Chapter II: Confessions
Xiao Qiang cheered up, and after all the boxing and swordsmanship exercises were completed, he started the second time. 【】
Only this time he deliberately slowed down the pace so that all the problems he had previously identified would be exposed in order to find a solution.
At this moment, a young man in a fancy costume quietly walked into the martial arts arena, watched it for a long time, let out a disdainful laugh, and walked forward leisurely.
"Xiao Qiang, no matter how much you practice, it's a waste, our family's boxing method actually made you a turtle boxer, don't you feel ashamed?!" The young man sneered with a sneer.
Xiao Qiang recognized the person, it was Xiao Yunpeng, a disciple of the side branch of the Xiao family, who was half a grade lower than his status as the young master of the main family, and he liked to climb high and step on low the most on weekdays, and among the more than 100 children of the Xiao family, the degree of dislike ranked first.
Xiao Qiang wiped the sweat from his face and said coldly: "Xiao Yunpeng, you are just a child of the side branch, or a concubine born to a concubine, what waste, what a shame, isn't it humiliating to say this?"
Xiao Yunpeng's heart was stabbed hard, his face turned red, and he said angrily: "What did you say?!"
Xiao Qiang didn't raise his eyelids, and said coldly: "Those who insult others will humiliate themselves, if you don't understand, forget it, if it's okay, you can step back, and you will lose your identity by talking to you!"
"You, you ......" Xiao Yunpeng's face was covered with red cloth, his chest rose and fell violently, and his fists were clenched tightly.
He never expected that Xiao Qiang, who had always been bad at words, would become so sharp-tongued, no, it should have become aggressive.
Xiao Yunpeng was stunned, and it took a long time to remember the purpose of this trip, and said loudly: "Xiao Qiang, do you think I am willing to come to you, the uncle and the third master let you go to the council hall for a trip!"
Third Uncle?Xiao Qiang had a stocky face in his mind, hurriedly changed his clothes, and walked towards the meeting hall.
There are four brothers in the main lineage of the Xiao family, the eldest uncle Xiao Hongtao, the second grandfather Xiao Hongli, the third grandfather Xiao Hongwen, and Xiao Qiang's father Xiao Hongjian.
Since Xiao Qiang's parents passed away, Xiao Qiang was brought up by the third uncle (really an uncle, the same below, just ignore it), deep down, Xiao Qiang and the third uncle have a deep relationship, far more than the other two uncles.
The council hall is located on the central axis of the manor, simple and majestic, Xiao Qiang strode through the square and walked up the steps in front of the hall.
The children of the Xiao family on both sides of the steps looked at Xiao Qiang with strange eyes, whispering, and many people pointed at them.
This Xiao Qiang can lose all the face of the Xiao family, he can enter the Ten Thousand Swords Pavilion, one of the top ten sects, to practice, that is a blessing from the cultivation in the previous life, how many children of the big family can't enter if they want to!
But he's good, after eight years of cultivation, his strength has reached the third level of the Gangwu Realm, and even the worst disciples of the Xiao family are better than him, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, just let him waste it like this!
Not to mention that he himself has become a waste, even with it, the Xiao family has also become the laughing stock of Sanhe Province.
Once the children of the Xiao family have a dispute with the children of other families, as long as the other party mentions Xiao Qiang, they can't even raise their heads.
Half a month ago, this guy was beaten half to death again and carried back home, which is a veritable shame to be thrown home!
Now it's okay, people have come to the door!
Xiao Qiang turned a deaf ear to everyone's comments and ridicule, crossed the threshold, and strode into the quaint hall.
As soon as he entered, the two heavy doors slowly closed, and the light in the hall dimmed.
Xiao Qiang noticed the abnormal atmosphere, and when he saw the silver-shirted young man sitting at the end of the seat, he couldn't help but be angry, and his fists clenched tightly.
It's this bastard, cheating with a woman, but beating me half to death, if it weren't for someone passing by, I'm afraid I would have been beaten to death!
The young man sitting at the end of the seat, wearing a well-cut silver shirt, embroidered with three red swords on his chest, with a slender and straight figure, a face like a crown of jade, and long hair and a shawl, at this moment he also looked at Xiao Qiang, and his eyes flashed with a yin owl.
"Lu Zhonghe, why are you here?!" Xiao Qiang said coldly.
"What do you say!" Lu Zhonghe smiled disdainfully, looked at Xiao Qiang twice, and his smile became even more disdainful.
"Xiao Qiang, don't be rude!" Uncle Xiao Hongtao's loud voice sounded.
The head of the Xiao family, the eldest uncle Xiao Hongtao, is in his early fifties, wearing a blue satin gown, with a strong figure and a tiger-eyed lion's nose, as if he is sitting on the main seat on a hill, not angry and arrogant.
The uncle's face turned blue, he glared at Xiao Qiang with resentful eyes, and said slowly: "Xiao Qiang, today you signed the confession in front of us and in front of the Lu family!"
Confession, what confession? Xiao Qiang was confused.
The butler next to him brought a black lacquer plate with red ink and brushes, as well as a piece of paper with three huge black letters written on the head: Confession!
Nima, say that I have been secretly in love with my senior sister for many years, so I have plotted evil and want to rape? Say that I am jealous and hateful, and try to blame others? And even say that I deliberately provoked the relationship between the Xiao and Lu families!
You're going to beat me half to death, and you're going to put a basin on me?!
Xiao Qiang was sad, looked at the people of the Lu family with a mocking expression, and sneered: "It's really a typical wicked person who sues first, it's obviously a pair of dog men and women who cheated on each other, and I broke it, but you made it up to the sky, it's really embarrassing for you!"
"Presumptuous!" Uncle Xiao Hongtao trembled with anger, and his big palm slammed on the gauntlet of the seat, and the hard rosewood cracked a few cracks in an instant.
"Xiao Qiang, don't stop me yet!" The third master, Xiao Hongwen, saw that the faces of the Lu family were gloomy, and he couldn't help but be anxious, walked up to Xiao Qiang, and reprimanded him in a low voice.
Xiao Qiang was brought up by the third master, of course he didn't believe that Xiao Qiang would do such a thing, but the nature of this matter was too bad, once it spread, the reputation of the Xiao family would be greatly damaged, and it might even cause a conflict between the Xiao family and the Lu family.
The Lu family is a prestigious family for hundreds of years, not to mention in the Three Rivers Province, even the influence in the Blue Eagle Principality cannot be ignored, and it is not something that the Xiao family can afford to provoke.
And Lu Zhonghe is an elite disciple of the Ten Thousand Swords Pavilion, his strength has reached the first level of the Yunling Realm, and he is the dragon among people, and Xiao Qiang, a disciple of the outer room, his strength is only the third level of the Gangwu Realm, and he basically belongs to the bottom, one of the two is in the sky and the other is underground, how can they compare?
If Xiao Qiang didn't sign this confession and give the Lu family an explanation, how could the Lu family give up?
Not to mention, I heard that the woman is also an elite disciple, and she is from a proud family, maybe someone will find her door one day!
Xiao Qiang's face was expressionless, and he was unmoved.
It's simple to sign a name, but once he signs it, his life will be over, and from then on, he will have a stain on his back that cannot be washed off, and he will be despised by others, and Wanjian Pavilion will also sweep him out of the door.
What made him feel even more angry and humiliated was that people forced them to come to the door, but the family members spoke to outsiders, as if saving their lives, which was a great grace.
There is no such thing in the world!
"Xiaoqiang, sign it, if you sign it, you can at least save your life!" said the third uncle in an almost pleading tone.
"Uncle, you don't have to say anything, I won't sign it!" Xiao Qiang said coldly.
Uncle Xiao Hongtao looked angry, stared at Xiao Qiang, and said in a deep voice: "Come on, hold him down for me, if you don't sign, you have to sign!"
The two big men standing solemnly at the door stepped forward and directly pressed Xiao Qiang to the ground, one grabbed his hand, broke his thumb, and pressed it on the red ink.
Xiao Qiang saw Lu Zhonghe's sneering face sideways, and the unprecedented humiliation made him let out an unwilling roar.
"Get out of here!"
Xiao Qiang's two arms suddenly exerted force, and the two big men behind him flew out upside down and fell heavily to the ground.
Xiao Qiang stood up, picked up the confession on the lacquer plate, tore the confession little by little, and threw it towards Lu Zhonghe.
A strand of black hair fell down, crossing Xiao Qiang's cold gaze, he raised his eyes to look at the uncle, and said Mu Ran: "If you kill me, I won't sign it!"
"You!" the uncle's hand began to tremble again.
Several elders of the Lu family looked at this farce coldly, with a look of mockery on their faces, as if they wanted to see how Xiao Hongtao ended.
The third master was already panicking, so he had to bite the bullet, looked at Lu Zhonghe and asked, "Master Lu, is there still a copy of the confession?"
Lu Zhonghe glanced at the third master with a strange expression, but an elder beside him was furious, and said sharply: "Third master, it is about the reputation of my Lu family for hundreds of years, and it is about the reputation of Zhonghe and Yunyan girl, how can it be such a child's play!"
"Forget it, since he doesn't want to sign," Lu Zhonghe stood up with a sneer, looked at Xiao Qiang, and said senran, "Then you can only prove your innocence through a duel!"
The corners of Xiao Qiang's eyes twitched, and he said proudly: "Okay, the duel will be the duel, anyway, I have to settle accounts with you dog men and women!"
Xiao Qiang was a dog and a man, so angry that Lu Zhonghe's forehead was bruised, his eyes were spitting fire, and his big hand was pressed on the hilt of the sword on his waist, eager to draw his sword and kill Xiao Qiang on the spot.
He forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, looked at the eldest and third masters, and said loudly: "Two elders, please be a witness!"
The gloomy color in the uncle's eyes flashed, he looked at Xiao Qiang, and said solemnly: "Xiao Qiang, the duel is your own choice, and you are responsible for your own words, do you understand?!"
Xiao Qiang said calmly: "Don't worry, uncle, I won't run away, let alone fight, it's a big deal to die!"
"Okay!" The elders of the Lu family stood up, swept over the eldest and third masters with cold eyes, looked at Xiao Qiang again, and said in a dark voice, "My Lu family is definitely not bullying the small, and Zhonghe does not want to take advantage of people's danger, the duel between Xiao Qiang and Zhonghe will be arranged at the founding celebration in half a year, and the location will be in Sanhe City!"