Chapter 49: Chapter 49: The Fall of the Wu Family
Translator: 549690339
J inzhou City.
Liang Residence.
After returning home from the County Government Office, Liang Ying did not stop, and went straight to his study. Hongzhi was already waiting for him inside, and when he saw him come in, he spoke coldly.
“Liang Jushi, we have done what you asked us to do. From now on, it depends on you. No matter what happens next, it has nothing to do with our Jinshan Temple.”
“Master Hongzhi, rest assured, this matter is all due to the remnants of the Lifeless Sect. We just need to be loyal and do a good job in guarding. As for the rest, we’ll leave it to fate. After all, no one knows what the remnants of the Lifeless Sect will do next.”
Hearing this, Hongzhi looked deeply at Liang Ying. With such a thick skin, he was indeed worthy of being the master of a prominent family. He might not be incapable of achieving great things and revitalizing the Liang family.
At this time, Hongzhi didn’t want to stay any longer, and seeing that Liang Ying knew the score, he directly said goodbye and left. After his departure, Liang Ying also retracted his smile.
Sitting alone in front of the desk, Liang Ying tapped the table with his fingers, going over all the details in his mind. After ensuring that everything was correct, he let out a long sigh of relief.
Next, they had to see the reaction from the County Government Office. As for the resources of the Wu Family, there was no need to worry about them now. After all, no one could steal them in Jinzhou City.
But the situation that followed was somewhat unexpected to Liang Ying. After a decade, the Dragon Suppression Guards from the City Mansion came to Jinzhou City again.
He didn’t expect Li Maolin to be so timid. However, it was fine this way; no one would suspect that Wu Chang’s death had anything to do with him now.
Moreover, as long as they held on for a while, the Dragon Suppression Guards would naturally leave. They couldn’t possibly stay in Jinzhou City for too long.
For the next seven days, the entire Jinzhou City was under heavy martial law, and the City Gate was heavily guarded. However, even by the time of Wu Chang’s funeral, the County Government Office still had not found any clues.
During this time, the County Government Office, in cooperation with the Dragon Suppression Guards, had practically turned Jinzhou City upside down, but they could not find the slightest clue.
In this regard, they came to only one conclusion: it seemed that the remnants of the Lifeless Sect had struck and fled, and they never intended to sit and die in Jinzhou City.
This situation left Chen Shiqiang helpless. What he feared the most was this kind of situation because they would never know when the next accident would happen.
On this premise, after the Dragon Suppression Guards confirmed the departure of the Lifeless Sect, they immediately left Jinzhou City, and Li Maolin had no choice but to accept it.
Who would have thought that he was only from the background of a doorman of Prince Ping’an’s Mansion. Although he had the face to invite the Dragon Suppression Guards, he couldn’t possibly let them stay in Jinzhou City forever.
While the County Government Office found nothing, the Wu Family was bustling at this moment, because Wu Chang’s sudden death did not leave any arrangements for the next Family Head.
There were hardly any descendants of the Wu Family who could take on the responsibility. So Wu Chang had given up on them completely and had been cultivating the third generation of the Wu Family with all his strength for many years.
Unfortunately, Heaven did not give him enough time. At this moment, various branches of the Wu Family were in a heated debate, with nobody yielding to anyone else. Finally, they rushed directly to the Wu Family treasury, ready to split the family assets.
But when the treasury was opened, everyone was stunned to find it empty, not even a mouse was inside.
“Damn you, did you guys from the big family secretly swallow the treasury?”
In an instant, the scene was chaotic, and no one noticed that the Wu Family Manager had already disappeared quietly, not showing up for several days.
Finally, Chen Shiqiang came with a gloomy face accompanied by the County Ya Catcher to suppress the scene. However, by this time, lives had already been lost.
In his anger, Chen Shiqiang took all the important people of the Wu Family back to the County Government Office prison. Without teaching these people a lesson, they would never stop.
Shengde Building.
At this moment, Liang Sheng was leisurely drinking wine, listening to the guests discussing the Wu Family’s affairs, and couldn’t help but shake his head.
Back then, when he first arrived, the three major families of Jinzhou City held high positions, but now, the Gao family has been destroyed, and the Wu family has completely declined, no longer possessing their former power.
Only the Liang family is barely hanging on, but once Liang Ying is gone, who knows what the future holds for the Liang family?
The ordinary people are somewhat gloating over their misfortune. After all, the Liang and Wu families were too distant from them, and seeing their decline brings a twisted pleasure to everyone.
Who would have thought that they would end up like this!
But this is at the Shengde Building, which is the Liang family’s territory, so no one dared to talk loudly about it; they exchanged glances and experienced it silently.
At this moment, Liang Sheng couldn’t help but sigh. He must not underestimate people under heaven. In terms of wisdom, strategy, and planning, he was far from their equal.
This served as a wake-up call for him – even with his strength, he should avoid conflict with those major forces.
In case he encountered such a situation inadvertently, he should either kill with a single hit, cutting off future trouble, or immediately admit his defeat and flee far away.
Actually, after Wu Chang’s death, he was somewhat curious about what Liang Ying would do next, as the situation was a bit complicated with the Dragon Suppression Guard arriving in Jinzhou City.
However, he did not keep an eye on the Liang family, as he was afraid of being noticed by those who intended to. Instead, he focused on the Wu family manager he had met that time at the Shengde Building.
What happened next was an eye-opener for him. He never expected Liang Ying to make a “Dark Under the Light” move, taking almost everything from the Wu family’s treasury and leaving not a single bit of cultivation resources behind.
At that time, the Wu family was busy burying Wu Chang, and the County Government Office was trying to find traces of the Lifeless Sect, so Liang Ying’s actions were utterly unnoticed.
As for the Wu family manager, just like the Liang family steward promised before, the whole family reunited – but it was a reunion in the Netherworld.
As an outsider, Liang Sheng watched the whole process clearly and could only say that when it came to large families, their ruthlessness left nothing to be said.
However, Liang Ying did not monopolize the huge amount of cultivation resources and wealth but instead shared a part of it with Jinshan Temple, indicating that they had some deep-level cooperation between them.
Liang Sheng had no intention of going to Jinshan Temple to inquire about the specific situation – there were too many masters and the waters were too deep, wouldn’t it be asking for trouble if he went?
Liang Sheng continued to drink his wine, listening to the whispers around him, implying that the Liang family would also decline, and he couldn’t help but shake his head.
Perhaps Jinzhou City would only be left with one martial arts family in the future!
When he couldn’t hear any more useful news, Liang Sheng paid the bill and left, humming a little tune as he headed towards Yichun Building.
But halfway there, as he passed by Zhang Rongjun’s teahouse, his face changed. At this moment, Zhang Yuntai was not in the teahouse.
There was still a sign at the entrance of the teahouse offering half-price tea, and some tea guests were discussing that Old Master Zhang probably wouldn’t make it, so the teahouse was offering half-price tea to pray for his blessing.
Upon hearing this, Liang Sheng hesitated not and turned around to leave. Since his old friend was going to leave, he naturally wanted to see him off.
Zhang Family.
At this moment, Zhang Rongjun was lying in bed, his face pale and lifeless, even his breathing was weak, and the room was filled with the pungent smell of medicine.
Zhang Yuntai was kneeling by the bed, looking at the short of breath and lifeless Zhang Rongjun, her eyes red. Although they had already used ginseng to sustain his life, the old master might not last much longer, and she could not help but feel sadder as she thought about it.
Just then, Zhang Rongjun lying in bed, suddenly seemed dazed, slightly delirious, and even began to experience hallucinations, hearing impossible sounds.
Then, he abruptly opened his eyes because he indeed heard a voice very clearly, his face full of disbelief.
Brother Sheng!?
