XXXIII. Conspiracy Manifests - Deliberations (II)
"Second uncle!" Qi Lei was a little short-tempered, and when he heard Qi Chongwen say this, he was naturally unhappy, and his voice suddenly raised, as if a boulder was thrown into this dead pool, "Second uncle, have you thought about it, the royal family of Chu has been squeezing our Qi family for twelve years, since the establishment of the Yasi Mansion, the royal family has let the eldest brother go to the Kyoto Mansion to serve, everyone knows that the eldest brother is taking the eldest brother as a hostage, and he has to provide a huge amount of money to the royal family every year, and he is also responsible for finding out the news of the rivers and lakes for them. Do you know how many enemies our Qi family has recruited because of this matter? Uncle's death was mostly because of this incident. ”
"Qi Lei!" Seeing that he was getting more and more excited, Qi Xuan stopped shouting, and several other people in the council hall were also shocked by Qi Lei's rather angry words, they all knew that Qi Lei was the most opposed to joining the Yasi Mansion, but no one expected that there would be such a big resentment.
"Am I wrong? I think you've been stupid in Kyoto for more than ten years, big brother. Qi Lei was not stopped by Qi Xuan, but became a little louder.
Qi Xuan didn't expect Qi Lei to have such a big reaction, but Qi Xuan calmed down, and then said to everyone in the council hall in a very flat tone: "I'm not stupid, just because I'm in Kyoto Mansion, so I see everything the royal family of Chu has done. What about us? We can't, because the strength is already much worse than before. After that war, six people from my father's generation went to war, and only two came back, and now the second uncle still has a secret disease, do you think that with our current situation, can we fight against the black armor guard of the royal family? ”
Qi Xuan turned his head to look at Qi Lei, whose eyes were gradually receding, then stared at him and said slowly: "The Ye family ten years ago was the best. ”
Everyone was silent, how could they forget the massacre that shocked the entire martial arts force ten years ago, and it was also that massacre that witnessed the return of the royal family of Chu in the martial arts status.
Ten years ago, that is, in the seventeenth year of the Great Calendar, the royal family of Chu State set up the Yasi Capital Mansion just two years ago, the Ye family in Liuzhou, Jiangnan, because of dissatisfaction with the strong methods of the Chu royal family, openly resisted the solicitation of the Yasi Mansion, and the royal family of Chu State in order to establish its own majesty, it sent the twenty-two-year-old prince Chu Zizhan to lead more than 100 horsemen to Liuzhou, Jiangnan. It's just that his reputation is not how brave and good he is, but his cruelty and thirst for killing.
Under an order, regardless of age or age, the Ye family was slaughtered, and overnight, blood flowed into a river, and corpses piled up like a mountain, and its condition was unbearable, which can be called hell on earth.
Everyone in the council hall turned pale, and then turned blue, as if they thought of the tragedy that happened in Liuzhou, Jiangnan ten years ago.
Qi Xuan glanced at the people in the council hall, then sighed softly, and left the council hall with Qi Song.
After Qi Xuan left, the second uncle came back to his senses, and then said to everyone: "Let's all disperse, I hope not to say anything about Qijiazhuang and Kyoto Mansion today, so as not to let people with a heart know, and then cause unnecessary trouble to our Qijiazhuang." ”
Qi Zhen, Qi Yu and Qi Hai nodded yes, and then retired and left the chamber, leaving only the second uncle Qi Chongshan and Qi Lei to stay here.
"Xiao Lei, your brother is right, after the battle of Liuling, your father did not come back, I know you hate the royal family, but the current strength of our Qijiazhuang is really unable to confront the royal family, your uncle is dead, and I have such a look, the village is even more precarious, there is no force protected by a great martial artist, the end of the face is to be annexed, or destroyed, and now we rely on the royal family of Chu State, other forces will not dare to start, and the royal family of Chu State will not dare to attack us for at least a short time, In this way, we can give our Qijiazhuang a chance to breathe. ”
Qi Chongshan's voice was very soft, but every word fell into Qi Lei's ears very clearly.
When Qi Lei heard Qi Chongshan mention his father, his heart tightened again, as if he remembered the war many years ago, and his father participated in that war with his uncle, but his father never came back. Qi Lei, who was still young at the time, put the blame on the royal family of Chu State, if it wasn't for the war they started back then, how could his father have died.
Qi Chongshan saw Qi Lei's expression and knew that he had thought of something sad, so he just sighed, and then slowly said to Qi Lei: "Your second uncle and I have no heirs, no family, and I have treated you as my own children from the beginning, hey, go back, look at Xiaoliancheng, you should have slept." ”
Qi Lei also came back to his senses from his memories, nodded to Qi Chongshan, and then got up and came behind Qi Chongshan, slowly pushing Qi Chongshan out of his original position.
At this time, Qi Chongshan had been sitting in a wheelchair, and his lower body was covered with a thin blanket, but the thin blanket only covered his knees, and then he deflated, and the thin blanket part that was hanging under the wheelchair shook gently as he moved, as if he was swinging there, swinging back and forth.
That Qi Chongshan was actually amputated below his knees!
On the other side, Chu Zizhan and Shang Luoyan took the more than ten black-armored guards, and finally arrived at the Xuanqing Mansion, the only city to go to Qijiazhuang at dawn, and everyone found a clean inn and stayed.
Originally, Chu Zizhan deliberately avoided the crown prince Chu Ziya in this operation, and he was reluctant to make a noise, so he and others deliberately changed into civilian clothes.
"Shopkeeper, let's have some food, and a few more rooms." Shang Luoyan shouted to the innkeeper.
Although it is still morning, there are many inns open in Xuanqing Mansion, and there is a stall in front of the inn, selling breakfast, fritters, soybean milk, etc., specifically for these early guests to eat.
After all, the shopkeeper of this inn has also been a person who has been here for decades, and he has seen countless guests, and has developed a pair of skills of "seeing people and knowing people", as long as he glances at it, he will probably know what people are doing.
It was with this "skill" that the innkeeper left a good reputation in the Xuanqing Mansion.
"Guest, your breakfast, and this is your room's hand."
When Chu Zizhan and the others entered the inn, the innkeeper saw that this group of people definitely had a background, although over the years, a group of more than a dozen people have seen a lot, but they always feel that the other party is missing something, unlike the group of people who come now, that temperament, that style, at a glance, you know that they are not ordinary people, so the innkeeper also made up his mind to treat them well.