Chapter 78: Something unexpected happened

Qingzhou Prefecture.

It's very lively.

Just seven days after the death of the previous head of the family, the new head of the family took over the inheritance ceremony.

"It seems that the new head of the Huang family doesn't have a good relationship with his father?"

"Brother Zhong, why do you say that?"

"It's only been seven days since my father passed away, and they are already rushing to hold the succession ceremony. How good can this relationship be?" Zhong Shan said with a smile, "It is rumored that the new head of the Huang family, Huang Zhongtai, is an illegitimate son. If the old head had no successor, I'm afraid he wouldn't have taken the throne either."

"So that's how it is. Thank you, Brother Zhong, for clearing up my confusion."

Chu Ning clasped his fists to express his gratitude and then said nothing more.

Liang Jiulin, who was sitting in the carriage, listened to Chu Ning's conversation with Zhong Shan along the way, with a complicated look on his face.

Ji Yang is indeed a suitable disciple. At his age, he is not arrogant at all even though he is a military commander. What a pity... What a pity... He is practicing the Blood Burning Technique.

Otherwise, this master-disciple relationship could really be fulfilled.

"Huang Zhongtai is not an ordinary person. When you arrive at the Huang family, listen more and talk less."

Liang Jiulin's voice came from the carriage, and Chu Ning's face became serious: "Disciple understands, be careful with your words and actions."

Huang Zhongtai is a military general who is considered extraordinary by a master like Liang Jiulin, so he is truly extraordinary.

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Liang Jiulin was a master and also represented the royal family. He was personally greeted at the city gate by an elder of the Huang family, and was directly invited to the Huang family and arranged to stay in the best courtyard.

What a coincidence.

This yard was exactly the yard where Chu Ning originally lived in the Huang family.

It seems that Huang Zhongtai was really good to me back then and arranged the best courtyard for me.

Is this considered a revisit to an old place?

However, the best room belonged to Liang Jiulin, and Chu Ning lived in the side courtyard.

The Huang family's patriarch ceremony will be held tomorrow, so Chu Ning stayed in the yard. Liang Jiulin was in the main courtyard, so he didn't dare to move around casually.

Fortunately, during the dinner, the Huang family sent someone to invite Liang Jiulin to attend. Only the big guys in a certain area or those masters could attend such a dinner.

Chu Ning and several guards including Zhong Shan stayed in the yard and ate the dishes sent by the Huang family.

After having a good meal and a good drink, Chu Ning returned to his side courtyard to practice in his room. However, after only half an hour, he heard footsteps at the gate and stopped immediately.

"Master Ji, the prince wants you to go to the main courtyard."

"Okay, I'll go right away."

Chu Ning stood up, thought for a moment and let Lao Hei enter his sleeve, then walked out of the house and followed Zhong Shan towards the main courtyard.

Arriving at the main courtyard, Chu Ning saw Liang Jiulin sitting alone at the stone table in the courtyard with a gloomy face. It seemed that something bad had happened during the banquet tonight. "Teacher, you called me?"

Liang Jiulin seemed to be thinking about something and didn't notice Chu Ning approaching until Chu Ning spoke. Then he raised his head and looked over with his old eyes.

The look was very complicated, with reluctance, desire, and even a hint of envy.

What the hell?

Chu Ning was a little confused.

After attending a dinner party, why did my cheap master suddenly change his mood so much?

"In a quarter of an hour, Zhongshan will take you away from the Huang Mansion and go to Yangzhou after leaving the Huang Mansion."

Chu Ning's heart skipped a beat. He was asked to leave so late in the night, and to Yangzhou.

Yangzhou is two states away from Qingzhou, but it is also one of the four states under the jurisdiction of the royal family. The third prince is in charge of Yangzhou.

"Teacher, what happened?"

The first thing Chu Ning suspected was that his identity was exposed, but then he thought again and realized that it was not the case.

His identity was exposed. If someone from Wushuang Sect came, Liang Jiulin would be able to stop them. But Ji Bochang was just an elder of Wushuang Sect.

It is impossible that Wushuangmen would choose to make enemies with the royal family just because of the death of one of his sons.

But now Liang Jiulin asked him to leave late at night, obviously because he felt that he might not be safe in the Huang family.

But he couldn't think of anything unsafe in the Huang family.

There can't be other forces in the Huang family...

Chu Ning's heart beat faster, and he suddenly thought of the message Tu Feifei had given him.

The Routu army is about to invade, and there must be an insider in the Liang Dynasty. Could this insider be the Huang family?

If this is true, did the Huang family intend to use this celebration as an opportunity to destroy Liang Jiulin and make the royal family lose a master? Did Liang Jiulin discover something fishy and let him escape first?

Thinking of this, Chu Ning showed a resolute look on his face: "Teacher, is there any danger in the Huang family? If so, I will never abandon you and run away alone."

"The disciple must stand together with the teacher!"

His attitude was firm and his feelings were sincere. Even the black snake in Chu Ning's sleeve was shocked. How could this person be so shameless as to say such words?

There was also a touch of emotion on Liang Jiulin's face. When people are in crisis, their emotions will fluctuate more easily than usual.

Liang Jiulin is in this situation now. He stared at Chu Ning for a moment with his old eyes and said, "Silly boy, the teacher is a master. If you really want to leave, no one can stop you. If you stay here, you will be a burden to the teacher."

"It's my disciple who is useless." Chu Ning's face darkened and he said, "Teacher, is there really someone targeting us? This is in the Huang family, and you are a prince."

Chu Ning was not addicted to acting out the deep love between master and disciple, but he just didn't want to leave in such a confused state. He wanted to know what happened.

Liang Jiulin pondered for a moment and asked, "If you are the head of a family, and the two neighboring families are about to fight, will you stop them?"

Chu Ning shook his head: "I will not stop them. On the contrary, I will secretly add fuel to the fire and make the two families fight more fiercely. It would be best if both sides suffer losses. This will benefit the family."

"That's right. This is such a simple truth that everyone in the world knows. But at the banquet tonight, Wushuang Sect's elder Ji Bochang attacked the Huang family and claimed that Huang Zhongtai had killed his son. But the first person to come out to rescue Huang Zhongtai was not the Huang family elder, but the elders of the two major sects, Jiuxuan Pavilion and Canglang Villa."

There was a sneer on Liang Jiulin's face, and Chu Ning understood it. Under normal circumstances, when Ji Bochang questioned Huang Zhongtai, other sects and forces should have been watching the show from the sidelines.

It's already good enough that you didn't add fuel to the fire, so how could you possibly offer any words of advice?

Jiuxuan Pavilion and Canglang Villa have reached a strategic alliance with the Huang family, and are they also connected with the Routu Kingdom? The two major martial arts sects plus the Huang family, plus the Routu army, this war is really almost evenly matched.

But Chu Ning was more concerned about what Ji Bochang had found out. "Teacher, did Huang Zhongtai really kill Ji Bochang's son? Did Ji Bochang finally stop being persuaded? This is revenge for killing his son."

"Master Ji has no evidence, and the teacher doesn't know the specific situation, but Huang Zhongtai promised to give Master Ji a satisfactory explanation after the banquet."

Chu Ning's heart skipped a beat, wondering if Huang Zhongtai would sell him out.

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Ji Bochang's son died at his own hands. Huang Zhongtai originally wanted to kill him to silence him because he was afraid that this matter would affect his position as the head of the family.

But now it seems that Huang Zhongtai's position in the Huang family is stable, and with the help of Jiuxuan Pavilion and Canglang Villa, he can tell the truth.

Humans are very realistic creatures.

Before today, Ji Bochang only thought that everyone who was related to his son's death would have to pay for his son's death. This was what he had to do as a father.

But when it comes to people who are on equal footing with him, his thoughts will change.

With so many sons, only one of them died. Even if he was the one you loved the most, is it really worth risking everything for this son?

If at this time, Huang Zhongtai gave him a way out and told him who killed his son.

I can avenge my son without suffering too much loss.

Chu Ning believed that with Huang Zhongtai's personality, he would definitely choose to do so.

Even though Ji Bochang may not have evidence, the benefits of giving himself away would be greater than denying it.

It seems that I can’t go to Yangzhou, but have to go back to Raozhou.

"Teacher, even if the Huang family has some intentions, they wouldn't dare to do anything to us."

Liang Jiulin shook his head. Some truths could not be told to Ji Yang.

Bringing Ji Yang this time was his biggest mistake. His original purpose of bringing Ji Yang was to reassure the eight major families and the four major sects, but he did not expect that Huang Zhongtai would actually break through to this step.

My emotions were just affected by Ji Yang, otherwise I shouldn't have told him all this.

"Go ahead. You don't need to pack anything. I've told Zhongshan about everything else. Just follow his instructions on the way."

"Then I'll take my leave. Teacher, please take care of yourself."

"Don't worry, your teacher is a master after all, it will be easy for you to leave."

When we left the main courtyard, Zhong Shan was already waiting at the door.

"Sir, do you want to go back to the yard to pack up your things?"

"I don't have anything to bring, Brother Zhong. I'll just follow your instructions."

"Okay, let's go now, pretending that we want to see the night view of Qingzhou."

After a cup of tea, Chu Ning, Zhong Shan and two other guards left the Huang Mansion and began to wander the streets.

Just as Chu Ning and his group left the Huang Mansion.

In the Huang Mansion Hall, Huang Zhongtai took his seat. There were nine great masters in the entire hall.

All four elders of the Huang family were present, as well as two from Jiuxuan Pavilion and Canglang Island, as well as Ji Bochang and two elders from the other eight surnames.

"It seems that this old man Liang Jiulin has a very sharp nose and has already sensed something is wrong. But what is the purpose of this old man dismissing several guards? Is he expecting these guards to report the news?"

The second elder of the Huang family sneered and said, "When he dies, the royal family will know the news. Is there any need to pass it on?"

"If you want to know what Liang Jiulin is up to, just capture these people and you'll find out. Hand them over to my Huang family."

"I'll leave Liang Jiulin and those guys to you. I'm going to Raozhou now. Huang Zhongtai, I hope what you said is true."

Huang Zhongtai, who had been silent all this time, put down the teacup he was playing with and said, "Zhongtai didn't say a single word that was false."

"I hope so."

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Qingzhou Prefecture City.

Under the leadership of Zhong Shan, Chu Ning and the other two seemed to be shopping, but they walked very quickly and did not go through the city gate. Finally, they arrived at the south city wall and simply climbed over it.

Then, he started running wildly.

Unfortunately, before he had run ten miles, he heard the sound of breaking wind behind him.

PS: Sorry, this chapter has been revised several times because it involves some subsequent plots, so the update was late. To express my apology, I will add another chapter today.

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