The next morning, the atmosphere in the main hall of the Tang clan"s meeting room was extremely heavy.
In the center of the hall, the corpse of an old man lay quietly on the ground. His face was deathly pale and his eyes were wide open. Fear still remained on his aged face.
Tang Tian Feng squatted beside the corpse and used both of his hands to scan his body, while Tang Tianren, Tang Tian s.h.i.+, Tang Tian De and the rest surrounded him.
The faces of everyone present turned abnormally unsightly. The person lying on the ground was called Lin Hou, and he was called Uncle Lin by the Tang Clan. He was Mei Xin"s servant when she married into the clan.
Although he was a servant, his strength was not to be underestimated. Many years ago, he had already become a rank 6 Martial Master.
But today, he was found dead outside the archway of the Tang clan"s residence. His body was stiff, and there were no injuries on his body.
This matter immediately alarmed the entire Tang Clan.
A Sixth Martial Master could already be considered an expert in the Nu Lang (Furious Waves) City. However, he was still silently beheaded outside the clan.
"After his dantian was shattered, he lost control of his true qi and his internal organs suffered a severe backlash. That was why he died!"
Tang Tian Feng stood up and said in a deep voice, "There are no injuries on his body, which shows that his dantian was easily shattered. The person who attacked him should be much stronger than him, at least a seventh step Martial Grand Master or even a Martial Sect of the eighth step." It was a pity that he didn"t know where he had died. Otherwise, he might have been able to find even more traces. Elder Brother, perhaps you can ask sister-in-law about this … "
"Uncle Lin!"
Before Tang Tianfeng could finish his words, he was cut off by a sharp scream.
A beautiful woman with a slim figure rushed into the hall. Looking at the unmoving corpse on the ground, her beautiful face lost all its color. She was completely dumbfounded.
This beautiful lady was indeed the one who had come after hearing the news, Mei Xin.
Lin Hou had always been by Mei Xin"s side, and had always maintained a nonchalant relations.h.i.+p with her. Not to mention within the family, even in the entire Nu Lang (Furious Waves) City, there were no enemies. The death of Uncle Lin was probably not the result of the enemies seeking revenge.
"Madam!" Tang Tianren looked at Mei Xin, his low voice seemed to contain a tinge of anger, "Do you have something to say?"
"I... "I …"
Mei Xin snapped out of her daze, a trace of panic flas.h.i.+ng across her face. She stammered for a while, but finally gritted her teeth and said, "Last night, Uncle Lin went to the north side of the city!"
"North of the city? "Isn"t that just..."
Tang Tiande was the first to react as he exclaimed in shock.
He did not finish his sentence, but the meaning behind his words were understood by everyone in the hall. Tang Huan"s blacksmith shop was located at the north side of the city.
No one thought that Mei Xin would be so daring as to send Uncle Lin to fight at Nu Lang (Furious Waves) City.
"Madam, aren"t you a little too daring? Aren"t you afraid that the entire Tang Clan will fall into a perilous situation because of you?" Tang Tianren"s face was ashen as he roared out.
"I... "I thought there wouldn"t be any mistakes …"
Mei Xin"s face was pale as she gritted her teeth and said, "These two days, Uncle Lin has been observing the movements of the second prince of the Sharon Empire. He even revealed the location of Huanhuan to them. I told Uncle Lin that if Shatu sent someone to do it, he would go and take a look. If they succeeded, then forget it. If they failed, then Uncle Lin could also help. Afterwards, he could completely blame it on Sha Tu. But he didn"t think that Uncle Lin would … "He …"
"..."
Everyone looked at each other. According to Mei Xin, last night was indeed a G.o.dsend opportunity. However, they didn"t expect that not only had Uncle Lin been killed, but his corpse had also been thrown back.
"Could it be that Divine Armament Hall was prepared for this?" Tang Tiansi was bewildered.
"Perhaps, it is not the Divine Armament Hall. If it was really Uncle Lin who was killed by the Divine Armament Hall, then he would not have just thrown the corpse out. Instead, he would have come to the sect to denounce them." Tang Tianfeng shook his head.
"If it wasn"t the Divine Armament Hall, then who else would have done it? Could it be that there"s someone by Tang Huan"s side protecting him?" Tang Tians.h.i.+ frowned.
"Second brother, immediately arrange some people to see if rascal is still alive!" Tang Tianren took a deep breath, his expression unsettled.
"Alright, I"ll go now!"
"..."
… ….
Second floor of Divine Armament Hall.
Qing Ye was dressed in a green dress as he gracefully walked down the stairs. His soft chest was trembling, his slender waist was swaying, and under his perky and curvy bottom, his two slender and straight jade legs were swaying gently. Just like that, he gracefully walked over and lightly sat on the praying mat.
"Tang Huan, if you don"t come, I will send someone to look for you soon."
Looking at Tang Huan who had long since sat on the opposite side, Qing Ye"s beautiful eyes narrowed into the shape of a crescent moon. That charming and charming face revealed a faint smile. She seemed to have just woken up. There was a hint of laziness between her brows, making her seem even more intoxicating.
Seeing her flirtatious att.i.tude, Tang Huan"s eyes moved slightly, but he immediately calmed himself down. He laughed in surprise: "Pavilion master, why is that?"
His purpose for coming to the Divine Armament Hall this time was actually very simple. He wanted to change the low rank blacksmith"s emblem into that of a middle rank blacksmith.
However, what he did not expect was that the first thing Qing Ye said upon seeing him was actually this.
"Tang Huan, do you know that this morning, the Tang Clan Master"s wife, the follower called "Lin Hou" was killed, and her corpse was left outside the Tang Clan"s ancestral hall?" Qing Ye smiled calmly.
"Lin Hou?"
Tang Huan frowned, and immediately realised that Lin Hou was the "Uncle Lin" that Tang Hong and the rest had mentioned, the most loyal person to the evil woman.
He was actually killed?
In a blink of an eye, the traces that Tang Huan found on the mound last night flashed across his mind.
"Do you know that the second prince of the Sharon Empire, Sha Tu and his ten or so followers were all killed outside the southern part of the city last night? Six people went missing." Qing Ye smiled again.
"What?" Shatu is dead? "
Tang Huan"s heart skipped a beat, he was truly shocked, only six people had gone missing, and he had just killed six people, including Wu Yin. This meant that Sha Tu and his men had all been killed, and not a single one had left.
"Do you know that there are already rumors in the Nu Lang (Furious Waves) City that you killed Sha Tu and his followers?!" Qing Ye spoke again.
"Are you joking? I was at home last night. "
Hearing her words, Tang Huan was stunned at first, but soon after, he could not help but burst out laughing, "Furthermore, I am only a small fourth rank Martial Master. Not to mention that by Sha Tu"s side, there might even be a sixth rank Martial Master, let alone a fifth rank Martial Master.
"You"re right. I also believe you didn"t do it."
Qing Ye nodded with a smile. "However, others won"t think this way. I"m afraid that the Emperor of the Sharon Empire won"t think this way either. After all, you and Shatu had a conflict during the Artifact Forging a.s.sembly. Moreover, there were rumors in the city that the six people who went missing were killed by you because they tried to kill you. After you killed them, you went outside the southern part of the city in a fit of rage and killed off Sha Tu and the others. "