Madame Ruhua said, "This is my own money, why should I hand it over to the bank to manage? The banknotes have a price, but this is a priceless treasure. I'll have to trouble you to escort me to the capital, I want to enter the palace to see the Emperor. "
The Kongtong Sect's Sect Leader laughed in spite of himself, "Are you talking nonsense? What kind of identity do you want to see the Emperor? " Madame Ruhua said, "I have some things here that cannot be exposed, but I can use them to make a deal with the Emperor. I believe he will be interested."
With a cold laugh Lu Qian said, "Madame, Xiao Niece will speak frankly. Although I don't know what kind of weakness Consort Yun has that you can use against her, but your trick won't work on her, don't even think about having a favorable turn with His Majesty. Let's not talk about this' dirty linen should not be aired in public ', in addition, His Majesty loves Consort Yun dearly, in order to protect Consort Yun, naturally he cannot let you live. In any case, it's not the first time you've seen officials protecting each other, using power to bully people. This kind of reckless action will only send you to the guillotine. "
Madame Ruhua turned a deaf ear, her spittle flew everywhere as she said, "Consort Yun wants to conceal her identity, she wants to do everything possible to snatch back the slave contract in this box. For more than ten years I have spent painstaking effort to manage this Agarwood Courtyard, the innocent lives, how could I not sell it for a good price? If His Majesty also confuses right and wrong, inverts black and white like this, how can he block the world's mouths? "
With a cold laugh the Kongtong Sect's Sect Leader said, "In your eyes it is a priceless treasure, in other people's eyes it is a worthless piece of waste paper. I advise you to take advantage of the fact that this matter has not become too big, leave Jingxi as soon as possible, conceal your identity, and do some serious business again, don't have any more absurd ideas. "
Madame Ruhua blurted out, "You want me to leave? You don't care about me anymore? Have you forgotten the snowy night when we first met? At that time you were nothing, cold and hungry on the street. It was me who gave you a bowl of ginger soup and saved your life. For many years I have been guarding this Agarwood Courtyard, you wanted money, I provided it for you to spend. You wanted to unify the Jianghu, you needed information, I accumulated my connections, I went everywhere to inquire for you. You have become the Sect Leader in a grand manner. Don't tell me that our old friendship has been completely forgotten? "
The head of the Kongtong Sect said coldly, "You did help me a lot, but you were still useful at that time. Now you are alone and a criminal of the imperial court. If we take you to Jianghu, will we still have a peaceful life?" While he was talking to Madam Ru Hua, his body suddenly leaped out. A woman outside the door cried out in surprise and was thrown into the room. The head of the Kongtong Sect blocked the door and said with a sinister smile, "Miss Chu, since you're here, why are you in such a hurry to leave?"
What happened was that Chu Menglin had been waiting for Lu Qian in his room for a long time, but Lu Qian did not return. Lying on his bed, he sulked, while plotting how to interrogate him. Later on, he secretly paid attention to him and waited for him to go out with someone in the middle of the night. Although he didn't know why, he thought there must be something strange going on, so he quietly got up and followed him. At that time, the few of them were thinking about him, so they didn't pay much attention to him. Afterwards he heard them whispering in the room. Other than Lu Qian, the other two people's accents were very familiar, but for a moment he could not remember who they were. Madam Ru Hua's shrill voice was full of indignation. She was listening attentively and somehow she was aware that someone had grabbed her wrist and sealed her acupoint.
Under the dim light in the room, the person in front of her was unexpectedly the Sect Leader of the Kongtong Sect. His heart shivered, he said in shock, "You … it's you? How come you are not dead? Humph, it's true that good people have short lives, but evil people live for a thousand years! "The Sect Leader of the Kongtong Sect laughed coldly," The Eldest Miss of the Sacrifice Shadow Cult is a good person? That's the biggest joke in the world. "
Chu Menglin was startled, but he still stubbornly said, "What nonsense are you talking about? I am a disciple of Kunlun, you dare to slander my entire sect? " The Sect Leader stroked his beard and said indifferently, "Martial Nephew Lu, that is your fault. Why don't you recognize your Shimei?" Lu Qian came out from behind him and said with a smile, "Shibo is flattering me. If Xiao Zhi had such a beautiful Shimei, wouldn't I be happy to death?"
"Look carefully," the Sect Leader said, "Even if she is not your Shifu's disciple, she is also not your Shibo's or Sect Leader's Shishu's disciple. Lu Qian laughed and said, "We belong to the same sect, even if we are not familiar with each other, we must know each other." The Sect Leader laughed and said, "But this baby girl is determined to be a Kunlun disciple. You might as well accept her as your disciple. In any case, as soon as He Zhengxian is dead, you will be the new Sect Leader. In the future you will receive a lot of disciples. Let her enter the sect as soon as possible and become her Shijie. In the future you can let those little disciples dress up like monkeys in front of her. "
Chu Menglin was surprised that Lu Qian was able to repeat his earlier joke. "You have been following us all along?" He asked, "Turns out you have planned all this … you … are really despicable!" The Sect Leader laughed and said, "How can you say I am despicable? Your Xiao Shifu saw your countenance as a flower, countenance as the moon, several times he wanted to take advantage of you. Luckily I stopped him in time and protected Miss' chastity. "" Shibo, "Lu Qian called out," I … how could it be several times? "Chu Menglin was so angry that he almost fainted; he closed his eyes and did not want to watch.
Suddenly Madame Ruhua called out, "I recognize you, this witch! Very well, you are harboring the Devil Cult rebels, I am going to the government office to sue you! " The Sect Leader signaled Lu Qian with his eyes and said, "There are many ways to shut a person's mouth, do you know that?"
Lu Qian nodded and said, "Madame Ruhua, let me talk to you." As he slowly approached, suddenly he heard Madame Ruhua's miserable cry. Chu Menglin opened his eyes in shock and saw a dagger pierced through her lower abdomen, all the way to the hilt, her clothes were dyed red. Madame Ruhua slowly raised her hand and pressed it on her wound. She stared blankly at the blood on her palm. Her eyes were filled with grief as she turned toward the Sect Leader. With a bitter voice she said, "You … you really have the heart to …"
Lu Qian coldly said, "As long as you can preserve your life first, you can have any woman you want. This principle was taught to me by my Shibo. You can only blame yourself for not knowing when to quit. "With a twist of his wrist, he watched Madame Ruhua fall down in front of his eyes.
Chu Menglin hated Lu Qian and Shen Shiyun to the core; he sympathized with Madame Ruhua. "If you have the ability," he angrily said, "Fight me fair and square, only then will I be convinced." Lu Qian coldly said, "Miss Chu, you see, for the sake of our great undertaking, my Shibo even sacrificed his old lover, much less you? I advise you to be tactful and avoid unnecessary physical pain. " Chu Menglin wanted to curse again, but suddenly he felt weak. He sighed and said, "Alright, it's easy to dodge a spear in the open, but difficult to guard against a stab in the dark. You are willing to be my bodyguards, you can also accompany me and relieve my boredom; it's not bad."
The Sect Leader praised, "Miss Chu is indeed a smart person. But from now on my martial nephew cannot be your ox or horse anymore." "He … humph," Chu Menglin said, "I don't want such a despicable person! Don't insult an ox or a horse. Hey, when are we leaving? "
The Sect Leader said, "Even if Madame Ruhua has become a ghost, she is still afraid of loneliness. Miss Chu, stay here tonight to accompany her, we will leave tomorrow." Chu Menglin was startled. "You want me and her to …" she said. Thinking about spending the night with a corpse, a chill ran through her body. Lu Qian said, "I am afraid the thing you have seen the most in your life is corpses; you should have gotten used to it. Shibo, Xiao Zhi has reserved a good room at the guesthouse, please have a good rest. "" Very well, "the Sect Leader said," I don't think she can run away. "
Chu Menglin was startled and scared. As the two of them walked away, she thought about how she had fallen into this kind of situation due to her willfulness. Even if she had been neglected in the Cult, she had never suffered this kind of hardship. The more she thought about it, the sadder she felt; she wept in a low voice.
Li Yijie and Nangong Xue had also heard about the Qing army capturing Tongguan and the founding of the Great Qing, so they could only remain indifferent. But when they asked her why she left first, Nangong Xue always gave a vague answer. After asking too many questions, she knew she could not hide it anymore, so she told them everything about Lu Qian poisoning her. She also blamed herself for being useless, for not being able to protect the sword manual. Li Yijie sighed and tried to comfort her, "The manual is just a worldly possession, as long as you are safe and sound, everything is fine." Nangong Xue still could not let it go. Li Yijie had no choice but to join her in cursing her for being unworthy of a friend. He also said that he would ask his Shifu for advice during the Heroes Assembly, using his own school's martial art to defeat Lu Qian fair and square. Only then did her tears turn into laughter.
The journey was calm and tranquil. They arrived at the Sword Discourse Forest one day before the assembly. The Sect Leaders of various sects and their disciples had arrived one after another. They all smiled and exchanged pleasantries, but their eyes were filled with indignation, presumably because they had suffered heavy casualties during the attack on the Sacrifice Shadow Cult. Li Yijie looked around but did not see his Shifu. His interest waned, but he did not want to join in the fun, so he leaned against a tree to rest his spirit. A Taoist priest stepped forward and said with a smile, "Li Shixiong, nice to meet you." Li Yijie did not recognize him, so he casually cupped his fists to return the greeting and ignored him.
The Taoist priest laughed and said, "Li Shixiong is an eminent person who forgets things easily. Xiaodi is Jie Yan of Wudang Pai." He said that after they parted, he had changed his previous impetuous temperament. He concentrated on practicing martial art, hoping that tomorrow he would be able to display his skills. Then he took the two of them to pay their respects to the seniors. When he was introducing the Kongtong Sect Leader, Nangong Xue coldly snorted and said, "Enemies meet on a narrow road." Li Yijie rushed forward and grabbed his collar. "Old thief," he angrily said, "You still dare to come to the assembly?"
The Kongtong Sect Leader pressed his two fingers on Li Yijie's wrist. Immediately Li Yijie felt a burst of strong pressure, his five fingers went numb and he let go. The Kongtong Sect Leader leisurely smoothed out the creases on his robe and lazily said, "I have not done anything shameful, and this place is not a dragon's pool or a tiger's den. Why would I not dare to come?" Li Yijie said, "But how can your conduct be worthy of the word 'hero'?"
The Kongtong Sect Leader laughed. "That's right," he said, "Poor Taoist cannot compare to Li Shizhi, who betrayed your country, who betrayed your master for glory, who displayed your invincible prowess on the battlefield, who returned in triumph, still as elegant as before. Henceforth the official road will open in all directions, you will have a meteoric rise. Congratulations, your honorable Shifu will also be proud of you. "
Listening to the tone of his voice, Li Yijie realized that he had already spoken to his Shifu. But how could he say anything good from his mouth? Gnashing his teeth in anger, he said, "You are the villain complaining first!" He clenched his fists so hard that his knuckles cracked. Suddenly he heard someone behind him angrily shouted, "Impudent! Is this the attitude you should have when talking to your martial uncle? " A man dressed like a scholar walked out leisurely. His face was refined, but it was difficult to conceal his anger. It was none other than the Sect Leader of Huashan Pai, Meng Anying.
"Shifu!" Li Yijie happily called out. Hastily he stepped forward to salute, but Meng Anying turned sideways to avoid him. "Evil disciple, kneel down!" Li Yijie had always been obedient to his Shifu. Hastily he knelt down and respectfully called out, "Shifu!" Meng Anying coldly said, "You still have the face to call me 'Shifu'? Since you left the mountain this time, how many times have you violated the sect's rules? How many treasonous and heinous deeds have you done? Now everybody is saying that I, the Old Man Meng, did not teach my disciples well, implicating the entire Huashan Pai in infamy. How do you think you deserve to be punished? "Li Yijie anxiously said," Disciple has caused Shifu's heroic reputation to be tarnished; I deserve to die ten thousand times. "
Nangong Xue could not bear to watch this any longer. "Shixiong has always followed Shifu's orders," she said, "He did not dare to overstep his bounds …" Meng Anying angrily said, "Since when did it become your turn to plead for him? When did your Shixiong not get involved in his mischief? "Nangong Xue was accustomed to her Shifu's amiable countenance. Suddenly her voice became stern and she did not dare to say anything more. Meng Anying turned toward Li Yijie and said, "You created havoc at the Lin Kong Sect's Longevity Banquet; was that also under my orders?"
The Kongtong Sect's Sect Leader smiled and said, "Meng Xiong, please don't blame him. Li Shizhi was indeed following your orders to snatch the Tear of Severing Soul. Men make mistakes, horses stumble. Meng Xiong did not obtain the treasure, please don't take your anger out on him. "" Shut up! "Li Yijie angrily said," Who asked you to pretend to be a good person? "He looked up and saw Meng Anying's sharp gaze sweeping toward him.
Meng Anying continued, "You abducted a prostitute from a brothel and escorted her all the way to Chang 'an. Shifu thought you were just a playful child and did not make a fuss about it. But you colluded with the demons of the Sacrifice Shadow Sect and became friends with them, your conduct has deviated from the demonic path. You killed the Old Hero Long of the Jianye Escort Agency; your methods are too cruel, you have become jackals of the same tribe as the demons. Even if I can tolerate you, the Wulin world's rules will not tolerate you! "
"Disciple does not dare to deceive Shifu," Li Yijie said, "I have severed all ties with the Devil Cult, but I hope Shifu will understand." While saying that he repeatedly kowtowed. "Humph," Meng Anying snorted, "You haven't? Could it be that your Shibo has wronged you? " Li Yijie did not know the truth, he only thought that the Sect Leader of the Kongtong Sect had come to frame him again. "He hates disciple to the core," he hatefully said, "What can't he say?"
The Sect Leader smiled and said, "Perhaps I made a mistake. Who knows? Does Shizhi know Miss Chu?" Nangong Xue's forehead was dripping with cold sweat. She knew Li Yijie was about to be revealed, but she could not stop it.
Li Yijie was startled. "Did you say Menglin?" He asked, "What did you do to her?" Chu Menglin had offended the Sect Leader several times; if she fell into his hands, it would not bode well for her. The Sect Leader laughed and said, "Since Shizhi has admitted, then Poor Priest's worry is unnecessary. This woman is indeed the Eldest Miss of the Devil Cult. Don't you think this witch deserves to die? An Yesun's hands are stained with blood, even more than the water Shizhi has drunk. Their master is Jiang Liechen, Young Master Jiang. Soon he will succeed the position of Hierarch. In the future, Shizhi will consider the brotherhood between us and cannot bear to kill her. Don't tell me you want us all to bow our heads to the Devil Cult? "
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