Chapter 737: A Genius's Accident
After entering the yard, Wang Lu's expression became more serious: "Do you know that you are in danger now?"
Zhou Wen nodded: "I know."
"You knew I was coming, but you still came. Do you feel uncomfortable if you don't get beaten for a day?" Wang Lu rolled his eyes at him.
"I didn't originally plan to come here this way." Zhou Wen originally planned to use an invisible cloak to enter the imperial capital and would not let others know that he had been to the imperial capital.
But now he was carrying a huge piece of wood. Even if he was invisible, it would be useless. The invisibility cloak could not cover such a large piece of wood. Anyone could tell that there was something wrong when a piece of wood was floating in the air.
"I'm afraid you don't know the current situation yet. If it was just the Supervisory Bureau looking for trouble with you, it would be okay. With your ability, and with me acting as your spy, it shouldn't be difficult to deal with. But now, the people who want to touch you are not only the Supervisory Bureau, but also the Xia family, the real owner of the imperial capital. It's easy for you to come to the imperial capital, but it may not be so easy to leave." Wang Lu said.
"Why does the Xia family want to deal with me?" Zhou Wen asked in confusion.
He and the Xia family don't have any deep hatred, so there's no reason for the Xia family to want to kill him, right?
"The relationship here is very complicated. Let my grandma explain it to you later." Wang Lu said as he walked towards the main hall.
"Grandma, I brought a friend here." Wang Lu shouted into the lobby as he walked.
"Crazy girl, come on, why are you shouting?" A voice came from the backyard, and then an old woman was seen walking over from the backyard.
The old woman looked quite old, with gray hair, but for some reason, there were almost no wrinkles on her face. She looked very elegant, and she must have been a great beauty when she was young.
"This young man is the Zhou Wen you often mention, right?" The old woman looked at Zhou Wen and said.
"I don't mention him often. It's just that he owes me so much that I only mention him occasionally. I'm afraid I'll forget about it." Wang Lu said, holding the old woman's arm.
"So that's how it is." The old woman looked at Zhou Wen with a smile and said, "Young man, you look so young, how come you've already learned to borrow money? And you're borrowing money from your female classmates. Are you trying to live off them?"
"Grandma Wang, it's not like that." Zhou Wen wanted to explain.
But before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by the old woman: "But it doesn't matter. Our Wang family has nothing but a lot of money. We can never finish eating. Just think of it as a good deed. Come and help us eat often. It's okay to stay. Our Wang family just needs a live-in son-in-law..."
"Grandma, what are you talking about?" Wang Lu's face flushed. "Zhou Wen is just my classmate, not what you think."
After a pause, Wang Lu continued, "Grandma, you must have heard about Zhou Wen's situation. Please tell him how dangerous his condition is."
After hearing what Wang Lu said, Grandma Wang stopped smiling and said, "Let's go inside and talk."
Zhou Wen followed them into the main room. Wang Lu motioned for Zhou Wen to sit down, and then she went to make tea for grandma and Zhou Wen.
"Grandma Wang, I heard from Wang Lu that the Xia family wants to make trouble for me, but I don't have any big grudges with the Xia family. Why do they want to deal with me?" Zhou Wen couldn't help but ask.
Grandma Wang nodded and said, "What the crazy girl said is right. The Xia family is very likely to take action against you. You shouldn't have come to the imperial capital."
After a moment's silence, Grandma Wang continued, "That crazy girl brought you here because she doesn't treat you as an outsider. I won't say anything about what I'd say to outsiders. What I'm going to say next is just speculation, not necessarily fact. So after I've said it here, you've just heard it and that's it."
"Don't worry, Grandma Wang, I'm not a talkative person." Zhou Wen said.
"It doesn't matter if you keep talking. Anyway, I won't admit what I said today, and neither will the Wang family." Grandma Wang said with a smile, "According to my guess, the reason the Xia family attacked you wasn't because your teacher was Wang Mingyuan, nor because you destroyed the Yuan Qi Sea of a Xia family junior in the Holy Land."
"Why is that?" Apart from these two things, Zhou Wen really couldn't think of any other connection between him and the Xia family.
Although the Demon Infant's magic sword was taken from Xia Xinyue, Xia Xinyue himself did not know that it was the Demon Infant who did it. The Xia family should not blame him for this.
Grandma Wang said with a strange look on her face, "If there's a reason, it's just one: you're just too talented."
Zhou Wen was slightly stunned. It was hard to believe that the Xia family wanted to kill him just for this reason.
There are many talented young people now, not just Zhou Wen. Even if the Xia family wants to suppress other local wealthy families, it seems that they should not use such means.
After all, the ban on the dimensional field is not stable. Relying on only the six major families may not be able to resist the army of the other dimension and suppress the local forces. It seems too short-sighted.
As if seeing through Zhou Wen's thoughts, Grandma Wang continued, "There have been precedents of geniuses disappearing or having accidents in the Federation before, and it's not just one case. Similar incidents occur every once in a while. If it were just ordinary geniuses, it would be fine, but most of these geniuses are the focus of training by local families. Given the protection provided by the major families, it is almost impossible for them to take such a big risk, and yet they all happen to be in trouble."
"You are in Luoyang, so you should know that there is a Li family in Luoyang. The Li family once had a genius young man whose talent was no less than that of the current Governor An. However, he died before he really grew up due to problems." Grandma Wang sighed.
"Are you saying that the disappearance of these talented young men is related to the Xia family?" Zhou Wen had heard Li Xuan talk about his eldest brother before.
However, Li Xuan also knew about it from Li Mobai, but he didn't expect that Grandma Wang also knew about it.
Grandma Wang remained noncommittal and continued, "Our Wang family had a genius like this before, and he also died young due to some unforeseen circumstances. It looked like an accident, but I felt it was more complicated than that, so I secretly conducted a lot of investigations, but I didn't find any results. However, during this time, I discovered one thing: the accidents of those young geniuses seemed to be more or less related to the Xia family."
"Has the Xia family resorted to every possible means to fight off competitors and consolidate their power?" Zhou Wen frowned.
"This is what I found strange at first. The Xia family didn't target opponents with whom they had conflicts of interest. They seemed to be only interested in those brilliant young geniuses, and didn't distinguish between friend and foe. So when I first started investigating, I was confused and didn't think about the Xia family. Later, after a long period of investigation, I found that the incident seemed to have some connection with the Xia family." Grandma Wang said.
(End of this chapter)
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