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Chapter 563: Yang Lianghan, the court official, and Die Lianhua, the righteous sword fairy [Additional chapter 5/5, please vote for me! ]

Cabin, hall.

The two rows of seats in the hall were mostly filled with people in strange costumes.

There were a few empty seats here and there.

At the very top, a tall, Hu-clad woman with flaming golden hair sat with her eyes closed, resting.

Behind her stood a cold and charming Yue woman, about twenty-five or twenty-six years old, holding a snow-white sword in her arms.

Xue Zhongzhu's face seemed to be covered with a layer of light haze, with an imperceptible worry slightly frowned between her brows and the corners of her mouth drooping slightly. Even the spring flowers seemed to be withered and dead beside her.

She kept her eyes closed and said nothing. The whole place fell silent. From outside, the sound of piano and the song "Dielianhua" could be heard faintly.

The cold and beautiful sword servant seemed to have noticed something strange about the eldest lady. She glanced outside where the sound of piano and singing came from, then turned around and prepared to give a look to the Yue girl outside the gate.

But at this time, the sound of the piano and the song "Dielianhua" disappeared.

Xue Zhongzhu's chest rose and fell for a while, he opened his eyes and looked around the whole place. Finally he spoke, facing the people from the martial arts world who had gathered here, expressionless,

"Everyone, please go back. There are not enough people for today's meeting. Some people were late on the way, and some made excuses for not coming... Let's meet again next time, in a safer place.

"Also, everyone, please go back and tell me what I want you to say. Ask your sect leader to come here in person. You don't want me to invite them, do you?"

In the hall, a bearded guest asked curiously:
"My Lady, isn't today's meeting about celebrating the end of the meeting?

"Why do you need the owner to come here? I am here on behalf of the owner. The inspections in Hongzhou and Jiangzhou are strict now. It is really inconvenient for me to come here unless it is necessary..."

He was puzzled and continued to laugh:

"The owner of the manor specifically ordered me to congratulate you, the eldest lady, on his behalf. This operation is really exciting. We at Fengyun Manor will always respect Yunmeng Jianze and honor him as the leader of the Tiannan Jianghu."

"What kind of celebration is this?"

Xue Zhongzhu suddenly gave a cold rebuke.

The bearded guest fell silent immediately, and the whole place fell silent.

Xue Zhongzhu said expressionlessly:

"Did you misunderstand what I meant? We are here to discuss the follow-up of the Jiangzhou Donglin Buddha.

"Last time, the Buddha's head arrived early, catching our people off guard. We need to learn a lesson this time. Now the Buddha's head is still in Xunyang City. We must find a way to send people to investigate first. Last time, in order to prevent the Qigong practitioners from the Sitianjian from retaliating and searching, almost all of our people were withdrawn, and we need to redeploy..."

"Uh, what do you mean by caught off guard? Wasn't it all within the Grand Lady's expectations? The backup plan at the Xingzifang construction site. Otherwise, how did we succeed this time? The Buddha statue has collapsed, and the court is furious. It's hard to save face."

A Taoist priest in a green scarf sitting in the front seat shook his head in surprise and asked.

Xue Zhongzhu twitched her lips, but held back and didn't explain that the back-up plan of the Xingzifang construction site was actually something else... She answered solemnly:

“On behalf of the Yunmeng Jianze Female Monarch Palace, I reiterate that the owner of the Butterfly Love Flower is not from our Jianze. He may be a Jianghu person who came here to join in the fun, or an enemy of the Wei family, but he is definitely not from our Yunmeng Jianze.

"We suffered heavy losses in Xunyang City this time. We can't just let it go. We have to settle this account with them. Besides, according to the latest news, the Buddha head doesn't seem to be damaged..."

The bearded guest waved his hand and said indifferently:
"The eldest lady is really a joke. Are you kidding me by calling everyone here? We are obviously in the upper hand this time, and the court has suffered a great loss. Why are we pretending to be wronged?

"Although there were indeed many casualties this time, this is a matter of martial arts, so there are always casualties. Moreover, the Buddha was destroyed after all, and the goal was achieved. In addition, three of their court officials were beheaded, including the son of the Prince of Wei's palace. Tsk tsk... How cruel."

The bearded guest was delighted, clapping his hands and smiling to everyone around him:

"They must be furious now, looking for trouble with us everywhere. It's obvious that they can't save face and are anxious. Hahaha."

"Yes."

A feminine scholar spoke calmly:
"The First and Second Lady are indeed worthy of their reputations. Whatever the Great Zhou Sitianjian is, they still can't stand the Xingzifang Buddha, especially the last backhand at the Xingzi Lake construction site. I heard from others that it was a stroke of genius.

"I didn't expect that Yunmeng Jianze quietly cultivated a sword master! I heard that there were strange phenomena at that time... It was really a big deal."

His tone was a mixture of awe and fear, very complicated.

This was also the reaction of many people on the field. The looks they gave Xue Zhongzhu were very complicated, but they were all convinced.

After all, the Imperial Observatory had a deputy director and many experts present this time. Under such circumstances, they were on the opponent's home turf and were able to almost wipe out the opponent's vital points and collapse the Buddha statue...

Xue Zhongzhu frowned and said coldly:

"Don't you have ears? Didn't you hear what I said? The owner of the Butterfly Love Flower who appeared out of nowhere is not from our Yunmeng Jianze. We in Yunmeng Jianze do not accept any men except the lowest servants and errands. We only accept Yue women."

The cold sword energy of this female chief filled the entire place, and she cursed unceremoniously:

"Are you all out of your minds?"

But she soon discovered that no one in the audience was annoyed by her scolding, but acted like masochists.

The bearded guest and the feminine scholar looked at each other, revealing a strange smile, and then tried to restrain their smiles while nodding yes to each other.

"Uh-huh... yes, yes."

"What are you laughing at?"

These strange smiles made Xue Zhongzhu's fists stiffen.

"Ahem, it's okay, it's okay, everyone understands."

"What do you understand? Is there anything you can't say? Do you think I'm lying to you?" "No, no, the main thing is... we all know that the position is indeed important. For you, Jianze, it can't be easily exposed...

"The fact that the eldest lady and Jianze were able to quietly use this trump card this time has already been a great contribution."

Everyone laughed and looked at Xue Zhongzhu with more awe.

But Xue Zhongzhu's eyes twitched.

He felt unusually irritated, stood up, looked around the room coldly, and pointed out one person:
"Don't hide it. What do you understand?"

"Well, Lady Queen, we will keep the matter of the Hidden Lord a secret... And I never expected that the current Hidden Lord of the Lady Queen's Palace is actually a man. It's really rare. No wonder the Lady Queen is so embarrassed and wants to suppress it..."

Candle in the Snow: ???

The next moment, an uncontrollable white sword energy swept across the entire place, shattering tables and chairs. Everyone was shocked and stood up.

Beat up her own people? This Yunmeng Lady is simply outrageous.

The candle in the snow looked at everyone with its green eyes, and said word by word:
"This fellow is not our Jian Ze Yin Jun. If you dare to make random guesses and spread rumors again, I will tear your mouths apart first.

"But, I admit that this person does have some relationship with Yunmeng Jianze, but not much, and it is some personal grudge. However, one thing is one thing, he did help us this time, and he made another blow and destroyed the Xingzifang Buddha. Although I don't really need his help, but... I can forgive him temporarily, for now... I will deal with him later, and now the business is more important.

"Let me reiterate that I am responsible for this operation. I shouldn't have gone to the culturally rich Kuang Lu to look for this boy Wen Qi, and ended up missing the opportunity. The main reason was that I didn't expect the Buddha's head to arrive in Xun, and the Queen of the Wei family actually invited the legendary swordsman. This man's zither music is very annoying. If we don't get rid of him, we won't be able to get close to the Buddha's head in the future..."

The candles in the snow are revealed one by one.

The whole audience fell silent.

After a while, everyone looked around, and soon someone took the lead and everyone nodded in agreement.

But even though they all said it verbally, Xue Zhongzhu could sense that they were not sincere. After all, the owner of the Butterfly Love Flower had left behind a Butterfly Love Flower poem praising the girl of Yue. He could not wash it off even if he jumped into the Yellow River.

Her big breasts beneath her blond hair rose and fell, as if she was trying to suppress something. She rested her forehead with one hand and waved the other hand:

"Let's talk business first. It's very likely that the big Buddha has been put back into use in Jiangzhou. Tell me what you think."

A Taoist priest in a green scarf spoke up:
"My Lady, we should actually talk to the imperial court next. This time we have won a victory. They dare not look down on us, Tiannan Jianghu."

"What do you mean by a comeback?"

"Nothing... nothing. I just want to say that this attack has let them know how powerful we are. As for the matter of the Buddha, if you think about it carefully, the imperial court may not only target us, but also fight against the Kuangfu Army on the southwest front.

"Let's take advantage of the current situation. Well, we can talk about it. We can discuss the matter of the Buddha... As long as it doesn't affect us, okay?"

"You guys are also okay with the nonsense of the Wei Zhou court? If it's still the Li Qian royal family, I can talk a little bit about it, Wei Zhou... heh."

"The main reason is that we were too ruthless this time. We originally agreed to overthrow the Buddha instead of completely angering the court, but ended up killing a governor, the Lingtai Lang of the Sitianjian Xiaguan, and the legitimate son of the Wei family. It's definitely difficult to negotiate now. The Wei family will definitely fight to the death. We can try to win over the Baoli faction..."

As he was speaking, he noticed the cold gaze from Xue Zhongzhu and immediately shut his mouth.

Xue Zhongzhu was actually not surprised by such remarks. The various forces in the Tiannan Jianghu were all looking out for themselves and were a loose group, each with their own interests in mind.

If Yunmeng Jianze had not obtained the solid evidence about the secret of the four Buddha statues, knew the intention of the Donglin Buddha, and was the nominal leader of the Tiannan Jianghu, it would have been difficult to temporarily unify them and complete the last operation.

As for how the conclusive evidence of the mystery of the four Buddha statues was obtained...her blue eyes flickered.

At this time, someone asked curiously:

"A bunch of people died. I heard that the court re-employed a Jiangzhou official named Ouyang Lianghan to deal with the aftermath. He was also given a lot of official positions and promised a generous salary.

"What the eldest lady means is that the Buddha's head is still there, and they plan to continue making the statue?"

"The Buddha has already been destroyed once. Do you want to rebuild it? Is it possible in a short period of time..."

Everyone was talking.

"Ouyang Lianghan? I know this person. This time, Hongzhou and Jiangzhou are under such martial law and the investigation is so strict that we can't get together. There is also a wanted list. I heard that it was this dog official named Ouyang Lianghan who gave advice to the Supervisory Council."

"What a bastard official! I've heard before that he was a gentleman who stood up for the people, but now it seems that he is an accomplice of the tiger."

"That's right, he is far inferior to that righteous hidden... ahem, the owner of Butterfly Love Flower."

"The Butterfly Love Flower Sword Master is the righteous young man, the living swordsman."

Everyone agreed and cursed the official, they were so angry that they were trembling with anger. Another dragon slayer became a dragon.

Xue Zhongzhu always felt that the name Ouyang Lianghan sounded so familiar. Lianghan was not familiar to him, but the surname Ouyang sounded familiar to him from somewhere.

But she couldn't remember it for the time being. She looked at the messy lobby, feeling a little annoyed and didn't want to listen anymore.

At this time, Yu Nianyuan and Li Shu walked in.

Xue Zhongzhu immediately dismissed everyone and asked them to go back and take the message and arrange the next gathering place.

After everyone left, Xue Zhongzhu and Yu Nianyuan looked at each other, and Li Shu was left eating pastries in the lobby.

The two walked towards the deck together. In the dark night wind, Xue Zhongzhu suddenly asked:
"Second Junior Sister, is there any news about the younger Junior Sister?"

Yu Nianyuan frowned and shook his head:
"Not yet."

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