Imperial Palace, inside the Longyuan Palace.

Xue Hongze was discussing the government with the civil and military officials.

At this time, a eunuch reported outside the door: "Qi Qi Sheng, Zuo Dutong and all the soldiers of the major families are outside the hall, waiting for the Holy Lord to summon them!"

"Hurry up!" Xue Hongze, who was sitting high on the dragon chair, had his eyes lit up and said in a loud voice.

"Yes!" The eunuch left in a hurry to inform Zuo Yu and the others.

Hearing that Ling Feng, Zuo Yu and the others were back, the eldest prince and the second prince glanced at each other and nodded. At the same time, the leaders of the four major families of Yangliu, Han and Xu also had a heavy face, waiting for Ling Feng's arrival. All the civil and military officials are also eagerly waiting.

After a while, footsteps sounded, and Xue Hongze and all the ministers in the Longyuan Hall looked over. I saw Zuo Yu, who was dressed in silver armor, the first to walk in, and behind him was the leader of the major families who were sent to attack Maple Leaf City.

"See the Holy Lord!" a cadre of soldiers knelt down on one knee and said respectfully to Xue Hongze.

"Soldiers, please get up!" Xue Hongze smiled faintly, and there was an irresistible coercion in his voice.

"Huh!"

The sound of neat armor sounded, and Zuo Yu and more than a dozen leaders behind him, including Ling Feng, all stood up.

Xue Hongze glanced at everyone, and after his eyes fell on Ling Feng, he couldn't help but be slightly stunned.

Although his complexion did not change in the slightest, Xue Hongze was shocked in his heart, he found that the momentum on Ling Feng's body was much stronger than before he set out on the expedition, and it was obvious that he had reached the realm of the peak of the little innate nature.

"Looking at the pure aura on his body, he should have encountered an adventure and took an extremely precious genius earth treasure to break through to the peak of the small innate nature. Xue Hongze thought to himself.

After all, not long ago, Ling Feng had just broken through to the Innate Quadruple, and no matter how talented he was, no matter how hard he cultivated, it would be impossible for him to break through again in less than a month.

But Xue Hongze believed that even if Ling Feng hadn't encountered this adventure, with his talent and persistence, he would definitely be able to break through to the peak of the Little Innate in a very short period of time! Now that Ling Feng had reached the peak of the Little Innate Realm at the age of eighteen, with his rapid growth, his future achievements would definitely be even higher, and he would even be very likely to become a powerhouse of the Ning Yuan Realm above the Gathering Spirit Realm!

Then Xue Hongze's gaze shifted slightly, and he looked at Xue Xiaoxiao, who was wearing armor and had a bit of heroic spirit beside Ling Feng. When the latter saw his father looking at him, he stuck out his tongue, winked at him, and grimaced.

Seeing that Xue Xiaoxiao was still so naughty, Xue Hongze, who had always doted on her, couldn't help but smile slightly, and finally fell on Zuo Yu.

"Zuo Dutong, I heard that you went to attack Maple Leaf City and were attacked by a fourth-order divine beast, the Sky Devouring Giant Python, but is there such a thing?" Xue Hongze asked.

"Fourth-Order Divine Beast, Sky Devouring Giant Python!"

Hearing Xue Hongze's words, some of the ministers in the court who didn't know what was going on in Maple City couldn't help but exclaim one by one.

The fourth-order divine beast is comparable to the first and second powerhouses of the human spirit gathering realm, a legendary existence!

Zuo Yu arched his hand and said respectfully: "Back to the saint, there is indeed such a thing." We had already broken through Maple Leaf City, but unexpectedly, at this moment, a fourth-order Sky Devouring Giant Python attacked along the monstrous waves, destroying Maple Leaf City in a moment, and the soldiers accompanying us were also killed and wounded countless times. ”

"That Sky Swallowing Python happened to appear during your siege?" Xue Hongze frowned slightly, rolled his eyes, and quickly understood that this was completely the other party's conspiracy.

The other party's purpose was not actually to occupy Maple Leaf City, but to completely destroy it and clear the way for them to attack the Eastern Jin Dynasty in the future!

Without the blockage of Maple Leaf City, the Great Chu Dynasty could drive straight into the imperial city of the Eastern Jin Dynasty without any resistance.

"It seems that it won't be long before the Dali Dynasty and the Great Chu Dynasty will attack my Eastern Jin Dynasty. Thinking of this, Xue Hongze's brows couldn't help but tighten, and then he asked, "What are the casualties on this expedition?"

Zuo Yu arched his hand and said, "We only lost about two hundred people in this attack on Maple Leaf City, but the soldiers who were killed by that Sky Devouring Python are countless. Today, only 4,100 of the 8,000 men who went out on the expedition remained. And this is fortunate that Deputy Du Ling desperately led away the Sky Swallowing Giant Python, and we were lucky enough to escape and not be killed by the Sky Swallowing Giant Python, otherwise, our casualties would have been even more heavy!"

Hearing this, the civil and military officials in the main hall couldn't help but widen their eyes, and many people even took a breath of cold air. The elite army of 8,000 people was actually killed by it, which shows how terrifying the strength of that sky-swallowing python is!

As soon as Zuo Yu's words fell, Taiwei Yang Xianzhong immediately spoke: "As far as the old minister knows, Zuo Dutong doesn't seem to have told all the facts!"

"I'm very strange, why didn't any of our Liu family and the Yang, Han, and Xu families come back alive?" Liu Tianpeng said coldly.

"That's right, according to the information we have gotten, the 1,000 clansmen of our Yangliu, Han and Xu families were not killed by the Sky Devouring Python, but were poisoned by some people with bad intentions!" Prime Minister Xu Zan also pouted.

"And some people say that they saw Ling Feng kill Liu Cheng of the Liu family in public. I dare to ask Zuo Dutong, is there really such a thing?" Han Ming, the commander of the forbidden army, looked at Zuo Yu coldly, and said aggressively.

Hearing the questions of the leaders of the four major families, some ministers who knew the inside story couldn't help but look at Ling Feng with gloating eyes. In their opinion, the Ling family, a new family, has not even stood firm on its heels, and Ling Feng dared to provoke the old Yangliu, Han and Xu four families, and killed Liu Cheng in public and provoked the inner bar, which was completely eating the bear's heart and leopard's gall. How could Xue Hongze spare him easily?

And more uninformed ministers also heard some cattiness from what the four major families said, and couldn't help but look at Zuo Yu in surprise and curiosity, waiting for his answer.

Xue Hongze, who was high above, also set his eyes on Zuo Yu.

The entire Longyuan Hall suddenly tensed.

Finally, under everyone's expectations, Zuo Yu took a deep breath, and then sighed: "That's right, Ling Feng did kill the clansmen of Liu Cheng and Yang Liu, Han and Xu. ”

As soon as Zuo Yu's voice fell, the hall was suddenly shocked, and the civil and military officials couldn't help but fall on Ling Feng, whose face remained unchanged at all.

"But I think there must be something hidden in this, Ling Feng can't do it for no reason. Zuo Yu opened his mouth to defend Ling Feng. In fact, he also knew that it must be the four major families who acted against the Ling family first, but he didn't have enough evidence, so he naturally didn't dare to rashly point out the conspiracy of the four major families.

"Father, this Ling Feng is so bold that he dares to provoke internal commotion, which is really a great crime. For this kind of person, we must punish it severely!" The eldest prince standing at the front had a righteous face.

"The four major families of Yangliu, Han and Xu have made countless contributions to our Eastern Jin Dynasty for generations, but now there are clansmen who have been poisoned, father, you must deal with it impartially!" The second prince beside the eldest prince also said indignantly.

Glancing at his two sons, Xue Hongze had a straight face, his eyes fell on Ling Feng, and asked in a deep voice, "Ling Feng, did you really kill the clansmen of Liu Cheng and Yang Liu, Han and Xu?"

"Yes!" Facing Xue Hongze's fierce gaze, Ling Feng looked calm, answered crisply and neatly, and did not explain too much.

Hearing Ling Feng admit it himself, the entire Longyuan Hall was in an uproar, and no one doubted the true surname of this matter anymore.

Everyone was shocked by Ling Feng's boldness, and they all lamented that he was impulsive and completely digging his own grave.

The law of the Eastern Jin Dynasty is coaxing, but it will be executed by Ling Chi!

"Why are you doing this?" Xue Hongze's face was heavy, and his eyes were like torches.

"Because they brought it on themselves, they all died innocently! It was they who provoked the internal coaxing first!" Ling Feng's cold tone made people shudder to hear it.

"You talk nonsense!"

"Bloody mouth!"

The patriarch of the four major families immediately glared at Ling Feng angrily and retorted.

In their opinion, their own clansmen would only make a move against the Ling family when no one else was present, how could Ling Feng find a witness to prove that they had done it first?

What's more, even if there were witnesses present, how convincing could the words of a few small soldiers be? How could the Holy One easily believe their words?

So this is also the reason why their four major families dare to sue the wicked first-they believe that no one can prove Ling Feng's innocence!

"Someone can testify for me!" Ling Feng smiled confidently and turned his head to look at Xue Xiaoxiao beside him.

Hearing Ling Feng's words, the patriarch of the four major families couldn't help but sneer directly, and was about to refute, but saw a soldier beside Ling Feng slowly take off his helmet, revealing a waterfall-like black and bright hair, and his appearance was Xue Hongze's favorite Xue Xiaoxiao!

The patriarchs of the four major families were stunned, and they instantly had an extremely bad premonition.

"Little sister, why did she go to Maple Leaf City too!" The faces of the eldest prince and the second prince changed, and they suddenly felt bad.

"I'm so stupid! No wonder Ling Feng has always been confident, how did I forget Xue Xiaoxiao!" Zuo Yu's eyes lit up, and a trace of excitement flashed in his originally worried eyes.

"The little princess is my Ling Feng's witness! she can prove everything!" Ling Feng glanced around at everyone, smiled slightly, and said loudly.

The words of ordinary soldiers may not have much effect, but as Xue Hongze's most doting daughter, Xue Xiao's words are absolutely a thousand words and have enough weight!