The Legend of the Condor Heroes: I became one of the Five Great Masters by drawing cards

Chapter 196 Return to the Valley of Ten Thousand Tribulations

"Dang Cang."

The exquisite porcelain wine glass fell and shattered all over the floor.

"Yu'er, who do you think the Valley Master's wife is?"

Duan Zhengchun's voice trembled slightly, as if he was drunk, and his eyes were faintly red.

"The Valley Master's wife is called Gan Baobao, and she's an extremely beautiful woman," Duan Yu repeated, somewhat bewildered. "Daddy, what's wrong with you?"

Emperor Baoding knew a little about his brother's love affairs when he was young. Seeing his brother's reaction, he couldn't help but sigh and showed an expression of "as expected".

Mu Nianci seemed to have guessed something and looked back at Gu Ping'an with a pair of round almond-shaped eyes in disbelief.

Gu Ping'an pursed his lips and nodded slightly. The girl who was eating melons quickly lowered her head to avoid being noticed by others.

Duan Zhengchun opened his mouth, but it seemed as if something was choking his throat. After a long while, he squeezed out a few words with difficulty.

"Is she okay now?"

"I think Madam Gan is pretty good. Although Valley Master Zhong is a little strange, he treats her very well."

At first, Duan Yu didn't think about the relationship between men and women, but he felt that his father's reaction was strange. He felt that something was wrong, so he asked again.

"Dad, could it be that your feud with him is related to Madam Zhong?"

Duan Zhengchun was speechless for a moment and could only laugh dryly.

"Perhaps I was young and reckless, and accidentally offended him. One day I will come to his house in person and apologize to him."

"Oh right! I almost forgot about this."

Duan Yu nodded slowly without much doubt, but suddenly remembered something and took out a gold box with exquisite inlays from his arms.

"When Miss Zhong was in danger, Madam Zhong gave me this box, but she later forgot to return it. Daddy, if you go to the Valley of Ten Thousand Tribulations, you can return it for me."

"what is this?"

"Mrs. Zhong was too busy to do anything else, so she asked me to give you this box and ask you to go and save Miss Zhong."

The golden box was a gift from Duan Zhengchun to Gan Baobao when they became engaged. Now, when he saw it again, his expression suddenly changed.

Duan Yu didn't notice him and opened the golden box on his own.

"It seems to contain Miss Zhong's birth date and eight characters. Oh, right! She also specifically told me to 'ask him to save our daughter.' These ten words."

Date of birth?

Could it be
Duan Zhengchun's mind moved, and an idea suddenly popped up in his mind. Although he was not sure, it shocked him so much that even his breathing quickened.

The emperor and empress were slightly surprised. They looked at each other and frowned at the same time.

There was a piece of red paper in the box, its color slightly faded, the edges slightly curled, and faintly splattered with a few drops of dark brown blood, as if it had been there for many years.

Duan Zhengchun took the golden box with trembling hands, looked down, and saw eleven words: "Female, fifth day of the twelfth month of the Yimao year, at the hour of Chou".

The handwriting on the paper was weak and crooked, with no skill at all, and it was exactly from Gan Baobao's hand.

"The year of Yimao, the year of Yimao."

He muttered to himself and turned the red paper over. There were a few lines of very fine words on the back. If you didn't look carefully, it would be almost impossible to make out.

"I waited in grief, despair in my heart. But a child cannot be without a father. For sixteen years, I yearned and longed for you, waiting day and night for you to come. Forced to do so, I returned to the Zhong family in June of the Yimao year."

A child cannot be without a father. Sixteen years ago, I had no choice
Zhong Ling was born in December of the Yimao year, but Gan Baobao did not marry Zhong Wanchou until June of that year.

Doesn't that mean this is his daughter?

Duan Zhengchun's hand trembled violently, and the golden box almost fell. His face turned pale as paper, and his eyes were red.

"Brother Royal."

After a long silence, he coughed lightly and spoke tentatively.

His reaction just now was too obvious. Except for Duan Yu, everyone present was a smart man. How could they not guess what he was thinking?

Duan Zhengming sighed softly: "Brother Chun, if you want to do this, where will you put the princess?"

"Phoenix"

Duan Zhengchun struggled, then sat back down, picked up the wine jug and took a deep gulp, two tears dripping down his cheeks. "But Abao... I don't know if her husband really loves her. And that child, I... I feel so sorry for them both."

At this point, no matter how ignorant of the ways of the world Duan Yu was, he should have guessed what was going on.

"Daddy, you."

Duan Zhengchun looked miserable and nodded heavily: "Yes, the Zhong Ling you are talking about is my daughter."

Duan Yu was shocked and stood there in a daze. He opened his mouth but no sound came out for a long time.

"Miss Zhong is my sister?!"

He was at the age where he could no longer hide things. When he recalled the scene of kissing her embroidered shoes in the Wuliang Valley, his heart was in turmoil and his expression changed constantly.

"Yu'er, you...you can't be with her."

Emperor Baoding saw it clearly and was inevitably frightened for a moment, so he asked hurriedly.

"No! No!" Duan Yu shook his head repeatedly, "My feelings towards Miss Zhong are just like those of a brother and sister. There is no... no personal feelings!"

Duan Zhengming finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that he didn't seem to be lying, feeling relieved.

Duan Yu actually fell in love with Zhong Ling at first sight, but later he was bewitched by the "Fairy Sister" and saw Mu Wanqing's face, and those feelings faded a little.

But Zhong Ling was a young girl who had just begun to fall in love, so it was inevitable that she was moved, but she couldn't even figure it out for a while.

While the uncle and nephew were talking, Duan Zhengchun poured himself a few drinks and then spoke again.

"They and their son have suffered so much over the years. I owe them this and I must make it up to them!"

He slammed the wine glass on the table and looked up and said resolutely.

"Royal brother, I want to go to Wanjie Valley in person. Please don't stop me."

"Alas, this is truly an injustice." Duan Zhengming sighed, rubbing his forehead. "You have made up your mind. It's useless for me to try to stop you. But with the four evil men gathered together, I'm afraid the valley is dangerous."

"That's fine!" Duan Zhengchun said, "Zhong Wanchou invited the four evil men to come after me. I owe him a debt of love, and at worst, I can pay it back with my own life."

Although he is a playboy and has affairs everywhere, he is also sincere and a scumbag.

Duan Zhengming couldn't just let him lose his life. He pondered for a long time and shook his head helplessly.

"Forget it. Please ask Shang Shanchan Hou to accompany you tomorrow, and we will go with you to make amends."

That night, no one slept well except Gu Ping'an, who knew the inside story, and Mu Nianci, who was concentrating on watching the show.

Today's harvest was quite large, plus the leftovers from the previous recycling of scraps, all added together, I finally got a total of 2000 reputation points.

It doesn't matter whether it's an orange card or not. Although Gu Ping'an's best skill, the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms, should not be revealed, the Nine Yin Scriptures such as the Heart-Steering Palm are enough.

The most important thing is naturally internal strength.

【Exchange for card drawing props. 】

[Exchange successful, consumes 2000 reputation points, and gains +20 Yunyin Bamboo Sticks]

【√Skip the card drawing animation】

【Extracting】

[Lovesickness is useless, only separation can bring us together. If the time of separation is set, what does it matter if we endure all kinds of suffering? Don't be sad and heartbroken, there will always be light at the end of the tunnel.]

[Obtained Orange Top-Quality Card: Yang Guo]

【Martial Arts Distributing】

　Next chapter as soon as possible

　　Note: Regarding Zhong Ling's horoscope, there is a bug in the Sanlian version. The first one Duan Yu got was written as December of the Gengshen year, but the one Mu Wanqing gave to Duan Zhengchun later changed it to February of the Yiwei year, which is a contradiction in itself.

　　According to the preface "Explanation of Names" of the Sanlian edition, the story of Tianlong took place around 1094. The two corresponding stems and branches were 1080 and 1055 respectively. Gengshen is related, but Yiwei is definitely wrong.

　　Later, the revised version made some changes and changed it to December of the Yimao year (1075), which is relatively reasonable. That is, in 1091, Duan Yu went to Wuliang Mountain, in 1092, the Xingzilin Conference took place, in 1093, the Zhenlong chess game and the Battle of Shaoshi Mountain took place, in 1094, Menggu met Xuzhu, and Xiao Feng died.

　　Come and praise me for being meticulous!

　　
　
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