Chapter 278: Dark and Windy Night of Murder (asking for monthly votes)
Chen Yuan quietly watched Ange and her son disappear into the dark night, and stood in the whistling mountain breeze for a while.
When he turned around again and looked towards the direction of Jinguan City, his originally gentle gaze gradually became indifferent and ruthless.
Then, the figure blurred and disappeared as if blown away by the mountain wind.
Half a cup of tea later, Chen Yuan appeared in front of the Xuntian Hall. Now, he had to stay at Yunding Mountain at all times, otherwise the group would be leaderless and disaster might occur.
He has so much to deal with!
So Ange could only be sent a few dozen miles outside the city.
The soldiers stationed at the door knelt on one knee to greet them. One of them reported,
"Sir, Yun Qiqi and two soldiers are waiting for you in the palace."
Chen Yuan nodded. He had already seen three figures in the hall and stepped in.
As soon as he entered, he saw Yun Tiansheng, as well as the two recorders and military officers Gao Yu and Fan Chou, who came up quickly to pay their respects.
Chen Yuan waved his hand, "Forget it."
Then he walked past the three people, strode to the seat at the top, sat down with his big horse and golden sword, then turned his eyes to look at Gao Yu and the other two soldiers.
"How are things going for you two?"
"My lord, the rewards for the soldiers of the Ninth Mountain in Jinguan City, as well as compensation for casualties, totaling 549 commendation documents have been read out. The situation for the soldiers of the Ninth Mountain in other prefectures is more complicated and requires coordination with various prefectures. It is expected that the troops will be dispatched in the next two days." The big black man, Fan Chou, stepped forward and bowed to report.
Chen Yuan nodded, "We must make all these arrangements in place. If there are any mistakes and the soldiers of the Ninth Mountain are wronged, I will hold you accountable."
"Yes!"
Chen Yuan turned his gaze to Gao Yu again, and Gao Yu immediately stepped forward and said, "Your Excellency, I went to the Yunqi Cavalry today to announce the rewards, and I happened to have captured four typical families. I informed the Garrison Department and captured several of the direct descendants of the families."
As he spoke, the senior military officer raised his eyebrows slightly and said in a lighter tone, "I have come to ask you, sir, what should we do next?"
"How to do it?" Chen Yuan pondered for a moment, then his eyes fell on Yun Tiansheng who appeared here unexpectedly.
Yun Tiansheng has come here once today.
Why are you coming to Yunding Mountain in the middle of the night instead of staying at the Yun family?
"Tian Sheng, what do you want from me at this hour?"
Upon hearing this, Yun Tiansheng also took a step forward, his face stern, "General, the Liu family has already started to take action!"
Upon hearing this, Chen Yuan raised his eyebrows and looked at his subordinate, "Who are you keeping an eye on?"
Yun Tiansheng nodded, "Yes, I am worried!"
"Well done."
He didn't ask Yun Tiansheng to keep an eye on him, and there was no need to, but he was willing to reward such behavior.
Chen Yuan looked outside the palace.
"It's a murderous night with a dark moon and high wind."
"It seems that Liu Tianming has chosen the most direct method. It depends on whether I have made a mistake."
In the hall, Gao Yu and Fan Chou, two military officers, were startled when they heard this and looked at each other.
It was a dark and windy night and it was a murderous night. Liu Tianming, that was the second branch of the Liu family!
At this time, it was the middle of the night, and the Liu Family in West City was located on an island in the middle of a lake called Hemingzhou in the west of the city. The water outside the island was pitch black, while on the island, there were pavilions, towers, carved railings and jade bricks, and a large water-blue formation, like a huge bowl upside down on the entire island.
The Liu family’s island protection formation was suddenly activated in the middle of the night!
In the darkness, this great formation looked like a huge blue crystal bead submerged in water, shining brightly and dazzlingly.
It immediately attracted the attention of some people around the lake.
The Liu family's island protection formation is usually only activated on important occasions.
It suddenly opened in the middle of the night, which aroused people's curiosity.
Then, one after another, human figures stepped on the waves and walked on the waves, like arrows shot from a bow, cutting through the white waves, wanting to see what was going on.
When they were still several miles away from the island, they heard a stern shout.
"This is Liu family's important territory. If you take another half step forward, don't blame me for being ruthless."
"Fellow Daoist from the Liu family, we are just waiting to see what happened when the island protection formation was suddenly activated?" Someone came forward to explain.
"Do I need to explain to you what my Liu family does? Get lost!"
Hey!
This is just right!
As the local tyrant in West City, the Liu family has always acted like this.
The people who were watching the fun were scolded back and dared not to provoke. Soon, the surface of the water became empty.
But in some places, some people looked far away in the dark. Their eyesight was so strong that they saw through the formation and saw that someone was throwing corpses into the lake on the dock of the island.
In this big lake, there is a small black-sailed boat, seven or eight miles away from Heming Island. On the boat, there is an elf-like silver-haired girl, sitting at the stern, supporting her chin with both hands, admiring the huge blue moon that seems to be rising in the lake. It is so beautiful.
There is also such scenery in her hometown, but the water surface is countless times wider than this.
Suddenly, the white paint in the black eyeballs shrank, and he saw that someone on the dock had thrown bodies into the lake, not just one, but many.
The girl's face turned pale and she quickly ran from the stern to the bow and shook an old man who was wearing tattered clothes, had messy hair like sheep horns, and had a red nose.
The old man was lying on the bow of the boat, one hand hanging in the river, the other holding a wine gourd, and snoring.
"Drunk old man, drunk old man."
But no matter how I shook him, I couldn't wake him up.
The girl pushed the old man into the river with a puffy mouth. As a result, the old man not only did not wake up, but sank directly. After a while, bubbles gurgled up from below, and soon, fishes floated up.
As if he was drunk, he swam twice, turned over on his stomach, and swam twice more.
"It's like this every time!" The girl didn't seem surprised at all. Instead, her bright eyes and white teeth were full of complaints. Then she quickly ran to the stern of the boat, picked up the pole, and paddled in the opposite direction of Heming Island, twisting and turning with great effort.
"That damn old man, that stinky old man, tricked me into coming here, saying that I would meet my destined noble man. He said the same thing last time in Dragon's Nest, but in the end I don't even have a place to stay and I'm starving."
The girl was filled with resentment, and when she exerted force, the pole of the boat broke.
"Ah" the girl was helpless and furious.
The movement was particularly clear in the silent night.
Soon, there was movement coming from the direction of Heming Island.
A figure flew towards the girl.
The girl quickly jumped into the water, but the water did not splash any waves, but instead wrapped the girl up.
The girl's silver hair spread in the water, making the dark water surface transparent. Then, fish of various sizes and shapes in the water, as if attracted by something, began to revolve around the girl and conceal her body.
After about a dozen breaths, two figures appeared on the water, looking at the empty boat floating on the water.
"Search!" a voice sounded.
Then, the two figures took out a blue bead the size of an egg, which was flashing with blue ripples, and threw it into the water. It then flew to both sides. The two figures followed the bead and searched the water surface on both sides. In a radius of about five or six miles, the blue bead did not react at all.
This is a unique weapon refining technique of the Liu family, called the Wave-Flipping Bead. With this bead, one can explore the water surface and mobilize the true Qi to ride the waves to fight the enemy. This can only be used when refining Qi.
The two men met again, and then there was a faintly excited conversation.
“It seems like no one is there!”
"No matter what, go back quickly. We can't let the people from the big house escape."
The two of them left and there was no more sound.
Not long after, the silver-haired girl emerged from the water. The water did not stain her clothes or hair. Crystal clear water droplets rolled down from the girl's hair and hit the water surface.
The girl used her delicate hands to stroke the water, "Let's go, let's go."
The fishes around seemed to understand what she said. They circled around the girl a few times and then left.
At this time, the girl looked up and was about to go back to the boat, when she saw an old man with his hair on both sides like goat horns and the Mediterranean Sea in the middle squatting on the stern, looking at her with a smile.
The girl's face immediately became angry. She jumped onto the boat and grabbed the old man's hair and started pulling it. "You stinky old man, you damn old man, send me back to the dragon's nest. I don't want to stay here anymore."
The old man with the rosacea screamed twice, "Oh oh ah ah," "Don't scratch, don't scratch, little ancestor, I will take you to eat delicious food tomorrow."
When she heard about food, the girl's eyes lit up immediately, "Where?"
He also squatted aside, his eyes shining.
The old man with rosacea pointed at Heming Island, raised one hand, and moved his fingers, saying seriously, "I counted with my fingers, and this is it."
The silver-haired girl's eyes were filled with anger. "You lied to me again, old man. Didn't you see that many people died on this island?"
The old man with rosacea looked at the silver-haired girl seriously and said, "According to the rules here, the dead must have a feast."
As he spoke, the old man narrowed his eyes and said with a smile:
"Besides, this is a wedding banquet. Dogs biting each other and having a mouth full of hair are not good things."
"Just eat it when the time comes."
"Then I believe you!" The girl was very happy.
Just as this strange couple was discussing the banquet, a strong smell of blood wafted from the blue protective formation of Heming Island. In the corridor of one of the innermost courtyards, corpses were scattered all over the place. They were all warriors trained by the Liu family to protect the courtyard. There was also a large number of people holding torches, who were gathered together and guarded in an open space.
At this moment, from a tall and exquisite gabled attic in front of the open space, there were sounds of sad, angry, resentful curses and terrified cries.
In a room, the lights turned on and two rows of men and women in luxurious clothes were tied up and kneeling on the ground. These were the remaining core members of the eldest wife's family, including terrified wives and concubines, as well as nephews from the eldest wife who wanted to kill him.
"Liu Tianming, I won't let you go even if I become a ghost."
"Second brother, you will die a miserable death. You actually drugged me."
"Second Master, I am willing to serve you, please spare my life..."
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"puff"
Suddenly, a stream of bright red blood splashed on the window, a scream stopped abruptly, and a figure fell down in the reflection of the swaying candlelight.
Then, screams were heard, figures fell one after another, and the entire window of the room was completely dyed red.
Wait for the screaming to stop.
After a few breaths, there was a "zhiya" sound, and the door of a room opened.
Under the light of the fire, a middle-aged man with a dark complexion, a missing lower lip, wearing a black robe and a gloomy temperament walked out of the door.
And the blood color behind it was extremely dazzling.
When they saw him appear, the figures under the torches in the open space of the attic bowed and shouted in unison, full of excitement.
"Meet the master!"
Those who were detained on the ground raised their heads in fear and shouted along with the voice.
"Ha ha."
In the attic, the black-clad figure raised his dyed eyebrows and laughed wildly.
After he finished laughing, the man's face darkened.
"Liu Tiansheng is unpopular and has committed heinous crimes, putting my Liu family in danger. Today, I, Liu Tianming, will kill my relatives for the sake of justice and restore the prosperity of the Liu family."
"At daybreak, send invitations to each family. From now on, I am the head of the Liu family. Let those guys come and see."
"hehe!"
"Clean up everything and notify people to prepare the banquet, quickly. Do you understand?" Liu Tianming's eyes flickered, and he was a little impatient. And that adult must be happy too.
Since he has chosen this path, he naturally wants others to think about it and not let himself be the only one to bear the blame. When everyone does this, the day of reshuffle will come.
"Yes!"
(End of this chapter)
