Chapter 323 Brothers and Brothers Respect
The scene suddenly fell silent. The moonlight poured in like a trickle. The hall was so quiet that it seemed to capture the echo of every heartbeat.

Li Yuanfang and Di Renjie both stared at the killer in Viper clothing in front of them.

The long sword tightly grasped in his hand was flashing with a sharp cold light under the moonlight. The ancient patterns on the sword were faintly visible. It was the Youlan Sword.

As the Orchid Sword appeared, the identity of the killer under Viper's clothes became clear.

Li Yuanfang's expression was complicated and difficult to read, and his tone was mixed with anger: "I didn't expect that we would meet here again, my old friend from Youzhou! Brother Hu, why don't you show your true face to me?"

Kui Wenzhong claimed to be an old friend of Hu Jinghui and had a close relationship with him, so he stepped forward to greet him: "Jinghui, so many years have passed. I thought you had left the world and retired to the mountains, but I never thought that we would meet again here today! It is really a double joy!"

Hu Jinghui slowly took off his mask, his face showing no joy or sadness, and he sighed quietly: "Now that all the people who have a connection with the Snake Spirit have gathered in Luoyang, of course I can't miss it!"

Upon hearing this, Kui Wenzhong smiled and felt sincerely happy about the return of his old friend.

Di Renjie managed to stand firmly on his feet with the help of Li Yuanfang. There was both shock and anger in his eyes.

His eyes moved between Li Shouli and Hu Jinghui, and he shook his head with regret and sighed, "Jinghui, I let you go out of my kindness, but I didn't expect that you would still be connected with the Snake Spirit!"

Hu Jinghui looked at Di Renjie calmly, without any guilt in his eyes: "Di Gong, His Royal Highness the Heir to Yong is here, and today is about the revival of the Li Tang state. Even if it is for Alan, I have to come!"

"Everything can be settled tonight, but I guarantee your safety with my life!"

Zhao Ji looked at Hu Jinghui, his tone was quite sad: "When we were in Youzhou, Brother Jinghui had already seen through my identity. If I had known that you had this relationship behind you, I would never have let you leave alive!"

Upon hearing this, Hu Jinghui turned his head and glanced at Zhao Ji, but did not explain.

Li Shouxin said, "You think too much. Jinghui is a man of his word. Since he promised you, how could he go back on his word?"

After hearing this, Zhao Ji immediately retorted, "Jingkong is your man. After I left Hanguang Temple, he must have revealed my identity to you, right?"

"Now, dozens of days have passed, and we have had many opportunities to talk face to face. If you really cared about our brotherhood, you should have signaled it long ago."

"But you have done a great job in the East Palace, and you just watched me, your brother, fall into a trap. It's too ironic to talk about brotherhood at this time!"

After these words were spoken, Li Shouli lowered his head slightly and remained silent, an action that almost acquiesced to Zhao Ji's accusation.

Most of the people present turned their eyes to Li Shouli, especially Yuan Tiangang, who had an evil light in his eyes, and seemed very curious about how the conflict between this pair of "brothers" would end.

After a brief silence, Li Shouli slowly raised his eyelids and spoke in a low voice with some resentment: "I heard that you escaped from the Snake Spirit ten years ago, and later joined the army and joined the Qianniu Guard."

"Later, you met Di Gong and started to rise to a higher position... In all these years, I have been living in Xinghuafang, Luoyang. Have you ever thought about having a brother like me?"

When Zhao Ji heard this, his lips moved slightly, but he did not refute immediately.

Li Shouli seemed to be lost in painful memories and continued, "Since my father's death, my mother and I have been detained in the deep palace by Wu."

"Mrs. Wu hated her father deeply, so naturally I, as his son, was also implicated and was often beaten with a stick! I still have old injuries on my back, and it always hurts when it rains!"

At this point, Li Shouli's eyes were ablaze with hatred, as if he wanted to pour out all the pain and anger from the past. "When my mother and I were suffering in the palace, where were you?" His voice was trembling, full of accusations of the past.

Li Shouli's gaze suddenly turned to Di Renjie, as if he was looking for a trace of justice for his actions.

"Humph! Am I born a rebellious person? I am only avenging my father and taking back everything that originally belonged to me!"

After these words were spoken, the eyes of Kui Wenzhong, Huan Bin and others present couldn't help but change when they looked at Zhao Ji.

These two brothers are like the pot calling the kettle black. The eldest brother shouldn't laugh at the second brother. It was even Zhao Jixian who did it!
But Zhao Ji was not the kind of person who would suffer a loss with words. He would rather step on himself and pull others down, and he would never let others talk down to him.

He shook his head, his tone tinged with sarcasm: "Oh, don't talk so pompously, as if you've been wronged so badly that the whole world owes you something!"

"If you want to know why I refused to contact you, you should ask Yuan Tiangang! I am living under the roof of someone else in the Yuan Mansion, how can my life be easy?"

Yuan Tiangang, who was happily eating melons on the side, couldn't help but cough twice when he saw himself being looked at, trying to hide his embarrassment.

Zhao Ji continued his verbal attack, saying sarcastically, "What are you talking about to avenge your father and take back everything that belongs to you? Then why don't you kill Yuan Tiangang first?"

"At the beginning, Prince Yong entrusted my old subordinates and me to Yuan Tiangang, hoping that he could rebel against Wu and revive Tang. However, not only did Yuan Tiangang fail to fulfill his promise, but he destroyed Li Tang with his own hands, breaking his promise and going back on his word."

"Wasn't it you who, in order to regain control of Prince Yong's old subordinates and also for revenge, tipped off the inner guards, causing Yuan Tiangang to be arrested and imprisoned in Hanguang Temple for ten years?"

"I also know that you originally wanted to put Yuan Tiangang to death! However, after you heard about the miraculous things in Luohe, you had some delusions in your mind and were reluctant to do it!"

"You ordered Jingkong to enter Hanguang Temple in order to force Luohe to tell you the secret of his magic and to design today's conspiracy in order to usurp the Li Tang dynasty and fulfill your own selfish desires!"

Zhao Ji's words were like a sharp blade, piercing Li Shouli's heart. His face suddenly changed and anger surged in his heart.

Most of the people present, including Kui Wenzhong and Huan Bin, were insiders, and faced with their master's shameful past, they pretended not to hear anything.

When Yuan Tiangang heard this, a hint of sharpness flashed in his eyes and a myriad of thoughts ran through his mind.

Zhao saw that he had the upper hand with his sharp words, so he took advantage of the victory and pursued: "Former enemies can also become allies. All this is just a matter of interests!"

"Why do you have to pretend to be deep and loyal?"

Li Shouli's face became redder and redder. Zhao Ji's verbal attacks came like a string of cannonballs, making it difficult for him to resist.

Seeing that Li Shouli was on the verge of breaking down, Zhao Ji sneered in his heart and continued to tease, "Humph, the reason why you dare not recognize me in advance is nothing more than worrying about my position, afraid that the news would leak out and ruin your plan!"

"Once your evil plan succeeds, you will be able to ascend to the throne of the emperor. How can you allow the slightest accident? In comparison, the revenge for my father and the brotherhood are nothing!"

"Enough!" Li Shouli finally couldn't stand it anymore, he shouted, glaring at Zhao Ji, "I was thinking of our brotherly love and planned to treat you well, but now it seems that you are simply courting your own death!"

Zhao Ji remained calm and responded sharply: "Humph, you are so arrogant! To tell you the truth, I have already seen through your plan. It is still unknown who will win the game today!"

(End of this chapter)