Chapter 118: Twists and Turns
Of course, Xiao Meng didn't expect Xiao Mu to treat him like this in front of everyone.
Wei Xuan, who wanted to be a good peacemaker, didn't expect Xiao Mu to make such a drastic move.
As for the three people in the Tianque Realm headed by Mr. Zuo, they also did not expect that the people of the Xiao family had the courage to make a stumbling block in matters related to the Tianque Realm.
And Wei Lai, who was more like a bystander on the side, didn't expect Xiao Mu's behavior, but compared to Xiao Mu's approach, what Wei Lai didn't expect was the so-called confession handed over by Xiao Meng - when Xiao Mu looked down at the letter full of Hu Le's confession, Wei Lai, who was standing beside Xiao Mu, also happened to browse the content on the letter paper with the corner of his eye.
Before that, Wei Lai had expected that Xiao Meng led the Zixiao Army to kidnap Hu Le, and it was very likely that the real purpose was to come at him. It's just that what he didn't expect was that the method used by the Tianque Realm, which was the first Divine Sect in the northern realm, was so inferior, that it was almost to the point where it was no different from the next three indiscriminate moves when the gangsters in the market were fighting with each other.
The content of the confession seems cumbersome, but in the final analysis, there is only one meaning, that is, Hu Le was instructed by him Wei Lai, and went to the White Crane Inn the day before yesterday under the pretext of looking for people, approached Song Douyuan's side, stole the document on Song Douyuan's body that recorded the cultivation method of the Great Sin Realm, and sent it to Wei Lai. In all fairness, even after a brief glance, Wei Lai could easily point out at least four or more inappropriateness or things that needed to be scrutinized from this so-called testimony. And if you look closely, it is estimated that this number will have to be at least doubled upwards. But the more flawed this confession seems, the more it can explain in a sense the determination of these big people in the Tianque realm to put him to death.
Wei Lai was secretly thinking in his heart on this side, but on the other side, the door of the White Crane Inn fell into a short dead silence because of Xiao Mu's bold actions.
This kind of dead silence lasted until more than ten breaths later, and the Mr. Zuo broke this dead silence, the old man lowered his voice, and at the same time suppressed the anger surging in his heart, stared at Xiao Mu and asked, "Is it a little inappropriate for Xiao Xian's nephew to do this?"
Zuo Ming, who has always believed in the superiority of the Tianque Realm, all the creatures in this world, except for the vast territory of Da Chu, the rest from the imperial power to the sect, all need to bow their heads when facing the Tianque Realm, this is almost a recognized thing in the entire northern realm, and once such a thing has been experienced a lot, after a long time, in Zuo Ming's heart, it is inevitable to regard it as the truth and regard it as a matter of course.
Before that, he had told the process and cause of the incident in a clear enough way to this descendant whom he still admired, and the other party should also accept his affection for not pursuing him rashly, but excusing him. As a superior person, occasionally spreading some kindness to the lower person, most of the time, it will not reduce his majesty in the other party's heart, but will make the other party more and more convinced. In the previous years, Zuo Ming used this method repeatedly and tried again.
But on the contrary, this young man named Xiao Mu had to do something different, Rao Yi Zuo Ming thought that he was quite good, and he couldn't help but be secretly angry at the moment, but he still remembered the purpose of this trip to Ningzhou, and even remembered what he was going to do now. Therefore, he suppressed the unhappiness in his heart, and just asked the question in a low voice.
Xiao Mu's face was as usual, he turned his head to look at Zuo Ming and asked: "In ancient times, it was said that the eldest brother was the father, and I trained the son on behalf of the father, why did the gentleman think there was something wrong?"
When he said this, the expression on his face was calm, and the tone of his mouth was neither humble nor arrogant, neither aggressive nor groveling. This kind of bearing is also the main reason why Zuo Ming had a good eye on Xiao Muqing before, but the temperament that he saw in his eyes before and was secretly happy made Zuo Ming's heart swell with anger at this moment.
"You want to reason with me?" Zuo Ming narrowed his eyes and asked in a low voice.
Xiao Mu shook his head and said respectfully: "The juniors don't dare. ”
"Don't dare?" Zuo Ming snorted coldly, his eyes turned, and fell straight on Wei Lai behind Xiao Mu: "Since you don't dare, then take your people away, and I will punish this villain who stole my Heavenly Que Realm!"
"Mr. wants to punish who is the gentleman's business, but the younger generation wants to ...... today" Speaking of this, Xiao Mu paused, his feet stomped on the ground at that time, his eyes passed over Xiao Meng, who had lowered his head in front of him, and looked at the group of strong men behind Xiao Meng who were holding Hu Le's body. Xiao Mu snorted coldly, and then said, "Clean up the portal for my Zixiao Army." ”
Those strong men stiffened when they felt Xiao Mu's gaze, and as Xiao Mu said this, the group of people were sweating profusely, their feet trembled, and they could barely stand up. After a few breaths, with a muffled thud, the strong men knelt down to the ground one by one.
And Hu Le, who was held by them, lost the support of others, and his body was about to fall to the ground as soon as he was crooked, Wei Lai caught a glimpse of this scene, his eyes were condensed, and his body jumped out violently, and he came to Hu Le's body in an instant, and reached out to hold his fallen body. And from the moment Song Douyuan caught a glimpse of Wei Lai, his eyes fell on Wei Lai's body, seeing that Wei Lai was about to come to the rescue, his eyes were condensed, and he also bullied himself at that time, and stretched out a hand to stop Wei Lai.
Wei Lai's footsteps didn't stop, a cold light flashed in his eyes, and a divine gate suddenly lit up on his chest, and between the golden light and the blood light, a dark green figure roared out from the staggered light. rushed straight towards Song Douyuan, who was blocking in front of Wei Lai, and that thing was the evil spirit that had been refined by Wei Lai......
Seeing that the evil spirit that he had worked so hard to refine in the Dang Min Yuan of the Heavenly Que Realm was driven by Wei Lai at this moment, facing him, the master, Song Douyuan could be said to be angry in his heart. His face turned cold, and the exercises of the Great Sin Realm suddenly worked in his body, and several evil spirits appeared, and he was about to draw his sword at that time and kill the evil spirits who were driven by Wei Lai.
But at this juncture, Song Douyuan suddenly caught a glimpse of Wei Lai's feet, which was following the evil spirit, and his feet were not slowing down, and his body was faster, and the corners of the other party's mouth were even more smiling at that time......
"Not good!" Song Douyuan's heart tightened, remembering that he had been devoured by Wei Lai before, and Song Shizi, who had become a frightened bird, almost subconsciously hurriedly recalled his own evil spirits that had been condensed by hard work at the moment when such a thought arose. And in this way, the door in front of him was wide open, and because the method of recalling the evil spirit was carried out in a hurry, it was too late to perform other methods to resist the evil spirit that was killed. So......
Song Shizi's body was violently knocked away by the evil spirit, and he fell to the ground in embarrassment, while Wei Lai came to Hu Le with great ease, held him up before his body reached the end, and retreated to Xiao Mu's side.
All this happened between lightning and flint, and the surrounding dignitaries and dignitaries who were watching saw that Song Shizi in the Tianque Realm fell to the ground in embarrassment, and they couldn't help but let out a burst of exclamations, secretly surprised by Wei Lai's audacity.
Song Douyuan, who stood up, heard these exclamations and instinctively understood them as the ridicule of these border pariahs, which made Song Shizi's face even more ugly, almost to the point of being iron-blue.
"General Xiao, can you really see it, this kid just used the supernatural power of my Tianque Realm, the Great Sin Realm, such evidence is conclusive, what else is General Xiao Mengxian's nephew?" Zuo Ming saw the dispute between Wei Lai and Song Douyuan, but he didn't mean to stop it. It wasn't until the dust of this battle settled that he looked at Xiao Muhan and said, and the title of Xiao Mu changed from the previous virtuous nephew to the unfamiliar General Xiao, but I think this Mr. Zuo is really angry at this moment.
"The juniors are stupid and can't understand the secret methods of the Divine Sect, if Mr. thinks that this person has really stolen the supernatural powers of the Tianque Realm, he can punish himself, this is a matter of the Tianque Realm, and the juniors have no reason to interfere. Compared with the unconcealed anger in Zuo Ming's tone, Xiao Mu's tone still maintained a calmness.
Hearing this, Zuo Ming secretly thought that Xiao Mu had softened, his face softened slightly, and he was about to say something.
"But the younger generation should take care of the unscrupulous brothers, punish these rebel generals who do not respect military discipline, and ask the seniors not to interfere in the family affairs of the younger generations. But before Zuo Ming's words could be spoken, Xiao Mu's voice sounded again.
"You !!" This sounded like a matter of course, but Zuo Ming, who had just eased his attitude, suddenly became furious, he stretched out his finger and pointed at Xiao Mu and shouted angrily - Xiao Mu's words didn't seem to be faulty to others, but Zuo Ming understood what the other party meant.
Wei Lai is the grandson of the old lion, the grandson of the only guy in the entire Yan Land who is jealous of the master of the sect.
If it weren't for the fact that the other party showed the ability to crack the Tianque Realm method, Zuo Ming didn't want to entangle with him, but Rao was like this, and wanted to sanction the other party, especially under the nose of this old lion, he would have to find a justifiable reason, and he would be able to stand up morally, and only then could he explain to the master.
But this Xiao Mu doesn't know if he really doesn't know how to be flexible, or if he is deliberately embarrassed, he just wants to "clean up the portal", this matter seems to have nothing to do on the surface, but as long as you think about it, you can know that it is inappropriate - the justification that Zuo Ming wants is based on the testimony that Xiao Meng took Zixiao Jun to interrogate Hu Le, and if all this is really impeccable, then how can Xiao Meng and several Zixiao soldiers who did all this be punished by Xiao Mu.
"Leaving your post without permission, using lynching, torture into a trick, three crimes are punished together, you are all generals in the camp, how to deal with it according to military law, I don't need to say more, go back to the camp to receive the punishment yourself." But Xiao Mu was iron-hearted, and he didn't take Zuo Ming's anger to heart, he stared at the Zixiao army generals who were kneeling on the ground, and said coldly.
When those tooth generals in civilian clothes heard this, their faces immediately turned to ashes.
The discipline of the Sanxiao Army is strict, and the entire Yan Land is second to none in this regard, so the punishment for the three crimes is not enough to punish them with capital punishment, but it is enough to strip them of their military positions, and then inflict some flesh and blood punishments that are worse than death. And for these most of these tooth generals who are not very good-born, such a punishment is almost to cut off their future.
They began to kowtow to Xiao Mu, begging him for forgiveness, and then looked at Xiao Meng on the side, wanting to let the initiator of all this, the young son of the Xiao family, intercede for them. It's just that what they don't know is that in the face of their brother, Xiao Meng's situation is not necessarily better than theirs.
Zuo Ming saw this situation in his eyes, and the anger in his heart was even worse, he glared sideways at Wei Xuan, who was also ugly because of this change, and snorted coldly and said, "Elder Wei has accepted a good friend for my Tianque Realm!?"
The Tianque Realm can get in touch with the Xiao family, all relying on the Purple Cloud Palace to match the bridge, in order to let the Xiao family inherit this kindness and completely embark on the chariot of the Golden Queen, this is already a happy ending for both parties, but because of Xiao Mu's willful behavior today, there are cracks, Wei Xuan also doesn't know how to deal with himself, facing Zuo Ming's words, the old man gritted his teeth, looked at Xiao Mu and whispered: "Xiao Mu, have you ever thought about what your father and your Xiao family should do in the future." ”
Putting this threat on the surface is really not a sophisticated means, but if it is because Xiao Mu's actions annoyed the Tianque Realm, so that there is a gap in the alliance between the Golden Queen and the Tianque Realm, and the Golden Queen and the Ziyun Palace are to blame, even Wei Xuan can't afford it. So at this time, Wei Xuan didn't care about any decency, so he could only put all the pros and cons on the surface, hoping to suppress Xiao Mu.
But Xiao Mu didn't pay attention to his words at all, and he also ignored the tooth generals who were begging for mercy, but slowly turned his gaze to Xiao Meng's body. Although Xiao Meng lowered his head at this moment, he seemed to feel Xiao Mu's gaze, his body trembled, and his head sank lower.
"As the second son of the Xiao family, knowing the law and breaking the law, the crime is added to the first degree. Xiao Mu said coldly, but his voice fell......
"General Xiao knows the law on the left, and cleans the door on the right, can you ask the last sentence, when did Xiao Menggongzi commit the crime?" At this time, the old man's tone could no longer find Fang Cai's anger, but calmed down a lot.
Hearing this, Xiao Mu glanced sideways at Zuo Ming, who was dressed in black, and then his gaze fell on Xiao Meng's body. He spoke aloud without hurrying at that time, and his voice clearly reached the ears of everyone present: "Privately transferring soldiers and horses is one of the sins. ”
"The law of Ningzhou, unless there is a secret order from the state pastor, the Qingzi Erxiao army is not allowed to arrest and judge in Ningxiao City, which is the second crime. ”
"Before being convicted, you must not torture the people of Yandi. This is sin three. ”
Speaking of this, Xiao Mu was stunned, and then his voice was suddenly raised by him, and he asked loudly: "Three crimes are punished together, Xiao Meng, can you plead guilty?!!"
When Xiao Meng heard this, he could no longer hold his body, and his body trembled and he knelt on the ground with a thud.
Zuo Ming's face was pale, although Xiao Mu said this by looking at Xiao Meng, it was said to him. He glanced at the "confessions" scattered all over the place, gritted his teeth and said, "Then with General Xiao's meaning, these testimonies are useless, right?"
Ning Xiaocheng only recognized that the document issued by the Prefecture Pastoral Mansion, the Chixiao Army arrested and brought to justice, and then the confession was reviewed and sealed by the Fuzhong Governor. Xiao Mu whispered, with an unquestionable resoluteness in his calm attitude.
And Zuo Ming, who heard this, of course, also understood that today's matter might not be enough, he laughed angrily, and said loudly: "Okay! Okay! Today's matter, Zuo Mou has written it down!"
After that, this big man from the Tianque Realm was about to turn around and leave, as if he was ready to eat this dark loss.
......
Most of the spectators who were crowded outside the White Crane Inn were pushing and seeing, trying to see how this conflict, which might affect the entire Dayan situation, would end in the end.
And on the Mingyu Tower, not far from the White Crane Inn, a window slowly closed.
The room was brightly lit, and there were still sumptuous dishes on the table, Ah Cheng, who was sitting back at the table, frowned and looked at the man who was pouring himself wine, and asked, "Your Highness asked me to come here late at night just to watch this play?"
Yuan Zhichun seemed to be in a good mood, he raised his head and took a sip of sake, then nodded and asked, "What does Orange think?"
Ah Cheng was silent for a while, and then said: "Xiao Mu is loyal to the martyrs, which is very different from his father's left and right, if the prince is in power in the future, the Xiao family can be of great use." ”
The man who was staring at Ah Cheng with a smile heard this, and immediately stopped what he was doing, and looked at Ah Cheng with a smile.
Ah Cheng was puzzled and asked, "Your Highness, did Ah Cheng say something wrong?"
This question seemed to poke Yuan Zhichun's laughing hole, the man suddenly raised his head and laughed at that time, Ah Cheng became more and more confused, but he didn't ask anymore, just frowned and stared at the smiling man in the room - she knew that he would tell her the answer after all.
And after about more than ten breaths, Yuan Sleevechun finally changed his strength, he gradually restrained his smile, poured himself another glass of sake, drank it on his back, and then said: "Of course, what Orange Er said is at a loss, Xiao Mu is a loyal martyr, and he is indeed a material that can be made." But ......"
Speaking of this, Yuan Sleeve Chun's words suddenly changed, and his face became a little solemn: "But more importantly, after this incident, there will inevitably be a gap between the Xiao family and the Tianque Realm, and with the domineering of the Tianque Realm, I am afraid it will be difficult to tolerate the Xiao family." In order to keep the banner of the Tianque Realm, the Jin Hou gave up the Xiao family and became a strong man who broke his wrist that they would inevitably make, so in this way, who else can the Xiao family choose to rely on in this upcoming battle for succession?"
When Ah Cheng heard this, his face changed, and he immediately reacted.
"Ling Zhao Niangniang has a spirit in the sky, and she is bless His Highness!" Ah Cheng sighed sincerely. With Wei Lai's rejection of Yuan Sleevechun, Yuan Sleevechun's layout in Ningzhou came to an impasse. The Xiao family and the Empress Jin are good friends, the Xu family wants to stay out of the matter, and the Ning family, who had a good relationship with Ah Cheng before, also flickered and had an ambiguous attitude when they met last time. Even if Yuan Sleeve Chun proposed a marriage contract and tied the Xu family to the chariot, Ningzhou is still divided into three parts of the world, and it is difficult to reach a conclusion, and now once the Xiao family breaks with the Jin family, it will suddenly become clear for Yuan Sleeve Chun.
Being able to give birth to such an accident at such a juncture can be described as a charcoal in the snow, and it is not surprising that Ah Cheng gave birth to the idea that Ling Zhao Niangniang was the manifestation.
But Yuan Zhichun, who heard this, shook his head, he took a glass of sake, walked to the window again, looked at the crowd in front of the White Crane Inn, his eyes suddenly became deep and gloomy, and he muttered to himself: "No, Orange." ”
"There is no one in this world who can bless anyone. ”
"It's just us...... can bless ourselves. ”
......
Zuo Ming was about to leave with his sleeves up, and this farce seemed to be coming to an end in Xiao Mu's punishment of Xiao Meng.
Wei Lai also secretly breathed a sigh of relief, if it weren't for Xiao Mu's maintenance, even if that confession was really full of flaws, but if everyone in the Tianque Realm really wanted to embarrass Wei Lai, Wei Lai might not be able to deal with it. Wei Lai thought about this, handed over Hu Le to the man surnamed Di beside him, and said with relief to Hu Subai, who was worried: "Mother-in-law, don't worry, although the injuries are scary, they have avoided the vital points, and they can heal after going back to recuperate for a while." ”
Hu Subai naturally trusted Wei Lai, who rescued her grandson, at this moment, she nodded again and again, and did not forget to say: "Thank you, son, thank you." ”
But just when both sides were preparing to "take a break from the war" and plan for the future, Song Douyuan's eyes suddenly lit up with a cold light, and then he said loudly: "Wait!"
After saying this, Song Douyuan stepped out at that time, and came to everyone under the gaze of everyone who was surprised or frowned.
He glared at Wei Lai viciously, and then bowed respectfully to Zuo Ming.
"What are you going to do?" Zuo Ming frowned and asked in an unkind tone. He knew very well the character of this Song Douyuan, although Zuo Ming's own heart was also full of anger at being "teased" by the Diao people in this barbarian land, but his existing reason made him suppress the anger in his heart, and he was ready to plan again after he went back, unwilling to make a move on Wei Lai without sufficient "evidence", and tear his face with the old lion who was watching here at any time. He asked, and there was no hint of warning in his tone, lest this guy be impulsive and ruin the sect's layout and planning in Yandi.
Song Douyuan was very aware of Zuo Ming's worries, but at this moment, his eyebrows were not as angry as Zuo Ming imagined, but with a sense of pride and calmness in his hands.
"Sir, please see. Song Douyuan said with a smile, and as he spoke, he slowly took out something from his arms and handed it to Zuo Ming.
Catching a glimpse of the object, Zuo Ming's face changed, and he asked in a low voice, "This is what the one gave it." ”
"Hmm. Song Douyuan squinted and smiled, and then he asked again, "Does Mr. think it's okay?"
Such a respectful attitude, and without the appearance of acting impulsively before, made Zuo Ming secretly have a slight change in his opinion of Song Douyuan, he frowned and thought about the situation for a few breaths, and then nodded: "It's about the rise and fall of the sect, there is no room for mistakes, you can go." ”
The smile on Song Douyuan's face, who got such an answer, was even worse, and he nodded respectfully towards Zuo Ming, and then turned around and faced Xiao Mu and the others. Of course, in this process, when his gaze swept over Wei Lai's body again, he pouted at Wei Lai very provocatively.
"General Xiao, I'm afraid it's not appropriate for you to do this. At this time, Song Douyuan said to Xiao Muyan. His tone was odd, even tinged with a hint of schadenfreude.
Xiao Mu asked rhetorically without raising his head: "What is Song Shizi's opinion?"
General Xiao said that the Xiao Meng brothers had three crimes, one was to transfer troops and horses privately, the second was to overstep the blame and take people, and the third was to lynch and interrogate. Is there a mistake in the next carving?" Song Douyuan asked with a smile.
Xiao Mu also heard some clues from Song Douyuan's tone at this moment, and for the first time, he raised his head to look at this prince of the Tianque Realm and asked, "That's right." What does Song Shizi want to say?"
Song Douyuan smiled again and said: "But in fact, Brother Xiao Meng can't be regarded as a private transfer of troops and horses, all of this is entrusted by me, if you really want to punish the crime, does General Xiao want to take me down together?"
Xiao Mu frowned when he heard this: "As the deputy commander of the Yunzi Battalion of the Zixiao Army, since he holds great power, he must have the ability to screen whether it is or not, if someone else can influence his behavior with a word, then he, the deputy commander, will be at a loss." In the final analysis, this is the Xiao family's family affairs and the internal affairs of the Zixiao Army, and it has nothing to do with Song Shizi, and I have no intention of embarrassing Song Shizi, but ......"
Speaking of this, Xiao Mu glanced at Zuo Ming on the side, and then whispered: "But if Song Shizi deliberately interferes with my official duties, then don't blame Xiao for not being emotional." ”
"Okay. Song Douyuan responded very easily when he heard this, and then walked between Xiao Mu and Xiao Meng, protected Xiao Meng with his body, looked at Xiao Mu with a smile, and said, "Then I will be bothered to show General Xiao without being emotional." ”
Xiao Mu's brows furrowed, with his always frank personality, it was really hard to imagine that the prince of the Tianque Realm would make such a helpless move, but he obviously would not be intimidated by the other party's behavior. His face sank at that time, and he shouted, "Zixiao Army!"
"Here!" the hundreds of armor soldiers behind Xiao Mu responded in loud voices.
"Song Douyuan of the Tianque Realm, obstruct official business, take it with me, and hand it over to the State Pastoral Mansion for trial!" Xiao Mu said.
"Yes!" More than 100 armor soldiers responded in unison again, with a fierce momentum, and then these more than 100 people did not hesitate to walk towards Song Douyuan.
Song Douyuan did not have the slightest fear in the face of these more than 100 menacing armor soldiers, nor did he urge the slightest spiritual power in his body.
He just smiled and slowly pulled something out of his bosom and showed it to everyone.
That's a token......
A gilt cast, inlaid with jade on the outside, and a dragon on the inside.
And the token is engraved with a dazzling Yuan character in the center!