Martial Cultivator

A word of "honor" seemed to bring everything back to its original point. The gentle chat before seemed like nothing more than a dream.

There were some beads of sweat on Xie Qing's forehead. He originally thought that he was a well-educated person, but for some reason, in front of the young guard in front of him, he seemed to be naked from head to toe. His emotionless eyes seemed to be able to easily see through the secrets in his heart.

"The head of the family has been in seclusion all year round, I'm afraid it will be very difficult..."

Xie Qing opened his mouth, but his voice was so unconfident that he didn't even finish his words.

"In a place full of scholars, the head of the family is a monk. This kind of thing is really strange."

Chen Chao stretched out his fingers and tapped on the table, and said calmly: "But even if you are in seclusion, can't you come out when I come?"

Chen Chao narrowed his eyes, looked at Xie Qing, and said, "Don't you know who I am?"

Xie Qing's throat moved. Of course he knew who Chen Chao was. At a young age, he had become the most powerful official in the Liang Dynasty. His power was so great that even if he pushed forward, no one could match him, let alone this dynasty. .

In today's Daliang Dynasty, in many cases, Chen Chao's words are more useful than that of His Royal Highness. For such a figure, perhaps one or two words are enough to determine the rise and fall of a family.

Although Mr. Xie of Bailu said that his family has a great business, but...

Xie Qing bit the bullet and said: "Your Majesty the Guardian, I will go and ask the master of the house to come out of seclusion and see you."

He is not Mr. Xie, so he cannot be proud in front of Chen Chao. Perhaps because of his youth, he has a high degree of awe for Chen Chao.

Chen Chao shook his head, "No need, he will come out, but probably not now."

Xie Qing was a little confused. When he was about to speak, Chen Chao said, "Please invite Mr. Xie over."

Xie Qing felt relieved after hearing this. Although he didn't know what Chen Chao was going to do, he felt much more relaxed when his third uncle was here. He never wanted to face the guardian envoy alone in front of him again.

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Not long after, Mr. Xie came to this small courtyard. There was some anger in his eyes, but it was hidden so deep that almost no one could see it.

"I'm really sorry. I've been delayed on some trivial matters. I hope your Majesty the Guardian will forgive me."

Third Master Xie came to the yard, smiled and said he was apologizing, but everyone could tell that it was just a formality.

Chen Chao didn't care, he just stood under the eaves and glanced at the sky in the distance. Some dark clouds were gathering, and it was obvious that it was going to rain.

Third Master Xie said something, but Chen Chao ignored him, which made him a little annoyed, but his anger was suppressed very well. After all, the young man in front of him was not a petty official.

Chen Chao turned his head, looked at Mr. Xie in front of him, and asked with a smile: "Mr. Xie is a little angry, after all, whether in this Bailu State or in the entire Daliang Dynasty, there should not be many people who can be like this." It’s disrespectful to Mr. Xie.”

Just as Mr. Xie was about to speak, Chen Chao continued: "It's just that others are looking down on Mr. Xie. Mr. Xie can get angry and even do something, but if he is the official, Mr. Xie had better hold it in."

"In this world today, except for His Royal Highness, there is probably no one who can't bear it in front of me."

Chen Chao narrowed his eyes and said in a deep voice: "Man said you are not the head of the Xie family. Even if you are, you have to endure it."

Third Master Xie didn't expect that Chen Chao would speak like this, and he almost didn't save any face for him. Even if his status in the Xie family didn't need to be considered, he still had to consider that he was Xie Nandu's elder.

"Lord Guard Envoy, you come to the Xie family. The Xie family treats you as a guest. He feels that the relationship between you and Nandu is unusual, so he is so polite. But if you are like this, you are not the Xie family's guest. Thank you If you are not welcome, please leave Xie’s family immediately!”

Third Master Xie spoke in a deep voice. In all these years in Bailu Prefecture, he has never bowed his head to anyone. He has never done so before and will not do so in the future.

Chen Chao smiled and said, "It's exactly what I thought. Mr. Xie has been a master for so long that he feels that he is a master in front of everyone."

"How can Mr. Xie let me go if he doesn't welcome me? In other words, when did Mr. Xie, Xie Ting, become the head of the family?!"

When Chen Chao said these words, there was a thunder in the sky.

Suddenly, Xie Qing, who was not far away, was frightened. He raised his head with a pale face and glanced at the sky. He felt that there would be a heavy rain soon.

"Chen Chao! What are you going to do? If you want to show off your authority and come to our Xie family, you are in the wrong place!"

Third Master Xie looked at Chen Chao, the acting head of the Xie family, with an angry expression on his face.

Xie Qing looked at his third uncle strangely and felt a little strange. Logically speaking, his third uncle had always been calm. It was rare for him to lose his composure like today.

Chen Chao was not in a hurry to speak, and Third Master Xie was once again ignored by Chen Chao.

In fact, Mr. Xie had no choice but to say that he did not welcome the Chen Dynasty, but even if he wanted to drive away the Chen Dynasty, he still had to have this ability. Now, who doesn’t know that the young warrior in front of him is the rare Fuyun warrior in the world? If he didn't want to leave, Xie's offerings, or those of other strong men, together wouldn't be enough.

I don’t know how long it took, but finally it started to rain lightly, pattering on the green tiles, making little sound.

There has always been a saying among the people that a rainy day is a day to welcome guests. Since it has started to rain, you cannot drive away guests no matter what.

Chen Chao stretched out his hand to catch a few raindrops in his palm, looked at it a few times, and smiled, "Still don't want to come out?"

This sentence was very light and inexplicable. Neither Xie Qing nor Mr. Xie could understand it.

After saying this, Chen Chao turned to look at Mr. Xie and asked, "How do you want to die?"

This sentence was very sudden, as sudden as a stone being smashed into the water for no reason, and a thunder suddenly sounded like this.

Xie Qing gritted his teeth and said, "Lord Guardian, why is this so?"

Mr. Xie was startled for a moment, then twitched his lips and was about to laugh.

But Chen Chao looked at him very seriously, shook his head and said, "If I were you, I wouldn't laugh, because I'm not joking with you."

Third Master Xie felt the weight of Chen Chao's words, and also realized that there was no hidden murderous intention in those words, so he only opened the corner of his mouth halfway and froze in that place.

This made his face look even more ugly.

But his hand still made a subtle movement.

"Why?"

After a while, Mr. Xie spoke. He looked at Chen Chao in front of him with some confusion and said, "You have a very bad reputation outside the country, but I guess you are not the kind of person who will kill someone if you disagree with him. What's more, there is no reason why Xie should die."

Mr. Xie's meaning is very clear. There must always be a reason for killing. An unreasonable person may just kill someone he doesn't like on the road, but Chen Chao is not such a person, even if he is such a person , with his current identity and status, he should not and cannot do this.

Some people are bound by many things.

Chen Chao was not in a hurry to speak, as some footsteps could be heard in the distance.

Many people came to pay homage to the Xie family, but more of them were Xie family members, including gray-haired old men and young girls.

It seemed like the entire Xie family had arrived outside the small courtyard at this moment.

It's just that the courtyard is very small and cannot accommodate so many people, so only a few people came in in the end.

A white-haired old master, a middle-aged man with a resolute face, and a young girl.

Chen Chao turned to look at Xie Qing and said, "Let me introduce you."

Xie Qing glanced at Mr. Xie, and then said: "My name is Xie Changyi. I am the fourth eldest son. He is the uncle of the sixteenth uncle and the fourth grandfather of Nandu. That person over there is the seventeenth uncle Xie. "Xu, he is the younger brother of Uncle Sixteen and his mother. The next two, Xie Xia and Xie Qiu, are both the children of Uncle Seventeen. When they were young, they had a pretty good relationship with their younger sister."

After a few people walked in, Xie Xugan laughed and said, "We were very happy when we heard that the guardian envoy was here. We thought he must be here to propose marriage. This child of Nandu will finally have something to rely on in the future."

Chen Chao glanced at him, shook his head and said, "I'm not here to propose marriage. It doesn't make sense for me to get married at this moment."

The old master sighed with emotion: "The Guardian Envoy is the pillar of the country, so naturally he must put the court and the world as the top priority. But even if you say this, if you can really do it, there are really not many people."

Xie Xia smiled brightly and said, "When I grow up, I want to be someone like the Guardian Envoy."

Xie Qiu looked at Chen Chao and said, "It's really enviable for Sister Nandu to marry such a good husband."

All of a sudden, everyone here said something. Chen Chao only answered the first sentence, and he ignored the rest.

After they all finished speaking, Chen Chao said: "I am here to kill people."

The young guard opened a pair of beautiful eyes, looked at everyone present and said: "I am not very good at reading, but I am good at killing people."

Listening to these words, Mr. Xie's expression changed again. From the time Chen Chao said he wanted to kill him, to when the news spread, and then so many people came in and said these words, in fact, every step was planned. , Since Mr. Xie has been the acting head of the family for so many years, his methods must be good. He did this to make Chen Chao not dare to kill anyone no matter what.

But it seems of no use?

Third Master Xie asked again: "When the guardian envoy said that he wanted to kill me, there must be a reason, otherwise it would be too ridiculous."

Chen Chao did not answer him, but looked at Xie Qing and said calmly: "I heard that you have always been very smart, you should already know that."

He had spoken a lot to Xie Qing before, and he had revealed a lot intentionally or unintentionally.

Xie Qing was speechless. He knew Chen Chao's reason, but he couldn't express it.

Seeing that Xie Qing remained silent, Chen Chao finally pierced the window covering, "Did Nandu's father really pass away sadly because of his weak body and the death of his wife?"

As soon as Chen Chao said these words, everyone in the courtyard and outside the courtyard became nervous.

Xie Nandu's father, Xie Xuan, was highly regarded by the head of the family. If he hadn't been careless about the family business, he would have been destined to inherit the family business.

Later, Xie Xuan died of illness, which indeed caused some turmoil in the Xie family, and there was indeed something fishy about it. However, the family owner did not feel there was any problem later, and the matter passed away.

Now, after so many years, old things are brought up again. Surprisingly, it was not brought up by a member of the Xie clan, but by an outsider.

Mr. Xie frowned and said expressionlessly: "This matter has been concluded for a long time. The guardian envoy heard some gossip somewhere. Why do you ask this?"

Chen Chao said: "What if I say that you did this and kill you?"

Third Master Xie was startled, and then he laughed, "Is this the reason why the guardian envoy wants to kill me? Well, well, that's a reason."

"But is this the way the court behaves today?"

Halfway through his words, Mr. Xie changed the subject and said, "Kill me so that that girl from Nandu can be the head of the family?!"

Chen Chao looked at Mr. Xie and said nothing.

Xie Xuqian smiled and said, "Lord Guardian, is there some misunderstanding here?"

Xie Changyi frowned, "Even if there are doubts about this matter, we must investigate it carefully. The truth will definitely come out."

Chen Chao just smiled, then came to Mr. Xie and stretched out his hand to break his neck.

Mr. Xie just fell down, lifeless.

All this happened so fast that there was no time for anyone to react, but this was really normal. After all, the young warrior in front of him was too powerful. If he wanted to kill someone, no one could stop him.

"You have never seen it, but you may have heard of it. That year when he deposed the emperor and forced him into the palace, he said a lot in front of His Majesty. I was also there at the time. I didn't say anything. I just chopped off his head with a knife."

Chen Chao raised his eyes and said, "What you said and did today are all for me to think about my relationship with Nandu and my own identity, and not to kill people, at least not to kill people in Xie's family. After all, this is really ugly. ”

"It's really ugly for Mr. Xie's future uncle to kill someone in his future wife's home."

"With Xie's behavior like this, can Xie still marry someone to me?"

Chen Chao smiled and said, "Of course you have thought of this, so you are not so worried, but you seem to have forgotten one more thing."

"I even killed my own brother when I told him to. Who else is there that I can't kill or dare not kill?"

Chen Chao glanced at Mr. Xie's body, "What's more, it's too late for the guilty person to die."

Listening to Chen Chao's words and looking at the body of Mr. Xie on the ground, most of the Xie family members were silent and speechless at the moment. They had never thought that such a thing would happen.

They had long regarded Chen Chao as Xie's future uncle, but they never imagined that this uncle would kill Xie's acting head of the family the first time he came to visit.

"Lord Guardian, no matter what, if you say that Third Master is the murderer of Sixteenth Master, there must be evidence, right? One-sided statements are not enough for this kind of thing, even if you are Lord Guardian!"

Among the crowd, a young man from the Xie family spoke. His eyes were blazing and he was not afraid of Chen Chao at all.

"Of course we need evidence. We haven't killed all the people yet, so there's no need to worry."

Chen Chao walked back to the roof and sat down, watching the rain getting heavier and heavier, and then said: "Xie Qing, please do one thing for you. Go and send a message to the head of your family."

Xie Qing looked at the young warrior in front of him with a complicated expression, and asked after a long time: "What are you talking about?"

"Tell him, stop pretending to be dead. If you pretend to be dead again, the situation will be even more ugly."

Chen Chao thought for a moment and said, "Also, that old bastard named Xie Zhongxing is not dead yet, right? Tell him to come over and see me."

Someone said: "Your Majesty the Guardian, the third old man has been unable to get up for a long time. He has been lying on the couch for the past few years."

"That's easy, just have someone carry him over."

Chen Chao glanced at the man.

"Lord Guard Envoy, I'm afraid this is a bit..."

Some people frowned. Although Chen Chao had killed Mr. Xie before, they were from a scholarly family for a hundred years. It was impossible to say that they were indifferent and only fearful for this reason.

"Bring it here, I just want to tell him that I just killed his son."