Chapter 22: The Cicadas Sing and the Frogs Rise
Xikui Mansion, Xikui looked in the direction of Dongjiao Mansion, and said to himself: "Everything is your own doing, enjoy this last meal!" Xikui instructed his subordinates: "You go and inform the people of Nanzhou to prepare! With the banner as an order, when the red flag is hung up at the Xikui Inn, it is when they do it", the man replied: "Yes, master", and the man left the Xikui Mansion.
Xikui tidied up his clothes and set off for the Xikui Inn, Xikui arranged everything early, and waited for Dongjiao to throw himself into the net.
Dongjiao commanded arrogantly: "Are you ready?", Xikui held back the murderous intent in his heart and said: "It's all ready according to your requirements", Dongjiao smiled: "Don't worry, when the matter is completed, I won't treat you badly, but if something happens, don't blame my brother for not caring about it!" Xikui lowered his head and said: "Don't worry, big brother, everything is prepared foolproof", Dongjiao nodded with satisfaction, and entered the secret room of Xikui Inn under the leadership of Xikui, Xikui said: " Big brother, you go in first, and I'll go and tell my subordinates to prepare food and drink."
Dongjiao said: "Well, let's go!" Xikui came out, called his men, and ordered: "Now hang the flag outside the inn, you will surround the secret room for me, and those who enter and leave without permission will be killed."
The men said in unison, "Yes," and quickly surrounded the chamber. Yi Ge came to the inn early, secretly controlled a heavenly general, took his ring and mask and entered the secret room, waiting for Dongjiao and Xikui to play.
The Nanzhou spies saw the red flag hanging up at the Xikui Inn, and hurried back to report. The leader of the Nanzhou forces said: "All the children of Nanzhou obey the order, Ah Wolf, you lead two teams to deal with those people in Beiyuan, and the others will follow me to attack the Dongjiao Inn, and when we take down the people in the Dongjiao Inn, we will go to the Xikui Inn together to cheer for the old guy in Xikui!" A wolf said: "Leader, aren't we cooperating with Xikui?" The leader of Nanzhou said: "Cooperation?" Isn't it more advantageous for us to take down the two major forces of Soul Resurrection Town in one fell swoop than cooperating with Xikui, anyway, no one has seen the true face of Dongjiao and Xikui, as long as we secretly transfer Xikui and Dongjiao with our people, then who else in the entire Soul Resurrection Town can compete with our Nanzhou, and wait until the future to capture Zhongzhou and sweep away the northern abyss."
Ah Wolf complimented: "Ah Wolf is dull, or the leader is far-sighted", the leader of Nanzhou nodded with satisfaction and said: "Okay, everyone is ready to go!"
The leader of Beiyuan said: "The people of Nanzhou really did it, it seems that the news is true, let the brothers prepare, we must not let the people of Nanzhou annex Dongjiao, when we save Dongjiao, are you afraid that he will not obey?" A short and thin Beiyuan said: "That person is willing to pass the news to us, I am afraid that there is fraud in it, we better be careful, don't accompany yourself in", the leader frowned and said: "The entire Soul Town, the two old kings of Nanjing and Beidou are cowering in their own inns, and they can't pose a threat at all." Although Xikui has a close relationship with Dongjiao, and the forces of the two countries besiege Dongjiao Inn, he will not be stupid enough to send him to death. The people of Zhongzhou have been beaten by us and shrunk to Qianmen Town, who else can be unfavorable to us, you are just too careful, I think it may be that the people of Zhongzhou don't want to watch the people of Nanzhou invade the forces in the East Corner, and they are powerless to stop it, so they will pass the news to us, let us come out and stir up the situation, so as to see that we are both defeated", the short and thin man said: "I hope so! Just relax and wait to go back with us to receive your reward!" the thin man shook his head helplessly.
In the secret room of the Xikui Inn, it is like a wine banquet, delicious food and wine, and it is very lively, Yi Ge scolded in his heart: "These old guys will really enjoy it, they have become people's dishes, and they are still drinking here", at this time, Dongjiao raised his wine glass and said: "Everyone has worked hard, come from afar, I will give everyone a glass as the host here", everyone raised their glasses and drank it all, only Yi Ge secretly poured the wine.
On the whole table, everyone was wearing a half-mask, and although they couldn't see the smiles on their faces, the corners of their slightly curved mouths could be seen everywhere, and Yi Ge was even more angry in his heart.
A high-pitched voice dispelled Yi Ge's anger, the man put down his wine glass, stood up and said: "Brother Dongjiao summoned everyone, I don't know what's going on?" We all have our own territories to guard, and we've been here for some time, and we've been hiding until now, shouldn't Brother Dongjiao give us an explanation?"
Dongjiao was suddenly angry in his heart, before he was in charge of Jiujing Palace, someone began to challenge his authority, Dongjiao secretly said: "Let you be arrogant for a while, and you will feel good for a while", suppressed the anger in his heart and said with a smile: "Don't worry, this brother is not in a hurry, I just wanted to give you an explanation, this is not a good brother who caught up with him", and said with a slight sadness in his tone: "Calling everyone here is actually the meaning of the old palace master, the old palace master has gone crazy in practice, and he has passed away", everyone lowered their heads silently, and Dongjiao secretly said in his heart:" This old guy is really deeply popular, you have to be alive, when I am in charge of Jiujing Palace, I will definitely slaughter you with my own hands, in order to avenge my revenge for being seriously injured by you for more than 20 years", seeing that everyone was still immersed in sadness, Dongjiao also said in a slightly sad tone: "The old palace master passed the palace master's ring to me before he died, let him inherit the position of the palace master, and gather everyone to see what everyone wants from me, as long as everyone mentions me, I will accept it humbly, and I also promise to die for Jiujing Palace."
Everyone began to discuss, some people doubted whether the old palace master was really dead, and some people were wondering if it would affect their own interests, each with their own calculations, Yi Ge sighed in his heart: "It seems that it is time to reorganize and reorganize Jiujing Palace, and if it continues like this, Jiujing Palace will not be exposed, and it will slowly decline."
After discussing for a while, Dongjiao said: "If you have any questions, you can ask, what I know must be answered truthfully", this is someone asked: "Order the ring to be checked and checked by everyone, otherwise how do you know that what you said is true?" Dongjiao smiled secretly: "Of course, Jiujing Palace has always acted according to orders, and the ring order should be checked for everyone", Dongjiao took off the ring from his hand and sent it to the person closest to him and said: "Let's circulate and check it to see if what I said is true?" The Qi of Jiuli in this ring is something that no one can imitate, this is really the Palace Master Ring."
This is someone secretly whispered in Xikui's ear: "The Nanzhou people have already made a move, those people are still in the dark, and they were caught off guard by the Nanzhou people, it is estimated that there is another stick of incense time to clean up those Deadpools in the East Corner, but it seems that the people of the North Abyss are also involved, and the two teams of the Nanzhou people are two streets away from the East Point Inn, I think those Nanzhou people are about to be unable to stand it", Xi Kui smiled proudly:" If you can't beat it, let those people from the North Abyss consume the forces that Nanzhou has secretly cultivated in the past few years, you continue to keep an eye on them, and report me quickly if there is any movement. By the way, tell the people over there that they can do it, and they will definitely save my family safely."
His subordinates left quietly, and although Dongjiao noticed Xikui's movements, he had always been arrogant and arrogant, and he had already grasped the victory and did not suspect anything.
After a stick of incense, everyone stopped talking and prepared to officiate at the Dongjiao Palace, but Yi Ge beat a drum in his heart: "Why doesn't this Xikui do it yet? Could it be that Xikui still has any handle in Dongjiao's hands? Or is there a situation in the Dongjiao Inn? If it doesn't work, it will be released", just when Yi Ge was about to do it, a person quietly came to Xikui's side and whispered: "The master is all ready, the lady and the old lady have been rescued, and those dead people have been cleaned up", Xikui said happily in his heart: " Okay, you go down first, guard the secret room", the man nodded and retreated, just as everyone began to salute, Yi Ge was ready to make a move, and then he only heard Xi Kui stop loudly: "Do you believe that he is our new palace master just by a ring and those lies he told?" Everyone looked at Xi Kui tightly, and Dong Jiao shouted angrily: "Xi Kui, what do you want to do, do you want to disobey the order of the old palace master?" Xi Kui looked at Dong Jiao mockingly, and continued: " All this is a conspiracy in Dongjiao, as far as I know, more than thirty years ago, the old palace lord found that he had a heart of disobedience, but he was also an old man of Jiujing Palace, and he couldn't bear to kill him, so he seriously injured him with the spirit of Jiuli, and later it was said that the old palace lord disappeared together with the twilight of the Valley of Forgotten Sorrows, he did not find the old palace master at all, and the life and death of the old palace master is also unknown, he was seriously injured by the old palace master, and he hated it very much, so he wanted to seize the Jiujing Palace that the old palace master had worked so hard to create, and then use the Jiujing Palace to kill the old palace master.
At this time, someone asked: "But the ring and the Jiuli Qi in the ring can't be fake, everyone has seen it!", Dongjiao smiled secretly in his heart and asked: "Yes, the ring will never be fake, right?" Xikui laughed, laughing louder and louder, and said: " As I said, he was injured by the old palace master, and he spent more than twenty years forcing the Jiuli Qi in his body into the ring he was looking for someone to imitate, and it was precisely because of this that his skill was damaged, I don't believe you can try his skill, you can also see the destructive power of Jiuli Qi, you can check his meridians, whether he has ever been injured by Jiuli Qi", Dongjiao was surprised that Xikui knew so much, and saw that his plan was seen through, but said flatly:" I didn't expect that I would be bitten by your dog, it seems that you have not been idle all these years, and you have done so many things under my nose, I didn't even notice it, but so what? Don't forget, your family is still in my hands, and this place has been surrounded by my people, why do you say this? Isn't it good to be an obedient dog with peace of mind, isn't it good to live?", everyone saw that the conspiracy in Dongjiao had been defeated, and the evil image was exhausted, and they said angrily: "Let's go up together, take him down", Dongjiao turned around and said smugly: " Just because you also want to fight with me, you don't want to think about whose territory this is", everyone was just about to make a move, feeling a pain in their chests, unable to luck, Dongjiao laughed arrogantly: "Is it impossible to exercise, and you can't use your strength!, do you have to pay a price for tasting fine wine!", everyone was dumbfounded, and some people scolded angrily: "Despicable! I actually poisoned the wine", Dongjiao smiled contemptuously: "Despicable, I like people to say that I am despicable, I like this kind of compliment, my father once told me that if you can make your enemies, The enemy says that you are despicable, then they say that they are only left with a battle of tongues, so my father told me since I was a child that meanness is equivalent to Congyin, haha......".