Suzaku immediately asked: "Another guest? Who is that?"
Lu Shanghe said seriously: "After coming down from Qianwu Ridge, I saw Brother Xiang. There was another person beside him at that time, Jin Yihou Qining."
As soon as these words came out, there was another burst of excitement.
During the battle of Qianwu Ridge, Qi Ning showed up in the Black Stone Palace. Many people from various sects present witnessed it with their own eyes. At this time, someone stood up and said loudly: "Everyone, I, Zhuge Changting of the Golden Sword Alliance, are here. This can be proved.”
Many people looked over, but the observatory was very high, and many people were blocked from sight. They could only hear his voice but not see his person. However, Qi Ning could hear it clearly and saw Bai Hu shout loudly: "This is the Golden Sword Alliance Everyone has naturally heard of Alliance Leader Zhuge. Alliance Leader Zhuge is a generous and just man, and he is the second witness I invited."
Everyone saw a man in brocade clothes with a fluttering beard on the stargazing platform. Qining naturally recognized this man, it was Zhuge Changting, the leader of the Golden Sword Alliance.
Zhuge Changting cupped his hands and said loudly: "That day after we came down from Qianwu Ridge, the Shenhou Mansion gathered eight gangs and sixteen sect leaders to hold a meeting. However, Gang Leader Xiang and Jin Yihou did not attend that meeting. Before the meeting, I witnessed with my own eyes Seeing Gang Leader Xiang and Jin Yihou together, they rode away hand in hand. Many people saw it at that time, even people from Shenhou Mansion knew about it."
Lu Shanghe nodded and said: "That's right. I was on the road that day and met Brother Xiang and Jin Yihou together. Lu invited Brother Xiang to Yinghe Villa as a guest. Jin Yihou was present at the time. Naturally, I also invited Brother Xiang. Jin Yihou Hou did not refuse and went to my Yinghe Villa with Brother Xiang."
Someone in the audience immediately said sternly: "He said he saw the wrong person. Is it Jin Yihou?"
Lu Shanghe said loudly: "Brother Xiang and I haven't seen each other for many years, so naturally we had a good chat over wine, and Jin Yihou was very happy to be in Bi Zhuang. They stayed in Bi Zhuang for two days, and Lu remembered that Brother Xiang suddenly wanted to leave that day, saying that he and Jin Yi Sometimes there was something important to do, so I repeatedly asked my brother to stay. I told my brother that there was something urgent and I couldn't delay it, so I didn't force myself too much." At this point, he sighed and said, "If I had known that something like that would happen later, no matter what happened, I won’t let him leave no matter what.”
Elder Zhuque stared at Lu Shanghe and asked, "Master Lu, what happened next?"
"After they left, at dusk the next day, someone went to Yinghe Villa to report something important and asked me to rush to Xinping." Lu Shanghe looked solemn: "The person who came was a disciple of the Beggar Clan. When I asked what was going on, the disciple didn't I won’t go into details, just that it was related to Brother Xiang. At that time, I felt a little uneasy, so I rushed to Xinping overnight, and when I arrived at the Beggar Gang Branch, I saw... I saw the deceased Brother Xiang...!" Speaking of the last two sentences, The circles under his eyes were already red, and his voice was choked.
Elder Baihu said: "The gang leader and Master Lu are sworn brothers. Both of them are people who value love and righteousness. Before the gang leader died, he wanted to see Master Lu. I will send someone to go immediately and wait until Master Lu Arrive, the gang leader... The gang leader has died of serious injuries."
The audience was filled with indignation for a moment, and someone asked loudly: "Master Lu, did that Jin Yihou kill the gang leader?"
"Before his death, the gang leader said that he trusted the wrong person. He must be referring to the person with the surname Qi." Someone said angrily: "The gang leader doesn't want to say it clearly because he is worried that our beggar gang will conflict with the imperial court."
Lu Shanghe cupped his hands and said, "Lu doesn't dare to say that he has something to do with Jin Yihou. Lu just told everyone what happened in those two days truthfully. Without evidence, Lu doesn't dare to add fuel to the fire and talk nonsense."
Bai Hu said in a deep voice: "The gang leader was evasive before he died and didn't say the person's name. Naturally, he was thinking about it. If he was an ordinary person, the gang leader would have no reason to hide it for him. The gang leader concealed that person's name just because he was not a good person. Deal with it, brothers, the gang leader is the gang leader of our Beggar Clan, and he has been harmed by others, no matter what the background of the other party is, we will not let it go."
Elder Zhuque frowned and said: "Elder Baihu, you mean to say that besides the Black Lotus Sect, the Jinyi Marquis was involved in the death of the enemies you helped?"
"Elder Zhuque, do we need to say more about this matter?" Bai Hu said bitterly: "The matter is already very clear. The gang leader left Yinghe Villa in a hurry that day, naturally because of Jin Yihou. The gang leader was a chivalrous man, and he was attracted by that Jin Yi I was deceived by Hou and made friends with him, but who knew that Jin Yihou and the Black Lotus Sect set a trap and killed the gang leader."
Elder Zhuque said seriously: "Elder Baihu, with all due respect, the Beggar Gang is the largest gang in the world, and the Jinyi Hou is one of the four hereditary princes in the imperial court. It is unusual to be involved in such a matter. If there is no complete evidence, , never make an assertion easily." After a pause, he continued: "Jin Yihou is a marquis of the imperial court, why did he want to kill the gang leader, and what is his motive?"
"Elder Suzaku, forgive Lu for speaking frankly. Why did Jin Yihou not hesitate to compete with eight gangs and sixteen sects that day in Qianwu Ridge to prevent us from taking down the Black Stone Palace?" Lu Shanghe said with a solemn expression: "This Jin Yihou and the Black Lotus Sect , what’s the relationship?”
As soon as he finished speaking, a voice from the audience immediately said loudly: "Master Lu, what you said is a bit too much. Originally, the matter involved the Beggars' Gang, and we were invited by the Beggars' Gang to come to observe the conference. , I shouldn’t say much, but since Jin Yihou is involved, Luo has to say a few words.”
Qi Ning heard that the voice was quite familiar, but he couldn't remember who it was. However, he heard Lu Shanghe smile and say: "It turns out to be the leader of the Iron Bone Sect Luo. I wonder what Lu said wrong?"
Only then did Qi Ning realize that it was Iron Bone Sect Luo Zhan who was speaking.
Luo Zhan had a strong temperament and was upright. During the attack on Qianwu Ridge, Luo Zhan was captured by the Black Lotus Sect and later escaped death, but Qing Ning was extremely grateful.
Luo Zhan said in a deep voice: "You said that Jin Yihou prevented the capture of the Black Stone Palace that day and had something to do with the Black Lotus Sect. Naturally, Luo disagreed." He said with a sneer: "When we attacked Qianwu Ridge that day, among the eight gangs and sixteen sects, Many people fell into the Black Lotus Sect's trick and were captured as prisoners, and Luo was also one of the prisoners. This is naturally a shameful thing, but if we want to speak clearly today, we naturally don't care about these faces. Luo remembers, we After being captured, many people didn’t care about the lives of us people at all, and wanted to storm the Black Stone Palace and let us prisoners and the Black Lotus Sect perish together.”
Everyone around him was silent.
Luo Zhan continued: "Jin Yihou sneaked into the Black Stone Palace that day. He wanted to secretly rescue us, but he was alone and could not do anything. Therefore, Jin Yihou reached an agreement with the Black Lotus Sect and let the Black Lotus Sect release us. We people, while the eight gangs and sixteen factions retreated down the mountain. However, even so, there are still many people who want to see us die in the Black Stone Palace. Jin Yihou was forced to fight in a martial arts competition, just to allow us people to fight. Survive.”
Qi Ning felt quite grateful when he saw Luo Zhan defending himself in front of everyone. He thought that after all, there are still some loyal men in the world.
Lu Shanghe said with a smile: "What Sect Leader Luo said is certainly reasonable, but if you say that Jin Yihou only took action to save you, Lu doesn't believe it. As far as Lu knows, Jin Yihou still had a black eye afterwards. The Lotus Sect poison envoy Zhu Qianyi went to the capital and took the initiative to help the Black Lotus sect clear his name. However, as we all know, the source of the epidemic poison in the capital came from Zhu Qianyi. How could this matter have nothing to do with the Black Lotus Sect? Just wait until Shenhou The government led everyone to encircle and suppress the Black Lotus Sect, and Jin Yihou acted as a mediator. If I am not afraid of offending anyone, Lu would rather believe that what Jin Yihou did was to protect the Black Lotus Sect."
Elder Zhuque immediately frowned and said: "Master Lu, you said that Jin Yihou wanted to protect the Black Lotus Sect. I'm afraid that's inappropriate. Shenhou Mansion led eight gangs and sixteen factions to attack Qianwu Ridge. Jin Yihou is also a member of the imperial court. Why do you want to compete with the Shenhou Mansion?"
Lu Shanghe said loudly: "We people in the Jianghu act openly and aboveboard, and are never sneaky, so we always speak straightforwardly. This time Xiang's brother was killed, Lu was devastated, but when it comes to this matter, Lu will never Be vague, everything must be explained clearly and clearly. Everyone, when the imperial court attacked Xichuan and conquered the King of Shu, everyone should still remember that the leading general was the Jinyihou Qijia."
Luo Zhan said in a deep voice: "So what?"
"Don't you know that when the Jinyi Hou were able to conquer Chengdu, the Miao people played an extremely important role?" Lu Shanghe said solemnly: "It was also from that time on that the Qi family and the Miao people began to have friendship. According to me As far as I know, some Miao people even went to the capital to pay a visit to Jin Yihou."
Luo Zhan said: "Master Lu, are you saying that because the Jin Yi Qi family has friendship with the Miao people, and the Black Lotus Sect was founded by the Miao people, Jin Yi Hou deliberately protected them?" He laughed and said: "Master Lu, you should know that only a small part of the Miao people assisted Jin Yihou in attacking Xichuan. The Miao family is known as the Seventy-Two Caves, and the seventy-two holes are not monolithic. Is it possible that it was just because of a small group of people? Some Miao people have helped the Qi family, so all the Miao people have friendship with the Qi family? The Black Lotus Sect is located in the western border, not visible in the rivers and lakes, and it was indeed built by the Miao people, but as far as I know As you know, the Black Lotus Sect is not actually closely related to the Miao Family’s Seventy-Two Cave. In fact, most Miao people don’t even know about the Black Lotus Sect’s existence.”
Someone next to him said: "This is true. If Jin Yihou protects the Black Lotus Sect because of his friendship with the Miao people, it really doesn't make sense."
Elder Zhuque had already said: "We don't have to argue about whether Jin Yihou has any friendship with the Miao family. We just need to make it clear now. If Jin Yihou teamed up with the Black Lotus Sect to harm the gang leader, what is the motive? Why did they do this? What if? If you don’t find out why, it will be difficult to convince people.”
Lu Shanghe said: "If Lu is right, there are two reasons why the Black Lotus Sect killed Brother Xiang." After a pause, he said: "Eight gangs and sixteen sects attacked Qianwu Ridge. They almost had no way out, and finally died. Escape, but the Black Lotus demon suffered this setback, do you think they will give up? Everyone knows that the leader of the Black Lotus is one of the five great masters in the world, and his lair was almost destroyed by us. Can he swallow this breath? "
Elder Suzaku frowned and said, "Master Lu is saying that the leader of the Black Lotus killed the gang leader for revenge?"
"This is one of them, but the most important reason is another reason." Lu Shanghe said seriously.
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