Chapter 704: The Power of a Profligate
"Sh * t! If we don't expose this matter to the heavens, those people won't let Xia Fei continue living, even if he manages to topple Yuhua!" Zanian Feng suddenly thought of something and said in a deep voice.
Everyone was stunned, especially Mu Fuping, whose anxiety was written all over her face. Her pretty face immediately paled.
"Which people? Zanian, what are you talking about? Don't scare me like that! Isn't the truth already out? Why can't Xia Fei escape?! "Lang Shunye was a straightforward person, and he immediately got angry the moment he heard this and loudly questioned Zanian.
Zanian quietly pulled Lang Shunye and Mu Fuping into a quiet room. After making sure that there was no one around, he said, "Things are probably more serious than we thought."
Mu Fuping's face was filled with anxiety, her willowy eyebrows almost knitting together as she nervously asked, "Hurry up and tell us! Just what did you manage to find out?"
Zanian sighed softly and whispered, "Xia Fei's a smart man. Since he has enough evidence to prove his innocence, why did he wait until now to take it out?"
Lang Shunye smirked. "That's simple. He wants to make Yuhua look bad. If he had taken it out earlier, the result wouldn't have been as shocking as it is now."
Zanian lightly shook his head. "That's only one of the reasons. I suspect that Xia Fei has been investigating in secret all this time, hiding some misgivings in his heart. Later on, he realized that if he didn't fight with his life on the line, he'd have no way out. That's why he chose to reveal the evidence today, cutting off all means of retreat and exposing this matter to the heavens. As for Yuhua, he's just a lesson in passing, not Xia Fei's main goal.
"You all saw it for yourselves. This video has been edited, hiding the most crucial culprit. Only one person has shown himself from start to finish, and that's Yuhua! Back on Snake Isle, Xia Fei, Yujiang, Yuguding, and the Divine Beast Green Dawn worked together to fight! You all saw Xia Fei's performance. Though his rank isn't high, his actual combat strength surpasses that of the Law Emperor Yuguding! An enemy that even the four of them couldn't handle, there's no way Yuhua could've done it! "
In the end, Mu Fuping was a smart girl. Lang Shunye's mouth slowly fell open, but Mu Fuping was able to understand many things from Zanian's words.
"You mean to say that these men in black weren't hired by Yuhua, but that there's an even more powerful faction supporting Yuhua?!" Mu Fuping exclaimed in shock.
Zanian Feng nodded heavily, his expression turning darker and darker.
"If it was Yuhua who hired someone to kill Yu Jiang, it would at most be considered an internal conflict within the family. If there's a powerful figure supporting him from behind the scenes, then it would be a shocking conspiracy! Besides, if it were just Yuhua's personal actions, there was no need for Xia Fei to hide it. He could just hand over the evidence to the Law Enforcement Board. How could the mighty Law Enforcement Board possibly cover up for Yuhua? Even if we don't give it to the Law Enforcement Board, Xia Fei just needs to find any one of us, and we can easily help him escape, "Zanian quietly said.
Lang Shunye solemnly said, "That's true. Our Lang family can deal with a mere Yuhua like squashing an ant. If Xia Fei had given me the evidence earlier, this matter would've been settled long ago."
Zanian Feng let out a long sigh. "That's where the mystery lies. He didn't look for anyone but chose to hide, enduring until now. This can only mean one thing."
"What's the problem?" Mu Fuping's voice was already slightly hoarse. It was obvious how anxious she was.
"It can only mean that Yuhua has a backer, and his backer is very powerful! Even the Law Enforcement Board wouldn't dare to touch him! "
Lang Shunye hurriedly waved his hands. "That's too much. There are only a few people in the circle that the Law Enforcement Board wouldn't dare touch, and they're all existences at the level of old monsters, like the one in my family. Of course, the Law Enforcement Board wouldn't be a threat to our ancestor, but why would someone on the same level as our ancestor be backing Yuhua? It's not that I'm looking down on him, but that Yuhua doesn't have the right! "
Zanian did not answer. His eyes wandered as he softly asked, "What if Yuhua's backer really is one of those old monsters?"
Everyone was stunned, and they could not help but fall into deep thought.
Mu Fuping's face was ashen as she sternly said, "If it's as you said, then everything becomes clear. Xia Fei is the person involved, and he knows the background of the other party better than anyone else. Because the other party is an unparalleled bigwig, the first thing Xia Fei did after escaping wasn't to retaliate but to endure. Because the other party is a bigwig, Xia Fei only brought out Yuhua as evidence and did not implicate anyone else. This is to leave that person some face and give himself a chance to live."
Zanian cupped his hands. "Miss Fuping is wise. Just as you said, toppling Yuhua isn't difficult. If Xia Fei wants to live, the key is the attitude of that bigwig behind him."
"That's going to be troublesome. There are indeed a few people in the circle who no one can touch, and as long as those old foxes give the word, I'm afraid that Brother Xia …" Lang Shunye finally understood the severity of the situation and frowned.
Mu Fuping's heart was extremely heavy as she looked to Zanian for help.
His eyes suddenly turned sharp as he hurriedly said, "There's no time to lose. Mu Qianling is an elder of the Mu family, and he's here on behalf of the Law Enforcement Board. Miss Fuping, you need to put some pressure on him and force the Law Enforcement Board to fully participate in this storm. They can't be biased toward any side."
Mu Fuping nodded. "I can do that."
"That's not enough." Zanian looked at Mu Fuping and said, "Can your family's patriarch make a move?"
Mu Fuping was surprised at first, but she firmly said, "Alright. I'll personally go to my grandfather. He should be able to help me.
"If Patriarch Mu Qiyun is willing to make a move, there'll be a twenty percent chance of success. Miss Fuping, please convince the patriarch to personally go to the Law Enforcement Board and put pressure on them. It's best if you can spread the word that Xia Fei is someone the Mu family wants to protect. In any case, the bigger the commotion, the better!
"I'll go home right now and ask my father to make a move. I believe that with the Mu family and our Feng family working together, they'll have some weight," Zanian said as he thought.
"What about me?!" Lang Shunye anxiously asked.
"Don't you have a bunch of brothers? These young masters who run amok in the White Horse Constellation usually only know how to raise fish and stroll their birds. It's about time for them to get down to business. Let them cause as much trouble as they can, making the matter of the Yu family known to everyone. If possible, it's best if they go to the patriarchs of their respective families and talk to them. Even if they're unwilling to step forward, it'll be good enough to give them a little wind first.
"Aside from that, you'll also have to find your seventh uncle. He's one of the vice chiefs of the Law Enforcement Board. You must get him to stand on our side. You'll have to pay a visit to the other members of the Law Enforcement Board that you're familiar with. Also, you'll have to put in some effort with your patriarch."
Lang Shunye's expression was rather ugly. Though he was the eldest grandson in the Lang family, he was not the most obedient or the most promising. The patriarch of the family would often call Lang Shunye over and give him a good beating. Lang Shunye's heart trembled when he heard that he wanted to see his patriarch.
"Alright. At most, I'll just get a few more beatings. I'll go to the patriarch. If he doesn't agree, I'll just hang around with him!"
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There was no time to lose. Zanian instructed everyone on what they needed to do and quickly split up.
It was not easy for this bunch of good-for-nothings to get together and mess around, but Yu Hua had already run off the moment they got the ball rolling. Everyone was still unsatisfied, and after hearing Lang Shunye's instructions, they became even more excited, all of them guessing just what kind of trick was going on that would make Lang Shunye and Zanian so nervous.
The good-for-nothings readily agreed to Lang Shunye's instructions. The leaders of the group discussed among themselves and decided that they might as well start a demonstration to protest the unfairness of the Law Enforcement Board. There was nothing that could make a bigger commotion than this.
Thus, the several hundred scions of the aristocratic families returned to White Horse Constellation, holding up banners and beating drums as they took to the streets. A bunch of good-for-nothings who usually ran amok in the countryside protesting against injustice? How could they even explain this?
More and more people gathered to watch, and even more people who wanted to curry favor with the scions joined the group, using their connections to intimidate others. There were also those who did not know the truth, those who felt aggrieved after hearing about the Yu family's injustice, and so on and so forth.
In less than an hour, more than ten thousand people had gathered, and the grand demonstration began. Videos of the scene and flyers were played, all of them loudly protesting Xia Fei's innocence.
Actually, how could these people know who Xia Fei was? They had never even seen him before!
However, this did not stop the good-for-nothings from using this as an excuse to cause a scene. In any case, they had nothing better to do, so everyone gathered together for the sake of liveliness.
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Feng family, Dragon Ascension Martial Hall headquarters.
Zanian hurriedly walked into the martial hall and knocked on the door to his father's office.
"Come in!"
Zanian lowered his head as he pushed open the door and entered. His attitude was very respectful, not like a son visiting his father but more like a subordinate greeting his superior. There was no helping it. The Feng family's rules were just that strict, and even father and son rarely spoke words of concern.
"Father, Uncle Busey." Zanian bowed. He did not expect Busey to also be in his father's office.
Sneering, Kuzan did not let his son sit, instead saying in a slightly resentful tone, "You were the one who instigated those rascals in White Horse Constellation, weren't you? I thought that you'd learned your lesson after all these years, but I didn't think that you were still a good-for-nothing at heart. "
These words were rather harsh, but Zanian did not refute them, calmly saying, "This matter was caused by me, Lang Shunye, and Miss Fuping of the Mu family. We had our own difficulties."
Busey and Kuzan frowned at the same time. Kuzan asked doubtfully, "Lang Shunye has been your good brother since he was young, but why would Mu Fuping be involved with you two?"
Zanian softly said, "It's for the sake of justice! The future elite of our Dragon Ascension Martial Hall is being treated unfairly, so Zanian naturally has to speak up for him. As for Lang Shunye and Mu Fuping, they're both Xia Fei's friends, so we can't just stand by and watch. "
Zanian's words were very clever, directly raising the issue of the Yu family's tragedy to a major issue of right and wrong.
Kuzan was slightly taken aback. If Zanian had said that he had caused such a huge ruckus because of his personal friendship with Xia Fei, Kuzan would not have been comfortable with it, and he might even have given Zanian a good scolding. However, Zanian was now saying that a future cadet had been treated unfairly, and this was an issue of the Dragon Ascension Martial Hall's reputation. As the master of Dragon Ascension, Kuzan could not afford to be careless.
"Xia Fei again?" Kuzan knitted his brows as he muttered to himself, "Is there really a need for you all to do this?"
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