Refuse to trample on the pride of heaven

Chapter 414 Villain Deer

The wind in the alley suddenly changed direction, blowing up the dead leaves in the corner and making them hit the brick wall.

Zheng Xiu took a half step back, looking at the questioning eyes of several people, but still stiffened his neck and sneered: "Master Lu, it's really a waste of talent to be the top scholar. Why don't you go to the Dali Temple to try the case? You want to convict me based on just a few conjectures?"

"You want me to show you evidence?" Lu Wensheng sneered. "I want to ask you, how do you know me and my name? Didn't you plan to ask for help outside the formation? Who knows if you staged it yourself?"

Zhengxiu couldn't refute it, so he just acted like "believe it or not".

Lu Wensheng suddenly chuckled, took a half step back and stood with his arms folded: "Then can I assume that what you said about the formation's eye is fake, and even Mr. Xike is lying to us? It's enough to solve the formation's eye, there's no need for so many conditions?"

He deliberately emphasized the word "Xi Ke". Seeing Zheng Xiu's shoulders suddenly tense up, he thought to himself, as expected - this kid's Achilles' heel is Mr. Xi Ke, and he took the bait as soon as he mentioned it.

Lu Wensheng used a series of moves to directly break Zheng Xiu's armor.

"Just try to touch him if you dare!" Zheng Xiu finally couldn't hold it anymore. He took half a step forward but was hit in the chest by Li Zhe's carrying pole.

Anger rose in the young man's eyes, and he glared at Lu Wensheng like a trapped beast.

"You don't understand anything! That formation..." His voice stopped abruptly. He bit his lower lip tightly, and a muffled sound of unwillingness came out of his throat.

"You want to protect him, but you don't want us to know the inside story. So you can't blame us for doing anything. After all, we don't know anything~"

Ye Yingzhou responded at the right time, and the soft sword turned half a circle in his palm and was put away. His tone was gentle, but he deliberately emphasized the word "protect". Zheng Xiu's ears suddenly turned red, but it was not because of shyness, but because of anger and shame because his heart was hit.

Tang He squatted on the wall and swung his legs. The tiles on his boots made a crisp sound. "How can you have both? It's always been said that you can't have both. How come you solved the eternal choice question? This is really a fantasy."

Yan Zhaoming looked at Lu Wensheng, then Ye Yingzhou, and then at Tang He: Forget about Tang He, he didn't remember Ye Yingzhou being like that, did he? How come, playing with Lu Wensheng, his language would evolve automatically, and he would learn to be sarcastic and venomous without any instruction?

Lu Wensheng looked at Zhengxiu's gradually pale face and suddenly chuckled. That laugh was three parts nonchalance, but seven parts determination.

"We won't change our minds unless you explain clearly." He deliberately dragged out the last word, his eyes sweeping across the fallen leaves piled up at the alley entrance, "Who knows, we may appear at your husband's desk the next moment and have a good chat with him~"

Zheng Xiu raised his head suddenly, and his dark pupils suddenly contracted, like a wild cat whose tail was stepped on.

He clenched his sleeves so tightly that his knuckles turned white. "Lu Wensheng, are you threatening me?" His voice was filled with an indelible chill, but it couldn't hide a barely perceptible tremor. "Aren't you the leader of the righteous? How dare you use innocent people as bargaining chips?!"

The wind in the alley suddenly became cold, blowing up rotten leaves at the base of the wall and rustling them against the mottled brick wall.

Lu Wensheng took half a step forward, and the crisp sound of his boots crushing dead leaves was particularly clear in the silence.

He leaned forward slightly, lowered his eyes to look at Zhengxiu's tense jawline, and the dark tide surging in his eyes almost solidified.

"Oh, you say innocent, so I'm innocent?" Before he finished speaking, he suddenly raised his hand and grabbed Zheng Xiu's wrist. The force of his fingertips was so strong that it almost crushed the bones. "Why should I trust you, a secretive guy?"

Lu Wensheng tilted his head slightly, his brown eyes seemed to be smiling. This kind of nonchalant feeling, which actually had a firm control over you, made Zhengxiu feel his scalp tingling.

Zhengxiu struggled violently, but Lu Wensheng pressed him against the wet brick wall.

Lu Wensheng pinched his jaw with his other hand, forcing him to look straight at him: "As the leader of the righteous, you must be upright? Let you use all kinds of means, and I shouldn't fight back? Isn't this too hypocritical?"

Zhengxiu's nails almost dug into his palm, and his knuckles turned white from the force.

He stared at Lu Wensheng, anger and panic surging in his eyes, baring his fangs like a beast bluffing in an attempt to scare off a powerful enemy: "Lu Wensheng, if you dare to touch a hair of Mr. Xike——"

"What can I do?" Lu Wensheng took a half step forward. His position was against the light, and the shadow just covered Zheng Xiu's face, making the emotions in the eyes in front of him seem stronger and brighter.

"You think I don't dare?"

“Shut up!” Zheng Xiu raised his head suddenly. In the twilight, panic flooded his eyes like a tide. “Lin Zhuxuan doesn’t know anything about the formation! This is all my fault—”

Lu Wensheng suddenly chuckled. When he leaned in close, his breath was cool and his voice was gentle, but it made Zhengxiu sweat on the back of his neck. "You can not care about other people's lives, but don't worry about others taking advantage of your weakness."

Before he could finish his words, Li Zhe was already blocking the alley entrance with a carrying pole. Tang He nimbly jumped down from the wall. The crisp sound of tiles falling to the ground startled the mice under the wall. Ye Yingzhou soundlessly went around behind Zheng Xiu, and his soft sword was unsheathed half an inch. The cold light made the young man's pale face even more bloodless.

The four of them surrounded Zheng Xiu and trapped him in the center of the shadow, like four ferocious beasts waiting for their prey to struggle.

Zheng Xiu was surrounded by four people, like a butterfly trapped in a spider web.

In this situation, no one can escape.

Several people stood in their positions, looking at Lu Wensheng, who had a bright but devilish smile, and exchanged glances without any expression.

Why do they feel like they are bullies who use intimidation and bribery? Lu Wensheng is a bully, and they are thugs.

Zheng Xiu looked at the four people and suddenly laughed out loud.

The laughter was as dry as sandpaper grinding against a stone wall, with a hint of madness: "Good, what a good leader of the righteous path!"

He raised his head suddenly, and the strands of hair on his forehead brushed across Lu Wensheng's wrist. "Aren't you afraid that I will spread the news and make you return empty-handed every time?" Although this was a threat, it could not hide the fear in the ending tone - he knew better than anyone that there was no "fear" in the eyes of these people in front of him.

Lu Wensheng suddenly let go of his hand, took a half step back and straightened his wrinkled sleeves.

He slowly took out a handkerchief and wiped his fingertips: "Threat? I think this is a good deal." He raised his eyebrows and looked at Zheng Xiu's eyes that suddenly widened. "You look very confident, so do you want to make a bet with us - let's see whether your news spreads faster or our swords are faster?"

The air in the alley froze instantly.

Zheng Xiu stared at the murderous intent in Lu Wensheng's eyes, and suddenly realized that Lu Wensheng was serious. He might have really underestimated this group of people - when the right way cannot achieve the goal, they are no longer the defenders of the famous and upright sects, but a group of lunatics who will do anything to achieve their goals.

His lips moved slightly, and he lowered his head and became docile.

"No...I'm telling you."