The distant footsteps came closer, descending slowly without haste.
Amidst all the attention, a shriveled old man appeared in front of everyone.
Although Father Lu came here, his heart was with Hongye City. In addition, he didn’t have much respect for this Second Elder.
Standing in the corner, he looked over under the cover of the crowd, and was shocked to see the appearance of the Second Elder.
Most ordinary people don’t know Elder Bai or the Second Elder, but the people present are all from the upper class. They know of and have all seen these two Holy Temple elders multiple times.
In the past, the High Priest stayed in the Holy Temple all day and did not go out. Elder Bai, the First Elder, accompanied the High Priest all day long, leaving most temple affairs to be handled by the Second Elder. Some of them were even more familiar with the Second Elder.
But the Second Elder they knew before was not like this!
In their impressions, the Second Elder is a chubby and fat amiable old man. He’s also very popular… Everyone was surprised when he betrayed the Holy Temple, but his current appearance was even more surprising than that.
No one knew what happened to the fat old man, but he became thin. The skin on his face drooped down, and the drooping eyelids turned his eyes into triangles.
The person is still the same person, but the feeling is completely different.
However, although the Second Elder has become shriveled, his aura is not weak. He seems more vicious than before, and even more difficult to mess with.
There is a murderous aura about him!
Because of this, Father Lu glanced over, then immediately lowered his head and didn’t dare look again, as did the others present.
The Second Elder looked around and walked directly to the empty main seat in this large conference room.
Slowly sitting down in the position that no one else dared vie for, finally said, “The traitors from Hongye City must be killed.”
Everyone originally thought the group of people in Hongye City were very strong and not easy to mess with, but the moment the Second Elder appeared, and after feeling his strength, they felt like it might not be difficult to deal with that group of rebels.
Numbers are on their side, and now the Second Elder… is not the same.
A sudden panic flooded Father Lu’s heart.
The Second Elder brought him a strong sense of threat!
Liao Muye had no impression of the Second Elder, so he didn’t pay much attention or speak much about the Second Elder. But now it seems that the Second Elder is clearly a great enemy!
At this moment, Father Lu also noticed that the Second Elder held a cane in his hand.
It was the High Priest’s staff, but is now in the hands of the Second Elder.
Maybe the rumors of Xie Yunnan obtaining the treasure left by the High Priest are false?
Is it possible that the High Priest’s treasure is the scepter in the hands of the Second Elder?
The Second Elder has always kept a low profile since the High Priest disappeared. Is his sudden appearance because he’s mastered the scepter originally belonging to the High Priest?
If they learned of this, who knew how those two senior priests who were trapped in Hongye City would feel.
Father Lu’s mind was spinning like a hamster wheel when the others in the room responded: “We all listen to the Second Elder!”
“If the Second Elder has any thoughts, just tell us.”
“I happy being the Second Elder’s pawn!”
…
The corner of the Second Elder’s mouth that was pulled down from excess skin hooked up. He suddenly waved his scepter, and everyone present felt a warmth pouring into his body.
These people are all warriors, and all warriors have more or less injuries on their bodies.
At this moment, they felt that they were being treated by the High Priest, and were extremely comfortable.
So the High Priest used to be able to heal groups of people because of this scepter?
It was easy for the Second Elder to win the hearts of the crowd. Most of the people here do not want Xie Yunnan to come to Holy City, nor do they want to hand over their safety and property over.
Father Lu stood in the crowd, bowed his head, and expressed his obedience.
But what he was thinking, only he knew.
Father Lu always felt that there was something wrong with the Second Elder.
The Second Elder looks strong and full of strength, but if he’s really like this, why did he suddenly become so thin?
No matter what Father Lu thinks, Holy City mobilized quickly, preparing to resist the intruders from Hongye City.
Holy City is the largest city on the continent, and is also the city with the most warriors and priests. Conflicts between parties have always existed, but when Elder Bai and the two senior priests left, only the Second Elder remained in Holy City. Holy City, which was in chaos some time ago, twisted together into a single rope.
A large part of this is due to public opinion.
After Hongye City was occupied by the Ghost King, the upper classes began pouring dirty water on Hongye City, saying that the rebels over there oppressed the people.
Those who escaped from Hongye City also spoke ill of Hongye City; Liao Muye was one such person.
The rumors and gossip escalated these days.
The Second Elder personally came forward to say that the High Priest died and was killed by Elder Bai. Elder Bai fled to Hongye City, and he had inherited the power of the High Priest and became the new High Priest.
He took out a lot of evidence, and even said that two senior priests went sent out to arrest Elder Bai, but were killed instead…
Even though these statements could not fool the upper class and nobles, the ordinary people all believed it, and were extremely disgusted with Hongye City.
At the same time, other rumors related to Hongye City spread.
For example, Xie Yunnan has an ambiguous relationship with many people, and who knows what Duan Changqing did before…
Liao Muye, who was ignored some time ago, was also approached by the Second Elder during this time and asked him to join in to badmouth Xie Yunnan.
Some people didn’t really believe what they were saying to the masses, but Liao Muye made it feel real, as if he had really dated Xie Yunnan.
Someone who knew Liao Muye when he was in Hongye City, and who cooperated with Liao Muye said admiringly: “Young Master Liao, you’re really good at speaking! Can you teach me?
The more they fool, the more they earn! Those of them who escaped from Hongye City and lost their property were forced to make ends meet in different ways.
Liao Muye’s face darkened. “What I said is true!”
The person who asked the question: “…” We’re all from Hongye City, who doesn’t know the truth? If you really dated Xie Yunnan, Yan Yuge would have killed Xie Yunnan long ago!
Moreover, it was impossible for a person like Liao Muye to like Xie Yunnan, who was living in the fringe area at that time.
Of course what Liao Muye said was false, but after he said too many things, he believed it himself and thought it was true.
The cooperation they participated in ended, and soon, the Second Elder’s people came to pick them up.
They were taken to the accommodation specially arranged for them, and immediately after, the Second Elder’s people also took out some documents. “This is the latest news from Hongye City, you can take a look.”
A thick stack of documents were copied. Liao Muye took a look at it and was stunned.
There are some photos and descriptions in these documents. The first one is the photo of the Ghost King. Next to it, a description of Xie Qing’s real appearance.
Liao Muye was quite sure that Xie Qing was the Ghost King. He spent a lot of time with the Ghost King in his last life, and he even watched Xie Yunnan take over the Ghost King’s power with his own eyes.
And not long ago, he learned another thing, that is, the scarred face of the Ghost King is fake.
This man has been fooling him with a fake face all his life!
But even if he knew that the scarred face was fake, Liao Muye didn’t expect that the Ghost King’s real appearance was like this.
He actually looks a lot like Xie Yunnan!
He is not only like Xie Yunnan, but also like the husband of the Lu family who died early!
Liao Muye stared intently at the photo, and naturally read the description next to it. Most of it was how they took the risk to photograph Xie Qing’s appearance, and suspected Xie Qing was related to Xie Yunnan.
At that moment, Liao Muye suddenly realized.
It makes sense now. Why did the Ghost King treat him differently after he and Xie Yunnan saved him together? Turns out, Xie Yunnan was related to the Ghost King!
It’s even possible that the Ghost King deliberately asked them to save him at that time… In this life, when he met the Ghost King by himself, didn’t the Ghost King run away?
Knowing the Ghost King’s kindness to Xie Yunnan, they should not be ordinary relatives!
Taking a closer look at the Ghost King’s appearance, and thinking about the various support the Lu family has given to Xie Yunnan…
Liao Muye is not stupid, and understood everything immediately.
So the Ghost King is the husband of the Lu family master who “died early”? And Xie Yunnan, is their son who “died early”?
No wonder Lu Jingchen ignored Zhou Yiqing, no wonder Lu Jingchen treated Xie Yunnan so well!
Liao Muye knew that Lu Jingchen had a child who died early, but he didn’t think much about it, nor did he link it to Xie Yunnan. After all, at that time, he relied on “Xie Yunnan was born in a fringe area, and couldn’t compare to him” to comfort himself.
But when the fog cleared away…
Liao Muye stood up abruptly and said to the people around him, “I have something very important to tell the Second Elder!”
Xie Yunnan is actually Lu Jingchen’s son, so the Lu family is siding with Hongye City!
Now, they must hurry up and control the Lu family!
“What are you going to say?” asked their guard.
“I have information related to Hongye City!” Liao Muye said.
The people who smeared Hongye City together with Liao Muye couldn’t help laughing. “What information do you have? You swore before that Xie Qing had an affair with Xie Yunnan, but as you can see, they should be brothers.” No one took Liao Muye’s words seriously.
Liao Muye’s eyes were so anxious that he could only say in public what he wanted to tell the Second Elder alone: ”Xie Yunnan is most likely Lu Jingchen’s son!”
The guards of Liao Muye were startled, but at this moment, someone came in from outside: “The people from Hongye City are at the door!”
The people from Hongye City arrived so soon?
Everyone gasped, and the man said again: “The Lu family took some small families to open the city gate and brought people into Holy City. Now those traitors have entered the Lu family.”
Liao Muye: “…” The Lu family has already stood over Hongye City, which means… his information is useless?
No, not only was it useless, but the guards looked at Liao Muye angrily at the moment: “Why didn’t you tell such important news earlier?!” This Liao Muye shared a bunch of peach-colored nonsense before, but kept such important news to himself. Was it intentional?!
Liao Muye: “…”
The regiment from Hongye City had already settled down in the Lu family by this time – the Ghost King only showed his face openly after contacting the Lu family.
At this moment, Lu Xiaoran’s father saw Xie Yunnan and Duan Changqing.
Father Lu knew Hongye City very well, and the leaders of Hongye City were even more familiar to him.
Because of this, he couldn’t understand something – why did Duan Changqing walk in front of the big men with extraordinary origins? Those people even made way for Duan Changqing!
Isn’t Duan Changqing just an ordinary person?
I can see cannon fodder lining up in front of a cannon in excitement.
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