If you don't give up, I'd like to be your adoptive father.

Chapter 105 Encounter on the road
A few days later in the afternoon, I was on a donkey cart returning to Hongxiufang from the west of the city.

"Hey, Fengxian, what are you daydreaming about?"

Jinlian reached out to push Xiaoyu's shoulder and asked in confusion, "What's wrong with you? Are you asleep?"

Xiaoyu looked around and found that the donkey cart had stopped at some point, and there was a lot of noise from people shouting outside.

"Well, I took a nap. Are we at Hongxiufang now?"

Jinlian stared at her face and said, "Dozing off? But your eyes were open just now."

Eyes wide open and dazed.

"Well, I was actually thinking about the 'Wave Breaking Fist' of Mr. Sun Zhouhai, the 'Invincible Iron Fist'." Xiao Yu made up a lie.

Although Jinlian is not as famous as the "Top Ten Famous Prostitutes of East Shu" such as Shaoyao, Hongwei, and Zixuan, she is also considered the "top star" in Tianmen Town.

In the past few days, Xiaoyu followed her to visit nearly thirty "martial arts masters" - at least those who had practiced true qi.

If we include the "martial arts heroes" (those who have cultivated internal energy and have at least one special skill) and martial arts newcomers, the number will be even greater, exceeding a hundred.

For example, more than 30 young knights from Yingxiang Prefecture participated in the "Narcissus Tower Tea Party" this afternoon.

Among them was even a young master of the Wen family, the illegitimate son of Wen Danxia’s cousin.

They are all very high-quality "martial arts treasure troves".

Even though their own realm is not high, the immortal martial arts they practice are not bad.

For example, the young master of the Wen family also practiced the martial arts from the "Feng Yin Bao Jian".

If Xiaoyu can break their core skills, then the "ancestor" in their family who practices the same skills will also be in danger.

The social customs of this era were ridiculous. Servants generally used "ye niang" to address the master and mistress.

This is especially true for those of humble status.

Xiaoyu was a maid in a brothel (she was nominally Jinlian's maid), and she had to call almost everyone she met "Master and Madam". It was normal etiquette for her to do so, and no one would think she had ulterior motives.

This makes the triggering conditions for "Big Dad Destruction" very easy to meet.

She should have had a great harvest, madly harvesting the essence of martial arts in the Shudong region without being noticed by anyone.

However, after Kunpeng's transformation, the gap in strength between her and them was quite large.

"Da Mie Ba" was activated, and there was no movement in Zifu.

Because she could easily stab to death most of the martial arts masters and heroes by clamping the branches with her feet.

She had already sighed and lamented many times in the past two days.

She was particularly unhappy about today's "Narcissus Tower Tea Party" as there were too many young men and women from aristocratic families present.

Even the young masters of the Wen family cannot sit in the seat of honor.

The young master "He Zhimin", who is the center of attention, is said to be the grandson of "He Chaohong", a hermit immortal in Tianmen Town.

Mr. He also performed the immortal skill "One Throw of the Universe" on the spot: throwing out 7749 darts in an instant.

Xiaoyu's heart bleeds when she sees this.

——If she could break the immortal's Qiankun Throw, could any hidden weapon or crossbow in the world still be able to hurt her?
But Zifu didn't respond.

Mr. He was too weak, he had no internal energy, he only practiced the techniques.

There is also the excuse Xiaoyu just gave, "Invincible Iron Fist" Sun Haizhou.

His "Breaking Waves Fist" was very ordinary, with form but no spirit, weak energy and scattered power.

But his father is the law enforcement elder of the "Shahe Sect".

The Breaking Waves Fist is the Shahe School's unique martial art, but Sun Haizhou is too weak.

The Shahe sect itself is not weak, and has several big brothers who are half-step to human immortals.

If she could break the "Breaking Waves Fist", the entire Shahe Sect would no longer be a threat to her. It wasn't that she had a grudge against the Shahe Sect, she just longed to have the power to destroy a large sect.

It's a pity that Sun Haizhou couldn't let Zifu deduce the "method of Breaking the Waves Fist".

Xiaoyu felt that gift packages worth hundreds of billions kept falling on her head, but she missed them all.

From the moment the tea-tasting party ended and she got on the donkey cart, she looked dazed and kept thinking about how to break the impasse.

"Young Master Sun's Breaking Wave Fist is ranked first among the eight unique skills of the Shahe Sect. Of course, it is extremely exquisite, but you are a sword princess, so there is no need to distract yourself from thinking about the fist technique."

Jinlian believed her lies, tried to persuade her, then pulled aside the curtain and asked, "Chun'er, Xiaolu, what's going on outside? Why is the road blocked?"

Chun'er is her personal maid.

Xiao Lu was a boy of about thirteen or fourteen years old. He was the youngest son of Lu Er, the old eunuch who was the gatekeeper of Hongxiufang, and a young eunuch himself.

The small donkey cart couldn't hold too many people, so Chun'er walked on the ground while Xiao Lu led the donkey in front.

"It seems like someone jumped into Xiaoliang River."

Chun'er moved closer to the curtain and deliberately lowered her voice, but she couldn't suppress the strange excitement in her voice.

It's neither happiness nor sadness, just pure excitement of watching the fun.

The tip of her nose, which was dotted with freckles, was sweating, and her squinting eyes were trying to open wider, flashing a strange light.

"Miss, please don't get off the bus. I'll squeeze to the front and take a look for you."

After saying this, without waiting for Jinlian's response, she scolded Xiao Lu to hold the donkey tightly and not to run around or look around. She herself was like a little loach, and she slipped into the crowd, struggled a few times, and then disappeared.

"Hey, how could someone jump into Xiaoliang River in broad daylight?"

Jinlian, with her hair covered with pearls and jade and her clothes dressed in silk, had no intention of getting off the car and squeezing into the crowd.

"Who would jump into the river in broad daylight if they couldn't survive?"

Xiao Yu lifted the curtain and looked forward. Suddenly, she caught a glimpse of a familiar figure and said, "Sister Jinlian, I met someone I know. I'm going down to say hello."

She was much better than Chun'er in level. She stepped lightly on the crossbar of the cart with her embroidered shoes, and flew over two or three feet like a swallow, landing on the guardrail of the stone bridge.

"Sister Cui'er, what a coincidence!"

She is Cui'er, a maid in Mr. Wang's house.

Cui'er was currently supporting an old woman in her fifties.

The old woman was wearing a silk dress, her hair was combed neatly and shiny, and she looked very pampered.

However, the old woman was not in good condition. She was holding her chest and breathing heavily, and her face was purple.

Cui'er was still pulling her forward with an anxious look on her face.

"Is this the wife of the Lord?" "Oh, Sister Fengxian, why are you here?" Cui'er asked in surprise, and then turned to the old woman and said, "This is indeed our old lady, Madam, you also know this sister, she is the one who practices sword on the roof every morning."

"Oh, Miss Fengxian, you——"

The old woman felt dizzy and her eyes were a little cloudy. She gasped before she could finish a sentence.

"Are you going to cross the bridge?" Xiaoyu asked.

Cui Er patted Madam's back and said anxiously, "We were going to cross the bridge! But someone jumped into the water and the bridge was so crowded that our old mother had asthma."

Xiao Yu smiled and said, "It's not difficult to cross the bridge. Both of you close your eyes and I will lead you across the river."

She jumped off the beast-head watchtower, grabbed Cui'er and the old woman's arms respectively, and lifted them up gently, as easily as lifting two lanterns.

Then she leaped forward and landed on the animal-head watchtower on the bridge. She jumped three more times in a row, as lightly as a dragonfly skimming the water. When the people on the bridge looked at her in surprise, she had already brought Cui'er and Lao Yuanjun to the big willow tree on the opposite bank.

"Ahhh!" Cui'er didn't close her eyes, but her reaction was a little slow. She shouted in panic after landing.

"Oh my, Miss Fengxian, you jumped so high, you scared me." The old courtyard master was also shouting.

"What a great kung fu girl!" Cheers came from the bridge.

Xiao Yu stood up straight with a smile, bowed to the cheering position, then turned to the master and servant of the Wang family and said: "You have seen me dancing with a sword on the roof, you should know that I was just trying out my skills.

It looked thrilling, but in fact I didn’t even use half of my strength.”

"Sister Fengxian is so amazing!" Cui'er believed it and her face was full of admiration.

The old man took a few breaths, then took Xiaoyu's hand and said words of thanks.

"Fengxian accompanied the young lady out and will return to the other side soon. You should go home early, too."

Xiaoyu didn't waste time talking to them and leaped up, faster and more agile than before.

Even the old man who didn't know martial arts thought she had a graceful figure, like a flying fairy, with a unique rhythm and agile beauty.

The pedestrians at the bridgehead and on the bridge also cheered again.

Xiaoyu didn't look carefully when she took Cui'er and Mrs. Wang across the bridge before, but this time she saw it clearly.

Sure enough, there was a wet body lying in the middle of the bridge, and several people were wrestling and arguing with each other.

"Hey, Fengxian, here, here!" Chun'er waved to her.

She is so good at getting through that she could penetrate the crowd and get to the front line.

"Sister Chun'er, what's going on? Eh~~"

Xiaoyu suddenly recognized an acquaintance among the arguing people.

It seems to be the "Gambler Lao Xu" I saw in Bu Sigui a few days ago.

"Hey, little girl, did you just walk In-kun's mother across the bridge? Is she okay?"

Before Chun'er could say anything, a woman in her forties with rough hands and feet started yelling.

Xiaoyu turned her head and saw that the old lady had an ordinary appearance, with a slightly big mouth and small eyes. She was wearing a blue jacket that was washed to a pale color, a pair of gray-brown pants, and a wooden hairpin on her head. She was dressed very smartly, and her face and body looked very fresh and clean.

She was trying to look at Xiaoyu with her eyes wide open, and when she saw Xiaoyu looking at her, she laughed loudly and said, "I know you, do you practice sword on the roof every day?

Hey, everyone calls me 'Mrs. Zhang', and I live in 'Soy Sauce Lane' too!"

Soy Sauce Lane is the alley less than two meters wide between Xiao Jingxuan and Wang Yuanwai's house.

Xiaoyu asked her aunt in Lixiangyuan, and she learned that half of the houses and storefronts in Soy Sauce Lane belonged to Hongxiufang.

Among them is a soy sauce shop, and the aroma of soy sauce fills half of the alley.

"Oh, it's Aunt Zhang. Hello, Auntie! My last name is 'Yu', and my name is 'Fengxian'. I just sent Grandma Wang to the shade of the willow tree. There were too many people and she was squeezed."

"Xiao Fengxian, you are a good girl. You are pretty, good at martial arts, and have a good heart!" Madam Zhang laughed heartily with rich expressions.

"Haha, Aunt Zhang, you're overpraising me. What's going on here?"

Now that Xiaoyu has met the capable Ms. Zhang, she doesn't have to ask Chun'er anymore.

"Alas, the Xu family's wife is suffering!" The smile on Mrs. Zhang's face was immediately replaced by sadness and pity, and she sighed, "Her family's old Xu owes a lot of debts, and the creditors are fierce and came to the door to arrest her daughter.

She had no choice but to take out her ancestral jade and prepare to exchange it for silver at Xianghe Jiepu for emergency. However, the two large silver ingots she exchanged were fake silver and were recognized by the people in the gambling house. She could not bear it and jumped into Xiaoliang River.

"Mrs. Zhang, if you don't know, don't talk nonsense here."

Among the people who were arguing, there was a little old man with a goatee and a long-winged hat, who shouted excitedly: "Mrs. Xu did come to my shop, but she didn't sell the jade pendant to me at all.

Another person bought the jade pendant.

The fake silver ingots do not belong to me.

I swear to God, when I heard that Miss Xu fell into the water, I was the first one to bring my men to the bridge to rescue her.

The body of Madam Xu was hooked up by me and Wang Er ourselves using a bamboo pole.

It would be fine if you didn't thank me, but you actually slandered me and accused me of using fake silver to cheat people.

I swear to God, my business and my character have been known to you all for decades, so who doesn't know?"

"I saw Madam Xu enter your shop." someone shouted.

"Everyone knows your character, Hu Laosi. You built a big house recently, right? If you don't make money by doing something unethical, how can you live in a new house every year?" Someone sneered.

Old Xu, who was already struggling with Hu Laosi, grabbed his arm tightly and cried out in a sad voice: "It's not your fake silver, why do you feel guilty, why did you rush over to save my wife?

My poor old wife, you died so tragically. My poor Hui'er, the money I used to save your life was swindled away by the black-hearted pawnshop owner~~~"

"Why do I feel guilty? It was my servant Wang Er who saw that Madam Xu looked unwell and called me to go over and save her. Wang Er, you tell me!" Hu Laosi shouted.

"I said it many times."

Wang Er also had his sleeves pulled by someone, and there were scratches on his face, as well as a deep sense of grievance and helplessness.

"You bastard, you have caused me so much trouble this time." Hu Laosi cursed.

Wang Er shouted, "I told you, Master, that golden carp jade pendant has a warm luster and is agile and elegant. It seems to be something that belongs to a noble in the palace. It is worth at least five hundred taels of silver.

Just agree to her and give Madam Xu fifty taels of silver to save her daughter's life. It will be worth it.

You refused and were only willing to give others fifteen taels.

What else can I say? Madam Xu is in urgent need of money and will definitely come back to pawn the jade pendant.

Then the jade pendant was taken away by a passerby at the door with fake silver, causing the death of Madam Xu and a murder case. You still blame me, why? "

"Don't sing the same tune here. It's you, the 'Xianghehao', who harmed my wife and stole my Baoyu!" Old Xu insisted on his opinion and shouted.

(End of this chapter)