The Heavens: From Knowing Whether You Rule the World

Chapter 43 Putting aside the facts!

"Oh!"

It was a slight sound, easily drowned out by the noisy breathing and groaning of men and women in Hangzhou's famous brothel "Hangzhou Man", and no one paid any attention to it.

until
"what!!!"

The famous courtesan in Hangzhou who performed for show but not for her body felt the hot blood on her back and cried out in shock and fear. She did not even bother to put on her clothes properly and hurried out of the quiet room with just a piece of clothing thrown on.

"Help! The Tongzhi has been assassinated!"

"what?"

"What, but Ma Tongzhi?"

"Is there another Tongzhi in Hangzhou? Quick, save him!"

When the Tongzhi was assassinated, no one cared why the courtesan who only sold her art but not her body came out of the Tongzhi's room. Everyone screamed and rushed to rescue her.

In a restaurant about 200 meters to the west of Manyou in Hangzhou, Chu Hong quietly picked up his food and ate and drank leisurely.

"Sanqi, go see why there's so much noise."

"Bu Mu, a bowl is broken, go get a new one."

"promise!"

Not long after, Sanqi trotted upstairs and knocked on the door of the private room. She said in fear, "Master, Ma Tongzhi was assassinated in Hangzhou Man ahead. He was killed in one blow. The murderer was quite powerful. The courtesan didn't even see the murderer."

"Squeak~!"

Chu Hong opened the door, his expression somewhat solemn and horrified: "This Ma Ziyi was extremely rude before, I was planning to teach him a lesson, but I didn't expect that evildoers will be punished by evildoers, and this time he was assassinated. However, the dead cannot be resurrected, since he is dead, I will not bother with him. No more."

"Lord!"

"Take my visiting card and ask the Hangzhou Tuanlianshi to hunt down the murderer. The Tongzhi is the second highest official in Yangzhou. If such a person is assassinated, we cannot remain silent and give him some respect."

"Yes!"

Bu Mu hurriedly trotted towards the home of the Tuanlianshi. He had already found out most of the things happening in Hangzhou in the past few days. He knew that the Tuanlianshi was not a native of Hangzhou, but a soldier who had retired from the front line two years ago and was not bound by the several major families in Hangzhou.

Chu Hong gently closed his eyes and took a deep breath, looking into the distance, "Sanqi, how are the arrangements for the family members coming from Yangzhou?"

"There is a small pirate group several dozen miles west of Hangzhou. Our men are brave and good at fighting, and have already taken over that group."

Sanqi answered truthfully. He didn't know what the use of this was, and he didn't think too much about it. He just did whatever his master told him to do.

"Well, let them continue to absorb other pirate groups around Hangzhou. They will be of great use in the future."

"Yes!"

Late at night, Chu Hong fell asleep, but the people from several major families in Hangzhou did not fall asleep.

Into a seemingly empty and quiet house, a group of people walked in one after another, and it seemed that they were all invited in a hurry.

Each of these people is the boss of a major family in Hangzhou.

Looking closely, some people had frowns on their faces and seemed to be very troubled, some had indifferent expressions, and some even seemed faintly happy.

"Everyone, the patriarch of my Ma family was assassinated. This is really shocking. Since this person can kill the patriarch silently, he can also kill you silently!"

An elder of the Ma family, who was in his seventies, sobbed softly. He had already reached the age of enjoying his retirement, and this time he was asked to come out to temporarily stabilize the family.

"That makes sense. Brother Ma is the Tongzhi of Hangzhou. Even if he were in Bian Jing, he would be a top-ranking official. It is too shocking that he was assassinated now. We must track down the real culprit." This is Wei Ran, the patriarch of the Wei family. He looks extremely angry.

"Brother Ma is my best brother. When I learned of his death, I was heartbroken, but I had to accept the fact. If you have any difficulties, you can come to my Wei family and ask for help. I will do my best to help you!"

Wei Ran looked at the elder of the Ma family steadily and sadly, and made a solemn promise.

"Hey! At the beginning, we said that we would give Chu Zifeng a warning so that he would be afraid of the big families in Hangzhou and would not dare to go against our wishes, and both sides could live in peace.

Unexpectedly, Brother Ma passed away before Chu Zifeng took office. I did offend him and showed my power, but Brother Ma is also dead. Where will this leave me?"

This is Li Jin, the head of the Li family. He does not look sad.

"Why not? Brother Ma holds a high position, and none of us can take over his position. Now the Tongpan and Tongzhi have to be reassigned, and none of the three high-ranking officials are from the big families. We, the local tyrants, seem to be unworthy of the title. If Brother Ma hadn't passed away, there wouldn't be such an ugly scene!"

This is Zhao Shun, the head of the Zhao family. He looks somewhat happy.

"You...you mean to say that the current situation is to blame for my deceased nephew?"

The old man was furious and his face turned red. Who was he talking about?
This is simply a beast!

"If it weren't for my nephew, how could you live happily till now?"

"That's right, that's right. How can I forget Brother Ma's kindness?"

Wei Ran looked at Li Jin and Zhao Shun angrily, as if he couldn't understand why these two people could say such shameless words.

"Haha, when he was alive, he often targeted our two families. Now that he's dead, we can't even talk about it?"

"Haha, putting aside the facts, is it possible that he is not wrong?"

Although Wei Ran's words were calm, the anger and dissatisfaction in them were obvious. "Everyone dies in this world. We are all Hangzhou people. We should support each other instead of adding insult to injury when others are grieving."

"If you ask me, God has shown His power!"

Zhao Shun pointed to the sky, smiled wantonly and left.

Li Jin shook his head slightly and followed slowly.

"This"

The old man suddenly realized that something was wrong. Even if the patriarch had passed away, the two families would not have torn their faces apart like this!
Immediately, the old man's heart beat faster and he looked at Wei Ran, the only one left.

Wei Ran was also a little surprised. He stepped forward and said solemnly, "I'm afraid there's something wrong with this matter. The attitudes of these two families are really strange."

The old man nodded in agreement, feeling inexplicably panicked.

"My dear nephew, you and our clan leader have known each other for many years. At this time, we must help each other!"

"Don't worry. I am really sad about Brother Ma's death, but since he is gone, we have to look forward. Although we have to track down the murderer, maintaining the stability of the family is also very important.

If you have any difficulties, you can come to me. Brother Ma and I have been friends for a lifetime, and I will definitely help you to the best of my ability."

"In that case, on behalf of the clan leader, I would like to thank you, nephew."

"Ah."

Wei Ran smiled calmly and left with a heavy expression.

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(End of this chapter)