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Chapter 153 Fengze Killing, Good People Are Hard to Come By
Geng Xuan naturally understood it as well.

Just now, Hong Quan pointed out the identity and background of the person in front of him, and this was his intention.

It's just that I didn't make it as clear as I do now.

Geng Xuan didn't care about this.

He said, "If he wants to explore, let him explore."

Hong Quan nodded silently, but reminded again softly:
"Boss, after Yue Luyuan's actions this time, we can no longer hide."

Geng Xuan looked at his worried expression and said with a smile:
"Don't worry, I'm not planning on hiding from people all the time. If I can't hide it, then I can't hide it."

His words did not make Hong Quan feel much more at ease.

Geng Xuan didn't say much on this topic.

It’s the same principle again, shallow water cannot hide a dragon, unless the dragon lies at the bottom of the water without moving.

If you move a little, you will be exposed to the world.

All the previous concealment will be wasted.

But Geng Xuan never had the obsession to completely hide himself as "Su Ruiliang". All he needed was more time to grow.

Now, even if he was noticed by Wuyou Palace and other top forces in Yuanjing, he was not too worried.

If Wuyou Palace is regarded as a spider with a highly poisonous smell, its strongholds spread across Yuanzhou are the spider webs it has carefully woven.

A large part of its agility and strength depends on this spider web.

Now, with his brute force last night, and with the active cooperation of Deputy Envoy Xu You, the "spider web" in Yueluyuan was severely torn to pieces by him.

This certainly offended Wuyou Palace even more.

Once Wuyou Palace reacts, the revenge will be unprecedentedly fierce and intense.

But it is precisely because of this reason that Geng Xuan has gained more time.

It's a very simple truth. If it's just a minor grudge, Wuyou Palace can just arrange a strong man in the Marrow Refining Realm to handle it, and a decision can be made on the same day.

But the current situation has long gone beyond the scope of "small fights" and cannot be solved by simply arranging one or two people in the Marrow Refining Realm.

For a mature force like Wuyou Palace, intelligence information is particularly important.

At this time, Wuyou Palace will be more cautious about its next action.

Gather more information;

Assess the strength of this enemy who suddenly appeared;
Why do you want to be an enemy of Wuyou Palace?
Whether it is a "vest" of other competing forces;
How will other top forces in Yuanzhou view this matter...

Put yourself in their shoes and think about it. These are the things that Wuyou Palace had to consider when they realized that something was wrong with Yue Luyuan and that there was a powerful hostile force specifically targeting Wuyou Palace.

For Geng Xuan, he was not afraid of being "looked at" or "scrutinized" by Wuyou Palace, because in the process, he obtained the most precious thing to him.

time.

Therefore, Geng Xuan was not worried at all about what Hong Quan was worried about.

While Hong Quan lowered his head to think, Geng Xuan looked at the other person in the study and said:
"Master Liang, why are you here at Wanping Market instead of staying in your own place?"

This person was none other than Liang Wenying, the owner of Fengzefang.

Before this, when Geng Xuan was talking with Zhao Xinglang and Hong Quan, he was waiting quietly on the side, like a transparent invisible man.

It was not until Geng Xuan looked him straight in the eye that he said respectfully yet reservedly:
"Boss, you've been running around so hard for my Fengzefang. How can I stay here peacefully?"

Then he said sincerely:

"I wonder if the gang leader has any other arrangements that would allow me and Fengzefang to contribute a little?"

I wanted to say no, but Geng Xuan remembered something and said:

“We got a lot of food from Qin Hexuan’s mansion, and last night we got a lot of Yuanzhou horses.

This time when we return to Chiwu Mountain, we must bring all these horses with us, and as much food as possible. What we lack now is a large number of carriages and drivers.

You should be able to help me solve this problem, right?"

After hearing this instruction, Liang Wenying's expression obviously eased a lot, and he nodded hurriedly:

"Yes, I will definitely solve this problem completely today."

As soon as she finished speaking, Liang Wenying's face suddenly showed worry.

Geng Xuan looked at him, but didn't ask immediately. He just looked at him.

Under his gaze, the expression on Liang Wenying's face changed from worry to fear.

He finally asked, "Do you have anything else to say?"

Liang Wenying knelt on the ground and said, "Please help me, Master!"

Geng Xuan did not show any surprise at his drastic reaction.

The moment he saw Liang Wenying in the study, he had already anticipated this scene.

He said: "This is the real reason why you are here, right?"

Liang Wenying shook her head and said:

"I left Fengzefang and came to Wanpingji with the intention of doing my best to help the gang leader.

When I arrived at Wanpingji, I realized that the gang leader had done a great job last night.

When I first heard the news, I didn't think much about it. I was just very happy that the gang leader had eliminated these malignant tumors for my Yueluyuan.

But later, after being reminded by an old man in the neighborhood, I realized that after this incident, my Fengzefang must have been hated by the Wuyou Palace.

The day you return to Chiwu Mountain, Boss, may be the end of Fengzefang!"

As he said this, he seemed afraid that Geng Xuan would misunderstand him and suspect that he had ulterior motives. He was making veiled accusations, implying that the sudden "doomsday" of Fengzefang was caused by Geng Xuan.

He just banged his head hard on the ground.

Wuyou Palace would naturally treat the powerful enemy Geng Xuan who suddenly appeared with extreme caution.

But for Fengzefang, the direct source of this incident, there will be no scruples.

It is possible that Wuyou Palace’s anger and all negative emotions will be directed at the person who caused all this, and will not be directed at Fengzefang, which they don’t even take seriously.

It is also possible that when Wuyou Palace is unable to retaliate against Geng Xuan immediately, it will immediately target Fengzefang in need of a "punching bag".

Which possibility is more likely?

Liang Wenying, who had long since lost any hope or illusion in his heart, demonstrated his inner inclination through practical actions.

Seeing Liang Wenying banging his buttocks hard for a while, Geng Xuan finally reached out and grabbed his shoulder to stop him from banging any further.

"If you want to listen to me, then stand up and speak."

Liang Wenying, who was kneeling on the ground, showed joy on her face after hearing Geng Xuan's response and was about to stand up.

Geng Xuan suddenly turned his head and looked outside the study door.

Immediately afterwards, a chaotic sound of footsteps was heard outside the door, and the footsteps stopped outside the study door.

“Crack—bang!”

The door was violently pushed open, and a middle-aged woman with makeup all over her face and eyes as red and swollen as two urine bubbles stood at the door.

There was endless anger and endless hatred in her eyes.

When she saw the situation in the room, Liang Wenying was kneeling in front of someone, and she was just stunned for a moment.

Then, the anger and hatred in his eyes became more intense.

"Liang Wenying, your son is dead, did you know?!"

As she spoke, she looked at Geng Xuan and said hatefully:
"You're the one who killed my son Mingrui, right? You bastard!

Did you come to Fengzefang just to cause trouble for us?
If you hadn't come, our family would have been fine. Now that you've come...give me back my son's life!"

The woman was still scolding at first, but as she spoke, her mind was completely filled with hatred and anger.

Then, without saying anything else, she rushed towards Geng Xuan and scratched him.

Liang Wenying stared at all this in a daze. Looking at the crazy woman who was rushing towards him with great momentum and fangs bared, his eyes were full of despair.

……

But when Liang Wenying decided to leave Fengzefang and come to Wanpingji to investigate the situation.

My old wife, who seldom goes out on weekdays and rarely asks about any serious matters, suddenly said that she wanted to come to Wanpingji.

Although she was a little surprised, Liang Wenying naturally would not strongly object to the other party's strong request.

After giving some instructions, the two of them got on a carriage and set off for Wanpingji.

In addition to Liang Wenying and the old woman, there were also the old woman's maid, Xiong Quezi, who was responsible for driving the carriage and made the maid feel sick, and the maid's lover.

After entering Wanpingji, Liang Wenying gave the old woman a few more instructions and then went off alone.

Watching Liang Wenying leave without any reluctance, the old woman secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

She immediately ordered her maid and her lover to find out the real purpose of her trip and the situation of her beloved Liang Mingrui.

The maid's lover did not dare to neglect the matter. He asked the maid to calm the old woman down while he went to look for Fan Hao.

Fortunately, the maid's lover found Fan Hao without much effort.

But then he heard bad news from Fan Hao.

"Is Liang Mingrui really dead?" The man was dumbfounded and said in shock.

The young man Fan Hao nodded and said, "Of course, this story couldn't be more true. I saw Liang Mingrui's head being smashed to pieces with my own eyes!"

"What should I do? What should I do?
What should I do now?!"

The man's expression immediately turned extremely ugly.

What really troubled him was certainly not Liang Mingrui's death. In fact, he even wished Liang Mingrui would die sooner.

What really troubled him, and even seemed unsolvable, was how to explain this to the old woman.

Should I tell her, "Things went wrong, your son died, it's all his own fault!"

Do you really think this old woman came to Wanpingji to reason?!

For an old woman who has lost her beloved son, it is possible that she could do anything crazy.

Don’t look at her as nothing in front of those powerful practitioners. She is the kind that will make you look cheap if you look at her for even a second.

But in Fengzefang, for those who rely on Fengzefang for their livelihood, they also have the power to directly decide their life and death, fortune and misfortune.

Just as the man was struggling with how to break the deadlock and how to find a glimmer of hope for himself and his sweetheart from this almost unsolvable dead end.

Fan Hao, who was young at heart, excitedly shared with him all the "incredible" things he had seen and experienced since entering Wanpingji last night.

He even told a detailed story about how Liang Mingrui, a well-known but despised guy in Fengzefang, had his head hit like a rotten watermelon.

As for the little episode where he was so scared that he pretended to be dead, he naturally handled it artistically.

Then, he talked about how he realized belatedly that he had been rescued and that no one intended to kill him. He shared with the man without reservation how he released his companions who were trapped in cages and what happened later.

For him, everything he experienced last night, even the most insignificant details, was a legendary experience worth remembering for the rest of his life.

Listening to Fan Hao's story, the man, who was struggling with how to break the deadlock, was led astray several times and immersed in the "legendary experience" exaggerated by the young man.

At a certain moment, a gleam of light suddenly flashed in his eyes.

He whispered to Fan Hao:

"Hide quietly now, don't let that old woman find you!"

Fan Hao didn't ask why and immediately nodded in agreement.

The man hurried back, but did not appear directly in front of the maid and the old woman.

Instead, he quietly waited aside until the maid separated from the old woman and went out to fetch water. Then he quietly appeared beside the maid. The maid was surprised when her lover suddenly appeared in front of her.

But soon, when the man told her that Liang Mingrui was dead and their current dangerous situation, the maid's face became panic-stricken.

The man quickly grabbed her and whispered, "Don't panic, I have a way!"

A look of surprise flashed across the maid's face, and she asked hurriedly, "Really?"

The man nodded and said, "However, this requires your cooperation."

The maid said without hesitation: "You want me to cooperate? ... You say, I will listen to you!"

The man then told him his plan.

When the maid heard her lover's plan, her expression of surprise turned into panic, even fear.

At first glance, the man's plan couldn't be called a plan at all.

Because when it comes to Liang Mingrui's death and how he died, he will not hide anything after "getting the news" and will report everything to the old woman.

There are two key points.

One is the time when he "comes back with news". He will carefully choose the most appropriate time to bring the news of Liang Mingrui's tragic death to the old woman.

Second, before, during and after he reported the news, the maid who served him personally would guide the old woman's emotions without making any expression.

The birth of this plan originated from his understanding of the old woman.

This old woman is completely dominated by emotions and instincts.

Perhaps, after a long enough time has passed, faced with the tragic death of her beloved son, the old woman will compromise with reality to a certain extent.

If Liang Wenying was next to her, she would be able to suppress all her emotional outbursts in time.

But if she had just learned that her beloved son had died tragically and there was no one to restrain her, given the old woman's personality, she would rush forward to seek revenge even if the king of heaven was in front of her!
Scrupulous? Consequences?
The old woman at that time didn't have these things in her mind.

When it comes to understanding the old woman's character and controlling her emotions, there is no one in the world more professional than the maid.

What the man wanted the maid to do was to use the method she was good at to make the old woman's emotional outburst more violent and intense.

The maidservant, who had already realized the possible consequences of this, was filled with fear and was in a state of confusion.

"This this……"

The man grabbed the maid's hand and said:

"She said that after the matter is settled, she will allow us to be together. Do you really believe this?"

"Ah?" The maid widened her eyes.

"Believe me, even if we really complete the mission, she will never be able to fulfill her promise!"

"..." The maid stared at him for a long time before gritting her teeth and nodding, "Okay, I'll cooperate with you... But I'm still very worried!"

"Worried? Believe me, as long as you do as I ask, no matter what the outcome of this matter is, this old woman will no longer bother us!" the man comforted.

The maid shook her head and said:
"I'm not worried about her, but...but..."

The maid was speechless and didn't seem to know what to say for a moment. She looked around carefully, as if she was afraid that a demon would jump out from any corner.

The man stared at the maid with an understanding look and said:
"You think we're trying to trick her into provoking the tiger, and the tiger will eat us as well as her, right?"

The maid nodded quickly and said:
“Yes, yes, that’s what I mean.

Although I don't know much, I do know that he is someone that even the master should be afraid of and be careful to curry favor with.

We can't even avoid people like this, so how dare we provoke them?"

The man nodded and said:

"You're right to worry. For people like this, the farther we stay away from them, the safer we will be.

Whatever the reason, don't get involved at all.

But this one is different!"

"How is it different? It's different in that he kills people without blinking an eye!"

The maid seemed to have felt a chill rising from the depths of her heart and spreading throughout her body.

“I heard that he kills people more skillfully than he kills chickens.

It’s only been a short time since he appeared in Fengzefang last night. How many people have he killed?
I have never seen a more vicious and cruel person in my life!"

The man seemed to sense the chill in the maid's heart, and he held her hand tightly, saying in a deep voice:
"But he's a good man!"

"what?"

The maid opened her eyes wide, as if she didn't expect that such words could come out of her lover's mouth.

"Do you know why he killed Liang Mingrui so decisively?

Because he refused to repent and never realized his mistakes until his death, he is hopeless! "

“At that time, Fan Hao was pretending to be dead next to Liang Mingrui, and the boy was very proud of himself for escaping the disaster.

But he never thought about who he could deceive with his tricks.

But they didn’t hurt him at all.”

“And there’s Master Qin’s family.

At that time, Qin Lang, Qin Hexuan, and many adult men had died at his hands.

Everyone else in the Qin mansion, including slaves, servants, the elderly, the weak and women, were captured by his men.

Among them, two are Qin Hexuan’s daughter and Qin Lang’s sister.

There are three children of Qin Lang, two sons and one daughter.

...Just tell me, if it were you, what would you do? ! "

The maid was asked without giving it much thought, as her instinct had already given her the answer.

"No... forget about everything else, but Qin Lang's two sons must be killed, right?
Daughters and sisters should also be killed, is this the safest option?"

The man said in a deep voice:

“But he let them all go.

That’s not all, he even specifically told the market guards not to deliberately embarrass them in the future!”

"This……"

The maid opened her mouth wide, looking incredulous.

After a while, she said to the man:
"In that case, can we go directly to him to seek justice?"

The man smiled bitterly:

"What is his identity?
What are you busy with now?

What is our identity?
What is the plan?
If we don’t make a big deal out of this, we won’t even be able to see him in person!”

"But what about the consequences..." The maid was confused.

"It can't get any worse than it is now!"

"Ok."

After being persuaded by the man, the maid finally made up her mind.

Finally, the man chose the time to report when Liang Wenying begged Hong Quan to allow him to enter the study.

Compared with the verbal report he had originally planned, the man chose a more cruel way that would be the most stimulating to the old woman.

He moved Liang Mingrui's body, whose head had been beaten into a rotten watermelon, directly in front of the old woman.

At that moment, the old woman was almost sent away.

You can probably guess what happened next without having to think too much about it.

Finally, the old woman, whose mind was completely filled with anger and hatred, roared and rushed out.

Because Liang Wenying of Fengzefang can be considered "one of us", and we also know that he and his family are "non-threatening".

Therefore, Hong Quan did not relocate them elsewhere, but directly found a place to relocate them within the Dingxing Hall base of Wuyou Palace.

In addition, they did not feel the need to arrange personal bodyguards for their gang leader.

This gave the old woman the opportunity to march straight in and spit in Geng Xuan's face.

He glanced at the old woman who was rushing towards him with a distorted face, glanced at the red name concentration above her head which was no less than 25 points of red luck contribution, and then looked at Liang Wenying who lowered her head but could not hide the despair on her face.

Seeing that the old woman's saliva was about to splash onto his face, Geng Xuan didn't think much about it. He shot out a ray of powerful energy from his hand, which penetrated into the old woman's brow.

When passing by Liang Wenying, that tremendous force began to explode from inside the old woman's brain.

In order to avoid an overly exciting scene, Geng Xuan deliberately controlled the strength of the powerful energy he was using.

In an instant, the old woman's distorted face became calm.

The mad running movement suddenly stopped and he fell to the left where Liang Wenying was standing.

Liang Wenying subconsciously reached out to catch it.

Then, the old woman with a peaceful face lay quietly in Liang Wenying's arms.

He felt the old woman in his arms' heartbeat and breathing stop, and her body quickly stiffened and cooled.

Liang Wenying's heart also sank, sank, sank hard.

【You get 26 points of good luck and 3 points of bad luck. 】

Geng Xuan said to Liang Wenying, "Let's continue discussing the issue of saving Fengzefang."

"Ah?" Liang Wenying opened her mouth, looking as if she hadn't reacted.

Geng Xuan asked: "Why, you are not interested in saving Fengzefang now?"

"No, no, no, I just didn't expect..."

Liang Wenying waved her hands, not knowing what to say next for a moment.

Could it be that, "I didn't know you could talk to me like that after you killed my wife and son."

Not to mention me, no normal person can imagine it!

However, when Liang Wenying heard this, she did not find it absurd, but instead felt a sense of relief that she was saved.

Geng Xuan gestured for Liang Wenying to sit down and said:
"Don't stand, sit down and talk."

"Ah...oh, okay."

Liang Wenying responded, looked at the seat beside her, then looked down at the person in her arms who was getting colder and harder.

Soon, he sat down respectfully in his seat.

As for the person in his arms, he placed her on the ground at his feet, letting her lie straight on the colder and harder ground.

Geng Xuan couldn't help but twitch his lips when he saw this. It seemed that the rumor that Liang Wenying was heartless and ungrateful was not false.

But soon, Geng Xuan gathered his spirits and said to Liang Wenying:

"I have a few suggestions for you to listen to."

"You say." Liang Wenying replied quickly.

　I'm really too sleepy, so I'll update half a chapter first, and try to update the second half in the afternoon. The minimum update is 6,000 words, which is considered a small extra update.

　　Let me explain further. This chapter spends a lot of time and effort writing about the follow-up of a maid and her lover. This has no impact on the main storyline, but their story takes up nearly one chapter. I wanted to bring their little story back so that it wouldn't be incomplete.

　　The purpose of this design is not to be said to be profound. First of all, it is to make the plot more vivid and exciting.

　　Secondly, we want to strip off the stereotypes and labels formed by differences in identity, strength, and status. The maids and servants whose lives and deaths are in the hands of others are not just tools or NPCs. They also have rich, even bizarre inner worlds and spiritual needs, and wisdom and brains that are not inferior to others. They are all human beings.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)