My wife is a reborn big boss

Chapter 137 Victory over Snow

Qizhou City is the capital of Qizhou and also the most prosperous city in Qizhou.

However, not every part of even the most bustling city is beautiful.

Wuyi Lane is such a place.

Wuyi Lane was just an ordinary lane. The people living there were neither extremely wealthy nor destitute.

In this ordinary alley, there is an ordinary little tavern.

One day, a man came into the tavern.

This man had a weathered, old face and carried a wooden sword on his back.

He entered the tavern, greeted the innkeeper, and walked into a room with practiced ease.

"Brother Chen." "Brother Chen is here." "Brother Han."

The four people who were drinking in the room stood up and greeted the newcomer with smiles.

"Just call me Murong Shengxue, I've gotten used to it over the years." The newcomer smiled and invited everyone to sit down.

"Brother Shengxue, Wu Qiong, whom you mentioned, has already risen to tenth place on the Human Ranking. I heard he's also going to the Taiqing Sect's Grand Competition this time!" a young man of ordinary appearance said excitedly.

Although he has an ordinary appearance, his bright eyes reveal that he is actually a lively and active person.

"Brother Wu is a celestial being, so it's only natural that he has achieved such success. To be honest, I even think his ranking is too low," Murong Shengxue said with a smile, taking a sip of wine.

"Of course! Last time they... even though our Senluo Palace sent several Xiantian experts, they still couldn't kill him! It's said that his relationship with the newly enthroned Empress of the Great Zhou Dynasty is also quite special!" The young man's face was full of admiration.

Sitting opposite him, the usually taciturn young man spoke up: "I heard that the reason why the Senluo Palace sent people to kill him was because he had a close relationship with Li Jianshi of the Xuantian Sect. Li Jianshi killed Long Aotian, and the Palace Master did not dare to offend the Xuantian Sect, so he took his anger out on him."

Another person chimed in, "And then there's our... cough, Tingyu Pavilion also sent people. Rumors in the martial world say that Young Hero Wu is the mistress of Su Mubai, the young master of the Evil Extreme Sect. That Su witch killed Ye Liangchen of the Ye family, so they didn't dare provoke the Evil Extreme Sect and had no choice but to target Young Hero Wu. But unexpectedly, over a dozen innate masters from both families all perished. Our hall master said that the Evil Extreme Sect's leader was also present at the time and thus intervened to eliminate them."

The last man downed a cup of wine and sighed, "Ah, a green robe, a sword in hand, a beautiful woman by my side, living a carefree life in the martial world—what an enviable life! Unlike us..."

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Upon hearing this, the group fell silent.

"Alright, let's not talk about these unpleasant things anymore." Seeing this, Murong Shengxue changed the subject: "What news has been coming from each hall lately?"

"The same as always." The bright-eyed young man shrugged. "Fighting and killing, disciples scheming against each other, and suspicion between different halls. It's not much different from before."

"It's about the same on my end," the indifferent young man said. "But speaking of things, there is one."

Seeing that their attention had been drawn, he continued, "Recently, all of Senluo Hall's strongholds in Ningzhou were completely ransacked, and not a single disciple stationed there survived. The hall master ordered us to investigate, but after searching for a long time, we still couldn't find out who did it."

"I know about this too," another person laughed. "Yesterday, the hall master came back in a rage, scolding your hall master for being incompetent. He said that if we just push this kind of thing onto Tingyu Pavilion, it'll be over. Anyway, the two factions have been fighting for so long."

Thinking of something, he asked Murong Shengxue curiously, "Brother Shengxue, you're the Palace Master's son-in-law, what news have you received?"

"It shouldn't have been Tingyu Pavilion's doing, at least I didn't receive any news from Elder Liu." Murong Shengxue frowned slightly: "It is said that the Palace Master summoned the hall masters to discuss this matter, and Yunying was also called away, which is why I had the opportunity to come out."

"Alas... Brother Shengxue and Senior Sister Ye were a perfect match back then. It's hateful that Lin Feng was jealous of Brother Shengxue and had his father send Senior Brother to Senluo Palace as a spy. Senior Sister Ye thought that Senior Brother had met with misfortune and cried every day. I don't know how he is now." The lively young man said bitterly.

"It's all my fault that I harmed my junior brothers. You were sent by that person to suffer with me because you stood up for me," Murong Shengxue said bitterly.

"Shengxue, no, Brother Chen, this was all of our own free will," the aloof young man said seriously.

"Yeah," another person comforted him, "Although the Senluo Palace isn't all that great, at least we don't have to put up with the Lin family's wrath. It's just that Brother Shengxue sacrificed too much..."

Murong Shengxue said nonchalantly, "What is there to sacrifice? Although I am disfigured, I have gained the Palace Master's trust because I saved Yunying. Besides, Yunying is very good to me."

The group then stopped talking about the matter and started chatting about interesting stories from the martial arts world.

Half an hour later, the agile young man put down his wine cup and said to Murong Shengxue, "Brother Shengxue, I have to go back first. The hall master asked me to go see him this morning, but I don't know what it's about."

"Wait, our sect leader also told me to go see him later. Let's go back together." The indifferent-faced young man also stood up.

"What a coincidence, me too." "Looks like we're all in the same boat."

The remaining two also stood up.

"Brother Shengxue, let's go back now."

"Okay, remember to come and talk to me if anything comes up." Murong Shengxue nodded.

"it is good."

After watching the others leave, Murong Shengxue silently drank her wine alone.

About half an hour later.

"Strange." He frowned slightly. "It's the agreed time, why hasn't the Sixth Elder arrived yet?"

"Never mind, it's getting late, we should head back."

He stood up and went outside.

An hour later, somewhere in the Senluo Palace.

"Young Master is back. Miss is waiting for you." Seeing Murong Shengxue return, the maid Xiaoyu pointed into the room and whispered, "Miss is not in a good mood. Young Master, please talk to her nicely."

"Thank you, Xiaoyu." Murong Shengxue smiled and thanked her, then took a deep breath and pushed open the door to enter the house.

"Where have you been?" Long Yunying asked from the chair.

Her eyes were sharp, and her sword-like eyebrows added a touch of heroism to her beautiful face, exuding an air of authority with every glance.

"It's nothing, I just had some drinks with a few friends." Murong Shengxue was unwilling to elaborate.

Long Yunying stared at him intently, then lowered her eyes slightly and said softly, "Remember, you've been here all afternoon and haven't gone anywhere."

"What's wrong?" Murong Shengxue paused slightly, then asked casually.

"It's nothing." Long Yunying stood up, no longer looking at him. "Father has summoned all the major halls for a meeting. You'll come with me."

Murong Shengxue frowned and followed her out.

"Ying'er is here." The middle-aged man sitting in the main seat of the hall said with a smile.

Although the Lord of the Senluo Palace, Long Aoyu, had a gloomy and cold expression, his expression turned surprisingly loving when he saw his daughter enter.

"Yes, Father." Long Yunying nodded and sat down to his side, with Murong Shengxue sitting behind her.

"Master, what brings you here?" asked one of the hall masters.

"It's nothing major." Long Aoyu said leisurely with a playful expression, "I just received news and arrested a few traitors."

He laughed and said, "Bring it up."

Several guards dragged in four blood-covered figures.

Murong Shengxue's heart clenched. The four traitors in front of him, tortured beyond recognition, were the same four people who had been drinking with him not long ago!