Chapter 17: Crazy Daily Life of Finding Books 12
Chapter 17: Crazy Daily Life of Finding Books 12
Under the moonlight, Shen Peiqing's stern face was covered with a layer of dim light that made it difficult to see clearly. In his previously lonely, cold and arrogant black eyes, a hint of coldness that penetrated into the bones seemed to pass by in the blink of an eye. When he blinked again and looked carefully, it was no longer there, as if everything was an illusion.
"I'm a useless person now, are you afraid of me?"
His voice was as cold as water, without any emotion.
When Rong Su heard this, she stood firm and narrowed her eyes. She would never allow anyone to provoke her. From the moment she was reborn, she was no longer afraid of anyone or anything.
"Heh. Shen Peiqing. Do the job I gave you. We each get what we need, and there's no such thing as one being superior to the other."
After leaving this sentence, Rong Su glanced at him lightly, turned around and left.
Shen Peiqing picked up the cloth bag in her hand, squeezed it tightly, and when she looked up again, her figure had disappeared around the corner of the path.
He curled his lips, but there was no smile in his eyes. He murmured in a low voice: "That's right. We just take what we need."
Soon the clan meeting announced by Yuan Shen arrived.
Yuan Shen sat on the chair with a calm expression. Uncle Lin stood beside him, and on both sides sat the elders of the Yuanzhen tribe.
Time passed by little by little, and Yuan Feng still had not arrived. The elders of the clan began to complain about this.
"Young Master Yuan. This elder of the Yuan clan hasn't arrived yet. It seems he doesn't take you seriously."
"That's right. Yuan Feng is becoming more and more arrogant. I used to keep harping on Young Master Yuan's affairs, and I was very suspicious of his selfish motives! Now that Young Master has taken the initiative to admit his mistakes and has taken our clan's cause as his own, it's a great blessing for our clan. This Yuan Feng is truly a man of his time."
Before the elder could finish his words, a majestic and loud voice came from outside.
"Elder Sun, I haven't even arrived yet, so you're already slandering me?"
As soon as these words were spoken, Yuan Feng appeared at the door with his men. He looked at the elder of the Sun clan with sharp and cold eyes. The elder's face turned red with anger, but he didn't dare to say a word.
Yuan Feng sneered with satisfaction, then fixed his gaze on Yuan Shen and stepped straight in.
"Master Yuan, what is the purpose of summoning us elders here today?"
Yuan Shen smiled faintly and raised his hand, inviting Yuan Feng: "Elder Yuan, please take a seat."
Yuan Feng looked at Yuan Shen deeply, then sat in his seat, his eyes as fierce as a wolf and a tiger, never leaving Yuan Shen, as if he wanted to see a hole in him.
Yuan Shen noticed it, but he was not at all panicked. He looked directly at the elders below and spoke seriously and calmly.
"I have invited all the elders here to announce something. I hope to take the position left by my father with your assistance."
As soon as these words were spoken, Yuan Feng's expression suddenly changed, and his eyes became sharp and gloomy.
The other elders were particularly delighted, and everyone was happy about it.
"That's great! Young Master Yuan finally understands his responsibilities and duties. I believe that Clan Leader Yuan An would be very pleased if he knew about this!"
"Yes, yes. Master Yuan has finally grown up and become sensible."
"Young Master Yuan is a shining light to our clan, for he has turned back!"
Yuan Shen smiled and expressed his gratitude to all the elders who praised him, and his eyes were always on Yuan Feng.
Looking at Yuan Feng's dark face and silence, he couldn't help but feel a little confused. Could it be that Yuan Feng was so patient?
Rong Su was also confused. She was in the clan meeting. At the moment, she was disguised as a maid and was standing behind Yuan Shen with her head down, paying attention to Yuan Feng's actions the whole time.
But since Yuan Shen has made such a declaration, can Yuan Feng really keep his composure?
Just when he was confused, Yuan Feng suddenly laughed out loud, clapped his hands, and looked at Yuan Shen.
"Haha, great, nephew. You've really grown up."
Yuan Shen was wary of Yuan Feng, but he kept a smile on his face: "Uncle, you're joking. Everyone has to grow up, not to mention that they have to go through a lot of torture, right?"
Yuan Feng narrowed his eyes, but kept smiling: "That's right. Thank you for your hard work, nephew."
"It's not hard. My nephew will be the clan leader soon, and he will need the help of my uncles and aunts. Then it will probably be my uncles and aunts who will have to work hard." Yuan Shen climbed up the ladder, which stimulated Yuan Feng.
"Haha. Nephew, you want to be the clan leader? Then have you ever thought about who is more qualified than you to hold that position?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the elders of the clan had already seen some of Yuan Feng's intentions.
"Yuan Feng, what are you talking about? Clan leader Yuan An only has one child, Master Yuan. No one else is qualified for this position except him."
"That's right. Even if Young Master Yuan can't sit in this seat, even if it's empty, you can't let anyone else sit there."
Yuan Feng's expression instantly changed from smiling to angry, and he glanced at the elders with his cold and sharp eyes.
"Really? I, Yuan Feng, have the right to sit here!"
When the elders heard this, their faces changed.
"Yuan Feng, what do you mean?" The elder of the Sun clan was the first to point at Yuan Feng and ask excitedly.
Yuan Feng sneered and looked up at the elder of the Sun clan: "What do you mean? Today, I, Yuan Feng, came here not to recognize Yuan Shen as the clan leader, but to tell you that only I, Yuan Feng, am qualified to sit in this position. No one else is worthy!"
"Yuan Feng, you are rebelling!"
Yuan Feng's eyes turned cold and he raised his hand. In just a moment, the reception room was surrounded by people.
Yuan Feng's guards were everywhere inside and outside the room.
The elders stood up from their seats one after another, with different expressions on their faces. Some of them pointed at Yuan Feng and started cursing.
"Yuan Feng! What are you doing? Bringing your own soldiers to a clan meeting!"
"Yuan Feng, are you crazy? We are of the same status and identity. You have no right to treat us like this!"
Yuan Feng laughed coldly, his face mad: "Hahaha! Now you are the fish and I am the knife. Whatever I want to do is up to me. I advise you not to anger me easily."
One of the elders looked quite old and was obviously impatient. He walked up to Yuan Feng with a cane, glared at him and cursed him.
"You evil creature, what qualifications do you have to covet the position of clan leader? You are just an orphan picked up by the old clan leader. Being able to give you the status of clan elder is already good enough! How dare you! Ugh!"
Before the old clan elder could finish his words, Yuan Feng stood up suddenly with a ferocious face, pulled out the sword of a guard beside him, and pierced the chest of the clan elder with one sword. Blood splattered on the spot, staining the ground red.
This scene frightened the other elders. Their faces turned pale and they were so shocked that they dared not say a word.
When Yuan Shen saw this, he was shocked. He was not only surprised by Yuan Feng's background, but also shocked by his cruelty.
Yuan Feng glanced around and saw that everyone was afraid of him and no longer dared to complain. He threw the sword back to the guard beside him and slowly took out a handkerchief to wipe the blood off his hands.
The red-stained handkerchief was thrown casually on the ground. Yuan Feng looked at Yuan Shen, who looked pale and bloodshot, with a meaningful smile.
"My dear nephew, although I'm not your biological uncle, since you call me uncle, I will definitely not harm you. As long as you sign this contract to give up the position of patriarch, I will spare your life and let you leave here safely. How about it?"
As he spoke, a guard presented Yuan Shen with a contract.
Yuan Shen frowned and picked up the contract. It stated that if he signed it, he would never be able to become the patriarch of the clan in his lifetime, and he would never be able to set foot in Yuan Town again, and even his descendants would not be allowed to come here.
Yuan Feng wants him to completely break off relations with the Yuanzhen people!
Yuan Shen held the contract, his hands trembling slightly with anger, and he looked at Yuan Feng with gritted teeth.
"Yuan Feng, you want me to never set foot in Yuan Town again. How could you be so cruel!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the elders looked at Yuan Feng in astonishment. However, when they thought about how Yuan Feng had just killed an elder so crazily, they could only be angry but not say anything.
Yuan Feng raised the corner of his mouth, his eyes cold and ruthless: "So, will you sign or not?"
Yuan Shen looked at the guards who surrounded him. In this situation, it would be difficult for him to leave.
"Don't panic, this can't be signed." Rong Su said in a low voice.
She was standing not far behind Yuan Shen. When she saw this scene, she had already guessed that Yuan Feng would do this. However, when she looked at the elder who was lifeless on the ground, she just didn't expect Yuan Feng to be so cruel.
When Yuan Shen heard Rong Su's voice, his mind seemed to have found its backbone. He calmed down, raised his head and looked at Yuan Feng with a firm expression.
"I won't sign it."
The smile on Yuan Feng's face froze slightly, and then for some reason the smile suddenly deepened.
Rong Su noticed this smile and inexplicably felt a bad premonition.
"My nephew is really strong-willed. But if you saw her, would you still be so strong-willed?"
Yuan Feng sneered and clapped his hands. At this time, two guards came in from outside the door, grabbing a woman with a black cloth bag on her head.
The woman seemed motionless, probably fainted.
Before Rong Su could figure out who this woman was, Yuan Shen recognized her first and yelled at Yuan Feng in shock and anger.
"You let Ayu go!"
Yuan Feng sneered, reached out and pulled the black cloth bag, revealing Jiang Yanyu's unconscious face.
Seeing that it was Jiang Yanyu, Rong Su was slightly surprised for a moment and couldn't help frowning.
Didn't she let her hide in the tunnel? How did she get caught by Yuan Feng?
"Don't think I can't find her just because you hid her. Thanks to this little girl's genuine affection for you, my nephew, I just told her some white lies and tricked her into coming out. Haha!"
"You want me to let her go? Sure, nephew, I'll let her go after you sign the contract." Yuan Feng stared at Yuan Shen closely, his attitude was clear, he was determined to get the position of clan leader.
Yuan Shen held the contract, his hands trembling with anger, his eyes filled with anger, and a hint of panic and worry in his eyes.
Seeing this, Rong Su also felt that the situation had developed in another direction. She was thinking about a solution in her mind and was about to whisper to Yuan Shen to calm down first.
But Yuan Feng suddenly snatched the sword from the guard beside him and put it on Jiang Yanyu's neck. Yuan Shen was so scared that his face turned pale and he shouted to stop him.
"do not want!"
"Nephew, there are two choices in front of you now, the position of clan leader and the beauty. Which one do you want?" The smile on Yuan Feng's face suddenly turned into a fierce and almost crazy one.
As the sword approached Jiang Yanyu's neck, a trace of bright red blood flowed out, staining the sword and also dyeing the corners of Yuan Shen's eyes red.
"I sign! I sign!" Yuan Shen held the contract tightly, closed his eyes, and opened them again, his eyes filled with grief and anger.
"Hahaha, my little nephew is really a lovesick guy! Don't worry, uncle is a man of his word, I will let her go." Yuan Feng laughed wildly a few times, with a smug look on his face, his eyes fixed on Yuan Shen's hand holding a pen to sign the contract.
When Rong Su saw this scene, she couldn't help but sigh in her heart. Then she looked outside and saw that there was no signal from Shen Peiqing. Her brows were furrowed. If this continued, her plan would fail.
When she thought of this possibility, Rong Su felt a familiar sense of frustration. She clenched her hands hidden under her sleeves. No, she absolutely could not give in!
She slowly raised her lowered eyes, her gaze suddenly stern. When Yuan Feng threw Jiang Yanyu to the guard beside him, strode up to Yuan Shen, snatched the contract with one hand, and showed an excited look on his face, she clenched the silver needle and her eyes flashed.
The next moment, her eyes locked onto Jiang Yanyu, who was being held by a guard not far away. She rushed over in a few steps. Before everyone could react, Rong Su had already poisoned the guard and successfully rescued Jiang Yanyu.
Yuan Feng held the contract and suddenly turned to look at Rong Su. After seeing Rong Su's face clearly, his joyful smile froze and turned into tremendous anger in an instant.
"It's that damn girl again! How dare you ruin my plans!"
Rong Su stared intently, raised his lips and smiled coldly: "Does the Yuan clan elder still want to taste my poison?"
Seeing that Rong Su was not afraid of him at all, Yuan Feng's eyes widened with anger. He even remembered the humiliation he had suffered before. In anger and shame, he roared coldly.
"Kill them! I've already got the contract, so no one of you will get out alive!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the besieged elders all showed expressions of horror.
"Yuan Feng! You actually don't keep your word!" Yuan Shen shouted angrily, staring at Yuan Feng.
Yuan Feng suddenly turned around and looked directly into Yuan Shen's eyes, his eyes filled with venom: "So what! Kill him!"
"Ah! Don't kill me! Ah!"
"Yuan Feng! You will die a miserable death!"
"Yuan Feng! You are such a madman! You will definitely be punished by God! Ah!"
Seeing the elders of the tribe die tragically under the cold swords, Yuan Shen's eyes turned red. He stared at Yuan Feng with hatred and raised his fist to hit Yuan Feng.
A guard suddenly rushed over and attacked Yuan Shen with a sharp knife. Yuan Shen saw it and dodged hurriedly, but he was still hit in the arm and his clothes immediately turned red.
The scene was in chaos for a while. Rong Su couldn't take care of Yuan Shen and was busy protecting Jiang Yanyu.
She had suffered many sword wounds on her body, and her eyes were fixed on the outside, feeling anxious. Was she really going to die here today?
Because she was distracted for a second, a cold knife with a chill was pointed at her neck. Rong Su's eyes froze, and she saw that there was no way to avoid the knife. If she was not injured, then Jiang Yanyu would be too.
She was prepared to get hurt herself. After all, she could make the sword avoid her vital parts. Jiang Yanyu might be in danger of her life if she was not careful. She didn't want to do so much and still fail to change Jiang Yanyu's fate of death.
The cold blade was about to hit her neck. At the critical moment, an old and majestic voice appeared, and a long sword suddenly knocked the cold blade down.
"Stop it all!"
Then a group of guards who were also wearing the clothes of Yuanzhen people but in a different color of blue rushed in and surrounded Yuan Feng's men.
There was still one elder who had not been killed. When he saw the newcomer, he shouted in surprise, "Great elder! You've come out of seclusion!"
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