Volume 2: Jade Promise Chapter 217 Proof and Counter-Proof
Before we knew it, it was already three days since the Leng Xiangyuan cemetery incident.
Lu Tianji can wait until all forces get involved and muddy the waters, then he can get away. No matter for Leng Zhan, Leng Buchen, or even Liu Ruiqi, every bit of time is very important.
But Leng Buchen and Liu Ruiqi cannot make any big moves, because they need to be accompanied by someone almost every moment - the family elder Leng Jianqi.
Moreover, the person that the patriarch wanted to provoke was not Lu Tianji, but Leng Zhan!
"Now is not a truce period. Leng Zhan transferred Commander Liu back from Tulun Pass without any investigation, which triggered an internal fight in Feishi City. This is an extremely reckless act! As the largest rear base of the Tianqin family in Tulun Pass, our Leng family has not had any problems for all these years. But if there are loopholes due to this troop transfer, Leng Zhan needs to take full responsibility." Leng Jianqi almost slammed the table and said.
Leng Buchen and Liu Ruiqi both knew very well that Leng Jianqi was worried about the border on the surface, but in fact he was hoping that a war would break out on the border immediately. Would something happen?
No matter what happened on the border, whether it was related to Leng Zhan's use of his direct lineage's authority to mobilize troops or not, it was possible that the blame could be put on Leng Zhan.
We can't discuss this topic any further.
Therefore, Liu Ruiqi stopped talking and said, "When the prince mobilized the troops, he gave me 50% of the decision-making power."
"Oh?" Leng Jianqi raised his eyebrows.
What surprised him was not the content of Liu Ruiqi's words, but the name Liu Ruiqi gave to Leng Zhan!
Liu Ruiqi continued, "The prince only explained the situation in Feishi City, but he didn't say that he couldn't control it! In other words, the decision of whether to return or not is up to me. If the situation at the border is not good, I can disobey orders and not return. No matter what happens at the border, the elders don't need to blame the prince, because no one can blame the prince for this."
"You mean to say that Leng Zhan didn't directly order you to return to defend Emerald City?"
"No." Liu Ruiqi answered very affirmatively.
Liu Ruiqi's words made Leng Jianqi and Leng Buchen look at him again at the same time.
The Hongying Army is the most elite military force of the Changyuan Leng family!
Liu Ruiqi's attitude surprised Leng Jianqi. Does this mean that he has sided with Leng Zhan?
Leng Jianqi's gaze was now somewhat intriguing - the Leng Zhan he knew had never been a person who was good at building relationships. He originally thought that once Leng Zhan and Leng Bingyun competed head-on for the identity of the heir, Leng Zhan would be at a disadvantage in terms of strength, connections, or influence.
Leng Buchen found it funny. In the current situation, Liu Ruiqi had already returned. If Lu Tianji turned the tables, he would probably just be buried with Leng Zhan...
Regardless of whether he had any friendship with Leng Zhan before, he had no choice but to make a quick decision and stand on Leng Zhan's side, right?
As for Leng Buchen himself, as the head of one of the four academies of the Changyuan Leng family, there was no need for him to get involved in the struggle for heirs. But also because of the Lu Tianji incident, he shared the same stance as Leng Zhan and had been labeled as a Leng Zhan. If he continued to waver, he would be an idiot.
However, Leng Jianqi's thoughts were still on Leng Zhan's network of relationships. He thought about a lot of things at once, such as whether Leng Zhan was deliberately playing dumb to get the military power first and then go back to the capital to compete with Leng Bingyun? Should Leng Bingyun's forces seize this opportunity to clean up the border and take down Leng Buchen and Liu Ruiqi who might help Leng Zhan?
However, before he could think clearly, Leng Buchen interrupted him with a smile: "Family elder, I know you are shocked, but the most important thing now should not be what you think in your mind... If you continue to think along this line in your mind, you may let go of the real enemy of our Changyuan Leng family."
Leng Jianqi's face twitched. That's right, the focus now should be Lu Tianji!
No matter Leng Zhan or Leng Bingyun, they are both descendants of the Leng family. Even if they want to compete for the identity of heir, it must be done after Lu Tianji's matter is dealt with.
"Humph, whether he is a powerful enemy or not is just what you said. You tell me!" Leng Jianqi glared at Leng Buchen, "You are determined to deal with our Leng family's loyal people for generations, so you have to come up with a convincing explanation! Otherwise, you can just find someone to pretend to be the son of some loyal minister, and then accuse him of a crime and call for his death. That will shake the foundation of the Leng family and chill the hearts of the loyal ministers."
"If he is really a loyal minister, how could he be so disheartened by such a thing? Those who are innocent are innocent. Lu Tianji's reaction in front of you is obviously abnormally intense..." Liu Ruiqi laughed.
In terms of contributions to the Leng family, there are many more heroic spirits in their Liu Clan Ancestral Hall than Lu Tianji and his companions.
After all, although Lu Tianji and his colleagues are in the border town, they are still civil servants.
Liu Ruiqi is absolutely qualified to say this!
However, no matter how much they discussed, it was still a dead end...
Lu Tianji insisted that Lu Wantang was fake, while Leng Buchen and the others had no way to prove that Lu Wantang was real. Even if they discussed this situation for a whole night, it could only be summed up in two words - nonsense.
Leng Buchen and Liu Ruiqi looked at each other and understood the same meaning.
Because of their restricted identities, they can only tie up Leng Jianqi and prevent him from doing anything that would be detrimental to Leng Zhan. The key still depends on Leng Zhan himself!
I wonder if the current cold war has made Lu Wantang, who is in their hands, speak...
"I just hope that this team is not on the wrong side." Leng Buchen and Liu Ruiqi looked out the window at the same time.
They know where the Cold War went.
However, this situation is stuck here and it is really difficult to resolve. If Leng Zhan and his friends can really push this deadlock forward, then Leng Buchen and Liu Ruiqi can at least rest assured that their team is indeed on the right side!
…
After dinner, peace had returned to Yisu Academy. Some students had already made their own cultivation plans and resumed their normal study life.
On the contrary, the Cold War was not going smoothly.
Although Leng Zhan's face was still calm, he was already losing his composure: "Lu Wantang, your father has already given up on you, what else do you want? We all know that you are real, but now your father says you are fake, are you willing to accept that? Are you really going to die with the infamy of a fake, and let that fake Lu Wantang enjoy the wealth and glory of a young city lord?"
The calm words did not cause Lu Wantang's expression to fluctuate in the slightest.
He waited until he calmed down and finished speaking, but then he asked in a hoarse voice: "Are you tired of talking? Drink some water first."
"Fuck!" Leng Jing dropped the cup in his hand to the ground. "You are hopeless."
They had been trying to persuade Lu Wantang to admit it for an entire afternoon, using threats and inducements, but Lu Wantang remained unmoved.
No admission, no denial.
"Okay." Leng Zhan held back his composure, "Tang is waiting for our response."
"What kind of response can we have? He refuses to admit it..." he said calmly.
Leng Zhan shook his head and pulled Leng Jing out.
After they got outside, he told his followers, "Tell Tang Zheng that I can confirm that the Lu Wantang we have is the real one. Let him do it."
Leng Jing glanced at Leng Zhan in shock: "He...didn't admit anything!"
"He is real." Leng Zhan replied, "Get in the carriage and go back."
"But...you said he was sincere, you have to give a reason!" Leng Jing didn't quite agree with his unreasonable reply, and didn't even know if it would have any impact on Tang Zheng's actions.
"Because, if I were the real Lu Wantang, I would do the same." Leng Zhan couldn't explain the reasons one by one like Tang Zheng did, but he also had his own way of judging.
Leng Jing stared at Leng Zhan for a long time.
The brother in her mind who was not good at speaking and only cared about the Thunder God Technique seemed to have slowly changed.
…
Tang Zheng and Xu Qingyan were already ready to set off. As soon as they received the news, they immediately prepared the car and left Tianxia Minglu.
Leng Zhan's conclusion based on his empathy and intuition was still made clear by Tang Zheng: "They went to see Lu Wantang, but I'm afraid they didn't get any answers. They spent the whole afternoon, and they must have used all kinds of means such as coercion and inducement... The fake Lu Wantang didn't have such a firm determination to die, so the Lu Wantang in our hands must be the real one. Only the real Lu Wantang would be willing to do this."
"Yeah." Xu Qingyan nodded.
“I’m not a god. I can’t solve the problem of 1.3 billion people, but the situation I’m facing is not that bad…” Tang Zheng said with a smile: “In fact, I don’t need to prove that the Lu Wantang in our hands is Lu Tianji’s son!”
"..."Xu Qingyan glanced at Tang Zheng's face.
"What we need to do is to disprove it! That is, to prove that Lu Wantang beside Lu Tianji is not his son!" Tang Zheng tossed a crystal in his hand and said with a smile, "It's still what I said just now. Only the real Lu Wantang would die for Kai Ran... and the fake Lu Wantang is our real breakthrough point. Hmm... here we are."
Xu Qingyan had no objection to Tang Zheng's plan, but the only problem was that the current City Lord's Mansion was probably not something that ordinary people could enter.
The prerequisite for Tang Zheng to prove that "his father is not his father" is that he must at least meet and convince the fake Lu Wantang, right?
Their carriage stopped on a street.
Tang Zheng got off the carriage and said with a smile: "Come on, we haven't been to the City Lord's Mansion yet."
Xu Qingyan also jumped down and looked at the somewhat dilapidated hut.
"You should still remember that there is a secret passage in Ning Mo's home. It was dug out by the father of his sister's child - the half-demon from the Jiaoli tribe... That secret passage has not collapsed!"
That secret passage was dug out by Ning Mo's brother-in-law, a half-demon from the Jiaoli tribe who was doing hard labor, in order to escape from the City Lord's Mansion.
Judging from the fact that this mermaid was able to live with Ning Mo's sister for a period of time and left his own child in Ning Mo's sister's belly, he was not being hunted down.
In other words, his escape was so successful that even Lu Tianji himself did not know the existence of this secret passage!
The City Lord's Mansion is now under martial law. Tang Zheng and his companions cannot get in either through the main gate or by climbing over the wall. However, no matter how much martial law Lu Tianji imposes, he cannot reach a secret passage that even he himself doesn't know about!
"Since Leng Zhan has already confirmed that the Lu Wantang over there is the real one, then let's go and have a good talk about life with this fake Lu Wantang..." Tang Zheng pried open the hut that had been blocked by Ning Mo for several layers with ease, and went in with a smile.
