Liu Ye'er was also practicing the art of threading beans with meat, slicing the pork into extremely fine threads. He discovered two methods to accomplish this feat. The first was to flick the meat threads rapidly, sending them flying like arrows into the center of the bean sprouts. This required high speed and precision, and the slightest carelessness could result in self-injury. Liu Ye'er gradually mastered some of the technique, though his accuracy was still insufficient. If perfected, he could become a master of hidden weapons, capable of turning anything into a projectile. The second method involved channeling internal energy into the meat threads, transforming them into needles as sharp as steel to pierce directly into the bean sprouts. This approach required neither speed nor precision, but its demands on internal energy were extremely high—something only a master like Han Yuling could pull off.
After entering the Capital, Li Sheng did not rush to find his mother; instead, he had Han Yuling investigate in secret. He understood that his mother's departure from the Capital would eventually be discovered, at which point—whether he handed her over or refused—trouble would follow. He knew deeply that this matter was of grave importance; the slightest misstep would provoke a punitive expedition from the imperial court and plunge the Xiangfan region into eternal turmoil.
After careful deliberation, he devised a plan: find a deceased elderly woman to impersonate his mother. I…
Chapter 84