Changsheng: Peak at the Beginning

Although Jiang Xinxin did not necessarily intend to keep her actions secret, Elder Xue, Elder Yue and Elder Hua felt that since she was their benefactor, they had the obligation to ensure her safety, so they told the people in the front mountain that Jiang Xinxin was an old friend of theirs in the back mountain, a distinguished guest who was specially invited back from outside to solve the miasma in the valley.

Gong Ziyu was a simple man. He had no doubts and believed the explanation as soon as he heard it. Gong Zishang's attention was focused on the fact that Jiang Xinxin was a girl and that she had the ability to solve the miasma in the valley behind. Like Gong Ziyu, he didn't even think of doubting anything. Gong Yuanzheng, on the other hand, doubted it reflexively.

Gong Yuanzheng asked casually, "Aren't people from the back mountain forbidden to come to the front mountain at will? How come they have contact with the outside world? And can they invite people in through our front mountain?"

Fortunately, the old guys had already discussed the matter in advance. Elder Xue smiled and replied, "We really can't leave the mountain at will, but in fact, the heirs of each palace in the back mountain have to be selected by us personally, so we can go out at this time. That old friend was met at that time, and we usually only communicated through letters. This time, we invited Miss Jiang to come over, originally just for a try, and didn't think it would succeed. But I didn't expect that Miss Jiang is really knowledgeable and has a way to reduce the miasma in the valley."

This is reasonable and logical. Not to mention that Gong Yuanzheng was just asking casually, even if Gong Shangjiao was the one asking it, there would be no problem at all.

The elders thought that there was nothing wrong with Gong Yuanzheng, but Gong Ziyu couldn't stand Gong Yuanzheng's arrogant look as if he looked down on everyone, so he brought up again that Gong Yuanzheng was suspected of poisoning the former blade holder and the young master, and started a quarrel with Gong Yuanzheng on the spot.

It happened that Gong Shangjiao rushed back overnight and heard Gong Ziyu talking about locking Gong Yuanzheng in the dungeon for interrogation again.

Gong Shangjiao did question Gong Ziyu's succession to the wielding of the sword, and it was Elder Xue who spoke first.

Elder Xue explained to Gong Shangjiao seriously, "Everyone knows the inheritance rules of the palace, but since everyone here is a descendant of the palace, I will explain things more clearly: the reason why there is a rule that the next Blade Master must be chosen immediately after the previous Blade Master dies is because the Blade Master carries the biggest secret of the palace, and the time for this secret to be passed down is very short, only a little over an hour."

"So since you are not here, Shang Jiao, and we cannot wait for a few days, we can only follow the rules and pass the position of the Blade Master to Gong Ziyu, who is already an adult and in the palace."

Apart from Gong Ziyu, the eyewitness, even Gong Shangjiao heard for the first time that there was such a secret in the inheritance of the blade. So even though Gong Yuanzheng was still resentful that Gong Ziyu had taken advantage of the situation, he was not that angry or dissatisfied after all.

Then Elder Yue directly revealed another secret: "In fact, the previous Zhiren had already thought about abolishing the young master, and even signed a petition and sent it to the back mountain, ready to give the position of young master to you, Shangjiao. But that night, just as the petition was sent to the back mountain, Zhiren and the young master had that incident, and you, Shangjiao, were not there. And now, even if you don't obey Gong Ziyu anymore, the palace can't frequently change Zhiren in a short period of time at this critical moment when Wufeng sneaks in."

Gong Shangjiao really cared about the overall interests of the palace, so after the two elders came forward to explain, he also expressed his understanding, but he really couldn't agree with Gong Ziyu's ability. "The palace rules prohibit fellow disciples from taking up arms, but just now Gong Ziyu was determined to send brother Yuanzheng to the dungeon for interrogation. His guard Jin Fan was just a guard no matter how great he was. He actually attacked brother Yuanzheng in front of the elders. Is this what a brother and a swordsman should do?!"

Gong Ziyu exploded immediately: "Is it right for him to poison my father and brother?!"

Gong Yuanzheng didn't care what Gong Ziyu looked like. He just looked at his brother with a wronged expression, "Brother, I didn't..."

However, Gong Ziyu didn't hear Gong Yuanzheng at all. Instead, he became even angrier because of his expression. Jin Fan couldn't stop him anymore, so he went straight up to fight with Gong Yuanzheng. The three elders above were speechless and quickly asked Gong Shangjiao to pull the two brothers apart.

"It's disgraceful for the palace disciples to fight each other!"

Gong Ziyu still kept calling Gong Yuanzheng the murderer who killed his father and brother, and even implicated Gong Shangjiao in the fight: "Who knows if you killed my father and brother just to let Gong Shangjiao succeed to the throne!"

"It's a pity that no matter how much you do, Gong Shangjiao always has bad luck, so a playboy like me can easily get such a big bargain!"

Gong Shangjiao, with a dark face, tore the two men apart, one on the left and one on the right. The corners of their mouths were already broken. Gong Shangjiao was so angry that he slapped Gong Yuanzheng directly, which made Gong Yuanzheng very aggrieved.

But when Gong Yuanzheng saw Gong Shangjiao turn around and slap Gong Ziyu in the face without hesitation, he felt happy for no reason. After all, Gong Ziyu got beaten.

Jiang Xinxin always heard bits and pieces of what happened in the front mountain in the back mountain, and she felt that Gong Ziyu was a very difficult person to describe.

On this day, Jiang Xinxin asked Xue Zhongzi why he had such a good impression of Gong Ziyu at the beginning. Unexpectedly, Xue Zhongzi sighed and said with a little shame in helplessness: "When he was a child, he sneaked into the back mountain again. I saved him. At that time, he said that he would take me out one day..."

Master Xue also added: "We have been guarding the back mountain for generations, and we couldn't evacuate even when the miasma became more and more serious. So we thought that if Gong Ziyu became the blade bearer, maybe we could pass a new rule that allows the people in the back mountain to go out at will."

Jiang Xinxin suddenly realized that Houshan had such considerations, which was why he was determined to push Gong Ziyu to the position.

"So, the reason you can act impartially now is because you see that Gong Ziyu may not be able to handle the important task of wielding the blade, and may even lead Gongmen into the abyss, so you changed your attitude, right?"

Xue Chongzi nodded. It was only after he saw that Gong Ziyu was indeed incapable of taking on such a heavy responsibility that he adjusted his attitude and convinced Elder Xue.

Jiang Xinxin, however, did not sympathize with Xue Zhongzi and Xue Gongzi's frustrations. Instead, she leaned over and asked in a provocative manner, "Could it be that Gong Ziyu has made a fool of himself again?"

Xue Chongzi went over to the pot where the bacon was stewing and shut herself in. However, Master Xue was unaware of Jiang Xinxin's sinister intentions, so he pulled her aside and started to complain: "The girl chosen by the young master in the female guest house was drugged and is in critical condition. The poison was found in the medicine of another girl with asthma. Gong Ziyu actually let the girl take the poison to prove her innocence..."

Jiang Xinxin had never seen such a weirdo before, and blurted out a swear word: "Fuck, what kind of genes and experience does it take to develop such a weirdo!"

Following Xue Chongzi, Xue Gongzi also became autistic.