"Second Uncle!" Qi Lei was already a bit grumpy. When he heard what Qi Chongwen said, he was naturally unhappy. His voice suddenly raised, as if a huge stone was thrown into the dead water, "Second Uncle, can you

Think about it, the royal family of Chu State has been squeezing our Qi family for twelve years. Since the establishment of the Yamen Palace, the royal family openly asked the eldest brother to work in the Kyoto Prefecture. Everyone knows that they are taking the eldest brother as a hostage.

We have to provide huge sums of money to the royal family every year, and we are also responsible for inquiring into the world for them. Do you know how many enemies our Qi family has made because of this matter? My uncle's death is probably because of this matter."

"Qi Lei!" Seeing that he was getting more and more excited, Qi Xuan shouted to stop. Several other people in the meeting hall were also shocked by Qi Lei's angry words. They all knew that

Qi Lei was the most opposed to joining the Yasi capital, but no one expected that there would be such great resentment.

"Am I wrong in what I said? I think brother, you have been stupid in Kyoto for more than ten years." Qi Lei was not stopped by Qi Xuan's shout, but his voice became louder.

Qi Xuan did not expect Qi Lei to have such a big reaction, but Qi Xuan calmed down, and then said to everyone in the meeting hall in a very calm tone: "I am not stupid, just because I am in Kyoto Prefecture,

Therefore, I have seen everything the Chu royal family did. In the Battle of Liuling, although the Chu royal family also suffered numerous casualties and suffered a great loss in strength, this gave other forces an opportunity to take advantage of it, and even settled for a corner and established themselves as kings.

But our Qijiazhuang is also severely weakened. We can't compete with the Northwest Poison Sect. They can stay in a corner, but what about us? We can't because our strength is already far inferior to what it used to be. After that war, six people of my father's generation

We went on an expedition, but only two people came back, and my second uncle still has a hidden illness. Do you think that with our current situation, we can fight against the royal family's black-armored guards?"

Qi Xuan turned to look at Qi Lei, whose eyes were gradually fading away, then stared at him and said slowly: "The Ye family was the best ten years ago."

Everyone was silent. How could they forget the massacre that shocked the entire martial arts force ten years ago? It was also that massacre that witnessed the return of the Chu royal family to their status in the martial arts world.

Ten years ago, that is, in the seventeenth year of the Dali calendar, just two years after the Chu royal family established the Yasi capital, the Ye family in Liuzhou in the south of the Yangtze River openly resisted the recruitment of the Yasi capital because they were dissatisfied with the Chu royal family's tyrannical methods.

, and in order to establish its own majesty, the Chu royal family sent the eldest prince Chu Zizhan, who was only 22 years old, to lead more than a hundred black-armored guards to Liuzhou in the south of the Yangtze River. In that battle, the entire martial arts force saw the black-armored guards.

His prowess also calmed down the martial arts forces that were about to take action at the time. The eldest prince Chu Zizhan also became famous in that battle, but his reputation was not for how brave and good at fighting he was, but for his cruelty and bloodlust.

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With one order, everyone in the Ye family, young and old, was massacred. Overnight, blood flowed into rivers and corpses piled up like mountains. The situation was so horrific that it could be called a hell on earth.

The faces of everyone in the meeting hall were stern, and then turned livid, as if they were thinking of the tragedy that happened in Liuzhou, Jiangnan ten years ago.

Qi Xuan glanced at everyone in the meeting hall, then sighed softly, and left the meeting hall with Qi Song.

After Qi Xuan left, the second uncle came back to his senses, and then said to everyone: "Let's all leave. I hope not to tell anyone about today's affairs in Qijiazhuang and Kyoto Prefecture, so as not to let anyone who is interested know about it.

It will cause unnecessary trouble to our Qijiazhuang."

Qi Zhen, Qi Yu and Qi Hai nodded in agreement, then resigned and left the meeting hall, leaving only their second uncle Qi Chongshan and Qi Lei here.

"Xiao Lei, your brother is right. After the Battle of Liuling, your father did not come back. I know you hate the royal family, but our current strength in Qijiazhuang is really unable to fight against the royal family. Once your uncle dies, and

With me like this, the village is even more in danger. Without the protection of a great martial artist, the fate it faces is to be annexed or destroyed. But now that we rely on the Chu royal family, other forces will not dare to take action.

The Chu royal family will not dare to attack us for a short period of time at least because of their feelings, so that we in Qijiazhuang can be given a chance to breathe."

Qi Chongshan's voice was very soft, but every word fell into Qi Lei's ears very clearly.

When Qi Lei heard Qi Chongshan mention his father, his heart tightened again. He seemed to think of the war many years ago. His father followed his uncle and participated in that war, but his father never came back.

Qi Lei, who was still young at the time, placed all the blame on the Chu royal family. If not for the war they launched, how could his father have died?

Qi Chongshan saw Qi Lei's expression and knew

He thought of something sad, so he just sighed, and then slowly said to Qi Lei: "Your second uncle, I have no heirs or family members. I have treated you as my own children from the beginning. Hey, go back."

, go and have a look at Xiao Liancheng, you should be asleep by now."

Qi Lei also recovered from his memories, nodded to Qi Chongshan, then stood up and came behind Qi Chongshan, and slowly pushed Qi Chongshan out of his original position.

At this time, Qi Chongshan had been sitting in a wheelchair, with his lower body covered by a thin blanket. However, the thin blanket only covered his knees and then collapsed. The part of the thin blanket hanging underneath the wheelchair began to move as he moved.

It swayed gently, as if it were swinging there, back and forth, back and forth.

Qi Chongshan was actually amputated below the knees!

On the other side, Chu Zizhan and Shang Luoyan, with more than ten black-armored guards, finally arrived at Xuanqing Mansion, the must-pass city on their way to Qijiazhuang, at dawn. They found a clean inn and stayed there.

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Originally, Chu Zizhan deliberately avoided Prince Chu Ziya during this operation and did not want to make any announcement, so he and others changed into casual clothes.

"Housekeeper, please bring some food and some guest rooms." Shang Luoyan shouted to the innkeeper.

Although it is still morning, there are many inns open in Xuanqing Mansion, and they all have stalls in front of the inns, selling breakfast, fried dough sticks, soy milk and the like, specifically for the guests who come and go to get up early.

After all, the owner of this inn has been here for decades. He has seen countless guests and has developed the ability to "recognize people". As long as he takes a glance, he will roughly know what the visitor is doing.

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The innkeeper also relied on this "skill" to leave a good reputation in Xuanqing Mansion.

"Your breakfast, sir, and here are the cards in your room."

When Chu Zizhan and others entered the inn, the innkeeper saw that this group of people definitely had a background. Although the group of more than a dozen people had met many of them over the years, they always felt that they lacked something.
Chapter completed!