C341 Polydanshen
C341 Polydanshen
Of course, Chen Chang He was not killed, the news was just an exaggeration, but who was the one who spread the news at the beginning?
After Zhang Shan told the higher ups of the White Horse Gang about the situation, the White Horse Gang immediately sent a letter to Long Qingming.
After Long Qinghao received the news, he immediately informed the fourth princess and the Li family's Patriarch, Li Yan.
After learning about this, Li Yan became excited for a long time because the knot in his heart had finally been lifted.
Offending a top power, how could Chen Changgui possibly bear the consequences?
Even if Chen Changsheng managed to escape with his life, without the support of the Hidden Dragon Gate, Li Yan would no longer have to be afraid of him. After all, Li Yan was backed by Long Qingming, and Long Qingming was backed by the Dragon Saliva Sect.
Without professional guidance, Long Qingming and the rest believed that Chen Chang He's progress would become slower and slower, and that in a few months time, he would definitely not be his match.
After Li Yan's problem was resolved, she naturally ordered people to spread this news among the crowd, letting the people discuss this matter.
What he wanted to do was to use the mouths of the commoners to make Chen Changsheng completely give up. He wanted to let those forces that wanted to depend on the Chen family understand that the Chen family was completely finished!
Ever since three letters came from the Hidden Dragon Gate, the Chen family returned to normal, every day there was an endless stream of visitors, almost breaking the Chen family's threshold, but now Chen Chang He was finished, he was no longer under the protection of the Hidden Dragon Gate, and could no longer help the Chen family rise to power. Who would continue to offend the Chen family?
Li Yan was isolating the Chen family.
After this incident, only two powers remained in contact with the Chen family. One of them was the third prince and the empress.
Since they had already chosen to stand in line, they had to gamble to the end. This was both the emperor's intention and their only path.
Other than that, Qingyi and Qingbai would also go to the Chen family to comfort Old Master Chen. After all, although there were rumors saying that Chen Chang He was dead, all of the aristocrats had received the news and knew that Chen Chang He had left the Hidden Dragon Gate, and had not died. Who said that Chen Chang He would not be able to rise again?
Even though he said that, the entire Chen family was still in a state of gloom, because Chen Chang He could really be regarded as the Chen family's spiritual pillar.
If Chen Chang He fell, the Li Family would definitely press down on the Chen Family's heads! How would the Chen Family be able to hold their heads up in the future?
Chen Changgui could be cultivated systematically in the Hidden Dragon Gate, how would he cultivate after leaving?
Furthermore, what kind of existence was the Hu Yan City's top power? Even if Chen Chang He had good talent, what right did he have to grow to be able to fight the Hu Family fair and square?
What made the people of the Chen family even more terrified was that not long after that incident had happened, an elder from the Hidden Dragon Sect, who called himself Master Chen Chang He, came and even threatened to protect them.
The people of the Chen family immediately understood. The Hu family was venting their anger on the Chen family for killing Hu Little Cannon!
After dismissing all of the servants, including the chefs, he dismissed them. The food and wine could be bought from the taverns outside, but if the enemies really did come, then these servants were all innocent, and there was no need to take the risk with them.
However, other than the servants, most of the Chen Clan's guards and elders had already secretly left.
These guards and elders had all been newly recruited by the Chen family's old patriarch upon his return. Their loyalty had never been high enough, and they'd naturally all flown away in the face of such a great danger. How could they possibly stay behind to die?
What a joke, who the hell did the Chen family offend? That was one of the top powers in Tigersmoke City!
Even though the old man with the cultivation of the first level of the Heavenly Path realm was the strongest person in the entire Great Song Kingdom, he was still nothing but an ant in the eyes of the Hu Clan of Hu Yan City.
Not long after, the entire Chen family became empty except for Old Man Chen, Chen Lushui, Chen Changxin, and the Great Elder.
In just one or two days, the large Chen family had changed from a large crowd of servants to only four people.
Xu Tong and the rest, who were guarding the three mines, did not know about this because Chen Taiji knew that they would definitely rush over if they found out. Chen Taiji had already felt very sorry for them and did not want them to come over and take risks.
Therefore, there were only four people left in the Chen family. If there was anyone left, it would be the Third Elder who had specially come to protect them.
"..."
"We should leave."
Although Chen Taiji had a stubborn personality and did not want to leave this place, he had to leave even if it meant that he had to leave for Chen Changxin and Chen Lushui's sake.
Therefore, when the Third Elder advised, he indicated that he would leave after scattering the servants with all his wealth.
If the Hu Clan wanted to destroy the entire Chen Clan, they would definitely not let those servants and Protector Elders go. Chen Taiji could not allow these innocent people to die tragically because of the Chen Clan.
He did not blame those Protector Elders for not willing to live and die with them. He already felt relieved of the burden of not implicating them.
Now that the trivial matters had been dealt with, it was naturally time for them to leave.
Chen Taiji let out a sigh as if he had aged a lot in an instant, and said, "Let's go, Third Elder, sorry to trouble you."
The Third Elder smiled and replied, "No problem."
Chen Changxin walked up to support Chen Taiji, just like a granddaughter supporting a grandfather who was on the verge of dying.
The grandson was the real grandson and the daughter. The grandfather was also the real grandfather, but the usually overweeningly arrogant Chen Taiji had turned into a lackluster and was about to fall to the ground. This truly caused one's heart to ache.
The group of people slowly walked out of the manor. However, just as they arrived at the entrance, the third elder's pupils constricted and he came to a stop.
Chen Taiji said, "Third Elder, what's wrong?"
The third elder frowned and said, "They're here."
Chen Lushui asked, "Who's here?"
No one replied, because the rest of them all had extremely ugly expressions on their faces.
At this point, other than the assassins sent by the Hu family, who else could cause the Third Elder to frown?
The third elder took a step forward and said, "Go inside and wait. Don't come out no matter what. I will take care of this matter."
Chen Taiji frowned. "I'll go with you!"
The third elder waved his hand: "Brother Chen, you have a lot of battle experience. You should know that if you go with me, not only will you not be of any use but you will also drag me down!"
Chen Taiji pondered for a moment, no longer being hypocritical. He only sighed heavily, then brought Chen Lushui, Chen Chanxin, and the Great Elder back to their room.
The Third Elder rushed out of the mansion and retrieved a stream of light from his storage ring. He threw it on the ground, and a defensive qi barrier immediately expanded rapidly until it covered the entire Chen family.
However, the array glyphs could only be used once, and there was a time limit. Therefore, the Third Elder had to take care of the enemy before the array glyphs would lose its effect, otherwise, with the mansion being so large, if the enemy attacked from another direction, the Third Elder would not be able to protect Chen Taiji and the others even if he had three heads and six arms.
After the talismans had taken effect, the Third Elder sat cross-legged in front of the door and started to meditate.
A moment later, the Third Elder slowly opened his eyes and looked calmly at the dozen or so black shadows that had suddenly appeared not far away. He said indifferently, "You have come."