Chapter 74 Cutting Hair to Apology

Chapter 74 Cutting Hair to Apology

Chapter 74 Cutting Hair to Apology
Yuwen Shu returned to the mansion. He actually knew very well what was going on.

Because of the warning two months ago and the Jiangdu incident, he did not take the warning of the eldest princess Yang Lihua to heart.

The moment he left the emperor's bedroom, he suddenly remembered the warning, and everything became clear to him.

Yuwen Shu let out a long sigh. Sometimes women are much more terrifying than men.

"Father, he is here!" the eldest son Yu Wenzhi whispered.

"Bring him up!"

Soon, Yu Hai was brought to Yuwen Shu by Yuwen Huaji. He had just escaped two days ago and had been hiding in Yuwen Shu's mansion.

"Godfather is looking for me?"

Yuwen Shu nodded, his hand shook, and a sharp short blade instantly pierced Yu Hai's heart.

Yu Hai’s eyes suddenly widened and he looked at Yuwen Shu in disbelief.

Yuwen Shu said calmly: "Official transactions also require some sacrifices, and you are one of them!"

Yu Hai fell down with a bang. He suddenly remembered what Xiao Xia said to him, 'Everything is cause and effect!'

The light of life was extinguished in his eyes, but he still kept his eyes wide open, and died with his eyes open. Yuwen Shu shook his head and said to his eldest son, "Cut off his head, put it in a box, and send it to the Princess's Mansion!"

The warriors dragged Yu Hai's body away, and Yuwen Shu untied his hair again and cut off a bunch of hair with a knife.

Yu Wenzhi was shocked, "Why is my father like this?"

Yuwen Shu sneered, "Do you think Yu Hai alone can calm her anger?"

Yuwen Shu placed the hair on a plate and handed it to his eldest son. "Tell the princess that I, Yuwen Shu, will use my hair as my head to apologize to her and promise that I will never interfere in Jiangdu's affairs again!"

Yu Wenzhi bit his lip and said, "In fact, I can cut off my finger and shave my head on behalf of my father. After all, I am the leader of the Jiangdu trip!"

Yuwen Shu shook his head. "She didn't go after me just for Jiangdu this time. I'm afraid I betrayed her. You can't replace your father. Go! I've tried my best. If she still won't calm down, there's nothing I can do."

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In the main hall of the princess's mansion, the eldest princess Yang Lihua sat on a soft couch, holding a tea bowl in her hand, savoring the bird's nest and lotus seed soup carefully.

Yang Lihua is about 40 years old, graceful and elegant. It can be seen that she was once extraordinarily beautiful, but the traces of time have quietly climbed up her cheeks, and fine crow's feet have appeared at the corners of her eyes.

She is already a grandmother and has a two-year-old granddaughter.

In front of her was a low table with a golden plate on it and a lock of hair in it.

Of course, there was another head, but she didn't want to look at it and had already asked the servants to identify it.

Yu Wenzhi knelt down respectfully and kowtowed, saying, "I, the junior Yu Wenzhi, pay my respects to Her Royal Highness the Princess. My father's behavior was inappropriate and angered the Princess, so I shaved my head to apologize to the Princess and promised not to interfere in Jiangdu's affairs again."

The ancients have always regarded hair as a gift from parents and as precious as life, which is why there is a saying that Cao Cao cut off his hair in lieu of his head.

Therefore, Yuwen Shu's shaving his head to take his place in the throne was indeed a sincere apology. Of course, people at their level would not cheat. If they were given, they would give. If they were not given, they would not give. Cheating would be self-deprecating and meaningless.

Everyone in the world knows that you have shaved your head to apologize, so what's the difference between taking a handful of dog hair and taking your own hair?

Yang Lihua has a gentle personality and is kind. She is not the kind of person who will fight to the death.

She nodded and said to Yu Wenzhi, "I know very well who your father is trying to please by interfering in Jiangdu. Please tell your father that everything has two sides. If you please one, you will definitely offend the other. So I hope he will think carefully before making a decision next time, weigh the pros and cons, and don't lose sight of one thing while focusing on the other!"

Yu Wenzhi kowtowed and said, "I will tell father!"

"Go! I will not pursue the assassination case. I will report it to the emperor."

Yu Wenzhi heaved a long sigh of relief, stood up and said, "Junior, take your leave!"

"Take the head you brought with you, along with your father's hair!"

"Yes!"

Yu Wenzhi picked up the golden plate and hurriedly retreated.

Yang Lihua pondered for a moment and ordered, "Let my son-in-law come to see me!"

Soon, the son-in-law Li Min hurried over and bowed, "My son-in-law greets my mother-in-law!"

Yang Lihua smiled slightly, "Yuwen Shu has promised not to participate anymore, you can set off for Jiangdu!"

"Pack up, son-in-law, and leave early tomorrow morning!"

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In Jiangdu, more than a month had passed since the three Xiaos fought. In the last additional match, Xiao Xin defeated Xiao Hongye, and the Jinling Xiao family got the Qi-Liang family tree as they wished. Soon the court made an appointment, appointing Zuo Xiao guard Cao Shen, the military commander, as the lieutenant of Jiangdu County.

This news caused Xiao Hu to vomit three liters of blood and fall seriously ill.

Although the Xiao family of Jiangdu has regained its former tranquility on the surface, as the news spreads that the emperor will inspect Jiangdu at the end of the year, all major forces in the world rush to Jiangdu. The city of Jiangdu is filled with swords and undercurrents, and the Xiao family of Jiangdu can no longer stay out of it.

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"Master, if you really want to go, then go! Isn't Taoism about letting nature take its course?"

Xiao Xia sat cross-legged on a big tree, looking at the old Taoist Yuan Shoucheng from Qingcheng Mountain with a sly smile on his face. In the distance was the Taiqing Palace where the young Taoist nun lived. It was a place for female Taoists to practice meditation.

Yuan Shoucheng's face turned red, "You little bastard, if you keep talking nonsense, this class will be over!"

"Don't!"

Xiao Xia quickly stopped him, "The lesson worth 25 strings of cash hasn't even started yet, how can it end? Master can't be so ruthless when it comes to making money!"

Xiao Xia bargained hard and finally spent a thousand strings of cash to buy forty foundation-building instruction classes from Yuan Shoucheng.

This time he spent real money, and of the ten thousand strings of cash he had just obtained, only nine thousand strings were left.

Before this, Xiao Xia had given Yuan Shoucheng a total of 2,500 strings of cash from his medicine sales and savings, and the shameless Taoist priest accepted it without hesitation.

Yuan Shoucheng also sat cross-legged on the big tree opposite, smiling and saying, "Abao, let's discuss this! Don't you still have 9,000 strings of cash? How about we take another 40 classes?"

Although Xiao Xia spent a thousand strings of real money, he also gained real money in return. After one and a half months of training, he clearly felt that his perception had improved to a higher level compared to when he was in Jiangning.

He could now keenly sense slight abnormalities six meters away, whereas before it was only three meters. His hearing was also sharper and his vision could see farther.

There were also changes in his body. He felt as if he had the physical strength, speed and power of a leopard.

In a nutshell, he has upgraded again.

Xiao Xia certainly knew that he had met a master who played games with his life.

Who is Yuan Shoucheng? Xiao Xia also remembered that he was the Taoist who told the fortune of the Dragon King of Jinghe River in Journey to the West and instructed the old Dragon King to find the Emperor Li Shimin.

Of course, that's just a novel. In reality, Yuan Shoucheng was the third-generation head alchemist of the Yuan family in Chengdu, Shu County. He had a nephew named Yuan Tiangang.

Xiao Xia didn't know why Yuan Shoucheng came to see him? He also didn't know if it was really related to Zhang Jue. Although Yuan Shoucheng refused to say anything, Xiao Xia knew that he must not let go of this golden opportunity.

Xiao Xia also smiled and said, "Then buy another 40 lessons, but you have to give me a discount."

"Sure, forty get one free!"

Xiao Xia shook her head, "I won't pay for your accommodation!"

Yuan Shoucheng jumped up with his eyes wide open, "I took so much effort to teach you, can't you just enjoy yourself for a few days?"

Xiao Xia smiled bitterly and said, "Master, Qiyun Inn is too expensive, five strings of cash a day! Can we change to another one?"

Yuan Shoucheng pouted his lips and said after a while, "One thousand one hundred strings of cash. I don't need you to worry about the food and lodging. It's just forty classes. I won't send you off."

"A word is settled!"

Xiao Xia quickly took out two envelopes from his backpack and threw them to him. Yuan Shoucheng caught them, took out the ticket and looked at it for a long time, then stood up and said, "See you at the old house tomorrow!"

Xiao Xia jumped up, "No, today's class hasn't started yet!"

Yuan Shoucheng had already jumped down from the tree. His voice could be heard from afar, "Today's class is meditation. Meditate for an hour according to the method I taught you. I'm going to visit my junior sister at Taiqing Palace!"

"Swindler! I've encountered a swindler!"

After cursing a few times, Xiao Xia had no choice but to sit cross-legged on a big tree, swallow a Vajra Pill and a Spring Rain Pill, and practice according to the mental method taught by Yuan Shoucheng.

Despite the scolding, Xiao Xia was still full of gratitude towards Yuan Shoucheng. The mental method Yuan Shoucheng taught him was extraordinary, and one of its important functions was to restrain the qi.

Simply put, if he walks on the street in the state of breaking obstacles, he will soon be discovered by other masters. The reason is that when in the state of breaking obstacles, the body will involuntarily emit a murderous aura, also called Qi. Masters can detect this Qi at a glance and judge the level of the opponent's internal strength based on the strength of the Qi.

The mental method that Yuan Shoucheng taught him could restrain his energy, making it impossible for other masters to detect him.

Just based on this point, this kind of mentality cannot be bought with let alone one thousand strings of coins, even ten thousand strings of coins.

Xiao Xia's energy had been completely restrained. We looked from a distance and saw that Xiao Xia was actually sitting cross-legged on top of a ten-foot-tall tree, surrounded by dense branches and leaves that enveloped him.

(End of this chapter)