Chapter 52 Strange Reunion

The wind whistling through the mountain. Cao Fengge stood in front of the cliff and sneered. The man in black stood beside him.

Cao Fengge looked at the man in black and said, "Yuan'er, I hope this incident has taught you something. People who has cares attachments will ultimately fail."

Fu Yuanjun asked, "How did father know that Yongzheng will protect Xue congzi?"

Cao Fengge said, "I have many eyes and ears."

Fu Yuanjun knew that although Cao Fengge was his father, Cao Fengge would not tell Fu Yuanjun everything. He just told Fu Yuanjun what he wanted Fu Yuanjun to know, but Fu Yuanjun is not Cao Wenyan, who has everything hand down to him. Fu Yuanjun is a fox in the wolf territory. The lonely fox will have to fight his battle to earn his own territory. Every time he kills a wolf, he is one inch closer to become who he is destined to be.

Fu Yuanjun said, "Father, if you have nothing else, I will go back to Tianshan."

Cao Fengge said, "Yuan'er…" He turned around. "Be careful on your way back."

Yongzheng hit the water at high speed and was sent into the depths of a bottomless pond. He swam quickly to the surface, and then he heard a loud splash next to him. He waited, but the other party did not dive out of the water. He swooped down, and soon saw the unconscious person floating in the water. He put his arm around the waist of the person, only to realize that the person here was Rao Zhengsheng. He pulled Rao Zhengsheng to the shore and began to transfer his internal energy to Rao Zhengsheng. After a long time, he heard another loud splash. A few minutes later, he heard Xue Horan's voice, but because of the mist around him, he couldn't see where Xue Horan was.

Xue Horan realized that if he didn't die, then Yongzheng and Rao Zhengsheng didn't die either. He shouted, "Yongzheng…" His voice echoed in a small area. He swims out of the water. He stood up and shouted again. "Yongzheng... Da shixiong..."

Xue Horan took a few steps forward, and one hand touched his left shoulder. He waved his arm, and the man grabbed his arm. He heard Yongzheng say, "Horan…"

Xue Horan was very happy, turned around and hugged Yongzheng tightly. He burst into tears, "Yongzheng..."

Yongzheng gently stroked Xue Horan's hair and asked, "Why are you here? I will try my best to saved you."

Xue Horan said, "If you and da shixiong are dead, I have no reason to live." He pulled away. "Where is da shixiong?"

Yongzheng said, "He is over there, out of danger."

Yongzheng and Xue Horan walked back to where Rao Zhengsheng is resting.

Xue Horan asked, "What's wrong with him?"

Yongzheng said, "When I pulled him out of the water, he was already unconscious."

Xue Horan said, "It must be Cao Fengge's blow."

Near midnight, Rao Zhengsheng finally woke up to the smell of grilled fish. He still closed his eyes, listening to the conversation between Yongzheng and Xue Horan. He didn't know when Xue Horan and Yongzheng began to get so close. Xue Horan can speak freely in front of Yongzheng. The two men seemed to enjoy their conversation. The topic of their conversation made Rao Zhengsheng a little upset. Rao Zhengsheng admitted that deep in his heart, he loves Xue Horan very much. Rao Zhengsheng noticed that he and Xue Horan become estranged lately. Xue Horan distanced himself away from Rao Zhengsheng, and he also knew the reason. He peaked beyond his eyelashes and he saw Xue Horan and Yongzheng sitting by a small bonfire grilling fish.

At this moment, they suddenly heard a loud, painful scream not far from where they were. Rao Zhengsheng no longer pretended to sleep, he woke up.

Yongzheng said, "We are not alone."

Rao Zhengsheng, "Sounds very human."

The three men walked over to the other side and they saw an opening to a cave.

Rao Zhengsheng said, "If it is an animal, we must kill it first before it kill us."

The three slowly approached the entrance of the cave. Suddenly, a vine rushed out and wrapped Yongzheng's waist. Rao Zhengsheng unsheathed his butterfly swords and cut the vine lose, and three more vines rushed to the three of them, the vines wrapped around their waists. Rao Zhengsheng began to cut the vines around his waist, and Xue Horan and Yongzheng was dragged into the cave.

Yongzheng grabbed the vine with his left hand, not allowing himself to slide towards the person. The person waved the vine that held Xue Horan and sent Xue Horan flying towards the cave wall. Yongzheng quickly dashed behind Xue Horan and held Xue Horan. The two men went crashing into the cave wall.

Rao Zhengsheng sprinted forward and cut off the vines that tied around the waists of Yongzheng and Xue Horan. He began attacking the man.

The old man shouted angrily, "Cao Fengge...no matter how many people you send to kill me...I will kill them all. I will kill them."

Rao Zhengsheng waved his sword at the old man, took Xue Horan's hand and ran towards the front entrance. The man sent out another vine and Yongzheng grabbed it. Rao Zhengsheng quickly help Yongzheng pulled the vine. The two men flew back towards the pond, but the old man hurriedly crawled on the ground, jumped forward, and hit the chests of Yongzheng and Rao Zhengsheng.

Rao Zhengsheng landed near the small bonfire. Yongzheng's robe caught on fire on his left shoulder. Xue Horan quickly walked over and tapped the small fire, trying to put out the fire.

The old man saw the tattoo of two swords on the left shoulder blade of Yongzheng. He wrapped Xue Horan's waist with vines and pulled him back. He placed a wooden spike at Xue Horan's left abdomen.

Yongzheng and Rao Zhengsheng both said at the same time, "Please let him go."

The old man looked at Yongzheng and said, "Take off your robe...or he will die." Yongzheng quickly took off his robe. "Turn around to face me." Yongzheng turned around. The old man dropped the wooden spike, dumbfounding. His laughter echoed in the small space. "Cao Fengge, you want to kill us, but heaven have eyes. My da ge has descendant." He continued to laugh. Then in the end he couldn't laugh anymore. He looked at Yongzheng. "Diwei come over, let me take a closer look at you."

Yongzheng said, "Qianbei, I don't know you. My name is Yongzheng."

The man said, "Qianbei…ptui…How dare you call me qianbei?" He spat on the ground. "I am your shushu. You are Rao Diwei."

Yongzheng said, "I am an orphan and have no family."

The man said, "We are a family." He took off his dirty torn robes and turned to face Yongzheng, Rao Zhengsheng, and Xue Horan. "Look at my left shoulder."

Xue Horan looked at Rao Zhengsheng with wet eyes, but refused to say a word. Xue Horan whispered beside Rao Zhengshen, "Da Shixiong has the same tattoo on his left shoulder."

Rao Zhengsheng walked to the old man and knelt down in front of the old man. He said, "Dong shushu…Dong shushu…"

Dong Shun, "You are?"

Rao Zhengsheng said, "Rao Zhengsheng."

Dong Shun cried, "Zheng'er. You are still alive. I thought you died with your mother."

Rao Zhengsheng said, "My shifu and shimu saved me."

Dong Shun asked, "Who is your shifu?"

Rao Zhengsheng, "Xue Longwei."

Dong Shun, "Ptui...Since that bastard saved you, I will forgive him for stealing Luxia away from me."

Rao Zhengsheng said, "My shifu and shimu, including my three juniors, were killed by Cao Fengge."

Dong Shun, "Luxia…" He frowned sadly. He looked at Rao Zhengsheng and Yongzheng. "After so many years, our family is finally reunited." He looked at Yongzheng. "Diwei, Zhengsheng is your da ge."

Yongzheng murmured, "Da ge…"

Rao Zhengsheng looked at Dong Shun, "You mean we are brothers."

Dong Shun said, "Yes. When I fell, I decided to throw Diwei back to the cliff. I hope that even if I die, someone would save him."

Yongzheng said, "Someone has indeed saved me, I wish no one has saved me."

Dong Shun said, "You can't think like that. If it wasn't for that person who saved you, we would not meet now. Thanks to that person, we are together again. Let us find a way to get out of here and kill Cao Fengge together to avenge your parents."

Rao Zhengsheng said, "Dong Shushu, don't worry, Lanying and Xiurong will find a way to save us."

The corners of Dong Shun's lips trembled. He choked up, "Lanying, is still alive?"

Rao Zhengsheng, "Yes, shifu and shimu saved her."

Dong Shun cried, "Xue Longwei, it's no wonder that Luxia chose you instead of me. If it were me, I would never save my rival's child." Looking at Xue Horan, he realized that Xue Horan was not part of the Rao family. He picked up the wooden spike and stabbed into Xue Horan's direction.

Rao Zhengsheng quickly grabbed Dong Shun's hand. Dong Shun said angrily, "Zheng'er, what are you doing? He is not from the Rao family, he must be the spy that Cao Fengge send to spy on us."

Rao Zhengsheng said, "Dong shushu, Horan is the son of shifu and shimu."

Dong Shun said, "I don't believe it. He must be a spy."

Yongzheng stood in front of Xue Horan and said firmly, "You want to hurt him. I will fight you to the last breath. I don't care who you are."

Dong Shun shouted, "Rao Diwei…"

Yongzheng said coldly, "I have already told you, my name is Yongzheng."

Dong Shun said, "You…" He began to cough violently.

Yongzheng grabbed Xue Horan's hand and sat far away from Dong Shun.

Rao Zhengsheng said, "Dong shushu, Horan is not a spy. He is really the son of my shifu and shimu, so don't be angry with Yongzheng."

Dong Shun, "I will try not to be angry at him, because blood is thicker than water." He frowned heavily. "How can he deny his true identity?"

Rao Zhengsheng, "Dong shushu, maybe he has his reasons."