Douluo Jueshi: Who let him join Shrek!

"Grandpa, I'm back."

Meng Hongchen closed the villa door and called out instinctively.

Since the restrictions on their Hongchen family have become increasingly stringent, she calls out her grandfather's name every day when she returns home. If her grandfather doesn't respond or come back, then there's a high chance something bad has happened.

no respond.

Meng Hongchen's expression changed, and in a flash, she arrived directly in the living room.

When Meng Hongchen saw Jing Hongchen sitting on the living room sofa, the tense expression on her face relaxed slightly.

Thankfully, Grandpa was alright.

But when she saw that there was another person sitting opposite Jing Hongchen, her eyes narrowed slightly, and she turned her head to look.

In an instant, Meng Hongchen was completely stunned!
"Mingjiang!"

Mingjiang looked at Meng Hongchen, smiled slightly, and said, "Little Meng, it's been a long time."

Little Dream
Upon hearing this affectionate address, Meng Hongchen felt a momentary sense of disorientation.

Back when Mingjiang's identity hadn't been exposed and he was still learning about soul tools at Mingde Hall, that's how Mingjiang addressed her.

At that time, she was just a later addition.
Meng Hongchen looked dazed, her gaze towards Jiang Ming filled with complex emotions.

There was love, there was hate, there was anger, there was grievance, there was sadness.
It can be said that, for Meng Hongchen's more than 20 years of life, Mingjiang's existence was definitely the most memorable and the most difficult for her to let go of.

"Xiaomeng, come here."

Jing Hongchen glanced at Meng Hongchen and beckoned Meng Hongchen over.

Upon hearing this, Meng Hongchen walked over to Jing Hongchen and sat down with a complicated expression.

"Grandpa, how could he?"

Meng Hongchen wasn't actually too shocked by Mingjiang's appearance.

It could be said that she was the first person on the Sun Moon Empire's side to notice the similarities and differences between Mingjiang and Jiangming.

Especially after Jiang Ming created the Mingjiang clone, she noticed something was wrong almost on the very first day.

During that period, she barely greeted or had any contact with Mingjiang's clone.

"Isn't this exactly what we were talking about? You've come at the perfect time. Let's hear what Jiang Mingjiang has to say."

Jing Hongchen said in a deep voice, turning his gaze to the Mingjiang River opposite him.

"You just said you hoped I would leave Mingdu with Xiaomeng and Xiaoxiao, why?"

Under normal circumstances, it would be impossible for him to leave Mingdu now.

Xu Tianran has now sent people to monitor several important members of the Hongchen family, including Jing Hongchen, Xiao Hongchen, and Meng Hongchen.

Putting aside whether the three of them want to leave or not, even if they wanted to leave, it wouldn't be so easy.

Mingjiang looked up at Meng Hongchen and Jing Hongchen and said softly, "We've known each other for so many years, you should know my personality. Xu Tianran has tried to kill me time and time again, and with him around, the possibility of the Sun Moon Empire starting a war is very high. So, he must die!"
But Xu Tianran is, after all, the emperor of the Sun Moon Empire. Killing him will take some effort, and a major battle will inevitably ensue in Mingdu! To be honest, I don't want you to be caught up in this war.”

Upon hearing this, both Jing Hongchen and Meng Hongchen were startled.

Kill Xu Tianran!
"You just said that so bluntly to my face? I'm still the head of the Mingde Hall of the Sun Moon Empire!"

Jing Hongchen squinted, his eyes filled with solemnity and disbelief.

Jing Hongchen is now a member of Xu Tianran's core group, and even though he is constrained in various ways, his position is still very high.

In this situation, Mingjiang directly told him that he wanted to kill Xu Tianran and the current emperor of the Sun Moon Empire.
If he didn't know Mingjiang fairly well, he would definitely have thought this was a provocation!

Mingjiang smiled and said, "It's alright. If I really wanted to kill Xu Tianran, even if I told you, the leader of the Red Dust Hall, do you think you could stop me?"

These words were a bit harsh, but Jing Hongchen didn't know how to refute them.

With Jiang Ming's current strength, if he really wanted to kill Xu Tianran, even as the head of Mingde Hall and a peak level nine Soul Master, he wouldn't be able to stop him.

At most, he would die in front of Xu Tianran, shielding him from harm.

It can only block for a short time.

"Ugh"

Mingjiang sighed softly, looked at Jing Hongchen and Meng Hongchen, and said softly, "The great battle in Mingdu in the future will inevitably be an earth-shattering one. Once it begins, Xu Tianran will surely die! It's just hard to say about the others. At least from my personal point of view, I don't want you, Hall Master Hongchen, or Xiaomeng and Xiaoxiao to get involved. Once you get involved, the probability of death is too high."

Jing Hongchen fell silent.

He understood that what Mingjiang said was true. If Jiang Ming really wanted to kill Xu Tianran in Mingdu in the future, then an unprecedented war would inevitably break out in Mingdu!
Furthermore, Jiang Ming will undoubtedly win the final battle.

why?
Because no matter how many people Xu Tianran gathers, they are definitely no match for Jiang Ming.

In the past few years, Xu Tianran had failed to gather many powerful figures from the Sun Moon Empire to besiege Jiang Ming. Now that Jiang Ming has completely reached the top, it is impossible to stop him.

However, when Jiang Ming makes his move, those in Xu Tianran's core group will definitely come to his rescue.

If Jiang Ming is determined to kill Xu Tianran, then their rescue mission will only have one outcome.

dead!
"If I stop you from killing His Majesty, will you kill me?"

Jing Hongchen looked at Mingjiang and said in a deep voice.

Upon hearing this, Mingjiang raised an eyebrow slightly and said, "I am just an avatar, and I don't know the specifics of how it works, but the fact that I'm here already explains a lot, doesn't it?"

Jing Hongchen fell silent.

Yes, the fact that Mingjiang came here already says a lot.

Meng Hongchen, who was standing to the side, remained silent, unsure of what to say at that moment.

The Mingjiang in front of her was not the person in her heart; it was just an avatar. But even in front of this avatar, she didn't have the courage to say certain things.

"My purpose in coming here is to say these things to the Hall Master of the Red Dust Hall. As for how the Hall Master of the Red Dust Hall will choose, there is no need to tell me. Jiang Ming has made up his mind that Xu Tianran will die within the next year! Hall Master of the Red Dust Hall, please consider it carefully."

After saying that, Mingjiang stood up, nodded to Meng Hongchen who had been watching him, and then disappeared.

"deep"

As Mingjiang disappeared before her eyes, Meng Hongchen subconsciously reached out, as if trying to grab something.

Unfortunately, I didn't grasp anything, just like a few years ago, I grasped nothing.
She stared blankly at the spot where Mingjiang had disappeared, as if she had lost her soul, feeling empty and indescribably sad.

"Xiao Meng."

Looking at his granddaughter's absent-minded appearance, Jing Hongchen shook his head and sighed softly.

Before Mingjiang's identity was revealed, he originally wanted to give Mingjiang the position of head of Mingde Hall and also hoped that Mingjiang and Meng Hongchen would get married and strengthen the Hongchen family.

How wonderful his initial vision was! With Mingjiang around, the Hongchen family would soon have four level-nine soul masters: himself, Mingjiang, Xiao Hongchen, and Meng Hongchen! If Mingjiang and Meng Hongchen acted quickly enough, he could even become a great-grandfather, and the family might have five or six level-nine soul masters!

If that were the case, the Hongchen family would easily become the number one family in the Sun Moon Empire besides the royal family! But why is it that Mingjiang is Jiang Ming, and why is he an enemy of the Sun Moon Empire!

the more you hope, the harder you fall!
Not only him, but also Meng Hongchen, the feeling of being disillusioned from a beautiful fantasy was truly unbearable!

A few hours later, Xiao Hongchen returned.

When Xiao Hongchen saw that her grandfather and sister both looked preoccupied, she instinctively sensed that something was wrong.

After his grandfather and sister recounted what had just happened, his expression turned serious.

"Ming Jiangming actually wants to kill His Majesty!"

After a brief moment of shock, Xiao Hongchen understood somewhat.

He knew Jiang Ming's personality quite well; he was the type to seek revenge.

His Majesty has surrounded and killed Jiang Ming so many times, and Jiang Ming is bound to seek revenge for such hatred given his personality.

"Grandpa, what should we do? Should we leave Mingdu?"

Xiao Hongchen looked at Jing Hongchen and asked in a deep voice.

Now that Mingjiang has arrived, it means Jiang Ming will definitely take action!
A year is really not a long time!
If Jiang Ming really manages to enter Mingdu, Jing Hongchen, the head of Mingde Hall, will definitely have to go out and stop him.

At that time, it will be a life-or-death ordeal!
"Leave Mingdu? Do you think we can leave so easily now?"

Jing Hongchen glanced at her eldest grandson and said irritably.

Now, Xu Tianran has sent people to watch their every move in Mingdu. If they dare to leave Mingdu directly, a large group of level nine soul masters will chase after them as soon as they leave!

"so what should I do now?"

Meng Hongchen snapped out of her reverie, her face filled with worry.

They are now in a dilemma.

If they leave, Xu Tianran will definitely take action against them, since his trust in them has already been eroded.

But if they don't leave, once Jiang Ming enters Mingdu, Xu Tianran will definitely transfer them there to protect him.

The outcome of the escort mission will be, without any surprise, failure!

Unless Jiang Ming has lost his mind, with his current strength, it's certain that Xu Tianran will be killed.

"Don't rush. Since Mingjiang has come to me, he should also go to see Master Kong. I'll go and discuss it with Master Kong first."

Jing Hongchen remained relatively calm.

Since Mingjiang came looking for him, he should also go looking for Kong Deming.

After all, he and Kong Deming could be considered Jiang Ming's teachers in soul tools.

Soon, Jing Hongchen set off for Kong Deming's residence.

He didn't care that his every move was being monitored.

When Jing Hongchen found Kong Deming, Kong Deming had just come out of the laboratory, and his face looked very unpleasant.

"Master Kong, did Mingjiang come to see you?"

Jing Hongchen could tell at a glance that Mingjiang must have already contacted Kong Deming.

Kong Deming glanced at Jing Hongchen: "It seems he also came to see you. What did you say to him?"

Jing Hongchen didn't say it directly, but instead went into the laboratory with Kong Deming.

Since this concerns His Majesty, we must keep it a secret no matter what.

"Elder Kong, Jiang Ming said he intends to kill His Majesty within the next year and wants me to take Xiaomeng and Xiaoxiao and leave Mingdu. What about you?"

Jing Hongchen trusted Kong Deming to some extent.

Even though Kong Deming was a royal retainer and belonged to a collateral branch of the royal family, he had been in contact with Jiang Ming for a long time.

Given Xu Tianran's suspicious and distrustful nature, Kong Deming's situation will be slightly better than Jing Hongchen's, but not by much.

After all, from Xu Tianran's perspective, Kong Deming had trained the enemy's spy into a level nine Soul Master!

If it weren't for Kong Deming's royal status and his own strength as the strongest level nine soul master in the Sun Moon Empire, Xu Tianran would have already taken action against him!

Hearing Jing Hongchen's words, Kong Deming remained silent for a few seconds before slowly saying, "Mingjiang told me the same thing; he told me to leave Mingdu."

Since Mingdu is destined to become a battlefield in the future, and it is a battlefield that Jiang Ming himself has initiated, it is bound to be an unprecedentedly brutal battlefield.

Rationally speaking, leaving Mingdu now is the best course of action.

Leaving Mingdu is not treason. As long as they leave Mingdu, even if a major war breaks out in Mingdu and Xu Tianran needs to call them back to save the emperor, it is normal that they will not be able to make it in time.

Of course, this also means that they have to watch Xu Tianran die at Jiang Ming's hands!
Functionally, they cannot do that.

Logically speaking, they should do that.

"Master of the Red Dust Hall, what are your thoughts?"

Kong Deming looked at Jing Hongchen, his eyes calm as still water, making it impossible to see what he was thinking, but inexplicably giving Jing Hongchen a feeling of fear.

Jing Hongchen's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said in a deep voice, "Elder Kong, you should know my current situation. I can't leave Mingdu."

Upon hearing this, Kong Deming slightly raised his eyes and sighed softly.

"Alas, Your Majesty, the Master of the Red Dust Hall, has wronged you."

He could empathize with how wronged Jing Hongchen was, because he was also wronged in a similar way.

“But we are, after all, citizens of the Sun Moon Empire, and I am a member of the Sun Moon Empire’s royal family! His Majesty was chosen by us ourselves.”

He looked at Jing Hongchen and said in a deep voice, "Sect Leader Hongchen, if you want to leave Mingdu, I can speak to His Majesty and ask him to let you go to the border, far away from Mingdu."

Jing Hongchen shook his head and said, "Elder Kong, I was the one who initially trained Jiang Ming in his Soul Master skills. You and I turned him into a Level 9 Soul Master, which is ultimately our fault. Since we made a mistake, I am not someone who is afraid of death."

"I only hope that Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen can leave Mingdu and return to their hometown. That way, I will have no regrets."

Can he walk?

Obviously, impossible!

Even if Kong Deming spoke up, Xu Tianran would not let him leave Mingdu.

Rather than doing that, it would be better to take a step back and give the opportunity to the grandchildren.

Kong Deming nodded slightly and said:
"You're fine too. In that case, let's both go to the palace." (End of Chapter)