Zhang Ze pointed at Xiangfei, "Is she your relative? Is she your daughter?"
Liu Daozi, "No..."
Zhang Ze nodded and continued, "Then is the Emperor your illegitimate son?"
Liu Daozi, "Nonsense, how could I have such a foolish son!"
Zhang Ze shrugged, "See, you said it yourself. Since neither of them has anything to do with you, what does my affair with Xiangfei have to do with you? Aren’t you just ddling?"
Liu Daozi, "..."
Xiangfei, "..."
Xiangfei listened to Zhang Ze’s rhetoric and frowned thoughtfully, feeling like she needed to be more brainy.
"Yeah, what does this have to do with ? I... wait! Still not right! I am the inspector of Bianjing; overseeing evildoers and patrolling Bianjing is my duty! How can this not be related to ?"
Liu Daozi almost got tangled up by Zhang Ze.
Zhang Ze looked at Liu Daozi questioningly, "If you are still the inspector of Bianjing, then go ahead and arrest now, unless you don’t dare."
These words stabbed into Liu Daozi’s heart like a knife.
He counted his sins.
First, his steed killed His Majesty, a capital offense.
Second, his apprentice killed Hidden Guards and fled the palace; as a ntor, negligence in teaching, a near capital offense.
Third, falsely transmitting the ancestor’s decree, misleading the two Grand Chief Eunuchs, concealing the truth of His Majesty’s assassination, a capital offense.
Fourth, falsely transmitting the ancestor’s decree again, deceiving the South Port guard, potentially causing irreparable damage to the ancestor’s grand plan, the gravest of offenses.
Liu Daozi remained silent for a long ti, then looked up at Zhang Ze and squeezed out two words.
"I dare not."
"There you have it; things have reached this point and are irreparable. You’re betraying Liang Song, and I’m stealing Xiangfei; we both have a bright future.
"If you kill now and drag back to Bianjing, what good will it do you?
"So just let it go.
"There is no real animosity between us; it’s all just one misunderstanding after another. Why not let bygones be bygones and move forward together towards a new tomorrow?"
Zhang Ze’s manipulative words were layered, even the two Dragon Steeds were dumbfounded.
It’s just that they couldn’t speak; otherwise, they would probably say, ’You make it sound so good, but isn’t all of this your doing?’
Old Liu was feasting and living well in the Imperial City until you stirred things up, how could it end like this?
Unfortunately, they couldn’t speak.
Although Liu Daozi felt nauseated by Zhang Ze’s words, he knew that continuing the fight would gain nothing but satisfaction for his pride.
He sighed and said, "Alright, cooperation then, but you must return the ox to first."
Zhang Ze shook his head at the words, "No return, I didn’t steal it; Old Cyan Ox is willing to go with ."
Liu Daozi, "?"
Zhang Ze, "Why are you looking at like that? Don’t believe it? Ask it yourself and see whom it wants to follow?"
Liu Daozi turned to look at Old Cyan Ox, who also looked at him.
Although Liu Daozi had wronged Old Cyan Ox by not letting it retire, they had andered through decades together; to say there weren’t feelings would be untrue.
But the last bit of tenderness in Old Cyan Ox’s eyes was quickly destroyed by Liu Daozi himself.
To win back Old Cyan Ox, Liu Daozi began reminiscing about their glorious past.
Reminiscing turned out to be a bad idea; it was all painful mories.
Whether it was twisting its ankle on East Mountain or getting cut on South Mountain, Liu Daozi spoke with deep emotion, making the old wounds on Old Cyan Ox’s rear ache.
After Liu Daozi finished, Old Cyan Ox didn’t return to his embrace but instead snorted unhappily and then turned to look at Zhang Ze.
Zhang Ze said nothing but gestured so numbers.
Seven, nine, five, ten, one.
This was the deal Zhang Ze had previously made with Old Cyan Ox.
aning, after Old Cyan Ox settled in White Jade County, it would receive a lifelong mbership for the Seven Stars massage wellness program.
While enjoying a nine-acre top luxury private ox manor, accompanied by a custom Five Elents nutritional plan.
Finally, a ten-person professional team would be on standby around the clock, wholeheartedly serving the ox only.
All designed for retirent.
Once Zhang Ze finished gesturing, Old Cyan Ox decisively trotted behind Zhang Ze.
Liu Daozi, "..."
No one knew if it was exhaustion or if Zhang Ze and Old Cyan Ox’s choices had sapped his spirit.
Looking at the slightly aggrieved look in Old Cyan Ox’s eyes, he suddenly lost his temper, letting go of many things.
Let it be, let it be, it’s best for everyone to part amicably.
Although, reaching this age, showing weakness was impossible, so his words remained stubborn.
"If you hadn’t fled here, how could we have been trapped by the Nine Huis?" Liu Daozi added another complaint.
Zhang Ze was sowhat speechless, "Really? If you hadn’t chased , would I have needed to flee?"
Liu Daozi, "So it’s my fault then?"
Zhang Ze, "Well, isn’t it?"
Liu Daozi, "But my ox..."
Xiangfei saw that the two were about to bicker endlessly again. She softly said, "Lord Liu, what is this ’Nine Huis’ you ntioned just now?"
Liu Daozi glanced at Xiangfei and sighed again, "I am no longer Lord Liu; Liu Daozi is also dead, so let’s drop that title."
Finding a green stone to sit on, he looked up at the gloomy sky, glanced at the surrounding mist, and said.
"The Nine Huis is part of the Human Emperor’s ascension ceremony."
Later, Liu Daozi, who no longer cared about anything, went on to tell Zhang Ze and Xiangfei all he knew about the Human Emperor Banner and the ceremony related to it.
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