Adoption brings disaster

This farce of accusing me of peeping finally ended with everyone sharing the blame.

I washed myself and changed into clean clothes. Although I was still a little annoyed, I thought it was funny that they had to go outside to find a place to wash with feces and urine all over their bodies, so I was not angry anymore.

I had diarrhea all morning and there was nothing in my stomach. Fortunately, the store owner introduced us to a pretty good breakfast shop, which was a rare happy thing today.

The breakfast shop recommended by the store owner is actually very ordinary. There are only a few varieties, the taste is so-so, and the food is not exquisite enough, but I am very happy eating there because Qianxi has been producing a lot of food.

"Look at the injuries on my body." Qian Xi said anxiously, standing up and angrily saying, "I have never suffered such serious injuries in the palace, and now I am being beaten in public."

"I'm sad that you're hurt, too." Liu Shui consoled him. "I really wish I could get hurt myself. We've been together for so many years, and you still don't know me. I care about you the most."

"You always say these nice things to deceive me." Qian Xi said with his eyes wide open, "When I first entered the palace, I was bullied by those people. What did you say? Do you still remember?"

Liu Shui was in the wrong and had no temper at all. He said, "How can you not remember? I remember everything that happened between us over the years, not a single detail."

"What did you say then? You held me in your arms and told me to be patient. Once I left the palace, I would never suffer these grievances again."

Qianxi's voice grew louder and louder, until he was yelling, "But look at you now, those three bastards were able to beat me like this, not only did you not help Qianqiu and me, you even stopped us."

Hearing Qianxi mention me, I couldn't continue to watch the show, so I pretended to be hurt and said, "Qianxi, why are you so sad? I even peed in my pants, and Liushui didn't even see it. You know how much I wanted to whip him when he blocked my whip, but I thought of our friendship for so many years, so I held back in the end."

As I was talking, I felt really sad, and my eyes suddenly became red.

Seeing Qianxi so angry and me so sad, Liushui panicked and said quickly, "So what do you think I should do? We three grown men can't argue with a woman."

"Don't you remember what you promised me before?"

Seeing that Liu Shui still didn't know where he was wrong, Qian Xi was completely annoyed and said, "You used to say it so nicely. If someone dared to bully me, you would help me get revenge even if you died. But now, you just let me forget it."

"How about we go talk to them?" Liu Shui asked. "After all, we are all educated people. We can't compare our quality with these illiterate people."

We were reluctant at first, but Liushui persuaded us to agree to go and talk to those three people. Liushui also promised to help us throughout the process and we just had to watch from the side.

But before we went to find them, they came to us first.

These three people had no idea what politeness was and just sat down carelessly.

Qianxi was extremely disgusted with these three people. When she saw them sitting down, she immediately jumped up and hid behind me.

He was still mumbling, "It's so dirty, don't get close to me, it looks like someone just ate shit and I don't know if they washed it clean."

When the hungry man heard Qianxi hitting his sore spot, his face darkened and he was ready to draw his sword and start fighting again.

I saw this, protected Qianxi behind me, and said quietly: "If those onlookers hadn't helped you just now, the three of you combined would not be Qianxi's opponent. Are you sure you want to fight us?"

This was the truth, and the three of them couldn't argue with it. Their faces darkened even further. The two men stood up and were about to leave, but the woman stopped them, looked at me and smiled, "This is all a misunderstanding. We're here to apologize to you."

When Liu Shui heard the word "apology", he immediately said, "It's better to resolve a feud than to create one. It's all a misunderstanding. Let's talk it out."

While Liushui was trying to smooth things over, he also asked the store to bring in more food. If it weren't for Qianxi and me, the four of them really looked like a touching scene of good brothers.

"I don't know your names yet," said the woman.

"Before asking someone else's name, you should say your own name first. Didn't your elders teach you this?" I said unhappily.

The two men wanted to lash out again, but were stopped by the woman. She didn't get angry, but simply said, "Your Excellency is right, I was rude. I am Ji Sheng, the heir of the Goddess Sword, and I am known as the Junior Sister in the martial arts world."

After Junior Sister Xiaoxian finished introducing herself, the man on her left also bowed and said, "I am Yang Yangfei, the Dog-Headed Blade, and the brother next to me is Xiao Hei, the famous Blood-Licking Sword Tiger."

After listening to their introductions, I felt like there was something odd about their names, but I couldn't quite place them. I was so annoyed with the three of them that I didn't dwell on what was wrong. I just wanted to get through with it quickly and get them to leave.

Qianxi and I didn't want to pay attention to these three people. The atmosphere was silent for a moment. Liushui quickly said, "I'm Liushui, this is Qianqiu, and he is Qianxi. The three of us are new to the martial arts world and don't have any reputation."

"You all have great martial arts skills. I believe it won't be long before you can earn a great reputation." The fairy complimented.

Liushui was having a great time talking to them, but Qianxi and I were annoyed just listening to them.

These three men kept boasting about their great achievements, either how many people they had saved or how many evil bandits they had killed, or how the people in the Demon Sect trembled in fear at the mention of their names, or how the common people would walk ten miles to see them off, not wanting them to leave.

I really couldn't stand listening to it, but I couldn't resist Liu Shui's enthusiastic chat with them.

I have never been able to do anything with Liushui. Although Qianxi has been very strong today, deep down, Liushui is still his master. The two of us have no choice but to listen to them bragging.

The four of them had been bragging for at least an hour. We were the only table in the restaurant, so I couldn't help myself and said, "Have you heard of the male and female heroes?"

The three of them looked at each other, none of them had heard of it, so they could only shake their heads.

"I feel like I'm quite similar to you guys. Why don't you form a group here and call it the Three Heroes of Male and Female?" He then pulled Qianxi and Liushui to their feet. "Take your time to eat. The bill has already been paid. We have something important to do, so we won't accompany you any longer."

Seeing us about to leave, the fairy got anxious and quickly stood up and said, "Please don't leave, we have something important to discuss with you."

"If it's an important matter, don't tell anyone about it, so as to avoid any changes." After saying that, I left without looking back.

The three of them hurried over to stop us and said, "This is an important matter of chivalry and justice. Please listen patiently, young heroes.

I wanted to retort them again, but I heard Liu Shui excitedly say, "If it's a chivalrous act, then it's our duty. Little Fairy, please speak quickly."

After saying that, he didn’t care about Qianxi’s and mine sour faces and pulled us back to the table to sit down.

"Here's what happened. We heard on the boat that there's a butcher in town who's wreaking havoc on the people. He's oppressing and humiliating the townspeople, and they're suffering terribly," the fairy said. "The three of us came to the town and investigated, and we found out he's a real bully who bullies both men and women."

"Since you have solid evidence, you can just report it to the authorities. Why are you looking for us?" I sneered, "The three of us are not yamen runners. We can't just arrest anyone and put them in jail.

"Young man, your words are wrong. You've just entered the martial arts world, so it's understandable that you don't understand these things. This butcher is colluding with the county magistrate. If we report this to the authorities, not only will the evildoer be punished, but even our own safety is at risk. Who knows, the butcher might even take vengeance against these people."

"You said the butcher was colluding with the county magistrate. Do you have any evidence?" I asked coldly.

"Why do we need any evidence? Nowadays, all the corrupt officials protect each other. There is no one who does not collude with businessmen to exploit the people. What evidence do we need?" said Goutoudao.

Blood-Licking Sword also said with the air of a senior: "You are still too young. Travel around the world and you will know that this world is not as beautiful as the storybooks."

I felt that this was ridiculous. I had no desire to talk to them at all. I just wanted to go back to the inn and have a good sleep. However, Liu Shui was very interested and asked, "How do you want us to help you?"

Seeing that Liushui was willing to help him, the young master immediately smiled and said, "Although the butcher doesn't know martial arts, he is very strong. I'm afraid that the three of us can't take him down. I would like to ask the three young heroes to help us kill this thief."

This stunned even the enthusiastic Liu Shui. I was completely speechless and said, "You kill people at every turn. No wonder the court says you're violating the law with force. With what you're doing, it's probably not violating the law with force, but rather you're just abusing force and acting recklessly."

Seeing that I was unwilling, the three tried to persuade me a few more times, but when they saw that I really would not go with them, their expressions changed.

"If you don't want to help, then don't. Why bother saying such harsh words? I think you are just cowards, afraid of that county magistrate and the butcher."

The junior sister stopped pretending and just turned her face away, cursed a few words, and left with the dog-head knife and the blood-licking sword.

Liu Shui was still struggling as he watched the three little fairies walk away, muttering, "This murder is certainly wrong, but since the evidence is irrefutable, we can't just stand by and watch."

I didn't want to pay any attention to Liu Shui. I glanced at Qian Xi and said, "Qian Xi, tell your Highness where he went wrong."

"Your Highness Liushui, although you are my master, you are truly wrong in this matter. Whether you are happy or not, I am overstepping my bounds by saying a few words to you."

Qianxi was now determined to go all out, not caring about Liushui's behavior. He simply continued, "The first mistake is to trust others' words. If they say the evidence is conclusive, then it's conclusive evidence. Regardless of whether their character is deceiving you, can you believe their so-called conclusive evidence?"

Qianxi's words made sense, and Liushui had no objection. However, he didn't want to just ignore it, so he said, "Even if that's the case, we can't let them do whatever they want. If you let them kill innocent people by mistake, how can you have a clear conscience?"

As soon as these words came out, Qianxi rolled his eyes at Liushui. Not wanting to look at Liushui, he turned his back to Liushui and said, "The second mistake is that they don't know people. If they can frame Qianqiu without any evidence, then they can also frame others without any evidence."

I took over and said, "Haven't you noticed that Qianxi and I don't want to bother with these three? It's because we know that these three are complete villains. The sage once said that women and villains are the only difficult to raise in the world. If they are close, they will be disrespectful, and if they are far away, they will resent. The villains and women mentioned by the sage are these people. Since we can't afford to offend them, we should stay away from them to avoid getting into trouble."

Sage words are Liu Shui's forte. As soon as I opened my mouth to say this, I heard Liu Shui retort, "The sages also said that there is no distinction between people in education. Even if they have this or that flaw, shouldn't we get close to them and try to change them?"

Liu Shui's words really made my head buzz. I even started to feel a little insecure. I said, "How can I be compared to a saint? As ordinary people like us, shouldn't we seek benefits and avoid harm, and help others when conditions permit?"

I thought about how Qianxi had been hungry for two days with Liushui, and I understood. I felt that what I had said just now was unnecessary. Sure enough, Liushui continued to argue: "We are not saints, so we should cultivate ourselves strictly and aim to be saints. How can we pursue benefits and avoid harm?"

If it were someone else, I would have whipped him to death long ago. I guess even if I was not satisfied after beating him to death, I would have hung his corpse on the city wall and whipped it.

But this was Liushui, so I had to be patient and said, "I only have one question. If you can answer it, I'll go with you."

"You say." Liu Shui was now like a fighting rooster, not afraid of any of my questions.

"You just said that there is no discrimination in education. Shouldn't that also apply to the Hu people? Shouldn't we forgive them and persuade them with kind words instead of strictly guarding them?"

This question completely confused Liushui. For so many years, he had been talking about destroying the Hu people and avenging the dead heroes. If he hadn't said that there should be no discrimination in education, he would have drawn his sword and started fighting with me.

"You can't just read books; you have to think about them and read more. You don't have to answer me today. You'll understand later."

I sighed, knowing that taking Liu Shui with me might lead to some trouble, but I couldn't abandon him, so I said, "I hope I don't have to use blood to make you understand.

Liushui was stuck on this problem and didn't say a word along the way. I felt very uncomfortable and didn't say anything either. Qianxi was chattering away, but when he saw that we ignored him, he gradually lost interest.

We walked back to the inn slowly, and then we found that those three idiots had given us another big gift.

To find out what the big gift is, please stay tuned for the next episode.