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Wen Shang walked out of the room with a gloomy face. As soon as he opened the door, he saw the anxious face of the guard, and his heart sank. He had a bad feeling about this.

"Young duke." The guard hurriedly called out upon seeing Wen Shang.

"This is not a good place to talk," Wen Shang solemnly waved his hand to stop him.

He brought him to the secret room next door. With a wave of his hand, he opened the secret room's soundproof Spiritual Array. A layer of faint rings of light enveloped the secret room, ensuring that their conversation wasn't overheard by others.

Once someone eavesdropped, the Spiritual Array would fluctuate and he would detect it.

"Speak, what's the matter!" Wen Shang was sitting arrogantly on the only stool in the secret chamber. Although he could tell from the expression of the guards that something big must have happened, and it was not a good thing for the Wen Yuan Marquis Mansion.

However, he was still able to control his emotions and spoke plainly.

The only proof that he was not as indifferent and unmoved as he appeared was that he was covered by the wide sleeves of his robe and slowly clenched his fists.

"Young Marquis, after Lin Zheng's two guards left the Cloud Tea House, they took a shortcut back to the Eastern Marquis Manor and were intercepted and killed on the way." The guard's expression was somewhat ugly as he said.

"Go on." Wen Shang's expression remained the same. He knew that there was still more to come from the guards, so he said this indifferently. The bad feeling in his heart grew stronger.

"There's a guard holding the token of the black-robed guards of my Wen Yuan Mansion!" The guard said softly.

"Crack!" The sound of bones displacing each other resounded clearly in the quiet secret room. The guard's face broke into a cold sweat.

Although the young duke's expression remained calm and hadn't changed, he could feel the towering rage beneath this calm, like a volcano that was about to erupt.

The room was silent. There was only the sound of his fists clenching, causing his bones to be dislocated.

The guard only felt a terrifying pressure pressing down on him, pressing down on him until he couldn't breathe. He was drenched in cold sweat and even his legs were trembling.

As Wen Shang's personal bodyguard, he had stayed by Wen Shang's side for a long time; he knew his master very well.

Every second that he stayed, he felt as if he was wandering around the gates of hell.

"Ling …" Yun! " Two words came out from Wen Shang's teeth, his teeth chattered, and a monstrous fury gushed from his eyes.

How could he not guess that this was a disaster born from the east, an obvious framing, and all of this was definitely led by Ling Yun. The goal was to stir up a relationship between the Wen Yuan Manor and the Eastern Marquis Manor.

This was something that was easy to see, but he could not solve it because he was too clear that this fellow was an idiot. He only believed what he saw before his eyes.

Moreover, he had always been decisive and would never listen to the opinions of others.

This time, there was really no way to explain. Lin Quan would definitely think that it was their Marquis Wen Yuan's house that had done this.

If he had only taken away Lin Zheng and nothing happened afterwards, then he could have made some compensation and settled the matter. But now it was impossible. It was impossible to resolve.

His precious son, the Lin Family's sole son, was currently at the Wen Yuan Marquis Estate.

He had instructed his subordinates to reprimand Lin Zheng for fifty times, and then to return him to the Marquis Mansion with some healing medicine.

However, Lin Zheng still had to send it back, and he also had to send out an expert to escort him. Otherwise, if he was found by Lingyun and was able to assassinate him, he really wouldn't be able to wash away the Yellow River.

From now on, the House of the Eastern Marquis would completely break away from the Marquis' Mansion and become enemies with it. Their Mansion of the Marquis of Wen Yuan would have another enemy.

Although it was now impossible to let the House of the Eastern Marquis depend on the House of the Marquis Wen Yuan as it had in the past, it was no longer possible to do so.

But fortunately, the ones who died were only two unimportant guards. As long as they gave him some gifts, he believed that Lin Quan wouldn't keep pestering them and making them the enemies of the Wen Yuan manor.

This was because Lin Quan was very clear on the terror of their Wen Yuan's house.

Wen Shang took a deep breath, suppressing the anger in his heart. "Hurry and return to the house of the Marquis. Get General Wen Jiang to personally escort Lin Zheng back."

"Yes sir!" The guard bowed as he retreated, and he heaved a sigh of relief in his heart.

"It's obvious that they're framing us. The Eastern Marquis isn't that stupid, right?" A voice came from the side. Then, a ripple appeared on the walls of the secret chamber. A slim figure slowly walked out. Her body seemed to be distorted.

Wen Shang heard the familiar voice and the anger in his heart subsided. He didn't look back and instead said with a headache, "You don't know, that Lin Quan is a fool.

Just by looking at the situation, one would think that it was like that. Otherwise, Ling Yun would not have arranged it this way.

Sigh, it's all my fault that I was too careless and allowed him to take advantage of the situation to sneak in. "It looks like the plan will once again be delayed after losing the trenchant blade that can deal with the royal family."

Hearing this, Yin Yan revealed a wry smile. She was really not afraid of a god-like opponent, only a pig-like teammate. This Lin Quan was indeed a pig-like teammate with such a inflexible mind.

Twisting her body, she walked to Wen Shang's side and comforted him softly. "This may not be a bad thing. Since that Marquis Zhen is so stubborn, it's also a good thing for him to be like this now. Otherwise we'll have to be careful of him in the future battles."

"En!" Wen Shang smiled bitterly and nodded. He could only comfort her this way.

He felt that it was a pity that a chess piece was wasted. It seemed that this chess piece was not that easy to play.

Ling Yun, since you want to die, don't blame me for being impolite.

Don't worry, the Winter Hunt three months from now will be the time you die. Your royal family's hunting grounds will be your burial ground.

Every year, there would be people falling in the hunt. If a useless person like you died, others would take it for granted.

Moreover, with that fool Jun Yue here, your royal family will definitely target him.

A murder case had occurred in Ling Xiao City, and the victim was also a personal bodyguard of the Marquis of Zhen Dong Prefecture's Young Marquis, Lin Zheng.

Such a huge matter was quickly spread throughout the entire Ling Xiao City due to the efforts of many people, causing a huge uproar. It was as if a stone had suddenly been thrown into a calm water surface, and although the stone was small, it had actually caused ripples, spreading in all directions.

For a time, the entire capital was abuzz with commotion and undercurrents.

All the powers within the city felt an unusual aura, and felt that something big was going to happen.

In just one month, there had been a succession of major events that were enough to shake the entire empire.

First, the Battle King's heir Lingyun was assassinated, then the Mo Clan caravan was robbed, and the Little Young Master Mo Xiao was heavily injured, almost losing his life.

Now there were guards of the East Marquis Lin Quan's only son, Lin Zheng, who had been assassinated by people from the Wen Yuan manor.

This came from within the country, and something big had happened outside as well. The northern and western kingdoms of the Empire of Soaring Cloud, the Soaring Cloud Empire and the Northern Han Empire, were at the border of the Empire of Soaring Cloud, Chen Bing and the Empire of Soaring Cloud.

Although these two powers were also the hegemons of a region, they were only first-rate powers. They were nothing to be worried about for the Empire of Soaring Cloud.

However, what caused the citizens of the Empire of Soaring Cloud to panic was that even the Ice and Snow Empire, one of the Sacred Grounds, was tempted to make a move against the Empire of Soaring Cloud. However, due to the rules of the Devil Slayer League, the Sacred Grounds were not allowed to interfere with the battles of the powers.