novelonline Chapter 1439 Big 4
Chapter 1439 Big 4
"Did everyone outside see it just now?"
Gongsun Xin closed the window, looking somewhat nonchalant.
He was not surprised by this result. It could only be said that Shi Guanyin was seeking death.
Gongsun Mei was naturally not as calm as the other party. She witnessed with her own eyes that Bi Xiuxin was like a mad woman, attacking Shi Guanyin directly in this imperial city. After that, when she was outmatched in fighting power, accidents happened frequently.
For example, an arrow suddenly shot out from nowhere, or a strong man secretly cast an illusion and interrupted Shi Guanyin before she could use a killing move.
As the patriarch of the Yunyue Shi family, his original foundation was not very good, but with the accumulation of existing resources and his passing qualifications, Shi Guanyin has reached the level of just breaking through the Dharma Realm.
But Bi Xiuxin still felt that the sky was perfect.
But as a result, due to various accidents, Bi Xiuxin, who was in perfect celestial form, suppressed Shi Guanyin, who was in the Dharma Realm.
Until Shi Zhixuan, who had just arrived at the scene, took action personally.
As a result, the patriarch of one of the eight great families was killed on this prosperous central street.
What shocked Gongsun Mei even more was that the post-battle cleanup was incredibly fast. Even when he stepped into the Zuixian Tower in a daze, pedestrians began to come and go on the street outside. The previous loud battle was just like a fleeting firework.
One has to know that the deceased was the patriarch of one of the eight great families. For Gongsun Mei, a member of the Gongsun family who had set his goal to join one of the eight great families since childhood, he felt an increasingly indescribable emotion accumulating in his heart.
“But, he died just like that. Even though the one who made the final move was the guy from the Ghost Market.” Gongsun Mei hesitated to speak.
Gongsun Xin spoke frankly.
"Of course, it wasn't just Mr. A'er who wanted her dead. The other six families also took action, some notified Bi Xiuxin, some solidified past evidence, some persuaded the elders of the Yunyue Shi family, some restored order in the city, and some showed their sincerity to Mr. A'er.
One by one, one by one,
There are many powerful people in this city who can threaten Shi Guanyin. The important thing is to let her die a worthy death.
Obviously, this is her end."
"This is a worthy death. I'm afraid it's worse than a stray dog on the side of the road."
Gongsun Mei didn't know why he subconsciously described Shi Guanyin in this way. It might be because he had seen Shi Guanyin from afar some time ago when he had just become one of the four great detectives of the Six Gates. The other party had a graceful demeanor and didn't even look at them, his lackeys.
That kind of superiority, as if he had all the power in his hands, made Gongsun Mei, also a woman, jealous and admired him.
But today, she silently witnessed the entire process of his death, especially the final act of casually stuffing his body into a sack. She felt that after this layer of filter was broken, his death looked like that of a wild dog.
"Let's not talk about her. What are your plans recently?" Gongsun Xin looked at Gongsun Mei. He naturally knew his strong-willed daughter very well.
He has fully learned from his father's experience of failure and is extremely concerned about the next generation. Apart from Gongsun Mei, the most outstanding one among them is his eldest son Gongsun Shuo, who has now taken over many affairs in the family.
And after the Gongsun family rose to the top of the eight ranks, their family also began to lay out the northeastern provincial capital.
After all, one town per state is a tradition, and the northeastern provincial capital abandoned by the Fang family will need them to spend some energy and time to revitalize the state's economy after several invasions by northern barbarians.
Gongsun Shuo invested more in [Knife Maniac and Sword Crazy] because of the friendship he had with the players in the early days. Later, as the other party became the governor of Northeast Province, it opened up a good situation for his Gongsun family.
Compared with his eldest son who had achieved a lot, Gongsun Mei's performance could only be said to have been slapped in the face by the tide of the times.
Her original plan was to emerge from the Daxuan Dynasty, because Gongsun Mei knew very well that compared with her elder brother, she did not get much support in the family, so she opened up a new track, and when she came into contact with Xue Yan, she listed out the plan guidelines one, two, three, four, and five.
Afterwards, its execution was very strong and the plan was completed very smoothly.
From an ordinary black-robed constable, he rose to become a famous constable in the Six Gates branch of a region, and then became a candidate for the Four Great Constables. Then, within a year, he became one of the Four Great Constables.
Her experience is nothing short of legendary. Her promotion was like riding a rocket, and it was also because she caught the right time.
After all, during this year, two chief detectives died, and the number of divine detectives who died totaled four, and they were all famous figures. At the same time, the power of the Six Gates was squeezed out by the East Factory and the West Factory successively, so that it gradually declined.
Otherwise, among the six sects that were not targeted, even if they were arranged to be the ones with connections, Gongsun Mei would not be able to get the position.
Of course, she was able to take the position of the chief detective in the end because she was lucky enough to have connections.
That is, after the post of chief detective was assigned to Nie Yunhua, one of the original four great detectives, the other party decided to join Qin Fan, who was the King of Zhennan at the time, and therefore continued to place people from the Ghost Market in the Six Gates.
Gongsun Mei was a member of a good family, and he had gained enough merits with the help of his family and his own means, so he successfully ascended to this position at a special time.
Seeing that he had reached the top of his career, Gongsun Mei prepared plans six, seven, eight, nine, and ten.
The next step was to take control of the Six Gates and make it a department under the Ghost Market. However, when there was considerable progress in this regard, the Great Xuan Dynasty invested
This was a result that she could never have imagined even if she killed herself.
After all, Shi Guanyin was high and mighty in his eyes, and compared with the entire Great Xuan Dynasty, the Yunyue Shi Clan was only of average level. However, such a behemoth withdrew from this world at a speed that even he could not have expected.
And secretly and nominally it has become one of the affiliated forces of Ghost Market.
When she recalled her efforts over the past year, she couldn't help but feel that everything she had done was meaningless.
At the same time, after the Great Xuan Dynasty evacuated to the Xianyun Realm, some reform plans that had been prepared long ago began to be implemented. The first was to cut the Six Gates from top to bottom. After all, this department had been infiltrated like a sieve, which was an extremely clear thing in the eyes of those discerning people in the court.
I didn't take any action before because I had many concerns.
Consider the situation, consider the ghost market, consider Qin Fan, and consider each other.
Now there is no need to keep this department in the way, and its original powers and responsibilities have been officially taken over by the Western Factory. It is possible that according to the subsequent development in the Xianyun world, a similar department will be established by directly employing local people.
This also made Gongsun Mei return to the family in a cowardly manner.
At this moment, she was still a little dazed when she heard her father's question.
"Plan. I. I don't know."
She is actually a very opinionated person, but with the changing times, too many of her ideas cannot adapt to the changes. For example, now she doesn't even have a specific concept of how powerful the Immortal Realm is.
It also includes the current positioning of the Gongsun family and even the future development direction of the Ghost Market.
Without a helmsman to give a specific direction forward, she would be in vain if she jumped into what she thought was the next step.
"In this case, go back to your family and think about it carefully."
"Yes."
Gongsun Mei nodded and was about to leave, but after taking a few steps, she suddenly turned around and smiled.
“Perhaps my efforts over the past year or so are not worth mentioning, but my father and the entire clan have now gotten what they wanted. The fact that the Shi clan leader died so tragically and hastily is proof of the strength of the eight great families as a whole.
Fortunately, I, Gongsun, am one of them.
The daughter would like to congratulate her father.”
Gongsun Xin smiled and waved at him, and Gongsun Mei then retreated. When he closed the door of the box again, Gongsun Xin, who was inside the box, had lost his smile.
"The power of the eight great families, haha"
He laughed at himself for no apparent reason.
Looking at the death of Shi Guanyin, it seems that it was a joint plan of the six major families, but before they can act, they still need the approval of the Ghost Market, especially Shi Zhixuan, who was supposed to be a child of a noble family like him, but now his new identity has already transcended this constraint.
Only after Mr. A'er agreed to their plan did the six great families finally take action. They were busy as hell, just to get a nod from the other party to end this feud.
In fact, before, even a noble family didn’t have to worry about Shi Zhixuan’s attitude.
Although the five stewards of Ghost Market (Liu Lisha has quietly taken over) have extraordinary status, the powers and duties they are responsible for are all targeted, and it is impossible to hinder them in major matters because of a little selfishness.
As for small matters, with the background and means of a noble family, they are not afraid of these small actions.
But now everything has changed.
The formation of the Mountain and Sea Realm Alliance has allowed Dao Domain, Buddha Land, Northern Border Palace and the Great Xuan Dynasty to all move to the lower position of the absolute center of the Forget-Your-Worry Ghost Market. Compared with them, the once glorious eight great families are even lower.
At the same time, before today’s alliance meeting, two more strong men in Ghost City broke through to the Immortal Realm one after another.
As the patriarch of one of the eight great families, Gongsun Xin still has some understanding in this regard. Let's put it this way, if there is one more immortal in his Gongsun family, he would dare to point at Yuhuangtian's nose and question how the other party had dared to condone and push for his entire family to be driven out of the imperial city!
And once this immortal strongman comes from any of the four major forces under the Ghost Market, they dare to speak louder at this alliance meeting.
But the actual situation is that the already powerful ghost market has become even more inhumane.
This made Gongsun Xin recall once again the sincere and heart-wrenching inquiry that Hua Manlou had asked before he left.
"Don't I know that integrating Gongsun into the Ghost Market can actually bring better development to the family? But there are too many short-sighted fools! Too many!"
Gongsun Xin crushed a teacup on the table with one hand.
It's true that the eight great families are the obsession of Gongsun. When he first received the invitations from the other seven families, he indeed couldn't control his emotions, because this recognition made him burst into tears.
But this is not what he really wants to see.
In other words, he did not have a clear criterion for judgment in his mind. Instead, the old guys in the clan felt that the time was right and began to make some small moves covertly.
And he didn't stop.
However, he never expected that this choice had been made for him by Qin Fan first. After arranging him into the eight sequences, the little friendship they had formed in times of crisis might only give him one last chance to request it.
"Hey"
Inside the box, as the door opened, only a sigh echoed inside.
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The time to postpone the start of the meeting has quietly arrived.
Outside the Imperial Palace.
The four major forces under the Ghost Market are allowed to send three people as main representatives, and then only one person from the eight major families is qualified to enter the palace.
Originally, there should have been a place for Fan Wanqian here, but now he has been helping Qin Fan run the auction, and the fate attributes that he is going to auction off will definitely require some publicity means. On the other hand, he also has to help Liu Lisha take over the position of president of Tongtian Chamber of Commerce.
He is such a person that he wishes he could be broken into two halves, so he won't join in the fun of such a big occasion.
Outside the palace gate, representatives from three of the four major forces met here first.
Of course, it is impossible for the three parties to meet by such coincidence.
It was just that one party was wandering outside the palace gate first, and then the other two parties arrived one after another and started chatting.
"Greetings, Your Majesty, Hall Master." As an old acquaintance, Xiaoyaozi was very polite to Yuhuangtian, and by the way, he also gave Yu Hengyuan some credit.
Jiang Qing behind him seemed a little aloof.
As for Ning Xiaoyao, who was supposed to represent the younger generation of Dao Realm, he felt that there must be something fishy about this meeting, so after careful consideration, he decisively refused.
The other seven saints were influenced by Ning Xiaoyao's previous theory, and they had no right to interrupt in such a scene and could only serve as a background board. Therefore, their master Zhang Sanfeng took over in the end.
He stood behind Xiaoyaozi and bowed to Yu Hengyuan, Yuhuangtian and Wang Xianzhi.
Then his eyes began to look at the representative of the Buddha's Land of Desire who was coming from behind.
Black Tathagata, Zhishan and Mara.
Especially the last one, he couldn't restrain his malice and murderous intent. When his eyes looked at other people, it made people feel like a knife was circling around their neck.
"Amitabha, I am honored to receive you all."
In the end, it was Black Tathagata who stepped forward to resolve the slightly stalemate.
And Zhishan's words livened up the atmosphere again.
"You're not going in, are you here to communicate? You don't think we can have a say if we unite."
"Isn't the Desire Realm Sect Leader's heart a bit too dark? Is he setting a thorn in my side?" Yu Huangtian immediately responded, "You know, a brainless idiot just died not long ago. She didn't know the meaning of the Immortal Realm. Among you and me, there shouldn't be anyone who knows nothing about this, right?"
"That you"
"I didn't see the fourth family appear in the city before, so I was thinking of waiting outside the palace. I have some questions to ask about my second uncle's situation."
Jade Emperor shrugged and gave his explanation.
Yu Hengyuan, who was standing beside him without saying a word, took the lead and walked towards the hall.
With a creaking sound, he slowly pushed open the heavy palace door. (End of this chapter)