Chapter 774
Zhuang Yongsheng shook his head, "We don't know for the time being, but King Blackpool and our King Yin have always been at odds with each other. There is a high possibility that he is behind this."
Having said this, Zhuang Yongsheng stood up, cupped his fists at Pingxi Marquis and said:
"Father, I want to go undercover among the refugees, so I won't waste any time."
Zhuang Yan frowned and nodded, "Be careful. If you are in danger or need help, just come to the Marquis Mansion to find me."
Zhuang Yongsheng nodded and strode away.
Not long after, Zhuang Qiang and Zhuang Yunfei also left, leaving only the housekeeper Wu Yong, Xiao Zhan, and Pingxi Hou in the courtyard.
Marquis Pingxi looked at Xiao Zhan and said with a smile:
"What do you think of my adopted son?"
Xiao Zhan frowned, "Which adopted son is the Marquis talking about?"
Marquis Pingxi smiled, "Which adopted son do you think I am talking about?"
Xiao Zhan also smiled and said:
"Those who can be adopted as adopted sons by the Marquis are naturally powerful."
"Awesome," Marquis Pingxi repeated the word and said with a smile, "I thought you would use some words to evaluate Zhuang Yongsheng and Zhuang Qiang, but you ended up using such a word."
"Then I want to ask you, what kind of powerful method do they use?"
Xiao Zhan shook his head, "I don't understand it, so it's hard to comment, but it's not weak, it's very powerful."
Marquis Pingxi smiled again, looked at the housekeeper Wu Yong, and said, "You can go out first."
Wu Yong nodded, turned around and left the yard.
Then Pingxi Hou looked at Xiao Zhan again and asked:
"Do you think I like Zhuang Yongsheng or Zhuang Qiang more?"
Xiao Zhan frowned.
He found this question difficult to answer.
Marquis Pingxi waved his hand, "Don't worry, no matter what you say, I won't be angry."
Xiao Zhan knew that he would not be able to pass this test if he didn't tell the truth today.
He said casually:
"The Marquis naturally prefers Zhuang Yongsheng."
Hou Pingxi asked with a smile: "What's the reason?"
"Or am I being too obvious?"
Xiao Zhan shook his head, "Of course the Marquis didn't show it."
"It's all my guess."
Hou Pingxi asked with a smile: "Then tell me how you guessed it."
Xiao Zhan did not hesitate and said:
"People in this world, whether they are ambitious or not, only those who can do things will be treated well by others."
"Zhuang Yongsheng is the deputy commander of the palace and has strength."
"I can still think of coming to see the Marquis. This is because I am grateful."
"At critical moments, I can still deliver some news to the Marquis."
"This is called usefulness."
"Everyone likes people who are strong, grateful, and useful."
Marquis Pingxi smiled half-heartedly, "Then according to your point of view, Zhuang Qiang has no strength and doesn't know how to be grateful, so he's useless?"
Xiao Zhan shook his head, "I didn't say that."
"If the Marquis can adopt Young Master Zhuang Qiang as his adopted son, then Young Master Zhuang Qiang will naturally have his strengths and uses."
Having said this, Xiao Zhan was not going to continue talking.
Zhuang Yan looked at Xiao Zhan with a hint of admiration in his eyes, nodded and said, "Among young people nowadays, there are very few people who see things as thoroughly as you do."
"Some people have all their tricks and plots. Only when they suffer a big loss in the end will they realize that strength is the most important thing in this world."
"It's like that mighty Marquis who died in the hands of Zhenyuan Marquis in the end."
After saying this, Marquis Pingxi changed his tone and said, "I heard that you have been practicing in your room. It seems that you understand this principle."
Xiao Zhan nodded and said nothing.
Marquis Pingxi looked at Xiao Zhan, and after a while, he suddenly said:
"Xiao Zhan, otherwise, I would accept you as my adopted son, but I guess you would refuse."
Xiao Zhanxiao
"Thank you, Lord Marquis, for your kindness."
Marquis Pingxi chuckled, "Some people struggle all their lives and are just birds in a cage."
"Some people may never be locked up even though they have no ambition."
"My eyes can be regarded as reading countless people."
Seeing that Xiao Zhan remained silent, Marquis Pingxi continued:
"I know that sooner or later you will leave my Pingxi Marquis Mansion."
"You stay for now. If you need Nether Pill, just ask."
"When I need your help, I will let someone tell you. Normally, you can stay in the Marquis Mansion. I see that you are not interested in serving in the Mansion Army."
Xiao Zhan smiled.
From this moment on, he truly recognized Marquis Pingxi.
Marquis Pingxi waved his hand, "You should go back and practice your martial arts first."
Xiao Zhan nodded and turned to leave the yard.
"By the way," Marquis Pingxi suddenly said, "Use up the batch of Nether Pills in your hand as soon as possible. There are special marks on them. If anyone sees them, you will be in trouble."
Xiao Zhan's eyes sharpened, and he suddenly turned to look at Pingxi Hou.
Marquis Pingxi looked at Xiao Zhan with a smile:
"Are you surprised? Why do I know it was you who stole those Nether Pills?"
Xiao Zhan nodded, indicating that he was indeed surprised.
Marquis Pingxi smiled even more happily:
"I also guessed. After all, it's too coincidental that you appear at this time."
"And during the last military competition, Marquis Zhenyuan told me that you have many advantages, but you consume Nether Pill too quickly."
"But you don't have to worry, no one else will know about this."
Xiao Zhan suddenly looked sharply in his eyes, "Those twenty palace soldiers..."
"I was the one who ordered them to be killed," Pingxi Hou Yun waved his hand lightly, "There are still people who want to take action against those twenty palace soldiers and sent someone from the top of Youhu Realm, but they don't know that those twenty Among the soldiers, there is one who is a master in the early stage of Youhe Realm."
Although Marquis Pingxi's voice was calm, it also contained a hint of ridicule, as if he was saying that the man was still too young.
As for who that person was, Xiao Zhan had some guesses, but there was no evidence.
Yes, from the first day Xiao Zhan came to Pingxi Hou Mansion, he could tell there was some secret between Zhuang Qiang and the housekeeper Wu Yong.
So Xiao Zhan guessed that it was Zhuang Qiang who asked Wu Yong to lead people to grab the Netherworld Pill.
But these words could not come out of Xiao Zhan's mouth.
After a while, Xiao Zhan returned to the yard where he temporarily lived.
As a result, after a while, Wu Yong walked into the yard holding a wooden box.
Wu Yong originally looked at Xiao Zhan with a very unkind look every time, but this time with a smile on his face, he placed the box at the door of Xiao Zhan's room and said with a smile:
"Master Xiao, the Marquis asked me to send you 50,000 Nether Pills."
"I have to say, Mr. Xiao, you are still the best. In all my years in the Marquis Mansion, I have never seen the Marquis give so many rewards to anyone."
Xiao Zhan walked out of the room, picked up the wooden box, walked back to the room, and closed the door, completely ignoring Wu Yong.
Wu Yong's face suddenly turned ugly, and a chill flashed in his eyes.
For a period of time after this, the Hou Mansion seemed unusually quiet.
I just heard that all the princes are trying their best to clear out the refugees in their territories.
There is also news that the army of a certain prince's mansion was attacked by a large group of refugees, and in the end they lost the battle. Not only were they wiped out by the group of refugees, but even the prince of that prince's mansion was seriously injured.
Now that the matter has reached this point, it is basically certain that there must be some big force behind it secretly planning it.
Then one day, Zhuang Yongsheng, who said he was going to work as an undercover agent among the refugees, came back.
He was covered in blood and seriously injured. He said that someone discovered his identity as an undercover agent and managed to escape the pursuit.
But at the same time, he also investigated some information, and
He told the news to Pingxi Hou without any reservation.
Xiao Zhan was summoned by Marquis Pingxi again, this time in a secret room deep underground in the Marquis' mansion.
Zhuang Yongsheng was recuperating in the secret room next to him.
Xiao Zhan passed by the door and glanced at Zhuang Yongsheng, who was sitting cross-legged in the stone house. He had a broken arm and his body was covered with wounds.
Walking to the stone room next to him, Xiao Zhan hugged Pingxi Hou and shouted "Master Hou".
Marquis Pingxi waved his hand, signaling Xiao Zhan to come forward.
Only then did Xiao Zhan see a map hanging on the stone wall.
Marquis Pingxi pointed to a certain place on the map and said:
"This is the location of my Pingxi Marquis Mansion, on the edge of the jurisdiction of Prince Yin Mansion."
"Further north, less than 10,000 miles away, is the territory of Bei Mo Hou. Bei Mo Hou belongs to King Kurosawa."
Xiao Zhan frowned, looked at it, and asked the question he had always wanted to ask:
"Master Marquis, King Yin, King Kurosawa, including the Skeleton King of Bone City, whose orders do they follow?!"
Marquis Pingxi shook his head, "Those who can claim the title of king are all strong men in the Nether Sky Realm. They don't have to listen to other people's orders."
