Chitose words

Xie Zhao didn't hide it from him and nodded with a smile.

"Yes, the general was not born at that time. I didn't expect you to know such an ancient allusion."

Peng Xiao had a sigh on his face and sighed:

"When I was young, I studied martial arts with my mentor, so I heard my mentor mention many important events in the Four Realms."

He is the personal disciple of General Xie Huanchen, so he knows a thing or two about these allusions closely related to the Xie family in Xunyang.

Mentioning this, Peng Xiao's heart moved and he couldn't help but think secretly.

Could it be that the master had been ordered to go west to help the emperor suppress the rebellion in Western Xinjiang at that time, which led to this revenge killing many years later?

However, his master Xie Huanchen and General Xie have been dead for many years. There is no reason why these queens of Yongwang in Western Xinjiang should suddenly think of avenging their old revenge many years later. He even went to such great lengths to cross the border between the two countries and lay an ambush on his only way to Beijing, just to kill him, a disciple of Xie Huanchen.

When Xie Zhao heard Peng Xiao mention Xie Huanchen, the smile on his lips curled up slightly.

Her eldest uncle was a dignified and stern man, who upheld his integrity, but was always gentle to the younger generation. He never hesitated to teach the army officers and soldiers. He was the mainstay among the "Three Heroes of the Xie Family" at that time.

Xie Lin of Shangzhu Kingdom originally thought that this little virtuous eldest son would support half the sky in the Southern Dynasty army and the lintel of the Xie family in Xunyang behind him in the future. Unexpectedly, in the end, the white-haired man gave the black-haired man the gift, but he actually had to do it with his own hands. He held the coffin of his beloved son in the grave.

Later, her second uncle and third uncle also passed away within two years of each other, completely defeating her grandfather who had been strong all his life and supported him in Tianchen all his life like a giant tree holding up the sky.

If we say that the death of the "Three Heroes of the Xie Family" and the emperor's master Shangzhu Guo was the beginning of the loneliness and loneliness of Queen Xiaochun Xie Wan, it would not be better to say that it was also the beginning of the futile and sudden increase in the burden on the shoulders of Princess Tianchen when she was young. .

Things have always been like this. If you have elders to rely on, you can be a carefree child.

In the eyes of the world, the "Thousand-year-old Sword Immortal" who became famous at a young age had always pretended to be calm, picked up a suit of "armor" that seemed indestructible but was actually in danger, pretended to be an adult in the family, and struggled to hold it in his hands. Qingfeng protects everything he wants to protect.

Peng Xiao frowned and said, "I guess these people ambushed me here because of personal enmity against my master. But I don't understand.

What happened back then has long since changed, not to mention that in the past, Tianchen of the Southern Dynasty was just performing the courtesy of a great power. According to the last edict of the late emperor of the Fenglan Dynasty, he assisted the new king in enthroning the throne as a neighboring country and a friend. This is not a personal grudge. Why? Will there be another incident after many years of rebellion in Western Xinjiang? "

What's more, every grievance has its own owner, and every debt has its owner. Even if you want to avenge your ancestors in your family, you definitely shouldn't cross the Western border to become emperor and find the head of the Xie family in Xunyang of the Southern Dynasty?

Isn't this putting the cart before the horse?

Xie Zhao smiled lightly when he heard this and said, "That's because this matter is not just an old feud between General Peng's sects."

Under Peng Xiao's confused gaze, she turned to look at Lan Suning.

"Princess Ning, the person who set up an ambush at Yinghun Ridge today to intercept and kill General Peng is presumably your brother?"

Lan Suning smiled coldly.

"What are Xie Yilu talking about? I'm just a helpless embroiderer in the Qinshe family's embroidery workshop. I'm also not very lucky and have no blood connections. I can't understand Xie Yilu's riddle."

Her gaze fixed on Xie Zhao was like a poisonous snake entangled in a person's body and unable to get rid of it.

Lan Suning's smile was weird, and half of her face that was burned by the fire looked even more twisted and unpredictable under her weird smile.

She said: "What's more, what position does Xie Yilu have to interrogate an old woman like Mrs. Ning?"

Lan Suning chuckled hoarsely, with a malicious look on her face.

Her eyes wandered between Xie Zhao and Peng Xiao with particularly malicious eyes, and after a while she suddenly said:

"A person who is accompanied by a person from the Hulu Shrine of the Hanyongyu Culture Department of the Northern Dynasty as a guard, and whose life experience is a mystery and whose motives are unknown. General Peng, can you really trust them?"

Although he knew that the old woman was sowing discord, Peng Xiao couldn't help but twitching his eyes after hearing this.

what?

Are they from the Hanyongyu Ministry of Culture in the Northern Dynasty? In fact, Peng Xiao had noticed just now that the young man surnamed Ling, who was holding two maces and claimed to be a disciple of Laojun Mountain, had very three-dimensional facial features, especially his nose bones and tall mountain roots, which really did not look like a southerner.

However, his facial features were clear, handsome and soft, just like people from Jiangnan water towns, so Peng Xiao just thought that he was overthinking and didn't think deeply about it.

But the woman holding a big knife and with scars on her face definitely looked like a Northern Dynasty native.

As for this unknown woman surnamed Xie, although she was holding a long sword wrapped with straw rope and hemp rope, she was very slender. Although her appearance was hidden by a mask, her height alone was not too big. Like a Southern Dynasty woman.

Could it be that they are really Hanyong people?

Peng Xiao calmly clenched the "Wu Ye Tiao" in his hand. Could it be that the so-called interception and execution by the Fenglan royal family in Western Xinjiang was an excuse for them to gain their trust in him?

And they are actually the creations of Hanyong people in the Northern Dynasty. Coming here to "rescue him" is just an attempt to provoke a conflict between the Southern Dynasty and Western Xinjiang?

After hearing Lan Suning's words, Xie Zhao immediately shook his head gently and held his forehead helplessly.

This great princess who was able to stir up troubles in the world in the past is indeed not a fuel-efficient lamp.

In just a few words, she caught the loophole in their inability to openly and honestly tell Peng Xiao the truth, and then immediately aroused Peng Xiao's suspicion of them, trying to give herself a chance of escape.

But is it?

It's a pity that the identity of Ling or they borrowed this time is real and not fake.

Xie Zhao raised one corner of his lips and smiled.

She suddenly reached out her hand and pulled down the hanging cloth bag containing the "Shaoguang Unparalleled Mace" hanging from the waist of Ling He, who was not far away from her side, revealing the true form of the two maces inside.

"General Peng, anyone's words may be false, but an unparalleled sharp sword cannot be false."

Peng Xiao was startled.

He looked carefully at the unparalleled "Shaoguang Mace" on Ling He's waist, and then he was horrified.

"——This! Could this be the natal mace of the 'Shaoguang Mace Immortal' in the past, the 'Shaoguang Unparalleled Mace' that was famous all over the world?!"

Linghe nodded slightly but did not deny it.

Xie Zhao smiled and said: "General Peng, you should believe it now? This Ling Shaoxia is undoubtedly a disciple of Laojun Mountain. Being able to carry this heavy weapon when traveling is enough to prove his identity."

She was smiling, and there was no hint of guilt, but as for the identities of the rest of them.

I'm sorry, General Peng. That's indeed quite shameful.

Peng Xiao nodded seriously and said with a guilty look on his face:

"It was Peng who was deceived just now and almost misunderstood several righteous men."

Xie Zhao quickly waved his hand and said nonchalantly:

"It doesn't matter, it's all human nature, and there's no need for the general to blame himself."

She looked at Lan Suning again, and said with a smile: "Princess Ning, it's not interesting for you to be like this. You were originally a heroine among women, but now you don't even dare to recognize your own identity."

Unexpectedly, Lan Suning smiled proudly when she heard this.

She was not discouraged when she saw that Peng Xiao was not fooled. Instead, she came up with another plan, her smile full of malice.

"Really? I also want to give you the same words. Since you know Xie Huanzhang, the king of Xunyang County in the Southern Dynasty, your true identity must not be simple. Since this is a confession bureau, why not start with you first?"