The Legend of the Condor Heroes: From Being Expelled from Peach Blossom Island

Chapter 308 True colors revealed
Wu Chengyu was squatting in the corner with lots of bags and packages. When he saw the people surrounding him, he looked panicked. Then, he pretended to unconsciously drop the packages in his hands, making a metallic clanging sound.

Then the light from the torches shone on his face, distorting his features, making him pale, and causing him to tremble. Wu Chengyu certainly didn't have much acting skill, but his disguise technique was best at controlling facial muscles, and the changes on his face were now incredibly lifelike.

A horse galloped from afar, and the rider was none other than the filial son Wen Ruoming. At this moment, he looked at Wu Chengyu's panicked appearance with a smug and contemptuous smile.

“Young master, it has been three days since we last met. Why did you leave without saying goodbye? I have been waiting for you to visit my home. It would be impolite of you to do this. Why bother?”

“I am an upright and honest man, with a clear conscience before Heaven. How could I possibly become someone else’s gigolo? Why do you have to force me to do this?”

Wen Ruoming jumped off his horse, walked to Wu Chengyu, bent down, picked up Wu Chengyu's package, and with a casual shake, the silver inside fell to the ground.

"You claim to be an innocent man, but you want to run away? Fine, I, Wen, must commend your integrity."

But this bag seems to contain my money. How did the innocence you spoke of suddenly become so vulgar? It's such a pity.

However, you Han people have always been like this—hypocritical and greedy—it doesn't surprise me at all. You're really boring.

"If you take someone's money, you have to do their bidding. Since you've accepted the money, you have to do things for me. It's not like I'm bullying you."

After saying this, Wen Ruoming ignored Wu Chengyu, turned around, mounted his horse, and gave the order.

"Guards! Take this handsome young man away! My mother has been waiting for a long time. How could I possibly disappoint her?"

His men responded in unison, rushed forward, grabbed Wu Chengyu, and then followed Wen Ruoming's horse all the way into the city.

The Xia Kuo family mansion was located directly north of Tongguan County, a continuous stretch of residences, about a mile away from Guan Su's Eight Hundred Mile Escort Agency.

Wu Chengyu was carried all the way here, and he looked so frightened that he was out of his mind. He muttered to himself, and in the end, his legs wouldn't obey him. He really had to be carried to walk.

Instead of going through the main gate, they arrived at the west gate of the mansion. Wen Ruoming dismounted at the gate, threw the reins to a servant, glanced back at Wu Chengyu, and was very satisfied with Wu Chengyu's cowardly appearance. Then he stepped through the gate.

Wu Chengyu had been observing Wen Ruoming's behavior. The moment Wen Ruoming entered the Xia Kuo family mansion, Wu Chengyu suddenly felt that this guy seemed to have changed. It was as if he had torn off an outer garment, and his whole demeanor had become somewhat domineering and somewhat crazy, far from the gentle and refined person he had seen before.

Wen Ruoming beckoned, signaling a servant to pull Wu Chengyu over, and then looked him over again.

"You look so pitiful. I haven't really mistreated that slut. Guards, lock him in a side room first, and I'll send him to that slut later."

She calls herself "Mother" in public, but her entire demeanor changes drastically the moment she returns home. With so many servants around, she calls Madam Wen "a lowly person." Wu Chengyu immediately understands that Guan Su's previous assessment was probably too optimistic, and Madam Wen's current condition is definitely not good.

"Young Master Wen, I'll return the silver to you. Please let me go."

Upon hearing Wu Chengyu's address, Wen Ruoming seemed to instantly explode. He took a few steps to Wu Chengyu, grabbed Wu Chengyu's throat with one hand, and said...

“Outside, I say my name is Wen Ruoming, but here, I only have one name: Xia Kuo Shanying. How could I possibly use a lowly Han Chinese name?”

Once you've taken the money, there's no reason to return it. Not only that, I'm also going to give you a big gift.

"Guards, take him away!" Xia Kuo Shanying's face twisted into a ferocious grimace as he tried to strangle Wu Chengyu's neck, but to his dismay, he couldn't leave a single mark. Furious, he immediately ordered his men to take Wu Chengyu away.

Wu Chengyu was then locked in a side room with only tables and chairs, no windows, and guards outside the door.

He used a 3D model to observe the surroundings and found that Xia Kuoshanying had not gone far, but had entered a house next door, still within 100 meters of Wu Chengyu.

A short while later, an old man entered the room. Seeing Xia Kuo Shan Ying's madness, he couldn't help but sigh, seemingly dissatisfied but not wanting to be discovered.

"Shanying, why did you actually bring that scholar here?"

"Haha, Third Uncle, I've been spreading the word in Tongguan County these past few days that my mother has fallen for a pretty boy. She not only wants to keep him close by her side, but she's even willing to marry him. The fire's already burning, how can we let the main course slip away?"

"However, she is, after all, the matriarch of the family and the head of the Xia Kuo family. Under her management, the Xia Kuo family has prospered over the years, and there are still quite a few people in the clan who are willing to support her."

"That's why I had to ruin her reputation. If I hadn't come up with this idea to make some of the tribesmen resent her, how would I have found an opportunity to suppress her?"

My Xia Kuo family is a noble family of the Jin Dynasty, yet it has been controlled by a Han woman. This is a great disgrace to me, Xia Kuo Shan Ying.

Now that I am an adult, she should immediately hand over the Xia Kuo family to me and then go to be buried alive with my father. But she refuses, so don't blame me for being ruthless.”

"Shanying, don't forget, Wenru is the current empress's close friend. She has been doing business with Wanyan Hongsheng, the chief steward of Qingyang Prefecture, for many years and has his support. That's why my Xia Kuo family has been able to dominate Tongguan County."

"If you really harm her, not only will the Empress cause you trouble, but even Wanyan Hongsheng will turn against us."

"Uncle, rest assured, I already have a foolproof plan."

I'll let that Han boy and that slut share a room for a few days, and then spread the word that they've been having an affair.

Then I'll let everyone know that that slut is blinded by lust and wants to marry that pretty boy. I'll arrange a wedding for her and make it happen.

Now that she has married someone else, she is no longer the mistress of the Xia Kuo family, and everything in the Xia Kuo family has nothing to do with her.

Even if I kick her out, a widow who remarries cannot stay in her original husband's family. Even the Empress cannot say anything about that.

As for Wanyan Hongsheng, he only does business with that scoundrel. That scoundrel gave him a lot of benefits, which is why he supports my Xia Kuo family. For him, who is in charge is not important. I have already sent him a letter, indicating that after I take over, he will receive 20% more profit from his business with the Xia Kuo family.

Who was Wanyan Hongsheng? He was greedy for money, and he immediately agreed. So when that vile woman fell, Wanyan Hongsheng was simply happy to see it happen.

"Sigh, if that's the case, I can't really say anything. But she still has some supporters in the clan, so you have to be careful."

"Uncle, don't worry. I am the most direct heir of the Xia Kuo family. Once I become the head of the family, those people will have no choice but to submit, or they will face the death of their entire family."

(End of this chapter)