Entertainment of Spring and Autumn

Chapter 177

Xue Mu didn't completely believe that Zhang Bailing came here to observe how the competition was held. Although it might be true, he sent a few subordinates to observe and write a few reports on this kind of thing. There must be some other reasons for him to disregard the previous secret war and brazenly risk being kicked out, and possibly bear the wrath of Ji Qingyuan's thunder.

The test often starts with a fight: "Under the governor's rule, Lingzhou is prosperous, business is booming, the people are martial-minded, and full of spirit. The governor is really a good minister in the world, and his subordinates admire him very much."

It sounds nice, but it's all nonsense. I originally thought that Zhang Bailing would say a few polite words, but Zhang Bailing's answer was even more shocking: "I became the governor of this county only a few days earlier than Lord Xue. The prosperity of Lingzhou before was not due to me."

Xue Mu: "..."

Xue Qingqiu: "..."

The two of you looked at me, looking extremely embarrassed. The Xingyue Sect was famous for its intelligence, and all the information was sent to the palace. As a result, the parents who were placed in front of the house couldn't figure out when they would take office. It was really embarrassing and was thrown into my grandma's house.

Xue Qingqiu never took court officials seriously and didn't bother to care who they were. And Xue Mu made a similar mistake this time. In this world of force, the energy of officials is too light, and the impact they can have on them is only in government affairs. It is precisely that Xue Mu never intended to use his brain in government affairs, resulting in He simply did not regard his immediate boss as an opponent worthy of facing up to. Zhang Bailing's information has obviously been on their desks for a long time, but they usually have so many things to do, how can they find the free time to read this?

Now that I think about it, it really shouldn't be the case.

If Zhang Bailing took office at about the same time as Xue Mu, does it mean that Ji Qingyuan deliberately selected Zhang Bailing to suppress Xue Mu, because she particularly trusted his ability to restrain Xue Mu? Or is there another reason? There are a lot of articles in this, but the two of them never paid attention to it.

Zhang Bailing saw the embarrassment between the two of them, and laughed, laughing at himself: "Actually, ever since I realized that City Lord Xue has never been involved in government affairs, I have known how embarrassing my position is. Your Majesty and I have completely lost our minds."

Xue Mu smiled and said: "It's because my subordinates have neglected their duties and failed to cooperate with the county governor's political affairs."

Zhang Bailing waved his hand and suddenly said: "Do you know why your Majesty sent me to be the county guard?"

Xue Mu cupped his hands and said, "I would like to hear the details."

"Because I have offended the Xingyue Sect, I will naturally try to prevent the Xingyue Sect from gaining power."

With these words, the two Xue siblings almost dropped their heads under the chair. This is still an old enemy, but I don’t know it at all! It is still a sect that engages in intelligence. It should be shut down as soon as possible.

Xue Mu really couldn't laugh or cry, and even his voice was a little softer: "I don't know... uh... I don't know when did our sect offend the county governor?"

Zhang Bailing sighed: "I come from the Zhang family in Hexi."

Xue Mu turned to look at Xue Qingqiu, and Xue Qingqiu's expression changed: "Is the Zhang family of Ye County your branch?"

"Yes." Zhang Bailing sighed: "Now, Sect Master Xue, does he know why His Majesty thinks that I dare not let Xingyue Sect gain power?"

"Yes... he is a traitor after all." Xue Qingqiu looked strange, half-smiling but not smiling: "But you have underestimated me too much. At that time, our sect was in decline, and when we saw that the sect was about to be exterminated, there were people everywhere who abandoned our sect in a hurry. Yes. But we are a demon sect, how have we ever talked about loyalty? It's just an ordinary thing, how can I hate you. Since I revitalized the sect, who have I taken revenge on?"

Zhang Bailing shook his head and said: "But others won't think so. People who have abandoned you will not want to see you regain power. This not only makes you panic, but also highlights the betrayal and stupidity of the past."

Xue Qingqiu nodded: "This is the human heart."

Xue Mu understood.

In the early years, there were still many families or sects who secretly had contacts with Xingyue Sect. Just like the Zhang family bet on Xinyi Sect and Zonghengdao at the same time, there were people in Zonghengdao who were betting, and naturally there were also Xingyue Sect. Meng Lan also said at the beginning that many of their senior sisters were descendants of these families. But there was a big change that year, and the Xingyue Sect was almost finished. Those people saw that the situation was not good, and even the children who wanted to join the Xingyue Sect gave up and decisively broke away from the relationship.

This hundred-year-old Hexi Zhang family is one of them.

With this layer of betrayal in the past, Ji Qingyuan thought that Zhang Bailing must be very resistant to Xingyue Sect's return to power. Zhang Bailing had indeed been thinking hard about this a few days ago, but his direction and Xue Mu were really two parallel lines, and there was no way to stop it even if he wanted to. . Even the Hehuan Sect tried to get involved, but it was of no use. As Lingzhou's martial arts debate raged throughout the country, Zhang Bailing finally realized that the trend was unstoppable and decisively made another choice.

Zhang Bailing sighed: "We already misjudged once back then, thinking that a fifteen-year-old little girl Sect Master could not make waves. Facts have proved that we were wrong. Sect Master Xue is a genius, and the Xingyue Sect has survived. I don't know How many people have regretted this. Now is another juncture. City Lord Xue has begun to plan for the Xingyue Sect. His methods are like flying immortals from the sky, making people unpredictable. If you are wrong again, coming here today is really to apologize."

Xue Qingqiu's expression became even weirder: "You do deserve to apologize, but the crime does not lie in betraying the Xingyue Sect back then, nor does it lie in the overt and covert fighting these days."

Zhang Bailing was stunned: "Where is that?"

Xue Qingqiu said coldly: "When you abandoned a five-year-old child, don't you feel any guilt at all?"

"..." Zhang Bailing was silent for a moment and did not answer immediately. The children of the family spread their wings and made bets in many places. At any time, someone would die as one party's power disappeared. They were used to it, and there was really nothing to feel guilty about. What's more, the child is a branch child, not Zhang Bailing's daughter. Thirteen years have passed. To be honest, Zhang Bailing doesn't even know what the child's name is.

But since Xue Qingqiu asked this, it showed that she knew who the child was. Zhang Bailing held a certain sense of expectation that the person was already an important deacon of the Xingyue Sect, and asked: "This matter is indeed caused by the Zhang family's failure to that child... …I wonder if the child is still okay?”

Xue Qingqiu said coldly: "It seems that you really don't even know their names."

Zhang Bailing smiled awkwardly. Xue Mu's heart moved.

What does Xue Qingqiu mean by this statement is that as long as he remembers the child's name, he should know who she is? His surname is Zhang, and his name is so conspicuous... wouldn't it be...

But I heard Xue Qingqiu say calmly: "You just told me about your niece's regular collector's edition."

Zhang Bailing was stunned for a moment, then stood up ecstatically: "It's actually Fairy Qin?"

The Xue family siblings looked at him coldly, with no expression on their faces.

Although with this relationship, Xingyue Sect seemed to be on the verge of unifying Lingzhou, but seeing Zhang Bailing's ecstatic expression, Xue Mu was not at all surprised that he was one step closer to his goal. Instead, he just wanted to punch him in the face. The old man's face was beaten until his face was covered with flowers.

"Disgusting smell." Wei Ye muttered, dropped the fruit and jumped to the ground. She quickly squeezed into the crowd to watch the competition. She didn't want to stay here even for a moment.