Chapter 48 Who Killed Ye Qingmei?

"Oh? It doesn't matter."

Li An shrugged his shoulders to show that he didn't care, and explained with a smile: "The answer always involves many secrets. If you want to know everything, the price is naturally high. Of course, I won't force it. I will give an answer based on the client's remuneration."

Si Gu Jian lowered his head and thought deeply. Now that he had left the Jianlu and came to the heart of Qing State, he naturally wanted to know the ins and outs of the matter. If possible, he would also ask about the future of Dongyi City, so he had to be cautious.

After a moment, Si Gu Jian raised his head and said with difficulty in his hoarse voice: "Sir, can you use one sentence to make me believe you?"

After he finished speaking, he waved to Wang Shisanlang behind him, who took out a silver note from his clothes lining and said, "Here is a silver note of 10,000 taels from Taiping Bank. How about buying your words?"

The silver note had been placed on the table by Si Gu Jian.

Li An nodded, and at this moment, his four disciples entered the hall with tea trays, placed the tea cups one by one, and poured in hot water. For a moment, the whole room was filled with the fragrance of tea.

"One glance can conquer a city. A second glance can conquer a country. A third glance can often trouble the world, and always makes heroes cry. I draw my sword and look around, my heart is at a loss. I see no ancients in front of me, and no future generations behind me. I look at the vastness of the world, and I am alone and shed tears!" Li An spoke quietly, and after asking his eldest disciple to put away the banknotes, he said: "Everyone is a guest from afar, please have a cup of tea."

Everyone in the room was in no mood to drink tea. They were already stunned on the spot, and after a moment they were filled with murderous intent!
This is the Si Gu Jian's mental method created by the master! Some of it is even something that the master has never mentioned! Because this is Si Gu Jian's own understanding, the disciples can only learn from him, but not be like him.

These murderous intentions were far less than those from Si Gu Jian. Li An was afraid that his disciples would feel uncomfortable, so he waved his right hand to block the murderous intentions in front of his disciples.

Si Gu Jian raised his cup to drink tea, looked at Zhao Tong'er beside Li An, and sighed: "These disciples of yours are full of spirituality, which makes people happy to see them."

Li An raised his eyebrows and simply sat down in the main seat, laughing coldly, "Sir Sword Saint, please forgive me for making fun of you. My disciples are still young and cannot be trained. But you have taught me fourteen disciples, thirteen of whom are above the ninth rank. When it comes to being a teacher, I cannot compare with you."

This time, Wang Shisanlang couldn't help himself and said in a stern voice: "You, a fortune teller, didn't you ask clearly before you cheated me? I am the youngest disciple of the master, the thirteenth. Where did the fourteenth disciple come from?"

Si Gu Jian's other disciples responded loudly, looking at Li Ang with disdain on their faces.

Facing these noises, Li An turned a deaf ear to them. However, Hong Kaijia and the other three clenched their fists, their faces full of anger.

“That’s enough!” Si Gu Jian had already used his true fire and roared, “Except for Shisan and Zhilan, everyone else get out!”

The disciples were all surprised and left the hall in a depressed mood.

After seeing all the disciples leave, Si Gu Jian spoke calmly, "You are right. Next question, what kind of person do you think I am?"

Wang Shisanlang cooperated and handed over a silver note, also for ten thousand taels.

Seeing that Li An was still drinking tea and ignoring him, he put in the silver bills one by one. It was not until the amount reached 100,000 taels that Li An spoke.

"You are a grateful, cold-blooded person. You are proud, crazy, tyrannical, and indifferent, but you love Dongyi City and its people. You are a very complicated person." Li An summarized, saying whatever came to his mind: "Of course, being able to teach apprentices is your advantage."

Si Gu Jian seemed extremely happy when he heard this: "Tell me in detail?"

"Of course. After all, I took 100,000 taels of silver from you." Li An nodded, looking at the old man who was one of the most powerful men in front of him, and said calmly as if he was recalling the past: "You had a miserable childhood. You were born to the mayor of Dongyi City and a maid in the mansion. You were bullied and nearly died several times. After that, you met that woman - Ye Qingmei!"

Hearing the three words "Ye Qingmei", Si Gu Jian was surprisingly lost in memories.

Afterwards, Yun Zhilan and Wang Shisanlang looked at each other, wondering whether they should continue to stay and listen to the master's secrets.

Li An continued, "She was your benefactor, your collaborator, and even more so your friend. She taught you the Four-Gu Sword Technique of 'looking ahead but not behind', and then she left for the Kingdom of Qing, where she died."

"You came to Qing Kingdom several times to avenge her, which was repaying a favor. But after you became proficient in swordsmanship, you decided to take revenge, and then you massacred the City Lord's Mansion, including your father. I won't go into details about the reasons, but overnight, your aura became chaotic, and your realm began to form! This is cold-bloodedness." "From then on, there was one less idiot in the world, but one more sword saint grandmaster." Li An took a breath and said in a deep voice: "I don't know if I'm wrong?"

Si Gu Jian's eyes were wide open, his gaze was like a sword, staring at Li An, and he said slowly: "It is absolutely correct. All this is just for Dongyi City."

"You don't have to explain to me." Li An refused to give in. "I don't care what you think either."

"If Qing Kingdom faced the same situation as Dongyi City, wouldn't you care?" Si Gu Jian asked in return.

Li An sneered: "What does it have to do with me? When Wei was destroyed, Qi took over; when Nanqing disappeared, Qing emerged. Even if your Dongyi City really disappeared, what would it matter? You still don't understand that the most important thing among these countries is always the people! If the people live well, who cares about which country it is?"

"It would be great if it was as simple as you said." Si Gu Jian asked coldly, "Is there any way forward for Dongyi City?"

"I can answer this question for free. Strictly speaking, I'm not giving you an answer. I'm just telling you the time of the answer."

Si Gu Jian perked up and listened carefully: "In that case, thank you very much."

Li An said: "Ye Qingmei's son will find you in the future. He is the answer."

"Who is he?" Si Gu Jian asked. Wang Shisanlang hurriedly began to put the banknotes away, but was interrupted by Li An.

"You'll find out soon enough."

Si Gu Jian nodded thoughtfully.

"Then, one last question." Si Gu Jian closed his eyes and said slowly, "Ye Qingmei, how did she die back then?"

There was an indescribable emotion in the room, which I guess must be sadness.

An invisible wave spread out, and in this small space, no one could eavesdrop on the conversation between the two under Si Gu Jian's nose.

Li An looked at Yun Zhilan and Wang Shisanlang behind Si Gu Jian and said, "How much do you know?"

"You go out first." Si Gu Jian waved his hand to let the two disciples go out. After Li An and the other two were left in the room, he answered Li An's question: "What kind of person is Ye Qingmei? How could such a peerless person like her be killed by the two bitches, the Queen Mother and the Empress in the Qing Kingdom's palace?"

As he spoke, Si Gu Jian laughed excitedly, his smile filled with murderous intent.

Li An's expression remained unchanged. After letting his disciples leave, he asked, "So, who do you think it is?"

"Whoever gains the greatest benefit is the murderer!" Si Gu Jian's face was crazy, his eyes were full of violent looks, and a sword intent that pierced through the heavens and the earth rose up. Not only the disciples in the courtyard felt it, even the Qing country warriors outside the Wanshizhai courtyard, their hair stood on end in an instant!
"what happened?"

"Such a strong sword intent!"

"In just this moment, I understood the power of the Grand Master!"

"Will there be a fight in there?"

The crowd outside was talking about it, and Si Gu Jian's disciples in the courtyard had already become nervous. If it weren't for Yun Zhilan and Wang Shisanlang's comfort, they would have rushed into the room long ago.

(End of this chapter)