I use my daughter's body to cut down the rivers and lakes

Chapter 259 The Man in the Painting

rustling...

As a slight sound came from his ears, Liu Qi's raised fingers suddenly paused, then he opened his eyes, looked sideways, and saw that Feng Qun had already stood up.

Liu Qi lowered his eyes slightly. Where Tuo Ye had just been, there was now only a piece of clothing slightly raised.

He is worthy of being a great Tantric monk who is known as the Dharma King!

One person can do the work of eighteen people, which is really a great achievement.

There was an inexplicable sense of pleasure in Liu Qi's eyes, and then he slowly raised his eyes and locked onto Feng Qun's body.

She could now clearly feel the terrifying energy surging in Feng Qun's body.

Feng Qun looked at Liu Qi with complicated eyes. The reason why he concealed his strength and brought Tuo Ye here was because he was afraid of Liu Qi and worried that he would ruin his plan.

Unexpectedly, although Liu Qi caught up with him, he did not stop him from condensing his golden body.

Looking at the fighting spirit flashing in Liu Qi's eyes, Feng Qun seemed to understand something.

"Master Feng, would you like to rest for a while and adjust to the new environment?"

Liu Qi's slightly cheerful voice came to his ears. Feng Qun's face gradually became solemn. He shook his head slowly and raised his arm towards Liu Qi: "No need, Miss Liu... draw your sword."

Liu Qi seemed to be oblivious to everything and walked step by step to the position she was just at, with her hands in her pockets. The moment she finally stopped, she suddenly turned her head to look at Feng Qun, and then her eyes narrowed!
Cang——

The moment he heard the sound of the sword echoing in his ears, golden light surged in Feng Qun's eyes, and in an instant his whole body seemed to be dyed with gold.

when--

Feng Qun raised his arms in front of him, and the blade flashed past him, making a clanging sound of metal collision.

Feng Qun's arms suddenly dropped to his sides, and he felt a chill on his back. He suddenly looked up and saw Liu Qi hovering in mid-air with his arms spread out like wings, as if he had merged into one with the full moon behind him. The short knife in his right hand flashed a terrifying purple light.

"Let's decide the outcome with one move." Liu Qi said calmly as he looked at Feng Qun, whose hair tips were dyed golden.

Upon hearing this, Feng Qun's face instantly became solemn. His hands that were hanging by his sides suddenly curled into fists, and his five fingers made a "snapping" sound. As a burst of energy gushed out of his body, the "gold paint" on his body seemed to become even more dazzling!

Liu Qi was not in a hurry to take action, she was still waiting.

Feng Qun's aura had reached its peak. Liu Qi's skirt fluttered wildly in the howling wind, and her black hair was dancing in the wind.

Just as a strand of black hair floated past her eyes, Feng Qun was blocked and then reappeared in Liu Qi's sight, she moved!

hum-

The low sound of the knife instantly penetrated Feng Qun's eardrums. His pupils suddenly shrank into a line, and his eyes widened to the extreme.

Without any movement, Feng Qun just stood there, watching a thin arc of purple light pass by his eyes.

And then... nothing happened!

Feng Qun slowly lowered his eyes. He didn't feel any pain anywhere on his body, and he didn't even feel a trace of discomfort.

rustling...

Hearing the noise behind her, Feng Qun's eyes moved, and then she turned around abruptly, only to see a graceful figure with her back to her, with three dagger sheaths exposed at her waist.

"The Vajra Indestructible Divine Art is nothing more than this."

Feng Qun's eyes trembled when he heard that. When he looked at the beautiful figure again, he found that there was no one there!
Feng Qun stood there in a daze. After a while, when he came to his senses and was about to leave with a bitter look on his face, he suddenly heard a series of "swish" sounds coming from all around him!

In an instant, Feng Qun looked down at his exposed chest, his lips opening and closing but he didn't know what to say.

Then... he saw something seemed to be falling in front of him.

Feng Qun reached out to take it, and then found that what he had in his hand was a ball of black hair.

A look of doubt flashed in his eyes, but in an instant his body trembled, and then he suddenly touched the top of his head.

When I got it, apart from the bare feel, there was only a cold feeling!
Feng Qun stayed where he was.

……

The next day, when Liu Qi opened the door in the morning, he saw a man in Taoist robes standing at the bottom of the steps at the door.

The man in the Taoist robe seemed to have heard the sound of the door opening behind him, so he quickly turned around. When he saw Liu Qi appearing at the door, a gentle smile suddenly appeared on his face: "Little sister."

Liu Qi frowned, but then relaxed his brows in an instant, and then called softly, "Fourth Brother."

It was Xu Fangfei’s brother Xu Qinghuai.

Although he was prepared, after hearing Liu Qi call him "Fourth Brother", Xu Qinghuai was still stunned for a long time. Then he quietly lowered his head to wipe away the tears in his eyes, and then raised his head and smiled softly at Liu Qi: "Little sister, you don't have to worry about the Beggars' Sect in the future. Leader Gu has agreed to let this matter go."

He rushed back from Junshan overnight just to tell his younger sister the good news as soon as possible.

Liu Qi frowned slightly when he heard this, thinking that Xiu Shaoyang would not return to the Beggars' Sect so soon. However, no matter how much Xu Qinghuai and the Qingcheng Sect behind him had paid to quell the anger of the Beggars' Sect, Liu Qi thought that it was all in vain now.

After all, after she defeated Xiu Shaoyang, the party that should be worried about should be the Beggars' Sect.

However, Liu Qi was too lazy to dampen Xu Qinghuai's joy at the moment, so he nodded slightly and asked, "Where is your leader? Has he returned to Qingcheng Mountain?"

Xu Qinghuai showed a surprised look: "Master? Have you met the Master?"

Obviously Xu Qinghuai didn't know that Jiang Xuanyun had also arrived in Qingjiang Prefecture.

Liu Qi curled her lips and did not reply. When she mentioned Jiang Xuanyun, that old bull nose, she remembered the interrupted duel. Although Xiu Shaoyang had admitted his defeat in the end, this kind of victory was not what Liu Qi wanted.

Moreover, Liu Qi could feel that because he let Xiu Shaoyang go last time, even if he fought with Xiu Shaoyang again, he would not be able to perform in the same state as last time.

In an instant, the joy of having a good opponent last night was wiped out!

Liu Qi sighed in his heart, if only all the masters in this world were as sensible as Feng Qun!

……

The first thing Xu Qinghuai did when he came back was to find Liu Qi. The other family members were completely unaware of this, so when Xu Qinghuai brought Liu Qi to appear in front of Tao, Tao's eyes turned red with excitement.

Xu Qinghuai had been in Qingcheng since he was a child and had rarely been with his family. Now that he had finally come back, and with Liu Qi returning to his roots, the Xu family was naturally bustling again. After lunch, Liu Qi returned to the yard alone, but just as he reached the gate of the yard, he found that Xu Qinghuai had followed him from a distance.

So Liu Qi simply stopped until Xu Qinghuai approached.

"Little sister, how did you know..." Xu Qinghuai looked at Liu Qi standing at the gate of the courtyard with some surprise. He had just said half of his words when he suddenly realized that the little sister in front of him was a master that even the master was extremely afraid of, so he quickly suppressed the surprise on his face.

"What's the matter?" Liu Qi saw that Xu Qinghuai fell silent halfway through his words, so he immediately asked.

Xu Qinghuai calmed down his emotions, looked into Liu Qi's eyes, smiled and said softly: "I heard from Master that you are practicing the long-lost Crazy Blade?"

Liu Qi nodded expressionlessly.

Seeing Liu Qi's calm expression, Xu Qinghuai continued to smile, "Back then, Fourth Brother thought that you were much more talented than me, and now it seems to be true."

As he spoke, Xu Qinghuai's eyes lit up a little: "My little sister is free now, why don't we have a sparring match, so that fourth brother can experience the mystery of the legendary mad sword?"

Upon hearing this, Liu Qi glanced at Xu Qinghuai indifferently, and then rejected him mercilessly: "Since Fourth Brother is also a martial artist, then I will be frank. With the difference in cultivation between you and me now, there is no point in sparring with him, and it may even affect your state of mind."

"As for Crazy Blade... I think it's better for Fourth Brother not to meet him."

Although Xu Qinghuai's first-rate cultivation was already very good at his age, he could not even move a single move in front of Liu Qi. Even when Liu Qi was fighting with others, Xu Qinghuai was a little closer, and the sword energy that overflowed was not something he could withstand.

When Xu Qinghuai heard Liu Qi's blunt refusal, a trace of embarrassment flashed across his face, but it soon disappeared, and a bright smile bloomed on his face again: "My little sister is so outstanding, no wonder even the master praised her so much!"

Liu Qi thought for a moment and nodded, "Mu Shi, this old man, has maintained his cultivation at this age. He is really a great man."

Even top masters cannot escape the erosion of time when they are old. Old masters have to allocate part of their true energy to maintain their body functions on a daily basis.

“Hahahaha… Compared to Miss Liu, I can’t help but admit my age!”

Suddenly, an old but hearty laughter echoed in the sky.

Liu Qi's mouth twitched slightly, and then he raised his eyes and looked somewhere: "Old Niubi, there is no need to act mysterious in front of me."

As soon as he finished speaking, a man came over the wall. When he arrived at the gate of the courtyard, Xu Qinghuai, who was standing beside him, had already bowed down, clasped his fists and saluted, saying, "Master!"

The old man was none other than Mushi Zhenren. He raised his hand, and a gust of wind swept out from his sleeves, lifting Xu Qinghuai's bent body up. He then stroked his beard and smiled, "A guest is a guest. This is your home, so there is no need to be polite to your master."

Without waiting for Xu Qinghuai to speak, Master Mushi looked at Liu Qi, his eyes filled with deep emotion: "Miss Liu... No, I will call you Miss Xu now."

Liu Qi turned around calmly and walked towards the courtyard, saying lightly: "Come in and talk. Also, just call me Liu Qi."

"Then I am sorry to bother you today!" Upon hearing this, Master Mu Shi chuckled and followed Liu Qi into the yard. Seeing this, Xu Qinghuai beside him also hurriedly followed in.

When they arrived at the house, Liu Qi had already sat down. Master Mu Shi did not think that Liu Qi's behavior was rude and sat opposite Liu Qi with a smile.

Master Mu Shi glanced at the teapot on the table. Seeing that Liu Qi did not offer him tea, he could only turn his head and look at Xu Qinghuai who had just come up to him and was about to sit down.

Before Xu Qinghuai sat down, he suddenly felt a gaze falling on him. Turning his head, he saw Master Mu Shi's half-smile. He was startled and reacted instantly.

Master Mushi took the tea handed to him by his disciple with a clear conscience, then looked at Liu Qi and stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Miss Liu, do you know that Master Xiu has set off overnight and is on his way back to Jiangnan?"

"Little sister!"

When Liu Qi heard the voice, he looked sideways and saw Xu Qinghuai holding a cup of tea and handing it to him.

Liu Qi took it and took a sip.

What else can I do if he doesn't reply? Is he going to continue to fight with me to the death? Liu Qi would love that!

When Master Mu Shi saw that Liu Qi had little interest in Xiu Shaoyang, his eyes moved slightly, and then he waved at Xu Qinghuai, signaling him to leave first.

Xu Qinghuai did not dare to disobey his master's order and could only leave the room silently.

At the moment the door closed, a pure aura instantly emanated from Master Mu Shi, enveloping him and his deskmate Liu Qi.

Then he looked solemn and stared at Liu Qi for a long while with complicated eyes, and then asked in a deep voice: "The chaos in the capital is also related to you, Miss Liu, right?"

Seeing that Liu Qi remained silent, Master Mu Shi continued, "In fact, even if Miss Liu didn't speak, I already knew what happened in the palace that night. I just didn't expect... that the Queen Mother would follow you out of the palace!"

Upon hearing this, Liu Qi slowly raised his eyes and looked towards Master Mu Shi.

Master Mu Shi looked directly into Liu Qi's stern gaze without avoiding it, stroked his beard and smiled slightly: "That queen mother is really bold. She didn't even think of changing her name and traveled around the world in such a high-profile manner..."

As he spoke, Master Mu Shi put away his smile and asked Liu Qi solemnly, "Miss Liu, did you find anything unusual about the Queen Mother along the way?"

Liu Qi's eyes moved slightly, and he finally spoke: "Master Mu Shi, if you have something to say, just speak directly, there is no need to beat around the bush!"

After Master Mu Shi pondered for a moment, he let out a long sigh and said slowly: "That Queen Mother... is very likely someone who lived more than a hundred years ago when the Great Qi was just established!"

When Master Mu Shi uttered the last word "人", it seemed that he had used up all his strength.

When Liu Qi heard this, his eyes flickered slightly, but there was no strange expression on his face.

This scene was seen by Master Mu Shi. He opened his eyes slightly and asked in astonishment: "You knew it a long time ago?"

Seeing that Liu Qi kept her lips tightly shut and didn't say anything, Master Mu Shi frowned and asked, "Does that girl know the true identity of this woman?"

Don't you know?
Liu Qi stared at Master Mu Shi calmly.

Sure enough, after Master Mu Shi pondered for a long time, he finally spoke slowly: "This Queen Mother is most likely the Empress Dowager Jiang Mi, the first wife of Emperor Taizu Xiao Lang!"

According to historical records, Taizu Xiao Lang entered the martial arts world at the age of seventeen, became famous for his martial arts at the age of nineteen, became a local lord at the age of twenty-one and began to compete for supremacy in the Central Plains. He was not yet twenty-five when he finally unified the country and ascended the throne as emperor.

Taizu reigned for seventeen years. When the crown prince came of age, he passed the throne to him. From then on, there was no record of Emperor Taizu in history books.

As if worried that Liu Qi wouldn't believe it, Master Mu Shi took out a rolled-up painting from his sleeve and slowly spread it out on the table.

"Queen Jiang and Junior Brother Jiang are from the same clan. The Jiang family still has a portrait of Queen Jiang from that time."

Liu Qi lowered his eyes and looked at the woman in the painting, his eyes flickering slightly.

It’s really her!

And... Zhou Mi himself looks even younger than in the painting!

(End of this chapter)