Soul echo

Chapter 709 Follow-up
Traveling thousands of miles alone, he broke into the Shangguan family's mansion alone, killed the Shangguan family's martial arts master and the land gods, and then killed all the Shangguan family's direct descendants who stayed in the mansion at that time-this news spread in the afternoon It has been heard by various nobles, high-ranking officials, and aristocratic families in the capital.

The battle between Zhong Ye and the Shangguan family was too intense, even though the Shangguan family's mansion was located outside the capital, a little shock spread to the capital.

However, these movements were not felt by the entire capital, only limited to the west of the city.

But considering the distance between Shangguan's house and the capital, one can feel the horror of it.

After hearing the news, people's first reaction was that they couldn't believe it. Even martial arts masters and land gods reacted no differently from other people's reactions.

In other words, it is precisely because of their strength that they understand how difficult the Shangguan family is to deal with.

They don't know how Zhong Ye defeated the two strong men of the Shangguan family, let alone how Zhong Ye broke through the Shangguan family's formation. If it were them, they couldn't guarantee that they would be able to break through the Shangguan family's magic circle , let alone kill Shangguan Yao.

The martial arts master of the Shangguan family is getting old, and his physical fitness has degraded. It is not difficult to defeat him, but the most troublesome thing is Shangguan Yao.

After thinking about it, they couldn't think of a way to defeat Shangguanyao, let alone defeat Shangguanyao in Shangguan's mansion.

They couldn't understand how Zhong Ye did such a thing, and they might have to go to the battlefield where Zhong Ye and Shangguanyao fought in person to find out the facts.

The aristocrats and the emperor paid more attention to this matter than anyone else. When they knew that the Shangguan family's direct lineage was completely wiped out, they immediately took action.

Although the name of the Shangguan family's "No. [-] family in the world" may be a little watery, but since it can become the consensus of the people, it means that the Shangguan family does have this strength.

The Shangguan family's mansion has not been completely destroyed, and their family's manor has not had too many problems. It is only the direct line that has been destroyed, and the property of the Shangguan family will not disappear because of this.

The Shangguan family has established banks, chambers of commerce, and factories all over the Huang Kingdom. These industries are dependent on the Shangguan family. If the Shangguan family collapses, although they will not collapse, their lives will definitely not be as comfortable as before.

It was these things that the emperor wanted to compete with the aristocratic family. Although he was at a natural disadvantage in this matter, after all, it was Zhong Ye who beat the Shangguan family to pieces. Zhong Ye had long been recognized as the emperor's subordinate and ally. However, Shangguan With so many branches in the family, some will succumb to power, and the emperor wants to fight for them.

As for other industries, it doesn't matter even if they are distributed to the aristocratic family, because the "aristocratic family" is not a whole, they are an alliance of interests formed by individuals one after another, and the disputes and conflicts between them are no less than those between them and the emperor.

Under the intentional or unintentional guidance of the emperor and the aristocratic family, the news that Zhong Ye broke through the Shangguan's house alone quickly spread.

The battle between Zhong Ye and Shangguan's family was really fierce. If they hadn't contributed to the flames, the news would have spread, but not as fast as now.

After some people with a sensitive sense of politics learned about this incident, they smelled a wave of wind and rain that was about to come.

The Shangguan family has always been the leader of the aristocratic family, and their will is almost equivalent to the collective will of the "Jingshi Family". Now the Shangguan family is fragmented, leaving only a few direct descendants living outside. It is unlikely that the Shangguan family will be rebuilt.

Even if they were able to break through all kinds of obstructions from themselves and from outsiders to rebuild the Shangguan family, the severely injured Shangguan family would be reduced to the bottom of the family, and it would be impossible to become the leader of the Jingshi family.

So, which family will become the leader next, and which family can represent the interests of the many aristocratic families in the capital?
No one knows about this kind of thing, because the Shangguan family is the only one, and other top families are not much different in strength. No matter which one becomes the leader, the other families will not be convinced.

This problem can only be dealt with by time...

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The night was dark, and there were many insects and mosquitoes in the woods, always flying in Lu Zhitong's ears, buzzing constantly, disturbing.

With a sachet hanging on his waist, mosquitoes dare not approach, but just flying around is enough to make people upset and irritable, and they can't help but wave their hands away.

The long wind slowly pushed away the dark clouds, allowing the bright moon hanging high above the night to shine on the world, and dispelled the darkness lingering around Lu Zhitong.

Raising his head, he cast his eyes towards the sky through the gap between the treetops, and the pure white full moon came into his eyes.

While the clear moonlight dispelled the surrounding darkness, it also dispelled Lu Zhitong's restlessness.

With a slight smile, Lu Zhitong held the lantern, pulled the reins of the horse behind him, and continued to move forward.

After a while, he came to an open space, where a burly man sat.

A pitch-black spear was placed beside the man, and a long knife was placed on the other side. Both weapons shone coldly under the moonlight, shining into Lu Zhitong's eyes.

Seeing that figure from behind, Lu Zhitong suddenly felt his tongue dry up, and the pressure in his heart increased sharply.

Standing there in silence for a moment, Lu Zhitong knelt down on one knee and lowered his head, "Master Zhong, I have finally found you! My name is Lu Zhitong. I have ordered something from His Majesty to send you something. I hope you will accept it!"

Zhong Ye, who was busy, stopped, looked back at Lu Zhitong, and nodded slightly: "Get up, I understand."

Lu Zhitong breathed a sigh of relief, stood up, turned around, took a box from the horse's back, and walked over slowly.

After approaching, under the moonlight, Lu Zhitong discovered that there were red marks all over Zhong Ye's body, as if it was branded by lightning. When he looked over Zhong Ye's shoulder and saw Zhong Ye's right hand, he couldn't help being stunned. I was taken aback.

Zhong Ye's right hand was bloody and bloody, and the muscles seemed to have melted. At this time, there were still two fingers stuck together.

Lu Zhi sympathized and couldn't help exclaiming: "Master Zhong, you are——!"

Zhong Ye lowered his head and took a look. The little finger and ring finger were torn apart immediately, and the skin and muscles were exposed. Just looking at it, Lu Zhitong felt a sudden surge of suffocating fear.

"It's okay, it will be back to normal tomorrow."

As if the finger didn't belong to him, Zhong Ye's answer remained calm, and his tone didn't change much.

As he said that, he used Gang Qi to peel off the excess fat and skin to avoid incomplete recovery from the injury.

Lu Zhitong took a sharp breath, put the box next to Zhong Ye, then bowed his head and backed away, looking at the ground with fear in his eyes.

"Master Zhong, the things have been delivered, the little one, the little one will go back now..."

Zhong Ye glanced at him, then nodded, "Go back, be careful on the road, and have a smooth journey."

Lu Zhitong hastily clasped his fists and saluted, got on the horse, turned the horse's head, let the horse trot, and left the open space.

——Until he left, he didn't dare to look at Zhong Ye again!
Zhong Ye felt Lu Zhitong's panic and fear, and looked down at his right hand.

"Did it scare him a little?"

Perhaps it was because one-fifth of the water in his body was evaporated by lightning during the previous battle, Zhong Ye felt that his mind was not so sensitive anymore, and he didn't know when he would recover.

Thinking like this, Zhong Ye put the box in front of him, opened it and took a look.

On the top are two-sided tokens, one is the supervisory censor order, and the other is the talisman of the prefect of Jingzhou. When he left Jingzhou, Zhong Ye brought out this talisman. On the side of Dai Lila, the emperor said Will help arrange a new one.

Below the token is a pair of bracelets. After picking it up, Zhong Ye sensed it carefully, and confirmed that the bracelets are actually storage equipment.

In the previous battle with Shangguanyao, all of Zhong Ye's belongings, except for the spear and the long knife, were destroyed by the lightning he attracted, including the supervisory censor's order and the magistrate's talisman. There was his pair of storage bracelets—naturally, the items in the bracelets were also destroyed.

In addition to these things, there is also a set of clothes and a bottle of elixir at the bottom. The clothes are just right for Zhong Ye's height, and the elixir, according to the attached instructions, can help him recover from his injuries.

Zhong Ye put on that set of clothes, then picked up the talisman and initiated a communication with the emperor.

Although it was late at night, the communication was still connected.

"Shang Fang Sword is lost." Zhong Ye's first sentence was this.

[If you lose it, you lose it. The reason why Shangfang Sword is Shangfang Sword is because I think it is. The sword in your hand is just a carrier. If the carrier is lost, don’t worry about it. 】

As he said that, the emperor couldn't help laughing out loud: [To be honest, I didn't expect you to be so ruthless and directly wiped out the Shangguan family. Although there are still a few direct descendants living outside, they are already dead in name only. 】

"I was just about to tell you about this." Zhong Ye took a breath and told what he saw in the secret room at that time.

The emperor laughed less and less, and then fell silent.

[I will send someone to keep an eye on the remaining guys! 】

The descendants of the Shangguan family in the secret room have all become like that, so what about the remaining descendants?

The emperor realized the seriousness of the matter. Originally he thought that the Shangguan family's collusion with Abyss was just a deal with Abyss, but he didn't expect them to fall so deep.

The Shangguan family is like this, is there a similar situation in other aristocratic families?
"After returning to Jingzhou, I will have an interview with the people from Qianji Pavilion."

Zhong Ye looked up at Mingyue, and said softly: "In the matter of Shangguan's family becoming the 'No. [-] family in the world', Qianji Pavilion played an indispensable role, and I had doubts about them before.

"Before I was about to leave Jingzhou, Dai Lila had already helped me make an appointment with someone from Qianji Pavilion, but unfortunately I didn't have time...

"This time, I plan to investigate their details to see if they are related to the abyss, or...they themselves are abyss believers!"

(End of this chapter)