The old man looked at Gu Xiuyun with a cold light in his eyes, but after thinking for a long time, he still did not take action.
He also knew something about the feud between the two. When the news of Gu Xiuyun's death spread throughout the city, the reason was that Gu Xiuzhe forcibly imprisoned those guards, which caused misunderstanding.
Even the fourth branch of the Gu family sent people into the dungeon to confirm the death, but Gu Xiuzhe stopped them.
This is how the hatred between each other was forged.
Even if this matter was brought before the elders of the Gu clan, Gu Xiuzhe would not take the matter seriously. Instead, he would take some blame. Therefore, when the old man came here, he would not ask any questions and directly took action, intending to capture him in one fell swoop. Gu Xiuyun deceived the matter.
Unexpectedly, Gu Xiuyun had broken through to the realm of opening pulses, and the spiritual power in his body was also extremely pure purple energy.
The Purple Qi Spiritual Vein in the Kai Pulse Realm, and the understanding of Ben Yun Hand, in terms of strength, are almost as good as the old man.
After all, the old man is only in the early stage of opening the pulse state, and he has two-color veins. Even if he masters an intermediate secret method, he can only barely outperform Gu Xiuyun and cannot suppress him.
"Tell me, how can you be willing to let him go?" The old man asked, suppressing his anger.
"Gu Xiuzhe imprisoned my guard and tortured him for a month. If I don't torture him, how can I be willing to do it?" Gu Xiuyun glanced in the air. Gu Xiuzhe had already fainted, but the guards had not stopped yet. .
After being imprisoned for a month, the guards suffered far more torture than Gu Xiuzhe. One can imagine the resentment in their hearts.
"Everyone is already unconscious, but you still think the torture is not enough?" The old man said with a cold expression, "Gu Xiuyun, my nephew just captured some guards. It's a trivial matter, so don't go too far."
"My man, what qualifications does he have to be imprisoned?" Gu Xiuyun stared at the old man to prevent him from making a sudden move and saved Gu Xiuzhe, "In addition, there are also demon blood and elixirs that I got from hunting in the city. , all went into his pocket, and the price was one million taels of gold."
"What nonsense are you talking about!" The old man's eyes widened.
For one million taels of gold, even if he sold Gu Xiuzhe, he couldn't afford to lose so much money.
"Do you think I'm bluffing you?" Gu Xiuyun glanced at the servant who was hiding in the distance and said, "I went out of the city this time and hunted more than a dozen monsters. I packed dozens of demon blood and elixirs. This baggage also includes a Pulse-Opening Realm monster. Although the monster is highly poisonous and its blood cannot be drunk, the poisonous blood can be used to refine poisonous arrows and hidden weapons, and I have collected a lot of them."
"If you don't believe it, go and search the residences and houses of Gu Xiuzhe and his subordinates. They can't spend such a large amount of property in just one month." Gu Xiuyun continued.
The old man frowned.
One million taels of gold is not a small number.
But it is very troublesome to verify this kind of thing. When the guards under Gu Xiuyun entered the city, the guards on the city wall saw it. If there was so much baggage, if it was all demon blood and elixir, it would be really valuable. million.
But if you think about it carefully, those guards came back a month ago. Gu Xiuyun a month ago was able to kill the Pulse Opening Realm monster?
Absolutely ridiculous.
In the old man's opinion, Gu Xiuyun's breakthrough to the pulse-opening realm must have been due to some opportunity recently.
A month ago? I am afraid that I am still in the early stage of Yuanling Pulse Cleansing Realm. How many monsters can I kill?
"Gu Xiuyun, you are opening your mouth like a lion. Don't even think about one million taels of gold. Let's settle this matter with one hundred thousand taels of gold." The old man said in a deep voice.
"In that case, let's wait for the Gu clan leader to come and save people in person!" Gu Xiuyun turned back and sat back on the recliner.
"Okay, very good!" The old man laughed angrily, "Gu Xiuyun, you are simply lawless."
After saying this, the old man left immediately. He wanted to see Look, when the Gu clan comes here, will Gu Xiuyun still dare to say such things?
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Good things don't go out, but bad things spread thousands of miles. The incident on the North City Wall quickly spread in Youning City.
"What, Gu Xiuzhe was tied up and tortured by a group of guards?"
"This is impossible, Gu Xiuyun has only been enlightened for a long time, how can he be Gu Xiuzhe's opponent?" , are you wrong?"
"It's absolutely impossible that Gu Xiuyun and that old guy Gu Qingbu are tied."
The rumors are flying in the sky, because it is too outrageous. Therefore, not many people believe it, but it is an indisputable fact that Gu Xiuzhe was tied into a rice dumpling with iron ropes and hung on the city wall.
The entire Youning City was boiling, and many practitioners from aristocratic families rushed to the north city wall to watch Gu Xiuzhe being tortured.
But by the time they arrived, the northern city wall was already empty.
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In the main line of the Gu family, a group of uncles and elders sat on both sides, staring gloomily at Gu Xiuyun, including many old people of Fengzi generation.
In the Gu Xiu clan, apart from the clan elders who opened Tianguan, the highest generation now is the Feng generation, followed by the Qing generation, such as Gu Qingzheng and Gu Qingyuan.
Further down, there are the youngest calligraphers.
As for the younger generation, they are still children today and cannot even go out of the courtyard.
The fourth uncle sat at the highest point in the palace, looking down at everyone.
"Gu Xiuyun, I heard that you tied up your clan brother and hung him from the North City Tower for torture. Is this true?" the fourth uncle said quietly.
"Old Ancestor, Xiuyun doesn't dare to hide it. This is indeed the case," Gu Xiuyun nodded, "But when it comes to the reason, it was forced by Gu Xiuzhe. If I hadn't been lucky enough to break through to the Pulse Opening Realm, I would have been killed at this moment. The one hanging on the city wall is Xiuyun!"
"Gu Xiuyun, what are you talking about?" Gu Qingbu shouted angrily.
"What, uncle, are you trying to cover up Gu Xiuzhe's crime?"
"Huh, in my opinion, it was you who bullied your fellow clansmen by relying on your greatly improved cultivation. Back then, the Yan clan My legitimate daughter, I was almost scorned by you!" Another uncle from the main line sneered.
"Uncle this clanThat's wrong. I'm not interested in men. Besides, Gu Xiuzhe is so ugly. He makes me want to vomit just by looking at him. Even if I have a Longyang addiction, I will never find him." Gu Xiuyun glanced at Gu Xiuzhe who was lying on the ground and continued. He said, "After I returned to the city, I heard that all the guards under my command were indiscriminately imprisoned deep in the dungeon by Gu Xiuzhe. At that time, out of consideration for the feelings of the same clan, I did not argue with him, but asked Deputy General He Feng to take me to the dungeon to rescue people. "
"He Feng, is what I said wrong? "Gu Xiuyun turned to look at the man kneeling outside the hall.
"Everything Mr. Yun said is true. When we went to the dungeon, many people saw it along the way, and they can testify. "He Feng said quickly.
"Then why did you fight? "Fourth uncle was curious.
"Fourth uncle Mingjian and Xiuyun focused on saving people and had no intention of fighting with Gu Xiuzhe, but he refused to let me go. He actually sent his subordinate Hu Yanduo to take action and wanted to kill me. He was captured alive and hung on the north city wall. "Gu Xiuyun's eyes were full of resentment, with tears hidden in the corners of his eyes, "Fourth uncle, if you don't believe it, go and ask outside the dungeon. What Gu Xiuzhe shouted at that time resounded throughout the dungeon, and more than tens of thousands of people heard it. "
The words just fell.
A group of civilians walked outside the palace and shouted: "Gu Xiuyun, I will give you a chance to get out and kneel down and kowtow, otherwise you will be killed. Hang you on the north city wall and let everyone in Youning City know that even if you have enlightened your spiritual veins, you are still a waste. "
"Fourth uncle, these are Gu Xiuzhe's original words, without changing a word. "Gu Xiuyun said.
When he came to the main line, he deliberately brought He Feng and the civilians in the dungeon with him in order to prove Gu Xiuzhe's crime.
With these irrefutable evidence, even if The uncles in the main line wanted to be partial, but there was nothing they could do.
"What a Gu Xiuzhe, he actually attacked his own clan. "The fourth uncle's face darkened.
"Humph, Gu Xiuyun, these are just your words. Besides, nephew Zhe only said a few harsh words, but you actually hung him on the north city wall. He was beaten for half an hour. "Gu Qingbu shouted bravely.
"Oh? Hearing what his clan uncle wanted, Gu Xiuzhe rushed to the dungeon without any trouble, just to say a few cruel words? Gu Xiuyun sneered, "Uncle, do you think I'm a fool, or do you think your fourth uncle is a fool?" "
"You fart. "Gu Qingbu's face turned purple with anger. If he hadn't been stopped by both sides, he almost rushed forward and punched Gu Xiuyun.
Seeing this scene, Gu Xiuyun walked up to Gu Qingbu instead, "My nephew dares to say Tell the truth, but I don’t know if my clan uncle dares to tell the truth? "
"What truth do you want? "Gu Qingbu said angrily.
"My nephew once said that in my batch of bags that Gu Xiuzhe had detained, there was a large amount of demon blood and elixir worth one million taels of gold. Those things , the guards under my command can even tell the origin of their names. If the family wants to investigate, they will definitely be able to find out! ”
With so much demon blood and elixir, even if Gu Xiuzhe wants to sell it, he must have channels, and there must be records within the clan.
"Uncle Clan, if I remember correctly, you just wanted to use one hundred thousand taels of gold to settle this matter. Could it be that you also swallowed part of that batch of treasures?" Gu Xiuyun's eyes were cold.
"Gu Qingbu, is this possible?" The fourth uncle spoke again.
"Fourth uncle, I am wronged. Gu Xiuyun is just talking nonsense. How can those baggage be worth one million taels of gold?" Gu Qingbu said repeatedly.
"Whether there are so many, we will find out if we check."
Soon, a group of guards and slaves rushed to Gu Xiuzhe's other courtyard and turned the place upside down.
As expected, there are a lot of demon blood and elixirs that are intact and sealed in the secret vault. The type of demon blood and what the guards said are correct.
The evidence was as solid as a mountain, and the uncle of the Gu family was speechless.
The found batch alone is worth four to five hundred thousand taels of gold. Even if it is given to the clan, it can be exchanged for three hundred thousand taels of gold, which is no longer a small sum.
The three crimes of bullying fellow tribesmen, devouring money, and using power to force others are all proven to be irrefutable. Even if Gu Xiuzhe wakes up, he will not be able to tell the difference!
"Everyone, since this matter has been made clear, there is no need to argue anymore, let's handle it according to the clan rules!" The fourth uncle said it as soon as he said it. How could the uncles in the main line dare to object and nodded quickly.
Soon, the family decided on the penalty.
Gu Xiuyun fought with his fellow tribesmen and was punished with three hundred sticks.
Gu Xiuzhe bullied his fellow tribesmen and swallowed a huge amount of money. He was banned from the courtyard for three years and was not allowed to take a step out. He also confiscated all the property in his name and withheld the offerings until one million taels of gold were repaid.