My wife is a reborn big boss

Chapter 176 also features such a bizarre tactic as killing one's own child to prove one's Dao?

"What do you mean?" Wu Qiong asked, frowning. "The Miao King personally killed his three sons?"

"Yes." Shi Yue rubbed her cheeks, which were red from Wu Qiong's pinch, and said seriously, "My master accidentally witnessed the Miao King confronting the eldest prince. Their conversation revealed the fact that the Miao King had killed his son, and the eldest prince was also killed afterward."

"Where is your master?" Wu Qiong pressed.

Shi Yue bit her lip: "After that, my master went to question the Miao King, but he never returned. Later, the Miao King sent people to the altar to arrest me, but I managed to escape."

"Why did he kill his son? Was it because he was cuckolded by his son? But being cuckolded by three sons is really too tragic for the Miao king." Wu Qiong was completely baffled and could only guess.

"The Miao King only had one wife, the Miao Queen. He did not remarry after the Miao Queen passed away ten years ago." Shi Yue rolled her eyes.

"Who are you rolling your eyes at!" Wu Qiong once again stretched out his wicked hands and frantically ravaged the little girl's face.

"I'm sorry," Shi Yue mumbled an apology.

When Wu Qiong let go, she rubbed her flushed face and glared at him with tears in her eyes, silently accusing him of his crimes.

Wu Qiong chuckled; he enjoyed bullying these precocious little kids.

After all, he's usually the one being bullied.

"That's strange. Why would he kill his own son?" Wu Qiong rubbed his temples, lost in thought.

"Sneaker, Wu Dayong, why aren't you saying anything?" Wu Qiong asked.

Snake is the pseudonym of abstaining from sex; he is portrayed as a bandit from the Western Regions.

Wu Dayong is Ye Qingxuan's alias, and clearly, he is portrayed as a cunning strategist.

Three cobblers are equal to one Zhuge Liang; these two have been slacking off and can't rely on their own ideas all the time.

Finally, the person who had been remembered by God spoke up: "I've been thinking about a question."

He looked at Shi Yue: "Little girl, did anything change before and after the Miao King killed his son?"

"Hmm?" Wu Qiong straightened up. "What did you think of?"

Jiese waved his hand and continued looking at Shi Yue.

"Yes," the little girl nodded. "A few years ago, after the Second Prince died, the Miao King's power increased greatly, reaching the Innate Realm; after the Third Prince died, he reached the Half-Step Daoist Realm; and when Master went to confront him after the First Prince died, he didn't return. Master is also at the Half-Step Daoist Realm, so logically he shouldn't have lost to him. Therefore, I guess he might already be at the 'Daoist Natural Realm'."

"Could it be that he killed his own son to prove his Dao?" Wu Qiongqi asked curiously. "This Miao king is quite the player."

"It seems to be similar to what I thought," Jie Se said. "I've heard that the previous Miao King died at the hands of Abbot Xuan Kong of Shaolin Temple and Master Zi Yang of Taiqing Sect. According to rumors, the Miao King's lineage has an extremely evil technique that requires drawing the blood essence of one's relatives and fusing it into one's own body, which will greatly increase one's power."

Abbot Xuankong once told his disciples about this matter. Of course, in his version, the former Miao king was killed by him single-handedly with great power.

He's obviously bragging, because

"I've heard of it too. It's said that Master Ziyang saw that this technique was too vicious, so he killed the former Miao King all by himself," Ye Qingxuan said.

It is equally obvious that Master Ziyang also made the same boast.

However, the former Miao king was killed by the two of them working together.

"There's such a technique?" Wu Qiong asked curiously.

This wasn't a setting in the previous life; it seems this world added it automatically to compensate for the lack of a clear worldview.

It's also possible that God hadn't thought of it before, but recently had a sudden inspiration and added this setting.

"That's right," Jie Se said. "Legend has it that this is the martial art of the Ku clan, the royal family of Miao territory. Back then, 'Thunder God of War' Duran was no match for the Ku king, so he seized the opportunity to steal this martial art and took the life essence of his two brothers, Weibu and Hadeng, which greatly increased his power. Afterwards, he joined Miao territory, gradually defeated the Ku family, and became the Miao king himself."

"If that's the case, then it'll be difficult," Wu Qiong frowned. "The Miao King has at least entered the 'Daoist Natural Realm' by now. Even if you young lady and your group of defeated soldiers were to join us, we'd still be no match for him."

Simon, who had been silent since earlier, suddenly stood up and turned to leave.

Wu Qiong quickly grabbed him: "What are you doing?"

"Sheng'er is in danger! I can't wait any longer!" Ximen Ji shook off Wu Qiong's hand and said through gritted teeth.

This Miao king seems to have gone mad. He has already killed three of his sons. It's obvious that his next move will be to kill his only remaining daughter and take all her blood essence to practice his skills!

"It's not the right time yet!" Wu Qiong analyzed, "The deaths of the previous three princes were at least a year and a half apart. Now that the eldest prince has just died, your wife is still safe for the time being!"

"Then what should we do?" Ximen Ji said with a wry smile. "Just like you said, with just these few people, how can we deal with the Miao King? I really don't know what to do."

"What if we can't beat them? Call for reinforcements!" Wu Qiong said calmly, "You think I came to Miao territory to die without any preparation? I already called for reinforcements. If we can't beat the Miao King in a one-on-one fight, we can gang up on him."

Ye Qingxuan chuckled: "As expected of Brother Wu's consistent approach."

"Your surname isn't Zhang! And this 'Sheng'er' he mentioned, could it be His Highness Du Yuesheng?!" Shi Yue's beautiful eyes swept back and forth across the group, and she asked suspiciously, "Who exactly are you people?"

She had long suspected these people.

After all, they were all highly skilled in martial arts and had a different temperament from ordinary people.

Most importantly, the stories Wu Qiong told were clearly false.

"Since you've seen through us, we won't hide anything anymore." Wu Qiong sighed. "That's right, everything we said before was a lie. Actually, we came to Miao territory for only one thing: to help Brother Meng find his wife."

He pointed at Ximen Ji and said, "His name is Meng Xiaodong. More than ten years ago, when Princess Du Yuesheng of Miaojiang was traveling, she was kidnapped by a slave trader from the Great Zhou and sold to him as his wife."

After that, they remained deeply in love and had a beautiful daughter.

Then one day, his wife suddenly left without saying goodbye, so he entrusted his daughter to a friend and went out to look for his wife.

He searched the whole world but couldn't find any trace of his wife. At this moment, he suddenly remembered the slave trader who had sold Du Yuesheng to him. After searching extensively, he still couldn't find the slave trader. In despair, he planned to jump off a cliff to commit suicide, but fate had other plans. There was a deep pool at the bottom of the cliff, and after he fell into the water, he was rescued by a peerless master who lived in seclusion at the bottom of the cliff.

The master, moved by his story, imparted all his knowledge to him. He wanted to become the master's disciple, but the master refused, and he couldn't understand why.

Until one day, when the wise man was on his deathbed, he revealed the truth to him. It turned out that the wise man was the former servant boy, who had reformed and intended to start a new life, but had too many enemies, so he came to this valley to end his remaining days. It was then that Brother Meng learned that his wife was actually a princess from the Miao region.

Wu Qiong's mouth was dry from talking, so he stopped to drink some water and continued, "So he decided to come to Miao territory to look for his wife. As for us, we are all friends he met while traveling all over the world."

He pointed at Jiese and said, "This is actually Master Sneke from the Western Regions, who is the grand-nephew of Master Yongren, the national teacher of the Western Regions."

The user, who was trying to quit pornography, stared wide-eyed. "Why has the setting changed again?"

Wu Qiong glared back, "Truth and falsehood, falsehood and truth, that's how you fool people, you don't know anything!"

"Abstinence" chuckled, "Sneakers has a clever plan to deal with you."

So he began to set a trap: "Indeed, this Brother Wu doesn't need you to introduce him to women. He already has a virtuous wife at home, but... I wonder how many virtuous wives he has?"

"Hehe," Wu Qiongqian chuckled, "I'm not married yet, let alone you ladies. Master, are you still asleep?"

You're trying to trap me? You're overthinking it!

Shi Yue asked curiously, "You really aren't married?"

"That's not important!" Wu Qiong waved his hand and pointed at Ye Qingxuan: "This one is from the Qin Kingdom, a Taoist priest of the Quanjia Sect, his name is Wu Dayong."

Ye Qingxuan gave a wry smile and cupped his hands in a respectful gesture.

"As for me," Wu Qiong said modestly, "my name is Wu Ciren, a swordsman of the Great Zhou Dynasty, known in the martial arts world as the 'Romantic Swordsman'."

Shi Yue looked suspicious: "You're not lying to me this time?"

"Of course, Xiaoyue'er, you have to believe me!" Wu Qiong blinked his big, watery eyes and looked at Shi Yue sincerely.

"Okay, I believe you." Shi Yue nodded.

This time, his words were clearly much more reliable; if he were to write a book, he could probably produce a story of millions of words.

"So now we need to figure out how to sneak into the capital. It would be best if we could make contact with His Highness Du Yuesheng. Little Yue'er, do you have any ideas?" Wu Qiong asked.

"You are all strangers. It wouldn't be difficult for you to disguise yourselves and sneak into the royal city, but it's probably unlikely that you'll be able to meet His Highness." Shi Yue frowned and pondered, "Let me think of a way."

Just then, a subordinate ran in: "Your Majesty! It's terrible! The Miao King's men are here!"

"Don't panic!" Shi Yue said calmly. With Wu Qiong and several other top experts present, she felt much more confident. "Who is leading the other side?"

The subordinate reported, "It is Her Highness the Princess who has brought the people!"

"ah?!"

Wu Qiong and the others looked at each other in bewilderment.

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(End of this chapter)