Changsheng: Peak at the Beginning

Chapter 1846 The Twin Dragons of the Tang Dynasty 6

When people are born in chaotic times, they will always have many concerns, while others will feel that they should act swiftly and decisively.

Just as Jiang Xinxin had expected, inside the Xie family fortress, there was no shortage of people who wanted to take revenge, but there were many more who dared not confront Jiang Xinxin directly.

Even within the Bashu Alliance, there were more conservatives, because with chaos about to erupt, everyone wanted to preserve their strength first. Moreover, Xie Hui's death was dishonorable, and the target of his attack was a master whom even the Yuwen and Dugu clans could only test first.

Jiang Xinxin came to Sichuan mainly because she was interested in the iron-eating beasts of Sichuan. She didn't have any other plans; she just wanted to see them for herself.

As for why Shi Feixuan appeared in the Bashu region, Jiang Xinxin was too lazy to investigate. In any case, Shi Feixuan couldn't possibly be here to investigate the young talents in the Bashu Alliance. After all, the Bashu Alliance was a genuine alliance, with twenty or thirty families organized together. They only wanted to carve out their own territory and had no intention of conquering the world.

Jiang Xinxin wandered around Jin Guan City for more than ten days. The people of Xie Family Fort couldn't stand it anymore and sent someone to raid the inn where she was staying in the middle of the night. First, they drugged her tea, and then they set it on fire. Jiang Xinxin was speechless. She swaggered out of the inn and decided to go to Lingnan instead. Anyway, the letter from Xie Family Fort to the Song Clan for help should be delivered soon.

How thoughtful of her! She took the initiative to come to his door, saving Song Shidao the long journey and sparing him the trouble of traveling.

Jiang Xinxin was increasingly moved. When she passed through Kuimen, she specially sent a lot of meat to the fish in the river. She stayed in Wushan for a few days before heading south from Jiangling to Lingnan.

Song Shidao did receive a request from his brother-in-law's family, but his father, Tiandao Song Que, was very interested in the martial arts skills of Jiang Xinxin, a young girl from a legendary and powerful hermit family.

There are many people in this world who can kill without leaving a trace by plucking flowers or leaves, but the martial arts that can pierce through iron with a few drops of water, leaving dozens of people unable to resist, and even open a hole through Jie Hui's forehead, are extremely rare.

Song Shidao is a soft-hearted and kind-hearted fellow. Although his martial arts skills are quite respectable among the younger generation and he is a promising young master of the Song family, Song Que is still alive. If anyone dares to openly plot against the Song family, Song Que will not allow it.

Moreover, according to the Song Clan's intelligence, Jiang Xinxin had a good relationship with Shi Feixuan, who came from Cihang Jingzhai. On the day of the incident, Shi Feixuan even made it clear that she had made contact with Jiang Xinxin.

So Song Que said to Song Shidao, "Go to Xie Family Fort and see how your sister is doing. Don't worry about anything else."

Song Shidao always admired and respected his rarely seen father, so he readily agreed. Then he couldn't help but ask, "But what if the Xie family insists that I do my part to target that Miss Jiang?"

Song Que looked at his only son and couldn't help but sigh. Song Shidao was good at being the head of the Song clan, but he didn't have the talent to contend for the world. What a pity.

However, Song Que was still willing to give his son some pointers on Jiang Xinxin's matter, saying, "Then let's just consider it a friendly sparring match with that Miss Jiang."

Song Shidao finally understood his father's meaning. After leaving, he couldn't help but feel a little heavy-hearted. Even though he rarely paid attention to whether his sisters' lives were going well, recently his younger sister, Song Yuzhi, had been talking to him about how unreliable her brother-in-law was and how unhappy her older sister, Song Yuhua's, marriage was. He couldn't help but feel a little worried.

Song Yuzhi had been waiting on Song Shidao's usual route since early morning. As soon as she saw him, she couldn't help but grab Song Shidao and ask repeatedly, "Brother, how is it? Did Father call you over to talk about the Xie Family Fortress? Will it affect Sister's life? Why don't we talk to Father and bring Sister back?"

Song Yuzhi was just saying that; if they really wanted to do something, they would probably have to rely on their mother.

Song Shidao gently pulled his sleeve from his younger sister Song Yuzhi's hand and said with a smile, "Father asked me to go to Xiejiabao because he is worried about my sister's current situation."

Song Yuzhi was not satisfied and pressed further, "Is there anything else? Is that all?"

Song Shidao understood that Song Yuzhi was worried about Song Yuhua, so he quickly said, "I didn't ask any more questions, but Father said that if I really couldn't refuse to face that Miss Jiang, I should just treat it as a friendly spar. As for my eldest sister, Father just said to go and take a look."

Upon hearing this, Song Yuzhi felt somewhat deflated and even took her anger out on her own brother, Song Shidao, who was also a man. "You men are really something! Not only can you go out and make a name for yourselves at will, but you can also make us women sacrifice our happiness for your 'great cause' and win over various forces for you!"

Song Shidao couldn't help but sigh. He was quite tolerant of his younger sister's sharp tongue. Unable to refute her words, he could only say, "The marriage between our Song clan and the Xie family wasn't decided by Father alone..."

Song Yuzhi snorted coldly, "Now that Emperor Yang Guang of Sui is dead, the Yuwen clan has already won the first round. Doesn't our hasty return prove something?"

"However, our Song clan also intends to dominate the world. The entire Song family feels that we cannot allow the Xie family to become estranged from us because of my sister's marriage, causing us to lose an ally. So we disregarded my sister's pain!"

Song Shidao lowered his voice and reminded Song Yuzhi, "Yuzhi, you know that your eldest sister has already given birth to a son and a daughter for the Xie family. Even if Father agrees to take her back, do you think she would be willing to leave her two children?"

Song Yuzhi was speechless for a moment, and then he cried in anger.

Seeing this, Song Shidao quickly comforted her gently: "This time I went to Xie Family Fort on Father's orders. Since Father specifically mentioned Eldest Sister's matter, it means that Father still cares about us. If Eldest Sister's life in the Xie family is really not good, Father is not the kind of person who would ignore Eldest Sister's suffering."

Song Yuzhi was not comforted by Song Shidao at all. When she and her sisters were young, they had heard about the romantic affair between Tian Dao Song Que and Cihang Jingzhai Master Fan Qinghui. Whenever people mentioned Tian Dao Song Que, they couldn't help but sigh that he failed to win Fan Qinghui's heart and could only helplessly marry a plain-looking noblewoman, and he never found happiness again.

Song Yuzhi even remembered that for a period of time, the Song family neglected the biological children of Song Que, the Heavenly Blade, simply because Song Que himself was always in seclusion and never showed any concern for his wife and children.

The brother and sister walked almost to Song Yuzhi's courtyard when Song Shidao stopped and stopped going forward. He watched Song Yuzhi enter the gate looking sullen, and after carefully instructing the servants, he left with peace of mind.