Grief!
Gao Xiong, who'd just experienced the pain of losing his son, hadn't slept at all. In order to calm his emotions, he'd meditated in the courtyard all night.
Gao Xiong sat cross-legged on the ground like an old monk in meditation. Even his breathing was faintly discernible.
Suddenly, his ears twitched, and he opened his eyes. He glanced at the courtyard door and saw one of his trusted subordinates hurrying in his direction.
"Family Head."
His trusted aide was still wearing the heavy armor he'd worn for battle. Although Gao Xiong hadn't slept all night, his subordinates had been preparing for the funeral and hadn't rested either.
Gao Xiong's thick, ink-black brows were tightly furrowed, forming the character "Chuan."
His expression was grave, and he seemed to want to say something, but was hesitant to do so. Gao Xiong's eyes darkened.
"What's wrong, Ah-Yi? If you have something to say, just say it."
The man Gao Xiong called Ah-Yi pursed his lips. He clenched his sword in his right hand, then relaxed and sighed deeply.
"Family Head, when I'm done speaking, please don't get too worked up."
"Speak."
Gao Xiong's brows furrowed. He hadn't expected anything to cause him to get so worked up.
At most, he'd run into problems like calming the citizens and compensating them. All of that could be solved with a bit of money.
Although he'd still have to hand over resources to the Xiao Family, he could still fork out the money to compensate the citizens.
When Ah-Yi heard this, he pursed his lips and took a step back, his heavy armor clanking.
"Young Master Gao Ruilong, he …."
"What happened to him?" asked Gao Xiong, frowning.
"He …. was murdered last night."
As soon as he finished speaking, Gao Xiong's eyes widened. He instantly coughed up a mouthful of blood and splattered on the cobblestone road in front of him.
"Family Head!"
Ah-Yi, who'd come to report the situation, turned pale with fright. He hurriedly ran behind Gao Xiong, grabbed him by the back, and poured the purest immortal spiritual energy into his body.
When the spiritual energy entered his body, he discovered that Gao Xiong's veins were in serious disorder.
His spiritual energy was also quite violent, rushing through his meridians without any pattern.
Ayi immediately used his own immortal spiritual energy to guide and guide Gao Xiong's spiritual energy until it completely stabilized. Then, he took out a pill from his spatial ring and stuffed it into Gao Xiong's mouth.
"Cough, cough …"
After coughing up the blood clot in his throat, the unconscious Gao Xiong opened his eyes again.
His eyes were lifeless and his face was pale as he pushed Ayi's hand away. He spoke in his weakest voice.
"You said … Ruilong was killed?"
After waking up, Gao Xiong seemed to have aged a few decades. The pain of losing his son the day before had left him exhausted, but who would've thought …. Less than twenty-four hours later, his other son would die as well?
Ayi grit his teeth and nodded as he looked at Gao Xiong, who was unbearably old.
"Yes. Just now, someone came to report that when he went to Young Master Ruilong's residence, he saw clear signs of a fight in the courtyard. When he entered the house, he saw Young Master Ayi lying in the living room. He was stabbed through the heart with a sharp Qi. There was also a dead woman in his residence. She seemed to be a prostitute, and her chest had been completely pierced through by spiritual energy. "
"Ruilong."
Gao Xiong sat up, leaning against Ayi. His body trembled violently, and his once-fierce eyes were now lifeless and desolate.
"Family Head, please don't be too sad. You're the backbone of the Gao Family. If anything happens to you, our family will truly fall into disarray."
For a long while, Gao Xiong remained immersed in his grief over Gao Ruilong's death.
It wasn't until an hour later that he finally emerged from his sorrow and stood up with the help of Ayi. His eyes were filled with sorrow as he murmured.
"Take me there."
Gao Ruilong's death had shaken the entire Gao Family. Yesterday, he'd been told by the family head that he would inherit the position of head of the Gao Family in three months. Now that he'd been killed the next day, it was a huge blow to the Gao Family.
Family elders, retainers.
Anyone with any authority in the Gao Family had come to Gao Ruilong's residence. Quite a few other clansmen had heard the news and hurried over to watch.
At the very center of the crowd sat a beautiful woman in a long purple dress. She was Gao Ruilong's birth mother, Gao Xiong's wife, the wife of the previous head of the Cai Family, and Cai Renfei's birth mother ….
Li Lu!
She didn't cry, nor did she throw a tantrum.
She just sat there in a daze, her white hair draped over her shoulders. Gao Ruilong lay dead on her lap.
Unbeknownst to them, this was the most worrying of all.
There was no greater sorrow than a dead heart. That was exactly what Li Lu was feeling right now.
"My condolences, Madam."
The family elders and retainers all offered words of comfort, but Li Lu just sat there in a daze. She didn't respond at all.
While everyone was shaking their heads in pity, a commotion broke out in the crowd, and someone shouted.
"The family head is here!"
Instantly, a path opened up in front of the residence's entrance. Before long, they saw Ayi supporting Gao Xiong as they slowly walked into the residence.
"Family Head."
Everyone bowed in greeting. Gao Xiong ignored them and walked up to Gao Ruilong.
He glanced coolly at the motionless Gao Ruilong on the ground, then at the white-haired Li Lu, who looked like a living corpse.
Deep in his eyes, a faint trace of desolation flashed through them. He squeezed his eyes shut and let out a long sigh.
"Who was the first to notice?"
A man in a plain robe walked out of the crowd and knelt to the ground.
"It's the young one."
"You …. What are you doing in Ruilong's residence? Aren't you supposed to be pacifying the commoners in the city?"
Under Gao Xiong's gaze, the man shivered uncontrollably, as if he'd been plunged into a bottomless pit of ice.
He could guess what Gao Xiong was thinking. He hurriedly kowtowed.
"Family Head, please understand. It was young master Ruilong who told me to call for him the next morning. He told me to have him accompany us on a stroll around the city. I was only following orders. I didn't kill young master Ruilong. "
"Is that so? Who can testify for you? "
"The … the young one …."
The man's lips quivered, but he couldn't speak. When Gao Ruilong had told him about this, it really had been just the two of them.
"Family Head, please understand. This lowly one's strength is shallow. I've only just ascended to immortality. Young master Ruilong is already an immortal king. How could this lowly one possibly kill him? "
"So you're saying that no one can testify for you?"
Gao Xiong ignored the servant's explanation. His eyes flashed with cold light.
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