Chapter 130: Should I call you Xu Zhongxiao, or should I address you as... Wen Run?

"You're wrong!"

"Not only a sneak attack, we also used poison!"

At the same time the voice sounded, a white mist rose in the forest.

Immediately following, in the pitch-black night, more than a dozen men in black walked out from all directions.

"What?!"

Xu Zhongxiao, hearing this, was startled and immediately wanted to hold his breath to resist, but it was too late. He barely managed to prop his sword on the ground to support his body, "Ugh... you shameless!"

Seeing that these guys were numerous and powerful, he had originally wanted to resist to the death, but who would have thought he was already completely powerless.

Being able to maintain not falling down was already his limit.

"That's right!"

The leader in black smiled and admitted it decisively.

After a pause, he continued, "Since there's a more efficient way to solve it, who would be stupid enough to be pedantically upright?"

As he spoke, he spread his hands righteously.

Forcing a head-on collision was something only an idiot would do; since they could solve the problem without injury by using poison, why not do it?

Put down personal quality and enjoy a wicked life.

"What... what exactly do you intend to do?"

Xu Zhongxiao leaned on his sword with one hand and covered his chest with the other, looking at the men in black closing in, and asked powerlessly.

Although even now, he didn't know who these people were...

But in his heart, he had some faint guesses, yet he hoped it was an illusion.

"After your Excellency stirred up the winds and clouds and borrowed a knife to kill, you wanted to withdraw safely..."

The leader in black stopped ten paces away from Xu Zhongxiao, crossed his arms over his chest, and asked with a smile, "Wasn't this plan a bit too perfect?"

"What are you talking about, I don't understand at all!"

Xu Zhongxiao's heart trembled, his eyes narrowed slightly, he stared at the leader in black, and emphasized, "I'm just a merchant passing through!"

"Merchant?"

"Heh!"

Another man in black found it amusing, snorted coldly, and mocked, "I really admire your ability to tell lies with your eyes open..."

Which merchant goes out alone, without goods, without attendants?

Which merchant gallops on horseback late at night, wanting to escape Chang'an?

"I am a merchant!"

Xu Zhongxiao stiffened his neck, insisted, and said, "This is the Chang'an territory, under the feet of the Son of Heaven; I advise you all to think twice before acting!"

The leader in black shook his head and asked, "Should I call you Xu Zhongxiao, or should I address you as..."

After a pause, he continued, "Wen Run?"

The words were full of deep meaning.

"You..."

"Who exactly are you people?!"

Upon hearing those two names, Xu Zhongxiao panicked; it was a visible panic, his figure could no longer maintain stability, and he retreated repeatedly.

He had thought that the identity of Xu Zhongxiao would be exposed, but he had never thought that even the identity of Wen Run would be dug out...

Xu Zhongxiao, no, perhaps he should be called Wen Run, stared fixedly at the leader in black.

"Wen Run, let me tell you a story..."

"Twenty years ago, the original wife of the Earth Official Office Grand Granary Minister Wen Shang died mysteriously, but her seven-year-old son, after witnessing the true cause of his mother's death, luckily saved his life..."

"Later, that child wandered the world, moved around, and lived a displaced life until he learned exquisite martial arts..."

"Three years ago, he felt the time was ripe, changed his name to Xu Zhongxiao, entered the Wen Estate as a guard to hibernate, planned and calculated, waiting for a fatal blow to his mother's murderer!"

The voice of the leader in black was steady, telling the story of the past.

It was just that Wen Run's hand gripping the sword kept tightening, his whole body was filled with murderous intent, and he gritted his teeth and sneered, "Wen Shang deserves to die!"

After a pause, he continued, "That bastard wanted to climb high, wanted to marry into a noble family, which was understandable, but why did he have to harm my mother's life?"

"Even his own flesh and blood, he wasn't willing to let go!"

People go to high places, water flows to low places; Wen Shang, out of interest considerations, wanted to abandon his wife and son to seek a higher marriage, which Wen Run could understand.

But he shouldn't have, shouldn't have poisoned his mother to solve future troubles, and even wanted to deal with him along the way...

If it hadn't been for a wandering Taoist priest saving him, he would probably have been a mound of dirt long ago...

"Wen Run, it seems you admit to this name?" The leader in black asked upon hearing this.

Wen Run smiled and also pointed out the other party's identity, "Mingjing Si Lord, since you have explained it so thoroughly, what is the point of continuing to cover it up?"

"I am indeed Wen Run!"

Having said that, he braced his body and bowed forward.

"Oh?" The leader in black blinked.

"To be able to find out these things, and to be able to lock onto me in such a short time..."

Wen Run sighed and smiled bitterly, "Except for the Mingjing Si, I can't think of a second existence!"

Having planned and hibernated in Chang'an for so many years, he had long ago found out clearly what kind of existence the Mingjing Si was...

Otherwise, it would have been impossible to use the Mingjing Si's hand to attack that bastard Wen Shang!

It was just that the only thing he hadn't expected was that he had withdrawn so timely, yet he was still caught by the Mingjing Si...

"Wen Run, you are actually quite interesting... very good!"

The leader in black, hearing this, nodded in praise and took off the black clothes that concealed his identity.

After saying that, he took out a fire starter from his bosom and lit it.

It illuminated the darkness between the two sides.

By the faint firelight, Wen Run recognized that face at a glance and said in surprise, "You... you are Lord Chen Yan?!"

"What virtue or ability does this little person have to actually alarm you to come in person?!"

Wen Run naturally had seen Chen Yan's face, and very clearly.

After all, he had been in the Wen Estate for three years, and the original owner was Wen Nianshu's lickspittle...

"It is indeed Chen."

Chen Yan smiled indifferently and admitted it.

After a pause, his gaze sharpened, and he continued, "Because I, this person, hate being used the most..."

"Especially being used as a knife to kill!"

No one likes being calculated, and Chen Yan was no exception.

Before attacking the Wen family, he had ordered Li Tan to investigate who was stirring up the winds and clouds behind the scenes...

"Understood."

Wen Run nodded, threw away the sword that was supporting his body, knelt on the ground, gave up resistance, bowed, and said, "Lord Chen Yan, my great revenge has been avenged; kill or carve me as you please!"

Chen Yan walked up, stopped in front of Wen Run, looked down, and lowered his eyes, "The Wen family was destroyed by me; can I be considered your great benefactor, Wen Run?"

"Without my intervention, it wouldn't have been so easy for you to successfully take revenge..."

"Lord Chen Yan, what do you mean...?" Wen Run asked, puzzled, looking at this Zhuque Mirror Master.

"You now have two choices, either die..."

Chen Yan smiled indifferently, unhurriedly raised two fingers, and said in a low voice, "Or join my command and work for me!" ===== CHAPTER 131 =====