Yu Mugao was sitting on a high seat in the palace, while two guests at the peak of Qi training stood respectfully. No one in the empty hall dared to speak. Yu Mugao looked slightly tired. It was obvious that he had suffered a lot during this period.
, said in a deep voice:
"Mu Yuan, is there no news about Mu Jian yet?"
The man at the bottom is tall and thin, and his eyebrows are very similar to Yu Mugao's, but not as gloomy and vicious as him. He is one of the two people who followed him in the past. Hearing this, he nodded and said respectfully.
road:
"Fourth brother said he wanted to find a place to sharpen his sword, so he went north. He has been there for several months, and I haven't seen him showing any intention of coming back."
"Bastard stuff."
Yu Mugao cursed in a low voice, but there was nothing he could do about his younger brother who was bent on pursuing the art of swordsmanship. He sighed in a low voice:
"Mu Yuan, it's a good thing you're watching over me, otherwise there would be so much trouble at home and I would have to be exhausted to death."
"I don't dare. I'm just sharing my worries for my brother."
Yu Muyuan answered, and a man hurriedly came up from below, holding a letter in his hand, handed it to Yu Mugao, and whispered:
"Master of the family, Hua Qianshan's secret message from Ma Hai!"
Yu Mugao raised his eyebrows with a gloomy expression. He took the letter, patted off the wax seal, took out the letter paper and read it twice. His face suddenly became ugly, and he gritted his teeth and shouted:
"What a great An Jingming! I didn't pay attention to him these days, but he got to this point..."
He closed his eyes and meditated for a while, then handed the letter to Yu Muyuan, who was next. Yu Muyuan took the letter with both hands, glanced at it, couldn't control himself for a while, and shouted:
"This! How is it possible! Only a few years have passed? Has An Jingming reached this level of cultivation?!"
"Let Keqing Jiang come up."
Yu Mugao closed his eyes and thought for a while, shook his head, and said in a deep voice:
Yu Mugao just thought for a few breaths, already had a plan in mind, and whispered:
"Your Excellency is quite perceptive. If I hadn't been waiting nearby, I would have let you escape."
Yu Mugao's face was terrifyingly gloomy. An Jingming's progress in cultivation far exceeded his expectations. He sighed deeply and whispered:
"Of course I can't keep him. My family will kill this person. With his cultivation speed, I'm afraid it won't take him a few years to break through the foundation building. Things will change by then. It's best to suppress the Li family and the An family together and let them both suffer."
Once frustrated."
Chen Donghe smiled slightly, glanced at Ma Haiji, and whispered:
Ma Haiji was horrified in his heart. His two limbs were fighting. He knew that he had been exposed and cried:
"Who are you?"
After carrying his luggage, Ma Haiji was already filled with fear and murmured:
"We can't wait for a reply from home. It's time to leave now and run away to home!"
"Where are you going, sir?"
"There is indeed one person who needs to be removed, but it will cause trouble, sir."
The servants below hurriedly made arrangements, and not long after, they brought in an old man with white hair and wrinkles on his face. He looked to be at least 150 years old. His cultivation was only at the third level of Qi training. His breath was dying, but
He laughed loudly, cupped his hands and said:
"Master Yu, it's been a long time! I wonder how many people still need to be eliminated today?"
Ma Haiji still had some brains, and he figured out the whole story in a short time. He picked up his bag and headed into the forest. He walked towards the north for as long as a stick of incense. He was scratched with blood all over by branches and thorns, but he didn't want to see someone suddenly fall in front of him.
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"If this is the case, this child must not be kept!"
"Jiang Keqing!"
Neither Li Yuanxiu nor Yu Mugao thought that in order to highlight his contribution, Ma Haiji added more fuel to the letter and described the process of getting the news as a near-death experience, which affected Yu Mugao's judgment and made him more certain about the news.
Jiang Keqing sat on the mahogany chair aside and raised his feet carelessly. Yu Mugao didn't look angry at all. Instead, he greeted Yu Muyuan and said with a smile:
"Fifth brother, please accompany me!"
Ma Haiji walked a few steps, turned back, stamped out the fire, and covered it with soil. Then he nodded with relief. After walking for dozens of steps, he suddenly felt something was wrong. He squatted on the ground and murmured:
"The Li family attaches great importance to this news, so they must have a plan of their own. I have already delivered this news to my family, and Yu Mugao must have destroyed it. In the end, the Li family will eventually notice that the news has been leaked..."
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"If Tian Zhongqing returns to the courtyard, sees the letter on the ground, and asks the servants, he will definitely know that I am the only one who has been to this courtyard. Wouldn't it be exposed?!"
"Eighth level of Qi training, how is this possible? Is this speed of cultivation some kind of evildoer? Is this news about the Li family reliable? My family has a very good relationship with the An family now. Could it be that they are trying to alienate each other and want my family to target the An family?"
Yu Mugao was very polite. He obviously respected Jiang Keqing and said with a smile:
Ma Haiji lit a fire, wrapped the letter, and put it on the fire. When he saw the letter disappeared, he breathed a sigh of relief, looked around, packed up his things, and prepared to go home.
Yu Muyuan looked at his brother who was still thinking, and knew that Yu Mugao was probably thinking of some vicious plan. This brother of his had always had wild thoughts, was unexpected, and was vicious and insidious. So far, he had never failed to target the various figures in the family, so he never spoke out, just silently
Wait below.
Yu Mugao smiled slightly, obviously already winning, and said softly:
"It's unlikely. The Li family has always been reserved. Li Tongya is not a troublemaker. According to what the person said, the narrow escape from this news should not be the Li family's plan."
Yu Muyuan cupped his hands and gritted his teeth and said:
This man was dressed quite simply, with a simple gray robe, and a sword hanging on his waist. He had a graceful demeanor, stared at him closely, and said with a smile:
Ma Haiji's body was greatly shaken, and he was very distressed for a while. His heart became gloomy, and he said to himself:
"There is no turning back now! You must never go back to the Li family. I'm afraid the family has already set up a dragnet, and returning home will be a dead end."
"Now I have a way to kill the Li family first, and then catch the An family by surprise. I have been indulging these two families for too long, and it's time to restrain them."
"Chen Donghe!"
"The An family revealed the location of the Li family's towns and arranged for the people from my family to infiltrate there. That would be the best."
"Chen Donghe...qi training monk!"
Ma Haiji had stayed in the Li family for many years. Although he had always been an ordinary official, he somehow knew Chen Donghe's name. He took out a dagger from his waist and cut his throat directly.
But Ma Haiji was just a mortal, and Chen Donghe just flicked his finger. The dagger in Ma Haiji's hand was struck by the air, and it flew out of his hand and landed on the side of the small river. With another wave of his hand, Ma Haiji went soft.
collapsed to the ground.
Chen Donghe looked at Ma Haiji with pity, then picked up the man and rode the wind towards Lijing Mountain in the west.