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

Chapter 296 Qin Yi
Jiangnan, Changle Street.

Except for Liu Qi and his group who had gone out and had not yet returned, everyone else in the Xu family had fallen into a deep sleep.

In a wing room of a courtyard, Gongsun Yan was sleeping soundly with his quilt in his arms like an octopus, and his snoring echoed in the narrow room.

At some point, a figure appeared beside Gongsun Yan's bed. The scabbard of the long sword in his hand emitted a faint fluorescence under the moonlight outside the window.

If Gu Yao were here, he would definitely be able to recognize that the figure is Gongsun You through the sword!

Gongsun You was hidden in the night fog, and her facial expression could not be seen clearly. She stood beside Gongsun Yan's bed and seemed to have been waiting for a long time before she poked Gongsun Yan's back with the end of the scabbard.

Unexpectedly, Gongsun Yan not only did not wake up, but turned over impatiently, muttering: "Today's firewood has been chopped, let me sleep a little longer!"

As soon as the words fell, the atmosphere in the room seemed to suddenly become cold.

Gongsun Yan, who was lying on the bed, seemed to feel something strange, but she just curled up her body, then reached behind her with one hand, and the moment she touched the quilt, she pulled it over to cover herself!
Click!

There was a crisp sound from Gongsun You's hand holding the scabbard.

Then she walked up and pulled open Gongsun Yan's quilt, then reached out and grabbed Gongsun Yan's collar, lifted him up and sat him on the bed.

Only at this moment did Gongsun Yan slowly open his eyes, shook his head sleepily, looked around, then closed his eyes and prepared to fall backwards.

"Gongsun Yan!" A cold and gnashing voice instantly echoed in the room!
Gongsun Yan smacked his lips, thinking the voice sounded familiar, and muttered, "It seems to be the voice of the senior sister. It seems she is having a nightmare again."

Before he could finish his words, he felt as if he was falling into the sky. The next second, when he opened his eyes, he saw a very familiar figure appear in his sight.

Gongsun Yan, who was sitting on the ground, rubbed her eyes and found that the person in front of her had not disappeared. She couldn't help but feel a little nervous, and then she called out timidly: "Senior Sister..."

Gongsun You snorted coldly, suppressing the anger rising in her heart, and said coldly: "Gongsun Yan, I think you are quite comfortable as a maid!"

“Big sister!” Gongsun Yan suddenly jumped forward, hugged Gongsun You’s thighs, and wailed, “You finally came to save me, wuwuwu… Yan’er is having such a miserable life!”

Gongsun You: ...

……

"Useless thing!" Gongsun You slapped the table beside him and cursed at Gongsun Yan in frustration.

Gongsun Yan was kneeling on the bed wearing only an undershirt, with her head lowered and sobbing non-stop.

Gongsun You became more and more upset the more he listened, and immediately frowned and said in a cold voice: "If you cry again, I will make you stay here as a maid for the rest of your life!"

Upon hearing this, Gongsun Yan quickly took a deep breath and held back the tears that were about to fall to the edge of her eyes. Then, with a sad face, she looked at Gongsun You pitifully: "Big sister, my martial arts have been abolished."

Gongsun Yan looked away speechlessly. She knew, of course, that her junior sister had been crippled. Fortunately, the other party's method of crippling her martial arts was extremely sophisticated. He only dispersed the power of her dantian, but did not injure her dantian and tendons.

It was obvious that the person who made the move had already reached a terrifying level of control over his true energy.

Thinking back to the terrifying aura that emanated from the pleasure boat on the river today, Gongsun You couldn't help but clench his fists in his sleeves.

"So, Chu Xingbai also stayed with Liu Qi." Gongsun You tried to keep his tone as calm as possible and asked Gongsun Yan.

Gongsun Yan nodded: "But I haven't seen him for a long time."

Gongsun Yan snorted disdainfully.

There is no doubt that Chu Xingbai must have gone to look for the whereabouts of his wife and son.

However, Sang Manman and that evil boy had already been sent back to the Fairy Boat by her. Even if Chu Xingbai had Liu Qi's support, it was impossible for him to snatch those two people away from the Fairy Boat.

Thinking of this, Gongsun You's expression brightened up a little, but when he caught a glimpse of Gongsun Yan looking at him pitifully, Gongsun You's mood instantly plummeted to the bottom.

"I have warned you long ago that there are many hidden talents in the Central Plains and you must not be careless. I told you to be stubborn, but now, all your cultivation has been wasted and you have ended up being a slave!"

Gongsun You scolded her unhappily, but when he saw tears welling up in Gongsun Yan's eyes again, he closed his mouth helplessly.

"Senior Sister, so you came here specifically to rescue them!" Gongsun Yan blinked and looked at Gongsun You expectantly.

"Of course not!" Gongsun You's words shattered Gongsun Yan's hope.

Gongsun Yan immediately lowered his head with a look of grievance.

"You are lucky. Although your martial arts skills have been abolished, at least you have saved your life. And you are staying with Liu Qi, so your life will not be in danger for a short time."

Gongsun You looked at Gongsun Yan who lowered her head and said nothing, then sighed softly, "Your third sister is dead."

"Ah!" Gongsun Yan suddenly raised his head and looked at Gongsun You in surprise.

Gongsun You looked directly into Gongsun Yan's eyes and said calmly, "Before we came to the Central Plains, the fairy had already reminded us that there are many people who covet the Kongsang Fairy Boat. If we don't act cautiously, the consequences will be..."

Gongsun You's eyes flashed with coldness, and he stopped talking.

"Third Senior Sister..." Gongsun Yan muttered a few words with a sad face, then raised her head and asked in a crying voice, "Since the fairy knew that the Central Plains was so dangerous, why did we come back?"

"Wouldn't it be nice to spend your whole life happily at sea?"

Cang——

A long sword flashing with a chilling light was placed on Gongsun Yan's neck.

Gongsun You held a long sword in his hand, his eyes flashing with murderous intent, and said coldly: "Gongsun Yan, you dare to disobey the fairy, you know the consequences."

Gongsun Yan's eyes revealed a deep loneliness, and then two lines of tears silently slid down from the corners of her eyes. Her pale lips slightly opened and closed: "It was Yan'er who was reckless for a moment. I hope Senior Sister will forgive me."

Gongsun You slowly drew back the sword, put it back into the sheath, then turned and walked towards the door.

"Yan'er, I'll have to ask you to stay here for a while." Gongsun You stopped at the door, turned his head slightly, looked at Gongsun Yan kneeling on the bed, and sighed softly, "I will take you back after I finish what the fairy asked me to do."

"It's... much more dangerous out there than you think!"

After saying that, Gongsun You walked straight out of the room, stood at the door, raised his head to look at the cold moon in the sky, then slowly exhaled, and stepped into the night.

……

Compared to the tranquility at home, the pleasure boat was much more lively. Yang Yiyi had already repaired the strings of the guqin and was now sitting behind it playing it. Different from the gentle and low guqin sound just now on the top floor, the joy in the guqin sound at this moment could be heard even by an outsider like Liu Qi.

Putting aside Zhou Mi and Tao Zhiyan, who are both proficient in music, even Fang Qingluan and Liu Shijiu seemed to be immersed in it at this moment.

After instructing Fang Qingluan to entertain Liu Qi and his party well, Jiang Jiyu had already left the pleasure boat on the pretext of something. That's why Fang Qingluan appeared here, staying in the same room with Liu Qi and the others to appreciate Yang Yiyi's piano playing.

It can be considered as one of Jiang Jiyu's gifts of thanks to Liu Qi for helping him detoxify her. After all, the price of chartering a pleasure boat for a night on the river is not cheap.

Liu Qi was the only one among the few who had no reaction to Yang Yiyi's piano playing.

His eyes swept across the immersed expressions of several people, and Liu Qi paused with his hand holding the teacup, then raised his eyes and glanced at Yang Yiyi who was playing the piano.

I don't know if it was because of this glance, but suddenly there was another "clang" sound, and the string broke. Yang Yiyi, who was playing the piano, seemed to be startled, and then she covered her mouth with her hands, looking at the broken string in disbelief.

"Miss Yang!" Fang Qingluan and Tao Zhiyan stood up almost at the same time and asked with concern.

Yang Yiyi's face changed slightly when she heard this, and she quickly hid the sadness in her eyes. Then she looked up at the two of them and smiled softly: "It's okay, it seems that Qin is tired today."

Liu Qi silently withdrew his gaze and did not say anything more.

In one night, the strings had broken twice. Not to mention Yang Yiyi, the person playing the zither, even the audience felt deep down that today might not be a good day to enjoy the zither, so they persuaded Yang Yiyi, who wanted to fix the strings and continue playing for everyone, to stop.

"Yang Yiyi is a master of the guqin, and the guqin in her hand was made with great effort by a guqin maker. How come it broke twice tonight?"

Zhou Mi politely declined Fang Qingluan's invitation to go to the deck to enjoy the night view of the river, and stayed alone in the room with Liu Qi. After everyone left, she immediately turned around and asked Liu Qi who was drinking.

"If the last time was as you said, it was because of Jiang Jiyu."

"What about this time?"

Liu Qi raised his eyes slightly and glanced at Zhou Mi, then said calmly: "It seems that the praise from your clan elders back then was not because your father was the clan leader."

"Of course!" Zhou Mi's mouth curled up slightly, and as soon as a smug expression appeared, he reacted instantly, and then his face became serious and he said to Liu Qi in a deep voice, "But what does this have to do with what I just asked?"

Liu Qi looked towards the deck and heard the chattering of several women. Then he said softly, "Fang Qingluan has also entered the top ranks now, but she is not as good as you, a useless person who has lost all your martial arts skills."

When Zhou Mi heard Liu Qi calling him a useless person, he frowned in dissatisfaction, but then his eyes moved slightly: "So, it was you who broke Yang Yiyi's strings just now?"

Liu Qi shook his head: "It's me, but it can also be said that it's not me."

Zhou Mi: "When did you start learning to speak the same language as those old fools?"

Liu Qi replied calmly: "Because the reason why Yang Yiyi's strings broke has nothing to do with martial arts cultivation, but is related to artistic conception."

"Artistic conception..." Zhou Mi murmured a few words, and then looked at Liu Qi in surprise, "Are you saying that Yang Yiyi has also comprehended the artistic conception?"

Liu Qi nodded silently.

The sword has its own meaning, the knife has its own meaning, and the piano naturally has its own meaning.

It is no wonder that Yang Yiyi's piano music has such great appeal. Fang Qingluan, Liu Shijiu and Tao Zhiyan are all good at martial arts, but as soon as Yang Yiyi's piano music sounded, they were instantly immersed in it. They were pulled into Yang Yiyi's artistic conception.

In other words, Yang Yiyi knows no martial arts and has no bad intentions, otherwise these people would be no different from newborn babies after falling into the state of mind.

If we have to put it simply, when Liu Qi was trapped in Xiao Qifeng's "turbulent sea" in the palace before, her situation was roughly the same as Zhou Mi, Fang Qingluan and the others' current situation, except that Liu Qi had murderous intent protecting his body, and although he was in the vast ocean, he still held on to a trace of self.

Why do people in the martial arts world highly respect the sword and knife skills? It is because they can truly kill people without them being seen. As long as the opponent cannot see through your artistic conception, even if his martial arts are far better than yours, he cannot escape death in his artistic conception.

Artistic conception is a small world created by one's own ideas!

The reason why Yang Yiyi's guitar strings broke was because she was affected by Jiang Jiyu's overflowing true energy when she was on the top floor.

And just now it was because there was a person's will in the room, which was more powerful than Yang Yiyi's piano will.

Even though Liu Qi's glance did not contain any murderous intent, the artistic conception created by Yang Yiyi's piano music could not withstand the pressure and eventually collapsed, causing the piano strings to break.

Liu Qi didn't know whether to praise Yang Yiyi for her extraordinary talent or say that she was wasting her talent!
Without practicing martial arts or strengthening one's five senses with internal force, he was able to comprehend a state of mind with his mortal body. This was already a monstrous existence.

After all, artistic conception means being invincible at the same level, and even having the possibility of challenging opponents of higher levels. Liu Qi has experienced this personally.

……

At this time, on the river, there was another pleasure boat.

There were seven or eight young men in their twenties standing on the deck. They were all dressed in gorgeous clothes, with long swords hanging from their waists. The scabbards were inlaid with gold and jade, and there were gorgeous tassels hanging from the sword heads. It was obvious at a glance that they all had extraordinary backgrounds.

Tao Zhili, wearing a simple blue shirt, seemed a little out of place among the group of people.

"Brother Tao, this trip to Jiangnan has really opened your eyes!"

Tao Zhili reluctantly lifted the arm that was on his shoulder, then held his breath to block out the nauseating smell of alcohol, silently moved a few steps to the side, and then said to the young man who had just spoken to him: "Mr. Sun, you've drunk too much, you should go back to your room and rest."

"I...drank too much?" Young Master Sun's liver-colored face stood out under the bright lights on the boat. He pointed at himself, then at Tao Zhili, "Tao Zhili, don't think that just because my uncle invited your master to a banquet, you can act like a big shot in front of me!"

Tao Zhili's face was slightly cold, but he still retained a trace of rationality: "Mr. Sun, your uncle invited our teacher to the dinner today."

"Hmph!" Young Master Sun snorted twice in disdain. "A country bumpkin is worthy of my uncle's personal invitation. He really likes to flatter himself!"

Tao Zhili said angrily: "Mr. Sun, be careful with your words!"

"I'm telling you, who the hell are you!" Young Master Sun waved his hand to break free of the two people who were trying to hold him, and then continued to insult Tao Zhili with a big tongue, "What a shitty Qingzhuke, a waste who can't even protect his master, how can you be worthy of being a guest of honor in our Sun family!"

Tao Zhili didn't want to get too entangled with this Young Master Sun. He knew that because the other uncle praised him a few words at the dinner tonight, this Young Master Sun had been speaking in a sarcastic manner to him since he left the table.

Originally, Tao Zhili was planning to settle the matter peacefully and was about to turn around and leave, but before he turned around, he heard the other party insulting his master.

How could he endure it any longer!
brush!
The long sword was unsheathed, and a flash of cold light shone on the corner of Master Sun's clothes.

Tao Zhili still maintained a bit of rationality. He just wanted to teach the other party a lesson and had no intention of taking his life.

As a result, when Master Sun saw Tao Zhili taking action, a cunning light flashed in his originally turbid eyes. Then he suddenly sank his body to the left, dodging Tao Zhili's sword, and at the same time, he slapped him in the chest with his backhand!
(End of this chapter)