Chapter Thirty-Four: Struggle

  The Luotian Emperor has three famous buildings in the world. The first is the Luotian Imperial Palace, which is not much different from other imperial palaces, consisting of various luxurious halls. The only difference is that the Luotian Imperial Palace is mostly made of gold and crystal, with walls as hard as steel, making it absolutely safe no matter what kind of disaster or catastrophe occurs.

  The second largest building is the Prime Minister's Mansion of Chen Canghai, a maternal relative of the royal family of Luotian Dynasty. The Chen family has been known as the "Imperial Uncle's Family" for generations, and many daughters of the Chen family have become imperial concubines and noble consorts.

  The boys all became high-ranking officials of various sizes and were truly aristocratic families.

  The third largest building is the newly built Guo Shu Fu, the grandfather of the King's uncle was a former powerful general of the Luotian Dynasty, who had fought in many battles and made numerous military achievements.

  By the time of Wang Guo's generation, there was a Queen Wang who was deeply loved by Empress Dowager Cixi, and also Huang Zongxiang, a powerful general who was married to one of Wang Guo's daughters. It was only natural that he would be brilliant and illustrious, but it seemed a bit unfair to himself with all these honors.

  The daughter of Wang Guo's uncle also died in this action at the White Tiger Hall, and Wang Guo was heartbroken, but did not know who to seek revenge from.

  Should we go to the White Deer Pavilion to kill that judge? Not to mention whether we can succeed or not, now the White Deer Pavilion is an important tool in the struggle between several parties. Killing the judge would be equivalent to cutting off one's own hands and feet, and could only swallow one's teeth.

  It was then that Nalan Xiong chose Wang Gu as his target.

  The king's uncle is a martial artist, with a violent temper. This time, his daughter has died again. If he finds out that the lives of his beloved daughter and son-in-law were bought by Liu Gonggong's money, he will surely strike back immediately.

  Most importantly, if he knew that Liu Gonggong still wanted his life now, his counterattack would definitely be even more brilliant.

  In the afternoon, at the Prince's residence, in the rear garden.

  Several skylarks were flapping their wings in the cage, staring at the birdseed in Uncle Wang's hand and chirping anxiously.

  Suddenly, a shrill cry broke the tranquility of the afternoon. The butler's face turned pale as he rushed in from the corridor, stumbling and crawling. Wang Guobo looked at him impatiently and said, "Can't you be more composed..."

  "He...he's coming, he's coming!!!" The butler rushed to the front of Wang Guo Shu, his whole body trembling, no longer having the strength to run, he collapsed on the ground, tightly grasping Wang Guo Shu's clothes, repeating this sentence in terror.

  The king's uncle saw that things were not quite right and threw away the bird food. "Who came?"

  "J...j...". The butler was speechless, his chin trembling violently.

  Judge?! The king's uncle suddenly widened his eyes, retreated several steps, and fell to the ground with a thud, scrambling backward in terror.

  "Come! Come!!!!!!" He shouted with all his might.

  As soon as the words fell, several pairs of black-clad men jumped out from the rooftop and the surrounding flower clusters. They were well-trained and stood in front of Wang Guo's uncle, while the guards with long guns in the corridor behind them began to deploy in an orderly manner.

  As more people arrived, Wang Guo's uncle sobered up a bit. He was supported by the men in black and hastily retreated to the secret room behind him.

  Judge is a man, he knows best. The founder of the most mysterious and ruthless killer organization "Blood Trace" in Luotian Continent, known for his elusive and cunning assassination methods, the number one wanted criminal of the imperial court, even Nan Gong Jin can't bring him to justice.

  They wanted their lives, and none of them could escape. However, later on, the "Blood Stains" suddenly disappeared without a trace. A month later, the Imperial Capital opened the Bai Ming Building.

  The menu at Bai Ming Lou is blank and customers are asked to write their names on it.

  Your life is in your own hands, write down the name of whoever you want to die.

  Many officials, big and small, died at their hands, but the most frightening thing was that Huang Renzhong, who held heavy troops and had extremely strict defense in his mansion, could kill them all silently without leaving anyone behind.

  This god-like method of killing made people's fear for him even more profound.

  The king's uncle was escorted by his carefully trained bodyguards to the entrance of the secret chamber, with thousands of guards fully armed and heavily deployed inside and outside the mansion, not even a single mouse could sneak in.

  "Strengthen the defense! Go to Hu Ben camp again and deploy a thousand armored soldiers!" The captain of the guard ordered loudly.

  Immediately afterwards, a group of fully armed soldiers rushed into the courtyard outside the secret room, and it was already difficult to move.

  The king's uncle looked at the formation and felt a slight relief in his heart. He waved his hand to signal that it was okay, and the captain of the guard nodded and walked to the front of the fake mountain, starting to activate the mechanism of the secret room.

  The mechanism started, and a dark opening appeared on the ground, connecting to a stone ladder. Under the stone ladder was a passageway. This was the secret room of Guo Shuang Gong, where there were layers of mechanisms inside. If one didn't know how these mechanisms were set up, not even a mosquito could fly in.

  The captain of the guard retreated to one side, and the king's uncle entered the dark entrance, walking into the secret passage.

  A group of people carefully made their way past the mechanisms and arrived at the secret chamber. It wasn't until then that Wang Guo's uncle was finally able to put his mind at ease. He wiped away the sweat on his forehead and headed towards the imperial court.

  Suddenly, a rustling sound came from behind the hall.

  "Ka, ka, ka——", the sound of wooden wheels rolling on the ground slowly rose up, and everyone in the room trembled heavily, their faces pale as they stared at the back hall.

  The back hall was pitch black, and the sound of the wooden wheels rolling in grew louder and closer. Wang Guobo's whole body trembled violently, but he stood still, not daring to move.

  "Kingdom uncle, long admired." The wooden wheel creaked to a stop, and an icy, hollow voice echoed through the room.

  With just a "thud", Wang Guobo fell to the ground, he quickly scrambled up and knelt on the ground, knocking his head hard, tears streaming down his face, and soon his forehead was bleeding. "Your Honor, spare my life, Your Honor, spare my life!"

  "Hah...haha." It seemed as if he had heard some amusing joke, and the judge burst out laughing.

  The cold tone of voice combined with the hollow and emotionless laughter made everyone's hair stand on end.

  "Lord Liu spent 300,000 gold coins to buy your life."

  Suddenly, the lights in the hall 'ding' all lit up, a tall but withered man sat in a wheelchair, his face was still pitch black, people couldn't see his face, and he didn't have one either.

  He held a thick book in his hand, and a huge red brush was recording something on the book.

  Everyone took a deep breath, started trembling, and those who could still hold on were slowly backing away. Because they knew that once the judge began to record the details of this transaction, their lives would be on countdown.

  Until he finished writing his last stroke, finishing his name, and then lightly hooked...

  He will disappear forever in this world.

  The king's uncle looked at his writing action, immediately panicked, he used all his strength to shout upwards: "I'll pay 400,000 taels! 400,000 taels!!! Buy his life, buy Liu Gonggong's life!!!"

  The judge seemed not to have heard, continuing to record, the king's uncle's eyes were bloodshot, in his countdown to life, his survival instinct was completely controlling him. "Five hundred thousand taels!!! Five hundred thousand taels! Stop writing, please...".

  The judge continued writing, turning a deaf ear.

  Wang Guojun looked at the judge's big pen movement, clearly writing the word "Wang", and with the last two words of time, Wang Guojun shouted in a hoarse voice: "One million! One million taels of gold!!!"

  The judge finished writing the last two words, and the secret chamber fell into a dead silence. Everyone's heartbeat seemed to have stopped, and they all held their breath, staring intently, trying to feel if they were still alive.

  The judge lightly crossed out the name below, and Wang Guo's uncle felt a void in his heart, stunned there.

  With a "thud", the judge threw the book in his hand to Wang Guo's face, and Wang Guo stared at the thrown book in shock, still wondering how he was still alive.

  He lowered his head, and all he saw was the name of Liu Gonggong written in the lower right corner of the book, with a red pen heavily crossing out the name. Wang Guobo's hands trembled as he picked up the book from the ground, and let out a loud wail.

  He carelessly flipped forward a page, and suddenly his crying stopped abruptly.

  In the lower right corner of the previous page, a familiar name bursts into view - Huang Renzhong.

  He stared with wide eyes, looking forward, and the name of the employer was exactly the life he had just bought for one million two gold. He raised his head, and the judge was already gone.

  Before long, it was already night, and the Liu Gonggong's mansion was in a flurry of activity.

  Everyone in the mansion is wearing mourning attire and going back and forth within the compound. An hour ago, Liu Gonggong was stabbed.

  At that time, he was having a secret conversation with several powerful eunuchs, and as they were speaking, his head suddenly fell off from his neck, frightening the several officials in the hall out of their wits.

  Such a death was caused by the unpredictable revenge of "Bloodstain", and everyone immediately understood that it was the doing of Bai Ming Building, someone had targeted Liu Gonggong.

  Eunuchs themselves were born in poverty and were not healthy, with a sense of inferiority and sensitivity in their hearts. In the treacherous palace, they were also a weak group that was discriminated against and abused. They served the royal family for many years and were very united, gradually becoming powerful.

  When Liu Gonggong passed away, all the important figures from the eunuch faction came to mourn. The eunuchs began to feel anxious because whoever could afford to spend money to buy Liu Gonggong's life must also be a person of high power and prestige.

  They have always been afraid of being involved in the war between the two parties, and for the sake of self-preservation, they kept a low profile while trying to curry favor with the royal family. The death of Liu Gonggong means that someone has already set their sights on them.

  Just as they were discussing the matter in private, the steward of Liu Gonggong's mansion rushed into the back hall, wearing mourning clothes and forgetting to salute.

  "Sir! Sirs! Something terrible has happened!"

  "What's going on?!" Zhao Song asked.

  Zhao Song was one of the three major eunuchs. After Liu Gonggong died, he took on the great responsibility of leading the eunuch group.

  The imperial uncle Wang led his troops to surround the mansion, shouting that he would chop Grand Secretary Liu into ten thousand pieces!!