XII. Mandate of Heaven?
Shen Yu didn't find Chu Qing when he arrived at the Sword Pavilion, so he had been waiting outside, and when he saw Chu Qing coming, he stepped forward and saluted with an anxious face.
"Master, the disciple wants to ask the master for help if he has something. ”
Chu Qing looked at him and smiled: "I already know about Xiang Chen, let me go in and talk about it." ”
Shen Yu was stunned for a moment, then nodded and walked into the Sword Pavilion with Chu Qing.
"Xiang Chen is indeed a little nonsense this time, and his impatience should also make him remember it for a long time. Chu Qing sat down and said unhurriedly.
After hearing this, Shen Yu said anxiously: "Master, even if Xiang Chen has a bad temper, he will never do such a thing, do you also believe the words of the Ma family?"
"It doesn't matter if it's one-sided or not, the important thing is that it is the morality and righteousness that report Xiang Chen. ”
Chu Qing said calmly: "The Ma family was once appointed as a virtue and righteous candidate by the imperial family to garrison Chiba City, and they have a close connection with the imperial family in the imperial capital. ”
Shen Yu was silent, he knew that if the royal family was involved to pursue the matter, Xiang Chen's consequences might not be as simple as being expelled from the Star Picking Academy.
"Today's Deyi Hou is no longer the Deyi Hou of the past, and the word Deyi is really tarnished on the Ma family!"
Looking at the indignant Shen Yu, Chu Qing smiled faintly and said, "So what? No matter how shameless the Ma family is, how can you and Xiang Chen change it? Do everything to think clearly about whether the price paid is worth it." ”
"But Master, Xiang Chen is just uneven, can't we help him?"
Chu Qing waved his hand: "Now the only one who can help him is the Ma family who reported him." ”
"What? Let the Ma family help Xiang Chen?"
Shen Yu looked stunned, it was the Ma family who was bent on framing Xiang Chen, how could they help Xiang Chen now.
"As long as the Ma family can forgive Xiang Chen and no longer pursue Xiang Chen's affairs, then the rest is our academy's own business. ”
Only then did Shen Yu come to his senses, and then he frowned and said, "But how can the Ma family stop pursuing Xiang Chen's matter?"
Chu Qing blurted out: "Apologize, apologize!"
"Huh?" Shen Yu's eyes widened, he didn't expect Chu Qing to give him such an idea.
"Ah what, the reason why the Ma family wants to frame Xiang Chen is because Xiang Chen is bold and doesn't take them seriously, as long as they feel that they have regained face, and then ......."
"Okay, disciple, let's go!" Shen Yu didn't wait for him to finish, turned around and was about to leave.
"You come back for me!" Chu Qing stopped Shen Yu and looked at him helplessly.
"Do you think that apologizing is just saying a few words to admit your mistakes? If the Ma family can easily let Xiang Chen go so easily, they won't frame him for this bit of, you take this. ”
As he spoke, he took out the five spirit dew that Lei Gang had given him.
"Master, what is this?" asked Shen Yu suspiciously.
"Wu Linglu, Xiang Chen gave it to his master, you tell De Yihou to drop this medicine on his bastard son's injured left eye, and it will become fine in a few days. ”
Shen Yu was overjoyed and saluted and thanked Chu Qing.
"Shen Yu, you remember, it's not so simple to ask them to forgive Xiang Chen, for the sake of Xiang Chen, you must not be easily angry, if they still don't plan to forgive Xiang Chen, then we can't deal with hooligans in a hooligan way, do you understand what you are a teacher for?"
Looking at the meaningful smile on Chu Qing's face, Shen Yu nodded.
"Disciple understands!"
Then he left the Sword Pavilion, and although it was getting late at this time, he was eager to do things, and it only took half the usual time to get to the outside of Chiba Castle.
After Chu Qing saw Shen Yu leave, he left the Sword Pavilion and went to the Law Enforcement Palace.
And outside the door of the Law Enforcement Hall, Xiang Chen and Lin Xue were still kneeling there.
After a long time, Lei Gang walked out, looked at the two kneeling on the ground and said coldly: "Is it comfortable to kneel on the ground?
Xiang Chen and Lin Xue's legs, which had already knelt, were numb, but he didn't get up.
"The disciple is not guilty and will not rise. ”
Lei Gang pointed at Lin Xue and shouted, "Do you want a woman who has nothing to do with this matter to kneel with you all night?"
"People who kneel are sometimes more sensible than people who are standing!" said Xiang Chen.
"You!" Lei Gang didn't expect Xiang Chen to make a mistake and give him such a sentence.
Chu Qing, who came to the Law Enforcement Hall, happened to see this scene, shook his head and smiled, then stepped forward to help Xiang Chen and Lin Xue and said, "Get up quickly." ”
Xiang Chen lowered his head after seeing Chu Qing and said, "Uncle Chu, you know everything?"
Chu Qing nodded and said, "Your master, he didn't say that you can only get up if you admit your mistake, and besides, how can you bear Lin Xue to kneel with you for so long." ”
Xiang Chen looked at Lin Xue helplessly, and then looked at Lei Gang hesitantly.
Seeing this, Lei Gang didn't say a word, raised his head and walked into the law enforcement hall with his hands behind his back.
"Alright, you guys go back first. Chu Qing helped Xiang Chen and Lin Xue up.
Xiang Chen and Lin Xue got up at this time, saluted and thanked Chu Qing and left the main hall.
Lei Gang saw Chu Qing walk into the hall and asked, "What's the matter?"
"Shen Yu, this kid is still young, I hope he can understand something this time. ”
Lei Gang nodded after hearing this, in his eyes, Shen Yu was indeed a more suitable person, and the relationship between him and Xiang Chen was also the best in the Star Picking Academy.
At this time, Shen Yu, who arrived in Chiba City, did not go directly to Deyi Mansion, but inquired about the residence of Su Ziliang, the commander of the city guards.
Shen Yu came to the door of Su Ziliang's house, and to his surprise, this place could not be more ordinary than the luxurious Deyi Mansion.
"Who?" After hearing the knock, a little girl opened the door and looked at Shen Yu with a puzzled expression, behind her was a woman dressed in ordinary clothes.
Seeing this, Shen Yu saluted and said, "I am a friend of Commander Su, and I have something to discuss with him." ”
"That's right. The woman nodded and sighed: "He went to Xiaohu's house, it's pitiful, Aunt Ye is such a son, I didn't expect to be killed by that big demon." As he spoke, he pointed to a small mansion in the distance.
"Great demon?"
Looking at Shen Yu suspiciously, the woman said again: "Childe doesn't know, that little tiger was originally a city guard under my husband, and he never thought that he was killed by the big demon on the way home with my husband to send the second son of the Ma family home on the White Fish Festival the day before yesterday, and now there is only one Lady Ye who is nearly seventy years old and blind in his family, and my husband will go to Xiaohu's house every day to take care of Aunt Ye." ”
Shen Yu was stunned after hearing this, he came here because Su Ziliang framed Xiang Chen, but at this time, he couldn't believe that such a person would frame Xiang Chen for no reason.
After pondering for a long time, he still came to the door of the guard's house named Xiaohu.
"Aunt Ye, you sit down first, and I'll go get some water. After Su Ziliang finished speaking to the blind old man sitting on the bed, he walked out of the room with a wooden barrel and walked towards the well.
"Commander Su!"
Shen Yu's voice came from the corner.
"Is that you?" he looked up, and Shen Yu was staring coldly at him in a corner of the courtyard.
"Ryoko, who is it?" asked the old man in the room when he heard the voice.
"Oh, Aunt Ye, it's a friend of mine. ”
Su Ziliang said to the room, then walked up to Shen Yu and whispered, "What is there to say outside." ”
"Friend, let him come into the house and sit down. The old man's voice came from the room again.
Su Ziliang glanced at Shen Yu, who walked out of the courtyard, and then said to the house: "It's okay, there is something we have to discuss, Aunt Ye, you wait for a while." After saying that, he nodded at Shen Yu and walked out of the courtyard.
"I know what you came to me for, that's right, I slandered Xiang Gongzi. He looked at Shen Yu and said expressionlessly.
"Why?" Shen Yu stared at him, clenching his fists.
Su Ziliang smiled bitterly and asked Shen Yudao: "Hehe, why? The eldest prince promoted me to an official and gave me a reward, do you think these reasons are enough?"
Shen Yu said lightly: "Just for this, I don't believe that a city guard who even respects his subordinates so much can do such a thing." ”
"Whether you believe it or not, the fact is that I slandered a demon hunter who was injured in chasing and killing a big demon, for the official position of a commander of the Western Battalion!"
A sharp sword was pressed against Su Ziliang's neck, and it was Shen Yu with cold eyes who held the sword.
Shen Yu roared angrily: "Do you know that because of your few words, all the demon hunting techniques he has practiced for more than ten years will be abolished! Because of one of your broken command envoys, he will be expelled from the Star Picking Academy, and he will not be able to be a demon hunter for the rest of his life!"
Su Ziliang was stunned, and then nodded silently.
Looking at Su Ziliang's reaction in front of him, Shen Yu wanted to hate but couldn't hate.
"I know that you may have your troubles, but if you still have a little conscience as a city guard, I hope you can help me, you just need to prove that the truth of that night is not what the Ma family said. Shen Yu paused, stared at Su Ziliang's eyes and said coldly: "Otherwise, I will let you die as your commander! There will be no witnesses like you here to prove that I killed you." ”
Su Ziliang's face did not change, and he shook his head at Shen Yu.
"Bastard!"
Shen Yu gritted his teeth, he really wanted to use the sword in his hand to kill the villain in front of him, but he couldn't do it.
He finally put away his sword, his eyes no longer cold.
"I don't understand that a person who is not even afraid of death would do such a thing for a small official position. ”
"Shen Gongzi, actually, you and I are the same kind of people. Su Ziliang, who had been silent for a long time, spoke.
After hearing this, Shen Yu grabbed Su Ziliang's collar and said, "No, I am not the same kind of person as you, at least I am not willing to be a lackey!"
"That's right, I'm a lackey in your eyes! I hate myself more than any of you, so what? You demon hunters can kill anyone you hate in the blink of an eye, but you'd rather disguise your identity and be a robber than do anything to those miscellaneous people! Because you are morally noble and won't attack civilians, what about me? A little city guard commander, what else can you do but be a lackey?!"
Su Ziliang suddenly roared, his eyes reddened and his body trembled.
Shen Yu looked at the excited Su Ziliang in front of him, was speechless for a while, and then said lightly: "This is not a reason why you can frame a demon hunter. ”
"I don't have any reason to frame anyone, let alone a young demon hunter. ”
Su Ziliang calmed down, and Shen Yu was surprised to find that the resolute man in front of him was actually shedding tears at this moment.
"I watched my two brothers being pushed to the Vulture by that bastard, I couldn't do anything while they screamed in the air, I had to fight to save that bastard, I watched an upright demon hunter being framed, and still couldn't do anything, and I had to help them frame him, why?"
He stared at Shen Yu and continued: "Because that bastard's surname is Ma, his brother is our supreme commander, and his bastard father is a powerful and powerful Deyihou! ”
"You're not a person who is afraid of death!"
"Yes, I have a cheap life, it's nothing to die, Xiaohu's life is even cheaper, he quietly guarded the night of Chiba City at the head of the city before his death, and no one cares if he dies, but what about the blind old lady in his family? Xiaohu is waiting for her only to starve to death and freeze to death!"
At this time, Su Ziliang's eyes were red, and he cried incoherently.
Shen Yu looked at Su Zi's conscience and felt sour, the man in front of him with a strong appearance was so fragile at this time, he remembered the little girl and the woman who opened the door for him before, maybe there were old people in that ordinary house. Xiaohu is dead, and his old mother is taken care of by Su Ziliang, but what about Su Ziliang when he dies? Who will take care of Aunt Ye, and who will take care of his family?
"I'm sorry. Shen Yu blurted out.
Su Ziliang raised his head and said, "Shen Gongzi, this is the destiny of heaven." ”
Shen Yu didn't speak, turned around and left here, he didn't know what to say. What is the destiny of heaven, fate has always been in one's own hands, isn't it? But there are more people like Su Ziliang in this world, what can these people do to change their fate?
Thinking of this, Shen Yu couldn't help but shake his head vigorously, he rubbed his forehead, and quickened his pace towards Deyi Mansion, it seemed that he had only this one way to help Xiang Chen.