Chapter 24 "Chengying"

Zhao kicked Pan Yi on the lower back, using all her strength.

This is an ungrateful person who can never be tamed!
Pan Yi fell to the ground, and when he turned around, his eyes were filled with intense hatred.

"Old hag!" He cursed viciously, turned over and got up, raised the hatchet in his hand and chopped at Zhao.

Pan Yi liked Yao Shuixiu, the daughter of Yao Tongsheng from Panjiaao, and had proposed to her family. Zhao went to inquire about the matter.

The Yao family announced that if one wanted to marry Yao Shuixiu, one had to pay 50 taels of silver as a betrothal gift. As for dowry, forget it, because the eldest son of the Yao family, Yao Qing, was about to take the imperial examination, and all the money in the family had to be used for his son.

Pan Yi also knew about this, but the only thing he could not accept was that the Pan family refused to give him money to marry Yao Shuixiu, and did not care even though he had to kneel in the main hall for a whole day and a night, but was willing to give most of their fortune to Pan Yingying as a dowry.

As far as he could remember, this young lady had lived a life different from his own.

She didn't have to work in the fields or do housework. She could practice swords and sticks as she pleased and run around and play all day long.

She finally got married at the age of 17. This person who had never contributed anything to the family was able to take away most of the family's wealth.

The Pan family clearly had enough money to help him marry his beloved woman, but because of their daughter who would eventually marry another family, he could only watch Yao Shuixiu marry someone else.

He hates it!
It’s all because of that old hag Zhao. She’s biased!
Seeing the gleaming hatchet coming towards her, Zhao was furious. However, Old Man Pan was some distance away from her and could not rescue her in time.

Just when Zhao thought she was going to die on the spot, an arrow came flying through the air with a sharp sound of wind, and pierced through Pan Yi's right hand that was holding the hatchet.

Zhao squinted her eyes and looked in the direction of the bow and arrow, and saw Yu Chaosheng with an expressionless face.

She didn't care about anything else at the moment and slashed Pan Yi's other hand with her backhand.

Pan Yi fell to the ground howling in pain, and Zhao rushed over and started slapping him.

"You idiot, are you holding a grudge against me for not giving you the money to marry that girl from the Yao family?"

"Why don't you take a piss and look at yourself to see if you are worthy?"

"I am the daughter of a scholar, who are you?"

She held Pan Yi down and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear, gritting her teeth, "Why don't I give you money to help you get married? Why don't you ask your fickle bitch mother?"

There was a loud bang in Pan Yi's mind.

"You, you know?" he stuttered. If Zhao knew that he was not of the Pan family's blood, why didn't she say it out?
He was answered with another slap in the face.

Zhao did know this, and it was because of this that she was unwilling to give the 50 taels of silver to Pan Yi to marry Yao Shuixiu.

Besides, that was not the Pan family’s money.

There has always been a big secret hidden in Zhao's heart, but... she looked across the crowd at Pan Yingying, who had gloomy eyes and killed every bandit with her knife, and she knew it was time to tell the child the truth.

"Well, it's time to send you off. After all, we are grandparents and grandchildren, so I will be more decisive in my decision." Zhao's expression became serious, and her wrinkled face was completely different from the kindness she showed to her grandchildren in the past. Instead, it had a bit of inhuman majesty.

That’s right, after all, this was Aunt Fangyi who once held the power of life and death over countless palace maids and eunuchs.

"No..." Before Pan Yi could even utter a word of plea, Zhao swung the hatchet in his hand and chopped off his neck without hesitation.

With a heart full of resentment and unwillingness, Pan Yi's eyes widened and gradually lost their vitality. Zhao picked up the hatchet and suddenly let out a scream that almost pierced her eardrums, "Ahhhhhh! Xiaoyi! What's wrong with you, Xiaoyi! Ahhhh!"

Every one of the people present unconsciously wanted to cover their ears.

Zhang Qiang heard the shouting and struggled to push through the chaotic crowd, trying to squeeze over there, but he didn't notice that a knotted rope was coming towards him.

The rope tightened the moment it was around his neck, but he was a strong man after all, and the two teenage kids Pan Zhong and Pan Xiao were unable to pull him down at all.

Seeing this, Wang Bing'er rushed over to help pull the rope, and the younger one also ran over to help.

Although they are young, they are not stupid. He should be the leader of these bandits.

So every one of the children gritted their teeth and strained as hard as they could.

It is true that Zhang Qiang is a strong man, but even after trying his best to fight against six children, he still felt overwhelmed, not to mention Pan Dajin and his son who heard the noise.

The two men were now blood-thirsty. Any young and strong man who stood in front of their enemies could not escape being hacked to death by them. Even though they were already injured and bleeding, the only thing in their eyes was Zhang Qiang, whose face was purple from being strangled by the rope.

After a long melee, everyone was injured to varying degrees. Fortunately, the bandits were either dead or seriously injured, and there were not many left standing.

By the time these bandits discovered it, it was too late.

Pan Yingying killed the young man in front of her with a single decisive blow, leaving a large space nearby.

She looked up at Yu Chaosheng, who was still clean and refreshed in the carriage, and suddenly became furious.

How could he remain clean and decent while she was in such a mess down there?

“Come down!” She spoke in an angry voice, her hair mixed with sweat and blood sticking to her face. She was no longer as bright as usual, but this battle-damaged state made Yu Chaosheng feel that she was very attractive at the moment, and his heart skipped a beat unconsciously.

Yu Chaosheng shuddered suddenly when he realized that he actually found this evil woman attractive.

He must be crazy!

He jumped off the carriage with a stern face and drew out his big knife. He had to kill a few bandits to calm down.

Yu Chaosheng's knife was very fast, and each cut was extremely tricky. Pan Yingying lowered her eyes and looked at the knife marks on the dead bodies. She felt that they looked familiar for some reason.

Why... does this look so much like... fuck!

After reacting, Pan Yingying clenched the big knife in her hand, wishing she could go up and give the figure a hard blow.

It turned out to be that bastard “Chengying”!
They fought for three whole years abroad, but she didn't expect that the enemy was his immediate superior?

When Pan Yingying was abroad, she also had a code name - "Hanyue".

She and "Chengying" belong to the same organization. One of them is number one on the sword list, and the other is number one on the knife list. They are legends in the organization, and also mortal enemies who have never met each other.

The Knife Group and the Sword Group have been fighting overtly and covertly for years over grabbing missions. Originally, she was going to have a fair fight with "Chengying" in the internal competition held every three years to let the Sword Group know that the Knife Group is the best. However, she didn't expect "Chengying" to suddenly quit the organization and never be heard from again.

After "Chengying" left, she felt it was meaningless, so she simply quit the organization and returned to her home country to retire. She joined the Yu family company that had been supporting her studies, and started as a junior clerk.

(End of this chapter)