The Ghost Doctor Hongyan of Huayin Jianghu

Chapter 288 The Succession Ceremony Begins

As night fell, little lights lit up in Xuanyuan City.Different from the light inside the city, the outside of the city was shrouded in night, like a huge black vortex.By the Qianyun River, Xuanyuanhong stood alone by the river, looking at the gurgling river, meditating quietly.

Not far away is Xuanyuan City. Standing here, one can vaguely see that the city is brightly lit.But Xuanyuanhong understands that Xuanyuan City at this time is no longer the bustling town it used to be, and a crisis is imminent, waiting for him to start the prelude.

On the way back to Xuanyuan City from Tianlian Palace, Xuanyuanhong saw many corpses lying on the side of the road.Those people were all skinny and tattered, and they looked like they had been starved to death.The Xuanying Villa was destroyed, and the Beimo army drove straight in. The innocent civilians in the Central Plains were the first to be tortured.

Xuanyuanhong looked at the corpses in such tragic death, his eyes were deep and cold.For some reason, the scenes of when he was in exile with his mother and sister began to emerge in his mind, and the pain that went deep into the bone marrow is still devouring his heart.

Xuanyuanhong's heart was tormented by her younger sister's tearful smile before she died, and her mother's empty eyes looking helplessly at the sky.He slowly closed his eyes, and raised his hand to take off the mask, but found that his hand was trembling slightly for some reason.

I didn't expect that after so many years, I would still be so cowardly...

Xuanyuanhong smiled wryly.Behind him, a hidden guard appeared and knelt beside him.

"Has the investigation of Sheng's identity come to fruition?" Xuanyuanhong asked coldly, hiding his trembling hands behind his back inadvertently.

The secret guard replied: "Return to the Young Sovereign, the dark guards who performed the mission this time went deep into the territory of Beimo. We found out a strange thing, so we decided to report to the Young Sovereign first when we came back."

"Strange thing?" Xuanyuan Hong frowned: "Tell me!"

The dark guard replied: "There are two princes in the royal family of the Beimo tribe. The first prince is smart and good at maneuvering, while the second prince is pure in nature and likes medical skills. These two princes have extremely high prestige in the territory of the Beimo tribe. I heard that at this moment, These two princes are not in the imperial city, their whereabouts are unknown, the subordinates felt a little strange, and decided to report the matter to the Young Sect Master first."

Xuanyuanhong's face was gloomy: "What are the names of these two princes?"

The dark guard replied: "I heard that the eldest prince's name is Jiling, and the second prince's name is Jihao. However, these two princes have been in and out of the people all year round and often use aliases. How much of these names are true and how much are false? It's also hard to tell."

"Ji Ling... Ji Hao..." Xuanyuan Hong looked at the moonlight and muttered to himself, his face getting more and more ugly.

"So that's the case. I didn't expect that the prince of the Beimo tribe would be so scheming. I was careless." Xuanyuanhong said in a deep voice, with an expression on his face that was as cold as ice.

After thinking for a while, Xuanyuanhong ordered: "Pass my order, attack Xuanyuan Mansion tomorrow according to the plan. I don't care which prince of Beimo he is, even if he is the king of Beimo, I will make him pay the price!"

"Your subordinate obeys!" The dark guard saluted respectfully and disappeared into the darkness.

Xuanyuanhong looked at the dark night, his silver mask glowed coldly in the darkness.On the 23rd day of the first lunar month, Xuanyuan City held a succession ceremony.The whereabouts of Xuanyuan Zhe, the former patriarch of the Jinlu Clan, is unknown. Xuanyuan Yun, the second young master of the Xuanyuan Clan, is dissatisfied with the cruel behavior of the eldest young master Xuanyuan Hong, and announces his succession as the patriarch of the Jinlu Clan.

On this day, Xuanyuan Mansion was crowded with people, and the various sect masters of the Jinlu Clan came to Xuanyuan Mansion early.The sacrifices needed for the succession ceremony are placed everywhere in the mansion. Although they are simpler than usual, they are really solemn.

Xuanyuan Yun was sitting in the room, dressed in the golden robe of the head of the Xuanyuan clan, sitting dejectedly on the side, listless.Yi Pu walked in with the patriarch's jade crown, and saw Xuanyuan Yun crying as soon as he entered the door, he sighed, and walked to Xuanyuan Yun's side.

"What's the matter, Master Yun, are you nervous?"

"Yi Pu..." Xuanyuan Yun threw himself into Yi Pu's arms, grabbed his clothes, and buried his face in his arms: "I'll be fine today, big brother will come to rescue us, Right?"

Yipu's face was a little sad, and frankly speaking, he has no idea what he has come to today.But right now, there is no other way but to do what Na Sheng said, Yi Pu stretched out his hand and stroked Xuanyuan Yun's head, he wanted to comfort Xuanyuan Yun, but he didn't know what to say when the words came to his lips.

He put down his hand, smiled wryly and said to him: "Aren't you very confident a few days ago? Why are you scared now?"

"...I don't know, I just feel very uneasy and always feel that something will happen." Xuanyuan Yunweng said in a low voice: "That Cheng has never appeared, and I don't understand what that guy is thinking at all. Although the elder brother is very powerful, but If—if he hurts Big Brother in a despicable way, then I—I—”

"It's going to be all right, it's going to be all right." Yi Pu kept comforting Xuanyuan Yun, but he was restless in his heart.

In a blink of an eye, it was time for the succession ceremony to begin. There was a knock on the door, and a servant came in and said to Xuanyuan Yun and Yi Pu: "The time has come, prepare yourself, it will start soon."

Yi Pu frowned, this young boy looked strange, as if he had never seen it before, Yi Pu murmured in his heart, and asked: "Who are you?"

"I'm just a servant in Xuanyuan Mansion." The servant replied coldly, and then left the room without waiting for Yipu to ask.

Yi Pu took a closer look at the back of the boy, the muscles on his body were faintly hidden under the loose clothes, his fingers were strong and powerful, one could tell that he had undergone special training.Yipu's heart felt cold, this is the most elite assassination team in Beimo.

Xuanyuan Yun turned his head and saw Yipu's face was pale, he was startled, and hurriedly asked: "Yifu, what's wrong with you? Why is your face so ugly!"

I saw the servant's lips trembling slightly, as if he had seen something extremely terrifying on his face.Xuanyuan Yun became more and more impatient as he watched, quickly shook his head, and asked: "What's the matter with you, talk quickly!"

"Oh no, we fell for it, it's a trap!" The color on Yi Pu's face was gone.Xuanyuan Yun's face was even colder, he looked at Yifu in disbelief, and said, "You——what do you mean by that?"

"That person just now belongs to the most elite assassination unit in Beimo. Our plan to delay time has long been seen through by Na Cheng!"

"What?" Xuanyuan Yun was also taken aback, he looked out of the window in surprise, and sure enough the guards were all unfamiliar faces he had never seen before.

(End of this chapter)