Martial Arts Crossover: My Wife is the Top Scholar

Chapter 219 The Feast at Hongmen: Li Zhaoting Gets Bitten by a Tiger
Many notorious schemers were, in Li Zhaoting's eyes, nothing more than delusional fantasies stemming from mental instability.

The most obvious example is the Murong family of Gusu. More than 600 years after the Yan Kingdom was destroyed by Liu Yu, they did not take action during the chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty or the chaos at the end of the Tang Dynasty.

Murong Bo said that Murong Longcheng was invincible. If he was so powerful, why didn't he dare to compete with Zhao Da for the world? Where was Murong Longcheng when Zhao Da was conquering the world?
Let alone competing with Zhao Da, if Murong Longcheng is really that powerful, does he dare to fight Murong Yanzhao head-on, soldier to soldier and general to general? Does he have that ability?

The Murong clan was a family of talented individuals.

Some families had nine beautiful daughters, while others produced a "celestial being." Murong Yanzhao was a founding hero of the Northern Song Dynasty and was posthumously honored as the King of Henan.

Murong Fu's ambition to become emperor stemmed from Murong Bo, whose ambition, in turn, originated from the elders of the Murong family. Ultimately, the desire of the Murong clan of Gusu to become emperor originated from Murong Longcheng.

Unfortunately, Murong Longcheng was the loser.

If Murong Longcheng led his troops to contend for the world and clashed with Zhao Da on the battlefield, and the two fought fiercely, causing the heavens and earth to collapse and rivers of blood to flow, and Zhao Da was the better strategist, and Murong Longcheng was defeated and killed, Li Zhaoting would definitely not slander him.

Murong Longcheng was just talking nonsense!
In the martial arts world, the only record of Murong Longcheng is that he created the "Star Shift" technique and founded the Murong family.

Nothing else!
There was no rallying cry, no battlefield confrontation, only a pile of martial arts manuals left to future generations, and the obsession with restoring the Yan Kingdom, which has been a hindrance to this day.

Other schemers are the same.

They dare not step forward when the world is in chaos, but they jump out to show off when the world is at peace, spouting off about ruling the world and having grand ambitions. Screw you!

Li Zhaoting is not a fanatic of justice and does not have the concept of absolute justice, but he really likes the slogan of Cihang Jingzhai when it comes to these bastards.

—For the sake of all living beings, I will cut you down!
The concept of Butian Pavilion can be used occasionally.

—Kill all the bastards who wreak havoc on the world!
Li Zhaoting sneered disdainfully: "I think the leader of the Azure Dragon Society is after the throne. Although I don't know the leader's identity, he's definitely a bastard!"

Chu Liuxiang said, "Brother Li, it's best not to jump to conclusions before we've thoroughly investigated the matter."

"Brother Chu, I went to the Beggars' Sect branch yesterday and found that our investigation is going in the wrong direction."

We recovered seven bodies at the same time and place, and the wounds on the bodies were related to each other.

However, this does not mean that the seven bodies belong to the same case. Even if it is the same case, there are different participants, and there are at least two murderers.

According to information obtained by the Beggars' Sect branch, the two Shaolin monks came to investigate several mountain strongholds, suspecting them of plotting a rebellion. They may have uncovered clues and were killed to silence them. This case is traceable.

I asked the Beggars' Sect disciples to keep an eye on things.

We should be able to get a clue in three days at most.

If we break down the cases, the recent cases in Jinan Prefecture can be divided into five smaller cases.

The furthest case was six months ago, when the Bai family of Suzhou was brutally murdered, with only the matriarch Li Nanhong and her maid Yuanyuan surviving and moving to Jinan.

Li Nanhong was born into the Li family of Taiyuan and had some kinship ties with the Western Regions Demonic Sect. The Demonic Sect sent two guardian elders to help investigate the case and protect Li Nanhong's safety.

Secondly, there was the conflict between the Seven Star Gang and the Vermilion Gang. Ximen Qian and others died in this struggle, and the seven bodies were found at the end of the case involving Zhamuhe. These four people were from the same case.

Third, the case of the Shaolin monks being silenced.

Fourth, the theft at Shenshui Palace.

Fifth, the Purple Smoke Murder Case: the victims were all well-known wealthy individuals belonging to the "God of Wealth," suspected to be members of the April branch of the Azure Dragon Society, and extremely rich.

Some cases can be combined.

For example, Ximen Qian, Zhamuhe, and others are also well-known wealthy people, and may belong to the God of Wealth.

We should investigate the case following this line of thought.

Finally, during your investigation, be very careful of romantic entanglements. As far as I know, the Heavenly Mandate Sect has a branch in Jinan Prefecture, and they might be training disciples specifically to suit Brother Chu's preferences, so that you might fall into their trap without even realizing it.

Good luck in love!
A love triangle disaster!
Their fate was sealed!

Li Zhaoting shook his head and sighed.

Chu Liuxiang rubbed his nose: "Brother Li, your reputation in the martial world is much more prestigious than mine. What's the point of the Heavenly Mandate Sect trying to win me over? I'm just a bandit leader."

"It's the King of Thieves! The Grand Marshal among thieves, the charming young master among rogues, the dream lover of countless young ladies from humble backgrounds and noble families, waiting for you to come and leave your fragrance under the moon."

"I don't kill people."

"Ok?"

“The Heavenly Mandate Sect is a force that cannot do without fighting. Brother Li is hundreds of times better than me in this regard.”

"Killing is not the goal, but the benefit. From the perspective of benefit, I have a bad temper and I am ruthless and leave no room for maneuver. Brother Chu is kind-hearted. Even if he knew that the other party had ill intentions, he would not kill him."

Are we just praising ourselves?

"I think it is!"

"Isn't that a bit shameless?"

"Extremely, extremely, and shamelessly shameless!"

Li Zhaoting gave a definitive conclusion.

Chu Liuxiang stared wide-eyed, utterly dumbfounded.

Do you have to be so blunt?

Where did they learn the skill of speaking so confidently and righteously about being "shameless"?

Chu Liuxiang couldn't help but ask the question instinctively.

"My father taught me in Dali..."

"Dali teaches this?"

Have you ever heard of Duan Zhengchun, the Prince of Zhennan?

"That's it! I understand!"

Chu Liuxiang nodded. He had long admired Duan Zhengchun of Dali, because Chu Liuxiang's master, the Night Emperor, was also a romantic figure with all sorts of bizarre theories.

The Night Emperor once said, "I love and cherish flowers, how could I be infatuated with just one flower? I am sincere towards all beauties, and I have absolutely no evil thoughts."

Later, the empress said, "Well said. Since you are so affectionate and sincere, why can I make these women leave you with just a few words? Because you are fake, it's all a disguise."

"My feelings for you are real."

"Really? I don't believe it!"

What will it take for you to believe me?

"Night Emperor, let's have a fight! If you can break my Great Zhou Heaven Formation within three hours, I will acknowledge your sincerity and become your lover."

"What if I lose?"

"Drawing a circle around oneself and imprisoning oneself."

Three hours later, the Night Emperor was defeated, but he did have the ability to be a womanizer. Even when he was imprisoned in a cave, he could still attract countless beauties by selling his paintings and calligraphy through woodcutters.

In just a few years, they transformed the cave into an underground palace.

It wasn't until Tie Zhongtang accidentally stumbled into the cave that the Night Emperor was freed from his imprisonment. After settling the score with the Iron Blood Banner Sect, the Night Emperor chose to travel the world.

When Chu Liuxiang was around ten years old, he met the Night Emperor several times. The two hit it off immediately, and the Night Emperor taught Chu Liuxiang internal energy, lightness skills, and palm techniques. Unexpectedly, Chu Liuxiang was exceptionally talented and became the number one person in lightness skills.

These things are not entirely secret.

There are relevant records about Shenshui Palace.

The jellyfish Yin Ji can recognize Chu Liuxiang's martial arts skills.

As the successor of the Night Emperor and a dashing thief, Chu Liuxiang certainly knew that the most important skill for a romantic rogue, besides the five basic abilities, was to have a thick skin.

What are the five basic abilities?

Go ask Master Ximen!

(P.S.: Ximen Chuixue liked this!)

……

Spring deepens, locking the gates of noble houses; a grand banquet begins at night.
Choose this time at 3:45 PM tonight.
Biluochun Tea Banquet at Linjia Hall

Invited Distinguished Scholar Mr. Li Zhaoting

Enjoy together:

—Fine wine in a luminous cup;

—Golden minced fish and jade-like sliced ​​fish stewed with water shield;

—The Imperial Music Academy has newly arranged the Rainbow Dance;

Li Zhaoting received an invitation to the banquet.

Di Qinglin invited Li Zhaoting to a banquet that evening. To show his sincerity, Di Qinglin booked all the brothels and courtesans in Jinan Prefecture and hired more than a dozen famous chefs from all over the country, offering a full range of cuisines from all eight major Chinese cuisines.

Di Qinglin spent lavishly and extended a warm invitation, so Li Zhaoting naturally gave Di Qinglin face. However, since he had no female companion, he could only invite Li Shengnan instead.

It's polite to bring a female companion to a banquet. Li Zhaoting simply wanted to observe social etiquette.

I really didn't mean anything by it.

Li Shengnan thought so too.

With Li Zhaoting by her side, she could keep away those overconfident toads and prevent Li Shengnan from being angered by those纨绔子弟 (spoiled brats) and drawing her sword to kill people at the banquet.

……

The two passed through the east corner gate of the Qinglongfang Marquis's residence, looked at the Bronze Sparrow Bridge beneath their feet, and Li Zhaoting sneered: "I'm not a cultured person to begin with, so why do I have to pretend to be refined?"

"What do you mean by being pretentious and cultured?"

Li Shengnan held a string of candied hawthorns in her hand.

Li Zhaoting bought it for her on the way.

This is completely out of character for a demonic witch.

But since we've already bought it, we can't waste the food.

Li Shengnan ate the candied hawthorn slowly and deliberately.

"Look at this invitation. The 'Golden Minced Meat and Jade Sliced ​​Fish' is a luxurious banquet from the Sui Dynasty during the reign of Emperor Yang. The 'Water Shield' is based on the story of Zhang Jiying, and is essentially a hermit's dish."

They want a lavish banquet and a retreat from the world, clearly showing they have no good wine or banquet. It's one thing to have bad intentions, but to do this is to expose their incompetence. It's summer now, and making water shield soup with perch is a complete waste of ingredients.

When the autumn winds blew, Zhang Jiying thought of the water shield soup and perch sashimi of his hometown. He missed his hometown so much that he resigned from his official post and went into seclusion. He only needed to eat some lotus root in the summer!
Take another look at the route.

Outside the East Corner Gate is the martial arts training ground.

Beneath the Bronze Sparrow Bridge lies the Marquis's Water Prison.

Is it proper hospitality to let guests enter the mansion from these two locations? It's even more of a trap than the Feast at Hongmen.

Does he think I'm a brute?

If it weren't for my father's bad influence, I would have passed the imperial examination and become an official long ago, perhaps even achieving the highest rank!

tsk tsk~
I am not a crude and uncouth man!

"Di Qinglin is the one!"

Li Zhaoting spoke eloquently and eloquently.

Li Shengnan sneered, "Hmph! I think Di Qinglin is more considerate than anyone else. He guessed that you would always have beauties around you, so he deliberately showed weakness on the invitation to give you a chance to show your talent. Di Qinglin has your mind firmly in his grasp. Who is the real brute here?"

Li Zhaoting looked at Li Shengnan with deep affection.

"In front of Sheng Nan, I had no mind to guess Di Qinglin's purpose. Like a peacock spreading its tail feathers, I just wanted to show my strengths in front of Sheng Nan as much as possible."

"Can you stay away from me?"

"why?"

"Because I feel nauseous and want to vomit!"

"Here, hangover medicine!"

"What do you mean?"

Li Shengnan recalled that she was in a bad mood last night and had gotten drunk without realizing it, and then she started acting crazy towards Li Zhaoting.

Thinking of this, she felt a strong urge to perish together with the enemy.

Li Zhaoting explained, "Hangover medicine can effectively relieve stomach spasms and reduce nausea."

"Li! Zhao! Ting!"

Li Shengnan spoke slowly and deliberately, gritting her teeth, wishing she could tear Li Zhaoting's flesh off piece by piece.

Li Zhaoting stretched out his arm.

Start biting your arm!
Other places are not suitable!
Li Shengnan: Awoo~ Awoo~ Awoo~
Li Zhaoting had three more teeth marks on his arm.

Li Shengnan, who had suppressed her girlish liveliness, agility, and playfulness for a long time and never dared to show it, finally revealed it completely, and then her face turned serious.

What did you just see?

"I did not see anything."

What are those teeth marks on my arm?

"I was bitten by a kitten."

"Ok?"

"Biten by a tiger cub!"

"What kind of tiger bites like this?"

"White Tiger!"

Li Zhaoting blurted it out.

Li Shengnan blushed, her face flushed with embarrassment and a hint of anger.

Li Zhaoting: ┓(`)┏

Heaven have mercy, I'm talking about Gong Baiwan!

You've misunderstood!
……

Di Qinglin greeted Li Zhaoting at the door.

Di Qinglin walked, sat, and lay down in a very regular manner.

He was dressed in pure white, spotless clothes, with a pale and delicate face that always held a cold and indifferent expression, a half-smile on his face. He was always accompanied by graceful beauties, but the beauties around him were different every time he held a banquet. No woman could stay by his side for more than three months; each one would unexpectedly disappear.

Di Qinglin has a strong sense of jealousy.

The woman by his side must be a virgin.

No one else can touch my woman.

They are fickle and quickly lose interest.

What will be the consequences for the woman that Di Qinglin dislikes, doesn't care about, but doesn't allow others to touch?
Of course it's... death!
Li Zhaoting sensed a dense aura of death.

The deathly aura emanates from the water dungeon beneath the Vermilion Bird Bridge.

This deathly aura was both faint and intense.

If it weren't for the keen senses brought by the Longevity Technique, it would be impossible to detect. However, once you sense the faint death aura, you will find that the death aura under the Vermilion Bird Bridge is almost endless, and you can even smell the stench of corpses.

Normal people would never feel it.

This requires very keen senses.

In the martial arts world, aside from monsters like the One Immortal, Two Buddhas, and Three Demon Lords, those with this kind of sense are limited to no more than five people on the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiends list.

Even Li Shengnan failed to notice.

Li Zhaoting looked up at Di Qinglin.

"Lord Di, I have long admired your name. I never expected that you would be the one to invite me to a banquet first."

"If it wasn't me, then who could it be?"

A flash of anger crossed Di Qinglin's eyes.

He doesn't like others competing with him.

Even if this isn't a good thing, even if it's just inviting Conan and Kindaichi to my house to film a movie.

He always strives to be the first in everything.

When Di Qinglin was young, he mainly studied swordsmanship. Later, Long Chengbi debuted and made a name for himself as the Snow Blade Prodigal. Di Qinglin felt that he had lost to him, so he switched to learning saber techniques and vowed to defeat Long Chengbi before he became the master saber.

Do the two have a grudge against each other?

No!

We have no enmity or grudge against each other!
The only grudge might be... the neighbor!
The word "neighbor" represents the greatest enmity.

"Lord Di, my reputation isn't very good. Aren't you worried that a murder might happen at the Marquis's residence tonight?"

"Of course, Lord Marquis, you have nothing to worry about. With me, a renowned constable of the Six Doors, here, who would dare to commit murder?"

Ling Yufeng strode over.

　Gong Baiwan, the most cowardly tiger in the pet section...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)