Su Jiu remained silent for about half a stick of incense.
Zhu Hu stood aside and almost couldn't help but speak.
Su Jiu then opened his mouth and continued talking.
"Senior Zhu, this is not the reason. This matter had to start more than a thousand years ago."
During this time of about half a stick of incense, Su Jiu was actually sorting out his thoughts. Things between the Zhou family, the Lie family, and the Su family could not be explained clearly in a few words.
"Senior Zhu, my Su family's classics record that in the year 494 AD..."
Su Jiu eloquently recounted that the truth of the matter turned out to be this.
In 494 AD, Xiao Luan, Marquis of Xichang in the Southern Qi Dynasty, killed the emperor Xiao Zhaoye who had just succeeded to the throne and established a new emperor, who actually took control of the country's military and political power.
Because of the name of regicide, Xiao Luan felt very uneasy. At the same time, in order to usurp the throne in the future, he began to kill his brothers, nephews and other princes and kings named Xiao.
King Jin'an, the governor of Jiangzhou, Zhou Zimao was very angry when he heard the news that the kings had been killed. He ordered the general of the Fanghe Army, who was equivalent to the leader of the police, bodyguards, and troops. Lie Chao persuaded him to raise an army to resist, and Zhou Zimao began to carry out military operations. mobilization.
At that time, the relationship between the Lie family and the Zhou family was very good.
Xiao Luan learned that King Jin'an was about to rebel, and immediately sent Su Xuanmiao, a member of the Su family who was in the temple at the time, to lead an army to attack.
Thousands of years ago, it was normal for the Feng Shui community to interfere in world affairs.
The nine guardian families at that time were not as harmonious as they are now, and each of the nine guardian families was very prosperous.
It is normal for the disciples of his family to walk in the world of Feng Shui, walk in temples, and walk among princes and generals.
The situation at that time was that before the imperial army arrived, Zhou Zimao caused trouble to a villain and was killed by another Feng Shui master in the Feng Shui world.
The master died, and his subordinates no longer wanted to fight and fled one after another.
Only Lie Chaozhi was unusually calm, sitting upright in his apartment with no thought of hiding.
As one of the nine guardian families, the Lie family has a wide network of connections, whether in the Feng Shui world or as an ordinary family. The Lie family at that time was not as mysterious as it is now, and its disciples often came out to walk in the Feng Shui world.
Lie Chao's popularity was due to the general situation of the Lie family, and he had many good friends. When Su Xuanmiao's army was approaching, someone sent someone to deliver a message to Lie Chao, urging him to run away quickly.
Lie Chao said solemnly: "Everyone will die sooner or later, and there is nothing to fear about death! If I escape, not only will the family members of the deceased King Jin'an be alone and without anyone to take care of them, but I am afraid that I will also be attacked by Tian Heng's disciples." ridicule."
Lie Chaozhi loved reading and had deep admiration for the fact that when Qi King Tian Heng refused to surrender to the Han Dynasty and died, all his five hundred guests committed suicide. Now that a disaster is approaching, he may be ridiculed by the ancients for his naturally heroic nature.
Su Xuanmiao heard about Lie Chaozhi, felt his loyalty and respected him, and could not bear to kill him, so he planned to escort him back to the capital to be punished.
No one expected that one of Lie Chaozhi's disciples, who was usually respectful on the outside but cunning on the inside, suddenly thought when he saw that the situation was over, "Lie Chaozhi is a confidant of King Jin'an, and he is the one the court wants to arrest." If you kill a major criminal, wouldn't you get a heavy reward? Maybe you can even get a part-time job as an official, so you don't have to work hard every day as a follower."
After making a plan in his mind, he ran to Lie Chaozhi's residence and pretended to come to pay a visit to the teacher. Then, taking advantage of his unpreparedness, he suddenly dodged behind Lie Chaozhi, pulled out his knife, and chopped down with all his strength.
Lie Chaozhi's head had already fallen to the ground, but his body did not fall down.
The disciples were so flustered that they hurriedly wrapped up Lie Chaozhi's head and ran to Su Xuanmiao's military camp to claim credit.
At that time, each of the nine guardian families walking in the Feng Shui world or in the temple had countless followers. To put it bluntly, they were followers. Some of these fundamentals were Feng Shui masters or other counselors who had no foundation, but most of them were
They are ordinary disciples of various sects.
This disciple at that time was the Zhou family.
Zhou Zimao was the core disciple of the Zhou family at that time, and this disciple was originally an ordinary disciple. Everyone knew that the treatment of core disciples and ordinary disciples was different. On weekdays, this disciple was very jealous of Zhou Zimao. His jealousy was so great that
It's extremely terrifying.
Back to the topic, it stands to reason that someone will come and surrender without a bloody battle. It is a joy to be able to get things done easily. However, Su Xuanmiao couldn't be happy no matter what in the face of this disciple's ruthless villain's actions. In his heart
He was still very disgusted, but as a commander, faced with the important task of quelling the rebellion, he could not show off his temporary loyalty and scold him immediately, otherwise who would dare to surrender?
So he calmly ordered his disciples to take Lie Chaozhi's head, put it together with the body, and then watch carefully and mourn him.
They are both members of the Nine Guardian Families. Although they did not take Lie Chao's head by themselves, they died because of themselves.
The common rules of the nine guardian families, although there is internal fighting, generally speaking, there will be no life crisis. The Su family will never do such a thing that takes a life and death. The nine guardian families will not do it at all.
, basically you won’t do it. At most, you will be sent back to your family and declared that you have failed the experience.
This is another reason why Lie Chao is so bold and confident to stay.
Su Xuanmiao held a grand funeral for Lie Chaozhi. After the burial was completed, he ordered his disciples to follow him to lift the coffin.
After he had just lifted it and walked a few steps, the coffin suddenly fell down sideways and hit the disciple's side. It happened to hit the disciple's head heavily. There was a crisp sound and his neck bones were actually broken.
By the time the people next to him hurriedly lifted up the coffin and rescued the disciple, he had already died.
When Su Xuanmiao heard the report, he couldn't help but sigh: "You are so kind-hearted!"
Su Xuanmiao knew in his heart that Lie Chao, as a Feng Shui master and a member of the nine guardian families, had a certain level of cultivation. After being killed, as long as the soul did not dissipate, he could still transform into a ghost cultivator.
However, before transforming into a ghost cultivator, there is a rigid condition, which is persistence, the persistence of hatred.
Lie Chao's cultivation at that time was not very high, so he needed this hard condition.
If your general cultivation level is sufficient, you don't need this requirement.
Lie Chao's cultivation level is not high. If he didn't have this persistence and started practicing ghost cultivation again, he would easily lose his soul.
The persistence of hatred is not just about killing one person.
To transform into a ghost cultivator, with the strength of the Lie family, at least all the disciples of the Zhou family must be killed in order to create enough evil energy to enter the ghost cultivator's path.
Although Lie Chao's cultivation level is not high, he is the core disciple of the Lie family.
The coffin killed the disciples of the Zhou family, which meant that the disciples of the Zhou family were spared.
That's why Su Xuanmiao said that Lie Chao was responsible.
Things have just begun here and are not over yet...