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The long-lasting bells resounded throughout the county town, echoing around every corner.

It was a nine-dragon bell located in the highest hall of the county town, which represented the arrival of the highest justice of the empire, and only the royal people could ring it, which meant that this time even the royal family was alarmed.

The glory of the Demon Guard cannot be ignored even by the royal family, this is the highest combat power of the empire, and it is the foundation of the empire.

Since the establishment of the Demon Guard, there have been those who have fought to the death with the demon clan and the entire army has been wiped out, some have been forced to commit suicide with no way out, and some have been slaughtered in a bad battle. But there has never been a man who has escaped from the battle, let alone a commander who has abandoned his soldiers and fled for his life alone.

This is also the reason why the Phantom Sword Pavilion is nervous, if it is something else, they all have the confidence to settle it, but this time it has touched the bottom line of the empire, even the eldest prince has to act cautiously, after all, the real master of the empire is still the one in the depths of the palace.

At the top of the highest hall in the county town, there was an old man, he was smiling, looking harmless to humans and animals, it was the old prince.

Before this, no one thought that the imperial capital would send such a heavyweight.

The old prince Li Jinchao is the strongest one in today's royal family.

He used to defend his family and the country, and he was a well-known commander, although he had not made a move for more than ten years, but according to legend, his strength was much better than some hidden powerhouses in the empire.

The arrival of such a terrifying figure made the aura of the entire hall a little depressed, even Chu Lie's eyelids jumped slightly, the strength of this old prince was definitely a terrifying level.

"Hehe, don't be nervous, this king is also unlucky, he was originally good at playing in the mountains and rivers in Linchuan County, so uncomfortable, but he suddenly received an edict from the saint and was arrested Zhuangding, which is really unlucky. The old prince shook his head and sighed, seemingly dissatisfied.

The hearts of the people below were shocked when they heard it, it was actually an order from the emperor himself, and this matter had far exceeded the original expectations.

Regarding the old prince's complaints, everyone also lowered their heads and pretended not to hear it.

In today's court, if you dare to say that you have received the emperor's verbal advice, I am afraid that this is the one in front of you.

In the end, the old prince saw that everyone was still serious, and directly stated that when he didn't exist, this time he was only an audience, and he would never insert a word, what should I do.

In this way, everyone can be considered relaxed.

However, there is only one exception.

His Royal Highness Chu Lie frowned, the matter of the Phantom Sword Pavilion was already difficult to handle, he originally wanted to use the strength of the Phantom Sword Pavilion to use some means to force some sects to avoid it, and turn the matter into a small matter as much as possible, and even keep Chu Tian's position as the head of Qian.

Now since the old prince, although he doesn't care about anything, sitting here is the biggest thing.

And he rang the Kowloon bell as soon as he came, isn't this obviously warning himself?

"This time, don't say whether Tian'er's position can be kept, I'm afraid my life is in danger. Chu Lie was irritable in his heart, and suddenly he hated a little bit of steel.

Because Chu Lin died unexpectedly, Chu Tian became his only son, so even if Neidan was abolished, he would not hesitate to heal him, but he didn't expect to provoke such a big basket for him just after he came out of the customs.

Compared to Chu Lie's irritability, Shangguan Xiaoxiao in the Lonely Valley seemed much happier.

The folding fan in his hand shook gently, and there was a smile on his pale and somewhat sickly handsome face, and he saw that the maids serving around him were obsessed and blushing with shame.

On the other side, Nie Tianxing was quietly tasting the wine on the table from beginning to end, as if he had never drunk such a fine wine, intoxicated by it, and ignoring everything around him.

It wasn't until there was a noise outside that he raised his head and saw Qin Yu at a glance, with both relief and vague helplessness in his eyes.

He was really optimistic about Qin Yu, and Qin Yu was also his wife's apprentice. But he is the head of a sect, and everything is done from the interests of the sect, and he can't act according to his own preferences.

Although Bai Jingshan's father and son participated in the rebellion, and even Bai Jingshan has not been caught since he robbed his son's body, the Bai family has not been affected much and is still an extremely important part of Lingyun Sect.

And all this is because of the ancestor of the Bai family who lives in seclusion.

In view of the contradiction between the Bai family and Qin Yu, he knew that he would have to make a choice between the two sooner or later, and if he had to choose it now, there was no doubt that he would definitely choose the Bai family.

"Qin Yu, it's not that I'm ruthless, it's really involuntarily. Nie Tianxing drank all the wine in his cup in one gulp, only hoping that things wouldn't be too bad for Qin Yu, because of the Bai family, he couldn't help too much.

Looking at the people standing in the audience, even the old prince, who had been drowsy on the stage and had no interest, raised his eyes and looked at the bottom of the hall.

A pair of eyes full of vicissitudes swept over Qin Yu and Chu Tian one by one, not knowing what they were thinking in their hearts.

"Chutian, what happened that day, you came here today in front of so many people. ”

Leng Xiangnan personally presided over the trial in the main hall, and of course, all the masters present could also raise their own doubts.

At this time, there was no worry that someone would lie, and more than a dozen ministers of justice plus the Imperial Judiciary had their own judgments on whether what they said was true or not.

Ren Chutian was reckless and bold, when he looked up and saw so many big people, his voice trembled a little for a while, and the lies that were already full of loopholes were even more unbearable, and even the prince of the first seat frowned when he heard that he would not intervene, and he almost couldn't help but scold.

"That's enough!" A scolding came from the hall, and Chu Lie glanced at Chu Tian coldly.

If it weren't for his only biological son, he would have been able to slap him to death in this hall with one palm, but at this time he could only reprimand angrily, "The dog may have been frightened last time, and he had some mental problems, and he was a little incoherent, so I don't think he can confess." ”

Everyone looked at Chu Lie with a smile, is it really okay to cover up like this?

But the Phantom Sword Pavilion is powerful, and no one really dares to say anything, some people looked at the old prince of the first seat, and found that this person really came to see the play, and now he is actually starting to fall asleep again.

Leng Xiangnan glanced back at the old prince, seeing that he didn't want to express his opinion, he glanced at everyone, and no one seemed to want to be the first bird, so he could only nod and say, "Okay, then let the other party reply." ”

"You are Qin Yu, hmph, you say, if there is a lie, the consequences will ...... You know that. Chu Lie in the main hall spoke, his voice cold.

Your Highness, Qin Yu stood in a proper manner, and when he heard this, he looked up at Chu Lie and sneered in his heart.

This Chu Lie is really an old fox, and he was not there when Chu Tian escaped, but he just named himself and said it himself, which is obviously digging a pit for himself to jump.

If he has no heart and lungs, he will open his mouth and continue, and bring up the remnants of the army to argue, then everything is good: "You are obviously not here, how can you be so clear about the situation at that time?"

A charge of leading the beast tide to attack the army can be firmly buckled on his head, he is not so stupid, the so-called coming and not being rude, immediately neither humble nor arrogant, arched his hand and said: "Chu Great Pavilion Master, your son is scared stupid, you are also stupid?

"Bastard!" Chu Lie was furious, he didn't expect that a small disciple of the Lingyun Sect would dare to talk to him like this, who was he? The Lord of the First Pavilion, who would dare to talk to him like this?

"Of course I know, you are the Pavilion Master of the Illusory Sword Pavilion, but I am a disciple of the Lingyun Sect. Qin Yu looked up at Chu Lie, and that expression was obviously who you are.

"You" Chu Lie trembled with anger, glanced at Chu Tian, and then at Qin Yu, the fire in his heart, he couldn't wait to slap his son again.

At the same age, Chu Tian couldn't even speak when he went to the main hall, but Qin Yu easily avoided his trap, and he was not timid in the face of his sect master, and he couldn't get the slightest benefit, the comparison between the two was simply worlds apart.

He suppressed the anger in his heart, shook his hand and sat down, he had already lost his identity with a junior, and if he still quarreled in this hall, it would be really embarrassing and disgraced to go home.

But although he didn't say anything, Chu Lie had already listed Qin Yu as a must-kill in his heart, and the growth of such a person made him very uneasy.

In the end, a representative from the remnants of the army came out to tell what had happened that night.

From Chu Tian arresting Xue Tian to extort a confession, to Qin Yu's ten thousand troops rescuing people from it, and then showing military exploits to deter the three armies; to Qin Yu's departure, Chu Tian ordered the whole army to march at night in order to compare his military exploits with Qin Yu, wanting to attract the beast tide to massacre, but found that things were out of control, and ordered eight hundred-man teams to resist desperately, but he led the two hundred-man teams of the Phantom Sword Pavilion to leave quietly.

The remnant soldier choked up several times when he said that the Eight Hundred Xuantie Guards had fought bloodily all night, but suddenly found that the commander had fled from the battle, staring at Chu Tian's eyes cracked; when he said that the Eight Hundred Xuantie Guards were invincible in battle, he was desperately escorting a hundred-man team to kill them; when he said that Qin Yu had gathered the remnants of the beast tide and rushed out of the encirclement, his voice was excited and proud.

Finally, he pointed to the row of Chutian guards who knelt at the back, and roared angrily: "Brothers paved the way for us with corpses, nine deaths, one hundred and eighty-one people were finally killed, but they were blocked by Chutian's guards on the way back to the pass, if it weren't for Lord Qin's guess that Chutian wolf heart and dog lungs set up an ambush, I'm afraid that eight hundred unjust souls will be buried outside the pass forever."

Even so, thirty-one people were still killed in the battle, they did not fall in the face of the tide of tens of thousands of beasts, but in the end they died at the door of their own house, under the knife of their own people, hahaha"

Miserable and desolate laughter filled the hall, laughing and laughing and crying.

It is said that men don't flick when they have tears, but His Royal Highness, more than 100 iron-clad men sobbed in a low voice, knocking on the ground with their fists, for the dead brothers are not worth it, and for the 31 remnants of the soldiers who died in the battle outside the Guanwai.

"Chu Tian, I'm going to kill you!" Suddenly, someone couldn't hold back the anger in his heart, and rushed up to fight Chu Tian, but he was quickly pressed to the ground by the surrounding Chi Yanwei.

While the words flickered, there was a loud voice, this situation and this scene, who is right and which is wrong, who is true and who is false, is clear at a glance.

When in the end, two batches of contrasting blades were sent up, and then the military merits were liquidated with the demon suppression orders carried by the two people, there was no need to say anything.

This book was first published in Reading Books