Chapter 37 Countermeasures of the two sides
At the same time, the Murong family's branch in Yancheng was also destroyed by Liu Cheng and the others, and all the masters were destroyed.
Three days later, the headquarters of the Murong family in Tianluo City.
"What! My Murong family's branches in Yancheng and Yangcheng were uprooted, and all the masters died?" Murong Kai, the head of the Murong family, was reading a book in the study, but when he heard the bad news, he slapped the desk with his palm in anger.
"The old man is angry, the little one has just gotten the news" The person who reported the news to Murong Kai was suddenly startled, and fell to his knees, trembling.
"Needless to say, notify me immediately, convene a family meeting, except for the five elders, all the people who are in charge of Tianluo City now must come, and no one is allowed to be absent!"
"Yes!" the man was immediately relieved and fled.
Half an hour later, people arrived in the conference room of the Murong family one after another.
After a while, Murong Kai saw that everyone had arrived, and with a dry cough, he signaled everyone to stop talking. There were four people in total, and when they saw the head of the house speak, they naturally stopped talking.
Murong Kai was quite satisfied when he saw everyone's reaction, and slowly spoke: "You may not know that my Murong family's branches in Yancheng and Yangcheng have been destroyed, and all the manpower has been killed, and there is no one alive!"
As soon as these words came out, the four people below were suddenly shocked, and they all felt incredible, after all, with the power of their Murong family, the imperial court could not help it, and who dared to break ground on Tai Sui's head.
A man in a brocade robe in his forties said respectfully to Murong Kai: "Father, I don't know if you found out who did it, isn't it Lin Feilong?"
This man is Murong Kai's only son, Murong Tai.
"I just got the news, and I don't know who did it. As for whether it will be Lin Feilong, I don't think it should be, although Lin Feilong has been deflated in the hands of our Murong family many times, but this person knows how to forbear, with his current strength is not enough to call out my Murong family, it should not be him. Shaking his head, Murong Kai said slowly.
"Could it be that the imperial court did it?" said another middle-aged man, Murong Li.
"Well, that's quite possible. Since the return of the five elders, my Murong family has been vigorously developed, and the imperial court has long regarded us as a thorn in the side and a thorn in the flesh, although we have shrunk our power in recent years and have not expanded again, but our Murong family is still a big threat to the imperial court. Murong Kai nodded, thoughtful.
"Master, I don't think this is like the court did it. The only woman in the audience, Murong Jiaoran spoke.
"Oh, why do you say that?" Murong Kai asked.
"It's not that the imperial court hasn't attacked our Murong family in the past few years, but every time it returns, if you don't have absolute strength, you will never attack my Murong family again. Since we have enough strength, why didn't the imperial court directly attack the headquarters of my Murong family, but destroy the branch first?"
"Maybe it's because the imperial court isn't strong enough to destroy the strength of my Murong family's headquarters in one fell swoop, so I want to gradually encroach on my Murong family's power, so I will destroy the branch first. Murong Li guessed.
"Taking a step back, even if the imperial court does not have strong enough strength, or it has some scruples about the strength of the five elders, and does not directly destroy the headquarters of my Murong family, but since it has done something to my Murong family, it means that the strength of the imperial court is already very strong, otherwise it would not dare to destroy two branches of my Murong family in one go. Since the strength of the imperial court is very strong, and he has the intention of destroying my Murong family, why did he destroy the two relatively weakest branches of Yancheng and Yangcheng first, instead of choosing to attack Su Cheng or Tongcheng? If it is really the hand of the imperial court, then why not choose Tongcheng, but choose Yancheng and Yangcheng, isn't this a warning to us and let us have precautions?"
This analysis is reasonable, and Murong Kai doesn't know how to judge.
"There is also a possibility that one or several forces in the nearby cities are united, and there are high-ranking people behind them, who want to compete with my Murong family! The reason why they chose Yancheng and Yangcheng is because their power is not big enough, and their strength is not strong enough, so they can only slowly eat away at the power of my Murong family. If this is the case, I think the other party will not do anything in a short period of time. The last man who had not spoken suddenly spoke, his words were short, but they were very close to the truth. This person was dressed in gorgeous clothes, and his name was Murong Xiao.
Next, the five members of the Murong family discussed for a long time, expressing their own opinions, and analyzing their own and others' speculations from all aspects.
"There is some truth in what you say, I will send someone to investigate this matter, and I must find out. During this time, everyone should be cautious, restrain the people under them, and increase the number of patrols and standing guard accordingly, and arrange some good hands to go in, otherwise they will not know who killed them if they are killed by others. In addition, Murong Li, you take a few people to the Suzhou City branch, and Murong Xiao, you also take a few people to the Tongcheng branch, and you must ensure that these two branches cannot be lost. As for the headquarters of Tianluo City, naturally don't worry, with the old man and the five elders in charge, few people dare to come and spread wild!"
"Yes!" the four of Murong Tai said respectfully.
At the same time, in the city lord's mansion of Tianluo City.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the operation to get rid of the Yancheng and Yangcheng branches is very smooth, and now that the Murong family has also received the news, they will definitely send more people to investigate this matter. As for what we should do next, you all share your thoughts. Lin Feilong sat on the main seat and said happily to everyone.
The two branches of the Murong family were destroyed, and Lin Feilong naturally breathed a sigh of relief. Although it was only the smallest two branches, this was the first time that Lin Feilong had taken advantage of the Murong family, so he was naturally extremely happy.
"If my expectations are correct, in addition to sending additional people to investigate this matter, the Murong family will definitely add another layer of protection to the safety of the other two branch forces, and I am afraid that they will send another master. The two divisions of Su Cheng and Tongcheng are not weak, Su Cheng is okay, there is only one mid-Guiyuan and two mid-Guiyuan, but Tongcheng has three masters in the mid-Guiyuan period and five masters in the early Guiyuan period, I think this time the Murong family may send masters from the late Guiyuan period to the Tongcheng branch, and we are afraid that it will be difficult to succeed in such an easy raid, and it will be easy to be discovered by the Murong family, so the gains outweigh the losses. With our current strength, we can't go head-to-head with the Murong family. Xiao Yu said cautiously.
Although revenge is Xiao Yu's greatest wish, after all, the stakes are very high, and a carelessness is very likely to lead to the loss of previous achievements, so Xiao Yu is extremely careful.
"Yes, I also think Brother Xiao is reasonable. Although from the point of view of intelligence, in addition to the five elders of the Murong family, only the head of the family, Murong Kai, has reached the late stage of the Yuan Dynasty, but who can guarantee that no one in the Murong family has hidden his strength. It's not that I ask others to destroy their own prestige, if we make another move at this time, whether we can succeed is still two words, even if we succeed, I am afraid we will have to pay some price; if we fail, we will lose all our efforts, not to mention the loss of troops, and the Murong family will gather manpower to wipe us out. Although Xiao Xian's nephew can fight the five elders of Murong with the strength of one person, we can't deal with the other masters of the Murong family. Therefore, it is not too late to wait for the Murong family to relax their vigilance before making a move. Zhao Tianhu very much agreed with Xiao Yu's opinion.
Zhao Tianhu said that Xiao Ling could fight the five elders of Murong with the strength of one person, Xiao Yu and they didn't think there was anything, after all, they already knew, but Lin Feilong's five masters of the Returning Yuan Period didn't know, at first hearing this, their eyes widened one by one, and their eyes were full of disbelief when they looked at Xiao Ling. Although Xiao Ling easily defeated Zhang Hua a few days ago, they only thought that Xiao Ling could beat one of the five elders of Murong, and coupled with Lin Feilong's tone, they could only think that Xiao Ling would have a draw with two of the five elders of Murong at most. As a result, now Zhao Tianhu said that Xiao Ling could defeat five with one, which really made them unbelievable.
"Indeed, now we have only me and Xiao Gongzi who have the cultivation of the late stage of Guiyuan, and the only one who can kill the late stage of Guiyuan is Xiao Xian's nephew, for the sake of caution, we really shouldn't make a move at this time. Ignoring the incredulous gazes of his subordinates, Lin Feilong didn't say anything more than nodding in agreement.
"However, although we can't take action to destroy the Murong family's branch forces, it's still okay to create a little trouble for the Murong family and confuse the Murong family's sight. Xiao Ling seemed to have thought of something, and suddenly spoke at this time.
"Oh, I don't know what Xiao Xian's nephew thinks?" Lin Feilong looked at Xiao Ling with burning eyes.
"I can't talk about it, it's just a little thought. Since the Murong family will definitely vigorously investigate this matter thoroughly, then it will definitely be suspected of the Lin City Lord, if this is the case, it is difficult for the three of us to guarantee that we will not be found out. Therefore, on the one hand, we must strictly restrain the people below, telling them not to leak the slightest bit of sloppiness, and not to walk around outside if they are unnecessary; on the other hand, we can send people to attack the forces of the Murong family from time to time, and the headquarters and branches will not let go, not to achieve much effect, but to create some chaos for the Murong family, and to confuse the Murong family's sight. There are many sneak attacks, and the people who go there are different people every time, how can the Murong family know who to point the finger at, even if they send more people, it is not so easy to find out. But at this point, the person who goes to cause trouble must either cultivate to a high level, or the ability to escape for his life must be first-class, and it will not be good if he is caught. ”
"Okay! Xiao Xian's nephew is really wise and brave, this plan is very good, this plan is very good, hahaha" The more Lin Feilong listened to Xiao Ling's words, the brighter his eyes became, and finally he couldn't help laughing out loud.
The others also reacted in the same way as him, and they all cast admiring glances at Xiao Ling. This made Xiao Ling embarrassed and a little overwhelmed.