Or perhaps, a bit more foolishly:
"Who are you to be so strong!"
"Ah, are you not Lord Zheng Fan, the Commander of the Green Willow Fortress in Yinlang County!"
Don’t laugh.
Fanli truly might say sothing like that.
Xue Three was also starting to feel the pressure.
He had pushed Fanli forward, intending to create an opportunity for their lord to show off. However, it had backfired, stirring up animosity instead.
"Where’s the blind man?" Zheng Fan asked.
If the blind man could communicate with Fanli using his spiritual energy and tell him a few appropriate phrases, the problem might be solved.
"Er, I don’t know. It seems he went sightseeing with his wife."
"Sightseeing?" Zheng Fan was sowhat taken aback.
"Well, you know, like getting on the bus before buying a ticket, or getting married before cultivating feelings, just like in the old arranged marriages."
Xue Three’s words were tinged with a strong hint of jealousy.
The re thought of those long legs made Xue Three burn with envy.
However, it was rely simple jealousy. Xue Three still had his principles; he wouldn’t go so far as to harbor inappropriate thoughts about a friend’s wife.
「anwhile,」
On Lovesickness Peak, the blind man sat, holding his erhu.
Next to him sat a young soldier.
"Husband, do you believe in love at first sight?"
The blind man really wanted to reply:
Are you blind?
But, after a mont’s thought, he let it go.
Because although the blind man was blind, he wasn’t old. Otherwise, the wife of the city patrol captain in Hutou City wouldn’t have frequently asked him for help.
Strictly speaking, among the seven demon kings and their lord, A Ming and Liang Cheng had different styles, while the blind man was the steady, profound type.
But they all shared one prefix: all three were very handso.
Perhaps it was the monotony of their recent life on the march. Perhaps it was because this intelligent woman, despite everything, was still a woman; she could calmly accept her family’s arrangents for her, yet she also wished for her own emotional life to be more beautiful, more adorned. Most importantly, after spending these days together, she had confird that this ’convenient’ blind husband of hers had a certain charm.
"All love at first sight is rely lust at first sight."
Yuexin was speechless.
The mountain wind rustled around them but couldn’t dispel the awkward atmosphere.
After a while, Yuexin smiled and asked, "Then what about growing old together?"
The blind man replied:
"Between husbands and wives, most instances of growing old together are simply the result of weighing pros and cons."
Yuexin was silent again.
After a long pause, the blind man sighed.
He was a smart man, but he truly wasn’t good at romance.
He had been with won before, but he had never pursued any woman nor seriously invested in any relationship.
However, he knew what he had just done was very wrong.
"I’m sorry."
Yuexin rested her head on the blind man’s shoulder, finding a comfortable angle, and replied:
"Husband, you really are different."
「anwhile,」
The blind man, still trying to cultivate a relationship, was unaware of the awkward scene unfolding at the foot of the mountain.
Fortunately, Li Fusheng was not a petty man. He imdiately ordered soone to fetch his saber, presented it to Fanli, and even offered him so guidance and experience on a martial artist’s cultivation.
Because, if they were to fight using vital energy, Fanli would stand absolutely no chance against him.
This was the kind of opportunity most martial artists could only dream of, but Fanli paid it no mind. He knew that the changes in his strength didn’t depend on himself, but on his lord.
However, the gem embedded in this sword is quite pretty. I could dig it out and add it to my axe.
Li Fusheng, apparently at a loss with this simpleton, directly left the training ground. After stepping down, he imdiately called for Zheng Fan.
Zheng Fan approached Li Fusheng, and together they walked out of the crowd.
"Chief Zheng, your household truly has many talented individuals."
"Actually, exceptional talents are common."
"Oh? Is that so?"
"But those who can recognize such talent are few."
"Interesting, very interesting." Li Fusheng smacked his lips, then asked, "Chief Zheng, what about your Zhengzi Art of War?"
"My lord, your subordinate will present it to you after the war ends."
The truth was, the blind man hadn’t finished transcribing it from mory yet.
Not only did it need to be transcribed, but a vernacular version also had to be written, and it even needed to incorporate battle examples. These examples had to be researched from this world’s ancient military history, so the workload was imnse.
"Alright, I shall wait then."
"I will definitely not disappoint you, my lord."
"Haha, I’ve always been confident in your work. Oh, by the way, that fellow Li Bao sent a ssenger with a letter."
"Is he asking for reinforcents?"
Li Bao must be having a very hard ti right now. The various armies of Qian State are strictly blockading him, possibly even preparing to encircle him.
Li Fusheng shook his head.
He said:
"There are only five words in the letter."
"Five words?"
"You son of a serving wench."
As Li Fusheng said this, he actually chuckled. He wasn’t angry, because he knew that when Li Bao wrote those words, he must have been absolutely furious.
The phrase ant ’son of a lowly maidservant,’ a direct insult to one’s mother. Over ti, this ancient curse evolved into various forms in regional dialects. Many modern swear words with similar sounds are often misconstrued with different, cruder anings, obscuring their origin from this older insult.
"My lord, this..."
Zheng Fan was sowhat embarrassed, as this had been his suggestion.
Li Fusheng, however, waved his hand dismissively.
"It’s nothing."
「Over the next three days,」
Li Bao sent a letter each day, with the following ssages, respectively:
"Son of a bitch."
"Son of a whore."
"Goddamn bastard."
「Then, over the subsequent three days,」
Li Bao, acting completely out of character, made a series of strategically impossible command decisions, at the cost of heavy losses to his own troops:
First day: Charge the Qian army’s Bian River encampnt!
Second day: Attack Xiangzhou City, at the border of Bianzhou County and West Mountain County!
Third day: With an exhausted army, forcibly assault West Wind Crossing!
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