Chapter 31: Temptation
"Since this is the case, Xiao will no longer bother and leave." Xiao Chongguang bowed to Liang Ziqing and said goodbye.
Liang Ziqing also crossed his hands and said: "Okay, Lord Xiao, if you still have something to do, you won't send it." โ
Xiao Chongguang nodded, and was about to leave, when Cao Zixiao suddenly stretched out his hand and stopped in front of him and said, "Wait, Lord Xiao, you won't just leave, right?" โ
"What, Cao Guard, do you have anything else to tell me?" Sogo asked, tilting his head. ใ
Cao Zixiao smiled at the corner of his mouth: "I have long heard that Lord Xiao once apprenticed under a master, learned a good martial arts, and served as the commander of the iron cavalry in the Liangzhou Army, which is known as the 'Winning Army', and I have admired it for a long time. It's rare for Lord Xiao to come here today, I don't know if I can give you some pointers. โ
Xiao Chongguang looked at Zi Xiao's face: "It turns out that Cao Guard is challenging me." โ
"Don't dare, don't dare," Cao Zixiao still smiled with an unclear meaning, "How can it be said that it is a challenge, it is a consultation." โ
Zhou Huanzhang said in a hurry: "No! Lord Xiao is a guest, Zixiao, you must not be so rude. โ
Cao Zixiao said: "Hey, when I see that Lord Xiao is a heroic chivalrous warrior, how can he stick to vulgar etiquette?" โ
Sogo said: "Thank you Brother Cao for being so affordable, but you also know that today is the birthday banquet of the queen's mother, and the saint attaches great importance to the safety of the imperial capital tonight. โ
"It's better to choose a day than to hit the day, just today!"
Without waiting for Xiao Chongguang to answer, Cao Zixiao shot directly, kicked the ground with his right leg, staggered his palms back and forth, exercised his true qi, and made a move to "slam out of the hole", and slapped his palms towards Sogo's chest!
In the face of the other party's sudden attack, he didn't have time to think of a move to dismantle, so he had to retreat again and again, and his hands turned into a shield again and again to resist the attack, and suddenly saw his flaws, one leg continued to guide him back, and one leg bent his knee and suddenly lifted, hitting Zixiao's chin against it!
"Humph!"
Cao Zixiao snorted coldly, quickly withdrew a palm, and "bang" against the top of the knee, and at the same time made a whirlwind sweep with both feet, withdrew and retreated, and stood still, Xiao Chongguang also stopped retreating, and after standing still, his eyebrows were upside down, and he scolded angrily: "Cao Zixiao!" Don't go too far! โ
"I'm just reminding you that I'm not talking to you!"
After saying that, Cao Zixiao shouted, rushed towards Xiao Chongguang, bent his right hand into a claw, and made a move "Fierce Jiao Breaking the Waves", which grabbed Sogo's head horizontally.
Xiao Chongguang stretched out his hands and used a move to "climb the stars and stop the moon", his left hand was the palm to touch it to bear its force, and his right hand was a hook, taking the opportunity to clamp the opponent's wrist tightly, and dragged it down, Cao Zixiao's claws suddenly lost strength and were controlled by Sogo.
But Zi Xiao's back move was issued at the same time, his left hand turned into a palm, his thumb was buckled inward, his four fingers were straightened, and he plunged towards Sogo's abdomen like a sharp sword!
Xiao Chongguang snorted coldly, and kicked Zi Xiao's stomach first.
As we all know, the legs are longer than the hands, even if the opponent makes the first move, there is no foot to stretch out lightly as fast, and at the moment Zixiao has to change his move immediately, hit down with his left hand, and slap the kick.
On this side, Sogo had already freed up his other hand, Wang Zixiao's face pushed away, Cao Zixiao raised his head and skillfully dodged, and at the same time kicked the hand that clamped his right claw, Xiao Chongguang had to let go, retreated, and left the battle circle. Cao Zixiao also stretched his hands horizontally to both sides, making a "flying goose spreading its wings" shape, and took a few steps backwards.
The two had not been separated for long, Zi Xiao used a set of "Crazy Jiao Fist" to attack again, and Sogo immediately made the "Golden Silk Hand" enemy, and the two sides fought again for more than a dozen moves, and soon retreated to one side.
Cao Zixiao sneered slightly, he had already put on a posture, his right hand clenched his fist, his left hand spread his palm, and an arrow rushed towards Xiao Chongguang, launching a new round of attack, only to see that his fist was as fierce as a tiger, and there was a burst of sound of breaking the air wherever he passed, like a beast roaring.
Xiao Chongguang was not in a hurry, the thumbs of both hands were bent inward, and the rest of the fingers were easily stretched to make a palm gesture, at the same time, Zixiao's attack had already come to his face, Sogo stretched out his palm, and instantly clinged to the opponent's right fist, only to see him take advantage of the situation to make a turn, and Cao Zixiao's right fist was clasped in his hand.
Seeing that the offensive was blocked, Zi Xiao immediately slapped Xiao Chongguang's chest with his other palm!
Xiao Chongguang immediately pushed Zi Xiao's fist hard, and at the same time let go of his palm, causing Zi Xiao's right fist to hit his left palm, counteracting his attack, borrowing his strength, and squatting down, sweeping his legs with one move, and directly knocking Cao Zixiao to the ground with a "bang".
Seeing this, Zhou Huanzhang hurriedly stepped forward to help him up: "Zixiao, are you okay?" โ
Sogo smiled and said, "Cao Guard, did you gain anything from the battle just now?" โ
Cao Zixiao angrily pushed away Huanzhang and shouted: "Don't worry about it! Then he shouted at Sogo: "The surname is Xiao!" I didn't throw in the towel! Come on! Today, I have to use my Haijiao faction's kung fu to defeat you! โ
"Enough! Stand down! Liang Ziqing opened his mouth and scolded, "Lord Xiao is an official of the imperial court, how can you be allowed to challenge you so wildly!" โ
When Cao Zixiao heard this, he glared at Xiao Chongguang angrily, then immediately withdrew his hand and stepped back to stand aside.
"Prime Minister, I'm ยทยทยทยทยทยท"
"Shut up!"
Cao Zixiao wanted to say something, but was directly interrupted by Liang Ziqing: "I didn't speak just now because your senior brother was suspected, so I didn't stop it, and let you be willful." Since Lord Xiao has defeated you, how can the defeated person continue to challenge again? โ
After that, he intervened in Xiao Chongguang and said: "It's because the prime minister is not strict in disciplining his subordinates, I hope that Xiao Weichang will forgive me." โ
Xiao Chongguang also saluted: "Don't dare, the prime minister has already been courteous." โ
This sentence sounded nothing, but Liang Ziqing had already heard the pun, so he said: "Next time, I will let Zixiao personally come to the door to apologize." โ
Xiao Chongguang said: "No need, I'm afraid that Cao Escort will take the opportunity to challenge when he comes to the door." Prime Minister, then I will take my leave. โ
Liang Ziqing nodded: "Go slowly." โ
Xiao Chongguang gave another salute before turning around and leaving the Prime Minister's Mansion.
Looking at the back of Sogo gradually disappearing from sight, Liang Ziqing's eyes shrank slightly, and his expression became complicated.
"Prime Minister, what can you see?" Cao Zixiao asked.
Liang Ziqing opened his mouth and said: "This move made by Xiao Chongguang is clearly the 'golden silk hand' of the Xingyan Sect!" โ
Zhou Huanzhang exclaimed: "Hasn't this Xingyan Sect been destroyed for nearly ten years, where did this Xiao Chongguang learn it?" โ
It turned out that the last time Xiao Chongguang visited the Prime Minister's Mansion late at night, Cao Zixiao had made a move to fight him, he told Liang Ziqing about the matter, and also showed some of Xiao Chongguang's techniques to Ziqing, Liang Ziqing suspected at that time that Xiao Chongguang's master was likely to be Xingyanzong, so he told Cao Zixiao that the next time Xiao Chongguang came to the Prime Minister's Mansion again, he must use the excuse to fight Xiao Chongguang and show it directly to himself.
Liang Xiang practiced martial arts in his early years and visited many sects, which is known to the world, so he can see the clues at a glance.
Xingyan Sect was founded in Bauhinia Mountain in Yuzhou, more than ten years ago, it was still a famous big sect, and the disciples who went out from Xingyan Sect were each a master of the famous rivers and lakes, so apprenticeship with Xingyan Sect was the dream ideal of every young man who first set foot in the rivers and lakes.
However, the martial arts of the Xingyan Sect are very complicated and difficult to understand, and very people can learn them, and people with mediocre qualifications can learn some basic skills, and it is just a waste of time to stay in the sect in the future. Therefore, at that time, Xingyan Sect was very strict in recruiting disciples, and many people were discouraged, and only geniuses with advanced talent in martial arts were qualified to learn martial arts.
It is not surprising why the people who go out of the Xingyan Sect are all famous masters.
As the saying goes, "the wood is beautiful in the forest, and the wind will destroy it". The Xingyan Sect is so powerful, it naturally attracts the envy of other Jianghu sects, especially the people led by the White Eagle Sect even claim that the Xingyan Sect's martial arts are weird, it must be an evil demon, and if it goes on like this, the Central Plains Martial Arts will be harmed by it sooner or later, and it must be eradicated immediately.
As soon as these words came out, a lot of sects immediately responded, but they knew that they couldn't deal with Xingyanzong with their own housekeeping skills, so they sent someone to contact Yin Wang Tianhou, the Yuzhou Mansion of that year, and reported to the imperial court, falsely accusing Xingyanzong of wanting to rebel, so the imperial court gathered a large army in the White Eagle Sect and other sects to attack Bauhinia Mountain, and in the end, the suzerain Xu Shaoyang was killed in battle, and the rest of the sect died, and those who fled, Xingyanzong was completely destroyed.
Although after Emperor Chu ascended the throne today, he knew the truth, rehabilitated Zhaoxue for Xingyanzong, and severely punished the White Eagle Sect and other sects, but after that, there were no old people of Xingyanzong, and once again carried the banner of the sect, anyway, it disappeared from then on.
Liang Ziqing was very uneasy at this time, because, when he was fighting against Xingyanzong, he was the vanguard, and the current Emperor Chu, that is, the former prince, is the leader of the expeditionary army, and it is precisely because of Emperor Chu's participation in this battle that he knows the reason, redressing the grievances of Xingyanzong, and also in order to make his conscience passable.
Could it be that the assassination was all committed by Xiao Chongguang, and he used this case to get close to himself and the prince in order to achieve the goal of assassinating himself and murdering the saint?
Liang Ziqing was taken aback by his own idea, and broke out in a cold sweat.
If this is really the case, then I am afraid that there will be a catastrophe in the imperial capital!
Liang Ziqing walked back and forth in the hall, and finally looked at Zhou Huanzhang with a solemn face and said, "You immediately go and secretly contact the Spiegel Division, and ask them to thoroughly investigate this Xiao Chongguang!" โ
"Whoa!"
Xiao Chongguang walked on the street, and his mind kept replaying the letter from Dou Yin.
If Dou Yin has correspondence with Cao Zixiao on weekdays, in addition to the due concern on the letter, he should not pick some cold and warm things in recent days and return, how can he say a lot of nonsense about shopping in the market? The most important thing is that the scene described by Dou Yin is clearly the He Ji Mutton Restaurant in Qingpingfang, East City, and the Su's Roast Chicken Restaurant next door!
Xiao Chongguang had visited these places before, and he also knew the boss, especially the shopkeeper of the mutton restaurant of Hu Ren, who was dressed exactly as described in the letter!