Emperor Que Shaohua

Everyone's eyes immediately focused on the two wooden boxes on the long side, and the heroes gathered one after another. Some who were close to each other entered the booth and stood when they couldn't sit down. Zhuoyue Pavilion is surrounded by three floors inside and outside.Luo Pingyuan also pulled the second senior brother, left the crowd and went in, and got to Ning Zefei's side.

Zhu Jin stood up, cupped his hands around, and said in a deep voice: "All comrades, please be a witness for me, Langhuan."

Xie Xiao took the square box from Qibi's subordinate, placed it on the tea table and opened it, inside was a stack of documents and volumes.He first picked up the top copy, flipped to one of the pages, and read word by word: "In the midsummer of the Jiayin year, the third daughter of Wang Dafutian, a carpenter in Chunti Lane, Tanxi Township, this county, is named Wang Sui'er, and she is Zhang Baosheng. The signed newspaper and the county household house check and record, the appropriate time is the seventh day of the sixth month of the third year."

Everyone was a little confused for a while, so Mu Shaoqing said coldly: "What is this?"

"The Nian Geng record of Miss Pei's birth, together with her real name, was recorded 19 years ago." Xie Xiao said sternly, "This household registration book was found in Yuanshui County Government, Ganzhou, and there is a house seal on it."

He then picked up a roll of writing paper and slowly unfolded it: "Wang Dafu, a carpenter, is from Zhangwang Village, Tanxi Town. There are three brothers in his family. They have been farmers in the village for five generations. They cultivated day and night and worshiped the ancestral hall. Because of the limited land in the family, Wang Dafu began to worship the carpenter in the village as a teacher when he was ten years old, and together he recruited work in Tanxi Town, and married Zhang Hongxing, a girl from the same village. At the age of 27, the family separated and moved into the town to live in a rented house in Chuntai Lane. Sui'er died of illness at the age of 36, leaving behind a son and three daughters who were buried in the north of the village. This is a rubbing of the inscription on the family tree of the Wang family, and there is also the testimony of the patriarch of the Wang family, and the three elders have signed it together. Please check it with Master Mu Shaozhuang."

The heroes looked at each other in blank dismay, what Xie Xiao said was clearly the life experience of an ordinary farmer craftsman, making a living, starting a family, including middle-aged illness and death, there was nothing special about it, but he narrated it at the sword test meeting, and was counted. Qian Yingjie held his breath and listened quietly, which was also a miracle.

Mu Shaoqing frowned, he already understood what Luo Yanhua meant.Pei Suxue is Pei Sanniang's adopted daughter, so she must have changed her name. Could it be that her surname was originally Wang?And Wang Dafu, a carpenter, was born on the ridge of the village. His ancestors have been farming for generations.

Sure enough, as Xie Xiao read out the documents one by one, the life story of the luthier Miss Pei gradually became clear and coherent.Pei Suxue, formerly known as Wang Suier, was from Zhangwang Village, Tanxi Town, Yuanshui County, Ganzhou.In the ninth year of Tianyi, when Wang Dafu passed away, Zhang Hongxing dragged her son and daughter back to the village, relying on the family's four mu of Susukida to make ends meet.In the [-]th year of Tianyi, Ganzhou was hit by floods, and there was no harvest in the fields. In order to protect the orphans and widows through the famine, the elder brother Wang sold the youngest daughter for three buckets of rice.Wang Sui'er was seven years old at the time, and was taken to Gusu by Renya, where she was sold together with three other girls to a merchant family named Fan, named Ouxiang, and served the family members.

Three years later, merchant Fan's business lost money, and he had to sell his house in the city and bring his family back to his hometown to find another way out. The little girl Ouxiang was then sold to a brothel called Chunse Liubo, where she began to learn calligraphy, painting, playing and singing every day. I was ten years old.It should be said that she is very lucky among the many poor women whose lives are rough and whose lives are like floating weeds.About a year later, the brothel invited Pei Sanniang, a well-known qin master in the south of the Yangtze River, to come and give advice to the Qing Dynasty ladies.Pei Sanniang discovered by chance that this little girl, who has only recently been exposed to the guqin, has a unique spirituality in terms of phonology, so she wanted to take her as an apprentice.In order to let the beauty of spring go, Pei Sanniang tried many ways, and even used the favors accumulated over the years. Fortunately, in the eyes of the bustard, although Ouxiang is a good one, it is not the top one. The cost of painstaking efforts was limited, and finally took out the deed of sale after asking for 400 taels of silver.In fact, Pei Sanniang is approaching age, she is glad that she has a successor with her skills, she personally went to the government to get rid of Ouxiang's slave status, and changed her name to Pei Suxue, treating each other like a teacher and a mother.

For the next few years, Pei Suxue followed her master and focused on practicing piano tunes. Pei Sanniang used her fame to travel between Yangzhou and the prosperous places of Suzhou and Hangzhou. When I came to Jinling Wanjian Villa, I stayed here and never left.

Zhang Hongxing took her son and remarried to another village eighty miles away from Zhangwang Village nine years ago because of her difficult life. One of Wang Suier’s two older sisters was married, and the other was also sold as a last resort. In the city of Ganzhou.

The documentary evidence collected by Qibi was spread out on the tea table, and everything was available: the evidence of Wang Sui'er's selling herself, the contract signed by Fan's family with the prostitute when buying a maid, and the procedures for reselling the brothel and redemption. The names and surnames of both parties and middlemen were signed and marked, and a portrait was attached to the copy of Chunshui Liubo; there was also a record of Pei Sanniang's resignation and name change for Wang Sui'er in the Gusu government office, which was stamped with the official seal. The paper booklet is old and yellowed, and it can be seen that it has been stored for many years.In addition, there are several testimonies from relevant people, proving that Zhang Honggu's family is also a farmer in the village and the fact that she remarried; there is also the process of Pei Sanniang redeeming her after many twists and turns because of her talent for cherishing the fragrance of lotus root.

"You sent a pile of old papers, what are you trying to explain?" Mu Shaoqing picked up the last document, glanced at it casually, threw it back on the table, and said with a sneer, "Jiang Hua wouldn't think that with these pieces of paper Something that wakes up can make me change my mind!"

"The suzerain hopes that Mu Lingzhu can understand one thing, that is, the dead Pei Suxue is not an orphan of Langhuan." Xie Xiao ignored the sarcasm in his tone and said lightly, "It doesn't matter whether it is sent by the Kunlun mansion or not." Hidden pile, Miss Pei lied about her life experience. This is beyond doubt. So how credible is what she said to you before she committed suicide? to you?"

After the voice fell, there was a moment of silence inside and outside the Zhuoyue Pavilion.The disaster in Langhuan began ten years ago when Shao’an fell. It happened in the winter of Tianyi’s 12th year. However, Wang Sui’er was sold to Gusu in Tianyi’s [-]th year. If her parents and elders were from Langhuan, Why sell children and daughters?Besides, Wang Dafu and Zhang Honggu might have never stepped out of a village with a radius of a hundred miles, so how could they die for Langhuan?

Judging from Pei Suxue's experience since she was seven years old, from living in a brothel with a businessman surnamed Fan, to becoming Pei Sanniang's apprentice, wandering in the south of the Yangtze River all the way, the five years before entering Wanjian Villa, can be regarded as half a foot into the rivers and lakes, exposed to , or even become a pawn of the Kunlun Mansion or other gang forces, it is not impossible, but the identity of "Langhuan Orphans" can't be matched by anything.

"I only believe that seeing is believing." Mu Shaoqing felt a little irritable, and frowned, "Miss Pei was determined to commit suicide when she told her past. I don't think she has the need to deceive. Besides, with Jiang Hua's status and Qi With Bi's skills, what kind of documents can't be produced?" At this point, he glanced at Xie Xiao, not without contempt, "Is Jiang Hua only with such tricks? Heroes in the world are not fools! I think you are deceiving Pei Suxue and she is dead. , I couldn’t open my mouth to argue, so I found out the experience of the village queen Sui’er and put it on her, so I can talk nonsense!”

When the heroes saw Lang Huan's investigation results before, they thought they were well-founded, but after he repeatedly questioned and ridiculed them, some people inevitably murmured in their hearts, half-believing and half-doubting.

"You are the one who spouts blood!" Xie Xiaorao was already mentally prepared, but was also trembling with anger, "Mu Shaoqing, there must be a limit to being unreasonable. The Lord has never felt sorry for you these years. If you want When did the trouble last! And ask yourself, when Pei Suxue came to Wanjian Villa, did you know her past history? She slandered the lord wantonly, and you, as the lord of Mingjian, were not alert and did not want to protect the reputation of the lord , Is this the way to be a subordinate? Besides, everything is empty talk. Before you, Mr. Mu Shaozhuang, tried to verify any words this woman said before you took advantage of the topic and fought against each other? If you think you have figured it out, Bring out the facts and confront me, and we'll tell the truth on the spot; if you don't even check, hehe, what shame do you have to talk nonsense, my Sect Master Langhuan is humiliated by others!"

Everyone in Langhuan stared angrily at Mu Shaoqing who had endured the end of his life, and the smell of gunpowder in the pavilion suddenly rose.The heroes also felt that Xie Xiao's words were very reasonable. To convict their suzerain based on the words of a woman of unknown background is not only reckless, but absurd.Many people even think that Mu Shaoqing must have checked it out, otherwise how could he be confident and angry for several months?He also nodded and said yes at the moment, waiting to see how he responds.

The complex expression on Mu Shaoqing's face disappeared in a flash, and the two of them died in front of him that night. Pei Suxue was a young girl with a wonderful piano skill, and she had lived quietly in the village for four years; Wei Cheng was even more right-hand man, The degree of intimacy is no less than that of Gu Di, but he was accidentally killed by himself.He couldn't forget the surging grief and anger at that moment, the uncontrollable grief, and the humiliation of being played on the palm of his hand.The memories of his early years suddenly woke up, and the fallen relatives and companions in the shadow of swords and swords overlapped with the scene in front of him. He suddenly felt that years of hard work were worthless, and he thought that his wings were growing, but in fact he was still weak.He always thought of Wei Cheng's last intermittent request, saying that Miss Pei's background was pitiful and that she had no other choice but to reappear the girl's struggling and desperate eyes when she was dying, with some kind of strange mockery, and her melancholy and mournful singing : See the saying, the end of the world, the fragrant grass will make the way back.The days to come were chaotic and chaotic, he was like a firecracker that would explode at any point, or would explode at any point. Posting martial arts posts, conflicts with Huaibizhuang, and planning the Mingjian League were enough to worry about. As for whether Pei Suxue's words were true, he hadn't checked at all. .When a person is about to die, his words are good, he believes that his intuition will not be wrong; moreover, Qibi has probably already prepared a way to cover up such a secretive and dishonorable act, so that he will not catch the real evidence.

Thinking about it this way, it's not surprising that Luo Yanhua has a complete set of documentary evidence in his hands, but in order to get the maximum effect, he took so long to present it at the sword test meeting, so he is really calm.

"With a loyal and reliable subordinate like Deputy Commander Xie, who can find clues that are not good for Jianghua?" Mu Shaoqing looked cold, and he was two points more arrogant than before, "You seem to have made a mistake. The matter, the bet I made with Jiang Hua, is for him to prove his innocence to me and explain the ins and outs. And how I want to judge, I don’t need to explain to you!”

"Having said that, whether Master Mu Shaozhuang's conclusion is reasonable or biased, right and wrong, we need to let the disciples of Langhuan and fellow martial artists know, otherwise it will be too unfair to the suzerain." Zhu Jin held down the furious button Xie Xiao, he was also furious in his heart, but his tone remained stable, "There are a lot of seniors who are present at the meeting. I believe that whether the seal of the document is authentic or not, I believe it cannot be hidden from everyone's eyes. All the contents explained today, regardless of Wanjian Villa is still present and heard any fellow heroes who have the right to re-verify, and if there is any discrepancy, they can question my Langhuan at any time."

Among the many guests gathered by the lake, there were indeed quite a few people with rich experience in the world. Immediately, a few of them who believed they had keen eyesight and experience walked to the tea table and carefully examined the paper volumes that were spread out one after another.After confirming that there is no problem, they nodded or bowed their hands in greeting, and then walked away one after another, giving up the seats at the table to other spectators.If it takes about two cups of tea, even the two or three most famous experts in identifying and imitating a dish have already mastered it, and no one else will come forward.

During the debate and inspection, the twilight gradually deepened, and Zhu Jin asked, "Master Mu Ling, do you have any questions?"

Mu Shaoqing remained silent with a cold face. It might not be difficult for Qibi to obtain seals and stamps, but the paper, ink, and stamps will change and gradually fade over time. It is necessary to make every detail of the written documents seamless. Just like things from many years ago, it is extremely difficult to spread them out in front of many eyes without revealing their flaws.Zhu Jin's magnanimous attitude surprised him a bit. He continued to insist on dissenting, which was hard to be justified in the eyes of the heroes. However, if he believed and admitted that Luo Yanhua's evidence was true, he was really tricked into it. He was absolutely unwilling and unable to do so.

Many thoughts flashed through his mind in an instant, and fragments of the past flashed like fleeting images.Pei Sanniang was recommended by a manager in the village, and the gift money she asked for was very low. She said that she was old, and she had offended the Jianghu gang on the ground in the early years, and she wanted to find a long-term shelter. Yu Wanjian Villa.He ordered people to check the background and confirmed that it was only green-skinned rogues who challenged her, so he didn't take it seriously.The day Pei Sanniang entered the village, there was a little girl holding a piano behind her, with full bangs and pale pink satin skirt, and her flickering eyes were timid and curious.Since then, the sound of zither and pipa has always been heard in the small courtyard. The people in the village said that it was Sanniang teaching apprentices, and she even taught several maids.Two years later, one day I invited a few friends to drink, and when I wanted to listen to the orchestra, I remembered Pei Sanniang's funeral, so I asked Wei Cheng to find a maid who could play the piano to play a few pieces.It was Pei Suxue in plain clothes who came, and sang during the banquet: "By the broken bridge, the grass is far away, how can there be spring in the world, and the tenderness of the flowers can't be expressed, and the world is always difficult." At night, perhaps because the girl left him with the impression of being quiet and reserved, she would only show a little melancholy occasionally. When she suddenly complained bitterly, the unbelievable impact would be so huge.She said that she is an orphan of Langhuan, who has been controlled by the suzerain for many years, and has lived a life of two swords. Words are like long sharp needles, piercing through the eardrums to the place in the heart that you least want to be touched, leaving an irreversible burning pain.Mu Shaoqing suddenly realized that the scene in her memory was blurred, the sound and sight seemed to be fading and distorting, Pei Suxue's expression and the words she uttered became intermittent and messy, making it difficult to distinguish, and then disappeared in the white mist.What was she talking about, and why did she want to lie to others, even at the risk of death?The moment the thought came to him, he felt the familiar dizziness and headache again.

Zhu Jin, who was standing nearby, and Jiang Wanli and Luo Pingyuan, who were also in the pavilion, clearly noticed that Mu Shaoqing closed his eyes, his face paled for a moment, and then the slight waves in his expression subsided, and he returned Yu Moran: "There are many doubts about what happened that night. A few documentary evidences alone, no matter whether they are credible or not, are not enough to remove Jiang Hua's suspicion. If Miss Pei is not an orphan of Langhuan, who is she? Why did you say that from her mouth? Jiang Hua is the person behind it? A village queen, Sui'er, doesn't have this kind of scheming and insight. If the key points can't be explained clearly, I'm sorry I won't be convinced."

"Who else can she be? Naturally, she is an internal response planted by the Kunlun Mansion!" Xie Xiao's anger rose again before it had time to pass. Who is the happiest? Which one is the most profitable? Anyone with a brain can see clearly! When the accident happened in your Wanjian Villa, the Lord was still thousands of miles away. , is it still unreasonable?"

His voice was originally raised high, but suddenly turned hoarse: "Shaoqing, until now, isn't the suzerain's heart for you not clear enough? Why are you so obsessed and unwilling to wake up?"

The heroes present believed ninety percent of the time, and after hearing his sincerity, they all thought that the conditions proposed by Mu Shaoqing were really unreasonable. Such a difficult and ruthless subordinate at the suzerain Jianghua booth wanted to get rid of him before being mad at him. It is indeed extremely difficult to subdue it.If it were me, with the evidence in hand, how could I care whether he was convinced or not, I'm afraid he couldn't stand it and turned his face.From this point of view, Sect Master Langhuan is not only amazing in bearing, but also this kind of affection for each other is indeed worth cherishing.

"Sect Master Jiang was willing to take risks to make an agreement, and it is self-evident that he values ​​Master Mu Shaozhuang." In the stalemate atmosphere, Ning Zefei said, "It is said that people are indecisive and have no regrets. Once a decision is made, it is difficult to redo. Master Mu Shaozhuang's judgment is of great importance. Since there are many doubts, he must be more cautious. In my humble opinion, if you advance rashly, you may be taken advantage of by the younger generation. If you can get rid of your mental barriers and use retreat as an advance, you will be wise and courageous .”

Luo Pingyuan thought to himself, although the eldest brother is a master, he speaks very flexibly now. He clearly saw Mu Shaoqing's face-conscious character, and while provoking him, he paved the way for him.

Instead of clasping his fists to show his thanks, Zhu Jin Chaoning said to Mu Shaoqing, "At the order of the suzerain, apart from the documents, there is one more thing for Mu Lingzhu to look at."

He gave a slight signal, and Xuanshuang's subordinates in black came forward and placed another long and narrow wooden box on the table.The lid of the box was opened, and the inside was very cold, and it looked like a weapon.

Mu Shaoqing approached with a sullen face, and was entangled with a pile of papers for a long time. He was not sure what kind of medicine was being sold in Luo Yanhua's gourd.When I looked closely, what was contained in the box was a pair of black iron whips, with eighteen ribs and joints, with a faint red color in the black, as if they had been slaughtered and drank human blood.

"Master." Gu Di whispered beside him.Mu Shaoqing knew that he was reminding himself not to touch it, in case there was fraud.He sneered, although Luo Yanhua had many tricks, he was really not a person who poisoned indiscriminately, besides, how could he lose the battle in front of thousands of eyes.He stretched out his hand to pick up one of them without hesitation, only to feel that his hand was extremely heavy, his heart moved, and then he looked at it carefully, and his expression changed slightly: "This is the black sand penetrating whip!"

There was a murmur of commotion in the crowd immediately, the Black Sand Penetrating Bone Whip is a fierce soldier in the martial arts world, it is said that [-]% black iron was mixed into it when it was made, and it is fierce and invincible when it is swung; more importantly, Everyone knows that it is the weapon of Wen Tianxiao, one of the nine protectors of the Kunlun Mansion.

Wen Tianxiao is half-Han and half-Hu, with extraordinary talent and great strength. In his early years, he was a giant bandit outside the customs. When he robbed, he got a piece of black iron by chance, so he searched for a master of cast iron, and spent two years to create a pair of iron whips. Love is like life, never leaving the body.It is known that he has a cruel personality, and his attacks are ruthless, and countless opponents and innocent lives have been killed in the past ten years.It wasn't until he was attacked and suffered heavy losses a few years ago that he curbed his fierce flames and disappeared.

Wen Tianxiao is not only an enemy of the Huashan faction, but to Langhuan, his hatred is as deep as the sea, because ten years ago, Xiao Suyu, the right envoy who rushed back to Luocheng from Zhaolin, was the same person as Ji Wuya. They joined forces to assassinate.Now that the black sand piercing whip is in Xuanshuang's hands, the meaning it represents is self-evident.

Zhu Jin's expression was still calm, and he said lightly: "20 days ago, Xuanshuang intercepted Wen Tianxiao in Hejian Mansion. After a fierce fight, he was captured alive and handed over to Jingyu Guards to take him to Luocheng. The pair of weapons were sent to Jinling all the way, and they arrived at Huaibi Village the day before yesterday. The suzerain believes that Mu Lingzhu will be happy when he hears the news, so he asked me to bring Wanjian Villa."

Mu Shaoqing clenched the cold handle of the whip tightly, Luo Yanhua was telling himself that Langhuan would not let any of his enemies go, and when the time came, all the hatred would eventually find its place.There was a rush of blood in my heart, agitated and agitated, but at the same time, my emotions were still indifferent and cold, I felt the burning pain, and a voice that kept getting louder echoed in my mind: "He clearly beat you up in public. The army is here to plot against you and subdue you, so you must not waver and be fooled!" Following him he heard his own cold voice, "That's right, thank you, Sect Master Jiang, for your victory. But Xuanshuang's capture of Wen Tianxiao has nothing to do with this bet. Relevance. I would advise him that if he has nothing to say, he is willing to gamble and admit defeat, and stop wasting his mind on irrelevant things!"

Zhu Jin sighed. With his steady mind, he also felt that he would be sorry if he didn't beat Mu Shaoqing until he couldn't get out of bed for ten and a half months, but for now, he could only continue to be patient: "That's it for today. I will tell the Lord. Lord Mu Ling, I hope you understand what you are doing, and the suzerain will come in person on the last day of tomorrow, so I hope you think twice before acting."

After finishing speaking, he flicked his sleeves coldly, and turned away without turning his head.