When Ling Yun saw Mr. Lu hitting him in the face with his trembling hands, he didn't dodge. He just closed his eyes in frustration and waited for his angry slap to fall.
Lu Wenzheng's hand stopped in mid-air, and he didn't know why, but it couldn't fall down no matter what. Seeing this, Xu Zhi and Yang Zhen hurriedly stepped forward and hugged Mr. Lu's arm tightly, and tried to persuade him to persuade him. Don't be impulsive.
Lu Wenzheng sighed, weakly retracted his palm, and staggered away, leaving Ling Yun coldly where he was...
In the next few days, Lu Wenzheng and Ling Yun ignored each other. Lu Wenzheng never summoned Ling Yun to the study room to discuss matters or arranged for him to handle cases. Ling Yun was always bored in the Magistrate's Mansion. .
So until now, Lu Wenzheng's anger has not been completely eliminated. No wonder he was surprised when he suddenly heard the guards coming in to report that Ling Yun had come to see him!
Back to business. When Lu Wenzheng heard that Ling Yun was coming, his face darkened and he said, "He still knows how to come. This is really not easy!"
Xu Zhi was secretly happy after hearing this. He quickly smoothed things over and said, "Sir, Commander Ling has come at the right time! That Li Wu is highly skilled in martial arts, cunning and fierce, and is difficult to deal with. I just happened to take Commander Ling with him, just in case. Unexpected."
Lu Wenzheng thought it was reasonable. Although he was still a little unhappy, he still nodded reluctantly and said: "Okay, let's do it as you see fit." After saying that, he turned around and told the guard: "Go and summon Commander Ling." come in!"
The guard responded, turned around and went out.
After a moment, Ling Yun walked in with his head lowered. He stood silently in front of Mr. Lu's desk, with a look on his face, and whispered: "Ling Yun has met Mr. Lu."
Lu Wenzheng looked at Ling Yun distantly and said, "Commander Ling, you are a noble person on humble ground, and you have condescended to come here. I don't know what you are doing?"
Ling Yun heard the sarcastic tone in Mr. Lu's voice and couldn't help but smile bitterly and said: "I heard that your Excellency is going to Jinling Palace to capture Tian Xiao's spies, and my subordinates also want to go together."
Lu Wenzheng raised the corners of his lips and said in surprise: "How can this be done? Commander Ling is a prince of the dynasty and has a noble status. How can he go to such a dangerous place and do such a vulgar thing?"
Ling Yun said helplessly: "Sir, Ling Yun has thought about it seriously in the past few days. It was indeed Ling Yun who made rude remarks that day and disobeyed the master. If the master is still dissatisfied with his subordinates, just teach them a lesson. I only ask the master not to treat them like that." Talking to Ling Yun in this tone, okay?..."
Lu Wenzheng's half-squinted eyes flashed with a touch of sarcasm, "Ling Junma talks to the official like this. The official is really flattered and can't bear it!"
Listening to Master Lu's almost exaggerated and teasing tone, Ling Yun felt sad; he calmed down his chaotic thoughts and said in a deep voice: "Sir, that day Ling Yun went to Jinling Palace to take back the princess, but unexpectedly the princess The Lord deliberately made things difficult, and Ling Yun was humiliated. He was so angry that he uttered those disobedient words to the adults. Now that he thinks about it, he really regrets it.
"My lord has always regarded Ling Yun as his nephew, and Ling Yun also regards me as his father, brother, and mentor. Whatever happened that day, no matter whether it was right or wrong, I can only say that it was Ling Yun's fault that Ling Yun contradicted and offended you! So Ling Yun today I came here specifically to apologize to the Lord; but the Lord always talks to Ling Yun in this tone, which really makes Ling Yun feel heartbroken. I don’t know why..."
The more Ling Yun talked, the more excited he became. Suddenly he lifted up his clothes and knelt down on the ground. He lowered his eyelids and choked with sobs several times that he could no longer speak.
Seeing Ling Yun's heartbroken expression, Lu Wenzheng felt bursts of sadness in his heart. He stood up slightly and came out from behind the desk, walked to Ling Yun step by step, stretched out his arms and grabbed Ling Yun's arms tightly, using all his strength to help him up.
Looking at Ling Yun in a daze, there seemed to be tiny waves flashing in his eyes, "Commander Ling, please stop talking! In fact, I regret coming to this house these days. I regret that I shouldn't have spoken to you like that, let alone To force you like that. In fact, feelings are like a person drinking water, knowing whether it is warm or cold; and the things between you and the princess cannot be explained clearly by simple right or wrong..."
Ling Yun's eyes blurred unconsciously, and he said in a thick voice: "How lucky is Ling Yun that your Excellency can understand Ling Yun's thoughts and sympathize with Ling Yun's pain? Even if Ling Yun immediately dies for Your Excellency, he is still willing to do so..."
Lu Wenzheng's eyes were filled with mist, and he said in a trembling voice: "Zhichao..."
Xu Zhi and Yang Zhen looked on with cold eyes, staring blankly.
At this time, Xu Zhi stepped forward and said softly: "It would be great if your lord could resolve the past feud with Commander Ling; but right now there are more important things that we need to do urgently. Should we put our current emotions aside first?" Collect it?"
After being reminded by Xu Zhi, Lu Wenzheng regained consciousness and quickly wiped away his tears and said, "What Mr. Xu said is absolutely true."
Then he turned around, glanced at Ling Yun unhappily, and deliberately raised his voice and said: "Commander Ling, you are entirely to blame for this matter! In front of so many people, I feel sad and confused. You are crying, you are trying to lead me into the ditch!"
How could Ling Yun be the one who suffered the loss? After listening to Mr. Lu's words, he raised his lips in disapproval and immediately retorted: "There is a car in front of me and a track in the back. How can I blame my subordinates entirely? If Sir, I didn't tell you what happened in front of me." With so much sarcasm and sarcasm, can you force Ling Yun to say what he said next?"
Lu Wenzheng glared angrily and said: "You, you are so stubborn!..." When they were about to get angry, Xu Zhi and Yang Zhen hurriedly stepped forward to stop them and said: "Okay, okay, don't make trouble anymore. , let’s just get down to business!”
The two of them suppressed their anger, rolled their eyes at each other, and stopped talking.
This only made Xu Zhi and Yang Zhen cover their mouths and suppress their laughter, but they secretly sighed in their hearts: These two are not fuel-efficient lamps; O man! It’s really speechless to look at the person who just a moment ago was so dejected and moved; but in the blink of an eye he is pinched again...
Jinling Palace.
Li Wu has been in a really bad mood these days. There has been no news about his eldest brother Li Xuan for several days. At first, he just thought that his eldest brother was tired of something and couldn't get away for a while and couldn't come back; but several days passed and there was still no news.
He couldn't hold back his anger and hurriedly reported it to Prince Jinling.
After hearing this, the prince of Jinling was very worried and immediately sent out various servants and guards to find out the news; Li Wu himself also searched all day long, but the result was that he "went back empty-handed". Frustrated, he had an ominous premonition: something was most likely going to happen to his eldest brother!
Of course, he didn't expect that Li Xuan was already dead, and the people in the Ministry of Punishment's Shangshu Mansion also knew that the two brothers were Tianxiao's disciples. Otherwise, how could he have seen a disaster coming and still pretended to be like "Taishan is collapsing"? What about the stable posture of not being surprised?
As soon as he returned home today, Zhao Wei came to him and said that the prince had something urgent to see him. He couldn't help but feel a little strange, what was he asking about? Zhao Wei said coldly: "I don't know much about it even though I'm a kid. Wouldn't you know it when you go?"
Li Wu responded vaguely and followed Zhao Wei out. At this time, he only felt confused in his heart. While he was thinking about his brother's whereabouts, he was also confused about why the prince wanted to see him. He didn't care about the strange look in Zhao Wei's eyes when he looked at him.
Li Wu followed Zhao Wei to the living room. As soon as he entered the door, his heart suddenly sank! Because he saw that everyone from the Shangshu Mansion of the Ministry of Punishment was present: Lu Wenzheng was sitting upright next to Prince Jinling, and Xu Zhi, Yang Zhen and others were standing behind him with solemn expressions.
Suspicion arose in Li Wu's heart; but now that the matter was at this point, he had no time to think about anything more, so he had no choice but to step forward, cupped his hands in greeting and said, "I've met the prince. I wonder what the prince has ordered from his subordinates?"
Prince Jinling glanced at him indifferently and said, "Martial Master Li, is your brother your whereabouts?"
Li Wu shook his head and said, "Not yet."
Prince Jinling raised his eyebrows, smiled slightly and said, "I came to Martial Master Li this time just to tell Martial Master Li some good news - your brother has been found!"
Li Wu was surprised and happy and said: "Do you really mean what you said? I wonder where my brother is now?"
Prince Jinling glanced at Li Wu meaningfully, turned to Zhao Renyi and said: "Butler, go and invite Master Li Xuan and Li Wu to come up."
Zhao Renyi responded knowingly, turned around and went out.
Li Wu saw Zhao Renyi looking strange and was confused. He heard footsteps outside the hall. Looking back, he saw several servants slowly walking in carrying a stretcher. There was a person lying on the stretcher. Covered with white cloth.
Prince Jinling sneered and said, "Martial Master Li, this is Brother Ling."
Li Wu only felt a bang on his head, as if he was struck by lightning, and his face immediately turned pale.
He stumbled forward and lifted the white cloth with trembling hands. What came into view was his brother Li Xuan's distorted and rigid face. Looking down, he saw that the corpse's chest was bloody and bloody, and the smell was foul. The situation was really horrible to see. .
Since the person had been dead for a long time, the corpse had already begun to rot, and bursts of rotten smell hit the nose, which was nauseating. The people on both sides frowned and backed away in disgust.
At this time, Li Wu was grief-stricken. He caressed the corpse and cried bitterly: "How could this happen? Brother, who on earth harmed you?..."
No one answered him, no one comforted him. Faced with such a tear-jerking scene, no one around him was moved. They just stared at him silently, with cold eyes, seemingly indifferent to everything in front of them.
After a while, Li Wu stopped crying. He wiped away his tears, stood up unsteadily, and walked to Prince Jinling step by step. He choked and said, "Your Majesty, please tell me how my brother died." ?”
Zhao Fu said expressionlessly: "You have to ask him about this."
Li Wu's eyes suddenly shrank and he said in a trembling voice: "What does the prince mean by this...?"
Lu Wenzheng took over the conversation and said: "Don't Master Li know it yet? Li Xuan is a spy planted by the Tianxiao organization in the Jinling Palace. He has done many evil things, which is unacceptable under the law, and he deserves to die!"
