Above the court, three factions gradually became clear. People did not expose it openly, but they knew in their hearts that although most of them supported the prince, they were still courtiers after all, and they still put His Majesty first. These two factions were headed by Xiao Qinhe, the chief assistant. From what he said on the surface, a conscientious person can tell that the prime minister hopes that the prince will succeed to the throne soon, and may be trying to steal the country while the prince's foundation is not yet established, but he is a veteran of two dynasties and has outstanding merits. Even His Majesty is not willing to attack maliciously, and this third party has no real owner. On the surface, it is mainly led by Lu Hongyan, the Secretary of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and they have close contacts in private. However, the person he prefers to succeed has always been hidden, and Meng Qixin's father gave up. This was also the reason why he was in contact with Lu Cheng, so that he could have a place to protect himself in the future if the incident came to light.
Meng Qixin had no other abilities, but his eyesight was not bad. Naturally, he saw that the two of them were just seeking revenge on Lu Cheng, so he sat there with peace of mind, but he didn't know whether he and Yang Li would be killed together with him later.
Lu Cheng was lying on the ground and Zhang Ling stepped on him every time he tried to get up. When he couldn't get up, he shouted directly: "Do you know who my father is? If you offend me, you should kneel down and kowtow to me to apologize." It’s okay, otherwise you won’t get any good results.”
Zhang Ling said impatiently: "A dandy like you can do nothing but carry your father out? I dare to do anything to you today. Of course I know you very well. Come on, let me make some other threats. Maybe I was afraid and let you go."
Seeing that his father's threats were useless and that he was really incompetent, Lu Cheng began to beg for mercy in a low voice: "Brother, I really don't know where I offended you. Can you please speak clearly before taking action?"
Zhang Ling thought that he had to reveal his cards anyway, so he asked Song Linjie to tear off the human skin mask together. The three of them looked a little frightened at first glance. After Zhang Ling tore off the mask, he approached Lu Cheng and smiled: "Do you remember us two?"
Lu Cheng tried his best to think about it. The young master who didn't do anything serious all day long had a bad mind. What he couldn't do yesterday was forgotten today. It was really unnecessary.
Lu Cheng shook his head: "I really don't remember this, why don't you two tell me clearly."
Zhang Ling frowned, thinking that the human skin mask was really unnecessary, and pointedly said: "About five months ago, on your way back to Beijing, a stammering bandit stopped you and robbed you. You asked Lu Xun to give him to him killed."
Lu Cheng was naturally not a sophisticated person, so he must have remembered things like murder clearly, and said anxiously: "Were you the one who stayed with those bandits at that time? I didn't kill that bandit, and he was the one who blocked the road and robbed him first. , he deserves to die."
Zhang Ling narrowed his eyes and said in a deep voice: "If you want to discuss right and wrong, then I will discuss it with you. When you were sixteen, one of your servants, Cheng Si, was collecting swill. You accidentally knocked him down. , got it all over, and instead blamed Cheng Si. Cheng Si was also stubborn and refused to admit his mistakes. You got hot-headed, grabbed a stone and smashed him to death. Of course, as the young master of the Lu family, such a trivial matter is easy. That's settled, and you killed two passers-by in the next six months. Totally speaking, there are seven people who died innocently at your hands, but they were all small people, no comparison to your Lu Keqing. The person next to me It took a lot of effort to deal with him."
Lu Cheng was suddenly shocked and said in disbelief: "Did you kill Lu Xun?"
Song Linjie dared to act boldly and nodded. This nod directly shocked Yang Li who was standing next to him. He knew in his heart that Lu Jiaqing was a second-level master, but he could be beaten by this young man who looked like he was not even in his twenties. Kill, where did this monster genius come from? Yang Li suddenly thought: "Are you disciples of Chengdao Academy?"
Song Linjie nodded again, and Yang Li didn't think it was strange at all. The geniuses from the entire Chen Kingdom were gathered there. Lu Cheng was also unlucky, and he offended someone who even the court couldn't control.
Meng Qixin was different from Lu Cheng who only stayed out and knew some things. When he saw the sword on Song Linjie's waist, his father had also told him about martial arts in the palace, so he asked carefully: "Your name is Song Linjie? Is your grandfather the dean of Chengdao Academy?"
Song Linjie just nodded in agreement. Zhang Ling looked at him and smiled: "You are really famous!"
Yang Li took a breath of air. He was a martial arts giant who could cause a bloody storm if he went crazy. Even though he couldn't see him today, he could still see his descendants, which made people a little excited.
Lu Cheng heard their conversation and didn't know anything else. Who knew the famous Sword King? He secretly felt unlucky that his son, a dignified minister, would be able to kick an iron plate that couldn't be kicked today. He hurriedly said: "The ones I killed were nothing." They are lowly servants, how can you compare with me and them? If you want compensation, my Lu family will definitely give you a satisfactory amount of silver."
Lu Cheng's words seemed to touch Zhang Ling's bottom line, and he asked in a low voice: "Lowly, aren't you the same with me?"
Lu Cheng didn't dare to say harsh words anymore, so he could only nod his head and ask his father to resolve the matter when he returned to the Lu Mansion.
However, Zhang Ling became angry and punched him on the head, causing him to faint on the spot. Zhang Ling was about to kill him when Meng Qixin saw this and stopped him quickly: "Brother, no."
Zhang Ling stopped and looked at him with a cold face: "What? Do you still want to save him?"
Meng Qixin explained: "That's not true. We have no friendship with him at all, but it was arranged by the elders in the family. I stopped my brother from killing him for your own good. Seeing that you are so young, even a genius cannot be a genius, right? And I I heard that there is a first-grade grandmaster in the Lu family. Of course, Lu Shangshu can't do anything to you in the academy, but it will be difficult to walk in the city."
Zhang Ling looked at him and smiled strangely, thinking that he was going to kill the two of them together, and said anxiously: "The two of us have no intention of enmity with brother, please let us go. If you want to benefit, I will People will definitely do their best, and what happened today will never be revealed."
Zhang Ling asked: "Have you ever killed anyone?"
Meng Qixin cupped his hands and said: "My father taught me to be kind to others since I was a child. Even if there is a little friction, I will never hurt others secretly."
Yang Li was different from Meng Qixin's cowardice, and said firmly: "I have killed, but the people I killed were not innocent people. If you don't believe me, you can go and investigate."
Zhang Ling did not directly believe what the two of them said. Instead, he looked at Wu Zhi, who had been standing next to him silently, and let go when he saw him nodding.
Zhang Ling waved his hand: "You two go out first."
When they walked out of the boat cabin, they took out a bamboo tube from their bodies and opened the bamboo cover. A bright-colored worm crawled out from it, which looked very penetrating.
Song Linjie asked: "What is this?"
Wu Zhi, who had been silent all this time, finally spoke: "Medicinal poison."
