Chapter 775: Chapter 309: Gamblers at the End of the Road, Li Family’s Swan Song
As Li Xuanling revealed her plan step by step, unlike those Li clan members who were getting more and more excited, Li Xuandu obviously realized something, a hint of shock appeared in his eyes, and he quietly looked up at Li Xuanling.
He only just realized why Li Xuanling had previously led everyone into hiding in this special underground chamber.
She had already decided to assassinate Xia Hong.
Since she had decided, why did she still let the Li clan members speak up voluntarily?
After a terrifying suspicion emerged in Li Xuandu’s mind, his expression immediately darkened a lot, his mouth slightly opened, but in the end, he said nothing.
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Like the other buildings within the station, the four-story Longshan Main Building was also in a state of tightly shut doors and windows at this moment.
But the light sources within the building were noticeably much more plentiful than those in other buildings, which could be roughly seen from the thick smoke emitted from the chimney at its top floor, evidencing that the number of stoves used for heating inside the building was more than several times that of other buildings.
This was indeed the case, despite all doors and windows being closed, and some places that could let light in were covered with beast skin tarps, the interior of the main building, under the illumination of countless stoves, was incredibly bright, not dark at all.
Throughout the main building at this moment, there was a guard post every five steps and a patrol every ten steps, with Cloud Dragon Army soldiers wearing pale gold armor everywhere, and there were three Cold Resistance Levels specially patrolling each floor.
Xia Hong’s serious injury had obviously strained the nerves of everyone from Great Xia.
It was supposed to be the time for Ice Abyss people to rest during the day, yet at this moment, whether standing guard were Cloud Dragon Army soldiers or patrolling were Cold Resistance Levels, their spirits were extremely focused, and their expressions were extremely vigilant to the point that any disturbance would draw their attention.
"Old Tong, we haven’t seen the leader this severely injured before, have we?"
After finishing the patrol on the first floor, Zou Yuankai couldn’t help but strike up a conversation with Tong Xinglong as he returned to the stairway.
Tong Xinglong had a heavy expression, nodding: "Indeed, we haven’t, even when the leader hunted Intermediate Cold Beasts in the Earth-digging Realm before, he hadn’t been this badly injured."
"I just went to the top floor, the leader is covered in blood, he seems unable to even stand, they say Liu Yuan had to carry him up there, is that White Dew Gu really that powerful?"
"Didn’t you hear Yuwen Sizheng say it, that White Dew Gu controlled six people, each terrifying in strength, plus Hou Jing and the others not providing strong support, and Cloud Dragon Army’s slow reaction, which resulted in the leader being this badly injured."
As soon as Tong Xinglong finished speaking, Zou Yuankai immediately let out two cold laughs: "Yuwen Sizheng has already questioned all the Cloud Dragon Army soldiers present, and among those present when the leader was assassinated, apart from Liu Yuan and Peng Bo, Wu Tianxing, Dong Zhong, and Hou Xing did not rush up in the first instance, the other Earth-digging Realm members were so frightened that they continuously retreated, none dared to step up, no wonder the leader only allowed Liu Yuan and Peng Bo to guard him to the main building and instructed Cloud Dragon Army to guard and forbid anyone from approaching—they all harbor suspicions, if you ask me, it’s because Hou Jing and his group have something guilty in their hearts."
Xiao Kangcheng, who had just returned from a patrol and happened to hear Zou Yuankai’s words, couldn’t help but curiously ask: "Zou brother means, that the leader will pursue these people’s negligence later?"
"Brother Xiao!"
"Brother Xiao is back."
Seeing Xiao Kangcheng return, the duo of Tong and Zou hurriedly cupped their hands in salute toward him.
The three of them were responsible for the first-floor patrol.
Zou Yuankai pondered for a moment before answering: "I’m not sure if the leader will pursue it personally, but once the Minister arrives, he will definitely pursue it."
On hearing this answer, Xiao Kangcheng immediately nodded.
He had a certain understanding of his son-in-law.
Xia Chuan, as the Minister, was nearly in charge of all affairs in the camp, and when handling other matters, he might still maneuver a bit if he encountered difficulties, but as soon as it involved Xia Hong, he wouldn’t show any leniency.
Unless Xia Hong personally voiced something, nobody’s persuasion would work.
Moreover, among the hundreds of thousands of people in Great Xia, the one who respects and fervently admires Xia Hong the most is probably him.
Once Xia Chuan gets to Long Mountain and learns of Xia Hong’s severe injuries there or that he nearly died, his reaction won’t be hard to imagine.
Don’t mention Hou Jing, Wu Tianxing, Hou Xing, Dong Zhong these nine who dared to hesitate when Xia Hong was attacked; even the Cloud Dragon Army who were a bit slow, Liu Yuan and Peng Bo, there’s a high likelihood they will be reprimanded as well.
"Hou Jing, Yu Bin, Dong Zhong those six, having just defected to Great Xia, I can still understand their hesitation, but Wu Tianxing and Chen Yingba, that’s really inexcusable.
Wu Tianxing betrayed the Beehive, served as Hou Hu’s mole, if not for the Minister showing him mercy, he would’ve died countless times over;
No need to even mention Chen Yingba, his elder brother Chen Yingyuan is now deeply loyal to the camp, fought side by side with the Minister in this Hive Guard Battle, practically putting his life on the line, yet he, as the younger brother, starts harboring malicious intentions."
On hearing Xiao Kangcheng’s words, Tong and Zou both nodded.
"It’s just unknown how the Minister will finally..."
Bang!
Tong Xinglong’s words were cut off halfway by a loud noise from behind.
It was evidently the sound of the ground being broken, Tong Xinglong and the other two’s expressions drastically changed as they turned around and swiftly charged toward the source of the sound.
"Assassins!"
"It must be Li Xuanling’s bunch."
"Alert, alert!"
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The three’s exclamations, synchronizing almost perfectly with the shouts of the Cloud Dragon Army soldiers on the first floor, the main building wasn’t that large, and the commotion from the first floor immediately mobilized all the Cloud Dragon Army soldiers on the upper three floors.