Chapter 514: Xie Xiaofeng Wants to be a Mediator
Chapter 514: Xie Xiaofeng Wants to be a Mediator
"The Heavenly Venerable and the Red Flag Escort Agency are indeed enemies." Tie Kaicheng acknowledged, then turned to his junior brother and said indifferently, "And now, this enmity has only deepened."
Facing Ajit and facing Xie Xiaofeng, there were naturally two different attitudes. Moreover, his junior brother had trampled on the Red Flag Escort Agency first. As much as Tie Kaicheng enjoyed being a spectator to the drama, he didn't want to become the object of ridicule himself.
Xie Xiaofeng fell silent. He had come to resolve the enmity between Tie Kaicheng and Murong Qiudi, but he never expected his junior brother to go as far as breaking the Red Flag.
He understood his junior brother's feelings, especially since he was his son. He could only take responsibility for his son's actions.
"I believe you know the consequences of breaking their flag, Master Xie," said Tie Kaicheng. "And I assume your presence here is not to sever ties with your junior brother."
Xie Xiaofeng admitted, "I'm not here for that."
Tie Kaicheng asked, "Then, may I ask how you plan to resolve this matter, Master Xie?"
To be honest, Tie Kaicheng was both curious and intrigued. He had thought that the incident with the Red Flag Escort Agency would be laid to rest.
In the original story, his junior brother had stormed off in a fit of rage, and the reason Xie Xiaofeng had taken the doll—Murong Qiudi had promised the doll to his junior brother as a wife. Even if his junior brother had no feelings for her, he wouldn't just stand by and watch as she became intimate with his father.
But now, the doll and her family had safely crossed the Yangtze River and were on their way to the Red Flag Escort Agency.
His junior brother kept causing trouble—freeloading at Champion Tower, inciting Cao Hanyu to fight Xie Xiaofeng, and now breaking the Red Flag, seemingly seeking death.
Xie Xiaofeng had no choice but to keep cleaning up after him. Just now, at the Red Flag Escort Agency, his original self had been goaded by Murong Qiudi with words that seemed to push him towards a suicidal course of action. However, the situation had been interrupted by a traitor within the escort agency.
Thinking of this, Tie Kaicheng couldn't understand Murong Qiudi's train of thought. Did she want Xie Xiaofeng dead or not? Or did she want him to die in a particular way? One moment she was trying to kill him, and the next she was saving him. Were the entire jianghu just pawns in their game?
The extras were furious!
Tie Kaicheng wasn't curious about why his junior brother had provoked the Red Flag Escort Agency again. Given their current strained relationship, it wasn't surprising that his junior brother would cause trouble.
Instead, he was curious about how Xie Xiaofeng planned to handle the situation. After all, there were no spies from the Heavenly Venerable within the escort agency at the moment, and even if there were, Tie Kaicheng was confident he could handle them.
So, was Xie Xiaofeng planning to continue on the path of taking the blame and facing death?
If Xie Xiaofeng intended to commit suicide, would he watch as a bystander, an interested party, or something else entirely?
Xie Xiaofeng asked, "Does Head Iron have any suggestions?"
"Most of the bandits who disrespected the Red Flag are now half-grown children," Tie Kaicheng said calmly.
Although it was a terrifying statement, the first reaction of those who heard it was to hold back their laughter.
Tie Kaicheng thought for a moment and continued, "The Divine Sword Xie family is revered throughout the world, and with such prestige, they naturally have many rules and traditions."
Xie Xiaofeng nodded, "That's true."
Because the Divine Sword Xie family was a prestigious clan, with strict rules, he had hidden his identity when he ventured into the jianghu.
"Therefore, when someone from the Divine Sword Xie family causes trouble and breaks the flag of an escort agency without just cause, as the head of the family, how do you plan to handle this, Master Xie?" Tie Kaicheng asked.
His junior brother immediately spoke up, "I'm not from the Divine Sword Xie family!"
Tie Kaicheng looked at him, "You've caused a problem that you can't handle yourself. This is no longer something you can interfere with.
The members of the escort agency remained silent, but they had already heaved a sigh of relief.
The reputation of the third young master of the Xie family preceded him, and his name alone was enough to strike fear into their hearts. If a fight were to break out, they knew they might all be annihilated.
Tie Kaicheng blinked, wondering why Xie Xiaofeng wasn't planning to take the path of self-sacrifice this time.
However, he soon figured it out. This time, Xie Xiaofeng's approach was different.
In the original story, the little brother had destroyed the Silver Sword and Flying Arrow Flag, the symbol of the head of the Red Flag Escort Agency, and the highest honor of the agency. Furthermore, the original body had killed Zhang Shi and Hu Fei to push Xie Xiaofeng into a desperate situation.
A destroyed flag, two lost lives, and the explicit mention of the strict clan rules of the Divine Sword Xie family—all these had put Xie Xiaofeng in a precarious position.
It was undeniable that the original body's scheming and cruelty were top-notch. Using the righteousness of the jianghu, he had pushed Xie Xiaofeng to the point of considering suicide as a way to teach his little brother a lesson about the consequences of his reckless actions. If it weren't for the Heavenly Venerable's interruption, one could only wonder if Xie Xiaofeng would have truly given up his life.
However, the current situation was different from the original story. Firstly, the flag that was destroyed was not the Silver Sword and Flying Arrow Flag, leaving room for negotiation. Secondly, there had been no loss of life at the Red Flag Escort Agency, so Xie Xiaofeng naturally wouldn't respond in the same way.
Reasonably, having the son of the third young master of the Xie family go to the Red Flag Escort Agency to kowtow and apologize was a sincere gesture. No matter who it was, they couldn't argue with this decision. If the Red Flag Escort Agency continued to pursue the matter, they would appear unreasonable.
Sometimes, making a prestigious and upright sect lower their heads and admit their wrongdoings was more painful than killing them.
Tie Kaicheng looked at Xie Xiaofeng, who seemed to have something more to say, and asked, "Is there something else you want to say?"
Xie Xiaofeng sighed, "I also want to mediate the enmity between you and Murong."
Xie Xiaofeng didn't doubt that Murong Qiudi had told him that Tie Kaicheng wanted to kill him. Although Tie Zhongchi was only Tie Kaicheng's foster father, Tie Kaicheng was determined to avenge him; otherwise, inheriting the Red Flag Escort Agency would be unjustified.
However, Xie Xiaofeng had no intention of killing Tie Kaicheng, and this had nothing to do with the affairs of the jianghu. It was because Tie Kaicheng had saved Miao Laosi's family and Jin Lanhua, and he was grateful for that.
Moreover, Xie Xiaofeng was already tired of the constant fighting in the jianghu. If possible, he truly didn't want his hands to be stained with more blood, let alone take another life willingly.
That was why he had come to seek Tie Kaicheng's help.
"Murong has decided to retire from the jianghu and disband her forces," Xie Xiaofeng said.
His meaning was clear. Murong Qiudi would wash her hands of her past, retire from the jianghu, disband the Heavenly Venerable, and never target the Red Flag Escort Agency again. He hoped that Tie Kaicheng could also let go of this grudge.
Although the hatred for Tie Zhongchi remained, this decision was responsible for the lives of the hundreds of escorts under the Red Flag Escort Agency.
Furthermore, letting Murong Qiudi, the overbearing figure of the jianghu, retire and live a quiet life was also a form of spiritual punishment for a generation's overlord.
Xie Xiaofeng believed that Tie Kaicheng would make the right choice.
Tie Kaicheng was bewildered, "Are you sure?"
He was joking, right? Who knew Murong Qiudi better than him? How could this female overlord possibly disband the Heavenly Venerable and retire from the jianghu?
Xie Xiaofeng nodded firmly, "She told me so herself!"
(End of Chapter)
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