"what happened?"
Xiao Pinyue asked Zhao Mingcheng.
Zhao Mingcheng was sweating on his forehead, and he stammered and explained: "Ms. Li has been staying in the kitchen for the past twenty years and rarely takes a break. The second master was kind enough to let her rest for a while."
As soon as he finished speaking, the Xiao family guards following Xiao Pinyue and Xu Qiuqian took action to restrain Zhao Mingcheng.
Zhao Mingcheng's face turned pale.
"Master Xiao Qi Mingjian, what I told is the truth, I dare not hide anything!"
Without even looking at Zhao Mingcheng, Xiao Pinyue picked up a piece of spiritual beast meat and put it into his mouth.
"The color and aroma are good, but the taste is much worse." As the Xiao family has a close relationship with the Zhao family, he has naturally been invited to a banquet by the Zhao family. Compared with the one he tasted ten years ago, it was much different.
Next to her, Xu Qiuqian nodded sympathetically.
Xiao Pengyue put his hand on the table and tapped his fingers lightly on the table.
"Da da da……"
Although the voice was not loud, it frightened Zhao Mingcheng.
Xiao Pinyue spoke slowly, with a gentle voice: "Zhao Mingcheng, eighty-nine years old, tenth level of Qi Refining, the legitimate son of the third branch leader of the Zhao family, deeply trusted by Zhao Wen, has run Tao Lingyuan with great success over the years, the third As a result, Zhizhi received many resources. He had a wife and four concubines at home. He and his widowed cousin Zhao Yuqing had a son named Zhao Qin. He was sent to Kaiyun Sect since he was a child. He is now an inner disciple of Kaiyun Sect. It is said that Zhiyan Zhenren has The intention to take him as a disciple..."
Speaking of this, Xiao Pinyue stopped and asked gently: "Do you want me to continue?"
In fact, when Xiao Pinyue mentioned Zhao Qin, Zhao Mingcheng wanted to interrupt, but the Xiao family guards kept silent and could only let Xiao Pinyue continue to speak. With every additional word he said, his face became paler and more frightened. .
He obviously hid it very well, how on earth did Xiao Pengyue know this!
He shook his head wildly and struggled fiercely.
Xiao Pinyue raised his hand, and Zhao Mingcheng was finally able to speak. He hurriedly said, "I'll tell you! I'll tell you anything! As long as you don't hurt Qin'er, I can tell you anything!"
"Where is Mrs. Li?"
"The kitchen is locked in a room by me and is restricted."
Without Xiao Pinyue's reminder, the Xiao family guards went to the kitchen, but after a while, Madam Li was brought out.
"What's going on? Where is Zhao Mingcheng? Let him get out. I want to ask why he locked me in the room!" Mrs. Li's clear voice came over.
When others came over, they immediately saw Zhao Mingcheng and his eyes widened.
"Zhao Mingcheng, you bitch! Are you sick and want to lock me in the room? Believe it or not, I will go to Zhao's house to file a lawsuit against you!"
Zhao Mingcheng didn't even dare to fart.
"Are you Mrs. Li?"
Madam Li looked at Xiao Pengyue and said hesitantly: "You are..."
"They all call me Mr. Xiao Qi."
"Oh, I know you! So you are Master Xiao Qi!" Mrs. Li looked at Xiao Pengyue and clicked her tongue twice, "I didn't expect that the rumored Master Xiao Qi is so good-looking!"
Xiao Pinyue: "..."
Xu Qiuqian on the side finally couldn't hold back her laughter.
Lady Li noticed her.
"You are, oh yes! I remember, I almost hit you when I was cleaning up Zhao Mingcheng that day. I'm so sorry. Are you okay?"
Xu Qiuqian smiled and shook her head: "It's okay."
"That's good, that's good." Mrs. Li breathed a sigh of relief, and then she asked: "What do you mean you are here today? Is there any misunderstanding?"
When she spoke, she obviously glanced at Zhao Mingcheng.
The Zhao family was kind to her, and Xiao Pengyue and Xu Qiuqian saw the newcomer as unkind. Even if she hated Zhao Mingcheng, she would not watch him being caught by these people.
"No misunderstanding."
"Then why do you want to arrest him?"
Xu Qiuqian sighed and took out the jade slip.
"Ms. Li, you will know after reading the jade slips."
Lady Li took the jade slip, hesitated for a moment, and read the contents on the jade slip with her spiritual consciousness.
Several people waited patiently.
However, there was no reaction from her until she finished reading.
After a while, Madam Li raised her eyes and looked at Xu Qiuqian.
"How can I trust you without evidence?"
Xu Qiuqian was helpless, but she also knew that this incident had a huge impact on Mrs. Li, because in Mrs. Li's heart, the Zhao family was the only one who was willing to lend a hand to help her when she was desperate.
But now someone told her that the Zhao family was responsible for her Taoist companion's serious injury and death.
If it were her, I'm afraid she wouldn't want to believe it.
"If you don't believe it, you can ask him." Xu Qiuqian pointed at Zhao Mingcheng.
Lady Li looked at Zhao Mingcheng.
"Zhao Mingcheng, tell me, all of this is fake, right?"
Zhao Mingcheng did not dare to look at Mrs. Li and looked at Xiao Pengyue cautiously. Xiao Pengyue looked gentle, as if he had just casually told the secret he had hidden for many years. He couldn't help but shudder.
"Yes, it's true."
"Zhao Mingcheng, don't be afraid. You tell me the truth. As long as you say that what they say is false, I will save you today even if I risk my life..."
"Don't you understand what I said is true?!"
Zhao Mingcheng said impatiently: "Do you have to put the evidence in front of you? You should know how your Taoist companion was assassinated in the secret realm. The person who assassinated your Taoist companion is the Zhao family, the eleventh branch of the Zhao family Zhi, Zhao Chi, was sent to Ziyue Sect by the second master after he brutalized your Taoist companion. If you don’t believe me, you can go find him!
Over the years, I have wanted to kill you, bitch, countless times! If you hadn't earned Tao Lingwan so many spiritual stones, do you think I would tolerate you? "
Madam Li was stunned when she heard the word "bitch" from Zhao Mingcheng's mouth.
This wasn't the first time she'd heard it.
She remembered that when she took her Taoist companion to ask for help, because she was also injured, and when her consciousness gradually became blurred, she heard a vague voice.
"Bitch! You persisted for so long... take her away!"
After waking up again, she found that she and her Taoist companion had been rescued by the Zhao family, and her Taoist companion had also received good treatment. The situation looked very good, and she was immediately excited beyond words.
So when the Zhao family proposed a hundred-year sale contract, she agreed without thinking.
Xiao Pinyue said thoughtfully: "I seem to have some impression that the Zhao family asked the Xiao family not to save a casual cultivator named Li twenty years ago. The Zhao family should also have asked the other families..."
The Zhao family's methods are naturally known to several of their major families.
It's just that the Zhao family had already gained momentum back then, and they would definitely not go against the Zhao family for the sake of two casual cultivators.
At this point, Lady Li could no longer deceive herself.
She was silent for a moment.
Immediately, before anyone could react, his hand made a sudden move.
Just heard a muffled groan.
Zhao Mingcheng's eyes widened and he became silent in the blink of an eye.
Mrs. Li turned around to leave, but was stopped by the Xiao family's guards.
"Step aside."
At this time, Xu Qiuqian walked over.
"Your bond of sale is still with the Zhao family, where are you going?"
Because Xu Qiuqian took out the jade slip and told her the truth, Mrs. Li replied to her: "Go to Yuezong to kill Zhao Chi."
Xiao Pinyue said: "Zhao Chi has established his foundation now. You are at the tenth level of Qi refining. How can you kill him?"
"Practice hard until you can kill him."
Xu Qiuqian continued: "Zhao Chi has resources from the Yuezong, what do you have?"
"I……"
"Come with me, I can help you."
