The group of soldiers wore red armor, with the word "神" written in seal script engraved on their chests.
"It's the Shenwu Guards!" Song Qingqing was the first to react. She stood up and stared nervously at the group of soldiers. One hand even subconsciously held the sword at her waist.
The Shenwu Guards were the personal soldiers of King Wu Qin Huan. Under the great summer where King Wu ruled the sky with one hand, the Shenwu Guards had a transcendent status, almost on an equal footing with the superior Jian Tiansi.
Their appearance can make most people in this world feel like they are facing a powerful enemy.
After hearing this, everyone around them became nervous. They all stood up and stared at the uninvited guests in front of them with undisguised hostility.
But Chu Qingxiao stretched out his hand to stop everyone, and slowly walked forward under the worried eyes of everyone, and said to the leading soldier: "I am Chu Qingxiao. What are you doing here?"
The leading soldier was in his early forties, with a beard and a rugged appearance. If he hadn't been wearing this armor, he would have looked more like an honest farmer, but his whole body was filled with a certain air of arrogance. There was no murderous aura, but Chu Qingxiao understood that the man in front of him had experienced a real bloody storm, otherwise it would be impossible to condense such aura.
"Are you Chu Qingxiao?" Hearing this, the bearded Hu looked Chu Qingxiao up and down in surprise, with a bit of curiosity.
Chu Qingxiao said nothing and just looked at each other.
The bearded man couldn't tell what was going on, and said angrily: "Damn it, how can you be so tender at the age of thirty? Is this deception worthy of seven sessions? I think the old antiques in Tianxuan Mountain deserve to be punished by my mother. Treat your eyes."
When this group of divine guards appeared in front of Chu Qingxiao, Chu Qingxiao had some anticipation of their purpose, and the beard's words undoubtedly confirmed Chu Qingxiao's conjecture.
"I dare to ask my lord, but the envoys from the Seventh Hall Trial have arrived." Chu Qingxiao asked.
Bearded Hu raised his eyebrows when he heard this: "Oh? You also know that you are going to be interrogated by the Seven Halls? You still stay here honestly and don't want to escape? You really are not afraid of death!"
"The laws of Daxia are fair, and the people who will be tried by the seven chambers are all the adults who enforce the law impartially. I believe that you will give me a clean and fair chance. I can't ask for such an opportunity. How can I escape?" Chu Qingxiao responded calmly.
"Hey, that's a nice thing to say, but I can't say such nice things." The bearded man smiled, but the next moment his face hardened and he glared angrily: "You thief! You still dare to talk nice things at this time!"
"I really think I'm a three-year-old kid who's easy to bully! Someone come and capture it for me! Take him to the Sword Hall for trial!"
After the bearded man said this, several soldiers behind him walked up in response, pretending to capture Chu Qingxiao.
As soon as this scene happened, the expressions of Chu Zhaozhao, Song Qingqing and others suddenly changed, and they also stepped forward to protect the Lord Chu Qingxiao.
But Chu Qingxiao understood how huge the power of King Wu was in Daxia. No matter whether it was right or wrong, as long as they had a hand with the Shenwu Guards, there would be evidence of guilt against them.
He quickly turned around and glared at everyone, blocking their actions. Then he looked at the soldiers who were walking around him and said: "I am just a commoner. If the general wants to take me, I naturally don't dare to resist, but Daxia Law Master Now, let me ask you boldly, what is my crime?"
"I, under the orders of His Majesty and King Wu, have you undergo a seven-court trial at the Tianxuan Mountain Sword Hall. Isn't that enough?" Beard asked rhetorically.
At this time, several soldiers also stepped forward and clasped Chu Qingxiao's hands behind his back. Chu Qingxiao's body couldn't help but bend down. The discomfort made Chu Qingxiao frown. He raised his head and looked at the bearded man and said: "The seven-hall trial is for To find out whether I am guilty and whether I lied, the trial has not yet begun, and everything has not yet been decided."
"Although I don't know much about the laws of Bactria, I also understand the principle of doubting the guilt."
"The general came to take me to trial. Of course I should cooperate, but I am not guilty. The general first broke down the door of my courtyard, and now he is so humiliated. I dare not offend the general, but please remember, if I am not guilty in the end, The general must compensate me for the gate and apologize to me for his current actions."
What Chu Qingxiao said was neither humble nor arrogant, even a bearded man couldn't help but be stunned.
However, he quickly came back to his senses and sneered: "Boy, I think you won't shed tears until you see the coffin, so I will follow your words. If you can walk out of the seven trials alive, let alone apologize to you. Even if you ask me to call you grandpa, I won’t even blink an eyebrow!”
After saying that, the bearded man waved his hand, looked at the soldiers around him and shouted: "Let's go!"
After hearing this, the soldiers escorted Chu Qingxiao out of the courtyard gate.
When Chu Zhaozhao and others saw this, they all looked worried and stepped to follow.
…
As the commander of the Chishui Camp of the Shenwu Guards, Zhong Yuan was very resentful about his trip to Tianxuan Mountain.
A month ago, he finally survived his one-year stay in the Western Region and wanted to go home to see his seven-year-old son and his wife, whom he had not been close to since they got married.
But as soon as they arrived in the royal capital and handed over the work report, the staff of Prince Wu's Mansion handed over a new task to Zhong Yuan - to escort young Simings from several government offices to Tianxuan Mountain to interrogate a man named Chu Qingxiao. Guy.
Tianxuan Mountain is far away from the capital, and it will take more than a month to go back and forth no matter how fast it is. This is only possible if there are no mistakes in the middle, and his vacation is only two months, so he has to rush there There is not much time left to travel to and from the Western Regions.
Zhong Yuan was naturally a little dissatisfied with Chu Qingxiao for ruining his vacation, and after hearing about the other party's identity, his dissatisfaction reached the extreme.
This guy dared to impersonate Chu Qingxiao!
Of course, it was not because the name Chu Qingxiao was particularly famous before this, but because from the information, Zhong Yuan knew that Chu Qingxiao and Zhao Nianshuang were childhood sweethearts, and there were even rumors that the two had arranged to get married!
But Zhao Nianshuang is recognized as the Concubine of the King of Martial Arts within the Shenwu Army. A young boy who appears out of nowhere dares to steal the wife of the King of Martial Arts, who is no different from a god in their hearts. This makes many people in the Shenwu Army want to take this woman away. The sound of Chu Qingxiao's body being broken into pieces.
As the executor of this mission, Zhong Yuan naturally would not give Chu Qingxiao any good looks.
However, when he asked his men to escort Chu Qingxiao all the way through the streets of Tianxuan City and arrived in front of the sword-wielding hall, the scene in front of him made even Zhong Yuan, who had seen some big scenes, unable to help but feel... I was stunned for a moment...
At this moment, the time has not yet passed, and there are not many pedestrians on the streets of Tianxuan City. However, for some reason, the door of Zhijian Hall is surrounded by people.
Zhong Yuan glanced at the crowd, and saw that most of the people were wearing linen clothes, and some even had patches on their bodies. They were obviously the people at the bottom of Tianxuan City.
And this group of people was obviously waiting for something. The moment they appeared, everyone turned their attention towards them.
"What are you doing? What do you want to do around here?" Zhong Yuan immediately realized something was wrong and looked at these people with angry eyes and asked.
He had been on the battlefield for many years, and the murderous aura in his body was condensed as if it had substance. At this moment, he shouted loudly, and his aura was even more menacing, like a diamond's angry eyes.
The faces of the common people also changed slightly, showing fear, but no one retreated.
Chu Qingxiao also looked at the group of people gathered in front of him with a strange expression, not understanding their purpose.
But at this moment, a young man suddenly walked out of the crowd. After seeing his appearance clearly, Chu Qingxiao and Chu Zhaozhao and others who had followed Chu Qingxiao here all had strange expressions on their faces.
The young man who walked out was none other than Zhu Quan, who had been looking for Chu Qingxiao more than ten days ago!
He bowed his hands towards Zhong Yuan and said: "General, we are all outer disciples of Tianxuan City. We heard that Mr. Chu was about to be taken to the Seventh Hall for interrogation, so we came to see him off and handed Mr. Chu a gift. A copy for ten thousand people!”
As he spoke, Zhu Quan glanced behind him, and two men walked out. One held a piece of paper in his hand, and the other held a thick stack of booklets in both hands.
"Ten thousand people's letters?" Zhong Yuan raised his eyebrows with a strange expression. He first reached out to take the paper from one of them and looked at it intently.
"After Mr. Chu came to Tianxuan City, he complained about the grievances of the people of Shanshuigou, vindicated the injustice of my father who died in vain, and also stood up for Sun Li, an elderly disciple who was bullied by Liuhuan Peak."
"Some of us are people from Shanshuigou, some are old friends of Senior Sun Li, and most of us are ordinary people who believe in Mr. Chu's character. We are not here to interfere with the seven halls' trial. We just hope that you will abide by the laws of Daxia." , open the Hanging Mirror Hall with thousands of people’s letters!”
As soon as he said this, everyone behind him also said loudly: "Please respect the laws of Daxia and open the Hanging Mirror Hall with tens of thousands of people writing it!"
Most of the laws of Daxia follow the laws of Zhou, and the previous dynasty of Dazhou was famous for its clear and clear laws. There is one of them. If the person being interrogated has a virtuous reputation, in order to prevent being harmed by evil people, he can ask ten thousand people to join him. The letter requested the court to open the interrogation process, including interrogation in public, to prevent forged confessions or forced confessions.
And this is also called the Hanging Mirror Hall.
But even if we include the former Zhou dynasty, who could invite all the people to write the same letter, the number of people who can open the Hanging Mirror Hall is not more than ten fingers.
Zhong Yuan probably never imagined that Chu Qingxiao, who in his opinion was just a clown, would be revealed as soon as the Seven Halls interrogation began, could have such great energy.
He looked at the vigorously written petition in his hand, requesting the opening of the Xuanjing Hall, and his face looked uncertain for a moment.
"Nonsense! You are all joking!"
But at this moment, a loud shout came from the sword-holding hall, and an old man in black stepped out angrily, pointed at the people around him and yelled: "Chu Qingxiao is a felon in the imperial court, and you, as Tianxuan Disciple Shan, you didn’t want to share the worries of the imperial court, but instead helped this villain! Are you trying to deceive your master and destroy your ancestors?”
