Chapter 8: The Three Crazy Families
It is said that on that day, the three major families each sent two people to the other two to inquire about the disappearance of their own family members, but they did not expect that the person sent out to inquire about the news met halfway.
Naturally, after the people sent out informed each other of the purpose of their trip, they came to a conclusion, that is, Murong Hao and the other three disappeared at the same time. After coming to such a conclusion, the six people who were sent out returned to their respective families one after another, and informed the third elder of the Murong family, Murong Teng, the eldest elder of the Ou family, Ou Jinlun, and Cheng Tianyi, the guest secretary of the Cheng family, of the results of the investigation.
For a while, the tranquility of the three major families was broken in an instant, although the missing Cheng Xiong and the others were not important members of their respective families, but it had to be reminiscent of the initiator of this incident provoking the three major families at the same time.
In Laiyang City, there is really no force that dares to provoke the three major families at the same time, the Mu family does not dare, the City Lord's Mansion does not dare, even the most mysterious Wuyi Chamber of Commerce does not dare.
Of course, the suspicion of collusion between these three forces and outsiders cannot be ruled out, but the problem arises again: Even if one or several of them collude with outsiders, all they want is to make a profit or to make enemies.
However, the three major families couldn't figure out what kind of treasure they had that was worth the other party's risk, or what kind of grudge was worth the other party's doing.
After thinking about it, the three major families came to a conclusion that this matter should have nothing to do with the struggle between forces. So, in this way, the reason for this kind of thing is much narrower.
In the end, the three major families finally came to a conclusion, that is: the three should have offended someone, and then they were exterminated.
There is another implication hidden in this conclusion, that is, someone is provoking the three major families in the name of individuals. It doesn't matter what others think, anyway, the three major families think so.
As soon as this conclusion came out, the three major families directly boiled, who would have such courage?
But no matter what, it was Murong Teng's own grandson who died after all, and the conclusion reached by the family was not what he wanted for him. Similarly, in the Ou family, the Great Elder Ou Jinlun was not satisfied with this result, and Cheng Tianyi of the Cheng family was also dissatisfied. So, under the summons of Murong Teng, Ou Jinlun and Cheng Tianyi both visited the three elders of the Murong family to discuss how to find the real culprit in order to overturn the conclusion reached by the family. In the end, they argued and argued, and an agreement was reached that the three families would jointly send someone to the Dark Forest to investigate the clues.
On the second day after the return of the disciples of the three major families, that is, the day Mu Feng went to the Wuyi Chamber of Commerce. Murong Teng sent Murong Qian, the eighth elder of the Murong family, to lead two capable guards, Cheng Tianyi also personally led two guards, and Ou Jinlun sent his own brother Ou Jinhua to lead two guards.
After the nine of them converged, the group marched towards the dark forest to find clues about the disappearance of the three families.
Not long after Mu Feng left, the nine of them arrived at the edge of the dark forest, where the children of the Murong family last saw Murong Hao and the others.
After some investigation, it was found that the trio did not enter the dark forest, but traveled all the way north along the edge of the dark forest.
After walking for about ten kilometers, I found that the three of them seemed to have entered the training area of the Mu family's dark forest. At this point, the three important figures led by Murong Qian almost unanimously agreed that the lives of the children of the three families were very likely to be buried in the hands of the Mu family.
So, the three of them led six guards to continue the investigation, and after walking for about ten minutes, in a sheltered place, nine people saw a thatched hut at the same time, not far from the thatched hut, Murong Qian waved his hand, and the other eight stopped at the same time.
If Mu Feng was here, he would definitely break out in a cold sweat. Because, the place where Murong Qian stopped was exactly where Murong Hao and the three of them stood that day.
Murong Qian, who had stopped, took a deep breath, slowly closed his eyes, and suddenly opened them after a few breaths. I saw that his left foot was half a step back, his right foot was arched, and at the same time, his left hand was holding a knife, and his right hand was holding a knife, and his eyes were staring ahead.
Seeing what Murong Qian did, Ou Jinhua and Cheng Tianyi were shocked at the same time: "Murong family's sword drawing technique!"
Murong Qian resumed his standing posture and said slowly: "That's right, it is the Murong family's knife drawing technique. ”
After speaking, he glanced at Ou Jinhua and Cheng Tianyi. The two of them comprehended, followed Murong Qian's appearance, took a deep breath and slowly closed their eyes.
After a while, both of them opened their eyes at the same time.
"Cheng Family Split Mountain Fist!" "Ou Family Flame Palm!"
The two said at the same time.
"It seems that the three of them are doing something here!" Murong Qian closed his eyes again after speaking, and kept them like this for about five minutes, and then opened his eyes again, muttering to himself in a pensive manner: "Impossible!"
"What can't be?" Ou Jinhua and the two asked in unison.
"It's true that the three of them are here to do something, but I can't even feel the slightest breath of each other. Murong Qian.
"It doesn't make sense!" Cheng Tianyi didn't seem to be able to accept such a fact.
Murong Qian glanced at him and said, "Why don't you try it too." ”
Cheng Tianyi and Ou Jinhua really didn't accept this fact, so they also closed their eyes and felt it. It's just that, no matter how they feel, the result is the same: they don't feel the breath of the fourth person at all.
It stands to reason that on the day of the incident, there were a total of five people here, in addition to the three deceased, Mu Feng and his sister Qing'er were also present. And the reason why Murong Qian and the three of them couldn't feel the breath of the fourth person was because Qing'er didn't know martial arts, while Mu Feng had a chaotic aura to hide all his breath, plus the existence of the Dao Destroying Sword Emperor, it was reasonable to say that Mu Feng didn't have any hands-on breath left on the scene.
As we all know, the martial artists of the Heavenly Forsaken Continent all use the affinity of their physique to absorb such and such elemental energy between heaven and earth and turn it into their own use. Therefore, when a cultivator violently absorbs the elements of heaven and earth in a short period of time and then releases them, a unique aura will form a unique aura that permeates the air and cannot be emitted for a long time.
Therefore, this is the bridge where Murong Qian closes his eyes and feels the aura generated by the cultivator's use of force.
To get back to the point, Cheng Tianyi and the others didn't feel the breath of the fourth person, and everyone was not calm anymore.
Everyone agreed in their hearts that there were only two reasons why the three people could not feel the breath of the fourth. The first is that the opponent's realm is too high, the lowest is the Yuan Dan realm, and the second is that the opponent has a heavy treasure with a hidden aura.
Whether it is the former or the latter, it is enough to show that the identity of the other party is not simple.
The nine of them searched again, even the thatched house where Mu Feng and his sister Qing'er lived, but they still didn't find any clues, so they had no choice but to return to their respective families in a huff.
This matter is strange, you must immediately explain to the family, no matter what the other party's purpose is, there will always be no big mistake in being careful, everything is better to believe it, and it is much better to take precautions early than to be caught off guard.
Almost all three of them thought the same way.
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Anyway, Qing'er didn't see Mu Feng when she got up, and thought that Mu Feng had gone to practice again, and it just so happened that there was nothing to eat at home, so she went out early in the morning to dig some wild vegetables or something, and waited for Mu Feng to come back from practice to eat together.
Before leaving, remember Mu Feng's instructions, whenever there is no one at home, you must remember to hide all the food and clothing at home, so as not to let people find out that the family is inhabited.
It was precisely because she remembered Mu Feng's orders that Qing'er escaped today, but it allowed her to see all the actions of the three major families from afar. It's just that what she doesn't understand is that the three major families are obviously infinitely close to the truth, but they return in a hurry.
After the three major families had been gone for about an hour, Qing'er saw that no one from the three major families had gone and returned, so she went home cautiously and waited silently for Mu Feng to come back.
However, at this time, Mu Feng was enthusiastically sent out of the Chamber of Commerce by Ye Yixiao and Ye Xiangyun under the side eyes of others.
Mu Feng, who looked proud, kept stroking the storage ring on his hand, and then thought of the auction in half a month, not to mention how beautiful it was.
When Mu Feng was beautiful, the three major families were like ants on a hot pot, and one by one the high-level people were in a hurry.
The Murong family.
After Murong Qian returned to the family, he told Murong Teng everything he had seen, heard and felt before, and after listening to Murong Qian's story, Murong Teng dared to slack off, and hurriedly told the head of the family Murong Yao everything one by one.
When Murong Yao learned of this, he immediately convened all the high-level members of the family to discuss how to deal with it.
As a result, the Murong family reunited today after the high-level gathering three days ago.
After everyone arrived, Murong Yao asked the Eighth Elder to explain the ins and outs of the matter anew, and then let everyone discuss and discuss with each other, and then recommend a more reliable speculation.
After some discussion, the eight elders finally stood up and presented the results of the discussion to Murong Yao.
"The head of the family, we all agree that the previous family's inference was wrong, and this matter may really be related to the Mu family. Great Elder Murong Qin said.
"Reason!" Murong Yao said.
"There are two reasons: first, the Mu family has been suppressed by the three major families in the past three years, and it is impossible to say that there is no fire in the heart. Second, the dark forest is so big, why did my Murong family disciples have to be killed in the Mu family's training area?"
Great Elder Murong Qin's firm words.
"But as far as I know, the strongest of the disciples of the Mu family participating in the training this time should be Mu Lin, the daughter of Mu Duforging, I heard that she has a four-attribute physique like Qingyi, even if she is strong, it is impossible to kill the children of this family quietly!"
Murong Yao didn't speak, but Murong Yi next to him analyzed.
"I can't say that, what if the little girl of the Mu family has a treasure that can erase the breath or hide the breath?"
Murong Qin retorted.
"This is impossible, if the Mu family has such a treasure, then they will not be suppressed by the three major families now, you know, now it is not only the children of my Murong family who are killed, but also the Ou family and the Cheng family, let me ask, where did the Mu family get the confidence? Murong Yi said with a smile of disdain.
When Murong Qin heard this, he also felt reasonable, and said as if asking to himself: "Could it be the City Lord's Mansion or the Wuyi Chamber of Commerce?"
"This is also unlikely!First, we don't have much conflict of interest with the City Lord's Mansion, and second, we don't have any hatred, and as for the Chamber-of-Commerce, it's even more impossible. Murong Yi denied again.
Murong Qin wanted to say something, but Murong Yao stopped him at this time, because Murong Yao knew that he would never come to any conclusion if he guessed and speculated like this.
"Don't speculate, everyone, our top priority should be to strengthen our vigilance, and at the same time pay close attention to every move outside, and tell all disciples that everything outside the family is no matter how big or small, and if there is any trouble, report it immediately. ”
Murong Yao said with a final word.
Murong Teng was about to turn around and leave after speaking, when he suddenly saw Murong Qingyi walking by, and he seemed to feel unwell. You must know that Murong Qingyi, as the first day of the Murong family, was spoiled by Murong Yao arrogantly and arrogantly, and no one was in his eyes, despite this, Murong Yao still loved her as if she were the meat of his heart.
"Light clothes, you come in!"
Murong Yao doted on him.
Originally, Murong Qingyi wanted to secretly go back to his room, but he didn't expect to be seen by Murong Yao, so he had no choice but to go to see his father with a twist.
As soon as he entered the door, Murong Yao walked to Murong Qingyi's side, and with just one glance, Murong Yao found that his baby daughter's mood was very wrong, and after a closer look, he found that Murong Qingyi had two red palm prints on his face.
"What's going on? In this Laiyang City, someone dares to do something to you? Tell your father who it is, and avenge your father for you!"
Although Murong Yao was angry, his concern for Murong Qingyi did not seem to be fake.
was asked by Murong Yao, Murong Qingyi couldn't stop crying, the previous coldness was gone, and when he saw his father again, he was gone.
"Good daughter, don't cry, what happened, who beat you, you said it!"
At this time, Murong Yao, where is there any demeanor of the head of the family.
Under Murong Yao's repeated questioning, Murong Qingyi intermittently told the story of the incident. Of course, it is impossible to talk about grabbing someone's seat and beating someone.
After listening to Murong Qingyi's narration, Murong Yao muttered to himself: "Mysterious man! There is no breath at all! Master ......."
At this time, Murong Yao could almost conclude that the person who killed Murong Hao was the mysterious person in Murong Qingyi's mouth. It's just that in the image, I don't seem to have offended any big people!
Such an idea is not only for Murong Yao, but also for everyone in the re-audience except for Murong Qingyi.
"Master of the family, could it be that Mu Duzhi has returned, and he has also broken through the Huahai Sea to reach Yuandan. ”
At this time, the third elder Murong Teng suddenly said.
"It's not impossible! It seems that Laiyang City is not going to be calm. Send an order to send a few shrewd and capable disciples to contact the Ou family's Cheng family, and monitor the Mu family's every move at all times! At the same time, pay attention to the strange faces that have been haunting Laiyang City recently. From now on, the children of the Murong family are not allowed to go out, and if they violate it, they will be severely punished!"
This matter had to be treated cautiously, and Murong Yao made a decision immediately, just in case of accidents.
The same family meeting, the same order was held and issued at the Ou family and the Cheng family almost at the same time.
It can be said that these few days have been the most unstable days for the three major families, and unfortunate things have happened one after another, making the three major families rumored and restless.
The main thing is that there is no understanding of who the other party is and what strength it is. The enemy on the surface is not terrible, but the enemy in the dark is terrible. The so-called open guns are easy to dodge, and hidden arrows are difficult to prevent, and the three major families can't even imagine that a small family disciple will do so many things after training.