Chapter 9: The Double Inferiority Complex (Part 1)

  Xiao Si walked out of the imperial city with a dazed expression, rubbed his head as if he still had something stuck on his neck, and couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

  So, this way, another emperor pops out, and he becomes the dragon son? He feels like he's dreaming. Although it's fake, at least it's an imperial father - no, temporarily speaking, should say it's the emperor's appointed son, right?

  However, being the emperor's son is not something that anyone can do. If things go wrong, his father might get fed up with him for not listening and give him a poisonous drink or a white jade sword to take his life.

  No sooner had he acknowledged his father than his father ordered him to set out for Jiangzhou within three days to repair the tomb and hold a memorial service for that dead mother. Also traveling with him was Princess Jincheng, that little wench, who was clearly there to supervise and verify his identity. If the female corpse unearthed from the grave turned out not to be Zhang Lihua, it was likely that he would not only fail to become an imperial prince but also a beggar. Either he would die in misery or have unlimited prospects, Xiao Si decided to go all out.

  Considering the significant improvement after the upgrade, Xiao Si thought that with three days to spare, he should have enough time to find a good chat with Zhen Tian. Since becoming the illegitimate child of the emperor, Xiao Si's confidence soared, pulling out nine consecutive positives. He thought to himself that if he didn't make Duan Lao Gui penniless and helpless, it would be unforgivable for his imperial father.

  But going alone would be a bit too solitary and lacking in intimidation, it's necessary to find a reliable henchman.

  He went all the way back to Liu Garden, just running into Li Yuanba who had finished dinner and was belching on his way home to sleep.

  Xiao Siyi dragged Li Yuanba into his own room and closed the door, saying: "Brother Yuanba, is Chang'an good?"

  Li Yuanba nodded repeatedly: "Good, good, better than Jin Yang."

  Xiao Si smiled slightly and said, "What's good?"

  Li Yuanba said: "Grandpa, grandpa every day mountain - rare seafood, can't finish eating, come over!"

  Xiao Si sighed: "You've eaten your way through Jin Yang, and now you're eating your way through Chang An. Is this all you'll ever be satisfied with in life? Pigs live like that too!"

  Li Yuanba was stunned and said: "Pigs will fall... what about people?"

  Xiao Si shook his head and said, "Pigs won't harm people, but people will slaughter pigs! Brother, you should think carefully about your future. Humans are different from pigs because pigs only think about today, while humans think about tomorrow - that's what we usually call 'ambition'. Yuan Ba brother, what is your ambition?"

  Li Yuanba thought for a moment, rolling his small eyes and said: "Can ambition be eaten at night... as a snack? My... my master said... everything is just floating clouds, eating well and drinking well, everything is good."

  Xiao Si stared at Li Yuanba, wondering if this kid was lucky or unlucky to have bumped into such a top-notch master. But thinking of the dead old man and the blind old man, he couldn't help but feel a sense of sympathy for this brother who had come knocking on his door seeking attention.

  Since we are all fellow outcasts at the ends of the earth, it is only reasonable that Xiaosan and I should help each other out.

  "He said calmly: 'If everyone only seeks to warm their own belly, who will punish evil and promote good, who will rob the rich and help the poor? Is there still any justice in this world of Great Sui? We cultivate our minds, enlighten ourselves, and increase our spiritual powers. Can't we just mix and match for a full meal? Yuan Ba brothers, you were born to be heroes. As heroes, you must do great things, earn a lot of money, and cannot bury your own talents!'"

  Li Yuanba smiled and said: "Fourth, fourth brother, who are you going to mess with this time?"

  Xiao Si suddenly lost his composure and rolled his eyes: "Is your fourth brother that kind of person?"

  Li Yuanba didn't make a sound, nor did he smile. His two small eyes stared straight at him. Xiao Siyi felt a pang of guilt and said, "Forget it, I'll tell you the truth. Recently, I discovered that Guan Lu Tie Bureau's Duan Zhen Tian is secretly colluding with the rebels, and I have solid evidence of his involvement in the murder of the Buddha Ci Tang."

  He tapped on the table and said: "The old master of Fotze Hall is a good friend of your brother-in-law, do you know that?"

  Li Yuanba's triangular eyes rolled around in his eye sockets, and he asked: "Fourth Brother wants... me to help... cultivate a person with the surname Duan?"

  "The fate of the world, a single man has responsibility. How can we not take action when it's not for personal gain? You are also a prestigious imperial guard general of the Great Sui dynasty! Now is the time of great turmoil, the court is busy suppressing rebellions everywhere and is at its wit's end. We shouldn't add more trouble to His Majesty, should we? Therefore, if one is a hero, they must stand out and share the worries of the court, exert their strength for the country, delve into the lair of dragons and tigers and deal with Old Ghost Duan until the end. If he refuses to repent, I will surely make his blood splatter on the steps of the imperial palace to announce it to the world!"

  Li Yuanba listened carefully and asked: "What if Duan, that old ghost, is truly repentant?"

  "Let's see how sincere he really is. If it's true gold and silver... well, let's just say it's a genuine intention to wash his heart and turn over a new leaf, we can't force him to the point of family destruction, can we? The Buddha said saving one life is better than building seven levels of pagodas. I really can't bear to see the accumulated wealth of the Guanluo Escort Agency being confiscated and destroyed, so these things will have to be shouldered entirely by us."

  Li Yuanba sighed: "Fourth brother, you can't be too soft-hearted when it comes to being a person. You can't bear all the problems by yourself. Otherwise... I'll also help you bear some of them?"

  Xiao Si looked at Li Yuanba with gratitude and eagerness, their eyes locked in a deep understanding, everything was conveyed without words. The next day, they would purge the rebels for the imperial court, turning the ferocious wolves into gentle lambs.

  The next day, just as the sky was getting light, Xiao Si had been practicing all night and was about to fall asleep when he heard Li Yuanba shouting outside the door: "Four, four brothers, save people like saving fire, time is not waiting for me!"

  Xiao Si slept with a drowsy look on his face and fell onto the bed, saying: "Let me sleep for a while longer."

  Li Yuanba seemed to have not heard, and shouted again: "Fourth brother, it's time for us to do something for the imperial court!"

  Xiao Si covered his head with a quilt, pretending he hadn't heard.

  The door creaked and suddenly burst open, splitting into two halves and falling to the ground. Li Yuanba strode in with a majestic air, holding two golden hammers and asked innocently: "I... I'm hungry, where can I go eat breakfast?"

  "Ah, you scoundrel!" Xiao Si couldn't bear it anymore and kicked off the quilt, jumping up and kicking Li Yuanba in the chest with one foot. However, he didn't expect that this glutton's body was as hard as iron, and he ended up clutching his foot in pain and hopping around.

  Li Yuanba was completely unaware and asked: "Fourth brother, are you going to jump? If you don't jump, we'll... leave?"

  Xiao Si endured the pain and grabbed Li Yuanba, gritting his teeth: "Let's go, I'll take you to eat dog meat buns at that one-of-a-kind shop, no branches anywhere else!"

  The two of them didn't even use a mount, and under the astonished gaze of the crowd of escorts, they stormed out of Liu Garden and rushed straight to the Guanluo Escort Bureau.

  Two men had just walked out of Yong'an Square when they met a young man wearing brocade and holding a folding fan. He was oily-headed, powdered-faced, arrogant, and every three steps he took, he would lift his head; every five steps, he would twist his waist. The fan in his hand, which had a picture of the Jade Maiden Peak of Mount Hua on one side and an inscription of Guo Pu's famous poem on the other, was making a rustling sound, stirring up waves of fragrance that assailed their nostrils.

  Xiao Si thought that this kid was a freak, and he was just imagining punching his pale face to make it rosier, when suddenly Li Yuanba let out a loud roar: "You, you damned green-skinned...!"

  That young master heard the sound and looked over, his eyes lit up, "Ah ha" a voice full of peach blossoms smiled spring breeze, opening jade sleeves big sleeves fluttering to welcome him forward: "Yu Bao Shidi, are you well? Yesterday night when I arrived in Beijing, I heard that you made a big noise at Fucheng, shaking the city of Chang'an with your fists. You are indeed the worthy successor of Master Zi Yang! Therefore, today early in the morning, I hurriedly rushed to find out where the Huitong Pawnshop is located and came to see you. I see you're in a hurry and killing aura is rising, but I don't know what injustice has occurred again, do you need me, the Qingcheng successor, to draw my sword and assist you in upholding justice?"

  Xiao Si endured the tedious talk and finally understood two things: this person was Li Yuanba's senior fellow disciple; this person also liked to stir up trouble out of nothing.

  Think of Qingcheng without shame, a land of talented people and spiritual energy. It is indeed a place where hundreds of flowers bloom together and all kinds of birds exist.

  Li Yuanba grinned from ear to ear, hugging the young master tightly. They exchanged blows, with one punching and the other kicking, both wincing in pain while affectionately saying: "Good, good kid, I thought you were dead! Come... let me introduce you - this is my fourth brother!"

  Young Master turned around, clasped his fists together in front of his chest and said with a swing: "Director Xiang, I've long admired your great name, it's like thunder in my ears. Today, I'm lucky to meet you, it's a blessing for three lifetimes. My humble self is Chang Sun Wuji, known in the Jianghu as 'Yu Nu Jian' (Imperial Female Sword), and I am the number one handsome man under the Qingcheng Gate."

  Xiao Si glanced up and down at the young master, muttering to herself: "Yu Nu Jian, Zhang Sun Wu Ji... what kind of thing is this? Hmm? Zhang Sun Wu Ji?!"

  He suddenly had a thought, remembering Chang Sun's Guanyin. Looking at these two people, he saw that their eyebrows and eyes seemed to have some similarities, although he didn't dare confirm whether they were born from the same mother, but it was likely that they were born from the same father.

  Nian Ju and the four of them smiled and cupped their hands in greeting, saying: "Brother Wuji's spirit is like jade, elegant and unrestrained, making us feel ashamed of our own inferiority. My brother Yuan Bao and I were just about to go to Guanluo to capture the rebels, would Brother Wuji be interested in joining forces with us?"

  Zhang Sun Wuji clapped his left fist and shouted: "Isn't it just smashing the scene? Let's go!"

  Xiao Si's face was like a punctured leather bag that had been inflated with air, and he stared at him in surprise, saying: "So you're the kind of barbarian who can speak human language?"

  Chang Sun Wuji flapped his fan open with a "whoosh" and replied, "Nonsense! Now that we've arrived in Chang'an City, where the elite gather and beauties are as numerous as clouds, of course we'll have to adapt to local customs and learn to be refined gentlemen."

  Xiao Si snatched the fan from him and slapped it on his forehead, scolding: "Gathering of celebrities... I think it's a gathering of hoodlums!"

  At this time, the three heroes faced the rising sun, with a heroic spirit and majestic momentum, walking through the streets of ancient Chang'an, which were slowly waking up from their slumber, to the gate of the Guanluo Security Agency.

  At the entrance of Guanlu Bureau, four burly men in black clothes stood on both sides. As soon as they saw Xiao Si, they became hostile and pressed their hands on the knife handles, shouting: "Xiao's surname, what are you doing here?"

  Xiao Si's face was filled with a spring breeze as he said, "I'm afraid I'll have to trouble you gentlemen to inform him that I have an urgent matter to discuss with Chief Escort Tang."

  A burly man in black clothes shouted in a foul tone: "The Head Escort is busy and has no time to see you, scram!"

  Chang Sun Wuji smiled and walked forward, bowing again: "This brother, I have paid my respects. The Master said: 'When friends come from afar, is it not a joy?' Why do you insist on keeping people at arm's length?"

  A tall man in black clothes with thick eyebrows standing upright shouted: "What kind of bookworm are you, get back to your mother's womb and drink milk..."

  Before the words were finished, a burst of laughter erupted in front of everyone. Then, a crisp "crack" sound was heard as Long Sun Wuji's hand rose and fell, tearing off all the clothes on the big man's body and grasping them in his hand. He recited in a soft voice: "I'll send you away, a thousand miles from here——"

  That big Han was still stunned, and before he could react, Changsun Wuji's folding fan in his hand "whooshed" out the Qingcheng ultimate skill "Thousand Miles Long Wind Sand".

  A gust of wind suddenly surged, lifting the majestic body of Da Han into the air, and with a loud "crash" it smashed into the wall by the gate.

  The remaining three men in black were shocked and angry, shouting and rushing forward to surround and attack.

  Zhangsun Wuji remained calm and composed, one hand grasping his clothes, the other shaking his fan. Suddenly, there were three loud crashes, and four burly men with shiny bald heads stood frozen in place, one on each side, like door gods embedded in the wall.

  Xiao Si glared with wide eyes, and Long Sun Wuji grasped a folding fan in his hand, pointing to the four people inside the wall: "Yu Ba, my younger brother, do you think they look like four big characters?"

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