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

Chapter 287 Ecstasy

Jiang Jiyu came quickly and left quickly.

As soon as Liu Qi finished speaking, there was no one outside the door.

Liu Qi put down the teacup and looked at the man in black who was lying on the ground and called himself "Jian Qi". A playful expression suddenly appeared on his face, and then he asked softly, "I heard that you have been monitoring Jiang Jiyu before?"

Jian Qi raised his head and was obviously stunned for a moment, then he reacted and asked immediately: "What do you want to know?"

Liu Qi pursed his lips and pondered for a moment, then continued to bring the cup to his mouth and said casually: "Then it depends on what you are willing to say?"

Jian Qi's face turned grim. After a moment of silence, he said in a low voice, "I want to live."

Liu Qi hummed softly, but just drank his tea without any intention of speaking any more.

Seeing Liu Qi's indifferent attitude, Jian Qi suddenly felt a little flustered. After some inner struggle, he told Liu Qi everything he knew.

……

The next morning.

The guards of the Lu Mansion heard a knock on the door. When they opened the door, they saw a sword lying on the ground at the door.

One of the sharp-eyed guards instantly recognized that the sword was the sword of the "Seventh Master" in the mansion. He immediately realized that something big had happened, and hurriedly went to the backyard with the sword to find Lu Jiuzhang, the head of the Lu family.

Half an hour later, a bounty order came from the Lu family.

Liu Qi, who was eating breakfast, took the bounty order presented by the maid. He only glanced at the amount of the bounty and couldn't help but whispered, "The Lu family is so generous!"

Zhou Mi, who was dining at the same table, put down his bowl and chopsticks upon hearing this and asked with a smile, "Why, did they also take out the sword diagram that was passed down from their Lu family?"

Liu Qi casually handed the bounty order to Zhou Mi, and then he saw out of the corner of his eye that the maid standing next to him looked familiar, so he glanced sideways and found that it was Gongsun Yan, whose martial arts he had destroyed.

After Gongsun Yan's martial arts were crippled by Liu Qi, Zhou Mi took the opportunity to ask her to be his. After a period of training, the girl seemed to have accepted her fate and obediently followed Zhou Mi around, serving him tea and water, and they were able to get by.

At this time, Gongsun Yan seemed to be interested in the paper with the reward information written on it. He was leaning over to look at Zhou Mi's hand, when he suddenly noticed Liu Qi looking at him sideways. He immediately felt a chill on his back and quickly bent his waist and lowered his head, not daring to breathe.

Yesterday on the river, she witnessed with her own eyes Liu Qi cutting off the giant ship of Feiyu Villa with one sword.

From that moment on, Gongsun Yan's hatred towards Liu Qi completely vanished. She understood that even if the senior sister came in person, she would not be a match for this woman!

woo woo woo...

She really has to be a maid here for the rest of her life!
When Gongsun Yan thought that he might have to stay in Central Plains for the rest of his life serving tea and pouring water, tears instantly rolled down his cheeks and he almost couldn't hold back the tears from his eyes.

Hearing Gongsun Yan start to sob again, Liu Qi silently moved his eyes away and asked Liu Shijiu who was sitting at the same table, "After dinner, go find Chu Xingbai and ask him to help Jian Qi clean up the mess."

Liu Qi paused for a moment, then continued, "But don't clean it up too cleanly. In short, don't let the Lu family catch Jian Qi so quickly, but don't let them completely lose track of Jian Qi either."

Liu Nineteen frowned and replied, "Why waste so much time? It would be better to kill this little thief who dared to spy on us with a knife!"

Liu Qi picked up his chopsticks and ate while replying, "Killing him is easy, but won't our fun in Jiangnan be reduced a lot?"

Zhou Mi had already finished reading the content of the bounty order. He looked up at Liu Qi who was eating and smiled slightly: "Are you interested in the Lu family's Heart Sword?"

Liu Qi drank the porridge in the bowl slowly and replied: "Since it is the inheritance of the sword master, it is worth seeing. However, these people from the Lu family...most of them have only learned some superficial knowledge. I hope they can give me a surprise."

As they were talking, Liu Shijiu had already finished her meal. She did not say hello to her tablemates Liu Qi and Zhou Mi. She put down her bowl and chopsticks, then stood up and hurriedly left the room.

Zhou Mi looked at the direction where Liu Nineteen left, his eyes moved slightly, and then he smiled softly: "If you and Xiao Nineteen were both men, you would definitely achieve something in the army!"

Liu Qi knew that Zhou Mi was praising them for their strict discipline and vigorous and decisive actions. Even though Liu Shijiu always complained verbally about Liu Qi's orders, she would execute them without any delay.

"Does it mean that if you want to achieve success in the army, you must be a man?" Liu Qi asked calmly, "Could it be that Xiao Lang disguised himself as a man to make his men submit to him?"

Zhou Mi seemed to have expected that Liu Qi would use Xiao Lang's deeds to refute what she had just said, so she smiled knowingly the moment Liu Qi finished speaking: "Fighting for the world is different from leading troops to fight a war. Xiao Lang only needs to be the best in the world, and others will take care of the rest."

Liu Qi remained silent, but deeply agreed with Zhou Mi's statement.

There is nothing in this world more appealing than these four words “No. 1 in the World”!
You have to know that Liu Qi herself has only just reached the top, and there are more than ten people in the world whose martial arts skills are comparable to hers, yet she can attract a master of Feng Qun's level to join her.

Liu Qi had no doubt that if he raised his arms and shouted something like "The Blue Heaven is dead and the Yellow Heaven should be established", there would probably be many people following him.

You know, people in the martial arts world are never the kind of people who follow the rules.

Liu Qi had already seen a little bit of it when she went south this time. The nearly one hundred people in the martial arts world following her boat, hadn't they heard the rumors about her? Didn't they know how terrifying Liu Qi was?

of course I know!

But compared to the possibility of dying at the hands of Liu Qi, they seemed to be more worried about missing this grand event in the martial arts world!
So, if you don’t have a heart that is unwilling to be ordinary, how can you be qualified to call yourself a martial artist?

"I didn't expect that Zheng Cheng was already a wanted criminal by the imperial court before he entered the Lu family. The Lu family, a prestigious and aristocratic family, would actually do such a dirty thing." Zhou Mi shook his head and sighed.

Zheng Cheng is the real name of "Jian Qi".

According to the rules of the Lu family, anyone who enters the Lu family to view the sword map must serve the Lu family for fifteen years.

The reason why Zheng Cheng was called "Sword Seven" was because after he entered Shuxin Pavilion, he kept reading up to the seventh sword picture before he could no longer hold on and retreated.

The old man whom Liu Qi killed in the Yunzhong Tower in Qingjiang Prefecture and was called "Uncle Eleven" by Lu Jian, had persisted until the eleventh sword diagram. According to "Sword Seven", "Sword Eleven" was already a strong man among them who was strong enough to be among the top five.

According to Liu Qi's perspective, "Sword Seven" was at the level of just entering the top, and "Sword Eleven" was at the level of the middle to lower level of the top. "Sword Seven" explained that there were only two people in the entire Lu family who could personally read the thirteen sword drawings and walk out of the Shuxin Pavilion. One of them was "Sword Thirteen". "Sword Seven" had met him once before, and he was a middle-aged man with an ordinary appearance.

There is also another "Sword Man" who is said to have served the Lu family for 30 years. He is an old man who joined the Lu family when Lu Jiuzhang's father was still alive.

When Liu Qi first heard that the Lu family had thirteen sword maps passed down from their ancestors, his first reaction was: wouldn’t this thing bring about the destruction of the entire family?

In fact, the sword master of the Lu family had already thought of this problem, so he made some changes to the sword map. Anyone who gained some insights from the sword map would have a deeply hidden restriction in his body, and only the Lu family knew how to remove this restriction.

Of course, this is not 100% guaranteed. There have been several people who were unwilling to abide by the agreement after viewing the sword map, and instead used force to force the Lu family to lift the ban.

But the Lu family is extremely lucky to have survived to this day, and has become the undisputed number one family in Jiangnan. It has more than 300 swordsmen under its wing, and there are many hidden talents among its guests!

"Didn't the general take action against the Lu family back then?" Liu Qi asked back.

Zhou Mi shook his head. "The Lu family has been operating in Jiangnan for hundreds of years and has deep roots. It is no less difficult to move the Lu family than to move those Jianghu giants. Moreover, the Lu family took the initiative to show goodwill to the court before the Breaking Martial Order. Almost 20% of the military funds that Wei Yang used to march into Jianghu were donated by the Lu family."

When Xiao Wenhuai ascended the throne, he was just a baby in swaddling clothes. Many royal families in the court were dissatisfied and started a rebellion. Although it was eventually suppressed by the general, the court suffered heavy losses.

What followed was the issuance of the Po Wu Order, and Zhou Weiyang led his troops into the Jianghu.

Where did the imperial court, which had just experienced a rebellion, get the money to support Zhou Weiyang? Most of the money came from the confiscated property of the rebel kings, and the rest was raised by Zhou Weiyang himself.

It is obvious that the Lu family has made contributions to the court and the general.

However, the head of the Lu family at that time was not the current head of the family, Lu Jiuzhang, but his elder brother, Lu Jiuque.

According to Zhou Mi, General Zhou Weiyang had a very high opinion of Lu Jiuque. Whenever he led the army through the south of the Yangtze River, he would invite Lu Jiuque to his camp to reminisce about the past.

Unfortunately, in the seventh year of Taikang, when the general's march to the martial arts world was nearing its end and all the people in the court and the country were surrendering, Lu Jiuque suddenly died of illness.

"Is there something fishy?" Liu Qi asked.

Zhou Mi responded, "Wei Yang once said that although Lu Jiuque's martial arts were not outstanding, he had already entered the first-rate realm. With his internal strength, he should have been immune to all diseases. Even if he was seriously ill, there should have been a sign. How could he die suddenly?"

Liu Qi said softly: "That means someone doesn't want him to live."

Zhou Mi shook his head. "After Lu Jiuque died, Wei Yang sent Yinglong and Bai Ze to Jiangnan to investigate. The results confirmed that Lu Jiuque had indeed died of a serious illness. There were no signs of anyone else killing him, nor any signs of poisoning."

"Yinglong and Bai Ze followed Wei Yang through hundreds of battles and through mountains of corpses and seas of blood. They will not lie."

Zhou Mi changed the subject: "Although Wei Yang still has some doubts, since Ying Long and Bai Ze couldn't find out the truth, the matter was dropped. Lu Jiuque had no children, so his brother Lu Jiuzhang naturally inherited the Lu family. From then on, there was no contact between the Lu family and Wei Yang."

Liu Qi's eyes moved slightly, and he said softly: "This Lu Jiuzhang may not be very smart."

This can be clearly seen from the fact that he successively sent "Jian Qi" to monitor Jiang Jiyu and Liu Qi.

Has he always been so brave and ignorant?

Especially Jiang Jiyu. Liu Qi learned from "Jian Qi" that since the first year that Lu Jiuzhang took over the Lu family, he had sent "Jian Qi" to monitor Jiang Jiyu until Jiang Jiyu left Jiangnan and went to the capital.

Jiang Jiyu is indeed a tolerant person. He knew that someone was spying on him, but he kept silent for so many years. He is a ruthless person!

……

On the day Liu Qi arrived in Jiangnan, a large number of martial artists who came here for his fame booked all the inns in Jiangnan, big and small. In the end, there was no place to stay, so they even stayed in the dilapidated temples and Taoist temples outside the city.

Fortunately, Jiangnan was originally a place where people from the martial arts world gathered. Now with so many outsiders coming here, not only has it not become chaotic, but it has become even more prosperous.

Liu Qi walked on the busy street and saw that most of the pedestrians were carrying weapons. Although the ordinary people looked at the people from the underworld with vigilance, they did not avoid them like people in other places. It seemed that the local restrictions on these people from the underworld were quite appropriate.

Tao Zhiyan, who was walking beside Liu Qi, came over and whispered, "Cousin, don't you think..."

As Tao Zhiyan spoke, she looked around. It was her first time going out with Liu Qi, and she was not used to this kind of scene where everyone was paying attention to her. Although almost everyone's eyes were on Liu Qi, Tao Zhiyan still felt a little creepy.

If I had known this would happen...

She began to regret asking Liu Qi out for shopping!
As for Tao Zhili, who accompanied Liu Qi and Tao Zhiyan out, he was tense and solemn at this moment. He looked around cautiously, fearing that someone would come out and scare his sister and cousin!

The only one who seemed at ease among the three was Liu Qi. She had long been accustomed to being stared at. At this moment, she put her hands behind her back and walked forward with light steps.

In fact, many people in the martial arts world have recognized Liu Qi. Otherwise, with such a beautiful woman here, even if they dare not harass her in the street due to the constraints of local laws, it is still possible to come out and chat with her.

But this beauty is a famous overlord!

The people in the martial arts world who guessed Liu Qi's identity all showed regretful expressions, and in the end they could only watch Liu Qi walk out of their sight with light steps.

"If I could have a taste of her beauty, I would have no regrets in my life even if I died by the sword!" After seeing Liu Qi leave, someone couldn't help but sigh.

Before he finished speaking, he was ridiculed by others: "Does this warrior think that his body is stronger than the huge warship that sank to the bottom of the river?"

Of course, there were also those who echoed the sentiment: "It would be a good thing if I could transform into the giant ship that was hit by the sword. After all, I could stand in front of Fairy Liu in person. I think that sword must have been extremely soul-stirring!"

When everyone heard this outrageous statement, they all looked over, only to see that the person who spoke was a frail young man dressed as a Confucian scholar, who was now staring at the direction where Liu Qi left with a dazed look on his face.

Even the word "fairy" came out, her beauty is really bewitching!
Everyone was secretly complaining in their hearts.

(End of this chapter)