Chapter Fifty-Eight: Treachery

The next day, the sky was bright. Yi Dan got up early and boiled hot water and brought it to Youming and Yuwen Songxian's room.

Yi Dan knocked lightly on the door a few times, and said in a low voice: "Brother Yuwen, junior brother, are you awake?"

After a while, Youming gently opened the door and rubbed his eyes, tired and hazy. At this time, he no longer has makeup, and he completely looks like a man. Yi Dan looked around and saw that no one was passing by, so he brought hot water into the house, gently closed the door, and whispered: "Senior brother, Brother Yuwen, you all woke up, right?"

"Senior sister, don't you wipe it today, right? After wiping it for a day yesterday, my face felt very uncomfortable," Youming complained.

"Of course you have to wipe it, didn't you see Sister Yan's attitude yesterday? If she knew that you two were men, she might immediately draw her sword and show no mercy. Now, the two of you have slept in this Baohe Village for one night, and you have to smear it even more, and you have to fake it to the end. Come on, I'll wipe it for you. With that, Yi Dan put the water down.

Youming said listlessly: "Hey, I didn't expect it to be so troublesome to be a woman? Fortunately, my father and mother didn't give birth to me as a woman, otherwise I would have suffered."

"You're content, at least you look like you're wearing makeup, and you're still a beautiful 'yellow flower girl'. If you're like me, and you put on makeup and become an old woman who doesn't eat pigs and cows, then aren't you going to jump the Grand Canal?" Yu Wensong came over and teased first.

You Ming didn't speak, but Yi Dan couldn't help but laugh out loud first. While laughing, he said: "Brother Yuwen, I never dreamed that you would have this hand, when did you prepare these outfits?

"Yes, Mr. Yuwen, you don't know how fun it is for you to pretend to be a woman. I couldn't hold back my laughter, and my stomach hurt," Youming answered.

"I bring all of them with me," Yuwen Songxian replied indifferently.

"Take it with you, Brother Yuwen, why do you carry those women's things with you?" Yi Dan asked suspiciously.

"Don't get me wrong, I don't have any special hobbies. Our Knife Sharpening Gang has always been a spy on intelligence and chivalrous deeds. Often in order to find out the news, you have to dress up in disguise, so these are all must-haves," Na Wensong hurriedly explained.

"I see, as soon as you say that, I will understand everything," Yi Dan suddenly realized.

"I also have an eighty-year-old man here, an old woman in a sixtieth suit, officials, soldiers, businessmen, opera troupes, everything. How about it? Would you like to get you a set too?" Yu Wensong said jokingly.

"Brother Yuwen, don't make me happy, I'm worried about the safety of both of you now," Yi Dan suddenly said seriously.

"It's okay, speaking of which, this Ningkun faction is also a hard-working woman, but she is also kind at heart, according to my years of experience in the rivers and lakes, there should be no problem. You can rest assured," Yu Wensong comforted first.

"They're nice to us, because she doesn't know you're men. They have all been hurt so deeply, and their mentality is different from ordinary people, I am afraid that they will do something irrational when they know the truth. So let's put on your makeup well, and don't make any mistakes. Today, we have to find an opportunity to leave quickly," Yi Dan said.

"Okay, I agree with Senior Sister's opinion, Senior Sister quickly help me put on makeup" Saying that, Youming smiled and closed his eyes, and brought his face to Yi Dan.

Yi Dan blew on Youming's face and said, "Go, you haven't washed your face yet."

"Oh, yes, there's hot water here, I'll wash my face first."

After a while, Yi Dan dressed Youming as a woman again. She touched his hair ornament, looked at it carefully, and quipped: "Senior brother, I see that you are really beautiful as a girl, and I am so jealous." In the future, you will always dress up like this, how about it?"

"Senior sister, you always make fun of me. said don't make fun of me, otherwise, I won't do it" As he spoke, Youming reached out to pluck the hairpin on his head.

"Don't, okay, I won't laugh at you, okay? Hurry up and clean up, we're here as guests, we can't sleep lazy," Yi Dan said.

"Yes, gotta order," Youming quipped.

After the two of them dressed up, Yi Dan opened the door and wanted to bring the water out. Just happened to meet Yuxiu coming to the door of the room and was about to knock on the door.

"Miss Yi, no wonder I woke up and didn't see you, it turns out that you are here, why did you get up so early?" asked Yuxiu after seeing Yi Dan.

"Yes, Miss Yuxiu, you were rescued so early, how was it? I didn't disturb you last night, did I?" Yi Dan asked.

"No, no, how can you bother, did you sleep well last night?" asked Yuxiu.

"Well, I slept well, thank you Miss Yuxiu for your concern," Yi Dan replied.

Yuxiu looked at the basin in Dandan's hand and said, "Miss Yi, you are really careful, and you also fetched water for your sister-in-law and junior sister, come and give me the basin, and I will pour water for you."

"Oh, no, I'll just pour it myself," Yi Dan walked out with the basin.

At this time, the girls were already practicing swords and boxing in the courtyard, and Xiao Yubing was also sitting on a stool reading poetry. Aunt Shunshan sat by the well and slaughtered a large carp. Yi Dan poured water into the ditch and said to Aunt Shunshan: "Aunt Shunshan, this fish is so big"

Aunt Shunshan looked up and said, "Yes." Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and I deliberately caught a few of the biggest fish from the lake."

"Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and there are lively lantern riddles in the evening, Miss Yi, you have to stay and celebrate the festival with us," Yuxiu said.

"It's... Then why are you embarrassed to disturb you again?" Yi Dan said.

"What's this, since we met, it's fate, so it's decided," Yuxiu said.

"Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding..."At this time, from the northwest corner of the courtyard, there was a beautiful melody played by the zheng. The sound is soothing and crisp, refreshing. Yi Dan looked over, and saw that in the small pavilion in the northwest corner of the courtyard, he saw Yan Hongjue, the head of the Ningkun faction, intoxicated, stroking the qin. Yi Dan walked over gently, for fear of disturbing Yan Hongjue's Yaxing. Seeing Yi Dan coming, Yan Hong took the initiative to stop stroking the qin and asked, "Qin Yin didn't make any noise to you, did you?"

"Thank you Sister Yan for your concern, I slept well last night. Sister Yan got up so early," Yi Dan replied.

"I get up at about this hour every day, practice swords with everyone, and stroke the qin," Yan Hongjue said.

"Sister Yan's heart is elegantly cultivated, and she is ashamed of herself," Yi Dan said respectfully.

"Miss Yi has won the prize. I'm just passing the time. Oh, by the way, today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, let's make it together in a while, how about the osmanthus lotus paste mooncakes?" Yan Hongjue asked.

"Sister Yan, we disturbed for one night, we didn't want to go, and today I came to bid farewell to Sister Yan," Yi Dan said.

"Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival. Aunt Shunshan was already preparing a meal, and a few junior sisters also went out to pick osmanthus flowers. Whatever you say, you have to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival here before leaving," Yan Hongjue said.

"It's... I..."Yi Dan didn't know what to do.

"Bang!" heard a sound, and the door of Baohe Village was suddenly pushed open. Yuxue put her sword on the neck of a man in his forties and escorted him into Baohe Village.

"Yuxue, may I ask what happened?" Yan Hongjue stopped stroking the qin and stepped forward to ask.

Yuxue escorted the man into the courtyard and kicked the man in the back of the knee, knocking him to his knees. The man did not speak, nor did he resist, and was at his mercy.

"Senior sister, this stinky man has been sneaking around outside for a long time, and after I bumped into him, I caught him in," Yuxue said.

"Who is he, what are you doing with him?" Yan Hongjue asked.

"Senior sister, I know him. He is the shameless man who abandoned Aunt Shunshan before, senior sister of the family, what should you do?" Yuxue said.

"I see. Go and call Aunt Shunshan out," Yan Hong ordered Yuxiu beside her.

After a while, a large group of Ning Kun Sect disciples gathered. Aunt Shunshan heard about the situation and ran out.

"Shunshan, Shunshan is me, I am Chen Kang" After the man saw Shunshan, he finally opened his mouth and shouted.

"What are you still doing? Didn't you say that day that you wouldn't come to me in the future?"

"Shunshan, I still can't bear you. I was wrong, can you forgive me?"

"You wrote the letter of resignation with your own hand, and we have broken it off, so you don't have to say these words to humiliate me anymore," Shun Shan said.

"Shunshan, I was really wrong, can you forgive me?

"Why is the child at his aunt's house and not at our house?" asked Shun Shan.

"I... I'm sorry for you, and I'm sorry for the child. The woman cheated me out of all my money, she sold the house and the land, she took all the money and ran away with a little white face, I can only leave the child at his aunt's house temporarily, Shunshan, I'm sorry for you" The man cried.

Hearing this, Shun Shan's eyes widened, she stepped forward and slapped the man in the face: "You... You're a bastard, a lustful thing. That's my hard-earned family business for more than 20 years, all of which are our hard-earned money. That... What will the child do in the future?"

The man bowed his head and was silent, Yuxue stepped forward, stepped on his back, and roared angrily: "Hmph, this is retribution, you deserve nothing"

"What's going on?" Yi Dan looked confused.

Yuxiu on the side hurriedly stepped forward and said to Yi Dan: "This man was originally Aunt Shunshan's father-in-law. When Aunt Shunshan was young, she was a girl from a large family, and despite her family's opposition, she married this bastard who had nothing at the time. Aunt Shunshan is hardworking and smart, helping this wolf-hearted thing to resell goods and running around, coming and going in the wind and rain, and gradually accumulating that poor home. And Aunt Shunshan has worked hard for this man all her life, and this man's wings are stiff, so she began to dislike this old woman who dedicated her life to him. ”

"That's right, this wolf-hearted thing, he deliberately found a business partner to tease Aunt Shunshan, and a so-called person got all the stolen goods, and then he divorced Aunt Shunshan with a letter of resignation" Yuxue answered.

"Actually, it was he himself who hooked up with an eighteen-year-old girl, so he deliberately reversed right and wrong and swept Aunt Shunshan out of the house," Yuxiu said.

"I didn't expect that there would be such an ungrateful man in the world," Yi Dan said in disbelief.

"That's not all, this dog thing, and told Aunt Shunshan's maiden family about it, which made her discredited. Aunt Shunshan's parents have long since died, and after several brothers listened to his nonsense, they no longer took care of Aunt Shunshan, causing Aunt Shunshan to wander and be homeless" After saying that, Yuxue's anger rushed to her heart again, and she raised her right foot and kicked the man fiercely.

Hearing this, Yi Dan couldn't help but feel sad. Na Shunshan lowered her head and continued: "I originally planned to commit suicide by throwing myself into the river, but I was gone. But I thought that my child was only five years old this year, and if I didn't have my own mother, I didn't know what the fate would be like in the future, so I put away this thought. I turned around and went to the pawnshop, where I lost the only valuable bracelet on my body and exchanged it for a few taels of silver, and bought some goods to sell in the Yangzhou market. But none of the goods were sold, but they were all snatched up by a group of ruffians. I was penniless and fainted on the side of the road after two days of hunger. Fortunately, it was a girl from the Ningkun faction who passed by and rescued me, so I picked up this life," Aunt Shunshan recounted her tragic experience word by word.

"Aunt Shunshan has endured hardships for more than 20 years, and for this ungrateful dog, she has saved a huge family business of 100 acres of fertile land. And when this dog thing became rich, he abandoned the chaff and found an eighteen-year-old girl. You say this kind of man, should you kill it?" Yuxue said angrily.

"Please don't kill me, give me a chance to mend my ways, I know it's wrong, I know it's wrong. Shunshan, can I beg your pardon?" the man begged for mercy.

"I dreamed, and now I know it's wrong? The money has been cheated out of someone, and you want to come back and pull Aunt Shunshan back to be a cow and a horse for you? Help you make a comeback? You are all fools of us, aren't you?" Damn cheap man," Yuxue scolded.

"Shunshan, I now understand that no ghost painting can compare to the true feelings of our years of hardship. I am truly remorseful, as long as you can forgive me, I am willing to do whatever I want," Chen Kang shouted to Shunshan.

"Don't say any more, you better hurry up. I'm doing well here, so I don't have to worry about you anymore," Shun Shan said.

"Aunt Shunshan, you can't be soft-hearted, you must not let this hateful man go. If I don't kill him today, I will be able to dispel the hatred in the hearts of my sisters if I take such a bad breath for you," Yuxue said through gritted teeth.

"That's right, Aunt Shunshan, this man is so hateful, do you still want to pity him? Don't forget that he was so ruthless to you at the beginning," Yan Hongjue said.

"Shunshan, it doesn't matter if I'm dead. But our child is only five years old, and you can't bear to see him without a father and mother at a young age?" shouted the man again.

"You hateful cheap man, you dare to say these things to deceive people, suffer death" With that, Yuxue pulled out the sword in her hand and wanted to stab at the man.

"Slow," Shun Shan shouted.

"Aunt Shunshan, don't be soft-hearted. Let me kill this," Yuxue said, holding her sword.

"He's right, I've left the child, and the child can't be without a father anymore. Just let him go, so that he doesn't come again, I don't want to see him again," Shun Shan said.

"No, let's kill him, take the child over and we will raise it, so many of us can take care of your child. If you can't bear to see him die. Yumei, Yuzhu, quickly help Aunt Shunshan into the house to rest, here I will deal with it" After that, the two women next to him went up to support Shunshan, and dragged her into the house.

"No, Miss Yuxue, I beg you. Although he is at fault, he is the father of my child after all, we have been married for more than 20 years, I can't let him die, I beg you to let him go. I promise you that he won't come to me again," Shun Shan cried out as she knelt on the ground.

"Aunt Shunshan, get up quickly, it's not worth interceding for this kind of man" Yan Hongjue hurriedly came over, wanting to help Shunshan up. Shun Shan refused to get up, and said to Yan Hongjue: "Master Yan, you can help me persuade Miss Yuxue and ask her not to kill Chen Kang." Please, you are the head of the Ningkun faction, what you say, Miss Yuxue will definitely listen, you say something"

"Aunt Shunshan, what did this man give you that made you so reluctant to him?" Yan Hong squatted down and asked when she saw that Shunshan couldn't get up.

"He gave me a warm home, and we really loved each other. Even though I am old now, and he no longer loves me, I still don't want to look at the person I once loved, and his head is different," Shun Shan cried.

"What is love? Why is there so much magic that can make people willing to suffer from it, and have no regrets. Yan Hongjue squatted down, looked at Shunshan's old appearance, and asked puzzledly.

"Yes, love is the most beautiful thing in the world, and I have had it for a short time. Even if I fall to this step today, I don't regret having a love when I was young" Shun Shan looked into Chen Kang's eyes and told word by word.

"But is it fair that you gave everything for him, and he crossed the river and demolished the bridge and was ungrateful?" Yan Hongjue asked.

"If it's fair, it's not love, it's just a sale. Love is not fair, everything you pay is willing, and you will not force the other party to accept your pay, this is love," Shun Shan said.

"Does love really make people willing to give without asking for anything in return?"

"Of course. If you have such an experience, this life will not be in vain," Shun Shan replied firmly.

"Love is terrible, Master once said that many people lose their minds for Aiqing, regardless of black and white, and fall into the boundless sea of suffering," Yan Hongjue said.

"Nope. What you're talking about isn't Aiqing, it's just selfishness and possessiveness. True love is selfless, even if you can't be with him, as long as you stand aside silently and watch him live well, you will be extremely satisfied, this is true love" Shun Shan replied.

"Hey... Is love really so beautiful? I never knew it, and I am not qualified to experience it," Yan Hongjue said with a sigh.

"Master Yan, please forgive me. Because in your heart you only know how to kill and save people, but you have never really loved someone. Of course, I don't know the beauty of love, if you don't have to be so persistent. Maybe you'll meet someone who is worth your sincere dedication," Shun Shan said.

"Even if Aunt Shunshan, the love you said is so beautiful. But why do I always see betrayal and ruthlessness?" Yan Hongjue asked.

"Because love can't survive time after all, so I don't blame him," Shunshan said.

"You were so good to him at the beginning, but he was not grateful at all, but left you to marry a new love, and you still have to intercede for him?

"Maybe it's my life, anyway, I really loved him. Ask the head of Yan to let him go, and it can be regarded as me and him," Shun Shan said.

At this time, Yi Dan sighed, stepped forward and said: "I remember that Shi Niang once told me that Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin, once ordered: If it is a husband and wife formed when they are poor, they must not be abandoned after they become rich, otherwise the family property will be confiscated and punished by national law." When I heard this, I thought that Li Shimin was in too much control. I didn't expect the Sage Emperor to be prescient and see people's hearts so clearly. It seems that the prosperity and stability of the early stage of the Tang Dynasty really worked hard. It's a pity that now the world is declining and people's hearts are not ancient. ”

"My master also told me that a man's heart is never satisfied. Therefore, it is not uncommon to be ungrateful and cross the river and tear down bridges. I, the Ningkun Sect, must take responsibility for punishing them, and we must not be soft," Yan Hongjue said firmly.

"But, Sister Yan, although this person is wrong, his sin is not to death. Besides, he has come to apologize and admit his mistake now, just because Aunt Shunshan has suffered so much for him and is still interceding for him, please ask Sister Yan to punish him lightly" Yi Dan said earnestly.

"Master Yan, this girl is right, although Chen Kang is wrong, his sin will not lead to death. Please let him go, I promise he won't come here again to make trouble," Shun Shan said.

"Aunt Shunshan, why are you so kind and bear all the pain yourself?" Yan Hong asked.

"Shunshan, don't intercede for me, it doesn't matter if I die, you have to raise our children well. I owe you in this life, I will be a cow and a horse in the next life, and I will repay you again," the man shouted.

"You ungrateful stinky man, don't pretend to be pitiful here to win sympathy, do you really think I won't dare to kill you?" Yu Xue still held her sword, her eyes widened and she roared.