Zheng Qiang appeared in the Palace of Divine Sword.

He thought he would never set foot in this place.

The two sides are not in the same camp, and under normal circumstances there will be no contact.

What's more, Zhuge Mingzhu is notoriously withdrawn in the sect. He doesn't like to have too many interactions with people, and not many people like to have anything to do with him.

In the Divine Sword Palace, he discovered the existence of Qiu Yong.

However, I don't think there is anything surprising. Qiu Yong has received guidance from Zhuge Qiancheng, and he and Zhuge Mingzhu have always been regarded as brothers and sisters. The two are in the same camp and have a relatively good relationship. It is normal for him to appear in the Divine Sword Palace.

Especially now that something like this has happened, if Zhuge Mingzhu doesn't want his apprentice to be executed by the sect, he needs to use all available power.

The head disciple Qiu Yong is of course the kind of power that can be utilized.

Especially now that the leader Fang Haoran has made it clear that he has no intention of being involved in the sect's affairs, and just wants to enjoy the last period of his old age peacefully and let Qiu Yong exercise the power of the leader on his behalf, which also makes Qiu Yong a Tai

The most powerful person under the head of the Hao Clan, theoretically, he can intervene in any affairs of the sect.

However, Qiu Yong's presence still made him feel a little oppressed, which made the subsequent negotiations between him and Zhuge Mingzhu much less powerful.

The most important thing is that with the existence of such a third party, many things cannot be said clearly. Otherwise, if you tell the truth, you will be very passive in the future.

After Zhuge Mingzhu gave him his seat, he said with a smile:

"Envoy Zheng has never set foot in the Divine Sword Palace on weekdays, but he took the time to come here today. What's the point of doing this?"

Zheng Qiang thought to himself: "Don't you have an idea of ​​what I am here to do?"

But now that someone is taking advantage of me, I still can't be tough, so I said:

"After I received the Feijian letter from Miss Mingzhu, I did some research and found out that there is a descendant in my clan who is a little unhappy with Miss Mingzhu's disciple, and even hired someone to kill someone. I was shocked and ashamed. I went out of my way to

Come here and apologize to Miss Mingzhu. It was my lax discipline that allowed my tribe to commit such crimes."

"Oh, about that thing," Zhuge Mingzhu smiled, "I was shocked when I heard it, and I didn't know if it was true, so I sent a letter to you, Zheng Enforcer, hoping that you could verify it - so

Speaking of which, is this true?"

"Yes," Zheng Qiang said, "this is indeed the case."

"No wonder my apprentice was so angry that he shouted that he was going to kill someone."

Zhuge Mingzhu suddenly sighed and said to Zheng Qiang:

"I don't quite understand what the juniors these days are thinking. It's obvious that a small matter has to make people jump like crazy."

Zheng Qiang knew that Zhuge Mingzhu was being pretentious, but he could only agree and sighed: "Miss Mingzhu is right, the juniors nowadays are really too lawless."

Although he was echoing Zhuge Mingzhu's words, he did think so in his heart.

Zheng Qingyun would hire someone to kill someone just because he was jealous. This is a sign of lawlessness.

It was also lawless for Ning Shaoyang to kill his fellow disciples in full public view.

"Yes, it is too lawless," Zhuge Mingzhu said, "My disciple has anger in his heart. If he is not allowed to vent it, it may affect his state of mind and his cultivation. He told me that he

I can't stop him from fighting against Zheng Enforcer's tribe, and I don't know what the commotion is now, which makes people worried. I Feijian sent a letter to you, Zheng Enforcer, in the hope that you can find out.

This matter will stop my apprentice from doing anything bad in the sect."

Zheng Qiang sighed: "Unfortunately, it was too late when I found out about this. My tribe had already been killed by the order."

Zhuge Mingzhu was surprised: "How could this happen? Is there no one in the sect to stop this matter?"

"I don't know either." Zheng Qiang said.

"That would be troublesome..."

Zhuge Mingzhu whispered, then stood up and said to Zheng Qiang:

"I failed to discipline myself well and allowed the bad guys to commit crimes in the sect and hurt the members of Zheng Enforcer's clan. I will apologize to Zheng Enforcer for my fault."

Zheng Qiang also stood up and said: "Miss Mingzhu, you don't need to be like this. My tribe dares to commit murder against a fellow clan member. According to the law, you should be executed. If you die, you will die. There is nothing to regret. But in this way,

It’s really unsettling to have our disciples implicated.”

Zhuge Mingzhu said calmly: "My scoundrel committed a crime in the sect and should receive whatever punishment he deserves. That is the path he chose. I have nothing to say."

After a pause, he added: "Even if the sect wants to punish me for lax discipline, I will admit it."

These words made Zheng Qiang tremble with fear.

This is what he fears.

Zhuge Mingzhu does not hold any position in the sect, so whether his discipline is strict or not will not be a big problem. At most, he can only criticize a few words.

But he is different.

As a law enforcement envoy of the Law Enforcement Hall, there is a descendant in the family who pays to commit murder. If he is charged with "lax discipline", he can easily lose his position.

At this time Qiu Yong spoke: "Junior sister, you can't say that. Although your apprentice did something like that, it violated the rules of the sect, but it is excusable. I think it should be dealt with lightly. As for lax discipline, it is excusable.

Not to mention four words, the master may not be able to dissuade the apprentice from what he wants to do."

Zheng Qiang said quickly: "This is exactly the reason. If there are extenuating circumstances, then we should be dealt with lightly."

Zhuge Mingzhu hesitated and said: "But he violated the sect's rules. I'm not very clear about the sect's rules - what kind of punishment should he bear for such behavior?"

As he said that, he looked at Zheng Qiang.

Zheng Qiang is one of the five law enforcement envoys in the Law Enforcement Hall. He must be clear about the various laws and regulations of the sect. This cannot be shied away from.

"The most serious case of killing a fellow sect member is death," Zheng Qiang said.

"Then let him die," Zhuge Mingzhu said coldly, "I feel deeply ashamed to have taught such an evil disciple who despises the rules of the sect. It would be better to put him to death, out of sight and out of mind."

Cold sweat broke out on Zheng Qiang's forehead.

If Ning Shaoyang is executed, his position as law enforcement officer will also be given up.

There is no doubt about this.

If Zhuge Mingzhu really wanted to be as indifferent as she showed, there would be no need for him to pass the message to her with flying swords.

After executing Ning Shaoyang, he will definitely have to bear the revenge of Zhuge Mingzhu.

He didn't want to exchange his position for Ning Shaoyang's life. To him, that was not worth it.

He said: "Although in principle, anyone who kills a member of the same family must be punished with death, but if there is a reason, the punishment can also be given lightly."

Zhuge Mingzhu didn't answer, Qiu Yong asked:

"How light can the punishment be?"

Zheng Qiang knew it was time to make an offer.

Said: "Different reasons have different degrees of punishment. Some can save a life, but the cultivation level must be abolished and the sect must be expelled..."

Qiu Yong frowned and said: "Abandoning his cultivation and expelling him from the sect is not much different from executing him. A situation like his shouldn't be so serious, right?"

Zheng Qiang said: "Of course, Miss Mingzhu's apprentice just killed a person who deserved to be killed. The mistake was that he should not have executed it. Although this situation violated the rules of the sect, it should not be punished so severely.

.I think we can cite similar cases that the sect has judged before, confine him for ten years to reflect, and then banish him to the sect's mines to mine for a hundred years. There is no need to abolish his cultivation and expel him from the sect."

Qiu Yong still frowned, obviously dissatisfied.

Zhuge Mingzhu said to Qiu Yong: "Brother, you don't need to say more. This apprentice has lost my people. I don't want him anymore. Let him die if he dies. I don't want to break the sect's laws."

Zheng Qiang suddenly became anxious.

Anyone who kills someone in a sect, no matter what the reason is, must be punished according to the sect's rules.

In his memory, the only person in the sect who killed someone without being punished was Zhuge Mingzhu who killed his own people more than a hundred years ago.

Not many people died that time.

However, the situation that time was special. No one dared to touch Zhuge Mingzhu when her murderous intent was at its peak. Everyone was pretending to be dead and pretending not to see it.

He still remembered that at that time Fan Wuxie, the elder of the Law Enforcement Hall, suddenly left the sect to visit friends.

The elders of the Chuanfa Hall also left the sect.

Those at the top of the sect are all pretending to be dead, either choosing to leave the sect or choosing to practice in seclusion.

No one dared to pursue this matter.

The Law Enforcement Hall should pursue this matter, but the elders of the Law Enforcement Hall have already chosen to pretend to be dead, and the rest of them do not have the courage to take up the matter.

Therefore, this incident only remains in everyone's memory and has not been recorded in any archives.

If no one mentions it, it means it never happened.

But now what Ning Shaoyang committed is different, because the Law Enforcement Hall has intervened and arrested Ning Shaoyang.

If he followed his wishes, he would of course release Ning Shaoyang immediately in exchange for Zhuge Mingzhu not being held accountable.

However, he couldn't find a reason to let Ning Shaoyang out.

There had never been such a sentence before.

The laws and regulations of a sect are not for fairness and justice. Their biggest function is to maintain the majesty of a sect, which is more important than any fairness and justice.

Killing a disciple of a sect without going through the interrogation of the sect is a provocation to the majesty of the sect. For this situation, no matter how extenuating the circumstances are, according to the sect rules, severe punishment is required.
To be continued...