The moment Yao Mengping saw him, his expression changed a bit, “Tang Yixie, this cruel girl has harmed my son. Not to mention you, even if Elder Tang came, it’s useless!”
“Your son?” Tang Yixie asked doubtfully, “Is that the loser who only knows how to shout abuse in the street and crawl into women’s beds?”
Yao Mengping was so angry that his face turned blue, “Do you really think I can’t do anything about you?”
“Hehe.” He laughed lightly; his tone was full of disdain, “Forgive me for speaking frankly. But you don’t have to wait until night to poison your useless son. Even in full view of the public, people from the Tang Sect can kill him quietly. Why would you force this crime on a girl?”
These words were spoken arrogantly, but no one dared to question them.
Let’s leave aside others for now, but this dark sleeved Yama was really capable of doing this. Most people here know that a few years ago, Tang Yixiao blatantly poisoned Yao Mengping’s apprentice in front of several pairs of eyes. No one saw how he did it.
“Tang Yixiao, a murderer, must pay with his life. Even if you are from the Tang Sect, you can’t be so unreasonable.” Yun Yongxu stood up to speak in support at this moment.
“It’s not that I’m deliberately picking a fight. It’s just that this girl is my senior brother’s beloved treasure. If she gets touched, I won’t be able to deal with him when I go back.” Tang Yixiao looked helplessly at him.
“Oh, little uncle. I didn’t expect you to still care about me.” Tang Qin sneered, not appreciative at all.
He said lazily, “What are you talking about, niece? You are the apple of my senior brother’s eye1(i.e. favourite person). Who do I care about if not you?”
Yun Yongxu glanced at Tang Qin in surprise at these words, secretly saying that it was not good, “You’re Elder Tang’s daughter?”
Many people reacted similarly to him, looking at Tang Qin as if they were looking at something terrifying.
“Knowing that, why aren’t you still releasing me? Beware of my father coming to poison your entire family!” Tang Qin grunted.
“You!” Yun Yongxu’s face turned crimson with anger. He opened his mouth to curse, but thinking about her identity, he forced himself to hold it back.
It was well-known in Jianghu that the head of the Tang Sect had a daughter. She was such a treasured daughter, and he doted on her very much. Yao Mengping didn’t know her identity earlier. So he grabbed her by force. But at this moment, he suddenly felt like he had a hot potato in his arms.
Let her go? He couldn’t do it. He would lose face; Not let her go? He couldn’t do it either. Mr. Tang’s heart and soul absolutely can not be touched.
He was in a dilemma for a while.
So Yao Mengping pointed the finger at Wen Chan again and asked him, “You were so courageous when you killed people. Why are you hiding behind and afraid to come out now?”
Wen Chan looked at him with his pair of eyes. His expression was calm, but he didn’t answer the question. He thought to himself: Doing an indirect and psychological method to get me to do as he wishes? It’s useless on me.
Liang Yanbei narrowed his eyes and smiled, “I’m afraid you’re old and confused. You are talking empty talk without any evidence. Relying on what are you causing trouble?”
“How is there no evidence? As I said earlier, someone saw his men sneaking to my son’s place last night, and my son died tragically early this morning. It was clearly him who ordered the poisoning!” Yao Mengping suppressed his temper and said.
“Who saw it with their own eyes?” Liang Yanbei asked rhetorically.
“It was my daughter.” Tan Qiong said.
“Who is your daughter? And what makes her words credible?”
“Enough! I’m only saying this much because of the face of your Baixiao Sect. If it was someone else, I would have arrested him and made him pay for my son’s life! Stop talking nonsense and get out of my way!”
“This man forced his way into my queue at the ferry a few days ago, and even injured my arm. But I was outnumbered that day and had to leave. Now he has poisoned the Second Young Master Yao. Now that all of you are here, please carry out the law on the spot!” Hu Xuli pulled out his loud voice to complain, fanning the flames from the side.
“That’s nonsense.” Wen Chan couldn’t bear it when he saw him being so cruel to Liang Yanbei, “Under the clear day and in broad daylight, you don’t have spit any less blood2(idiom); venomous slander / malicious attacks!”
He pointed at Yao Mengping and said, “You have made such a waste of space who is so evil that even death would be insufficient punishment. Why don’t you shut yourself up and ponder over your mistakes? How can you have the nerve to lead others around to find trouble? It’s really true. Like father, like son!”
As the pavilion master, Yao Mengping had a prominent position in Jianghu. He had not been scolded like this in public for many years. Moreover, these people were calling his son a loser. He felt completely shamed and said angrily, “Ignorant little boy! Come, people! Catch him for me!”
In order to claim the credit, the subordinates moved one by one, and as soon as they heard the order, they immediately went forward. All of them were skilled in martial arts, especially Hu Xuli, who had long harboured a grudge against Wen Chan.
Dan Ke was not very skilled in martial arts and could not handle such a skill. He slightly folded his folding fan and stepped back.
At this moment, Liang Yanbei, who was standing next to Wen Chan, moved and chose Hu Xuli, who was running at the front, and kicked him in the chest. A shrill scream was heard, and he immediately spurted blood from his mouth and nose. He retreated a few feet and fainted to the side.
The crowd let out a faint gasp of surprise.
The effect of knocking out the first person was immediate. Seeing the miserable condition of the first person, the subordinates immediately stopped in their tracks and were instinctively fearful and afraid to step forward.
Liang Yanbei flung his vermilion sleeves and smiled, “I advise you all not to act rashly. Your fists and feet have no eyes, and you will inevitably hurt innocent people.”
Yao Mengping was also shocked by this swift kick. Thinking that Liang Yanbei was Dan Ke’s subordinate, he glared at Dan Ke in anger and shock, “Are you, Bai Xiao Sect, determined to meddle in other people’s affairs today?”
“It has nothing to do with the Bai Xiao Sect.” Liang Yanbei’s dark eyes were full of coldness, and his high spirit and vigour made it difficult for anyone to despise him, “I am Liang Yanbei, and my family lives in Jinling.”
The Liang family in Jinling was famous, and the expressions of everyone present changed drastically.
The originally noisy scene actually became pin-drop silent.
“Are you from the Liang family?” Tan Qiong was the first person to question. Her face no longer had that pretence of a gentle and soft smile on it.
“This is impossible.” Yun Yongxu’s complexion was a little ugly, and he firmly vetoed, “How could the Liang family come to Wuyue Island?”
Liang Yanbei found it funny, “Is it up to you to decide where I go?”
“Don’t talk nonsense here. Could it be that to protect the person behind you, you are deliberately lying about being a member of the Liang family?” Although Yao Mengping was still pretending to be calm, one could still tell that he was panicking.
Wen Chan didn’t expect that the Liang family of Jin Ling alone could “calm down” a number of people who were baring their fangs and brandishing their claws just a moment ago.
“I am talking nonsense?” Liang Yanbei raised his eyebrows, feeling baffled, “You all believe that this girl is the daughter of the Tang Sect Master. But why don’t you believe me?”
Tang Yixiao couldn’t help laughing, “You are not from Jianghu. How can you compare yourself with me?”
“Not to mention Xi Liang, there are many people surnamed Liang in Jin Ling City alone. Aren’t you just trying to obscure the facts3(idiom); to mislead the public with prevarication and deliberate falsehood by saying this?” Yao Mengping refused to believe it, “Besides……”
He didn’t finish the second half of his sentence, but many people already knew what it meant.
Although there was only a one-word difference between the direct line of the Liang family and the concubine line of the Liang family, the difference was huge.
Fang Yiyang, who had been standing silently by the side all this time, no longer stayed out of the matter and asked Dan Ke, “Young Master Dan, who is this Young Master Liang to you?”
“He ah.” Dan Ke was watching the show with great interest when he was suddenly named, and he smiled faintly at Fang Yiyang and said, “He is my biaoge.”
When Fang Yiyang heard this, his calm expression, which had been there since the beginning, finally changed. His eyebrows were furrowed as he said, “Fort Lord Yao, please stop.”
Not only him, but even the heart of Yao Mengping himself “thumped” and gave birth to a sense of timidity when he heard Dan Ke’s answer.
The reason why people in the Jianghu did not dare to provoke the Bai Xiao Clan easily was not only because the Baixiao Clan had many pieces of information and connections. But there was also another important reason, which was that the Bai Xiao Sect was related by marriage to the direct line of the Liang family.
Liang Yanbei’s mother, Dan Quan, was Dan Ke’s paternal aunt.
The Liang family had been an honourable family in Xiliang that had been keeping its flag flying for decades and led an extravagant life. They had been in high-ranking positions for generations. Decades ago, in order to avoid being overshadowed by their achievements and getting targeted by the royal family, they gradually retired from being high-ranking officials in the court and joined the army. They developed in all fields, from military to business, and their influence was not only in the court but also deeply rooted in all parts of Xi Liang.
Now that Elder Liang had resigned from his official position, Liang Juncai rushed to the capital with Liang Yanbei to take up a post in order to avoid suspicion.
Rumour in Jianghu: Baixiao does not fight in Jianghu, and the Liang family does not question right and wrong.
Although Baixiao Sect had never participated in the disputes in Jianghu, it was still a sect in Jianghu.
But the Liang family was different. Strictly speaking, the Liang family was an official family and did not associate with any Jianghu sect. Therefore, it was difficult for Liang Yanbei to explain that he was a Liang family member.
Yun Yongxu’s face instantly turned pale, and he murmured, “Stop, stop. Don’t touch the son of the first wife of the Liang family.”
“My son’s murder must be avenged.” Yao Mengping gritted his teeth and clenched his hands into fists, trembling slightly.
“You’re crazy!” Yun Yongxu, who had been speaking in support of Yao Mengping before, glared at him and shouted, “If you touch him, not to mention your Yao family, even your entire Wuyue Island can be overturned by the Liang family! If you want to die, don’t drag us along!”
A grass that grows on the top of a wall, a grass that grows on the top of a wall, sways from side to side when the wind blows: Wen Chan said silently.
“Palace Master Yun is too timid.” Tan Qiong couldn’t stand the sight of him and sneered, “You’re scared out of your wits before the other person could even say something?”
“What do you, a woman, know? I am doing this for your own good. Have you forgotten how the Mo Family Sect disappeared? Such a big sect disappeared overnight. How long will yours last? Half a night?”
Yun Yongxu was stirred up, and his voice was trembling, “The Liang family’s power has been established for hundreds of years, and you guys simply can’t afford to mess with it!”
Everyone fell silent at the mention of the olden history; even Tan Qiong was speechless.
Liang Yanbei himself hadn’t even said anything yet, and they were already in disarray.
Wen Chan never knew that the Liang family had such power in Jianghu. In his previous life, he had lived together with Liang Yanbei for so long. But he had never seen him interact with the people of Jianghu. He had never even seen his cousin, Dan Ke.
He cast a surprised look at Liang Yanbei, and at that exact moment, Liang Yanbei also turned his head to look at him.
“……” Liang Yanbei pondered for a moment and whispered, “He exaggerated.”
Wen Chan sighed, “OK, don’t say anything, I’ll remember it in my heart.”
Liang Yanbei turned his head back and said impatiently, “Have you said enough? I am here to carry out an imperial order, and I have no time to fool around with you.”
Tang Qin, whose hand was grabbed, couldn’t move. Wen Chan, whose hand wasn’t grabbed, had Liang Yanbei blocking in front of him. The one on the left couldn’t move, and the one on the right couldn’t move either. But if he is asked to just give up, how can he be willing to do so?!
When Yao Mengping thought of his son’s tragic death, a fire filled his heart that burned straight to the top of his head.
The veins on his forehead exploded. He refused to back down but did not dare to go forward. He was in a deadlock.
Tan Qiong reached out and gently stroked his arm, advising him in a low voice, “Brother Yao, don’t be impulsive. It’s better to find another solution to this matter.”
What she said was very obvious. She was advising Yao Mengping not to do it openly but to do it secretly.
Unexpectedly, these words ignited Yao Mengping. He was so angry that he took action himself. He raised his arm and used his internal force to shake Tan Qiong away. He turned his palms into claws and ran straight towards Wen Chan like a poisonous snake.
After all, Yao Mengping was the winner of the previous Heroes Association, and he had deep inner strength. Even when separated by a distance, Wen Chan felt the oppressive breath coming towards his face, and his chest felt constrained, making it difficult to breathe.
Yun Yongxu was unexpected and was dumbfounded on the spot.
It was Fang Yiyang who reacted quickly. Seeing that Yao Mengping wanted to strike, he quickly swung up his horsetail whisk to stop him. But he saw a blur before his eyes, and someone had already repelled Yao Mengping.
No one saw clearly how Liang Yanbei struck, but when people’s eyes settled down, Yao Mengping, who had just been so aggressive, retreated several steps in a row with a look of disbelief on his face.
“Are you deliberately seeking death?” Liang Yanbei raised his head slightly. He asked seriously as the white jade hairpin in his hair reflected the sunlight and dazzled him.
When he asked this, almost everyone was shocked, and it even included his own cousin, Dan Ke.
Leaving aside Liang Yanbei’s identity, he was still a young man of eighteen or nineteen years old after all. While Yao Mengping was the lord of a fortress and also the head of the Jianghu Pavilion, relying on his strength.
He was over fifty years old and had been practicing internal strength for decades. Even if he cannot be called the best in the world, at least there are very few who can compete with him.
But Yao Mengping was repelled by such a young man who was from outside Jianghu.
Previously, Dan Ke said that Liang Yanbei’s fists were strong. At this time, Wen Chan was really curious. How strong was the fist of Liang Yanbei, who was only eighteen years old?
Not believing that he would be beaten back by a young man, Yao Mengping attacked again, but this time he aimed at Liang Yanbei.
He slanted the corner of his mouth in a smile, drawing out a cold arc as he waited for Yao Mengping to rush over.
But before he could take action, a clear bell suddenly sounded in the air, and a white fan was seen spinning and flying through the air, hitting Yao Mengping’s arm accurately.
No one knew how much power the fan brought, but it actually knocked Yao Mengping to the side. After releasing all the strength, he took a few steps to the side to stabilise his body.
Liang Yanbei took the fan in his hand — It was an exquisitely carved white fan with a smooth and flawless surface that was warm and cool to the touch. There were fiery red tassels hanging from the end of the handle and black copper bells strung between the two knots. It was really beautiful.
This thing looked very familiar, Wen Chan thought.
“Why is it so lively here?” A clear voice came next.
“Who is so arrogant?” Yao Mengping screamed, gnashing his teeth with hatred, almost vomiting blood, and staring at the source of the sound with red eyes.
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