ebookland Chapter 101 The Yearly Pact
Chapter 101 The Yearly Pact
At Lu Qingshan's command, the soldiers began arresting people.
The Xia family members were ashen-faced, but faced with those guns, they dared not resist or run away.
"Patriarch Xiao, please think of a solution quickly!" Xia Yuanzhi urged Xiao Hongyuan hopefully.
Xiao Hongyuan remained silent with a gloomy face.
The Xiao family is now helpless and can barely protect itself.
"Good luck to you all," Xiao Hongyuan said coldly.
"What? You..." The Xia family members looked at him in disbelief, their expressions filled with anger.
The Xia family's vassals supported the Xiao family for so long, but now that disaster is upon them, the other side is abandoning them?
Only now did the Xia family see the true colors of the Xiao family and begin to regret their actions.
Everyone turned their attention to Xia Liuli.
Now, she is the only one here who can save the Xia family.
"Liuli, say something! Are you really going to watch the entire Xia family be reduced to ashes?!" Xia Yuanzhi cried out in anguish.
“Liuli, the Xia family is on the verge of collapse, how can you turn a blind eye?” He Qin also questioned.
"Yes, you should quickly plead with the Xia family!" The Xia family members all looked at her.
"How interesting. You treated her like that, you've severed ties with her, how dare you ask her to plead for you?" Xiao Chen said sarcastically.
The Xia family members looked grim and dared not refute.
"Are you going to plead for them?" Xiao Chen asked Xia Liuli.
Xia Liuli smiled sadly.
"Since the relationship has been severed, what else is there to say?" she said indifferently.
Xiao Chen smiled.
Even if Xia Liuli pleads for mercy, he will not let the Xia family off the hook.
"Xiao... Xiao Chen, we know we were wrong. Please, for Xia Liuli's sake, let the Xia family go, okay?" Xia Yuanzhi pleaded with Xiao Chen in a low and humble voice.
The Xia family was truly at their wits' end.
Who could have imagined that a jinxed and abandoned child would rise to such prominence, even having the son of a true dragon die at his hands...
It's too late to regret it now.
"Take him away!" Xia Peng waved his hand weakly.
Although he was a staff officer in the provincial garrison, he was completely powerless at this moment and dared not plead for the Xia family.
After the Xia family was arrested, Lu Qingshan's gaze fell on the Xiao family.
"The Xiao family... is truly laughable. They treat a spoiled brat like royalty, while discarding the real dragon like trash. You have only yourself to blame for what you have today," he said sarcastically.
The Xiao family members all remained silent.
However, judging from their expressions, they didn't seem to regret it much.
They harbored more resentment towards Xiao Chen.
"Xiao Chen, don't be so smug! Don't forget, my Xiao family still has a second young lady! The Heavenly King Palace hasn't even really exerted its full power yet!" a member of the Xiao family said indignantly.
Xiao Chen frowned upon hearing this.
Xiao Wushuang, the second young lady of the Xiao family...
She had long since left to develop her career elsewhere, achieving great success and becoming a household name.
She was the person Xiao Chen promoted the most and who achieved the greatest success in the Xiao family.
Now that she has a powerful background, she no longer needs Xiao Chen's help.
She doted on Xiao Yichen the most; if she found out that she had killed him, she would probably go crazy.
"All of the Xiao family's assets have been confiscated, and all those involved have been imprisoned. They will be sentenced according to the proper procedures," Xiao Chen said calmly.
Lu Qingshan nodded in agreement.
"Xiao Chen!!" The Xiao family members trembled with anger, glaring at each other.
With a single sentence, the Xiao family's fortune was completely destroyed.
Xiao Chen remained expressionless as he watched Lu Qingshan's men take all of the Xiao family members away.
"Lock them up for a while, then release them all. I want to see how they manage to survive in Nancheng when they're penniless," he whispered to Lu Qingshan.
"What if someone can't hold on and dies?" Lu Qingshan asked.
Xiao Chen raised an eyebrow, showing no emotion.
"So what if he dies?"
Lu Qingshan was slightly taken aback, but nodded in agreement.
"Now, tell me about this Heavenly King's Palace." Xiao Chen stared sharply at him.
The reason he killed the Yaksha without hesitation was because he felt there was no need to keep him alive.
The people of the Heavenly King's Palace are difficult to interrogate; they can easily commit suicide if one is not careful. Since Lu Qingshan knows the secret, we can just ask him directly.
“This was originally top secret…” Lu Qingshan said in a deep voice, “but it won’t be a secret for long.”
He gestured for Xiao Chen to find a secluded place to talk.
The two entered the Xiao family residence and ordered the underworld guards and soldiers to maintain a strict watch.
“Actually, this matter is related to your teacher…” Lu Qingshan began with this sentence.
Xiao Chen was taken aback upon hearing this.
The teacher has some connection with the Heavenly Kings Temple? He's never mentioned it.
"The Xia Kingdom's high-ranking officials have a ten-year agreement with the Heavenly King Palace. Within ten years, the Heavenly King Palace is not allowed to enter the world and can only hide its power. Now it has been ten years," Lu Qingshan said solemnly.
"This ten-year agreement was won by your teacher..."
"Many years ago, Xia was beset by internal and external troubles. It was surrounded by powerful enemies and had many forces causing chaos. The Heavenly King Palace was the most powerful of them. At that time, the higher-ups were busy fighting against external threats and could not solve the internal problems. The situation was once in chaos."
“The higher-ups sent people to mediate and offered some conditions, but their appetites were too big to be satisfied, and they continued to cause trouble.”
"At the critical moment, it was your teacher who stepped in, quelled the conflict between multiple forces, and even directly attacked the throne in the Heavenly King's Palace, forcing the Heavenly King at the time to sign a pact, thus winning ten years of peace."
Xiao Chen looked surprised upon hearing this.
The teacher personally struck the highest throne in the Heavenly King's Hall, forcing the Heavenly King to bow his head...
That slovenly old man has such a glorious record.
"It is precisely because of your master's achievements that the Underworld Palace was able to become the ruler of the underground world, because it was promoted by those above and was tacitly acknowledged..." Lu Qingshan said meaningfully.
Xiao Chen seemed to be deep in thought.
He originally thought that the military obeyed his orders so readily because of his honor as the "Eastern Emperor," but now it seems that the influence of his teacher's achievements also played a role.
His contribution to stabilizing the country was immense.
“Since then, the Heavenly King Palace has gone into hiding, and the higher-ups have blocked all information about them to minimize their influence. Now that the ten-year period is coming to an end, the Heavenly King Palace has reappeared, and who knows what kind of situation it will cause.” Lu Qingshan said this with a murderous tone.
The military disliked the Hall of Heavenly Kings.
Lu Qingshan stared intently at Xiao Chen.
"Your Majesty, the forces above support you in the struggle between the Underworld and the Heavenly King's Palace..."
Xiao Chen chuckled softly.
He understood that the Xia Kingdom's high command hoped he could resolve the hidden dangers in the Heavenly King's Palace.
But it's possible that it's just verbal support.
Perhaps, it's better to control things after both sides suffer losses.
"Ten years ago, my teacher was able to ascend to the throne of the Heavenly King's Palace. Ten years later, I will surpass my teacher and make the Heavenly King's Palace disappear completely," Xiao Chen said, word by word.