Encountering Assassination

  After the order was restored, the king came with his ministers and saw the mess on the ground and the food on people's heads. He didn't know what to do either. First, he scolded a few of the dukes who had caused trouble: "You're so full that you're looking for trouble! You don't even let me have a peaceful holiday!" These guys were the twelve great lords from the west, who had been guarding several provinces there for generations and responded to the king's orders with perfunctory courtesy, not taking the king seriously at all. The king had long wanted to deal with them but never had the chance, now he finally had the opportunity to scold them severely. After he finished scolding, he took the opportunity to cut off many of their privileges. Our several big families and their factions were different, we stood on the side of the king, and soon drove them out of the capital to go home and reflect!

  Drive these annoying guys away, the king's mood improved a lot, and asked loudly: "Is Xiao Wu of the Long family here?"

  "What's going on?" I'm quite puzzled, what's the point of looking for me if nothing's wrong?

  "Good! It's really you!" said the king.

  "What's going on?" The poor Taoist was confused.

  "This time it's you who did it!" The king said with certainty

  "Why?"

  "It's all because of you! Everything that happens is related to you, no! It should be said that it's all your doing!"

  "Unfair! You're being biased!" The poor monk retorted cunningly

  "No, this is experience! My years of experience! Who else but you would dare to turn my New Year's banquet into this?" the king said with a smile.

  "What's this! How did I know! Obviously it was done by everyone together, how come I'm being blamed?"

  "Your Majesty! Look at him, he's so clean, it can't be him, right?" At the critical moment, it was still the queen who spoke up for me.

  "Could it be that I was wrong?" The king looked at poor Xixi and said to me.

  "Your Majesty! You are wise! It's this kid!" Ishihara Kuma cried: "He has seriously injured my eldest son again, Your Majesty, please do justice for me!"

  "What's going on?" the king asked me

  "It's like this, my mount was startled by the fighting sounds and ran wildly everywhere. Shi Yuan, that wolf-like man, attacked my mount with his hand, and that crazy beast got injured. I didn't even touch him!"

  "Nonsense! How could a Golden Warrior like him be injured by a mad bear? It's clearly your doing!" Ishihara Kuma didn't plan to let me off the hook.

  "It's possible that he underestimated the situation, and with the mad bear's great strength, it's also possible that he got hurt!" The poor Daoist said irresponsibly: "If you want to blame someone, blame those who started the fight, who made my mount get startled?"

  Die for a friend, don't die for money; it's like that anyway, and such a big thing can't be covered up!

  "Who? Dare to fight here?" The king was diverted by my eloquent words.

  "It's me!" Ishihara Ni Lang and Long Qingyun walked out

  "It's you!" The king was surprised: "You two deputy commanders of the Imperial Guard, why are you fighting?"

  Under the king's pressing inquiry, the two hesitantly told the whole story from beginning to end.

  It was all because of a woman's jealousy. The heroine, Laila Kuresu, is the daughter of the White Tiger Army commander. She had set her sights on Shiina Niwolf, but his family is full of pretty boys, and our Ryū family is even more handsome than them. However, Shiina Niwolf dueled with me and was bedridden for half a year, causing Laila to lose a lot of money at the casino. She hated him for being useless, and after not seeing him for half a year, my older cousin took advantage of the situation and stole her away. After Shiina Niwolf recovered, he didn't leave his house; he was ashamed but then became brave, spending the past year training. My older cousin spent that time playing around, so their skills are now far apart. Today, Shiina Niwolf wanted to ask Laila to dance, but my older cousin intervened, and they started arguing. Originally, my older cousin wasn't good at verbal sparring, but now Shiina Niwolf had a weakness to exploit. My older cousin said, "Even a few-year-old kid can beat you, you idiot!" and completely won the argument. Enraged, Shiina Niwolf attacked, but my older cousin was better with his words than his fists, and he got beaten up, ending up with a black eye!

  "After hearing the story, Queen Wang said: 'Can't reason with others and then resort to violence! How barbaric!'"

  "Your Majesty, he was wrong to hit first, but the Long family has been too arrogant!" Ishihara Kuma said indignantly.

  "He merely spoke the truth!" The queen said

  "Then let them have a fair duel!" Ishihara Kuma said coldly.

  "No need!" Long Xiao Yun, my uncle and the commander of the Vermilion Bird Military Unit, asked my older cousin, "Was he beaten fairly?"

  "En!" The elder brother reluctantly nodded.

  My uncle rushed over and slapped him hard, knocking him to the ground. He scolded loudly: "You good-for-nothing! When I told you to practice your skills, what were you doing instead? Now you've disgraced me! Get back to Zhuque City, don't set foot outside for half a year. When you can find your way again, that's when you can come back and resume your duties. Otherwise, you'll die outside! Scram!"

  Older brother covered his face and left.

  "I admit defeat for today, let's have a rematch another time!" With that, Uncle also left.

  Everyone didn't expect things to turn out like this! Even my uncle, who is known for his fiery temper, has also gained some insight today! However, I can see that Uncle had no choice but to do what he did. If they really engaged in a duel, my cousin would either be killed or severely injured, and the possibility of death in such a duel with evenly matched opponents is extremely high. My uncle's actions were motivated by his desire to protect him!

  Korosuke Kuma II finally got the upper hand, but he didn't think of letting us off easily!

  "Haha! Victory and defeat are common things in war, why can't you let go? If we lose, would you still ask the children to die?"

  "Ugh! This dead thing is too detestable! I couldn't help but sneer: 'You're comparing to your own family? Being knocked down twice, lying in bed for half a year, and still going around flirting, fighting over women, how fierce!'"

  "You! You stinky little brat! Don't think that just because you have a few scrolls, you can take on the whole world!" Stone Original Second Wolf said angrily.

  "You've been beaten all over the world and still dare not acknowledge it? You're even more stupid than that! Forget it!"

  "Good! Is this what you said?" exclaimed Ishihara Kumaji

  "This! What's it got to do with anything!" The poor Taoist wants to lure the fish onto the hook, but pretends to be out of breath.

  "Hum! Does your family only know how to bully little kids?" Wang Hou retorted

  "Your Excellency, although he is young, the old master of the Long family has already allowed him to speak on behalf of the Long family! Therefore, if he does not apologize for his previous remarks, I will have someone engage in a duel with him without using scrolls!" Stone Original Bear Two said coldly.

  "Still dueling? Are you crazy? You've already fought twice!" The king said discontentedly: "And I haven't seen you win either?"

  "Your Majesty! Are we going to have a duel or something?" Ishihara Kuma said, "The duel of the Wekre Magic Teacher has nothing to do with our family!"

  "Alright! Even if it's unrelated!" The king said helplessly: "This time you're really going all out in this duel!"

  "Long live Your Majesty!"

  "Look! A shooting star!"

  "Duel if duel! Who's afraid of who?" Father is a comers refused: "Can I accept? I don't need to roll, you can use! How about it, come on!"

  Anyone with a brain knows that the Sword Saint basically ignores spells below level 7, and using scrolls on him is useless. As for single moves, there is one person in the Ishihara family who can rival his father - Ishihara Kojirou's uncle, the Dark Sword Saint Ishihara Koinu. However, Ishihara Koinu was defeated in a military martial arts tournament and had his appearance ruined. He vowed not to leave the mountain until he avenged this grudge. Now, he secretly commands and trains the Ishihara family's assassin organization - the Black Dragon Society. So, he is someone who cannot be seen in public, and even if he comes out, it's not certain that he will win. He is already the last hope of the Ishihara family, so they won't easily mobilize him!

  "What are you meddling in the affairs of children for?" Ishihara Kuma said: "If you're afraid, have your child come to my house and apologize! And be polite about it!"

  "How about you go die and apologize to me? No way!" The poor Taoist saw that the matter had already become a settled case, so he didn't pretend anymore and scolded loudly: "Just your family's few wolf dogs! Are they worthy of teaching lessons to someone like me? Truly ignorant of life and death!"

  "You little scamp! Your Majesty, did you see that? He actually dares to insult the minister!" Ishihara Kuma exclaimed in anger: "I must teach him a good lesson!"

  "Ugh! Headache! You little scamp! All you know is to cause trouble! Can't you go a few days without causing me trouble or do you get indigestion?!" The king said to me.

  "No way? He's clearly looking for trouble!" The poor monk won't admit it.

  "This time you asked for it!" The king said viciously: "A duel without quarter! Are you up to it?"

  "If the opponent is Shiina Shirou that idiot! No big deal!" I said confidently: "I'm just afraid he won't show up!"