Lin Jixuan and Qin Liangjie were the first to arrive on the ship belonging to the great master Baiyu Shan where Xu Qiao was with Yin Xiuchen and Yanzi and waited for Jinshui to return, delivering news that Huang Zhe had been taken care of, also informing that Jinshui would definitely come here soon after helping the injured ones recuperate.
"We didn't manage to find Xu Erfuren," Lin Jixuan explained to Xu Qiao. "I've also tried to find her trace with Liao-xiong and Qin-xiong, but to no avail. Until the day we left Huofeng Lou, we still haven't heard any news of her."
"The only one left in Huofeng Lou is your senior brother Mu Caisheng," Qin Liangjie said.
"How's my biaoge? Is he fine?" Yin Xiuchen asked.
"Lin Jixuan, are you really get no injuries?" Yanzi asked too.
"Jinshui asked us to get here first to tell you that everything is fine, only Ma Yongtao that rotten demon injured the worse," Qin Liangjie said. "He was about to attack Huang Zhe from behind, one might say that he deserved it." He still had some resentment towards Ma Yongtao because of everything that happened at Wansui Gu.
"But it's okay, he's still alive and Zhu Guniang will also be marrying him soon," Lin Jixuan said. "I don't really like that demon head, but he is a good friend of Jinshui, I guess I just have to accept him."
Gu Chenhui came out from the deck with Zu Ye Niang. They had recently returned from Wansui Gu to meet Zeng Baifeng, originally wanting to ask him to help Xu Qiao cure the effect of leiying hua poison. When they saw that the Bai Family's ship was in the river, they came to see Xu Qiao. Knowing that Jinshui had successfully used the eighth level wuqing xue to save his future wife made Gu Chenhui feel very relieved.
"Laofuren," Qin Liangjie and Lin Jixuan greeted her in respect.
"Where is Jinshui?" Gu Chenhui asked them.
"On the way here, with Yuzhi Shi Wu and Yaoyao Guniang and the others," Lin Jixuan said. "We preceded to inform shaofuren that everything has ended well." He glanced at Xu Qiao, calling shaofuren for the sake of teasing her.
Gu Chenhui cleared her throat once and Lin Jixuan didn't continue. He took a step back beside Qin Liangjie.
It was at that moment that the sound of hooves was heard approaching. They looked below the deck. There were three horses that had just arrived. The three riders immediately jumped down and climbed onto the ship.
The ones who came were Shangguan Ruyin, Huang Lian, and Lin Xiaoyan. Apparently, when Huang Lian found out that Yin Xiuchen had gone to accompany Xu Qiao to leave Baiyu Shan with Jinshui, she was very uneasy. Shangguan Ruyin could only ensure her to wait for a few days but then had to come with her, following the others here. They brought Lin Xiaoyan along with them.
"Shijie!" Huang Lian immediately ran and hugged Xu Qiao, jumping up and down with joy seeing Xu Qiao's expression that was fresher and no longer as pale as the last time they were apart. "Look, look, you've recovered. Already recovered."
Qin Liangjie was also overjoyed to see that his wife had arrived there. Without hesitation, he immediately pulled his wife to another part of the ship and they held hands, talking there. Shangguan Ruyin whispered something in her husband's ear, instantly making Qin Liangjie's face turn bright.
"I just realized it a few days ago, actually still want to wait for you to return to Baiyu Shan and then tell you," Shangguan Ruyin said to him. "But this child can't wait to greet his father, I was forced to come with Lian-er down the mountain."
Qin Liangjie placed a hand on his wife's belly with some hesitation. They once lost a son, of course, they were expecting another. Against this once-good news, Qin Liangjie had high hopes.
"You're pregnant but you travel so far away to catch up here?" he immediately chattered, "I will make calculations with Huang Yu's sister for troubling you."
"She didn't trouble me," said Shangguan Ruyin. "I was the one who gave her troubles. We were slowing down the journey here because I get tired so quickly all the time. Lian-er was still so patient and accompanied me without complaining."
Huang Lian pushed Lin Xiaoyan to Lin Jixuan. Lin Jixuan finally noticed his sister's expression as well. He waved in front of Lin Xiaoyan's face and his little sister's round eyes followed his hands everywhere. This little sister who was like a living doll seemed to be quite conscious. She started to be able to recognize everyone around her.
"Eh, do you know who I am?" he asked Lin Xiaoyan. "You remember?"
Lin Xiaoyan nodded once. "Ge," she called.
Lin Jixuan immediately jumped up and down on the deck in joy. Qin Liangjie turned around briefly and shook his head, then ignored him and continued to hold his wife's hand.
"How come the Lin Family's son and the Huang Family's daughter share the same temperaments?" Yanzi asked. "Are you sure there are no switched siblings anywhere here?"
"If their siblings are switched, the problem can be very complicated," replied Zu Ye Niang. "The son of the Huang Family and the daughter of the Lin Family are married. Even though they are not really husband and wife, but...."
She did not continue her words. Lin Xiaoyan suddenly looked at her in confusion. Yanzi was about to kick her leg, causing the trickster to flee again onto the roof of the ship and hid there.
"Lin Guniang, my sister is just talking nonsense," Gu Chenhui said, comforting Lin Xiaoyan from her confusion. She knew this young lady was Huang Yu's wife, seeing them as such a good match as Jinshui and Xu Qiao so she liked her too.
"I and... and him... are we really...?" Lin Xiaoyan didn't know how to call Huang Yu.
"What happened to her?" Lin Jixuan asked. "When I left Baiyu Shan, she was still like this," he imitated Lin Xiaoyan's expression when she could only stare blankly and couldn't recognize anyone. "Now she knows I'm her brother."
"In this world who has the highest medical knowledge?" Yanzi asked him.
"You must want to mention your grand master, Lao Duxie Zeng Baifeng," Lin Jixuan replied. "Did he come to Baiyu Shan?"
"It was Laofuren who had invited Laofeng to Baiyu Shan to treat me," Xu Qiao said, "it's just that Laofeng still hasn't found an antidote for the leiying hua poison that's been spreading, he's also a little desperate. Then Laofuren told him that in Baiyu Shan there was a good friend who had also wanted to meet him for a long time. Unexpectedly, Laofeng went straight to Baiyu Shan after that."
"Back then in Baiyu Shan no one knew him, but later he introduced himself as the owner of Wansui Gu, Lao Duxie Zeng Baifeng, and came to see his old friend Zhang Zheliang," Huang Lian said. "Later I told him, in Baiyu Shan there are no old friends, only an unfilial disciple."
"What? You brought him to meet my father?" Yanzi immediately protested.
"Your father is already living quietly in the back of the mountain, of course, we don't want to ruin his old age," Shangguan Ruyin replied. She stepped closer with Qin Liangjie while still holding hands. "I then said to Laofeng, I can take him to meet the person he wants to meet, but first ask for help to help a friend."
"Actually, when Huang Yu stabbed Xie Tianhu that day, she had started to react," Huang Lian pointed at Lin Xiaoyan, "only erge said…." She did not continue her words because Lin Xiaoyan now stared at her, looking confused.
Lin Xiaoyan was first found in a semi-insane state when she was at Chunjie Kezhan and at that time was controlled by Huang Zhe. Huang Yu helped that girl, not long after taking her home to meet her father at Wuling City which instead ended in a marriage arranged by Lin Laotai.
Lin Xiaoyan's condition was nothing more than an obedient living doll until she was taken to Baiyu Shan. Yanzi was helpless to help her, but Zeng Baifeng mastered high level knowledges in medicine and poison. Without much difficulty, the old man managed to eradicate the lump in Lin Xiaoyan's brain that was causing her mind to not be clear.
During the last few days, Lin Xiaoyan's memory recovered slowly, starting to be able to recognize everyone and remember everything that happened. Huang Lian kept trying to distract her from her marriage to Huang Yu, worried that this lady would not be her sister-in-law anymore.
"Later I found out from the two girls Hanleng Shuang Yin that Zhang Laoqianbei was indeed in Baiyu Shan, so we escorted Zeng Laoqianbei to meet him," continued Shangguan Ruyin.
"And we did distract Laofeng from finding your father," Huang Lian said to Yanzi. "He and Zhang Laoqianbei were both staying in the octagonal room. That day we left, they were still there chatting and a little drunk."
"Ge, am I really married?" Lin Xiaoyan asked her brother. "I remember, that time me and a gege up on the hill, he told me he wanted revenge on the person he called master. Then I also remember we followed that grumpy master for days. Then... then I also remembered that I was wearing red clothes, there was a ceremony to praise the heavens and the earth. I think it's the same gege, but I don't remember exactly."
"It was dage," Huang Lian said, messing with her memory. "You're married to erge."
"Who is your erge?" asked Lin Xiaoyan in confusion.
"Erge is erge," Huang Lian did not dare to say names. She was also worried that Lin Xiaoyan would remember more and find out everything. At this point she thought, asking Zeng Baifeng to help this sister-in-law might hurt her second elder brother.
"We'll explain everything to you," Yanzi asked Lin Jixuan and Qin Liangjie to leave because this was a girl's talk. What happened to the daughter of the Lin Family really shouldn't be covered up any longer. It would be better to explain everything before it became a serious issue. Regarding the continuation of Lin Xiaoyan's marriage with Huang Yu, they would to leave it to fate.
They explained to Lin Xiaoyan as far as they knew and in short terms. Lin Xiaoyan was caught by Huang Zhe and his master and she was used to pressure her father, Lin Tongtian. They left out some of the details, of course.
"I remember," Lin Xiaoyan said as well. "He was kind to me, taught me wuqing xue secretly, and said that this martial ability will definitely be of use later. The master spent time practicing his inner energy all the time and did not like to be disturbed. So we were alone a lot, trained together and… and he..." She dared not go into details. "I… I remember his master asking him to kill me, not just once. I didn't know if he did his master's commands or not, but that night he hit me on the head like this."
Lin Xiaoyan placed her five fingers on Yanzi's head, exerted a little energy, and pressed the skull. For a second Yanzi felt the vibrations there, she quickly stepped aside and hid beside Xu Qiao.
"I understand now," the little miss said, she remembered when Jinshui asked her to mess with Qingyi's memory, and it was Ma Yongtao who did it later. "Just don't know that Huang Zhe messed with Xiaoyan Jiejie's memory for the sake of Xiaoyan Jiejie or because he was just cruel."
"Ah?" Huang Lian asked. "What do you mean?"
"Huang Zhe messed with Xiaoyan Jiejie's memory so that she doesn't have to remember what Xie Tianhu did," Yanzi whispered to Xu Qiao alone, so as not to remind Lin Xiaoyan of the incident at the Jianyin Bang ruins.
"The one who hurt you was the dage, the one who married you was the erge," Huang Lian didn't hear Yanzi's words, she said to Lin Xiaoyan offhandedly.
"Ah?" Lin Xiaoyan was still confused.
"Erge took you back to your family in Wuling City, but he was asked to marry you, and even received two punches from your father," Huang Lian said again, "Erge agreed to marry you to atone for the mistake done by dage."
"Why did he do that?" Lin Xiaoyan burst into tears. "I don't know him that well, why is he...?" in her memory, Huang Yu's face was very faint. She once knew the second son of the Huang Family, but not very closely.
"He was touched by you," Xu Qiao said. "The Lin Guniang he knows is a nice girl."
"Being a fake husband doesn't hurt either," said Yanzi, "after all, one day you can still be a real husband and wife."
Lin Xiaoyan looked at her in confusion.
"Right now Huang Zhe is also dead, you don't need to remember him anymore," added Yin Xiuchen.
"You… are willing to give erge a chance right?" asked Huang Lian.
"I… I don't know," Lin Xiaoyan replied.
"Don't say you like that rotten Shan Gege more," Yanzi said.
"He just tricked me, I know that," Lin Xiaoyan quite understood. She never really liked Huang Zhe. It was just that she was an innocent young lady, so easily tricked with sweet words, and everything was destroyed when Huang Zhe injured her head, messing up her memory for months. But that muddled memory also made her feel no need to feel heartache.
--
Jinshui and the others only came the next day. Gu Chenhui forbade Jinshui from seeing Xu Qiao and their wedding ceremony was immediately arranged. At the appointed time they worshiped the heavens and the earth, completing a procession that was fairly simple.
Gu Chenhui declared that a grand celebration would be held at Baiyu Shan after they returned as well as Jinshui's formal coronation as the twelfth generation of Yumen Jiaozhu. The wedding being held at this time was for the sake of formalizing Xu Qiao's status as her daughter-in-law.
Jinshui and Xu Qiao just followed all her arrangements. In that place, there were only Yumen people. They didn't invite any outsiders.
Huang Lian told her older brother that Lin Xiaoyan was already quite awake, able to recognize everyone again, and also aware of everything that had happened between her and the sons of Huang Family.
Huang Yu did not change his expression in the slightest. In his mind there was the fear of losing his little wife, but also a feeling of joy because Lin Xiaoyan had awakened. He did not want to show his concern to Huang Lian. Then he found Lin Xiaoyan and took her to a small pier not far away. Lin Xiaoyan just followed along.
"He died," Huang Yu told the girl about Huang Zhe. "He would never come between us. You don't need to worry."
Lin Xiaoyan looked at him, trying to find the figure behind his cold eyes. She remembered that since the day of the wedding, Huang Yu had always treated her gently. But when no one else was watching, he once showed pain behind those eyes. His frozen heart was once touched by love. Xu Qiao had not lied.
"If he is still alive, I will ask my father to kill him," Lin Xiaoyan suddenly said, slightly startling Huang Yu.
"You don't… don't like him?" this was Huang Yu's greatest fear.
"He doesn't deserve it," Lin Xiaoyan replied.
"Your grandmother asked me to marry you," Huang Yu said again. "At that time, I only knew that she couldn't help you, and I also knew that you still had hope if you came with me. Of course, I can't let her down."
"When my father gave those two punches, did he hurt you?" Lin Xiaoyan asked him.
"I deserve that."
"Why are you being so nice to me?" Lin Xiaoyan again couldn't hold back the tears. She was as weak as Xu Qiao when it came to feelings. "You don't owe me anything, or our Lin Family."
"I think... I don't want to waste you."
"I can't be a good wife."
"I don't want to find a good wife."
"You are really willing to accept me?"
Huang Yu took a step forward, approaching her slowly. "Lin Guniang, let's start from the beginning, shall we?" he asked.
--
Inside the ship, Jinshui opened Xu Qiao's bridal veil, finally finding her face was back to the way it was when he first saw her three years ago, also three years later. Leiying Hua's poison had disappeared without a trace, and Xu Qiao's physical condition had completely recovered.
Since leaving Xu Qiao on this ship two months ago, Jinshui had not seen her again. At that time, even though the leiying hua poison had been eradicated by the highest level wuqing xue, Xu Qiao still needed a long recovery. Jinshui was also more or less worried about her, worried that something might happen to her. He was also very uneasy when Gu Chenhui welcomed him on this ship and stated that he should not see his girlfriend until their wedding ceremony was completed.
"You are so beautiful," he finally said to Xu Qiao. He stared at her face without blinking. Xu Qiao's smile really captivated his heart. At this time he just really felt relieved because the problem was over and he could see his girl in a state of nothing less.
"Daniang takes very good care of me," Xu Qiao said, already changing her address to Gu Chenhui as she was officially a daughter-in-law. "Ever since she caught up with us back then, she's kept giving me ginseng, bird's nest soup, lingzi mushrooms, and who knows what else. She almost turned me into a fat lady."
"Later when you get pregnant, she will definitely turn you into a real fat lady," Jinshui said while smiling.
"Who wants to be a fat pregnant lady?" Xu Qiao lowered her head. Her flushed face looked especially charming under the red candlelight. Jinshui touched her cheek, lifted her face, then kissed her. With such a gentle kiss, Xu Qiao felt immense joy.
It was getting darker outside, the moon was covered in clouds. Some of those who witnessed today's wedding did not want to go to sleep, some were starting to get drunk.
Huang Yu was still with Lin Xiaoyan on the small pier. Li Qian and Huang Lian burned partridges by the river. Shangguan Ruyin suddenly had a craving for tanghulu and Qin Liangjie willingly went to find it with Lao Diaoyan and Lao Guishou. Liao Xian and Yi Xiuchen sat on a tree and chatted there. Zhu Baique and Ma Yongtao who were still recovering from their injuries strolled around the riverbank. Zu Ye Niang stood guard on the roof deck, carrying a pot of wine. Gu Chenhui watched the distance and tried to remember the many things she had experienced in the past.
Lin Jixuan sneaked in front of Jinshui and Xu Qiao's room, about to take a peek inside. The candles had not been extinguished and Jinshui could still be heard talking, but Lin Jixuan didn't get to hear what he was saying. Someone had already appeared behind him, instantly tugging hard at his ear. He was about to scream, but a small hand covered his mouth first.
Another little hand pulled him out, up to the deck, then kept pulling him down to the river bank. Lin Jixuan was about to break free, but a spider the size of half the fist of the person who pulled him had perched in front of his nose. He just realized that the owner of those small hand was Yanzi, the little poison master. Of course, he did not dare to act recklessly.
"The noble son of the Lin Family, why has his behavior like a little delinquent never been properly educated?" Yanzi grumbled at him, only daring to make a sound after exiting the cabin, and was sure Jinshui wouldn't hear a word.
"You little poison demon, why meddle in my business?" Lin Jixuan asked.
"Of course, I would," the little miss pulled Lin Jixuan towards the grove. Li Qian and Huang Lian, as well as Liao Xian and Yin Xiuchen saw the two of them arguing but didn't care, and only watched for a while, no one then said anything.
Yanzi just released Lin Jixuan at the edge of the forest. The young man immediately took out his folding fan and used it to get rid of the huge spider on his face. He didn't want to fight with a little lady, so he turned around and was about to return to the ship.
"Stop!" Yanzi ordered.
"I have urgent business, I can not accompany you." Lin Jixuan was about to run away again, but at that moment he felt that he had stepped on something slippery, and he was almost too late to lift his foot. When he looked at the ground, he saw something moving between the grass.
"There are some friends here, who want to get acquainted with Lin Shaoye," said Yanzi.
Lin Jixuan was forced to stay put, not daring to run away anymore. He knew the reputation of the Wansui Gu people, being able to attract venomous beasts and control them. Yanzi was Zeng Baifeng's favorite, it was not a surprise that she also had the same ability.
"Shoot," he said, "among the Yumen descendants, I Lin Jixuan am the only one who doesn't have a girlfriend yet because I was too busy rejecting the marriage arranged by my father in the past. Why Laotianye was even kinder, matched me up with the heir of the number one poison master in the human realm?"
"So what?" asked Yanzi.
"You're just a little miss, still younger than Liuxin Meimei. Fifteen years old at most," Lin Jixuan rambled on again, "but I, Lin Jixuan, is also only eighteen. If you do the math, our ages are not that far apart either. The Yumen descendants already have spouses, except for me. If you little miss is interested in becoming the wife of the Yumen descendant, then indeed your choice is only me."
"Don't talk carelessly," Yanzi said. "Who would be interested in the son of the Lin Family whose reputation is already so notorious?"
"A miss who likes to play with rotten little animals," Lin Jixuan said with a laugh. Presumably, he was teasing Yanzi so the little lady would let him go. But he saw that the grass around him was still twitching, indicating that the poisonous beasts under the little miss' control were still there.
"Do you want me to let you go?" Yanzi realized his scheme. "Okay, you want me to let you go, I even want to invite you to play here. You're the son of the Lin Family who always refused to be matched by your father and likes to scare girls, how about today it's my little friends who match us up and I scare you? I Yanzi is really interested in being a part of Yumen, so what?"
--
The sound of a pipa musical instrument could be heard faintly in the distance. Jinshui in the room also heard it. The song played was familiar. The person who played that song had taken Xu Qiao away from him three years ago, but of course, he knew that person would not be able to take Qi Xiao away from him once again.
"Your Erniang is coming to our wedding," he said to Xu Qiao. "How about we meet her for a bit and ask for her blessing."
Xu Qiao nodded. Jinshui held her hand, leading her out of the cabin. Gu Chenhui was still standing on deck, Li Qian and Liao Xian were by her side. They heard the sound of the pipa musical instrument in the distance and they knew who was coming.
"It's all right," said Jinshui. "I and Qiao-er also happen to want to meet this person."
"Your sword," Gu Chenhui handed him the xuanlong jian but Jinshui politely refused.
"No need," he said. "It's our happy day, and I have no plan to fight anyone."
Gu Chenhui didn't insist. She knew, with Jinshui's current ability, no one would be able to trouble him even though he didn't carry a weapon and still had to protect his young bride.
Jinshui and Xu Qiao walked leisurely, meeting Bao Xinfei who was sitting waiting at a pavilion nearby. The pipe musical instrument immediately stopped when she heard the person she was waiting for had arrived. She stood up, slightly not expecting Jinshui to come with only Xu Qiao.
"Erniang," Xu Qiao knelt down and gave Bao Xinfei a kowtow. Jinshui followed her with a nod. They were already married, so to Jinshui, Bao Xinfei was mother-in-law after all. But Jinshui was the leader of a sect, he didn't have to kneel down to anyone.
"Yuemu," he called respectfully.
Bao Xinfei faced them with her usual cold expression. She did not hinder but also did not appear to accept the leader of a demonic sect as his legitimate son-in-law. After all, Jinshui and Xu Qiao's marriage was arranged by Wu Youwei's wife, not by the consent of the bride's family according to customary law.
"Erniang, we couldn't find you at Huofeng Lou, and we finish our wedding ceremony beforehand without asking for your blessing," Xu Qiao said. "Xiao Qiao has decided to be with Jinshui Gege forever, we are expecting your bless."
"A Yumen leader, just now paid respects to Xuehua Zhishou Bao Xinfei, the young wife of Huofeng Lou's late master, if outsiders find out, aren't you afraid that it will bring down your great dignity?" Bao Xinfei asked Jinshui coldly. "Too bad, I can't see this rare event with my own eyes."
"To me you are mother-in-law, paying respects is quite appropriate," Jinshui said calmly. "Please give us your blessing."
"Erniang, what do you mean you can't see for yourself?" Xu Qiao felt that there was something strange about Bao Xinfei's words. She realized only a moment later that her young mother's eyes were completely blank. Bao Xinfei had lost her sight.
"I've been injured by someone, so apart from having my arm amputated, I'm now a blind woman too," Bao Xinfei said without mentioning who injured her, "if your father up there finds out, perhaps he no longer wanted his young wife and you don't need to call me erniang anymore."
"Erniang, you are forever my erniang," Xu Qiao said confidently. She stepped closer to Bao Xinfei, holding her one arm. Bao Xinfei wasn't her real mother, but she was the mother who had raised her for three years and brought her to maturity. Although once disliked, now she was the only family member alive. "Erniang, Huofeng Lou is gone. You just come with me to Baiyu Shan, would you?"
"You know that I, Bao Xinfei, have never associated with the demonic sect," the madam still coldly replied. She let go of Xu Qiao's hold and walked over to Jinshui. Xu Qiao was a little worried that her young mother would fight with Jinshui, of course, but Jinshui silently motioned for calm.
Bao Xinfei stretched out his one arm, hitting Jinshui's shoulder using her pipa musical instrument. Jinshui just stood there and took the attack. Just one punch and it was enough to shock Bao Xinfei. Not only was Jinshui unscathed, even the punches were endured without difficulty. She realized, just now if Jinshui had allowed that punch to hit her back, by now she would have been thrown and her musical instrument would be broken into pieces.
"Your inner energy has progressed a lot, it's only fitting that you dare to mess around in Huofeng Lou, kill countless people, and call yourself the new leader of Yumen," the madam barely took a deep breath and spoke again. At that time she felt a tightness in her chest.
Her wound from the fight with Huang Zhe the other day had just healed, in fact, she couldn't afford to fight with an individual at his level. She held back as best she could, Jinshui didn't even dare to do something to help her for fear that this stubborn madam would cut off her only one arm or even end her own life.
"These months of chaos and killing were done by the fake Yumen Mowang," Jinshui said calmly, "my sword was stolen, then used to kill a lot of victims. As for who this person is, I'm sure Yuemu knows as clearly as we do have also met in person. Jinshui really regretted not being able to prevent the casualties, but we have already taken care of this killer."
"Erniang, you met that killer in person, you know that he is not Jinshui Gege," Xu Qiao joined in to explain.
"It must be Mu Caisheng who told you, I'm still alive," Bao Xinfei said again. "Yes, indeed I am still alive, but already blind and badly injured. All because of the Yumen Jiao people."
"Xu furen, we had to disturb the peace in Huofeng Lou, Jinshui apologizes," Jinshui said.
"The martial world will hear about this matter, Yumen Jiao who just revived has already caused many deaths," Bao Xinfei said again in a more intense voice. "Right now there's a lot of rumors spread. No matter how you try to cover it up, the rotting carcass will still smell. I'm Bao Xinfei not in the mood to help explain anything."
"Erniang...." Xu Qiao protested.
"Jinshui thank you for Yuemu's hint," Jinshui said instead, "Jinshui will solve this matter soon. I myself will give an explanation to everyone who has lost their family or relatives."
Bao Xinfei silently gave Jinshui a warning, that he couldn't solve the problem created by Huang Zhe by simply covering up the victims' deaths. Jinshui must take full responsibility if he still wanted Yumen to be victorious again. Xu Qiao understood it a little too late. Hearing Jinshui's words, only then did she feel relieved.
"I thought Erniang really...." she didn't continue.
"Stupid child, I told you before, the door in Huofeng Lou will always open for you," Bao Xinfei continued without changing her tone. "But now that Huofeng Lou has been damaged and I don't want to stay there anymore. If you want to find me, you can just go to Haitang Jian Pai. The students there will tell you where you can find me."
She hugged Xu Qiao once, then she held her pipa musical instrument and walked away without looking at Jinshui. Jinshui could only bow once to her.
"Jinshui escorted Yuemu," he said.
"No need," replied the madam, "if you don't take good care of your wife, I will come to Baiyu Shan looking for you."
They could only watch as Bao Xinfei's figure disappeared into the darkness of the night. Xu Qiao came closer and Jinshui hugged her. It was all settled. Although Bao Xinfei didn't say it out loud, she had already given her bless.
--
On their way back to Baiyu Shan, Jinshui wrote letters addressed to several figures in the martial world whose families or students were victims of Huang Zhe's cruelty. He also took time to meet representatives from Dayue Mansion to explain what happened.
That evening over a high cliff, Jinshui stood looking into the distance. They had already returned to Baiyu Shan. The struggle for the descendants of Yumen was still long, there were still many other conflicts that they will have to face in the future.
"Yesterday's punch, I haven't counted on you," Ma Yongtao came closer and immediately stood beside him.
"Are you really being sincere with her?" Jinshui asked.
"Between us, there is animosity towards the older generation, it seems that it will not be easy to convince you," Ma Yongtao replied.
"In that case, just consider that punch a warning to you," Jinshui replied.
Some time ago Jinshui hit Ma Yongtao because his temper exploded by Xu Qiao's sudden return, on the other hand, he also mistakenly thought that Ma Yongtao approached Zhu Baique to carry out his father's dying wish to get revenge.
"In the future, if you hurt any of us, then I Wu Jinshui will not spare you."
"Never mind," Ma Yongtao sighed. Jinshui was a jiaozhu, not admitting fault in front of him was also not to be blamed. "I consider that punch as a blessing for us. I will marry her, take care of her for life, and not let her get hurt in the slightest. Being the guardian of a Yumen guardian, I think this huge responsibility is enough to blot out Liangshan Mojun's name, don't you think?"
"You used to commit a lot of crimes, it will take a long time to change the name of Liangshan Liu Mo to Liangshan Liu Xia (Six Warriors of Liangshan)," said Jinshui. "Like Yumen Jiao, it also took a long time to get rid of the title xie jiao (demonic sect)."
"Just now there was news sent by Liuxin Junzhu and Yue Songdai, they have already arrived in Dali, outside the Song territory, far away from the pursuit of the imperial army," said Ma Yongtao.
"When the time comes for them to return to the mainland, it's unclear whether Xianjing Wang will be able to spare her and allow her to continue her duties as one of the guardians of Yumen," Jinshui said.
"The Commander Ti that we met at Huofeng Lou that time, he who was tasked with chasing after Liuxin Junzhu, has yet to withdraw. If Liuxin wants to go back, it will be difficult to avoid this commander and his troops."
"Everything depends on their own luck. We can't do much either."
They looked far out into the valley below. There are still many stories to be told, but no one can tell what will happen tomorrow.
THE END