C47 (1/2)
Chapter 47 - Earth Emperor Xiao Letian
”Xiang Shaolong, you big idiot, now you know what it's like for a scholar to turn hostile, right? This bunch of intellectuals who occupy the highest point of public opinion, once they start hacking, they will be no less than bandits! ” Xiao Letian put down the information that the pigeon had brought, and the words that Sima Yun had written on the silk scroll were still fresh in his mind.
The night after Sima Yun's warning, the Xiang Jia Village encountered the encirclement and annihilation of the local Green Battalion. That night, the sound of gunshots resounded throughout the Xiang Jia Village. When the wolf-like Green Battalion disciples rushed into the mansion, they discovered that the hundreds of people in the Xiang Jia Village had all disappeared.
Xiang Shaolong was not an idiot. He was the renowned Dragon Lord of the Northern Lands, with countless friends in the martial arts world. Especially Yan Qing, who had a trade road that led to the Zhang family entrance. During his many years of operation, the Dragon Lord and the bandits and mounted gangsters outside of his mouth all had friendly relations. When he found out that the Qing soldiers were going to annihilate the Xiang Jia Village, he split the whole village into dozens of small teams and dived into the deep mountains, heading straight for the business outside the mouth.
The cunning rabbit still had three holes, not to mention the Dragon Lord.
When the news of the disappearance of the entire village of Xiang Jia Village spread to the Beijing, the calm and composed Qingliu Leader frowned, and then wandered around the house. The steward was puzzled. Even if his master saw the empress dowager, he would never be humble or haughty. Why did he lose his composure today?
When the butler carefully advised him, Weng Tonghe shook his head and said, ”You don't understand, you simply don't understand. Ever since Xiao Letian appeared, I suddenly had a premonition that something was going to happen. I felt that the atmosphere around me had changed … ”
”Assassinating a second evildoer, even the assassins turned traitor? He actually let him go? This was simply unimaginable in the past. I had already promised to protect his family's spot as a High Scholar. This is the hope for his Xiang Jia Village to rise again after hundreds of years … But? But he actually let them go halfway? Does he, Xiao Letian, know a demonic technique that can bewitch people? ”
Weng Tonghe paced around the study room irritably. ”How is it now, someone actually leaked the news halfway? More than a thousand Green Battalion carrying firearms were not even able to capture a single living person? The entire manor had fled. If there was no wife, then there would be no one to blame … How can things become so complicated just by sticking to Xiao Letian! ”
In the end, Weng Tonghe was so angry that he started to tremble, ”So this is the Evil Demon, this is the big enemy of us, a life and death big enemy …”
The butler was stunned by the old master. He did not expect that the master, who was the leader of the scholars, would have such a high evaluation of that Second Demon. He wanted to fight against a scholar who had inherited thousands of years of knowledge? Isn't he overestimating me?
”Old master, if that's the case, I'll go and take a look. There must be even better assassins in the world. I don't believe that he can't kill them!” the butler said angrily.
”Stupid!” On one hand, Xiao Letian is already on high alert, but on the other hand, his prestige is already up, and famous people in the capital are always getting assassinated, do you think the imperial court is a decoration? ”
”Also, I am a dignified Imperial Advisor, not a crazed killer. Killing for the sake of demonstration is a righteous cause, I have never regretted it. However, when the enemy has already set up a formation and wants to fight me fair and square, I will absolutely not be afraid to fight … ”
At that moment, Weng Tonghe's face was completely sacred and holy. His heart was filled with strong confidence, the thousands of years that the Confucian clan had accumulated gave him countless connections and resources. He would never believe that the Second Demon Empress could win, never.
”Mo!” I want to make a report and guarantee that Xiao Letian will enter Han Lin! ”
”Huh?” The steward's jaw almost dropped down when he heard this. This was the lord's plan, why was he still in a hurry to send him off?
Weng Tonghe smiled as if he had a brilliant plan in front of his chest. He raised the brush and began to protect Xiao Letian as a Fourth Rank Han Lin Qing Gui. While he was writing, a figure had been climbing up the roof of the study for two hours. Every word in the room was clearly heard by the dark figure. He held a Penetrating Bone Nail in his hand and was hesitating whether to attack or not.
Other than Xiang Shaolong, there was no one else who wanted to kill Weng Tonghe. However, the fear of scholars that the Chinese people had cultivated for thousands of years made him hesitate. The current Weng Tonghe was only at the second rank, and a Qingliu Leader one at that. He had never heard of anything about him being greedy.
Was it really good to kill such a high ranking official? But why did this official want to assassinate Xiao Letian? Why did you kill my Xiang Family after the matter was exposed? Was this what a court official should do?
Only today did he get an accurate answer from Weng Tonghe. It turned out that Weng Hanlin had made a choice on the matter of life and death for the entire Confucian clan, so killing Xiao Letian was an absolutely helpless action.
Look at the current Weng Hanlin, he actually personally made Xiao Letian his official, is he trying to turn into his enemy? Or did he want to have a fair fight? Xiang Shaolong could not understand, but he secretly equated this matter to the situation between the Eastwoods faction and the eunuchs in the end of the day.
But after thinking about it, he felt that something was not right there. Xiao Letian did not do anything to make people angry, did he? Even if he was unforgivable, he had just returned home, so there was no chance for him to do bad things no matter what he wanted to do. At that moment, Xiang Shaolong was at a loss.
Weng Tonghe's paper roll was placed in front of empress dowagers the next day. Both Ci Xi and Ci An smiled when they saw it. This Weng Hanlin, he really has a stomach full of playthings, he wants to drag Xiao Letian down to Hanlin House? That was a clean and simple place, and he could not help but rub it.
”Weng Shu Ping, Weng Shu Ping!” You don't even have to think about it. You don't even have to buy a second rank top disciple with the surname Xiao, why would you want a fourth rank top student like you? ”Forget it, I'll just leave this off …”