Reborn as Lin Pingzhi, starting from escorting Daiyu to the capital.

"Young Master Escort, did you kill this villain too?"

Elder Wu asked.

Ye Erniang hung her head, as if her soul had been ripped out, and she had lost all vitality and life.

"Bang!"

Lin Pingzhi suddenly slapped Ye Erniang with his palm.

Given the precedent of the South China Sea Crocodile God being killed, everyone assumed that Lin Pingzhi's palm strike had already taken Ye Erniang's life.

However, Ye Erniang suddenly raised her head, glared fiercely at Lin Pingzhi, and shouted in a hoarse voice:

"You've crippled my skills!"

Upon hearing this, everyone was startled.

Lin Pingzhi's actions were clearly intended to make Ye Erniang wish she were dead. For martial artists, internal energy is life itself, and dignity itself.

Over the years, Ye Erniang has committed numerous evil deeds, and her enemies are everywhere in the martial arts world. Now that she has lost her martial arts skills, what awaits her is endless pursuit and killing by her enemies, and she will never have a peaceful day.

Lin Pingzhi asked calmly, "Ye Erniang, do you regret all the evil deeds you committed before?"

Ye Erniang coldly replied, "Kill me if you want, why bother with all this talk?"

Lin Pingzhi's gaze sharpened as he pressed on, "Don't you regret your past affair with your lover?"

A tender feeling welled up in Ye Erniang's eyes, as if she were lost in distant memories.

After a long silence, he said firmly, "No regrets!"

Lin Pingzhi looked down at the baby in his arms, his expression softening instantly, and said softly:

"By now, your children should be in their twenties by now, right?"

Upon hearing this, Ye Erniang, as if driven mad, roared at Lin Pingzhi:

"You wicked man, give me back my child! Give me back my child!"

The baby in Lin Pingzhi's arms was so frightened by Ye Erniang's roar that it started crying loudly.

Lin Pingzhi, who was usually calm and composed, was suddenly at a loss. He tried to coax and deceive the baby, but the baby kept crying.

Ye Erniang looked at the crying baby and wanted to go over to see him, but in the end she held back.

At this moment, A'Zhu stepped forward and said, "Brother, let me do it."

"Thank you for your help, Sister Azhu."

Lin Pingzhi felt as if he had met a savior and quickly handed the baby to Azhu.

Azhu held the baby and coaxed it softly, while Abi also joined in, playing with the baby.

Before long, the baby's tears turned into laughter, and it let out a clear, crisp laugh.

Lin Pingzhi looked at Ye Erniang and said seriously, "Ye Erniang, if a child knew that his mother was a ruthless person who would even kill an infant, I wonder what he would think?"

Ye Erniang lowered her head and remained silent.

Lin Pingzhi continued, "Ye Erniang, if you were given a chance to see your child again, what would you do?"

"Really?"

Ye Erniang suddenly raised her head, her eyes sparkling with hope.

Lin Pingzhi said slowly, "Don't misunderstand, I'm not pitying you, but your son. Poor him, for more than 20 years, he has always thought of himself as an orphan without parents, and has never experienced even a sliver of the joy of family life."

A hint of regret flashed in Ye Erniang's eyes as she pleaded, "Please, let me see my child."

Lin Pingzhi said, "I can let you see your son, but there are a few conditions."

Ye Erniang nodded repeatedly and said eagerly, "I'll agree to whatever you say."

Lin Pingzhi said, "You have committed many evil deeds in the past and deserve to be punished. I don't believe in the idea of ​​'laying down the butcher's knife and instantly becoming a Buddha.' What's done is done, and you must bear the consequences. I'll give you three months to reunite with your son. After three months, you shall take your own life."

The beggars were all secretly amazed, never expecting Lin Pingzhi to make such a decision.

After thinking for a moment, Ye Erniang said, "I promise you."

Lin Pingzhi continued, "During this time, you must not do anything evil."

"Of course!"

Ye Erniang nodded in agreement.

Having lost her internal energy, her first concern was how to prevent her enemies from pursuing her, let alone committing any evil deeds.

Lin Pingzhi said, "Don't even think about escaping later. After all, I know about your lover and son."

Ye Erniang said sadly:

"Don't worry, as long as I can see my child one last time, I will die without regrets."

Lin Pingzhi then led Ye Erniang away from the crowd and whispered to her:

"Your child is named Xuzhu, and he is a monk from Shaolin Temple."

"Shaolin Temple, Shaolin Temple..."

Ye Erniang murmured these words, then suddenly burst into laughter: "I never expected my child to be here."

Her lover, Xuanci, was the abbot of Shaolin Temple.

My son is also at the Shaolin Temple.

But the father and son cannot recognize each other.

Isn't this a tremendous irony?

After a long silence, Ye Erniang finally spoke, "Young Master Escort, thank you very much."

The man before her had crippled her martial arts, but he had also revealed the whereabouts of her child. To her, Lin Pingzhi was both a devil and an angel.

Lin Pingzhi said, "You don't need to thank me; you should thank your son. If it weren't for your son's kind nature, I wouldn't have given you this opportunity."

Ye Erniang gave a bitter smile. She had committed many evil deeds in her life, while her son was incredibly kind.

Is this her son atoning for her sins?

Ye Erniang said, "In any case, thank you very much, Young Master Escort. I will fulfill your conditions."

As she spoke, she glanced at the baby who was being amused by Azhu and Abi, and slowly walked away.

Lin Pingzhi turned to Ke Zhen'e and said, "Master Ke, we should be going now. The child's mother must be so worried."

Ke Zhen'e naturally nodded in agreement.

Lin Pingzhi took the baby from A'Zhu's mouth and bid farewell to the crowd. The Beggars' Sect members naturally tried their best to persuade him to stay, expressing their gratitude profusely.

A'Zhu said reluctantly, "Second Brother, we are parting now, and I don't know when we will meet again."

Lin Pingzhi said, "Don't worry, there will be opportunities."

With that, he picked up the baby, mounted his horse, and rode away with Ke Zhen'e, leaving behind only a receding silhouette.

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After leaving, Ye Erniang headed north, with only one thought in her mind: to rush to Shaolin Temple to reunite with her son.

Halfway there, he suddenly hesitated.

"According to that young镖头 (bodyguard/escort), my son is incredibly kind and a Shaolin monk. I wonder what he would think if he knew I was one of the Four Evils?"

Will he acknowledge me as his father?

"No, I absolutely cannot drag him down with me."

She had never regretted anything so much in her life.

"Forget it, just seeing him from afar and being with him is enough for me."

Suddenly, a voice rang out: "Second Sister!"

"Big brother?"

Upon seeing the newcomers, Ye Erniang exclaimed in delight.

This man was none other than her elder brother, the notorious Duan Yanqing.

Duan Yanqing, relying on his status, although affiliated with Yipintang, went his own way, was not bound by any orders, and did not travel with others.

That day, after finishing his personal matters, he prepared to meet up with Ye Erniang and the others.

On the way, he saw that Ye Erniang was in a daze and seemed uneasy, so he asked her a question.

Duan Yanqing asked curiously, "Second Sister, what's wrong? Where are Third Brother and Fourth Brother?"

Ye Erniang cried, "Eldest brother, third and fourth brothers are dead."

Duan Yanqing slammed his iron staff heavily on the ground with his left hand and roared, "Who did it? Who did this?"

Ye Erniang, unwilling to reveal Lin Pingzhi's name, said, "It was the Beggars' Sect who did it."

"Excellent, excellent, excellent Beggars' Sect!"

Duan Yanqing flew into a rage, and said in a deep voice, "Second sister, come with me to seek revenge on the Beggars' Sect."

Ye Erniang shook her head and said, "Brother, I'm not going. I'm going to find my son."

"You have a son?"

Ye Erniang never mentioned her past, so Duan Yanqing was unaware of it.

Ye Erniang nodded, relieved, and said, "Yes, my son is still alive. I'm going to find him."

Duan Yanqing was furious: "Are we just going to leave the revenge for our third and fourth brothers undone?"

Having said that, he swung his iron staff, and a gust of wind swept towards Ye Erniang.

He was determined to reclaim the throne, and Ye Erniang and others were his capable assistants. Now that even Ye Erniang, the only one left, was leaving him, he became furious and ashamed.

Unexpectedly, Ye Erniang showed no intention of dodging. Fortunately, Duan Yanqing realized something was wrong and withdrew the internal force from his iron staff in time.

Even so, Ye Erniang was still struck by the iron staff, spitting out blood and collapsing to the ground.

"Your martial arts have been crippled?"

Duan Yanqing asked in surprise.

Ye Erniang said sadly, "Brother, I'm a cripple now, please let me go find my child."

Duan Yanqing said, "Is your child really that important? You won't even seek revenge for having your martial arts crippled?"

Ye Erniang smiled and said:

"Brother, you don't have children, you don't understand."

These words struck a nerve with Duan Yanqing.

He was determined to reclaim the throne, but when he thought about how he was all alone, what good would it do to reclaim the throne?

He said dejectedly, "Go ahead."

It is said: Driven mad by longing for his son, he habitually steals infants; half his life has earned him the reputation of a villain. Tears of gall stain his robes with blood; turning back from the sea of ​​sin, he finds enlightenment on the other shore.