Taiping Inn

Long Xiaoyun's upper body fell forward to the ground, but his body below the waist remained standing. It was not until this moment that Long Xiaoyun felt the piercing pain that was coming late. Even as tough as he was, his face was distorted, and his ten fingers subconsciously bent into hooks and pierced into the bluestone ground.

Qing Huiji, holding a three-foot-long green sword in her hand, walked slowly, looked down at Long Xiaoyun, who was lying in a pool of blood and was only surviving with his last breath, and said calmly: "You are also a powerful person in the world. It is better to die quickly than to linger on and keep the last bit of dignity."

After that, she gently slashed with the long sword in her hand and cut off Long Xiaoyun's head.

Seeing this scene, You Shuang, who was holding an umbrella, subconsciously exclaimed and quickly covered her mouth with her hand.

Needless to say, the other Long family members were already stunned. In their impression, the invincible head of the family was cut in half. They felt a chill penetrate into their bones and dared not move.

The murderer stood in the heavy rain. The thousands of raindrops could not get her wet. She held a small nine-fold fan that had been unfolded, covering her face below her nose, revealing only a pair of smiling eyebrows, which made people forget the world.

The woman did not even look at Long Xiaoyun, who had no power to fight back, but turned to look at Li Xuandu in the crowd.

Li Xuandu was shocked, and Hu Liang was even more like a great enemy. Long Xiaoyun, who had just stepped into the realm of returning to the truth, had ended up like this. The two of them did not think they could get away with this female Xuan Shengji. It is true that Li Xuandu was the number one on the Shaoxuan Ranking in the past, but after the battle in the Imperial Capital, he had fallen into obscurity. Now he is only in the Xuanyuan Realm. Not to mention fighting against Gong Guan, Long Xiaoyun and other Guizhen Realm masters, even if he fought against Sun Hu, he still had little chance of winning.

Fortunately, the woman quickly retracted her gaze, lightly moved her lotus steps, and walked towards the Long family mansion.

Li Xuandu hesitated for a moment, signaled Hu Liang to stay with the girl, and he followed Gong Guan's footsteps to the Long family mansion alone.

Facing this female devil who killed the head of the family with one move, the Long family's guests were silent, and hurriedly made way for the female devil to "welcome" her into the mansion.

The palace official paused in front of You Shuang, closed the folding fan in her hand, gently lifted her chin, and looked at her: "What a beautiful woman I feel pity for. Go and hold an umbrella for the young man behind me."

You Shuang's face was gentle, and she did not dare to disobey this girl who only looked harmless and innocent. She came to Li Xuandu's side and held an umbrella for him, but half of her body was exposed in the heavy rain.

Li Xuandu reached out and took the umbrella handle from You Shuang's hand, and tilted the umbrella towards the girl.

The palace official turned around and smiled: "I didn't expect that Zifu would still have the heart to sympathize with women."

Li Xuandu shook his head and said nothing.

The speaker is unintentional, but the listener is intentional. When You Shuang heard the word "Zifu", she subconsciously glanced at the young man next to her. Although he was handsome, he was not invincible just by appearance. She couldn't help but secretly wondered in her heart, who exactly was this "Zifu" who could make the palace official treat him so politely.

The palace official walked alone in front, and the woman and Li Xuan walked side by side with umbrellas behind, entering the Long family mansion one after the other.

For some reason, the rain seemed to have become slightly lighter after entering the mansion. The palace official was clearly setting foot here for the first time, but he seemed to have lived here for many years. He walked through the hall and corridors and came to the reception hall with ease.

At this time, there was already a person sitting in the reception hall. When he saw the palace official coming, he hurriedly stood up to greet him and bowed, saying, "Miss Gong."

The palace official glanced at him and smiled lightly, "I'm sorry to have kept Master Sun waiting for a long time. I brought Mrs. Long to you."

At this time, You Shuang had put away the oil-paper umbrella in her hand and stood obediently beside her, lowering her eyebrows and eyes, and did not look at Sun Hui.

Sun Hui also tacitly did not look at You Shuang, but turned his eyes to Li Xuandu and asked tentatively: "Who is this?"

Li Xuandu slowly said: "My surname is Li, and my given name is Xuandu."

Sun Hui smiled and said: "So it's Mr. Li, Sun is polite."

This head of the Sun family is obviously very familiar with the rules of the underworld that "the more polite, the less blame." As the saying goes, "make more friends, make fewer enemies." When walking in the underworld, snakes have their own ways, and rats have their own ways. Long Xiaoyun established himself with martial arts, and Sun Hui established himself with connections. They each have their own strengths.

The palace official sat directly on the main seat and smiled: "Master Sun, how do you plan to deal with this Mrs. Long?"

Sun Hui was stunned for a moment, and hesitated: "How to deal with Mrs. Long seems to be beyond Sun's imagination."

You Shuang, who had been lowering her head, turned pale, and the fingers folded in front of her trembled slightly.

The palace official pretended to be surprised and said, "Whether to marry her home or kill her with a knife, there must be an explanation. The head of the Sun family said that it is not your decision. Could it be that I, a woman, should marry Madam Long?"

Sun Hui laughed dryly, "What do you mean?"

The palace official looked at You Shuang and asked, "Madam Long, Long Xiaoyun is dead. Logically speaking, you are now the owner of the Long family. What should I do next?"

You Shuang lowered her eyebrows and said softly, "Please teach me, Miss Gong."

Hearing this, Sun Hui was shocked. He had never mentioned the identity of the palace official to You Shuang. How did she know it? But on second thought, You Shuang followed the palace official from the gate of the Long family mansion to this main hall, so it is possible that the palace official revealed his identity to her on the way here. Thinking of this, his heart, which had been hanging, was slightly relieved.

The palace official chuckled and said, "This is your Long family's business. Whatever I teach you, just say it."

You Shuang took a deep breath, as if she had made up her mind. She turned to look at Sun Hui and said, "You still need to kill one more person."

Sun Hui was startled and asked, "Who to kill?"

"Me." You Shuang looked at Sun Hui. At this moment, the woman was no longer as docile and charming as usual. Her tone was calm and composed, and she really looked like a mistress of a family.

The expression on Sun Hui's face became more and more surprised, "Why should I kill you?"

You Shuang said calmly: "Sun Lang, others don't understand you, Long Xiaoyun doesn't understand you, even my sister from the Sun family doesn't understand you, but I understand you, you are an ambitious person, and you are also a person who wants to do great things. People who do great things will not care about personal feelings. Although you and I loved each other in our early years, after so many years, how much of these feelings can be left, only you know. What's more, I am already an old person, no matter how well I take care of myself, I will never be as beautiful as when I was young."

You Shuang retracted her gaze and stopped looking at Sun Hui. She lowered her eyes and continued: "Don't say that I am no longer the same as I used to be. Just say that I was Long Xiaoyun's wife. How could you marry me back to the Sun family and let others laugh at me?"

Sun Hui slowly stepped forward, stretched out his hand and gently grasped You Shuang's arm, with a serious face "You think too low of me. How can I care about other people's opinions? What if you marry Long Xiaoyun, what if others laugh at me, what if you are no longer young? I will always treat you the same. You should know best how I feel about you over the years."

You Shuang's expression gradually became gentle, and she said softly: "Of course I know how you feel about me. You are not like Long Xiaoyun, who is full of martial arts skills. You are a person who cares about the people of the world. You have been accumulating talents for many years just to be able to display them one day. When you come out to be an official in the local prefecture, you can benefit the people. If you enter the cabinet and join the ministry, you will benefit the people and the country. In terms of pattern, I don't know how much higher you are than Long Xiaoyun. You are the one who makes me fall in love with you."

As You Shuang spoke, Sun Hui's expression gradually softened.

At this moment, he suddenly widened his eyes and slowly lowered his head to look, only to see the woman holding a dagger in her hand, fiercely stabbing him in the lower abdomen.

You Shuang whispered softly in his ear like a lover: "You want to be an official, to be a prime minister, to be a famous minister of Neo-Confucianism in history, how can you marry someone else's wife? Isn't this giving others a handle? How can I believe what you said?"

Sun Hui's face turned into despair. He never thought that this woman who had always obeyed him would be so vicious. The dagger pierced into his dantian. He was not the indestructible Long Xiaoyun. At this moment, he was powerless to resist and could only wait to die.

You Shuang slowly pulled out the dagger, stretched out her hand and gently pushed, and Sun Hui fell back to the ground, dying with his eyes open.

In less than half a day, the heads of the two major families in Ping'an County died one after another.