Feng Ziqing's expression was indifferent, and he slowly helped Meijiu up, turning to look at Xia Xu, who still had his back to them, with the corners of his mouth raised slightly, and his eyes implying deep meaning.
"Brother Xia, I praised you as a young hero earlier, but your behavior now is detrimental to your majestic heroic image."
Xia Xu suddenly turned around with a smile on his face, "Seriously? Oh, Brother Feng, you should have told me earlier, I have always admired you, hahaha."
"Bah." Meijiu spat at Xia Xu, with a look of disdain on his face, turned to the person in front of him and said, "Brother Feng, leave him alone, he is just like this, he has no integrity."
Feng Zi chuckled and said, "Brother Xia is quite a good person, hahaha."
Xia Xu walked over and patted Feng Ziqing on the shoulder, nodded and said, "Brother Feng's words are very much in line with my wishes."
"I admire Brother Xia's words and deeds."
"Each other."
"Concession, concession."
Meijiu shook her head helplessly and touched her belly. Xia Xu had sharp eyesight and quick hands. He took out a piece of dry food from somewhere and handed it to him. Feng Ziqing handed him a bottle of water.
Xia Feng and Xia Feng looked at each other, smiled, nodded and smiled at each other.
The wind comes through the forest.
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Chengwu County, in a luxurious mansion.
The moonlight is getting brighter and the lights are on in the courtyard.
"Although the plan has changed, the people are already outside the city. The plan remains the same. I have sent people to find out. They are the ones who did it."
The young man holding a folding fan made a cup of tea for the woman in front of him.
"Well, you send someone to tell those old radicals that there will be a big drama in a few days. Don't cause any trouble. Otherwise, if anything goes wrong, the head of the family will be severely punished."
The young master nodded, drank the tea in front of him, stood up and left.
After he left, the woman picked up the cup of brewed tea, shook it, shook her head, then shook it off and turned around to leave.
With a bang, the tea cup shattered and the tea spilled all over the floor.
The morning sun is rising.
In the mountains and forests.
Meijiu woke up from her self-treatment state. When she saw the man staring at her, a trace of blush appeared on her pale face, "Brother Fengfeng, why are you looking at me like this?"
Feng Ziqing chuckled, "It's nothing, I've just been thinking about who those two groups of assassins in black are and what grudge they have against you."
Meijiu took a deep breath and put one hand on the ground to stand up. Feng Ziqing saw this and stepped forward to help.
Meijiu slowly exhaled, and her brows slowly relaxed. The sword pierced her abdomen, which was really serious. She needed help even if she got up.
"These are all old things. I don't want to say more." Meijiu took two steps forward and said softly to the wind: "The imitation of three generations in the family is false, and the family's decline is true, but Xia Xu is not the only one.
That's all.
This can be regarded as a secret of the world. Brother Feng, you may not know that the four major aristocratic families are famous, but before that, there have always been other families as famous as the four major aristocratic families, but it has been a long time and has been forgotten by most people.
The four major families are the royal family's means of controlling people in the world.
Every sixty to one hundred and fifty years, six families compete together, and the winner becomes one of them.
There will be one exception, the emperor's eyes and ears. Most of this family comes from aristocratic families with military backgrounds, and there are also some, such as old generals who have no family after retirement, and children of military generals who failed to be selected for the Black Xuan Guards.
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There are different methods of competition, including overt fighting, covert robbery, plotting, and robbery.
Three months from the date of the competition, the two families with the fewest number of warriors in the fourth realm or above, or immortal cultivators in the third realm or above, will be judged as failed in the competition, and the loser will be defeated by the four winning ones.
Dividing all the property between families is like confiscating the entire family and sending them into exile."
At this point, Meijiu's expression already contained anger, and he said the last four words like gritted teeth.
"So, you two are the remnants of other families? Since the result is so cruel, why do you still participate?"
She slowly closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and smiled bitterly, "Xia Xu, you answer."
Xia Xu, who was sitting not far from the girl, slowly opened his eyes and nodded.
"That was the emperor's order. Although there was no explicit imperial edict, the eunuch in charge of the palace came with three hundred black mysterious guards to pass on the emperor's oral instructions. Who dares not to agree?
The emperor used his martial arts to break the ban, and the emperor had the final say.
Furthermore, there are too many benefits to becoming one of the four great families. Not to mention sharing the financial resources of the same family, just relying on water transportation, salt trading, banking, etc., can make people fight for their lives.
Also, within the three months of the competition, it is not illegal to kill the practitioners from these six aristocratic families, except the old, weak, women and children!
I, your mother, don’t break the law!”
Snapped!
A thin tree trunk was broken by Xia Shu's punch. He seemed to be still angry and beat the two larger trees next to him.
When the surroundings returned to silence, Feng Ziqing asked: "So, who is it that wants to kill you? The emperor? Or someone from the four great families?"
"Emperor?" Xia Xu sneered, "How can he have such free time? He is naturally a member of the four major families. They are afraid that one or two people with extraordinary qualifications will suddenly appear among us leftovers. After all, cutting the grass will not remove the roots.
I feel uneasy.
Therefore, with the emperor's acquiescence, the four major families will secretly send people to assassinate him, and we, the people, can only hide in Tibet and practice secretly to avenge this."
"I see." Feng Zi nodded lightly, and after pondering for a moment, he asked, "Then why did the little wine girl have to be exposed in front of the Yi family when the Yi family entered the city? Is it possible that the Yi family doesn't know you?"
"Of course we don't know each other. Otherwise, how could we dare to go to the theater and appear in front of the four aristocratic families?"
"Then why were you discovered and assassinated?"
Snapped!
Xia Xu kicked down a tree again and said viciously: "Someone must have betrayed us! Those of us who barely survived will get together occasionally to learn about everyone's current situation, and then discuss some things.
I just had a gathering a few days ago, and I didn’t expect that I was assassinated yesterday. Damn it, who was it?”
Feng Ziqing glanced at Xia Xu, who was in a rage, and thought to himself, it seems that last time you didn't go to pay homage, but to gather together.
"Is it Zheng Jue?" Xia Xu suddenly turned around and looked at plum wine.
"Probably not." Meijiu shook her head and muttered: "Duque's new dress is not cheap, and the gold and jade hairpin on her head is even more expensive. If you are not an expert, you can't tell it at all."
Xia Xu narrowed his eyes, "I understand."
"It seems that you have a general understanding. What are you going to do after you recover from your injuries?" Feng Ziqing asked the two of them.
The two did not speak.
"There's no rush." Feng Zi smiled softly, "Let's recover from the injury first. Then we can think about whether we should go to the city to inquire about it or go far away."
The two nodded.
The wind drifted down from the tree crown gently. Seeing that the two people were still healing their wounds, they didn't say anything to disturb them and stood quietly aside.
It was quiet outside the city, and he didn't know where the people from the four major families were hiding. With these two injured people here, it was hard for him to leave too far.
Are the life experiences of these two people really what they said? Why did Xia Xu have the intention to kill him? Plum wine just accidentally kissed him on the mouth and fell into his arms. Is it okay?
Of course you can't do it, and besides, you helped them, so you shouldn't do it.
So, why exactly?
Where does his murderous intention come from?
After a long time, Feng Ziqing's eyes gradually became brighter, and there seemed to be a smile on the corner of her mouth.
Chengwu County, which is neither big nor small, can be said to be full of different situations, more and more things are happening, and the water is getting muddier. These are all caused by the Sutra that Shakes the Mountain.
The Sutra of Shaking the Mountain
He slowly turned around and looked at the two men with their eyes closed to heal their injuries, with a smile on his face.
"Brother Feng, why are you laughing?"
Plum wine, who had just woken up from the state of healing, laughed to himself when he saw the wind, and asked with some confusion.
"It's nothing, isn't it because your injuries are getting more and more stable and you are gradually feeling at ease." He glanced at Xia Xu, who had already stood up, and asked: "What about you, how are your injuries? Also, let's discuss what happens next.
manage?"
Xia Xu stood up slowly, swung his sleeves, and shook off the dead leaves clinging to his sleeves. He pondered for a moment and said, "My injuries are minor and my movements are fine, so I plan to explore the city to find Zheng Juehe."
Duque asked, if they hesitate or hide something, then don't blame me for not remembering our past friendship."
Meijiu glanced at Xia Xu and said nothing, which was regarded as acquiescence.
Feng Ziqing naturally had no objection. Xia Xu could escape from those people and enter the city.