"Suo Liang, Wu Pingfu, Zhao Lang..."
Deep in the city lord's palace, an old figure who was over a hundred years old was sitting cross-legged. His wrinkled eyelids were drooping. He suddenly said these three names in his mouth. For some reason, he fell silent.
This man who is over a hundred years old is Pei Tonglu, the third oldest ancestor of the Pei family!
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The bodies of Wu Pingfu and Zhao Lang were carried back to the city lord's palace. These two people were close confidants of Pei Yuanlang and were carried directly to Pei Yuanlang's house.
"An arrow wound, a fatal blow."
Pei Yuanlang conducted the autopsy in person and said to himself in a deep voice, looking extremely unhappy.
Recently, his confidants have been killed one after another, which is really too bizarre. Counting Suo Liang, who had died before, three people had died. Suo Liang was also an external city guard commander he arranged.
"Could it be that my cousin Pei Yuanfeng deliberately suppressed me?"
Pei Yuanlang was suspicious.
"No, it can't be..."
He thought for a moment and immediately shook his head to deny the guess.
In the Pei family, there are only four people left in the older generation, Pei Tongji, Pei Tongyang, Pei Tonglu and Pei Tongjia. The most authoritative one is of course the head of the family, Pei Tongji.
Pei Yuanlang is the son of Pei Tonglu and the elder brother of Pei Yuanjia. The eldest son of Pei Tongji is called Pei Yuanfeng, who is his cousin. This cousin has almost been recognized as the future successor of the Pei family.
Pei Yuanfeng's cultivation level reaches the first level of Lingzong. He is the only one among the second generation of the Pei family who has broken through to the level of Lingzong. He is also the eldest son of the current head of the family.
It is natural for Pei Yuanfeng to inherit the position of head of the family in the future, and no one has any objections for a long time.
Pei Yuanlang also knew that his identity, status, and cultivation were inferior to his cousin in everything, so he never had any intention of fighting with his cousin.
And what if it was his cousin who targeted him for no reason? This makes even less sense because it is completely unnecessary.
"It's strange, Suo Liang, Wu Pingfu, Zhao Lang..."
hiss!
Suddenly, Pei Yuanlang seemed to remember something, and he felt a little uneasy in his heart.
He thought of his biggest taboo all along!
It was that incident back then when he chose to side with the head of the family, Pei Tongji, and personally sent people to recover his sister Pei Yuanjia.
Because of this matter, his father Pei Tonglu has not given him a good look for more than 20 years.
Suo Liang, Wu Pingfu, Zhao Lang, what a coincidence!
It happened that these three people were all in the pursuit team he sent out back then. More than twenty years later, only seven people in that pursuit team were still alive.
Now there are only four left, and three more are dead!
"Is it a coincidence? This is too much of a coincidence! Could it be that he is back..."
Pei Yuanlang slowly opened his mouth, took in a breath of cool air, and didn't close it for a long time.
impossible!
In Pei Yuanlang's memory, a terrifying man suddenly flashed across the scene from that year, that terrifying man who bathed in thunder and manipulated thunder, Lei Hong!
Lei Hong is the man who is followed by his sister Pei Yuanjia, but he is also the man who is surrounded and suppressed by Yilong City!
Back then, Pei Yuanlang had seen Lei Hong take action with his own eyes. He still felt frightened when he thought of that kind of power.
Yuwen Lei's biological father, Lei Hong, also has the blood of the Thunder Clan. In fact, Lei Hong's bloodline talent is extremely high. Otherwise, after thousands of years of destruction of the Thunder Clan, the mark of the Thunder God's Hammer would not have fallen into Lei Hong's hands. .
Later, he was left to Yu Wenlei by accident.
This mark of the Thundering Hammer, the mysterious stone lock that accompanied Yuwen Lei when he was a boy, and the current stone lock space have given Yu Wen Lei great help so far.
Yu Wenlei didn’t know the details of all this.
"It's impossible. That person was taken away by the Huangfu family of Yilong City. He might have died. Even if he didn't die, he wouldn't be able to escape..."
Pei Yuanlang thought about it calmly and felt that he had messed up first. I don't blame Pei Yuanlang, I can only blame the former Lei Hong, it was too terrible.
The battle that year was earth-shattering. The entire Seven Dragons City was surrounded by thunder. It was like the end of the world. Many experts from the Huangfu family rounded up Lei Hong, but he still managed to escape from the Seven Dragons City.
It was later rumored that the patriarch of the Huangfu family personally chased Lei Hong to a distant place before capturing Lei Hong back to Yilong City.
These are things of the past, and Lei Hong, this terrible man, has gradually faded from the hearts of countless people in Seven Dragons City.
Pei Yuanlang put aside Lei Hong's idea.
After calming down completely, you can judge by looking at the wounds of the deceased. Suo Liang's neck was broken by external force, and Wu Pingfu and Zhao Lang were shot.
If Lei Hong really returned, with Lei Hong's strength, why would he need to be sneaky and use a bow and arrow? Whoever Lei Hong wants to kill, no one in Qilong City can stop him.
Pei Yuanlang sighed and returned to the starting point. He was still at a loss as to who the murderer was.
"Pei Yuanlang!"
At this time, someone called Pei Yuanlang by his name and barged in. The person who came was Pei Yuanfeng. He was over 60 years old and did not look old at all. He had the aura of Lingzong and was not angry but proud.
"Cousin, why do you have time to come here? Sit down, sit down."
Pei Yuanlang forced a smile and greeted his brother. He was also a master of ninth-level spiritual emperor cultivation. He would never be so polite to others.
But when facing Pei Yuanfeng, he didn't dare to be negligent in the slightest.
"I won't sit down anymore. To make a long story short, I leave two things to you. First, track down the murderer, expand the search area, and catch the murderer before the Dragon Guard comes. Second, in five days, you will personally escort the marriage mission. Go to Balong City. These two things were ordered by my father."
Pei Yuanfeng said.
"Escorting the marriage envoy? Shouldn't this be a marriage envoy sent by the historian?"
Pei Yuanlang asked.
Hearing this, Pei Yuanfeng clenched his fists hard and snorted angrily, obviously feeling bad after hearing this.
Indeed, according to common sense, the Pei family should never send a marriage mission to Balong City. However, the Pei family is now weak and in an embarrassing position. The marriage is led by the Pei family, so they have to follow the wishes of Balong City.
Calling it a marriage is no different from giving a woman away.
"Yuan Lang understands. Brother and the head of the family, please rest assured. I will immediately lead the guards out of the city to search for her. Five days later, I will personally lead the team to escort Le Ying's niece..."
Pei Yuanlang obediently said no more. Then, Pei Yuanfeng walked away.
Seeing Pei Yuanfeng leaving, Pei Yuanlang dared to show a trace of dissatisfaction.
Escort Pei Leying? This is not a good job, otherwise Pei Yuanfeng would not push it to Pei Yuanlang. They can call the shots in the Pei family, but when they get to Balong City, they will inevitably be ridiculed.
"Pei Cong, bring people to gather in the courtyard!"
Pei Yuanlang ordered Pei Cong. Pei Cong was his right-hand man. Although he was from a side line, his talent was not low. Under his cultivation, he cultivated to the second level of the Spirit Emperor.
Pei Cong went to do it immediately, so Pei Yuanlang personally led more than a hundred subordinates to go out of the city to search for him.
They rushed out of the city gate and divided into several small groups.
However, it is not easy to catch up with Yu Wen Lei. Yu Wen Lei did not leave from the city gate. He had already entered the wild forest behind the Seven Dragons City and ran hundreds of miles away.
