"The Mandarin Duck Saber is from the Ming Dynasty?" This time, it was Song Qingshu's turn to be shocked. It seemed that the Ming Dynasty in the Golden Book World had a long history. In terms of heritage, even the WuTang Clan could not compare to it. Only Shaolin could compare.
"That's right." Xiao Banhe nodded. "I learned about it by chance. It is said that the Mandarin Duck Saber is the first of the three treasures of the Ming Dynasty. Unfortunately, it is only a legend. No one knows how powerful the Mandarin Duck Saber is."
Song Qingshu was a little moved. One should know that the Sacred Flame Token was a symbol of power. It was also engraved with the profound martial arts of the Persian Ming Dynasty. The Heaven and Earth Great Shift was the treasure of the sect. For hundreds of years, the master of the Ming Dynasty had relied on this martial art to gain a reputation in the martial world. How could the Mandarin Duck Saber be ranked above the two?
"Since it is the treasure of the Ming Dynasty, why don't we just capture a few high-level members of the Ming Dynasty and interrogate them?" Zhao Min, who was standing at the side, asked curiously. Although the people of the Ming Cult were demons who struck terror in the hearts of the people of Jianghu, they were not a threat to her. After all, she had captured those people countless times.
Xiao Banhe shook his head. "According to the results of my investigation, the Ming Dynasty lost the Mandarin Duck Saber a hundred years ago. It is said that the secret of the Mandarin Duck Saber can only be revealed when the two sabers are combined. Therefore, even the people of the Ming Dynasty did not know the secret."
"No matter how powerful you are, you can't defeat time." Icy Snow sighed faintly. Obviously, she was thinking of her late husband.
Song Qingshu held her hand to comfort her. He continued to listen to Xiao Banhe. "I learned this secret by chance decades ago, so I have been looking for the Mandarin Duck Saber. Heaven rewards those who wait. I finally found the whereabouts of the missing Mandarin Duck Saber."
"Oh?" Although he now knew that the Cold Moon Saber was the Mandarin Duck Saber, Song Qingshu was still curious about what happened back then.
Xiao Banhe explained, "The Mandarin Duck Saber passed through many hands and ended up in the hands of Yuan Chonghuan …"
"Yuan Chonghuan?" Song Qingshu subconsciously glanced at Yuan Chengzhi in the distance and asked curiously, "How did it end up in his hands?"
Xiao Banhe shook his head and said, "I am not sure about that. Back then, Yuan Chonghuan was suppressing bandits everywhere. Furthermore, he held a high position and authority. He had many chances to obtain this saber."
"And then?" Song Qingshu thought about it and agreed. The Mandarin Duck Saber might have fallen into the hands of some rich family, and then it was robbed by bandits. Finally, it was destroyed by Yuan Chonghuan, so it was not strange for it to fall into his hands.
"Yuan Chonghuan obviously didn't know that it was the Mandarin Duck Saber. I hurriedly rushed over and wanted to get my hands on it. Unfortunately, when I arrived in Beijing, I happened to see Yuan Chonghuan being executed by a thousand cuts." Speaking of this past, Xiao Banhe also sighed. "Although I didn't have any friendship with Yuan Chonghuan, I admired him as a hero. Unfortunately, I couldn't save him. The only thing I could do was save his orphan and not let him die."
"Of course," Xiao Banhe laughed self-deprecatingly. "I also thought that his son might know where the Mandarin Duck Saber was."
"Unfortunately, Yuan Chengzhi was still young at that time and knew nothing about it." Xiao Banhe sighed. "Left with no choice, I fled with Yuan Chengzhi. When I passed by Mount Hua, I handed him over to the famous' Divine Sword Immortal Ape 'Mu Renqing to raise. Mu Renqing remembered my loyalty and specially passed the Art of the Primordial Chaos to me."
Song Qingshu's eyes moved. He had always been curious about how Xiao Banhe knew the Art of the Primordial Chaos of the Mount Hua Sect. Only now did he know the cause and effect.
"After leaving Mount Hua, I returned to Beijing and found out that Yuan Chonghuan's house had been confiscated. The Mandarin Duck Saber had also fallen into the palace treasury. I wanted to enter the palace to steal it, but I ended up running into a terrifying old eunuch …" Xiao Banhe still felt some lingering fear when he spoke of the past. "That eunuch's martial arts were so high that I've never seen anything like it in my life. Fortunately, he didn't seem to have any interest in leaving the inner palace, so I barely managed to escape with my life."
Song Qingshu immediately understood that Xiao Banhe had most likely run into Patriarch Sunflower. That fellow always hid in the palace and used the Qi of the Emperor to cultivate. Naturally, he couldn't be bothered to move much. Song Qingshu wondered how Patriarch Sunflower was doing in the Manqing Dragon Vein on Mount Deer Cauldron. His cultivation must be even more terrifying now.
Thinking of this, Song Qingshu couldn't help but feel a little gloomy. Ever since he achieved great success in his martial arts, he was even confident in facing off against the Sweeper Monk and Huang Chang. However, he wasn't confident in facing Patriarch Sunflower. After all, his cultivation method of absorbing the Qi of the True Dragon was too strange, even somewhat beyond the scope of martial arts.
Fortunately, he didn't have to consider Patriarch Sunflower's threat for the time being. Song Qingshu continued listening to Xiao Banhe. "After escaping from the palace, I originally didn't dare to have any ideas about the Mandarin Duck Saber. However, not long after, the Roaming King invaded Beijing. The Ming Dynasty fell, and the Mandarin Duck Saber fell into the hands of the Roaming King. Li Chuang bestowed it to the head of his four imperial bodyguards — Flying Fox."
"Ah!" Icy Snow cried out in surprise. Flying Fox was her father-in-law. At this moment, she finally understood why the Cold Moon Saber was called the Mandarin Duck Saber.
"I secretly went to look for Flying Fox in an attempt to steal the saber," Xiao Banhe continued. "Unfortunately, Flying Fox's saber technique was exceptionally brilliant. On top of that, he was the head of the Roaming King's imperial bodyguards and had many helpers by his side. I wasn't a match for him, so I had no choice but to give up. I planned to cultivate the Art of the Immemorial before going to look for him."
"Who knew that after I cultivated the Art of the Immemorial, I would discover that the Roaming King, who had a great reputation, had been eliminated by the Manchurian Qing, and Flying Fox was nowhere to be found. I searched for a long time, but to no avail. I had no choice but to give up." Xiao Banhe sighed. Clearly, he was still brooding over this. He pointed at Icy Snow and said, "Not long ago, I received news by chance that the saber in her hand was the Mandarin Duck Saber that Flying Fox used to possess. That was why I tried to steal it. Unfortunately, I failed at the last moment."
Song Qingshu frowned. Previously, he thought that it was only the Cold Moon Saber, so he didn't pay much attention to it. Now that he found out that it was the Mandarin Duck Saber, it shouldn't be a coincidence that it disappeared from the prison's storeroom.
"What happened to the other Mandarin Duck Saber?" Zhao Min suddenly asked.
Xiao Banhe glanced at Song Qingshu. Seeing that Song Qingshu didn't try to avoid suspicion, he said, "The Mandarin Duck Saber has been kept in the hands of the Ming Dynasty. Unfortunately, the people of the Ming Dynasty didn't know its secret. Gradually, the Mandarin Duck Saber turned from a sacred object to an ordinary saber."
"Even so, the Ming Dynasty was full of experts. I couldn't steal the saber. Later, Fang La rebelled. The Song court sent Huang Chang to lead an army to annihilate him. After Fang La died, the Mandarin Duck Saber fell into the hands of Prime Minister Zhong. Prime Minister Zhong led the remnants of the Ming Dynasty to flee to the west to the Dongting Lake, where they gradually gained a foothold. Prime Minister Zhong was eager to take revenge. When he practiced the Heaven and Earth Great Shift, he went mad and was killed by the Song general, Kong Yanzhou. The Mandarin Duck Saber fell into the hands of the next cult leader, Yang Yao. Yang Yao was much more powerful than Prime Minister Zhong. Under his management, the Ming Dynasty gradually regained its former glory. Unfortunately, they soon met the God of War, Yue Fei. "
Xiao Banhe's tone was full of sorrow. Obviously, he admired Yang Yao very much. "I knew that Yang Yao would lose, so I hurried to the South to see if I could take advantage of the chaos to get the Mandarin Duck Saber. Unfortunately, Yue Fei was too powerful. In a short time, he collapsed the huge Ming Dynasty. When I arrived, I only had time to save Yang Yao's pregnant wife. Unfortunately, Madam Yang didn't know about the Mandarin Duck Saber.
I guessed that it had fallen into Yue Fei's hands. "" Although Yue Fei's power shook the world, I couldn't resist the temptation of the Mandarin Duck Saber. I still tried to snatch the saber from him. Who knew that he had a mysterious white-clothed woman by his side. "Xiao Banhe was filled with emotion." That woman was simply the most beautiful woman in the world. She was more beautiful than any woman I have seen in my life. However, I never expected that such a delicate and weak beauty was actually a top martial arts expert. I was not her match and could only escape with injuries. However, that woman's Qing Gong was really too high. She quickly caught up with me. Originally, when I thought that I was going to die, she saw Madam Yang by my side and thought that she was my wife.
Seeing that she was pregnant, her heart was moved and she let us go. "Song Qingshu's heart moved. Listening to his description and connecting it to the information he had previously obtained, the white-clothed woman he spoke of was most likely Xiao Long Nu's mother, Li Cang Hai. She was Li Qiushui's younger sister and was proficient in the martial arts of the Xiao Yao Sect. Xiao Banhe was naturally not her match.
"Because of Madam Yang, she saved my life. In addition, I saw that she was alone and had no one to rely on. I couldn't bear to leave her alone, so I saved her and brought her back to Liao." Xiao Banhe continued.
Song Qingshu had a strange expression on his face. Looking at his expression, he had most likely taken Madam Yang into his room. Not only was she a wife, but she was also a pregnant woman. His taste was even heavier than mine …
"What about Yang Yao's posthumous child?" Zhao Min acutely grasped the key point.
Xiao Banhe subconsciously glanced at Xiao Zhonghui and sighed faintly, "Madam Yang didn't want her to participate in the Jianghu's vendetta anymore, so she didn't tell her about her background. From the moment she was born, I raised her as my own daughter and named her Zhonghui."
(Note: In the original novel, the Mandarin Duck Saber was killed by the Emperor in the hands of a hero surnamed Yuan and a hero surnamed Yang. Yuan Guannan and Xiao Zhonghui were the children of the two heroes. In the original novel, it was mentioned that Xiao Zhonghui's father was the Sanxiang Swordsman, Yang Bochong. The one with the surname Yuan didn't seem to have a name. In this novel, appropriate changes were made to integrate the plots of the various books.)
"I didn't expect there to be such a secret." Song Qingshu thought to himself that this was even more melodramatic than the eight o 'clock dramas in his previous life. Yuan Chengzhi and Xiao Zhonghui could be considered to be fated. Both of them were saved by Xiao Banhe when they were young.
"Strange, then why doesn't he know Yuan Chengzhi?" Song Qingshu's suspicions grew, but he soon understood. After all, Xiao Banhe had only seen Yuan Chengzhi when he was young. Later on, he sent Yuan Chengzhi to the Mount Hua Sect. How could he recognize Yuan Chengzhi when he was older?
"Who got the Mandarin Duck Saber in the end?" Zhao Min had no time to care about their love and hate. She was more concerned about the mysterious Mandarin Duck Saber. "Could it have fallen into the hands of Qin Hui?" After all, Yue Fei's death at the Pavilion of Disturbance was orchestrated by Qin Hui and Moqi Xing.
"I don't know," Xiao Banhe shook his head. "From then on, the Mandarin Duck Saber disappeared for nearly twenty years. It was only recently that there was news of it again. It seems that it fell into the hands of the Shanyin Shen family by chance. The Shanyin family named it the Deer-Cutting Saber. They wanted their daughter to bring the Deer-Cutting Saber to the Crown Prince. Who knew that on the way there, they would be robbed and killed. All the guards were killed.
"Huh?" Song QingShu immediately reacted. Wasn't Shen Bijun kidnapped by Xiao Shiyi Lang? Xiao Shiyi Lang was also Yelu Yixin's subordinate, so the Deer Cutter was most likely in his hands. Thinking back to the conversation he had eavesdropped on Xiao Shiyi Lang and his son-in-law, Xiao Xiamu, it seemed that he was the root cause of the turmoil in Shangjing. Could it be that he had some sort of relationship with Murong Jingyue?
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