The road from Africa to Europe

Chapter 317 Fire at the city gate
Jiao Shangshu was startled, feeling a little bad.

Because this is a case of extermination, the degree of hatred is relatively high.

Did someone find the problem and come to the door?So what to do?
At this moment, he knew one thing, he could never admit this accusation.

You must know that the other party may come to take revenge, and it is very likely that they will kill someone if they disagree.

Even if someone killed him, some people would say that he deserved it. Who told him to kill the whole family?
And as the first person to see this killer, he must be very careful no matter how he looks at it.

His brain was running fast, because he felt that the murderous intent was coming, he didn't want to die, absolutely didn't want to die.

It's hard to change from a poor boy to a prosperous Shangshu, and he will live a few more years no matter what.

After discovering Ling Xiao, he was a little surprised, a little scared, and more of an unspeakable anger, not knowing how outsiders got in.

But he quickly tried to pretend that he was not very scared, and secretly warned himself not to let the other party see that he was a little scared.

He who has been sitting pretending to be forced to find it is more difficult for him to stand up, because he kneeled for too long and his feet are very numb.

At this moment, he was a little annoyed that he didn't stand up immediately after seeing Ling Xiao coming in just now, and he was still kneeling there, and now he couldn't get up at all.

"What are you talking about? The old man has never done such a thing! How could it be possible that I did the thing that destroyed people, does it have anything to do with me?"

When he spoke, his originally relatively low voice became high-pitched, even a little hoarse, and his voice was broken, and his eyeballs were constantly moving.

After these years of court battles, he has long been used to stumbling and splashing dirty water on his opponents, and he will grab a weak point of his opponents and chase them fiercely until he wins the final victory.

Ling Xiao didn't say anything after watching it, but looked at the other party quietly, while Jiao Shangshu continued to yell, trying to delay time, because he knew that his opponent was terrible and might be dead.

He wanted to stand up, so that he could at least avoid a frontal attack, but soon found that he was pointed at by Ling Xiao's knife, making him unable to speak for a while, and none of the servants could be seen.

"You..." Jiao Shangshu looked at the other party, and found that his voice was supposed to be very loud, but no one came. This situation made his heart ache like being poured with boiling oil. He was a little anxious, and the cold sweat on his forehead come out.

Then I saw Ling Xiao chuckled, and then looked at him with a bit of sarcasm and said: "Jiao Shangshu, you are really a nobleman who forgets things too much, the great flood that broke out in the 12 years of Xuanping has never passed How many years should be remembered, all these years you have been lighting the ever-burning lamp in the temple."

Jiao Shangshu was shocked when he heard that Xuan Ping was 12 years old, and he even felt like jumping up immediately. Even if he didn't jump up, his body was a little backward. He looked at Ling Xiao carefully, and then said: "You are from the Tao family, right? It’s really audacious to go to the official’s house to find trouble, how can I be afraid of you?”

"The Tao family? Why do you think I only represent the Tao family? You must know that in that flood, not only most of the Tao family died in the flood, but more people from the county where the Tao family lived died in the flood together. . " Ling Xiao said, there was something in this remark, which was very meaningful.

Jiao Shangshu has completely calmed down at this moment. At first, Ling Xiao's inexplicable appearance in his study shocked him very much. This elusive way made him think of one word: weird!Next, I want to make Ling Xiao think that he is a little silly for being scared.

As a person who can climb to the top, he is naturally not a fool. After he became an official, he began to strengthen his self-protection. Especially in the study room, there are many people hiding in the dark, and those who feel that they are coming should come.

He didn't want to continue chatting with Ling Xiao any more, and watched Ling Xiao suddenly laugh. Together with this laughter, Ling Xiao suddenly thought that he was mentally ill, so he watched his changes with a bit of vigilance.

His smile became distorted, his eyes turned red, and his voice returned to normal volume, "That's something that can't be helped, it can only be said that they are destined to die."

Ling Xiao looked at him and said, "Sure enough, your own interests are the most important thing in your heart. Anyone or anything that hinders you must be removed."

Jiao Shangshu glanced at Ling Xiao, and naturally understood that the other party could see his thoughts, so there was a big problem, didn't she see his intentions?
At this moment, he was a little anxious, he didn't know who his opponent was, and he was a little worried that his backhand would be completely useless, so he would have no way out.

But he knew that it didn't matter whether the person coming was from the Tao family or not?But after speaking of Xuan Ping 12 years later, he is his enemy, as long as he comes, he will be killed.

"Of course, in order to avenge my family who died in vain, I spent a lot of effort and time to find the best opportunity to get rid of them in one fell swoop."

"Those who died in the flood with the Tao family can only say that their fate was bad." Jiao Shangshu said ruthlessly.

"Oh! Is that so? Then you really have a double standard. If your family dies, you want to take revenge, but if someone else's dies, you deserve it?"

"I have a saying for you: good will be rewarded with good, and evil will be rewarded with evil; it's not that you don't repay, the time has not yet come, and the time will come."

He obviously didn't want to hear this sentence, and stared at Ling Xiao, his eyes were red, and his body began to tremble.

It was as if the whole person suddenly turned into a fighting bull, or the kind of bull that was on the verge of madness.

He absolutely does not allow any bad news!There was nothing wrong with what he did, they were the ones who were wrong.

It is obvious that people from the Tao family used their power to suppress other people, causing natural disasters again and again.

What he did was doing justice for the heavens!He does not allow others to say retribution!
He suddenly stood up and roared, "How dare you say that."

At this moment, he completely forgot that his legs were numb from the pressure.

Standing up abruptly, he wobbled a bit and almost fell.

Fortunately, he still tried to stand up straight.

Ling Xiao didn't do anything after putting away the sword, watching from the sidelines.

Seeing this scene, Jiao Shangshu secretly felt complacent, this person is too tender.

If it was him who came to settle accounts, he would take advantage of the inconvenient time to do it.

Instead of looking at it with a stupid look now, just talking and not doing it.

After a while he catches that fool, he can teach that person well, and learn to be smarter in his next life.

Of course, at this moment, he still deliberately showed an angry face, and the whole person looked very hot-tempered.

In fact, he himself has been observing Ling Xiao, wanting to see what's going on, but Ling Xiao is very funny and a little distracted.

If Jiao Shangshu used the comic version of portraits at this moment, even his hair should be drawn standing up at this moment.

His nostrils are constantly fluttering, and a little bit of fire is painted on it. His whole image is like an angry bull, angry and excited.

At this moment, Ling Xiao, who was thinking happily, didn't change much on her face. After passing through so many worlds, she was able to perfectly control her expression.

After Jiao Shangshu read it, he felt that Ling Xiao hadn't changed much, as if the whole person was stunned by Jiao Shangshu's appearance, which made him feel like she couldn't react at all.

He roared loudly on purpose, "The Tao family should be blamed for all of this. If it wasn't for the Tao family, why would there be a flood in other places for so many years, but there is no Tao family?"

At this moment, he felt that he was the embodiment of truth. Ling Xiao had to take a step back, because when the other party spoke, saliva was sprayed everywhere, which made her a little incompetent. This person thought he was very capable?

Then I heard Jiao Shangshu yelling angrily, "I can see that something is wrong. In order to protect their homeland, the Tao family must have sent dog legs to destroy the embankment and let my family die in the flood."

Ling Xiao heard this and looked at him. In her mind, this kind of person really makes people feel wrong. If the Tao family really made a mistake, they should be brought to justice instead of thinking that they are the law enforcers.

All right!Even if Jiao Shangshu thinks that the Tao family is very powerful and the officials protect each other, it can even affect the situation of the government, so that ordinary people cannot get justice.

That is to say, it is impossible to avenge his family through formal channels, and he can only try to avenge himself, so Ling Xiao understands this kind of revenge.

Even Ling Xiao's Three Views would agree with the victims thinking about revenge, but it doesn't mean that Jiao Shangshu can hurt so many people because of the facts he thought.

Before Jiao Shangshu started his own revenge, he should first investigate the truth and find out who the real enemy is.

And she always believes that victims can take revenge in a suitable way, but please don't hurt innocent passers-by in the process of revenge.

The means used in the process of revenge are very vicious, and the method is to use everything to the extreme, and will not hesitate to hurt innocent people.

In Ling Xiao's view, the person who did that was not considered a good person, and was even no different from the original perpetrator.

She glanced at Jiao Shangshu, his face was still a little distorted at the moment, obviously he was extremely angry.

But when Ling Xiao faced him with a ferocious face, there was nothing worth panicking about.

Jiao Shangshu looked at Ling Xiao with countless anger in his heart, but he felt bad.

At this moment Ling Xiao said slowly: "I want to ask one thing."

Jiao Shangshu hesitated for a moment and then said, "Then may I ask?"

He didn't want the other party to feel his hesitation at all.

But Ling Xiao saw it clearly, she was very quiet at the moment.

"You kept saying that after the flood, the Tao family broke the embankment to release water in order to keep their home."

"So, you saw all this with your own eyes?" Ling Xiao asked the question very bluntly.

In fact, sometimes what you see with your own eyes is not necessarily the truth, let alone if you don't see it with your own eyes.

Ling Xiao naturally wanted to find out the source of Jiao Shangshu's news. Some accusations were easy to say, and they were all lies.

After hearing this, Jiao Shangshu was stunned for a moment, and suddenly became a little dazed, because he didn't see it directly.

But he said, "No, but isn't this a matter of course? Why have floods occurred in other counties, but not in Tao's place?"

When he was questioning, his eyeballs were red, and he was a little more angry at the moment, and his whole person was like a bull that wanted to go crazy even more, and something was wrong.

He also found out that Ling Xiao was not an assassin who killed people as soon as he came up. Jiao Shangshu looked very crazy, but he still knew it in his heart. He found himself completely isolated.

The bodyguards who were supposed to run over to save his life upon hearing the commotion he just made did not show up, and even the servants who were supposed to appear in the study room have disappeared.

Then if he is afraid of being controlled by others, he can only save himself, and assassins, as the Tao family, generally will not let him go. Also delay for a while,
Maybe someone will come to see him when he thinks of him, then he may survive. At this moment, Jiao Shangshu suddenly thought of a lot, and among them was a face.

He is also considered an old fox-level character, and he quickly realized that if they came to the door with a big stab, there must be some unknown trump card, and he would find them to settle the score.

Jiao Shangshu felt something was wrong, he thought: people can do anything when they are alive, but everything is for nothing when they die, he must try his best to survive.

At this moment, his mentality has changed, and Ling Xiao naturally felt that the other party had no fear at first because of the blessing of anger.

But after a long time, he still wants to live deep in his heart. If it is said that his goal of surviving in the first place is to avenge himself.

But with the passage of time, his heart, which was originally focused on revenge, has been distorted a lot and mixed with more things.

During the revenge process, he didn't think about knowing more about the situation, and forgot that he was also a child of a poor family.

Using means and methods that he should hate, in fact, he became the person he once hated.

Ling Xiao looked at him, and said word by word: "The Tao family didn't break the embankment to release the water."

"The reason why there is no breach of the embankment is because the embankment is well repaired."

Jiao Shangshu shook his head when he heard it, he would never believe it.

He only believes in his own ideas. "You're talking nonsense!"

"As the Tao family, of course I will speak for the Tao family."

"Nonsense, aren't you also looking for reasons for what you do?"

After hearing what Ling Xiao said, Jiao Shangshu would never believe it.

"In fact, even if I get evidence to prove what I said, you won't believe it."

"Because in this case, you are a person who has done a lot of things wrong."

"The ghosts of the Tao family will come to you, and other non-Tao family members who died in the flood will also come to you."

There is a saying that goes well: A fire at the city gate brought disaster to the fish in the pond, and too many people died because of Jiao Shangshu.

If they knew the reason behind this, they would definitely hate him to death, because he even had the wrong reason for revenge.

Ling Xiao looked at Jiao Shangshu. After a daze, he said, "Why do other people's deaths have anything to do with me? I'm just taking revenge!"

Ling Xiao looked at him and laughed for a long time, she said: "I checked the Jiao family, you lost all your family members, sold all the land in the family to go to school, finally succeeded in the imperial examination, became an official, married a wife and had children, the Jiao family Develop little by little."

While talking, she took out a stack of papers, looked at it and said, "Look, this is the family property of your Jiao family over the years, tsk tsk tsk! It can be said that the family property of the Jiao family is rising in a straight line. Tell me, how could it be?" So rich? The salaries of officials are not that much at all.”

She was amazed at the moment, and then said: "Then it means that the salary of the officials will definitely prevent the Jiao family from becoming so rich, let alone your wife's dowry. I also checked the so-called dowry list, and there are not so many at all. money."

"Let me see, the Jiao family took a fancy to the Lu family's property, so they got rid of the Lu family's men, and then took the Lu family's young lady in as a concubine."

Speaking of this, she looked at Jiao Shangshu with a chill in her eyes, which is to use her own rights to ignore all other people's feelings.

"The young lady of the Lu family hanged herself after she found out the truth, but the Jiao family has gone bankrupt. Didn't you say that you are a good person?"

Jiao Shangshu's eyes widened when he heard this, he really didn't know about this, he was busy going to court every day.

But he also knew it was wrong, but he didn't dare to admit it, "You are talking nonsense! You actually framed the imperial court official!"

"What nonsense, the Jiao family will get better and better these years, haven't you thought about it yourself?"

When Jiao Shangshu heard this, he was a little unwilling to believe that it was true, not true.

He thought he was doing the right thing, how could this happen?

The Tao family must be lying, he will never admit that the Jiao family did something wrong.

This is absolutely unacceptable, of course, if there is, he will not admit it.

Because this means that his previous rhetoric has become empty words, which absolutely cannot be admitted.

Ling Xiao watched his face change, like a palette, obviously the whole person was struggling.

She still kept watching quietly, although Jiao Shangshu would categorically deny it, but he must have a lot of doubts deep in his heart.

If he still has some conscience, he will be unable to pass the test of his own conscience, and will be very painful and desperate.

(End of this chapter)