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

Chapter 319 Commitment
Xu Yongyuan, Xu Yongding and Tao were all in the reception hall in the front yard, anxiously waiting for news from outside.

So when Liu Nineteen appeared at the door, everyone in the hall stood up, and several pairs of excited eyes instantly fell on her.

And when Liu Shijiu told everyone that Liu Qi had won and returned home safely, everyone's hearts finally settled down.

Especially after learning that Liu Qi was safe and sound, Mrs. Tao's body softened and fell backwards. Fortunately, Xu Yongding, who was beside her, reached out and supported her in time, preventing his wife from collapsing to the ground.

"Since Fang Fu has returned victorious, why didn't she come to report her safety to us herself?" Tao was still a little uneasy, and then looked at Liu Shijiu and asked softly, "Is she injured?"

Injuried?

Liu Shijiu recalled the way Liu Qi bossed him around just now, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and he replied unhappily: "She's fine!"

Upon hearing this, Tao stroked her chest and breathed a sigh of relief. Perhaps it was because she was too worried about Liu Qi's condition, so she did not hear the resentment in Liu Shijiu's words.

Compared to Xu Yongding and the Tao couple who were excited and happy because Liu Qi returned safely, Xu Yongyuan was now very calm. He glanced at Xu Yongding and his wife, then looked at Liu Shijiu and asked in a deep voice: "Miss Shijiu, did you see it with your own eyes? Master Jiang died at the hands of Fang Fu?"

When Liu Jiujiu heard what Xu Yongyuan asked, he couldn't help but move his eyes to look at him, then frowned and said, "Uncle Xu, are you doubting Jiujiu's eyes? Nearly a thousand people in the martial arts world saw with their own eyes that Jiang Jiyu was chopped down by Liu Qi with a single blow, and then his body sank into the river. Could this be false?"

Xu Yongyuan heard the impatience in Nineteen's tone, and immediately shook his head with a wry smile: "Don't misunderstand Miss Nineteen, I don't doubt your vision, it's just that Master Jiang's status and reputation are too..."

"Hey--"

Before Xu Yongyuan finished speaking, he lowered his head, shook his head and sighed.

In the battle between Liu Qi and Jiang Jiyu, Xu Yongyuan of course sincerely hoped that his niece would win, but he expected the ending to be that the two of them would become friends through martial arts. Even if Jiang Jiyu was defeated, he should not die!
Thinking of this, Xu Yongyuan's eyes condensed, and after suppressing the thousands of worries in his mind, he looked up at Liu Shijiu and said seriously: "Is Fang Fu available now? I want to see her?"

The dead cannot be resurrected. Since Jiang Jiyu's death at the hands of Liu Qi is a foregone conclusion, it is useless for Xu Yongyuan to regret it. He can't help but think of what Liu Qi had said many times before, that it would be a disaster rather than a blessing if the Xu family recognized her. Now it seems that his words have come true. But does the Xu family still have a chance to make a new choice?

Before Xu Yongyuan had the time to see Liu Qi, news suddenly came from the doorman that a vicious woman had broken in and threatened to see Liu Qi!

Hearing someone breaking into the door, and coming for Fang Fu, Xu Yongyuan's heart instantly rose to his throat, thinking that someone had come to his door so soon. Suddenly, a piece of information flashed through his mind: Isn't Jiang Jiyu's most proud disciple a woman?

Fortunately, Xu Yongyuan calmed down quickly. On the one hand, he asked Liu Shijiu to invite Liu Qi over, and on the other hand, he asked someone to invite the woman who broke into the door to the lobby.

Luo Yuyan quickly arrived at the steps in front of the lobby, but when she was about to step up, she hesitated suddenly, then retracted her foot and stood still, raised her head slightly to glance at the open door of the lobby in front of her, then moved her eyes to look around quietly, until she was sure that there was nothing unusual around her and that both sides were very spacious, then she slowly walked up the steps.

After entering the hall, Luo Yuyan glanced at the three people in the hall, but did not see the person in her memory. She breathed a sigh of relief, but her face suddenly darkened, and she glanced at the three people again with disdain: "Who are you? Where are Liu Qi?"

Xu Yongyuan was well-informed. After a brief silence, he recognized the identity of the visitor and immediately stepped forward to greet him, "It turns out to be Luo, the guardian of the Changle Gang. I am Xu Yongyuan, the captain of the Southern Court of the Six Gates. I wonder what brings Luo to my humble home?"

"Six Gates, Xu Yongyuan?" Luo Yuyan frowned, then shook her head and said, "I haven't heard of him. I'm here to look for Liu Qi."

Xu Yongyuan also knew the temperament of this famous tigress in the martial arts world, so he replied with a smile: "So, Protector Luo is here to look for my niece Fang Fu."

"Oh!" Luo Yuyan just remembered and suddenly realized, "I heard from Mr. Shen before that Liu Qi's real name is Xu, and he is from a small place..."

Seeing Luo Yuyan frowning and thinking, Xu Yongyuan immediately reminded her, "We are all from Qingjiang Prefecture."

"The Xu family of Qingjiang, that's it!" Luo Yuyan's eyes fixed, and then she carefully looked at Xu Yongyuan in front of her, and then snorted coldly, "You Xu family are really lucky to have found a top master for nothing!"

"Protector Luo has come from afar, but do you want to compete with Liu Qi again?"

Hearing the familiar and cold voice coming from behind, Luo Yuyan's eyes and body shuddered, and then her eyes slowly moved, and she glanced behind her cautiously with the corner of her eye.

Liu Qi strode leisurely across the threshold into the lobby and went straight to Tao and Xu Yongding.

Seeing Liu Qi approaching, Mrs. Tao could no longer contain her excitement. She reached out and held Liu Qi's arm, then carefully looked her up and down. After finding no external injuries, she smiled with relief, then gently stroked her daughter's long black hair that fell down her back.

After seeing the worry in Tao's eyes disappear, Liu Qi turned around and faced Luo Yuyan, who was standing there motionless with her back straight like a sculpture.

"Liu Qi, I'm here to deliver a letter!" Seeing Liu Qi's face, bad memories instantly emerged in Luo Yuyan's mind. She quickly spoke in a very hurried tone.

"Delivering a letter?" Liu Qi raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and then asked softly, "Who are you delivering the letter for?"

Luo Yuyan quickly took out a thin letter from her sleeve and threw it towards Liu Qi's direction.

Seeing this, Liu Qi silently raised her hand, and surprisingly, the letter was pinched between her fingers. Then she slowly held it in front of her eyes. The envelope was empty, with neither the name of the recipient nor the signature.

Liu Qi then raised his eyes and swept a stern gaze towards Luo Yuyan.

Luo Yuyan felt goosebumps all over her body, and then she quickly said, "Jiang Xuanyun from the Qingcheng Sect asked me to bring this to you. I killed three horses on the way and wore out two pairs of shoes before I could deliver it today!"

As she spoke, Luo Yuyan's eyes turned and she asked in a low voice, "Isn't today the day you fight with Jiang Jiyu?"

Then she turned her head to look at the sky outside and continued, "It's already this late, and you're still in the mansion, could it be..."

"Jiang Jiyu is dead. If you have anything to say to him, it's probably too late." Liu Qi opened the envelope and said softly while reading the contents of the letter.

Upon hearing this, Luo Yuyan's pupils shrank suddenly, and her hands hanging at her sides instantly curled into fists. She stared at Liu Qi, who was reading the letter with his head down, with eyes filled with astonishment, and a strange light flashed in her eyes.

She really killed Jiang Jiyu!

He is a top master that even people named Shen are wary of!
In addition to being deeply shocked, Luo Yuyan was more worried about her current situation.

She had had an unpleasant argument with Liu Qi before!

Thinking of this, Luo Yuyan cursed Jiang Xuanyun again in her heart. Why did this old man insist on her delivering the letter? Isn't this just walking into a trap?

Liu Qi's gradually gloomy expression made Luo Yuyan feel even more uneasy. After Liu Qi finished reading the contents of the letter, he looked up at Luo Yuyan and said in a deep voice: "The letter said that the old man of the Shen family is recuperating in Qingcheng Mountain. Did you see him before you went down the mountain?"

"Are you talking about Shen Zhuang?" Luo Yuyan asked back.

Liu Qi nodded slightly.

Luo Yuyan shook her head: "I heard from Sect Leader Jiang that Shen Zhuang's injuries were very serious. He was lucky to be alive. As for whether he can wake up, it all depends on his luck!"

Upon hearing this, Liu Qi silently squeezed the letter in his hand into his palm, and then put his hands behind his back.

Although this letter was written by Jiang Xuanyun, the content of the letter came from Shen Zhuang.

Shen Zhuang only mentioned one thing in the letter, which was to ask Liu Qi whether he still remembered the promise he made to him in the capital.

Of course Liu Qi remembered!

Shen Zhuang's son, Shen Liang and his wife died tragically more than ten years ago, and the murderer is still unknown. Shen Ying is the posthumous daughter that Shen Zhuang took out from his daughter-in-law's womb.

In order to find out the truth about his beloved son's death and to cure Shen Ying's illness, Shen Zhuang spared no effort and eventually fell out with his eldest son Shen Congxiao. He was expelled from the Shen family and wandered around with Shen Ying.

In order to obtain the top-notch elixir from Shen Zhuang, Liu Qi made a promise to him that if the truth about Shen Liang's death came to light one day, no matter who the murderer was, she would use the knife in her hand to seek justice for him!
Thirteen years have passed since Shen Liang’s sudden death.

The murderer finally appeared!
……

Beijing, the underground palace under the imperial city.

Xiao Qifeng was wearing a black python robe and standing in front of the towering bronze gate of the underground palace. His face was calm and no emotional changes could be seen.

Caress...

Along with a slight noise, a ball of blood mist suddenly appeared beside Xiao Qifeng, and as the blood mist rolled and condensed into a human figure.

Nourishes—

The blood mist suddenly dissipated, and a slender man in black clothes and a mask suddenly emerged.

Seeing Xiao Qifeng motionless, the black-clothed man's exposed eyes flashed with a hint of mockery, and then he said: "Zhou Weiyang has been looking at this door for decades and still can't understand it. I think you must have been deceived. There is no such thing as a door to heaven in the world. The so-called immortality is just a dream!"

Xiao Qifeng continued to look at the bronze gate in front of him calmly.

Seeing that Xiao Qifeng ignored him, the man in black had a flash of anger in his eyes, and then he said angrily: "Xiao Qifeng, the people from Jinshan Yinhai Manor and Kongsang Xianfang have appeared in Jiangnan. If you want to sit on the throne safely, you'd better be careful!"

"The throne?" Xiao Qifeng finally spoke, "Whoever wants it can take it!"

"Really?" The man in black immediately showed surprise in his eyes when he heard that!

Xiao Qifeng slowly turned his head, his eyes as deep as water, staring directly into the eyes of the man in black, and said solemnly: "The dragon robe and the imperial edict are in the palace. If you want, just go out and write an imperial edict to abdicate."

The black-clothed man's eyes widened: "Xiao Qifeng, I remember you never lied to anyone!"

Xiao Qifeng had already turned his head away and said no more words.

The joy in the black-clothed man's eyes instantly turned into indignation: "I knew you wouldn't be willing to give up this throne. The dragon robe and the imperial edict are of no use. Without the jade seal, the imperial edict is just a blank piece of paper!"

"The jade seal is not in my hands." Xiao Qifeng suddenly said.

The man in black was shocked and said, "How is it possible that the imperial seal is not in your hands? Is it possible that you have not issued a single imperial decree in the past few months since you ascended the throne?"

Xiao Qifeng turned his head to look at him, then turned back to look at the bronze gate.

Seeing Xiao Qifeng's indifferent expression, the man in black was furious. If he could defeat him, he would have gone up to him...

After taking a deep breath and calming down the anger in his chest, the man in black said solemnly: "Sun Jiyun's little tricks in Jiangnan, what are you planning on? The taxes in Jiangnan alone account for 30% of all taxes in Daqi, and once there is a change in Jiangnan, the entire six southern provinces will probably not be able to remain unscathed. By then, half of the country will be lost!"

As he spoke, the black-clothed man's tone gradually changed: "If it weren't for your reputation, Xiao Qifeng, the Sun family might have been destroyed by Zhou Weiyang. Now it seems that the Sun family is a wolf that can never be tamed!"

"Of all living things in the world, the only ones that cannot be tamed are humans." Xiao Qifeng raised his eyes slightly, then spoke softly.

"Hehehe..." The man in black suddenly laughed, "I thought you, Xiao Qifeng, wouldn't be angry. It seems that Sun Jiyun's knife has stabbed you in the heart!"

"What about you?" Xiao Qifeng turned his head, stared at the man in black, and asked in a deep voice, "Where on my body are you going to stick your knife, my...brother Wang!"

“Shut up!” The sharp voice of the man in black tore through the tranquility of the underground palace. Then his eyes were filled with bloodshot and he gritted his teeth and said, “Xiao Qifeng, don’t forget that I have fallen into this situation today because of you and Zhou Weiyang. If Zhou Weiyang hadn’t stopped me, I would have killed that bastard Xiao Wenhuai long ago. Why did you have to wait for the throne for twenty years!”

"Wei Yang is right. This chair is the poison that has no antidote in the world." Xiao Qifeng turned his back to the man in black and said slowly, "Brother Wang, don't forget that the blood flowing in our bodies is not the Xiao family's."

"Haha!" The man in black sneered, "Since the founding of Da Qi, which emperor has Xiao Lang's blood flowing in his veins?"

"Tsk tsk..." The black-clothed man chuckled twice, "That's right, Xiao Lang is a woman, even if she has left her bloodline, she shouldn't have the surname Xiao."

"Brother Wang, it seems that you haven't made any progress in these years." Xiao Qifeng shook his head and sighed, "From ancient times to the present, gender and bloodline have never been the factors that determine the ownership of power."

He slowly turned around and looked at the black-clothed man whose smile gradually froze. A stern aura gathered behind him: "So what if there is no imperial seal? The imperial edict with my name on it, Xiao Qifeng, is there anyone who dares to disobey it?"

(End of this chapter)