Chapter 72, isn't it a crime to be forced to commit a crime?
Time passes, and time slowly fades away. When the long procession of the Fire Maple Sect marched to the foot of the Red Maple Mountain, it was already dusk. The sun on the horizon is like blood, and the thin clouds are colorful. The wild beasts and animals between the mountains and fields all return to their burrows, the birds that have been busy all day also return to their nests, and the nocturnal animals are still sleeping peacefully. The whole forest became extremely quiet, like the darkness before dawn.
In this half day, Guan Sheng has read many ancient books, which makes him know more about the world. This magical world, the complexity of the world, is far beyond his imagination. All kinds of anecdotes also surprised Guan Sheng. What ancient beasts, what fairy love, what elixir, what magic weapons...... In short, there are all kinds of strange and varied. Guan Sheng was also fascinated.
"Your Majesty, oh no!!" Suddenly, an elder ran to the Guan Sheng sedan chair in a panic, knelt down, and said nervously panting.
Guan Sheng only cares about reading, where to care about him.
Elder Lin frowned and asked, "What's going on?"
"Yes...... Li Yuyi's escort and Miss Xu Jingning met Zeng Qing, who killed Xu Dongran that day, and Xu Jingning shouted to kill Zeng Qing at that time, who would have thought that Zeng Qing would beat Xu Jingning. Escort Li went to help, but he was also beaten by Zeng Qing! When the elders saw it, it was too late......" The elder said with a little fear, of course he knew that Li Yuyi was the one who came with Guan Sheng, and he also knew that Li Yuyi was just Guan Sheng's attendant, but he still called Li Yuyi a guard. Now that the people around Guan Sheng have been beaten, it's okay, this is the emperor's attendant, besides, Guan Sheng is so powerful, if he is not careful, he will kill someone with his fingers, so this elder looks very worried and afraid.
Before the elder finished speaking, suddenly there was a noise and noise in front of him, and people were bustling to get out of the way, but it was Elder Yu Sui who tied Zeng Qing Wuhua and strode towards Guan Sheng, followed closely behind Li Yuyi and Xu Jingning. Xu Jingning was still babbling and scolding, with tears on her face, and some bruises on her face, obviously beaten by Zeng Qing. Li Yuyi's image is also quite embarrassed, his hair is scattered, there are blood stains on the corners of his mouth, and his face is blue and he doesn't say a word.
When Yu Sui carried Zeng Qing to Guan Sheng's sedan chair, let the previous elder walk away, and then threw Zeng Qing on the ground, knelt down on one knee towards Guan Sheng, and said with a fist: "Your Majesty! This son beat Li Yuyi and Xu Jingning, and wait for Your Majesty to fall!"
"Your Majesty, you must be the master for me!" he ...... Woo...... His methods were cruel that day, and it was clear that Brother Dongran was no longer good and was not his opponent at all, but he was ruthless to Brother Dongran and killed Brother Dongran! Please Your Majesty make the decision for me, and you must put him to death, and kill him to pay for your life! Only when he dies can Brother Dongran rest in peace!" Xu Jingning cried a handful of snot and tears, and knelt in front of the Guan Sheng sedan chair with teary eyes, begging with a crying voice.
"Your Majesty, please make the decision for Jing Ning!" Li Yuyi's face was solemn, and he also knelt next to Xu Jingning, Li Yuyi was not comfortable at the moment, when he found that his beloved woman was beaten, although he rushed forward fearlessly, but he was beaten down by Zeng Qing, and he had no power to fight back, if it wasn't for the elders sent by Huofeng to stop him, I am afraid that Li Yuyi would be killed by Zeng Qing. Li Yuyi felt that she was useless, it was really useless, she couldn't even protect the woman she loved, she was too weak. What else is there to avenge Xu Jingning's parents, now even the murderer of Xu Dongran can't be beaten, let alone those vicious robbers.
"Huh......" Guan Sheng was disturbed reading the book, frowned slightly, sighed, put the book aside, and lowered his head to look at Zeng Qing. I saw Zeng Qing wrapped in bandages, only one arm remained, and he looked quite frightened and miserable, obviously affected by the battle a few days ago, at this moment he was full of tears and trembling, like a frightened little chicken.
Zeng Qing timidly raised his eyelids and glanced at Guan Sheng, and found that Guan Sheng was looking at him, so he hurriedly kowtowed in a panic and begged for mercy, and said in horror: "Your Majesty spare your life! Your Majesty spare your life! The villain was ordered by Elder Zou Li to be ruthless! It was not the villain who intended to kill Xu Dongran! I begged Your Majesty to let the villain go!"
"Go and arrest Zou Li!" Yu Sui said with anger on his face when he heard this, and shouted at the elder next to him. At this time, his heart was drumming, after all, everyone was in the field at the beginning of this test, and they saw it all happening with their own eyes. If you really want to be held accountable, I'm afraid you won't be able to escape.
After a while, under the escort of the other two elders, an elder named Zou Li was tied up in front of Guan Sheng.
Zou Li already knew what was going on on the way, he was so frightened that he peed his pants, knelt in front of Guan Sheng, trembled, and stammered: "Your Majesty...... Your Majesty, Villain...... The villain was also forced to be helpless, and originally didn't want to do such a cruel act...... Can...... However, at that time, he was in charge...... He, he, he...... He forced the villain to do it!"
Well, now I heard the words of these two people, one pushed the responsibility of the other, and finally pushed it to the dead boss. Wouldn't that be to find a dead man to atone for the crime? How could this make Xu Jing convincing, he was angry at the moment, his face was purple, he pointed at Zeng Qing with his finger, and said sharply: "Your Majesty!! Kill to pay for your life!
Seeing that Xu Jingning was almost a shrew, Guan Sheng frowned a little annoyed, and his body, which was originally sitting upright, leaned down again, waved his hand to the few people below, and said, "Stand down......
After Guan Sheng finished speaking, he picked up the book next to him and continued to read, the orange sunset was full of brilliance, pouring on Guan Sheng's body, making Guan Sheng look like a god.
"Your Majesty!!" Seeing this, Li Yuyi let out an extremely poignant voice, he knew what Guan Sheng meant, and he didn't want to pay attention to this matter at all, that is to say, this matter is over.
Of course, the others also understood Guan Sheng's disposition. Zeng Qing and Zou Li were already kneeling and constantly thanking the Lord Longen, with smiles on their faces that they had escaped death.
At this time, two elders had already come to untie Zeng Qing and Zou Li's ropes, and supported the two to retreat. Yu Sui stared at Guan Sheng deeply with his cloudy old eyes, and couldn't help but feel inexplicable fear in his heart. can't guess Guan Sheng's mind at all, as if he will not be affected by the hatred of the outside world at all. Guan Sheng's horror is probably not only his advanced strength, but also his brain.
After saluting Guan Sheng, Yu Sui gritted his teeth, turned around and continued to organize the team.
"Your Majesty! You can't spare them so easily? They are so vicious, they must let them know the consequences of what they do! Even if they are coerced? Isn't it a crime if they are forced to commit a crime?" Li Yuyi felt a lot of grievances in his heart, and said loudly with righteous indignation.
Guan Sheng suddenly shifted his gaze from the page, and stared at Li Yuyi with eagle-like deep eyes, which were like knives, directly inserted into Li Yuyi's heart.
Li Yuyi trembled, the original angry momentum collapsed in an instant, and he felt that his whole body was weak, as if he had been hit hard, and he stood up and pulled Xu Jingning away from the front of the Guan Sheng sedan chair.
"Woo......" Xu Jingning snuggled in Li Yuyi's arms, crying bitterly, choked and speechless.
The whole team then moved on.
If you want to enter the western mountains of the empire, you must pass through the lockdown, which is a checkpoint in the western mountains, which belongs to the western towns, and occupying this place is equivalent to choking the connection between the western part of the empire and the entire empire. Therefore, when the war broke out, the lockdown fell into flames.
The mountains outside the lockdown are continuous, although they are not majestic, there are no peaks that can be compared with the Red Maple Mountain, but they are very dense, if you want to bypass the lockdown and enter the western mountains of the empire, I am afraid that you will lose your way in the first group of peaks, and even if you go out, it will take months or even years.
Although there are many disciples and elders in the Fire Maple Sect who can fly with the sword, the distance they fly is not long, and it is impossible to carry so much material into the western mountains. And most of the disciples can't resist the sword, so the best way is to march on foot.