Chapter 12: Stealing the Sword in the Study
Pei Xiangru hesitated for a while, and finally said, "General, seniors, Pei knows what the overall situation is, in front of all the heroes, I decided not to pursue Xie Tong's betrayal of the master, from now on, Xie Tong was expelled from the Hainan Sword Sect, and I am no longer a person from the Hainan Sword Sect, if Xie Tong continues to swagger and deceive in the name of the Hainan Sword Sect, I Pei Xiangru swears that no matter the ends of the world, I will personally take your life." β
Xie Tong said in his heart, I am not a member of the Hainan Sword Sect, and it is impossible for Lao Tzu to continue to use such an obscure Sword Sect to break through the rivers and lakes. Then he said, "I, Xie Tong, am no longer a member of the Hainan Sword Sect from today onwards, just a pawn of the righteous army, Brother Pei is too worried."
Everyone made disdainful voices and sneered at Xie Tong's ruthlessness and senselessness.
Pei Xiangru stared at Xie Tong fiercely, and said, "Xie Tong, you have been expelled from the sect now, but you must toast Master Zu three times."
His Holiness Dato' didn't ask Xie Tong when he asked, and said directly, "Bring the wine."
Xie Tong was unhappy in his heart, just now Huang Chao, Pei Xiangru and others decided his fate without authorization, which had made him very annoyed, and now he wanted to toast this unknown ancestor of the Hainan Sword Sect, and his heart was nameless.
Just about to have a seizure, a maid slowly walked in front of Xie Tong with a wine tray, and Xie Tong was stunned on the spot.
This maid is actually Shang Caiwei.
Xie Tong was secretly happy in his heart, and the anger just now was swept away. Not only did this beautiful female snitch come out of harm, but she also got into the palace of the Yellow Nest. She didn't run away alone, but was bent on stealing the Qingyu Sword for him, and Xie Tong was overwhelmed with emotion.
Shang Caiwei blinked her big beautiful eyes, and Xie Tong suddenly realized that now was not the time to catch up. He took the glass and was about to spill it.
Pei Xiangru's voice came coldly, "Kneel."
Xie Tongleng was on the spot, he toasted the non-existent ancestor of the Hainan Sword Sect, and he had already given a lot of face, and it was impossible for him to kneel, his ancestor had only one, that is, Heavenly Master Zhang Jiao.
Xie Tong turned around slowly, and in the face of the ridicule of the martial arts people present, he didn't care, but asking him to kneel down and toast was really too deceitful. He was about to have a seizure, but Zhu Wen stood up and glared at him fiercely.
Zhu Wen said, "Slow down."
The eyes of the audience were all on Zhu Wen's side, Zhu Wen's name was a sensation in the rivers and lakes, second only to the general Huang Chao, everyone had long known that he had offended Wulin for Xie Tong to join the righteous army, and seeing him get up and interrupt the two, there would be a good show.
Datuk and Lu Li stared at Zhu Wen even more, they originally planned to let Xie Tong fall into their carefully designed layout, surrender to their obscenity, and prepare to deal with Zhu Wen in the future, but now Zhu Wen came out to pretend to be a good person, wouldn't it be to win Xie Tong, a young master, over.
Datuk said unhappily, "Commander Zhu, this is their master's family matter, it's not good for us to get involved!" He directly squeezed Zhu Wen, hinting that he should not interfere.
Zhu Wen smiled and said, "It's really strange! Xie Tong is a soldier of my righteous army, although he betrayed his master, but for the sake of the righteousness of the world, it can't be said to be a betrayal! Since he is a member of my righteous army, he only kneels to the general, how can he come from any teacher, I want to save face for the soldiers of our righteous army, why not!"
Dato's face instantly turned dead gray, and he couldn't find a word of rebuttal, and he also knew that all the soft policies adopted against Xie Tong this time had come to naught.
Everyone was even more in an uproar, why was the leader of this righteous army so domineering, and the rumors turned out to be true regardless of the rules of the rivers and lakes, and they suddenly let out a burst of dissatisfaction.
Zhu Wen looked at Pei Xiangru and said, "If Pei Gongzi can defeat Zhu, the mastermind is willing to metabolize the pupil to perform this great gift",
The audience was silent, Zhu Wen openly challenged the Hainan Sword Sect for the sake of Xie Tong, a notorious master, which was really rare, and it also saw the iron-blooded character of this soldier.
The situation became out of control under Zhu Wen's arrogance.
Huang Chao was even more puzzled, he knew Zhu Wen, Zhu Wen was upright as a soldier, and he ignored morality and etiquette, and it was really unreasonable for Xie Tong to stand out today, does this Xie Tong really have such a great role and influence? But Zhu Wen will never be selfish.
Pei Xiangru stayed in the center of the hall, extremely embarrassed. He knew that Zhu Wen's martial arts were mysterious and unpredictable, and he really didn't have enough confidence to defeat him, but the matter had come to this point, and he had no other way but to challenge.
Huang Chao said, "The competition will be exempted! If you are injured and angry, the general is willing to punish three glasses of wine to show his apology to the Hainan Sword Sect, if the Hainan Sword Sect has any needs in the future, the righteous army will be duty-bound." β
Zhu Wen said, "Zhu is rude, and he is willing to punish six glasses of wine to show his apology to the Hainan Sword School and Pei Gongzi", at this moment he took retreat as advance, which really gave Pei Xiangru a lot of face. Immediately, he said: "Xie Tong punished twelve glasses of wine." β
Pei Xiangru said helplessly, "If Xiangru is insisting, then I can't stand everyone! Xiangru will be fined six glasses of wine as he wishes, and accompany the general and commander."
The atmosphere finally eased up, Xie Tong drank twelve glasses in a row, for him, drinking is a small thing, and a big loss of moderation, as the head of Huang Tiandao, how could he do such a thing.
The crowd began to toast each other, and the laughter finally replaced the tense atmosphere.
Datuk stared at Zhu Wen fiercely, the murderous aura in his eyes flashed, this time Zhu Wen directly won Xie Tong to his side, causing him to disrupt his plan, and some of the plans were even known to Xie Tong, which was really unexpected.
Xie Tong drank too much wine and ordered the maidservant Shang Caiwei to take him to the toilet.
Walking out of the main hall, Xie Tong said slightly, "My eldest lady, why are you back! β
Shang Caiwei said as if no one was around, "What's so dangerous about this! This girl came back to help you." You still have no clue outside, and this girl has already penetrated into the enemy's army, and she is judged by you."
Xie Tong didn't have time to talk to her, and hurriedly said, "Where is Shang Shufang!"
Cai Wei didn't ask much, and led him to the outside of the hall of the Shangshufang, which was a separate courtyard, and several soldiers were guarding the palace door. It's impossible to get through without knowing it.
Cai Wei observed for a while, pointed to the roof above, Xie Tong suddenly realized, this study must have a vent, he told Shang Cai Wei to wait for him below, so as not to be discovered.
Xie Tong jumped down from the air window lightly, and landed silently. This study room is very large, divided into two halls, the outer hall is used to receive visitors, and the inner hall is used to rest. Xie Tong's whereabouts are in the outer hall, on both sides of the outer hall are tall mahogany bookshelves, which are full of books, a wide dragon chair is placed in the center against the wall, in front of the dragon chair is a huge dragon case, on which are placed pen, ink, paper, inkstone, a few thin booklets. On the wall behind the dragon chair is a huge picture, on which is painted a majestic mountain, towering into the clouds, the strange thing is that the mountain is actually a sea, the right side of the painting is only inscribed with a poem, the east is adjacent to the Jieshi to view the sea, but there is no following at all, although the whole painting is sharp, the scene is realistic, but it is contrary to common sense, revealing a different taste.
Xie Tong didn't have time to pay attention to the arrangement of the study, he carefully observed the entire study room to see where the sword was hidden! Xie Tong turned over the entire outer hall one by one, and found nothing! Could it be that Zhu Wen was lying to him? This is impossible.
Xie Tong gently walked into the inner hall, the display in the inner hall was relatively small, there was a not too large dragon bed, a thick small round table, and a beautiful teapot was placed on the table, the entire inner hall was clear at a glance, and there was nothing else. This palace built by Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty has lost its magnificent and gorgeous grandeur after many years.
Xie Tong checked the entire inner and outer halls, including all the lattices and dark cabinets, and did not find the sword he wanted. Where are they hidden?
Xie Tong was engrossed in observing, and a small voice came into his ears.
It was the sound of falling from the skylight to the ground, the sound was extremely subtle, and it was another person entering this pocket version of the study. Who could it be? Could it be that he is also here to steal the sword!
Xie Tong didn't act rashly, he hid in the inner hall, secretly paying attention to what was happening in the outer hall, and the people who came were like him, after turning over the outer hall, he found nothing, and suddenly there was no sound.
Xie Tong looked into the outer hall and saw the visitor staring at the mural on the wall by the faint light. Xie Tong was shocked in his heart, the person who came was none other than Cao Pingyang, who had shown him favor in the main hall just now. Cao Pingyang has a close relationship with Huang Chao, and it is easy to see the Qinggang sword, and this time he must have come to steal the sword.
Cao Pingyang has been silently looking at the giant painting, not paying attention to other matters, Xie Tong's curiosity has also been suspended, is there any secret to this painting?
After Cao Pingyang stared for a while, he suddenly raised his true qi, flew towards the skylight, and rushed out.
Xie Tong was puzzled, and the sound of clothes outside the door came in.
Xie Tong secretly screamed that it was not good, this Cao Pingyang obviously heard the voice, and dodged first, which showed that his internal strength cultivation was one level higher than Xie Tong, and when Xie Tong wanted to leave, it was too late. I had to continue to hide in the inner hall.
The door creaked open, and a man walked in, and gently closed the door again. The visitor took a few simple steps in the outer hall, and Xie Tong could no longer sense his presence.
Xie Tong was almost sure that this person was a master, and he could tell it just by listening to the footsteps, this person's steps were very light, and he stepped on the marble of the study room, making a faint sound. Xie Tong didn't dare to take a breath for fear of being discovered by this person.
But this person seemed to have disappeared in the outer hall, no longer making any sound, Xie Tong used Huang Tian's innocent qi, and slowly sensed everything in the outer hall, it was really weird, there were obviously people in the outer hall, but he just couldn't feel it.
Time passed slowly, Xie Tong also became nervous, he had to return to the main hall immediately, otherwise, if he didn't see his figure after the banquet, he would definitely be suspicious, and the consequences would be unimaginable.
Just as he was hesitating, an old voice came from the outer hall, "Come out! The old man has been waiting for you for a long time."
Xie Tong knew that the hiding had been revealed, and there was no need to hide. Busy blindfolded, slowly came to the outer hall.
In the middle of the hall stood an old man, gray-haired, dressed in a coat, with his hands on his sides, and a pair of eyes staring at him intently.
The old man's eyes glanced at Xie Tong, and Xie Tong felt a feeling of being seen through by this person, and he was very uncomfortable being stared at by the old man's gaze.
The old man said gloomily, "I am entrusted by Huang Chao to take care of the Qingyu Sword on my behalf, and twelve people have died under the old man's void palm, young man, you will be the thirteenth." β
Xie Tong was shocked when he heard this, he was facing a ruthless killer under him, and if he wanted to leave this place today, I am afraid it would not be so simple.
Xie Tong said, "The seniors are so confident, but they are a lot old, so if they don't go home to retire, they will run to this chaotic rivers and lakes to make some fun." Don't you have money to live on, and give Huang Chao a door?"
Xie Tong's words were extremely vicious, he wanted to provoke the old man, so that he could show his flaws under the anger.
The old man smiled and said, "The kid wants to provoke me, I'm afraid it's not that easy, but I won't kill you easily today, I will let you taste the pleasure of mental torture."
Xie Tong shuddered, he knew very well that this old man's ruthlessness was not pretended. The old man is so conceited, he will not call the guards at the door to come to help, and the escape route is nothing more than the gate and skylight, thinking of this, Xie Tong laughed loudly, "A bad old man, see that this son doesn't clean you up!"
Several guards outside the door rushed in when they heard the sound, and the old man waved his hand and said, "Let me out, the old man wants to play with this kid in person, no matter what sound he makes, don't come in!"
The guards had long been accustomed to it, and respectfully withdrew.
Xie Tong knew that this was the most tragic battle since his debut.
Seeing that the guards had gone, the old man lifted his internal force and slapped two palms directly in the air.
Xie Tong didn't dare to be careless, he raised his true qi at the same time, and used the power of the fifth layer of the Yellow Heaven Dafa, after compressing the internal force, he pointed a little with two fingers, and a strong true qi rushed straight into the old man's palms in the air, Xie Tong directly used his strongest technique, trying to seize the opportunity.
True Qi collided, making a dull crashing sound.
Although the true qi collided in the air, Xie Tong still felt a tightness in his chest, and his blood and qi surged.
The old man's internal strength is too strong. He used all his strength to strike, and it was just a tiger.
The old man was surprised and said, "Hey, interesting! I can't imagine that your kid can actually put his fingers up, the old man hasn't played with such a good seedling for a long time, hehe, I promise you will die happily."
The old man once again discharged two palms in the air, the palm power was still unabated, Xie Tong did not dare to respond this time, and hurriedly avoided it, the old man's palms directly hit the air, and the strong palm qi directly shook the door open.
The guard at the gate was frightened and hurried away.
Xie Tong watched the six roads and listened to all directions, and when he saw the gate open, he pretended to turn around and ran away.
Seeing this, the mysterious old man once again used his palm in the air, and the palm wind pointed directly at the door.
Xie Tong was overjoyed, knowing that the old man was in a plan, he hurriedly used the whirlwind footwork technique, turned around suddenly, and went straight to the old man, opened the bow left and right, and secretly raised Huang Tian's naΓ―ve qi with both palms and sent it towards the old man's chest. He was a good old man and conceited, and he would never have thought that he would turn around and attack. And it is the time when the old man's old power has not been exhausted and the new power has not been born, and the time is just right.
Xie Tong's palms expanded in the old man's pupils, and the old man hurriedly withdrew his internal strength and fought hard with Xie Tong.
Xie Tong knew the old man's situation, and with all his strength, he was bound to let him retreat, so that he could have a chance to escape from the door, as long as he arrived at the door, he would completely throw me away from the old man.
The four palms were touched, and surprisingly no sound was made. Xie Tong's true qi poured out, but it didn't knock the old man away, but instead had a feeling of hitting the void, soft and without any strength.
Xie Tong secretly screamed badly, a strange smile appeared on the old man's face, and when Xie Tong wanted to withdraw his palm, it was too late. A strong force rushed from his palm, violently shaking him out, and Xie Tong took four or five steps back before stopping.
The old man smiled, "How does my Void Palm taste?"
Xie Tong hurriedly checked the injury, only to feel a pain in his chest. This is the Void Palm, which is very powerful.
The strategy of striking the east and west just now has been used, and it has no effect, but it has injured himself. Rao is Xie Tong's wisdom is frequent, but there is still no way to do it here. There were just too many restrictions on him.
The old man did not rush to make a move, but tied his hands behind his back and walked slowly towards him, making a crisp sound with every step, and the bell of death was ringing. Xie Tong knew that this was a sound technique made by internal force, which could be directly transmitted to the human heart, which was similar to Mo Tailai's sword condensation, but Mo Tailai was far worse in comparison. Xie Tong sighed that the other party's exercises were endless, but he had nothing to do, like a cow or sheep waiting to be slaughtered.
Xie Tong lifted the true qi of his whole body and was ready to fight with all his might. He raised his finger again and shot at the old man, and at the same time his body rose sharply and rushed to the door. The old man was not fooled this time, he suddenly increased his speed, dodged Xie Tong's strength, raised his palms, and sealed Xie Tong's only retreat to the door.
Xie Tong could feel the powerful power contained in the old man's palms, and hurriedly used the whirlwind walking technique, and stopped his body before reaching the door, and he could avoid the old man's fatal palm. At the same time, his body turned sharply and flew towards the skylight, and once again resorted to a plan to attack the west, this time the old man did not have time to stop him. When he was stealing joy, the old man's palms in the air came out again, Xie Tong avoided it, and was slapped in the shoulder, his upward momentum broke through the tiles of the skylight, and fell directly to the ground outside the main hall, Shang Caiwei ran directly over to help her.
Xie Tong took the last breath of true qi, took up the whirlwind footwork technique, picked up Shang Caiwei and ran wildly, until he couldn't help it, he spit out a few mouthfuls of blood, his eyes were dark, and he fainted directly in Shang Caiwei's arms.
The dinner party was over, and everyone walked out of the hall in twos and threes, and Huang Chao took the lead and walked towards Xie Tong and the others.
Shang Caiwei had an idea, hugged Xie Tong in her arms, kissed Xie Tong's lips regardless of the blood, and took the opportunity to wipe the blood from the corners of his mouth.
Huang Chao approached, and when he saw Xie Tong and the new maidservant kissing me, he was unhappy, and thought that since Xie Tong was so beautiful, it would be easy to control it in the future, and said, "What are you doing!"
Everyone's eyes looked at the two of them, and Shang Caiwei said half-pushing, "Gongzi Xie drank too much, and he moved his hands and feet to the little maid, but the little maid didn't dare to refuse." My lord, just spare the little maid!" Shang Caiwei was already very outstanding, and with the color she said, she pretended to be pitiful, which made everyone pity her very much. I hate Xie Tong, a discredited person, even more, this person really disregards his reputation and does such a dirty thing in public, which is indeed hopeless.
Huang Chao smiled and said, "Since Xie Tong is so fond of you, after the Sword Respect Conference, how about this general marrying you to Xie Tong?"
Xie Tong was drunk.
Shang Caiwei pretended to be happy, bowed her head and said, "Thank you, Lord Chengful."
In this society, men are inferior to women, and it is really rare for a servant girl to marry a person with a head and a face, and everyone feels that this servant girl is lucky to be able to marry someone, and regrets that she married such a famous person.
Zhu Wen said, "General, it's not too early. I'll take Xie Tong back to the barracks first!
Zhu Wen smiled and said, "Today is over, we are going to the sword worship conference to drink and talk!"
Zhu Wen took Xie Tong from Shang Caiwei's arms, and as soon as he took over, he immediately found that Xie Tong was not drinking too much, but was seriously injured, he looked towards Shang Caiwei, this girl is so smart, I don't know what the relationship with Xie Tong is.
Shang Caiwei's heart was horrified.
Zhu Wen glanced at it lightly, didn't speak, and left the Wenhua Hall directly.
Shang Caiwei's heart relaxed.