
Chapter 120: Water and Fire
7 A.m., at the East Gate of the Royal City of Redwood.
Several horse carriers ran through the office street outside the East Gate. As if he was a dragon and his horse a tiger, the Redwood King brought the four Nine Stage Elders and all the Eight Stage Elders to gather outside the East Gate.
On the official road, all pedestrians and merchants were forbidden to ride on it. Emergency measures have been imposed outside the East Gate.
Of course, the Redwood King had his own reasons for doing it this way. He didn't want the outside world to know that he was the ringleader behind the missing girls' case.
Even though he was the supreme ruler of the Region, he still needed to maintain his reputation even if he had expressed those powerful words to Qin Wushuang.
While smiling casually, Qin Wushuang rode on a horse and slowly walked out from the side. From a distance, he looked at the sad-looking Redwood King and his subordinates who seemed to want to swallow him completely. However, he doesn't care.
Instead, he said lightly, "Redwood King, you have indeed kept your promise. Let them go!"
When the Redwood King saw that Qin Wushuang had tied her son up on a horse's back and she was unable to determine whether his son was still alive or dead, naturally, she became furious inwardly.
"Let Fei'Er talk to me."
Qin Wushuang agreed: "Sure!"
He Yufei raised his head helplessly: "Dad!"
A throbbing pain within the Redwood King's chest as he shouted: "Let them go!"
As soon as he gave the order, indeed, the girls were pushed out of the horse operator. In total, there were seven or eight of them. Qin Wushuang glanced over and saw her sister was among them. His face looked pale and unyielding, and anger filled his eyes.
The Redwood King is also cunning. He deliberately let go of everyone to see who Qin Wushuang would welcome. Thus, he could follow these clues and study the other party's background.
Once the immediate danger to his son had been overcome, the Redwood King would descend with a grudge.
Now, the hatred accumulated within the Redwood King had reached a level where no river or lake could wash him away.
Qin Wushuang simply sneered and did not speak.
"Give them each a horse, a bag of food, and a hundred silver coins!" Redwood waved his hand and handed over all the prepared items.
"Young man, I've been stepping back continuously, it's time for you to talk, right?"
Qin Wushuang nodded and smiled: "If things go smoothly, after half a month, you will get your son back. If something happens between now and then …"
The Redwood King's face twirled slightly and trembled: "OK, I'll be waiting for you for half a month! If, after half a month .. just wait if Fei'Er does not return! I don't care which noble family you come from the Redwood Royal Territory. I promise, You will be homeless and destitute, and all nine generations of your people will be killed! "
Qin Wushuang revealed a relaxed expression and shrugged: "I will wait."
Then, he shouted, "Children, Redwood King who caught you and who let you go! Remember, freedom does not come easily.If you want to stay alive and see your parents, then leave now!"
Panicked, even though most of the girls could not ride horses, they still climbed up and left in a hurry.
Qin Xiu glanced at Qin Wushuang doubtfully. However, he did not linger and stormed through the office's path.
When she heard him speak, she felt her tone sound somewhat familiar. However, he seemed to have changed his voice on purpose. Instinctively, Qin Xiu judged that this person should be his younger brother, Qin Wushuang.
However, under such circumstances, Qin Xiu knew it was inappropriate to meet him. Or else, they would face endless consequences once the Redwood King learned of his brother's true identity.
Both sides remained in a passive state until after lunch. Qin Wushuang only laughed after she guessed that the girls had already gone far away: "Redwood King, there is no need for you to escort me away. You should pray in this half a month that nothing is wrong. Or else …"
After saying this, he rushed to his horse and left.
Revealing a pale look, the Redwood King waved his hand and stopped the elite family warriors who were trying to chase after him.
"Your Majesty, have you seen anything?"
The muscles on the Redwood King's face trembled helplessly: "That pretty dressed blue girl, where did she come from?"
"Your Majesty, off the list, he's from River County."
"River County?" The Redwood King's face froze and asked in a demanding tone, "What's his surname?"
"It's Qin …"
"Qin?" Suddenly, the Redwood King was stunned, and his expression became complicated as he muttered: "Qin? Qin Eastwood? Could it be, her?"
"Qin Wushuang?" Now, the Elders of the family also saw the light.
Redwood King waved the horse hand loudly and shouted: "Search, investigate carefully! Qin Eastwood! If I don't destroy your family, I promise I'm not human!"
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"Reporting, Your Highness, news from Southcloud State, that Qin Wushuang had once visited the Xi Men residence and invited all the clothing store owners, she asked them to check out a piece of cloth …"
"Reporting ... Your Majesty, the news from Third Young Master in the imperial capital that Qin Wushuang did not meet with a Martial Saint with them. He had left the capital before!"
"Your Majesty…"
Various news kept coming, and all the clues pointed in the same direction—
Most likely, his enemy was Qin Wushuang!
It was a name where the Redwood King never felt relieved to hear it.
Originally, his third son, He Yuchong, should have obtained first place for sure. In the end, a dark horse appeared out of nowhere and took his victory. It was considered an old grudge!
His eldest son needed to gather three hundred and sixty virgins born in the year of the rabbit to sacrifice them to Old Man Ji Yin in order to practice his innate Nepharious Technique. Then, this incident happened and his second son had been kidnapped. The culprit was also Qin Wushuang!
That was the beginning of revenge!
Before the old grudges are settled, new grudges are added!
If he had a choice, the Redwood King only had one thought – Making Qin Eastwood completely disappear!
Of course, this incident involves many people and certain circumstances. Especially since Qin Wushuang stood out in this exam and, it seemed, became the most valuable person to Martial Saints. In the entire Bai Yue Country, he had become the most popular man.
He needed to deal with her, yet he couldn't just kill her. Just as he was lost in thought, one of his assistants walked over quickly.
"Your Majesty, there is an imperial decree!"
Imperial decrees? Stunned, the Redwood King wondered why this imperial edict had come now?
To the current Emperor, the Redwood King was his brother from the same family. A long time ago, he was assigned to the Redwood Royal Territory. Although they were not blood related siblings, in the end, they were from the same family.
Nominally, they are brothers. However, he could not place unequal emphasis on etiquette. Since the imperial edict had arrived, the Redwood King did not dare to act recklessly and hurriedly tidied up his clothes to welcome those carrying the edict.
After some chatter, the Eunuch who brought the edict smiled and said, "Your Majesty, please listen to the imperial edict!"
The Redwood King brought all his subjects and subordinates to kneel on the ground to listen to the edict.
"In the Mandate of Heaven, the Emperor uttered this imperial order ..." In a high-pitched voice, Kasim began to read the edict.
At first, the Redwood King did not say a word and listened respectfully. The more he listened, the more he felt that something was wrong. From the imperial edict, the Emperor began by praising the examinations of these martial arts students. Then, he changed his tone and praised the winner for this exam and talked about the prizes along the way.
But that was normal, what really made the Redwood King feel the boiling rage within him was as follows. It seemed that most of the territory given as a gift to the new King should be from his Redwood Kingdom Region. One state of Southcloud and the other was the Green Tree Country next to it. The two border states were taken from his Redwood Kingdom Region.
Of course, the Royal Family would also compensate for the loss of land owned by the Redwood King.
If the eunuch herald was not here, the Redwood King would most likely curse loudly on the spot.
After announcing that Kasim had finished reading the decree, he smiled: "Your Majesty, the Emperor meant it this way, please decree the empire!"
Although the Redwood King was furious, he did not dare to fail to do his duty and maintain his manners: "Life the Emperor, may he live for ten thousand years!"
The words must be squeezed through gritted teeth. In fact, he cursed the current Emperor over a hundred times.
Of course, the eunuch knew that the Redwood King was angry inwardly. He did not dare to linger anymore. Therefore, he smiled apologetically: "Your Majesty, I have completed my task and I will return to report to the imperial capital."
"I won't send you away," said the Redwood King lightly.
As soon as Kasim stepped out, the Redwood King slammed his fist into the chair.
Ka, Ka, Ka!
Instantly, the chair turned into pieces and scattered.
Qin Wushuang, it was Qin Wushuang again .. "Pushed into rage by her extreme anger, the Redwood King laughed but inwardly, his anger had reached its limit.
He knew that most likely the Emperor had not actually sent this imperial edict. Surely, it came from the Martial Saint Mountain. In other words, the Martial Saint Mountain was clear on their intentions. They wanted to devote the victory of this martial arts student examination.
The Mother Country has ordered their Subordinate States to hold this test. It carries a deep meaning. The Redwood King questioned himself, with the current situation, he knew he was in no position to deal with Qin Wushuang even though he was the King of the Royal Region.
However, with the combination of old and new grudges, and today he was forced to cut off his land, it was not something the Redwood King could accept obediently!
"Your Majesty, I have a way!"
It was the Great Elder who spoke, who was the head of the Nine Stage Warrior in the family.
"Great Elder, what was your idea?" The Redwood King asked quickly.
"Your Majesty, Mr. Ji Yin needs the girls to train his Innate Nate Technique. This matter, in the Redwood Kingdom Region, it seems that we are not in a good situation to deal with the Qin family. However, it was the descendant of the Qin family who had destroyed Old Man Ji Yin's training process. If we were to report this incident to Ji Yin Mountain in the Great Luo Kingdom, surely Old Man Ji Yin would become very angry. To make others do the dirty work .. I believe even that someone from Martial Bone Mountain cannot stop Old Man Ji Yin … "
Revealing a dark face, the Redwood King nodded slightly. Apparently, he agreed with the idea of the Great Elder to let others do the dirty work. With the status of Old Man Ji Yin of the Great Luo Empire, killing a child of the Subordinate Country was the same as killing a dog.
The Great Luo Kingdom had a dozen Subordinate Countries. In the eyes of a mighty warrior like Old Man Ji Yin, a test winner from the Subordinate Country was not worth mentioning. Even if he had killed him, it was likely that the Great Luo Kingdom would have to consider the severity of the matter, and they would compromise in the end.
Of course, the Great Luo Empire's Imperial Family could not antagonize Old Man Ji Yin in this small matter.
This method sounds doable!
Even if Old Man Ji Yin himself did not come, as long as he was willing to lend a hand, he could send one of his outstanding disciples who could easily destroy the entire Qin family!
As he thought there, evil intentions filled the eyes of the Redwood King.
He decided this would be the best tactic. To let others do the dirty work and kill many birds with one stone. Not only could he use it to get rid of Qin Wushuang who was a thorn in his side, but he could also follow the trend and stabilize his youngest son, He Yuchong's status in the Martial Arts Society in the Great Kingdom!
And that person at Martial Saint Mountain?
Haha, everyone knows that even though he is a mighty warrior in the Sky-Top Realm, he is old. He had reached the point where he had to find an heir!