Chapter 968 All Have Stories
Jiang Fenghua said, "Where did you go so early in the morning? You were the one who said you were in a hurry to leave, and now you're still nowhere to be seen. Prince Xiao really is used to doing things his own way! You're not up to any tricks again, are you?"
Xiao Shang actually contacted his people and the people of the Earthly Fiend Sect. He said, "Since we are going to such a far place, I will naturally arrange for people to go. Everyone says that the Ghost Realm is dangerous, so I will find more people to go with us for the safety of the Third Miss."
"They're looking for people from the Earthly Fiend Sect, aren't they?" Jiang Fenghua said casually.
Xiao Shang smiled slightly. She had indeed guessed correctly. In front of her uncle, he deliberately teased her, and his words became ambiguous. "So we've been tacitly understanding all along. Whatever Ruan Ruan says goes!"
Jiang Fenghua felt strange when she heard him call her "Ruan Ruan". Strictly speaking, they were enemies, and only close relatives could call her that.
She didn't care and went straight to the point, "I've always wanted to know what your relationship with the Earthly Fiends Sect is. You've only been here for twenty years, while the Earthly Fiends Sect has existed for far longer. Did you contact the Earthly Fiends Sect on your own initiative, or did the Earthly Fiends Sect contact you?" She didn't like playing guessing games with Xiao Shang; being direct would solve the problem better.
Xiao Shang was stunned. "Does it matter? The Earthly Fiend Sect is just an assassin organization. They just want money, and I can give them money."
Jiang Fenghua knew Xiao Shang was lying, so she deliberately provoked him, "Do you have the money to bribe assassins? Bei Xiao Kingdom shouldn't be rich! Do you have enough money in Bei Xiao Kingdom to pay assassins?"
Xiao Shang felt his face flush slightly. "Ruan Ruan accompanied me to the Ghost Realm, and I will tell you about the Earthly Fiend Sect." The Northern Owl Kingdom will seize the Central Plains sooner or later.
Jiang Fenghua was completely unfazed by his threats. "I'm afraid even Prince Xiao doesn't understand the Earthly Fiend Sect!"
She needs to thoroughly investigate the origins of the Earthly Fiends Sect.
For a moment, Xiao Shang became mute again. It was true that there was a stronghold of the Earthly Fiend Sect in the Northern Owl Kingdom, and it was the people of the Earthly Fiend Sect who took the initiative to find him, and he had been there.
Jiang Fenghua added, "Prince Xiao, perhaps you can tell me what you know, and I will help you find the answer you are looking for in the Ghost Realm."
Jiang Fenghua was waiting for him to figure it out himself; only Xiao Shang himself knew what he truly wanted.
Xiao Shang stared into Jiang Fenghua's eyes, which were brighter than the moon.
He knew perfectly well that Jiang Fenghua also wanted to find the answer, but he didn't argue back; instead, he automatically fell into her trap.
Xiao Shang said softly, "Let's talk in private."
Jiang Fenghua said in a deep voice, "There are no outsiders here, and we are guards all around. As long as Prince Xiao doesn't become a traitor, what you want to say won't get out."
He glared at her and said softly, "If you want to understand the Earthly Fiends Sect, you must first understand a man named Yan Dinghai. He is from the Great Zhou Dynasty."
"Is the leader of the Earthly Fiends Sect named Yan Dinghai?" Jiang Fenghua asked.
“Yes.” Xiao Shang added, “After I came to the Great Zhou, I was told a lot of news by the people of the Earthly Fiend Sect. I just felt that the people of the Earthly Fiend Sect were indeed very powerful.”
Even the fact that King Kang became the son-in-law of the indigenous people of the Northwest was something that Master Yan of the Di Sha Sect told me.
Xie Kang is a coward. If he wanted the throne, he should have seized it; instead, he's been hiding in the northwest, living as a son-in-law of the Yuezhi.
“Actually, I don’t trust just anyone. Ruan Ruan is the first person I’ve ever trusted,” Xiao Shang suddenly added.
Jiang Fenghua's expression turned even colder when she saw him start to grin again. She said in a deep voice, "He wants revenge on the Xie family, that's why he's come after you. Does he know your true background?"
"I don't know," Xiao Shang said.
"Then why did they come to you?"
"I didn't ask. I only know that they have a blood feud with the Great Zhou royal family." They wanted revenge, and his goal was also to seize Great Zhou. They were of the same mind and naturally became friends. Of course, he didn't say this out loud.
Xiao Shang continued, "I don't actually trust Yan Dinghai. There's no conflict of interest between us. Yan Dinghai only said that he wanted to take revenge on the man surnamed Xie. I guess his enemy is your deceased old emperor. But if he wanted to take revenge on the old emperor, why didn't he take action even after the old emperor passed away? I can't figure that out either. That's all I know."
Xiao Shang was also thinking that he needed to find out the origins of the Sha Sect.
Jiang Fenghua naturally understood his unspoken meaning: treating the late emperor as an enemy, this person must be very old, which is really strange!
At this moment, both of them had their own thoughts.
Feng Qingyu found their conversation unbelievable. He wasn't concerned about the content of their conversation, but rather whether they were very familiar with each other. He had never heard of the Earthly Fiend Sect they were discussing.
Ruan Ruan went to the Ghost Realm seemingly for this man, and this man verbally flirted with Ruan Ruan without caring. News of her getting close to other men reached the Emperor's ears...
Feng Qingyu was shocked by her own thoughts. How could she possibly go to the Ghost Realm for a man? Going to the Ghost Realm was tantamount to suicide. Ruan Ruan would never do that. Ruan Ruan was the Empress.
He shook off the thoughts in his mind and said, "I've traveled all over the country and never heard of the Earthly Fiends Sect."
Jiang Fenghua also found it strange, "Even your uncle has never heard of it. You've been to so many places and you don't even know this sect exists."
Feng Qingyu shook her head, "No, I don't know."
Jiang Fenghua explained, "It's said to be an assassin organization, and their totem is also very strange, called the Crescent Moon Whale."
Feng Qingyu shook her head. "I've never heard of it. I'll go back and ask my father. He's been to many places; perhaps he knows."
During those ten years, Jiang Fenghua used her identity as Young Master Ruan to do business outside, making a lot of money by dealing with many businessmen and getting to know some underworld friends, but she had never heard of the Earthly Fiend Sect.
When they hired assassins to hunt down the Su family, they didn't hire anyone from the Earthly Fiend Sect, because they had no idea the Earthly Fiend Sect existed.
Xiao Shang may not really understand the Earthly Fiend Sect either; the more secretive the other party is, the more suspicious they are.
She had a gut feeling that the Earthly Fiends Sect was no ordinary assassin organization.
She said, "We don't have time to go back to Yu Town. We'll visit my maternal grandparents after we return from the Ghost Realm."
"What exactly are you going to the Ghost Realm for? I might be able to help. I've been to Xichuan many times for escort missions, so I'm quite familiar with the terrain there." Feng Qingyu was worried about his niece going to Xichuan alone.
He glanced at the people following them again. Besides the guards, there was a group of women with them. He said, "They're also going to the Ghost Realm, and they're all women. Aren't they just going to their deaths?"
Gongsun Lan also traveled extensively. She had been to Xichuan and the snow-capped mountains, and knew that not just anyone could go to those places.
“Young Master Feng is right, not everyone is suitable to go,” Gongsun Lan interjected.
When Feng Qingyu saw Gongsun Lan, she felt that she was different from others, and there was a sense of déjà vu about her.
He said, "Have I seen you before, young lady?"
Gongsun Lan was also sizing him up. His peach blossom eyes were bright and sparkling. He was quite handsome, and his skin wasn't very fair; it was a healthy tan from years of being outdoors in the sun.
Have they met?
Gongsun Lan said, "I haven't yet thanked Young Master Feng Jiu for sending the grain."
Feng Qingyu cupped his hands in greeting: "It's nothing. This food won't last more than two days. Feng Jiu only did his bit. The food was donated by people who do good deeds."
Gongsun Lan smiled slightly and said to Jiang Fenghua, "Let's discuss this further!"
Gongsun Lan had long forgotten who she was. Her memories only went back to when her mother died in childbirth. Since then, she had a special ability, as if she had some memories, as if she was older than her older brother and Xie Shang, as if she had a memory, but she couldn't remember anything about it.
Over the years, she had been traveling and trying to remember something. After hearing the legend of the ancient kingdom of Yinchuan, she was eager to explore it.
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