Chapter Nineteenth: The Subcutaneous Needle of Noon and Midnight

  "Are you a disciple of Qiu Tianlin?" asked the Second Elder of Cangshan with a frown.

  "Yes, I am a disciple of Qiu Tianlin. This is the long sword given to me by my master." The man in black immediately drew out the long sword in his hand.

  "Not bad, it's Qiu Daochang's long sword." Sima Xiangru frowned and said.

  "Are you all from Qī Xīng Gōng?" asked the Second Cangshan.

  "No, only my senior brother and I are from the Seven Star Palace. The other three are from different sects. It was Zhao Tian Shan who deceived us into coming here. He's the one you killed. We were deceived by them. Everyone, please spare me and my senior brother for the sake of our master." The black-clad man begged. Meanwhile, the person beside him was clutching his left arm in pain, but didn't say a word.

  "What about Qī Xīng Gōng?" Shàng Guān Lín Qīng also frowned, looking at the two who had not yet died, apparently finding it somewhat troublesome.

  "Uncle, what's wrong?" asked Yaogua.

  "Young one, if it were as usual, these two would be guilty of a grave crime. However, we four have been through the Seven Star Palace before and received great kindness from the palace master, so..." The Second Elder of Cangshan frowned and said.

  As soon as he heard Er Qing's words, Yao Jiao also knew why and understood the difficulties of the four people. Therefore, he slowly walked to the front of the two black-clothed men.

  As Yao Jiao walked forward, everyone looked at him. After all, he was the one who had been wronged, and no one knew how he would handle it.

  "What's your name?" The demon king asked faintly.

  "My name is Yin Tianping, and this is my senior fellow disciple, Zhou Zhijing." The black-clad man said immediately.

  "Hmm, your senior brother has been pierced by my 'Zi Wu Transparent Bone Needle'. Within three days, at the hour of Zi or Wu, he will definitely suffer from piercing bone pain. Hmph, enjoy it yourself! Also, my door was broken by you people, and even my midnight dreams were disturbed. How do I calculate this?" Yao Jiao asked.

  "It's our fault, Master Yaojiao, spare us." Yin Tianping said immediately.

  "The door is broken and needs to be compensated, it's a loss of spirit. Considering you are from the Seven Star Palace, I won't ask you for compensation. Are you willing to compensate?" asked Yao Jiao with a frown.

  Seeing the old man with a demonic horn looking so majestic and awe-inspiring, the people behind him all had an urge to laugh, but in the end they still managed to hold it back.

  "Compensate, compensate!" Yin Tianping shouted on horseback.

  "Hmm, then bring 200,000 taels of silver," said the demon with a big grin.

  "Ah?" Yin Tianping felt a kind of foolishness on the spot. Two hundred thousand taels, is this wooden door worth that much money? Where do I have so much money?

  "What's wrong?" The demon king frowned and said.

  "I, I only have 300 taels of silver on me, where would I get that much?" Yin Tianping said with a sorrowful face.

  "Old Zhao, go and search for yourself, I don't believe it," said Yaojiao angrily.

  "Alright"

  Currently in a desperate situation, with no choice at all.

  "Old master, between the two of them, they only have a total of one thousand taels of silver." Old Zhao quickly searched them from head to toe.

  "Uh-huh, let's put it away for now," said Youjiao to Old Joe.

  "Old Chiao immediately picked up those one thousand two silver coins."

  "There's no money now, it doesn't matter, I'll just write an IOU, and I'm not afraid you won't pay up." The demon king said calmly: "Jianwu, go get the pen and ink."

  "Yes," said Jian Wu, and then he walked towards the study room.

  The Second Mount Heng and Sima Xiangru looked at the demon horn in shock, was this blackmail?

  "I, Yin Tianping of the Seven Stars Palace, owe Second Demon King twenty thousand taels of silver. I will repay in full within half a month. If one day late, the debt will double."

  "Alright, sign your name and write today's date on it." The demon king immediately placed the pen and ink in front of the two.

  The two of us are now in a situation where one is the cutting board and the other is the fish to be cut, there's no way out, can only sign first and talk later. Two hundred thousand taels, how can this be repaid?

  After signing and stamping, the demon king carefully put away the paper and looked at the two again.

  "Today, well, the five of you deliberately came to abduct me. No matter who led the way, in the past, I would have taken you to the Ministry of Justice, where you would have suffered countless cruel tortures and died. However, considering the face of my elder brother, your death sentence can be commuted, but not your punishment for a crime that is still punishable by law. You may leave." said Yao Jiao.

  "Huh?" Not just the two men in black, but also the group from the Second Cyan Mountain, were staring at Yao Jiao with a strange expression. What's going on? Why did they let them go?

  "Thank you" Yin Tianping was not stupid at this time, he helped Zhou Zhi Jing up and ran to the corner of the wall, pushing him out first, and then immediately followed suit.

  Seeing the two of them easily jumping out of the small courtyard, the demon's horn became gloomy again. What is this wall for?

  "What's this 'death can be pardoned but life cannot be spared' business?" Lin Qing suddenly said with a smile.

  "It will be clear tomorrow," said the demon king faintly.

  "Wow wow wow, you're still selling suspense!" Upper Official Lin Qing laughed and said.

  "Old Qiao, Old Wang, you two get rid of the corpses of these three men in black," said Yaojiao, turning his head to face the two shopkeepers.

  "Yes," they replied respectfully at once.

  "Ah, right, before we deal with them, let's search their bodies for silver tickets first," the demon horn said again.

  "Yes," they replied again.

  Sima Xiangru, Zi Huaiyu and Shangguan Linqing were shocked, this second demon horn was indeed different from the others, not even sparing a dead man's money.

  "Great uncle, why don't you all go sit in the house?" said Yao Jiao.

  "Alright then." The Second Young Master of Cangshan nodded and smiled.

  Jian Wu also walked into the house, quickly lit the candles, and immediately brought tea water from the right wing of the surprised servants to pour tea for everyone. Everyone sat down in the living room.

  "Just now it was dark and I couldn't see, I didn't think that what you said was true, she is indeed a peerless beauty" Shangguan Linqing's eyes shone brightly as he looked at Sword Dance with a smile.

  Jian Wu stood behind the chair of Yao Jiao with a somewhat embarrassed expression.

  "Yao'er, this is one of the four great scholar families in Da Zhou Guo that you and I mentioned earlier, Shangguan Linqing from the Shangguan family. From now on, let's call her Aunt Linqing." The Second Cangshan introduced.

  "It's too annoying to call you aunt, so I'll just call you sister"

  "Cut it out, you think you can still be a leading lady with that attitude? Don't you see...?" Sima Xiangru laughed and scolded, but was shut down by Shangguan Lingqing's fierce glare before he could finish speaking.

  "Great Uncle, you said earlier that you were going to pick up Lin Qing's aunt, what's going on?" the demon horned one asked strangely.

  "It's not her, she has to come back in the middle of the night and says there's atmosphere at night." Zi Huaiyu smiled.

  "In our Great Zhou Empire, the imperial family and the four great aristocratic families' children must all serve in the military when they come of age. The three of us have already served in the military, Lin Qing was a bit later than us, so he just returned from his service." Second Master Cangshan said after taking a sip of tea.

  "Serve in the army?" The demon's horns became even more bizarre.

  "Come to think of it, that first black-clad man, the one who was stabbed through the heart with a sword, was he killed by Sword Dance?" Upper Official Lin Qing suddenly thought back to earlier events and asked in surprise.

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  Third update, everyone, it's late at night and I'm outside, so it's not convenient to upload. This is the last update for today, I hope you can give me a recommendation vote.