“Good evening, Li family head.”
Li Ping Sheng finished his medicine and was thinking freely about how to turn over when he suddenly heard Qing Yu’s voice and his face froze.
Qing Yu smiled lightly at the smile frozen on Li Ping Sheng’s face and said, “It seems that Family Master Li is in a good mood tonight. Is there something good? Speak up. Share your happiness with me.”
Seeing this, the houseboy who fed the medicine silently excused himself.
However, Qing Yu spoke out to stop him, “The road to Yellow Springs is far, Steward Li Qi is afraid that he will be lonely on the road, so you, as a son, are not going to do your filial duty and accompany him?”
The houseboy’s eyes popped out, but it was Li Xin who grabbed his neck from behind and snapped it. His eyes remained open until he died, his eyes full of dismay and disbelief.
“Qing Yu, what have you done?” Li Pingxiang could no longer hold back his voice, he tried to stand up but unfortunately his body was out of control and he could only stare fiercely at Qing Yu who was sitting at the tea table out of the corner of his eyes.
Qing Yu poured himself a cup of tea and took a sip before saying, “What for —— Li Qi father and son are really loyal to your Li family, I praise their loyalty, so I will send them to the ground to continue to do their loyalty for your Li family.”
“Well, Li family head, now you should also despair. Be a good boy and tell the truth, and I will let you die in peace.”
Li Ping-sheng laughed wildly, “I am no longer conscious of my body from the neck down, so I am not afraid of even the most severe torture. You will die in ignorance and fear.”
“You’re so stern. Not a word about death, and even now you are still thinking about living, how afraid you are of death.”
Qing Yu’s disdainful words seemed like Li Xin’s grappling hand, choking Li Ping Sheng’s throat as the laughter came to an abrupt halt.
“Although, using death may be able to force you to speak, but now time is urgent, I don’t have time to play games with you.”
Qing Yu took out a letter incense, lit it and waited silently.
Li Pingxiang swept the corner of his eye to see Qing Yu’s action, and although he did not know the significance of his action, his intuition felt wrong. However, by speaking out at this point, he was undoubtedly acquiescing to the fact that Qing Yu was right, that he was afraid of death and ceded the right to speak to Qing Yu. Under the temptation of life, even Li Ping-sheng, with his city’s mind, could not help but begin to suffer.
Qing Yu still did not say a word, and Li Ping Sheng became a little anxious. However, he thought that this was Qing Yu’s trick to force him to speak first. The information that Qing Yu was interested in was his last resort to save his life, and as long as he did not say anything, he would live to see the day when the clouds would open.
Li Pingxiang was still ruminating. Gradually, he felt himself trying to sleep, sleepiness coming over him and enveloping him.
‘Am I — going to die —— no —-‘ Li Ping Sheng felt like he was going to die, Qing Yu had actually taken the news seriously and wanted his life straight away.
Li Ping-sheng wanted to speak, but he felt that he could no longer open his mouth. In this way, with a thirst for life, Li Pingxiang fell into the abyss of his nightmare.
Time was not far off, so Qing Yu estimated and spoke, “Li Ping Sheng, do you want to live?”
“I want to ——” the slow words spilled out of Li Ping-sheng’s mouth.
Li Ping-sheng was lying on the bed as if he had fallen asleep, but those eyes were still brightly open, only they were listless, with dilated pupils and motionless.
”It worked, this Li Ping Sheng, is really afraid of death.”
Qing Yu picked up again and said, ”Now, your only way to live is to answer all the questions of the person in front of you. Answer his questions, and you will live ——”
“Live ——” Li Pingxiang’s voice was hollow as he repeated the word.
“Yes, live. If you want to live, answer his questions.” Qing Yu spoke softly, as if drawing people into a dream, repeatedly saying Li Ping Sheng’s only obsession.
“I want to — live ——”
It was not a “yes” answer, but Qingyu knew he had succeeded.
Next, Qingyu asked him a lot of questions, including the change in the True Martial Arts Sect back then, the situation in Yangcheng, and ——
“Li Ping-sheng, your second son Li Qiu-ran, where is he now?”
Li Qiu Ran, Li Ping Sheng’s second son, is always away, the external claim is that he is away doing business for the Li family, and it is said that most of the girls in the Spring Pavilion are provided by Li Qiu Ran away. But Qing Yu found an account book in Li Ping Sheng’s study yesterday, in which there was no income, only a sum of expenditure. It did not say who the money went to, only one place, Jeju, far away from Yangcheng and a state away from Lingzhou.
Qing Yu repeatedly thought about it and finally confirmed that only Li Qiu Ran, who was always away from home, might use the money.
A little hesitation appeared in Li Pingsheng’s voice, but in the end, his desire for life overpowered everything and he slowly said, “Quran —— he is at the Imperial Sword Villa ——”
“The Imperial Sword Villa —— seems to be very famous ——” Forgive Qing Yu who had just come down from the mountain, he didn’t even know the names of the other three Daoist sects that are on par with the True Martial Daoist Sect.
Li Xin on the side couldn’t look away and spoke out, “My lord, the Imperial Sword Villa is one of the three great swordsmanship holy places today.”
“Is it very famous?”
“Very famous. Swordsmen in the Jianghu all aspire to the three great holy places of the sword dao, and the Imperial Sword Villa is one of them.”
“Tell me specifically.”
“Er ——” Li Xin couldn’t say it out loud. Yangcheng was located at the frontier, coupled with the deliberate blockade by the Zhenshan Army, news was very closed, Li Xin could know that the Imperial Sword Villa was a sacred place of the sword dao, already the Imperial Sword Villa was very famous.
Li Xin was in a hurry and pointed at Li Ping Sheng, “Your Excellency can ask him ——”
“Cut. Forget it, he speaks too slowly and takes too much effort to answer questions. I’ll go back to Li Ping-sheng’s study and look for it, I should be able to find the relevant records.”
Qing Yu looked at Li Xin for a moment and said, “Surprised?”
Li Xin still had a little surprise left on his face, “Yes, it’s hard to imagine that this is the Li Ping Sheng who was dead silent earlier.”
“It’s not as amazing as you think. Li Pingsheng’s desire for life is greater than anything else, haven’t you seen how easily he even told us where Li Quran is. If we really want to survive, we can survive until the day he speaks. It’s just that time is short and I managed to skip the boiling process straight away.”
“It’s called the Mind Deterrent Technique, which is said to have been pa*sed down in the West and can be used to manipulate people through a loophole in their mind. However, in order to really manipulate others, one must also cultivate mental power, which requires at least the peak of innate talent. Remember the medicine I asked you to grab yesterday? I’m just using the medicine to help destroy their minds, just by trickery.”
“Moreover,” Qing Yu glanced at Li Ping Sheng, who was still blind, “as a beginner, plus time is short, there is no extra time to spend blindly with him, I have directly administered a heavy medicine, the possibility of Li Ping Sheng regaining his sanity and waking up is slim.”
Qing Yu got up, patted Li Xin’s shoulder and said, “I’ve asked all the questions I need to ask, so I’ll leave Li Ping Sheng to you. His life and death will be under your control.”
After saying that, Qing Yu left straight away, leaving Li Xin alone in the room.
Li Xin looked at Li Ping-sheng on the bed, his face changed, sometimes fierce, sometimes calm, and under the candlelight, he looked like an evil ghost.
“Li Ping-sheng, did you ever love Tian Xiuzhen?” Suddenly, Li Xin asked Li Ping-sheng in a voice. Tian Xiuzhen was Li Xin’s dead mother.
Li Ping-sheng replied in a hollow voice: “Tian Xiuzhen —— is who —— I don’t know.”
Li Xin’s face instantly turned iron blue and his face was hideous, like a green-faced, fanged hellish evil spirit coming to earth.
“Crunch.”
In the night sky outside the house, a dark cloud drifted in, blocking the bright moonlight ——
