bookbashuk Chapter 140 Past Conspiracy
Chapter 140 Past Conspiracy
Chapter 140 Past Conspiracy
Seeing that Jiang Fengyue was already some distance away when she spoke, Yan Tieshan suddenly launched a counterattack with a palm strike.
He never imagined that his martial arts skills were so inadequate compared to Jiang Fengyue's.
Jiang Fengyue waved her hand lightly, and Yan Tieshan's palm strike stopped in mid-air, the force of which was completely dissipated. Yan Tieshan felt as if he was about to be sent flying, but at that moment, a suction force pulled him back to his original position.
Yan Tieshan gasped for breath, and said in horror, "Who are you? I've never heard of you before, but with your martial arts skills, you shouldn't be unknown."
Jiang Fengyue smiled slightly and said, "So, can we talk now?"
Yan Tieshan sneered, "My life is in your hands at all times, so what can't we talk about?"
Jiang Fengyue nodded and smiled, "Then please, everyone else, leave."
Ma Xingkong jumped up instantly and shouted, "Steward Huo kindly invited you here for drinks, but I didn't expect you to come here to cause trouble."
As he was speaking, he took out a fish-scale-shaped staff from his waist and struck Jiang Fengyue straight at him.
Jiang Fengyue coldly replied, "Who gives you the right to speak here?"
Before he could finish speaking, Ma Xingkong, along with his useless fish-scale staff, was slapped away by Jiang Fengyue and fell into the lotus pond.
Su Shaoying had no choice but to jump into the water to save the person.
Seeing his client fall into someone else's hands, Huo Tianqing shook his head helplessly and walked out.
Jiang Fengyue stopped him, smiling, "Steward Huo, please wait. This matter is not unrelated to you either."
Huo Tianqing was taken aback and said, "Me?"
Jiang Fengyue nodded.
Just then, several more cold beams of light shot in from outside the waterside pavilion, striking Yan Tieshan, who was standing to the side, exhausted.
Hearing the commotion, Hua Manlou shouted, "Watch out!"
Just as she uttered this cry, several silver needles struck behind Yan Tieshan. Yan Tieshan turned around, saw the silver needles, but could not dodge them in time, and was about to die.
There was another sharp whooshing sound as a throwing knife appeared in front of Yan Tieshan, knocking away the silver needles.
Hua Manlou could hear but not see, so he naturally couldn't resist these silver needles. However, Jiang Fengyue not only had excellent hearing but also amazing eyesight. The moment he sensed the silver needles being emitted, his throwing knife was already in motion.
Hua Manlou also rushed out immediately, wanting to catch up with the person who had fired the silver needles.
Yan Tieshan slumped in his seat, unable to believe that so many things would happen in a single day.
Huo Tianqing's face also turned ashen.
Lu Xiaofeng bent down to look at the silver needles that had been knocked to the ground and exclaimed, "The needles are highly poisonous. If even a small scratch is made, one will die instantly."
Yan Tieshan roared, "Was this also your doing?"
Jiang Fengyue sighed, "If I wanted to use this method to kill you, why would I have blocked the silver needles for you? You should think clearly about who is here to harm you and who is here to save you."
Yan Tieshan asked in surprise, "Did you come here expecting something like this to happen today?"
Jiang Fengyue shook her head and said, "I couldn't have predicted it, and no one could have predicted it. Perhaps what will kill you today is a sword that pierces from behind you, or perhaps it's the silver needle that caught you off guard just now. In any case, whoever made the move definitely wants you dead."
Yan Tieshan was still in shock when she heard Jiang Fengyue say this, and she was even more shocked.
Hua Manlou returned at this time, but empty-handed. It was a bit unreasonable to ask a blind man to capture someone.
Lu Xiaofeng asked, "Can you guess who made the move?"
Hua Manlou shook his head and said, "That person must not have gone far. Perhaps he is still hiding in the mansion and has not gone out. He can find this location accurately, so he must be someone who is very familiar with the layout of the mansion."
Yan Tieshan said, "Are you saying that the people who made the move were from my residence?"
Jiang Fengyue said, "Let's get back to the point. Do you know why we've come to see you?"
Yan Tieshan sighed, "If you came here for the sake of the Golden Roc Dynasty, why make things difficult for an old man like me? I am no longer the Yan Liben of yesteryear; I am just Yan Tieshan who runs a small business."
Jiang Fengyue laughed and said, "You think you are Yan Tieshan, but some people think you are still Yan Liben."
Yan Tieshan asked, "What do you mean?"
Jiang Fengyue said, "Not long ago, the Great Golden Roc King summoned Hua Manlou and Lu Xiaofeng, in order to collect old debts from you three former officials of the Golden Roc Dynasty."
Yan Tieshan asked in surprise, "Old debts? What old debts?"
Jiang Fengyue said, "What the Great Golden Roc King means is that his father divided the Golden Roc Dynasty's treasury into four parts. The Great Golden Roc King took one part, and you three former officials also took one part from it, all for the sake of the future revival of the Golden Roc Dynasty."
Yan Tieshan's eyes widened, and he exclaimed, "Nonsense! Utter nonsense! I have achieved everything I have today through my own hard work. Apart from a portion of the wealth of the Golden Roc Dynasty being given to the current Great Golden Roc King, all the remaining wealth is in the hands of one person."
Lu Xiaofeng asked, "Who is it?"
Yan Tieshan slowly said, "Shangguan Mu."
Lu Xiaofeng asked, moved, "That is, Huo Xiu now?"
Yan Tieshan nodded and said, "That's right. The wealth of the Golden Roc Dynasty is in his hands. If any descendant of the Golden Roc Dynasty wants to revive it, they can use that wealth from him."
Jiang Fengyue shook her head and sighed, "It's a pity that the descendants of the Golden Roc Dynasty will never have this opportunity."
Yan Tieshan said, "Why do you say that? Didn't you just say that the Great Golden Roc King found you?"
Jiang Fengyue shook her head and said, "The current Great Golden Roc King is nothing but a puppet in an imposter's name. Even his daughter, Princess Danfeng, was killed by someone else long ago. So I don't care whether you really got a share of the wealth from back then. Even if you did, you have nowhere to return it."
Yan Tieshan exclaimed in shock, "Who killed them?"
Jiang Fengyue sneered, "Just as you said, if the descendants of the Golden Roc Dynasty want to revive it, they have the right to claim that wealth at any time. Now that they are dead, who is the biggest beneficiary?"
Yan Tieshan's eyes widened, and he exclaimed, "Shangguan Mu—no—Huo Xiu! It must be Huo Xiu! How could he do something so heinous?"
Jiang Fengyue sighed, "That's right. Huo Xiu plotted to kill them all so that he could keep that fortune for himself. In order to avoid attracting attention, he also found someone to impersonate the Great Golden Roc King."
He then said, "But what does this have to do with me? Why did he bring Lu Xiaofeng and Hua Manlou to kill me?"
Jiang Fengyue sighed, "It's just that a petty person like Huo Xiu would think that once the truth about the death of the Great Golden Roc King is exposed, you, the old minister, will definitely try to get a share of the spoils from him."