Song Qingshu actually had an even simpler way to interrogate Li Qingluo, which was to use the Soul Shifting Technique. He was sure Li Qingluo would tell him everything she knew. The main reason why he had gone to so much trouble, using various methods of coercion and temptation, was because he did not want to expose his trump card.
After all, as the White Lotus Mother, Li Qingluo's knowledge was incomparable to regular people. It would be very difficult to fool her after he used the Soul Shifting Technique on her, and Song Qingshu was not the kind of person who would ruthlessly destroy a beauty. He would not do something like silence her.
Coupled with the fact that Song Qingshu had watched many movies and dramas about special abilities in his past life, he knew that even special abilities that could directly read minds had corresponding methods of nullifying them. If everyone found out that he knew the Soul Shifting Technique, they would be prepared, and the effects of the Soul Shifting Technique would probably decrease drastically.
Just like how water could carry a boat, it could also capsize it. Song Qingshu was worried about relying too much on the Soul Shifting Technique, which would lead to him falling for it in the future. As a result, unless he had no other choice, Song Qingshu would never use it.
However, he had never expected Li Qingluo to tell him something so shocking. He almost could not help but use the Soul Shifting Technique to verify the truth.
"Yue Fei is your uncle?" Song Qingshu's expression was extremely strange. In his past life, Yue Fei could be described as a great hero that everyone revered. He felt so unreachable and sacred. Now that he learned that he was Li Qingluo's uncle, he immediately felt like he had become a little more worldly. Song Qingshu had become much closer to him.
Li Qingluo nodded, and a sliver of reminiscence appeared on her face. "That's right. When the Jins invaded south, uncle joined the army resolutely. Who knew that before long, his hometown would be occupied by the Jins. In the face of danger, uncle's first wife, the Liu matriarch, abandoned her mother-in-law and young son, remarrying twice before marrying an officer under Han Shizhong's command in the end.
"This matter broke my uncle's heart. Later, he stayed away from women and refused countless princes and ministers in the court to be his matchmaker. Until he was sent by the court to quell the rebellion of Prime Minister Yang Yaozhong in Dongting Lake, he met my aunt."
"Prime Minister Zhong couldn't defeat my uncle on the battlefield, so he resorted to assassination. Prime Minister Zhong was the Cult Leader of the Ming Dynasty in Jiangnan. His Kung Fu was top-notch and he had many capable people under him. Once my uncle's life was hanging by a thread, my aunt happened to be living in seclusion nearby. When she passed by, she saved him and brought him home to treat his wounds. After a long time, they fell in love and my aunt married him …"
"Love develops over time?" Song Qingshu's expression suddenly became strange.
"What?" Li Qingluo looked at him strangely.
"It's nothing," Song Qingshu smiled sheepishly. It was all the fault of those old drivers in his previous life. They made it impossible for him to look straight at many normal words. Things like dealing with thousands of affairs every day, penetrating every nook and cranny, arguing with scholars …
He hurriedly threw those disrespectful thoughts out of his mind, "As far as I know, Yue Fei's wife was Li Wa. Is she your aunt?"
"Yes, Li Wa is only my aunt's alias. My aunt's real name is Li Cang Hai." At the mention of her aunt, Li Qingluo's eyes flashed with deep reverence and respect.
"Li Cang Hai!" Song Qingshu exclaimed. Many of his previous doubts were suddenly cleared up.
Li Cang Hai could be considered one of the most mysterious women in the Golden Book. She was only mentioned once in the book "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils" when recalling the past of Wu Ya Zi and Li Qiushui. After that, her whereabouts were never mentioned again.
Everyone only knew that she was Li Qiushui's younger sister. At a young age, Wu Ya Zi was infatuated with her. The jade statue that Wu Ya Zi carved in the Infinite Jade Cave was based on her. She was the goddess that Duan Yu later mentioned.
As for Li Cang Hai's final whereabouts, there were many speculations on the internet. For example, some people thought that she had married into the Murong family, and some even thought that she was the Sweeping Monk. Song Qingshu would never have thought that she had married Yue Fei!
Song Qingshu suddenly realized a key problem, "That's not right, the ages don't match." Li Qiushui should be at least eighty or ninety years old. Li Cang Hai was her younger sister, so she would not be that young. When Yue Fei was killed, he was only in his thirties. Even if he had lived until now, he would only be in his sixties.
"My aunt is older than my uncle. What's so strange about that?" Li Qingluo snorted, clearly dissatisfied.
"So it's a brother-sister relationship. Old Yue sure is trendy." Song Qingshu had a strange expression on his face.
As if his expression had hit her sore spot, Li Qingluo said angrily, "My aunt has the beauty of a celestial being, and she has cultivated a divine skill. Her beauty has remained the same for decades. So what if she is older by a few years? In this world, there are only men who are not worthy of her. There is no man who is not worthy of her! "
Song Qingshu looked at her in surprise, "You seem to be very worried about your aunt."
Li Qingluo's expression changed slightly. After a moment of silence, she said, "Back then, my father suddenly disappeared, and my mother …"
She wanted to say something but stopped. In the end, she skipped this part and continued, "At that time, I was only in my teens. I had no one to rely on, so I wandered to Jiangnan. If I hadn't met my aunt by chance, who knows where I would have been sold by human traffickers. Not only did my aunt take me in, but she also arranged an excellent marriage for me. The other party was the Wang family of Lin Chuan in the Southern Song Dynasty … "
"Wang family of Lin Chuan?" Song Qingshu's expression changed. "The descendants of the Wang Anshi family?"
"Yes." Li Qingluo nodded. "After the Jingkang rebellion, the Jin Kingdom invaded the south, and the Wang family moved from Lin Chuan to Gusu."
"I didn't know that Wang Yuyan's family was so powerful." Song Qingshu secretly clicked his tongue. Among the most prominent families of the Song Dynasty, the Zhending Han family that Han Xuan Zhou belonged to was considered the most prominent family of the Song Dynasty. The Wang family of Lin Chuan could be roughly ranked sixth. The power of the Wang family was evident.
"Your aunt's martial arts are so high. Why did she allow Yue Fei to be wrongly killed in prison?" Song Qingshu suddenly became puzzled again.
"You also think that my uncle was wrongly accused?" Li Qingluo's gaze toward him suddenly became much gentler.
Song Qingshu subconsciously answered, "Yue Fei's murder was like snow in June, a great injustice. If this is not injustice, then there is no such thing as injustice in the world."
As a transmigrator, he naturally had an objective judgment of Yue Fei. He didn't realize that in this world, although many people felt that Yue Fei was wrongly accused, the court did not vindicate him. This caused more people who didn't know the truth to think that Yue Fei really had the intention to rebel. Therefore, his casual words won Li Qingluo's favor.
"Thank you." Li Qingluo sighed faintly. "If uncle and aunt knew about this in the underworld, they would probably feel slightly gratified."
"Your aunt is dead?" Song Qingshu was shocked.
"Didn't you just ask why my aunt, with her high martial arts skills, would allow uncle to be wrongly killed?" Li Qingluo bit her lip and said hatefully, "It's all fate's fault. If it was any other day, aunt would naturally not be afraid. At worst, she would just break into prison and escape with uncle. But coincidentally, aunt was pregnant at that time and was about to give birth. In addition, Qin Hui and his group of villains acted too quickly, so aunt couldn't save him in time."
"In the face of fate, human strength is indeed too insignificant." Song QingShu sighed with deep sympathy. It must be known that with his current martial arts cultivation, he could remain calm and unruffled no matter what he encountered. However, the higher his martial arts cultivation, the more he could faintly feel the shackles of fate. Often, he would feel a sense of helplessness.
"What's even more hateful is that after Qin Hui and his group killed Yue Fei and his ex-wife's son, Yue Yun, they sent a large number of assassins to kill aunt and Yue Fei's posthumous child. Coincidentally, aunt gave birth to a baby girl that day, and her vitality was greatly damaged. She was no match for the assassins, so she could only forcibly support her weak body after giving birth and desperately carry her daughter out of the city. After that, there was no news of her." Li Qingluo spoke of the sad part, and tears flowed uncontrollably.
Song Qingshu extended a finger and gently wiped away her tears. "You don't have to be too pessimistic. Sometimes, no news is the best news. Your aunt's martial arts are so great. Perhaps she's already escaped."
Li Qingluo shook her head. "I obviously wouldn't be worried if it were any other day, but when she gave birth that day, assassins rushed into the estate … According to reliable sources, aunt was already at the end of her rope when she escaped from the city. She only managed to hold on bitterly with a single strand of will."
Song Qingshu did not ask how she knew about this. With her identity as the White Lotus Mother, investigating something like this should not have been difficult after so many years.
Li Qingluo bit her lip and said, "Originally, I had no interest in practising martial arts, but when that happened, I discovered how powerless I was. As a result, from the day aunt was killed, I made up my mind to practise martial arts. As a result, I returned to the Immeasurable Mountains in Dali from Jiangnan and moved all the martial arts manuals my parents had left behind back to the Mantuo villa."
Song Qingshu's expression suddenly became strange. He had seen the latter part of this in the original work of the demi-gods and semi-devils, so he thought about it. He could not help but ask, "Did you run into your nemesis, Duan Zhengchun, in Dali?"
"You know about this as well?" Li Qingluo furrowed her brows, but she snorted very soon. "Who does Duan Zhengchun think he is? Why would I be interested in him? It's just that after Qin Hui and his party killed uncle's family, they began to monitor the movements of those who had always been on good terms with uncle. With my relationship with uncle and aunt, I was obviously a key target of surveillance. My death was not to be regretted, but I was worried that no one would avenge uncle and aunt after I died. That playboy Duan Zhengchun just happened to come over, so I went with the flow and pretended to fall in love with him.
"When Qin Hui and his party saw that my uncle and aunt had died, I actually fell in love with a man without a care in the world. Moreover, I was still engaged to the Wang family at the time. When they saw me do something so shameless, they immediately lowered their guard against me, which was why I was able to survive the disaster safely.
"Afterwards, I secretly practised martial arts. Although I had already passed the optimal age for practising martial arts, the martial arts of the Free and Unfettered sect placed the most importance on comprehension. Age was actually secondary. Fortunately, my talent in martial arts was still passable. With the help of the Northern Underworld Divine Arts, in just a few short decades, my martial arts had already become more powerful than most people in the jianghu. Afterwards, I coincidentally became the White Lotus cult's Mother … "
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