Chapter 149 (2/2)

Ye QingChen beamed, ”When observing palmistry, the left is for males, and the right for females. I’m sure Family Head knows that the word ‘every’ is made up of the words ‘people’ and ‘mother’ [1]. Thus, it can be read as mother with people, doesn’t that mean that she’s expecting? Thus, I believe that you must have taken in a new concubine recently, and even at your age, your vitality is still as strong as ever. Hence, she’s already expecting. Many congratulations to you!”

Old Madam Ling began to muse, ”Seems like this old man Yang took in his thirteenth concubine just last month…”

Standing by the side, Ling Tian remarked in a voice that was not loud, but not soft enough such that the surroundings could not hear, ”This old fogey, to think he has so much energy to keep doing it. Not only did he not die while in bed, he even got someone pregnant, how capable! I’m thoroughly impressed!”

While the Yang family members glared at Ling Tian, Old Madam Ling gave Ling Tian a light smack, nagging, ”What kind of nonsense is coming out from your mouth, rascal! Even b.u.t.ting your heads in your elders’ affairs! If he’s capable, that’s his problem, why do you have to care?” In which way did this sound like a lecture??!

A look of shock flittered past Yang KongQun’s face. If someone had told him that he had taken in a concubine, that was not surprising since this was something most people already knew. However, the news that his concubine was expecting was only pa.s.sed to him yesterday, with n.o.body from the Yang residence even knowing of it at the moment. Did this person really have the ability to read palms!

Yang KongQun’s tone now carried a few more hints of respect as he said, ”It seems like this Yang had judged you wrongly! Will this Sir help me to calculate once more!”

Ye QingChen smiled in response, ”What difficulty is there? Family Head Yang, please put down another word!”

Yang KongQun’s brain clicked and he wrote down the same word, ‘every’.

Ling Tian opened his mouth at this time. ”Don’t tell me… the old man still has another concubine that’s expecting? He has too much energy!”

However, the face of Ye QingChen did not change, repeating the same sentence, ”Will Family Head Yang please stretch out your hand for an examination, so I can confirm the meaning of your word!”

This time, Yang KongQun extended his left hand slyly and Ye QingChen stared hard for a few seconds before speaking, ”Just now, when Family Head Yang had written the word ‘every’, your word was neat but it showed your unsettled heart. Furthermore, you put out your right hand. Thus, it can be deciphered as a mother with people, which meant the good tidings of a newborn. However, this time, when you wrote down the same word, you were self-reflecting. Thus, your word subconsciously looked more like the word ‘悔’, ‘regret’! This word bears the extraordinary aura of a dragon yearning for the sky. It seems like you have an ambition to become a dragon amongst men! However, based on the Book of Changes, at the extreme end of the eight trigrams, the ‘Nine Nine’ sequence [2], the haughty dragon regrets. Because it wanted to prove its masculinity, it did not know when to curb itself and could only end up bleeding and injured…”

Ye QingChen’s words stabbed into the root of Yang KongQun’s heart and his expression grew nasty as he hollered, ”Bunch of bulls.h.i.+t! You’re definitely the true murderer, men, take him down! Living or dead, it does not matter!”

At this point, a light reproach was heard, ”Halt! To think you dare be so unbridled in front of the Ling residence!” As Old Madam Ling hobbled forth slowly, she exuded a frigid aura.

The Heavenly Blade Troops, which were poised to rush in, could only halt and stare at each other as Old Madam Ling barred their way forth!

Ling Tian secretly shook his head at the sight. Be it cavalry, tactics or sword skills, they were all considered perfect! Their battle strength was frightening and not at a disadvantage when facing his own private troops! While they could be monsters on the battlefield, in the capital, their arms and legs were all tied up. If this was Ling Tian’s personal troops, they would crush whoever was in front, be it man or buddha! It was kill or be killed for them! By lacking such determination in their mentalities, Ling Tian only felt utter contempt.

”Old Madam, please slow down, Yang KongQun will not do anything to me!” Ye Qingchen retained that easy smile on his face as he stepped forward.

”I don’t dare to do anything to you? This old man has received the Imperial Decree, to apprehend the murderer. With your extraordinary martial arts, coupled with your pretentious tales, why would this old man not dare to take you down? Hahaha…” Yang KongQun’s expression grew ruthless. However, his face leaked a hint of his fear. He suddenly raised his right hand, and dropped it as he ordered, ”Kill!”

The troops that were on the verge of snapping responded with a ‘qiang!’ sound, as all their blades were drawn out at the same moment, rus.h.i.+ng forward like the waves of an ocean!

Ye QingChen’s eyes burned as he stared at Yang KongQun. His eyes filled with pity as he put his hands behind his back, and uttered leisurely, ”The High Heavens have no Beyond, the Great Mountains countless kilometres!”

[1]: The word ‘every’ is written as 每, where the top part can be tweaked to be ‘人’, meaning people; and ‘母’ meaning mother.

[2]: This is based off the Book of Changes and BaGua, the eight trigrams. /wiki/I_Ching

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