General Xiong’s Mansion.

Zhao Xiong sat in the center of the hall, looking at the luxurious general's mansion in front of him, with a look of satisfaction on his face.

He has been ups and downs in the world for decades, in order to one day stand out and enjoy all the glory and wealth.

Over the years, many people have suspected that he had something to do with the demise of Sword Trial Villa and the theft of the Long Sword Sect's Sword Heart Stone.

But no one knew that he had done similar things before.

Back when he was just a lowly martial artist, he once met an older brother in the martial arts world.

This eldest brother is named Zhou Qi. He is honest and honest, but his martial arts skills are extremely good.

He kept following Zhou Qi, and after he got acquainted with Zhou Qi, he took the opportunity to talk to Zhou Qi.

Then he learned that the reason why Zhou Qi's martial arts was so powerful was because Zhou Qi had a set of mysterious sword manuals in his hands.

The sword skills recorded in this sword manual are extremely powerful, and you only need to get started to master them.

After learning the news, he took advantage of Zhou Qi's trust in him to poison Zhou Qi.

Then he found the mysterious unknown sword manual from Zhou Qi's body.

He practiced swordplay according to the sword manual, and indeed he made some famous names in the world.

It's just that although he has powerful swordsmanship, he still lacks a handy weapon.

So he set his sights on Sword Testing Villa.

He took the initiative to seek refuge in the Jianjian Villa. The Jianjian Villa had also heard of his reputation, so it gladly accepted him.

In the past three years, he has performed very well at Jianjian Villa and gained everyone's trust.

One night after that, he took advantage of the critical moment when the village owner was practicing, attacked and killed the village owner in one fell swoop, and won the Tianxiong Sword.

Later, in order to prevent the news from leaking out, he took advantage of other people's trust in him and killed everyone!

With the Tianxiong Sword, his strength has indeed become stronger.

After tasting the taste of killing people and seizing treasures, Zhao Xiong began to look for such an opportunity again.

One day later, he heard that the Chang Sword Sect had a precious treasure called the Sword Heart Stone, which could help sharpen the sword's heart.

So he used various methods to gain the trust of the Chang Sword Sect and join the Chang Sword Sect.

Three years later, he got an opportunity to get close to the Kenshin Stone and took the opportunity to steal the Kenshin Stone.

In order to avoid the pursuit of the Chang Sword Sect, he spent ten years incognito in the mountains!

It wasn't until he succeeded in becoming a traveler with the help of the Sword Heart Stone that he walked out of the mountains and returned to the world of martial arts.

At this time, he finally had the qualifications to become a guest of powerful forces.

However, because of those things in the past, he was transferred to several families, and finally only Li Zhen, the king of Yue, was willing to take him in.

He had no choice but to temporarily stay in the residence of King Li Zhen of Yue.

Originally, he thought that he would never have the chance to climb higher in his life, but he never thought that this time the eighteen princes united to attack Wu Zhao, but this time they gave him a great opportunity.

When Li Zhen, the king of Yue, ordered him to lead 30,000 vanguard troops to attack King Wu Zhao's army, he took the initiative to express his intention to surrender to Qiu Shenji. As expected, he was appreciated by Wu Zhao, so he was promoted to a high rank and became one of the most powerful people in the capital of the gods today.

The most eye-catching existence.

He believed that as long as he was loyal to Wu Zhao and worked for Wu Zhao, his status would only get higher and higher in the future.

That glory and wealth will naturally be enjoyed by our children and grandchildren!

Just when Zhao Xiong was thinking of this, a burst of messy footsteps suddenly came from outside the hall.

The next moment he saw Zhao Ju, who had lost both ears, running in from outside with his face covered in blood.

Seeing Zhao Ju's appearance, Zhao Xiong couldn't help being surprised and asked quickly: "What's going on?"

Zhao Ju knelt down in front of Zhao Xiong and cried with an aggrieved look on his face: "Father, please make the decision for your child!"

"My child went to Zuixianju earlier. In order to make friends with the storyteller Lu Yan, I invited him to be a guest in the mansion tomorrow."

"Originally, he was still smiling, but when he heard that the child said that he hoped he would give the "Secret of Immortality" as a gift, he immediately fell out with the child."

"And you beat the child like this!"

After hearing Zhao Ju's words, Zhao Xiong's expression couldn't help but become a little subtle.

When he was at Prince Yue's residence, he had also heard something about Lu Yan and the "Secret of Immortality".

When he came to Beijing, when Zhao Ju asked him to ask Lu Yan for the "Secret of Immortality", he did not say anything against it, but acquiesced to Zhao Ju's proposal.

On the one hand, he was indeed very curious about the "Secret of Immortality" that Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling had practiced, and he also longed for the same opportunity as Shuanglong.

On the other hand, as the first person among the eighteen princes to surrender to Wu Zhao, his status is extremely special.

Now everyone in the entire divine capital knows that he will definitely be Wu Zhao's most favored minister in the coming period.

Under this situation, he thought of using Wu Zhao's power to bully Lu Yan and try to fake the power of the tiger.

It would be great if Lu Yan was willing to hand over the "Secret of Immortality".

If Lu Yan doesn't want to, with Zhao Ju in the middle as a buffer, he will have room for maneuver in the future and can make this matter a minor matter.

In this way, he just won't get the "Secret of Immortality" and won't suffer much loss.

At most, Zhao Ju suffered some injustice.

It's not a big deal at all.

It's just that Lu Yan knocked off both of Zhao Ju's ears is a bit intriguing.

Is this a mockery of the time he cut off both ears of the disciples of the Long Sword Sect?

Just when Zhao Xiong was thinking of this, Zhao Ju said again: "That Lu Yan also said that he should let his father get out of the divine capital, otherwise he would never let his father live for more than three days!"

When Zhao Xiong heard these words, his face immediately became extremely ugly.

Lu Yan injured Zhao Ju, so he didn't have to worry about it. After all, he was just an adopted son.

But Lu Yan was rude to him and threatened to tell him to get out of the capital or kill him. This was a bit too much!

"Did he really say that?"

Zhao Ju immediately raised his hand and swore and replied: "My child, I swear to God, that's what he said at that time. Many people at the scene heard it with their own ears!"

Zhao Xiong had a gloomy face when he heard this and said nothing.

He originally thought that Zhao Ju would act as a buffer in this conflict, so it would not involve him too much.

Even if it does involve him, it's just a matter of poor parenting, so there won't be any big problem.

But he didn't expect that Lu Yan would directly target him and say such cruel and frightening words!

He is not afraid of embarrassment.

But he was afraid of losing his life!

He should have thought long ago that since Lu Yan dared to kill the Wu family's children, it meant that Lu Yan was not afraid of Wu Yan's power at all!

He wanted to use force to intimidate Lu Yan, but he was afraid that he would only intimidate a lonely person!

Now that things have developed to this point, it is useless for him to regret it.

The only thing we can do is to find a way to solve this problem as soon as possible.

…

Shangyang Palace.

In the garden.

Wu Zhao was sitting by the pool, looking at the fish swimming back and forth in the pool, feeling very happy.

Eighteen princes from the Li clan raised their troops with great momentum.

Now, Zhao Xiong, the most relied-upon general under King Li Zhen of Yue, suddenly surrendered. This was not only a severe blow to the eighteen princes, but also a disguised recognition of her dominance.

This is definitely a happy thing for her.

Just when Wu Zhao was happy, Shangguan Wan'er came from one side and whispered: "My queen, something happened in Zuixianju."

Wu Zhao asked casually: "What's the matter?"

Shangguan Wan'er replied: "Zhao Xiong's ninth son went to Zuixianju to ask Lu Yan for the Secret of Immortality, but Lu Yan had both of his ears knocked out."

Wu Zhao was not surprised when he heard this, and said calmly: "Zhao Ju is just Zhao Xiong's adopted son. A dog relies on human power, and a fox pretends to be a tiger. He deserves to be beaten to death."

This kind of person who is asking for trouble deserves some punishment.

Totally unworthy of sympathy.

Shangguan Wan'er added: "After Lu Yan knocked off both of Zhao Ju's ears, he made harsh words and told Zhao Xiong to get out of the capital, otherwise Zhao Xiong would not survive more than three days."

This time, Wu Zhao frowned.

Zhao Xiong had just surrendered and was named General Zuojinwuwei by her.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that at least until she defeats the eighteen princes, Zhao Xiong will be the most favored minister.
To be continued...