Chapter 336

At first, Lingyi was not called Lingyi, but Yuanyu.

At that time, Lingyi was the second in command of the famous assassin organization Shitianmen in the Jianghu, and the first in command was her adoptive father.

Lingyi was an orphan, and was later adopted by her adoptive father, so she had a family.

Unfortunately, God never favors poor people. When she was sixteen years old, Lingyi went out with a dozen younger brothers, and when she came back, she saw blood all over the yard.

Her adoptive father who loved and spoiled her was beheaded, and his head was finally found in the dry well in the backyard; her uncle who liked to call her Xiaojiaojiao was shot into a hedgehog by an arrow, and all his seven orifices were pierced with broken tiles; her third uncle who would bring her candied haws every time he went out was chopped into a human pig...

The former home has now become a purgatory.

Ling Yi felt as if her heart was being torn into pieces by a living person, and the pain almost suffocated her, but she still endured it and put together and buried the bodies of her former relatives, and then took the surviving brothers away from here.

Before leaving, Ling Yi burned down the Killing Heaven Sect, unwilling to let anyone defile this piece of pure land again.

Although the Killing Heaven Sect where Ling Yi was located was a killer organization, it only killed people who were extremely treacherous and evil. When going out on missions, if they met poor people, they would take the initiative to give them some food and silver.

So although the Killing Heaven Sect killed people and robbed money, they were actually penniless, and even their residence was a mountain village "inherited" after the bandits were wiped out.

Because of their strange behavior, the Killing Heaven Sect became a clear stream in the killer organization.

After leaving the Killing Heaven Sect, Ling Yi wandered for a while with a group of brothers, while making a living, secretly investigating the identity of the person who attacked the Killing Heaven Sect.

Hard work pays off. One month later, Ling Yi finally found out who did it. As expected, it was another assassin organization that had long been at odds with the Killing Heaven Sect.

Using the remaining silver on her body to feed her younger brothers a full meal, Ling Yi led a group of younger brothers to kill the enemy's territory.

Under the careful education of her uncles, Ling Yi not only grew up to be beautiful and generous, but also learned the skills of her uncles. At the age of fourteen, she made a name for herself in the world as a "deadly beauty".

After a day and a night of desperate fighting, Ling Yi was seriously injured and dying, in exchange for no one of her enemies to survive, and only three of the dozen younger brothers she brought with her were left.

In the last moment of coma, Ling Yi smiled and looked up at the sky: Daddy, uncle, third uncle... Yu'er has avenged you.

When Ling Yi woke up again, it was already ten days later.

The serious injuries on her body made even the knowledgeable doctors dumbfounded.

Eight of her ten fingers were broken, her arms were broken, her legs were shattered... It can be said that there was no good place on her body except for her face.

Lingyi didn't care at all. It was enough to be alive.

Relying on the silver from her enemies, Lingyi and her group lived a stable life for two years. During this period, Lingyi's body gradually recovered.

On the day when she could walk smoothly, Lingyi solemnly said to her three younger brothers and the little girl she picked up: "In the future, I will let you live a normal life."

No fighting, enough food and clothing, and... a home.

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Once, when Lingyi went out to burn incense for her relatives, she accidentally saved Shen Qing who was being chased by bandits.

After being rescued, Shen Qing asked Lingyi what she wanted.

Adhering to the idea that it is better to catch people to fish than to catch fish, Lingyi asked Shen Qing for a shop.

Seeing that Lingyi was extraordinary and knowing that Lingyi had a few younger brothers to support, Shen Qing did not hesitate to extend an olive branch.

After hearing Shen Qing say that he had several shops in Shengjing and was worried about no one to take care of them, Lingyi was immediately tempted. In addition, she didn't want to stay in this sentimental place any longer, so she readily accepted Shen Qing's proposal.

The two agreed that Lingyi was Shen Qing's subordinate on the surface, but in fact, Lingyi had her own decision-making power. If she wanted to leave one day, Shen Qing couldn't stop her.

Because Shen Qing was going to Yuncheng, he gave Lingyi a jade pendant and 500 taels of silver and let her go to Shengjing by herself.

Surprised at Shen Qing's open-mindedness and his trust, Lingyi clasped her fists to Shen Qing before turning around and leaving.

After returning, Lingyi took her three younger brothers and the little girl on the road to Shengjing.

Shen Qing's jade pendant was more useful than Lingyi had imagined. She didn't need to say anything more. The manager in the shop arranged everything for her.

When the steward asked about Lingyi's name, Lingyi named herself Lingyi based on the name of Chanyi, a maid next to Shen Qing.

As for Yuanyu...she died with Shen Qing when the Shitian Sect was destroyed.

In addition to herself, Lingyi also gave new names to her three younger brothers and little maids, Chongyang, Chongming, Chonghui and Chongling.

Chong means to start over, and the following characters are the best wishes for them.

Although Lingyi did not learn how to do business, she was really smart. The steward only taught her briefly, and Lingyi learned it quickly. Although Chongling was a little worse than Lingyi, the little girl was flexible in her actions, just like the name Lingyi gave her.

As for the other three, they didn't understand too much, but there was plenty of time to learn slowly.

Shen Qing had a total of five shops, all in excellent locations. The business was already very good, and with Lingyi's management, the business was getting more and more prosperous.

Because she had been short of money for more than ten years, Lingyi was very keen on making money. Shen Qing gave her a fixed monthly salary of 50 taels, plus a 1% commission on the profit. So the more she earned, the more Lingyi would get.

In just half a year, Lingyi earned 30,000 taels of silver from five shops, and Lingyi also got a commission of 300 taels, plus the 300 taels of monthly salary, which was 600 taels.

At this rate, she would soon be able to buy a house in Shengjing by herself.

However, at the end of the year, Lingyi heard the news that Shen Qing's mother was seriously ill. Lingyi, who had lost all her relatives, could understand Shen Qing's feelings, so she went to Yining Marquis's Mansion uninvited and comforted Shen Qing.

The little girl cried in her arms, and Lingyi felt that her heart was aching. Lingyi, who had thought about leaving in a few years, softened slightly. In fact, it was not bad to accompany Shen Qing in Shengjing all the time.

In fact, Shen Qing was only two years older than Chong Ling, so Ling Yi completely treated her as a younger sister.

Since then, Ling Yi has visited Shen Qing at Yangling Marquis Mansion every half a month, but the smile on the little girl's face has become less and less.

In the second year after Ling Yi came to Shengjing, Shen Qing's mother passed away, and Shen Qing also followed her mother's dying wishes and married to Yangling Marquis Mansion.

Ling Yi knew that Shen Qing did not like Mu Ziqian, but Shen Qing had no choice, she could not refuse her mother's last wish.

Ling Yi suddenly felt that being born in a royal family was not so good, at least, even her own marriage could not be decided by herself.

After Shen Qing got married, the other thirty shops under Yun Yuan's name became Shen Qing's dowry, so Ling Yi's workload suddenly increased, but she heard that Shen Qing was living well in Yangling Marquis Mansion, so Ling Yi was relieved.

This kind of life lasted for another half a year, but in early September of the same year, a small change occurred.