Chapter 104: A Story (I)
"Even if your Taishan faction finds out the so-called real culprit and finds an excuse, it should be up to Jin Tai to clarify. Why would you send such an unknown hairy boy to tell a story? Zhuo Hong stared at Zhao Zheng, his eyes narrowed slightly, and there was an obvious chill in his eyes.
"The head of Kim Tae has something important to do and can't **, so he sent me over to be the narrator of this story. Moreover, the whole incident was found out by me, and it is more appropriate for me to announce it. If someone else comes to tell it, it's likely that something will be missed. Zhao Zheng replied calmly, but did not say all the reasons, the reason why Jin Tai sent him over was not only because of these.
"Interesting, I'd like to see what you hairy boy can say. But I have to warn you upfront, if your story is well-founded, it's fine, and if your story is all made up, I'm not going to give up easily. Come to my Three Knife Sect**, you will have to pay some price after all. Zhuo Hong said coldly and threatened.
"Sect Master Zhuo, don't worry, the guarantor of the story I said is full of evidence, which is enough to convince everyone present. If we didn't have such certainty, it would be impossible for our Taishan faction to invite so many fellow martial artists here. Zhao Zheng assured.
"Okay, then you can talk about it now. This sect master listened attentively. Zhuo Hong snorted coldly, turned around and retreated to his seat.
All the eyes in the hall fell on Zhao Zheng again, waiting for the so-called story of this young man.
Zhao Zheng walked slowly to the center of the main hall without hurrying, looked around, hugged his fist at everyone present, and said modestly: "The head of Jintai sent me to explain this matter in public. You are all busy people, so I will not beat around the bush, and I will explain the truth of the investigation to you in the form of storytelling. As we all know, the previous sect master of the Three Swords Sect was called Zhuo Ming, who was a great hero of the rivers and lakes and had many famous achievements. Don't say that it was in the past, even in today's rivers and lakes, his reputation is still undiminished, and he is admired by people. ”
"It's just ......" Zhao Zheng turned his words around, with a look of regret on his face, "It's just that creation makes people, fate always likes to joke with people, a person's life can't always be smooth sailing, even heroes and heroes have times of difficulty." In Zhuo Ming's early years, he only cared about starting a sect and setting up a sect, and he had no time to worry about personal affairs. It was not until later in life that he became a biological son. Everyone knows that Zhuo Ming's son is the current sect leader Zhuo Hong, but what everyone doesn't know is that in fact, Zhuo Ming gave birth to two children at that time, a pair of twins. ”
As soon as these words came out, like thunder, they exploded in this hall, causing a lot of scratching, and everyone's eyes changed. Zhuo Hongyue, who was the person concerned, changed his face drastically and became bloodless, as if what Zhao Zheng said had stabbed him to the core.
In addition to Zhuo Hongyue, the sweeping man who was named by Zhao Zheng also had a drastic change in his expression, and he lost the muddy feeling he had before, and a gleam flashed in his eyes.
"How come I haven't heard that Sect Master Zhuo has any brothers and sisters."
"I haven't heard of it either."
"Listen. There seems to be something hidden in this. ”
There were bursts of whispers around him, some of which were directly passed on by word of mouth, and some were by using the method of sound transmission. In contrast, the people on the side of the Three Swords Sect were more moved, because they knew more about Zhuo Hongyue, and the Zhuo Hongyue they knew was only alone, but he had no brothers and sisters.
After everyone's agitation subsided a little, Zhao Zheng continued: "It's normal for everyone not to know about this matter, because Zhuo Ming, the former sect leader of the Three Swords Sect, hid this matter and did not make it public. The reason why Zhuo Ming hid this matter was because one of the two sons he gave birth to was born with a congenital disability and looked deformed and ugly. And after Zhuo Ming's wife gave birth to these two children, she unfortunately passed away due to difficult childbirth. Zhuo Ming thought that this disabled son had killed his beloved wife, and he had a deep disgust for him, and decided not to recognize this child as a son anymore, and only claimed to have given birth to a son. That intact child is the current sect master of the high-ranking Three Swords Sect in front of us. As for the child who was born with a disability, this is it. He snapped his finger at the deformed sweeper.
Everyone followed the direction of Zhao Zheng's finger and looked at the sweeping man at once, and they all showed unbelievable looks!
Who would have imagined that the majestic Zhuo Hong said that there would be such an ugly brother!
These two people stood together, as if they were two extremes, one had a graceful and burly face, one had an ugly face, one was tall and strong, the other had a deformed and distorted figure, one was just a middle-aged person, the other looked old, one was a great sect master of a first-class sect, and the other was just a subordinate who swept the floor.
Feeling the piercing gazes around him, the sweeping man's gaze changed several times, and finally changed to a blank, slightly frightened expression, as if he was stunned.
Associating Zhuo Hongyue with such a humble and ugly sweeper is simply a naked insult, and the people of the Three Swords Sect around him are all furious, and they can't stop scolding Zhao Zheng.
"Stinky boy, what nonsense are you talking about! What a heroic figure our previous suzerain, how could he have given birth to a son who was born with a cripple! ”
"You dare to insult our sect master, it's really boring!"
"You gossip, shut your mouth quickly!"
If it weren't for the existence of those Taishan faction masters and martial arts masters around them, these people would probably pounce and devour Zhao Zhengsheng alive.
As for Zhuo Hongyue himself, in addition to his gloomy face, he did not rush to refute it, probably because he was worried that the overreaction would attract greater suspicion. At this moment, silence is a better option.
Listening to the accusations of the Three Swords Sect, Zhao Zheng did not get angry, but sighed lightly, and said helplessly: "I knew that you wouldn't believe it for a while, so I brought a witness over, and she was able to prove what I said." He turned to look at his crowd and beckoned, "Lie said Mandarin Duck. Zhao Huahong, come over and clarify. ”
Lie said Mandarin Duck. Zhao Huahong!
This name is very unfamiliar to the people of the Three Swords Sect in the past two generations, but the older generation of the Three Swords Sect still remembers that this Zhao Huahong was also a member of the Three Swords Sect decades ago.
Everyone's eyes were on the crowd of the Taishan faction, and under everyone's gaze, an old woman walked out. She was very old, with a complicated look on her face, and her steps were slow and slow, as if she was resisting what was about to happen. This old woman is the Zhao Huahong that Zhao Zheng brought back from Qingshui Village in the Lost Desert.
Zhao Zheng watched Zhao Huahong come step by step with confidence, the other party will be the first important witness today, and he can explain the source of the incident clearly. Only by figuring out the source of the contradiction can we unravel the subsequent series of mysteries. When he just caught Zhao Huahong, the latter was very resistant and unwilling to cooperate. It wasn't until Zhao Huahong saw the head of the Taishan faction and was shocked by the might of that faction that she wavered and agreed to confess those dusty secrets. In exchange, Jin Tai also promised to keep Zhao Huahong safe and not harmed in any way.
With so many high-ranking people present today, even if the Three Swords Sect plans to make a move, it can't get any bargains, and no one can hurt Zhao Huahong in the slightest.
Zhao Huahong walked to Zhao Zheng's side step by step, bowed to Zhuo Hong, who was sitting opposite, and said, "Old Zhao Huahong, meet the sect master." ”
Zhuo Hong's face was cloudy, and he stared at Zhao Huahong tightly with knife-like eyes, as if he wanted to pierce him alive. After looking at it for a while, he slowly turned his head, looked at a respected elder on his side, and asked, "Do you think she is Zhao Huahong?" ”
After Zhao Huahong delivered Mrs. Zhuo Ming, she left early for fear of being implicated. Therefore, Zhuo Hong said that he had only heard Zhao Huahong's name, but had never seen Zhao Huahong himself. When Zhao Huahong left, Zhuo Hong said that she was still a baby.
That elder was of the same generation as Zhao Huahong, and he frowned at Zhao Huahong, who was a human being, and was a little uncertain for a while.
In order to find out Zhao Huahong's identity, the elder asked a few very old questions, all of which were things that happened in the Three Swords Sect decades ago. These problems are only known to the older generation of the Three Swords Sect, and it is impossible for outsiders to know.
In the face of these old questions, Zhao Huahong answered them one by one, and they were all right. Zhao Huahong looked around, recognized several old people, and took the initiative to greet these people.
Although Zhao Huahong has changed too much compared to that year, those people still feel a familiar feeling from Zhao Huahong. In this way, everyone finally believed that the old woman in front of them was Zhao Huahong, who disappeared for no reason.
After proving her identity, Zhao Huahong said leisurely: "It was I who delivered the birth for the sect master's wife back then, when she died of dystocia and shed a lot of blood. Because taking medication or perfusing internal force will adversely affect the birth of a child, everyone can't help it, so they can only do it there in a hurry. At that time, there were two choices, one was to keep the mother and the other was to keep the child. In the end, Sect Master Zhuo Ming chose to keep the child and did not save his wife. After several turnovers, the child was finally born, and two were born at once. I was very happy to see the child come out, but when I looked at it, I realized that something was wrong. One of the children was physically deformed, half large and half small, which was particularly ugly. Fortunately, the other child was in normal health and appeared to be very healthy. ”
When the people of the Three Swords Sect heard that Zhao Huahong and Zhao Zheng said the same thing, they were very angry, and they couldn't help but reprimand Zhao Huahong one by one, interrupting the rest of the story.
If the situation is allowed to develop like this, there will be no way to continue to reveal the next mystery in public, Zhao Zheng frowned slightly, and said to Zhuo Hong: "Sect Master Zhuo, you are not afraid of shadows, if everything is just groundless, no matter what we say, it is useless." I also hope that you will restrain the disciples of the Three Swords Sect and let us finish talking. ”
There were many martial arts masters around, and Zhuo Hong said that he couldn't refuse this kind of request. He scanned the Three Swords Sect members standing on both sides with a calm face, and ordered: "Everyone be quiet, let them finish their words, empty words have no evidence, no matter what they say, they can't find out the facts." When they run out of words, I will seek justice from them. ”
The people of the Three Swords Sect closed their mouths through gritted teeth, stopped interjecting more, and glared at Zhao Zheng and Zhao Huahong viciously one by one, looking like they wanted to eat people.
"Alright, you can continue." Zhao Zheng commanded at Zhao Huahong.
Zhao Huahong nodded and continued: "After the two children were born, the sect master's wife died because of difficult childbirth. Sect Master Zhuo Ming was very sad and yelled several times, but there was no way. After some catharsis, Sect Master Zhuo Ming went to see the children, only to find that one of the two children was disabled and very serious. Sect Master Zhuo Ming probably lost control of his emotions because he was too sad and lost control of his emotions for a while, and mistakenly thought that it was the bad luck brought about by this disabled child, so he killed his mother, and even almost fell to death on the spot, but fortunately I stopped it in time. ”
Speaking of this, Zhao Huahong sighed lightly, shook her head and said: "After calming down, Sect Master Zhuo Ming named the two children separately, divided the word 'Ming' in his name into two, named the intact child Zhuo Hongyue, and named the disabled child Zhuo Jiangyue. One month is said to be a month, and it is a clear word when it is combined. If these two children were healthy children, it would be a pity to have such a pair of names...... Alas, what Zhao Zheng said just now is right, everything is a creation to make people. Because Sect Master Zhuo Ming didn't like the disabled child, and was worried that this child would damage his reputation and the prestige of the sect master, he decided to hide the disabled child and hand it over to others to raise, and only claimed that he had given birth to a son.
In this way, Zhuo Hongyue became the son of Zhuo Ming's sect master, while Zhuo Jiangyue was sent down the mountain and raised by an ordinary couple. Sect Master Zhuo Ming didn't want this matter to leak out, so he told a few people who knew about it, let us keep our mouths shut and don't talk nonsense to the outside world. Due to the death of the lady in childbirth, coupled with the birth of a disabled son, the Sect Master Zhuo Ming was in a very bad mood at that time, and often lost his temper. Seeing that this matter was very important, I was afraid of being implicated, so in order to protect my life, I simply left the Three Swords Sect, ran to other places, changed my face, and lived a reclusive life. Unexpectedly, after so many years, I was still recognized, brought here, and told this dusty secret. Over the years, this secret has been like a stone pressing on my heart, but now that I have told it, it is much easier. Zhao Huahong finished what she knew and shut her mouth.
Zhao Zheng took over the conversation and continued: "Everyone has heard the words of Zhao Huahong's predecessors, and this is how it is. In fact, the sect master of Zhuo Ming gave birth to two sons, one was Zhuo Hongyue and the other was Zhuo Jiangyue, because Zhuo Jiangyue was disabled, so he hid it and did not announce it to the public. The reason why I dug up such an old incident from decades ago is because it is directly related to the unsolved case half a year ago. ”
Speaking of this, he turned his gaze to Zhuo Hongyue, who was sitting on a high seat, and said, "I know that Sect Master Zhuo will not admit this matter, and I have a stomach full of rebuttals, but please don't interrupt me, let me continue the story." If you have anything to say, it's not too late for me to finish the story. ”
"Okay, you can move on. I'd like to see how long you can jump as long as you jumping clown. Zhuo Hong said gloomily.
"Thank you Sect Master Zhuo for giving me this opportunity." Zhao Zheng didn't care about Zhuo Hongyue's hostility, arched his hand, turned around, and continued to narrate, "In this way, the two children born to the former sect master of the Three Swords Sect each embarked on two different life paths, and Zhuo Hongyue became the darling of the Three Swords Sect and was favored by the top and bottom of the sect. And the other child, Zhuo Jiangyue, could only grow up in an ordinary peasant family, and he could only see his biological father once after a long time, because of his deformed figure and ugly appearance, that pair of adoptive parents might not be very good to him. The cruelty of fate is here**. And this is just the beginning of a tragedy. ”
"One tragedy begets more tragedy, and the world is impermanent." When Zhao Zheng said this, he glanced at the sweeping man, intentionally or unintentionally, who still had a blank expression, as if these things had nothing to do with him. Zhao Zheng retracted his gaze, took a step, and said as he walked, "Zhuo Hong said that there is nothing to say about what he experienced later, his martial arts talent is very high, not weaker than the previous sect master Zhuo Ming, he is very loved by the people in the sect, and his growth trajectory can be described as smooth." But Zhuo Jiangyue was not so lucky, he could only grow up little by little under the care of his adoptive parents, because of his congenital disability, no matter whether he practiced literature or martial arts, he would not be able to get ahead. He couldn't see his biological parents, he couldn't see the hope of the future, and he didn't even get the most basic love, and growing up in this environment didn't have to guess that it would have a very significant impact on him. ”
"This influence determines Zhuo Jiangyue's surname, and the surname determines his fate, I don't know what kind of mental journey he had, but in the end he set a goal for himself, he wants to help his own brother become the overlord of Nangan Province and even the entire martial arts. Maybe it will bring him comfort, maybe it will prove himself, maybe it will be a revenge, maybe there are various reasons, but in short, he began to work towards this goal. With his own strength, of course, it was not enough to accomplish this, so he could only rely on the strength of others. He began to plan this matter deliberately, and the first step was to hide his identity and enter the Three Swords Sect and become a member of the Three Swords Sect. This step was not easy for him. He had to ask his father's permission first, and he had to endure the strange stares and all kinds of ridicule from everyone in the sect. If you can endure this, you can be considered strong. ”
When he said this, many eyes were cast on the sweeping man who was suspected of being Zhuo Jiangyue, and among these eyes, there were doubts, questions, and pity. Obviously, some people have been shaken and began to believe what Zhao Zheng said.
In the face of these gazes, the sweeping man was still unmoved, but under the calm and waveless eyes, there was a surging undercurrent of thought. (To be continued.) )