Zhao Qingyun's brutal methods awed the hearts of all the Zhao Clan seniors present. At the same time, a feeling of terror that caused one's hairs to stand on end arose involuntarily, and they couldn't help but move their gazes away. They didn't dare look at the corpses that lay all over the ground, and they didn't dare look at Li Mubai who'd changed beyond recognition.
Yes.
Li Mubai was dead.
He didn't even have time to say his last words before he was shot in the head by Zhao Qingyun. His brain burst and he fell into a pool of blood.
But for some reason, when the Zhao family's biggest enemy, Li Mubai, was eliminated, everyone's mood couldn't relax. Not only did they not relax, but they inexplicably felt a heavy sense of oppression.
Why?
Because of Zhao Qingyun!
Zhao Qingyun, who originally didn't care about the world and accompanied Zhao Siye all day long!
He seemed to have changed!
No, he didn't seem to have changed, he completely changed! He became strange, cruel, and made people's hair stand on end!
He actually blew up Li Mubai's head on the spot. He dared to openly disobey Shen Manjun's orders and kill Li Mubai without listening to her advice!
Even if Li Mubai deserved to die, he was still Shen Manjun's enemy, the Zhao family's enemy. Not his — why did he make the decision to kill Li Mubai?
Everyone gathered around Shen Manjun, who was vomiting non-stop, and took care of the pale Shen Manjun with different expressions. They whispered to each other, but no one dared to say anything openly.
On the other hand, Zhao Qingyun, facing Shen Manjun's embarrassed appearance, he just sat on the sofa without moving, and then a follower retrieved the Zhao family token from Li Mubai's body —
Then, it was handed over to him.
"It's just a token." Zhao Qingyun weighed this rather textured token a few times, and his lips curled into a mocking sneer. Then, his indifferent gaze fell on Li Mubai, who was lying in a pool of blood, and he said indifferently. "Do you think you can command the world with this token? You think you're smart. "
After saying that, Zhao Qingyun threw the token into the trash can in front of everyone's eyes. It immediately aroused the anger of the Zhao family elders.
"Zhao Qingyun, what are you doing!?"
"Are you crazy!?"
"You dare to throw away the Zhao family token?! Are you going to rebel like Li Mubai? "
Perhaps they were afraid of Zhao Qingyun, or perhaps they were frightened by Zhao Qingyun's cruel and cold-blooded methods. The elders of the Zhao Clan, who were already very old, raised their objections one after another, and scolded him harshly. It was as if roaring and anger could offset the fear in their hearts. For a moment, everyone was talking at once, and the scene was a mess.
Faced with the scolding of this group of Zhao Family elders, Zhao Qingyun just raised his wrist to look at the time and said without raising his head, "It's 11: 30 now. If you are not back in half an hour, you will never see your family again. "
Hua!
The crowd was in an uproar. Everyone's faces were ugly to the extreme!
Unable to see his family? What did Zhao Qingyun want to do? What on earth did he do?
"Zhao Qingyun! Don't forget how you got out! Without our support, you are nothing! Don't be ungrateful and burn the bridge after crossing it! "
Zhao Qingyun said expressionlessly, "Twenty-nine minutes left." After a pause, he continued. "I don't mind listening to your curses, but I'm afraid that your family can't wait any longer."
The moment these words were said, the crowd instantly fell silent.
They understood.
They understood that everyone's family had been taken hostage by Zhao Qingyun's people. If they went back now, perhaps it would be as Zhao Qingyun said, they could see their family one last time. If they did not go back, perhaps they would not even be able to see their family one last time!
This Zhao Qingyun … what on earth did he want to do?
Clang!
Shen Manjun, who had just drunk a mouthful of water to rinse her mouth, suddenly smashed the teacup and stood up, shouting, "Zhao Qingyun, what are you doing?"
"Nothing," Zhao Qingyun finally raised his head and said with a smile. "Just doing something I should have done a long time ago."
"Learning from Li Mubai and rebelling?" Shen Manjun asked coldly. Her expression was cold and harsh.
If not for the fact that Xiao Zheng had already predicted that Zhao Qingyun would rebel, if not for the fact that Xiao Zheng had already given her a warning. At this moment, Shen Manjun was probably in despair.
First it was Chen Chong, then it was Li Mubai, and now even the most favored Zhao Qingyun of the Zhao Family was rebelling. Shen Manjun was just a woman, how could she have such a strong endurance?
"Don't make it sound so bad," Zhao Qingyun lit a cigarette and said lightly. "If what I'm doing is called rebelling, then yelling at me, your savior, is that considered rude?"
Hearing this, Shen Manjun's expression changed slightly. "What do you mean?"
"Nothing," Zhao Qingyun said lightly. "I just want to remind you that without me, you would have been hacked to death when you were eighteen."
Shen Manjun's eyes slightly darkened, and she gritted her teeth. "So what? Without my father, would you have lived until today? "
As these words were said, Zhao Qingyun's expression instantly became twisted. He suddenly stood up and shouted coldly, "That's right! Without Zhao Laosi's help, I indeed would not have lived until today! "
His expression was gloomy and savage, as if he would explode at any moment, causing people to shiver.
Zhao Qingyun walked around the sofa and slowly walked toward Shen Manjun and the others gathered together. His gaze was cold and emotionless as he said, "Do you want to know what Zhao Laosi did to me? You definitely don't want to know, because once you know, you will realize that the Zhao Laosi you know is not real. "
Zhao Qingyun lit a cigarette and swept his gaze over everyone, saying word by word, "Back then, I helped Zhao Laosi get rid of a high-ranking official and went far away. Not only did he not give me any help, he even sent assassins to chase me abroad. There were many times when I almost died under his blade. Tell me, what I'm doing now, isn't it only right and proper? "
"Nonsense!" Shen Manjun gritted her teeth. "My father would never do such a thing!"
"He wouldn't?" Zhao Qingyun sneered. "Then you think I'm lying?"
"This is just an excuse for you to rebel!" Shen Manjun said in a deep voice.
"Perhaps," Zhao Qingyun said indifferently. "Making your own daughter believe that you are a cold-blooded beast is indeed not an easy thing."
"You are not allowed to insult my father!" Shen Manjun shouted.
"Then you allow him to kill me?" Zhao Qingyun asked. "Shen Manjun, ask yourself, how much have I done for the Zhao family all these years? How much blood have I lost? If you were me, facing Zhao Laosi's pursuit, what would you do? Compromise? Die with hatred? Or would you be like me, coming back for revenge? "
"The reason why I'm still alive is because I don't want him to get what he wants. I want to come back and tell him — —" Zhao Qingyun extinguished his cigarette and said word by word. "I, Zhao Qingyun, can help him conquer the world, but I can also destroy his world! I, Zhao Qingyun, cannot be beaten to death! "
After saying that, he no longer cared about Shen Manjun's counterattack and coldly glanced at the Zhao family elders, "The matter here has nothing to do with you. If you want to live, then scram. "
The choice had been given.
Whether to choose or not, it was up to the Zhao family elders to decide.
What to do?
Choose to share the burden with Shen Manjun, or go home to reunite with your family?
This was a choice of face and substance. If you chose substance, you would lose face. If you chose face, you would lose your family.
It was difficult to choose, but it had to be chosen.
"I'm sorry, Eldest Miss."
Someone apologized to Shen Manjun and said painfully, "I only had a son when I was forty years old. I want someone to send me off."
After saying that, he left the Zhao family in a sorry state.
Following that, more and more people left the Zhao family, abandoning Shen Manjun who was fighting alone. Only Xiao Zheng — — was still sitting next to Shen Manjun. Like a spectator, he didn't interrupt from beginning to end, and didn't express any opinion.
And at this moment, Zhao Qingyun's gaze also fell on Xiao Zheng's face. He was deep in thought.
"I don't have parents, and I don't have a son. Don't tell me you want me to go home to reunite?" Xiao Zheng asked in an extremely relaxed tone. He didn't seem nervous at all.
"But you have a woman." Zhao Qingyun pursed his lips and said. "You want Lin Huayin to be hurt because of you?"
"You want to deceive me?" Xiao Zheng asked in return.
"Why do you say that?" Zhao Qingyun asked with a serious gaze.
"You don't have that ability," Xiao Zheng said indifferently. "Even if you sent people over, they would have been dismembered by now."
Dismembered?
Zhao Qingyun frowned.
It wasn't strange for Xiao Zheng to say the word dismembered. At least, in Zhao Qingyun's view, whether it was Chen Chong or Li Mubai, they were just a bunch of nobodies. Only Xiao Zheng was the man who could truly ruin her plan.
"You're deceiving me?" Zhao Qingyun repeated Xiao Zheng's words and asked in return.
"Look at me. Do I look like I'm joking?" Xiao Zheng asked with a smile that didn't seem like a smile.
Hearing this, Zhao Qingyun finally fell silent.
He returned to the sofa that belonged to Mister Zhao, silently lit a cigarette, and then silently finished it. He pursed his lips and asked, "When did you find out?"
"The day Mister Zhao was assassinated, I began to suspect you," Xiao Zheng said honestly.
At this point, there was no need for him to hide anything.
"Why not Ye Shiguan?" Zhao Qingyun didn't seem to be in a hurry to carry out the next step of his plan and asked indifferently. "He's the one in Mingzhu who wants Mister Zhao dead the most."
"Do you still remember? I said something here, "Xiao Zheng said indifferently.
"What?" Zhao Qingyun asked indifferently.
"In Mingzhu, and even in this world, no one knows Ye Shiguan better than me. Even Mister Zhao doesn't know him as well as I do. "Xiao Zheng narrowed his eyes. "You're right. Ye Shiguan might be the one who wants Mister Zhao dead the most in this world. But he definitely wouldn't use such a low-level method to assassinate Mister Zhao. Because in his eyes, Mister Zhao will die sooner or later, and he has the ability to kill Mister Zhao. But it won't be an assassination. It will be an open and aboveboard killing. "
"This is the difference between him and you," Xiao Zheng said calmly.
"It seems like you have a high evaluation of him," Zhao Qingyun didn't deny certain facts and said indifferently.
"I've always been fair," Xiao Zheng said. "I hate him, but it won't affect my judgment of him."
"But so what?" Zhao Qingyun's face suddenly darkened as he said word by word. "So what if you already knew? Do you still have a chance to turn the tables? Or, do you think you have a way to kill all of us with your bare hands? "
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