Our horse team, besides Lin Que, Man Jing, Monkey, and the guide, also had two forest rangers accompanying us.
When the others saw Wei Shengnan and her group appear, they all raised their guns and confronted them.
Upon seeing Song Laosan, the monkey was the first to speak: "Song Laosan, you bastard! Young Master Duan and I treated you like a brother, and you actually betrayed us? What did I ever do to wrong you?"
"call!"
Upon hearing the monkey's question, Song Laosan took a deep breath and then said to Qu Ruilin, "It's not appropriate for me to speak in this situation. You can handle this yourselves."
Qu Ruilin raised his chin slightly, staring at us with the contemptuous look of a victor: "No need. Now that you're standing here, what's the point of talking about what's suitable or unsuitable? Your identity has already been exposed, there's no need to keep hiding it."
Song Laosan remained silent. Seeing me glaring angrily at him, he finally turned and disappeared from my sight.
"Duan Shenxing, Song Laosan has already told us what happened inside the Ze Wang Tomb. I know you're in a bad mood right now, but we still need to talk about it."
Wei Shengnan took a step forward: "I think you should know that Qu Ruilin's condition for returning to the Four Gates was to eliminate Duan Jinyan to avenge the Four Gates, and at the same time, to avenge his father, my second uncle, your aunt... and all those who died innocently because of him. In the beginning, the reason we kept it from you was simply to take care of your feelings, and also because of your status, we didn't want you to get involved in this matter."
Even my grandfather and father repeatedly told us that you are you, and Duan Jinyan is Duan Jinyan. What he did was his personal behavior and had nothing to do with the Duan family. They demanded that we not harm you under any circumstances. Even though we knew you had been searching for Duan Jinyan, we still didn't harm you because we are all of the same lineage and we understand your feelings.
After this incident, I believe you've seen through Duan Jinyan's true character. He's an extremely self-centered person, someone who would abandon even his own son; how could he possibly care about the lives of others? If possible, I hope we can clear up the misunderstanding, and that you can officially rejoin the Four Sects so we can work together to eliminate this scoundrel, Duan Jinyan.
"return?"
Upon hearing Wei Shengnan's words, I gave a mocking smile: "Do you really think the Four Gates will give me any sense of belonging? From beginning to end, I have never taken any benefits from the Four Gates. I even had to risk my life to open the Demon Monk's Tomb for your Wei family just to know about the Four Gates' existence! You keep saying that we are all of the same lineage, but what has the Wei family ever given me besides using me?"
"It is true that the Wei family has wronged you in this matter, but we also have our own difficulties. After all, you went astray in your search for Duan Jinyan. Do you think we can persuade you? And do you think you would listen to us?"
Wei Shengnan looked at me with some guilt: "Duan Shenxing, come back with me. My grandfather said he will give you a complete explanation about what happened recently! Even if Duan Jinyan abandoned you, you still have other family members in the Fourth Gate, and you are also Wei Qingzhong's grandson!"
When I heard Wei Shengnan say that, I felt a wave of nausea wash over me: "If you came here to deliver a message to me, I've heard it all. And you've said that I have nothing to do with Duan Jinyan. Now, can you please move aside?"
"Duan Shenxing, don't be ungrateful! We can forgive Duan Jinyan's mistakes, but that doesn't mean the Duan family hasn't harmed the Four Gates! Old Master Wei's willingness to let you return to the Four Gates is already a great act of kindness... Shengnan, I've said it before, Duan Shenxing is wicked and won't come with us!"
Qu Ruilin said something to Wei Shengnan, then glared at me fiercely: "Duan Shenxing, the fact that the Four Gates are willing to accept you is already giving you a chance. Since you don't cherish it, we have nothing more to say! I promised Old Master Wei that I wouldn't hurt you and I can let you leave here, but as a condition for this, you must hand over the Zewang Jade Seal!"
Duan Jinyan came to the tomb of the Prince of Ze this time specifically for the jade seal of the Prince of Ze, but he failed because of Jiang Man's interference, and it ended up in my hands by some twist of fate.
When I obtained the jade seal, the tomb had already been flooded, and no one else had discovered it. So I lied and said, "It was already difficult enough for me to escape from the tomb of King Ze. I didn't even go into the burial chamber. Why would you ask me to hand over the jade seal?"
"Do you really think we went to such great lengths to arrest you without any evidence?"
Qu Ruilin snorted coldly: "In the tomb of the Prince of Ze, Song Laosan saw you get the jade seal with your own eyes. You're not going to tell me that what you found was just a tomb brick, are you?"
When I heard Qu Ruilin say that, I asked the monkey in a low voice, "You said before, where did you leave the tomb?"
The monkey tilted its head and said, "Go back the way you came, into that big hole on the mountaintop that was blown up."
I became agitated upon hearing the monkey's reply.
It seems that Jiang Man's subordinates once said that the person who escaped from the main tomb chamber was not the monkey, but Song Laosan, who also witnessed me taking the imperial seal at that time.
"Duan Shenxing, stop resisting! Duan Jinyan is a beast deserving of divine punishment! He harmed his fellow disciples back then, and now he's abandoned you! Are you still going to oppose us for his sake?"
Qu Ruilin raised his voice: "You have no choice now. Either hand over the imperial seal, or we'll take it ourselves! I promised Old Master Wei I wouldn't touch you, but if you don't hand over the imperial seal, I'll think you're protecting Duan Jinyan. You know how much I hate him, so you should know how I treat my enemies. So, will you hand over the imperial seal or not?"
"You little brat! Who the hell are you trying to scare?"
Monkey, holding his submachine gun, glared angrily at Qu Ruilin: "I've disliked you ever since I first saw you. Do you think you're invincible? Both sides have guns now, what gives you the right to boss people around?"
"You guys?"
Qu Ruilin glanced at the submachine gun in the monkey's hand and the hunting rifles in the others' hands, a hint of disdain flashing in his eyes. He patted the AK in the hand of the security guard next to him: "What do you think will happen if this gun is fired?"
"I've heard you're incredibly wealthy, but I, Marquis, am just a worthless corpse with twin siblings to care for. I'm not afraid to gamble with you on my life; it's just a matter of exchanging lives, so come on!!"
The monkey roared and pointed its gun at Qu Ruilin: "I'll only say this once, get out of the way, or no matter how things end today, you're definitely not going to make it out to be!"
Seeing this, Wei Shengnan shouted at me, "Duan Shenxing, your relationship with Duan Jinyan has been severed. Now, do you really want to do the same thing as him and turn against your fellow disciples?"
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