Dragon's Origin

Chapter 490: Turning Hostile (Part 2)

Manager Wang was experienced. Even though a major incident had occurred, he didn't shout or yell in front of everyone, avoiding unnecessary panic. He only spoke like this in front of Wang Sheng.

"Sit down, have a glass of water, and speak slowly." Wang Sheng remained calm. Whatever had happened, it was already done. Letting Manager Wang calm down before rushing to question him would be more effective than anxiously pressing him.

Wang Sheng's voice contained the effect of the Nine Syllable Mantra. Manager Wang instantly calmed down and obediently took a sip of water as Wang Sheng instructed, before slowly saying, "A village outside the city, responsible for producing cosmetics, has been completely massacred."

"How many people?" A sharp glint flashed in Wang Sheng's eyes, then quickly disappeared as he calmly asked Manager Wang.

"Not many, a little over a hundred." Manager Wang had regained his composure and quickly replied, "They died last night. No one in the village escaped. Our people discovered it today when they went to pick up the goods. We sent a message back immediately after the discovery. We'll have to wait a while to know the specifics."

Over a hundred villagers. Wang Sheng's face instantly turned cold. If it were over a hundred expert guards or something, Wang Sheng wouldn't be so angry, because those expert guards were in that line of work and had to bear such risks. But these innocent villagers were just ordinary workers. If they were killed because of Wang Sheng, it would cross Wang Sheng's bottom line.

"Investigate!" Wang Sheng directly ordered, then added, "Also, investigate which direction the Baoqing Yu Tang people left yesterday and how they traveled."

Manager Wang quickly went to make arrangements. Wang Sheng thought for a moment and immediately sent someone to notify Meiere and Qiangwei to be extra careful. He also sent someone to notify the royal family. This was Run Zi Fang's business, and the Empress had half the shares, so there was no reason not to let the royal family know.

Before long, the latest news about Baoqing Yu Tang was delivered to Wang Sheng's mansion.

The Baoqing Yu Tang people had left in that direction, and the time of their departure, calculated, meant they would have passed by that village at night, which matched the time the village was attacked.

After waiting another hour, the people investigating outside the city brought a piece of paper to the Duke's residence.

"This was found in that village. It should have been deliberately left behind." Manager Wang carefully held the paper and handed it to Wang Sheng, glanced at Wang Sheng's face, and lowered his head, saying, "It's a provocation against you, Duke."

Wang Sheng took the paper and opened it. It was covered in blood-red words. Even before opening it, Wang Sheng smelled a pungent bloody scent. Now seeing the words, he immediately confirmed that these words were clearly written with blood.

"A blood debt for the death of my son!" The eight bloody characters almost clearly told Wang Sheng who wrote it. Besides Zhu, the old owner of Baoqing Yu Tang, there could be no one else.

"Damn it!" Wang Sheng looked at the eight characters, and anger surged within him. A blood debt for the death of his son? Wang Sheng hadn't touched Zhu Shao Dongzhu with a single finger. To insist on blaming Wang Sheng for this matter, this old owner Zhu's thinking was truly bizarre. No wonder he could educate a guy like Zhu Shao Dongzhu, who was even more foolish than a pig. It turned out that the upper beam was not straight, and the lower beam was crooked.

For so long, the other party had obviously realized from the actions in Worry-Free City that Wang Sheng's side had noticed their actions, and they had decisively withdrawn from the capital. When passing by this village, they were filled with resentment and simply massacred the village to vent their anger.

Meiere and Qiangwei had already returned to the mansion and were currently by Wang Sheng's side. Looking at the bloody words in Wang Sheng's hand, Meiere looked astonished.

"Foster father, how is this possible?" Meiere completely couldn't believe that her foster father, who had raised her since she was a child, would do such a thing, let alone believe that he would blame Wang Sheng for Zhu Shao Dongzhu's matter. However, looking at the bloody words and listening to the news from outside the city, Meiere couldn't help but believe it.

"Losing a son in old age is certainly because he didn't educate him well, and his son was unworthy, but he doesn't want to admit this, so it's inevitable that he'll blame outsiders." Wang Sheng sneered. He originally thought that the old owner of Baoqing Yu Tang was someone, but now it seemed that he was nothing more than this.

Meiere originally wanted to say something, but Qiangwei pulled at Meiere, telling her not to say too much. After all, Meiere and the old owner had an unusual relationship, but Qiangwei could see clearly from the side that Wang Sheng was already very angry. If Meiere said any more, she might anger Wang Sheng.

"Send out the news, saying that the Baoqing Yu Tang people tried to make a move during the concert, interrupting everyone's cultivation and causing chaos by killing people." Wang Sheng said with a沉着 face, and instructed Wang Guanshi: "If they want evidence, let them find people from Worry-Free City to verify."

These days, Wang Sheng had been paying attention to the core of Thousand Despair Ground or was re-cultivating, and he hadn't spared any energy to pay attention to Baoqing Yu Tang's movements. In fact, Wang Sheng had never taken them seriously. From the moment Zhu Shao Dongzhu made his debut, Wang Sheng didn't think Baoqing Yu Tang had any future development. He didn't expect them to dare to play this trick at this time.

"Send a letter to Zhou Guanshi and let them also contribute." Wang Sheng then instructed, "Run Zi Fang has half of the royal family's shares, so there's no reason for only us to contribute and them to watch."

The biggest mistake Baoqing Yu Tang made was that they shouldn't have made a move during the Imperial Grand Theater's performance by the Grandmaster Orchestra. They thought they were causing trouble for Wang Sheng, but they didn't expect that if they really interrupted the promotion of any one of them, it would not only bring trouble to Wang Sheng, but would directly put everyone in the Imperial Grand Theater in danger. This was equivalent to offending all the vassal states.

You must know that at that time, not only the Emperor and Empress were present, but also at least one elder-level important minister from each of the major vassal states. Once something happened, the major forces could be said to have suffered heavy losses. At the very least, it could be said that this move directly offended all the experts present.

Letting the red-brand assassins of Worry-Free City make a move was directly offending the City Lord of Worry-Free City. As for venting his anger when he left, massacring that village was the worst move. It could be said that he slapped the Emperor several times in the face on the royal family's territory, offending the royal family beyond redemption.

It could be said that Wang Sheng's core interests were not damaged at all, only some marginal losses. Baoqing Yu Tang was destined to be hunted down by everyone in the world. The old owner Zhu of Baoqing Yu Tang, who was currently on the run, must be regretting that he had not found the right person to blame.

If they wanted to retaliate against Wang Sheng, Baoqing Yu Tang's actions could be said to have failed miserably. But from the perspective of infuriating Wang Sheng, Baoqing Yu Tang was definitely successful. At least Wang Sheng had now sentenced the old owner Zhu of Baoqing Yu Tang to death in his heart.