Recently in the Northern Zhou, there is a piece of news that is constantly circulating in secret.
Although the imperial court has been suppressing this news, with the help of those who are interested, it has been repeatedly banned and is now spreading to the Great Qian.
In this restaurant in Linchuan, for example, there were people shouting loudly.
“Do you know which a*sa*sin group is the most popular in the jianghu?” A sturdy man shouted at the top of his voice.
Immediately, someone said, “Who doesn’t know? In terms of strength, of course, the Jedi Life Hall is the most popular, but if we talk about the most popular, who doesn’t know that the most arrogant a*sa*sin group in the jianghu nowadays is the Green Dragon Society.”
“That’s right, before the Green Dragon Society took on Dragon Tiger Mountain, it was fearless, the a*sa*sins of the Green Dragon Society were all aiming to trade lives for lives. At that time, the Green Dragon Society, which was not even at the Divine Origin realm, relied on the exchange of lives to chill those Daoist priests under the Dragon Tiger Mountain.”
“And there’s more, Gong Zi Yu entered the Northern Zhou Imperial Palace at night, a*sa*sinated the Northern Zhou Grand Prince Feng Guan Yu, and managed to escape in one piece afterwards, this matter is also a legend ——”
“Yes, there is ——”
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The jianghu guests in the tavern were talking about these deeds of the Green Dragon Society as if they were a family treasure.
The restaurant was filled with the sound of noise.
“Stop, stop, be quiet.” The sturdy man who had started the conversation shouted.
“Quiet.”
The sturdy man shouted repeatedly, so much so that he didn’t tire himself out, and finally got everyone to quiet down and turn their eyes on him in unison.
“Tons of tons of tons of ——, ha.”
The strong man poured several large gulps of water in a row, put the water bottle down and said, “Then did you all know that the Dragon Head of the Green Dragon Society, Gong Zi Yu, had died the day before yesterday, on the Ling Yan Tower in the divine capital of the Northern Zhou.”
“What?!”
“Impossible!!!”
“How can Gong Zi Yu be dead ——”
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The tavern was in chaos again, and this time the hubbub was far greater than before.
Because, Gong Zi Yu’s death could be said to be more shocking in today’s Jianghu than even the death of a certain great sect’s Sect Master.
After all, those sect heads were too far away from these scattered practitioners at the bottom of the Jianghu, and instead, it was the fierce and notorious Green Dragon Society that made one appreciate the terror of Gong Zi Yu even more.
“Silence!”
The voice was clear and slow, but in the ears of the crowd, it was like thunder and thunder, and in an instant, the restaurant was once again quiet.
A handsome and noble man dressed in gorgeous clothes leaned under the railing of the first floor, gazing at the building, and spoke, “What proof do you have that Gong Zi Yu is dead?”
When the crowd downstairs heard this voice, they all understood that this person was the same person who had just spoken out to stop him, and immediately turned their gazes in unison towards the sturdy, strong man from before.
“Goo-oo…”
Obviously, he had already experienced the gaze of the crowd before, but this time, the strong man gulped nervously.
The reason for this was still the gaze of that noble gentleman on the first floor, which was simply too piercing.
It was obvious that he was just a white boy, but his eyes seemed to be trying to see through your heart, liver, spleen and lungs. The strong man could not help but think of the Silver Seal Constables of Department Six that he had once encountered, their eyes, too, were so piercing, as if they were trying to dig out everything about you.
“Evidence, evidence – evidence, naturally.”
The strong man managed to straighten his curled tongue, “Gong Zi Yu was killed on the Ling Yan Tower and his body fell down the tower, I happened to be present at the time and saw with my own eyes a bold man lift off Gong Zi Yu’s bronze mask to reveal his true face.”
At this point, the strong man once again looked around and saw that everyone was staring at him with rapt attention, and the feeling of vanity in his heart was greatly satisfied.
In this state of excitement, the strong man also spoke with his eyebrows raised, “Do you all know, who is the true face of Gong Zi Yu’s lodge?”
The crowd shook their heads in silence.
“Let me tell you, this man, it can be said that no one in the entire divine capital is unaware of him. He is none other than Feng Chaonan, the current Imperial Prince of the North on Saturday.”
“Gong Zi Yu is the tenth ranked expert on top of the Human Ranking, although Feng Chaonan is in the body of an imperial son, his realm is still at the Innate stage, how could it be him?” The noble gentleman on the first floor questioned.
“You don’t understand,” the strong man was emboldened at this point and yelled, “Do you know how to keep the light under wraps? These royal sons are all very scheming!”
“When he was knocked off the Ling Yan Tower, Gong Zi Yu, also known as Feng Chaonan, once burst out with a chilling aura. According to the other innate martial artists present, that aura was simply superior to ordinary divine Origin realm martial artists.”
“And ah——” the strong man suddenly became mysterious and said, “This Gong Zi Yu’s true identity has actually been hidden in his name for a long time.”
Once again, the crowd urged with urgent eyes.
Reaping another wave of vanity energy, the strong man said contentedly, “Do you know that a thousand years ago, in the era before the Great Zhou, for the royal son, they were all addressed as Gongzi, and Gongzi was the royal son.
And those with feathers were all birds.
The son of a feathered prince was the son of a phoenix, wasn’t he? The son of the phoenix of Northern Zhou is, of course, the son of the emperor of Northern Zhou.”
“Oh, so that’s how it is.” The crowd shouted one after another.
After the strong man’s reminder, they all had a sense of sudden realization that this was the case, that Gong Zi Yu had long hidden his true identity in his name.
What is this called, this should be called a leaf of blindness.
Everyone was so confused by Gong Zi Yu’s identity as the head a*sa*sin that they failed to spot the most obvious clue.
“This brother is really talented, to have discovered such a secret.”
Immediately, someone exclaimed in praise.
“Haha, thank you, thank you!” The strong man would not say that he had heard other people say this in Northern Zhou and quoted it directly himself, and immediately laughed loudly in response.
“Little Two, another jar of Daqu, please, this brother.” Someone called out.
“Many thanks to this kind brother.” The strong man clasped his fist in a civilized manner.
Under the lively flattery of the crowd, the noble gentleman on the first floor, quietly returned to the elegant room.
“Master ——”
“I heard that Gong Zi Yu is the son of the Phoenix, the royal son of the Northern Zhou. Hey, that’s quite a well-founded claim!” A sneer curved around Lu Qifeng’s mouth.
“Master, what is Qing Yu’s intention in doing this? We know his identity like the back of our hand, even if he faked his death, he would not be able to escape our sight.” Luo Yan asked.
“His identity, we know, the world does not know ah. We don’t need to believe it, all we need is for this general public to believe that Gong Zi Yu is Feng Chaonan, the Imperial Prince of Northern Saturday. Look, didn’t he succeed in deceiving those people downstairs?” Lu Qifeng pointed his finger at the ground and said.
“Moreover, the situation now seems to be that the person whom Qing Yu is supporting is not Feng Chaonan, but someone else. The Green Dragon Society has always been in deep collusion with Feng Chaonan’s men, but they have let us get lost.”