Before the destruction of the River-shaking Fortress, something happened not too far away from Gusu City. Two Murong family members accidentally killed someone!
Originally, Gusu was the territory of the Murong family. It was not a big deal for a disciple to kill someone by mistake. At most, they would pay with their lives. However, after checking the identity of the deceased, they found out that he was from the Nangong family, and he was a disciple of the Nangong family. This was a big deal. A member of the Nangong Nobles had appeared in Gusu and was killed by a member of the Murong Nobles. Whether it was intentional or by mistake, it was enough to make people's imaginations run wild.
The so-called main family descendants were the descendants of the main family in the large family clans, which meant that they were directly related by blood. For example, many of the people in the Murong Villa did not have the surname Murong. Even if they did, they might not be the descendants of the main family. Only those who had passed down their family name from the Murong Clan could be called the descendants of the main family. The disciples of the main family would be taught by the elders in the family, so their martial arts were very good and their status was higher than other disciples.
Now that the Murong family's son had killed the Nangong family's son, it was suspicious that the two families were originally allies and such a thing should not have happened. The subtle relationship between the four families made this seemingly medium-sized matter full of variables. No one could predict the consequences.
Some people asserted that the Murong Clan and the Nangong Clan would break up from then on, and the situation of the four great clans keeping each other in check would no longer exist. Ximen and Gongsun would definitely take the opportunity to join forces to deal with Murong Clan or Nangong Clan. The Tang Clan in Shu would probably also take the opportunity to push their forces into the Central Plains. Those newly emerging small sects would even take advantage of the situation and expand their forces in Jiangnan. The Jiangnan martial arts world would definitely be in chaos.
Of course, this was the worst-case scenario. The alliance between Murong Clan and Nangong Clan could not be broken in an instant. However, this was not impossible. Although Nangong Clan had formed an alliance with Murong Clan, they were also very afraid of the Murong Clan's growing power. There were rumors in the Jianghu that Ximen and Gongsun had secretly met with Nangong. No one knew what they had discussed.
According to the alliance agreement, if Nangong wanted to meet with Ximen and Gongsun, Murong had to be present. Similarly, if Murong wanted to meet with Ximen and Gongsun, Nangong had to be present. This way, it would not arouse suspicion from both sides. However, Nangong did not inform Murong about the secret meeting between Nangong, Ximen, and Gongsun. This caused a lot of commotion at that time. However, the Nangong Nobles denied this matter.
Right now, Murong was sitting in the Murong Villa's main hall. The butler, Murong An, was standing beside him. Below him were more than ten disciples of the Murong family. Two of them had their hands and heads lowered, their faces filled with fear. They were the ones who had accidentally killed the Nan Gong disciple.
The two of them were about thirty years old. One was called Zhao Hu, and the other was called Zhao Bao. They both had thick eyebrows, big eyes, and a strong back. They looked quite similar. They were brothers. They were from the Murong family, and their martial arts were quite impressive.
Murong walked up to them and looked at one of them.""Zhao Hu, tell me, what's going on?”
Zhao Hu didn't dare to raise his head and said," Young Master, we were drinking in the tavern and heard that person talking nonsense. We were also drunk at that time, so we went up to scold him in anger. We didn't expect to kill him by mistake. We didn't know that he was originally from the Nangong Nobles. Please punish him, Young Master."”
"What nonsense is he spouting?" Murong asked.
"..." Zhao Hu did not answer.
"Speak!" Murong's eyes flashed.
Zhao Bao saw that Murong's expression was not right and quickly said,"Young Master, he was talking bad about Old Master, so Big Brother and I took action to teach him a lesson. We didn't know that he was from the Nangong Family, but we didn't expect him to be so useless.”
"Shut up! How many times have I told you not to be greedy and cause trouble? Now that something has happened, do you know the consequences?”
The two of them did not dare to make a sound. Someone familiar with them at the side pleaded," Young Master, the Nangong Nobles actually sent people to infiltrate our Gusu City without revealing their identities. It's obvious that they have the intention to spy on us. Since they don't put the Murong Family in their eyes, we'll consider it a mistake…"
"Shut up!"
Murong Duan shouted with a cold expression. Immediately, no one dared to make a sound.
Murong swept his gaze across the crowd." He didn't reveal his identity. Did Nangong send him to spy on us?" When you went to Xunyang, did you reveal your identities to Nangong? You didn't even do your job well, and you still dare to talk about others!”
The disciples below all lowered their heads, not daring to breathe too loudly.
"It's our fault that we attacked first!" Murong said again. If one of our disciples were killed in Xunyang, what would we think? Now that their disciples are being killed, what will they think? Do you know the consequences?”
" Are we afraid of Nangong's revenge?" someone whispered.
"Shut up!" Murong's eyes were almost shining with purple light." You guys only know how to be self-righteous and arrogant. Do you know that Ximen and Gongsun have always been eyeing us like tigers eyeing their prey?! If even the Nangong family turns to them, our Murong family will be in grave danger!”
Zhao Hu fell to his knees and said,""Young Master, I am responsible for my actions. I killed him. Before Zhao Bao could even punch him, I had already knocked that Nangong disciple to death.”
Zhao Bao, who was beside him, also knelt on the ground and exclaimed,""Big brother, what are you saying? We brothers will share blessings and disasters together. We brothers killed him, so we will die to apologize!”As they spoke, the two of them raised their palms and slapped their heads at the same time!
Everyone was shocked, and it was too late to stop them!
Murong Yi reached out and grabbed their wrists, shouting,""Bastard! What good is death? This is no longer just a matter between the two of you. Tomorrow, you will follow me to Xunyang. Whether you live or die will depend on how Nangong deals with you!”
"I'll let you do whatever you want, Young Master!" Zhao Hu and Zhao Bao said in unison.”
"Good! Only then would he look like a disciple of the Murong family! You may leave!"
Everyone left, leaving only Murong and the butler Murong An in the hall. Murong An was in his fifties and was already an old butler. He usually handled the trivial matters of the Murong family and worked hard. Murong An also respected this old butler very much.
"Uncle An, is what Zhao Hu and Zhao Bao said true?”Murong asked.
"Young master, I have already investigated in secret. What Zhao Hu and Zhao Bao said is indeed the truth. That day, the two brothers were drinking in a tavern and were a little drunk. They heard someone at the table next to them say…they couldn't stand the words of the old master, so they shouted at that person to stop. Who knew that they would start fighting because of a disagreement? According to the witnesses, Zhao Hu only punched once before the man fell to the ground and died.”
Murong muttered to himself,"How can the Nangong Nobles 'disciples be so useless?"”
"I also think it's very strange," said Uncle An."Moreover, it seems that Zhao Hu's punch was not heavy.”
"Where is the corpse?" Murong asked.
"Young Master, please follow me."
Murong He and Uncle An came to a courtyard. There was a corpse lying flat on the ground, covered with a white cloth.
Murong bent over and reached out to lift the white cloth. Just as his fingers were about to touch the white cloth, he suddenly stopped because he suddenly felt a trace of cold killing intent from the death aura under the white cloth!
At this moment, a cold blue light shot out from under the white cloth and pierced Murong's throat!
"Young Master!"
Uncle An cried out in shock! It was so sudden and so close. No matter how powerful Murong was, he couldn't avoid it!
However, Murong's figure suddenly disappeared and reappeared a few feet away. It turned out that even though he was bending over, he was still using the Murong family's unique movement technique, Shifting Shadows!
The cold light brushed past his throat. Murong even thought that his throat had been cut!
After the person under the white cloth attacked, he didn't care if he succeeded or not. He stood up and flew out of the courtyard with the white cloth covering him. Uncle An was about to give chase, but Murong's figure had already drifted out of the hospital.
After a while, Murong returned to the courtyard with the white cloth in his hand. There was a small hole on the white cloth.
"How is it, Young Master?" Uncle An quickly asked.
"He escaped." Murong said.
"Young Master, look!" Uncle An handed a dagger to Murong.
Murong took the dagger. The dagger was only half a foot long, and its entire body was suffused with a blue light. It was obvious that it had been dipped in poison. It seemed that it was determined to kill him.
"Who dares to break into the manor to assassinate the young master?”Uncle An muttered to himself.
"This person's martial arts are not inferior to mine!" Murong said.
"Young Master, could it be someone from the Nangong Nobles?" Uncle An was shocked.”
"Uncle An, don't tell anyone about what happened just now before we find out!”
"Yes, Young Master!"
There was a corpse lying on the ground. That person was lying on the corpse to assassinate Murong!
Murong looked at the corpse on the ground and asked," He's that Nangong disciple?"”
"Yes, Young Master." Uncle An replied.
"No one is watching over them?" Murong asked again.
"I didn't expect that someone would dare to barge into the Murong Manor, so…I was negligent!”Uncle An's face was full of regret and guilt. If Murong had been stabbed just now, he would not be forgiven even if he died ten thousand times.
" Uncle An," Murong softened his tone," the situation in the martial world has changed. It's no longer as peaceful as before. You have to be careful!"”
"Yes, I will remember Young Master's words.”
Murong nodded and leaned over to take a look.
The victim was in his thirties. Other than a fist mark on his chest, there were no other injuries on his body. There was no swelling or bruise on the fist mark. Logically speaking, it was impossible for him to not have any swelling or bruise after being killed by a punch. There was only one possibility, and that was that he was already dead.
Murong frowned and muttered to himself," The attack was not light, but it should not be fatal. Even an ordinary person could withstand it, let alone a disciple of Nangong's main family.”
"Young Master, why don't we dissect the corpse and check?" Uncle An said.
"No!" Murong immediately said," It's already difficult for us disciples to explain ourselves after killing someone. If we dissect the corpse, Nangong will be even more dissatisfied and think that we're deliberately bullying them.”
"But this matter is very suspicious. Are we going to let our Murong Bai suffer?”
"I have my own reasons for this. Uncle An, go prepare a good coffin.”
"Yes, sir! Young Master…"
Murong saw that Uncle An wanted to say something but hesitated, so he asked,"Uncle An, do you have something to say?”
"Young Master, are you really going to Nangong tomorrow?" Uncle An asked.”
"Yes."
" Young Master, why don't I bring Zhao Hu and Zhao Bao to Nangong? I'm worried that Nangong will…"
"I have to go personally this time. Don't worry, Nangong won't do anything.”
" Of course not, Master Nangong. I'm just afraid..."
"I've already decided. You go prepare the coffin first.”
"Young master, should we keep an eye on Zhao Hu and Zhao Bao? I'm afraid they…"
"No need. They're not people who are afraid of death!" Murong smiled.”# Date:07 10 2019 5:47PM
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