Chapter 615
Two of the guards stepped forward and immediately held Ling Chonglou down.
Jiang Yan’s expression changed: “Dad!”
Ling Chonglou was calm, his expression unchanged, “May I ask when I hoarded hot weapons?”
“Told you, here’s the evidence.” The middle-aged man held the pieces of paper closer, “This warehouse, is it not you who owns it?”
On the papers were photographs.
In the photos were missiles, guns, artillery, piled up in a whole warehouse.
Ling Chonglou glanced at them and frowned, “The owner is indeed me.”
“Then isn’t that the end of it?” The middle-aged man sneered, “The Hall of Justice has already surveyed all of these weapons you’ve hoarded.
Jiang Ping’s voice was calm, “The warehouse has been abandoned for a long time, so how did you conclude that it was Chonglou who transported these cannonballs in?”
“Precisely because it has been abandoned for a long time, without that anonymous letter, we wouldn’t have discovered it until now.” The middle-aged man, “As for how to conclude that it was Ling Chonglou, that is indeed a problem.”
“That’s why we just arrested him, instead of killing him outright.”
The middle-aged man’s voice was even colder, “Take him away and hold a public trial tomorrow.”
“Little painting.” Ling Chonglou gestured for Jiang ping not to act rashly, “I’ll go with them.”
Jiang Ping’s eyes went cold: “Fine, I’ll go find the evidence.”
At that moment, Ling Mianxi came over, “Ying, the cameras have been destroyed, the surveillance room doesn’t have any footage of this warehouse.”
Ying Ziji narrowed his eyes slightly.
Without the footage, there was no way to recover it with computer technology.
Things were indeed a bit troublesome.
Ling Dongqing walked over and smiled, “Fourth brother-in-law, why do you think Chonglou can’t get his head right? It’s not good to use any means to mess with the Qiao family, but he had to hoard weapons, and that’s how he fell?”
Jiang Yan gritted her teeth, “It was you.”
“Yes, it’s me.” Ling Dongqing admitted it straight away, “But you have no evidence, if you record it, I’ll say that you forced me to say it, and you’ll see if the Hall of Justice believes it.”
Jiang Zheping looked at him indifferently.
“Fourth brother-in-law, and you, young master, enjoy this last part of your lives.” Ling Dongqing smiled again, “When the trial is over, you will all have to get the hell out of the Ling family.”
Ling Chonglou had entered the Hall of Justice and still wanted to come out in one piece?
Jiang Yan clenched his fist and angrily said, “Ling Dongqing, I’ll kill you!”
“Kill me? Then you must also have that ability.” Ling Dongqing was scornful, “Oh yes, I can go to the trial with you tomorrow, maybe that will be the last time you can see father and son.”
He left with a big smile, in a good mood.
Jiang Yan was furious and about to go after him.
A hand, steadily pressed on his shoulder.
Fu Yunshen raised his eyebrows: “Nineteen, not so young, why are you still so spirited?”
Jiang Yan froze and pursed his lips, “I’m useless.”
He didn’t want to rely on others for everything.
“How can you be useless? You’re not a school bully?”
Jiang Yan: “……”
Fu Yunshen let go of Jiang Yan’s shoulder and beckoned, “Yao Yao.”
Ying Ziyi walked over, “I’ve thought of a way.”
“Hm?” Fu Yunshen’s peach blossom eyes curved up, “Let me guess, are we thinking of the same thing?”
Ying Ziji raised his eyebrows slightly, “Sir, it’s a long way to go, I’m relying on you.”
“Okay, you stay here.” Fu Yunshen pinched her face and smiled lowly, “I’ll go back.”
**
The heavy hot weapons that the Hall of Justice had collected from the warehouse were all placed in an enclosed space and the guards were ordered to keep a close watch.
No one dared to slacken off.
That is, until the sound of footsteps came.
The guards at the entrance looked awe-inspiring and respectful: “Shadow Throne.”
Fu Yunshen gave a faint hmph and lifted his chin: “This is where those heavy thermal weapons were collected?”
“Yes, Shadow Throne.” The guard replied, “The Lord Don ordered us to guard them closely, and then destroy them after interrogating and playing with the culprits.”
“So.” Fu Yunshen was noncommittal, “I’ll go in and take a look.”
Hearing this, the guards guarding the outside all hesitated, hesitantly not moving.
“What?” Fu Yunshen’s voice was gentle, “Judicial Hall, now my words don’t work anymore? Quite good.”
The last two words sent a chill down the guards’ spines, and they all knelt down with a thud.
“Shadow Seat spare my life, my subordinates have no such intention.”
They dared to stop the others, how could they stop Shadow?
The guards immediately opened the door and let Fu Yunshen in.
A few minutes later, Fu Yunshen walked out and said in a light voice: “Watch carefully, don’t miss out on the destruction.”
“Yes, Shadow!”
**
At night, the Qiao family.
The master of the Qiao family had been slapped several times by Ling Chonglou that day, and his right eye was still swollen.
But because he was happy, he drank a bottle of wine with painful pleasure.
“Master of the Qiao family, thanks to you.” Ling Dongqing clinked gla*ses with him, “This time, Ling Chonglou was completely and utterly slaughtered.”
“Well said, but I have other requirements for helping you take the Ling family’s headship.” Family Head Qiao took a sip of wine and smiled, “Ling Mianxi, there aren’t any marriages in the pipeline yet, are there?”
Ling Dongqing narrowed his eyes, “Yes, but she has a boyfriend, and both parents have met.”
“Hi.” The Qiao family head waved his hand, “I know, that boyfriend of hers, isn’t he from the secular world? Can he be any more powerful than a genius from the ancient martial world?”
Saying that, he lowered his voice, “This is the Fan Family’s Grand Duke’s idea, you say, if your Ling Family and the Fan Family became in-laws, wouldn’t it be just around the corner to be among the top ten ancient martial arts families?”
Ling Dongqing looked pensive and did not say anything.
The Ling Family’s group of elders weren’t happy with Nie Yi.
If he became the head of the Ling family, he would indeed be able to influence Ling Mianxi’s marital affairs.
Family Head Qiao was also right, with the help of the Fan Family, the Ling Family could also soar to great heights.
“Fine!” Ling Dongqing gritted his teeth and agreed, “When I take the position of family head, I will definitely convince the elder group to let them marry Ling Mianxi to the Fan Family.”
Family Head Qiao’s eyes lit up, “Good, good, drink, drink, tomorrow is Ling Chonglou’s death date, we have to celebrate.”
**
The following day.
The Ministry of Supervision handed the case over to the Department of Judgement.
Inside the Trial House.
After the Trial Minister sorted out what had happened, he spoke, “Ling Chonglou, do you have anything else to say?”
“Or, do you have any other evidence that these heat weapons were not acquired by you?”
Ling Chonglou faded: “Not really.”
The Trial Minister nodded: “Since there is none, then-”
Ling Chonglou added, “But I have other witnesses.”
From the seat, Ying stood up.
She had changed her face and was dressed in ordinary clothes.
The trial minister asked again, “Who have you seen that will
“No.” Ying Ziji was calm: “But the Hall of Justice checked, and the origin of this batch of heat weapons is the nok Forum.”
The nok forum might not be clear to other ancient martial artists, but the Hall of Justice understood it.
The Hall of Justice also had an account internally and would occasionally log in to take a look.
The Trial Minister nodded, “Good, go on.”
“To customize so many hot weapons on the nok forum, it requires a real name.” Ying said, “On each thermal weapon, there will be the name of the purchaser, only the markings are smaller and harder to spot.”
“As long as the name engraved on the weapon is not the three words Ling Chonglou, it would not have been purchased by him.”
Hearing this, the Trial Minister frowned slightly and instructed one of the guards next to him, “Check again, see if there are any names, and check carefully.”
They did not customize so many weapons from the nok forum, and were not really aware of such a rule.
Under the seat.
Jiang Ping wrinkled his brow: “Xiaomian, there will be a name?”
Ling Mianxi thought for a moment, “Actually, there isn’t one, but I think Ying can make it have one.”
Jiang Yan immediately raised his hand, “I think so too!”
Ling Dongqing gave a cold laugh.
A name?
Are you kidding?
Who would make a weapon and put a name on it?
He had looked at it carefully when he bought it, making sure there were no flaws.
He had been waiting for this opportunity for a long time, and goodness knows Ling Chonglou had messed with the Qiao family.
Together with the Qiao family, he would be able to bring Ling Chonglou down.
“Alright, don’t waste time anywhere.” Ling Dongqing gave the girl a cold look, “Do you know that if you are talking nonsense and falsely pa*sing on evidence, you are to be treated with the same crime as the culprit?”
He was impatient, “Donor, the nok forum doesn’t have this rule at all, if it did, how else would it be safe to trade? Wouldn’t all identities be exposed.”
The trial minister nodded, “You have a point.”
Both sides were very cautious when it came to trading thermal weapons on the o-continent side.
Ling Dongqing sneered again, “She and Ling Chonglou are in cahoots, just covering up for each other, you must not be fooled.”
“Whether it’s true or not, we’ll know in a moment.” Ying Zidian remained calm, “This gentleman is in such a hurry, does he have a ghost in his heart?”
Ling Dongqing’s face was ugly: “What kind of ghost do I have? This is nonsense!”
Do you really think you are the administrator of the nok forum and can just make an additional rule for the forum?
Chapter 616
Ling Dongqing had never been to O Continent, so naturally he was not aware that the predecessor of the nok forum was the Hidden Alliance Society in the 15th century.
But no matter how you count it, the nok forum is a product of the last century.
He didn’t know Ying Zidian either, not to mention that he had changed his face.
But no matter how much she disguised herself, she couldn’t hide the fact that she was the same age as Jiang Yan.
How is this related to the nok forum?
The rules of the nok forum trading area, the bounty area and the various zones are all set down by the administrators one by one.
No matter if it was the big clans of O Continent or the hunters on the list, they were not able to change them.
Ling Dongqing was almost laughing at this.
He was really going to wonder if Ling Chonglou’s brain was out of order, not even looking for a witness who didn’t talk big.
The Hall of Justice had always guaranteed absolute impartiality in trials, and could not falsely accuse any good person.
The Minister of Justice nodded and ordered another guard, “Go, get a computer, log onto the nok forum now and see if the trading area has this rule.”
The guard responded and led the way.
Ling Dongqing was sitting down, holding a cup of tea.
He watched with cold eyes as the guard brought a laptop up and logged onto the nok forum on the spot.
Ying’s eyelashes drooped and she yawned.
Ling Dongqing snorted, “If you say no, you mean no, what else do you want-”
Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by the guard: “Your servant, the trading area does have this rule, it is set on top.”
Ling Dongqing’s laughter came to an abrupt halt.
He first froze for a full five seconds, and then shouted incredulously, “What did you say?!”
When he had purchased these hot weapons on the nok forum, there was no such rule at all!
If there was, how could he have bought them?
Ling Dongqing’s brain was hot, and he split his hand to grab the computer in the guard’s hand.
The Minister of Justice said coldly, “How dare you make a scene in the courtroom, how dare you!”
Two more guards came up and held Ling Dongqing down.
Ling Dongqing still could not believe it: “There can’t be!”
The Minister of Inquisitions was impatient too, and faintly: “Show him.”
The guard flipped the computer over and faced Ling Dongqing squarely.
Ling Dongqing could clearly see the first entry in the top bar of the trading section.
It was still in red and very conspicuous.
[All purchases of thermal weapons in the trading area, in quantities of one hundred or more, require the name of the purchaser to be engraved on the thermal weapon, no false names are allowed, this order.
Ling Dongqing’s mind was spinning as he opened his mouth wide, “But this-”
He still couldn’t finish his words, and was interrupted by the guards who went to inspect the weapons, “Your Honour, all the weapons have been tested, and indeed, as this witness said, the name of the purchaser is on them.”
The trial minister’s expression instantly firmed up, “Who is it, see clearly?”
“Two names in all.” The guard presented the photos, “One is Ling Dongqing and the other is Qiao Han.”
Qiao Han, was the real name of the head of the Qiao family.
Ling Dongqing was now completely stunned, “How could it be me? It’s absolutely impossible!”
When he had purchased these weapons, he had clearly been anonymous too!
How could he be so stupid as to have his name engraved on them?
The trial minister finished looking at the photo and heavily threw it on the table, “Someone, take Ling Dongqing into custody and go to Qiao’s house and kidnap Qiao Han!”
Deceiving the top and the bottom, all deceiving the Hall of Justice.
“It’s not me! I didn’t carve this name!” Ling Dongqing panicked, “Lord Consul, it really wasn’t me!”
His fingers trembled, “It must be Ling Chonglou! It must be him! He set me up on purpose.”
“Ling Dongqing, you’ve said all the words.” Jiang Zheping sneered, “It’s clear who framed who.”
The trial minister waved his hand directly, “Escort him down.”
Ling Dongqing shivered for a moment, and when she turned her head, she met Ying Zigui’s gaze.
The girl’s eyebrows were cold and clear, with a pair of beautiful phoenix eyes that seemed to be able to see through everything.
She stood there, calm and collected from start to finish.
Ling Dongqing was reluctantly escorted down.
“This is the end of today’s trial.” The trial minister stood up, “Ling Chonglou, the Hall of Justice has misunderstood you in this matter, compensation will be issued to the Ling family in a moment.”
Ling Chonglou waved his hand, “No need, the Hall of Justice is fair and the ancient martial world is clear about it.”
If it wasn’t for Ying Zigui and Fu Yunshen, he really wouldn’t have been able to say anything.
An interrogation that had left Jiang Yan on the edge of his seat ended like that.
He was still a bit overwhelmed.
He dawdled over to the girl: “Father Ying, what’s the name about?”
“It’s simple.” Ying Zidian sounded lightly, “He went into the place where the hot weapons were collected yesterday and then used his inner strength to carve the names of those two people on those weapons.”
Jiang Yan: “……”
f*ck.
Using internal energy to carve words on hot weapons without anyone else noticing.
His Fu-dad still had this skill?!
How high did this cultivation level have to be?
Jiang Yan asked this question out loud.
Ying Zigui thought for a moment, “Almost two Ancient Martial Arts masters’ cultivation combined?”
Jiang Yan wiggled his fingers and did the math.
Adding it all up, that was almost two hundred years.
What kind of pervert was this?
Jiang Yan completely shut himself up.
**
Meanwhile.
nok forum.
The first thing you need to do is to get a new one, and it’s also on the top of the front page with red, so there’s no way the sand carving bigots who water post every day can’t see it.
The actual name of the nok forum to buy hot weapons is now a real name system? The first thing you need to do is to get a good idea of what you’re doing.
I’m not sure if it’s a good idea to have a new one.
I have to wonder, has the forum been hacked again? Who was under the skin of that account in the first place? Has no one found it?
[It can’t be the boss of the Anonymous hacker alliance anyway, he’s got a bit less guts.
[Forget it, from now on I’ll buy weapons, ninety-nine of them, so this rule won’t work for me, I’m such a resourceful guy.
While the forums were buzzing with discussion, somewhere on the international scene.
In a room.
Administrator 004 watched the commotion on the forum and spewed out a mouthful of water in shock, “Cough cough cough!”
He really was so wronged.
Whether it was before or now, neither of these two incidents had anything to do with him.
And this time was different from last time, this time the rules had been changed.
It wasn’t something that a hacker would be able to do, it required an extremely high level of authority.
“I’ll get the adults.” Administrator 004 put down his gla*s of water, “Ask if he changed the rules on a whim.”
Off to the side, another admin spoke up, “But don’t, if we could find my lord, we wouldn’t have to run the forum here.”
What was their lord’s best skill?
Stealth.
Even if they were all in one city, then they really couldn’t find their lord in person.
Admin 004 nodded, and couldn’t help but be a little confused.
He had heard his lord mention that the Hidden Alliance Society had been founded by him and three others together.
In this situation now, it was likely that the other founding member had made a move.
It was just that even they were not sure who the other three were.
After all, they were just humble thugs.
**
The Qiao Family.
The Qiao Family’s group of elders didn’t stop the Qiao Family Master and Ling Dongqing from making their move either.
For one, if the operation was successful, the Ling family would be on their side as the Fan family’s forces.
Secondly, they could also marry Ling Mianxi off and use this to curry favour with the Fan Family, and the Qiao Family’s status could rise.
Two birds with one stone.
The family’s leader did not go to today’s trial, but waited at home for Ling Dongqing’s good news.
But he didn’t wait for Ling Dongqing, he waited for someone from the Justice Hall’s Supervision Department.
The Qiao family head was overjoyed, but his face did not show any form of expression.
He stepped forward and respectfully said, “Dare I ask the two lords, is the trial over for yesterday’s case?”
The middle-aged man glanced at the Qiao family head indifferently, and without saying a word, he spoke directly, “Arrest him.”
The two guards immediately held the Qiao family head down and took out shackles to cuff him again.
The Qiao family head was directly confused, “My lord?”
“You bought hot weapons privately, hoarded them in a warehouse and framed others, these two items are enough to put you in jail for a long time, whether you get out or not is still a question.” The middle-aged man sneered, “You really know how to play, cheating people all the way to the Hall of Justice!”
The head of the Qiao family was blown blank by these words, and his ears were buzzing.
What was going on?
How could it be that he was the one who acquired the heavy thermal weapons?
The Qiao family owner opened his mouth and swallowed back the words in time, saying that he had only paid half of the money.
To say so would only be an admission of guilt.
The Judicial Hall came and the Elders’ Group was also alarmed.
After hearing this, Third Elder Qiao frowned: “Impossible, look at the few things that our Qiao family has to do with high technology, where would he go to buy thermal weapons?”
“On the contrary, there are plenty of opportunities for that Ling family.”
The Qiao family head was also busy nodding his head.
“Is it enough to conspire with someone? If he can’t buy them, won’t others buy them? Coincidentally, it was done with the Ling family’s people.” The middle-aged man didn’t bother to talk nonsense to the Qiao family’s people, “Deceiving the Hall of Justice and producing false evidence, an additional crime, take it away!”
He had been established in the Hall of Justice for so long, and had long since gotten used to the struggles within the family.
The matter had been conclusively established, and in treating the Qiao family head, the Ministry of Supervision was not as polite as it had been to Ling Chonglou yesterday.
The Qiao family head was dragged away.
It was no use how he wailed, the whole Qiao family could hear his heart-breaking screams.
The group of elders of the Qiao Family were left looking at each other.
Third Elder Qiao’s face was ugly as he turned his head to look at the Eldest Elder, “Big Brother, this matter ……”
“It’s been shaded against.” Grand Elder Qiao narrowed his eyes and snorted coldly, “Doing things carelessly and leaving a handle for others, he doesn’t need to have this family head anymore.”
This was how it was with ancient martial families of medium size and above.
The head of the family was just the representative person of a family outside, and could be changed at will.
Third Elder Qiao nodded and was furious again, “But the Ling Family’s side, they definitely can’t be let off easily!”
Letting the Qiao Family lose face, Ling Chonglou couldn’t be left unscathed.
“Let’s go and ask the Fan Family for advice on this matter.” Grand Elder Qiao thought for a moment and spoke, “Old Third, what do you think is the most important thing for an ancient martial arts family, other than cultivation resources?”
Third Elder Qiao froze and blurted out, “Of course it’s ancient medicine!”
Ancient martial artists would be injured more or less every day when they fought and cultivated.
Having an ancient doctor by their side was equivalent to having a few more lives.
The Qiao Family’s resident ancient doctors, too, had fifteen of them.
Only with the Qiao Family’s status in the ancient martial arts world, they could not hire the ancient doctors from the three great clans of Fu, An and Meng.
Those highly respected ancient doctors from the Heavenly Doctor Sect were also out of their reach.
“Not bad, it’s the ancient doctors.” Grand Elder Qiao was faint, “What would happen if the Ling Family was without its ancient doctors?”
Third Elder Qiao’s eyes lit up, “If the Ling Family were to run out of Ancient Doctors, then the family’s development would stagnate, or even regress.”
The Ling Family could be the same size as their Qiao Family, not yet standing in line with any of the great clans, and it was impossible for them to have any contact with those few top powers in the ancient medicine world.
Through the Fan family, they blocked the Ling family’s access to hiring ancient doctors.
The Ling Family was about to be finished.
“Have the Ling Family change Ling Chonglou, the head of the family.” Grand Elder Qiao was cold, “If we don’t replace Ling Chonglou, the Ling Family won’t want any Ancient Doctors.”
Third Elder Qiao made an immediate decision, “I’ll go to the Fan Family right now.”
**
In just two days’ time, the Fan Family revealed the news to the Ling Family’s scattered doctors.
The scattered doctors did not belong to any power, but they themselves had not bad medical skills.
It was also this type of ancient doctor that the medium-sized ancient martial family employed.
This move by the Fan Family caught the Ling Family off guard.
Under the intentional intimidation of the Fan Family, the Ling Family’s ancient doctors could only retreat in droves.
They were only collaborating with the Ling Family.
Ancient doctors were always in demand, and after leaving the Ling Family, there were more ancient martial arts families for them to choose from.
Early in the morning, the Ancient Doctors of the Ling Family all bid farewell to the Elder Group and left the Ling Family.
The Grand Elder didn’t even understand what was going on as he stopped an old ancient doctor who had been in the Ling Family for thirty years.
“Old brother, what do you mean by that?”
“The Fan Family has given the Ancient Medical Community side the go-ahead.” That old ancient doctor just shook his head and sighed, “None of us can have any cooperation with the Ling Family, Grand Elder, please forgive us.”
He carried his pillbox and hurriedly left.
The Grand Elder failed to stop again.
At that moment, a guard came to report, “Grand Elder, someone from the Fan Family is here.”
The Grand Elder frowned, “Please come in.”
The Fan Family was much more powerful than the Ling Family and could not be messed with.
But what was the Fan Family doing this for?
The person who came was one of the Fan Family’s butlers.
He got straight to the point.
“It’s like this, we have no intention of forcing the Ling Family, but there are some things that someone has gone too far.” The steward smiled and threatened with intent, “As long as the Ling Family replaces Ling Chonglou as the head of the family, the ancient doctor will naturally return.”
“Not only that, we can also help the Ling Family hire the Ancient Doctors from the three great Ancient Medicine families, and so can the Heavenly Doctor Sect.”
As long as Ling Chonglou came down from the position of family head.