Zhu Shi, her face was heavy, as if she had known it for a long time.

"But Zhu Shi's talent should be considered good, right?" I asked. "Yes, my granddaughter is an exception among all the descendants. If Ajiu is a waste, then she can be said to be a genius. The problem is that she was not born yet. If I had known this earlier, perhaps I would have made a different judgment." Mr. Zhu said, "Let's get back to the point. I'm sure you also know that weirdness attracts weirdness. If you want to lead the Zhu family out of the weird world, it means giving up weird power and knowledge.

"But this does not mean that I intend to make the Zhu family an ordinary member of ordinary society. In order to gain a foothold in the world over there, I want the Zhu family to gain a certain degree of power and status in secular society. To this end, I hope that my useless daughter will sacrifice her will, listen to my orders, and marry a man with enough power and status in secular society."

“Is this the so-called arranged marriage?” I could not believe that Mr. Zhu was actually such a nasty father who manipulated his children’s marriages for his own benefit.

Could it be that Ying Lingyun was the marriage partner? But the Shadow-Changing Monster said that Ying Lingyun was also from a humble background and only rose to prominence after he hooked up with the Zhu family.

"That's right." Mr. Zhu nodded, "Before the Fantian incident, although our demon hunter family could not truly influence the secular society with the power of magic, if we used the power of magic to accumulate wealth and then used the wealth to connect with the powerful, as long as we didn't do it too out of line, there would still be some loopholes that we could exploit.

"And with these advantages, I successfully found some marriage candidates for my daughter who have both moral character and power. They are either successful big names or promising new stars.

"However, just when things were about to develop smoothly, we encountered the biggest unexpected obstacle..."

I asked naturally, "Is it because Zhu Shi's mother was very resistant?"

Zhu Shi listened attentively, as if it was the first time he heard these stories about his mother. Ma Zao seemed to lack cultural sensibility for such topics, and just stared at the tea stems in the teacup, as if he was studying tea stem divination.

Mr. Zhu shook his head and said, "That can only be regarded as an expected obstacle, and it can only be regarded as the second largest obstacle."

"So what is the biggest obstacle?" I asked.

He said in a deep voice: "It's me."

Not to mention me, even Zhu Shi was very surprised: "Ah?"

Mr. Zhu smiled helplessly and continued to tell us:

In the past, looking at his daughter whose face was full of resistance and the potential son-in-law who was old enough to be almost a brother to him, Zhu Ba, who had always been hard-hearted, suddenly came to his senses.

He had been scheming against his brothers and sisters since he was a teenager, and finally became the winner of the family strife, thinking that his heart had long been cold and cold. However, perhaps because of this, the real him actually longed for the nourishment of family affection, and hid his love for his wife and daughter in his heart.

His former family members had been killed by his own hands, and his wife and daughter were the family members he had finally reunited with. How could he be so blinded by greed that he would sell his daughter like a commodity to others?

So he broke into his daughter's blind date venue, kicked over the blind date partner he had found on the spot, and then took his bewildered daughter away.

However, although it was refreshing to do so, he still had to think about how to make the Zhu family gain a foothold in the secular society in the future.

Just then, he noticed a figure.

That person is Ying Lingyun.

Unlike those rising political stars with wealthy family backgrounds, Ying Lingyun is just a grassroots person with no background, and is even an orphan whose parents have both passed away.

However, he possesses a huge advantage that those characters can never compare with.

That is, his daughter likes him.

The two have known each other since elementary school and are childhood sweethearts. Zhu Ba realized long ago that his daughter had a deep affection for this man, but he never took it seriously, thinking that they lived in different worlds and would be separated sooner or later. After planning to enter the secular society - especially after coming to his senses, Zhu Ba re-examined Ying Lingyun and found that he actually had many shining points.

Ying Lingyun is handsome, talented, eloquent, insightful and capable. Although he is arrogant and pretentious, he has strong leadership skills and can always call on people around him to take action and follow him.

From another perspective, this is also a kind of "political ability" that many people do not have. If he can get enough experience and make up for his lack of background, he may be able to make great achievements in society.

Zhu Ba thought, if this was true, it would not be unacceptable to marry his daughter to this young man.

After making up his mind, he took the initiative to find Ying Lingyun and help him enter politics. In just a few years, he really soared to the sky and became another rising star in politics.

In the process, he gradually discovered Ying Lingyun's secret.

While Ying Lingyun was having an affair with his daughter, he was secretly having an unclear relationship with a monster that transformed into a beautiful woman!
(End of this chapter)