Chapter 23: No Enemies Would Meet by Chance

  "Ah... Ah... Hmph! Young master, is this comfortable?"

  "Mmm... feels good, use more force."

  "Oh dear, Master's body is as hard as steel, I'm exhausted and my legs are all soft... just look at the sweat on me..."

  "It's really like that, young master only cares about his own comfort, haha, okay, come on a few more times, then you can go take a shower and rest well."

  "Mmm, young master is doing well, hehe..."

  "Creak... creak..." The bedframe creaked even more urgently, the girl's gasps also quickening.

  "How disgusting! How shameless! How despicable! These so-called descendants of Confucius, they are indeed debauched to the extreme! And there's an outsider here too, am I invisible?"

  Miss Peng stretched out her hand to grab the Ghost's Eye Knife and floated towards the back of the screen.

  "What?" Peng Qi, Xia Yu and Xiao Ding simultaneously stopped in their tracks, looking at each other in surprise.

  Xiao Qi's small feet, clad in white socks, stepped heavily on Xia Zhen's sturdy back, and then she wiped the sweat from her sleeve and asked strangely: "Brother Peng, what's wrong?"

  Xia Liu didn't say a word, but his expression was still filled with surprise and confusion.

  Peng Ziqi's hair was tied up in a ponytail, brushing against her shoulder, maintaining a forward-leaning posture. Her left leg was bent and her right leg was straight, her left hand grasped the scabbard tightly, while her right hand gripped the hilt of the sword, with her thumb still pressing on the guard. She slowly turned her gaze around the room, her eyes taking in every detail, before speaking in a calm tone: "Hmmm... I heard some noise coming from inside the house."

  "Oh!"

  "I thought an assassin had burst in."

  "Oh."

  "You all continue, call me if you need anything!"

  Peng Da Niang patted the treasure knife, and with a smooth motion, she tossed the horse tail on her shoulder, turned around elegantly and left. After passing by the screen, she saw a figure "huff" and rushed towards the bed in the corner of the wall.

  Xiao Qi touched the back of his head and said in surprise: "Young master, why does Peng Ge seem a bit strange?"

  Xia Liu was silent for a moment, then burst out laughing with a "heh heh".

  That knowing and wicked laugh made Peng Da's daughter blush from ear to ear, she was so ashamed that she wished she could dig a hole in the ground and hide.

  The men of the Peng family all had a bit of a gangster air about them, and they didn't pay much attention to various trivial matters. They also didn't avoid having fun with their wives and concubines during the day. When Peng Ziqi was young, she was just as mischievous as her brother, and she would often run around and play in the residences of her uncles and elder cousins. She had stumbled upon such things a few times when she was young and didn't understand what they meant, but as she grew older, she gradually came to realize what was going on. Later on, all sorts of unconventional figures from the jianghu world would come and go in their household, and she would mingle among them like a fake little boy, hearing about such things from time to time.

  Yang Wenyu was notorious outside, the number one playboy in Qingzhou. That little servant girl in front of him had an attitude that was neither big nor small. Peng Ziqi heard the unusual sound and couldn't think of anything else. "I'm so humiliated, I hate that bastard to death!" Peng Ziqi's face burned with anger as she threw the pillow that was pressing on her face to one side.

  She has a deep impression of Yang Wenxuan, but she can't help coming.

  Her great-grandfather Peng Taigong was originally named Peng Yingyu and was known in Jianghu as Peng Heshang. He was one of the leaders of the Yuan Dynasty's righteous army.

  At first, Han Shantong and Liu Futong led the rebellion against the Yuan dynasty. At that time, many heroes responded to the call, and the main force of the rebellion came from the White Lotus Sect's important branch - the Mingjiao Sect. The Mingjiao Sect was divided into Southern and Northern sects. The Han family in Hebei was the leader of the Northern Mingjiao Sect, and Han Shantong was the head of the Han family; the leader of the Southern sect was the Peng family in Huaiwest, and the master of the Peng family at that time was Peng Yingyu.

  Han Shantong established his own banner, while Peng Yingyu supported Xu Shouhui in establishing the Tianwan Empire. At that time, the righteous armies rose up in all directions, and each route of the righteous army was fighting under the name of expelling the Tartars and resisting the brutal rule of the Yuan Dynasty. However, the various routes of the righteous army were not friendly to each other, on the contrary, the wars between them were extremely fierce, and they regarded each other as enemies, even more so than their enemy, the Northern Yuan court.

  To defeat their opponents and expand their territory, Zhang Shicheng, Zhu Yuanzhang and others had secretly communicated with the Northern Yuan court to seek support from the Mongolian regime. Later, when Zhu Yuanzhang became dominant and eliminated various rebel armies that competed with him for the throne, he then marched northward and drove the Northern Yuan court back to the desert. By then, the Heavenly Kingdom had already been destroyed, and Xu Shouhui, Chen Youliang, Zhang Shicheng and others had died one after another, leaving only Peng Yingyu who managed to escape by faking his own death.

  Zhu Yuanzhang was well aware of Peng Yingyu's background and knew that the Peng family's influence was in the Huai West region. After establishing the country, he severely cracked down on the Mingjiao organization in the Huai West region to prevent the Peng family's power from rekindling. Forced by circumstances, Peng Yingyu fled to Shandong.

  Peng He and Shang had secretly established a mountain gate in Qingzhou, Shandong before the uprising, where his younger brother openly operated. On the surface, there was no connection between the Peng family of Qingzhou and the Peng family of Huai Xi. After his fake death, he secretly moved to Qingzhou, who would have thought that long before Peng Yingyu's fame rose, a family in Qingzhou had already been connected with Peng He Shang.

  By now, the Zhu family has secured their position, and Peng Yingyu's generation of heroes has abandoned their ambition to compete for dominance. However, the foundation left by their ancestors is still something they want to preserve - this foundation being the Peng family's status and power within the Southern Sect of the Ming Cult.

  Although the White Lotus Society is always the first to take action whenever there is any disturbance in the world, it's only because they can secretly form societies and quickly unite to take uniform action when something happens in the world. In fact, the various branches under the White Lotus Society are not just for rebellion, but have been able to survive for hundreds of years with their own set of teachings and tenets. When there is no soil for rebellion, their survival means spreading their teachings and developing their forces.

  Mingjiao is not a tightly organized group, nor does it have a unified leader. In this secret sect, the masters of various branches and factions open their own altars to recruit disciples, each with their own sphere of influence. The size of their power depends on the number of followers they recruit, and the transmission of power is from father to son, son to grandson, practicing patriarchal rule.

  Although Peng He and Shang escaped to Qingzhou, the foundation of Peng's family power was in Huai West, and the northern part of Hebei and Shandong were within the sphere of influence of the Northern Sect of Mingjiao. He couldn't intervene, and if he did, it would be easy to expose his identity as he struggled with the Northern Sect. The old nest that had been carefully built up also faced the danger of being destroyed by the imperial court. He couldn't take risks, but he was unwilling to lose the Peng family's position in Mingjiao and decline from then on. The only choice was to continue developing in Huai West.

  Therefore, Peng Jia Guang drove carriages and boats to travel openly and legally between Huaixi and Shandong, continuing the great mission of spreading the teachings. Originally, Peng's family had many nephews and nieces, and normally they didn't need to send all of them to Huaixi, but recently something happened in Huaixi, and this year the imperial court is relocating a large number of people from Shandong, among the tens of thousands of households that must be relocated, there is one household with the surname Tang, and this person surnamed Tang is a very influential altar master of the Southern Orthodox Church.

  The Tang family was designated as immigrants and quickly relocated to Shandong, catching them off guard with no preparation whatsoever. The power vacuum formed in the region originally controlled by the Tang family, and several leaders of the Mingjiao Southern Sect took action to take over the Tang's territory. Peng Yingyu naturally wouldn't let go of this opportunity, so during this time, almost all members of the Peng family were mobilized, with every available person rushing to Huai West.

  As a result, Zhao Pushan happened to come at this time, and Peng He was helpless. He had no choice but to disguise his granddaughter, Peng Ziqi, who was good at martial arts since childhood and had better skills than many of her male cousins, as her brother's identity and sent her off.

  Zi Qi didn't mind going from being a young lady to becoming a female bodyguard. Compared to the dull and boring life of a sheltered girl, she liked having the opportunity to go out on her own and do something exciting and thrilling. What she didn't like was Zhao's underhanded tactics, and what she didn't like even more was that the person she had to protect was Yang Xu, a notorious scoundrel.

  Men flirting outside can be accepted, men taking wives and concubines can also be accepted, because she has been living in such a world since childhood. Not to mention others, the men of the Peng family are all like this. She has been used to it since she was young and thinks it's normal. However, seducing decent women and ruining their reputation is shameful. This is a virtue that people should guard against, and Jianghu figures do not allow such things either.

  Others may not know about Yang Xu's ugly affairs, but the foxes and rats in Qingzhou City, the thieves and robbers, almost all belong to the Peng family. The ugly things Yang Xu did can't be hidden from others, how can they be hidden from the Peng family? Miss Peng heard about some of Yang Xu's romantic affairs, she was asked to protect such a person, how could Miss Peng not be angry? But for the sake of the Peng family, she had to endure.

  "Bang!" The candles on the table crackled softly, and Peng Ziqi subconsciously glanced at the screen behind: "Why hasn't that little girl gone to sleep yet? Yang Xu, this scoundrel, won't actually make that pretty maid sleep with him, will he? If he dares to be so brazen in front of me, I'll beat him until his mother doesn't recognize him. I'm not surnamed Peng if I don't!"

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  The sky brightened, and Xia Yu stretched comfortably, habitually jumping up like a carp, his feet just touching the ground. Suddenly remembering that today was different from usual days, he recalled that there was still a big girl pretending to be a man sleeping outside the screen, and he couldn't help but roll his tongue, subconsciously lightening his movements.

  But the creaking of the bed had already awakened Peng Niang, who turned over with a scowl: "This dead man snores at night and keeps people awake till late, then gets up so early in the morning. Can't he just get up normally? Does he think he's a kid?"

  Peng girl is a martial arts practitioner, but she doesn't get up early. The pace of life in that era was slow, and few people got up early. She turned over with a snort and continued to sleep.

  Inside the screen, Xia Xun listened carefully and found that there was no movement outside, so he put his mind at ease. He suddenly felt that having a beautiful girl disguised as a boy as his bodyguard was pleasant to see, but it didn't give him any personal space, which wasn't a good feeling. He was pretending to be a young master, and now he couldn't practice martial arts, so he had to settle for second best and continue with his fitness exercises.

  Xia Liu shook his head and started exercising.

  "Hooo~~~Hooooo~~~Hoooooo~~~"

  A long, heavy breathing sound kept coming out, and it was getting heavier and heavier. The more Peng girl didn't want to listen, the clearer she heard it. She sat up with a floating chest: "What is this guy doing again? Can't even let people sleep?"

  "Hoo... Hoo... Hoo..."

  "One hundred seventy-five, one hundred seventy-six, one hundred seventy-seven..."

  Xia Liu was doing a one-handed push-up, with one hand stuck to the ground and the other hand holding onto his buttocks. Suddenly, he saw a shadowy figure flash in the corner of his eye, and when he looked up, he saw Peng Da Xiaojie standing at the door again, still dressed in the same outfit as last night, but with even less clothing on, her hair disheveled.

  "Huh? Slender figure, curves in all the right places, shoulder-length hair, soft and charming... she's really a beautiful woman!" Xia Yu raised his head, his eyes scanning her body.

  At that time, men and women had just gotten out of bed with their hair loose on their shoulders. Peng Niang hadn't realized anything was wrong with herself now. She stared at Xia Xun with a pair of very beautiful big eyes, looking ferocious: "What are you doing?"

  "Me?... Practicing arm strength..."

  "What's the point of practicing martial arts?"

  "I think if my body were stronger, I would be safer when encountering evil people."

  "Don't you believe I can protect you?"

  "Can you protect me for a lifetime?"

  Peng Nang closed her mouth, and her bright eyes, shining like morning stars, glanced at Xia Zhen's broad and sturdy chest and muscular arms: "Can't tell, this embroidered pillowcase has a pretty good figure, no weaker than my cousins, seems... even more handsome."

  Xia Fu's face turned sour as he said, "Young Master is concerned about my safety, I'm very grateful, but... Young Master doesn't have to stare at me like I'm a prisoner, although we're both men, it still makes me feel very uncomfortable."

  Miss Peng's pretty face turned stern and she said fiercely: "What's inconvenient?"

  "Many things are inconvenient, for example... cough, because there are people outside the house, even farting has to be held back, like a new daughter-in-law who just passed the door, feeling very uncomfortable."

  "What does it mean?" Peng Nang tilted her head and thought for a moment, then suddenly burst out laughing.

  "Laughing so beautifully, like a silver vase suddenly broken, the moon is on the treetops!"

  Xia Liu's eyes lit up, and just as she was about to take a closer look, Peng Niang's face turned stern again: "You continue, I'm going out!"

  She suddenly disappeared behind the screen, and Xia Jiu had just lowered her head. That beautiful face was tense again, and she poked it out from behind the screen: "Since you're so worried about that assassin, don't hide in your room like a turtle, go out more often, lure him into making a move, get rid of him early, and you'll be safe?"

  "Great idea! Master will surely protect me by my side, right?"

  "Of course!"

  "If an assassin really appeared, wouldn't Young Master definitely be able to catch him?"

  "Of course!"

  "What if...the young master slips up for a moment and I get killed by an assassin?"

  Peng's big girl raised an eyebrow: "That's okay, I won't grieve for you, but I'll avenge you."

  "......Thank you."

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