Chapter 613
The elders of the Qiao family came to the door personally, and naturally the Ling family’s group of elders had to come out as well.
The Eldest Elder held the Buddhist beads and faintly: “Not bad, I can testify that I have been with Chonglou.”
Although he didn’t like Jiang Ping and was unhappy with Ling Chonglou because of this.
But there was no way he would turn towards an outsider.
As for the matter of slapping the Qiao family head, the Grand Elder had pa*sed with one eye open and one eye closed.
After all, Jiang Yan had been hurt like that, and as a father, Ling Chonglou couldn’t possibly not be angry.
“If you didn’t do it, wouldn’t the others have done it?” Third Elder Qiao sneered, “Your family Ling Mianxi has the best relationship with Jiang Yan, she must have done it!”
“Third Elder Qiao, that’s not right again.” Ling Chonglou blandly, “Although Xiao Mian is very talented, she also has over sixty years of ancient martial cultivation.”
“Tell me instead, how did she take down both Qiao Dong and Qiao Ting all by herself?”
Third Elder Qiao retorted, “Why not? Ling Mianxi has so many devious ideas, who knows how she did it?”
He was forceful, “I don’t care about anything else, I just want an explanation today!”
On the side, Ling Dongqing laughed and gave a tsk, “Fourth brother, I think Third Elder Qiao is right about this, you don’t do anything, you have quite a few guards under your command, right?”
“You still have two personal guards at the Ancient Martial Arts Patriarch level, how come you can’t make a move?”
After saying that, Ling Dongqing turned his head, “Grand Elder, our Ling family has not been standing in line, many big clans are eyeing us, and he, Ling Chonglou, is still deliberately inviting war at such a moment, do you think he is still worthy of sitting on this family head position?”
He said in a stern voice, “Back then, when he married an ordinary person, he made many clans criticise our Ling family, and now with this kind of incident, he must be declared the head of the family!”
The Eldest Elder frowned and was about to speak when his arm was suddenly wrapped around him.
Ling Mianxi blinked and began to complain, “Great-grandpa, he slandered me, and I was at the Ling family yesterday.”
The Great Elder’s eyes instantly sharpened, “Saying it was Xiaomian who did it, you have proof?”
“This ……” Third Elder Qiao was instantly speechless and annoyed, “Do you think our Qiao family gives you the same as the Ling family, pressing cameras everywhere?”
Ying Ziji was quietly drinking tea at the side, his eyebrows bland, without any reaction.
Third Elder Qiao didn’t even think about the others, furious.
Ling Chonglou spoke again, “Coincidentally, none of the guards under my command left the Ling family yesterday, two personal guards were protecting Xiao Yan, and there are people who can testify to that.
Hearing these words, Ling Dongqing’s eyes were shady.
He could conclude that the people who had infiltrated the Qiao family must be from Ling Chonglou’s side.
Otherwise, how could Ling Chonglou have prepared well in advance?
“Fine, you guys wait!” Third Elder Qiao angrily left, “I’ll pa*s the matter on to the Fan Clan, wait, provoking the Qiao Clan, your Ling Clan won’t have an easy time either.”
Ling Dongqing’s eyes rolled and he was about to speak, but Ling Mianxi snatched him up first.
“Grandpa Ancestor, what about this? I’m not causing trouble, am I?”
“No fear.” The Grand Elder rea*sured Ling Mianxi in turn, “They have no evidence, they can’t make a move against us rashly, ask the Hall of Justice to come, and the Hall of Justice will only be on our side.”
Ling Mianxi nodded good-naturedly, “That’s good then, Grandfather Ancestor, my cultivation has improved again, you can try it.”
The Grand Elder’s attention was all but pulled away and was pleasantly surprised, “Another breakthrough? Well, well, well, let’s go, to the school grounds.”
A crisis was solved just like that.
Ling Dongqing crushed a gla*s and laughed coldly, “Ling Chonglou, just keep leaning on Ling Mianxi, just you wait.”
Ling Mianxi’s father had died young and gone when she was two, leaving her orphaned and widowed.
Many people wanted to throw them out.
It was Ling Chonglou who took Ling Mianxi’s mother and daughter over and looked after them with Jiang Zuoping.
At the age of six, Ling Mianxi displayed an unparalleled talent for ancient martial arts.
It caused the entire elder group to take her seriously, and the Ling family’s old ancestor even went out to teach her personally.
Ling Dongqing regretted that if he had known that Ling Mianxi was that talented, he would have let Ling Chonglou steal such a great opportunity away from him?
Otherwise, how could the position of family head be Ling Chonglou’s today?
Ling Chonglou smiled lightly, “I’ll wait.”
Ling Dongqing was also P*ssed off.
Ling Chonglou slowly exhaled a breath.
He stood up and looked grave, “D**ky, I made you look ridiculous, this time it was also thanks to your help, I thank you for Xiao Yan.”
“Uncle Ling, you’re welcome.” Ying Zidian nodded, “He looked after me at school too.”
“That boy.” Ling Chonglou shook his head, “You’ve saved two of his lives, it’s hard to repay your kindness, otherwise, I’ll give him to you as a son, use him as you like.”
“Then I don’t want him.” Ying Zidian thought about it, “He said that if he had a son, he wouldn’t be able to resist bullying, and Jiang Yan’s body might not be able to withstand it.”
Ling Chonglou: “……”
**
The following day.
Jiang Yan’s injuries had completely healed.
Ling Chonglou had to stay at the Ling house, so Ling Mianxi and Ying Zidian accompanied him.
Ying Ziyi pressed his mouthpiece: “I’ll go for a spin, call me when the game starts later.”
“Hey…” Before Jiang Yan could stop her, the girl was already gone.
He was a little chagrined, “Sis, you didn’t stop it either, this is the Hall of Justice, what if something happens?”
“What could happen?” Ling Mianxi bit into her lollipop, “You’re underestimating Ying, maybe there’s someone she knows at the Hall of Justice.”
Jiang Yan was about to say something when a cold, sarcastic voice came out.
“What kind of people can you know in the Hall of Justice? Don’t talk big there! Jiang Yan, count yourself lucky that you’ve managed to wake up.”
Qiao Ting couldn’t believe it either.
Jiang Yan had been beaten like that by Qiao Dong two days ago, and now he was able to get off the ground.
Now the person who was unconscious had become Qiao Dong.
The Qiao family had also hired ancient doctors to look at him, but they couldn’t cure him.
In the end, between the high price of the medicine and Qiao Dong, they chose to give up on Qiao Dong.
Qiao Ting hated it with a pa*sion.
Without Qiao Dong, he would struggle in the Hall of Justice.
Jiang Yan turned his head and sneered, “Laozi has a father, what do you have?”
Qiao Ting didn’t understand his remark, but his expression remained mocking: “The matter of my uncle being unconscious has already spread through the Hall of Justice, you didn’t do it, and you have something to do with it.”
“Just you wait, you won’t have a good time, you will be punished from above!”
As if to corroborate these words, a steward hurriedly came from the east.
“Jiang Yan.” He stopped and took a look at Jiang Yan before speaking, “The Shadow Seat is calling you over.”
Jiang Yan froze, “What did you say?”
“Lord Shadow.” The steward urged, “Why don’t you hurry over there?”
When Qiao Ting heard this, he was overjoyed, “Hahahahaha, Jiang Yan, you’re finished! You’ve actually alerted Lord Shadow, and you still want to fight me, it’s questionable whether you’ll come out alive in a while!”
“You deserve it, you really deserve it! Even if you could come out, after the Shadow Throne has warned you, would you still dare to make a move on me? Hahahahaha!”
The other guards all looked over as well.
Some were amazed, others gloated.
Jiang Yan was too young and his ancient martial arts cultivation was so high that he had become a thorn in the side of many people.
Jiang Yan clenched his fingers and whispered, “Sister, wait for me, I’ll be right there.”
Ling Mianxi wrinkled her brow, “I’ll go over with you and wait outside, if anything happens, you can call.”
She certainly couldn’t beat Shadow, but there was no way her brother wouldn’t protect him.
The two of them followed the steward to a building.
The steward stopped Ling Mianxi and let Jiang Yan go in by himself.
Jiang Yan was a little nervous.
Not to mention that he was only a level five guard of the Hall of Justice, even a level one guard, that didn’t qualify him to meet the senior management of the Hall of Justice.
There was a clear division of labour in the Hall of Justice.
The two guardians, left and right, led the guard team and maintained the security of the Ancient Martial World.
The elder group is highly respected and is responsible for making decisions on large and small matters.
The four confessors manage the punishment of criminals and all others who violate the rules of the Ancient Martial World.
Only the Shadow, who came and went without a trace, seemed to take care of everything.
Jiang Yan gritted his teeth and walked in.
The hall was empty.
The man was sitting high up, his hand propped up on his head, his eyelashes drooping.
Jiang Yan could feel the strong atmospheric pressure coming from him.
It almost made people gasp for breath.
Could it be that the Qiao family had really used the Fan family to find Shadow and punish him?
Jiang Yan straightened his chest plate, his eyes closed and his heart crossed, “I’m not afraid of you, come on, kill or die at will, the big deal is that in nineteen years, I’ll be a good man again!”
“……”
The hall was silent for a while.
Then, a laugh fell, with a bit of cynicism and suave: “What are you talking about?”
Jiang Yan suddenly felt something familiar about this voice.
He froze and raised his head.
On the high seat, the man slowly took off his mask.
A familiar handsome face.
Familiar peach blossom eyes.
A natural smile, with a deep compelling power.
Fu Yunshen folded his hands and raised his eyebrows, not slowing down: “Why should I kill you cut you?”
Chapter 614
Looking at the man’s face, Jiang Yan’s entire body froze.
The shock came so hard that his mind stopped working at this moment, and he just stared upwards in a daze.
The most mysterious shadow in the Hall of Justice was actually Fu Yunshen?
“If I heard you correctly, you just called yourself Laozi?” Fu Yunshen turned his head, his tone idle as he curved his peach blossom eyes, “Yao Yao, your son is going to rebel.”
Before Jiang Yan could react, the girl came around out from behind.
She still had a box in her hand and raised an eyebrow, “I’m eating ice cream, can you men settle things between yourselves?”
Jiang Yan was completely dumbfounded.
He remembered Ling Mianxi’s earlier words –
What if Ying had someone he knew in the Hall of Justice?
But who would have thought that the person Ying Ziji knew was Shadow?
No, it was how did Fu Yunshen become Ying?
“I, I ……” Jiang Yan opened his mouth and hung his head, “You’re my old man.”
The fact is that the company’s business is not a business.
Jiang Yan’s face heated up at the thought of what he had just done, embarra*sed to the extreme, “Because just now outside, Qiao Ting said that they had asked the Fan family to give the Hall of Justice the word that they were going to find someone to teach me a lesson.”
“Well, who?” Fu Yunshen raised his eyes, “Which elder?”
Jiang Yan spoke weakly, “Maybe it’s Protector Zuo?”
Fu Yunshen nodded slightly, intrigued, “Is he as powerful as me?”
Jiang Yan: “…… No.”
To put it bluntly, the position of left protector would be the head of the bodyguard if it were placed in a family in the imperial capital.
He couldn’t participate in the major affairs decisions of the Hall of Justice.
“This is not on the line.” Fu Yunshen’s voice was slow, “I called you here to tell you, in the Hall of Justice, if anyone messes with you, you can fight back, if you can’t fight, give me a complaint, they have a background, you also have a background, don’t aggravate yourself, got it?”
He raised an eyebrow, “I’ll be responsible if I waste the other side in the ring today.”
At Qingzhi High School, at the very beginning, Jiang Yan had indeed taken care of Ying Zidian.
He had helped her block a lot of school violence.
Hearing these words, Jiang Yan froze again.
His head hung down and his eyes turned red little by little.
From the moment he entered the Hall of Justice, he knew he would have to fight it alone.
Jiang Yan had never thought he would ever hear such words again.
Ying Zigui was thoughtful: “You’re crying?”
“Nonsense, no!” Jiang Yan held his tongue for half a day before popping out, “Father Fu, does anyone else know about this identity of yours?”
“Just a few people.” Fu Yun Shen faintly, “Don’t worry, no one will believe them even if they say it out loud.”
Jiang Yan: “……”
Don’t say it, his Fu dad pretending to be a dude is more like a real dude than a real dude.
“Let’s go.” Fu Yun Shen popped his coat lapel, put one hand in his pocket and smiled, “Promise you, watch you fight in the ring.”
**
Outside the house.
Ling Mianxi was still waiting.
After waiting for half a day, Jiang Yan didn’t call, but he didn’t come out either.
She wrinkled her brow.
Someone called out to her at that moment.
“Xiaomian.”
Ling Mianxi turned her head and saw Nie Yi.
He was still wearing his well ironed uniform.
“Why are you here?” Ling Mianxi was a little surprised, “The One Word Team isn’t busy anymore?”
“There’s nothing major in the Imperial Capital these days.” Nie Yi nodded, “It’s still okay to take a few days off.”
The most important thing is that those families who were restless in the past have become much more honest.
They were afraid that if they met someone like Ying Zidian, who looked ordinary but had a powerful back, they would accidentally mention the iron plate.
“Good then, come come come.” Ling Mianxi’s eyes lit up, “Let’s have a fight, my cultivation has really refined, no lie.”
Nie Yi: “……”
He thought about it very seriously for a moment, then sent a WeChat to Fu Yunshen.
[Did you and Miss Ying fight as soon as they met?
There was no message back from WeChat, there was a voice that rang directly from his ears.
A lazy laugh.
“My girl cares for me, she can’t spare me, and she won’t hit my face even if she does.”
Hearing this, Jiang Yan scratched his head, “Father Ying, you face control?”
Ying Zidian gave him a look, not saying anything.
But the look in his eyes said everything.
What else is there to ask?
Jiang Yan shut up.
“Right.” Ling Mianxi justified, “I don’t feel sorry for you.”
Nie Yi: “……”
“No heartache, huh?” Fu Yunshen, “When he was injured, who was there to finish bandaging him up and walk out to cry alone?”
Ling Mianxi: “……”
Jiang Yan looked to his left, then to his right.
Deeply feeling that he was the dog in the clutch.
It was also just about time for the ring match to start, so Jiang Yan simply slipped away.
There were quite a few people who came to watch this ring match today.
Xie Nian was there.
But what she was interested in was not the tournament, but Nie Yi.
She had gotten the news when Nie Yi had entered the Ancient Martial World through the entrance.
Xie Nian narrowed her eyes and lifted her chin, “What do you think, how about that man?”
Next to her, was the Fan Family’s eldest young lady, Fan Zhixi.
Fan Zhixi looked over and her eyes lit up, “Sister Nian, strong enough, I can’t see through his ancient martial arts cultivation, it’s definitely higher than mine.”
“That’s natural.” A smile picked up at the edge of Xie Nian’s red lips, “Which man that I, Xie Nian, have my eye on is worse?”
She was a half-step Ancient Martial Arts Grandmaster, so she was naturally able to see Nie Yi’s cultivation level.
A level of over sixty years.
In the Xie family, it was a genius among geniuses.
Xie Nian had never seen a type like Nie Yi before either.
Maybe after having Nie Yi, she’d put away her playfulness.
Fan Zhixi started patting her on the back: “Sister Nian, not on?”
“Can’t you see there’s a Ling Mianxi next to him?” Xie Nian’s expression was cold, “Wait until I find a chance and sort her out, I’m not in the mood to share a man with someone else.”
Fan Zhixi nodded and didn’t bother judging.
This was a clear case of moral turpitude.
But there was no way around it, in the ancient martial arts world, one spoke with one’s fists.
On the stage, the steward called the list for the next round.
“Third match, Jiang Yan of the Ling family versus Qiao Ting of the Qiao family.”
Qiao Ting straightened his chest plate and walked onto the stage with his head held high.
Jiang Yan came up from the other side.
When Qiao Ting saw Jiang Yan unharmed, he first froze for a moment, then snorted, “b*****d, count yourself lucky, I reckon it’s because the Shadow Seat saw your young age and thought of your unlimited future that they let you off the hook.”
“Since you’ve accepted the warning, be honest for a while and finally roll down by yourself, understand?”
Jiang Yan put his hands behind his back and hung back, “This man, he starts dreaming in broad daylight.”
Qiao Ting was furious: “Kid, you want to die!”
His internal energy gathered and he attacked Jiang Yan directly.
The two men’s cultivation levels were similar, and it was difficult to tell the difference between them for a while.
But Jiang Yan’s stance was agile.
All of Qiao Ting’s attacks fell short, and he took many hits himself.
Qiao Ting’s eyes were scarlet, “Jiang Yan, you forced me to do this!”
Suddenly, his aura surged.
With one punch, he slammed down on Jiang Yan.
Jiang Yan’s expression changed and he dodged it in time.
And in the next second, a shallow crater appeared where he was originally standing.
The spectators all got excited and started to applaud.
Only Ying could see the problem, and she turned her head: “In a match between the guards of the Hall of Justice, you can take medicine?”
Yes, there are medicines that can help people improve their ancient martial arts cultivation in a short period of time, but they can be very harmful to the body.
“In theory, it is forbidden.” Fu Yun Shen narrowed his eyes slightly, “But as long as it is not detected, it will not have any effect.”
It was true that the escort was not under his control, but of course he could control it too.
Ying nodded and raised his eyebrows again, “Sir, I also cheat, do you mind?”
“Hm?” Fu Yunshen tilted his head, “Change your name?”
“Boyfriend?”
“I don’t mind then, girlfriend.”
Ying glanced at him and pinched out a golden needle.
Jiang Yan was now being completely pinned down by Qiao Ting and had no room to fight back.
Xie Nian had checked Ling Mianxi out clearly, and naturally knew that Jiang Yan was Ling Mianxi’s younger brother.
She laughed scornfully, “Just know how to hide, what a waste.”
But just then, Jiang Yan also suddenly came to strength.
He didn’t dodge anymore, but directly met Qiao Ting’s attack.
“Ka-chow!”
The bone cracked at the sound.
Qiao Ting let out a miserable scream and didn’t even manage to gather his strength as he flew straight backwards.
It was exactly in Xie Nian’s direction
Xie Nian’s attention had been on Nie Yi and was thinking about how to have fun.
He was unable to dodge for a while and was pounced on by Qiaoting.
Not only that, but he was also sprayed with a faceful of blood.
“Prick-la-”
It was the sound of the clothes splitting open.
Xie Nian was originally wearing a red dress with a slit, and with this, she was directly exposed to the light.
The ancient martial artists were still naturally more male, and the people next to her were all a bit dazed.
If they had mobile phones, they would have taken pictures.
There were whispered voices around.
“This Miss Xie, tsk, she’s a bit of a catch.”
“That’s not true, I heard she’s good at stealing men.”
Fan Zhixi froze and hurriedly picked up her clothes, “Nian, Sister Nian, hurry up.”
Xie Nian kicked Qiaoting away and quickly took Fan Zhixi’s coat and put it on.
Her face was gloomy: “You seek death!”
How dare you humiliate her like that.
Xie Nian raised her hand and went straight up to the stage, about to squeeze Jiang Yan’s throat.
A voice rang out urgently, “Miss Xie!”
A middle-aged man stepped in front of her, it was the Right Protector.
“Miss Xie, this has nothing to do with him, and he didn’t mean it, you are too close to the stage.”
The left protector also arrived and gave Xie Nian a wink, “Nian Nian.”
Xie Nian had never held her breath so much before.
The point was that she didn’t feel that Jiang Yan was unintentional.
Jiang Yan must have deliberately beaten Qiaoting towards her side.
But it was just that she couldn’t find a reason to kill Jiang Yan.
Xie Nian snorted coldly and didn’t look at Protector Zuo as she turned and walked away.
Protector Zuo was in a big headache.
Xie Nian had the old ancestor of the Xie family covering her, and even the elder group had to respect her.
What could he say?
Qiao Ting was punched by Jiang Yan and kicked by Xie Nian, and pa*sed out straight away
Ring fights have always been on point.
If there was a serious injury or death, the other side would be punished.
But Xie Nian had intervened, and the Protector was not in a position to judge who was to blame for this.
The left protector waved his hand, coldly: “Carry him away.”
Insult Xie Nian, and no life to live.
**
Jiang Yan had successfully advanced to the rank of fourth-ranked guards.
Fu Yunshen also kept his promise and gave him a reward.
The group went back to the Ling family.
Jiang Ping knew that Nie also came, and cooked a few more tables of food.
“Sit down, sit down.” Jiang Zheping greeted him with a smile, “It’s been a long time since you’ve been here, your aunt Ling is still talking about you.”
Nie Yi was a gentleman, “Auntie Jiang, Auntie Ling.”
Ling’s mother was happy, “What’s polite, let’s eat together.”
After eating, Ying returned to her room.
I don’t know if Jiang Ping had intentionally or unintentionally given them only one room.
But it didn’t matter, it wasn’t like they hadn’t slept together in the same bed anyway.
Of course, it was only for sleeping.
Fu Yunshen walked over to the window and answered the phone, “Hello?”
After listening, his eyes gradually deepened: “Okay, I know.”
Ying looked up from the computer screen, “What’s wrong?”
“There’s an anonymous letter reporting that Uncle Ling has transported large thermal weapons from the secular world into the ancient martial world.” Fu Yunshen said, “There’s also evidence, the anonymous letter was submitted directly to the Ministry of Supervision, and someone from the Hall of Justice is here.”
No sooner had he said this than a cacophony of noise rang out outside.
Ying Ziji closed his computer, “I’ll go out and take a look.”
This was the first time the Hall of Justice had entered the Ling family.
But it was not a good thing.
“Ling Chonglou, right?” The middle-aged man examined Ling Chonglou, “I’m from the Justice Hall’s Inspection Department, and I’m here on the orders of the confessor, someone has accused you of carrying large high-tech weapons into the Ancient Martial World and wanting to strike at the Qiao Family and destroy it.”
The moment these words came out, everyone around them turned pale.
Jiang Yan tensed up, “Dad ……”
Although the ancient martial world was xenophobic, it didn’t prohibit the existence of high technology.
Because with the integration of the world, the ancient martial world couldn’t be closed for much longer.
The only thing that was banned was hot weapons, unless one could get a permit to carry a gun issued by the Hall of Justice.
After all, guns are convenient, and when executing a prisoner, a hit is all that is needed.
But guns can be had, other large weapons absolutely cannot.
An incendiary air bomb is definitely capable of extinguishing an ancient martial arts cleric.
Not to mention the more advanced heat weapons.
This was no small threat to the ancient martial arts community.
The middle-aged man turned his head and ordered the guards around him, “Arrest him.”