The little heroine investigates a mysterious case

At night, on the roof of Uncle Wu's house, Huang Shuo looked at Zhao Xuan who was sitting next to him and asked, "Why do you say I'm your father?"

"I can't say you're my master, right? In my heart, I only have one master..."

Zhao Xuan looked at the moon in the sky, took a deep breath, and then held back the tears that were about to burst out.

"Just say you're my uncle. What if the old man thinks you're a child trafficker?"

Huang Shuo also looked at the moon in the sky and said, "Well, I was quite moved just now."

Zhao Xuan looked at Huang Shuo and said, "Please teach me martial arts in the future."

"Don't you hate martial arts training?"

"Not anymore."

"Your master told you not to seek revenge."

Zhao Xuan shook her head. "I won't seek revenge... but there are so many bad guys, and you won't always be by my side. I need to learn martial arts so I can protect myself from being bullied. Don't you agree?"

Huang Shuo glanced at Zhao Xuan, then looked up at the moon in the sky and asked softly, "Why is it called Daylily? It sounds so ugly."

"My master once said that daylilies become dried daylilies. My name was given by my master..."

"Miss your master?"

"Hmm!" Zhao Xuan pointed to the moon in the sky. "Look, Master is on the moon, playing with Sister Chang'e!"

"Xuan'er..."

Zhao Xuan clenched her fists and shook them vigorously.

"My name is not Xuan'er, my name is Huanghuacai. From today on, my name is Huanghuacai!! I will listen to Master and live a good life! Dad! You too! We all need to live a good life!"

In the capital city of Liyang, in the Qilan Palace.

Xiao Aiyue hugged Gu Zhanghua and leaned on the couch. Both mother and son looked haggard. Xiao Aiyue looked at Yang Liuming who was sitting in front of her with a pleading look on her face.

"Master Yang, Xiaowu has only just woken up a few days ago. Can't we not ask him, or wait a couple of days?"

Although Yang Liuming felt reluctant, he still forced himself to steel his resolve and replied, "Your Majesty, you are aware that the delegation was attacked and all the guards were killed. Aside from the wanted Zhao Xiaoman and her apprentice Zhao Xuan, the Fifth Prince was the only eyewitness. Furthermore, since Your Majesty has issued an order, I have no choice but to ask."

"But if Xiaowu gets sick again..."

Yang Liuming immediately promised, "I will be extremely cautious. If anything seems amiss with the Fifth Prince, I will immediately stop asking questions. I promise you this with my life!"

Xiao Aiyue instructed a eunuch beside him, "Go, call the two imperial doctors on duty!"

Xiao Aiyue sighed and explained to Yang Liuming, "Master Yang, please wait a moment. It will be safer when the imperial physician arrives."

"Understand, understand. Don't be in a hurry."

At this time, the chief eunuch Han Gu came in and bowed to Xiao Aiyue: "Propagate the emperor's oral instructions."

Xiao Aiyue was about to stand up while holding Gu Zhanghua when Han Gu raised his hand to stop her: "His Majesty knows that Your Majesty and the Fifth Prince have not yet recovered, so he specifically instructed me. Your Majesty, please sit down and receive the order."

"Yes."

"Your Majesty has issued an oral decree that Consort Xiao Aiyue, due to her incompetence in raising her son, is hereby confined to Qilan Palace. She is not allowed to leave without being summoned. Fifth Prince Gu Zhanghua is willful and mischievous. From now on, I will not see him!"

Xiao Aiyue hugged Gu Zhanghua and stared at Han Gu blankly. It seemed that she couldn't understand the meaning of this oral instruction for a moment, but then Xiao Aiyue suddenly burst into tears, crying heartbreakingly:

"Your Majesty, if you want to blame someone, blame me. Why blame Xiaowu? What did Xiaowu do wrong? When His Royal Highness got into trouble, Xiaowu almost lost her life! It was all because of that damned girl Zhao Xuan! When I find her one day, I will cut her into pieces!"

Ten years later. The nineteenth year of the Xuanhe reign of the Xia Dynasty.

In front of a house made of yellow mud and stones in Heyan Village, sixteen-year-old Zhao Xuan stood in the yard.

Her face was stern and her eyes were cold, completely different from the quirky and clever girl she was in her childhood. She seemed like a different person. She held a sword in her hand. When she heard Huang Shuo's cough coming from inside the house, she knelt silently on the ground, kowtowed three times towards the house, stood up resolutely, and walked towards the mountain road outside the village.

Inside the room, Huang Shuo leaned against the head of the bed with a sick look on his face. He looked out the window in the direction where Zhao Xuan left and sighed slightly. A middle-aged man was sitting beside the bed. He was the former financial manager of Wuwei Escort Agency, Jin Suanpan Guo Da.

"You just let her go like that?"

Huang Shuo shook his head and smiled bitterly, "I can't stop her, so let her go out and try her luck. If Xiaoman hadn't taken such good care of me back then, I wouldn't have stayed in Heyan Village for ten years, relying on blacksmithing to make a living, barely raising Xuan'er. With the skills I taught her, few can hurt her!"

When Huang Shuo said this, a hint of pride and dominance appeared in his eyes.

Guo Da sighed, "Back then, the Wuwei Escort Agency disbanded without a second thought. If I hadn't saved some money and escaped from Liyang to rebuild my business in Fengcheng, it would have been difficult for us two brothers to see each other again."

Huang Shuo asked Guo Da: "Do you really want to avenge Xiaoman?"

Guo Da sneered: "Those bandits on Jigong Mountain could be robbers?! I wouldn't believe it even if you kill me! I came to you this time just to ask you in person about Xuan'er's situation, but you stopped me..."

Huang Shuo interrupted, "When the time comes, don't call her Xuan'er to her face, let alone Zhao Xuan. Call her Huanghuali or Caicai."

"why is that?"

"Ever since she changed her name to Daylily, I haven't seen her cry. One time, I accidentally called her Xuan'er, and she locked herself in the room for a whole day. I realized she must be very sad. This name was given to her by Xiaoman, and it was Xiaoman who called her Xuan'er every day back then. So all these years, I haven't asked her about the details of the accident, for fear of bringing up her sad memories and rubbing salt into her wounds. This child seems nonchalant and doesn't care about anything, but in fact, she values ​​friendship very much. Wait a little longer, she will tell her when she wants to."

Guo Da couldn't help but sigh, "Ah, you've changed too. You really act like an old father who loves his daughter! Where do you think Xuan'er will go?"

"Of course it's Qingshan Valley. That's where Xiaoman was buried. It was Xuan'er who named the valley. Seven days from now will be the anniversary of her master's death. I used to take her there every year, but this year I'm not feeling well," Huang Shuo said, looking at an exquisite crossbow on the table. "I wonder if I can help Xuan'er make this crossbow..."

Huang Shuo started coughing again after he finished speaking, and Guo Da looked at Huang Shuo with concern.

Huang Shuo was thinking about something, and he said softly, "I think it's time for me to go and accompany Xiaoman."

Thousands of miles away, in the green mountain valley, the vegetation is lush and the environment is quiet. A ray of morning sun shines on Zhao Xuan's face. She is kneeling in front of Zhao Xiaoman's tombstone, gently stroking the words on the tombstone with her hand: Tomb of my teacher Zhao Xiaoman.

Zhao Xuan sat down against the tombstone, took out a small cloth bag from her arms, opened it, and found an arrow inside. The arrow was stained with blood and had turned dark black, glowing slightly blue in the sunlight.

Zhao Xuan looked at the tombstone again and said softly but firmly, "Master, I will definitely find the murderer and avenge you! Jigong Mountain bandits? What a joke!!"

At this time, Zhao Xuan never expected that after living in seclusion in Heyan Village for ten years, she would finally embark on the road of revenge!

From now on, she will be like a butterfly, and just by gently flapping her wings, she will cause a swift and violent tornado to blow far away, in the capital Liyang, and even in the entire Xia Kingdom!

And Zhao Xuan also truly transformed at this moment!