Rebellious Contract Beast

"With such a big incident happening to the Xu family, it's hard for them not to suspect Tang Wanyu. Have you settled Tang Wanyu down?"

"Don't worry, Tang Wanyu is already dead. If the Xu family wants to cause trouble for Tang Wanyu, they will only find a corpse."

"Oh~ Where is Mingyue now?"

"In the fields."

"Huh? What do you mean?"

"Of course it means literally!"

"You...I don't want to care about you anymore!"

"Alright, the Xu family has been badly hurt by you, an old witch, today. You have stolen all the limelight. Why don't you go find your aunt and ask her to help pack some dishes? I haven't eaten yet!"

"I'll eat you like a pig!"

"I've already said that. Wouldn't it be a bit rude if I don't eat it?"

"You...ah~what do you want to eat? Tell me!"

"Give me more of those spring rolls, they look delicious to me. And take some of that pork tenderloin slices fried with some flowers..."

"..."

Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye the sky darkened.

In the Xu family mansion, in Xu Sihai's study.

"Master! You absolutely cannot do that! This matter was caused by me, and I should be the one going to the Wu family. How can you bear the responsibility?"

"It's come to this. No matter how much I say, it's useless. Someone has to take action. I have no other requests except that my Xu family will continue to stand firm for generations. Sihai, you just live well. When Zhenping takes the throne, you must teach him how to be a qualified head of the family. The future of the Xu family cannot be without you."

"Homeowner..."

"The horse is ready. I will be on the road tomorrow. Please don't let me down."

"Si Hai will definitely live up to the expectations of the Patriarch!"

A gust of wind blew by, and the candle in the study flickered, as if it would go out at any time.

Xu Sihai suddenly knelt on the ground and kowtowed heavily to the old man's back.

boom!
The kowtow was extremely loud, and after that the whole study was so quiet that one could hear a pin drop.

After maintaining the prostrate posture for an unknown amount of time, Xu Sihai slowly raised his head. The old man who had stood in front of him had already left with his men and was no longer seen, as if he had never been here before.

Wiping the tears from the corners of his eyes, Xu Sihai slowly stood up, and the sadness on his face quickly turned gloomy.

He slowly walked to the knife rack, blew a few times to extinguish the three candles, and reached out to take down a long sword with an ancient shape.

"Deng Quanchang." He called out a name calmly. As soon as he finished speaking, Deng Quanchang staggered in from outside the study as if being pulled by an invisible hand.

"I am…I am…"

No one knew what Deng Quanchang had experienced before. At this moment, he was only wearing a white undershirt covered in blood, and there were marks of being burned with a branding iron on his face.

As soon as he came in, he didn't even bother to greet everyone. He just knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Xu Sihai continuously.

"Master! ... Master! Please let my family go! This matter has nothing to do with them. If you want to punish someone, just punish me! Master, please let my family go... They are all innocent! Innocent! Please! Please..."

Xu Sihai looked calm and did not respond to Deng Quanchang. He just pulled the sword out of the scabbard and slowly wiped the sword with a towel.

About half a minute after Deng Quanchang finished speaking, Xu Sihai finally spoke up, saying in confusion: "It was me who asked you to kill Wu Han, so why did it become Tang Wanyu in the end?"

“This… When I learned that I had to kill the Wu family, I couldn’t make up my mind for a while… I couldn’t eat or sleep well. As a result, I met my junior sister… I heard that she had a way, so I handed the matter over to her. I really didn’t know that it would end up like this…”

"Yeah, I don't know. You've caused so much trouble to the Xu family, and you can just end it by saying I don't know?"

"Master, please..."

A murderous intent flashed in Xu Sihai's eyes. The moment he finished speaking, he turned around and slashed out with his sword!

The sword light illuminated Deng Quanchang's eyes. His face quickly turned into one of horror. He was about to beg for his life, but he only uttered three words when the sharp sword blade suddenly stopped the moment it touched his skin.

"Master...Master..."

At this moment, Deng Quanchang seemed to have all the strength drained away. He collapsed and fainted.

When Xu Sihai chopped him with the sword just now, he really felt that he was dead.

Xu Sihai looked at him with cold eyes, slowly put the long sword into the scabbard, looked outside the study, and shouted, "Someone come."

"What is it, sir?"

"Send someone to Beitang and call Tang Wanyu to me."

"Yes! Master!"

The guard outside the door nodded, and after listening to Xu Sihai's instructions, he turned around and left.

After that, the study fell into silence again. Xu Sihai sat on the chair and waited quietly. Deng Quanchang was uneasy and did not dare to ask Xu Sihai anything. He could only wait with him, but while waiting, cold sweat kept coming out of his forehead.

About an hour later, Deng Quanchang looked like he had been soaked in water. His upper body clothes were soaked and his hair was wet. At the same time, the voices of the Xu family guards were finally heard outside the door.

"Master, the Beitang master has been brought here."

"Come in." Xu Sihai took a look and said calmly, but when the guards outside the door came in, his eyes suddenly narrowed into slits.

The two guards did not bring Tang Wanyu in as he had imagined, but instead carried a stretcher into the study, one in front and one behind.

There was a person lying on a stretcher, covered with a layer of white cloth, and he was already lifeless.

"This is……?"

"My Lord, this is Tang Wanyu. When I went to the North Hall, I found out that she was already dead. I had someone dig her out of the ground just now."

Hearing the guard's words, Xu Sihai stood up and strode over here, and lifted the white cloth in front of the stretcher.

Tang Wanyu was seen lying quietly on a stretcher, her face was extremely pale without a trace of blood, her clothes were stained with mud. The guards were not lying, she had indeed just been dug out of the ground.

When I opened my eyelids, I saw that her pupils were completely dilated, and her eyes were cloudy and translucent like clouds.

It looks like he has been dead for more than twelve hours.

In addition, Tang Wanyu did not look like she committed suicide. She had no scars or even bruises on her body, and her skin was smooth and delicate.

Call ~
After taking a deep breath, Xu Sihai seemed to realize something and his eyes moved downward to one of Tang Wanyu's ears.

He then reached out and scraped the earlobe of Tang Wanyu's body, then put his finger in front of his nose and sniffed it. The next second, he frowned. There was a faint cold breath left on Tang Wanyu's body, very thin, but he could detect it.

When he returned from Zhu's house, he immediately sent people to investigate the group of Pillow Knife Society members who assassinated Wu Han that day. He did not get much information. In two days, more than half of the Pillow Knife Society members who participated in the assassination of Wu Han had left Jiangzhou City. The remaining few were hoping for the best, thinking that nothing would happen if they continued to stay in Jiangzhou City. As a result, they suffered a great crime in just two days.

According to the confessions of those people, the leader at that time, the person who used the photo stone to record, was from the Anxiang Pavilion, and the people in the Anxiang Pavilion were the confidants cultivated by Tang Wanyu herself.

The few people who stayed in Jiangzhou City hoping for a lucky break no longer remembered the man's name. After all, it was just a temporary cooperation. They only knew that the man's surname was Hu and he was definitely someone Tang Wanyu trusted.

At that time, Xu Sihai was very confused. Why did Tang Wanyu want to harm the Xu family?
Objectively speaking, she should have no motive or reason to harm the Xu family.

And now, Xu Sihai has probably guessed that Tang Wanyu has most likely been controlled by someone. As for how, the answer lies in this breath.

The breath coming from the evil spirit.

What kind of evil spirit can control people and even make enemies do things for it?

Xu Sihai quickly thought of it.

"Possession..."

Xu Sihai stood up, his face full of gloom.

He is now basically certain that it is the evil spirit Zhan Shenmei. For no reason, a faceless man suddenly rushed into Beitang, and three Pure-level masters of the Pillow Blade Society died in his hands. Then, this faceless man died inexplicably at the hands of Tang Wanyu.

This matter itself was strange, but Xu Sihai didn't think of it as evil at the time.

I'm afraid that from that moment on, Tang Wanyu was no longer herself.

He had never expected that there was someone in this city who was raising evil spirits or possessing people. When he thought about the fact that the Tiger Gang sent people to take away the faceless man's body, the person who was raising evil spirits could only be the mysterious leader of the Tiger Gang.

But which normal person would raise an evil spirit? Aren't they afraid of being attacked by the evil spirit?

The leader of the Tiger Gang is very courageous, I'm afraid he is an evil cultivator...

However, whether the leader of the Tiger Gang is an evil cultivator is not important. What is important is the trouble that the Xu family is facing now!
Tang Wanyu was possessed by a demon and her body was taken away from her. Why did Deng Quanchang give the matter to someone else but her?
Thinking of this, the anger in Xu Sihai's heart exploded like a volcanic eruption.

Poor Deng Quanchang didn't know what he was thinking. He was stunned for a moment after hearing the words "occupied body charm" from the other party's mouth. Then he reacted and said hurriedly: "Master! Master! I didn't know this! If I had known that my junior sister had been possessed by a possessed body charm, I would never have handed this matter over to her!"

"You idiot!"

Xu Sihai cursed angrily, unsheathed his sword in an instant, and slashed at Deng Quanchang again.

Seeing this, he subconsciously closed his eyes, thinking that this time, just like last time, Xu Sihai was just feinting, but unfortunately, he guessed wrong.

Xu Sihai's sword swung without any pause and went straight through his neck.

Deng Quanchang opened his eyes, his pupils were full of disbelief, and his expression remained at that moment.

The head flew high up, and bright red blood spurted out like a fountain more than one meter high.

The leader of the Pillow Blade Society died at the hands of Xu Sihai.

After putting away the sword, the anger on Xu Sihai's face disappeared and he became calm, as if he had just killed a disobedient dog.

"The people were carried outside the city and thrown away."

"Yes! Master!"

"I'm a little tired today. Clean the floor and then leave. I want to be alone."

"Yes!"

The guards were very efficient and quickly disposed of Deng Quanchang's body and cleaned the ground.

Xu Sihai sat back at the desk, put his hands on the table and rubbed his forehead hard, not knowing what he was thinking.

At this time, there was silence inside and outside the house, with only the occasional sound of cicadas. Perhaps he thought of some difficulty, and Xu Sihai wanted to pour a cup of tea to calm his mind, but as soon as he moved his hand, he noticed something and suddenly looked outside the study.

"Who is sneaking around outside?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a person really appeared outside the study. The figure looked familiar, and it didn't take Xu Sihai long to remember who this person was.

"Zhu Chengjing..."

"Master, it's me, it's me. Why am I here so late? I hope I didn't disturb you." Zhu Chengjing was not short in height, but he kept nodding and bowing in front of Xu Sihai to please him, and he actually looked like a very natural servant.

"Humph, I just ordered my men to stay away and not bother me, but you brought people here. Do you think you disturbed me?"

"I'm sorry, sir. If I disturbed you, I'll leave now!"

"Stop talking nonsense, what are you doing here?"

"Master, I just want to ask, how is the Zhongtang master doing?"

"Of course he's dead. Why, do you want to go with him, or do you want to be the head of the hall?"

"no no no"

Zhu Chengjing shook his head quickly and said with a smile, "Master, you misunderstood. I am already the chief minister of the East Hall, how dare I covet the position of the chief minister of the Central Hall? Deng Quanchang did not do his job well and caused so much trouble to the Xu family. I think he deserved to die. But if he dies, someone has to take his place as the chief minister of the Central Hall, right? So I brought a suitable person to you, Master."

"Oh? Are you here to recommend me some talent?" Xu Sihai's face turned a little cold. After what happened with Wu Han, he no longer had the mind to think about who should replace Deng Quanchang.

Both the Pillow Blade Society and the Xu Family should be quiet for a while. As for the Tiger Gang, this matter can only be put aside for now and dealt with after the storm has passed.

But at this time, Zhu Chengjing actually came to the door and said that he had brought a suitable candidate to replace Deng Quanchang. In Xu Sihai's eyes, this undoubtedly meant that Zhu Chengjing had ideas about the pillow knife. Isn't this courting death?
Even Xu Sihai himself couldn't find a suitable person to be the chief aide, so who could Zhu Chengjing find?
He was somewhat curious about who the person Zhu Chengjing had chosen was. If he was an ordinary person and just wanted to expand his power in the Pillow Knife Society, he wouldn't mind letting Zhu Chengjing go down and keep Deng Quanchang company.

"Yes, yes, yes, sir, would you like to take a look? I think you will be satisfied!"

"Really? Then bring it in and let me see."

"Good Le!"

Zhu Chengjing was delighted when Xu Sihai agreed. He turned to the study and waved, "Brother! Come on, the master wants you to come in."

As soon as he finished speaking, a man came out from outside the study. He looked to be in his forties, full of murderous intent, with a sturdy build, long hair, and three vertical scars on his face, which were very hideous and conspicuous.

When he saw this person, Xu Sihai was stunned for a moment, obviously recognizing his identity.

"Zhu Qingtian."

"It seems that the master knows me?"

"The evil Zhu is notorious, it's hard for me not to know him."

"Thank you for your appreciation, Master. I am Zhu Qingtian, and I am willing to serve the Xu family at my utmost!"

"..." (End of this chapter)