The night wind whistles, and the lonely moon is slightly cool.
Chen Shen rode the red rabbit and walked alone on the way back home. What filled his mind was the "strange words" Qian Miaoling said before he parted ways -
"You will never abandon your wonderful spirit, and your wonderful spirit will never abandon you..."
After saying these words, the girl ran away as if jumping out of the window, leaving Chen Shen alone with his mouth wide open in confusion.
Well, until now he still puzzles: "Why don't you abandon Miao Ling, Miao Ling won't abandon you? This damn thing... it sounds strong, so what does it mean?"
"Didn't I just ask that girl to disguise herself and go out with the army? Why did she say such a thing? Wait, is she hinting at something? It's so hard to think of!"
Chen Shen was really puzzled to understand it. Until he returned to the two huge vermilion doors of Chen Mansion, he didn't figure out what it meant.
In the end, he had no choice but to shake his head: "Forget it! The boat will arrive at the bridge. The task now is to find a way to handle the Chen family's housework."
Because Chen Shen knows that for now, household affairs are largely equivalent to state affairs.
The agreement between him and the King of Daxia has never been forgotten by both parties...
"Chen Jinyang, I'm afraid you have already received the news about me taking charge of the Xiaoqi Army and the Blood Guards, right? What will you do?"
"And those two mysterious people who are hostile to me, who are you? What actions will you take? Come on, let's wait and see!"
After thinking about it, the young man knocked on the door decisively and stepped into this place that was like a dragon's pond and a tiger's den with his head held high.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he entered the door, he woke up an old man who was standing by the frame and was about to fall asleep.
This person is none other than Chen Zangfeng’s confidant: Old Butler Yixiu.
When he saw that Chen Shen was back, he immediately greeted him with fists in his hands and saluted: "Young patriarch, the ninth elder has been waiting for you for a long time."
"Oh? Chen Dongling?"
The young man couldn't help but frowned: "Isn't that old guy from the Great Elder faction? Why are you looking for me in the middle of the night?"
Ikkyu led the way while quietly speaking: "Young patriarch, you don't know something. Last night, the youngest son of the ninth elder was poisoned and died tragically. This morning, the ninth elder and others gathered with the first elder, and for some reason, the two of them started fighting.
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"From what the tribesmen said, the Ninth Elder is suspicious...or in other words, he is convinced that his youngest son was poisoned by the First Elder."
"At that time, they had a fierce fight in the Grand Elder's House. The Ninth Elder took the advantage and severely defeated the Grand Elder. However, he did not get any benefits. The shoulder bones were completely broken. He may not be able to recover in a year and a half."
"If it hadn't been for the timely dissuasion of several other elders, it is estimated that... the ninth elder would have been killed by the great elder in a fit of rage. He went to the young clan leader, and it was probably related to this matter."
After listening to the old butler Yixiu's statement, Chen Shen nodded noncommittally: "I understand, let me go and have a look."
A moment later, outside the main hall of the patriarch's courtyard.
A well-dressed old man was sleeping against a stone flower bed. His hair was disheveled and the blood on his shoulders had not been washed away. His condition was as miserable as it could be.
This person is none other than the Ninth Elder—Chen Dongling.
The young man glanced at his shoulder injury with his spiritual consciousness. It was really heavy. Even if he used a high-grade Xuanjie rejuvenation pill combined with a bone-continuing pill, it would not take him a year and a half to recover.
"It must be because he was seriously injured and lost too much blood that he became confused because of lack of energy, right?"
"Otherwise, with Chen Dongling's five-star profound master's cultivation, even if he stays awake for three days and three nights, there will be no serious problem. But, why did he and the great elder suddenly turn against each other? Is it a coincidence? Or is there another conspiracy?"
While Chen Shen was thinking to himself, his eyes wandered to Chen Dongling's left and right, where there were more than a dozen people lying with him.
According to the possessed person's memories during his lifetime, Chen Shen quickly recognized the identity of these people: the one accompanying the decadent old man to his left was his principal wife, whose surname seemed to be Luo.
The others were all Chen Dongling's direct relatives, including two wives, four sons, six grandsons, and two granddaughters, gathered together.
"Young Patriarch? Ah! It's the Young Patriarch who is here! Father, wake up quickly, the Young Patriarch is back!" It was Chen Dongling's eldest son who was the first to take advantage of the moonlight to identify who was coming.
Chen Dongling opened his sleepy eyes and looked around blankly. The moment he finally settled on Chen Shen, the sleepiness in his eyes suddenly disappeared, and he bowed: "Young Patriarch! You, you must make the decision for me.
ah!"
"This...what's going on?"
"Young Clan Chief Rongzhen! This old man..."
"Wait, everyone, get up and let me talk in the hall!"
"yes!"
…
A group of people followed Chen Shen obediently into the inner hall.
After the old housekeeper closed the door, Ninth Elder Chen Dongling told the whole story in a choked and angry tone.
According to what he said, his most beloved son Chen Bing, who was also the most talented in Xuanxiu, wanted to join the Blood-Destroying Guard because he wanted to avenge the deceased old patriarch.
However, the eldest elder refused to do so, and Chen Dongling had no choice but to persuade his son to give up.
Unexpectedly, Chen Bing was very determined, and immediately wrote a blood letter, intending to hand it to Chen Shen personally, but he never thought that Chen Shen did not return for a day, and he couldn't wait any longer, so he handed the blood letter to the second elder Chen Qibing.
This incident quickly spread throughout the Chen family. Chen Bing wrote a blood letter and swore an oath, and he was a member of the First Elder's faction. Once this incident came out, it was quite a sensation.
Ninth Elder Chen Dongling could not defeat his younger son, and he himself felt that in the face of great right and wrong, he should put aside his selfish interests and past grudges, and act unanimously to avenge the old clan leader and thousands of clan members as his own duty.
His idea soon reached the ears of the great elder Chen Jinyang, and the old man sent someone to poison Chen Bing to death.
How did Chen Dongling know that it was the Great Elder who had done it? According to what he said, he accidentally obtained the poison from the Poison Barrier Forest in the Western Region and offered a portion to Chen Jinyang.
Chen Jinyang only knew that the poison was colorless and odorless, and extremely secretive. However, he did not know that all those who died after being exposed to this poison had a common characteristic: tooth loss.
When Chen Dongling performed an autopsy on his son, it was because of this discovery that he determined that it was the great elder. Looking at the whole clan, no, I should say in the whole of Daxia, he and the great elder were the only two people who had this kind of thing.
Rare poison.
Then, this morning, the great elder convened the fifth, seventh, and ninth elders for a secret discussion. Chen Dongling held a grudge and took advantage of his unpreparedness to suddenly attack and injure him.
It's a pity that he is only a five-star profound master, and he is far inferior to the two-star profound king Chen Jinyang. In the end, he did not kill the opponent, but was counterattacked by the opponent, and his shoulders were crushed!
If several other elders hadn't heard the news and rushed to break up the fight, I'm afraid the consequences would have been...
"Young Patriarch, I know that you are not willing to trust me. Therefore, I have brought the whole family here, and every one of them can be a hostage!"
"The old and decayed body will be willing to go through fire and water for the young master!"
"I only hope that the young patriarch can one day avenge my youngest son and cut Chen Jinyang into pieces with a thousand swords!"
At the end of the sentence, Chen Dongling knelt down and knelt down. Although he was very old, he kowtowed his head with a loud "bang bang" sound, as if he was using this method to vent his endless hatred for Chen Jinyang...