Chapter 57: Self-righteousness
Mochuan City, a city that has existed for thousands of years, was not called that at the beginning. But after being occupied by the Demon Soul Palace, it was renamed by the first Demon Soul Hall Lord, and then it has been using the names of the Demon Soul Hall Masters of the past generations as the name of the city, and the name of this generation of Demon Soul Hall Masters is Mochuan.
In Mochuan City, it is not the Demon Soul Hall that is the only one, and there are three other families that have existed since the first generation of the Demon Soul Palace, which can be regarded as a veteran-level family.
These three families are the Ji family, the Qi family, and the Peng family that Lin Feng had met. Among the three major families, the strongest is the Ji family, the Qi family is the second, and the Peng family is the weakest.
Although the strength of the Peng family is the weakest among the three major families, it is the most arrogant among the three major families, and the most prominent is their second young master, Peng Maode, who is idle all day long, and does not do anything serious all day, and the people in Mochuan City are jumping up.
is also because the Peng family completely ignored Peng Maode's actions, resulting in all the people in Mochuan City not having a good impression of the Peng family. Although there is no way to retaliate against the Peng family, once something happens to the Peng family, there will definitely be many people who will be happy, and even happier if they have the opportunity to fall into a well.
There is an old saying that if you walk too much at night, you will meet ghosts sooner or later. No, didn't Peng Maode meet a ghost in that tavern this time?
When night fell, the lights in Mochuan City began to brighten, but tonight, a major incident happened in the Peng family, and the second young master of the Peng family was injured and unconscious in Mochuan City.
"Sir, sir, it's not good. A subordinate of the Peng family looked hurried and shouted as he ran.
"Why are you so alarmed?" asked this sentence by Peng Binhan, the current head of the Peng family.
"Master, the second young master was injured and is now in a coma. The person who reported said with a heavy breath.
"Who dares to be so arrogant and actually beat my son to a coma?" Peng Binhan frowned, thinking about the identity of the attacker.
"Back to the master, Huang Lao sent the second young master back to the bedroom, and then asked the little one to report to the master, and the other small ones didn't know anything. ”
"Then you go down, and I'll see for myself later. Peng Binhan told the messenger to go down, and then prepared to go to the place where Peng Maode lived.
"Which god killer dares to injure my son? Is there still a royal law? Master, this is in Mochuan City, if you don't catch this murderer back and cut it with a thousand knives, then our Peng family will be laughed at in the future. ”
Just as Peng Binhan was about to leave, a scolding voice suddenly came from the side door, and the person who came was Peng Maode's mother, that is, Peng Binhan's married couple.
"Madame, don't worry, I'm not going to go to De'er to find out the situation, since you are also here, come with me. ”
Subsequently, Peng Binhan took his wife to Peng Maode's residence. As soon as the two of them walked to the door, they saw Huang Lao standing outside the door waiting.
"Huang Lao, I wonder how Xiao'er is doing now?" asked Peng Binhan.
"Back to the head of the family, the old man has already investigated for the second young master, and his injuries are a bit serious. Huang Lao said embarrassedly, under his protection, Peng Maode was beaten so badly.
"What's going on?" Peng Binhan heard Huang Lao's words, and his heart also rose. Mrs. Peng on the side looked very anxious.
"Back to the head of the family, the second young master was hit in the chest, the ribs on his chest were all broken, and his internal organs were also greatly damaged. Huang Lao replied.
"Wow~ my poor son. As soon as Mrs. Peng heard Huang Lao's words, she immediately burst into tears. was about to rush into the door to visit Peng Maode, but was stopped by Huang Lao in front of the door.
"Madam, the second young master is resting now, so it's better not to disturb him. Huang Lao stopped Mrs. Peng and said.
"You, it's all your fault, how did you protect my son? You were beaten like this? Our Peng family worships you well, and this is how you protect my son?" After Mrs. Peng was stopped by Huang Lao, she suddenly scolded Huang Lao like crazy.
"I'm sorry, ma'am, but this time it was the old man's dereliction of duty. Although Huang Lao was scolded by Mrs. Peng, his face was red, but he endured it. After all, it was his own mistake that led to Penmaode's injury.
"Madam, you go back first, I'll talk to Huang Lao. Peng Binhan, who had been silent for a long time, spoke.
"Master, you must uphold justice for our De'er, he hasn't scratched a little skin since he was a child, this time he was beaten like this, you must not let go of the murderer who injured De'er. Mrs. Peng cried very badly, and in her opinion, no matter what the reason was for injuring Peng Maode, as long as she was injured, she had to be punished.
"Don't worry, madam, I will definitely find this murderer, you go back first. Peng Binhan said gloomily.
When Mrs. Peng heard Peng Binhan's promise, she stopped crying, and then walked to the door and looked inside. But she couldn't see anything, so Mrs. Peng turned away, but she couldn't help sobbing as she walked.
"Huang Lao, who injured my son?" After seeing Mrs. Peng leave, Peng Binhan asked Huang Lao.
"Mo Xiaoling. Huang Lao spat out a name out of his mouth.
"Mo Xiaoling, the eldest lady of the City Lord's Mansion, isn't he a talented cultivator, how could he have injured De'er under your protection?" Hearing Huang Lao's answer, Peng Binhan was taken aback.
"Back to the head of the family, the old man couldn't figure out what happened like this. Veteran Huang reported the situation to Peng Binhan in detail.
"So, Mo Xiaoling's palm print became stronger for no reason after she typed it?" Peng Binhan grasped one of the details.
"That's right, Mo Xiaoling slapped a total of two palms at that time, and the first palm had no power, but after her second palm print came out, for some reason, the power increased by nearly a hundred times, and directly defeated the old man's Feng Gang seal, and then hit the second young master's chest. Huang Lao also couldn't figure out why the power of the two palm prints was so different.
"At that time, apart from Mo Xiaoling and that kid, did you find anyone else?"
"It should be gone, the head of the family, do you suspect that someone is secretly helping?"
"Definitely, I also understand the Soul Breaker Palm, it's just a very low-level martial art, just with the cultivation of Mo Xiaoling's internal strength, it is impossible to increase the power of nearly a hundred times for no reason, so someone must be secretly helping Mo Xiaoling. ”
"Could it be someone from the Ten Great Hall Masters?"
"There are only two possibilities to increase the power of the Soul Breaker Palm without being discovered by you. One is the person who secretly made a move, and the cultivation must be at least until the king of martial arts. Another ......"
Peng Binhan stopped when he talked about the second possibility, and he also thought that the second possibility was unlikely, or even said that there was none.
"What is the other possibility?" asked Huang Lao in surprise, he only thought of the first possibility.
"Didn't you say there was another kid there? Peng Binhan said.
"Head of the family, what do you suspect about that kid?" Huang Lao's eyes widened.
Peng Binhan didn't speak, a little acquiescing.
"This shouldn't be possible, if you want to enhance the power of Mo Xiaoling's palm print, if you don't see it from me, at least you need to cultivate a third-grade martial artist or above. That kid looks about the same age as Mo Xiaoling, and it is impossible to cultivate to a third-grade martial artist. Huang Lao was deeply unconvinced of this possibility.
"Maybe I'm thinking too much, you're right, a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy, unless he starts cultivating from his mother's womb, it is impossible to reach the third rank martial artist. Then there is only the first possibility, and if so, then it is a bit of a hassle. ”
If Lin Feng was here, he would definitely admire Peng Binhan very much, because Lin Feng started cultivating from his mother's womb, which was right for Peng Binhan.
"Oh, I don't know what the head of the family means?" Huang Lao was a little dizzy, the head of the family's thinking mode was too jumpy, and he couldn't keep up with it when he was old.
"Huang Lao, if you were the one who protected Mo Xiaoling, would you secretly help in this way?" Although Peng Binhan asked Huang Lao like this, he already had a definite answer in his heart, and he just wanted to find someone to confirm it again.
"If it were me, I wouldn't use it this way. Huang Lao put himself in his shoes for a moment and replied.
"Why?" Peng Binhan asked.
"Because my responsibility is to protect her, as long as she doesn't get hurt, and if she attacks others, I just have to watch with my heart. Huang Lao replied.
"That's right, if the person in the secret was to protect Mo Xiaoling, then she attacked you at that time, and you used defensive martial arts, so she was definitely not in danger at that time, but the person in the secret increased the power of the palm print the second time, so it makes a bit of sense. Hearing Huang Lao's answer, Peng Binhan strengthened his thoughts in his heart.
"What does the head of the family mean?" Huang Lao Zhen felt that his brain was not enough.
"The person who secretly attacked at that time must be someone who has an enmity with my Peng family, and this person is not necessarily from the Demon Soul Palace. Finally, Peng Binhan said the firm thought in his heart.
"Why did the head of the family say this?"
Peng Binhan looked at the old man in front of him, and felt an inexplicable sense of accomplishment in his heart, he usually had nothing to worry about, but this time someone injured Peng Maode, which made him feel a sense of impending a storm.
It was this feeling that made Peng Binhan think so much, which also made him feel a little proud in his heart, and he usually didn't have this opportunity to let him pretend, this time he finally caught Huang Lao, who was like an idiot, why didn't he show it off.
It's just that although Peng Binhan despised Huang Lao in his heart, his face did not show any emotion.