Heiraten - Kapitel 76
Nineteen looked closely at that delicate face but couldn't find a single flaw. She reached out and pushed his hand away, scolding, "You really have nothing better to do!"
Tianxiu corrected, "It's because you woke up and had nothing to do."
The carriage creaked and groaned as it entered the alley from the main road. Suddenly, Tianxiu narrowed her eyes and jumped out of the carriage. She saw that the driver had his head down and was not saying a word, as if he were in a trance.
Seeing Tianxiu's solemn expression, Shijiu had a bad feeling.
Sure enough, Tianxiu grabbed the coachman's shoulder and found that his face was ashen, with a red spot on his cheek. Although his hand was still firmly gripping the reins, he was already dead.
"Tang Clan! I knew they wouldn't let you go." Tianxiu habitually narrowed his eyes, his smile freezing on his lips, turning into a chilling expression. "Unfortunately, you're already mine."
Nineteen was horrified. Both of them were sitting in the car and hadn't even noticed how the Tang Clan had made their move. Their actions were swift and their movements were mysterious, which was truly terrifying.
Tianxiu smiled reassuringly: "Nineteen, don't be afraid. I will protect you, and no one can hurt you."
Tang Shijiu knew his own weight perfectly well, and glared at Tianxiu, but didn't say anything. Tianxiu tried to pry the reins out of the coachman's hand, but the recently deceased body was already stiff as iron, and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't pry them off.
Tianxiu raised an eyebrow and made a decisive move. With a whoosh, she drew a dagger from her bosom, cleaved the coachman's hand in two, and then slammed him off the carriage with her elbow.
The blood that had congealed into black clumps at the break was even more horrifying than the blood that had flowed all over the ground.
A strong, fishy stench emanated from the crack, and Tang Shijiu frowned, suppressing the urge to vomit.
“From now on, Nineteen, you must stick close to me. What I eat, you eat. Under no circumstances should you fall into the Tang Clan’s trap.” Tianxiu was unusually serious. “Although the Tang Clan’s generation of leaders doesn’t have any outstanding fighters, they have been famous for many years, and their influence is beyond our comprehension.”
Tianxiu was right. When they arrived at the inn, the first thing they saw was Tang Diku standing not far from the entrance.
Tang Shijiu gripped the hilt of the Xuanbei sword, got out of the carriage first, and looked at him coldly.
Tang Di smiled slightly at Tang Shijiu and said kindly, "You've had enough fun, it's time to go home."
Tang Shijiu said, "Third Sect Master Tang, you are a person of high status and have a bad memory. You have forgotten that I am not a member of your family."
"Even your second brother has recognized you as his granddaughter, so how can you not be a member of the Tang family? Stop making trouble and come home with me!" He reached out to grab Tang Shijiu's wrist, but Tang Shijiu dodged it.
"What, are you going to fight with your elders?"
Tang Shijiu coldly said, "Since you know you are an elder, please show some respect."
Tang Di's face was as cold as frost, his already icy expression turning even more somber. He sneered, "Nineteen, I'm not Second Brother. I don't have the sentimentality to waste on you. Whether you come with me or not, I'm taking you back today."
Tang Shijiu drew his sword and attacked: "Aren't you ashamed to force a junior like this?"
Tang Diku said no more, gathered his energy in his chest, and his palm immediately turned black: "It is only right for an elder to teach a junior a lesson. Little girl, stop your nonsense, or don't blame me for being ruthless."
Tang Shijiu, sword in hand, dared not be careless. She had fought this old man before at Jinhu Manor and knew the importance of caution.
The two were on the verge of fighting, swords drawn.
"Ah! Third Master, have you come to take me back?" Before Tang Shijiu could react, someone suddenly leaned out of the carriage and interrupted him.
Tang Diku and Shijiu were both taken aback.
The man was Tianxiu. He jumped down from the car and grabbed Tang Diku's sleeve tightly. "Waaah, after all these years, your Tang family's illegitimate child is finally going to be acknowledged?"
His voice was high-pitched and shrill, hurting people's eardrums, and even the heroes in the inn couldn't help but turn their heads to look at him. Tang Shijiu turned around and saw that he had smeared his face with rouge at some point, with bright red rouge on his lips and his cheeks smeared with tears, making him look like a mess.
His clothes were disheveled, and the slightly open, wrinkled collar revealed a hint of pink, uh, a bellyband.
With his unreasonable and argumentative manner, he rolled around in the mud, his clothes filthy and unsightly, looking exactly like a little beggar.
"Where did this wildflower come from, daring to spout nonsense!" Tang Diku looked embarrassed and frantically tugged at his sleeve.
"Waaaaah, my mother has waited twenty years for you to come and take her away, her hair has turned white from waiting. Waaaaah, all she ever wanted in her life was to see me recognized as part of her family. Your blood flows in my veins, you can't deny me!"
The once bustling inn fell silent for a moment, and all eyes were fixed on Tang Diku and Tianxiu.
Tianxiu pulled a sachet from her bosom: "This is what my heartless father left for my mother before he left. You...you dare to say that this isn't something belonging to a member of the Tang Clan?"
Nineteen glanced at the sachet and wondered to himself: When did he take his sachet?
Tang Di was speechless with frustration, and while tugging at his sleeve, he said, "You..."
"This sachet belongs to your Tang family! Do you dare deny it!"
Tang Di nodded helplessly, but then said, "But..."
Tianxiu interrupted her abruptly, plopping down on the ground: "But you Tang family members are treacherous! You abandoned my mother, a frail woman with a big pregnant belly, and left her like that! My poor mother was still pregnant, and you just left her in this desolate village. Waaah... My poor mother, my mother! You have such a miserable life! Today, after countless hardships, I finally found the person who abandoned you, but... this heartless ingrate won't acknowledge me! Waaah... Waaah... Mother! Mother! You must punish this bastard in heaven!"
Nineteen gritted her teeth, trying her best to suppress her laughter.
Seeing more and more people casting disapproving glances at him, Tang Di hurriedly pointed to Nineteen and explained, "Actually, it's her..."
Tianxiu hurriedly interrupted, "It's her! This kind-hearted girl, a compassionate and beautiful girl like Guanyin, saw me starving to death on the roadside and kindly rescued me and put me in the carriage! You!! You lustful and insane beast, did you see this girl's beauty and want to abduct her in the street again? Waaaaah, my poor mother, mother, years ago, she was also on the street when this guy took a liking to her and forcibly took her back. Waaaaah, you take advantage of being from the Tang Clan and having weapons to force innocent women. Waaaaah, waaaaah, you saw my mother was pregnant and promised to take her back to the manor..."
Tang Di's thick eyebrows shot up. He stepped forward, glared angrily, and shouted, "Nonsense!"
He would have been better off not drinking, because once he did, Tianxiu cried even more bitterly, her shrill voice filling the entire inn.
“My mother, a weak woman, was defiled by you for no reason, and had no choice but to live with you for the rest of her life. Who would have thought you would be so heartless and insane, waaaaah... My poor mother... Your poor child is probably going to die at the hands of this beast today... Waaaaah... Mother... Remember what he looks like now, and call on the God of Thunder to strike him down with five bolts of lightning..."
Earlier, someone saw Tang Diku standing at the entrance of the inn, stopping Tang Shijiu's carriage. Tang Shijiu glared at him angrily, as if there was indeed some hidden reason. Seeing that this young man could produce a token and was crying with genuine emotion, looking pitiful, Tang Diku stammered and couldn't even finish his sentence. At that moment, he believed Tianxiu's words to a great extent.
Such scandalous gossip is a favorite topic of conversation among people in the martial arts world. Tianxiu's words sparked endless speculation, with many busybodies automatically filling in the blanks. Given Tang Diku's advanced age, it's unlikely his child was so young, thus increasing the possibility of his treachery and betrayal.
Several men who loved to stand up for the weak and considered themselves righteous heroes had already stood up and stood in front of Tianxiu and Tang Shijiu, glaring at Tang Diku as if the old man would immediately kill them to silence them and harm the thin and fragile young man.
Some even wanted to show off their heroism in front of Tang Shijiu's radiant beauty: "What is the Tang Clan! Young lady, young man, don't be afraid. If this old guy dares to hurt you today, I, Tiger Earth Lord, will be the first to not let him off!"