The Virgin Mary in the Book: I Decide My Life with Two Swords

Chapter 363 Brother, I Finally Found You

Cangyue Kingdom Langya Pavilion

The afternoon sun was warm. Jiuyou led the horse with Wanqi and Bamei on it and came to the orchard.

"There are so many fruits!" Wanqi was very happy. It was she who persuaded Jiuyou to take them to pick fruits.

After getting off the horse, the two children trotted into the orchard. Jiuyou tied the horse to a tree, picked up the backpack, and was about to leave when he suddenly stopped and turned to look behind.

Soon, a figure appeared. When he got closer, he saw that it was Yu Yan.

Jiuyou didn't want to pay attention and turned to leave.

"Jiuyou" Yu Yan stopped the person who was about to leave.

Jiuyou turned around: "What's the matter?"

Yu Yan took two steps forward and said, "I heard you're good at martial arts. Tomorrow at noon, let's have a duel at this place. Do you dare?"

Jiuyou didn't say anything, but walked towards the orchard with the basket on his back.

Yu Yan raised his voice from behind: "I will wait for you tomorrow. If you don't come, I will come here every day at noon to wait for you. If you don't come, you will regret it."

Jiuyou still ignored him and walked out of Yu Yan's sight. He could only turn around and leave.

At the same time, Yue Chi received a carrier pigeon from Zhezhou, saying that Jinyu's shop was on fire again.

Yue Chi hurried over to Mo Yufeng and asked, "Pavilion Master, what do you think about this?"

The "Pavilion Master" Ji Ruochen also came: "Jin Yu said goodbye, saying that the shop at the foot of the mountain was on fire and he had to go back to check it out."

Mo Yufeng pondered for a moment, "What can we do? Langya Pavilion is now full of people from the Jianghu. We have no evidence, and their identities are still unknown. How can we keep them here? And what right do we have to keep them here?"

"The Pavilion Master is right, but it doesn't matter. As long as he has any problems, we can catch him wherever he goes," said Yue Chi.

"Then don't worry about it, just let him go. We have eyes everywhere at the foot of the mountain. Besides, if there is really a problem, he will be exposed once he moves," said Mo Yufeng.

"Yes," Ji Ruochen responded and left.

The day passed quickly and night fell in an inn in Zhezhou City.

Liangxue was waiting anxiously when suddenly a dark shadow entered the room through the window.

"Young Master" Liangxue immediately knelt on one knee.

The shadow slowly turned around, and Jin Yu's gentle face appeared. His voice was extremely cold: "You did a good thing."

"Master, forgive me."

"Didn't I send you a message? Don't act rashly. But you can't change your bad habit of disobeying orders. You even robbed and killed people from Langya Pavilion in Zhezhou. Do you think your life is not long enough, or do you think Mo Yufeng is a blind man?" Jin Yu was very angry.

"Master..." Liangxue was speechless: "It could have been foolproof, but who knew Ye Ling would suddenly appear."

"The day before, she was just fine, playing with us, and now she's down the mountain again."

"Young Master, Langya Pavilion's actions are too secretive. If Bicheng hadn't taken his men away and been discovered by Liang Jian, we wouldn't have known they had brought them back from Shaoyang Mountain."

"Langya Pavilion has its eyes on you, so you must disappear for a while. You cannot return to Shuiyue Palace, and you are not allowed to avenge your brother. You know the huge gap between Ye Ling's martial arts and yours."

"Yes, I understand."

"We can't panic, and we can't act. Everything must proceed according to plan. I'll take care of the shop and return to Qingzhou with integrity. Then, I'll go to the capital to prepare for next year's spring exam." Jin Yu said, throwing down a few banknotes and a large bag of small change. "This is enough for you to eat and drink for three years. Remember, for three years, you are not allowed to show up again, and you are not allowed to come to see me."

"Yes, I understand. I will erase all traces and disappear completely for three years."

Jin Yu left through the window she had just come in through, without anyone noticing.

On the second day, it is said that early September is the time when autumn leaves begin to turn yellow and the earth is as poetic as a poem, but for Wuxi Mountain in Langya Pavilion, it is still midsummer. Wild flowers are blooming everywhere in the mountain, and the orchard in the back mountain is full of fragrant fruits. Anyone who is a member of Langya Pavilion can go in and pick them freely.

At noon, the sun is at its hottest during the day, so hot that no one wants to move.

The orchard on the back mountain was silent, with the occasional chirping of birds. In the pavilion in the center, Yu Yan stood there motionless, holding a sword in his arms, like a sculpture.

After an unknown amount of time, Yu Yan slowly turned around and looked at the person behind him: "I thought... you wouldn't come today."

Jiuyou said expressionlessly: "Draw your sword!"

Yu Yan slowly walked out of the pavilion: "Why don't you ask me why I challenged you to a duel?"

"Because you can't beat my senior brothers and sisters."

"You..." Yu Yan was so angry that he was speechless.

"Whether you want to compete or not, if not, I'm leaving." Jiuyou was too lazy to talk nonsense.

"Bi" Yu Yan drew his sword.

Jiuyou also slowly drew his sword. Yu Yan flashed and approached Jiuyou, swinging his sword in several sharp strokes, piercing Jiuyou.

Jiuyou's eyes flashed, and he staggered to the side to avoid the fierce attack. At the same time, the sword in his hand stabbed towards Yu Yan's ribs like a white snake spitting out its tongue.

Yu Yan remained calm. With a flick of his wrist, he thrust his sword horizontally, accurately blocking Jiuyou's strike with a clang. Sparks flew everywhere. Immediately, he used the momentum to leap backward, creating distance. Then, with a single swift step, he lunged forward, his blade gleaming coldly in the sunlight as he slashed down fiercely from above.

Jiuyou snorted coldly, stomping his feet against the ground and launching himself into the air, avoiding the powerful blow. In mid-air, Jiuyou twisted his body and swung his sword down from the air.

The two fought evenly, and after dozens of moves, Yu Yan was clearly at a disadvantage.

With the last move, Jiuyou flew towards Yu Yan like a feather arrow.

Yu Yan quickly dodged to the side, but the mask on his face was still knocked off by Jiuyou.

For a moment, time seemed to stand still, everything around them froze, and the two of them stared at each other.

Jiuyou's blood was boiling and his whole body was tense. He looked at the man in front of him who looked exactly like him in shock. His brain was spinning rapidly.

After a moment of silence, Yu Yan put away his sword, looked at Jiu You and said softly: "Brother, I finally found you."

"What did you call me?" Jiuyou's voice was trembling.

"We are twins, you are the older brother and I am the younger brother. You arrived in the human world a quarter of an hour earlier than me. Your name is Jiuyou and mine is Jiuming," said Yu Yan.

"You...you hid your identity just to find me?"

"You lost the jade pendant, but you can't lose this face. This is irrefutable proof. You are my brother. We have been looking for you for more than ten years and have never stopped."

Jiuyou clenched his fists and turned to leave.

"Brother," Jiu Ming called out, "I'm not here to take you back. I respect your life, but... Mother is ill, very ill. Her only wish in this life is to find you and see you before she dies. Over the years, she's cried herself blind for you. I just want you to go back and see her, so she can die with a clear mind. That's all."

"I'm not your brother, take the mask back."

Jiu Ming took a few steps forward: "You can disown me as your brother, but my body and hair are all inherited from my parents. Mother gave birth to us for seven days and seven nights, and died of pain countless times before we were born. That year, there was chaos in the border city, and she took the two of us to escape, but the Cang Yue army broke into the city in an instant, and the city was in chaos. When my father brought people here, you were already separated by the crowd. We didn't abandon you intentionally. For so many years, my mother firmly believed that you were alive. My father was afraid that the enemy would attack you, so he made me wear the mask all the time and never dared to take it off. Do you know how my parents feel?"

Jiuyou's whole body was trembling. He was strongly resisting this identity and trying to deny his parents, but there seemed to be a force in his body that didn't want him to do so.

Yu Yan continued, "I know your heart is here, but you can take Miss Ye back with you. No one is forcing you to marry that princess. Let's go back and let Mother rest in peace. From now on, the mountains are high and the waters are far away, and you can leave freely. I just hope you can remember that in this world, there is a brother who looks exactly like you. We were in Mother's womb together for ten months, tightly clasped together. We are the closest people."

"Stop talking. What were you doing before? Where were you when I was beaten by an old beggar and begging for food? Where were you when I was falsely accused of beheading? Why did you come to destroy my stable life just when I had it? Can't you just treat me as dead?" Jiuyou asked angrily, his eyes bloodshot.

"Brother, when Ye Tingzhan captured the city, father, as the military advisor of Dawei, didn't dare to stay..."

"So you didn't look for me and left me to fend for myself. Now that you know I'm doing well, you came looking for me, right?"

"No... Afterwards, father disguised himself and went to the city to look for you many times, but... you should have been rescued by General Ye at that time, so you missed each other by accident. The Ye family army was airtight at that time, and father couldn't find out about you. A few years ago, the Ye family army was annihilated by their own people. Father thought you were not spared. When mother heard the news, she cried so hard that she went blind. She built a cenotaph for you, but I don't believe it. You and I were born from the same mother, and I can feel that you are alive.

It wasn't until four years ago that my father accidentally heard that there were survivors in the Ye family army. He also found out that General Ye sent a teenager back to the capital to protect his daughter. Following this clue, he found you little by little, but we were not sure. A few months ago, I overheard my father asking Lord Zhao to come and see if you were his son. After they set off, I begged my father to come and see you in person. In order not to alert the enemy, my father asked Senior Yu to bring me to Langya Pavilion, because his family was going to send their daughter to Langya Pavilion for marriage, so I borrowed the identity of Yu Yan and followed along.

"Brother, please believe me. I have no ill intentions, and I have no intention of separating you and Miss Ye. You can go back with her, and I'll go talk to her. She's a sensible woman and will understand you, okay?" Jiu Ming pleaded.

"You are not allowed to see him. Wear your mask and don't let anyone see your face. Go back with Yu Zun and don't come to me again. Your brother is dead. He died more than ten years ago." Jiuyou said and left without looking back.

Jiu Ming stood there, thinking silently: Brother, for mother's sake, I will definitely take you back, no matter how difficult it is.