Chapter 99: Two Sides of a Gentleman
Ten days later, Quanzhou.
Sikong Zhu and Bai Shuang returned to Lu Mansion, and Lu Tingxiang had been waiting for a long time. However, in this short period of ten days, there were rumors in the rivers and lakes, and all kinds of rumors were boiling.
"I've seen Childe!"
In the early morning, in Chongwu Hall, Sikong Zhu and others saluted Lu Tingxiang one after another, and presented the "Shocking Wind and Rain Map". Lu Tingxiang did not rush to open it after taking the picture, but walked straight to Baishuang, helped him up with his own hands, and said softly with gratitude: "Shuang'er, you have worked hard this time." β
Thousands of words, full of sadness, endless grievances, finally burst out at this moment, under Lu Tingxiang's warm gaze, the white frost could no longer suppress the sadness in his heart, "woo" fell into Lu Tingxiang's arms, and cried silently.
The sudden crying of the white frost made Sikong Zhu and several Lu Mansion disciples with him all look embarrassed, looking forward to it one by one, and no one knew what to do.
"What's wrong?" Lu Tingxiang completely ignored the strange gazes of others, directly took Baishuang's soft and boneless delicate body in his arms, reached out and gently wiped the tears on Baishuang's face, and poured out in his ear as gently as possible, "Tell me, did someone make you feel wronged?"
Hearing this, the white frost cried more and more sadly, and I felt pity for the appearance of the pear blossom with the rain.
Lu Tingxiang held the white frost in his arms and raised his eyes to look at Sikong Zhu and the others, with a look of displeasure and anger in his eyes.
"What's going on?"
In the face of Lu Tingxiang's questioning, Sikong Zhu naturally did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly told Lu Tingxiang everything that happened along the way. As for what happened in Huodu City, Sikong Zhu didn't know much, so he could only pick and choose.
"Childe, Bai Shuang is fortunate to have not disgraced his life, and brought back the storm and rain map to you. Bai Shuang leaned on Lu Tingxiang's shoulder and choked in a low voice.
"Well done. Lu Tingxiang smiled slightly and said comfortingly, "Go down and have a good rest, and I'll accompany you later." β
Although Lu Tingxiang already knew that Bai Shuang and Liu Xunyi had been alone for more than ten days, and even in the end, in order to save Liu Xunyi's life, he did not hesitate to destroy the code he had set with Sikong Zhu. But Lu Tingxiang didn't say a word about all this, which made Bai Shuang feel deeply moved while being worried.
In her opinion, Lu Tingxiang didn't mention this matter not because he didn't care, but because he was more willing to believe in his loyalty and affection for him.
After Lu Tingxiang comforted her in every way, Bai Shuang withdrew from Chongwu Hall in reluctance, and Lu Tingxiang watched her affectionately until she gradually disappeared from sight, and then slowly put away the gentle color on her face.
"Childe, we ......"
"Smack!"
Before Sikong Zhu could speak, Lu Tingxiang turned around abruptly and slapped Liuzi hard, and the unknown Liuzi was confused, his face was hot and painful, and his head was buzzing, but he didn't dare to squeak.
In this way, under Sikong Zhu's complicated gaze, Lu Tingxiang slapped the fellow Lu Fu disciples one by one.
In a moment, except for Sikong Zhu, five crimson finger marks appeared on everyone's faces, and even more so, traces of blood oozed from the corners of their mouths.
"A bunch of waste!" Lu Tingxiang scolded angrily, "I can't even look at a person, what's the use of me raising you?"
Hearing Lu Tingxiang's scolding, the six sons were full of grievances, but they didn't dare to fight back, so they could only look at Sikong Zhu with pleading. Sikong Zhu's old face changed color slightly, and he asked softly: "I don't know if the person the son said is a white girl or a ......?"
"Of course it's Liu Xunyi!" Lu Tingxiang's face sank like water, and his voice was as cold as ice, "You followed all the way from Yumen Pass to Pingliang Mansion, how many times did you have the opportunity to start? You don't need me to tell you one by one, right? Why did he escape when he arrived at Pingliang Mansion?"
"Childe, if it weren't for the white girl, she wouldn't leave a mark as agreed......"
"Smack!"
"Do you dare to say it?" In the face of Liuzi's defense, Lu Tingxiang slapped him with his backhand, and the eyes of the Liuzi who hit him were full of gold stars, and his legs were weak. Lu Tingxiang stretched out his hand and pointed at the six sons, and said in a deep voice: "So many of you can't even look down on a Liu Xunyi, but now you blame a woman?"
In fact, Sikong Zhu deliberately refused to take action in order to prevent accidents. However, due to Sikong Zhu's identity and current situation, none of the six sons would be stupid enough to put the responsibility on Sikong Zhu, so they had to bear it head-on.
"Childe, anyway, the picture is finally back, you see ......"
"Elder Zhu, why are you so naΓ―ve?" Lu Tingxiang unceremoniously interrupted Sikong Zhu's words, opened the bamboo tube casually, and rudely pulled out the "Shocking Wind and Rain Map" inside, "Snap" shook it on the ground, and said angrily, "Do you really think this is a Shocking Wind and Rain Map?" I can assert without even checking that this picture must be fake!"
"What?" Sikong Zhu's ears were dizzy when he heard this, and he asked urgently, "How can Childe assert that this picture of the storm and rain is fake?"
Lu Tingxiang sighed lightly, as if he was trying to calm down his emotions, and said in a deep voice: "How did the picture come about?"
"White Frost stole it from Liu Xunyi. Sikong Zhu replied quickly.
"How did you steal it?"
"It's just that the sweat medicine turns Liu Xun's clothes and numbness, and then ...... again"
"What about Liu Xunyi?" Before Sikong Zhu finished speaking, Lu Tingxiang had already asked bluntly, "Since you said that Liu Xunyi was overturned, where is that person? Why didn't you kill him?"
Liuzi covered his hot cheeks with his hands, and interjected timidly: "He had already run away when we broke in, count his fate......"
"Do you have a brain?" Lu Tingxiang became angry when he heard Liuzi's words, stretched out his hand and knocked Liuzi's head fiercely, and said angrily, "Can the person who is overturned by the numb run away? In other words, he knew from the beginning that White Frost had drugged him, and he knew that you would be going to kill him after him, otherwise why would he run away?"
"That'...... That only proves that he has not been transposed, nor does it prove that the picture is fake......" Rokuko whispered indignantly.
"Bastard!"
Lu Tingxiang raised his arm and threw it at Liuzi's neck, Liuzi only felt as if he had been hit by a carriage, his body was light, and he fell to the ground with a "bang", Lu Tingxiang rushed forward and grabbed Liuzi's collar, and asked with a sneer: "If you were Liu Xunyi, would you still put the real shocking rain map there waiting for you to steal it when you knew that you would be drugged and ambushed?"
"It's not a secret, in fact, the old man has been uneasy along the way, doubting the authenticity of this picture. Sikong Zhu finally expressed the doubts that had always existed in his heart, he didn't open his mouth just now because he was afraid of sweeping Lu Tingxiang's Yaxing, but he didn't expect that Lu Tingxiang was not blindly happy after seeing the picture, but had already seen everything.
"What does Childe mean...... The frightened wind and rain map is still on Liu Xunyi?" The sixth son was shocked in his heart, and he couldn't care about the pain on his body, and hurriedly asked, "Then let's go and snatch him back." β
Lu Tingxiang glanced at him coldly, but didn't pay attention to it, but turned around with a blank face, and said faintly: "Before you came, I also got a piece of news, it is rumored in the rivers and lakes that on the day Mo Cen washed his hands, the inner ghost who was in harmony with the man in black in the Lu Mansion was ...... Song Yu of Jinjianwu. Moreover, Song Yu also went to the Jade Dragon Palace in the Tianshan Mountains a few days ago, so I think it should be to discuss with Ren Wuya how to divide the spoils!" In the end, Lu Tingxiang's tone obviously had a touch of bitterness.
"Could it be that the picture of the storm and rain is not in Liu Xunyi's hands, and the picture that Tang Afu robbed that day was fake at all, so that Bai Shuang has been mistaking the fake for the real one later?" Sikong Zhu muttered thoughtfully, "In other words, the real picture is still in the Jade Dragon Palace." β
"It is also possible that Song Yu brought it back to Jinjianwu. Lu Tingxiang nodded slowly.
"There's another possibility. Sikong Zhu carefully calculated, "Liu Xunyi may have two pictures hidden on his body, one true and one false, what we got back is a fake picture, and the real picture has been sent to King Xian's Mansion by him at this moment." And all this is Luo Tianjin's troublemaker, and the news that Jin Jianwu has fornicated with the Jade Dragon Palace is also a rumor deliberately released by the Xianwang Mansion. β
Lu Tingxiang laughed angrily and said, "What I'm most angry about is not that you got back a fake picture, but that you obviously got back a fake picture, but you still have to carry the black pot for others." Liu Xunyi knows that we have stolen a fake picture, and this matter will definitely be publicized by Luo Tianjin, I believe that it will not be long before the entire rivers and lakes will know that the storm and rain map are in our hands. As for the Golden Sword Dock, if the true picture was in their hands or still in the Jade Dragon Palace, then the Golden Sword Dock would pretend to be confused, pretending to know nothing about all this, and sit back and watch our jokes. But if they don't have a real picture in their hands, it will inevitably point the finger of suspicion at us. In this way, we have really become Luo Tianjin's scapegoats. β
"Hmph! Jin Jianwu and the Jade Dragon Palace have fornicated with each other, and my Lu Mansion is not at peace, I haven't gone to settle accounts with them on this matter, so why should they trouble us?" Sikong Zhu said coldly, "Even if they don't come, I'll go to them to have a good theory!"
Whether this is true or false is unknown. Lu Tingxiang said in a condensed voice, "What if it's just like the news that we stole the Storm and Rain Map, it's just a deliberate trick by the Xianwang Mansion?
Sikong Zhu was stunned, and said suspiciously: "Childe is saying that Jin Jianwu may have been calculated by Luo Tianjin?"
"It's possible, but it's impossible to say for sure. Lu Tingxiang groaned, "For today's plan, we can only respond to all changes with the same, and we must not act rashly, because if we are not careful, we will fall into the trap of others." Whether it is Jin Jianwu or Xianwangfu, they may all be troublemakers. We have a good relationship with Jin Jianwu, so now as far as the matter of the storm and rain map is concerned, I suspect that Luo Tianjin is behind the scenes. β
"Sow discord. Sikong Zhu nodded nondeniably, "Since we have been used once, we must not be used a second time." What Childe said is good, for the sake of today, the only way to do this is to respond to all changes with the same, and you must not act rashly. As for this, Sikong Zhu's eyes suddenly lit up, and he asked instead: "Childe, should we send someone to Jinjian Dock to explain the situation to them?"
"No!" Lu Tingxiang shook his head and said, "Jin Jianwu may not be a good person, since there are rumors in the rivers and lakes that they are in harmony with the Jade Dragon Palace, then we have to be a little more vigilant." Even if it is chasing after the wind and shadows, there must be a basis, so now it is not for us to judge the quality of Jin Jianwu, but for them to prove their innocence. We can think of this section, and Jin Jianwu must also think of it, and let's see what they plan to do next, and it is not difficult to guess who is the ghost. β
"What if Jin Jianwu is unmoved?" asked Sikong Zhu.
"If Jin Jianwu doesn't do anything, then he must be a thief who steals the Wind and Rain. Lu Tingxiang sneered, "Only if you are a thief with a weak heart, will you let the rumors in the rivers and lakes spread and be unmoved." β
"In other words, if they make a move, then Jin Jianwu will be wronged?"
"Not necessarily. Lu Tingxiang's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said faintly, "If they make a move, it can only mean that Jin Jianwu has also fallen into someone else's trap, and he has not obtained the real storm map." We were just busy from beginning to end, but if Jin Jianwu was really an internal ghost, then they must have paid a great price for the help of the Jade Dragon Palace, but in the end, not only did they not get the real picture, but they were also torn the fig leaf by someone, which can be described as a defeat, and the situation is even a hundred times more embarrassing than us. So we might as well guess what Jin Jianwu will do?"
"The old man would like to hear the son's high opinion?"
"It's very simple, either be a thief and be unmoved. Either the dog jumps over the wall in a hurry and breaks the net with the fish of the Jade Dragon Palace, so he doesn't recruit himself. Either prove your innocence, take the initiative to explain to me, and wait for an opportunity to take revenge, and find the shame of the Xian Wangfu to plant a false accusation! But no matter how Jin Jianwu chooses, for this friend...... We can't trust it anymore......"
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