The disaster of the world begins with Dongfang Bubai

Chapter 65: Killing Father, Harming Mother, Severing Relationship, Losing Teacher, Losing Friends
"Quick, quick, put out the fire!"

"Hurry up and put out the fire with water!"

There was chaos outside the restaurant, with all kinds of shouting and yelling. These people either quickly left this dangerous place or fetched buckets of water in an attempt to put out the fire.

Suddenly, the rack with hundreds of lanterns hanging on the side of the restaurant collapsed, causing people to scream in panic.

Xi Mingzhang tapped the table lightly, and an invisible wave rippled out. The flames in the restaurant shrank rapidly, constantly converging and turning into a fireball the size of an egg.

He used his spiritual power and threw the fireball into the well of the restaurant.

When the people outside saw the fire disappear inexplicably and were puzzled, they saw Xi Mingzhang walking out with a faint smile on his face.

At that moment, countless people felt that an immortal from heaven had come down to earth to save people from danger.

Especially the many girls who were watching outside felt their hearts melt and couldn't help asking themselves how such a handsome man could exist in the world.

"General Xi, why are you here?"

Ling Buyi, who was sending people to put out the fire, couldn't help but step forward and ask when he saw Xi Mingzhang.

"I have no relatives or friends at home. It was the Lantern Festival, so I came out for a walk alone. I didn't expect to be so unlucky and happened to encounter this disaster." Xi Mingzhang replied casually.

"Did you put out the fire?"

Although Ling Buyi asked the question in a doubtful tone, his face was full of confidence.

"General Ling's divine veins should focus on the physical body, but what Xi has awakened is the art of controlling fire."

Xi Mingzhang suddenly raised his eyes and looked at the frightened little girl somewhere, and smiled:
"Was General Ling trying to save the beauty just now? It should be the little girl in the pure white fox fur. I didn't expect that General Ling would be interested in a girl with this kind of personality."

Ling Buyi's expression remained unchanged. He looked around and said:

"General Xi, you should pay more attention to your own life. How many girls here do you think will be attracted to you?"

Xi Mingzhang laughed:
"Haha, General Ling, believe it or not, within ten days, these girls will retreat as soon as they see Xi."

Ling Buyi frowned and was trying to understand this sentence when two young men, one fat and one thin, came over with a slightly feminine man.

"Young Master, Tian Shuo, the owner of Tian Family Restaurant, is here." One of them spoke first.

Tian Shuo fell to his knees in fear and begged for mercy:
"General, most of these lanterns are small ones purchased from the market, and some are placed here by guests, waiting for the right person to guess the lantern riddles."

Xi Mingzhang smiled and said:
"This person has ulterior motives and doesn't look like a good person. I would like to congratulate General Ling in advance for catching the hidden traitor."

"Why do you say that?" Ling Buyi glanced at him.

"There are many wealthy businessmen in the world, and there are also many people who can run many restaurants all over the world. However, it is rare to be able to brew good wine that is famous in the capital, and there are even fewer people who love to deal with dignitaries."

"If this big businessman is also a eunuch, then it would be even less."

"I recently heard that General Ling is investigating the reselling of military equipment. Why is it such a coincidence that he is everywhere?"

"General, don't listen to this man's nonsense. I am innocent. I am just an honest businessman." Tian Shuo defended with a panicked look on his face.

"You are actually an innocent person, how interesting." Xi Mingzhang raised his eyes:

"You are a eunuch. Judging from your complexion, you are living a life of luxury. But only a lonely and helpless person would castrate himself and become a eunuch to save his life. You are completely different. Don't tell me that you are a natural eunuch."

"I am a natural eunuch." Tian Shuo said to Ling Buyi as if he had grasped the last straw.

"The younger one is a natural eunuch, General!"

"Given your age, you are unlikely to be a eunuch who left the palace in recent years, so the answer is obvious." Xi Mingzhang said leisurely:

"Even if you are the Li Emperor's eunuch, it doesn't matter. But the problem is that you, the Li Emperor's eunuch, are not content to be a big businessman, but instead make friends with the dignitaries of the court. If you say you are not a hidden traitor, who else could it be?"

The more Tian Shuo listened, the gloomier his face became. He suddenly jumped up, pulled out the dagger from his sleeve, rushed towards Xi Mingzhang, and shouted:
"How dare you ruin my good deeds, you little brat? Prepare to die!"

With a "bang", Ling Buyi kicked Tian Shuo with quick eyes and hands, sending him flying seven or eight feet away. He spit out a large mouthful of blood and fell to the ground, holding his abdomen.

"Capture him." As soon as Ling Buyi finished speaking, the tall and thin young man, the deputy general Liang Qiuqi, immediately led his men over.

The sudden attack also caused the people watching nearby to scream.

"General Ling, you are so good at fighting. I will not bother you any more. Goodbye." Just as Xi Mingzhang was about to leave, Ling Buyi said:
"Wait a minute, I wonder how General Xi knew that this man was a eunuch."

"How do you know that what I just said is true and not something I made up?" Xi Mingzhang said casually:
"Xi has excellent five senses. I just sensed that this person's heartbeat became faster when I was talking, so I continued talking. As a result, he couldn't hold back and revealed his true colors."

After that, he turned and left.

"Young Master, I don't know why, but when I look at this General Xi, I feel inexplicably creepy. It's as if I'm wearing nothing in front of him." Liang Qiufei beside him said with some fear.

His elder brother Liang Qiuqi came over and took a glance:
"Keep your heart to yourself. I'm sure General Xi doesn't want to see your fat."

"Brother, you are going too far."

Ling Buyi's eyes were stern:
"Okay, if Tian Shuo is really an eunuch of the Li Emperor, then he must be closely related to the arms case. Let's go and take him back for interrogation."

"Here."

Xi Mansion.

Xi Mingzhang lay on the bed, sensing the changes in the energy column on the panel, but found that the villain at the end of the original plot line only provided 2,000 energy. He could not help but silently say two words:
"waste!"

He couldn't help but sigh that as expected, the source energy obtained from the extraordinary path of destroying a world was much greater.

Six days later.

Xi Mingzhang returned home after inspecting the palace. A calm and clever maid asked everyone else to take off their armor and said:
"Master, there are more and more visiting cards and invitations to your house these days. What do you think we should do with them?"

"It's okay. It will be much quieter in a few days."

The maid Qingyun said again:

"Since the emperor has awarded a large mansion to General Wan, the house we used to live in was sold to Marquis Quling. The housewarming party of Marquis Quling will be held soon. We are now close neighbors, so should we prepare a gift?"

"Have you sent the invitation?" Xi Mingzhang asked in a calm voice.

"delivered."

"Then prepare a gift and have someone deliver it. Also apologize and say that I'm on official business and can't come in person to congratulate you."

"Here."

Qingyun spoke again in an orderly manner:
"The old lady's birthday party at General Wan's mansion will be held a few days after the housewarming party of Marquis Quling. The invitation has also been sent. The head of the family should be on a day off that day. Should we accept the invitation and attend?"

A smile appeared on Xi Mingzhang's face:
"I think by then my ears will be much quieter, and it would be nice to see the excitement."

The next day.

Xuanming Hall.

Emperor Wen looked at Xi Mingzhang who was bowing with doubt and said:
"They say young people admire Ai. You are almost at the age of coming of age. Why don't you think about continuing the family line? Instead, you are so determined to refuse."

"You are like this, Zisheng is like this too, what are you young men thinking about now?"

"I don't know why General Ling refused." Xi Mingzhang said with a serious face:

"But I have a reason to refuse. It's because I am born a lonely star. I have three brothers, three sisters, a younger sister, and my grandparents all died before I was ten years old."

"Afterwards, I met a strange man who saved me and made me his disciple. But I didn't expect that my master would pass away in just three years. After serving in the army for a few years, I met a friend in a border county. He was Ban Hong, the grandson of Ban Hou. He has also passed away now."

"He has killed his father, harmed his mother, severed his kinship, damaged his teachers, and lost his friends. With such a bad fate, I really dare not delay this good man. Your Majesty, please help me tell some people in the court. If I go and tell them in person, I'm afraid some people won't believe it at all."

After Emperor Wen heard this, an indescribable excitement appeared on his face, even though he was usually reserved.

(End of this chapter)