Mr. Tong took a closer look at the brand new long sword, which still had some blood stains on it. Then he asked Mr. Tu to take it to Du Zhimu, who was looking up eagerly.
Du Zhimu took the long sword with a puzzled look on his face, looked at it for a moment, and handed it to Du Zhitu who was standing behind him. Then he stood up and cupped his hands and said: "Leader, this sword is a newly refined long sword. The top part is indeed
It bears the mark of my Du Fu."
"Hmph! In that case, what else do you have to say!" Tang Haiquan shouted immediately, with a look of sorrow and anger on his face that made people think he was feeling the pain of losing his disciple.
Du Zhimu chuckled and glanced disdainfully at the furious Tang Haiquan.
Then, he bowed his hands towards Mr. Tong and everyone in the hall, and said: "Alliance leader, everyone, if my Du family is to assassinate others, how can I use weapons with the mark of my Du family? For this simple reason, let alone my dignified Du family.
Even those martial arts knights who travel around the world must know it all too well."
"Furthermore, Daoist fellow Haiquan just now said that even if his disciple Tang Zhiwei died, he was still replenished with several swords. That makes me wonder, how could He Shanxi survive by chance? If he survived, then only
One reason is that the assassin deliberately left him alive! Leaders, everyone. From this point of view, the assassination of this disciple of the Tang Gang must have been deliberately framed by someone who wanted to provoke civil strife in our ASEAN. Leaders, please be clear!"
This statement caused everyone present to nod their heads.
No matter how bad the Du government was, it would never have made so many obvious and fatal mistakes. It only makes sense to say that someone deliberately framed it.
As a result, everyone began to speculate again. Who is framed? Who wants to provoke civil strife in ASEAN?
Tang Haishan glared at Tang Haiquan fiercely. He failed to accomplish more than to fail. At this moment, he talked too much, which made people grasp the situation.
Tang Haiquan felt aggrieved, not to mention losing a proud disciple. It was a rare attack on a city in the past hundred years, but it ended in failure, and he was punished by the gang leader.
Now, being scolded by Tang Haishan in front of everyone, I naturally feel even more uncomfortable.
At this time, he saw that everyone on the scene seemed to be leaning towards the theory that the Du family had been framed, so he blurted out: "Humph! Your Du family is declining day by day. It is extremely difficult to assassinate my disciples of the Tang Gang. It is natural that some mistakes will happen.
It is also commensurate with your strength."
"Besides, you Dufu disciples have been plotted against many times in the past. Among all the ASEAN families, you are the only one in Dufu who is at odds with our Tang Clan. Naturally, we suspect that our Tang Clan is responsible, but we can't prove it, so we retaliate in kind.
My apprentice!"
Du Zhitu chuckled twice, looked at Tang Haiquan, and said calmly: "Fellow Taoist Haiquan, in recent months, my disciples in the Du Mansion have been repeatedly plotted against, and I have indeed suspected that it was the work of your gang. But even if my Du Mansion wants to retaliate in kind,
I will definitely not be stupid enough to take revenge at this time. If so, wouldn’t I tell the world that it is my Du Mansion that is taking revenge? Fellow Daoist Haiquan, if you think like this, you are playing into the wishful thinking of the real mastermind!”
"this……"
Tang Haiquan was speechless. He already knew that it was unlikely to be the fault of Du Mansion, but someone else deliberately instigated it. So when Du Zhitu said this, he naturally lost his excuse.
"Shut up!" Tang Haishan stood up in a swoop and glared at Tang Haiquan, "I think you are confused by your unsatisfactory apprentice! You can't even see such an obvious flaw. How dare he, the Du family, to murder someone?"
Am I a disciple of the Tang Clan? I’m confused!”
After scolding Tang Haiquan, Tang Haishan turned around and bowed his hands to Tong Lao and Du Zhimu, saying: "Leader, Mu Lao. Now it seems that this matter is indeed the negligence of our Tang Gang. Hai Quan and he are all because of the tragic loss of their disciples."
I was angry for a moment and fell into the thief's trick. Afterwards, I felt that the matter still needed to be considered, so I severely punished Hai Quan."
Having said that, Tang Haishan glared at the heads of other families, his angry eyes especially on Sun Batian of Sunjiapu, Shangguan Leng of Shangguan Pavilion, and Wang Feng of Shawangzong. He deliberately stayed for a while, domineeringly
Outside, he hummed: "My Tang Gang will definitely get to the bottom of this matter! You dare to act wildly on our Tang Gang's head, huh! You are all impatient with life!"
The people who were being glared at were not afraid, snorted coldly, and turned away.
And Sun Batian, who had thick eyebrows and big eyes, hummed: "I can't protect my disciples, so what's the use of just yelling and bluffing people here, hum!"
Tang Bang and Sunjiabao are the two strongest forces in ASEAN besides Wumen, and they have always been at odds with each other.
Tang Haiquan glared at Sun Batian and asked: "Is it your Sun Family Fort? How brave!"
"Hmph! I, Sun Jiabao, act openly and aboveboard. I am not like some shameless people who will do some dirty things. Now that someone is treating someone else the same way as someone else, I keep yelling everywhere.
.Hmph! Incompetent." Sun Batian responded.
Snap!
Snap!
There were two slamming sounds on the table, followed by two slight cracking sounds. The tables and chairs in the Wuhun Palace were made from iron birch trees that were thousands of years old and were extremely hard. Now, after being slapped casually, they actually cracked.
.
"Shut up!" Mr. Tong said angrily, and stopped Tang Haishan, who was also slamming the table and preparing to show off his power.
Not only is Tong Lao the leader of ASEAN, he is also a cultivator, and his strength is far superior to anyone else in the hall.
After all, Tong Lao is a Qiankun realm martial arts cultivator, which is not at the same level as the Divine Dao realm. Even the arrogant Tang Haishan and Sun Batian have to be honest in front of Tong Lao.
"A temporary quarrel is nothing more than a woman's doing. You are also the leaders of a large family, so why are you so unworthy of your status?" Mr. Tong looked around the crowd and reprimanded.
Du Zhimu and Du Zhitu finally put their minds down. Seeing that the matter had been settled, Du Zhimu stood up and said: "Alliance leader, this time the Tang Gang attacked the three cities of our Du Mansion without authorization and suffered huge losses. I alone, Du Zhimu,
As a result, nearly 500 disciples of the government were killed, and more than 600 were injured, and the city was completely destroyed. I have to ask the Tang Gang to give me, the Du Mansion, an explanation for this matter!"
Mr. Tong calmed down his anger, thought for a while, then looked at Tang Haishan and said: "This matter is indeed the Tang Gang's fault. Haishan, you yourself have admitted that it is your Tang Gang's fault. Just tell me, this matter
How to deal with it.”
Tang Haishan was miserable and full of anger, but now it was all in vain. He even lost his wife and lost his troops. He handed over his hands and said: "Leader, although this matter is the fault of our Tang Gang, but the traitor is too cunning.
, deceived our Tang Gang. Besides, the Du Mansion suffered losses, and our Tang Gang’s losses were not small either. It can be said that the two parties are settled."
"Liang Qing?" Du Zhimu stood up abruptly and said angrily, "Your Tang Gang was deceived and attacked the city of Du Mansion, causing the loss of hundreds of lives in Du Mansion. How can you clear both sides? It is simply ridiculous!"
"The logic of Gang Leader Tang's settlement is really unique. No wonder such a simple trick can be deceived, haha." Sun Batian did not miss the opportunity to ridicule Tang Haishan.
Tang Haishan glared at Sun Batian, turned to Du Zhimu and asked, "What do you want?"
Before Du Zhimu could answer, Sun Batian said first: "According to our ASEAN agreement, if we send troops to attack our allies without authorization, we will at least compensate the other party for all losses, and at worst, cede territory to make amends!"
As soon as these words came out, Tang Haishan looked angry, but he didn't know what to say.
"From what I see." At this time, Jiuyi, the master of the Nine Halls, looked at the crowd and interrupted, "The Tang Clan lost its disciple, and it is understandable that the Tang Clan was so sad that it failed to think clearly. Everyone is
ASEAN allies should be united and understand each other. Therefore, it is better to put peace as the most important thing and Gang Leader Tang can just give some compensation."
"Yes, yes! Everyone thinks peace is the most important thing. We are the backbone of ASEAN, why should we be angry." Hu Yan, the leader of the Yan tribe, also said.
Jiudian and the Yan Clan have always followed the Tang Gang, and at this time, they naturally spoke to the Tang Gang.
"Hmph! What a man who values peace and who is also a backbone of our ASEAN. Did Gang Leader Tang ever think about this when he attacked the Du Mansion?" Shangguanlou said sarcastically.
Jiuyi Han laughed twice, shook the fat all over his body, and said with a smile: "At that time, the Tang Gang was just grieving for a moment. When any of us is overly hurt, we will always do impulsive things."
"If that's the case, wouldn't everyone be able to use this excuse in the future? It's just impulsive. Hmph! If it means destroying your entire clan on impulse, are you willing?" Sun Batian glared at Jiuyi and said unceremoniously.
"Okay." Mr. Tong interrupted again. After thinking for a while, he said, "This matter is indeed the fault of the Tang Gang. In my opinion, I will compensate the Du Mansion for 50,000 taels of gold and silver each. Zhimu, Haishan, you guys
What do you think?"
Although the Tang Gang could afford fifty thousand taels of gold and silver, it was too shabby. The Tang Gang had not suffered such a dumb loss in hundreds of years.
"Let the leader decide everything." Of course Du Zhimu had no objection and just said with a hand.
"That's it." After hesitating for a moment, Tang Haishan had no choice but to say.
However, he immediately said softly: "You disciples of Du Mansion are too weak. Five hundred people died in just two hits, huh."
Tang Haishan didn't know whether he was laughing at Du Fu's incompetence or feeling pity for his fifty thousand taels of gold and silver.
"Everyone!" Tong Lao's voice was like a bell, once again focusing the attention of everyone present, and said sternly, "We in ASEAN have already agreed to prohibit allies from killing each other! We, the Wumen, will definitely investigate the three recent assassinations and get to the bottom of it.
Punish the murderer severely! In addition, Haishan, if you find out the murderer of your Tang Clan disciple, remember! Don’t take action without authorization. You must inform Wumen and Mogu before making a decision!"
"Okay." Under Tong Lao's attention, Tang Haishan nodded reluctantly.
Mr. Tong withdrew his gaze with satisfaction and added: "The Eastern and Western alliances have been at odds for a long time. The reason why ASEAN has been able to enjoy such a long period of peace and prosperity is because of the sincere unity of all of us to jointly defend against the enemy. We must not lose the big for the small.
"
"Yes!" Everyone present said in unison.
After everything was done, Mr. Tong stood up and said with a smile: "Today's elders' meeting will be here. It's rare for you all to get together, so you can stay a few more days in this deep mountain and old forest. By the way, the new meeting will be held in three years.
You must be well prepared for the upcoming Alliance Leaders Tournament."