Everyone’s heart was tugged tight by her words. Sisi continued, “I finally realized that this man had been sitting behind the curtain the whole time. When he laughed, the man in the bed suddenly struggled, pushed me away, and rolled off the bed. The person laughed even harder, talking as he laughed. He said, Father, I brought you your favorite women. There are so many of them. Are you happy?”
Although Sisi was the one who said those words, everyone felt their hair rise. A smiling face appeared before their eyes.
Jin GuangYao!
And the half-dead man inside the bed had to be Jin GuangShan!
Jin GuangShan’s death had always been a public secret within the world of cultivation. Jin GuangShan had been so amorous his whole life that he was almost obscene. He left his love everywhere; he left his seeds everywhere. The reason of his death was related to this as well. The sect leader of the LanlingJin Sect insisted on pursuing pleasure with women even when he was in such a weakened condition and finally died in bed. Such a story really saved him no dignity when told to others. After Madam Jin lost her only son and her daughter-in-law, she’d been quite depressed for a few years in the first place. Thinking that her husband had to fool around even when he was dying and finally fooled his life away, she was so angered that she fell ill as well, eventually passing away. The LanlingJin Sect tried to hide the news as hard as it could, but the world had a tacit understanding. The people sighed in grief on the surface, but they all thought that he deserved it, that such a death was only suitable for him. Yet, today, they had just heard of an uglier truth that was even more sickening than the previous one. Sharp intakes of breath could be heard throughout Sword Hall.
Sisi, “The middle-aged man wanted to shout and struggle, but his body was weak. The boy who led us inside opened the door again, grinning as he dragged him onto the bed again and tied him up with a rope, stepping on his head. He told us, carry on, don’t stop even when he’s dead. Had any of us been through such a situation before? We were scared half-dead, but we didn’t dare disobey. We had to continue. At the twelfth or eleventh round, that sister suddenly screamed, saying that he really was dead. I went over and checked. He’d indeed kicked the bucket, but the person behind the curtain said, didn’t you hear me? Don’t stop even when he’s dead!”
Sect Leader OuYang couldn’t help but comment, “No matter what, Jin GuangShan was his father by birth. If this was real… then it’s just too… too…”
Sisi, “When I saw that the man was dead, I knew that we were done. We wouldn’t be able to escape either. As expected, when we finished, those old sisters of mine were all killed. Not a single one of them was left…”
Wei WuXian, “Then why are you the one who lived?”
Sisi, “I don’t know! Back then, I begged again and again. I said that I didn’t want the money, that I definitely wouldn’t say anything. Who knew that they really didn’t kill me. They took me to a place and locked me inside. I was there for eleven years. Only recently did someone save me by accident, and I could finally escape.”
Wei WuXian, “Who was the one that saved you?”
Sisi, “I don’t know. I’ve never seen the one who saved me. But after my savior heard about what happened to me, he decided not to let that pretentious, immoral man continue to fool the world. Now matter how powerful he is right now, my savior said that he was going to expose all of the things he did and deliver justice to all those he hurt, letting those poor sisters of mine rest in peace in the Underworld.”
Chapter 86: Loyalty—Part Eight
Wei WuXian, “Then is there any proof to your words?”
Sisi hesitated for a moment, “No, but if I said even a single lie, I swear my corpse will rot and not even have a coffin to lie in!”
Sect Leader Yao immediately commented, “With such clear details, she definitely isn’t lying!”
Lan QiRen’s eyebrows were tight-knit. He turned to the other woman, “I think I have seen you before.”
The woman’s face was full of panic, “I think… I think you have.”
Everyone paused in surprise. Sisi was a prostitute—could this woman be one too? Then why would Lan QiRen say he’d seen her before?
The woman, “During the YuelingQin Sect’s Discussion Conference, I often accompanied my madam.”
“The YuelingQin Sect?” A female cultivator asked, “You’re a maid of the YuelingQin Sect?”
A more sharp-eyed ones directly called out her name, “You’re… Bicao, Madam Qin’s personal maid Bicao! Right?”
The Madam Qin whom she referred to was Qin CangYe’s wife, and so the birth mother of Jin GuangYao’s wife, Qin Su. The woman nodded, “But now I’m no longer at the Qin Sect.”
Sect Leader Yao was thrilled, standing up as he slammed his table, “Do you have something to tell us too?”
With red eyes, Bicao began, “What I’m about to say happened a bit earlier, about a dozen years ago.
“I’d served my madam for many years. I watched our Maiden A-Su grow up. Madam had always cared for Maiden Su, but around the time when Maiden Su was about to marry, Madam was in an extremely bad mood. She had nightmares when she slept and sometimes cried too when she was awake. I thought that she was only finding it hard to let go of Maiden Su, since Maiden Su was about to marry. I kept on comforting her by saying that the man she was marrying, LianFang-Zun Jin GuangYao, was not only accomplished but also caring and devoted. Maiden Su would lead a very good life. Yet, after Madam heard this, she was even worse.
“When the marriage day approached, one night, Madam suddenly said to me that she was going to see Maiden Su’s future husband, and that she was going right now, wanting me to secretly accompany her. I said, you can ask him to see you. Why would you sneakily go see a young man in the middle of the night? If others heard of this, who knows how the rumors would go. But Madam’s mind was set, so I had to go with her. After we arrived, however, Madam told me to wait outside and not go in, which was why I didn’t hear anything and I don’t know what exactly she said to Jin GuangYao. I only knew that a few days later, when the date of Maiden Su’s marriage was set, Madam fainted as soon as she saw the invitation letter. And after Maiden Su was married, Madam was still extremely depressed. She was sick in her heart, and her sickness worsened by day. Before she passed away, she couldn’t hold it in any longer, and told me everything.”
Bicao said as she cried, “LianFang-Zun Jin GuangYao and our maiden, they never were wife and husband—they were brother and sister…”
“What?!”
There wouldn’t be a shock so great even if thunder exploded in Sword Hall. Qin Su’s pale face emerged before Wei WuXian’s eyes.
Bicao, “My madam really was too unfortunate… Old Sect Leader Jin was a bastard. He lusted after my madam’s looks, and once forced her when he was drunk outside… How could Madam resist? She didn’t dare say anything afterwards either. My master was of utmost loyalty to Jin GuangShan, so she was more than scared. Jin GuangShan might not remember whose daughter Maiden Qin was, but my madam could never forget. She didn’t dare talk to Jin GuangShan, knowing that Maiden Qin was very much in love with Jin GuangYao. After a long struggle, she finally went to find him secretly before the marriage day and told him a few things, begging him to somehow cancel the marriage before things got out of hand. Who knew… Who knew that Jin GuangYao married Maiden Su even though he knew she was his younger sister!”