Chapter 13: The Misunderstood Patriarch

"Alas!" Just when Hu Yuxuan was powerless to resist Hu Yu's attack and was about to die under his sword, a long sigh suddenly came from outside the conference room.

"Who?" Hu Yu didn't expect anyone to appear here at all, so he was surprised and hurriedly looked back. Hu Yuxuan hurriedly took advantage of his distraction to roll on the spot and dodge his sword.

"As the old saying goes, catch a thief and take the stolen goods, and catch a traitor and take a double. Now is a society ruled by law, and you keep saying that Hu Yuxuan framed Hu Qingyun, but you can't come up with real evidence. If you want to wronged a good man like this and then cut him in half with a sword, I won't agree. ”

"Qi Lu!" Ding Xiaolan immediately became happy when she heard these familiar words.

"Beauty, don't worry, I can't die yet." Qi Lu appeared at the door with a grin, not showing the slightest sign of poisoning.

"Impossible, you've obviously passed out, and you're in the middle of it, how can you be okay?" Hu Yu exclaimed.

"Because I'm a special person." Qi Lu crossed his hands and answered his question easily.

"No matter how special it is, it's a soul crosser, if you can't use your true qi, it's also a waste."

"Really?" Qi Lu's grinning expression disappeared quietly, and he saw him sketching in the air with his bleeding index finger. With the wave of his fingers, the golden strokes turned into blood talismans and struck straight towards Hu Yu!

Hu Yu never thought that Qi Lu would be able to cast such a powerful spell after being distracted, and he hurriedly waved the snow-white long sword in his hand in shock, and the terrifying cold aura emanated from the sword body again, condensing into pieces of snowflakes.

As soon as those blood talismans touched the cold snowflakes, they instantly turned into blood and splashed to the ground. When Hu Yu was about to be proud, he didn't know that a blood talisman penetrated the encirclement of snowflakes and hit Hu Yu's chest firmly.

Hu Yu suddenly felt extremely uncomfortable in his chest, and couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of dirty blood from his mouth.

"Why, why are you still able to use the Blood Talisman with ease even after being distracted?" Hu Yu looked at Qi Lu with incredible eyes.

"I said I was a special person, and the special thing about this is that I have been poisoned since I was a child, so your distraction has had no effect on me from the beginning."

"Original...... Are you in a coma and your strength is faked? ”

"No way. If I don't, you can't come out of the shadows. ”

"I see." Hu Yu, who knew the truth, didn't panic at all, he picked up the wine bottle and poured a glass of red wine into the crystal glass in front of him, and drank the wine leisurely with the wine glass in his hand.

"Aren't you going to be caught?" Qi Lu's right hand has been pinched into a magic trick.

"If you can still summon the true body of the Golden Emperor to deal with me, then I can only admit it. But you're just trying to deal with me on your own, I'm afraid you're a little tender. When Hu Yu spoke, his eyes were not on Qi Lu's side at all, but he was staring at Hu Yuxuan and Feng Qi Niang, worried that they would recover their mana at any time. In that case, he would really have to give up his sword and admit defeat.

"It seems that I want you to see the power of the Kunlun Soul Master." As Qi Lu said this, the entire conference room was suddenly filled with a murderous atmosphere.

"Golden Light Destroys Evil!" Qi Lu roared and struck the ground with one hand, and countless golden rays of light suddenly appeared on the ground centered on him, and they spread out like spider webs in all directions, even behind him, the air flow was turbulent, and the killing aura was even worse.

"Is this your strength?" Hu Yu's eyes were full of demonic energy.

However, it was only a momentary outbreak, and Hu Yu's hand holding the cup trembled, and all the undrunk wine in the cup was splashed on the ground.

As soon as the wine hit the ground, a dazzling halo was created, and the entire room rippled out, and an invisible and magnificent red transparent wall covered the surrounding space and isolated him from the outside world.

"You set up an enchantment?" Qi Lu's face changed slightly.

"You just went out of the limelight, did you think I was a bully?" Hu Yu sneered.

"It's a beautiful water-based spell, but the battle isn't over yet." Qi Lu's left palm also hit the ground, and the arc-like golden light was even more dazzling, hitting straight towards Hu Yu's enchantment, and the gold and red colors collided together, intertwining and devouring each other.

Gradually, the transparent wall showed cracks, and everyone heard a "bang", and Hu Yu's enchantment turned into a piece of water and scattered everywhere, splashing everyone with the smell of alcohol.

"How is that possible?" Hu Yu's eyes widened, and he hurriedly stretched out his hand and struck the Heavenly Thunder Trick towards Qi Lu. Qi Lu's figure flashed quickly, followed by the bully, and hit Hu Yu's chest with a punch, instantly knocking him to the ground.

"Surrender Hu Yu, I will intercede in front of Mr. Hu for you and let him fall lightly."

"Bah, I don't want this kid's mercy." The helplessness in Hu Yu's eyes was instantly replaced by a fierce light, and he sneered and disappeared in front of Qi Lu.

"Ran away?" As soon as Ding Xiaolan finished speaking, Qi Lu's hand had been pinched into a magic trick, and a few clicks were made on her, and Ding Xiaolan immediately regained her freedom.

"Count your kid running fast, it seems that he has been practicing for a long time." Qi Lu's tone was not without regret.

Loud footsteps were heard outside the door, and dozens of young men rushed into the conference room. They all knelt on the ground and said, "My subordinates are late for help, please forgive the patriarch." ”

"Everyone, please wake up, it's my negligence."

Several young men stepped forward to help Hu Yuxuan and Feng Qiniang up.

After Hu Yuxuan invited Qi Lu and Ding Xiaolan to sit back on the chairs, several young waiters came to clean up the remaining seats on the table and replace them with fresh pastries and wine.

A fox demon came in from outside the door and reported to Hu Yuxuan: "It's all cleaned up." ”

"Hmm." Hu Yuxuan nodded his chin slightly and said, "They died because of me, and they are all loyal people of the Semitic tribe. You should do a good job of dealing with the aftermath, especially to calm the emotions of the families. If they have any requirements, try to accommodate them. ”

The man bowed respectfully after a few promises. Ding Xiaolan bit her ear at Qi Lu and said, "I can't see that Hu Yuxuan is not surprised when he is young, he is really an official." ”

"Young? Add two zeros to your age, I'm afraid it's not as old as him. Qi Lu's eyebrows moved, and his face suddenly became a little gloomy.

Ding Xiaolan blushed, knowing that she had made the mistake of judging people by their appearance.

After a while, the inside and outside of the house were cleaned up, and Hu Yuxuan asked those fox demons to retreat, leaving only a few guards at the door of the meeting to prevent Hu Yu from sneaking up again.

"Thank you, Mr. Qi, for saving your life." After everyone left, Hu Yuxuan left the table and got up and bowed to Qi Lu, and Feng Qiniang also knelt down to Qi Lu to express her gratitude when she saw this.

"Oh, why is it here again, I hate it when people treat me like this, it makes my scalp tingle." Qi Lu had no choice but to help them up again.

"Alas, I have been practicing with Master Hu Yu for hundreds of years, but I didn't expect him to treat me like this." Hu Yuxuan sighed.

"I see that your junior brother has a deep grudge against you, I don't know what kind of grievances there are between you, and he wants to take your life before he stops?"

"Well, I'd just want to know what's going on." Hu Yuxuan sighed again and said: "Before I became the patriarch, my brothers and sisters often gathered together, drinking tea and talking about the vicissitudes of the world, who knew that he would turn his face like this!" ”

"In this way, you and Hu Yu used to have a very good relationship, did he harm you, and you didn't see a little fame before?"

"I'm afraid it's because after the death of my father, I was elected as the new patriarch, which angered him."

Qi Lu hurriedly asked, "Can you tell me more about the reason?" ”

"After the funeral of my father, the clan held a meeting to appoint a new patriarch. Hu Yu and I were still young, so we could only attend the hearing. Hu Yuxuan said: "When discussing the selection of the patriarch, because I was favored by everyone, many elders nominated me as the patriarch. But Hu Yu's face changed, and without waiting for the elders to allow him to speak, he ran to the stage and spoke without permission, saying that my prestige was not enough to convince the public, and Hu Qingyun should be the new patriarch. ”

Qi Lu asked coldly, "What does Mr. Hu think of Hu Yu's proposal?" ”

"Actually, I agree with my junior brother's point of view, and I also echoed Hu Yu's proposal at the conference at that time. The clan uncle has been born and died for more than a thousand years, and has made great contributions to his clan, and he should be succeeded to the position of patriarch. It's a pity that God is jealous of talents, and just when the elders were discussing, the little guy who had served the clan uncle for many years suddenly pushed the door in and reported to me that the clan uncle had gone crazy. I suddenly heard the bad news and ran to his house without saying goodbye to the elder, and found that the clan uncle had a fierce eye and cut people when he saw them, and when he couldn't resist him with his mana, and he was about to be hacked to death, the seventh aunt and the elders arrived in time to join forces to restrain him. ”

It turned out that this was the case, Qi Lu finally understood, originally the elder of the fox clan was vacillating between Hu Yuxuan and Hu Qingyun in the position of the patriarch candidate, but Hu Qingyun suddenly became mentally ill, and the patriarch was the only candidate left.

Feng Qiniang also sighed: "You said that Qingyun was originally fine, how could she suddenly become like this." I suspect that he was tricked into witchcraft to end up like this......"

Qi Lu was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly asked, "Qi Niang, do you have any basis for your suspicions?" ”

"Hey, it's all because I'm suspicious, I checked it carefully afterwards, and I didn't find that anyone wanted to harm Qingyun, it was he who had a strange disease." Feng Qiniang shook her head again and again.

Hu Yuxuan said: "Seeing that the clan uncle couldn't control his behavior, the elders locked him in the house and set up a magic circle to prevent him from going out and hurting people. Uncle Clan is infinitely powerful, and he has destroyed the magic circle many times to harass us. In desperation, after consulting with the elders, I sent him to a psychiatric hospital in the hope that he would be cured. ”

Hearing this, Qi Lu laughed and said, "No wonder when I went to visit Hu Qingyun in the hospital, I found that there was a hidden magic circle in his ward, and even the placement of furniture and a dry object was in line with the principle of yin and yang. ”

"You can't hide anything from your husband's eyes." Hu Yuxuan said: "But this matter is not a glorious thing after all, if it is spread out, it will leave a laughing stock in the demon clan, I hope Mr. will not leak it." ”

"It's natural, and I'm not a talkative person." Qi Lu nodded in agreement and asked, "What does Hu Yu think about this matter?" ”

"I really know people and don't know my heart, I didn't understand my hard work, but he spread rumors in the clan, saying that I framed my uncle to get sick so that I could take over the position of patriarch." A sad expression appeared on Hu Yuxuan's face.

Feng Qiniang said indignantly on the side: "Hu Yu is simply a gentleman's belly with the heart of a villain, during the period before Qingyun's illness, I have been accompanying Yuxuan to take care of the old patriarch's funeral, he is busy with the funeral, he has never left half a step, how can he have time to do harmful things!" ”

Qi Lu said with a smile: "Mr. Hu has a humble style, and he deserves to be the patriarch. I see that Hu Yu is narrow-minded, and I can't see my senior brothers leaping above him. ”

"What the gentleman said is very true." Hu Yuxuan sighed and said: "Hu Yu suddenly disappeared two months ago, and I was still anxious to send people to look for me, but today I wanted to kill me when you and I were both defeated." Then I suddenly realized that he was blinded by jealousy and wanted to replace me as the patriarch. ”

"You have to be more vigilant, you can't let Hu Yu have a chance to take advantage of it." Qi Lu arched his hand to him and said, "Mr. Hu's residual poison has not been completely eliminated, and he needs to be recuperated quietly." It's getting late, and I still have something to do, so I'll visit another day. ”

Hu Yuxuan also wanted to keep Qi Lu and the two of them before leaving after eating, but seeing that Qi Lu had made up his mind, he had to send him out in person.