NOVPUBSong Mu’er was just like that.
This time, she didn’t brag to Song Mu’er.
Song Mu’er had waited for them until late last night and still hadn’t gotten up.
She placed an apple on her bedside and, holding another apple, ran to her private courtyard.
After closing the courtyard door, Song Ning’er entered a room and said to a white-clothed woman sitting cross-legged on the bed, "Master Sister, Brother Li Nuo gave me an apple, let’s eat it together. The fruits that Brother Li Nuo brings back are so delicious!"
She easily split the apple in half, offering the larger piece to the woman behind the Curtain, and kept the smaller piece for herself.
Song Ning’er took a chomp of her apple and asked, "Master Sister, is that female hero they talked about, the one who saved Brother Li Nuo, you?"
The woman’s gaze pierced through the Curtain to look at her, inquiring, "Did you tell them?"
Song Ning’er quickly shook her head, "No, Master Sister said we mustn’t tell anyone, and I’ve been obedient. I didn’t even tell Mom and Dad."
The white-clothed woman bit into an apple, her mind recalling some scenes from yesterday, a trace of wonder appearing in her beautiful eyes.
With no cultivation at all, yet she was capable of unleashing power almost at the Peak of the Fourth Realm in an instant, killing one of the Heavenly Mountain Seven Killers.
She had wide knowledge of the world’s Martial Arts, but had never seen such a miraculous Cultivation Technique.
Forget about the Heavenly Mountain Seven Killers, even she, caught unprepared, would have either died or suffered heavy injuries.
What a remarkable person Song Jiaren had married...
Meanwhile, in another courtyard of the Song Residence.
Li Nuo looked at Housekeeper Wu and asked, "What kind of female hero?"
Housekeeper Wu scratched his head and said, "A cloaked hero wearing a veil. Although I don’t know what she looked like, from her voice, she seemed young. She was carrying the unconscious young master out of the alley when I encountered her. I thought she was an accomplice of the assassin, so I even crossed hands with her..."
"Did you hurt her?"
"I couldn’t get the upper hand..."
...
Housekeeper Wu said somewhat embarrassingly, "That young lady is young but already has the cultivation of the Fourth Realm. Even though her strength is slightly inferior to the Young Mistress’s, an old fellow like me stands no chance against her..."
When the strength of the fists is similar, old men like them might be able to use their experience to hang on a little while, fighting younger opponents.
But when it comes down to a straight fight, the younger ones hold the advantage.
He felt a surge of emotion, saying, "With a population of tens of millions in Daxia, even if there’s one in a million Martial Path prodigy, you can find a hundred. Each of them is a favored child of heaven. With just ten or eight years of Cultivation, they can reach realms others couldn’t achieve in a lifetime..."
After Li Nuo passed out yesterday, something else must have happened.
Sadly, that chivalrous hero who couldn’t stand by and who delivered Li Nuo to Housekeeper Wu, left without uttering a word, drifting away.
As the saying goes, "Do good deeds and leave without a trace, conceal your capabilities and your identity."
There are indeed many good people in this world...
...
Today, the entire city of Chang’an, from nobles to commoners, was focused on one matter.
The son of the Marquis Yunyang was killed, and the commoners clapped their hands in delight.
Most of the scions of Chang’an’s influential families had little to do with the common folk, but Li Yuan, the Eldest Young Master of the Marquis Yunyang Mansion, was different.
Half a year ago, he was in the spotlight of public opinion due to a homicide case.
Though the matter was ultimately dismissed, it had left a foul impression of him among the populace.
That such a nefarious villain had gotten his comeuppance was not only secretly cheered by the masses, but also inwardly delighted some of the less influential officials and nobles’ progeny.
To them, they had suffered more under Li Yuan’s hands than ordinary citizens.
They thought that the murder of a first-class marquis’ son, no matter how noble the perpetrator, would come at a great cost.
Yet, to everyone’s surprise, he was released without charge within half a day.
The incident that occurred in the grand hall today, as the court session ended, gradually became common knowledge.
The common people, oblivious to the deeper meanings behind the event, only knew that a bad man had died and a good one was still alive.
Perhaps the world wasn’t as bad as it seemed.
But in the upper echelons, this incident carried an entirely different significance.
Over the years, Li Xuanjing, the Minister of Justice, had stirred countless storms of bloodshed in Chang’an.
Not only were officials wary of him, but even the highest nobility had to tread carefully around him.
Anyone who was the sole child of such a powerful minister could have behaved even more outrageously in Chang’an than Li Yuan.
Yet for over a decade, there had been no news about him.
However, those days were coming to an end.
Li Yuan’s death didn’t just mean that Marquis Yunyang needed a new son to succeed his title.
Another top noble scion of Chang’an, with a simple stroke of the blade, had officially emerged from the shadows into the spotlight.
The son of the Minister of Justice, Li Nuo.
Unknown to the world for over a decade, his debut shook Chang’an!
This case not only made Li Nuo’s name known throughout Chang’an but also brought attention to a place.
Jade Sound Pavilion.
The origin of this matter was nothing more than Li Yuan’s attempt to forcefully take away one of the Pavilion’s musicians.
Considering the status of the Eldest Young Master from a First-class Marquis Mansion, even if the beauty was a musician who did not sell her body, following Li Yuan would not be considered a loss.
Those familiar with Li Yuan knew he always tried persuasion before force.
Had the musician agreed right away, she likely would have received a generous reward afterward.
But if she had refused and offended Li Yuan, not only would her reputation be ruined, but her very life might have been in jeopardy.
