Zongwu: Aspiring to be the mastermind behind the scenes

Chapter 64: Devoting oneself to the country, suspect Huo Tianqing

"Is it so strong?"

Although Dugu Yihe did not think that Su Shaoying was a match for Ximen Chuxue, he was his disciple after all.

Moreover, Su Shaoying's own qualifications are not bad, otherwise how could he become one of the "Three Heroes and Four Beauties"?
You know, there are many outstanding young people on Mount Emei!
But according to Zhou Ming, if the two of them fought, Su Shaoying would probably die as soon as Ximen Chuxue drew his sword!

Zhou Mingdao: "Ximen Chuxue practices the ultimate sword, the killing sword. Once the sword technique is unleashed, no one is left behind. No matter if it is the enemy or himself!"

Dugu Yihe nodded.

If this is the sword technique, the outcome will probably be decided in just a few moves and the fight won't last too long.

"But Ximen Yichuxue is from the younger generation after all. If he were to face Senior Dugu, he would be able to defeat him within about thirty moves!"

"Thirty moves?" Dugu Yihe frowned. He was a Second Flower Grandmaster, but it took him thirty moves to deal with a swordsman from the younger generation, even if he was the best swordsman of the younger generation?

A woman behind him said, "You're bragging! How powerful is my master? How could that Ximen Chuxue withstand thirty moves?"

"shut up!"

Dugu Yihe scolded.

Even though he didn't agree with Zhou Ming's words in his heart, he would not question them.

After all, the person in front of me has a very special identity.

Even I don’t dare to speak carelessly, let alone my disciples?
"Shaoying, please continue."

"Yes!" Su Shaoying continued to tell the story.

Dugu Yihe listened carefully. When he heard that Yan Tieshan was killed by Princess Danfeng, a hint of anger appeared in his eyes, but his brows were furrowed, showing a sadness.

When he heard that Huo Tianqing and Lu Xiaofeng had made an appointment to fight, he fell into deep thought again.

"Oh, I didn't expect this old friend to end up like this..."

Zhou Ming said: "Since Senior Dugu has heard about what happened here, why not listen to my side of the story?"

"I'd like to hear the details." Dugu Yihe naturally wanted to know why Lu Xiaofeng, Ximen Chuxue and others got involved.

He also wanted to know why Zhou Ming came to see him.

Zhou Ming recounted the story of how Lu Xiaofeng and Hua Manlou were led by Princess Danfeng and Shangguan Feiyan respectively, but met King Jinpeng and asked for his help.

"At that time, King Jinpeng said that he wanted those three people to repent, but today, Princess Danfeng suddenly took action and killed Boss Yan. This is obviously inconsistent with what they said!"

Zhou Mingdao said: "Either Princess Danfeng acted on her own initiative. Or, King Jinpeng lied from the beginning and wanted these three people to die.

But if I tell them directly, I'm afraid Lu Xiaofeng won't agree, so I just said I want those three to repent."

Dugu Yihe nodded but said nothing.

Zhou Mingdao said, "Senior Dugu, I have finished my story. How about you also tell me about your story?"

Dugu Yihe did not answer, but asked: "With your status, why do you want to get involved in this matter?"

Zhou Mingdao said, "There are two reasons. First, after I left the capital, I was ambushed by people from Qingyi Tower, and narrowly escaped death. Therefore, I must take revenge on Qingyi Tower! This matter is related to Qingyi Tower, and it is even possible that Qingyi Tower was secretly plotting this. This is my personal wish."

Secondly, the Jewelry Pavilion is incredibly wealthy, and its business network spans the world. If such wealth falls into the wrong hands, it will be detrimental to the country. This is my public property!

Personally and professionally, I have no reason to stand by and watch!"

Dugu Yihe snorted softly.

Of these two reasons, he believed the first one a little, but he didn't believe the second one at all.

It’s more like a hint at him than a reason!

This matter is not good for the country. If he continues to conceal the matter, then if something really happens later...

"As expected... a tiger father will have a dog son!"

"Thank you for the compliment, senior!"

Zhou Mingdao: "I still hope that the seniors...will devote themselves to the country!"

Now that things have come to this, how could Dugu Yihe refuse?
He is not a young man of seventeen or eighteen years old, full of ambition, arrogant and looking down on the kings and princes.

Dugu Yihe said, "I'm not hiding this intentionally. It's just that this matter involves a secret. You already know the story of the Jinpeng Kingdom. I am one of the four people who carried a quarter of the Jinpeng Kingdom's treasure, the former 'Ping Duhe' of the Jinpeng Kingdom.

The three of us came to the Ming Kingdom, hoping to use its power to restore our country, but ultimately failed. Meanwhile, the prince was obsessed with pleasure and never mentioned restoring his country. Our suggestions were repeatedly rejected.

After a long time, we all understood that the prince had no intention of restoring his country and just wanted to enjoy himself here... So the three of us took the treasure and left.

A few months ago, someone suddenly came to me, claiming to be the Great Golden Peng King, and asked me to hand over my treasure to him, so that he could use it to restore his country!

Zhou Mingdao said, "When we were young and full of vigor and ambition, we didn't even talk about restoring our country. Now that decades have passed and we are middle-aged, how could we suddenly think of restoring our country?"

Dugu Yihe nodded: "That's exactly the point! I also felt strange at the time, thinking that King Jinpeng might have spent all his wealth on extravagant living, so he came to me.

If that were the case, I would have simply handed the treasure to him, returning it to its rightful owner. But in reality, he was a fake!"

"Fake? May I ask, Senior, how can you tell the real from the fake?"

"This... I have my own way of identifying it!"

Dugu Yihe said, "I captured that man and interrogated him, only then did I know that it was Qingyi Tower who was secretly behind this, so I sent people to investigate the Qingyi Tower.

There are a total of 108 floors in Qingyi Tower, distributed all over the country. The remaining 107 floors are not important. The most important one is the First Floor of Qingyi Tower, which is where the owner of Qingyi Tower lives!
According to my research, this first building is in Taiyuan!"

"Taiyuan? So Senior suspects it's Yan Tieshan..."

"Yes at first."

Not many people knew about the affairs of the Jinpeng Kingdom, and Yan Tieshan was one of them.

Taiyuan, however, is where the Jewelry Pavilion is located.

For Qingyi Tower to be spread all over the world, it must have been supported by incredible wealth.

And Yan Tieshan happens to be one of the richest men in the world!

To sum up, he is indeed the most suspicious person.

It was normal for Dugu Yihe to suspect him.

"However, Yan Tieshan also knows how to identify the real Golden Peng King. So, I have ruled him out. I suspect that someone close to him has learned about the Golden Peng Dynasty and is secretly plotting something!"

Dugu Yihe said, "So I first asked Shaoying to go into the Jewel Pavilion to investigate, and then I came here in person to discuss this matter with Yan Tieshan. But I didn't expect that he would be dead before I even met him!
But now, I think the identity of the owner of Qingyi Tower who has been eyeing the treasures of our Jinpeng Nation has finally surfaced!"

It’s not Yan Tieshan, but he is someone close to Yan Tieshan.

You can gain huge benefits from this incident.

He also has a strong background and seems to be the owner of Qingyi Tower.

Who else could this person be except Huo Tianqing?

The only thing that didn't match up with him was his identity as the owner of Qingyi Tower. After all, he was only less than 30 years old this year, while Qingyi Tower had been established for decades.

But this can also be explained because he has an extraordinary identity and is the son of Old Man Tianqin.

It can be assumed that the Qingyi Tower was built by old man Tianqin, but it has now been passed down to Huo Tianqing.

Reasonable and convincing!
(End of this chapter)