The Legendary Swordmaster

Chapter. 17. Goat Lan

The person in a pale and scared state fell silent for a moment. He took a deep breath, trying to calm himself. After staying silent for a long time, finally, the person becomes calmer and can speak fluently.

“Kongcu! I saw that the four Tiong-Lo and Chungcu people had all died .…”

After those words, silence and disbelief appeared on every expression on the faces of the people from the Cypress Forest village.

“Wh-what did you say?” Ma Kongcu asked to repeat the words he heard earlier.

Ma Keng Hong stood dazed and unsteady, what he had just heard was utterly unreasonable and impossible in his mind.

“Ma Chungcu and the four Chinese Lo's are all dead!” said the news anchor, repeating his words.

Ma Keng Hong was trembling, tugging at the man's collar. “Say you're lying. Chungcu and Tiong-Lo are very strong and choose to fight. You must be lying!” a scream slid from the young man's mouth.

The news anchor was gasping for breath. However, he forced himself. “I-I c-not lied Kongcu.”

Ma Keng Hong wasn't yesterday afternoon's child, he saw the honest look in the news anchor's eyes. Weak, his hand slowly removed the collar of the person who brought the news of death earlier. Ma Keng Hong himself sat weakly on the stone floor of Yang Liu San Ceng's courtyard.

One of the old men who was the same age as the four Tiong-Los, walked up and patted Ma Keng Hong on the shoulder. “Kongcu, now you are the new Chungcu from the village of Yang Liu San Ceng. You can't look weak,” the person whispered.

Ma Keng Hong immediately realized his mistake. He quickly stood up, covered his face with the dangling hanfu arm, and rubbed his eyes with his other hand.

After taking a deep breath, with great exertion he said firmly. “Villager Yang Liu San Ceng, I will now tell you a few important things. Plug your ears and listen as best you can!”

“First; The old Chungcu has passed away, from today I will serve as the new Chungcu Yang Liu San Ceng.”

“Second; four Tiong-Lo have also died, after the proper burial of these five people, we will agree and choose another elder.”

“Third; We will avenge this revenge, but not now, the person who can kill the four Tiong-Lo and the late old Chungcu has great fighting power. You all have been training hard since today, I will personally inspect your training.”

“Fourth; for the next hundred days you must wear white clothes of mourning. The Yang Liu San Ceng Village temporarily shut itself off from the martial world. Do you all understand?!” Ma Keng Hong ended his short ultimatum. The young man's eyes were fiery, filled with passion and determination that covered the sadness in his deepest heart.

“Respect to young Chungcu, we understand! We obey! And we understand!” The roar of a deafening sound resounding loudly in the village of Yang Liu San Ceng was heard as if melting the falling snowflakes.

“Okay, now you guys please disperse from here.” Ma Keng Hong turned his gaze to the news anchor. “Now tell me all that you have seen.”

Stuttering and fearful, the news anchor told everything he had seen in detail, including when the owner of the Golden Goose Villa buried the bodies of the five people.

Hearing the story of the death of his father and the four Tiong-Lo and the greatness of the Lady, Ma Keng Hong's white face, is now even more white and colorless.

“Now I assign you, to pick a few strong people, tonight bring the corpses of the old Chungcu and the four Tiong-Lo's here. We must prepare a proper burial for them,” Ma Keng Hong ordered. He then returned inside, to his late father's study.

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The third floor of the Golden Swan Villa….

This is the most luxurious room among all the rooms on the third floor of the Golden Goose Villa. This room could be said to be the private property of the owner of the building.

The contents of the room are also very luxurious, with chairs and tables decorated with golden dragon carvings.

The bed is very luxurious and covered with a clean white mosquito net.

It was the night after the intense battle that had taken place between Nangong Rong and the five strongmen from Yang Liu San Ceng Village.

Nangong Rong sat elegantly on a luxurious chair and enjoyed the warm tea she had brewed herself. The girl looked like she was waiting for something, it was proven because she still left the bedroom window open.

After a few breaths, a human silhouette entered the room through the window that Nangong Rong deliberately opened.

The figure dressed in black and covering her face with a black cloth as well as her entire head only showed a pair of bright eyes that shone brightly under the lantern lighting.

From a small stature and a slender body shape, indicating that the walker tonight is a woman.

That shadow, when it entered Nangong Rong's room, immediately knelt with one knee up. “Siocia, the maid will report everything that the maid has investigated.”

“No need to rush Lan-lan! Take off your head cover, and get up. I have prepared a cup of tea for you. It was very cold outside. I'm sorry Lan-lan, many times I have to trouble you.” Nangong Rong got up from the chair, walked over, and woke up the night walker she called Lan-lan and asked her to sit in the seat in front of her.

While walking and uncovering her face and head, Lan-lan tried to resist. “But Siocia, this is so inappropriate—”

“Nothing inappropriate Lan-lan. In the Ning family, you may be considered a servant. But for me, you are my little sister, I will be very happy if you are willing to call me, Cici." Nangong Rong interrupted Lan-lan's speech.

After sighing, Nongong Rong continued, “I'm not a member of the Ning family after all. Have you forgotten Lan-moi?”

Nangong Rong even immediately took the initiative to call Lan-lan moi/sister.

That girl was indeed one of the maids of the Ning family in Luoyang City. Her name is Goat Lan. While at the Ning family's residence, even though Goat Lan didn't serve Ning Rong-Rong in particular. However, this girl had always worked under Ning Rong-Rong's direction.

She was almost like Ning Rong-Rong's surreptitiously right-hand man. In fact, in the process of sentencing Ning Rong-Rong, this servant took part at Ning Rong-Rong's request.

She was asked by Ning Rong-Rong to be an eyewitness, as well as the first person to report that Ning Rong-Rong had committed immoral acts, and defamed the Ning family.

All the martial arts possessed by Goat Lan are also thanks to Ning Rong-Rong's upbringing. Once upon a time when Ning Rong-Rong was practicing, Goat Lan was the practice partner.

So that in this process, including when Ning Rong-Rong operated on and changed the facial structure and changed the name to Nangong Rong, only Goat Lan was the only one who knew.

This girl's loyalty to Nangong Rong does not need to be tested.

Goat Lan still looked embarrassed to call Nangong Rong, Cici. “Not forgetting at all, C-Cici. Cici's life here must be very hard.” Goat Lan's face blushed. She still didn't feel it was appropriate to call her former master Elder-Sister.