Let Me Explain, Fairy
Chapter 961 - 597: Visitors

Chapter 961: Chapter 597: Visitors

On the ancient and aromatic imperial road, a full moon hangs high in the night sky, casting its gossamer, pristine light upon the forest path, now riddled with wounds of destruction.

Collapsed trees,

Overturned carriages,

Corpses of guards strewn across the ground,

And the mud, soaked with fresh blood.

This was an ambush, akin to bandits blocking the way.

Only this time, the damage to the terrain was more extensive, and the culprits were not lawless madmen but several government officers in maroon robes from the Secret Investigation Department.

Accompanying a streak of white light piercing through the dense woods, a fierce explosion sent shockwaves that made the earth tremble.

When all returned to silence,

"Thud..."

A muffled sound suddenly emerged from within the overturned carriage by the side of the road; the door latch was kicked open from inside, and a figure in a brocade robe struggled to climb out.

He appeared to be severely wounded, trying to stand up but failing, finally resigning to sit weakly beside the carriage.

Surveying the lifeless bodies of the guards around him, the brocaded gentleman’s gaze ultimately fixed on the corpse of a woman.

The woman was beautiful, but now the lower half of her body was hanging from a nearby tree.

Ah... his trusted aide was also gone.

Recalling the unceasing intimate contact of these past days since their escape, a smile involuntarily crept across the blood-stained lips of the brocaded gentleman, who then sighed.

He reached into his bosom and pulled out a wooden case, from which he drew a cigarette and lit it with a lighter.

"Rustle..."

Taking a deep drag, feeling the tobacco linger in his lungs, the brocaded gentleman exhaled a long breath, his eyes gazing through the smoke at the person approaching him.

It was a woman, a woman wielding a broadsword.

The woman, dressed in the uniform of a Capital Commandant from the Secret Investigation Department, had her long ponytail swaying behind her head. The cold wind outlined her graceful curves, and from her jade hand, the blade of the broadsword constantly dripped crimson blood, glinting coldly in the moonlight.

"Tap..."

"Tap..."

Her footsteps were measured; her sharp eyes radiated an intimidating killing intent.

Ten zhang.

Five zhang.

One zhang.

They came to a standstill, eyes locked.

The brocaded gentleman suddenly grinned, an indifferent smile:

"To think you’ve caught up to me, the Secret Investigation Department certainly has its ways."

Xu Mengxi looked at the man before her, Qin Weishu, her guard unwavering, blade raised flat, pointing straight at the brocaded gentleman’s throat:

"Cut the crap. Where is it? Now, I could kill you, and even the Xiancheng Pavilion wouldn’t dare raise any objections."

The brocaded gentleman kept puffing on his cigarette without uttering a word.

In the silence,

A sudden flash of cold light passed without warning, and a hand holding a cigarette was flung into the air, spattering hot blood in the moonlight.

Listening to the trembling of high summer, the brocaded gentleman sharply inhaled, observing the neatly severed hand bleeding profusely, sweat slowly beading on his forehead, he gritted his teeth and raised his eyes slowly, deliberately speaking:

"Not willing to grant even the time it takes to finish a cigarette?"

Xu Mengxi’s eyes filled with murderous intent:

"Stop entertaining wishful thoughts."

The brocaded gentleman sighed upon hearing this, furrowing his brows and glancing at his severed hand, then he chuckled:

"Sister, my Dantian is destroyed, what trickery could I possibly play?"

"If you don’t want to die, answer my question immediately."

"Die? Commander Xu, I’ve been prepared for death since before this journey began."

"Is that so?"

Xu Mengxi looked at him, his body slightly shaking, with a trace of disdain: "Then I guess I’ll have to apply some punishment to Young Master Qin."

While speaking, she continued to advance, her gaze cold:

"You dandies always talk big, but when punishment truly befalls you, each one of you cries out louder than the last."

Watching the woman draw closer, the brocaded gentleman sighed softly:

"Can’t we talk before starting the punishment?"

Xu Mengxi reversed her grip on the knife, taking out a set of locking fetters from her waist:

"I have nothing to say to someone like you."

The brocaded gentleman just smiled faintly upon seeing this, then started speaking to himself:

"I loved Fei Qing very much, but she was just killed by you."

Xu Mengxi controlled the fetters with her Qi, locking them around his ankles from a distance, and glanced at him:

"That Grandmaster female guard?"

"Yes, that’s her, the one you blasted in half together."

"Ridiculous. Your so-called love is sleeping with her while others watch?"

"Heh... I’m not into that, but the young master did enjoy flogging her in front of me because he discovered my affection for Fei Qing. Quite a perverse delight, right?"

"..." Xu Mengxi’s pupils suddenly constricted.

"You seem quite shocked?"

The brocaded gentleman, noticing her reaction, slightly smiled and said:

"That’s understandable. I was raised as a substitute for the young master, observing and mimicking his every move since childhood, with the same face, practicing the same Cultivation Technique, learning the same martial skills. Not to mention you, a stranger, even Fei Qing, the young master’s personal Maid, couldn’t tell me and the young master apart."

Xu Mengxi’s hand holding the knife trembled with rage, because they had sacrificed a colleague for what turned out to be false information.

The brocaded gentleman glanced at the woman with a smile, raised his eyes to the starry night sky, and murmured:

"I... have more than once contemplated pulling a changeling stunt, completely replacing the young master, but alas, he and I, a mere commoner, are worlds apart after all. I... cannot grasp the Dao Charm he possesses."

Xu Mengxi took a deep breath, pressing against the knife handle:

"What are you trying to convey with all this?"

"I never had a choice before, now I want to live for myself."