Heartless Phoenix Queen - C249

It was just that he, Murong Xiu, had already used similar tactics once. Thus, he had once again eliminated this plan.

As the bad news of the war continued to spread, the high-ranking officials of Xilai City fell into a state of terror. First, it was a leading official of the Board of Justice. His entire family, including his servants and watchdogs, had been exterminated overnight. At first, people thought it was similar to the extermination case in Gongsun Kingdom. They suspected that this person had offended Mu Rong Xiu, so they didn’t pay much attention to the strange symbol that was drawn on the wall.

In the end, this tragic case had not been solved yet. In the family of a prince in charge of preparing food for the army, there was also the massacre of the entire family. The criminal staff of the Ministry of Justice discovered that on the wall of the Prince’s Mansion, there was a symbol that was identical to the previous case.

At first glance, this symbol looked like a painted square. But if you looked carefully, you would see that there was a curved cross above, then two vertical bars below, and then a shorter curved one below. The first thing that came to mind was whether it was an assassination organization, but for the current assassination organization, the symbols weren’t like that. It was not until the third tragedy, when the family of an official from the Ministry of Revenue was exterminated and when the symbol appeared on the wall that people recalled a rumor in the martial arts world: a mysterious organization called the Gemini Star had annexed ‘Bai’ and ‘Longmen’. They speculate that this mark is the mark of the Gemini. Very soon, the people who were trying to find out more information came back with an affirmative answer to this conjecture, but the fourth tragedy had also occurred.

As a result, the entire capital fell into a state of anxiety. Especially in Xi Li’s imperial court, everyone was afraid that they would be the next target.

Murong Xiu was furious and shocked. Although he didn’t receive a positive reply from Zi Yuan, he understood that the backer of this Twin Stars was Zi Yuan. He didn’t think that Zi Yuan would directly use such a bloody assassination to commit political murder. He had no choice but to use the power of his “First Floor”.

The first floor was an assassination organization under the background of the boss, but there weren’t many assassins there. There were only six assassins in total. He decided to return the favor with an eye for an eye.

He had sent assassins to assassinate General Yuan Hao of the Northern Yue on the southeastern front. In Murong Xiu’s opinion, the most important thing right now was to stop the war. However, it was impossible for him to beg Helian for mercy. So, since you’re going to assassinate our officers, I might as well just assassinate your generals.

The assassins of the first floor were all proud and aloof people who liked to move alone. Therefore, Murong Xiu originally wanted them to cooperate and ensure that Yuan Hao was killed just in case. However, these people had all rejected him. Instead, they lined up their actions in preparation for the first person to fail. Only the second person would be willing to go up.

The truth was as they had feared. The first assassin had failed. Not only had the mission failed, but he had also lost his life. What was worse was that he didn’t manage to deliver any information, which was his failure. He couldn’t give anyone else a little bit of experience.

Murong Xiu had given the order that the remaining five people must cooperate fully.

The five of them had no choice but to follow Murong Xiu’s instructions and complete the quest together. After breaking into Yuan Hao’s camp, the five of them finally understood why their previous brother had died so easily.

Ten people with Twin Stars emblem embroidered on their bodies acted as Yuan Hao’s bodyguards. As they approached, the men spotted them and pounced on them like dogs. The reaction speed and attack power of these ten people were all far above the five of them. They could only choose to retreat, but during the retreat, three people still died.

The strength of the first floor had been reduced to two assassins. The two of them were also heavily injured, so they had no choice but to find Murong Ta and the rest of their broken arms and legs to install the mechanical prosthesis.

Only then did Murong Xiu know that the Twin Stars, a member of the assassin’s guild, not only knew how to assassinate people, but also acted as a bodyguard. During this time, their assassination mission did not stop. This meant that the number of assassins they had was far beyond the first floor. With so many people and his skill level, Murong Xiu had to admit that he’d lost in this shady assassination contest. Not only that, he’d lost miserably.

Of course, he did not know that comparing assassination with a woman who had once been a top modern assassin, it was just an act of recklessness.

The terrifying assassination was still ongoing, and the entire official hierarchy of Western Paradise was shrouded in fear. Murong Xiu had no choice but to write a letter to Zi Yuan, expressing his anger and reprimand for her assassination attempt.

Zi Yuan replied, saying that she didn’t know anything about the Twin Stars. As for why they wanted to assassinate his official, she had even less of a reason.

Murong Xiu was very dissatisfied with this reply, so he replied with another ambiguous letter to Zi Yuan.

After receiving the letter, the Violet Garden immediately tore the letter into pieces. She immediately left the Northern Yue City to find the unborn Xue Mingrui and Helian Fen Ren.

“I’ll take you to see your grandson.” As soon as she saw them, she went straight to the point.

As for meeting her grandson, the happiest person was Fu Ren. Without saying anything further, the two elders packed their bags and bowed before following the Violet Garden out of the mountain. They walked towards the front line where Ye Bluelight was. Over there, the enemy general that Ye Bluelight was facing was none other than Tang Ao.

She was playing a big game of chess, or perhaps she was actually gambling. She wanted to use her relationship with Tang Ao to make Tang Ao turn against her. Although this method sounds a bit of a fantasy. But she believed that she had the charm and ability to do so. The reason why that kid, Tang Ao, hadn’t shown much of a reaction after the Violet Garden told him about his background was because he still didn’t know that his grandmother was a woman like Freya. With the Violet Garden’s understanding of Tang Ao, he definitely had no way of resisting Fu Ren. Furthermore, matters like blood ties were sometimes unclear.

Even if Tang Ao wasn’t able to turn the tables on her, Zi Yuan wasn’t worried that they would turn the tables on her. First of all, her surname was Helian and she definitely wouldn’t support the country named Murong. Second of all, when they left their son in Xilai that year, it was mainly because they didn’t take good care of their own son. There were also many illegal traffickers in Xilai, so she definitely wouldn’t sympathize with Xilai. Again, the Purple Garden could see that both Xue Mingrui and Fu Ren didn’t have a good impression of people who practiced the “Heavenly Arts Treasure Manual.” As long as they knew that their beloved grandson learned this martial art from Murong Xiu, they definitely wouldn’t help him. Overall, Zi Yuan was not worried at all. If Tang Ao hadn’t turned the tables, would the old couple have turned the other way? Because, the probability of this hypothesis being zero.

The three of them quickly arrived at where Blue Sky was camped. After Violet Garden and Ye Bluegrace gave a brief explanation of the situation, Ye Bluesilver smiled and said, “Oh, then tomorrow, the two elders will be able to meet again.” In the past few days, they had gone to the Tang Ao camp to fight every afternoon. Every time Tang Ao appeared, the two armies would fight in a circle, and Tang Ao would retreat a certain distance.

On the second day, Ye Indigo went to challenge the other martial artists.

The old couple, dressed in military uniforms, saw their grandson from up close. The two of them felt both joy and pain in their hearts. They were happy that the tall and big man in front of them was their grandson. Looking at his face, it indeed looked a little similar to the old couple. The pain was that he didn’t expect his grandson to have cultivated the kind of martial arts that he hated, and that he had already reached the ninth stage. If he continued to practice this, he would be in danger of losing his mind.

Tang Ao also felt that he was being watched. He could feel that there was an old couple with white hair on their temples. His heart suddenly skipped a beat. Especially that old woman. She looked at him with such a gentle gaze, such a porcelain statue. Tang Ao felt that he really couldn’t stand being stared at like that.

This time the battle was the same as before, Tang Ao retreated once more.

After withdrawing their troops, Zi Yuan went to ask the old couple how they were feeling. Xue Mingrui was very happy that his grandson was quite tall, but he was a bit worried about the way he practiced. He also felt sorry for the mask on his face and the mechanisms on his body. Helene, on the other hand, asked Zi Yuan to help them recognize this grandson.

Zi Yuan looked troubled. “We’re currently fighting against Xi Li. He’s the great general Xi Li. Zi Yuan really doesn’t know how to help all of you recognize him …”

Freya smiled and said, “Since it’s a battle between two armies, we can just kidnap him. That’s not a big deal, right?”

Zi Yuan hesitated for a moment before nodding. “That’s for sure.”

Xue Mingrui loudly shouted, “Tomorrow, I will be leading the vanguard to battle. Capture that kid and bring him here!”

Zi Yuan was extremely happy in her heart, but she still wore a look of yearning on her face. “Then I’ll be waiting for teacher to make a move tomorrow!”

Thus, on the second day, as usual, Ye Cang called for a fight. Who would have thought that Tang Ao would actually insist on leaving the battalion. Everyone was very surprised by this. Xue Mingrui unhappily patted his own horse as he arrived in front of Tang Ao’s camp and shouted, “Grandson! Don’t you dare come out and see me? Grandson, quickly come out and meet your grandfather! ”

In the eyes of others, these shouts sounded like curses. In reality, Xue Mingrui was really calling for his grandson to come out and see him.

Tang Ao finally couldn’t stand the racket of an old man leaving the battalion to fight.

The good old man had succeeded in trapping Tang Ao in two moves. As soon as he had finished speaking, the night sky was filled with cries for reinforcements. Meanwhile, Westfall was in a state of chaos as if a pot of porridge had been turned into a pot of porridge.

Tang Ao was extremely unhappy that he had been caught in a few moves, so he kept glaring at Xue Mingrui.

Zi Yuan could only solemnly tell him, “Stop staring at me, the one who captured you is your biological grandfather.”

Tang Ao looked at the old man in disbelief. “Princess, are you lying to me?”

At this time, the incomparably elegant Helian Fen came out, tears streaming down her face as she threw herself into Tang Ao’s arms: “Ah, is this the grandson I’ve never seen before?”

Tang Ao struggled with all his might to resist, saying: “You’re all mistaken, I’m not your grandson. I’m a Western Lairen!”

After that, they placed Tang Ao under house arrest. Every day, Helene and Xue Mingrui would come over to have a long talk with Tang Ao. After three or four days, Tang Ao began to doubt his own judgment.

He remembered that his father was indeed his grandfather’s adopted son, Yuan Ling, and the more he looked at the elderly couple’s faces, the more he felt that they were very similar to his father and to himself.