Gu Long's World: Starting with the Legend of Chu Liuxiang

Chapter 146 The Mastermind

The bodies of the four old men were cold but not yet decomposed, so they hadn't been dead for long. Why was there so much gold and jewelry in this strange little building, and why were there four fake Golden Roc Kings who looked like the real emperor in both temperament and clothing?

Lu Xiaofeng frowned and asked, "Why did Huo Xiu want to kill them?"

Jiang Fengyue sighed, "I'm afraid they just killed them to vent their anger after they knew their scheme had been exposed."

No wonder the fake Golden Roc King from the Shangguan family was able to pass for the real thing. If it weren't for the special mark of six toes, no one would be able to tell that it was a fake Golden Roc King.

The fake Golden Roc King from the Shangguan family may have come from here. Perhaps the five old men all came to impersonate the Great Golden Roc King, and they've been acting for so long that they've even come to believe it themselves.

Huo Xiu took advantage of this, embroidering dragon robes and carving dragon thrones for them, along with countless gold and silver treasures, but never giving them freedom, all so that one day he could use the most convincing fake Golden Roc King to carry out his conspiracy.

Not only will the four old men here be killed by Huo Xiu, but I'm afraid the one who stays obediently in the Shangguan family will not escape either.

Huo Xiu must have known about the fake Golden Roc King from the Shangguan family taking off his shoes in front of Jiang Fengyue. He concluded that Jiang Fengyue had discovered the secret of the six toes. Once this secret was exposed, the fake Golden Roc King he kept here would be useless.

Jiang Fengyue sighed deeply, looking at the four fake kings who died on the dragon throne. They clearly did not have the destiny of an emperor, so why did they insist on it? In the end, they died with no one to collect their bodies.

Lu Xiaofeng said, "If the fake Golden Roc King is here, where are the people who escaped into this place and Huo Xiu and the others?"

Jiang Fengyue did not answer, but silently groped along the wall. Soon, the mountain wall behind the mountain moved, and a new door appeared.

The mechanisms here are neither novel nor ingenious; they are simply a series of holes with numerous entrances and exits, concealed by hidden doors.

The three of them leaped through the doorway, behind which was another passageway, but this one was straight.

At the end of the passageway was a door. As soon as Jiang Fengyue pushed the door open, she saw Huo Xiu.

Huo Xiu was still Huo Xiu, still that short old man, still wearing that faded blue clothes and those worn-out straw sandals. He was already the richest man in the world, couldn't he dress more decently?

Huo Xiu sat on the ground, seemingly anticipating the arrival of guests, and warmed the wine with a small red clay stove.

Lu Xiaofeng looked at Huo Xiu with icy eyes, but Huo Xiu didn't even raise his head, as if the three people who had barged in didn't exist.

Hua Manlou is blind, so not only are his hearing very good, but his nose is also very sensitive. As soon as he entered the room, he smelled a strong stench of blood.

He had a bad feeling and slowly walked towards the source of the bloody smell, until he reached out his hand and was met with a hand full of sticky liquid.

It's blood, it's fresh blood.

Whose blood is it?

Hua Manlou stroked the face of the blood's owner, then smiled sadly and picked up the corpse lying on the ground.

When Jiang Fengyue and Lu Xiaofeng walked in, they saw the corpse, but they did not want to make a fuss or let Hua Manlou know that Shangguan Feiyan, who had stirred his heartstrings, had been killed by someone who stabbed her in the throat.

Shangguan Feiyan's face was filled with surprise and fear. Perhaps she really couldn't believe that Huo Xiu would actually make a move. Even as she was dying, she still couldn't believe it.

Was Huo Xiu her lover or a heartless person?

Seeing Hua Manlou holding Shangguan Feiyan in his arms, overcome with grief, Lu Xiaofeng could no longer contain his anger and coldly asked, "Huo Xiu, why did you kill Shangguan Feiyan?"

Huo Xiu said calmly, "She brought you to a place you shouldn't have been. Shouldn't she have been killed?"

Jiang Fengyue said, "Even if Shangguan Feiyan hadn't led us here, we would have learned about this place from Dugu Yihe. At the very least, Huo Tianqing would have brought us here to find you sooner or later, since you invited him to drink upstairs here."

Huo Xiu laughed and said, "Although I didn't invite you, you still came here. I don't mind that you barged in, and I even kindly warmed some wine for you. Would you like to try some of my wine?"

His face suddenly contorted into a ferocious grin as he sneered, "It's precisely because Dugu Yihe didn't die that Shangguan Feiyan deserves to die. If she hadn't been so stupid as to expose herself in front of you, how could Yan Tieshan and Dugu Yihe have survived?"

Jiang Fengyue shook her head and sighed deeply. Huo Xiu, even if the plan failed, would not blame himself for not thinking things through. Instead, he would blame Shangguan Feiyan, who acted the best in the plan. She played two roles. Did she have something to do with Huo Xiu's script?

He gave a cold laugh and said, "You still shouldn't have killed her. Don't forget, she's still your lover."

Huo Xiu laughed loudly, "A lover? You really think I have any feelings for her?"

He turned to look at Lu Xiaofeng and continued, "We've been friends for so many years, don't you know what kind of kung fu I practice?"

Lu Xiaofeng smiled wryly: "Boyhood training—"

Huo Xiu didn't think practicing this kind of skill was something shameful. Instead, he laughed happily and said, "How could someone who can endure the hardship of practicing virginity training really fall in love with a woman? Her willingness to be used by me is only because she covets my jewels."

Jiang Fengyue sighed, "I only know that someone who can endure the hardship of practicing the Boy's Kung Fu must be a rare psychological freak. Naturally, you wouldn't allow anyone to covet your jewels. Someone as petty as you wouldn't even give a penny of your former dynasty's treasures to anyone, even if the real Golden Roc King came to ask you for them. So Shangguan Feiyan is really stupid; she actually believed that someone like you would share your treasures with her."

Huo Xiu coldly said, "That's right, you guessed correctly. The Great Golden Roc King dared to ask me for money; if he doesn't die, who will? Yan Tieshan and Dugu Yihe dared to join forces to try and divide up my wealth; if they don't die, who will?"

He continued, "This wealth originally belonged to me, it's been in my hands, and it's grown day by day. Now they want to share in my success? No way!"

Jiang Fengyue smiled faintly and said, "It's quite remarkable that you thought of hollowing out a mountain to store your treasure. It's just a pity that you'll soon be taking this treasure to your grave."

He pondered for a moment, then said, "No, after you die, I will not leave you any of the treasures here. These things that should not belong to you are not worthy of being taken to your grave."

Huo Xiu's smile vanished, replaced by anger. He could tolerate anyone joking with him, but he absolutely could not stand anyone coveting his treasure.