Four Harmonies and Good Fortune

Chapter 627 Disintegration
Xu Shu naturally wanted this. Sun De, Fan Yun, and Wu Da outwardly respected her as the leader, but in private they were looking for an opportunity to drag her down from her position.

That's exactly what happened. Other believers wouldn't dare to do that.

Xue Er said, "It would be best if the Xie family also lost their lives here."

Xu Shu frowned: "Then what should we do?"

Xue Er thought for a moment: "If we lay in ambush around the caravan beforehand and shoot the caravan members during the handover, the Xie family will be furious and will also target Fan Yun and his nephews. Wouldn't that lead to a chaotic battle between the two sides?"

Xu Shu's eyes lit up immediately.

Xue Er said, "So we must start by making this happen. Firstly, so that they can't find any fault with it, and secondly, so that we can eliminate a major threat."

Xu Shu thought of Xie Yuyan: "I heard she has ties to the Wang family. It would be best to capture her alive and see if her lover will come to her rescue?"

Xue Er said, "The Wang family is just using her. Wang Yan can't possibly marry a widow."

Xu Shu was filled with resentment. Back then, her cousin married into the Xie family in the same way, while she was disliked because of her background. This time, the situation was reversed. Her daughter was a proper young lady from a respectable family, while her cousin's daughter had become a widow of unknown origin.

Xie Yuyan's eagerness to investigate her background must be because she wants to marry into the Wang family as a noblewoman.

Want to go back to being Xie Wenjing? Xu Shu's face revealed a hint of vengeful pleasure. Since she had already changed her name to Xie Yuyan, let her be Xie Yuyan for the rest of her life.

……

Looking out the window, Liang, the prison guard, breathed a sigh of relief when he saw no one. He then reached out to close the window, but aggravated his injured arm, causing him to wince in pain.

These damned members of the demonic cult are all thugs. As soon as they saw him, they used force and almost broke his arm, all in an attempt to extract information from him.

Liang Jianya was actually quite willing to say that he came here to gain the trust of these heretical cultists.

But he knew he couldn't reveal it easily. In the lie he fabricated, he was Xie Yizhi's "eyes and ears." His cousin was highly regarded by Xie Yizhi, which was why he knew some inside information. But the relationship between the leader and Xie Yizhi was a secret until it was revealed, and he absolutely couldn't tell anyone else.

Liang, the supervisor, cursed inwardly, only wanting to get everything done as soon as possible, then hand the caravan over to the Demon Sect so they could watch the Demon Sect and the Xie family kill each other.

Just as he was thinking this, he heard a commotion outside.

"What about that person?"

Liang, the prison warden, couldn't help but shudder. This was the person who had just tortured him.

Fan Yun was stopped by the guards, who said solemnly, "The leader has ordered that no one is allowed to see the envoy without her permission."

"What kind of damn messenger is this?" Fan Yun said. "He's just a messenger for adulterers..."

Sun De covered Fan Yun's mouth and glared at her, saying, "I know you're anxious, but you'll only harm the children by doing this."

Fan Yun pulled Sun De's hand down: "I don't understand, what's the point of waiting? Just get the person back sooner, and we can have peace of mind sooner."

At this point, he sneered, "If it were Xue Er's nephews or nieces, they would probably have been switched back by now."

“You know that much,” Sun De said. “The caravan is in their hands now, and we still have to rely on them to deal with things.”

Xu Shu understood this point, which gave her the confidence to act this way.

Fan Yun said, "We can't wait any longer. Let the envoy lead the way and take over the caravan with our men. Once we have the caravan in our hands, I won't have to put up with this nonsense anymore."

Sun De sneered, "You can capture the envoy, and you can also deal with the imperial army? Xie Yuyan's caravan is no pushover either, yet it was captured by the imperial people. This shows that there must have been at least a hundred soldiers involved."

“We also have these people under our command,” Fan Yun said, “and they all obey our orders.”

"Does having more people guarantee victory? In their anger, they might destroy the caravan. You'll regret it then." Fan Yun was completely deflated: "Then we'll follow the leader's orders?"

“I’ll go and talk to them again. If the leader can help save people this time,” Sun De said, “our families will definitely repay them properly.”

As the voices of the two men faded into the distance, Liang, the prison warden, breathed a sigh of relief. He was thankful that there was someone who could see the situation clearly; otherwise, he would have suffered physical pain again.

Fan Yun and Sun De walked to a secluded spot, and Fan Yun couldn't help but ask, "Will what we just said be of any use?"

Sun De nodded: "Our leader must have planted spies. Our commotion will at least put her at ease."

"So what should we do next?" Fan Yun asked, seemingly without any thought.

Sun De reached out and grabbed Fan Yun: "Don't be anxious, let me tell you the whole story." He had rushed over just now, only concerned with persuading Fan Yun to act out a play as he had instructed, and hadn't yet explained why he did it this way.

When the two arrived at their residence, Huang Ping, Wu Yue, Nie Chao, and others were already waiting and stood up to greet them.

"Second brother."

Sun De nodded to signal everyone not to rush, and then said, "My elder brother has sent someone with a message."

Upon hearing Master Wu's name, Fan Yun's eyes blazed with fury: "He still dares to send a message? If I catch him, I will tear him to pieces."

After the children of several families were arrested, they realized that this matter was inextricably linked to Master Wu.

Sun De sometimes really liked Fan Yun. Without such a person, they couldn't bring themselves to say what they wanted to say.

Sun De said, "What you mean is that he was also captured by Madam Xie, and now he can help us deal with things."

"You believe him?" Fan Yun said. "If he hadn't asked us to come over to discuss countermeasures, this wouldn't have happened. I suspect this was a trap from the very beginning."

Fan Yun looked at Wu Yue: "Fifth Brother, what do you think?"

Wu Yue didn't rush to conclusions, but instead asked Sun De, "What else did my brother say?"

Sun De said, "He said this is related to the matter of surrendering to the emperor back then. We were just implicated. If it is handled properly, everyone can get what they want."

The room fell silent instantly.

"Do you know Xie Yuyan's background?" Sun De asked. "She is Xie Yisong's daughter."

“That makes sense,” Wu Yue said. “It is precisely because Xie Yuyan’s identity is extraordinary that the Supreme Leader went to great lengths to deal with her.”

Sun De continued, "Brother also saw Lü Shi's jade tablet, which is now on Xie Yuyan's person."

Wu Yue frowned: "Could Lu Shi's death also be related to this matter?"

Huang Ping said, "When Lü Shi's men were dealt with by the leader, they were still shouting that there was something fishy about the amnesty back then. It seems that what they said was not just idle talk."

Wu Yue, however, was thinking about something else: "If there's no problem with the amnesty, then who's behind this?"

Naturally, they were people who didn't want the Holy Church to be successfully recruited.

The old patriarch had long wanted to stop living a life of hiding, which is why he agreed to Xie Yisong's request.

Tell the leader that Xie Yisong openly offered amnesty while secretly suppressing the enemy; the person behind it all was the leader's father, the previous leader Xu Fengxing.

(End of this chapter)