C117 Gongsun Wuchang
C117 Gongsun Wuchang
"How's the investigation going?" Under the light, a tall figure was flipping through an ancient scroll. Suddenly, a black shadow appeared outside the window and asked without raising his head.
The black figure respectfully walked to his side, then nodded and said, "Your subordinate has already investigated the movements of those two."
"Then tell me about it."
Under the light of the lantern, the tall voice lifted his face. Under the dim light of the candle, the green armor within his clothes was slightly revealed.
Hearing that, the black shadow hurriedly reported, "Reporting to the Eldest Young Master, it was two people who injured the Third Young Master in the tavern. These two people should have come from outside the city."
"From outside the city?" The man who was called Eldest Young Master revealed a surprised expression, and then said to the shadow, "I remember Second Brother isn't working at the city gate recently? Does he have any impression of these two? "
Hearing this, the shadow hurriedly said to the eldest young master, "This subordinate will go and get the second young master!"
"… …"
On the west side of Dazzling Mist City, the atmosphere of Xiao Family had dropped to the freezing point. Ji Lei leaned on the window edge, while Xiao Lingxue was a bit embarrassed. Her slender hands were placed behind her back, and her fingers were constantly kneading her sleeves.
"Since you don't want your grandfather to tell me, then tell me." Ji Lei looked out of the window and intentionally avoided eye contact with Xiao Lingxue.
It seemed like she did not want to tell Ji Lei the exact reason. However, after a long period of silence, Ji Lei finally could not suppress the impatience in his heart and turned to ask Xiao Lingxue: "Are you that unwilling to tell me these things? Could it be that you are so willing to be traded by the Xiao Family? "
"This is not a deal!" Xiao Lingxue tried her best to refute, but by the end of her words, even her own confidence had already softened.
Ji Lei grunted but did not pester her again. He only told Xiao Lingxue, "Just tell me who you are going to marry and tell me the whole story. After I know it, I will leave immediately."
Xiao Lingxue lowered her head, as if she was debating whether or not to tell Ji Lei the reason. After her thoughts clashed for a long time, she finally raised her head, took a deep breath, opened her red lips, and slowly said to Ji Lei: "The Four Great Clans' Dazzling Mist City were originally similar to that of the Xiao Family, however, in these few years, the number of experts in the Xiao Family has decreased, so, we have gradually reached the end of the Four Great Clans …"
Ji Lei listened quietly and waited for Xiao Lingxue to continue.
Xiao Lingxue glanced at Ji Lei, then said: "Every four years, the Dazzling Mist City will hold a Hundred Clan Gathering that will attract the attention of the entire nation, and even if it's not a clan from the imperial city, you can still attend it.
"There's such a rule?" Ji Lei frowned but then remembered something and said, "By the way, is the Wen family of the Four Great Families Wen Tinetine's family?"
Xiao Lingxue nodded and said, "The Wen Family was originally a subsidiary family of Xiao Family, so their martial spirits are similar to Xiao Family. The word Xiao on the arrow is proof of that."
Ji Lei thought about it and then said, "Then aren't they close to you? However, when I was at the Azure Cloud Sect, I saw that the people from the Wen Family seemed to hate you. "
Xiao Lingxue nodded. "Indeed, the suppression of the subsidiary families by the Xiao Family has always been heavy, so it's not strange that subsidiary families hate the Xiao Family."
Ji Lei nodded as if he didn't quite get it. Then, he continued to ask, "Then, what does this have to do with your marriage?"
Xiao Lingxue's pretty face was suddenly filled with sorrow, "Four times, the Four Great Clans' name will only be removed from the list when they lose, and Xiao Family has lost three times consecutively. If they lose again, then they can only leave Dazzling Mist City."
"But …"
"I know what you want to ask," Xiao Lingxue said. "You must want to say that this has nothing to do with my marriage, right? However, there is a rule in the Hundred Clan Gathering that two families can be united into one family through marriage. That way, two families can keep their spots, but they can fight in place of each other. Do you understand? "
Xiao Lingxue's voice carried a sense of desolation. As one of the family members, even as a granddaughter of the family, Xiao Lingxue couldn't escape the fate of being used as a tool for marriage. This was perhaps the greatest tragedy of the family.
"Then... Who did your grandfather betroth you to? " Ji Lei tried his best to tone down his anger.
Xiao Lingxue's voice was filled with a thick nasal tone, "The eldest son of Gongsun Family, Gongsun Wuchang."
"Bam!"
The suppressed anger reverberated in Ji Lei's chest. He couldn't hold it in any longer. The spiritual energy in his body uncontrollably gushed out, and with a slip of his hand, he shattered the tables and chairs beside him!
"Gongsun Family!" Ji Lei's eyes were filled with uncontrollable rage as he churned, "It's Gongsun Family again!"
"There's nothing we can do about it. Who said that right now, our Gongsun Family are like the sun in the sky, with almost half of our Dazzling Mist City being controlled by our Gongsun Family?"
The biggest characteristic of Cloud Divine Country was that there was no royal family, so controlling the government and affairs like that was always done by the leaders of the Four Great Clans. And such a structure obviously had its own unwritten rules, which family's power was stronger, and which family's leader had more weight?
And the strength of the Gongsun Family …
This caused the pattern within the Dazzling Mist City s to gradually fade towards that of the other three families, while the Gongsun Family s dominated the situation.
"In order for the Wen family to reach the position of the Four Great Clans, Tang Hao, who specifically betrothed Wen Tinetine to the Tang Family … Even though Tang Family were only in the Frost State, their strength was still better than Gongsun Family. It was just that because of the distance between heaven and earth, Tang Family did not extend its hand into the Dazzling Mist City. Wen Tinetine had been staying in the Tang Family since childhood, cultivating together with Tang Hao … For the sake of being able to fight against Xiao Family, you have really put in a lot of effort. " Xiao Lingxue said self-deprecatingly.
"This is all done by the Xiao Family itself." Ji Lei frowned, but he did not choose to comfort Xiao Lingxue. Ji Lei could see the current situation of the Xiao Family, and as the Wen Family pressed on, he wanted to push the Xiao Family out of the ranks of the Four Great Clans, and there were no experts who were qualified enough to make it past the Hundred Clan Gathering's selection. In order to maintain the positions of the Four Great Clans, he could only place his hopes on the marriage, and the only choice for this marriage was the Gongsun Family, the strongest clan within the Dazzling Mist City.
"Gongsun Wuchang pursued me since I was young. If not for avoiding him, I wouldn't have run off to the Azure Cloud Sect."