El mundo de las artes marciales es un pozo

Capítulo 96

He released her hand and said calmly, "I'm afraid you can't bear to part with Li You."

Yang Nianqing stared at him, completely stunned.

A handsome face, a straight nose, and striking eyebrows and eyes...

Something's not right... What's wrong? Suddenly, her expression changed drastically. She stood up abruptly, took two steps back, and pointed at him in horror: "You... you're not Brother Tao!"

He wasn't surprised: "Why not?"

Before anyone could answer, a magnetic voice rang out: "Of course he is."

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Volume Four: People in the Jianghu, White Dew Turns to Frost

Without a sound, two figures, one black and one white, descended from the sky. The black figure was swift, and the white figure was elegant. Although it seemed that one was fast and the other was slow, they still landed on the ground in the middle of the courtyard at the same time.

Yang Nianqing was overjoyed: "You've come!"

He Bi remained expressionless, revealing no emotion. Li You simply stared intently at the person drinking, his eyes, which had been as bright as stars, appearing unusually dim in the hazy moonlight.

Finally, he looked up at the two of them and said calmly, "You've arrived."

He Bi said, "Yes."

After finishing his drink, he stood up and said, "You all know."

Li You remained silent for a moment, then looked at Yang Nianqing, a hint of nervousness appearing in his eyes: "I only knew about your disguise skills, but I forgot that if you revealed your true face, you wouldn't need to look for her; she would go with you anyway."

He raised an eyebrow slightly: "As the saying goes, sometimes you can be confused."

silence.

Li You looked at him: "You won't take her..."

He didn't continue.

He stared at Li You for a long time, then suddenly chuckled, a hint of mockery on his handsome face: "Since he protected her so much when he was alive, how could I let him worry about me now?"

Li You nodded: "Thank you."

Although somewhat surprised, Yang Nianqing understood their meaning. It seemed that Li You and the others already knew that this Nangong Xue was an imposter, and were afraid that he would use her as a hostage.

He looked at the two men and said, "I killed them, and it was all my idea."

Li You said sadly, "But you really shouldn't have dragged Brother Nangong into this."

He Bi also looked at him coldly.

From the very first time Yang Nianqing met "Nangong Xue", she felt something was strange. Not only had this person's temperament changed, but his speech had also become much more unrestrained. Yet, he looked so much like her and also had the ability to remember everything he saw... If there really was such a person in the world, then he must undoubtedly be her younger brother, another prodigy of the Tao family!

It wasn't that she hadn't thought of it earlier, but that Judge Cao had once said that when the bodies were counted back then, only one was missing. How could both children have escaped?

She couldn't help but ask, "You...you're really his brother?"

Li You suddenly shook his head: "You still can't figure out who he is?"

who is he?

Yang Nianqing was taken aback.

“I can’t show the same face to people as him,” he said, glancing at Yang Nianqing and then at Li You and He Bi. “It’s not easy for someone to live under the illusion of being disguised for more than ten years.”

The soft moonlight shone on him, leaving a solitary figure on the ground, yet the feeling was not unfamiliar, but incredibly familiar, as if it were a very good old friend.

Finally, a name gradually surfaced in my mind... it was practically bursting forth!

Yang Nianqing stared at him blankly.

Such exquisite disguise skills—it was him all along!

"You, you're Brother Qiu!"

A hint of admiration appeared in his phoenix eyes.

"My surname is not Qiu."

Li You looked at him and slowly said, "Since Tao Qian of the Jin Dynasty, for hundreds of years, the chrysanthemum's confidant has always been surnamed Tao, so Mr. Chrysanthemum should naturally also be surnamed Tao."

“That’s right,” he said, turning to the side and standing with his hands behind his back. “Chrysanthemums bloom in autumn, I’m just using autumn as my surname.”

Li You smiled and said, "If I hadn't heard a tune, I probably wouldn't have guessed it was you."

He raised an eyebrow.

Yang Nianqing murmured, "What song is that?"

Li You smiled and said, "Do you remember the song 'Reed Catkins' that I heard on the street today?"

She nodded.

Why not read it aloud and listen to it?

"The Reeds and Rushes" comes from the Book of Songs, which Yang Nianqing still remembered. After thinking for a moment, she recited: "The reeds and rushes are green, the white dew is like frost, what is called..."

She paused abruptly, staring intently at the person, before finally murmuring, "White dew turns to frost... White dew... So that's how it is..."

Finally, she fell silent.

Li You sighed, "Back then, Tao Clan had a pair of very famous twin child prodigies. They could memorize anything they read at the age of three. People in the martial arts world gave them the nickname 'Snow, Jade, Frost, and Ice.' The older brother was named Tao Xue, and the younger brother was Tao Shuang."

No wonder they look so different, yet they still seem so similar every time I see them. No wonder I feel so familiar when I see him. It turns out he is Nangong Xue's biological younger brother!

One is like jade, the other like ice.

He's gone now, how could he possibly come back to life...?

Li You said softly, "It's a pity that the two child prodigies encountered the Tao Family Incident not long after they became famous."

Silence.

He finally nodded and said proudly, "That's right, I am Tao Shuang."

"Back then, my father escaped through the southeast corner gate with my eldest brother, but my mother carried me and headed north. Unexpectedly, we fell into their ambush. My mother was seriously injured and could not hold on. At that time, I saw Liu Ru."

If he weren't a child prodigy, how could a child under four years old remember so many things! From that time on, the name of his enemy was deeply imprinted in his mind.

He said coldly, "Liu Ru was feeling guilty and left as soon as he saw us, but I still remember it clearly. I even heard him mention Tang Jingfeng! At that time, my mother just held me tightly and waited to die. I didn't expect my master to happen to pass by."

Li You smiled and said, "Your master must be the venerable One-Finger Healer."

After a long silence, he nodded.

The Immortal Physician is eccentric by nature and always acts as he pleases. Moreover, this matter involves the imperial court. If it were anyone else, even if Madam Tao knelt down and begged him, he might not be willing to save her.

But if this child is a prodigy, then it's a different story.

In the martial arts world, gaining a good disciple is ten times more joyful than obtaining a treasure. The Immortal Physician had never had a successor in his life, so he only asked, "Is this child the prodigy of the Tao family?" before immediately killing the guards and escaping with him.

Yang Nianqing suddenly realized: "Since you two both escaped, why did Judge Cao find that only one body was missing when he counted the corpses?"

There was no response.

for a long time.

Li You frowned: "I'm afraid that Lord Tang was also focused on saving people at the time. After letting Brother Nangong go, he secretly found a substitute. And the one that Judge Cao later discovered was missing should be Brother Qiu. I think only Lord Tang, who identified the body, knows all this."

By sheer coincidence, Magistrate Cao was unaware that Tang Jingfeng had already prepared a double. Therefore, upon discovering one body was missing, he hastily found a substitute as well. To prevent the matter from being exposed, he had no choice but to ask Tang Jingfeng to come forward and identify the body as a witness. The incident at Taomen was originally caused by Tang Jingfeng and Liu Ru's betrayal. Since Tang Jingfeng identified the body, the court naturally wouldn't suspect anything. Tang Jingfeng had clearly discovered this secret while identifying the body but never revealed it, so even Magistrate Cao was unaware, and both children escaped unscathed.

“I didn’t expect Tang Jingfeng to still have a conscience,” he sighed, looking up at the moon. “When I grew up, I realized that more than a hundred people in the Tao family had died, and none of them survived except me. I will not be at peace if I do not seek justice for them.”

Looking at He Bi, a mocking smile flashed across his handsome face: "But later I realized that there may not be justice for me in this world, and the court will never admit its mistakes."

“After my master passed away, I have been thinking of ways to take revenge for many years. Seven years ago, when I was traveling in Jiangnan, I accidentally recognized my elder brother. At that time, Senior Nangong had already passed away. He was the young master of Nangong Villa.”

Li You shook his head: "If you hadn't gone to him, how could someone like Brother Nangong have done such things? He was already a good person. You... really shouldn't have dragged him into this."

He remained silent for half a day.

His phoenix eyes gradually dimmed, and he nodded: "That's right, his heart is too soft."

He Bi suddenly said, "Isn't your heart soft?"

He remained silent.

He Bi looked at him, her eyes flashing: "You could have had many opportunities to attack us along the way."

He turned around and said arrogantly, "I don't need to."

Is it unnecessary, or is it that you can't bear to?

They are friends.

Volume Four: People in the Jianghu

Li You smiled and said, "I once heard Xiao Nian mention your Tear Chrysanthemum. The day I took Yao'er to your Nanshan Formation, I searched for a long time but couldn't find any chrysanthemums like this. All the varieties were old."

He said casually, "You're really curious."

“At that time, I did not doubt you,” Li You looked at He Bi. “Just now, I did go to see Old He, and also visited a senior, and asked about the real name of your Tear Chrysanthemum.”

"Weeping Blood Grass".

Li You nodded: "The Blood-Weeping Grass resembles a chrysanthemum, but it contains a deadly poison. This grass is also very rare. You must have spent a lot of effort to find it."

“That’s right. This herb only grows in the wild and desolate lands beyond the Great Wall. I searched for it for many years, and only found it three years ago.”

"Even though Elder Situ and Lord Tang's martial arts are inferior to yours, the best way to kill someone without them even realizing it is through poison. Among all poisons, the one that is undetectable and least likely to arouse suspicion is the Blood-Weeping Grass. You already knew we would come looking for you and were afraid of being exposed, so you deliberately said it was the Myriad Poisons Blood Palm. No one will doubt the words of the First Divine Physician."

silence.

"I spent three years refining it into poison and gave it to my elder brother, but he only used it once, for himself."

At this point, he let out a soft sigh.

“My eldest brother is just like our father. He is kind-hearted by nature. When I found him, he had no desire for revenge at all. Later, I finally managed to force him to agree.”

“I originally wanted to destroy the evidence, but my elder brother refused. Master Situ and his men are very famous in the martial arts world. If they disappeared without a trace, their disciples would definitely suspect each other and even kill each other. He did not want to lose any more lives. If he had not insisted on doing so, I'm afraid it would not have been so easy for you to investigate now.”

After saying that, he smiled and turned to look at He Bi: "I did kill those people. You know my older brother would never do it."

He Bi nodded: "As long as you show your true colors, Madam Leng and the others will naturally not be on guard."

Because they mistook him for Nangong Xue.