Seeing the charming look on Qiao Qingzhi's face, Chu Qingxiao was stunned for a moment.
Immediately, a look of fear and uneasiness appeared on his face, and he hurriedly said: "Qiao...Qiao Siming, you can't say this nonsense..."
"me……"
The flustered look made Qiao Qingzhi hide her face and chuckle again.
At this moment, she handed over the filled wine glass and said softly: "I'm just teasing you."
After hearing this, the expression on Chu Qingxiao's face softened slightly. He took the wine glass, but quickly put it down and said, "Qiao Siming, I promised my father not to drink carelessly."
Qiao Qingzhi was stunned and looked at Chu Qingxiao's stern expression, which looked like a six or seven-year-old child solemnly repeating the rules of his family and taking them as a creed.
After saying this, Chu Qingxiao seemed to feel that such a refusal was a bit rude, and quickly explained: "My uncle always used to drink and cause trouble."
"My father was worried that if I got into trouble alone while drinking, no one would help me, so he told me not to drink in the future, so..."
Speaking of this, Chu Qingxiao's tone was a little depressed, and he even lowered his head a little.
Qiao Qingzhi was stunned and quickly reacted.
"You mean, these are the words your father entrusted to you when you walked out of the eternal night world?"
Chu Qingxiao's identity has been confirmed. He is indeed a survivor from the Eternal Night Realm that only appears in records in ancient books.
According to Chu Qingxiao's description, other people in the Evernight Realm are dead souls.
When he left the Evernight Realm, the words his father said to him were naturally his last words.
It goes without saying how much weight such words carry for a child who has lost his father.
Qiao Qingzhi frowned slightly, with a hint of sympathy on her face.
Chu Qingxiao nodded with a lonely expression at this time.
Qiao Qingzhi came back to her senses, organized her thoughts, and said with a smile: "Of course you should abide by father's instructions."
"But Mr. Chu's father is afraid that you will cause trouble by drinking. But now in this small courtyard, there are only Mr. Chu and me. Does Mr. Chu think I am a bad person?"
"Of course not." Chu Qingxiao said quickly: "If Qiao Siming hadn't spoken uprightly at the Seventh Hall Trial, I might have been regarded as the reincarnation of the ancient god and been murdered by Fan Yuanwu and others!"
"If Qiao Siming wants to harm me, why wait until now?"
I don't know if Chu Qingxiao's panic look was too funny. Qiao Qingzhi covered her mouth and chuckled again, and then glanced at Chu Qingxiao charmingly: "It's always Qiao Siming who calls Qiao Siming. If he doesn't count, he will be called Qiao Siming." The twelve years in the Evernight Realm have made me a few years older. If you are willing, please teach me, Sister Qiao."
This kind of title was obviously a bit too intimate. Chu Qingxiao's face turned red and he said awkwardly: "Isn't this... inappropriate?"
Hearing this, Qiao Qingzhi moved closer to Chu Qingxiao. Her face, which was still flawless without any makeup, was so close that Chu Qingxiao could even see his own reflection in her eyes.
"If you don't want to call me sister, is it possible that you want to be someone else's brother?"
Qiao Qingzhi asked as she exhaled.
Chu Qingxiao obviously didn't know how to deal with such a scene. He looked flustered and said quickly: "Qiao Siming misunderstood..."
Just as he spoke, Qiao Qingzhi seemed very angry and stared at him with wide eyes.
Chu Qingxiao understood immediately and quickly changed her words: "Qiao...Sister Qiao."
"That's right." Qiao Qingzhi nodded with satisfaction, and then his eyes fell on the wine glass in front of Chu Qingxiao, and asked with a smile: "Since you called me sister, can you not give me the wine that sister poured for you? Do you want to drink?”
Chu Qingxiao looked embarrassed when he heard this. Qiao Qingzhi did not urge him, but just stared at him with a smile.
After a while, Chu Qingxiao seemed to have finally made up his mind, picked up the wine glass and drank it all in one gulp.
But he was obviously too drunk. After drinking a glass of wine, his face suddenly turned red and he couldn't help but cough.
Seeing this, a real smile finally appeared on Qiao Qingzhi's face.
She stretched out her hand to fill Chu Qingxiao's glass of wine again, then came and sat down on the opposite side of Chu Qingxiao.
"Do you know why I deliberately favored you during the seven-day trial?" Qiao Qingzhi asked.
The expression on Chu Qingxiao's face was stunned. After thinking for a while, he said: "That's because Qiao Siming..."
"Sister Qiao enforces the law impartially and is a good person."
Qiao Qingzhi probably didn't expect that Chu Qingxiao would give such an answer. She paused while pouring her wine, looked up at Chu Qingxiao with a slightly surprised look, and saw the sincerity on Chu Qingxiao's face.
Qiao Qingzhi smiled bitterly in her heart, but her face quickly returned to calm. She smiled and said: "There are so many impartial law enforcement. Just when I saw you for the first time, I felt that you are very different from most people."
"It's different?" Chu Qingxiao looked confused.
Qiao Qingzhi said: "It has been a few months since you came out of Wuling City. Unless you have never had contact with the outside world, you must know how today's Great Xiaxia views things in Wuling City back then."
"But you never said anything wrong with Song Guicheng and others. In order to protect themselves, ordinary people would probably try their best to cut off Song Guicheng's sword armor at this time, but you don't seem to have such a plan. , and even in the seven-chamber trial, I don’t want to say anything wrong about Song Guicheng and others, if I am not wrong..."
At this point, Qiao Qingzhi paused, and she looked at Chu Qingxiao, with a conceited look on her face that understood everything.
She immediately lowered her voice and said.
"You want to overturn the verdict for them, right?"
Chu Qingxiao's expression suddenly changed, and he lowered his head in panic, not daring to respond.
Song Guicheng's rebellion is extremely sensitive. If you are not careful, such a topic may become a lever in the hands of others.
Qiao Qingzhi saw Chu Qingxiao's concerns, and she took the lead in saying: "There was something fishy about what happened back then."
When Chu Qingxiao heard this, he immediately raised his head and looked at Qiao Qingzhi in astonishment, half wary and half expectant.
After all, the court had a final conclusion on what happened back then. Questioning the matter as Qiao Qingzhi was naturally beyond Chu Qingxiao's expectations. At the same time, if there was something fishy, it might be the key for Chu Qingxiao to overturn the case for Jianjia.
Qiao Qingzhi took in Chu Qingxiao's reaction. She smiled and said: "I heard that Zhao Nianshuang and others who were brought back to Tianxuan Mountain initially asked Tianxuan Mountain to get reinforcements for Wuling City to fight against Zhuyin. . You said that if Song Guicheng and others really colluded with Zhu Yin to take the people of Wuling City as hostages, then should the reinforcements be sent to attack Wuling City instead of just fighting against Zhu Yin?"
"It's just that for some reason later on, Zhao Nianshuang and others changed their rhetoric again, and it became the current version of Song Guicheng colluding with Zhu Yin."
"Even if Zhao Nianshuang and others were young twelve years ago, they came out of Wuling City after all. They don't even know what happened in Wuling City, right?"
"They are being threatened!" As soon as Qiao Qingzhi said this, Chu Qingxiao said urgently.
And this seemed to be the answer Qiao Qingzhi wanted. When she heard this, she squinted her eyes and stared at Chu Qingxiao, with an intriguing smile in her narrow eyes.
Chu Qingxiao also seemed to realize his gaffe. At that time, his expression changed and he hurriedly stopped speaking. The look on his face became more and more frightened.
"Were they threatened? How do you prove it? Will they retract their confessions for you? Do you know what retracting their confessions means to them?" Qiao Qingzhi asked.
"I...I was just talking nonsense. Sister Qiao, please don't take it seriously." Chu Qingxiao said this with avoidant eyes.
Qiao Qingzhi seemed not to have heard what Chu Qingxiao said, and said to herself: "I heard that Rui Xiaozhu from Bailong Peak seemed to intend to testify about what happened back then, but if this is true, in addition to attracting death for her, It’s a disaster, and it’s of no use.”
Chu Qingxiao frowned and hesitated for a while before asking: "Why?"
"Don't these prove that Song Guicheng and the others were wrongly accused?"
Qiao Qingzhi looked at Chu Qingxiao who looked puzzled, shook her head, and said with a sigh: "My good brother, what we need most in this world is never the truth."
"It's about profit."
"As long as the interests are great enough, you don't need to look for any evidence, and someone will naturally bring the evidence to you."
When Chu Qingxiao heard this, he looked confused and seemed not to understand the true meaning of Qiao Qingzhi's words.
Qiao Qingzhi was patient enough, and she explained calmly: "In today's Great Xia, who do you think is the biggest beneficiary of Song Guicheng and his party being regarded as rebels?"
Qiao Qingzhi's question was particularly clever.
What she asked about was not the benefit from the destruction of Jianyue City back then, but now.
Chu Qingxiao didn't seem to understand the difference brought by the subtle changes in wording in this question.
He said uncertainly: "Tianxuan Mountain? After all, he gave false testimony back then..."
"My silly brother, you still don't understand."
Qiao Qingzhi shook his head: "It doesn't matter who committed perjury back then. It doesn't matter who benefited. What you have to focus on is the present and the future."
"If you want to take revenge, the first step is to rectify Song Guicheng's name. Then if Song Guicheng is no longer a traitor, but the sword armor of Jianyue City, and is the next sword chief appointed by the city lord Xu Zhiru, who will be the best? unacceptable?"
Chu Qingxiao frowned, as if he still hadn't thought of the answer to the question.
Qiao Qingzhi did not urge him, but looked at Chu Qingxiao with a smile. After a while, he said: "It's Xu Ran, the current lord of Jianyue City, Xu Ran!"
The look on Chu Qingxiao's face was astonished, and he obviously didn't quite understand the answer.
"Silly brother, think about it carefully. If Song Guicheng is not a rebel, then he will be the next city lord of Jianyue City. If he dies and hands over the Dragon Seal to you before he dies, you should be the leader of Jianyue City now. City Lord, who is Xu Ran? Will his situation be embarrassing?" Qiao Qingzhi explained.
"So, do you understand what the first step is to overturn the case?"
Chu Qingxiao's frown relaxed a little, but after hearing Qiao Qingzhi's question, he shook his head again, still looking confused.
Chu Qingxiao's series of reactions almost vividly demonstrated that rotten wood cannot be carved.
But Qiao Qingzhi, who has always been known for her harsh management, said with a doting look on her face: "Silly brother, you..."
"It means you met my sister. If it had been anyone else, you would have been sold and still counting the money!"
Chu Qingxiao suddenly looked embarrassed.
Qiao Qingzhi was very considerate and stopped Chu Qingxiao's embarrassing joke, and then said patiently: "Jianyue City's Xu Ran lineage was the one who proclaimed himself the "Sword Armor" after Song Guicheng was designated as a rebel. For the sword and armor are orthodox.”
"If you want to reverse the case, you must at least prove that you are more qualified than him to hold the position of Jianyue City Sword Armor."
"No……"
"It's not accurate to say that. To be precise, you should have a Long Xiang Guard that can compete with Jian Yue City."
"Only in this way can we suppress the opposition voice of Jianyue City now, and at this time, you are qualified to reverse the case of Song Guicheng and others."
"Otherwise, even if you go to the government with a mountain of ironclad evidence, the people in Jianyue City will find a way to drive you out without anyone else taking action."
"do you understand?"
Chu Qingxiao had a look of surprise on his face. He looked at Qiao Qingzhi with a grateful expression: "These days, since I walked out of Wuling City, I have been thinking day and night about how to clear up the names of Commander Song and others, but I still can't find the right way. If it weren't for Sister Qiao, I’m afraid Chu Qingxiao will die without even knowing how he will die if we give him all his money.”
Chu Qingxiao said this, but soon he seemed to have thought of something, and a troubled look appeared on his face. He looked at Qiao Qingzhi hesitantly, but stopped talking several times.
"Just ask whatever you want to ask." Qiao Qingzhi said with a smile.
I don’t know if it was the previous conversation that made Chu Qingxiao completely trust Qiao Qingzhi. Chu Qingxiao, who was affirmed by Qiao Qingzhi, immediately said: "Although I have the Dragon Seal in my hand now, my cultivation is still shallow and I don’t have any background. How? Only then can we summon a team of Longxiang guards from the training department to compete with Jianyue City?"
"Nothing in the world is difficult except for those who are willing. Silly brother, you are a person who escaped from the eternal night world. You have done such incredible things, and you are still afraid that you can't do it?" Qiao Qingzhi said with a smile.
Chu Qingxiao scratched his head and said distressedly: "Being able to escape from the eternal night world is actually due to luck."
After saying this, he looked at Qiao Qingzhi eagerly.
But Qiao Qingzhi just stared at him with a smile and no longer responded as before.
Chu Qingxiao waited for a long time, and saw that she had no intention of saying anything more, with a hesitant look on her face. After a while, he seemed to have made some kind of determination. At that time, he stood up, bowed to Qiao Qingzhi and said .
"Qingxiao is weak in power and has few talents and knowledge. But he is responsible for the blood feud of 30,000 people who died in vain in Wuling City and the heavy trust of 8,000 swords and armors. He dare not live up to it and is not afraid of his sister's jokes. After Qingxiao walked out of Wuling City, he couldn't sleep every night, thinking about it. A way to redress the injustice of an old friend."
"Since sister is willing to give me advice, then you should be a good person and teach me what to do next!"
"As long as I can redress the injustice for Sword Armor, I can put the thirty thousand dead souls in Wuling City to rest in peace."
"No matter what he does, Qing Xiao is willing to give it a try."
"If sister is willing to help me, Qingxiao will make sure everything in the future is guided by her!"
Qiao Qingzhi looked at the solemn young man in front of her, her eyes narrowed, and a real and proud smile filled the narrow slits of her eyes.
