"Then kill me." Lu Xingkong took a step forward, blocking in front of Song Gudu.
This step was like a flying solitary peak, like a mountain overlooking an abyss, like an unsheathed sword, like a swinging saber.
The wind foreshadowed a coming storm.
In the collision between two strong cultivators, the two sides had not really made a move, and did not even show any killing intent.
But the invisible pressure, the fierce collision of the two streams of qi, had already made the muscles of the surrounding people tense up, their hair standing on end, and even made their qi and blood flow and boil in their body. If they were the slightest bit careless, they would hear a muffled 'bang', and then they would be badly mutilated and torn into pieces.
Someone was killing with a sword!
Someone was killing with qi!
Someone was killing with thoughts!
With a single thought, a person would be crushed to pieces. Unrestrained and tragic, like a divine punishment.
Lu Xingkong's body was tall, taller than Song Gudu by a head, and his physique was also about a size larger.
Lu Xingkong's face was calm, and it was impossible to see his mood fluctuations at this moment.
However, the blood-soaked battlefield, the murderous spirit honed from chopping off the heads of countless enemies, and the domineering aura that commanded thousands of troops to kill the enemy. These things were fused with his body. He only took a simple step forward, and all of them surged out, like thousands of troops changing formations, like thousands of horses galloping, crushing the enemy.
The elites of the Monitoring Division, who were standing behind Song Gudu and opposite Lu Xingkong, as well as some civil officials and military generals with insufficient cultivation base, were forced by this imposing manner, and could not help but take a step back.
The power of one step could make the enemy retreat.
Compared with Lu Xingkong, Song Gudu was a shriveled little old man.
He was wearing a thick grey robe, which tightly wrapped his thin body. He looked very cold, and the thick robe still could not protect him from the cold wind.
Others retreated, but Song Gudu did not.
He was like a nighthawk in a storm, a lone boat in the vast ocean, a lion king among hundreds of beasts, and the commander of thousands of troops.
No matter how the surrounding environment changed, he remained unmoved. There was not even the slightest fluctuation of emotion.
Song Gudu stared straight ahead. He was clearly a head shorter than Lu Xingkong, but the tone of his voice gave off a condescending sense of majesty.
Looking at Lu Xingkong standing in front of him, Song Gudu asked, "Are you willing to fight for him?"
"Yes."
"You're willing to die for him?"
"Yes."
Song Gudu looked thoughtfully at Lu Xingkong, as if immersed in the memory of the past. "If I remember correctly, Gongzi Muyang is fifteen this year, the same year as Miss Qiji of the Lu Family. They were born on the same day, same month, same year, right? "
"Not bad," Lu Xingkong said in a deep voice.
"Fifteen years have passed, but I still remember that night clearly. Torrential rain fell from the sky, lightning flashed, and thunder roared. The whole world was like the end of the world — — Gongzi Muyang and Miss Qiji were born in such weather. "
Lu Xingkong's eyes were as sharp as a knife. "What does the State Minister want to say?"
"It was a flood that had not been seen in thousands of years since the founding of West Wind. That year, the people near Tiandu were severely affected, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs allocated a lot of money and food from the state treasury for disaster relief — — Who was the minister that year?"
"It was Song Liren." Chu Xianda whispered.
"Oh, it was Liren." Song Gudu nodded.
"It was that night that the Lu Family expelled two servants of the Lu clan, and a driver who had served them loyally for many years fled to Jiangnan with his wife who had just given birth — — Of course, they also took away their son who was critically ill since he came out of the womb."
"The affairs of the Lu family, does State Minister also want to take care of it?" Lu Xingkong clenched his hands into fists, but his face remained calm and collected.
"It is said that Xingkong loves his soldiers like his own children, and treats the people of the household extremely well. I was just thinking, how ruthless does one have to be to do such a cruel thing? To drive out a servant who had just given birth? The wind was strong, the rain was heavy, and the ground was flooded. Isn't this forcing people to die? "
"Thanks to State Minister sending people to escort them, otherwise they most likely would not have been able to safely arrive at Jiangnan city." The corners of Lu Xingkong's mouth curved in a mocking smile. "Here, I have to thank State Minister. Although this thank you came too late, but I hope that State Minister can forgive me for my sincerity. "
Song Gudu did not deny it, and unexpectedly nodded in front of everyone. "The children at home told me about this, and said that they wanted to send someone to escort them. Since they have that curiosity, I followed them — — It's just that I didn't expect that Xingkong would send the Three Souls and Seven Spirits to secretly escort them, and kill all those people who wanted to be filled with curiosity."
Song Gudu's eyes swept across the audience, saying with a smile, "I think, that night, there should be a lot of people who were full of curiosity about this matter, and then sent people to ask?"
No one spoke.
This kind of thing, even if they did it, they couldn't admit it.
Song Gudu looked at Lu Xingkong with a puzzled expression. "They're just two servants that the Lu Family had expelled, why would the Lu Family spend so much capital? Even Xingkong's most mysterious three spiritual and seven physical souls were sent out … I think there must be other secrets behind this, right? "
"A cabbage sent into the palace would become a tribute that everyone envies." Lu Xingkong said aloud. "Although Li Yan and Luo Chi were expelled by my Lu Family, but they don't deserve to die. I'm afraid that those vicious people who hate the Lu Family will take this opportunity to cause trouble and waste their lives. So I sent people to escort them, what's wrong with that? "
"Not only that, I don't know what method the Lu Family used to move one of the seven Taoist spiritual masters, Spiritual master Ziyang, to Jiangnan to personally treat the son of a servant — — is this also the deep relationship between master and servant?"
"That's right." Lu Xingkong said in a hard voice.
"It's really interesting." Song Gudu's voice was low and calm. He spoke tirelessly, like he was telling an old story, but also like he was about to uncover a great conspiracy. "No matter how you deny it, I think there's more to this matter than meets the eye — — For example, what is the relationship between the Lu Family and that child? If it's just the child of a servant, how would the Lu Family treat him? Why would Xingkong fight to the death for him? "
After listening to Song Gudu's words, everyone also sensed that there was something not quite right in his words.
"Yes, what is the relationship between Li Muyang and the Lu Family? Why is the Lu Family so good to them? "
"It's indeed suspicious, a servant is just a servant. Their family had clearly been expelled to Jiangnan, why did Madam Gongsun of the Lu Family travel thousands of miles to bring them back — —"
"Three souls and seven spirits and Spiritual master Ziyang, they are all legendary masters, but they were sent to protect the son of a servant — — it's difficult to convince the public?"
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Everyone's gaze swept back and forth between Lu Xingkong and Li Muyang, pondering about the relationship between the two.
The people present were all intelligent people, and with Song Gudu's guidance, the clouds were dispelled and the sun was revealed. Everyone had a vague understanding of this matter.
However, in the end, they felt it was too absurd, and they personally denied it.
"I don't know if everyone here still has an impression, but at that time there was a strange phenomenon in the sky, there were two balls of white light chasing each other in the sky — — The Imperial Astronomical Bureau also has records of this event, and people at that time called it 'Double Dragons Playing with a Pearl'."
"I remember. I saw it with my own eyes — — "
"Yes, after the 'Double Dragons Playing with a Pearl' spectacle happened, there was lightning and thunder, and the torrential rain continued for half a month — —"
"Could this matter also have something to do with the birth of that Li Muyang?"
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This time, even Li Muyang, who was sitting on the Sword God Square, began to get nervous.
The last time Song Gudu invited him to the Song family's old mansion, he had mentioned this matter in front of him. But at that time he pretended to be crazy and pretended that these things had nothing to do with him.
However, he could tell that Song Gudu, the old guy, did not believe him.
But he did not expect that he would come all the way here today, and still pursue this matter.
Could it be that, more than ten years ago, when he was born, he already knew — — that he was a dragon?
A chill ran down Li Muyang's back, and fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.
If that was the case, then this old man was simply too terrifying.
Moreover, the ambushes that he had encountered in Jiangnan City were all done under the orders of the Song Family? Was it to test him, or to eliminate any future troubles?
There were thousands of things, and there were countless mysteries that were difficult to solve.
Seeing Li Muyang's deathly pale face, Lu Qingming's heart ached. "Muyang, it's okay. It's okay. Father is here, I am here, and the Lu Family is here. I will never let anyone hurt you. "
"Thank you, Uncle Lu — —" Li Muyang said, trying to smile.
"That's not 'Twin dragons playing with a pearl'." Song Gudu stated aloud.
Everyone was shocked.
Because the incident back then had caused too much of a stir, and because of that, there was a rare flood in Tiandu. Therefore, everyone present had a deep memory of that period of history.
However, whether it was the official or the people, there were rumours that the two balls of light were the so-called 'Twin dragons playing with a pearl'. Everyone also agreed with this answer.
Now, Song Gudu had overthrown him in front of everyone.
"Elder Song, if that's not Twin dragons playing with a pearl, then what is it?" Chu Xianda asked.
"If my guess is right — —" Song Gudu said softly, "It's a battle between a dragon and a phoenix."
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