Sword Qi to the Sky

Chapter 82 Mother and Daughter
The wind and rain continued, Li Fan led the horse forward step by step, more and more people gathered around, but no one dared to move.

Just the name of Lishan is enough to intimidate the Cui family.

The disciples of Lishan have arrived in Chuzhou, so is there any great sword cultivator in Lishan?

No one knows.

Li Fan followed his perception and walked step by step towards a place where there was a strong and powerful pressure. He came to a hall, and on the stairs in front, a group of strong men walked out.

The leader was a majestic old man, and beside him was a middle-aged man. The two men walked slowly forward, stood on the stairs, and looked at Li Fan.

"What's the matter with the disciples from Lishan coming to our Cui family?" The old man looked at Li Fan and asked. His name was Cui Mu, the helmsman of the Cui family. However, he rarely shows up nowadays and basically doesn't care about anything.

The affairs of the Cui family are basically handled by his eldest son, Cui Qianqiu, the middle-aged man next to him.

But today, a disciple from Lishan came, and it was related to Lishan, so he had to come out.

"My good friend Li Hongyi, the daughter of Li Daoqing, came to the Cui family to look for her mother, but was humiliated by the Cui family, who said she was trying to get close to your family and beat her up. This is what your high-ranking Cui family does. I came with her for one thing, to let her see her mother."

Li Fan looked at the old figure on the stairs and responded, if Li Hongyi had not been humiliated, why would the Cui family need to use such a method to meet her and her mother?

"Is this true?" Cui Mu's eyes fell on the middle-aged man beside him and asked. Because he didn't care about external affairs and only practiced in seclusion, Cui family affairs were handled by Cui Qianqiu. Cui Mu was not pretending not to know, but he really didn't know the reason for the matter.

"Father..." Cui Qianqiu whispered something in the old man's ear, which made the old man's eyes look strange. He narrowed his eyes and looked at Li Hongyi.

They are his descendants.

It turned out to be a sequel to what happened that year.

Li Hongyi's mother was also the daughter of Cui's direct lineage. This incident caused a great stir in Cui's family at that time, and Li Hongyi almost did not survive.

Moreover, it can be said that he was the one who caused it.

The Cui family thought that this matter was long over, but Li Hongyi came to them again after 20 years.

He frowned and glanced at Li Fan. Cui Qianqiu beside him also had a cold expression and unfriendly eyes.

Li Hongyi, actually had a Lishan sword cultivator accompanying her, who led the horse and took her to the Cui family to find her mother.

Since Li Fan was willing to go with her and even hold her horse, it was clear that they had a special relationship. Otherwise, he would not have used Lishan to pressure the Cui family.

"My Cui family has lived in Chuzhou City for generations and has never offended Lishan. Our Cui family has not been involved in the incident of Lishan this time. Since you are a disciple of Lishan, you broke into our Cui family, asked about our family affairs, and hurt our Cui family's direct lineage. Isn't that a bit too much?" Cui Mu stared at Li Fan and said.

"Cui family, will you let me see you or not?" Li Fan felt more and more that something was wrong when he saw the other party's eyes.

He just asked to see someone, why was it so difficult for the Cui family?

If there was nothing unusual, after he introduced himself, the Cui family should have been happy to let him meet the talents. Why did this happen?

Could it be that something really happened to Li Hongyi's mother?
Li Hongyi also looked at the person opposite her, feeling a little worried about her mother.

Cui Mu, Cui Qianqiu and others stared at Li Fan. The eyes of the Cui family members also fell on Li Fan. A young man threatened the Cui family.

However, they really didn't dare to touch the young man.

No force in Dali wants to try Li Shan's sword.

Cui Mu stared at Li Fan, weighing the pros and cons in his mind.

"Take her there." Cui Mu said coldly, compromising.

If Li Fan doesn't meet that person, he probably won't let it go. But after meeting that person, he will have no reason to interfere in the affairs of his Cui family, right?
An old servant came out from the side and said to Li Fan, "Come with me."

Li Fan glanced at the figures on the stairs. It seemed that Li Hongyi's mother should be safe. However, these people were blocking her. They must have done something wrong, so he didn't dare to let them see her.

He turned around, led the horse and followed the old servant, leaving this side path and entering the Cui family's residential area.

"Miss Li, please be mentally prepared. I'm afraid your mother's condition is not very good." Li Fan turned around and said to Li Hongyi who was on the horse.

The only person leading the way was an old servant.

Moreover, they had already walked for some distance, and Li Hongyi's mother was probably arranged to live in a very remote place.

If Li Hongyi's mother was a good person, she should know the news about Li Hongyi and would not have gone to find her.

"Yeah." Li Hongyi nodded slightly, seeming a little absent-minded, with a hint of anxiety in her eyes.

Although she had never seen her mother, she still looked forward to it and missed her very much. She knew that her mother did not want to abandon her, but was forced to do so. Before her father died, he still cared about her and asked her to come to the Cui family in Chuzhou to find her mother.

The two followed the old servant all the way to a very remote courtyard. Although the place was not small, no one took care of it. There were weeds growing outside the yard and spider webs on the eaves, making it look like a deserted yard.

This made Li Hongyi's heart sink. The old servant said, "It's right here."

Having said that, he turned around and walked away first, as if he was afraid that Li Hongyi would cause trouble for him, and he slipped away very quickly.

The courtyard was very quiet, without a sound, and there was not even a maid to be seen. For a thousand-year-old family like the Cui family, under normal circumstances, there would definitely be someone serving where Miss Cui lived.

The two continued walking forward. The yard was not small, with a rockery and a pond. After passing through a long corridor, they looked forward. There was a pavilion beside the pond. There, a woman was sitting quietly.

Her perception seemed to be a little dull. She didn't notice anyone coming over, and she just sat there in a daze. Li Fan stopped and looked at Li Hongyi, who was walking forward step by step towards the pavilion.

"Since you are a prisoner, why are you disturbing me?" the woman said softly. She was dressed thinly, without a headdress or makeup, just that simple.

Li Hongyi stood quietly behind her, her eyes red, tears dripping down, sobbing softly.

Is her mother imprisoned here?

The woman seemed a little confused. She turned around. She looked a little haggard, very thin, and had some wrinkles, but she still had a beautiful face, which showed that she must have been very beautiful when she was young.

When she saw Li Hongyi, she was confused at first. When she looked carefully, her heart seemed to twitch. Her eyes changed instantly, and her body trembled slightly. She slowly stood up, and her eyes turned red in an instant. The mother and daughter, who were so close to each other, seemed to be able to sense each other's relationship.

The woman stretched out her hand tremblingly, placed it on Li Hongyi's body, and looked at her face carefully.

Li Hongyi's tears kept falling down, and she sobbed and shouted, "Mom."

This sound made the woman burst into tears instantly. With trembling hands, she held Li Hongyi's cheek and wiped the tears from her face. She trembled and asked, "Hongyi?"

Li Hongyi nodded vigorously and shouted again: "Mom, I'm sorry, I'm late."

As she spoke, she knelt on the ground. The woman came forward and knelt on the ground as well. She hugged Li Hongyi and burst into tears, saying, "It's my mother who is sorry for you. I am not worthy of being your mother."

She has never seen her daughter or taken care of her until she grew up. She even didn't recognize her when she saw her. She even wanted her daughter to come to her to find her. She felt ashamed.

Li Fan stood quietly in the distance, feeling warm in his heart as he watched the scene in front of him.

Is this a relative?
As an orphan, he had only experienced this from his senior brothers and sisters.

After the two hugged each other and cried, Cui Yuchang looked into Li Hongyi's eyes, sized her up, and asked, "Hongyi, where is your father?"

"Daddy..." Li Hongyi lowered her head sadly and tears fell again. She saw her mother, but her father was gone.

Cui Yuchang saw that Li Hongyi seemed to understand, and she sat down on the ground, tears falling down. However, her eyes were brighter, and she looked at Li Hongyi with a cold look, and asked, "Who? Is it the Cui family?"

Li Hongyi shook his head: "Dad left because he killed a demon."

“Kill the demon…” Cui Yushang’s eyes were dim. Is he still the same as when he was young?

"Why did the Cui family let you in? Did they hurt you?" Cui Yushang asked again. Not to mention letting Li Hongyi in, even if she wanted to go out, she would not be allowed. She had already been imprisoned here by the Cui family.

Her incident caused quite a stir in the Cui family. Those people in the Cui family wished that the entire family would die.

She was very clear about the Cui family's attitude towards her, so how could she allow Li Hongyi to come to the Cui family?

"The Cui family really didn't want to let me in." Li Hongyi turned around and looked at Li Fan on the distant corridor. Cui Yushang also looked over there, only to find that there was another person there.

"Aunt Cui." Li Fan saw the other party looking at him and nodded.

Cui Yushang also looked at Li Fan. Seeing that Li Fan was very elegant, she thought to herself, what a handsome young man! Was he the one who came here with Hongyi?
But why would the Cui family let them in?

"His name is Li Fan. He brought his daughter to the Cui family. The Cui family refused to let them in, so he broke in by force. The Cui family didn't dare to stop them." Li Hongyi said.

"Break in by force?" Just when Cui Yuchang was puzzled, Li Hongyi explained: "He came from Lishan."

"Leave the mountain." Cui Yuchang suddenly realized, a disciple of Lishan, no wonder the Cui family did not dare to stop him.

Cui Yuchang's weathered eyes softened a little, and she stood up and bowed slightly in the direction of Li Fan.

"Aunt Cui..." Li Fan shouted.

"Thank you." Cui Yushang said sincerely. She was very clear about the Cui family's attitude. If Li Fan had not intervened, she was afraid that she would never see her daughter again.

"Aunt Cui, you're welcome. You guys chat first. I'll wait outside." The mother and daughter must have a lot to say to each other. Li Fan felt that he would disturb them by staying here, so he turned and left.

Cui Yuchang saw Li Fan leaving, then looked at Li Hongyi and asked softly, "Who is Xiaofan?"

"Friends." Li Hongyi said, "We met in Lin'an County."

"Just friends?" Cui Yuchang looked into Li Hongyi's eyes. Li Hongyi's eyes dodged. Cui Yuchang asked, "Do you like Xiaofan?"

Li Hongyi was stunned, looked into her mother's eyes, then nodded slightly and said, "But my daughter doesn't expect anything."

After hearing what Li Hongyi said, Cui Yushang seemed to understand something, and her eyes darkened a little.

He was a disciple from Lishan. Moreover, he sent Li Hongyi into Cui's house alone. It was definitely not as simple as Li Hongyi's few words. Even if this young man was from Lishan, he must be extraordinary, otherwise how could he have the courage and boldness to break into Cui's house, and the Cui family did not dare to stop him.

"Mother, I'm sorry for you." Cui Yuchang sighed secretly in her heart, feeling ashamed. Not only could she not protect her daughter, but she even had to ask her daughter to come to her. She could not give her daughter an identity that matched the person she loved.

Thinking of this, she felt as if her heart was being cut by a knife.

She is not worthy of being a daughter. She harmed her parents.

She is not fit to be a mother either, as she has not been able to take care of her daughter since she was young.

(End of this chapter)