Time finally came to the day of the third elder’s birthday banquet. On this day, the atmosphere in Yecheng suddenly changed again. Under the influence of the Meng family, the whole city became festive.
On this day, there were suddenly many visitors in Yecheng City, and under their decoration, the city seemed lively.
Qin Xuan stood by the window and observed the people walking on the street, and found that without exception, they were going in the direction of the Meng family's mansion. Among those coming, only a small part carried the badge of the Meng family, and the others
Everyone is a guest invited by the Meng family.
"The Meng family is really good at winning over people's hearts. In addition to the children of our family, there are actually so many foreign guests." Qin Xuan sneered.
Gu Feng stood on the other side of the window, but his attention was not on the crowd on the street, but on Qin Xuan. He endured it again and again, but finally the old man couldn't hold it back and asked in a low voice: "Qin Xuan, the matter has come to an end.
Now, you have never mentioned your plans to me. How do you plan to spend today's birthday party?"
"My plan is that I have no plan." Qin Xuan replied simply.
Gu Feng was speechless, thinking that Qin Xuan was prevaricating him. After a while, Gu Feng held back another sentence: "I promised you to protect your safety, but... you shouldn't send us to a pit of fire.
Go? If that's the case, even if I keep my promise, I'm afraid I won't be able to take you out of the pit of fire, and I will even be buried in the pit of fire."
"Are you scared?" Qin Xuan asked.
Gu Feng was speechless again. Qin Xuan seemed to be deliberately trying to make him vomit blood because of his anger today. Gu Feng had no choice but to wave his hands and sit down to rest. At worst, he would not say anything more.
As for Qin Xuan's problem, Gu Feng is certainly not afraid, but he is just unwilling to make meaningless sacrifices.
Near noon, Meng Haocai arrived belatedly.
Just when Gu Feng was about to lose hope in Meng Hao, Meng Hao appeared. As soon as he entered the room, he was all smiles, kept apologizing, and then respectfully presented the two invitations.
Qin Xuan and Gu Feng didn't care on the surface, but they were not fools. They knew very well in their hearts that Meng Hao's actual attitude showed that their status was not high for the Meng family, and they could only be regarded as middle-class guests at best.
Qin Xuan didn't care about the distinction between superiority and inferiority in the sense of the Meng family. The moment he accepted the invitation, his heartbeat suddenly accelerated. Now, Qin Xuan was finally about to step into the Meng family. He secretly prayed that everything would be fine for Shangguan Zilan.
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The Meng family's mansion is located in the center of Yecheng, occupying the best location in the entire city. Walking on the main street of Yecheng, as long as you look towards the center of the city, you can definitely see through the spacious streets and directly see
Go to the high wall of the Meng family mansion in the distance.
Generally, the walls of the mansions of wealthy families are no more than three meters high, but the walls of the Meng family are at least six meters high, which is more impressive than the mansions of some wealthy nobles.
There are guards guarding the high walls at regular intervals, making the entire mansion look heavily guarded. It doesn't look like a house, but more like another city built in Ye City.
Even on this happy day for the Meng family, the guards on the high wall did not relax at all. The whole Yecheng was full of joy, but when people looked at the guards on the high wall, their fiery hearts immediately cooled down.
Those vigilant guards are always warning everyone - even if it is the birthday celebration of the third elder, no one is allowed to cause trouble in Yecheng and the Meng family mansion!
Qin Xuan looked at the guards on the high wall and lamented in his heart that the Meng family was a chicken thief. He deliberately made Yecheng look happy. However, before the guests formally entered the door of the Meng family, they were already forced to see serious pictures.
’s cold face.
Qin Xuan looked at Meng Hao next to him again. Meng Hao was worthy of being a direct descendant of the Meng family. In him, he displayed the Meng family's standard duplicity very accurately.
Under the leadership of Meng Hao, Qin Xuan and Gu Feng stepped into the gate of the Meng family. But before entering the gate, Xiao Tun had already sensed that there were several warriors standing behind the gate whose cultivation was not lower than the high level of the Four Phase Realm.
They are guarding the door vigilantly. Whenever someone passes by them, they will sense it to see if there are any strange fluctuations in the guests.
When he walked into the gate, Qin Xuan saw the heavily armed guards at a glance. The guards' perception immediately enveloped Qin Xuan and Gu Feng, but the two of them looked calm and fearless and just glanced at the guards.
Just walked straight forward.
"When I first entered the gate, I saw a few uncomfortable cold faces. The Meng family's hospitality is really interesting." Qin Xuan said in a very soft voice.
Gu Feng glanced slightly at Qin Xuan and nodded in agreement.
The Meng family's mansion was no longer hidden by a high wall, and only then could Qin Xuan see clearly what was going on in the mansion.
Inside the gate of the mansion is a wide open space, forming a small square. On both sides and behind the square, there are countless quaint buildings. All the buildings in the mansion are not high, and the tallest one is only three stories. It seems that
, the Meng family strictly continues the ancient architectural style of the Eastern Continent. Even the color of all the buildings is ancient tawny. Coupled with the decoration of rows of green willows, the whole house looks antique and very elegant.
However, in such an elegant place, a whole family of ungraceful people lived, so even the most beautiful environment seemed dazzling to Qin Xuan.
All the guests who came to congratulate were waiting in the small square. Hundreds of large yellow-brown wooden round tables and high-backed chairs of the same color and quality had been set up in the square. The hero had not yet appeared, so no guest had sat down.
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Meng Hao explained to Qin Xuan and Gu Feng: "According to the rules of the Meng family, the official birthday banquet is in the evening. It is for everyone's convenience to invite everyone here earlier. Please wait a little longer until the third elder comes out.
That’s when it started.”
Qin Xuan nodded, and Gu Feng said to Meng Hao: "By the way, you can go and do your work. Don't worry about us. We can just wait here."
As soon as Meng Hao heard Gu Feng's words, he quickly left in a hurry on the excuse that he still had many things to do.
Seeing Meng Hao's hurried back, Gu Feng smiled and said, "It seems that receiving us is not a happy thing for him."
"To the people of the Meng family, we are just chess pieces to be used. When playing chess, the chess players are willing to stay closely with the chess pieces, but once they leave the chessboard, the chess players will throw the chess pieces aside and never care about them again."
Qin Xuan sneered.
"That makes sense. But we're not sure who is the chess piece today." Gu Feng said and looked at the main building across from the small square. The platform in front of the main building was still empty, and he didn't see the third elder or other Meng family members.
figure.
Xiao Tun has never been idle since entering the Meng family. She is constantly aware of the cultivation level of the people around her. As long as there is someone with a higher cultivation level than Qin Xuan, she will report it immediately.
By the time Xiaotun was almost completed, Qin Xuan had already received more than a dozen reports. In other words, more than a dozen warriors nearby at this time were all strong in the Liangyi Realm.
According to Qin Xuan's analysis, half of the dozen Liangyi realm experts were from the Meng family, while the other half were guests invited by the Meng family.
It seems that the Meng family always treats their guests with caution. With the ability of guards, there is definitely no way to deal with those guests who are in the Liangyi realm, so the Meng family did not forget to arrange for several masters of the Liangyi realm in the family to stay here.
, nominally to greet the guests, but actually to control the situation in the small square.
With this arrangement, even if some of the powerful Liangyi Realm people who come here do something against the Meng family, the members of the Meng family will be able to respond in time.
Qin Xuan shook his head and sighed for the suspicious temperament of the Meng family. Since they are doing everything possible to win over these warriors to work for them, why should they be on guard against thieves?
The Meng family's behavior reminded Qin Xuan of a saying - Don't do bad things during the day, and don't be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door at night.
From this point of view, the Meng family has done a lot of bad things!
After waiting for it to disappear, there was finally movement in the main building opposite the small square. The door of the main building slowly opened, and six old men in blue robes walked out of the door side by side.
Next to Qin Xuan, a warrior immediately whispered to the people next to him: "Look, those are the six elders of the Meng family! The affairs of the Meng family are generally handled by them. Apart from the head of the family, they are the core of the Meng family!"
Qin Xuan looked at the six old men and saw that all six of them had old faces. The "youngest" one was at least about eighty years old. But judging from their steady and gentle steps, their physiques and movements were similar to those of the old ones.
There is no difference between people in their prime.
"Xiao Tun, how strong are they?" Qin Xuan asked in his heart.
Xiaotun immediately had the answer: "Report to the master, six of them are Liangyi Realm warriors, three of them are high-level Liangyi Realm, two are at the middle level of Liangyi Realm, and one is at the beginning of Liangyi Realm."
After getting Xiaotun's answer, Qin Xuan immediately thought that an old man with a high level of Liangyi and many years of experience in running a family was just an elder in the Meng family. So how tall is Meng Feiyan, the head of the family?
How powerful is he and how highly virtuous and highly respected is he in the Meng family?
For Qin Xuan, Meng Feiyan is a huge threat.
Six elders stood in the center of the high platform in front of the main building. One of them, an old man in the middle of the Liangyi Realm, came out and waved to everyone. Thunderous applause suddenly sounded in the small square.
It seems that the old man should be the third elder.
The applause lasted for about five minutes before the third elder raised his hands and pressed down. Following his gesture, the applause in the small square finally gradually weakened. When no one applauded anymore, the third elder spoke with an old but loud voice.
The voice said: "Thank you for coming. Everyone already knows that the official birthday banquet is in the evening, so I won't say anything more here. Let's enjoy the lunch!"
Qin Xuan realized that driven by the fluctuations of star power, the third elder's voice reached every corner of the small square, and everyone heard his words clearly, as if the third elder was standing in front of anyone and speaking.
"What a powerful star power!" Even Xiao Si couldn't help but speak.
After the third elder gave a brief speech, the six elders turned around. They returned to the main door of the main building, and the two tall doors slowly closed.
At this time, the luncheon began, and hundreds of servants filed in from both sides of the small square, bringing delicious food.
Although it was not a formal birthday banquet, the food was still very rich, with all kinds of delicacies from the mountains and seas. At the banquet, the Meng family showed their grandeur.
Qin Xuan was not in the mood to enjoy these wonderful foods. He was worried about Shangguan Zilan and how to force Meng Feiyan out.
During the luncheon, Qin Xuan did not taste any food, but he got some idea of the mansion from the movements of some of the Meng family members who attended the luncheon.
At the luncheon, the servants quickly cleared the table and served refreshments for the guests to enjoy tea and talk while passing the long afternoon.
Qin Xuan did not stay in the small square anymore. After explaining a few words to Gu Feng, he left the small square on the pretext of looking for a toilet. When the people around him were not paying attention, Qin Xuan quickly got into the side of the small square.
In a corridor.
While eating, Qin Xuan had already discovered that there were no guests coming to this aisle, and those who walked in were all descendants of the Meng family.
Qin Xuan took out the disguise gem while moving forward.
At this moment, a figure suddenly chased behind him, and at the same time, a middle-aged man shouted: "Guests are not allowed to go to the west garden of the Meng family!"
Qin Xuan turned around, and the figure stood right in front of him, and when he was about to reach out and grab Qin Xuan's shoulders, the guard was stunned.
Qin Xuan smiled crookedly, raised his head slightly, and used body language to ask the guard what he wanted to do with his hand.
The guard quickly pulled his hand back, nodded and bowed and said with a smile: "So...it turns out to be Young Master Meng Qi from the collateral branch. I'm sorry, I treated you as a guest..."
Qin Xuan snorted, ignored the guard, turned around and left.
Qin Xuan's skills in dealing with the guards made Xiao Tun applaud, and he also commented: "Master, you acted so much like that guy from the Meng family, so proud and interesting!"
"If I can't deceive you, how can I deceive others?" Qin Xuan said, walking forward along the corridor.
The guard's words just now revealed two pieces of information to Qin Xuan. First, the bastard he was disguising was named Meng Qi. Second, this corridor led to the west garden of the Meng family's residence.
With these two pieces of information, Qin Xuan seemed even more confident.
After a while, the corridor reached the end, and the front turned into a lush garden with flowers and plants. Rockeries and rocks were interspersed among the flowers, plants and trees, adding a bit of interest and mystery to the garden.
Qin Xuan walked forward quietly and began to look for his first prey after breaking into Meng's house.
Meng family mansion, a secluded place in the garden on the west side.
Several arrogant men from the Meng family were enjoying a pleasant afternoon tea time in the garden. They were sitting on comfortable soft chairs, chatting and tasting expensive tea and delicious pastries.
The content of the chat among the Meng family disciples was naturally inseparable from the guests who came to celebrate the third elder's birthday today.
A younger warrior took a sip of tea, and then asked the others proudly: "Do you think the refreshments for those guests are the same as ours?"
"Of course not!" One of the disciples, who was about twenty years old, immediately said, "Do you think those guys who want to use our Meng family to climb higher are qualified to enjoy the same treatment as our Meng family members?
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"Oh, yes, Grandpa said they are just moths."
"Haha, your grandpa is wrong. Those people are not moths, but our Meng family's dogs! Our Meng family needs them to help bite people now, so we eat and drink well to feed them. If they are not willing to bite us,
If they become human beings, we will kick them out and turn them into homeless dogs!”
"Our Meng family is so powerful, why do we need so many dogs?"
"You are still young, so you don't understand this. No matter how powerful a family is, it still needs a group of loyal dogs, because there are many things that the owner does not need to do by himself, and there is no need for us to do those despicable things. So at this time
, we just need a mean dog..."
"Oh, cousin, I want some dogs too!"
"No problem, we will go outside in a while. If you like any warrior and want him to be your dog, just tell me, and I promise that he will be loyal to you! If he dares to disobey you, I won't break it.
He’s full of teeth!”
At this time, footsteps were heard from the other side of the nearby rockery. However, several Meng family children did not feel wary. This was the Meng family's own private garden, and outsiders were not allowed to walk in.
After Qin Xuan walked around the rockery, he finally saw those comfortable bastards. Qin Xuan had already heard what the Meng family disciples had just said. Every word they said added a little more anger to Qin Xuan's heart.
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The Meng family trampled on the dignity of other warriors. They regarded the warriors they won over as moths and dogs that helped their masters bite people.
The Meng family also thought about winning over Qin Xuan, which meant that in the eyes of the Meng family, Qin Xuan almost became their dog.
The words and deeds of the Meng family have completely offended Qin Xuan, and at the same time they also violated his dignity!
When the Meng family disciples saw Qin Xuan, one of them immediately stood up and shouted in surprise: "Cousin Meng Qi, why are you here? Where have you been these days? I heard that you have disappeared a lot.
Everyone is looking for you!"
Qin Xuan suppressed the anger in his chest, forced a smile, and said: "Shh! I went to perform a secret mission. No one else knew about it, so everyone thought I was missing."
As Qin Xuan spoke, he walked towards the Meng family disciple who was about twenty years old.
"Master, kill him. He's just a warrior in the middle of the Full Moon Realm. He dares to speak so harshly! Kill him quickly! Kill him!" Xiao Tun shouted angrily.
Qin Xuan came to the Meng family disciple, but his prey did not notice the danger yet. He picked up the tea cup and took a sip, then turned to Qin Xuan and said: "Come, try this new tea.
Although you are a collateral descendant, you, like these cousins, have the right to enjoy the treatment of a direct descendant."
The other party's words were obviously displeased. Qin Xuan could tell that this guy was not very friendly to that bastard named Meng Qi. He was probably jealous that Meng Qi was stronger than him.
This was just right. The other party's attitude gave "Meng Qi" more solid reasons for what he was going to do next.
"Why, my words made you uncomfortable? Am I wrong?" The other party was still provocative.
Qin Xuan didn't wait for the other party to put down the tea cup, and suddenly waved his palm out, and a burst of star power condensed from his palm. Qin Xuan's palm struck the left side of the opponent's forehead hard, and the star power burst out at the same time, only to hear a muffled sound.
, this arrogant Meng family member's forehead was suddenly blasted open, his skull was flipped over by the surging star power, and even the brain inside his skull was exposed.
Qin Xuan killed a direct descendant of the Meng family with one blow. The men next to him were so shocked that they were speechless for several seconds. They just stared at the bloody scene with their eyes widened.
Finally, a direct descendant came to his senses, pointed at Qin Xuan and shouted loudly: "Bold Meng Qi, do you know what kind of punishment a collateral descendant will receive if he attacks a direct descendant..."
Before the Meng family disciple could finish his words, Qin Xuan's figure had already come behind him, clasping the Meng family disciple's neck with his palms, and while pulling his hands apart to both sides, star power erupted from his palms,
Immediately, the Meng family's neck was torn open, and then the Meng family's entire neck was severed, and the head flew far away.
Qin Xuan was furious. In his opinion, these guys who only knew how to enslave others and trample on their dignity had no right to survive.
In less than a minute, Qin Xuan killed four people in a row. Blood splashed on the lawn, in the tea cups, and all over the tables and chairs.
Qin Xuan gritted his teeth and looked at the youngest Meng family member who was already stunned.
However, Qin Xuan did not lose his mind because of his anger. He did not continue to take action, but left the little bastard as a witness to the killing.
After finishing these things, Qin Xuan hurriedly left the side garden while the only survivor had not recovered from the huge shock.
Soon after, Qin Xuan changed back to his original appearance and returned to the small square.
Qin Xuan sat down next to Gu Feng. Gu Feng's nose suddenly moved, as if he smelled something.
"Your sense of smell is very sensitive?" Qin Xuan asked proactively.
Gu Feng looked at Qin Xuan in surprise, but when he saw Qin Xuan looking very relaxed, he had to stuff his curiosity back in his stomach to avoid being angered by Qin Xuan's "unspeakable" attitude again.
Gu Feng shook his head and said, "I seem to smell the smell of blood, but it's very light. Others shouldn't be able to detect it."
The small square was still full of joy. Although the large number of guests did not know each other, because the birthdays of the three elders came together, they behaved like old friends for many years. They drank tea and discussed Taoism, and it was noisy.
But no one knew that on this festive day, huge waves would arise within the Meng family.
After Qin Xuan left the side garden, about half an hour passed before the stunned Meng family member finally let out a scream and ran towards the corridor outside the side garden as fast as he could.
The children of the Meng family ran wildly and screamed in a harsh voice: "Killing people! Killing people! Cousin Meng Qi killed people! Help! Don't kill me!"
The Meng family boy ran all the way. When the guards heard the shouting, they wanted to hold him back and ask what happened, but they couldn't hold him back at all. After being extremely frightened, the Meng family boy burst out with incredible power, and he
Earn forcefully from the guard's hand
He took off his clothes, ran out of the corridor like crazy, then rushed into the small square, passed between the guests, and kept shouting: "Don't kill me! I am also a descendant of the collateral line! Don't kill me, help me."
! Someone come and save me! Cousin Meng Qi killed someone!"
The screams of the Meng family disciples spread, and the noisy small square quickly became quiet. Everyone stopped talking, and only the crazy screams continued to sound.
Everyone looked suspicious and didn't know what was going on.
At this time, a group of Meng family members caught up with the crazy disciple, but several people hugged him, but they could not do anything to him. He struggled and shouted. The last member of the Meng family had to punch the disciple.
on the back of the head, knocking him unconscious, and finally stopped his yelling.
"What happened?" a member of the Meng family asked the person next to him.
However, everyone shook their heads, wondering why the Meng family disciple suddenly screamed like crazy.
All the guests in the small square were also very confused. They didn't know whether something big happened to the Meng family or whether the third elder deliberately arranged this show to test the loyalty of these guests.
At this time, a guard suddenly ran out of the corridor in the side garden and ran towards the group of Meng family members. He raised his arms and shouted: "It's not good! Someone died in the side garden! Young Master Meng Fan was killed!"
The members of the Meng family present were dumbfounded when they heard this. Meng Fan is the grandson of the third elder. Although his cultivation level is only average among his peers, Meng Fan has learned the true inheritance of the third elder. He is very cunning and good at using intrigues. The third elder
She loved him very much and even threatened that in a few years, Meng Fan would definitely be able to take on a big role in the Meng family.
What a blessing, Meng Fan died tragically in his own home before he could take on a big responsibility!
The guard shouted and ran towards the group of Meng family members. At this time, Meng Hao suddenly flew out from the side and blocked the guard's way. At the same time, he stretched out his palm and grabbed the guard's neck, so that the guard could no longer make any sound.
"Shut up!" Meng Hao shouted in a low voice.
The guard then realized that he should not shout out the news on such an occasion. But now, most of the guests understood that this was not a show, but something big really happened!
Meng Hao let go of the guard and whispered: "Take us to have a look!"
The guard nodded repeatedly, turned around and ran away. Behind him, more than twenty men from the Meng family followed. They were all curious and did not believe that Meng Fan would be killed in the Meng family's mansion.
Looking at the group of Meng family disciples running towards the corridor of the side garden from a distance, Qin Xuan had a seemingly shocked expression on his face, but in his heart he felt the pleasure of revenge.
Qin Xuan said in his heart: "Damn the Meng family, this is just the beginning! Anyone who dares to touch me, Qin Xuan, will destroy your family!"
After Meng Hao and a group of Meng family members inspected the scene, their faces turned pale and they couldn't believe what they saw was real.
"Who did he just say? Who killed them?" Meng Hao's eyes were bloodshot and he turned around to ask the person behind him.
"It's Meng Qi! It's Meng Qi!" The man holding the young Meng family member replied quickly.
Meng Hao gritted his teeth, and people standing a few meters away could hear the clear sound of his teeth. He clenched his fists and shouted loudly: "Send some people to find Meng Qi! The others will follow
I'm leaving to see the six elders!"
"Meng Hao, today is the birthday of the third elder. Do we want him to know that Meng Fan was killed..." A member of the Meng family reminded in a low voice.
But Meng Hao yelled: "If we don't tell the elders, how can we solve the internal fighting within the family?"
No one present dared to say anything more and had no choice but to silently follow behind Meng Hao.
The massacre in the garden beside the Meng family brought the festive atmosphere of the Meng family to its lowest point. All the guests in the small square heard what happened from the shouts of the Meng family's children and guards, and then from the nervous expressions of Meng Hao and others.
From his expression, he could tell that this was indeed not a performance, but something really happened!
As a result, no one was drinking tea or talking about Taoism in the small square. Everyone was full of surprise and no one spoke. The joy in the Meng family mansion suddenly turned into a dead silence at this time.
Everyone looked towards the main building opposite the small square, waiting for a few elders to come out and tell everyone what happened and whether today's birthday banquet could continue.
In order to prevent being seen by the guests, Meng Hao and several disciples of the Meng family went out through the small door in the side garden, and then used the cover of the buildings to go around from a path behind the mansion to the back of the main building.
Meng Hao turned his head and looked at the miserable corpses carried by the Meng family disciples. He clenched his fists and whispered: "Carry them in."
A group of people entered the main building through the small door at the back and came to the hall. At this time, six elders were sitting on chairs in the front of the hall.
Except for the third elder whose face was mixed with sadness and anger, the other elders had their eyes closed and looked calm, as if they had heard nothing and knew nothing.
The calm demeanor of the elders made Meng Hao feel nervous. He knew that today was an important day for the Meng family, and he had failed to control the screaming Meng family disciples and guards in the small square just now, and had already let the guests
I heard something I shouldn't have heard.
But now there was deathly silence in the square, and Meng Hao knew that the birthday banquet had been completely ruined by the sudden murder.
Meng Hao waved his hand and motioned for the Meng family disciples behind him to put down the body. Then he raised his hands to the elders and whispered: "Report to the six elders that something happened in the side garden..."
"Louder, I can't hear you!" The great elder opened his eyes, and a light burst out from his eyes.
Meng Hao was so frightened that he trembled all over and his scalp was numb, but he could only raise his voice and said loudly: "Report to the six elders that there was a murder in the side garden, and Master Meng Fan was killed!"
Several elders still looked calm, but the third elder was already in tears.
According to the rules of the Meng family, the elders should have the majesty of the elders in any situation. They represent the image and temperament of the Meng family, so even if their own son dies, they must remain calm in the face of trouble.
However, the third elder could no longer control his emotions at this moment. When he saw Meng Fan's body with his head and body separated, he stood up and walked over, asking in a trembling voice: "Who? Who killed them? Who killed them?
Who dares to attack our Meng family on the day of my birthday party!"
The third elder was stunned. He thought that enemies of the Meng family had taken the opportunity to come to the door, but he did not expect that it was one of the Meng family who caused this murder.
"Impossible!" the third elder shouted loudly.
The other five elders looked here. They all looked dissatisfied with Meng Hao's answer. They stared at Meng Hao with a questioning look in their eyes.
Under the pressure of the six elders, Meng Hao lowered his head and said, "Meng Peng saw it with his own eyes."
Meng Peng, that is, the younger Meng family disciple left by Qin Xuan. At this time, Meng Peng could not fully wake up from the shock, especially with those bodies next to him, it was even more difficult for him.
A huge thrill.
"Meng Peng, tell me, what happened." The great elder turned his eyes to the pale guy.
When Meng Peng saw the great elder, he was so frightened that he trembled violently. He replied tremblingly: "Yes... it was cousin Meng Qi... who killed them..."
"Why did Meng Qi do that?" The third elder almost roared.
Meng Peng was so frightened that he looked panicked and replied slowly: "Yes... it was cousin Meng Fan who first said that cousin Meng Qi was a collateral descendant, and then... deliberately provoked..."
The third elder's anger did not diminish because of Meng Peng's words, but the other elders became calmer after hearing this.
Although the six elders of the Meng family unite to take charge of family affairs, the six elders are not completely united. In such a huge family, there have been overt and secret fights within the family for a long time, and even among the six elders
There are many large and small gaps.
At this time, the gap between the elders was immediately exposed.
According to the rules of the Meng family, it is a serious violation for a descendant of a collateral line to attack a direct descendant. However, the third elder's grandson was killed by a descendant of the collateral line, but the five elders had no intention of rushing to deal with it.
The fourth elder even said without hesitation: "I have heard from many collateral disciples that Meng Fan often relies on his status as a direct disciple to stir up trouble for no reason, which has aroused the dissatisfaction of many collateral disciples."
The third elder turned around. The words of the fourth elder were even more salty for him who was heartbroken. But after all, they were all elders of the Meng family. The third elder did not burst out in anger immediately, but said coldly: "
According to the fourth elder, is it okay to ignore the subordinates and kill fellow sect members for this reason?"
The fourth elder waved his hand and said: "Of course we can't ignore it. It's just that today is the birthday of the third elder, and there are so many guests present. We can deal with the internal fighting in the family at any time. But if we can't appease those guests today, I'm afraid it will spread out tomorrow."
It will have a bad impact on the dignity and status of the Meng family."
Seeing that the smell of gunpowder was almost erupting between the Fourth Elder and the Third Elder, the First Elder stood up and said coldly: "What the Third Elder and the Fourth Elder said are right. Meng Hao, take a few people with you and bring Meng Qi down."
Bring it to me! Please give me your thoughts, don’t disturb the guests! Third Elder, you are the protagonist today, and you still need to do it yourself to appease the guests. Remember, everything is based on the overall situation, and it cannot be because of internal fighting in the family.
This incident has damaged the face of our Meng family!"
The words of the first elder made the third elder turn pale with pain. His grandson was brutally killed, which was just a "little" matter to the first elder.
In the small square, Qin Xuan and Gu Feng, like all the guests, were eagerly waiting for the elders to come forward and explain what had just happened. However, their mentality was different from that of the other guests. They were gloating about misfortune.
I want to know how the elders of the Meng family will resolve this matter.
Gu Feng glanced at Qin Xuan and saw a lot of anticipation in his eyes.
"This hand is cruel enough." Gu Feng said in a low voice.
Qin Xuan shook his head slightly. In his opinion, this move was not cruel enough because it was just the beginning. Judging from the current situation, it was not enough to force Meng Feiyan out.
Finally, the door to the main building opened again.
Between the two doors, a figure walked out. Qin Xuan looked around and saw that the person was the third elder!
This was completely beyond Qin Xuan's expectation. The third elder lost his grandson on his birthday, yet he still had to put on a smile and explain everything to appease the guests - either because the third elder's mind was strong enough, or because the third elder was
He has no deep feelings for Meng Fan at all.
But Qin Xuan quickly came up with a third inference - this was done deliberately by the Meng family elders. The guests who came today were all celebrating the third elder's birthday. Naturally, the third elder is the real owner, and this kind of matter should be left to
It is only reasonable for the third elder to do it. It should be the responsibility of the third elder to do this well. If the third elder cannot handle this matter smoothly, then the other elders will be blamed. In this way
Come, then the day when the third elder will lose his position as elder will be close.
At this time, Gu Feng whispered: "The Meng family often claims to the outside world how united the family is, but I think it's nothing more than that."
Hearing Gu Feng's voice, Qin Xuan smiled slightly.
It seems that what Gu Feng wants coincides with Qin Xuan. The Meng family seems to be united and as strong as an iron wall, but in fact it is full of overt and covert struggles. The direct and collateral descendants even hate and slander each other. However, due to the
Strict family rules, otherwise a war within the Meng family would have broken out long ago.
Qin Xuan said in a low voice: "Then this time I got it wrong. It just gave the Meng family members a chance to burst out their long-suppressed restless emotions. I will treat it as a congratulatory gift to the third elder."
"But...it's obviously not enough." Gu Feng looked in the direction of the third elder.
At this time, the third elder opened his mouth to speak. His tone was calm and his words were cautious. He did not look like he had just suffered a huge blow. The third elder did not say much. He mainly tried to comfort the guests present, saying that what just happened was just a misunderstanding. Let everyone
Don't worry, just have fun.
In order to achieve a better effect, even though they had just finished lunch, the third elder still asked the servants to bring fine wine and some snacks to go with the wine in place of the guests' afternoon tea.
After saying those words, the third elder turned and returned to the hall of the main building.
Although the misunderstanding was not enough to make the guests believe it, many guests were willing to pretend to be dumbfounded and pretend to believe it, so as not to cause the Meng family's dissatisfaction.
Under the guidance of those guests, almost all the guests gradually calmed down. In any case, it was none of their business. They just had to eat and drink here today to support the Meng family.
After a while, the atmosphere in the small square recovered and it was joyful again.
Gu Feng pursed his lips and said with a smile: "I'm right, it's not enough to force Meng Feiyan out. For these guests, it doesn't matter who they are, as long as the Meng family lets them
Laugh, none of them dare to worry about the internal affairs of the Meng family with a frown. Of course, there is no need for them to be troublesome."
Qin Xuan was not discouraged. He had made a good start. Although the atmosphere among the guests was still joyful, it did not actually mean that the Meng family themselves were the same.
Qin Xuan keenly noticed that some of the Meng family children had quietly left the small square. Now the Meng family must be in chaos. Everyone was looking for Meng Qi, who was responsible for the trouble, but no one knew that "Meng Qi" was quietly observing
They are waiting for the second chance to take action.
In the Meng family's mansion, bounded by the edge of the small square, the atmosphere took on two forms. In the small square, cups and cups were intertwined with great interest, while the area outside the small square that only members of the Meng family could enter was full of doubts.
and tension.
The men of the Meng family were running around, trying to find Meng Qi who had committed the murder. However, more than an hour had passed and no one had found anything. It was as if Meng Qi had disappeared from the world.
"Have you found it?" A direct descendant of the Meng family loudly asked a collateral descendant walking opposite.
The other party shook his head.
"Keep looking!" The direct descendant has a loud voice. He is used to being arrogant, and he can't help but raise his voice a little higher when speaking to the collateral descendants.
The side disciples just nodded and passed by the direct disciples.
After about ten seconds, the direct disciple noticed something was wrong. When the other party passed by him, he felt a very weak star power fluctuation. It was very unfamiliar. It was obvious that he was not practicing the star power of the Meng family.
Secret.
"Wait!" The direct descendant turned around and shouted loudly.
The sideline disciple stood still, his body emitting strange fluctuations of star power, but he did not turn around.
"Come here!" The direct disciple shouted loudly, and at the same time, he condensed two streams of star power with his hands and slowly walked towards the side disciple.
Qin Xuan was facing away from the unlucky direct descendant. At this time, green light was floating on his face, transforming him into Meng Qi's appearance.
As for the face before, Qin Xuan took advantage of the chaos of the Meng family to randomly find a descendant of the Meng family, and used the disguise weapon to preserve his face.
In this way, Qin Xuan had two faces of the Meng family, and could come and go as he pleased.