Ling Wen had already walked up and stood beside the throne, dressed in black, stern and serious. He pointed at a line in the book and said, "Emperor, several priests are patrolling outside and have not returned."

Jun Wu nodded slightly and said, "They have already informed us in advance."

Lingwen bowed his head and said yes. Junwu turned to Xie Lian and said, "Xianle must know why I summoned you here today."

Xie Lian still bowed his head and said, “I can probably guess. But I thought the matter of General Pei had already been decided.”

At this time, a man's voice said: "It's hard to say how to decide this matter."

The voice came from behind him, clear and melodious. Xie Lian turned around and saw a Martial God walking in from outside the hall, holding a sword and heading towards the front of the hall. When he passed in front of him, he stopped, curled his lips, and said, "Your Highness, I have heard a lot about you."

This martial god looked about 26 or 27 years old, with a graceful demeanor, but his actions were very decisive. Judging from his appearance, he was more handsome than the statue Xie Lian had seen on Yujun Mountain before. He was the kind of handsome man that could easily please women. At first glance, he was a man of great talent. Before Xie Lian could answer, he said, "Thank you for taking care of our little Pei."

Xie Lian silently thought, “This is really an offense.” He said, “No, no. General Pei is the one I have admired for a long time.”

This sentence of "I've heard of you for a long time" is the truth. These days, Xie Lian compared the scrolls and read some legends of famous priests, among which the main one is the legend of General Pei Ming. Although this Northern Martial God had made great military achievements when he was a human, what people talked about most were the good or bad legends he left in the red-light district. The good legends include spending a huge sum of money to save a famous prostitute and promising herself to be her lover from then on, and being a good woman and keeping her chastity, etc. The bad legends include riding a horse for a thousand miles in one night, climbing over the city wall, and having a night of passion with a married woman, etc., which are also amazing to some extent. After reading it, Xie Lian felt that it was unreasonable that this man had only provoked Xuan Ji in all these years.

Because he was successful in both the battlefield and the love field, many opponents and colleagues loved to curse him to death, preferably to die of syphilis, but this man was very lucky, he went through a lot of flowers, but he never got sick; not only did he not die, he even lived longer than you. Finally, one day he was defeated, and everyone thought, hahahaha! This is the time to die! Who knew, rumble, rumble, at this critical moment, he ascended.

This time, even the opponent who was not killed by him was angered to death by him.

After ascending to heaven, Pei Ming did not change his style, and the stage for hunting for beauty legends was greatly expanded. From fairies and female officials to goblins and female ghosts, as long as there was a bit of beauty, there was nothing he dared not to do. But his favorite was still the beautiful ladies in the human world. Many erotic novels loved to write about him as the protagonist. If it weren't for the fact that Xie Lian's cultivation required a pure heart and few desires, he might have gotten a couple of books out of curiosity. Therefore, in addition to the honorable position of the Northern Martial God, the people often worship him as a god of men's luck in love. Even many gods who met him in the heavenly court, brushed shoulders, and walked past him, would secretly turn around and worship him, hoping to get some peach blossoms. It must be said that although there are similarities, he is much luckier than Feng Xin, who was innocently given the title of "Giant Sun".

The priests knew what these two people were "admiring" for, and many of them secretly laughed. After being polite, Xie Lian asked, "What do you mean by 'hard to say' when General Pei said that?"

Pei Ming snapped his fingers, and a hanging corpse suddenly appeared in the center of the hall.

Strictly speaking, it was a lying empty shell. This humanoid figure had no soul, and was completely empty inside. In addition, it was covered in blood from head to toe, and it was no different from a corpse. Looking at the face again, the eyes were closed, and the face was handsome. It was Ah Zhao. Or in other words, it was General Xiao Pei's clone.

In the Shenwu Hall, among the handsome and elegant priests, something like this suddenly appeared. This scene was a bit shocking. Jun Wu did not make any comments, but continued to watch. Although his throne was high, for some reason, when he looked down at the priests below, he did not look down on them. Although he was majestic and solemn, he did not look high and mighty. Xie Lian asked, "What do you mean, General Pei?"

Pei Ming said: "A few days ago, I went to visit Xiao Pei, and he mentioned something that I found very strange."

As soon as he opened his mouth, Xie Lian vaguely guessed what he was going to say.

Pei Ming walked around Xie Lian for a while and said with a smile, "I know Xiao Pei's abilities very well. Although his clone has been greatly weakened and is far less powerful than his real self, it is not particularly bad. He can still fight against Xiong on equal terms. However, he actually told me that there was a mortal who beat him without any chance of fighting back. Isn't this very rare?"

Pei Ming continued, "I asked him further, and he told me more. It turned out that at that time, at Half Moon Pass, there was a young man in red following His Royal Highness Crown Prince Xianle."

When they heard the word "red clothes", some of the priests began to look a little unnatural. And Pei Ming's next words directly made them feel uncomfortable and unable to stand. He said: "And this young man, in the darkness, slaughtered hundreds of nearly vicious Half Moon soldiers in an instant!

"——Excuse me, Your Highness, who is this young man in red?"

If it’s not “evil”, then it must be “destroyed”, and the destroyer is the one who can kill hundreds of evil beings instantly, and he is also a young man in red.

With so much information, anyone would know who this young man was most likely to be. However, no one wanted to say the name.

Xie Lian rubbed his brows, thought for a moment, and said hypocritically, “Well, is that so? This, I really don’t remember it very well. At that time, there was a group of merchants who were also trapped in the Half Moon Pass. We only spent a few days together. Maybe I was one of the caravan.”

Pei Ming smiled and said, "Your Highness, your statement is quite different from Pei Su's. From what I heard from Little Pei, you and that boy were very close. It doesn't seem like you only spent a few days together. How could you forget about him in the blink of an eye?"

Xie Lian thought to himself, “No, you’re wrong. I’m telling the truth. We really have only been together for a few days.”

Of course, his face was calm. At this time, not far away, a Taoist in white clothes waved his white whisk and said, "General Pei, what you said is just one-sided words of General Pei. General Pei is guilty and is currently in confinement. He will be sent to exile soon. How credible are his words? You need to weigh them carefully."

Pei Ming said: "It depends on whether General Nanyang and General Xuanzhen can come to help a little."

Following his gaze, Xie Lian indeed spotted Feng Xin and Mu Qing in the southwest and southeast of the hall respectively.

Feng Xin was still the same as he remembered. He was always very tall, stood very straight, had a firm gaze, and his brows were always slightly furrowed, as if something made him very impatient. In fact, he was not impatient. But Mu Qing was a little different from his impression. Although his face was still pale, his blood was light, his two thin lips were slightly pursed, and his eyes were lowered, but his whole body seemed to say "I don't flatter you" with a cold attitude. He stood with his arms folded, and his right hand fingers tapped lightly on the left elbow one by one. It was unclear whether he looked calm and composed, or more like he was calculating something. Although these two men were both handsome men, they each had their own piercing points. Hearing Pei Ming's name, they all looked at Jun Wu first. Jun Wu nodded slightly, and then the two of them slowly stood up.

This was the first time Xie Lian had met the two of them face to face since his third ascension. During this meeting, he felt that the gazes they were casting towards him became even crazier.

Madness is inevitable. You must know that this Shenwu Hall is the Hall of the First Martial God. Those who are not priests of the Upper Heaven Court are not qualified to come in to discuss matters. When Prince Xianle ascended for the first time, he appointed Feng Xin and Mu Qing as generals. At that time, these two were low-level priests of the Middle Heaven Court and did not even have the qualifications to come in to do odd jobs. But now, the two former deputy generals can not only stand in the Shenwu Hall with dignity, but also rank higher than their former masters. It is really a matter of time. This scene is really exciting. The three of them looked at each other randomly for a while, and quickly turned their faces away as if nothing had happened. No one could figure out what anyone was thinking. However, Xie Lian almost knew what Pei Ming wanted them to do for him.

As expected, Pei Ming said, "General Nanyang and General Xuanzhen have both fought against Hua Cheng before. They should have a say in his weapons."

He summoned the empty shell of Ah Zhao just to let everyone check the wound. Feng Xin and Mu Qing slowly came to the empty shell floating in the air. Xie Lian also moved a few steps and took a look, but because there was too much blood, and a lot of it had turned black and red, it was really hard to see clearly. The two looked at it solemnly for a while, then raised their heads and glanced at each other, as if no one wanted to speak first.

Lingwen saw this group of people fighting with their eyes, fighting but not talking, and he couldn't bear it anymore, so he coughed under Junwu's seat and said, "Two generals, what do you think?"

Finally, it was Feng Xin who spoke first. He said in a deep voice, "It's him."

Mu Qing said: "The curved sword brings doom."

Perhaps among all the priests in the Shenwu Temple, Xie Lian was the only one who did not know what these four words stood for.

The Scimitar of Evil is the strange scimitar that defeated several war gods and made them lose their souls and hearts when Hua Cheng challenged thirty-three priests in his dream!

Inside the Shenwu Hall, the priests began to talk in low voices in groups of two or three, looking at Xie Lian with mysterious eyes. Pei Ming achieved his goal and said, "If the young man in red who was traveling with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is really the one, the matter may have to be re-decided."

The Taoist in white clothes said again: "General Pei, do you mean that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Xianle and the Ghost King of Despair might have colluded to frame General Pei?"

This Taoist spoke twice, and stood on his side both times. Xie Lian couldn't help but take a look to see who this extraordinary immortal was. He turned around and saw that the Taoist had a pair of black and white eyes, a white jade belt, a whisk on his arm, a long sword on his back, and a folding fan on his waist. He was elegant and in high spirits. But his eyebrows looked vaguely familiar, but Xie Lian couldn't remember where he had seen such a Taoist friend. Pei Ming also glanced at him and said with a smile: "Qingxuan, you shouldn't go against me at this time, right?"

The Taoist in white bowed slightly to him and said, "It turned out that I misunderstood. I'm sorry, General Pei, please don't take it as an offense. It's my fault, my fault."

This acting is really exaggerated. Pei Ming smiled as if he was a grudge elder who didn't want to bother with a child. He shook his head, waved his hand, removed the empty shell of A Zhao floating in the air, turned around and said, "It may not be collusion. But that person who can cover the sky with one hand is very capable. It is unknown what kind of sleight of hand or trick he used to deceive others and His Royal Highness. Therefore, I think this matter may need to be discussed again. It would be better if the Half Moon Imperial Master that His Royal Highness took away could also be handed over for further interrogation."

This meant that Hua Cheng was the mastermind behind the chaos at Ban Yue Pass. Once Ban Yue arrived at the Heavenly Court and was interrogated, there would be a lot of uncertainty about what he would say.

Xie Lian smiled and said, “General Pei, even if you don’t trust me, you should at least trust Master Feng. At that time, General Pei had already admitted at the bottom of the Sinner’s Pit that those passersby at Half Moon Pass were led in by his clones, and Master Feng heard the whole thing.”

Hearing this, Pei Ming glanced at the Taoist in white again.

Xie Lian continued, “Besides, we are all in the Shenwu Palace right now. You can ask His Majesty the Shenwu Palace if there are any signs of me being blinded.”

Hearing this, all the priests looked at Jun Wu who was sitting above. However, Jun Wu's expression was calm, not changing at all, which meant that Xie Lian was fine. So, all the priests looked back at the two people in the palace. Xie Lian said again: "General Pei, let's put it one thing at a time. Let's not talk about whether the young man who was traveling with me was Hua Cheng. Even if we take a step back and say that it was indeed Hua Cheng, it has nothing to do with what General Pei did."

He said the name calmly, and several priests in the hall immediately felt a chill in their backs. Pei Ming stared at him for a while, and suddenly smiled. Just as he was about to speak, and Xie Lian was also concentrating on responding, Jun Wu said, "Alright."

As soon as he spoke, Pei Ming stopped arguing and bowed.

Jun Wu said slowly: "Since Pei Su has confessed his guilt, and Ke Mo's confession is exactly the same as what he said, then the matter of Banyue Pass is over."

After a moment of silence, Pei Ming said, "Yes."

Xie Lian had just breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Pei Ming say, “But Nanyang and Xuanzhen have confirmed that the wounds on this empty shell were indeed left by Scimitar Evil.”

Jun Wu said: "Well. That's another matter."

Pei Ming said: "This is true, please investigate thoroughly."

Jun Wu said, "I will investigate this matter thoroughly. Mingguang and the other immortals can rest assured." After a moment's silence, he said, "Let's go today. Xianle, you stay."

It looked like he was going to keep Xie Lian to question him personally and investigate thoroughly. In that case, Pei Ming had nothing more to say, and Xie Lian also had nothing to say, so he bowed his head and said, "Yes."

After the meeting, the priests walked out in twos and threes. Feng Xin passed by and glanced at him, wanting to say something but stopping himself. Xie Lian smiled at him, but he was startled and walked away. Mu Qing walked past him without even glancing at him, as if he didn't exist. The Taoist priest in white came over with a whisk swinging, smiling. Just as he was about to speak, Pei Ming came over, holding his sword with one hand and touching his nose with the other, and said helplessly, "Qingxuan, for your brother's sake, can you please stop making trouble?"

The Taoist in white stopped smiling and said, "General Pei, don't use my brother to pressure me. I'm not afraid of him."

“You…” Pei Ming seemed to be so angry that his teeth were itching, but he couldn’t do anything about him. Finally, he pointed at him and said, “You, you, Xiao Pei has been badly hurt this time.”

The Taoist in white swung his whisk wildly and said, "That was what Pei Ming did himself. It has nothing to do with me!" He ran away quickly, as if he didn't want to talk to Pei Ming anymore. Xie Lian was wondering if Pei Ming would stay and make some sarcastic remarks, but he didn't and just left. In the huge Shenwu Hall, except for Jun Wu and His Highness Xie Lian, there was only one person left in the hall. It was Lang Qianqiu, the Crown Prince of Yong'an. Xie Lian found it strange. Why did he stay? He walked over and saw that the man had his eyes closed and fell asleep while standing.

Xie Lian was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. He gently patted the young man on the shoulder and said, “Your Highness, Your Highness?”

Lang Qianqiu suddenly woke up and asked, "What's wrong?!"

Xie Lian said, “Nothing, let’s adjourn.”

Lang Qianqiu had just woken up and was still groggy. He asked in confusion, "So they're leaving now? What did you just say? I didn't hear anything???"

Xie Lian said, “It’s okay if you didn’t hear it. It’s not important. Let’s go back.”

Lang Qianqiu said, “Oh!” and left. Before leaving the hall, he looked back at him in confusion. Xie Lian waved at him with a smile.

After everyone had left, he slowly turned around. Jun Wu put his hands behind his back, walked down from the throne, and said, "The curved sword will doom you."

Xie Lian couldn’t help but stand up straight.

Jun Wu asked again: "So, what's going on?"

Xie Lian glanced at him and suddenly knelt down.