Sword drawn from the constellations, poison as its edge.

Chapter 132 Little Lecher
That day, Jiang Mingzhe was practicing his martial arts with a fan when Wang Yuyan ran over in a panic, her little face flushed red: "Uncle, help me!"

Jiang Mingzhe countered with a "Azure Dragon Tail Whip" move, then used the force to finish the attack with his hands behind his back. He smiled and said, "Don't panic, my dear niece. Your mother was just bluffing when she said she'd beat you to death. How could she possibly bring herself to do that to such a beautiful young lady?"

At this moment, the spring breeze is gentle and warm, the green is radiant, and large clusters of camellias are in full bloom. Jiang Mingzhe, dressed in white, stands tall and elegant, with a warm smile.

This scene caught Wang Yuyan's eye, and the girl's mouth gaped open, momentarily forgetting her purpose.

Fortunately, a bee buzzed past her, and Wang Yuyan instinctively dodged, only then realizing what had happened.

He hurriedly said, "Why does my mother want to kill me? Oh no, she doesn't want to kill me, she wants to cut off Azhu and Abi's hands."

Jiang Mingzhe frowned and said, "Isn't Abi your cousin's maid? My sworn brother is still a guest at her house. How did she offend Sister Qingluo?"

Wang Yuyan said anxiously, "So that idiot is your sworn brother! These two little girls rashly brought your sworn brother to the island, and they ran into my mother. My mother scolded him a few times, and your sworn brother, being stupid, confronted my mother to her face, saying that she was cruel. In a fit of anger, my mother wanted to bury him to use as fertilizer! And she wanted to kill Abi and Azhu... Oh dear!"

Before she could finish speaking, she gasped in surprise as Jiang Mingzhe swept her up in his arms. She felt the wind whistling past, and when she turned her head, the ground was rapidly receding from her. Jiang Mingzhe carried her up a tree, bouncing and swaying on a large branch before leaping down to the next tree.

Wang Yuyan thought to herself: This is the Crane Flight technique of the Snake-Walking Crane Flying Skill. How could he learn it so quickly? Could he be the legendary martial arts prodigy, one in ten thousand?
Then it suddenly dawned on me: Oh dear, how could he just pick me up like that? Even though I call him my uncle, I'm all grown up now, even my own uncle shouldn't be so affectionate. Hmm, why does he smell so good? No way, if my cousin finds out I was hugged by a young man, he'll definitely be furious…

In an instant, hundreds of scenarios played out in my mind.

Jiang Mingzhe's internal strength was already sufficient, and he also had a foundation in Lingbo Weirou and Chuiyun sword techniques. Learning this snake-walking and crane-flying skill was like an extremely intelligent high-achieving student who had learned a quadratic equation in three variables and then went on to learn a linear equation in one variable.

That was truly overwhelming and progressed at breakneck speed.

At this moment, he unleashed his kung fu, soaring through the clear sky like a great crane. Before long, he arrived at the dock and found Duan Yu lying on the ground, his face and clothes covered in footprints, clearly having been severely beaten.

Two dejected little girls knelt beside her, while Li Qingluo and more than ten valiant maids with swords stood before her.

"Sister Qingluo, please have mercy!"

Jiang Mingzhe shouted and descended from the sky.

Li Qingluo turned around, her already cold expression turning even colder: "Wang Yuyan, how old are you? Why do you need your uncle to carry you?"

Jiang Mingzhe looked down and exclaimed, "Oh dear!" He quickly put Wang Yuyan down and explained, "When I heard that my sworn brother was on the verge of death, I was so anxious that my mind went blank and I subconsciously brought my niece with me. It's my fault, it's my fault."

He secretly regretted it. Why did I have to hug her like that? Hmm, it's clear that Yun Zhonghe is no good. Even his lightness skill is strange. I need to hug him to make him faster...

Since birth, Wang Yuyan had never had such intimate contact with any man. Although she was on the ground, she was still in a daze, her mind filled with thoughts like: I was held by a man, have I lost my virginity? Am I pregnant? Oh no, I'm pregnant, my cousin definitely won't want me anymore, unless I keep it a secret...

Li Qingluo frowned and said, "Although you are her uncle, you are still a certain age relative to her. You must not do this again."

He then asked, "Is this arrogant and rude fool your sworn brother?"

Duan Yu, enraged, was about to retort, but Jiang Mingzhe quickly stopped him, explaining, "My brother went to Wuliang Mountain to catch a poisonous monkey, but encountered the Crocodile God of the South Sea, one of the Four Evils. He was defeated, but thanks to my sworn brother's rescue, we became sworn brothers. Because of the strict rules at my sister's manor, I sent him to wait at Miss Abi's place." He then looked at the two maids kneeling beside Duan Yu. He recognized one as Abi, and the other was a little girl with an oval face, wearing a light pink gauze dress, about fifteen or sixteen years old.

Although the girl had a bitter expression, her eyes were still bright and lively, as if they had been copied from A Zi's face. When she saw Jiang Mingzhe looking over, she quickly glanced at him with a mischievous and playful air.

Jiang Mingzhe thought to himself: This must be A Zhu. When I read the original novel before, I always thought A Zhu was gentle and A Zi was eccentric and unruly. But if you think about it carefully, when A Zhu first appeared, she was sometimes an old woman and sometimes a housekeeper. Wasn't she incredibly mischievous?
When he saw A'Zhu, he thought of A'Zi, and a slight smile appeared on his lips. A'Zhu quickly turned her eyes away, thinking to herself: A man who smiles is no good! This sworn brother of Young Master Duan is quite dishonest.

Jiang Mingzhe had previously said that Duan Yu's surname was Yu, but how could Duan Yu resist such gentle charm? Upon seeing Abi, he forgot what day it was and followed her into the house. There he also met Azhu, and became even more convinced that Suzhou was paradise.

When the two asked him his name and background, Duan Yu replied, "My elder brother told me to be called Yu Duan, because Mantuo Manor says it's taboo for anyone to have the surname Duan, but how could I lie to you two ladies? My real name is Duan Yu..."

Abi glanced gratefully at Jiang Mingzhe. As soon as they landed, Madam Wang discovered them and berated them. Duan Yu got angry and shouted a few words, but was knocked down by Madam Wang's maid. Only when Jiang Mingzhe spoke up did she get a chance to explain.

She hurriedly said, "Auntie, how could I not know the rules here? It's just that a highly skilled foreign monk came to Qinyun Xiaozhu and forced us to reveal the location of Master's tomb. We escaped by relying on the traps in the house. Young Master is not at home, and Brother Deng went with him. We thought of asking Brother Gongye to take charge at Chixia Manor, but it's far away and we have no water or food. So we thought of asking Auntie's manor for some, and also sending this... Young Master Yu here to join his sworn brother."

Duan Yu immediately said, "Brother, Abi is just a young woman seeking help. Who knows how dangerous the journey will be for her? I have been treated to hospitality by them for two days. I cannot abandon her now. I must protect her to Chixia Manor."

Azhu rolled her eyes and said, "What do you mean by 'Abi is just a little girl'? Does that mean Azhu is a grown woman or an old woman?"

Duan Yu was stunned for a moment, then immediately turned around and begged for mercy with a smile. Li Qingluo looked at his behavior coldly, shook her head and said disdainfully, "Little brother, your sworn brother loses his soul when he sees a woman. He's no hero. How can he be worthy of your friendship? Humph, when he looked at me earlier, he stared at me with such rudeness."

Jiang Mingzhe knew that Duan Yu was staring intently at Li Qingluo because he was thinking of the jade statue, but he couldn't say it outright, so he just smiled and said, "Aren't we brothers all the same? When my sworn brother sees my sister, I'm afraid a few lines of poetry will pop into his head too."

Li Qingluo curled her lips and said, "Even if such a scoundrel like him comes up with some words, they must be shameful. How could he possibly come up with such a fine sentence as yours, 'A smile in the crowd makes all other beauties in the world seem like dust.' Humph, how could such a scoundrel have such talent?"

Duan Yu was very clever. Upon hearing this, he knew that Jiang Mingzhe had also been stunned when he saw Li Qingluo, but he had made an excuse to cover it up.

Thinking to myself: My elder brother is indeed incredibly talented. Tsk tsk, I couldn't have written that line of poetry myself. It's fine that she's laughing at me, but does she really deserve it? Unless it's a fairy statue that has come to life, who in this world could possibly...?

"Ouch!" Before Duan Yu could finish his thought, his eyes suddenly widened, and he scrambled to his feet, pointing at Wang Yuyan who had walked out from behind Jiang Mingzhe and exclaiming, "She really came back to life!"

Li Qingluo was furious. She stepped forward and slapped Duan Yu across the face, making him fall to the ground like a wooden statue. She angrily said, "You little scoundrel! My daughter is still the young lady of the palace, and you dare to flirt with her!"

After saying that, she looked at Jiang Mingzhe and said, "Little brother, it's not that I'm not giving you face. This little scoundrel is only good for being used as fertilizer. I'm sparing his life for your sake, but I get angry whenever I see him. This estate can't tolerate him. Send him away and come back later."

She glanced at Abi and Azhu, took a step closer, and whispered, "The experts from the Murong family are all away, and it's not good to watch our little maids being bullied. Why don't you go and stand up for them? If the enemy is too strong, then forget it."

Jiang Mingzhe smiled and replied in a low voice, "Sister Qingluo has a sharp tongue but a soft heart. She may seem strict, but she's actually softer than a Bodhisattva."

Li Qingluo chuckled, turned around and pulled Wang Yuyan away, but couldn't help thinking: If that heartless man understood me as well as my little brother, knowing that I'm stubborn but soft-hearted, would he have been willing to leave me back then?
Duan Yu jumped up and exclaimed, "A deity..."

Jiang Mingzhe covered his mouth, picked him up, and carried him towards the boat: "Don't shout, don't shout, I'll explain it to you in detail later."

(End of this chapter)