Chapter 65

Li Tangzhu's methods are very much like those of modern parents who exert psychological control over their children.

They are always going on about how hard it was to give birth to and raise you, and if you aren't filial and don't listen to them, you are unfilial!

People who are subjected to long-term psychological control often have their personalities severely twisted.

Just looking at Heibei Lao Liu, you can tell that his personality has become extremely reclusive.

Not only that, but his mental state has also affected his body!

The audience at Sanqing Garden has now entered the most agonizing part of listening to the story.

That is, worrying about the story's protagonist.

Although they know that Heibei Lao Liu eventually survives, they still don't want to see him suffer any harm.

"At this moment, Li Tangzhu is very satisfied after hearing Heibei Lao Liu's words."

"In this room, only Li Tangzhu and Heibei Lao Liu remain."

"Li Tangzhu suddenly says to Heibei Lao Liu: I want you to kill the Old Master!"

"Hearing this, Heibei Lao Liu looks sharply at Li Tangzhu."

"In his eyes, a look of terror, intertwined with confusion and panic, is revealed."

"You must know that even during the life-and-death duels and massacres, Heibei Lao Liu never showed any sign of fear."

"But now, he feels afraid, which shows that the Old Master Li Tangzhu speaks of is no ordinary person."

"This Old Master is the Dragon Head sent down by the General Headquarters of the Gelao Society!"

Hearing this, the crowd below is in an uproar.

Everyone is shocked that Li Tangzhu is so bold.

He actually dares to commit treason, using assassination to kill the Dragon Head and take the position for himself!

Meanwhile, Zhang Yueshan in the second-floor box frowns, feeling very puzzled.

"This Li Tangzhu is actually having Heibei Lao Liu assassinate the Dragon Head?! He is truly tired of living!"

Heibei Lao Liu himself has been dead for twenty or thirty years.

And when he was active by the Jinshajiang River in his late teens or twenties, that was even earlier.

Among those listening to the story, basically no one knows the situation of the Gelao Society at that time.

However, there is a freak here named Zhang Yueshan, who is immortal due to his special bloodline.

And he once followed the Great Buddha Zhang Qishan of the Upper Three Sects to the Jinshajiang River, and has also heard various rumors about the Gelao Society.

Raising this question now shows that this Dragon Head is definitely not as easy to take down as people imagine.

Yin Nanfeng asks curiously: "Heibei Lao Liu's Falling Rain Blade Technique is already unrivaled."

"Could it be that the people around the Dragon Head are even stronger than him?"

Zhang Yueshan shakes his head, "This is what you call having too little experience in the world."

"When Heibei Lao Liu goes to a life-and-death duel, he basically has no other psychological burden."

"All he has to care about are the fifty-nine opponents; as long as he is focused and performs the Falling Rain Blade Technique well, he can win."

"But who is this Gelao Society Dragon Head? He is the highest-ranking official of the Gelao Society in this area."

"Facing him, the problem is much more complex! Plus, committing treason—this kind of psychological pressure is not something an ordinary person can bear."

"People of that era still had a very strong concept of hierarchy."

"It's like an emperor killing a minister; some ministers clearly had the military power to be arrogant, yet they still submitted to execution."

"Not everyone is Wu Sangui, daring to raise an army to rebel."

"The Dragon Head's bodyguards are not only top-tier experts, but they are also equipped with guns!"

"No matter how good Heibei Lao Liu's skills are, it is very difficult to escape unscathed from an assassination."

Yin Nanfeng nods and then asks: "Then that means Heibei Lao Liu either didn't go through with the assassination and turned against Li Tangzhu."

"Or the assassination was successful, and Li Tangzhu took the position."

"Of course, there is also the possibility that the assassination failed and he was hunted down by the Gelao Society."

Zhang Yueshan is lost in thought, seemingly trying hard to recall.

After a long while, he says: "This isn't right. Li Tiansong, who was Heibei Lao Liu, was so famous in the Sichuan-Shaanxi Gelao Society that almost everyone knew him."

"For instance, if the storyteller says Li Tiansong had a hidden ailment and couldn't perform, if he had dared to say that in the Sichuan-Shaanxi area back then, he would have been chopped into mincemeat by the Gelao Society long ago."

"So, if Heibei Lao Liu had really committed treason, it would be impossible for there to be no news of it in the world."

Hearing this, Yin Nanfeng says: "That means Heibei Lao Liu didn't commit the assassination and didn't listen to Li Tangzhu!"

Zhang Yueshan nods slowly, but after only a few seconds, his expression changes and his whole body trembles.

"I remember now! When I first went to the Jinshajiang River with the Great Buddha, that Dragon Head's surname was Zhang."

"Later, I heard the Dragon Head changed, and the surname was Li! But not many years later, the Dragon Head surnamed Li was assassinated, and then it changed to a Dragon Head surnamed Song!"

Hearing this, Yin Nanfeng's eyes widen.

After a long while, she says: "The Dragon Head who changed to the surname Li, isn't that this Li Tangzhu?"

"That means Heibei Lao Liu succeeded! Otherwise, how did Li Tangzhu take the position?"