prynovel Chapter 132 Choice
Chapter 132 Choice
Chapter 132 Choice
The news of Gao Zhenhai's murder spread throughout Gaoliu City before nightfall.
The whole city was in an uproar!
If Gao Zhenlin's previous murder could be considered an accident, then it was a mistake.
But this time, he was killed in the street, witnessed by hundreds of people. The murderer beheaded Gao Zhenhai right before everyone's eyes.
They still had no power to resist!
Although no one knew who the murderer was, they all knew one thing.
The Gao family has gotten themselves into trouble with someone extraordinary!
At this moment, the most terrified were undoubtedly the Gao family members.
Two masters of the Gao family were killed in two consecutive days, and to this day they don't even know who the murderer is or what the other party's identity is.
An overwhelming fear gripped the entire Gaojiabao!
In the past, they were the ones who instilled fear in others, but this time they finally experienced what it felt like to be dominated by fear.
The main hall of the Gao family.
It was the same lobby, but the body on the ground had been replaced by Gao Zhenhai instead of Gao Zhenlin.
It was still set at 18, but the six were not the same as the original wood when the earth was in motion. It turned red and turned into the sea.
At this moment, Gao Zhenhai's head had been stitched back up, but the gruesome wound still sent chills down one's spine.
Besides Gao Zhenshan and his son Gao Peng, there were several other young people in the lobby.
They are all Gao Zhenshan's sons!
These people now constitute the entire core of the Gao family!
"Peng'er, you guessed right. The other party is most likely from the Xuan Yang Sect. Their goal is to use our Gao family as a scapegoat!" Gao Zhenshan said with a gloomy face.
"What? People from the Xuan Yang Sect?"
As soon as Gao Zhenshan finished speaking, his sons turned pale with fright and began to tremble.
"Father, let's run away! We can't afford to offend the Xuan Yang Sect—"
Gao Zhenshan's second son, Gao Yu, shouted.
Let alone the Xuan Yang Sect, even a random steward could easily slaughter the Gao family, leaving no one alive.
Such a colossal creature was simply beyond their ability to resist.
The other sons also pleaded with Gao Zhenshan to let them escape for their lives.
Gao Zhenshan ignored him and instead looked at Gao Peng: "Peng'er, what do you think?"
Gao Peng said dejectedly, "It's no use! Father, haven't you realized it yet? The reason they haven't attacked the Gao family directly isn't because they lack the strength, but because what they want is for us to fight like cornered beasts, to drive us to utter despair!"
Gao Zhenshan's face darkened, and he said coldly, "So what if he's a disciple of the Xuan Yang Sect? No matter how powerful he is, he's still just one person! I don't believe he can grow three heads and six arms!"
After saying that, he beckoned to his remaining sons, "Come here!"
That night, in the early hours of the morning.
The four doors of Gaojiabao were secretly opened a crack.
Gao Zhenshan's four sons changed into servants' clothes, mingled among several servants, and fled towards the four city gates respectively.
Although Gao Zhenshan spoke with a strong voice, he was actually not confident himself.
Therefore, the only solution he could think of was to leave himself an heir!
If any of his four sons escapes, even if he dies, his lineage will not be cut off!
"Master, the four young masters have already left. They should be out of the city by now," the steward reported half an hour later.
Gao Zhenshan breathed a sigh of relief.
He guessed correctly; there were indeed not many people on the other side, and there might even be only one person!
Da da da!
Just then, a series of hurried footsteps sounded.
A guard rushed over, his voice urgent, "Master, something terrible has happened! You—you must come quickly!"
Gao Zhenshan's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately strode outside.
When they arrived at the gate, they saw four bloody heads, neatly arranged side by side, their faces facing the gate.
A long, bloody line was drawn next to it, with the words: "Those who cross the line will die!"
Boom!
Upon seeing the four heads, Gao Zhenshan felt as if struck by lightning. Instantly, a terrifying aura erupted from his body, sweeping out like a tsunami.
"Who are you? Show yourself!"
Gao Zhenshan resembled a raging lion, roaring in anger, with blood-red light emanating from his body.
"What Xuan Yang Sect disciple? You're nothing but a cowardly rat! If you have the guts, come out here!"
The roar tore through the night.
At that moment, almost every household in Gaoliu City heard Gao Zhenshan's furious roar.
However, it was deathly silent outside!
No one showed up at all.
"Father, it's no use!"
Gao Peng came out, his face deathly pale, and said, "We should have known this day would come! This is karma, I guess!"
The Gao family's collusion with the Blood God Cult has been going on for quite some time.
Over the years, countless atrocities have been committed and countless innocent people have been killed in the process of refining the Yin-Yang Pill.
When Gao Peng found out, it was already too late, but he didn't stop it; in fact, he benefited from it.
These things all need to be repaid!
Gao Zhenshan seemed to have aged twenty years in an instant, his body becoming somewhat hunched. He patted Gao Peng on the shoulder, then turned and went back into the house.
After dealing with the heads of his younger brothers, Gao Peng dragged himself back, exhausted.
"————"
As soon as I arrived at the door, I saw that the lights were on inside the house, and I could hear a baby crying.
Gao Peng hurried inside and saw a young woman holding a crying baby and gently coaxing it.
"Was Heng'er woken up?"
Gao Peng leaned forward and touched his son's tender cheek.
"Yes, I was startled by Dad's shout. What happened outside that made Dad so angry?" Gao Peng's wife asked.
"It's nothing." He shook his head. "You and Heng'er should go to bed early later. I'm going to the study to read for a while. Don't wait for me."
He gave his wife a gentle hug, then turned and left.
Once he stepped outside, he could no longer maintain his composure!
The Gao family colluded with the Blood God Cult and committed countless atrocities over the years; they deserved to die!
He can die too!
But his wife is just a woman who only married into the Gao family last year and never gets involved in anything.
His son is only a month old!
What heinous things could they possibly do?
They didn't benefit from it either!
"I can die! But Ah Xing and Heng'er cannot die! I must find a way for them to survive!" Gao Peng thought to himself.
Lost in thought, he entered the study. As soon as he closed the door, he looked up and saw an incredibly handsome man sitting at his desk, holding his beloved copy of "The Customs and Scenery of the Great Yong Dynasty." Upon seeing him enter, the man simply smiled faintly and said, "You've arrived. Have a seat!"
His voice was soft and peaceful, as if he were the owner of the house.
Gao Peng, however, tensed up at that moment, feeling as if he had fallen into an ice cave!
"What—what do you want to do?"
Gao Peng's face was deathly pale, and his voice was trembling.
Chu Xuan looked at him with a half-smile and said, "Don't worry, I'm not that despicable! Besides, if I wanted to harm your wife and children, I wouldn't have waited until now."
Gao Peng finally breathed a sigh of relief, his face grim as he asked, "What do you want to do?"
Although it's the same words, the tone is much more relaxed.
Chu Xuan said calmly, "On my first day in Gaoliu City, I heard that the Gao family has three tigers and one leopard! The three tigers are just brutes!"
That one leap was the key to the Gao family's rise! Why don't you guess why I've come to see you!
As the old saying goes: Of three tiger cubs, one will surely be a monstrous one!
This "biao" is often the weakest of the three, yet the most ferocious and shrewd.
Although the three Gao brothers are all fierce, they can't be called "fierce"! On the contrary, Gao Zhenshan's son, Gao Peng, although he looks like a weak scholar and his martial arts skills are average, is the real smart and resourceful person in the Gao family!
The Gao family's rise against the odds was indeed due to the collusion between the three Gao brothers and the Blood God Sect, a result of their hard work and real efforts.
But the Gao family has remained standing for so long thanks to Gao Peng!
The reason Gaoliu City is still in a three-way balance of power is because Gao Peng has been strongly persuading them. If it were up to the personalities of the three Gao brothers, they would have already swallowed up the other two and dominated the entire Gaoliu City.
The bigger the tree, the more the wind will blow against it!
The Gao family's shady dealings were probably discovered long ago, and the entire family was executed!
"Is there really no chance for my Gao family?" Gao Peng said bitterly.
Chu Xuan said indifferently, "You shouldn't ask me that question, but rather ask those hundreds of innocent people who were killed by your Gao family in order to refine the Yin-Yang Pill! Did your Gao family give them a chance? Even if we don't talk about some vague retribution, your collusion with the Blood God Sect is a major taboo of the Xuan Yang Sect!"
To be honest, the Xuan Yang Sect has already issued a kill order against the Gao family!
Even if I hadn't come, someone else would have! The Gao family's fate was sealed the moment they colluded with the Blood God Cult!
Gao Peng slumped into a chair, dejected. "My wife and children are innocent. Can you spare their lives?"
Chu Xuan said indifferently, "The hundreds of lives killed by your Gao family were innocent! Why won't you give them a way out?"
Gao Peng said bitterly, "I was young then and didn't know any of this. By the time I found out, it was too late! That Blood God Cult member was already dead. If I had another two years, I was confident I could bring the Gao family back to the right path."
"Put down the butcher's knife and you'll instantly become a Buddha? There's no such thing as a free lunch!" Chu Xuan sneered.
He stood up, too lazy to say anything more, and placed a white jade porcelain bottle on the desk.
"You're a smart man, you must have already guessed why I'm here. The Xuan Yang Sect's demand is to kill the Gao family, but if you're not a member of the Gao family, you naturally won't have to die!" Chu Xuan said calmly.
Upon hearing this, Gao Peng's eyes lit up slightly, as if he had grasped something.
Chu Xuan didn't say much, but pointed at the porcelain bottle with his finger: "But there's a condition: you have to satisfy the Xuan Yang Sect first!"
Gao Peng said in a deep voice, "Can I trust you?"
"Do you have any other options?" Chu Xuan asked in return.
Gao Peng was speechless.
Yes, he has no other choice but to believe Chu Xuan now!
When he looked up, he found that Chu Xuan was gone, gone without a trace. If it weren't for the white jade porcelain bottle on the table, he would have thought that what had just happened was a dream.
Gao Peng sat in the chair without moving for the entire night.
It wasn't until the rooster crowed outside that he seemed to snap out of his reverie.
Without further hesitation, he spread out the paper, grabbed a pen, and swiftly wrote down two large characters:
A letter of divorce!