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Geng Xuan suddenly asked this question, which seemed to be a question.

But from the tone, it is clearly a declarative sentence.

Xu Peng didn't say anything, but his face trembled slightly.

Geng Xuan had not finished speaking yet and was still talking.

"…It must be very hard and uncomfortable to stay with someone like this for a long time, right?"

“The game of military leaders competing for supremacy is over, and the powerful families and gangs with deep roots are beginning to rise.

Those forces that were already in Yuanjing had an innate advantage.

The Yuan capital at that time was in fact your Yuan capital."

“Your style of doing things may be better than that of the Worry-Free Palace, but it can’t be much better.

Especially when the family business is large, there will inevitably be more dissolute and unfilial descendants.

Without a stronger authority to deter and control them, it's all too common for them to act recklessly and bully men and women."

“But isn’t this a coincidence?
Meng Tiexin, who can't tolerate any grain of sand in his eyes, happens to be in Yuanjing. He will stay there until Wuyou Palace is destroyed.

...I think that while Meng Tiexin is hunting down Wuyou Palace, he wouldn't mind doing something else.

During his long stay in Yuanjing, the number of people who died at his hands was definitely not limited to those from Wuyou Palace."

"Secretly, there may be many people who hate him to the core and wish he would die sooner.

But there was no way, Meng Tiexin's fist was too hard and he couldn't beat him.

Then you can only endure it, give in, coax him, and let him leave on his own.

The complete destruction of Wuyou Palace is undoubtedly the best reason."

"Since we already knew that Miaoshou Pavilion was Wuyou Palace, and everyone wanted Meng Tiexin to leave quickly.

It is not difficult to create the illusion that Wuyou Palace was destroyed."

Geng Xuan did not wait for Xu Peng's answer, but based on the information he already knew, he put himself in the situation of Wuyou Palace and the various forces in Yuanjing.

While deducing and reconstructing the situation at that time according to "common sense" and the subsequent results, he told it casually.

“…Also, there is a saying that it is better to offend a gentleman than a villain.

There is also a saying that goes, "A centipede dies but remains stiff."

"Although Wuyou Palace was on the verge of death due to Meng Tiexin, it looked like it would die at any moment.

But if we also include the Miaoshou Pavilion period, after hundreds of years, the other capabilities of Wuyou Palace may be questionable, but they have no shortage of experience in self-rescue and self-protection.

It's not the first or second time that I've been nearly killed by someone.

But he managed to survive every time.

Instead, those military leaders and heroes who bullied them rose and fell one after another.

...Even if there are forces that want to take advantage of the troubled Wuyou Palace and rob the thieves, they still have to worry about not killing the snake and causing harm to their descendants in the future. "

After saying this, Geng Xuan looked at Xu Peng, who was still silent, and asked:
"This is all my personal conjecture, but I don't know what the facts are."

Xu Peng was silent for a moment, then said softly:
"Boss Su has a good eye. His guess is very accurate. It's 80% to 90% consistent with the facts."

"What's the mismatch?"

“Although there is no clear evidence, based on the subsequent developments, our clan has a conclusion.

Back then, Wuyou Palace, under the identity of Miaoshou Palace, sought shelter from various forces in Yuanjing on a large scale, which should have been intentional.

Before doing this, they should have expected that their identities would be exposed.

But they chose to do it anyway.”

“Judging from the results, Wuyou Palace made the right move.

On the one hand, Meng Tiexin was completely isolated.

Although the various forces did not say it explicitly, they all tacitly created the illusion that Wuyou Palace had been destroyed, and eventually Meng Tiexin left Yuanjing on his own.

On the other hand, Wuyou Palace took advantage of the opportunity to seek shelter from all parties in Yuanjing and recovered at a speed far beyond normal.

This was also the important reason why the Chixin Gang, which was still at its peak, was completely destroyed by the Wuyou Palace thirty-one years after Meng Tiexin's death.

Last but not least, Wuyou Palace also whitewashed its identity in front of various forces in Yuanjing by exposing its own past.

This reduced everyone's concerns about him a lot.

We have also established a good understanding through the Meng Tiexin incident."

“Wuyou Palace has been able to gain a foothold in Yuanjing for more than a hundred years, and its style of doing things has not been collectively resisted by all forces in Yuanjing.

Although Wuyou Palace is becoming more and more powerful and its strength is no longer rivaled by one or two families, it has never tried to wipe out any family or other forces.

...It can be said that the current situation of Yuanjing is inseparable from this kind of tacit understanding. "

Geng Xuan nodded in understanding.

"Make peace with each other and become one."

It is no wonder that the author of "Cold Window Chats" did not write about so many twists and turns behind the scenes when writing about Meng Tiexin and the Red Heart Gang.

There is also no mention of the connection between Miaoshou Pavilion and Wuyou Palace.

Because apart from the Xu family of Yuanjing and other noble families of Yuanjing with a long history, no one else can really see through the strange waves hidden behind the layers of historical fog.

Amid such turmoil, even someone like Meng Tiexin, who hated evil, had a heart as hard as iron, and was invincible by nature, could still be deceived and played around with without knowing it.

Xu Peng did not respond to Geng Xuan's words, but he did not remain silent either. Instead, he said:
"In addition, all the forces that protected Wuyou Palace in the past received a thank-you gift from Wuyou Palace."

"A thank you gift?" Geng Xuan asked softly.

Xu Peng raised his chin and looked at Xu Yao, whose breathing had calmed down on the simple wooden bed.

Geng Xuan understood.

"Did Wuyou Palace take the initiative to give you the organ transplant technology?"

“Well, there is also the reattachment of severed limbs… However, the various prerequisites are quite harsh, and the requirements for the recipient are also very high.

Coupled with the lack of practical experience, there are not many cases of success by chance.

But even so, over the years, many geniuses in the family have benefited from this and lived a second life."

Geng Xuan understood and nodded.

After thinking about it, he asked a question that surprised Xu Peng.

"The two technologies that Wuyou Palace gave you, organ transplantation and limb reattachment, are they the only ones they can do, or have they deleted or edited them, or are they just old versions from hundreds of years ago?"

Xu Peng was stunned and asked, "What do you mean?"

Geng Xuan explained:
“The organ transplant technology that Wuyou Palace gave you requires the same bloodline, and the closer the better, so as to ensure the success rate of the transplant.

When reattaching a severed limb, not only must the limb be in good condition, but it can only be reattached to one's own body and not to another.

...So do you think that Wuyou Palace can only do this, or does it have more sophisticated methods that it just hasn't told you?"

After hearing what Geng Xuan said, Xu Peng was surprised.

After a while, he shook his head and said, "I haven't thought about this question."

Geng Xuan nodded, and did not dwell on this issue. Instead, he asked another question.

“Logically speaking, what the Xu family did back then was not glorious.

At least, that's the case with me.

You should understand my temper.

Why are you still telling me this?"

“Because we need to explain the situation in Wuyou Palace clearly, this history cannot be avoided,” said Xu Peng.

Geng Xuan thought for a moment and then asked directly, "What do you want?"

Xu Peng said:
"I hope that Boss Su will not feel any particular ill will towards my Xu family because of this incident.

I don't need your special treatment, as long as you treat us the same way you treat the Zhao and Li families, that's all that's needed."

"Can everything that happened during this period be written off?" Geng Xuan asked.

Xu Peng said:
“This time, it was originally the result of our patriarch’s willful behavior for his own personal grudge.

I just hope that Boss Su won't vent his anger on the entire Xu family because of this matter.

As for how you, Boss Su, want to resolve the personal grudge with our family head, no matter how you do it, I can convince the Xu family to stop getting involved.

Whatever the outcome, it will not affect our relationship.”

Geng Xuan looked at Xu Peng and said with a playful look:
"You are... selling out your master?"

Xu Peng said expressionlessly:

“It’s not about selling out. As the head of a family, he forced the entire Xu family to get involved in the feud between Boss Su and Wuyou Palace for personal grudges.

Being the first to cause trouble for Wuyou Palace caused such heavy losses.

Having done such a thing, he is no longer qualified to be the head of the Xu family.

I believe that once the news here reaches Yuanjing, he will be immediately driven off the stage by the angry tribesmen."

"Even if I sell it, what I sell is not the head of the Xu family, but the sinners of the Xu family!" Xu Peng said this with confidence and force.

When the other members of the Xu family heard this, many of them nodded silently in agreement, and no one jumped out to object.

Geng Xuan said:
"It's too early to say this now... How I treat your Xu family is not about me, but about what you do next."

“What has been done and the traces left behind cannot be wiped out in one stroke.

Even if I dare to say so, do you dare to believe it?
If you want to erase the bad traces from before, you have to leave new traces that satisfy me."

After hearing Geng Xuan's clear statement, the Xu family captives were not discouraged, but became much more excited.

Geng Xuan said nothing more and watched everyone clean up the scene that looked like a slaughterhouse.

The hearts, livers, lungs and other organs that Xu Peng had taken out with his own hands were then returned one by one to the opened chests.

Because some organs were moved into Xu Yao's body, some organs were missing from the corpse cavity. Someone took out some of the debris from Xu Yao's chest cavity and returned some of them.

Try to have a give-and-take approach.

Then, the open chest was sewn up and even the remaining blood on the body was wiped clean.

Watching everyone's response, Geng Xuan asked Xu Peng:
"What are you going to do with these bodies next?"

Xu Peng said: "Of course, bury it."

"Don't you think it's a waste to do this?"

As soon as Geng Xuan said this, he saw Xu Peng and other members of the Xu family looking at him in shock.

Although he didn't know what they were thinking, Geng Xuan was certain that they were not thinking good things.

He said angrily:

"Don't look at me like that, I'm not a pervert.

...What I mean is, since these Xu family members are already dead, you took out their organs.

In this case, why not think of some way to preserve it?"

After hearing Geng Xuan's words, Xu Peng was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly and said:
"Boss Su, we want to do this too. We have tried countless methods since we got this technology, but we just can't do it!"

"It is this preservation issue that greatly limits the application of this technology.

In summer, if the time of death exceeds two quarters of an hour, the organs are unusable.

If the weather is particularly hot, this time will be shortened.

The weather is cold now, so the situation is a little better, but we only have an hour at most.

Once this time is exceeded, no matter how cold the weather is, it is basically unusable.”

“Since you know that the storage time is related to temperature.

Have you ever thought about using ice cubes or other methods to cool it down to extend the storage time? "

“Of course I’ve thought about it… Not only have I thought about it, I’ve also tried it.

Not to mention winter, even in summer, there is no noticeable effect from doing this.”

Seeing that everyone had almost cleaned up the scene and those scenes that would make people who didn't know the truth feel disgusted were covered up, Geng Xuan didn't stay any longer and turned around and walked out.

Xu Peng, who had the highest cultivation level and was most likely to take advantage of the opportunity to cause trouble, wisely followed him and walked out together, leaving the rest of the mess to others.

……

Geng Xuan looked up at the sky and found that it was already the end of the Si hour and the beginning of the Wu hour (around 11 o'clock).

At this time, Hong Quan, Jiang Hongyi, Feng Yu and others came quickly to his side.

"Boss, the battlefield has been cleared." Feng Yu said.

Geng Xuan nodded.

To be honest, the time spent cleaning up the battlefield was longer than the fighting time.

Of course, this is also related to everyone's meticulous cleaning of the battlefield.

In addition to counting and identifying the dead and seriously injured on both sides of the enemy and ourselves.

What needs to be buried should be buried, and what needs to be cured should be cured.

The prisoners also had to be counted and time was spent on supervision.

Even now, it doesn't mean that everything that needs to be done has been completed. They just waited for the right time to report first.

“In this battle, including all the marrow-refining forces and more than 5643 enemy cavalry, the enemy army deployed a total of troops.

1187 enemy soldiers were killed on the front line.

There were 772 seriously injured people, 485 of whom were sent away by us because their injuries were too severe to be treated, and the other 286 seriously injured patients were properly accommodated.”

Hearing this, Geng Xuan couldn't help but glance at Feng Yu who was making a serious report.

He really wanted to know to what extent the 485 seriously injured patients who were "sent away" were seriously injured.

However, Geng Xuan only thought about this in his mind and did not really say anything. He continued to listen to Feng Yu's report.

"...Including the 96 seriously wounded prisoners originally found in the enemy camp, there are now 382 seriously wounded prisoners.

Of the 427 enemy cavalry, including 122 people including Zha Luo, 305 surrendered, and the remaining were all killed.

Another twenty-one marrow refiners died in the battle.

Except for the one peak-level Marrow Refining cultivator and two late-level Marrow Refining cultivators that you personally killed, the rest of the dead were at the early and middle stages of Marrow Refining."

"In addition to the seriously injured, there are 122 enemy cavalrymen who surrendered, and 79 marrow-refining warriors, and there are 2924 captured soldiers."

“This is the enemy situation.

Because of all the wounded and disabled soldiers in our army, almost everyone tried their best to participate in the battle to the best of their ability.

Including them, the total number of troops deployed was not much less than that of the enemy, with a total of 5416 troops deployed.

In terms of total number, we are more than 200 fewer than the enemy, but because of the cavalry, we are about 200 fewer.

Therefore, the military forces deployed by both sides on the front line are basically equal.

The number of our soldiers killed this time was only lower than that in the "Beast Soldiers Battle", reaching 570.

In addition, the number of seriously injured people is nearly a thousand, specifically 945 people.

At the marrow refining level, eleven people died, one in the middle stage of marrow refining, and ten in the early stage of marrow refining."

"In addition, we found 300 soldiers from the 'North Eight Collection' among the nearly 3,000 captured soldiers.

Together with the selected members of the Giant Bear Gang and the temporary gang members, each numbering 150, they formed a combat force of 600 people.

Led by Fang Jintang, Fan Hongsheng, and two new marrow refiners from the neighborhood, the team has already left Qingyuanji.

They will go to Baiyuan Market and Anle Market first. After controlling the situation in these two markets, they will quickly take control of the other six markets."

"Our army used 237 Xuanyou horses in this campaign, and apart from the heavy consumption, there was no loss.

Of the enemy's 427 Xuanyou horses, 71 were lost due to accidental injuries from spears and the enemy cavalry's excessive pressure in trying to escape, leaving 356 available.

Now the number of Xuanyou Iron Cavalry we can use has reached 593."

"After adding in the riders who were squeezed out for various reasons, there are still 190 rider vacancies."

“In order to fill this gap, we selected one hundred people from the temporary gang.

Ninety soldiers who were originally from the Xu family's "heavy swordsmen" were selected from the captives.

Because compared to other enemy prisoners, they all have experience riding Xuanyou horses themselves.

In the Xu family, not only the Xuanyou riders, but also the 'heavy swordsmen' often come into contact with Xuanyou horses because they have the possibility of being substituted as Xuanyou riders at any time."

Listening to Feng Yu's report item by item, Geng Xuan nodded slightly from time to time.

After hearing this, he finally couldn't help but ask:

"Why are these 190 new recruits either Xu family heavy swordsmen or temporary gang members?"

Feng Yu had a bitter face and spread his hands, saying: "Boss, I also want to increase the proportion of Giant Bear Gang members.

However, when our Giant Bear Gang had the most members, it only had about 450 people.

This time, after the losses in previous battles in Qingyuanji, a lot of people have been lost.

There are some positions where their presence is indispensable and they cannot be moved at all.

Now, there are no more members of the Giant Bear Gang that I can call upon at will!"

"However, Gang Leader, you don't have to worry. The hundred new temporary gang members are basically soldiers from the Eight Family Quarters.

Before you borrowed the Xuanyou horses from them, these soldiers had some riding experience and got the hang of it quickly." Feng Yu finally said soothingly.

Geng Xuan nodded slowly, but was thinking about another question in his mind.

It seems that the time has come for the Giant Bear Gang to recruit new members on a large scale again.

Using a large number of temporary gang members to replace formal gang members certainly helped him avoid suffering too much "bad luck" in a short period of time.

While his combat power is greatly improved, his "black luck" will not increase too quickly.

But this is not without cost.

This is achieved at the cost of the organization's "stability" and "durability". (End of this chapter)