81. Chapter 81 – Tears of a Mandarin Butterfly

Chapter 81 – Mandarin Duck Butterfly Tears

At night, the wind was slightly cool.

Zhou Xuan carried a jug of wine and casually sat on the top of a tree, looking far away from the pair of infatuated lovers embracing in the pavilion in the middle of the lake, and poured himself a glass of wine.

Drinking it in one go.

Soon, he disappeared into the trees.

Everything was on track and had not changed, so Zhou Xuan only needed to pay quiet attention.

The next evening, the Fang family.

“Miss, it’s not good!”

“What’s not good, Xiao’e.”

The sky was getting cold, Fang Qu Lan was preparing to knit a warm winter coat for her lover, when she saw the maid rushing into the house, she stopped her hand movements and curiously said.

“Miss, I just passed by the parlor and saw the master receiving a purple-robed official lord.”

Purple robe?

That was at least a third rank official, and the one who had recently come to Songyang County was Lord Shangguan.

I heard that a shocking case had occurred within Ningyang County, and the other party had been ordered to come and investigate, only everyone didn’t know what this official was doing in Songyang County.

Thinking about this, Fang Qu Lan’s heart suddenly thumped.

“Xiao E, my father and that purple-robed lord, what did they talk about?”

As Fang Qu Lan’s personal maid, Xiao E naturally knew that Miss and Liu Shize were in love with each other, and as a maid she was actually satisfied with Liu Shize.

But at this moment she was trembling in her tone, “Miss, master he, he was suing the Liu family.”

Fang Qu Lan almost fainted, her lips trembled slightly, “Could it be that he’s going to plant evidence?”

Thinking about this, Fang Qu Lan hurriedly went out and quickly came to the parlor, watching dad send that Shangguan Qinzhi out of the Fang family respectfully.

After Fang Anwen returned, Fang Qu Lan quickly asked, “Father, what’s going on?”

“What’s going on?”

Fang Anwen looked at his daughter in disgust:
“Might as well tell you, Lord Shangguan is investigating a major corruption case, the Liu family is involved, either today or tomorrow is going to be the end of the world.”

“It’s useless for you to go and tattle on us now, there will be a thorough investigation of the Liu family by the Jinyiwei later on. I advise you to die that heart, my Fang Anwen’s daughter, even if she dies, she is not allowed to marry into the Liu family.”

Glancing at his daughter who was struck by lightning, he still didn’t think the blow was enough:

“Speaking of which, you also have a great deal of credit.”

“You had private meetings with that little brute every day, so that old undead’s energy was focused on you guys, and had no time to care about me, and this is how I was able to secretly hand over the evidence of the Liu Family’s suspected corruption case to Lord Shangguan.”

Fang Anwen laughed out loud when he said that, he patted his daughter’s shoulder, “Lucky to have you, lucky to have you.”

Pfft…

Sharp pain came, Fang Anwen was stunned and looked down, then he saw Fang Qu Lan with a hand through his chest and was looking at him indifferently.

“You…you’re not my daughter, you’re…a demon?”

Fang Qu Lan’s face was expressionless, “Today, I will destroy the Fang family.”

“Don’t…”

However, before Fang Anwen could finish his words, his consciousness fell into endless darkness.

As soon as Fang Anwen died, Fang Quilan flung his corpse to the side, she didn’t really want to slaughter the Fang family, she was just saying it for Fang Anwen’s ears.

Just then, the sound of horses’ hooves came from the street.

Fang Qu Lan’s face changed, only for an instant she subconsciously covered her heart, she gasped, but still flew to the Liu family.

Shangguan Wen as the minister of Qin, a small Liu family naturally did not need him to come out.

And as soon as the brocade guards stepped out, the surrounding area was devoid of bystanders in just a moment.

The one who came to raid the house was a Jinyiwei Hundred, he looked up at the weather which was drizzling and cursed.

After exhaling cold air, he shouted, “Brothers, this Songyang County Liu family Liu Qifeng, communicating with foreign invaders, treason, and our purpose is to find tangible evidence, give me a search! Those who dare to resist, kill without pardon.”

“Yes!”

Soon, the Liu family was surrounded.

One by one, the Liu Family’s housekeepers, slaves, and maids were all brought to the front yard, all trembling with fear.

And Liu Qifeng had an angry face, “Absurd, absurd! My Liu family is a family of scholars, Ming De knows loyalty, and worships Mr. Minghu at all times, how could they possibly communicate with foreign invaders and treasonously seek glory?”

“Master Liu, you are not beating yourself up.” Hundred households laughed out loud, “The Mr. Minghu in your mouth, secretly corrupt, but actually funding the enemy country, has long been found to have committed treason.”

“What? This is impossible!”

Liu Qifeng instantly turned ashen.

And next to him, Liu Gao protected her son Liu Shize, biting her lips tightly and saying nothing.

Liu Shize’s look floated in his mind as Fang Qu Lan’s appearance appeared in his mind, and his expression was miserable.

This fate is really unpredictable, but fortunately, the Liu family and the Fang family is a feud, this big case did not involve the Fang family, Qu Niang, it seems that we can only meet in the next life.

Just as Baedu waved his hand to escort all these people to the jail, there was a miserable scream from behind him.

“What person?” This Hundred Tenant just turned his head, then he only felt a pain in his neck, and in an instant, he collapsed on the ground without a sound.

“Demon… demon!”

When the crowd of brocade guards saw the appearance of the visitor, they all stared with wide eyes and a look of horror, and in the blink of an eye, they ran away without a trace.

As soon as the brocade guards ran, the servants and maids of the Liu Family also disappeared quickly.

“Qu…Qu Niang?”

When Liu Shize saw the visitor, he subconsciously stepped forward, but his expression was shocked.

Because the woman in front of him, although she looked exactly like Fang Qu Lan, she had furry ears and a long white tail that did not resemble a human.

“Liu Lang.” When Fang Qu Lan saw Liu Shize’s unbelievable face, wanting to go forward but stopping, she couldn’t help but look gloomy.

However, when Liu Shize heard this familiar Liu Lang exit, he went forward and embraced Fang Qu Lan in his arms.

“Qu Niang…why did you come, it’s too dangerous.”

“You…aren’t you curious?”

“As long as you’re the real Qu Niang, so what if you’re a demon?”

“But I’m not the real Qu Niang.”

Liu Shize was stunned.

He looked down at the woman in his arms, only to see Fang Qu Lan shedding tears, “Miss Fang died a year ago.”

It turned out that when Liu Qifeng learned that his son and Fang Qu Lan were in love, he directly went to the Fang family to make a scene, and when Fang Anwen learned of this, he beat Fang Qu Lan up in a violent rage.

Fang Qu Lan was already weak, and with this beating, she was dying, not far from death.

Before dying, a cloud fox arrived, it is Fang Qu Lan childhood rescue a cloud fox.

This time she came precisely sensed that her benefactor’s life was dying, and wanted to come over to save her, but she did not want Fang Qu Lan to be on the verge of death, with no medicine or stone to cure her, and was in the state of returning to the light of day.

Knowing the purpose of the cloud fox, Fang Qu Lan weakly said, “Can you transform into my appearance? If Liu Lang knows that I died, must be grief, he is preparing for the examination time, can not be distracted, to wait until he high school, you then tell him the truth can be.”

Cloud Fox is still a small demon, and the demon race can only proceed to transform into shape in the realm of life and death, but demons have a demon’s way.

Cloud Fox informs Fang Qu Lan that if she casts the Love Snatching Curse, she can possess him, only Fang Qu Lan will also die for sure.

“Take care of Liu Lang.” Fang Qu Lan looked at Cloud Fox with eagerness in her eyes.

After that, Cloud Fox cast the Love Snatching Incantation and possessed Fang Qu Lan, and has been living as Fang Qu Lan ever since.

She had thought that as long as she took care of Liu Shize and waited for the other party to go to high school, she could leave. However, she didn’t want to be attracted to Liu Shize even after a long period of contact.

She didn’t know whether it was because of the Love Taking Curse or her own feelings, but she ended up falling in love with Ryu Shi Ze as well.

Hearing about this, Liu Shize’s eyes were stunned and froze, apparently somewhat unable to accept it.

Seeing this, Cloud Fox gently pushed Liu Shize away, and as soon as she turned around to leave, her face changed, and she hastily covered her mouth, spitting a mouthful of blood into her palm.

Seeing this, the cloud fox is about to leave in a hurry, but do not want to not yet out of the Liu family, will fall to the ground in pain, curled up in the body.

“Qu Niang…what happened to you?”

At this moment, although Liu Shize had a complicated mood, but seeing Cloud Fox collapsed on the ground, he couldn’t help but eagerly go forward.

However, before he could approach, he saw Fang Qu Lan’s body gradually transforming into the form of a white fox with cloud patterns.

That cloud fox did not answer, just turned his head with difficulty, looked fondly at Liu Shize, tears in his eyes, but in a few breaths of time, he hung his head and died.

Liu Shize stared blankly at the scene in front of him, for a long time, his body was soft, fell to the ground.

“Ze’er.”

Behind him, Liu Gao took a look and shouted in worry.

Next to him, Liu Qifeng pulled Liu Gao and gently shook his head.

As if Liu Shize did not hear, he rolled and crawled to Cloud Fox’s side, picked him up, probed his nose, but there was no breathing.

Rolling hot tears suddenly flowed down, can not stop.

At this moment, Liu Shize seems to have lost the ability to speak, he can only send out a beast-like hissing, and in the end it is the body convulsions gusts of dry vomiting, as if to vomit out the soul.

I don’t know how long, Liu Shize picked up Cloud Fox, stumbled away from the Liu family.

“Ze’er.”

“Let him go.” Liu Qifeng took a deep breath, “A child, after all, has to grow up.”

Although he said that, his eyes were also flooded with worry and gravity, not only his son, but also the next fate of the Liu Family.

Zhou Xuan watched all of this from the shadows, and when he saw Liu Shize leave, he also followed without slowing down.

By the Mirror Immortal Lake, Liu Shize hugged Cloud Fox and stared blankly at the Mirror Immortal Lake in front of him.

This is the place where the two first met, and for several years it was also the place where they met in private, and the laughter of the past seems to be vivid in their memories.

When Liu Shize came back to his senses, his body had already disappeared into the water, and looked up at the world.

Zhou Xuan stood in the middle of the pavilion in the lake, saw Liu Shize throw himself into the lake without hesitation, without the slightest thought of saving him.

He seemed to be a true bystander, unencumbered by emotion, quietly looking at the Mirror Immortal Lake at night.

The Demon Race’s Love Taking Curse was originally a vicious method of taking over the body.

After this method was cast, it could possess a human body, and within three years, it would be able to completely control his body.

The only restriction is that it cannot be cast for three years, and as long as it is cast, it will die within a short period of time.

This law is the evil law used by the demon race to travel the earth, cultivators as long as there is a defense, will not allow the success of the spell to seize love.

Only mortals will often fall prey to it.

But the spell is not guilty, only depends on the nature of the spell caster.

Just when Zhou Xuan’s thoughts are mixed, about one incense stick of time, a certain place flooded with faint fluorescent light, there is exactly where Liu Shize hugged Cloud Fox and threw himself into the lake.

That fluorescence is getting brighter and brighter, and soon two creatures broke out of the lake, and at a fixed glance, it was two incomparably beautiful butterflies.

Two butterflies one in front, one in the back, fluttering and fluttering, as if chasing and playing.

Soon, these two butterflies flew in the direction of the pavilion in the lake.

Zhou Xuan stretched out his hand.

As if summoned, the two butterflies gently landed in his hand, and then all of them raised their heads to look at Zhou Xuan, as if they were communicating with him.

“In this matter, I shall oblige.”

Receiving Zhou Xuan’s promise, the two butterflies in his hands bloomed with a flash of light.

However, in a moment the two butterflies disappeared without a trace, but there was an object in his palm.

This object was in the shape of a teardrop, and within it were two butterflies intertwined as if they were embracing, there were no visions, but just holding it, a happy yet sad emotion infected the surroundings.

Heavenly Material – Mandarin Duck Butterfly Tear.

After storing it away in a jade box, Zhou Xuan’s body flashed as he rushed back to the Liu Clan.

At this moment, the Liu Family was once again surrounded by the Brocade Guards, who all wore frightened expressions and came to the Liu Family once again with reluctant faces.

They did not want to come over at all, but they could not resist their orders.

The new Hundred Households, once he gritted his teeth, was about to order people to go in, but suddenly heard the men next to him say in surprise, “My lord, it’s the cultivators coming, the cultivators have come to get rid of the demons.”

The hundred tenant looked up, a teenage looking cultivator stopped at the entrance of the Liu family, he rushed forward, “Upper cultivator, are you here to get rid of the demon?”

“Scram.” Zhou Xuan indifferently spat out a single word.

These brocade guards were nothing more than mortals, there was no benefit in killing them, the blood sacrifice in the Soul Severing Valley was because of the Heavenly Materials at stake.

If it was not necessary, he naturally would not eat his fill of killing for fun, he was not a person who killed indiscriminately.

“Yes, yes, yes…” the Hundred Households sniffed, not angry in the slightest, just ecstatic, there are cultivators coming, he can also report to his superiors, thinking, he waved his hand, “All give me withdraw! Don’t disturb the upper cultivator to subdue the demons.”

The crowd of brocade guards hurriedly breathed a sigh of relief and saluted Zhou Xuan repeatedly, seeing the other party enter the Liu Family, one and all hated their parents to give birth to two more legs to escape this place.

After Zhou Xuan entered the Liu Family, he quickly arrived at the Liu Family’s hall, and at this time, there were only a few people in the Liu Family.

Apart from Liu Qifeng and Liu Gao, there were a few loyal slaves and maids.

“Your Excellency?”

Liu Qifeng dealt with people all year round, and as soon as Zhou Xuan appeared, he knew that the young man in front of him was very human, and when he thought that his son was having an affair with a demon, his heart thumped.

“I am Zhou Xuan, a true disciple of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect, entrusted by your son, Liu Shize, to come and take you to the Ten Thousand Swords Sect.”

This was the request of Liu Shize’s spiritual light, either he should not do it or he should not do it, since he should naturally do it, it was a casual matter anyway.

“Ten Thousand Swords Sect.”

Although he was in the range of the Divine Sound Sect’s dominion and was still a mortal, Liu Qifeng knew the legend of the five sects of Hengshan, he just didn’t realize that the teenager in front of him was a true disciple of one of the five sects.

Shocked, he hurriedly saluted.

“This Upper Cultivator…” but Liu Gao was different from her husband, mother and son were connected, she seemed to sense something from Zhou Xuan’s arrival, “You were entrusted by my son, so… where did my son Liu Shize go? ”

“Dead.” Zhou Xuan did not hide it, he would know sooner or later anyway, “Liu Shize hugged the fox and threw himself into the river, transformed into a butterfly and emerged as the essence of heaven and earth, which was obtained by me.”

The latter words, he did not say, he believed that there was no need to say that these two in front of him understood.

Dead?

Liu Gao’s heart is like a knife, the eyes burst black, a breath blocked in the chest can not come up, about to pass out.

Seeing this, Zhou Xuan took out an elixir from his storage ring for the other party to take.

Liu Qifeng’s standing body also almost fell to the ground, he only had this one son, but he died? Or killed himself.

Ze’er ah, why is it so impossible to think about it!
According to the fox demon, the Fang family’s young lady died a year ago. Why?

In an instant, Liu Qifeng was disheartened, and his thick black hair turned half-white in the blink of an eye.

However, when he saw his wife almost fainted to death, fortunately there was Zhou Xuan who rescued her. Seeing the maid help his wife up, he collected his grief and bowed, “Many thanks to Zhou Zhentuan for rescuing her.”

And Liu Gao’s eyes went into a trance as soon as she opened her eyes, and she cried out, “My son!”

(End of chapter)