"Master, I really just wanted to go out for a stroll. It has nothing to do with the Fourth Elder!" Ah Yu hurriedly argued.
"Haha, stop quibbling. The Fourth Elder just came back with the Master and you suddenly went out. How can there be such a coincidence? Moreover, you look so flustered!" The Third Elder said coldly.
"It's true, Third Elder. I really just wanted to go out for a stroll!" Ah Yu continued to argue.
"Ah Yu, if you don't tell the truth, I will ask the Third Elder to cut off one of your ears!" The Master of the Lu Family said coldly.
Obviously, he was extremely suspicious of Ah Yu.
Upon hearing this, Ah Yu's body visibly trembled.
"Why, Ah Yu, you still don't want to tell the truth? In that case, I can only cut off one of your ears … If you don't tell the truth, I will cut off your other ear!" The Third Elder sneered.
As he spoke, he took out a dagger that shone with a cold light.
In the next moment, his dagger suddenly slashed towards Ah Yu's ear.
Ah Yu hurriedly tilted his head, but he realized that the Third Elder's dagger still slashed past his left ear.
"Ah …"
In the next moment, Ah Yu let out a blood-curdling scream. His left ear had been cut off by the Third Elder.
Ah Yu almost fainted from the pain.
At this moment, the Third Elder said again, "Ah Yu, tell the truth, or else I will cut off your right ear!"
As he spoke, he raised the dagger in his hand again.
At this moment, how could Ah Yu still hold on? He knew that if he didn't agree, the Third Elder's dagger would definitely cut off his right ear as well.
At this moment, he could only plead, "I will tell the truth, I will tell the truth …"
"That's right. If you had done this earlier, you wouldn't have to suffer so much." A trace of a proud expression appeared on the Third Elder's face.
"Hurry up and tell the truth. If you tell the truth, not only will I not punish you, but I will also reward you!" At this moment, the Master of the Lu Family said again.
Ah Yu could only say, "The Fourth Elder asked me to go over immediately after he returned, and then he asked me to leave the Lu Clan and go to the Spirit Calming Pill Shop, find Elder Guo Ying there, and tell him that the Shi Clan has joined forces with the Lu Clan, and we will go deal with the Guo Clan tomorrow afternoon."
After hearing Ah Yu's words, the Lu Clan's Patriarch was enraged. He waved his hand and smashed a chair on the right.
"Damn you, Fourth Elder! How dare you collude with the Guo Family when I treated you like this!" Lu Family's Patriarch bellowed.
"Patriarch, I suggest that we immediately capture the Fourth Elder, so that he doesn't send more people out!" The Third Elder hurriedly suggested.
Suppressing the anger in his heart, the Lu Clan's Patriarch nodded. "That's a good suggestion. Third Elder, please call the Great Elder over. We'll head to the Fourth Elder's place immediately!"
"Yes!" The Third Elder hurriedly went to look for the First Elder.
At that moment, someone had just come to find him at the Fourth Elder's place. This person was none other than Lu Jing.
"Elder Lu Jing, what's the matter? Why are you in such a hurry? Could it be that Young Master Lin has something to say? "Seeing Lu Jing's hurried appearance, the Fourth Elder hurriedly asked.
Lu Jing said straightforwardly. "Fourth Elder, when I was outside, I saw your trusted aide Ah Yu being stopped by the Third Elder. After that, the Third Elder even brought him back to our Lu Family!"
Lu Jing didn't know what happened, but since the Third Elder did this, it was very likely that the Fourth Elder was suspected. Thus, he hurriedly ran to the Fourth Elder's place to tell him what happened.
When he was outside just now, he indeed happened to see the Third Elder stopping Ah Yu. As he was far away, the Third Elder didn't notice him.
"There's actually such a thing!" Hearing Lu Jing's words, the Fourth Elder's expression naturally changed.
Then, he explained, "Previously, the Family Head and a few other elders went to the Shi Family to discuss the matter of joining forces to deal with the Guo Family. In the end, the two Family Heads came to an agreement and decided to make a move tomorrow afternoon. I knew that I had to immediately inform the Young Master of this matter, so when I returned, I instructed Ah Yu to inform the Young Master of this news. Who would have thought that something like this would actually happen."
"Since that's the case, then Fourth Elder, you should quickly leave the Lu Family. Otherwise, it will be troublesome when the Family Head brings people over!" Lu Jing hurriedly said.
"That's right." The Fourth Elder nodded. However, he soon furrowed his brows. He could leave immediately, but the problem was that his family was still in the Lu Family. Once he left, his family would definitely suffer.
Thus, for a moment, he was stunned on the spot.
"Fourth Elder, what's wrong? You should quickly leave!" Lu Jing hurriedly said.
The Fourth Elder, who recovered from his shock, couldn't help but smile bitterly. "My family is still in the Lu Family. How would I dare to leave?"
"That's true." Hearing the Fourth Elder's words, Lu Jing also remembered this point.
"Elder Lu Jing, you should quickly leave and tell the Young Master about this matter. Let him be on guard … I'll stay here and wait for the Family Head to come and catch me," the Fourth Elder said.
"Alright then," Lu Jing said helplessly.
He knew that he couldn't stay any longer. Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to leave later. Thus, he hurriedly left the place.
As expected, as soon as he left, the Lu Family Head brought a group of people to attack the Fourth Elder's place.
Seeing this situation, Lu Jing quickened his footsteps and headed in the direction of the medicine shop.
Seeing the Lu Family Head and his group rushing in aggressively, the Fourth Elder hurriedly asked with a puzzled expression, "Family Head, what happened?"
If he didn't do this, it would definitely be exposed that he already knew about this matter.
Naturally, this was to buy time for Linlong.
"Haha, Fourth Elder, you still have the cheek to say such words? Get your subordinates to inform the Guo Family that we already know about our alliance with the Shi Family!" The Third Elder, who was walking beside the Lu Family Head, said coldly.
At the same time, he pulled Ah Yu, who was caught by them, in front of him.
It can't be, the Fourth Elder actually informed the Guo Family! Hearing the Third Elder's words, the people who followed him were naturally shocked.
They had rushed over just now, and the Lu Family Head and the Third Elder did not tell them what exactly happened.
"Family Head, Third Elder, I don't know what you're talking about." The Fourth Elder pretended to be confused.
"Haha, you're still trying to quibble at this time!" The Lu Family Head sneered, then shouted at Ah Yu, "Ah Yu, tell us the truth!"
Ah Yu, who had already lost one of his ears, could only answer honestly, "The Fourth Elder just returned and asked me to go to the Spirit Calming Pill Medicine Shop. He asked me to inform Guo Ying that the Lu Family and the Shi Family are working together to deal with the Guo Family tomorrow afternoon."
"I didn't expect the Fourth Elder to do such a thing!"
"The Lu Family has always treated you well, and the Family Head even treats you as a confidant. Why did you betray the Lu Family!"
…
In an instant, the crowd couldn't help but look at the Fourth Elder and criticize him.
The Lu Family Head looked at the crowd and pressed his hands down. When the crowd quietened down, he looked at the Fourth Elder and said coldly, "Fourth Elder, they are right. The Lu Family and I have always treated you well, so why did you betray the Lu Family?"
At this time, the Fourth Elder naturally knew that quibbling was useless, so he said indifferently, "That's right, I did intend to let Ah Yu inform Guo Ying."
Hearing the confirmation, the Lu Family Head was even more furious. He said again, "Fourth Elder, why did you do this?"
"Nothing much, it's just because I submitted to someone," the Fourth Elder said indifferently.
"Submitted to someone?" The surrounding people were naturally shocked.
"Who was it that made you betray the Lu Family?" Soon after, someone asked.
"That person is actually the person behind the Guo Family. Because of him, Guo Haiyun was able to take over the Family Head position from Guo Shan. Because of him, the Guo Family was able to form a relationship with a medicine shop like this," the Fourth Elder said.
"Oh, who exactly is he?" The Lu Family Head pressed.
"This, I can't tell you." The Fourth Elder shook his head and said, "The reason why I told you this is to let you know that submitting to that person is the right way!"
"The right way? Hehe, Fourth Elder, you betrayed our Lu Family just because of this! "Someone couldn't help but sneer.
Someone even shouted, "Submit to that person? Dream on! "
"Fourth Elder, do you want us to make a move, or do you want to surrender yourself?" The Lu Family Head asked.
The Fourth Elder didn't answer and directly took his spatial ring and rune sword.
"Take him down!" The Lu Family Head shouted.
In the next moment, two people walked towards the Fourth Elder and directly tied his hands and feet.
"Family Head, hand the Fourth Elder over to me. I can make him spit out all the secrets in his heart!" The Third Elder said.
"Alright," The Lu Family Head agreed without hesitation.
Soon after, the Third Elder brought the Fourth Elder away and tried his best to torture him, hoping to force out the secrets behind the Fourth Elder.
On the other side, Lu Jing had already seen Lin Long.
"En, Lu Jing, what's the matter?" Seeing Lu Jing's anxious appearance, Lin Long asked directly.
"Young Master, the Shi Family has already joined forces with the Lu Family and is scheduled to deal with the Guo Family tomorrow afternoon!" Lu Jing said directly.
"Oh, there's actually such a thing?" Lin Long frowned. He had some understanding of the three family heads of Ding Xi City, but he didn't expect the Shi Family to join forces with the Lu Family so easily.
"It seems like the rise of the Guo Family has threatened them," Guo Ying said.
Lu Jing continued, "This news was known by the Fourth Elder because he went to the Shi Family with the Lu Family Head and others to negotiate with the Shi Family. After returning, he sent his subordinate to report the news, but he didn't expect the Lu Family's Third Elder to find out and capture him. I discovered that the Fourth Elder's subordinate was captured along the way, so I went to understand the situation from the Fourth Elder. After learning about this, I immediately came to report to you."
"En, according to what you said, isn't the Fourth Elder suspected? Then why didn't he come with you?" Guo Ying asked doubtfully.
"The Fourth Elder wanted to come, but his family is still in the Lu Family. In the end, he could only stay in the Lu Family," Lu Jing said.
"Is that so!" Hearing his words, Lin Long and the others couldn't help but frown.
They naturally knew that the Fourth Elder would definitely be captured if he stayed in the Lu Family and would definitely be tortured by the Lu Family.
"Young Master, let's put the Fourth Elder's matter aside for now. We should first think of a way to deal with the Shi Family and Lu Family's alliance," Guo Ying hurriedly said.
"En." Lin Long nodded.
He still knew the severity of the matter.
"Gather everyone together to discuss a countermeasure," Lin Long immediately said to Guo Ying.
"Yes!" After responding, Guo Ying hurriedly went out.
Very quickly, Guo Ying called all the important people over.
Other than those who had pledged their allegiance to Lin Long, most of them were the Guo Family's elders. Because of their relationship with Guo Haiyun, they naturally had to listen to Lin Long's orders.
After explaining the situation to these people, everyone frowned. Although their current strength was stronger than the Lu Family and the Shi Family, if the two families joined forces, they wouldn't be a match for them.
Because of this, Lin Long called them over to discuss a countermeasure.
"How about this, we let our Guo Family's people stay with Elder Lu Jing, and then let the Shi Family notice that we are actually working together with the Lu Family. Let them believe it and go back to tell the Shi Family's Patriarch. When that happens, the Shi Family's Patriarch will definitely have scruples about working together with the Lu Family. That way, we can directly solve the problem," Elder Zhu suggested.
"That won't work." Lin Long shook his head. "Elder Lu Jing's influence is too small, and he didn't even go with the Lu Family's Patriarch to negotiate with the Shi Family's Patriarch. The Shi Family's Patriarch probably won't believe it, and might even expose Elder Lu Jing's identity."
After a slight pause, Lin Long continued, "Of course, it'll be different if the Fourth Elder is here. If he and Elder Lu Jing are here, the Shi Family will definitely be suspicious."
Hearing Lin Long's words, everyone nodded their heads, and some even sighed. "It's a pity that the Fourth Elder has already been exposed and captured."
Following that, the crowd suggested other methods, but they were all rejected because they were not feasible.
After a round of discussion, Lin Long said directly, "Since there's no other way, we can only deal with one of the families first!"
This was the best solution. He couldn't just sit around and wait for the two families to join forces to deal with them.
Hearing this, the eyes of an elder from the Guo Family lit up, and he immediately said, "Young Master, I received news that the Shi Family's Patriarch isn't in the Shi Family tonight. We can definitely use this opportunity to deal with him."
"It's indeed a good opportunity." Lin Long's eyes also lit up, and he immediately said, "Go confirm the news immediately, and find out where the Shi Family's Patriarch is tonight!"
If the Shi Family's Patriarch wasn't in the Shi Family, it would naturally be easy to deal with.
The elder responded and quickly went to investigate. He came back half an hour later.
Once he returned, he immediately said, "Young Master, the Shi Family's Patriarch is indeed not in the Shi Family tonight!"
"Oh, then where is he?" The crowd hurriedly asked.
"He's in the Crouching Dragon Mountain Manor outside the city!" The elder replied.
"Crouching Dragon Mountain Manor? What kind of place is that? "Lin Long was puzzled.
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